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Fort Worth Police have offered no new information on the April 30 murder of 72-year-old Grady Fairbairn near the Rainbow Lounge since releasing blurry photos taken from a surveillance video of a man police described as "a person of interest" in the investigation on May 25.
Fairbairn, a retired Army lieutenant colonel was found just after 10 p.m., beaten and robbed, on a side street less than two blocks away from the gay bar. He was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at JPS Hospital from what the medical examiner later determined were multiple blunt trauma injuries to the head.
At the time, police said no one knew why Fairbairn was in that area the night he was killed, and since then, officials have released little information about the victim.
But now the Fort Worth Star-Telegram has posted this story that gives more background information on Fairbairn and where he had been earlier the night he died. There is still no information on why he was parked on that dark street near the Rainbow Lounge; even the family is mystified, according to a statement one of his sons gave the Star-Telegram.
The newspaper did include a statement from Thomas Anable, accountant for the Rainbow Lounge, who said that no one from the bar knew Fairbairn, nor did anyone remember having seen him there before.

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The Mid America CropLife Association (MACA) last week held the Mini-Bulk Summit-Part 2. More than 100 people attended and participated in the summit representing more than 55 entities and 24 states, but thousands of ag retailers still might not be ready for enforcement of new packaging and container regulations going into effect Aug. 17.
The worry is a major concern, according to some of the attendees, who reported fielding questions as June began. State agri-business associations and crop protection manufacturers said they are being asked about all the mini-bulks from previous years and new ones coming packed with new product this year.
Although attending the summit would have been the best for answering questions and hearing the facts, some information can be obtained by checking out the presentations on PowerPoint slides. A copy of the presentations and handouts has been posted on the MACA Web site.
Key points per MACA are:
- The industry has several initiatives in place to meet the new rules and regulations.
- While a few questions remain... U.S. EPA was quite clear. These rules will become effective Aug. 17, 2011, and there will be no extensions. MACA will continue to update its Web site as the final questions are addressed by EPA. Continue to check the MACA Web site for updates.
- Please help to get the word out to everyone in the industry. August is rapidly approaching.


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Stretching the spine, gaining flexibility, balance and muscular endurance are some of the benefits seniors experience during the Senior Yoga class at the Harker Heights Recreation Center.
Class instructor Pat Kennedy is certified in the Silver Sneaker Fitness Program and enjoys teaching posture, core strength and breathing efficiency.
"I got bored after retiring and first taught water aerobics in Orlando, Fla.," Kennedy said. "When I moved to Harker Heights, I went by the recreation center and now I'm teaching the Senior Yoga Class."
Jeannie Davis, who had four hip replacements, the latest in 2009, has seen firsthand the physical benefits of the yoga classes.
"I enjoy the stretching and work on my balance which was terrible," she said.
Heights resident Wanda Hamby joined the Senior Yoga class because she couldn't get off the floor when she did regular exercises. "My neck feels much better since I have been coming here. It just makes it so much better," she said.
Kennedy said the main difference between water aerobics and chair yoga is the impact involved.
"With aerobics, cardio is emphasized and there is some impact, which is cushioned by the water," she said. "Chair yoga has no impact and allows class to improve their range of motion with no impact."
The class meets at 9:15 a.m. Mondays and 10:15 a.m. Fridays. All senior citizens are welcome to attend, including those who have prosthetics, are in wheelchairs or dependent on a walking cane.
Participants are encouraged to bring water and wear loose, comfortable clothing for the class. Yoga mats are not required.
The recreation center is at 307 Miller's Crossing Harker Heights. For more information, call (254) 953-5657 or go to www.ci.harker-heights.tx.us/parks.


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Newcastle, United Kingdom, 2006/01/14 - Leading vitamin and herbal supplier, Viridian Nutrition, offers some information and inspiration on natural health matters.
MANY WOMEN WHO BEGIN THE MENOPAUSE don't want to use HRT. Health concerns surrounding its use have made many women nervous, and as it is produced using animal products (mare's urine) it may be considered unsuitable for vegans and vegetarians.
The medical profession for years has viewed the menopause as a medical condition defined simply as a drop in hormonal levels, easily 'cured' with a hearty dose of animal-derived hormones.
What is HRT?
HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) is usually a combination of both oestrogen and progesterone, both of which are steroidal sex hormones. The earlier versions of HRT simply provided oestrogen and this is now only used for women after hysterectomy.
HRT is commonly manufactured from pregnant horse urine, though synthetic versions are available.
Natural alternatives to HRT
For some women, the transition from the fertile years into post-menopause can be distressing, painful and an emotional roller coaster and this cannot be under-estimated.
Fortunately, there are a number of natural supplements that offer significant relief.
Agnus Castus
Herbal hormone balancer, offers relief from hot flushes. The basic mechanism of action underlying Agnus Castus is its effect on enhancing corpus luteal development (thereby correcting a relative progesterone deficiency) via effects through the pituitary gland. Agnus Castus has a profound effect on the hypothalamus and on pituitary function, helping normalise other hormones and reducing both prolactin and the oestrogen-to-progesterone ratio.
Black Cohosh
Native Americans valued Black Cohosh for its benefits in many conditions ranging from gynaecological problems to rattlesnake bites. Black Cohosh is one of the main herbs recommended in Germany for menopause, PMS and secondary amenorrhoea.
A recent study suggests Black Cohosh may offer protection from osteoporosis. It is likely that the isoflavone content along with other phytochemical interaction assist with hormonal balance.
Dong Quai
The traditional Chinese herb, Dong Quai has helped with symptoms of the menopause for centuries in China. Dong Quai has phyto-estrogenic activity (plant-based oestrogens), circulatory, analgesic and nerve-relaxing properties. Dong Quai acts to reduce menopausal symptoms including hot flushes, night sweats, palpitations, nervous tension, joint pains and headaches.
Sage is a silvery-green shrub with very fragrant leaves. The most commonly cultivated species of sage originally came from the area around the Mediterranean but now also grows in North America.
In the UK, herbalists employ sage to treat symptoms of menopause , such as hot flushes. An unpublished, preliminary German study with patients suffering from excessive perspiration (hyperhydrosis) found that either a dry leaf extract or an infusion of the leaf reduced sweating by as much as 50%.
Calcium, magnesium and boron
Both calcium and magnesium are essential to proper bone maintenance. The mineral boron has been shown to raise post-menopausal levels of oestrogen and also to aid in calcium retention and absorption.
The menopause is not a disease and many women do benefit tremendously from a little nutritional and herbal help at this time of their lives, says Keith Woolley, Director, Boots Herbal Stores (an authorised Viridian stockist).
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"With each year, your perspective gets a little bit broader. My appreciation for different sounds becomes more varied, says Reis. "And I rely on that feeling to sustain my love and excitement when it comes to picking up an electric guitar. With the Night Marchers, I think our scope of influence is a little bigger than it was with Hot Snakes, who had a bigger scope of influence than Rocket from the Crypt. That expanded sonic pallet makes See You in Magic a powerful record, and one that impressively holds up to Reiss back catalogue. And more influences doesn't necessarily mean a more cluttered sound; if anything, the Night Marchers are a step backwards in Reiss musical evolution.
"I think a lot more straight-ahead sounds made their way on to this record, he says. "Bands like the Ramones, the Saints, the Wipers, those were all bands that were streamlined to a certain degree, and I think that their influence can really be heard. Rounded out by two other former Hot Snakes and Canuck Tommy Kitsos (of CPC Gangbangs), it might be surprising that the band sounds as different from Reiss last project as it does. But, as he points out, its all about maintaining that voracious musical appetite. "It's not about trying to do more things, it's just about being interested in more things.


