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With epidemiologic data on novel H1N1 flu suggesting significant risk among those in the college setting, ACHA deemed it epidemiologically valuable to identify disease burden and population based attack rates of influenza like illnesses (ILI) [ICD-CM Diagnosis 487.1] on college campuses. Therefore, in the summer of 2009 ACHA undertook an effort to enlist (on a voluntary basis) interested institutions of higher education to submit data on a weekly basis regarding the number of new cases of ILI. Additionally, given reports of significant variability of H1N1 vaccine availability across the nation, beginning October 30, 2009, ACHA began reporting on the availability of the H1N1 vaccine, as well as the vaccine uptake in a continuing effort to assist the CDC, public health officials, and all college health professionals in tracking national vaccine trends for the college population.
New ILI cases reported include those seen in the student health service, those triaged over the phone by a health care professional but simply told to self-isolate and not be seen in the health service, and those known by the health service to have been seen in a local emergency department or urgent care center.
The links below depict the final week's case data for the period April 24-30, 2010, as reported to ACHA, as well as ACHA's cumulative case data and an epicurve chart reflecting weekly ILI case counts and weekly attack rates. The fourth link below provides summary information on the availability of the H1N1 vaccine and the vaccine uptake among reporting institutions.
In this period of influenza activity, a total of 162 new ILI cases were reported (with no hospitalizations or deaths) among campus populations totaling nearly 2 million. Twenty-eight percent of 170 colleges and universities reported new ILI cases, compared to 34 percent reporting new cases for the previous week. The nationwide attack rate was very low, now at just 0.8 cases per 10,000 students, 11 percent lower than the previous week's rate. Nationally, the reported disease incidence has remained below 5 cases per 10,000 students for nearly five months, with attack rates over the past eight weeks averaging just over 1 case per 10,000. Consistent with CDC surveillance data, some low level activity is still occurring; ACHA's surveillance indicates that disease incidence in colleges and universities is less than three percent of the peak level seen last fall.
"As we curtail our surveillance project, we continue to see no definitive evidence of a third wave of ILI disease, and there appears to be no sustained transmission occurring on college campuses. The H1N1 surveillance project was an important milestone for college health. Through the efforts of ACHA's national office and participating schools, the project resulted in an accurate representation of the epidemiology of the H1N1 outbreak on college campuses nationally. The data was invaluable to schools, local, and state health departments, and the CDC. Additional research will likely be forthcoming from public health experts who will study the spread of H1N1 from campuses to the contiguous community. If campuses turn out to be the epicenter of influenza outbreaks, community mitigation strategies may eventually include specifically targeting college students with vaccination campaigns. In addition, it is hoped that this is the first of many similar projects that will help clarify and define epidemiologic trends on college campuses and will supplement data derived from the ACHA-NCHA survey," according to Dr. James C. Turner, president of the American College Health Association and executive director of the department of student health at the University of Virginia.
ACHA is especially grateful to all of the colleges and universities that volunteered to be a part of this project. They have helped to demonstrate the importance of college health and its professionals as valuable contributors to the public health of our nation.
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Limitations: State case counts and rates do not represent the complete incidence of ILI in the state's population, nor the incidence of ILI among all institutions of higher education in the state. The case counts and rates only represent those institutions of higher education that participate in the surveillance program.
Suggested Citation: ACHA. American College Health Association Influenza Like Illnesses (ILI) Surveillance in Colleges and Universities 2009-2010: Weekly College ILI cases reported. Linthicum, MD: American College Health Association; 2010.


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KIRKVILLE, N.Y. — Rebecca Lynn Groesbeck, 66, of Kirkville, N.Y., went to be with the Lord Friday, December 28, 2012.
Born February 1, 1946, in Logan, she was a daughter of the late William and Dorothy Cremeans. Also preceding her in death was her brother, David Cremeans, and sister, Donna Borders.
Rebecca moved to upstate New York during her teen years where she met and married her husband of 46 years, Art Groesbeck. She was a devoted wife, as well as a loving mother and grandmother. Rebecca graduated from Minoa High School and had advanced education in accounting and bookkeeping, a field in which she worked for many years. She was wonderfully creative, innovative and a joy to be around. She was much loved and will be greatly missed by us all.
