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New 2019 JeepGrand Cherokee LIMITED 4X4 Sport Utility
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- four-wheel
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Love this Jeep!
By cyndim on Sunday, March 12, 2017I have had old jeeps (cj-7, Cherokee, 2004 Grand Cherokee, and the Commander). This was my favorite jeep - loved everything about it. The way it drove everyday and the way it handled snow and rain. Loved the look and the interior. Was in an accident in this jeep and it handled extremely well.
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Best Vehicle I Have Owned!
By Razorback Fan on Monday, October 17, 2016I purchased this vehicle brand new due to the looks of the new body style. But what has amazed me is the overall performance. It's an SUV that handles like what an SUV should, but it rides like a car. Very quiet smooth ride. I have the V6 motor and I get awesome gas mileage for an SUV. Overall I would rate this vehicle an 8 out of 10. The only few things I would have changed is more cup holders and a great place to hold your cell phone. By the way, I have had zero issues with my Jeep. Outstanding quality.
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By Thomas on Friday, December 15, 2017I absolutely love my Grand Cherokee!! I purchased my Gray 2017 Grand Cherokee Limited 5.7L in September of 2016, and have put nearly 50k miles on it. My husband and I do a lot of outdoor activities such as running, mountain biking, snowboarding, kayaking, paddle boarding, and sailing. Having a Jeep had always been a dream of mine and my Grand Cherokee lives even further beyond my expectations. The exterior is absolutely gorgeous and the LED Headlights are pretty amazing especially in some tough winter conditions here in the Northeast. I have a THULE Roof Rack System installed and Jeep made it extremely easy with their roof rails to install the system. In addition to that, I tow my boat which is around 4500Ibs and the Jeep can tow it with no issues whatsoever. The interior is really where the Limited shines however. I would go as far as to say that this is a luxury SUV. The leather seating is absolutely amazing with the heating and memory functions. Overall, I love my Jeep and will have many more in my future!!
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The Asia Cohort Consortium (ACC) is a collaborative effort seeking to understand the relationship between genetics, environmental exposures, and the etiology of disease through the establishment of a cohort of at least one million healthy people around the world. These participants will be followed over time to various disease endpoints, including cancer. The collaboration also involves seeking partners among existing cohorts across Asia to facilitate the exploration of specific research questions that need more immediate answers. Please visit the ACC website for information on joining or collaborating with the ACC.
We are pleased to announce the first three publications of the Asia Cohort Consortium. We are grateful to our authors, writing teams and participating cohorts for their efforts. We also thank the Fred Hutch for its continued support of the Coordinating Center.
Body Mass Index and Mortality in Over 1 Million Asian Persons
N Engl J Med. 2011;364(8):719-729.
Zheng W, McLerran DF, Rolland B, Zhang X, Inoue M, Matsuo K, He J, Gupta PC, Ramadas K, Tsugane S, Irie F, Tamakoshi A, Gao YT, Wang R, Shu XO, Tsuji I, Kuriyama S, Tanaka H, Satoh H, Chen CJ, Yuan JM, Yoo KY, Ahsan H, Pan WH, Gu D, Pednekar MS, Sauvaget C, Sasazuki S, Sairenchi T, Yang G, Xiang YB, Nagai M, Suzuki T, Nishino Y, You SL, Koh WP, Park SK, Chen Y, Shen CY, Thornquist M, Feng Z, Kang D, Boffetta P, Potter JD.
Body mass index and diabetes in Asia: a cross-sectional pooled analysis of 900,000 individuals in the Asia cohort consortium
PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e19930. Epub 2011 Jun 22.
Boffetta P, McLerran D, Chen Y, Inoue M, Sinha R, He J, Gupta PC, Tsugane S, Irie F, Tamakoshi A, Gao YT, Shu XO, Wang R, Tsuji I, Kuriyama S, Matsuo K, Satoh H, Chen CJ, Yuan JM, Yoo KY, Ahsan H, Pan WH, Gu D, Pednekar MS, Sasazuki S, Sairenchi T, Yang G, Xiang YB, Nagai M, Tanaka H, Nishino Y, You SL, Koh WP, Park SK, Shen CY, Thornquist M, Kang D, Rolland B, Feng Z, Zheng W, Potter JD.
Coordinating Centers in Cancer-Epidemiology Research: The Asia Cohort Consortium Coordinating Center
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention. Published OnlineFirst July 29, 2011.
Rolland B, Smith BR, Potter JD.
The Asia Cohort Consortium (ACC) seeks to understand the relationship between genetics, environmental exposures, and the etiology of disease through the establishment of a cohort, or population laboratory, of at least 1 million healthy people around the world who will be followed over time to various disease endpoints, including cancer.
The concept of a population laboratory involves not just a population cohort but the capacity and intention to develop markers of early disease and to follow cohort members through diagnosis and treatment to outcome.* Some informative relationships that can be explored using the population laboratory include the association of exposure with disease; genome variability with disease; gene-environment interaction with molecularly defined disease; marker sets (e.g. plasma-protein profile) with early detection of molecularly defined disease; and genome, treatment and molecularly defined disease with outcome.