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Due to different versions of Windows 98, USB optical drives, and motherboard hardware, there is no universal solution to have all USB devices supported under DOS. If the Cypress DUSE 4.9 USB drivers are not working for you, you may wish to try the following procedure.
1. Load Windows 98 bootdisk (I recommend the Windows 98 OEM version over the Windows 98SE or DOS 6.22 bootdisk) onto a floppy disk. Verify that the disk is able to boot to A:\ command prompt correctly by inserting it into the floppy drive on the target computer and selecting the floppy drive as the first boot priority.
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USBASPI (v2.15) allows USB connected mass storage devices to be mapped as ASPI devices.
4. Download "Motto Hairu" driver (Assigns drive letter to an ASPI mass storage device) from the following location:
5. Extract the filename below from mhairudos.zip onto the bootdisk. Do not extract the USBASPI.SYS and RAMFD.SYS located in mhairudos.zip onto the floppy.
6. Right click on AUTOEXEC.BAT and select "Edit" to edit the file in Notepad. Remove all the information contained within, and replace with the text below. Save the file with the same extension (.BAT). mscdex.sys can be configured to assign a drive letter starting from a certain letter using /l: as a parameter. In this example "M" is the first drive letter to be assigned.
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Sussex Police are linking five thefts which saw hundreds of pounds of tools stolen from vans in one night.
The thefts all took place in West Green overnight on Friday (May 30) – two in Albany Road, two in Ifield Road and one in Mendip Walk.
In Ifield Road, a saw, planer, chop saw, large battery and charger, jigsaw, angle grinder, set of drills and nail gun were taken from a white Ford transit between 7pm on May 29 and 6.15am on May 30.
The serial number for this crime is 0230 of 30/5.
A number of cordless drills and a power saw were taken from a green VW Transporter van. Serial number 0257 of 30/5.
A petrol disc cutter was stolen from a white Renault Kangoo van in Albany Road, while various hand held drills, a multi drill and electric plane plasters' whisk were taken from a black Mitsubishi L200 in the same street.
The serial numbers for these crimes are 0233 of 30/5 and 0323 of 30/5 respectively.
In Mendip Walk, a jgsaw, air drill set, hammer drill and nail gun were stolen from a Ford Transit van between 10.15pm on May 29 and 6.50am on May 30. The serial number is 0248 of 30/5.
If you have any information about these thefts, contact Sussex Police on 101.


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BBC Review
Catchy but never quite conventional, this is a must-listen modern dance record.
Mike Diver 2010
Having initially surfaced in 2002 only to sink back into the deep of Berlin's dance scene, few saw this full-length from Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor's Sebastian Szary coming. But arrive it did, in the early summer of 2009, and it almost matched expectations set absurdly high once news of their reunion broke.
Almost, because nothing would have fully sated the appetites of fans fervently fond of the duo's 'solo' work. Rightly celebrated on their own terms, Ring and Szary have broken free of the underground with genre-hopping discs that appeal effortlessly to myriad demographics. Apparat's Walls long-player of 2007 was an almost-instant classic of its kind, a cerebral, organic journey into soft-focus electronica and tensile techno; Modeselektor's Happy Birthday! album of the same year led to touring with Radiohead, and featured said band's Thom Yorke on (one) highlight (of many), The White Flash.
Needless to say, to certain sorts Moderat – the album and the artist – is a Very Big Deal Indeed.
The contrast of protagonist styles – one favouring washes of sound, the other aggressive beats – could easily have produced a muddled affair with little synergy between arrangements. But Moderat, when heard as a complete album, is an affecting, embracing listen. It invites its audience in with a warm welcome before settling them down and asking them to open their mind to the near-endless possibilities of contemporary dance. Cold steel and sharp edges are off the agenda, much of what's heard here is enveloping of atmosphere and texturally rich, each explosion a controlled expression of tumult which might, without the admirable restraint, ricochet and spoil the splendid overall ambience.
Such is the symbiosis on show that it's tough to discern exactly what elements are brought to the table by each artist – and it's this seamless fusion that really makes Moderat an essential listen. It flirts with dubstep, shifts through smoky reggae and minimal techno; the result is a picture of compositional lines blurred and intentionally coloured over. Vocals are soft and unobtrusive, complementary rather than mix-leading; the sampled guitar passages recall the boundary-pushing sensibilities of TV on the Radio and their ilk, always catchy but never quite conventional.
In short, Moderat is promise realised, an album that was threatened years ago but has only now come to fruition. Though given its excellence, and elegance, obviously its makers wouldn't have had it any other way.


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Being blessed with a great retail space that also comes with enviable spacious street facing window displays is sort of like winning the genetic lottery, if you like those tall, good looking types.
The Outdoor Gear Exchange in Burlington, VT is one such truly "blessed" store. OGE, as they are known locally, moved from a smaller, less prominent location near Burlington's downtown, pedestrian friendly Church Street Marketplace to being smack dab in the middle of Church Street in May 2011. With their new space, formerly an Old Navy store, came terrific, sprawling display windows on either side of their front entrance.
For years, changing the window display was something that happened, as current visual merchandiser (her official title is retail specialist) at OGE Liza Cannon told me, " when someone remembered to do it."
Since Cannon's arrival at OGE in 2013, the stores windows have experienced a renaissance of sorts.
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SIA is working with visual merchandising consultant Ali Levy to provide retailers with some fresh merchandising ideas for increasing sales and interest from consumers. Levy's impressive resume includes managing retail, buying and trade show/retail merchandising efforts for some of the industry's biggest names including The North Face, SmartWool, Cloudveil and Marmot. For more information about her company, contact Ali at email@example.com or visit her website, Alijlevy.com.