Survivors include her husband, Art Groesbeck; sons, David, Stephen and Mikel Groesbeck; sisters, Judith Scheid of Eagle Bay and Linda Susan "Susie" Hensley of Chapmanville; sister-in-law, Judy Cremeans; aunt, Tina Evans of Logan; 14 wonderful grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, January 4, at the Kirkville Community Wesleyan Church, 7691 Bridgeport-Kirkville Rd. Kirkville, N.Y.
For more information, visit www.scheppfamily.com
Schepp Family Funeral Home of Minoa, N.Y., is in charge of arrangements.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. - Cal State Northridge and second-year head coach Avery Anderson have finalized the 2013 indoor and outdoor season schedule. The Matador men and women will compete a host of indoor meets before the outdoor season gets underway March 14.
"Our 2013 schedule takes into account all areas of the team," said Anderson. "We want to continue to develop our distance program but also build on the traditional strength of the team which as been the sprints, jumps, throws and multi-events. I think this indoor and outdoor schedule does that."
CSUN gets the indoor season underway Jan. 18 at the Albany Great Dane Classic in New York. That meet coincides with the NYU Team Challenge the following day. The Matadors will also visit Boise, Idaho for the Boise State Multi-Event meet (Jan. 25) and College Station, Texas for the Texas A&M Invitational on Feb. 9 prior to the MPSF Indoor Championships on Feb. 22-23.
As usual, the CSUN track & field program will host several All-Comers Meets which fall mainly during the indoor season. The Matadors welcome the community and other interested competitors to the CSUN Track Complex for meets on Jan. 5, Jan. 12, Jan. 26, Feb. 2, Feb. 16 and Mar. 2.
There will be one final indoor meet, the NCAA Last Chance Qualifier on Mar. 2 as competitors seek to gain entry into the NCAA Indoor Championships which will be held Mar. 8-9 in Fayetteville, Ark.
The outdoor season commences on Mar. 14 as the Matadors host their annual Northridge Invitational over the course of three days. The multi-event portion of the meet gets underway Thursday, Mar. 14 and will run through Friday, Mar. 15. The main meet will begin Friday with most events taking place Saturday, Mar. 16.
The next three weeks of the season will take the Matador men and women to a host of new meets beginning Mar. 22-23 at the Pasadena Games. The meet will feature a distance carnival on Mar. 22. CSUN will then send its multi-event athletes to the Cal meet in Berkeley on Mar. 27-28 and the Matadors will remain in the Bay Area for meets at Stanford (Mar. 29-30) and San Francisco State (Mar. 29).
A stretch of meets at Pac-12 schools follows as Northridge travels to Tucson, Ariz. for the Jim Click Multi-Events (Apr. 5-6) prior to the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at UCLA on Apr. 12-13. CSUN is also scheduled to send some athletes to the Texas Invitational on Apr. 13 in Austin, Texas.
"We want to raise the level of meets we are competing at this year," added Anderson. "The multi-event meets at Cal and Arizona will be good tests for our heptathletes and decathletes."
The Mt. SAC Invitational signals the homestretch of the outdoor campaign as the Matadors look to improve their season-best times/marks at the annual meet in Walnut on Apr. 19-20. CSUN will then host the first-ever Black & Red Invitational at the Matador Track Complex on Apr. 27 prior to the Big West Multi-Events getting underway the following weekend (May 3-4) also at CSUN.
For the first time since 2010, the Matadors will play host to the conference championships on May 10-11. After finishing third on the men's side and fourth on the women's side in 2012, the Matadors look to recapture the Big West track & field crown which they have won six times (four women, two men) on their home track.
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Kosher Animals
Mammals, birds, fish, and even some locusts are kosher only if they meet the exacting criteria set out in the Bible and rabbinic law.
By Rabbi Louis Jacobs
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Reprinted with permission from The Jewish Religion: A Companion, published by Oxford University Press.
From two biblical passages (Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14:3-21) the following rules are extracted regarding which animals, birds, and fishes are kosher and which terefah [non-kosher].
