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The foyer of the sophisticated Marshall opens to the combined living and dining rooms, creating a warm and inviting ambience from the moment you enter this home. The inviting master bedroom features a set-back French-door entry; a tray ceiling; two enormous walk-in closets; and a relaxing master bath. Other highlights include an elegant foyer with a tray ceiling, a well-appointed kitchen with a breakfast area and a sliding door to the rear covered patio, and a tucked-away laundry.
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SO 2220 - Foundations of Sociology
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Theories and methods of Sociology are applied to the analysis of such issues as social class, race, gender, religion and politics. Not open to students who earned credit for Introduction to Sociology. Falls and Springs. (DICO)
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Can Laptop WiFi Be Traced?by Allan Hu
Laptop users often connect to public Wi-Fi services. Many people are concerned for their privacy on such connections and wonder if their activities can be traced to their own identities or machines. Others are concerned about possible interception of data. There are two feasible ways of identifying a user on an Internet connection: MAC address and IP address.
IP Address Explained
An IP (Internet protocol) address is a unique number assigned to users of a wireless network. For example, if you connect to a public Wi-Fi service, your IP address will be the same as everyone else's on that connection.
IP Address Identification
IP addresses only identify the person or organization that hosts the connection. A person cannot simply look up your name and address using your IP address. The best she will get is your approximate geographic location and Internet service provider. It is only possible to get an actual registrant's information by court order.
MAC Address Explained
A MAC (media access control) address is a number assigned to network adapters. For example, if you join a public Wi-Fi network, your MAC address will (most likely) be different from another person's MAC address because you have a different wireless card.
MAC Address Identification
MAC addresses are supposed to be unique, but manufacturers can sometimes neglect to ensure that every device is assigned a different number. In addition, MAC addresses can be "spoofed" by computer programs. Therefore, a MAC address is not considered personally identifiable information. However, because your MAC address is static, wireless networks can track your connections and block your laptop.
Ensuring Privacy
To ensure privacy over a public Wi-Fi network, make sure you have enabled an Internet security suite with a firewall. Set any wireless settings to "public." Also, to be sure, do not enter any sensitive information over such a connection. Be aware that the connection host can intercept any data being sent over the connection.
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Raleigh, N.C. — The final version of the budget drops provisions in the House budget that would have eliminated the Child Fatality Task Force.
In existence since 1991, the 35-member task force, which operates under the Department of Health and Human Services, is an appointed panel of experts that range from pediatricians to researchers to child advocates to law enforcement. Ten lawmakers are also appointed to serve on the panel.
The task force regularly studies and make recommendations aimed at lowering North Carolina's infant mortality and children's intentional and unintentional death rates. It has been the driving force behind changes such as requiring child car seats and bicycle helmets.
There is no mention of the task force in the conference report that lawmakers will vote on this week.
"I don't think it will end up being cut. It serves a very useful function," Rep. Paul Stam, R-Wake, said of the task force earlier this year. "This task force helps us get accurate medical information on things that will actually impact children's lives."
Also gone is a provision that would have shifted some pregnant women from being covered by the state's Medicaid health insurance program to policies offered by the new health insurance exchanges set up under the Affordable Care Act. Currently, women whose incomes are up to 185 percent of poverty qualify for coverage until a few months after they deliver. A Senate provision would have ratcheted that down to women at 133 percent of poverty, with the remainder switching to plans on the health exchange.
Advocates worried that poor women would not be able to afford the care they needed, even with state subsidies.
"It was dropped," Sen. Pete Brunstetter, R-Forsyth, said Monday of the provision dealing with pregnant women.


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J.R. Morgan, 89, of Campbell died Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, at Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2006, at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with James Winniford and Bill Darnell officiating. Burial is in Shady Grove Cemetery.
Mr. Morgan was born June 26, 1917, in the Shady Grove community in Hunt County to William Franklin and Lucy Margaret Smith Morgan. He married Frances Helen Collins on March 26, 1938, in Greenville.
Mr. Morgan was a retired lead man at ESCO Manufacturing and a farmer. He was a member of Campbell Church of Christ.
The family would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Timothy Ellington for the care he gave Mr. and Mrs. Morgan.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, James and Rachel Morgan of Irving; daughter, Winnona Morgan of Campbell; granddaughter, Dr. Janet Glenn and her husband Keith of Irving; grandson, Jason Morgan and his wife Lauren of Irving; two great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; grand-dogs Bruno and Barren; niece, June Bennett Cooper of Campbell; and nephew, Doug Cooper of Campbell.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife; his parents; son, William Ross Morgan; and sister, Emily Mamie Morgan Cooper.
Pallbearers are James E. Sarge Erwin, Johnny Richards, Wayne Young, Jerry Morgan, Eddie Smith and Doug Cooper. Honorary pallbearers are Billy Clyde Strickler, Jack Wallace, Joe Richards and Kenneth Reed.
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SoundBytes: Rakim, Erasure, Anvil, 3OH!3 and more
-- Electro-pop duo 3OH!3, above, will perform a free concert for USF-St. Petersburg students on March 20 at Jannus Live. Only student tickets are available at the time being, but public tickets should go on sale at some point. Click here and here for details.
-- A pair of bona fide hip-hop legends, Rakim and Slick Rick, are teaming up for a tour that'll hit Jannus Live on May 10. Tickets are $25-$50. Click here.
-- Classic Canadian metal outfit Anvil, who found new fame in the moving 2008 documentary Anvil: The Story Of Anvil, are returning to the State Theatre on April 9. Tickets are $15. Click here.
-- Singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen is coming to the Straz Center in Tampa on April 12. Tickets start at $15 and go on sale Friday. Click here.
-- For its sixth anniversary party on Friday night, the Honey Pot pulls out the stops in celebration, with a party driven by music spun by special guest DJs Vince Clarke and Andy Bell of Erasure. There's also a $1,000 balloon drop, champagne toast, drag show and free drinks until 11 p.m. Entry is $5, free before 10:30 p.m. Click here.
-- Early bird tickets to WMNF's Tropical Heatwave, May 9-10, are available at a discounted price of $30 through March 3. This year's headliners are The Hold Steady, Hayes Carll, Joseph Arthur and Katchafire. Click here.
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Focus is everything in video. Recently, some students came back from a video shoot and showed me the footage and it was useless because it was out of focus. In larger budget productions they hire focus pullers or called 1st AC. Most of the time I film myself, even when I get some help from my daughters. In this short tutorial I show you how I get my camera in focus.
I have a really basic home studio basement set up and I use a Canon 7D when I am not using my iPhone 5S. I use Dracast lights and the RØDE smart lav for audio. What's your challenge when you film yourself? Share in the comments below.


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Parkside Court man arrested for punching a neighbor
A 46-year-old Parkside Court man was arrested on a felony assault charge early Wednesday for allegedly punching a neighbor in the face so hard during an argument that she was taken by ambulance for treatment at the Erie County Medical Center.
Howard Sutton was charged about 12:15 a.m. with second-degree assault for causing bleeding after he allegedly punched the woman in her left eye. The victim was treated at the medical center and discharged.


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THE BLOGOSPHERE vs THE VSPs....PART 2....A member in (extremely good) standing of the VSP community emails to suggest a delicate topic for the liberal blogosphere to take a second look at:
One thing you might write about if only because nobody else has, I think is how that whole dust-up over the O'Hanlon/Pollack op-ed looks in retrospect. I mean, clearly they were on to something the relative quieting down of stuff that has taken place in Iraq over the last several months, etc. Completely debatable whether that was due to the surge, or is sustainable, or is deeply significant, etc. etc., but it's not like the caricature of them put forth in the blogosphere at the time as paid lobbyists for the Bushies, reporting back what they were told to after checking out a Potemkin village holds up, does it?Hmmm. Yes. Seems like I was pretty skeptical of the O'Hanlon/Pollack report myself. But basically they reported two things: (a) violence is down and security has improved, and (b) the economy, police force, political leadership, and infrastructure are still disaster areas. And actually, um, that pretty much seems to be true, doesn't it?


