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An event every week that begins at 12:00am on Tuesday, repeating until January 7, 2020
Normal junk pickup consists of hot water heaters, washers, dryers, dishwashers, couches, chairs. Coffee / end tables, boxed toys, garage items, tools, grilles, bicycles, lawn mowers, refrigerators* etc. The following is a general guideline of what is NOT ACCEPTABLE for junk pickup of "normal' household solid waste.
- Demolition / construction material… studs, drywall, sinks, tubs, toilets. A dumpster is required for construction, renovation , redecorating. Cabinets must be broken down to small pieces no longer than 4-5′. If items can fit into a 90 gal ID cart they are acceptable.
- Large amounts of fencing …a few planks may be ok if no longer than 4-5ft. in length…must be tied and bundled for pickup. No concrete… blocks, bricks etc.
- No liquids of any kind…paint, thinners, pesticides household cleaners, motor oils, fuels. Wet paint canbe 'solidified' with kitty litter or granular absorbent material from automotive supply stores.
- No medical bio-hazards…sharps, chemo diapers, oxygen tanks.
- Lawn mowers must have gas tanks removed and broken down as much as possible.
- Gas grilles are acceptable… with no propane tanks of any kind…grilles must have tank removed and broken down as much as possible.
- Swing sets and basketball goals must be broken down as much as possible… no pieces more than 4-5ft long… no concrete on legs or base.
- Mailboxes cannot be more than 4-5′ long and no concrete on base.
- No large car parts…fenders, hoods, trunk lids etc. No tires of any kind.
- *Freezers, refrigerators, air conditioners – must have Freon / refrigerant captured and removed by certified HVAC technician and unit tagged for acceptable pickup. Freon is considered hazardous waste.
- No landscaping material such as…logs, railroad ties, landscape timbers or concrete blocks. NO dirt, sod.
- No yard waste material…no fire logs, stumps, shrubs etc.


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Welcome to Fife & Drum Inn, a Bed and Breakfast in Williamsburg, VA
The most conveniently located bed and breakfast in Williamsburg, VA, Fife & Drum Inn is situated between the Historic Area and the College of William and Mary. From the inn's front door, the College Admissions Office is just a two-block walk west, and the colonial Governor's Palace is a two-block walk east.
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We are located on the north side of Merchants' Square, a two square block area that contains some of the best restaurants in the state and more than thirty specialty retail shops.
When you stay at our inn, you will enjoy a respite of rest, relaxation and romance. Our Williamsburg Cottage and our eight rooms, each individually and uniquely decorated, contain their own private baths with tiled showers, individual heat and AC thermostats, European shower massage, cable TV, free high-speed Wi-Fi, hair dryers, monogrammed bathrobes and first-class amenities. Convenient off-street parking is included at no cost.
In the morning, our bed and breakfast in Williamsburg VA is filled with aromas of fresh-baked breakfast casseroles and piping hot biscuits with Virginia ham. Also on our morning buffet, we feature fresh-cut fruit daily, granola, hard boiled eggs, bacon, and gluten-free cereal and juice. Our guests rave about our freshly ground coffee, and we expect you will too!
We invite you to fulfill your getaway dreams at Fife & Drum Inn as we extend our hospitality in this extraordinary destination. This truly will be your opportunity to make a little history of your own.


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RPNM Aims to Protect the Constitution and Support the Values that will make New Mexico Competitive again.
RPNM is a party of the people and for the people.
RPNM seeks to elect lawmakers who will represent New Mexican values and fight for our American Dreams.
The Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) serves as the state's headquarters for common sense conservative principles and ideals.
The RPNM is the primary advocate and support organization for Republican candidates and voters in New Mexico. We are here to promote a conservative philosophy to governing and to share our vision on how to make the United States of America work better for all its citizens.
Republican Party of New Mexico's Uniform State Rules – CLICK HERE
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"We will Make America Great Again!"
Since the founding of the Republican Party of New Mexico, it has always been a party of the people and for the people.
The Republican Party of New Mexico is a unified organization dedicated to preserving the integrity and value of government. RPNM's mission is to help put government back into the hands of the people and to defend our rights that are guaranteed to us by the Constitution. We believe our God-given freedom is inseparable from our responsibility to serve our community, state and nation. We value individual worth, responsibility and freedom, and seek to protect the American Dream for all.
We continue this tradition today, whether it's defending our local ranchers and farmers from an overly-aggressive federal government, or standing up for our local and statewide traditions. We hold the belief that our God-given freedoms shall not be infringed upon by any-man or government agency.
"Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. And not to Democrats alone do I make this appeal, but to all who love these great and true principles."
Mission Statement
The Republican Party of New Mexico is a unified organization dedicated to preserving the integrity and value of government. RPNM's mission is to help put government back into the hands of the people and to defend our rights that are guaranteed to us by the Constitution. We believe our God-given freedom is inseparable from our responsibility to serve our community, state and nation. We value individual worth, responsibility and freedom, and seek to protect the American Dream for all.
Economic Freedom
We support government policies that do not limit what Americans can achieve economically by placing unnecessary and burdensome regulations on American businesses. These policies should promote the private sector over government dependence, reward job creation and work — not welfare.
Capitalism rewards those who contribute value to others' lives through new inventions, innovation and excellent service.
The United States has fallen from the top five most economically free countries, to number twenty. The lives of America's people reflect how much economic freedom we have lost.
We support helping reverse those losses and regain our economic freedom by working to elect leaders and promote legislation that will allow the American free-market system to thrive once again.
We support excellence in education through accountability, parental involvement, local control and school choice. These are the keys that will allow our children to succeed and give them the ability to compete in a complex and changing world. We reject education policies that trap minorities, the disadvantaged or any other child in a failing school. We reject policies that take away the rights of parents to choose the education they believe will be best for their children.
We support and welcome all legal immigrants, and others, who follow the proper legal channels to come here and are tax-paying, law-abiding citizens. We believe that anyone who migrates to our country should respect our laws, our culture, learn English and want to become a proud American. These are reasonable expectations and no different than those that any other country expects from its new citizens.
We support legislation that promotes and strengthens the family and preserves the sanctity of marriage.
We support a Constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.
We believe in the protection and sanctity of life for all human beings, including the unborn.