Only animals that have cloven hooves and that chew the cud are permitted. The pig does have cloven hoofs but does not chew the cud and is, consequently, forbidden. In the course of time, Jews came to have an aversion to the pig in particular, especially after Jews, in the period of the Maccabees [second century BCE] were ready to give their lives rather than eat pig-meat when ordered by tyrants to do so as an expression of disloyalty to the Jewish religion as a whole. Many a Jew today, otherwise not too observant of the dietary laws, will still refuse steadfastly to eat swine-flesh. It might be remarked, however, it is only eating of the pig that is forbidden. Surprising though this may seem at first glance, there is no objection, in Jewish law, to a Jew having a pigskin wallet.
The passage in Deuteronomy (14:4-5) gives a list of the animals that chew the cud and have cloven hooves and are thus kosher: oxen, sheep, goats, deer, gazelles, roebuck, wild goats, ibex, antelopes, and mountain sheep. It is interesting to note that whale meat and whale oil are forbidden not because the whale is a forbidden fish but because the whale is a mammal that, obviously, does not have cloven hooves and does not chew the cud.
With regard to birds, the Bible gives a list of the forbidden birds, implying that all others are kosher. But since the exact identity of the birds mentioned is uncertain, it is the practice only to eat birds that are known by tradition to be kosher, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and pigeons. The eggs of forbidden birds are terefah, but quails' eggs are permitted since the quail is a kosher bird (see Numbers 12:31-2).
Nowhere in the whole of the Bible is there any reference to a particular fish, only to fish in general. In the two passages dealing with the dietary laws it is stated that only fish that have fins and scales are kosher. The Talmud lays down the rule that a fish that has scales also has fins, so that what actually determines which fishes are kosher is the existence of scales. A problem arises as to how "scales" are defined. [The medieval thinker] Nahmanides understands that only scales that are detachable from the skin of the fish qualify as scales. Where they cannot be detached they are not considered to be scales at all but part of the fish itself.
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A Refreshing Change from 'Draw a Unicorn Fighting a Giraffe'
OK, the whole crazy-request-in-the-online-pizza-ordering-Special-Instructions-box thing was getting a little old. Reddit is full of jokers asking Pizza Hut and Domino's to draw all manner of outlandish scenes on their delivery pizza boxes. Some are funny, most are meh.
But this one is a new twist. Slice'r Bill W. emails this one to us: "KNOCK LOUD LIKE THE COPS."
Hah! But did they do it? I asked Bill.
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The work being completed by the Johns Hopkins University Student Volunteers this week is noticeable now at the two work sites. Roofing is coming along at the Ninth Avenue location while siding and interior flooring is showing progress at the Jefferson Avenue home. To volunteer your group or as an individual, contact the local affiliate at 304-523-4822 or www.hahabitat.org.


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The Ashe County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution on Monday to support the exemption of public access to records containing information about who has handgun purchase permits or concealed carry permits.
During the meeting, Commissioner William Sands read the resolution that prevents public access of citizens with weapons permits.
The resolution reads:
"Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Ashe County Board of Commissioners hereby requests that the Ashe County delegation to the North Carolina General Assembly introduce and support legislation to exempt handgun purchase permits and concealed carry permits from the records of Sheriff's Offices that are accessible by the public at large."
"I'm very much in favor of that (the resolution),"said Sands, "I think this is a worthwhile resolution."
According to the resolution, the public records include information like names, addresses, and ages of anyone that has either handgun purchase permits or concealed carry permits.
The resolution passed 4-1, with Commissioner Gerald Price casting the dissenting vote.
"I would just like to say this would protect the privacy of our citizens who aren't criminals; their good people and have been proven to be such," said Sands.
Public assistance drug testing
Another resolution also appeared on the agenda for Monday's commissioners meeting; however, it was tabled until the board could gather more information about the impact of the resolution.
The resolution was a request for legislation to require drug tests for public assistance programs.
According to the proposed resolution, seven states have already adopted drug tests for recipients of public assistance programs since 2011, and 28 other states are also considering drug testing.
This legislation is being discussed to prevent recipients of public assistance funds from trading their funding to buy drugs.
"I agree with this resolution," said Commissioner Judy Porter Poe during the BOC's planning meeting. "If these people are getting county money and support, they need to take a drug test."
During the discussion, Sands said he was hesitant to support this type of legislation. Sands said he was worried about the expenses of implementing that type of legislation.
BOC Chair Larry Rhodes agreed with Sands.
"I'm like William, I haven't really thought about voting for this," said Rhodes.