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I had this procedure 2 weeks ago. My left cheek is totally numb and I have blue veins across my cheek and temple. The pain factor was a 10 (worse than passing a gallstone!) and I see no visible result. I would not recommend this as the side effects were greater than expected. The pain was much greater than expected, I am not certain if the veins, numbness and bruising will heal properly, I had another procedure a year earlier called Affirm and it did produce results without as much pain and side effects. I would suggest using Affirm rather than ultherapy. If you do go ahead maje sure to get pain relief before the procedure. I am 56 year old female.
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FDA allows continued sale of generic Opana painkiller
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Friday that it will allow the continued sale of generic forms of the prescription pain drug Opana ER, after the agency found that a new form of the drug was not significantly more successful at preventing abuse.
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"I need to buy a bra while we're here."
Patty and I had just had lunch at the Sprout and Ivy or the Olive and Fig or some other trendy restaurant in the fashion district of Scottsdale, Ariz. We had salads, of course, chosen from an entire page of elaborate creations featuring cranberries, goat cheese, figs, microgreens, heirloom tomatoes and organic porcini mushrooms.
With an hour to kill before checking in for our Girls Just Want to Have Fun spa adventure, Nordstrom — just steps away — seemed to beckon.
"I could use a new bra too," I said.
In retrospect, I should have considered more carefully this little expedition with my friend of 30 years. Whereas Patty is the extrovert, chatting up cabdrivers, waiters, police officers, people walking their dogs, I am not. I talk to people when I have to.
So here we were, looking for the lingerie department. Most department stores have similar layouts, so I headed to the escalator. Not Patty. She headed for the cosmetics clerk.
"You're looking for Lingerie? I'm new, let me ask Lois," she said. Then loudly, "Lois, where is Lingerie?"
We now had two sales clerks involved in the hunt for unmentionables.
"Take a right at the top of the escalator. You can't miss it," Lois said from across the aisle. "There's a large sign that says Lingerie."
Up we went. The lingerie department was under a large sign that made good on its promise. I walked directly to the racks of bras. I knew my size. All I needed to do was find a couple of styles that I liked, take them to the dressing room, try them on and make my selection. Then off to the spa.
But this was not to be.
Without warning, Patty had found a "bra fitter." Our bra fitter was 16 years old. Well, okay. She was probably 24. Blond, beautiful, statuesque and pencil thin, she had a tape measure draped around her neck, its ends dangling from her perfectly shaped breasts.
She smiled sweetly. "Do you ladies want to share a room? That could be fun!"
"No," I said.
"Yes," Patty said.
So, one room it was.
Pencil Blond closed the door behind us, whipped the tape measure off her neck and looked at us expectantly.
"Blouses off, ladies," she said, beaming. I felt the urge to throttle her. "Let me measure around your chests."
Oh, Mother, I thought. In spite of her admonishments when I was young, I didn't have my best bra on. In fact, I had noticed when I put it on that morning that the underwire was starting to poke through. I didn't know that I would have a bra fitting today, I silently whined to my mother.
Pencil Blond studied my bra. Actually she studied what was spilling out of my bra. Then she studied Patty.
Same story.
"What sizes did you say you are again?" Again we told her.
"Hmm. Let me bring a few sizes for you to try," she said, and skipped out of the room.
Patty and I looked at each other. Sizes?
PB returned with several bras on each arm.
"Okay, ladies. Bras off!"
Oh my God, I thought, she's going to stay with us while we try them on. And then Pencil Blond said the one thing guaranteed to ruin our spa retreat.
"I think that both of you will be much more comfortable in a larger size."
Oh, the humiliation.
When Patty and I met as fellow sales reps in the late '70s, we were 28 years old. We were professional businesswomen, making good money and fending off the guys. We were slim and wore our stylish clothes well. Our bra sizes would confirm that.
Over the years, as we moved up the career ladder, our bra sizes moved with us. But that was fine. They still served us well under our St. Johns and Eileen Fishers.
But now this. There was no sound in our mutual dressing room.
Pencil Blond hooked the bras around our backs, pulling and prodding.
"Yes. Nice and snug. Perfect!"
She was right, unfortunately.
The rest of our bra-fitting experience was a blur as we tried on various styles, Pencil Blond never far away. Finally we each chose one, handed them over the door, dressed and slunk out of the dressing room.
"Enjoy them, ladies!" Pencil Blond trilled as she turned to another unsuspecting victim.
At the escalator, Patty whispered, "Did this just happen?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so."
A long pause.
"Let's keep this between us, okay?"
Quite the introvert.
Catherine Rezak is co-founder of Paradigm Learning, an employee training company based in St. Petersburg.