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The House of Delegates confirmed Tracy Thorne-Begland's nomination for a judgeship, less than a year after his bid was voted down.
66 delegates voted in favor of his nomination, 28 voted against it and one abstained. Thorne-Begland needed 51 votes for confirmation. The vote is the first in favor of an openly gay judge in Virginia's House of Delegates history.
Thorne-Begland's nomination was defeated in the House last year in a late-night vote due to concerns over his past advocacy for gay rights. He was later appointed to an interim judgeship in Richmond Manchester General District Court.
At that time, several delegates argued Thorne-Begland's denouncing of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in 1992 gave them concerns that he couldn't serve as an impartial judge. On Monday at questioning by the House Justice Committee, Thorne-Begland brought a copy of the military oath with him.
"I didn't violate my oath. I didn't violate Navy regulations and I never violated an order of my commanding officer," he said. The panel voted unanimously to approve his nomination after 45 minutes of questioning.
One of the judge's biggest supporters, Delegate Manoli Loupassi tells NBC12, "It really was about whether or not a person is qualified to do a job and I think he absolutely is qualified."
For several months the judge says he's worked to clarify the misinformation about his past as a gay man in the military.
Delegate Jim Massie of Henrico changed his vote on Tuesday.
"I met with Tracy over the summer and he came to me with the facts and they were confirmed by independent sources," he said. "He did not lie on his application he did not violate his uniform code of military justice and he did fulfill his commitment to the military."
Other delegates, like Bob Marshall still voted 'no' the second time around.
"The members who switched are going to have a hard time explaining this to the Republican base," he said. "The conservatives are not going to be very pleased about this"
Supporters, which include the entire Richmond delegation, say the correct information is now out there and it's time to let Judge Thorne Begland do his job.
"People got the information they needed in order to make a learned decision so I think that's what they did," says Loupassi.
Tuesday's vote allows Thorne-Begland to remain on the bench beyond the interim judgeship in Richmond Manchester General District Court. His term starts in February for six years.
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APLU Supports STEM Students
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Aug 14, 2012
To increase recruitment, retention and matriculation of underrepresented students entering engineering and construction management careers, the Lyles College of Engineering at Fresno State and State Center Community College District are sharing a $100,000 grant, called the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU).
The grant aims to strengthen relationships between Fresno-area public higher education institutions and improve the access and success for underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
As planned, the grant will be used to develop a student peer-mentor network, provide research and project opportunities for students, bring industry leaders to the region for lectures and develop multi-lingual outreach programs for prospective students and their families.
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HOUSTON - Pinch-hitter Andrew Leal drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the eighth to break a tie and lift Lamar to a 5-4 win over the University of Houston baseball team on Tuesday at Vincent-Beck Stadium.
The Cougars (7-6), who saw their four-game winning streak snapped, tied the game in the top of the inning on Dustin Kingsbury's RBI-single. But the Cardinals took advantage of three hits and an error in the next half-inning to load the bases and set the stage for Leal's two-out performance.
UH reliever Clayton Boone collected the loss and dropped to 0-1 after giving up one unearned run off two hits with a strikeout in 0.1 innings of relief.
Josh Stirneman went 2-for-4 with a home run to lead the Cougars. Infielder Dustin Kingsbury went 1-for-3 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to right games, while sophomore infielder Bryan Tully and junior DH Brad Lincoln's hits pushed their hitting streaks to six games each.
Lamar reliever Justin Walker earned the win and improved to 1-0 after limiting the Cougars to one run off two hits with three strikeouts in three innings of work. Chuckie Platt collected his second save after throwing a shutout ninth inning.
Will Henderson finished the night 3-for-4 with a run, double and RBI to lead Lamar, which outhit the Cougars 10-6. C.J. Ebarb and Erik Kanaby also batted 2-for-4 with a run.
The Cougars return to action this weekend as they meet No. 8 LSU in a three-game series at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. That series begins at 6:30 p.m., Friday, continues at noon, Saturday and wraps up at 1 p.m., Sunday.
Fans should note that Saturday's game time was moved up earlier in the week to avoid a conflict with the LSU men's basketball game later that day.
All three games can be heard live on www.UHCougars.com with former letterwinners Nick Torina and Pat Cauley calling all the action. Fans also can follow live stats by clicking on the "Gametracker" link at www.UHCougars.com.
The Cardinals put the first mark on the scoreboard in the second inning. After reaching on a two-out double down the left-field line, Will Henderson gave Lamar a 1-0 lead following a Cougar infield miscue.
However, the Cougars responded in their next at-bat with one of their trademark two-out rallies. Luis Flores led off with a single up the middle and moved into scoring position following Mark McGonigle's sacrifice bunt. After a flyout, Matt Weston reached on a Lamar infield error and Dustin Kingsbury walked to load the bases. Brad Lincoln then laced a two-run single into right field to gave the Cougars a 2-1 lead.
One inning later, Josh Stirneman doubled the Cougar lead after blasting a 1-0 offering over the left-field wall to lead off.
In the fourth inning, Lamar strung together three straight hits to lead off and cut the Cougar lead in half on Henderson's RBI-single to left field.
Lamar regained the lead in the seventh inning. After Erik Kanaby slapped a double down the left-field line, Matt Lambeth blasted a 1-0 offering over the wall in left center to turn a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead.
Once again, the Cougars rallied in the next half-inning with one run. Bryan Tully led off with a sharp single through the left side and moved into scoring position following Weston's sacrifice bunt. Dustin Kingsbury then laced the first pitch he saw into right center to plate Tully and knot the game at 4-4.


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If life was fair, we'd all be living differently.
That's what I would've told our contestants last night before they started cooking, had I had the chance. Partly because saying that and walking away would've been creepy, but mostly because it would've been rock-solid advice. If things remained consistent in our Open Stove events, then it would make sense that the theme of the 24th Open Stove, on May 5th, would be Mexican food. I mean, every time we've done a theme, it has been in congruence with the surrounding date, month, or season. For God's sake, one team had been there only two months before, for an event near St. Patrick's Day, and we threw Guinness and Irish whiskey at their faces.
So, of course, they'd anticipate a Mexican theme. But Jason Sheehan (the Open Stove ring leader) gets bored quickly, and last night, he didn't even bat an eye when he shouted "Chinese-American fusion!" at the Mexican-ready and "I've only ever cooked French" teams.
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Gradkowski's big day arrives
It's gameday again. Bucs vs. Saints. Bruce Gradkowski's first NFL start. Time to see if the rookie can lead the Bucs offense any better than Chris Simms. Almost seems like opening day all over again, doesn't it?
Click here to read Rick Stroud's excellent profile on Gradkowski and his family.
Share your pregame thoughts in the comments section and check back during the game as we comment and update on the Bucs' progress.


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A new nacelle wing locker called the Raisbeck Crown Locker has been approved for installation on the King Air C90/E90/C90GT and 200/B200/300/350.
According to Sam Jantzen Jr., Raisbeck Engineering's vice president and general manager, the locker is designed to carry oversized luggage and full-size golf bags. The centerline height of the door has been increased by almost three inches, giving operators more vertical space. The Crown Locker for the C90 series will also incorporate the ice light housing and fuel inlet by extending the skirt to the firewall as in the current locker for the 200/B200 and 300/350.
Raisbeck Engineering also announced it has signed an agreement with Raytheon Aircraft through 2009 for the continuation of the Raisbeck dual aft body strakes and nacelle wing lockers to be factory standard on the King Air 350 production line. The strakes have been factory standard on the King Air 350 production line since 2000; the wing lockers have been factory standard since 2004.
"We are extremely pleased to have signed this agreement, which extends our current business relationship through 2009," said Jantzen. "This multimillion-dollar agreement not only strengthens our relationship with Raytheon Aircraft as a strategic partner but sets the stage for future cooperative endeavors."