"I hate to see this happen (parents using public assistance funds to acquire drugs); I'm sure sure if this is the answer," said Rhodes
The financial impact wasn't the only consequence discussed during the planning meeting. The board also discussed the potential impact on the children of those who tests positive for drugs while seeking public assistance funds.
One of the unanswered questions addressed at the meeting was if children will be removed from the care of parents who test positive and placed in the care of social services.
"I don't know if this is the right answer, but something has to be done," said Roark.
Eventually, the decision was made to remove this resolution from the 3:30 meeting to give the board more time to learn about the proposed legislation.
- In a 5-0 vote, Karl Lambert was appointed to the Airport Advisory Board.
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At the International Space Station, it's Suntory time
Mark Hamill's sense of humor has a Dark Side
Thunderstrike 2 worm can infect your Mac without detection
Lust List: This stealth speaker is a Power Mac's Mini-Me and more
Worms 3
, Guerilla Filmmaker, and other awesome apps of the week
iPad Pro hopes, Woz fears Skynet, and British bar fights on The CultCast
Why you're stupid if you don't use Safari on your MacBook
36 empty iMac boxes taped together = human iMac hamster wheel!
Why you may run into trouble if you try to switch running apps
Apple Music metadata is messing up your music
Does Apple really need a 4-inch iPhone 6c?
Activists want Apple to kill gun emoji
Kahney's Korner: Why you should buy an Apple Watch
Radically improved Apple TV will launch in September
Apple invents texture-sensing stylus for future iPads
Leica invented autofocus, then abandoned it
Hollywood badasses swap their weapons for selfie sticks
Apple still determined to bring sapphire displays to iPhone
This is what Boot Camp looked like in the 1980s
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Attention MMBA members and non-members!
I don't know if many of you have realized all the cool stuff we have cooking in our region, how much awesome new single track we'll be building over the next year and how many sweet events we have on deck, but things are really hopping in our little chapter! Because of this, I'd like to invite members and non-members alike to hear about and see what we have brewing here up north.
On Wednesday, August 11 we'll be meeting in the back of the parking lot at the Kalesium in Kalkaska at 6:00 p.m. for a no-drop ride that leaves no later than 6:15. After the ride, we'll roll on up to the conference room at the Kaliseum at 7:45 for some post ride grub and we'll cover what's been happening behind the scenes, current projects, the Logsplitter and what's coming in the future. If its a rain out we'll still meet up at 7:30 in the Kalesium conference room.
Not only do we want to keep everyone up to date on what's happening, but we need volunteers to make it happen. Besides, what could be more rewarding than rolling down a fresh new ribbons of single track that you helped build? Bottom line, it's a very cool time to be a mountain biker in northern Michigan.
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2010 — Martin Peng, a researcher in the Fusion Energy Division of Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been selected by the Fusion Power Associates board of directors to receive a 2010 FPA Leadership Award. The FPA Leadership awards have been given annually since 1980 to individuals who have shown outstanding leadership qualities in accelerating the development of fusion as an energy source.
The award will be presented at the Fusion Power Associates annual meeting and symposium to be held Dec. 1-2 in Washington, D.C. The FPA board said Peng was recognized for the seminal contributions he has made to the evolution of the Spherical Torus concept, the leadership he is providing to the world effort in that area and to the identification and advocacy of its several potential contributions to fusion energy development.
Peng obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a master's degree and doctorate in applied physics from Stanford University. He joined ORNL's Fusion Energy Division in 1974 after receiving his doctorate. Peng served a 10-year assignment at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory as the program director for the National Spherical Torus Experiment, leading the project through its construction and first seven years of experimental operation.
Peng is a fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the American Nuclear Society. He lives in Kingston with his wife, Michelle. Fusion Power Associates is a non-profit tax-exempt research and educational foundation that provides information on the status of fusion development and other applications of plasma science and fusion research.
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Robbery surveillance photo released by policeStaff Report | March 28,2013
Vermont State Police released a surveillance video photograph depicting a suspect in an armed robbery that took place in Wallingford early Tuesday morning.
The unidentified man, who dressed all in black and covered his face with a mask, used a knife to threaten a clerk at the Smart Shop at 172 North Main St. The six-month pregnant woman is shown in the picture being led into a bathroom where her assailant left her while he robbed the store, according to police.