We support preserving and abiding by The Constitution of the United States of America. The Constitution was written by men who put their faith in God and the idea that all people are created equal. That our freedoms come from God and no person or government can infringe upon them. Our Constitutional form of government established has overseen the nation that became the greatest and freest country in the history of the world. The founders created a system of checks and balances with three separate branches of government to protect this nation. We must continue to protect these liberties and freedoms guaranteed to us by The Constitution if we are to continue to endure as the great United States of America.
"The Constitution is the guide which I will never abandon"
— George Washington
Limited Government
We support legislation and leaders who recognize and respect the authority of our state and federal Constitutions, and work to limit government interference in our lives.
The bigger our government gets, the less free we become. The concepts of individual liberty and states' rights that our founders intended, and established, have made America great. Today those ideas and our liberty are under assault by the very government intended to serve and protect us. We will continue to fight for and protect The Constitution of the United States of America.
We support accessible healthcare for all New Mexico citizens and the preservation of healthcare benefits for the elderly. We support health care between you and your doctor, not the government! We encourage private sector, free-market solutions to our healthcare concerns.
Homeland Security
We support protecting the integrity of our borders which is vital to ensuring the safety of the citizens of New Mexico and the country. We urge all state and local law enforcement agencies to fully cooperate and support federal law enforcement efforts to secure our borders and prevent illegal entry. We support all constitutional activities to detect terror threats and prevent terrorist attacks on the United States.
Second Amendment
We support the right to bear arms and believe that right shall not be infringed upon. The right to bear arms is the right that protects all of our other rights guaranteed to us. Our founders envisioned a country where the people were in control, not the government, and the Second Amendment helps preserve the sovereignty of the people. The Second Amendment enables law-abiding gun owners to protect themselves, their homes, their families and their freedom.
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We support that every eligible citizen should have the the right to vote and anyone who is not a legal United States citizen should not be allowed to vote in our elections. We support enacting legislation that protects everyone's individual vote and the integrity of our electoral process by requiring proof of identity and citizenship to vote at the polls. Voting is a privilege and a duty and fraudulent votes disenfranchise the votes of every American citizen.


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Today I am speaking at the On The Edge conference in London on the subject of Page One Domination. This post contains my slides and a summary of the presentation for that that were unable to attend.
When it comes to SEO it is extremely important to have a perfect page of results when people search for your brand name. This means no negative reviews or bad press and complete domination in Google for brand related searches.
The reason Page One Domination is so important is because consumers will constantly research your brand before making a final purchase. The online buying process now tends to have six stages:
When consumers start researching a brand they often become distracted and drop out of the buying cycle. 25% of brand related searches don't end up on your site which can be a massive dent in the overall conversion process (Source).
90% of customers say buying decisions are influenced by online reviews so the damage can be even more severe if your company has a bad reputation (Source).
It's also very common for bad reviews to feature on Google for brand related searches and there are several examples of this in the slide deck.
Successful Page One Domination can be broken down into five main areas:
Let's take a look at each of those:
With the explosion of content marketing people often forget about the all-important foundation of SEO – your own website.
Obviously title tags are important. If you include your brand name in the title and description you are more likely to dominate brand related SERPs. Stick to the character guidelines (65 for a Meta title and 155 for a description) and don't duplicate Meta descriptions as this will devalue your page.
You should also check the 'HTML Improvements' section in Google Webmaster Tools regularly to stay on top of Meta issues.
Technical SEO is important for Page One Domination as it gives Google the confidence to display your site for brand and product related searches. Make sure the following are in place:
A great way to dominate page one is to make the most of sitelinks. To have the best chance of displaying sitelinks make sure you have:
If you are not happy with the sitelinks that are displaying you can demote pages through Google Webmaster Tools.
If you want your images to show up in brand related search results:
The best way to secure the 2nd spot on Google is to have a blog. Make sure you reference your brand name in the Meta and blog content. If you link your blog posts to a credible Google Plus account you can also display an author photo in the search results. This can increase CTR by up to 35% (Source)
ideally you should split your blog content into 3 main areas:
A huge part of Page One Domination is securing all the popular social profiles for your brand. You can find out which profiles are available for you by using http://namechk.com/. Make sure you fill in all the required details and keep the NAP details (name, address and phone number) consistent.
Write different bios for each audience. For example your LinkedIn bio should be completely different to your Pinterest bio.
The 'must-have' profiles that rank the best are:
Another great way to control a first page web property is to publish a credible press release. They only tend to rank for one or two weeks but can be an excellent way to push a short term message to searchers looking for your brand.
Getting into Google News is no easy task but it is a very effective way of dominating the SERP's for brand related terms. You need to make sure you meet their guidelines.
Quick tips are:
Google Plus should be a central point to your Page One Domination strategy. The pages tend to rank well for brand related searches and a well optimised page will also appear on the right hand side of search results (see example below). To achieve this:
Over time you will get the opportunity to have a custom URL (e.g. https://plus.google.com/+hugoboss/posts)
Links and in particular link analysis is still a huge part of modern SEO. In February this year Matt Cutts confirmed that search results look worse when they have tested turning off link signals. This confirms a good link is still a 'vote' of confidence.
A good link needs to have more than just SEO value. It needs to deliver:
To future proof your site and keep it ranking for brand related terms you may have to weed out any toxic links which could be deemed unnatural. The best tools to analyse backlinks are:
For Page One Domination, competitor link analysis is extremely important. LinkRisk in particular is a great tool to review what links your competitors are getting and put together a strategy which will be even stronger.
If you monitor your brand effectively you can spot new opportunities to dominate the SERPs. It's important you monitor the following sites:
Page One Domination projects can also be done on a personal level. If a company wants to tidy up the personal image of an employee or managing director then BrandYourself is an excellent tool.
You can keep track of brand mentions with free tools like Google Analytics and Google Alerts. Once you spot a new brand mention put it into one of three categories:
All positive mentions can be boosted by building relevance around the listing. Additional content marketing will strengthen the profiles and move them further up the SERP's.
If you check the SERP's regularly you can spot hidden gems on pages three and four which have the potential to be pushed onto page one with additional content marketing.
The best way to build positive mentions of your brand is to support them with good quality Content Marketing. Listings can be supported in a number of different forms including:
When it comes to promoting content, outreach to people not sites. The following tools can help you identify key influencers in your industry.