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Middle Eastern chicken kebab
- Serves: 4-5
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Prep Time: 20 minutes plus marinating time
- Effort: easy
For the spiced chicken
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 lemon, juice only
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 tbsp ground allspice
- pinch cayenne pepper
- 12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
For the tomato yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves
- 250 ml Greek yogurt
- pinch caster sugar
- 2 plum vine tomatoes, peeled, seeded and finely chopped
- 2 tbsp mint, finely chopped
- 1 tbsp dill, finely chopped
To serve
- warm pitta bread
- iceberg lettuce, shredded
- cucumber, thinly sliced
- red onions, thinly sliced, to garnish
- pickled chillies, optional
1. For the spiced chicken: crush the garlic with 2 teaspoons of sea salt and a pinch of black pepper in a pestle and mortar. Stir in the lemon juice, olive oil and spices. Pour over chicken and coat well, refrigerate and marinade for at least an hour or overnight.
2. Pre-heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Fold the chicken thigh in half, and thread widthways onto the two skewers, leaving a 3cm gap between each. Repeat with remaining 11 until you form a solid chicken kebab. Add a little salt and oil to the chicken.
3. Place on a hot griddle pan, and sear on each side. Transfer to a baking tray, and finish in the oven for 40-50 mins, turning halfway. Reserve the cooking juices and pour over the chicken before serving.
4. For the tomato yogurt: crush the garlic with 2 teaspoons of salt and pound until smooth. Place in a bowl and mix with remaining ingredients. Refrigerate until required.
5. To serve: stand kebab on a chopping board, point side down, and slice off the meat using a sharp knife. Serve in warm pitta breads, with salad and tomato yogurt.
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Hi all, My name is Chad, and I'm a 22-year-old from Cardiff, Wales, UK. I've been going through laser tattoo removal for almost a year now, and I've gotten a lot of comfort from following your stories on here. In return, I now feel it's time to share my own story. I have two tattoos; one is my daughter's name, Lexie, and the other is a horrendous star tattoo that goes up my right arm. I got... READ MORE
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Recreation from 1868 to the 1970s will be the theme when the Forest Lake History Museum opens for a two-month run in July.
Any and all items that have to do with recreation in the Forest Lake and greater area will be displayed, said Glen Berg, executive director of the newly created Forest Lake Area Historical Society.
The museum is a spin-off from last summer's popular museum that led to the formation of the new non-profit historical society. Last summer's event was in concert with the 100th graduating class at Forest Lake High School.
The committee planning the museum is looking for artifacts that relate to boating, hunting, fishing (summer and winter), resorts, camping, hotels, sports, travel (stage coach, wagon, train, bus, car), swimming, theater, ice skating, parks, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, special groups, clubs…on and on, Berg said.
"We are in need of those who would like to loan items/artifacts, setting up, and volunteering time once we are up and running," Berg said. "We will be in need of tables/covers, display cases, area partitions, general supplies and much more."
The planning committee has secured use of the vacant building at 67 S. Lake St. as the museum home for July and August. The building is known by many as the former Bob Johnson Sporting Goods building, but has held a number of occupants in recent years.
Some details regarding the summer operation are yet to be finalized. While a two-month run is planned, hours of operation have yet to be determined.
It is expected the museum will be open in connection with the annual Independence Day celebration in Forest Lake.
Several key dates are established for those wishing to place historical items on loan or to help with the operation.
On Saturday, June 23, the committee will have a planning meeting at 3 p.m. at Post 225, 355 W. Broadway Ave. Anyone from the public interested in attending will be welcome, Berg said.
Starting on Monday, June 25, the museum committee will begin setting up the museum. The set-up will continue through Friday, June 30.
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SACRAMENTO — Jose Aldo did more than just defend his featherweight title with a unanimous decision win over Urijah Faber Saturday.
He also gave UFC President Dana White's mental health a big boost.
White stated numerous times leading up to Saturday's card that he was looking forward to the event more than usual to erase the bad taste that UFC middleweight champion Anderson Silva had left in his mouth two weeks before.
Silva, considered by many to the greatest fighter in the world, mostly clowned his way through five championship rounds at UFC 112, angering White so much that he left before the fight was over.
Following Aldo's (17-1) dominant performance over Faber (23-4) this weekend, White said he is finally ready to move forward from that disappointing event.
"I'm very happy with the way that this fight went tonight," White said. "It was a great night, and I can put Abu Dhabi behind me now."
White said he was happy with the main event despite what even he considered a very cautious game plan from the usually super-aggressive Aldo.
Although there was no question that Aldo won the fight decisively and sent Faber to the hospital in the process, White admitted he thought the 23-year-old champion could have finished it early had he chosen to be more aggressive.
The reason he was happy with one and upset with the other, however, had more to do with Silva's behavior that night than his fighting style.
"Anybody can have a certain night not like they normally have," White said. "It's how you're acting when you're fighting. The biggest problem I had with Anderson is the goofy (expletive) he did — slapping the ring, jumping up and down.
"He was acting absolutely insane. That was my biggest beef with Anderson Silva."
It was the first time in seven WEC fights that Aldo was unable to finish his opponent.
The dominant fighter said that the broken streak of TKO wins didn't bother him, however, giving credit to Faber for his defensive strategy throughout the fight.
"It wasn't that I was more careful; I'm always careful when I go in the ring," Aldo said. "What happened was Urijah did a good job of covering things up. The only strike I was landing was that leg kick, so I kept going to it. Every time I would try to go in and do something else, he would cover up.
"You have to take your hat off to Urijah. He had a good strategy to protect himself."
The dominant win opens a lot of opportunities for the young champion down the road.
Although he's defended his title only once, there are few obvious matchups for him in the featherweight division he hasn't already faced except for Manny Gamburyan, who knocked out Mike Brown on the undercard Saturday.
If Aldo defends his belt a second time against Gamburyan, White sees an opportunity for the versatile fighter to move around between three different weight classes.
"I heard he wants to move down a weight class, win that belt and then move up to 155 and fight B.J. (Penn)," said White, although the current UFC lightweight champion is Frankie Edgar. "He could be the first guy to win three titles in mixed martial arts.
"I love that kind of stuff. It's hard to do in this sport because there's such a gap between weight classes. But I like stuff like that, where fighters want to cement their legacy and go down as one of the greatest ever."
It's interesting that White points to the UFC lightweight division for Aldo to break into and not the WEC. White has said before that the two lightweight divisions will become one at some point but hasn't offered any timeline for the merger.
Whether the two divisions are combined or not, if and when Aldo would look to move up in weight, White says, Zuffa is free to make any matchup they choose.
"We can do whatever we want with our talent," White said.
A similar move as far as changing weight classes may be in store for Faber as well.
Faber, who wrestled in the 133-pound division in college, could easily cut weight and pursue a title run in the bantamweight division.
"Urijah is still one of the best in the world. Jose is just that good where he shut him down tonight," White said. "I don't think Urijah is going anywhere."
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Alison Sweeney has helped dozens of contestants to realize their weight-loss dreams as host of The Biggest Loser. Now, the 34-year-old mom-of-two is on a mission to help fellows mamas stay happy, healthy and fit!
Recently, Celebrity Baby Scoop had a chance to chat with Alison about her new book, The Mommy Diet, her own struggles with weight-loss and life with her children – Ben, 6, and Megan, who will celebrate her 2nd birthday this Wednesday (January 12).
CBS: Please tell us about your new book, The Mommy Diet. Does it include exercise, recipes, dieting tips? How does this book give long-term solutions to people who have been struggling with their weight?
AS: "The premise of my book is to focus on an entire lifestyle. A helpful guide to living a happy, healthy & fit life all the while being the best mom you can be. I provide a lot of specific advice and suggestions for weight loss that apply to just after having a baby but can also be useful to anyone wanting to get back in shape. I also added recipes that I use, as well as fashion, beauty and relationship tips. There are lots of books out there that are focused on caring for your infant or children, but very few that focus exclusively on the mom. Both things are important!"
CBS: Are you in better shape after having children? Would you say it was easy to lose the baby weight?
AS: "I do think, even though it is kinda shocking to me, that I am in better shape than I was before having kids. After having my daughter Megan, and with all the information I've learned since being with The Biggest Loser, I was really prepared in a different way to really commit to getting into shape. And instead of setting a goal of getting 'back' to what I was 'before' I focused on being in the best shape that I can be 'now.' That completely freed me of expectations, in a way that ended up helping me exceed them."
CBS: What is your best advice to busy moms who say they don't have time for losing weight/proper nutrition?
AS: "That it all comes down to priorities. I completely sympathize with busy moms who feel like there just aren't enough hours in the day… for anything. And of course it isn't easy to find the time, but it definitely comes down to priorities. You just have to take a stand – with yourself – and decide that it's worth it, your health and mental heath are worth the effort to find a time. Find a way. "
CBS: You've struggled publicly with your weight. Do you feel happier now that you are at a low weight?
AS: "I feel the happiest and most confident that I ever have. It's not specifically because of my weight, so much as it is I'm proud of the physical results of the work I put into it. I work out really hard and even though I may not have the perfect figure, I'm extremely proud of what I've accomplished, and how fit and healthy I am. Also, it's manageable for me to maintain which is key."
CBS: How do you balance a healthy body weight and image in image-obsessed Hollywood?
AS: "It seems at this point, Hollywood aren't the only ones who are 'image obsessed.' You see the effects of it everywhere. I think being a part of The Biggest Loser, seeing the effects of obesity in America and food addictions, eating disorders, you realize how important it is to get a handle on the mental aspects of health & wellness – as well as the physical part."
CBS: What are your best tips re. diet and exercise (e.g. what is your fav go-to snack and your fav exercise)?
AS: "My go-to snack is yogurt, or maybe apples with a bit of organic, low-sugar peanut butter. I also right now love my spin class, (indoor cycling), but I recommend to keep trying new things, keep working out until you find out what you enjoy doing… something that will keep you coming back to the gym."
CBS: What do you plan to teach your kids about healthy diet and exercise?
AS: "I have already started to engage Ben in conversations about it – he understand the basics of 'mommy's job' and what the contestants he meets are trying to do. And we talk about why he can't have sweets all the time etc. It's very important that my kids understand the importance of getting outside to play as opposed to playing video games all the time."
CBS: How will you guide your daughter toward a healthy body image?
AS: "This is an important issue for both my son and my daughter! I want them both to have a healthy body image. And these early years are crucial for setting healthy habits both physically and mentally. I think the confidence I give them goes a long way, but also helping them understand the basics of nutrition can help them feel in control of their body. They don't get sweets as a reward ever, I don't want them to associate food in that way."
CBS: Are you strict about your kids' diet? Do you do all the cooking?
AS: "We mostly cook at home, yes. I think that it is great for a lot of reasons. It's certainly healthier because you have more control over the ingredients, but also it's a great way to gather the family together – we all help put dinner on the table! I am firm about a a lot of aspects of their diet – they eat their veggies, U serve them well balanced meals, and they don't have dessert every night. But they do get treats from time to time, and they enjoy spaghetti and pizza once in a while, just like other kids. But they almost never have fast food."