Accordingly, what is needed involves not just measurement of genetic variation but also variation in environmental exposures. The ACC addresses the scientific need to establish the complete pattern of susceptibility and resistance to disease, to identify disease more finely, and to establish which protein patterns provide the signal for disease, by recruiting and tracking a large number of individuals from diverse settings who are well characterized genetically, whose behavioral and environmental characteristics are well mapped, and whose illness pattern and mortality can be monitored. One of the things that we have learned over the last 5 years is that much of the genetic variation that is associated with disease risk is relevant only in the presence of environmental variability.
The Asia Cohort Consortium is led by co-chairs John Potter MD PhD, Member and Senior Advisor, Fred Hutch, USA and Daehee Kang MD PhD, Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea. The ACC Coordinating Center has been established at the Fred Hutch to provide support for scientific collaboration, coordination and communication, data operations, and statistical consultation.
Investigators from China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States, and other countries and national economies meet on a biannual basis to report on the progress of each country's cohort, to discuss issues relevant to the development of common protocol guidelines, and to prepare for collaborative projects. Working groups, each consisting of representatives from the different member countries, have been established to examine specifically the issues of: diet; obesity and physical activity; occupation and environment; alcohol and tobacco; medical and reproductive history; family history; follow-up and endpoint ascertainment; biospecimens and sample collection; data collection and management; and previously established cohorts.
* Potter JD. Epidemiology informing clinical practice: from bills of mortality to population laboratories. Nature Clinical Practice Oncology. 2(12):625-34, 2005 Dec.

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Bette Lu Lerwick, Albin, Wyo., is Monsanto's America's Farmers Mom of the Year 2011.
Lerwick was nominated for the America's Farmers Mom of the Year contest by her daughter, Kosha Olsen, who visited www.americasfarmers.com earlier this spring and submitted a 300-word nomination describing a few of the contributions her mother makes to her family, farm, community and the agricultural industry. Lerwick was selected as the Northwest Region's Farm Mom of the Year by a panel of judges from American Agri-Women and Monsanto. Her nomination was then posted to www.AmericasFarmers.com, along with those of the four other regional winners'. Online voting determined Lerwick the national winner.
"This is a wonderful privilege and I feel honored to be the 2011 Farm Mom of the Year when there are so many deserving farm moms out there," said Lerwick. "I am proud to be from Wyoming and I'm excited to bring recognition to this wonderful state."
Ron and Bette Lu Lerwick, in partnership with son, Monte, and his wife, Megan, raise wheat, corn, dryland beans, hay, sunflowers and beef cattle on the high plains of their centennial ranch in southeastern Wyoming.
"What does it take to plant a garden the size of a townhouse, or a square mile of sunflowers?" asked Kosha Olsen in her nomination. "How do you raise teenagers 60 miles from the nearest fast food?" Kosha outlined a few of the ways her mother supports others – from serving as "event planner, caterer, custodian, hired hand and manager" at home to driving the tractors, baking bread and delivering calves on the farm to having served as EMT for the rural volunteer fire department and attending many memorial services in the community. In addition, Bette Lu and Ron Lerwick have welcomed exchange students and at-risk youths to their farm for months at a time.
"The best way to educate consumers about agriculture is to share your story and your lifestyle with them," Kosha wrote. "Mom has always opened her home to those interested in agriculture. Family farms remain viable because of American farm moms like mine."
All five regional winners won a $5,000 cash prize from Monsanto. Lerwick will receive an additional $2,500 in prize money from the company for winning the national title.
"Not only are women often the backbone of their family farm, but they are also passionate spokespeople for the agricultural industry," said Chris Chavis, Monsanto's America's Farmers Mom of the Year spokesperson. "Lerwick exemplifies the impact that one woman can have, extending from her family throughout the community of Albin and on to consumers from other regions of the country."
The other four regional winners were Kerri Vander Poel, Bakersfield, Calif.; April Hemmes, Hampton, Iowa; Teresa Chambers, Macon, Ga.; and Jennie Schmidt, Sudlersville, Md.
Monsanto's America's Farmers Mom of the Year is an extension of the America's Farmers program, which celebrates the contributions of America's farmers, who provide food, energy and clothing for a growing planet. Visit AmericasFarmers.com throughout the year to read about other ways Monsanto will recognize the hard work and contributions of American farmers.


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MALIBU — Wildlife rescuers say three sea lions that washed ashore in Malibu earlier this month died of gunshot wounds.
Jonsie Ross with the California Wildfire Center tells KCBS-TV that sea lion shootings happen every year in October when squid fishing season begins.
Lights that fishermen use to attract squid also attract sea lions. Fishermen are allowed to use nonlethal means to scare away the sea lions.
The California Wetfish Producers Association, which represents the squid fishery, said fishermen who recently worked in Malibu are unaware of any shootings.
Sea lions are protected under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.
A person could be fined $10,000 and face possible jail time if convicted of shooting a sea lion.


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'Ambient' Bullying Gives Employees Urge to Quit
Merely showing up to work in an environment where bullying goes on is enough to make many of us think about quitting, a new study suggests.
"Of particular note is the fact that we could predict turnover intentions as effectively either by whether someone was the direct target of bullying, or by how much an environment was characterized by bullying," said corresponding author, Marjan Houshmand. "This is potentially interesting because we tend to assume that direct, personal experiences should be more influential upon employees than indirect experiences only witnessed or heard about in a second-hand fashion. Yet our study identifies a case where direct and indirect experiences have a similarly strong relationship to turnover intentions."