The man is described as being between 5-feet, 5-inches to 5-feet, 9-inches tall. No information about his age, race or other characteristics are known because the man covered himself completely with black clothing, gloves and a facemask.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Detective Sgt. Albert Abdelnour at 773-9101.MORE IN This Just InNEW YORK Yes, your mutual fund may own some Greek stocks. No, most likely not a lot. Full StoryWHITE RIVER JUNCTION A Springfield man who was captured Friday evening after he took off... Full StoryLoan program launched for owners of flood damaged apartment houses Full Story
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Thank you. You helped a lot! =D
Hey. I've tried about a half-dozen different pictures everything from 640x580 to 100x100, all .jpg. Every time I try to upload, a window pops up with the "Are you lost? Sorry for the inconvenience, but there's been an error. The error? You're looking for something that doesn't exist..." nonsense.
Is this still a known issue or am I just super unlucky. A little help?
I am not having this issue, I just tested it out to see, so it appears to be just you. I would suggest clearing your cache and trying again, that seems to right a number of the bugs that are encountered involving the profile stuff.
I can't change my profile pic
Can a mod do it?
Same here if I could get mine changed:
A common glitch on the GIO profiles is that the avatars have to be uploaded twice to appear. If you have only tried changing it once, I would suggest a second attempt. If problem continues, clear your cache and try again. Beyond that, I'd be stumped.
There you guys go. For some reason the "Enable Avatar" field in your accounts is set to "No". I don't know if me changing that to "Yes" enables you to now change your avatar on your own, but you might try it.
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Thanks for putting in my avatar image. I tried uploading a new photo, however I get the same error result. So just to be safe I wont be deleting my avatar.
Much appreciated, thank you.
I still get this every time I try to upload an image (pasted below). Do I seriously have to post the image on this thread in order to get it placed as my avatar?
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Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '4TJDVARZO1L8.jpg' is denied.
ASP.NET is not authorized to access the requested resource. Consider granting access rights to the resource to the ASP.NET request identity. ASP.NET has a base process identity (typically {MACHINE}\ASPNET on IIS 5 or Network Service on IIS 6 and IIS 7, and the configured application pool identity on IIS 7.5) that is used if the application is not impersonating. If the application is impersonating via <identity impersonate="true"/>, the identity will be the anonymous user (typically IUSR_MACHINENAME) or the authenticated request user.
To grant ASP.NET access to a file, right-click the file in Explorer, choose "Properties" and select the Security tab. Click "Add" to add the appropriate user or group. Highlight the ASP.NET account, and check the boxes for the desired access.
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An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
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[UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path '4TJDVARZO1L8.jpg' is denied.]
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Try clearing your cache then trying again.
That's the 3rd time you've suggest people clear their cache on this page alone, SuperKing. I've had this problem at least a year. Pretty sure my cache has cleared since then. In fact, I did it last week.
I know you're trying to help, dude, but repeating the same IT ProTip isn't solving anything.
Well sorry for trying to help. I had the exact same glitch a few weeks ago, and clearing the cache fixed the issue.
My account has been having the same problem for several months. I haven't changed my avatar in years, so if a setting was changed with the update to the website, I'll likely need it re-enabled on my account. Thanks!
Having the same weird glitch; have tried using a different browser. I'll clear my cache and see where that gets me.
Thanks for the help SuperKing


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Editor's Note: This story about Moses, his excuses and God's replies continues in the Sept. 21 edition.
The story I'm about to share with you is from the Bible — with some humor tossed in. It's divided into three parts.
Moses was born when the Egyptians enslaved the Hebrew people and killed off their first-born males. To protect him, Moses' mother placed him in a waterproof basket and sent him up the river.
The basket was found by the Pharaoh's daughter, who took Moses and raised him as her own. Moses' own mother wound up being his nursemaid.
His real mother was there to raise him, nurture him, and teach him the Hebrew people's ways. As Moses grew, he was told to keep his heritage a secret.
As a young adult, Moses developed quite a temper. One day, he witnessed an Egyptian guard beating a Hebrew slave and killed the batterer. He didn't think anyone had seen him so he dragged the body out of view and buried it.
A couple of days later, Moses saw two Hebrews arguing with each other. He went over to them and told them to stop. And one of them turned to him and said, "Why, are you going to kill us just like you did the Egyptian?"