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Species Profile
Atlantic Salmon Anticosti Island population
Scientific Name: Salmo salar
Taxonomy Group: Fishes
Range: Quebec, Atlantic Ocean
Last COSEWIC Assessment: November 2010
Last COSEWIC Designation: Endangered
SARA Status: No schedule, No Status
Individuals of this species may be protected under Schedule 1 under another name; for more information see Schedule 1, the A-Z Species List, or if applicable, the Related Species table below.
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The Atlantic Salmon has a fusiform body shape that is somewhat compressed laterally and has an average length of about 457 mm. Its back is blue-green, its sides are silvery with several markings that are either round or x-shaped, and its belly is white. During the reproduction period, the Atlantic Salmon loses its silver colour and takes on a greenish or reddish hue; a few large, white-edged spots then appear on its sides.
Distribution and Population
Because Atlantic Salmon have a high degree of fidelity to their natal rivers and given their adaptation to the stream they frequent (e.g., difference in morphology, life cycle and behaviour), the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has identified 16 designatables units (DU) of Atlantic Salmon, 11 of which are considered at risk. Atlantic Salmon of the Anticosti Island population (DU9) reproduce only in the island's tributaries. This population has 25 known salmon rivers.
Salmon spawning rivers are generally clear, cool and well oxygenated, with gravel, cobble and boulder substrates. Young salmon born in the streams and the adults that spawned them then migrate from a freshwater environment to brackish-water estuaries and then to the open sea where they spend several years.
Atlantic Salmon spawn in fresh water, generally in their native river. Juveniles spend one to eight years in fresh water before migrating to salt water in the North Atlantic. After staying at sea for one to four years, adults return to fresh water to spawn.
The causes of the widespread decline of Atlantic Salmon are not well understood. Several major reviews have attempted to identify and prioritize the causes of this situation. The low rate of survival at sea was cited as the primary cause of the decline. The populations are also threatened by climatic changes and environmental changes in the ocean; Aboriginal, recreational and illegal fishing; obstacles in fresh water (e.g. dams); agriculture; urbanization; aquaculture and invasive species. In some cases, the habitat used for freshwater spawning is degraded.The small size of the Anticosti Island population (about 2,400 individuals in 2008) is cause for concern. Over the past three generations, the number of small (that spent one winter at sea) and large (that spent more than one winter at sea) individuals has decreased, representing a net decline of approximately 40% in the total number of mature individuals.
Federal Protection
The Atlantic Salmon commercial fishery was closed progressively in Canadian waters from the mid-1980s until the complete closure in 2000. Aboriginal peoples continue to fish in several salmon rivers for food, social and ceremonial purposes. Salmon represents an important cultural tradition to which they attach great value. Lastly, recreational fishing is still authorized. Restrictive management measures are imposed for each river based on abundance estimates. These measures include catch limits, mandatory release of large salmon to the water, and closures of certain watercourses. Salmon habitat is protected under the fish habitat protection provisions of the Fisheries Act.
Provincial and Territorial Protection
To know if this species is protected by provincial or territorial laws, consult the provinces' and territories' websites.
PLEASE NOTE: Not all COSEWIC reports are currently available on the SARA Public Registry. Most of the reports not yet available are status reports for species assessed by COSEWIC prior to May 2002. Other COSEWIC reports not yet available may include those species assessed as Extinct, Data Deficient or Not at Risk. In the meantime, they are available on request from the COSEWIC Secretariat.
4 record(s) found.
- COSEWIC Status Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- Response Statements (1 record(s) found.)
- COSEWIC Annual Reports (1 record(s) found.)
- Consultation Documents (1 record(s) found.)
COSEWIC Status Reports
COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar in Canada (2015)The Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) is a member of the family Salmonidae. This species has a fusiform body shape and matures at sizes ranging from 10 to 100+ cm. Atlantic Salmon exhibit plastic life histories and may have multiple reproductive and migratory phenotypes within a population, including freshwater resident and oceanic migrant forms. All phenotypes reproduce in fresh water. The oceanic migrant (anadromous) form is the best known phenotype, and with the exception of the extinct Lake Ontario population, is the only form considered in this report. Juveniles spend 1-8 years in fresh water, then migrate to the North Atlantic for 1-4 years, and then return to fresh water to reproduce. Demographically functional units tend to be at the watershed scale, but population subdivision may occur within watersheds. The Canadian range of this species was subdivided into 16 designatable units (DUs) based on genetic data and broad patterns in life history variation, environmental variables, and geographic separation.
Response Statements
Response Statement - Atlantic Salmon, Anticosti Island population (2011)This species requires rivers or streams that are generally clear, cool and well-oxygenated for reproduction and the first few years of rearing, but undertakes lengthy feeding migrations in the North Atlantic Ocean as older juveniles and adults. This population breeds in rivers on Anticosti Island. Small (one-sea-winter) and large (multi-sea-winter) fish have both declined over 3 generations, approximately 32% and 49%, respectively, for a net decline of all mature individuals of about 40%. The population size is small, about 2,400 individuals in 2008. As is the case for most populations of the species, poor marine survival related to substantial but incompletely understood changes in marine ecosystems is a concern.
COSEWIC Annual Reports
Consultation Documents
Information Summary for the Consultation on Adding Five Atlantic Salmon Populations to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk under the Species at Risk Act (2012)Because Atlantic Salmon have a high degree of fidelity to their natal rivers and given their adaptation to the stream they frequent (e.g. difference in morphology, life cycle and behaviour), the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has identified 16 populations of Atlantic Salmon. This consultation focuses on five of these populations in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Consultations for the other populations assessed as at risk by COSEWIC will be carried out at a later date. We would like to receive your comments on the potential benefits or impacts of adding these five Atlantic Salmon populations to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk under the Species at Risk Act. The purposes of this Act are to prevent wildlife species from becoming extinct, to provide for their recovery and to conserve biological diversity. This summary includes information on Atlantic Salmon and on the Species at Risk Act. You will also find a detachable questionnaire that you can complete to provide us your comments.