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This years impressive list of winners demonstrates Europes emergence as a major player in the global technology sector, said Red Herring Editor-in-Chief, Joel Dreyfuss. The exceptional accomplishments of European technology companies and entrepreneurs are a testament to the rapid advancements being made in building the European innovation ecosystem.
Red Herrings lists of top private companies are an important part of the companys tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google, eBay and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.
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OT: naive question about Jabber ID, XMPP, Gtalk and Facebook Chat
Hello, I hope this is the right forum to ask this kind of question. So far I have never been interested in chatting or chat protocols. I have a Gmail account and I seldom use Gmail chat (or Google Chat or Gtalk).
A distant relative, who is IT illiterate and has only a Facebook account, has asked me if she can chat with me on Google Chat using her Facebook chat.
Of course it would be easier if either I had a facebook account or she got a Gmail one.
I have been searching on the web and it looks like both chats use the Jabber (XMPP) protocol. So we both have a Jabber ID, mine would be something like email@example.com and her would be email@example.com.
Then I see that many developers exchange their Jabber ID.
I use a program called Xabber on my Android tablet.
My question is: how do these Jabber IDs cooperate with each other? Can I just add a Jabber ID contact to my client and start chatting.
Do I have to use a third party server?
Can I give my Gtalk ID away and expect anybody on Jabber to able to communicate with me?
And what about Facebook IDs?
You need a middle man to relay the info, unless it is a direct p2p chat (like I think Jitsi supports) which means that one (or both) of the clients acts as a server as well. Anyway, if your jabber account is @google, then it certainly routes through google.
This was pretty informative; http://home.howstuffworks.com/applia...-messenger.htm
I'm no expert though:)
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Nick Silverthorn swam one of the fastest 100-yard breaststroke races in high school history at last year's North Coast Section championships.
Yet, the Granada High star settled for third place after an historic finish in which three swimmers broke Olympian Brendan Hansen's public school national record.
When the NCS championships return to Concord Community Pool on Friday and Saturday, all eyes will again be on the boys breaststroke.
The race will look a little different this time — the two swimmers that beat Silverthorn have moved on to college — but should be competitive with another record-breaking performance within reach.
San Ramon Valley's Hank Poppe, Northgate's Stanley Wu and Castro Valley's Carson Sand are among those who will push Silverthorn.
The Cal-bound senior will need the competition. The national record was broken again in February by Andrew Seliskar of Virginia, who finished in 53.24 seconds. Silverthorn's time was 53.61 last year.
"There are definitely other people who are going to step it up, so I don't know that it's going to be a one-man race," Silverthorn said. "It's going to be a fun race."
Silverthorn's rise into one of the country's top young breaststrokers was a quick one. As a youth, his best event was backstroke. Then he burst onto the national scene with age group records in the 11-12 and 13-14 division in distance freestyle events and the 400 individual medley.
He focused on the 200 and 500 freestyle his first few years at the section meet, breaking the NCS record in the 200 as a freshman.
Silverthorn's potential in the breaststroke only became obvious after he tried it out for fun at a post-NCS walk-on meet two years ago.
"Breaststroke just kind of came along," he said. "I ended up qualifying for winter nationals at that meet and from there it just took off."
As he prepares for the final high school meet, Silverthorn doesn't point to any specific times or mention records. But he does want to do something special.
"I just want to leave my final mark as a high school student," he said. "You can swim USA swimming as much as you want but high school swimming is limited to four years and you have four years to leave your mark. That, as well as helping my team."
The only other girls swimmer to finish in under a minute at the NCS meet is Las Lomas' Kasey Carlson, who set a national record in the event in 2009.
The Northgate duo of Michal Zyla and Eric Van Brocklin should also help make for one of the more competitive races on the boys side.
WHERE: Concord Community Pool, 3501 Cowell Road, Concord
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text: LOS ANGELES—Facing temporary fatigue and extremely short-term injury on the part of star center Elton Brand, the Los Angeles Clippers announced that they had bolstered their defense by signing journeyman guard Doug Christie to a 10-minute, 14-possession contract worth $8,575 before bonuses during the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks. "We're proud to have a player of Doug's caliber on board from now until about 9:30–9:35," said VP of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor, who stressed that Brand would resume starting duties as soon as his stubbed big toe stopped smarting and he had caught his breath. "I only hope his Clippers career will be as memorable as it is long." Christie's incentive-laden contract will also pay him a bonus of $15 per point scored, $35 per blocked shot, and $125,000 for winning the NBA scoring title.