So there you have it. There are no short cuts to Page One Domination but if you adopt the tactics in this post you will be able to sustain a perfect page one and increase sales.
Constantly monitor your brand and secure the social profiles on all platforms. Support this activity with quality Content Marketing and you will convert more brand related searches.
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"The best way to secure the 2nd spot on Google is to have a blog" Can you please clarify ? Why not First ?
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Once-Daily Pills Improve Outcomes
People taking only one pill daily for their HIV treatment had less hospitalization and greater adherence than those taking multiple pills.
Those findings were presented by Cal Cohen, M.D., of the Community Research Initiative of New England, in Boston. He and his colleagues looked at data from Medicaid claims since once-daily single tablet regimens (STRs) have become available.
Previously, other studies found that STRs improved adherence -- taking medication as prescribed (every day, with or without food, etc.). Adherence is especially important in HIV treatment because the virus can mutate around missed or incorrectly taken medications, making therapy ineffective in the process.
Of nearly 8,000 patients prescribed HIV therapy, 1,838 were given an STR and 5,945 were given a multiple-pill regimen. The people on STRs had a 25% lower risk of hospitalization and 14 fewer hospitalizations per 100 patients. Women of child-bearing age on STRs and men with a previously diagnosed mental disorder taking STRs also had less hospitalization. The differences were statistically significant, even after taking other things into consideration, such as being on therapy for the first time (when results tend to be the best).
The study poster noted that the higher adherence achieved with STRs may have contributed to these results. It also noted that because this was a cohort study (looking at an existing group) instead of a randomized one (where patients are matched as equally as possible and then divided into the treatments being examined), there may be confounding factors in the results.
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The Clown Fish
The most interesting characteristic of this fish, which is adorned with brilliant colours, is the place which Allah has chosen for it to live in. The clown fish lives on the branches of a plant-like creature called the "sea anemone". There are poisonous capsules on the sea anemone's branches and fish touching them are either harmed or killed. However, the clown fish never receives harm from the sea anemone. Furthermore, it takes refuge in its branches and protects itself against its predators. A special secretion peculiar to the clown fish protects it against the biting capsules of the sea anemone.
Isn't this astonishing? Unlike other fish, this fish secretes a secretion that prevents it from being harmed by the poisonous capsules in the environment in which it lives. And as if it knows that it will not be harmed, at moments of danger it immediately hides itself among these poisonous capsules. How does it know that other fish cannot approach there or that they are unable to secrete such a secretion? No doubt, neither the brain nor the skills of a little fish can grant it such knowledge. There is certainly a power that teaches it all these; this power is Allah, the Creator of the heavens and earth and everything in between.


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The Campus Ministry Office seeks to promote personal and communal growth and well-being at Central Connecticut State University. Toward this end, the campus ministers are available for personal counseling, participation in discussion, as well as a variety of social, spiritual, and educational programs.
Though the Campus Ministry functions as a unit, the various traditions represented are not ignored. The chaplains strive to foster a deeper appreciation of those traditions for the purpose of contributing to the greater unity in which all people can live in justice, peace and harmony.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - To support promising new approaches in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with co-funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is announcing WASH for Life. Over the next four years, the $17 million partnership will use USAID's Development Innovation Ventures (DIV) program to identify, test, and help scale evidence-based approaches for cost-effective and sustained services in developing countries. WASH for Life is particularly interested in interventions that operate in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Haiti, India, Kenya, and Nigeria; address issues in the sanitation and hygiene sectors in particular; and target beneficiaries earning under $2 a day.
DIV seeks promising projects with the potential to significantly improve development outcomes. DIV supports innovators by creating partnerships, providing staged financing, rigorously testing and refining new approaches, and transitioning to scale successful innovations.
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JD Ferries-Rowe is the Chief Information Officer and debate coach at Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School in Indianapolis. Here, he recounts how embracing BYOT has changed everything from how the school approaches PD to what classrooms look like.
Changing Their World
The joke we always tell is that when I came here 10 years ago, the T1 line was being used as a doorstop in the library and teachers had just started using e-mail. Since then our school has gone through a major renovation. Now we are a 1-to-1 BYOT school, the 30 percent of our kids who are on financial aid receive technology grants to buy their own technology and we've completely revamped how we do professional development. It's a very different environment.
Hands-On PD
The traditional professional development model of an expert droning on in front of a bunch of teachers while they check their e-mail wasn't effective, so we started doing a lot more one-on-one. We freed up our ed tech coordinator and me to go into classrooms, watch teachers teach and not only give them suggestions but help alleviate some of their anxieties. We created a teacher resource room that became the focal point of professional development and conversation. We also instituted 10-minute administrative drop-ins where we would address four questions: What is the objective of the lesson, what are the students doing, how is the teacher engaged with the students and what is the classroom environment. When those are the four questions that you ask, it's amazing how often technology becomes a piece of that conversation.
Left to Their Own Devices
When we reflected on our technology plan we decided that any device you pick is going to be a device you're embarrassed by three years later. The device is going to change, but what wasn't changing was the way you think about using the device. What it boiled down to is we wanted the kids to be able to assess the technology they had available to them, evaluate their learning needs and effectively use the technology they chose. That's what led us to embrace BYOT. Now we'll see a student on a MacBook typing a lab report, his lab partner using his phone to take pictures of the chemical being mixed and another student recording the teacher giving notes — all working together to accomplish their objective.
Model Citizens
For a number of years we had a required computer applications course, and it became clear to us that we needed to teach less how to make a PowerPoint — our kids were coming in with those skills, or they could quickly catch on to it just by button-pushing — and more about how to effectively incorporate multimedia, or to make a really good presentation using a PowerPoint. We told students we were no longer teaching how to type a Word document; we were teaching how to do effective research and avoid social-media confirmation bias, for example. We added a digital distraction unit last summer to help students keep track of the number of times they found themselves being pulled off task by the technology, which gives them opportunities to reflect on what habits of mind they need to develop.