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From personal experience, no matter how hard you try, when someone decides you are "it", it's like Logan's Run. The only thing to do is get out. My only regret is not leaving sooner - it might be hard everywhere, but no one should have to swim, bloodied, with sharks, crocodiles, and piranhas.
Sentient I have had to quit jobs because of office bullies. It's just too much stress.
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1. A poor, wayfaring Man of griefHath often crossed me on my way,Who sued so humbly for reliefThat I could never answer nay.I had not pow'r to ask his name,Whereto he went, or whence he came;Yet there was something in his eyeThat won my love; I knew not why.
2. Once, when my scanty meal was spread,He entered; not a word he spake,Just perishing for want of bread.I gave him all; he blessed it, brake,And ate, but gave me part again.Mine was an angel's portion then,For while I fed with eager haste,The crust was manna to my taste.
3. I spied him where a fountain burstClear from the rock; his strength was gone.The heedless water mocked his thirst;He heard it, saw it hurrying on.I ran and raised the suff'rer up;Thrice from the stream he drained my cup,Dipped and returned it running o'er;I drank and never thirsted more.
4. 'Twas night; the floods were out; it blewA winter hurricane aloof.I heard his voice abroad and flewTo bid him welcome to my roof.I warmed and clothed and cheered my guestAnd laid him on my couch to rest,Then made the earth my bed and seemedIn Eden's garden while I dreamed.
5. Stript, wounded, beaten nigh to death,I found him by the highway side.I roused his pulse, brought back his breath,Revived his spirit, and suppliedWine, oil, refreshment--he was healed.I had myself a wound concealed,But from that hour forgot the smart,And peace bound up my broken heart.
6. In pris'n I saw him next, condemnedTo meet a traitor's doom at morn.The tide of lying tongues I stemmed,And honored him 'mid shame and scorn.My friendship's utmost zeal to try,He asked if I for him would die.The flesh was weak; my blood ran chill,But my free spirit cried, "I will!"
7. Then in a moment to my viewThe stranger started from disguise.The tokens in his hands I knew;The Savior stood before mine eyes.He spake, and my poor name he named,"Of me thou hast not been ashamed.These deeds shall thy memorial be;Fear not, thou didst them unto me."
Text: James Montgomery, 1771-1854Music: George Coles, 1792-1858, alt.Hymn sung prior to the martyrdom of the Prophet Joseph Smith. See History of the Church, 6:614-15.
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Un pobre forastero (Himnos)
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Je rencontrais sur mon chemin (Cantiques)
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Um pobre e aflito viajor (Hinário)
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Party hardy! Jennifer Lawrence brought her best friend Laura Simpson to the 86th Academy Awards back in March, and it turns out that the two troublemakers had a little too much fun during the show. The American Hustle star's pre-taped appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers aired Wednesday, May 21, confirming what Us Weekly reported last month: She drank, she puked, and Miley Cyrus judged.
PHOTOS: J-Law's most memorable 2014 awards show moments
Lawrence said the main culprit behind her boozy (and somewhat blurry!) night out was her BFF. "I took her and she was a terrible influence on me," Lawrence told Meyers. "She was like, 'Meet me at the bar.' So I snuck out and I was like, 'Oh, my god!' I can't do this!' And she was like, 'You can do whatever you want!'" (The Dolby Theatre, where the 2014 Oscars was held, has a lounge outside the auditorium where stars like Julia Roberts and Cate Blanchett periodically grabbed drinks throughout the ceremony.)
"We ran into Brad Pitt," the Hunger Games star continued, "and she was like, 'Get Brad Pitt over here!' and I was like, 'I can't do that!' And she was like, 'Yes, you can!'" So what was a girl to do? "I just went, 'Hey Brad Pitt!'" Lawrence recalled. "He came over. He smelled like sandalwood. It was unbelievable!"
After tripping (again) on the red carpet and joining in on a star-studded selfie that evening, Lawrence decided to continue raging. "I've never gone out after Golden Globes or Oscars or anything. I'm just so sick of people by that point," she joked. "But this time I was like, 'I'm going out.' And I puked… all over."
"There's this big fancy party, this Guy Oseary and Madonna party—if you get invited you're, like, super important," she explained. "And I puked on his porch. I was in such bad condition and I look behind me and Miley Cyrus is looking at me like, 'Get it together!'"
Simpson, for her part, chronicled her incredible night out at the 2014 Oscars in a detailed blog post. "Some guy picks up my purse that had fallen off my seat and I say 'Thank you…Channing Tatum,'" J-Law's bestie wrote. Jennifer Garner helped Simpson when her dress got caught and a then-pregnant Kerry Washington asked if she could eat her Slim Jim.
Watch Lawrence's animated explanation here!
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NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment describing how Dr. Maxime Faget's space capsule design helped launch the United States into the Space Age.
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NASA Destination Tomorrow Video containing five segments as described below. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment describing NASA's Child Safety Alert System for automobiles. NASA Destination Tomorrow Segment explaining how NASA uses...
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"Interdependence is a fact, it's not an opinion."