Moses panicked.
He knew if the Hebrews had seen him kill the Egyptian guard, someone else might have, too. He ran into the wilderness. There, he met a beautiful young woman whom he married. Moses tended his father-in-law's sheep, his wife bore several children, the years passed, and they lived a comfortable life.
It seemed that all that had happened back in Egypt was forgotten.
One day, one of the sheep went missing and Moses searched for it. As he searched, he saw what looked like flames coming from the center of a bush, but the bush remained intact. Moses got closer and then something weirder happened: The bush started talking.
But what really freaked out Moses was that the talking bush knew his name.
"Moses!" the bush said. "Don't get too close. And by the way, take off your sandals because you are standing on holy ground."
He did as he was told.
Then, the voice in the bush identified itself as being God. And God said, "I have heard the cry of my people down in Egypt and they are being treated poorly. I want you to be my voice in Egypt. Go there and tell Pharaoh to let my people go."
Well, Moses had all kinds of excuses. He said, "Now look. You know and I know that no one is going to listen to me because I don't have any authority. You heard how those Hebrews treated me when they saw I killed somebody. How can I convince them to come with me so I can be their leader?"
God said, "Don't worry about that. I will give you all the authority you will need."
Moses said, "Yeah, right. How are they going to believe that I was sent by you? What's your name?"
God said "I AM."
Moses said, "Is that supposed to get people to follow me? By saying 'I AM sent me?'"
God said, "I am who I am, and on that alone I give you the authority you need to do what must be done."
How about you?
When you sense that God wants you to do something, do you make excuses?
You are not alone.
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Silver Spring resident Chris Barnes, the man behind the Twitter handle @FixWMATA, woke up this morning to find he was blocked by the very agency he follows, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Twitter was abuzz during Tuesday's evening rush hour after an electrical fire started under a Metro rail car at the Silver Spring station on the red line. Barnes lives and works about three blocks away from the station and was retweeting information from riders on Twitter to spread the word.
Sometime between midnight and Wednesday morning, Barnes said WMATA blocked him from their account, which keeps him from replying to tweets and seeing thread conversations between WMATA and riders.
"All that they've accomplished is slowing down me re-tweeting their tweets. Yesterday was not any different kind of tone than I've every had with them," Barnes said Wednesday afternoon. "The real problem is that they are blocking people at all."
Caroline Lukas of Metro's Media Relations sent a statement to The Gazette from Lynn Bowersox, Assistant General Manager for Customer Service, Communications and Marketing on the issue:
"Our Twitter feed is primarily to provide Metro service information for riders. Violating reasonable boundaries of professional, civil discourse with profanity, personal attacks and inaccurate speculation is not a service to riders," the statement read.
Barnes is not alone. The Twitter account @FireDrGridlock was also blocked from WMATA when it changed its avatar, which pokes fun at The Washington Post's Dr. Gridlock.
Elayne Burke of Washington, D.C., follows Barnes and said she was once blocked by WMATA unintentionally. When she asked why she was blocked, WMATA said it was a "mistake" and unblocked her, Burke said.
Burke said she isn't quite sure why WMATA blocked Barnes' account.
"He was a little bit snarky last night, as I think we all were, in response to them tweeting about the 'fire [department] activity' but I don't at all think that was grounds to block him," she said in an email, noting that she is glad there is a dialogue but hopes there is a day when the area will have a "safe and reliable mode of transportation" that many other cities enjoy.
According to WMATA's Social Media Policy, the agency's social media channels allow the agency to "engage in dialogue with our customers and the general public." It also says that WMATA encourages constructive feedback and discussion.
Among what is prohibited by their social media guidelines are obscene, threatening or harassing language; verbal attacks and/or discriminatory comments; comments advocating activity on Metro property that is dangerous or illegal; and comments that do not relate to the topic for WMATA's social media page or post.
Barnes created the account in 2010 to track hot cars, which a lot of people were complaining about, he said. WMATA reached out to Barnes about a possible partnership with the agency on hot cars, which he said never came to fruition.
Barnes said he noticed that WMATA "wasn't responding to riders" about their concerns, so Barnes said he began using the account to retweet the concerns of riders and information about delays.
So far, the account has garnered more than 3,300 followers and has been added to more than 170 lists, according to Barnes.