Designed to Succeed
Technology was also a major driver in changing classroom design. When we completed our first year of BYOT and asked the teachers and students what was and wasn't working, the number-one comment from the teachers was that the traditional classroom doesn't work anymore. They felt they needed to be more mobile and in different places in the classroom, given that there's a lot more collaboration and interactivity. The teachers want to be able to not just talk to the class, but also see what the students are working on. Meanwhile, the students would look things up and find a map or a picture that they wanted to share, but we didn't have an easy and effective way to get six different operating systems — some with USB ports and some without — to be able to communicate with the projector. And so creating a multiscreen classroom with flexible furniture that had systems built in so that any student on any device could quickly share results with the rest of the class on the screen became our focus. Now we're redesigning our library. It was built in the 1980s before collaboration and computers, making it more than a little outdated.
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Peter Lorents Tessem (1875-1919)
Peter Lorents Tessem was born in Beitstad in North Trøndelag, and lived for long periods in Tromsø. He was the eldest of 16 children. He was 43 years old when he joined the Maud in 1918. Peter Tessem and Helmer Hanssen (who also lived in Tromsø) were good friends and Hanssen had already participated on Roald Amundsen's two previous expeditions.
After the first winter at Maudheim by Mys Chelyuskina (Cape Chelyuskin) Tessem wished to leave the expedition, apparently owing to bouts of headaches and sleeplessness. Together with Paul Knudsen he was sent back to the telegraph station on Dickson Island, taking with them post and the expedition's scientific data so far. The two left Maudheim by dog sledge on 15 October 1919. The journey was 800 km long and most of the route had already been traversed by an earlier expedition; a month was therefore calculated for the trip. However, the two never arrived.
In March 1920 Amundsen's brother Leon realized that the two were missing after he received a telegram from Amundsen who was then wintering with the Maud by Ajon Island. Otto Sverdrup organised a search expedition with the Heimen, but that was stopped by ice near to the peninsula Poluostrov Mikhaylova. In spring 1921 a Soviet-Norwegian search expedition led by Nikifor Begichev searched along the coast and at Mys Vil'da they found a message from Tessem and Knudsen in a cairn that Otto Sverdrup had built in 1915. This stated that all was well with the two so far. On the way west from there towards Dikson Begichev found near Poluostrov Mikhaylova the remains of an open fire with burned bones, nails, buttons, remains of a pocket barometer, ammunition from 1912, and more. It was presumed that one of the men had perished and the other had burned the corpse since it was not possible to bury it in the frozen ground. It was later realized that these remains were from Vladimir Rusanov's expedition that had disappeared in 1912 – including Alexander Kutschin from Amundsen's Antarctic expedition – and that the bones were not human.
In 1922 a Soviet geological expedition led by N. N. Urvantsev found the post, the scientific data and other artefacts that had belonged to Knudsen and Tessem by the Zeledeev River, 80 km from Dikson. They had been stored in a depot, but no explanatory message was found. Nearer to Dikson, by the Uboynaya River, two pairs of Norwegian skis and part of a sleeping bag were found. Finally the skeleton of a man was found on a small slope by the sound that separates Dickson Island from the mainland. It was 3 km over the water to the telegraph station on the island and the man would have been able to see the lights there before he died. A gold watch engraved with Tessem's name and a gold ring engraved with the name of his wife were found on the corpse. It was presumed that Tessem in that case had almost reached his goal when he slipped on the way down the slope, knocked himself out and froze to death.
Tessem's remains were buried on top of the slope, which is now by Dickson town, and an impressive memorial stone was erected over the grave. A long discussion was carried out in the 1970s and '80s between Soviet and Norwegian scientists as to whether the corpse was in fact Tessem's, or maybe Knudsen's and that Knudsen had taken Tessem's watch and ring with him after Tessem died. It is more or less concluded that the corpse was in fact Tessem.
William Barr: The Last Journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, 1919. In: Arctic
Vol. 36, No. 4 (December 1983) p. 311-327.


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BETHLEHEM — Bill Walton is a hard man to miss.
BETHLEHEM — Bill Walton is a hard man to miss.
At 6-foot-11 with red hair (although not nearly as bright as it was in his youth) and a smile that seems to stretch from ear to ear, Walton's presence commanded the undivided attention from the audience of nearly 600 people at the VIA Basketball Banquet at the Sands Event Center on Wednesday.
He touched briefly on all the success he experienced on the court, but he also focused on everything that led to those triumphs. It wasn't just the two national championships he won at UCLA or the two NBA titles — one in Portland in 1977 and the other in Boston in 1986 — that he worked hard for, though. Walton wanted to win at the game of life.
That was instilled in him at an early age by his parents Ted and Gloria, whom Walton called his "teachers and heroes in this great game of life," although they couldn't help him in sports since they were "two of the most unathletic people I'd ever seen in my life." He carried those lessons through his teenage years and as he grew to nearly seven feet tall college coaches began visiting the Walton household.
Those coaches made their sales pitches: "Billy, come to our school, we'll win titles and you'll set all kinds of records. And by the way, Mr. Walton you're a hard-working man so how about a new job? And Mrs. Walton, how about a shopping spree? And Billy, here's the head cheerleader's phone number, she's our closer out there."
Those last few lines had motives of drawing laughter, but then Walton turned serious when it came to the sales pitch him and his family went all in on. When legendary UCLA coach John Wooden came to San Diego to recruit Walton it "changed my life forever." There was no fancy spiel, no gaudy guarantees or pretty girls waiting for Walton's arrival. There was only one promise: "I know what all the other schools are telling you and promising you, but the only promise I can make is that I'll give you a chance to be a part of something special."
Walton took that chance and in three years (freshmen were not eligible to play at the time) UCLA won two titles, won a record 88 straight games and Walton was named the national player of the year three times and nation's top amateur athlete in 1973.
He carried that success into the NBA, going No. 1 to the Trail Blazers in 1974, and after battling injuries in his first two years. Walton led Portland to the NBA title in 1977 and was named the league MVP in 1978 before injuries nearly derailed his career. He fought back again and again, something that would carry him through the rest of his life, to become the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year on the Celtics' 1986 championship team.
Once his playing career ended, Walton had interest in broadcasting, but he had always had a stuttering problem. Just like the injuries, Walton fought his speech impediment, even though "English was my fifth language after stammering, stumbling, stuttering and spitting," to become one of the most renowned color analysts of the past 25 years.
There was more adversity to overcome.
As the audience hung on his every word, Walton spoke about the 30-plus surgeries he underwent on his feet and ankles. He talked about the time when he needed an eight-hour spinal surgery six years ago only to be knocked off his beloved bike a few years later that led to another hospital stay and more surgery.