–Peter Coyote
Last week I read a prepublication report issued by the National Research Council on interagency collaboration. The NRC recently conducted a study of NASA's interagency cooperation on Earth science missions called for in the NASA Authorization Act of 2008. The key finding in the report was quite telling: "…engaging in collaboration carries significant cost and schedule risks that need to be actively mitigated. Agencies are especially likely to seek collaborators for complex missions so that expected costs can be shared. However, … inefficiencies arise when collaborating agencies' goals, authorities, and responsibilities are not aligned." Setting aside for a moment the slightly confusing interchange of "cooperation" and "collaboration", let's examine the fundamental question here: when should two parties engage in various forms of interchange, and what value is there in it?
You can tell I'm setting the table in a particular way because I said "value" above. Yes, we will look at this question from the perspective of the value equation I introduced previously. But first, some background.
A number of years ago I was involved in a NASA-wide special project called "One NASA". This O'Keefe-era initiative (discontinued by Griffin in 2006) focused on enhanced coordination, collaboration and communication among all Agency elements to reach common goals. At the time of the initiative, I was involved in my Center's formal mentoring program, and my mentor was the person in charge of representing our Center to One NASA. One of my mentoring tasks was analyzing a set of survey results collected by One NASA from Civil Servants and contractors from across the Agency, touching upon topics of coordination and collaboration. This experience was formative for me in that I started to picture what it means to coordinate and collaborate, and those thoughts recently resurfaced both as I read the above report as well as prepare for my coming assignment. It's this framework that I'll share next, and I'd love to get your feedback on it.
First of all, what is the most essential ingredient to an interchange? Well, it's quite simple: there has to be two or more parties involved. Seems obvious, yet this is important in that it establishes the foundation for how an interchange occurs.
The important variable in characterizing the interchange between two or more parties is the degree of their interdependency in achieving outcomes. I'll have more to say about this in a moment.
Finally, the decision to choose one degree or another of interdependency is a function of the value equation, where value equals benefit minus costs.
Using the above, I've formed a spectrum of interchanges between two or more parties as a function of interdependency. I've provided names to particular points on the spectrum that equate roughly to the definitions I formed on the basis of the One NASA survey results, and that align fairly well to the definitions in the NRC report.
Competition. Two or more firms compete for work. On the scale of interdependency between firms, we are at one extreme: there is none, nor is there any required. (In fact, if there is any, we call that "collusion.") Furthermore, the goals, authority, and responsibility of the firms involved are completely independent. The idea behind competition is to solicit for ideas and approaches in an almost Darwinistic vein of "survival of the fittest", using the value equation: seek the combination of benefit and cost that provide the best value. (Sometimes it is increased benefit, or lower cost; sometimes it is both.) The concepts behind competition govern most of my daily work life as I lead the development of procurement strategies for mission operations, yet the concept of competition surfaced repeatedly as an idea in the One NASA survey results: why not let different NASA elements compete for work? Although this concept did not meet with the strategic direction of the Agency, the basic idea stuck with me as one of the anchor points for describing interdependency between elements.
Cooperation. Moving further along the interdependency spectrum, we next encounter cooperation. Here, two or more firms engage in some form of exchange or coordination that provides some measure of increased benefit that would not be available should the parties go it alone. The cost associated with the exchange is negligible and can be ignored. The parties still keep to their relatively independent goals, authority, and responsibility, although there may be a small amount of congruence. The classic case in my mind is international cooperation: each party sticks to its own goals and maintains relative autonomy relative to the other; however, each party sees some increased benefit whether it is in terms of a unique contribution from another party, or in terms of secondary benefits (such as international diplomacy).
Collaboration. Continuing ahead, we next encounter collaboration. Here, two or more firms engage in a higher degree of exchange characterized by a high degree of interdependency. The firms work towards a common shared goal and work out a formal arrangement on authority and responsibility. In a collaborative setting, the interchanges can be quite numerous and complex, leading to the need to examine carefully and distinguish between inherent complexity and imposed complexity, with the desire being to reduce imposed complexity as much as possible. In terms of the value equation, the benefit of collaboration (primary, secondary, or otherwise) has to outweigh the extra costs associated with a collaborative effort. It is the benefit-cost trade that is at the heart of the NRC report I mentioned earlier. Entering into a collaborative effort without an examination of goal alignment and the value equation is irresponsible and can lead to the failure of the collaborative effort.
Consolidation. At the other end of the spectrum is consolidation. In this case, the goals, authority, and responsibility are highly aligned (or are forced to be so, which is a whole different story). The degree of interdependency is total and complete. An examination of the value equation says that tremendous value can be achieved if the separate parties are combined into one, usually around the parameter of cost.
In the end, I formed the following picture:
|(No interdependency)
|(Little interdependency)
|(High interdependency)
|(Total interdependency)
What would you add to this picture?


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Wearable electronics are nothing new. After all, wristwatches and hearing aids are the same as the emerging technology that is generating so many headlines (minus the connectivity, of course).
Providing telecommunications functionality to things we wear is the huge step. The most noteworthy devices so far are networked glasses, and the biggest player is Google, with its Google Glass. But the category is set to explode: Juniper Research predicts that 130 million wearable devices will be deployed by 2018.
But Google Glass is just the tip of the iceberg. Where there is opportunity, a million smart entrepreneurs will follow. Glasses have become almost standard. Wearable bands now track workouts and keep track of patients. Other devices on the horizon include smart wigs and even smart tattoos.
Every nook and cranny of the human body soon will be covered by microprocessors and sensors. Here are some wearable computing devices available now, and some to look for in the future.
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Like a lot of people, I am conflicted about Wikileaks.