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It makes me sad that pediatricians, neurologists, OT's and PT's who looked at her and worked with her never suggested an underlying health issue might be factor. No one ever mentioned there was a biomedical approach. Low muscle tone is benign--you are not going to die from it. And people consider dietary intervention too difficult. But low muscle tone is a classic symptom of celiac, which affects 1 in 100 people and people with gluten intolerance also get better from a
gluten free diet. Although the state payed for my daughters OT and PT, wouldn't she have been happier and felt more normal if she didn't have to go to the "gym" for four hours a week? I like to think I didn't really mind taking her to the gym, but truthfully, it was exhausting. And imagine how much more effective her gym would have been if she had also addressed the underlying cause of her low tone--she might have actually gotten some muscles.
It's weird to say, but I am grateful for her that her brother got so sick or we never would have investigated a gluten free diet and gotten to the bottom of her issues. Don't get me wrong she is still a handful and she still has other health issues. She is not perfect. And there are other things we are still dealing with. But how great is it that low muscle tone and sensory integration are not something I have to deal with AT ALL? She doesn't need to be taken out of the classroom to get OT and PT and she doesn't fall on the way to school anymore. She has muscles on her legs where there used to be just bones and fat and most important--she feels like a normal kid.


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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Many of the changes to Coleman Boulevard are becoming more and more noticeable and as they do, citizens are asking for a slow down.
In the most recent instance, citizens want to know when and how a parking garage was approved near Shem Creek.
Many citizens of the Old Village are concerned about the proposed parking garage at the corner of Mill Street and Coleman (on the same side as the former Settee restaurant). A petition is circulating to halt the project.
Opponents feel that the parking garage would not only detract from the beautiful natural marsh surroundings, but also, the garage would not blend with the current buildings along Shem Creek.
People from all parts of town attended the community discussion of the garage. Everyone agreed we need parking in the area but not on Shem Creek, Santos said. We need to keep the ambiance of the creek right there. That building will tower over the bridge and become the main focal point of the creek. Thats not what I want.
The structure has been approved seven Mount Pleasant Town Council members voted in favor of the project. Council member Gary Santos was the dissenting voice.
This plan also could represent a foreshadowing of future tall buildings in that area. This proposal also echoes Planning Commission member Bob Brimmers concerns of recent building proposals not blending in with the surrounding community, the petition states.
Mount Pleasant Town Councilman Gary Santos has formed a Council of Homeowners Associations consisting of presidents of homeowners associations or their delegates, as well as representatives of neighborhoods that dont have homeowners associations.
The goal is to have these representatives from the various neighborhoods in Mount Pleasant meet once a month or quarterly to discuss issues that affect the town and its citizens, including but not limited to planning issues, said Santos. This is so that they can be more informed and participate in the processes that will affect the quality of life for all of our citizens.
A meeting held Wednesday addressed concerns over the parking garage at Shem Creek.
The proposed project is a joint venture between the town and developer Tex Smalls, known for developing The Shops at Oakland. The plan is for three floors of parking below and two floors of commercial office space above. The total height will be 55 feet. The original plans for the overlay district restricted the height in this location to 40 feet.
The design hasnt been finalized. According to the developers website, construction will begin at the end of the summer.
In September of 2013, Smalls, along with the support of members of the town council, approved the zoning to 55 feet.
Opponents are concerned that the town will continue to increase the height of the proposed structures in the overlay district.
The microphone was open to everyone at the meeting. All those who spoke were disappointed that town council wont open the issue and discuss it. It is bad to stifle debate, Santos said.
Councilman Santos told the audience Wednesday that more than $2 million of public funds is currently going to be used on the garage portion of the project. He said he will make a proposal at the next Mount Pleasant meeting to rescind those funds. He told the crowd that while he will make the proposal, there is no guarantee that another council member will second his proposal and allow that debate.
Changes to Coleman Boulevard came about after an intense study that took nearly five years for the Town of Mount Pleasant to compile. The result was a revitalization master plan developed in 2008. The plan created zoning and development guideline changes that encourage mixed-use developments, with the ultimate goal being a new look and feel to Main Street.
But opponents have been clear that not only are they concerned over the height of the structure, but also the design. Petitioners fear the architecture will not be in keeping with the surrounding area and will be more in line with the architecture of The Boulevard which was built by The Beach Company.