There was no quit in this man.
As he paced the podium feverishly back and forth, he told the crowd of words that inspired him. While Wooden cited William Shakespeare as one of his favorites, Walton had "Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, who were all absolutely incredible." But it wasn't just the words of Wooden or his favorite musical artists that carried such weight with Walton on Wednesday night.
He told all in attendance, especially the basketball all-stars who were honored, to appreciate all the hard work everyone had put in in this world.
"Before you go home stop in the hallway and look at the pictures of all the workers who all worked so hard and who sweat, and were covered in ore and iron, and put everything they had into make this great Bethlehem Sands Resort," Walton said. "The pictures on that wall, that's toughness."
But there was something missing.
When Walton visited Wooden shortly before his death at age 99 in 2010, the legendary coach shared a few things with his star pupil. The man who had come up with the pyramid of success told Walton he had forgot something.
"But Coach, it took you 14 years to perfect the pyramid of success and you were so successful with it," Walton responded. "You're telling me you forgot something?"
"Yes," Wooden replied. "I forgot the word love. That's the most powerful thing out there."
Walton's audience grew extra quiet at his speech grew to a close.
"Think of all the things that make up the victory of life," Walton said. 'Sacrifice, responsibility, obligation and the duty to get the job done."
All of those things made Walton a success on the court, off it and in the game of life. It's something he made sure to get across in 37 breath-taking minutes.


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SEATTLE — The national union chief who has forced a vote on a pension-freezing Boeing contract proposal once called those retirement plans sacred and derided alternatives as risky.
SEATTLE — The national union chief who has forced a vote on a pension-freezing Boeing contract proposal once called those retirement plans sacred and derided alternatives as risky.
In statements during the past few years, Tom Buffenbarger has advised union members about the importance of protecting defined-benefit pensions. He also warned that the union shouldn't "fall prey to the trap that's been set elsewhere by other companies and other industries where we don't have pensions for new hires."
Boeing workers, predominantly in the Puget Sound area, are set to vote Friday on a proposal that would freeze existing pensions and deny fixed pensions to new employees.
Since machinists rejected an initial contract offer in November, a total of 22 states have submitted bids to secure work on Boeing's new 777X aircraft. Boeing is vowing to produce the new 777X airplane in the region if the contract is approved.
Buffenbarger, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, told members in a 2010 video message that he couldn't see the union allowing Boeing to put such a divide between generations of workers.
"Our union, the IAM, holds a pension plan as a sacred, sacred benefit," Buffenbarger said. "We do not give it up without a fight. We do not sacrifice the unborn on the altar of corporate profits."
Despite his message, union workers in St. Louis voted that year to move away from fixed pension plans.
In the Puget Sound, Buffenbarger has forced the upcoming contract vote despite the objection of local union leaders who believe the contract involves too many concessions, particularly because of its shift away from pensions at a time when Chicago-based Boeing is profitable.
In response to an interview request by The Associated Press, Buffenbarger issued a written statement that Boeing's latest proposal on pensions cannot be viewed in isolation.
The company has offered to build the 777X in the Puget Sound if the contract proposal is accepted and reaffirmed that work on the 737MAX would remain. Buffenbarger said those offers would mean tens of thousands of jobs for the area and decades of prosperity for union members and their families.
"The loss of this work would have a far greater impact on members' retirement security than the changes Boeing has proposed to the current defined benefit plan," Buffenbarger said in his statement. "Our primary responsibility as a union is to protect our members' jobs and to give them a say in the wages, benefits and survival of those jobs."
Jay Cronk, who is challenging Buffenbarger for the presidency of the union, said Buffenbarger has turned 180 degrees from his past support of pensions. Cronk said union training courses have always taught workers the importance of pension plans to ensure retirement stability.
"He has always taken that position up until now," Cronk said.
Cronk believes Buffenbarger is looking for a long-term contract to secure a steady stream of revenue for the union that wouldn't be disrupted by a possible strike in the coming years.
Rick Sloan, a spokesman for IAM's national leadership, said it isn't about revenue for Buffenbarger. The union is concerned about jobs and the future of work in the Puget Sound, Sloan said.
Buffenbarger hasn't officially taken a position on whether Puget Sound workers should approve the proposed contract but has touted the benefits of the deal.
Fixed pensions were once the most common type of retirement benefit, guaranteeing workers a specific monthly payment for the rest of their lives, regardless of the volatility of the stock market. Fewer than 9 percent of private sector employers still offer such pensions, while 88 percent of employers opt instead to sponsor 401(k) retirement plans.
Six political leaders urged machinists on Monday to accept the proposed contract from Boeing — even though the officials have the same type of retirement package. One is already drawing a pension and five are expected to upon retirement.


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John Ruskin, the most influential Victorian art critic, was always fascinated by the melancholy beauty of Venice. During his fourth visit to the city in 1849 he began work on the first volume of what was to become his masterpiece: THE STONES OF VENICE.In some of the most splendid prose of the nineteenth century he describes and explains the three main styles of Venetian architecture - Byzantine, Gothic and Renaissance - providing not only an unsurpassed analysis of the flowering of Southern Gothic, but a wonderful guide to the sea-city.Ruskin illustrated most of the important buildings of Venice in delicate and evocative watercolors. Many of these are reproduced in this volume, together with his plates and many of his meticulous drawings. In this sensitively designed new edition of his great book, superb color and monochrome photographs show what he could not.
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Battles between mushrooms don't make a sound, but they're violent. "Good fighters can kill the less-good ones and take over their territories," says mycologist Lynne Boddy of Cardiff University in Wales. "There are battles royal going on all the time."
Combat between fungal individuals is a bit like war between heaps of spaghetti. The main bodies of fungi are networks of long, thin strands called hyphae that insinuate themselves into anything they can eat: tree trunks, plant roots, dung and so on. Defending a food source or wresting a few more millimeters of turf away from a rival can prolong life. So fungi don't let a lack of teeth, claws or eyes diminish their ferocity. Boddy studies toadstool-forming basidiomycetes, a group rife with combatants that poison opponents or release enzymes that dissolve their flesh.
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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents cited a Franklin Parish man Jan. 19 for alleged deer hunting violations and contest fraud.