Citizens of a functioning democracy must be able to know what the state is saying and doing in our name, to engage in what Pierre Rosanvallon calls "counter-democracy"*, the democracy of citizens distrusting rather than legitimizing the actions of the state. Wikileaks plainly improves those abilities.
On the other hand, human systems can't stand pure transparency. For negotiation to work, people's stated positions have to change, but change is seen, almost universally, as weakness. People trying to come to consensus must be able to privately voice opinions they would publicly abjure, and may later abandon. Wikileaks plainly damages those abilities. (If Aaron Bady's analysis is correct, it is the damage and not the oversight that Wikileaks is designed to create.*)
And so we have a tension between two requirements for democratic statecraft, one that can't be resolved, but can be brought to an acceptable equilibrium. Indeed, like the virtues of equality vs. liberty, or popular will vs. fundamental rights, it has to be brought into such an equilibrium for democratic statecraft not to be wrecked either by too much secrecy or too much transparency.
As Tom Slee puts it, "Your answer to 'what data should the government make public?' depends not so much on what you think about data, but what you think about the government."* My personal view is that there is too much secrecy in the current system, and that a corrective towards transparency is a good idea. I don't, however, believe in total transparency, and even more importantly, I don't think that independent actors who are subject to no checks or balances is a good idea in the long haul.
If the long haul were all there was, Wikileaks would be an obviously bad thing. The practical history of politics, however, suggests that the periodic appearance of such unconstrained actors in the short haul is essential to increased democratization, not just of politics but of thought.
We celebrate the printers of 16th century Amsterdam for making it impossible for the Catholic Church to constrain the output of the printing press to Church-approved books*, a challenge that helped usher in, among other things, the decentralization of scientific inquiry and the spread of politically seditious writings advocating democracy.
This intellectual and political victory didn't, however, mean that the printing press was then free of all constraints. Over time, a set of legal limitations around printing rose up, including restrictions on libel, the publication of trade secrets, and sedition. I don't agree with all of these laws, but they were at least produced by some legal process.
Unlike the United States' current pursuit of Wikileaks.*
I am conflicted about the right balance between the visibility required for counter-democracy and the need for private speech among international actors. Here's what I'm not conflicted about: When authorities can't get what they want by working within the law, the right answer is not to work outside the law. The right answer is that they can't get what they want.
The Unites States is — or should be — subject to the rule of law, which makes the extra-judicial pursuit of Wikileaks especially nauseating. (Calls for Julian's assassination are even more nauseating.) It may be that what Julian has done is a crime. (I know him casually, but not well enough to vouch for his motivations, nor am I a lawyer.) In that case, the right answer is to bring the case to a trial.
In the US, however, the government has a "heavy burden", in the words of the Supreme Court, for engaging in prior restraint of even secret documents, an established principle since New York Times Co. vs. The United States*, when the Times published the Pentagon Papers. If we want a different answer for Wikileaks, we need a different legal framework first.
Though I don't like Senator Joseph Lieberman's proposed SHIELD law (Securing Human Intelligence and Enforcing Lawful Dissemination*), I do like the fact that it is a law, and not an extra-legal avenue (of which Senator Lieberman is also guilty.*) I also like the fact that the SHIELD Law makes it clear what's at stake: the law proposes new restraints on publishers, and would apply to the New York Times and The Guardian as it well as to Wikileaks. (As Matthew Ingram points out, "Like it or not, Wikileaks is a media entity."*) SHIELD amounts to an attempt to reverse parts of New York Times Co. vs. The United States.
I don't think such a law should pass. I think the current laws, which criminalize the leaking of secrets but not the publishing of leaks, strike the right balance. However, as a citizen of a democracy, I'm willing to be voted down, and I'm willing to see other democratically proposed restrictions on Wikileaks put in place. It may even be that whatever checks and balances do get put in place by the democratic process make anything like Wikileaks impossible to sustain in the future.
The key, though, is that democracies have a process for creating such restrictions, and as a citizen it sickens me to see the US trying to take shortcuts. The leaders of Myanmar and Belarus, or Thailand and Russia, can now rightly say to us "You went after Wikileaks' domain name, their hosting provider, and even denied your citizens the ability to register protest through donations, all without a warrant and all targeting overseas entities, simply because you decided you don't like the site. If that's the way governments get to behave, we can live with that."
Over the long haul, we will need new checks and balances for newly increased transparency — Wikileaks shouldn't be able to operate as a law unto itself anymore than the US should be able to. In the short haul, though, Wikileaks is our Amsterdam. Whatever restrictions we eventually end up enacting, we need to keep Wikileaks alive today, while we work through the process democracies always go through to react to change. If it's OK for a democracy to just decide to run someone off the internet for doing something they wouldn't prosecute a newspaper for doing, the idea of an internet that further democratizes the public sphere will have taken a mortal blow.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
A video camera captured Bill Lee in a close-up as he walked off the championship mat at the 1999 state open, and its grainy image captured the key to the Southington grappler's success.
Lee had just dismantled his opponent in the final bout to capture his second consecutive division title. He scored his first points in the opening moments and spent the next few minutes chasing his opponent around the mat like a kitten playing with a ball of yarn.
When the officials signaled the end, Lee earned a 17-2 win and another state title, but he can be seen on the video shaking his head in obvious frustration.