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When the president of Ohio's state school board posted her opposition to gun control, she used a powerful symbol: a picture of Adolf Hitler.
When a well-known conservative commentator decried efforts to restrict guns, he argued that if Polish Jews had been better armed, many more would have survived the Holocaust.
In the months since the Newtown, Conn., school massacre, some gun-rights supporters have repeatedly compared U.S. gun-control efforts to Nazi restrictions on firearms, arguing that limiting weapons ownership could leave Americans defenseless against homegrown tyrants.
But some experts say that argument distorts a complex and contrary history. In reality, scholars say, Hitler loosened the tight gun laws that governed Germany after World War I, even as he barred Jews from owning weapons and moved to confiscate them.
Advocates who cite Hitler in the current U.S. debate overlook that Jews in 1930s Germany were a small population, owned few guns before the Nazis took control and lived under a dictatorship commanding overwhelming public support and military might, historians say. While it doesn't fit neatly into the modern-day gun debate, they say, the truth is that for all Hitler's evil acts, his firearms laws likely made no difference in Jews' very tenuous odds of survival.
But comparisons between a push by gun-control advocates in the U.S. and Hitler have become so common they're often asserted as fact, rather than argument.
"Absolute certainties are a rare thing in this life, but one I think can be collectively agreed upon is the undeniable fact that the Holocaust would have never taken place had the Jewish citizenry of Hitler's Germany had the right to bear arms and defended themselves with those arms," former major-league baseball pitcher John Rocker wrote in an online column in January.
After some gun advocates rallied at New York's Capitol in February carrying signs depicting Gov. Andrew Cuomo as Hitler, National Rifle Association President David Keene said the analogy was appropriate.
Those comparisons between gun control now and under Hitler joined numerous other statements, including the one by the Ohio school board president, Debe Terhar, on her Facebook page in January and by conservative commentator Andrew Napolitano, writing in The Washington Times.
The comparisons recently prompted the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil-rights group, to call on critics of gun control to keep Hitler and the Nazis out of the debate.
But some gun-rights advocates firmly disagree.
"People who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it," said Tucsonan Charles Heller, executive director of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, which has long compared U.S. gun control to Nazi tactics.
But the history of civilian gun ownership under the Nazis, scholars say, is far more complicated.
After World War I, Germany signed a peace treaty requiring dismantling of much of its army and limiting weapons import and export. But many of the 1 million returning soldiers joined militias, including a Nazi Party force that saw communists as the leading threat.
"Technically, they (the militias) were illegal and the guns were illegal, but a lot of government officials didn't care about right-wingers with guns taking on communists," said David Redles, co-author of "Hitler and Nazi Germany: A History," a popular college text. By 1928, however, officials decided they had to get a handle on the militias and their weapons and passed a law requiring registration of all guns, said Redles, who teaches at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.
Soon after Hitler was named chancellor in 1933, he used the arson of the Reichstag as an excuse to push through a decree allowing for the arrest of many communists and the suspension of civil rights. But as the Nazis increasingly targeted Jews and others they considered enemies, they moved in 1938 to loosen gun statutes for the loyal majority, said Bernard Harcourt, a University of Chicago professor of law and political science who has studied gun laws under Hitler.
With the 1938 law, Nazis seized guns from Jewish homes. But few Jews owned guns and they composed just 2 percent of the population in a country that strongly backed Hitler. By the time the law passed, Jews were so marginalized and spread among so many cities, there was no possibility of them putting up meaningful resistance, even with guns, said Robert Gellately, a professor of history at Florida State University and author of "Backing Hitler: Consent and Coercion in Nazi Germany."
U.S. gun-rights advocates disagree, pointing to the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto uprising by about 700 armed Jews who were able to fend off a much larger force of German troops for days. The Nazis won out by systematically burning the ghetto to the ground.
"Once the Germans began adopting that strategy there really wasn't very much that people armed with pistols, or even rifles and machine guns, could do," said historian Steve Paulsson, an expert on the period.
Paulsson said if Jews had limited their resistance, Nazi troops might not have destroyed the ghetto, allowing more to survive in hiding or escape.
But to Heller, the gun-rights activist, the Warsaw uprising is proof of power in firearms. Giving Jews more guns might not have averted the Holocaust, but it would have given them a fighting chance, he said.
"Absolute certainties are a rare thing in this life, but one I think can be collectively agreed upon is the undeniable fact that the Holocaust would have never taken place had the Jewish citizenry of Hitler's Germany had the right to bear arms and defended themselves with those arms."
John Rocker,
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Online Extra: "A Loyal Son of the Church"
When Reverend Joseph Fessio was a student at the University of Regensburg in then-West Germany from 1972 to 1975, his doctoral director and mentor was Father Joseph Ratzinger, who later became cardinal and was elected Pope on Apr. 19, taking the name Benedict XVI.
In 1989, Fessio, along with fellow classmate Christoph Schönbrun, now Vienna's cardinal, and Marc Ouellet, now Quebec's cardinal, established Casa Balthasar, a residence outside Rome for those considering a vocation to the priesthood, under the auspices of Cardinal Ratzinger. As a director of Casa Balthasar, Fessio meets annually with Ratzinger. He has collaborated with Ratzinger, as head of the Committee of Cardinals, and Schönbrun, executive editor, on the English translation of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in 1993-94.
On Apr. 20, Fessio, a Jesuit who's currently provost of Ave Maria University in Naples, Fla., discussed his mentor with BusinessWeek Special Correspondent Ann Therese Palmer. Edited excerpts of their conversation follow:
Q: You knew the new Pope before he was named a cardinal. What kind of a manager was he? A:
Q: You knew the new Pope before he was named a cardinal. What kind of a manager was he?
A:Perhaps the best way to know what kind of a manager he is would be to ask those who actually work with him day-to-day. Three good priest friends have been in that position. They all revere him and consider him a saint.
I would call him more a leader than a manager. He inspires others to give fully of themselves and encourages them to develop their talents. Despite the way he is often portrayed, he is warm and gracious. He has a wonderful sense of humor.
When Walter Kasper was a bishop in Germany, he publicly opposed Cardinal Ratzinger in a way that was quite inconsiderate. Years later, when it was proposed that Kasper be made a cardinal, Cardinal Ratzinger, who could have clearly blocked it, did not do so. He holds no grudges and has a genuine love even of those with whom he seriously disagrees.
Q: What was he like as a mentor when you were studying under him? A:
Q: What was he like as a mentor when you were studying under him?
A:As a mentor he was very easy to talk to and very understanding. He gave me excellent guidance in my thesis research and writing. He is a brilliant theologian in his own right and has wonderful perceptive abilities, but he listens very attentively and patiently.
However, once he has heard a person out and been asked for his opinion or a decision, he expresses it very calmly, clearly, and decisively. He has the ability to gather up into one sentence almost all the elements that are needed.
Q: What about the characterization that he is as tough as nails? A:
Q: What about the characterization that he is as tough as nails?
A:He may be characterized as "tough as nails," and in one sense he is. I'm confident that he would die for the truths that he holds. No one could dislodge from him the faith which he has made such a part of his life and his being.
At the same time, that's not how he treats people. There is no person I've ever met who is any more gentle, gracious, or cordial than Cardinal Ratzinger. There is no difference between his public and private persona. That's one of the endearing characteristics of Joseph Ratzinger.
Whether as bishop or cardinal or even now as Pope, he will speak openly and transparently. He will listen carefully.
Q: Do you think Vatican II influenced him? A:
Q: Do you think Vatican II influenced him?
A:As a young theologian, Joseph Ratzinger was a theological adviser to two influential German cardinals during the Second Vatican Council. Against the background of the pre-Vatican II Church, he seemed like a liberal. Against the background of the post-Vatican II Church, he seems like a conservative.
He has always been a loyal son of the Church, one of tremendous brilliance and wide culture and education. His positions haven't changed, but the surrounding society and even some aspects of the Church have.
Q: What effect did the 1968 student revolts in Paris and at Germany's University of Tubingen, where Father Ratzinger was teaching, have on him? A:
Q: What effect did the 1968 student revolts in Paris and at Germany's University of Tubingen, where Father Ratzinger was teaching, have on him?
A:He certainly saw and experienced then that violent revolution is not the way to achieve beneficial social change. Nor does it lead to spiritual maturity. I believe that he took Benedict for his papal name precisely because St. Benedict was the father of Europe. St. Benedict was a young man in a corrupt superpower that had become hedonistic and self-centered. In addition to this moral corruption from within, there were the attacks from the barbarians from without.
So [in the sixth century] Benedict left Rome and went out into the woods to pray. Others joined him, and from that experience arose the great Benedictine monastic movement. By the year 1200 there were 40,000 Benedictine monasteries scattered throughout Europe.
These monasteries preserved the cultural riches of Greece and Rome, as well as the growing wisdom accumulated by the Church herself. It was through Benedict's flight from a corrupt and corrupting society, and his seeking of God alone through prayer and work (ora et labora) that he transformed culture and Europe.