Santos has heard that those in favor of the garage are wondering why citizens are coming forward now. But as he read the original announcements that were on the agenda in regards to the proposal, he explained that regular citizens would not have understood what it meant.
The announcement said a text amendment for a change of development on Mill Street was listed. It doesnt say anything about a parking garage. We need to do these announcements in English where the average person understands them.
His goal is to make these announcements more clear so citizens can understand them and be able to participate if they want.
The idea of the mixed-use development is to create a public parking garage that the town doesnt have to build, operate or maintain, Mount Pleasant Town Administrator Eric DeMoura has been quoted as saying.
A certain number of parking spaces would always be available for public parking, and after-office hours when Shem Creeks bar and restaurants hit their peak the entire garage would be open to the public.
DeMoura said the garage also would allow new development on some smaller nearby properties that currently cant meet the towns parking requirements.
The parking garage would count toward that parking, he said. Not only will this help spur development around Shem Creek, but it also will spur economic activity in that general vicinity.
DeMoura said the towns money will come from the towns accommodations taxes, and the developer will decide how much to charge the public for parking there.
The proposed garage has created a lot of controversy and spawned two online petitions, which to date have more than 2,000 signatures combined.
They can be found at:
This is not personal, Santos said. This is about protecting the ambiance of the creek.
Santos said his next goal is to change the approved 75-foot height in the overlay of Coleman. The boulevard is 65 feet and 75 feet is allowed in three more places along the boulevard, I think 55 is too high. Id do 45.
But he may have trouble changing the overlay plan. Hes tried once before, even if just for the sake of discussion, he said and could not get a second to his motion. When you cant even get a second to a motion to have an honest discussion, that tells me something is going on.
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Saturday, October 30, was a special day for the children and associates of KidsPeace Georgia, as the campus was transformed into a shady oasis that will provide many peaceful places for relaxation and contemplation. Thanks to a Georgia Forestry Commission "Making the Shade" grant, volunteers planted a total of 22 trees, watered and mulched 51 trees, planted 25 bushes and spread 25 bushels of wood chips. According to Executive Director Scott Merritt, these trees will not only beautify the campus, but they will also shade HVAC units, playground areas and buildings, lowering energy consumption and making it more pleasant to be outside during the summer.
Some 52 volunteers worked very hard on the planting, including 10 youth who are in residence at the Bowdon facility and several KidsPeace Georgia associates. State Forester Joe Burgess was there to instruct the volunteers on how the trees should be handled, planted and tended. Adding great energy to the event was KidsPeace Georgia Board of Associates Chair and KidsPeace National Board Member Dick Tisinger, who organized the army of volunteers with staff from his law firm, Tisinger & Vance, and his Agape Sunday School class from First United Methodist Church.
On Friday, October 29, Fletcher Landscape of Carrollton planted 29 larger trees, which Gene Hughes provided to KidsPeace at a huge discount. Additionally, Landscape Architect Chris Threadgill donated many hours to plan exactly where the trees would go. Carroll County EMC donated more than 30 loads of wood chips, which were placed under the ropes course to make landings softer and used as mulch around the campus.
According to Carol Doyle, a KidsPeace Georgia Board of Associates member and the person who made this entire event possible, the adult volunteers told her how much they enjoyed working with the KidsPeace kids. It was a great opportunity for them to get to know the kids and relate on a more personal level to understand exactly what KidsPeace is accomplishing with these boys and girls. It was also a great chance for the kids to see that people are willing to donate their time and efforts to make life more pleasant for them.
Scott Merritt is very appreciative to all of the volunteers and donors who made this major planting event possible and is delighted that the kids took such an interest in making their surroundings more beautiful and more pleasant for their daily activities and visits from family members, community members and neighbors.


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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
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Members of the Summerville Area Ministerial Association, from left, Rev. John Miller, Rev. Ronald Moock and Rev. John Scott present a check for $880 to Palmetto House Director Mrs. Angela Dupree and Crisis Ministries staff member Ms. Anne Jackson. The funds were donated by and given in honor of the graduating Classes of 2013 of Summerville High School and Ashley Ridge High School who attended the Baccalaureate Services put on by the Ministerial Association.
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