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Security instability in Yemen [2]has not only resulted in thousands of deaths, injuries and the displacement of locals in governorates across the nation, but it has also devastated the tourism industry, leaving guides, agencies and shop owners without a source of steady income."The tourism situation is tragic [3]. The majority of tourism agencies have lost millions of riyals," said Basel Al-Ariqi, an executive member of the Yemeni Union for Tourism. "Tourism agencies laid off their employees even leading companies had to layoff their staff's services."Abdullah Al-Hamdi, a manager of the five-star Ramada Al-Mukalla hotel in Hadhramout, said that the hotel has laid off 65 percent of its employees due to a steep decline in tourism. With no indication of an influx in visitors anytime soon, Al-Hamdi says they may be forced to make more cuts from their now skeleton crew. "We will close soon if the situation continues this way," he said. "Until now, we've lost YR 120 million (approximately $558,000). We're barely covering the operating expenses."Despite relative improvements in the situation, especially in the south where the state has gained back much of its lost control, Yemen still has an international reputation as a conflict ridden country, despite the efforts of citizens to dispel this label. Although tourism agencies say they were suffering a bit before the uprisings that erupted in 2011, triggering the downward security spiral, the "war-zone" stigmas associated with Yemen continue to discourage potential international visitors. Hotels and restaurants also say domestic tourism is at an all time low. "It's not only foreign tourists who find it difficult to go to some tourist places, [4]Yemenis also face different difficulties such as banditry," said Ahmed Al-Beel, manager of the Programs and Activities Department in the Ministry of Tourism.Al-Beel said the industry is growing more and more distressed."I've visited several tourist restaurants and their owners keep asking me, 'Where are the tourists?'" he said.Al-Ariqi blames the deterioration of the tourism sector on the government that "hasn't provided support for this vital and profitable sector."Fahd Frass, the executive manager of Yemeni Dreams Tourism and Travel Agency, also blames the government for her flagging financial state."We're a real victim of security disturbances," he said. "Unfortunately, the government doesn't realize the significance of tourism in boosting the economy in the country."Recently, the Yemeni Dreams Agency booked 24 international tourists for a package trip that included a hotel and tour in Syoun, a city in Hadhramout known for its attractive historical buildings. But, at the last minute, the Tourist Police Office prevented the agency from moving ahead with plans, citing "security concerns.""We were initially told by the Tourist Police that we can send our tourists to Hadhramout but when [the tourists] arrived in Sana'a we were told the opposite," said Frass. "We've lost a lot of money, but we don't care about money as we're only worried about our reputation being damaged.""Such tourists could yield thousands of dollars for Yemen in a few days," he said.The Tourists Police defended their decision, saying such determinations come up suddenly because of Yemen's volatility and is for the safety of visitors. "Everyday something new comes, so tourism agencies should always coordinate with us to know the areas that are put on the ban list," said Colonel Dr. Mosed Al-Dhaheri, deputy manger of Tourist Police. He went on to say that travel bans often come suddenly.Speaking to Yemen Times about the decision of the government on banning tourists to visit specific areas, Al-Beel said, "We appreciate that the government is worried about the safety of tourists but that doesn't mean that they should abandon their duties in securing roads and imposing security,"Currently, tourists are allowed in Ibb, Taiz, Hodeida, Sana'a, Hajja, Mahweet and Socotra, Al-Beel said.Other areas that were one-time tourist destination like Marib and Hadhramout have been banned by the Tourist Police.
[1] http://www.syndigate.info
[2] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-21421310
[3] http://www.albawaba.com/main-headlines/yemen-tourism-growth-chances-dashed-political-turmoil
[4] http://www.albawaba.com/yemen-tourism-and-terrorism
[5] http://www.yementimes.com


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Botetourt County Marriage Book 1888:P-138
County Clerks Office, Fincastle, Virginia
Marriage License
Virginia, Botetourt County to wit:
To any Person Licensed to Celebrate Marriages:
You are hereby authorized to join together in the Holy State of Matrimony, according to the rites and ceremonies of your Church, or religious denomination, and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Frank D. Caldwell
And Emma F. Lemon
Given under my hand, as Clerk of the County Court of Botetourt this 19th day of November 1888
J.W. Matheny Clerk
Time of Marriage, Nov. 19th 1888
Place of Marriage, Botetourt Co
Full Names of Parties married, Frank D. Caldwell
And Emma F. Lemon
Color, white
Age of Husband, 27 years
Age of Wife, 20
Condition of Husband,(widow or single) Single
Condition of wife(widowed or single)
Place of Husbands Birth, Craig Co
Place of Wifes Birth, Botetourt Co
Place of Husbands Residence, Craig Co
Place of Wifes Residence, Botetourt Co
Name of Husbands Parents George and Ann Caldwell
Names of Wifes Parents, Jacob M. and Martha Jane Lemon
Occupation of Husband, Farmer
Given under my hand this 19th day of November 1888.
[Signature] J.W. Matheny Clerk
Ministers Return of Marriage
I certify that on the 19th day of November 1888
At Jac. Lemmons House, Craigs Creek, I united in Marriage the above-named and described parties under authority of the annexed License.
[Signature] R.R. Houston


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One Saturday, however, I found myself negotiating the Wayne Trace-Pontiac interchange while traveling between lumber yards. Although my thoughts were focused on a woodworking project, I did notice an Oldsmobile with Michigan license plate warily navigating the interchange. An elderly woman was at the helm and appeared confused. However, when I returned to the intersection two hours later, she was still there! Her husband seemed a little beyond being able to help her, but I found her outside the car crying and obviously feeling hopeless. I was happy to lead her out of the maze and get them back on their way toward New Haven.
Brickman's article reminded me that all such traffic conundrums are now resolved by the installation of a traffic circle. In fact, the Wayne Trace-Pontiac debacle now has two such circles – one on each side of the railroad track. I can't say that it is any easier to figure out where you are going or how to get there, but the new circles do make a tired part of town seem more up to date.
For many decades, we in the Midwest were largely free of such innovations, and better off for it. Not counting Indy's Monument Circle, or Angola's quaint downtown, we Hoosiers could pretty much follow a straight path to wherever we wanted to go. Now, however, the mysterious people who once gave us crop circles have moved their craft to Indiana roadways, and we will never be the same.
Brickman tried to lay out some universal rules, such as never change lanes after entering the circle. Really? How can you know what you need to do until you see a sign that tells you? Multiple lanes are the bugbear in negotiating the newer circles. As nearly as I can tell, the inner lane can only be used for repeated revolutions around the circle. A good idea might be to put a gas station or some fast food or even a licensed mental health professional in the middle.
The article also gives instructions for making left turns. Again, really? How can you turn left out of a circle which only proceeds to the right? Or wait, every time you enter a circle, you turn right. But then you turn back left in order to make the curve. But then you turn right again to leave the circle, even if you are not where you want to be. I am confused. Maybe I need to go to the Carmel-Fishers area north of Indy. I hear that they have installed over 90 traffic circles, and I feel like I've negotiated 87 of them every time I visit my niece.
Those Hamilton County circles have introduced another bane to confident driving: symbols which seem to have been borrowed from the Ancient Aliens movement. Hieroglyphics from an unknown source with no decipherable meaning assault drivers whose heads are still spinning from the last circle. What is it they want me to do?
Well, Allen County also has a growing number of traffic circles, but we have not yet settled on a standard design. Have you been through the one on Coventry Lane? Its center is no bigger than our dining table, which is not big enough to put your elbows on. Yet new circles planned for the Fairfield-Ewing area and proposed for curvy State Boulevard show continuing experimentation rather than one well-thought-out solution which could encourage universal driving practices.
Fort Wayne's ace-in-the-hole, however, has to be the Union Chapel hallucination. Instead of simple confusing circles, we will get to experience crossing oncoming traffic for the privilege of passing one another on the right instead of the left – before crossing back again. For once, the Summit City is really leading the pack. For those of us too timid for the Union Chapel experience, there is always the opportunity to spend the day locked into the inner lane of a nearby traffic circle. Long live the revolution!