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This database contains information about the state laws and educational policies for school climate as well as bully prevention in each state. From this database, you can generate profiles of the state policies for school climate and bully prevention efforts in individual states, and view predetermined reports on state policies for these two issues.
This database builds on the 2007 school climate policy scan that the NSCC and the National School Climate Council conducted that focused on the following four questions:
- To what extent do states value climate?
- How is school climate defined at a State level and connected to policy and practice in the state?
- When State Departments of Education do integrate climate into their systems of accountability and other policies, what specific tools, assessments, programs, and supporting literature do they mandate or recommend to schools and districts?
- Finally, we have questioned: what more can states do to effectively promote positive school climate?
To read a summary of our policy scan, please click here.
These databases are intended to support an understanding of what states have adopted in policy and practice in order to accomplish greater academic achievements, safer schools and positive youth development.
Maintenance of this database is a collective effort between NSCC and the National School Climate Council. Please contact Jessica Savage, (212) 707-8799 or [email protected] with questions or comments about the database. (Last updated in December 2012). Please let us know if there are changes to your state's school climate or bully prevention policies.


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First, a few questions from Eastern Europe for you all. Take a minute to seriously consider each:
Envision the 5 books that have most impacted your life. How would your life be different if you'd never read them?
Where might you be today if you'd never met the most influential teachers in your life, past and present?
How would your options be affected if you could never again read a book, menu, or sign?
Here is the huge competition I've been promising. It's the biggest I've ever done, and there are some incredible world-famous people involved. You won't be disappointed:
If you'd like to support this idea, please take a second to vote for it here. Be sure to see the "prizes" section — how could you get into the 10K Club if you had to?
Posted on: October 1, 2007.
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February 7: On this day in 1885, Sinclair Lewis was born in Sauk Centre,Minnesota. The argument which Lewis enjoyed with his hometown is a celebratedone—not least in the hometown, where Lewis's status has evolved from cuss-wordto cultural attraction. With Lewis aNobel-winner, Sauk Centre and its most famous son had patched things up longbefore his death in 1951, of course. Still, given that his Main Street mocks such boosterism, few could have predicted thetown's annual "Sinclair Lewis Days," or that the local high schoolsports teams, upon which Lewis never dreamed of playing, would be cheered on asthe "MainStreeters."
Lewis could not wait toget away from home, but he did not leave as Joyce left Dublin, or stay as faraway as Hemingway did from Oak Park, Illinois. One return visit is amusinglydescribed in With Love from Gracie, amemoir by his first wife, Grace Hegger Lewis. She was a big-city girl who hadworked at Vogue, and her new husbandhad forewarned her about Doctor Lewis of Sauk Centre; still, it was a shock:
The first night home Hal closed the door of therear bedroom where we were to sleep. Next morning the Doctor complained that bydoing so we had shut off the current of air needed on these warm spring nights."Golly, I'd forgotten about that. There used to be a big green book thatDad used as a doorstop – and here it still is!" So we stuck "BibleReadings for the Home Circle" in the door every night thereby sacrificingour only chance at privacy….
Lewis and his wife ended their first visit to SaukCentre by driving out of town in a Model T Ford, heading back to New York viaCalifornia. Lewis designed a canvas and wooden pole contraption, turning thecar into a homemade camper for the prairie nights. The canvas was assembled"on the sewing machine of a friendly shoemaker in full sight of MainStreet," giving an additional touch to those famous, first-page sentencesin the novel: "Main Street is the climax of civilization. That this Fordcar might stand in front of the Bon Ton Store, Hannibal invaded Rome andErasmus wrote in Oxford cloisters…."
Daybook is contributed by Steve King, who teaches in the English Department of Memorial University in St. John's, Newfoundland. His literary daybook began as a radio series syndicated nationally in Canada. He can be found online at todayinliterature.com.