Agents cited Billy W. Jordan, 54, of Winnsboro for taking a deer with an illegal weapon and four felony counts of contest fraud.
Agents received information that Jordan had taken a trophy buck on Louisiana Delta property in Catahoula Parish with a .204 caliber rifle. Agents interviewed Jordan and he allegedly confessed to shooting the buck with the illegal weapon on Dec. 28.
Jordan then entered the buck into four big buck contests including Morehouse, Ouachita, Caldwell and LaSalle parishes. The buck sported 15 points with main beams of 31 1/2 inches and an inside spread of 24 7/8 inches.
Louisiana law requires that deer can only be taken with a center fire rifle at least .22 caliber or larger. The antlers and the four score sheets at the big buck contest were seized as evidence. Jordan will also be assessed civil restitution for the value of the illegally taken deer, which is $2,033.29.
Taking a deer with an illegal weapon brings a fine between $100 and $350 and up to 60 days in jail. Contest fraud carries a fine up to $3,000 and up to one year in jail for each count.
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Single Market Act II– Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is the Single Market?
The Single Market of the European Union is the common area between the 27 EU countries where goods, services, capital and persons can circulate freely. The Single Market also ensures that European citizens are free to live, work, study and do business where they want in the EU.
The Single Market is the core of the cooperation between the 27 Member States of the European Union. Yet getting it up and running took many years.
It all started with the 1957 Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC). This Treaty set out a timeline for the original six founding members (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxemburg and the Netherlands) to abolish customs barriers within the Community and establish a common customs tariff to be applied to goods from non-EEC countries. This objective was achieved on 1 July 1968.
In June 1985, the European Commission, under its then President, Jacques Delors, published an action programme seeking to abolish, within seven years, all physical, technical and tax-related barriers to free movement within the Community. The aim was to stimulate industrial and commercial expansion within a large, unified economic area.
By amending the original 1957 Treaty, the EEC gained the enabling instrument for the Single Market. The revised Treaty – the Single European Act - came into force in July 1987. The Single Market was finally put in place on 1 January 1993.
With these barriers removed and national markets opened, more firms can now compete against each other. This means lower prices – and wider choice – for the consumer. Firms selling in the Single Market now have unrestricted access to nearly 500 million consumers in the European Union.
Since its inception, the Single Market has generated millions of jobs and extra growth for the European economy. Phone calls in Europe cost a fraction of what they did 10 years ago, many air fares in Europe have fallen significantly and new routes have opened up. Households and businesses are now able to choose who supplies them with electricity and gas.
2. Why are you proposing a Single Market Act II when you have already proposed a first Single Market Act in 2011?
The first Single Market Act adopted in April 2011 (IP/11/469) came as a response to the crisis and the need to foster growth. It proposed 12 key actions to boost European competitiveness and to exploit the untapped potential of the Single Market to generate sustainable economic growth and additional employment, while at the same time helping to restore the confidence of citizens and businesses in the Single Market.
The joint involvement of the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and many stakeholders in the first Single Market Act led to a widely shared political vision for the further development of the Single Market. It focused political attention, creating a sense of urgency and fast-tracking key actions.
Today, that focus is needed all the more as the effects of the crisis are still hitting Europe hard: growth needs to be revived, unemployment is persistently high, in particular among young people, and a part of the European population is living in poverty. The Single Market can do more to bring about new growth and jobs, to strengthen citizens' and businesses' confidence and to deliver concrete day-to-day benefits to them. Modernising and deepening the Single Market is a continuous exercise. The Single Market must respond to a constantly changing world where social and demographic challenges, new technology and imperatives, such as climate change, must be incorporated in policy thinking.
This is why the Single Market Act II proposes a second set of priority actions for new growth designed to generate real effects on the ground and make citizens and businesses confident to use the Single Market to their advantage.
3. What is the state of implementation of the first Single Market Act?
Since the adoption of the first Single Market Act in April 2011, the Commission has presented proposals for its twelve key actions. They are currently subject to discussions in the European Parliament and the Council and should, as a matter of urgency, be adopted by the end of this year where possible.
The Commission has also adopted or tabled proposals for 36 of its 50 complementary actions announced in the first Single Market Act.
4. How will the Single Market Act II contribute to creating growth and strengthening confidence?
The Communication on the Single Market Act II proposes twelve levers and corresponding key actions, concentrated on four main drivers for growth, employment and confidence: (i) integrated networks; (ii) cross border mobility of citizens and businesses; (iii) the digital economy; and (iv) social entrepreneurship, cohesion and consumer confidence. They constitute the next steps towards the objective of a highly competitive social market economy.
If implemented swiftly, the Single Market Act II, together with the delivery of the Single Market Act I, will open new paths towards growth, employment and social cohesion for 500 million Europeans.
5. What are the key proposals of the Single Market Act II?
The Communication on the Single Market Act II sets out key actions under four drivers for new growth:
The key actions are:
Developing fully integrated networks in the Single Market
Fostering mobility of citizens and businesses across borders
Supporting the digital economy across Europe
Strengthening social entrepreneurship, cohesion and consumer confidence
6. What are the next steps?
The Commission is committed to delivering all key legislative proposals by spring 2013 and proposals for all key non-legislative actions by the end of 2013.
The Commission calls on the European Parliament and the Council to fast-track all key legislative actions and adopt them as a priority by spring 2014.
7. Single Market Act, Single Market Week. Is there any link between the two?
The Single Market Act II will be presented and discussed at numerous public events across Europe during the Single Market Week to be held from 15 to 20 October 2012. An online Google debate will take place on 10 October.
The Single Market Week marks the 20th anniversary of the Single Market and is organised across the 27 Member States of the European Union. More information can be found here:
Eurostat Community Survey on ICT usage by Households and Individuals (2009).
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Name: Karen
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My marriage of 12 years has hit a real rocky patch. I know my husband loves me and I certainly love him and we both love our 3 kids dearly. It's just that we (he and I) have been fighting like cats and dogs lately. Every discussion, not just about sex, turns into a huge dust-up. It's getting us both down. I don't know where to turn. I was reading about your counseling practice and wanted to ask if you thought couple's counseling was worth our while. Unfortunately we live on the other side of the country, so we can't see you. But I'd look around here for help it you thought it would help. Thanks.