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Stuyvesant Student Punished for Cheating Sues City
A Stuyvesant High School senior suspended for participating in a massive cheating ring has sued New York City over damage done to the student's prospects for admission to an elite college.
The student, who wasn't identified in court papers, claims the city ignored state regulations by unilaterally canceling scores on U.S. history, English and physics Regents without allowing the student to provide a defense. A judge on Tuesday denied the student's immediate request to both reinstate the test scores and block the city from informing colleges about disciplinary measures.
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In a show of unity…..can't we all just get along….probably not…
Ask Deaner is Back. go ahead, ask me anything.
The Facebook Band Releases it's 2nd track
Well, this jam was a lot harder than the first one, we put a lot of time and love into this and I got swamped with a million contributions. Thank you to everyone who submitted tracks, there were so many good ideas from so many people–this time we upped the ante with a more difficult arrangement and were rewarded when everyone rose to the challenge. The song (which started out as nothing but a drumbeat) evolved into this funky throwback to the sound of the early 70′s Meters or War. The title ended up being "Someone Greased The Fat Man" and here is the personnel on the final track:
Dean Ween-Guitar, Vocals, Bass
Mike Huetz-Guitar, Bass, Editing, Keys
Rich Scannella-Drums
Erica Ward-Vocals
Christopher Michael-Guitar
John Moore-Guitar
Ralph Liberto-Horns
Here is the song–play it loud—after this experience I'm gonna take a breather and think about our next direction, which constantly evolves with every submission. If you have submitted tracks and they didn't get used, please don't give up on this project. there are only so many tracks you can put on one tune (we can't use 11 guitar tracks–that's about 7 too many) and finding the balance of tracks to get the most cohesive song is ever bit as important as the song itself. If that makes any sense. Play it loud and enjoy. Thanks to Mike Huetz for working overtime on the mix.
FACEBOOK BAND ALERT! We have made tremendous headway on our latest jam, the submissions have been incredible for the most part and we've developed a concept and theme. Now we need a title and for someone to do killer funky vocals. To guide you along I did a little bit of scat singing to show you what direction I think it should take. I'm thinking old Meter's "Fire On the Bayou" or War's "Cisco Kid" as a reference point. When you here my "scat" (huhuhuh) track it will become obvious. For title's think of something funky that flows well with my groove idea, like "Someone Stuck the Greaseman"….etc….have at it! Thanks to the killer musicians that contributed so far! Here is my reference version with me scat singing
and here is the version to work from:
Song #2 Saturday 10/18/2014–the Bonham Jam
Here is the basic bass and drum track we're working with. the drums were played originally by Rich Scanella and sampled, sliced and diced and looped by me originally and completely overhauled by Mike Huetz. See the instructions above, email submissions to email@example.com
This tune is 81 BPM and is in the key of A. Have at it. This is the second song in our Sat. night music club, or the "GET SOME" series. Add your tracks, and mail them back, follow the instructions I linked to below. A good place to start if you're thinking about vocals would be the descending chorus part, that sounds like "I wanna take you higher", don't be afraid to give it a title and a chorus, but either way, have fun with it! - Mickey
So how do I do contribute, and what shall I use?
The MOST IMPORTANT key is to take the track and never clip any time off of it, if it was 3:35 seconds when you downloaded it, that's what it ashould be when you mail it back with your new tracks on there. As far as software damn near anything will work, we are only dealing with mp3 s and wav files, no native formats. You can use pro-tools (what i use) or the easiest and must have program "audacity", which is free, as long as no one trims the time down you can just drop it in and line it up. simple as it gets.
Now you have your track recorded and want to send it back—before you mail it to me it, put all the pre-existing music to one side, the left channel, and put your track to the other side, in the right channel, and voila—-we're done and you're in, provided that you have a shred of talent. For stereo tracks, just line it up with the existing tracks I made and DON'T TRIM ANY TIME OFF OF IT. I will drop it in and everything will be fine, I will sort out your levels in the mix. Send me two mixes, one with you blended in where you see fit, and one with your stand-alone tracks. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TRIM ANY TIME OFF OF IT!
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Garth Brooks Announces Date, Ticket Price for Chicago Show + Confirms Digital Music
Less than 24 hours after announcing Chicago as the opening city of his upcoming comeback tour, Garth Brooks has released the date and ticket information for the show.
Brooks will kick off his first tour in almost 20 years on Thursday, Sept. 4 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.
"As an entertainer, you get asked a lot, 'What are the best cities to play?'" Brooks says in a press release. "Without hesitation, I rattle five or six of the best places to play and that list always includes Chicago. It is the perfect city to launch the world tour!"
Tickets will go on sale Friday, July 25 at 10AM CST. There will be a six ticket limit per purchase. Tickets will be available at www.ticketmaster.com, by calling 1-800-745-3000 or via Ticketmaster Express at 1-866-448-7849. There will be no sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on July 25.
In keeping with Brooks' stated intention to keep ticket prices low for the tour, tickets for Chicago will cost $56.94, plus $2.56 tax and a six dollar service charge, totaling $65.50.
The singer has also posted an announcement to his official website that reads, "Digital – the new era begins …," although there does not appear to be a way to access digital music via the website currently.