"I just couldn't finish him," he said with a hint of disappointment more than one decade later. "I never let a guy off his back, but I just couldn't pin that kid. It was weird. It took no effort to get him to his back, but as soon as his shoulders hit he was a wild man."
Lee still remembers the match vividly. He can recall every play, every move, and every point as if it was unfolding in front of him. He never trailed, and his opponent never threatened. It capped an easy run to his second straight division title, but he still seems haunted about missing the pin. Perhaps it's because few wrestlers ever managed to avoid one.
"For my money he was the best kid that I've ever seen wrestle," said Blue Knight wrestling coach Derek Dion. "He was just about as strong and fast a kid as I've ever had. Nobody with his size could hang with his strength or his speed. There were kids that went on to have better college careers, but we'll never really know how his college career would have panned out [if he didn't get injured]. When you look at high school wrestlers, he's one of the best that I've ever seen."
As the last century came to a close Lee exploded onto the scene but it was a long journey just to step onto the high school mat. Lee was a proven soccer player at a private school, but he longed to wrestle. His father was Southington's first captain in 1974 and 75.
Lee switched to homeschooling as a freshman to try to qualify for the high school team. When that didn't work because of new rules changes, Lee convinced his parents to enroll him in the public schools. It was his first win as a high school wrestler.
"I knew when he came in as a sophomore that he was the type of kid that you could build a program around, and we did that," said Dion. "We spent a lot of time with him individually, and it ended up being a good thing. You make one kid better, and it seems to make everyone around them better. They go on to make everyone else around them better, and it made us a pretty successful program for a while."
Lee was an instant hit as a sophomore, and finished his career without a single regular season loss. He amassed an incredible 122-6 record that still stands as No. 17 on the all-time list of state wrestlers. He won 67 by pin and 15 by forfeit. Most of his matches were over in seconds.
"He wasn't really one to make mistakes," said Dion. "It was difficult to get good matches for him because he was so dominant. Everyone just tried to get away from him. Sometimes, I would try to weigh him in at a weight class above and wrestle him up to the weight class above that just to try to get him into a match that could get him ready for a state tournament. He seemed to pin or tech fall just about everyone he wrestled."
Lee credits his preparation and aggressive attack. He started his day with three-mile runs before school. He finished his practices with five-mile runs or long trips on the bike. Since most of his matches finished so quickly, his drive had to come from within.
"You have to be disciplined, but that's one of the things that's great about wrestling," he said. "When everybody else is chowing down on garbage, you have to eat that salad. You might really want to eat that cookie, but you can't have it. It takes discipline to go to bed at 8:00 at night when your friends are going out, but that's because you have to run at five in the morning. It's all about discipline."
It paid off. His first varsity loss came in the Class LL quarterfinals in his sophomore year. His second loss came at the state open in a 2-1 decision against an opponent that went on to the finals of the New England championships. His third loss came as a result of an injury default that ended his state open run.
Over his three year varsity career Lee's only losses came in postseason bouts even though he found himself battling against bigger wrestlers, state champions, and New England powers. Two losses were concussion-related. One was a disqualification for an illegal slam in a bout that he was dominating. One came against the eventual state open champion. Another came against a New England finalist. It was only his last one—the sixth one—that was avoidable.
"It's very rare that you get a kid that comes in and is that dominant at such an early age, and he was dominant all the way through," said Dion. "It was a combination of strength or speed, but it was mainly his positioning. You just couldn't get him out of it. There are kids that are strong in the weight rooms, but he wrestled strong. He did that with good position."
It also came from an iron will. As a junior Lee said that he was more tentative, consciously guarding his undefeated season, but he managed to cruise into the postseason as the No. 2 seed in the 152-pound weight class. He cruised to the finals and captured his first of two division titles with a 36-second pin in the championship round. He went on to the semifinals at the state open, losing to New Fairfield wrestler Jeff McAveney in a 6-5 decision.
"I wrestled him three times in high school, and it was always at the state opens. He was the one that I lost my first match to, and it was a close match in my junior year, too," said Lee. "It was tied with something like 40 seconds left in the third. I was on top, and I let him up. I wanted to take him down, but he was able to fight it off."
McAveney and Lee remained as arch-rivals throughout their careers. Lee avenged the state open loss with an overtime win in the New England tournament during a campaign that carried Lee into the final bout of the regional meet. At the time, Lee was just the second Blue Knight to win a bout at the regional meet and his second place finish still remains as the best for any Southington wrestler.
Lee was just getting started. As a senior, he dispatched his regular season opponents with relative ease. He cruised through the brackets to win his second straight Class LL title, and he zeroed in on McAveney for their final match-up in the state open championship bout.
"At that point, I didn't think that my career meant anything until I won the opens," he said. "There were a lot of guys that fell in the finals. I wanted to be the first one. I didn't think it meant anything unless I did."
This time, Lee left no question. He tossed McAveney all over the mat, nearly pinning him twice to earn an 11-5 win before he leapt into the arms of his coach. The state open title was the first by any Southington wrestler, and it was a feat that was only duplicated once—three years later by Lee's junior varsity back-up.
"Bill and I had worked together, one-on-one, quite a bit to try to develop a shot to add to his upper body assault," said Dion. "He went out there and hit it immediately. He got him onto his back for five [points]. He did it again a few minutes later, and got him onto his back for five more and pretty much dominated from there on out. It was a fun night. It was one of the best nights that we've ever had as a coaching staff."