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I had about 6 secessions of affirm with a doctor at ucla. It was painful and expensive and I see little to no results. I also blistered during one of the secessions which left me with skin damage. I know how frustrating acne scars are and all these procedures are presented and sound so promising. If it were so easy to get rid of acne scars celebrities wouldn't have them. I've tried almost ever thing except total resurfacing. My scars are relatively minor and on my checks. Procedures have done more harm than good. I've realized that I need to be thankful for what I have and to accentuate the positive. You'd be better off going to sephora getting some good primer (smashbox) and getting a monthly facial. Remember you are your own worst critic. Don't make the same mistakes I did. These treatments don't work and any pay off will be accompanied by another skin annoyance. Be good to yourself !
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I had about 6 secessions of affirm with a doctor...
Doctors are nice and professionals. Never promised results and did offer free treatments after if you weren't satisfied. They honestly don't know if something will work. I wish they were more up front but my issues isn't with them but the procedures. Many of us have been through hell and get our hopes us.
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$1.2M sought for security in Stonington schools
$1.2M sought for security in Stonington schools
STONINGTON — District officials estimate needing to spend nearly $1.2 million on safety and security upgrades to the town's schools over the next five years.
Nearly $500,000 of that needs to be spent in 2014, Superintendent Van W. Riley and Business Manager Bill King said, on security cameras, fence repairs, safety film for doors and windows and code red buttons, among others measures.
"We need to be very aggressive with safety updates," Riley told board of education members at their meeting Thursday night. "We're talking about student safety and what's best for our children."
Riley is proposing a total of $448,000 for security measures be included in the Board of Education's Capital Improvement Plan, or CIP, budget for fiscal year 2014-15.
The board will vote on the CIP budget at its December meeting. If it's approved, the budget is turned over to the town's Board of Finance.
"There's not one thing more important than the other," King said. "These are all important measures."
Actions include expanding a police safety alert project that was piloted at West Vine Street School to all five schools in the district: West Broad Street and Deans Mill elementary schools, and Pawcatuck and Mystic middle schools, and the high school.
The "red," or "panic" button project was installed in the kindergarten through second grade, with buttons located throughout West Vine Street School. The enhanced security technology eliminates the need to call 911. Instead, the system could bring scores of emergency personnel to a school in minutes with the push of a button.
Costs to install the buttons vary for each school, from an estimated cost of $34,000 for Deans Mill to $88,000 at Mystic Middle. The middle school cost is higher because officials will have to replace the fire alarm system as well, so it's compatible with the button system.
The installation of the code red system at Stonington High also will include the replacement of the entire fire alarm system.
Other security measures district officials want to complete in 2014 include putting up fencing and installing emergency strobe lights in areas of assembly for most of the schools, including the high school.
In 2015, officials want to create separate visitor entrances at every school in the district except for the high school, which already has one.
"We want to build walls so visitors have to go to the office," Facilities Manager Ken Donovan said. "[For example,] at West Vine when you enter the building and go left, you're right into the classrooms."
King told the board that the district had some security measures in place even before the school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown that killed 20 children last December forced districts around the country to examine their own school security.
Stonington added more measures post-Newtown, King said. All schools are equipped with local radios and there is increased police presence in all the schools. Board members Thursday unanimously supported additional hours for police officers at the schools.
"We want to move forward," King said. "Momentum is in our favor."
Riley's proposed CIP budget for 2014-15 is $1.4 million — more than double what the district received for 2013-14. Besides security needs, the proposed CIP budget includes money to cover technology and roof repairs, primarily at Deans Mill.
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NEW YORK (Sep. 16)
The opinion that the United States should return to Germans their private property and investments that were sequestered in this country at the outbreak of World War II, was expressed here by Bernard Baruch, who said this action should be taken on condition that private property of American citizens seized in Germany is also restored.
Mr. Baruch made it clear that he advocates the return by Germany only of property of those Americans who were U.S. citizens when these assets were seized by Germany, and not of those who became American citizens after the war was declared. "I feel a great horror at what was perpetrated upon the Jews and, indeed, other citizens of Germany, and have a deep sympathy for those who although left to live lost all their property, we can only give an expression of our feelings to them. Certainly we cannot use the private property to force Germany to make restitution to her own citizens." Mr. Baruch declared.
Mr. Baruch's statement, published in the New York Daily News, was ressed to John O'Donnell, Washington correspondent of that paper, in connecting with measures now pending in Congress designed to turn back to Germany Party and investments of Germans sequestered by the U.S. Government during last war. A bill to this effect, introduced by Sen. Everett M. Dirksen, is ### to be a controversial subject before the new Congress.


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Our view: If the city's plastic bag ban doesn't take effect until 2014, that leaves plenty of time to clarify some obvious inconsistencies.
The Chico City Council continues to take baby steps toward a plastic bag ordinance. The council has been talking about the ban for so long, in very definite terms that it will happen, that many in the community assume the ban is already in place. It's not.
That means the council still has an opportunity to get a few confusing things right. Unfortunately, the council has moved with such disregard of valid criticisms, we fear councilors will do whatever they want and that things are already decided.
Here's one vignette that gives us the feeling councilors have already made up their minds. On Sunday, a member of our editorial board who was shopping at Raley's asked a bagger when the city's plastic bag ban would take effect. The answer: Not until Jan. 1, 2014.
Fast forward to Tuesday's City Council discussion on the proposal, which has not yet received final approval from the council.
Former Mayor Ann Schwab, the biggest advocate of the bag ban, mentioned that many people in the community are confused and think the bag ban has already taken effect. She said the city should set a date for implementation and feigned pulling a date out of thin air. The date: Jan. 1, 2014.
Now either that's an amazing coincidence that the bagger and the councilor had the same date, or grocers have already been told what they have to do, and when.
If it's the latter, then the process of making laws is a charade, and that's too bad because there are some parts of this proposed law that need refinement.
For example, citizens have pointed out that if a two-handled plastic bag comes from Winco, it's illegal. A similar bag with the Michael's logo or the Walmart logo is OK. That makes no sense.
If your grocery store has 10,000 square feet of floor room, your bags are outlawed. If your grocery store has 9,900 square feet, your plastic bags are fine.
It's not even clear what constitutes a "reusable" bag. For many people, two-handled plastic bags are reusable. Not in the council's eyes. Can somebody just write "Reusable Bag" in a Sharpie on their WinCo plastic bags and use them until they disintegrate? It's probably worth a try. Reduce, reuse, recycle, right?
It also makes no sense that stores are being told they have to keep three years of records for how many paper sacks are bought, even thought the city admitted it probably wouldn't collect the records. So why tell stores to keep them?
Fortunately, since the ordinance won't take effect for 10 months — and make no mistake, the City Council has its mind made up — at least there's time to get it right.


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August 24 2011
Simpson no stranger to his belly putter
By John Schwarb, PGATOUR.COM
Make it three in a row for the long putters. First Adam Scott (World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational), then Keegan Bradley (PGA Championship), then Webb Simpson at last week's Wyndham Championship.
Is this newsworthy anymore? Might not be for long (pardon the pun) when you consider players like Simpson. He wasn't someone that picked up a belly putter looking for answers on the green well into his PGA TOUR career, like Scott and others.
His move dates to far before that.
"I switched the fall of my freshman year (at Wake Forest)," said Simpson, who wields a Ping Craz-E model. "It's been seven years now I've used the same putter and, you know, it seems like a lot more guys are using it.
"I think you're seeing younger guys use it, more guys use it and I don't know what it is for the other guys. For me I just like it better. I putt differently with it and I've never really found anything I like better."
With the recent run of wins, the discussion has been re-ignited about whether such putters should have been made illegal years ago, or should be made illegal now. Do they provide an unfair competitive advantage?
Phil Mickelson says no.
"I think that there's more to it than just starting the ball online and putting. You have to read the green correctly," Mickelson said Wednesday at The Barclays. "You have to start the ball online, which the belly putter I think really helps, but you also have to have the right speed.
"And if it were going to be banned, it should have happened 20‑plus years ago. But now that it's been legal, I don't think you can make it retroactive. There have been guys that have been working with that putter for years, if not decades."
In Simpson's case, seven years.
Jim Furyk press conference
In the middle of talking belly putters ... the Earth moved.
SHAKING: Perhaps Mother Nature dislikes the long putters. In the middle of Jim Furyk's press conference Tuesday at The Barclays – while he was discussing belly putter tips he got from Bradley – the Earth moved. Check it out on the right.
MIXED BAG: It's not uncommon for pros to mix and match clubs in the bag come tournament days, but Tom Lehman's is quite the spectacle. At the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship, Lehman carried a Cobra K forged 3-iron, a TaylorMade RAC prototype 4-iron, TaylorMade Tour Preferred 5- and 8-irons, a Tour Preferred Muscle Back 6-iron, Tour Burner 7-iron and Tour Preferred Muscle Cavity 9-iron and pitching wedge.
That's six different models from two manufacturers in one iron set. Oh, and he also had Titleist Vokey wedges. A very mixed bag but he's doing something right – Lehman leads the Charles Schwab Cup standings.
TWO GLOVES, ONE DRIVER: Tommy Gainey finished third at the Wyndham with a new driver, a Callaway 10.5-degree Diablo Octane Tour. He was sixth in driving distance for the week with a 313.4-yard average. Earlier in the year he used a TaylorMade R11.