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Vitryssarna vill också lämna sitt trista hemland och emigrera till Skandinavien.
You know, in Lithuania you can meet a girl that is not a wh**e, you should try it in Sweden... Oh wait, thats Lithuania now. Well, Lithuania is the best, we have Lithuanian girls, swedish wh*res. We are cool.
What kind of denying are you saying that I'm denying? I haven't denied anything. Your girls might be more attractive than ours, granted, but that doesn't render the original statement false.
Go to Malmskillnadsgatan in Stockholm and you will find a lot of "hot" Lithuanian babes walking the street.
Change your Malmshitdistrict names to normal ones and I will go check that out. I'll find far more swedish girls there for sure.
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I like the way my right side looks a lot more than my left. Facial Asymmetry Correction? (photo)
I feel like my face is very asymmetrical but you can only tell by my oblique view. I like the way my right side looks a lot more than my left (the right picture is my right side). I'm having a hard time trying to figure out what it is that's making my face uneven. I feel like some things that come into play would be my jaw, chin, forehead, and eyes. I was wondering if you could analyze my pictures and tell me what it is that's making my face uneven and what I can do to correct it.
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Hi Khronos -
I had the same problem with one pdf. It was a heavily illustrated ebook that showed up fine on my computer. But on my iPad, the illustrations were blank pages.
Mr Google does have the answer. He sent me to
where they discuss this issue. It's to do with jpeg vs jpeg2000.
On that forum, they also point to the Goodreader faq. Here's a quote from the Goodreader trouble shooting faq:
I see blank pages in my PDF file, but it shows fine on my Mac/PC
There are two main reasons for this:
JPEG2000 image compression. This compression used in some PDF files can't be understood by current versions of iPhone OS (and GoodReader heavily relies on its capabilities). However, there's a very easy workaround for that.
If you have a Mac computer, open this PDF file in Mac's standard Preview application, go to File menu and select Save As command. Then resave this file as a new PDF (just make sure to change a file name, to preserve the original file unchanged). The new PDF file will be formatted in iPhone-friendly way.
If you have a PC computer, the solution would be to reassemble a file in Adobe Acrobat software (or other) replacing JPEG2000 image compression with more conventional JPEG. Print your file to a special Adobe PDF printer (installed by Acrobat). Make sure that inside this printer's settings, on Images tab two first Compression fields don't show JPEG2000. If they do, change them to JPEG.
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What I did with my own troublesome pdf was:
*Launch the pdf using Adobe PDF Reader.
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The newly created pdf displayed correctly in iBooks on my iPad.
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Microresonator optical frequency combs based on cascaded four-wave mixing are potentially attractive as a multi-wavelength source for on-chip optical communications. In this paper we compare time domain coherence, radio-frequency (RF) intensity noise, and individual line optical communications performance for combs generated from two different silicon nitride microresonators. The comb generated by one microresonator forms directly with lines spaced by a single free spectral range (FSR) and exhibits high coherence, low noise, and excellent 10 Gbit/s optical communications results. The comb generated by the second microresonator forms initially with multiple FSR line spacing, with additional lines later filling to reach single FSR spacing. This comb exhibits degraded coherence, increased intensity noise, and severely degraded communications performance. This study is to our knowledge the first to simultaneously investigate and observe a correlation between the route to comb formation, the coherence, noise, and optical communications performance of a Kerr comb.
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''Many people were collapsing around us and dying,'' says a Kurdish man who survived a poison gas attack. ''The gas smelled of garlic and rotten apples.'' As he recalls that day, we see videotape shot immediately after the attack. The gas -- a combination including the nerve gas sarin and cyanide -- caused paralysis and death so fast that the stonelike corpses littering the ground look flash-frozen, fists clenched, one child's arm still lifted in the air.
The attack, launched by Saddam Hussein in 1988 in his own country, hit the town of Halabja and was meant to punish the Kurds for their resistance to his control. That story is only one part of tonight's extraordinary documentary ''Saddam's Ultimate Solution,'' the timeliest possible beginning to ''Wide Angle,'' a 10-week PBS series on varied international issues. Only last week Iraq once again refused to let United Nations weapons inspectors into the country, and much front-page news has focused on the Bush administration's possible plans to topple Mr. Hussein and on the role the Kurds might play in such a move.
In this hourlong film, its reporter and producer, Gwynne Roberts, travels to Iraqi Kurdistan searching for links between Mr. Hussein and Osama bin Laden. He is accompanied by a doctor studying the long-term effects of poison gas on the towns and villages (more than 200 of them) attacked by Mr. Hussein in the late 1980's. The Hussein-Bin Laden connection is the more explosive subject. The claims are chilling if true, but while the evidence is convincing it remains unproved here. The effects of the poison gas, however, are viscerally, undeniably horrifying. On both counts the narrative and the images in ''Saddam's Ultimate Solution'' are as gripping as any drama.
The documentary includes black-and-white videotape taken immediately after Mr. Hussein's first known chemical attack in April 1987 on a village called Scheich Wassan. Taken by a Kurdish mercenary working with the Iraqis, the tape shows a huge cloud hanging in the air, people helplessly throwing buckets of water on the smoking ground, villagers wailing. Color video from 1991 shows skulls and remnants of clothing being unearthed from a mass grave for victims of that attack. Today the film shows shells from the missiles lying in a school playground, a residue of poison gas still on them.
In Halabja the film captures an old woman's wizened face and body. Mr. Roberts then tells us she is 16 years old; she was 3 when the poison gas hit. A man who was a healthy 9-year-old at the time now has curvature of the spine. There is an increase in babies born with cleft palates, Down syndrome and other disorders. A sign over a large burial ground reads, in imperfect English, ''The Graveyard for Halabja Chemical Martyr.''Continue reading the main story
While in Kurdistan, Mr. Roberts's investigation of the Hussein-Bin Laden tie focuses on Al Ansar al Islam, a militant Islamic group (the Iraqi counterpart to the Taliban in Afghanistan) with widely reported links to Mr. bin Laden's Queda. Only one source faces the camera: Barham Salih, the prime minister of the Kurdish Regional Government, who survived an assassination attempt. One of the captured suspects claims to be a member of al Ansar and says he was recruited by Al Queda agents in Jordan.
Two other men are filmed with their backs to the camera or lurking in shadows. A man who is now a prisoner of the Kurds claims he was an Iraqi intelligence agent and says that Aymar al Zawahiri, Mr. bin Laden's second in command, met with Mr. Hussein in Iraq in 1992.
Even more alarming claims come from an Iraqi whom Mr. Roberts tracks down in Turkey, his identity disguised by a jittery camera in a hotel room that shows his hands, his feet, never his face. He says he worked in a chemical weapons factory near Baghdad and that he actually saw Mr. bin Laden visit a terrorist training camp in Iraq in 1998, when Al Queda members were about to ''graduate'' from its program. ''Saddam's Ultimate Solution'' carefully couches all this information in phrases like ''if these claims are true,'' but it has a cumulative credibility when added to similar stories from many other sources.
The trappings of the series are less successful. After each film either James Rubin, a former spokesman for former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, or Daljit Dhaliwal, the former anchor of ''World News for Public Television,'' will interview an expert on the documentary's subject. Mr. Rubin's guest on tonight's program is Richard Perle, a former assistant secretary of defense in the Reagan administration. Mr. Perle offers an argument rather than analysis when he says an American operation in Iraq will be ''quicker and easier than many people think,'' a matter of weeks not months. Mr. Rubin questions what he calls this ''optimistic scenario,'' but because it's not his role to take a position, the Perle interview is the lopsided half of a debate. Still, in a television landscape where network news is dominated by tiny sound bites and cable by shouting heads, ''Wide Angle'' has a distinct and valuable place.
Saddam's Ultimate Solution
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Gwynne Roberts, producer and reporter; Andy Halper, senior producer; Stephen Segaller, executive producer; Pamela Hogan, series producer; James P. Rubin, host. Produced by 13/WNET New York.Continue reading the main story


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It might not have been the shot heard 'round the world, but Jordan Miller's goal four minutes into overtime certainly reverberated around the Archdiocesan Athletic Association Large Division.
Borgia (8-2, 5-1) shocked St. Dominic (14-4, 6-1) Tuesday in O'Fallon, 1-0.
The victory, as well as a 2-0 win over Bishop DuBourg Thursday, puts the Knights into position to potentially win the Large Division title.
Borgia still has two division games remaining against St. Mary's (3-12, 1-4) and Duchesne (9-9-1, 2-3). The Knights will host St. Mary's next Wednesday at 5 p.m. The Knights will visit Duchesne Saturday, Oct. 20, to make up a postponed game. Junior varsity action will begin at 10 a.m.
Should there be a tie at the top after all league games have been completed, tied teams will be declared co-champions.
Borgia has another huge game on the schedule Saturday at Washington. Junior varsity action begins at 10 a.m. with the varsity game set to begin around noon.
"We play a derby on Saturday with Washington," Borgia Head Coach Grant Kang said. "They are very strong this year, and this game will be a difficult test for us."
St. Dominic
"We had scored a goal during regulation, but then were extremely surprised when that goal was disallowed by the official," Kang said. "Later in the game, Zac Schweissguth was chopped down from behind by two players as he was dribbling in the penalty box, but the officials then did not award a penalty kick. Despite these setbacks, we maintained our focus."
In overtime, the Knights earned a corner kick. Aaron Piontek passed to Miller, who scored Borgia's biggest goal in some time to end the game.
"In the overtime period, off of a corner kick, we took several shots that kept rebounding off of defenders," said Kang. "Then, Aaron Piontek got the loose ball and played it to Jordan Miller who struck a rocket into the back of the net so hard that the goalkeeper could not even put his hands out until the ball was already past."
The goal gave Borgia a landmark 1-0 victory at St. Dominic, the first time in years that the Knights have beaten the Crusaders.
Kang said St. Dominic also had good chances to score.
"St. Dominic also had their chances, and had two of their shots clink off of the post," Kang said. "We defended very hard. Jack Hellebusch was on the goal line and blocked a shot by heading the ball out. Joe Scheuler made a number of one-on-one saves."
Scheuler recorded the shutout in goal for the Knights, making eight saves.
Borgia also won battles in the midfield and on defense.
"Kevin Birk won more than 12 one-on-one battles, and Andrew Beckerman threw himself in front of a few shots that he was able to block," Kang said.
It marked the first league loss for St. Dominic, which won the road game at Borgia earlier in the season, 3-1.
"After the first St. Dominic game, we changed our tactical approach to our games, and we worked much harder on the quality and duration of our possession," Kang said. "Despite the score of the first game, we realized that we could still match up with them athletically and technically."
Miller also scored in that game, foreshadowing the goal in the second meeting.
Playing at Bishop DuBourg Thursday, the Knights kept the Cavaliers winless on the season with a 2-0 victory.
"The team had a difficult time getting started," Kang said. "Our bench proved to be the difference just like in the St. Dominic game. Because our starters were tired, our bench ended up playing the majority of the first half in the DuBourg game and put in a very competitive performance. The playing surface gave us problems, and this forced us to play the ball in the air more than on the ground. So, rather than playing our normal possession style, we had to win by work rate and by scrapping for the ball."
Borgia got two goals in the second half with Miller and Adam Meyer hitting the net.
Alex Blechle and Jake Erwin assisted on the goals.
Kelly Mauntel earned the shutout in goal, making five saves in the victory.
"Just like the St. Dominic game, it was a team win because our bench played a key role and stepped up in a magnificent way when called upon," Kang said. "In the second half, the starters picked up and continued the work rate and scrappy play from the first half. This effort was rewarded by two goals in the second half."