Yeah, I think couple's counseling might very well help, and it might even help a lot. It sounds like you have a bank of good will goin with your hubby. You guys still love each other. Maybe that's a good enough and strong enough foundation to get you through this rough patch. But you'll never know unless you invest some time and energy into getting to the bottom of what's eating at you guys. A good counselor will be able to assist you with that.
It's true; you are on the other side of the country from me, but we could still work together. The thing is, I kept hearing from folks like you, far-flung from my home base here in Seattle, so I decided to introduce a remote therapy option for those who can't see me at my office. I now offer counseling and coaching sessions by phone or through Skype. For more information about this see the Therapy Available page in the header (under the heading About Dr Dick).
Regardless of where you find the help you are looking for, let me say from the outset; this intervention won't be inexpensive, but no worthy endeavor ever is. Besides a good marriage is worth the investment, don't you think? As you guys consider taking your problems to a professional, allow me to direct your attention to the CATEGORIES section in the sidebar. Search for the main category — Sex Therapy. Under that heading you will find the subcategory — "Fair Fight Training." These postings and podcasts will help you begin working on your communication skills. In fact, if you guys can learn to fight fair, you will have gone a long distance to healing whatever ails you.
Basically, this is what any good therapist will help you do. He/she ain't gonna solve your problems for you, but she/he will teach you how to effectively communicate with each other, find solutions to your problems, and do so without battering one another to death in the process.
Most of us have really poor communication skills, if we have any skills at all. We generally fight first and ask questions later. We immediately get into a defensive posture, even before being attacked. We know how to manipulate, whine, or blame and "cover our own ass," but that's not communicating.
Effective communication begins with "EFFECTIVE LISTENING. "
Here's how I see it; even if we were to express our feelings, thoughts and opinions clearly and effectively that's only half the task. Equally important is listening to and understanding what our partner communicates. If I'm too busy formulating my response to what my partner is saying, I'm not really listening to what's being communicated. In fact, if I'm all balled up in preparing my defense, I may be missing the most important part of the message — the nonverbal cues coming from my partner. If I'm inside my own head, I have no resources available to decode or interpret the message coming from my partner, like through body language.
In other words, effective communication only happens when both partners are able to receive, decipher, interpret and understand the full message coming from the other in precisely the way he/she intends it. This is a difficult skill to master, mostly because it means I have to put the interests of my partner before my own interests. And who among us can say we do that with ease?
Effective listening is dependent on being an active listener. Active listening is being genuinely interested in understanding what our partner thinks, feels and wants. An active listener is concerned with the full message coming from our partner — the verbal part as well as the nonverbal. I mean, think about it; sometimes we say one thing, but our body language says something quite different. So if I'm only attentive to the words I will surely miss the other, and possibly more important, non-verbal message coming from my partner.
When I listen actively I am more concerned with grasping what is being communicated than formulating my response. If I can accurately paraphrase my partner's message as I receive it, as well as ask my partner for verification; then I'm on the right track. This verification or feedback process is what distinguishes active listening and makes it so effective.
When you practice this feedback method, try to:
- Grasp the feelings or intent beyond the words.
- Resist the impulse to immediately answer questions that come from your partner. Because questions are often not always questions; sometimes they're rhetorical statements.
- If you're confused by what you hear, or you don't understand what is being said, say so.
- Acknowledge your partner's feelings. If you hear anger, hurt, or fear let your partner know that's what you hear.
- Use eye contact and be conscious of his body language.
- Be empathic and nonjudgmental.
- Finally, thank your partner for entrusting his thoughts, feeling or whatever to you.
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In late July 2012, Microsoft announced a new web-based email client: Outlook.com. Here are a few screenshots of the new client.
As you can see the Outlook.com has been given a Metro-like makeover. From what I can tell from a few minutes of testing, Outlook.com is your basic functional email client.
All images by Mark Kaelin for TechRepublic.
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VELCO is the owner, operator & manager of the high-voltage electric transmission system in Vermont.
Vacation Rentals - Private homes & condos.
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Specializing in all aspects of storage. We have units from 5x5 to 10x30. All units are clean, affordable, and secure. Outside parking also available.
Restaurant & bar in Killington, VT.
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After it was dry I placed a fairy Dazzle from Paper Wishes inside the tin. I found a branch off the tree and glued Sweet Pea Flower Soft onto the branches with some blossoms from my stash. The border on the inside of the lid is
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The Nutrition for Growth compact signed a year ago in London by government leaders, UN agencies and private partners, put the fight against undernutrition in the spotlight. WFP's Ella Getahun looks at the link between childhood undernutrition and countries' economic performance as highlighted in the Cost of Hunger in Africa study.
One child in four in this world suffers from stunting caused by poor nutrition during the first thousand days of his or her life. This translates into an estimated 165 million children who pay a high individual price by missing out on the opportunity to meet their full potential in growth and development. But there is another price paid and it is measurable in GDP . Do you know how much child undernutrition is costing economies in Africa? A groundbreaking study, the Cost of Hunger in Africa, is researching this issue.
More than 90 percent of the world's stunted children live in Africa and Asia. While progress has been made in reducing the burden of stunting globally, child undernutrition continues to be a persistent challenge for Africa.
Good nutrition, especially during the critical window of opportunity during the first 1,000 days of life, can make all the difference in ensuring good health and child development. Undernutrition has lifelong consequences for individuals, including poor health and reduced performance in school. In addition, undernutrition also has wide-ranging impacts on communities and countries as a whole. Beyond the human costs, undernutrition has real implications on overall national development and global economies.
The Cost of Hunger in Africa study (COHA), a flagship initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC) implemented with the support of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), estimates the economic cost of undernutrition to be between USD$77 million to USD$3.7 billion every year (2-16% of GDP) due to losses from optimum revenue from labour productivity and preventable increases in public and private costs related to health and education. In addition, there is the "opportunity cost" – the missed opportunity resulting from premature death due to undernutrition. The study further estimates that in Africa, countries can generate economic savings ranging between US$ 60 million to US$2 billion, in reduced morbidity, lower repetition in school and incremental productivity both in manual and non-manual sectors.
The study so far conducted in five countries in Africa – Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Swaziland and Uganda- strongly illustrates both the social and economic consequences of undernutrition.