Lee was never able to duplicate that 1999 run. He was upset in the opening round at the New England championship. He went on to Sacred Heart University, worked his way on to the varsity roster as a freshman, and battled to an early 5-5 record before ending his career with yet another concussion on the mat.
But he never strayed too far from the sport. He returned to the Southington High School gym as a practice opponent and moved into the coaching ranks where he's served since 2002. Now, he tries to instill his sense of discipline and goal-setting to the next generation of Blue Knight wrestlers.
"It doesn't matter what kind of wrestler they become. It matters what kind of men they become," said Lee. "I want them to have a good head on their shoulders and know how to work hard. That's what I got out of this sport, and that's what I want for them."
Perhaps that's why the Southington Sports Hall of Fame selection committee chose Lee as the youngest member to be inaugurated the local sports hall of fame. On Thursday, Nov. 8, he will be honored in an induction ceremony at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.
"I'm still excited about it because it means something," said Lee. "I've seen the guys and the teams that have been inducted before me. You know the names. You know what they did. To have only two classes ahead of me, to be in the third one, is pretty incredible. I'm extremely honored."
For tickets, contact Jim Verderame, (860) 628-7335. To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@southington observer.com.


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Good job, Dr. Hulbert
Safe amid chaos
Remembering a hero
Have a ball
President Stephen Hulbert has been at Nicholls State University for nearly a decade, but his time at the helm is drawing to a close.
He announced earlier this week that he will retire in August, leaving behind a proud and excellent tradition that will set his successor in good stead while making the expectations even higher.
"Having served as Nicholls' president for the past 10 years, I have decided that it is time for me to hand over the reins of leadership to a new president," Hulbert said on Monday.
Hulbert's tenure has been marked by increasing admissions standards and student outcomes and, more recently, by incredible financial hardships that were handled as deftly and painlessly as possible.
Under Hulbert's leadership, Nicholls has enjoyed an increasingly cooperative relationship with Fletcher Technical and Community College — a relationship that is blossoming to the benefit of many local students and the local communities.
Hulbert's time at Nicholls has been effective. Job well done!
Felicia Guidry was basking in the glow of an incredible accomplishment on Monday when terror struck.
Guidry, 57, had finished the Boston Marathon just 25 minutes before the bombs exploded, horrifically killing three people and injuring nearly 200 more.
Happily, she was safe during the chaos of the blasts. Safe, but not unscathed.
Guidry fell just two blocks from the finish line and broke her arm. Still, she was able to complete the race in an excellent time.
Ironically, she was at a nearby hospital being treated for her injury when the bombs exploded, raining death and mayhem on one of running's biggest events.
Congratulations to this local athlete for doing so well in such a prestigious event.
And even better news that she is safe and sound.
Chad Breaux died last week from burns he received when the tugboat he captained struck a pipeline and burned.
But it was his actions during an emergency a year and a half ago that will maintain his memory long into the future.
Breaux was in Bayou Perot in December 2011 when he saw another boat crash, leaving its six-man crew in peril. He sprang into action and took the workers from that boat safely back to shore.
Sadly, he was fatally injured when his boat struck the pipeline on March 12. Although he was taken to shore, he eventually died from his wounds.
The sadness his family members and friends understandably feel should be lessened just a bit by the fact that he was such a heroic figure while he was here.
If you're looking for a great outdoors activity for today, look no further.
The annual Ladybug Ball is happening from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Southdown Plantation, 1208 Museum Drive, Houma. Admission is free.
There is a ladybug costume contest and crafts.
But the highlight of the ball is the release of 100,001 ladybugs and 201 butterflies.
It is a sight to see.
This is the 14th ball, and yet another excellent chance to spend some quality time at a great family event.
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If you've ever marveled at how accurately actors embody the characters in a period piece, or felt transported to a different place (even a place that may not technically exist, like Gotham), you've succumbed to the artistry of costume designers.
Costume designers create clothing that will complement the characters, period and mood of a film.
Costume designers are sometimes considered part of the fashion design world, but their creations are designed not just to please a customer or make a statement, but to tell a story. Costume designers help actors become the characters in a TV show, movie, play, or commercial by dressing them to look the part. In this sense, they are more akin to set designers.
Costume designers spend a great deal of time researching the time period or setting of a play or movie, whether it's a period piece or contemporary. They also work continously with the director, set designer, and writers to ensure that the costumes are appropriate for the characters and context of the storyline. They also work with the cinematographer, production designer, or art deparment to ensure the color palette of the costumes fits in with the overall approach of the production.
After researching costumes and making sketches, costume designers determine how many costumes will be needed. They then work with the costume crew (illustrator, costume supervisor, and set costumers) to calculate a budget, arrange to manufacture, rent, or purchase the cosutmes, and fit them to actors.
Many costume designers hold a bachelor's degree in the fine arts, film, fashion, set design, or theatre design.
Along with a degree or degrees, successful costume designers have a strong eye for detail and color, as well as an interest in art history and sociology. They are also able to work within a strict budget and communicate well with the other members of a production team.


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NASA can send robots to Mars, no problem. But if it's ever going to put humans on the Red Planet, it has to figure out how to feed them over the course of a years-long mission.
So the space agency has funded research for what could be the ultimate nerd solution: a 3D printer that creates entrees or desserts at the touch of a button.