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Hotly contested high-density affordable housing zones proposed in Marinwood and Tamalpais Valley appeared in limbo Tuesday as two county supervisors won approval for a "hard look" at the implications of scrapping them.
Supervisor Kate Sears, joined by colleague Susan Adams, said the two "would like staff to evaluate the options" and assess the consequences of junking "priority development" or affordable housing zones in the two neighborhoods, and colleagues agreed.
The priority zoning, sought by regional government's Plan Bay Area program that envisions 30-unit-per-acre affordable developments along Marin's Highway 101 corridor, would enable regional transportation grants to flow to agencies that go along.
Although affordable projects could be proposed for the areas even if the zoning is dropped, supervisors want to reflect on issues including how grant funding might be affected. About $750,000 in regional transportation funding is available for Marinwood and San Rafael if zoning proceeds. The city could benefit if the county dumps the Marinwood zone plan. Similarly, funding for a bike and pedestrian path in Southern Marin could be affected.
Residents in Tamalpais Valley and Marinwood have rebelled against zoning plans they fear would pave the way for big affordable housing projects, with valley residents citing traffic congestion and safety concerns, and Marinwood neighbors saying their locale faces hosting far too much subsidized housing that requires services but pays no taxes. Adams is targeted for recall by a Marinwood group collecting signatures in a bid to oust her for failing to listen to them about housing and other concerns.
"We'd like to know the impact ... of changing these designations," Sears told colleagues, adding that a small site facing flooding in Marin City also should be analyzed.
"Concerns about PDA's continue to pop up in my community," Adams noted of the Priority Development Area program. People are incorrectly convinced that the designation would lead to inappropriate development, she added, noting all proposals must undergo rigorous staff, environmental and community review regardless of the zone. She called for delaying consideration of housing policies until community "misconceptions" are cleared up, and joined with colleagues in asking the state to extend to next January the deadline for adopting a new "housing element" plan.
Adams, former vice chairwoman of the Association of Bay Area Governments, which is among regional agencies pushing the high-density zoning, held aloft an ABAG map she said she recently became aware of, and expressed surprise that it "shows a whole pile of Marinwood" in the affordable zone even though printed documents do not provide such expansive detail. "It adds to the fear and confusion," Adams said, adding it is no wonder people are furious.
Carol Brandt of San Rafael, an Adams critic, promptly called the Independent Journal after watching the session live on cable television, saying Adams' assertion of surprise as a former ABAG official was "ludicrous," adding, "everyone has been asking questions about that map for weeks." The supervisors, Brandt observed, "are feeling the pressure from the neighborhoods."
Brian Crawford, head of the Community Development Agency, told the county board that analyzing consequences of junking affordable zones in some communities was an "appropriate" approach. He pledged to return with an analysis by July.
SaveMarinwood.org founder Stephen Nestel, saying he was from "the place where 70 percent of all the affordable housing is going to be located," submitted petitions he said were signed by 589 people who want "a better plan, a sustainable plan, a plan that provides diversity, a safe place for families." He urged a six-month delay in proceedings "to discuss pros and cons in a series of local town halls," rather than the small living room meetings favored by Adams. "Allow the citizens a voice in their future," he said, adding he was "heartened to learn you're re-evaluating these areas."
Asked after the session whether some supervisors had blinked under community pressure, Sears smiled and replied, "We're listening."
On other housing issues, the board voted 4-1 to approve a move urged by Supervisor Steve Kinsey to transfer $214,000 from an old redevelopment agency account to augment a $3.2 million affordable housing trust fund.
Supervisor Judy Arnold dissented, urging the money be put instead in a more flexible "undesignated" reserve. Arnold said the trust was healthy but Kinsey disagreed, citing the substantial "scale of our challenge" in providing housing. Adams voted with the majority after staff noted that a low- and moderate-income project at Marinwood Plaza likely will be in line for a trust fund grant.
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In an increasingly difficult environment for miners, BHP is also taking the government to task over changes to the Fair Work Act which it says will create a bureaucratic nightmare by forcing it to consult staff everytime it wants to change rosters.
Increasing jitters around the outlook for commodities, led by the sell-off this week in gold, are adding pressure on miners with operations in Australia to step up the noise around productivity and labour reform.
While BHP's production figures were no disaster and investors were relieved the miner could still maintain full-year targets, there will be added pressure on earnings from some divisions. UBS says petroleum production for the quarter was below its estimates, while thermal coal also disappointed.
The results mean miners, along with other business leaders, will only step up the pressure on politicians to address some of the problems making life difficult for just about every industry in Australia at the moment.
Frustration big business has with productivity, red tape, labour issues and high costs in Australia will be echoed in an advertising campaign being launched on Wednesday. Business Council of Australia President Tony Shepherd will be addressing the issues at the National Press Club in Canberra at lunch-time.
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Incitec has approved an US$850 million capital expenditure programme for the plant in Louisiana which is part of an emerging industrial belt in the southern US states which are offering generous incentives for business.
Incitec director Rebecca McGrath told The AFR Chanticleer lunch last month that the welcome mat had been well and truly rolled out to the company as a foreign investor.
"It is part of a real resurgence in that southern part of the United States, with cheap gas and much lower red tape be it the permitting, environmental regulations. Just the time it takes to get permits to progress a project is so different," she said.
"It has been quite striking for the management to see how much more open and supportive, to the degree of providing incentives some of those southern states in the United States are."
Incitec has chosen Louisiana over a site at Kooragang Island in NSW because of rising construction costs in Australia. It is also taking advantage of competitive energy prices due to the US shale gas boom.
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The Quarter Quell, aka the 7th Annual Hunger Games, will be quite the wet affair for returning heroes Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence). Luckily for the unlikely duo, they'll have some new friends to help them get through the Capitol's latest attempt to kill them. Sam Claflin (of "Snow White and the Huntsman" fame), who can also be seen in these set images from the movie, will be joining the cast of the sci-fi franchise as the uber handsome Finnick Odair.
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever.
"Catching Fire" also stars Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz, Elizabeth Banks, Willow Shields, Stanley Tucci, and Paula Malcomson.
The games start up again November 22, 2013.
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Motor oil isn't usually something a car writer looks forward to writing about in a world of super cars and racing events. So, when oil drips its way into a little bit of drama, it's best to jump on it while it lasts.
We jump over to the 2011 NASCAR season and the chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Of all the things that could've had an effect on America's most popular racing series, recycled motor oil would've struck most race fans as a less than likely possibility. The introduction of Valvoline's NextGen Recycled Motor Oil into the chase would've seemed all the less possible if you consider that the new engine formula was injected to NASCAR machines when the season was already underway.
Imagine how that discussion must've gone. You're the crew chief or the lead mechanic for a multi-million dollar NASCAR racing team competing week in and week out in the Nationwide or Sprint Cup series. You've been building, rebuilding, testing and tweaking your elite NASCAR engine non-stop since the previous season wrapped with another Cup Championship for Jimmie "Five Time" Johnson.
You've already got several races under your wheels for the 2011 season. Sprint Cup points are piling up when the company who produces your all-important motor oil ask for a meeting. They tell you they not only want to change the oil in your intricately tuned racing engine mid-season, but they want to substitute it for a new formula derived from recycled oil.
You might think that's time to go looking for another oil provider. But that's not what Roush Fenway Racing and its drivers did. Instead, the team stuck with Valvoline and now finds two of its drivers – Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth – running first and second with only a couple weeks of racing left.
To tell their own racing story, Valvoline and Roush Fenway Racing gathered journalists at the Charlotte 500 to watch another big step toward the Sprint Cup and to hear NextGen's role in chasing it down.
At the racing team's testing grounds just outside Charlotte, Valvoline chemists and engineers outlined how the new formulation of NextGen combines the top shelf motor oil coming out of the company's refineries with recycled oil. That reclaimed lubricant goes through such a rigorous filtering and purification process that it comes out cleaner than the new oil entering the mix.
The resulting motor oil benefits the environment two ways, according to Valvoline. First, recycling oil obviously preserves our existing supply. And, NextGen's purity burns cleaner than conventional oil
That's all well and good, but Roush Fenway isn't in the job of pleasing Al Gore and the rest of the global warming lunatics. A racing team exists to drive fast and win races. Before asking Roush Fenway to drop NextGen into their cars, Valvoline pushed NextGen through multiple engine tests to prove its reliability.
The reporters in attendance would see its effectiveness up close that night at Charlotte's Bank of America 500. While Johnson saw his quest for a sixth Cup take a serious hit when he wrecked during the races final laps, Roush Fenway and Valvoline's Matt Kenseth took the checkered flag.
While one Roush Fenway/Valvoline driver celebrated on pit row, teammate Carl Edwards extended his overall Sprint Cup lead at Charlotte and Talladega to 14 points over the next closest contender. That challenger just happens to be Kenseth.
With Rough Fenway/Valvoline racers running first and second with just four weeks remaining on the NASCAR schedule, it's a good bet that a recycled motor oil is about to help take home a Sprint Cup. That even would undoubtedly mark the first time high performance racing and the green movement came together to win anything.
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By RobUSA
May 6, 2014
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
The folks who put up the route have an excellent, consise description of it here: cascadeimages.com/cr/tieton/rt...
This is a really fun route, even though I got more adventure than I bargained for on it. If you want the full story, you can read my long-winded trip report here: rocknropenw.com/2014/05/05/rid...
If I did it again, I'd bring 16 draws (half sport quickdraws, half alpine-draws,) and BD C4 cams #0.75 through #4, with doubles of #1, #2, & #3. The first three pitches have chains for rappelling. The remaining pitches end at pairs of bolts without chains, except for the top of pitch 7 where I believe you belay off a tree.
By Tom Beirne
From: Seattle
Jun 22, 2015
Get your adventure hat: lots of flexing, hollow, or breaking holds on pitch 1/2.
Gear: As described. Leave the C4 #3 and #4 and take triples in C4 #1 and #2.
The crack is spectacular, but the same or higher quality exists at the Bend. Would not recommend following another party on this climb without helmet /sunglasses.
By Nick Drake
From: Newcastle, WA
Jul 27, 2015
The crack in the dihedral on P2 is really fun and interesting climbing, the corner on P3 is as well. The slab you have to climb to get there is a rather unnerving pile choss though. I lead much blanker, much more run out slab on granite without worry. Each of us spent much longer than expected on the slab leads because we were testing so many flexing and breaking flakes/nubbins. Thankfully it is bolted more like a modern sport climb so any fall wouldn't be bad.
If you had your heart set on an alpine multi-pitch with a bit of adventure, but the weather shut down those plans, then the rainshadow might make this is a decent alternative (that's how we ended up here, Tieton is dry when the west side is wet). However the rock at royal columns, the bend, or lava point is infinitely better.
Note the FA topo shows rap stations at full 60m lengths. From the top of P3 down there are now intermediate rap stations so there is no need for double rope rappels. Watch out for flakes down on the slab pulling your rope though.