Ensuring access to nutritious foods is an essential component in preventing the irreversible forms of child undernutrition, helping to break the intergeneration cycle of malnutrition. Yet, despite the availability of recognized and efficient interventions to address child undernutrition, the number of undernourished children in Africa has been on the rise. Sadly, today there are more stunted children in Africa than 20 years ago.
One year ago, the Lancet medical journal announced that 45% of child deaths can be attributed to malnutrition, helping to illustrate the urgent need for the scale-up of nutrition interventions. Responding to this need, government leaders, UN Agencies and private partners came together to sign the Nutrition for Growth compact.
Now, the findings from the Cost of Hunger study further support the evidence base for prioritizing investments in child nutrition. Most importantly, the results from the study have served as a wakeup call for policy makers, raising awareness and action for nutrition at the highest level. In addition, the study further highlighted the multisectoral, interconnectedness of nutrition, hence calling for a renewed commitment and strong leadership at the highest political level with a concerted and coordinated approach.
It was against this background that African Ministers renewed their commitments by setting ambitious goals for reducing child stunting by as much as by half by the year 2025 at the recent AU joint Ministers of Agriculture, Rural Development, Fisheries and Aquaculture held at the African Union Commission in May 2014.
A recent progress review study conducted in Ethiopia, Swaziland and Uganda revealed policy and programmatic level changes spurred as a result of the findings of the COHA study, including stimulating countries to joining the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. For instance, in Swaziland the national safety net programme has been revised to include children from birth instead of just school children from the age of six as per the initial proposal.
The time for Africa is now! The social and economic transformation agenda of the continent cannot be effectively achieved unless child undernutrition is addressed as a priority. Nutrition For Growth means giving children a better future and allowing people and countries reach their full potential.


text: On Sunday, January 3, 2010, Genealogy Center Manager Curt Witcher spoke at the Allen County Historical Museum about how the Allen County Public Library's Genealogy Collection became a top Fort Wayne tourist attraction. In an article in Monday's Journal Gazette describing the event, he is quoted discussing the present and future of digitizing our extensive holdings, and the knowledge and service attitude of the Center's staff which continues to draw people from Oregon, Florida and, yes, Utah every year. Take a minute to peruse the article and keep up with the Center's, and Genealogy's, future.


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Control your very own Syma helicopter using your iPhone! These helicopters come in different types and colors, offering you a variety of choices. The iCopter is controlled by the iCopter app after connecting the transmitter to the audio jack of ipod touch or iphone.
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This makes a great gift for anyone with an iPhone. Get ready to take-off and have some fun!!
- Full 3 Channels : Up, Down, Left, Right, Forward and Backward
- A 25-30 minutes charge is equal to a 8-12 minutes flight.
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Prior to contacting the Office of Off-Campus Study for a visit, please ensure that your program(s) meet CMC student goals by reviewing our majors, departments, and faculty expertise
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Less than a week into his first term as U.S. Congressman, Mick Mulvaney participated in a joint conference call with hundreds of House members about security after the shooting of a Congresswoman last Saturday.
Reece Murphy
If there ever was a polar opposite of the snow that fell three weeks ago in Lancaster County, this week's snow storm was it.
The former, much anticipated and brief, came the day after Christmas, settling postcard beautiful. The roads, for the most part, left unscathed and open.
Then there was this one, drab and gray, a snow event that started off lovely enough, but soon turned to sleet and freezing rain, leaving roads nearly impassible and slick as hockey rinks. The effects are still being felt.
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INDIAN LAND – Just two days after Lancaster County Council approved first reading of the ordinance to establish the Indian Land Fire Protection District, you might think the Indian Land Action Council (ILAC) would be starting to relax their campaign.
Not so.
Instead, the group held another Q&A session on the subject at the Del Webb Library on Thursday night, this time drawing about 45 community members. That's more than four times the number at its Q&A at the same location last month.
"Sir, please empty your pockets and step through the scanner."
The U.S. Capitol policeman held out a bucket into which I quickly placed my watch, wedding ring, wallet and phone. My bag and coat took a trip through an X-ray machine and I spent quite a few minutes having my various forms of ID scrutinized.
With my hands outstretched, I was wanded with a metal detector and only then was I finally cleared to head into the Longworth Building, a large office structure sitting in the U.S. Capitol's backyard.
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The Lancaster County Forfeited Land Commission has agreed to move forward with a proposal by Charlotte-based real estate developers to purchase Indian Land's troubled Edenmoor residential development.
The announcement came during a commission meeting Friday with representatives of Citizens Homes Inc. and Reilly Properties, a partnership interested in buying 222 Edenmoor parcels. The Edenmoor land became available for bid in early December.
In winning the bid, the companies beat out L Star of Raleigh.
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Seven people, including five Republicans, will seek the open District 16 state Senate seat, which was vacated last month by Mick Mulvaney.
Filing for the post ended Monday.
Greg Gregory, who served as the District 16 state senator from 1992 to 2007, decided last week to vie for the post once again. Brian Carnes and Rob McCoy are the two other Lancaster County Republicans running.
Fort Mill residents Wendy Petzel and Mike Short round out the field of Republicans.
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Angelo Constantine, 74, said he could hardly believe what he was reading when he opened the letter he got Dec. 19 from the Social Security Administration.
There, on official letterhead, he said, was the bad news: "The state of South Carolina will no longer pay your Medicare medical insurance premium after December 2010. You must pay the premiums beginning January 2011."
Lancaster County School district students and staff will get a second snow day on Wednesday.
School officials announced Tuesday afternoon that schools would be closed for a second day due to icy conditions.
Black ice is expected to be problem on many roads at least throughout Wednesday morning.
No decision has been made yet as far as school on Thursday.
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Crews are still cleaning up area roads after a massive winter storm dumped several inches of snow on the county earlier this week.
County Administrator Steve Willis said road conditions on major highways are starting to clear up, though ice and snow remain on most secondary roads throughout the county.
Lancaster County School District schools will be closed Tuesday because of the snow.
Students in the district were out today, but not because of the snow. They were already scheduled to be off for a teachers workday.
Six inches are more of snow has been recorded in the county, and road conditions vary.
Driving conditions are expected to worsen tonight, as the snow has changed to a freezing drizzle. At least one-tenth of an inch of ice is expected to accumulate on top of the snow. Expect roads to be icy tonight and into Tuesday morning.
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