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The top editor of a Danish celebrity weekly says his magazine will hit the streets this week with the topless photos of Britain's likely future queen.
Kim Henningsen, editor in chief of Se&Hoer, says the pictures of Prince William's wife Kate will appear in a 16-page supplement sold with Thursday's edition.
Henningsen said Wednesday they want to show Denmark's entertainment fans "what these photos are all about."
He says the magazine had been offered 240 pictures but decided only to use 60 to 70 of them. He declined to say who sold them to the weekly or how much money they paid.
The topless photos have already been widely published in France, Italy, Ireland and on the Internet. A French court has banned future publication inside France.


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What is clear across the board is that assessment, diagnosis and the use of stimulant medication such as Ritalin for children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have become increasingly common.
The Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report from Sept. 2, 2005, showed that approximately 4.4 million children ages 4-17 had a history of ADHD diagnosis; of those, 2.5 million (56 percent) were reported to be taking medication for the disorder. The same report showed 2.5 percent of California children as "diagnosed and currently taking medication."
Pleasanton Unified School District's Kevin Johnson, senior director of pupil services, said 183 of its 14,900 students have a "Section 504" plan, which provides for special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, and most of those students have ADHD. Johnson said this represents an almost 50 percent decrease from four years prior; however, some area doctors say there has been a slight uptick in the number of ADHD cases.
This trend is also visible in special education, said Kent Rezowalli, senior director of special education for PUSD
"There has been an increase statewide as students in special education are categorized as 'other health impaired.' Most of those kids are attention deficient students," he said.
"People became a lot more aware of the diagnosis," said Dr. Peter Levine, a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek who has worked with ADHD patients for more than 20 years. "Having attentional problems also got kids school support where it didn't before, and that put pressure on doctors."
Developmental Pediatrician Deborah Sedberry said the relatively low number of diagnoses pre-1980 could be due to a lack of awareness of the "quiet, inattentive bunch," those kids that lack the hyperactive portion of ADHD.
"People are more aware of that now just like they are more aware of milder versions of autism," she said, noting that in the 1960s, ADHD was called Minimal Brain Dysfunction.
The notion of increased awareness is part of a larger promotional campaign by drug companies, said Robert Whitaker, a medical journalist and author of "Anatomy of an Epidemic" and "Mad in America," which discuss the rapid increase of mentally disabled adults and children, and the treatment of the severely mentally ill, respectively.
"The average practicing doctor isn't dirty or malicious, but the problem is there's some influencing by thought leaders, and those men and women are often on the payroll of the drug companies," he said. "There's no question that that corrupts the story that's being told. Next thing you know the doctor is in a context where the standard of care is to prescribe."
Sedberry estimates that three-fourths of her ADHD patients are currently taking medication, with a 70 to 80 percent positive response rate.
Whitaker takes issue with this treatment because studies have shown no long-term efficacy for children taking stimulants for ADHD.
The 1994 edition of the American Psychological Association's "Textbook of Psychiatry" echoed this notion and stated, "Stimulants do not produce lasting improvements in aggressivity, conduct disorder, criminality, education achievement, job functioning, marital relationships or long-term adjustment."
Additional studies cited in Whitaker's book showed that medicated children are often "less happy and ... more dysphonic"; have higher delinquency scores; and perhaps are more likely to develop bipolar disorder.
Donna Love, a member of the Northern California chapter of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) has facilitated support groups for ADHD adults for 13 years. She called Whitaker's research "a crock" and "really irresponsible."
"Stimulant medication is amazing. For someone who is hyperactive, it tends to normalize their activity and normalize their inattention," she said.
Interestingly, NPR reported in 1995 that CHADD had received funding from Ciba-Geigy, the company that makes Ritalin, since 1988.
"Since then, CHADD has received close to $1 million in grants and its membership has grown from 800 to over 35,000," the report read. "CHADD has used Ciba-Geigy's money to build its membership and promote awareness of ADD."
This information hasn't necessarily fazed Nancy Vandell, one of the co-founders of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District PTA Special Needs Committee. Her 20-year-old son has been on stimulant medication since fourth grade and has since excelled in school.
"There's a lot of harm that is done by these so-called studies that aren't peer reviewed that give parents the information that stimulant medication does harm," Vandell noted. "Sometimes parents go through months or years of delay because of the controversy that surrounds them, and it harms the child because they don't get the education they deserve."
Still, CHADD, local doctors and parents who have children on stimulants advocate for a multimodal approach in which "multiple interventions work together as part of a comprehensive treatment plan." CHADD associates said stimulants are usually used as a last resort because parents are often wary of medicating their children.
Pediatrician Levine said 50 to 60 percent of people will try alternative treatments such as dance therapy, herbal treatments and neurofeedback.
"Finding something that the child is good at and getting them involved in it to be successful works best," he said. "Parents are probably the biggest factor."
Similarly, the bulk of Sedberry's medicated patients are those who came to her after "trying everything."
"Many are children that have other issues as well, and by controlling the ADHD, we're trying to get the child in the position where they can take better advantage of the social and educational opportunities regarding their disease," she said.
The education system certainly plays a role in the number of children being assessed and diagnosed. Both Levine and Whitaker said most requests for assessment come from parents who have been referred by teachers.
"Often parents come in after the school suggests. There's a lot of pressure on the schools because of the cutbacks, and schools don't want to give extra services," Levine said.
But PUSD officials said schools aren't advocating for assessment as much as addressing performance-based issues.
"The reality is teachers are not saying your kid should be tested for ADHD, they're raising a concern for a student's performance with the family," said Johnson. "There are students who can benefit from extended time on tests, testing in a quite environment, or preferred seating in class."
"Society has changed and what they now teach in kindergarten, they taught in third grade," said Judy Marshall, who teaches an ADHD parenting class and sits on the board of directors at CHADD. "(Children are) not developmentally ready to learn, and that's what creates the anger and concern and more people having their kids diagnosed."
PBS reports that schools often prefer that a child be served under Section 504 because it allows "more latitude in determining what services must be offered, and the necessary administrative procedures aren't as extensive."
Sedberry also said that parents come to her as their teens prepare to take their SATs, hoping she will diagnose them with ADHD so they will be given more time for college entrance exams. She no longer accepts high school seniors as first-time patients.
Celeste Winders, whose 7-year-old son Nasir has a 504 plan for his ADHD, said she still feels pressured by her school district in Sonoma to medicate her son.
"(Medication) gets brought up at every single (individualized education plan) meeting. They always make a point of saying, 'Mom's chosen not to medicate,'" she said. "There's a lot of pressure to medicate and when you choose not to medicate it's almost like you're not cooperating."
Winders said she's had great success controlling Nasir's ADHD with a carbohydrate- and dye-free diet as well as activities such as Tae Kwon Do.
"School is cut out for kids to sit quietly at their desk and fill out bubbles; tests are very high pressure for kids with ADHD. Then the tests tell (Nasir) that he can't do things that I know he can do at home," said Winders, who has had to advocate for her son not to be "ostracized" in class. Winders said she would put her son in private school if she could afford it.
Winders said Nasir keeps her on her toes and she likes him just the way he is -- hyperactive as heck.
"To me there's something endearing about him hanging from a tree -- and it gives me a few heart attacks -- but I like him like this. If I took that away from him, would I be taking away from him being great?"
While Winders and Nasir are exemplary of a family who chose not to medicate, others said they'd be lost without stimulant medication. Debbie Wayne-Daniels, 39, and her father, John Wayne, said Ritalin has changed Daniels' life, comparing the drug to insulin for diabetes.
Daniels has been on methylphenidate (Ritalin) extended release for about 15 years, which "was a blessing that allowed all of us to keep our sanity -- a wonder drug -- there was peace in the house again," Wayne said.
Daniels was put on Ritalin as a 3 - or 4-year-old but was taken off shortly because it made her zombie-like. She was unable to concentrate in high school, making poor grades and graduating with a 1.17 GPA. She also acted impulsively, self-medicating with alcohol and drinking at least one six-pack of soda a day.
After starting Ritalin again in 1995, Daniels said she noticed "almost an instant difference." She graduated from a Firefighter 1 Academy in 1996 with a 4.0.
"My life is so much more controlled, normal and happy now. I think about the consequences of actions whereas before Ritalin, I thought about -- and knew -- the consequences of my activities, behavior and actions and didn't care," Daniels said. "The Ritalin is not a cure-all or the answer to all the problems, it just allows and/or helps me to have more control over my life."
Sedberry said she's seen similarly positive results in patients, though not as long-term. She described a bright young man who came to her as a high school sophomore with dismal grades. After taking medication for his ADHD, he became an A student and was given early acceptance to Lehigh University.
But Whitaker stands strong behind the notion that, while stimulant medication can help children and adolescents, "If you want to do evidence-based medicine, you can't prescribe by anecdotes."
"Are there kids that fidget and can't concentrate? Yes. Do I think there's an identifiable pathology behind that? No. There's a spectrum of brain functioning out there and kids operate in different manners," Whitaker said. "ADHD-identifying behaviors are clearly annoying to some people but the biological causes are unknown."
Whitaker said that society should be more tolerant of diverse behaviors, noting that when he was in grade school, a normal day felt like six years.
"Societies have raised kids for centuries without putting them on stimulants, why can't we raise kids today without medicating them? A certain percentage of kids don't adjust to the school environment well, so maybe it's the environment and not the kids," he said.
One thing everyone can agree on, however, is that parents need to do serious research before putting their child on stimulant medication for ADHD.
"In my opinion, as a journalist, all the information needs to be known," Whitaker said. "Given all the risks and lack of long-term benefit, you'd want to be quite cautious of starting children on this medication and using it for a short period of time and in a small group of children."
Levine said that while there are certainly side effects, many studies show that medication is helpful.
"But it's still unclear how helpful it is long-term and that's why you need to jump in and have interventions. It's very important for parents to learn and get support for ADHD," he said.


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ATLANTA (AP) -- State officials are expecting an increase in traffic on Georgia 400 once workers finish demolishing a toll plaza on the busy road.
The Georgia Department of Transportation says getting rid of the fees could add 11,000 vehicles to the road per day.
Some drivers avoid the road because of the 50-cent toll and traffic backups.
Crews began work to demolish the toll plaza this weekend. In all, the four-phase project is expected to take about a year as workers also remove signs and restripe the highway.
The governor's office announced an end to the toll last year. The charge is scheduled to end the week before Thanksgiving.


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A traffic stop on New Year's Day resulted in the arrest of two men after Cuyahoga Falls police discovered what they described as "an active meth lab" in the rear of a Ford Explorer.
In a posting on its Facebook page, the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department says a K-9 officer made a traffic stop at 21st Street and Byrd Avenue at 9:18 p.m. Jan. 1. Acting Police Chief Jack Davis said the officer saw the car in a parking lot and considered it suspicious. The officer ran the vehicle's license plate number, Davis said, and learned the car's owner, George D. Beech, 43 of Kent, had a suspended license.
When the officer approached the car, police say, the passenger in the front seat fled on foot. The police officer gave chase, the posting says, and, in the process, slipped on some ice and cut his eye.
Returning without the passenger to the Ford Explorer, the officer detained the driver, Beech, for driving while under suspension, according to Davis.
After fellow officers arrived on scene, the K-9 officer resumed his search for the other suspect. This time, Davis said, the officer utilized his dog, which tracked the second suspect to the backyard of a home on 23rd Street. The suspect was taken into custody after being bitten by the dog, Davis said, because he did not heed the canine officer's instructions; he was taken to Summa Western Reserve Hospital for treatment.
Pseudoephedrine products were found in the vehicle, the Facebook entry adds.
The Cuyahoga Falls Police Department Narcotics Unit and the Summit County Drug Task Force dismantled the lab. Cuyahoga Falls EMS treated the police officer on scene; he was later examined at Summa Western Reserve Hospital for minor injuries related to the fall.
Mark D. Teets, 28, of Tallmadge, the passenger, has been charged with: Illegal manufacture of drugs, a second-degree felony; illegal assembly or possession of chemicals for manufacture of drugs, a third-degree felony; criminal tools, a fifth-degree felony; resisting arrest, a first-degree misdemeanor; and obstructing official business, a second-degree misdemeanor.
Beech has been charged with driving under suspension and improper change of course, both misdemeanors.
Teets was transported to the Summit County Jail, while Beech was released.


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I got breast implants 3 weeks ago and I went with size C. I did it because I wanted to have a shape to my body and I was a size A before. I am happy with the results of how it looks.
I got breast augmentation 3 weeks ago and 2 weeks after when my stiches were removed, I had a lot of yellow (little bit of blood) liquid come out. Doctor said it was seroma fluid and put me on antibiotics and asked me to stop massaging. A day or so after I got nipple eczema which I have had for 10 years on and off. It must have flared up perhaps due to something that irritated it. Anyhow, the doctor told me to apply hydocortisone around the nipple but not on the incision.