Yes, it's another case of life imitating Star Trek (remember the food replicator?). In this case, though, the creators hope there is an application beyond deep-space pizza parties. The technology could also be used to feed hungry populations here on Earth.
Texas-based Systems and Materials Research has been selected for a $125,000 grant from NASA to develop a 3D printer that will create "nutritious and flavourful" food suitable for astronauts, according to the company's proposal.
Using a "digital recipe," the printers will combine powders to produce food that has the structure and texture of, well, actual food.
Including smell.
The project — the details of which NASA plans to finalize this week — was presented at the Humans 2 Mars Summit in Washington this month. At the presentation, Anjan Contractor, an engineer at SMRC and the project manager, explained how the idea originated: He had used a 3D printer to print chocolate for his wife.
The chocolate experiment led the company to think about other kinds of food that could be printed. A space-food printer doesn't actually exist yet — it's still a concept, which the company hopes to develop by the end of the year using NASA's grant money.
The space agency's current astro-food system "is not adequate in nutrition or acceptability through the five-year shelf life required for a mission to Mars, or other long duration missions," NASA spokesman David Steitz said in an emailed statement.
Astronauts carry pre-packaged food — not the freeze-dried ice cream for sale in Smithsonian gift shops, but a little like the meals ready to eat, or MREs, consumed by the military.
The preparations are short on flavour and heavy on processing, which tends to "degrade the micronutrients in the foods," Steitz said. There also isn't much choice or variety, since all combinations of food are predetermined. That can take on big significance after a year or three cooped up in a small metal capsule.
In its proposal, the company said 3D printed food could be tailored to each individual astronaut's nutritional needs, improving health and, maybe more importantly, alleviating boredom.
One of the first goals for SMRC's printer is the humble pizza. It was chosen because it contains a variety of nutrients and flavors, said David Irvin, director of research at SMRC. More importantly, a pizza is made up of layers, a key principle used in 3D printing technology.
Such printers, which have seen a surge of popularity lately, build a three-dimensional object by adding successive layers of material millions of times over according to a digital blueprint. Hobbyists have been using them to make everything from plastic toys to functioning guns.
In SMRC's proposal, all the nutrients that go into a meal — such as protein and carbohydrates — would be stored in powdered form in cartridges. When an astronaut chooses a recipe, all the necessary ingredients are deployed into a mixing chamber, where they are blended with water and oil.
The mixture is then heated and sprayed onto a heated base. Layer by layer, the food is formed on the base, until it is ready, hot and fresh from the "oven."
"The pizza is actually just a way to demonstrate something solid at the bottom, something doughy in the middle and something meatlike at the top," Irvin said.
Theoretically, homesick astronauts could even get a care package from Mom: The printer would have the ability to communicate with Earth and receive personalized instructions, or "recipes," the company said.
"Mom designs a cookie in a computer, sends the cookie to the space shuttle and the son or daughter prints out a cookie at Christmas," Contractor said in his presentation.
NASA said the proposal is intriguing in part because it could save weight on a spacecraft, and because such technology could be used to make other objects, such as tools.
The use of 3D printers to make food is not a new idea. In 2011, Cornell University designed a printer that could create food using pastes moving through a syringe.
A Dutch research company, TNO, floated the idea that 3D printers could use several forms of organic life as a protein component — algae, grass or even insects.
SMRC said part of its motivation for seeking the NASA grant is to pursue the even loftier goal of fighting world hunger.
At his Washington presentation, Contractor said printed food could increase the efficiency of food systems on Earth by eliminating waste and making it easier to store and transport nutritional ingredients. The company also envisions printing food for military use, which could cut down on supply runs.
But experts caution against viewing technology as the answer to the world's nutritional issues.
"There isn't some silver-bullet technology that's going to solve hunger problems," said Gawain Kripke, policy director for food security and hunger at Oxfam America. The idea behind the technology is welcome, he said, but is unlikely to have an impact in the near term.
"What's more likely to have an impact is simpler technology, such as access to tractors and seeds," he said.


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Google TV Update
What You Should Know About the Google TV Update
What You Should Know About the Google TV Update
Google officially announced its update for the Google TV platform today, which will make the service a smoother and more beautiful experience for users. Amongst the big changes, Google TV now has a simple interface for scrolling through apps and shows, while the home screen can be customized with your favorite content. Additionally, searching for shows is easier across the Internet and your cable subscriptions, but Google is also rolling out an app called TV and Movies so you can browse 80,000 movies and TV episodes across cable or satellite, Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, and more.
Finally, Google TV will now include more apps from the Android Marketplace that have been optimized for TV viewing only (so you won't have to wade through a massive amount of mobile or GPS apps) and will be launching a new YouTube experience for this version of Google TV, to bring YouTube and Google TV closer together.
The software update will be hitting Sony devices next week and will roll out to Logitech users soon after, but Google will also be announcing more updates and compatible devices soon. Want to see what the new Google TV will look like? Then just click through the gallery!


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Contest Update:
The winner of Susanna Fraser's The Infamous Marriage is Janie! You will receive an email soon! Thanks to everyone who commented on Susanna's interview.
Scheduling Update:
With the holidays fast approaching, I will be spending time with my family, so next week will be a little light. I will be running some giveaways, so please drop in and enter for your chance to win some free reads!
Reading Challenge Update:
Book Lovers, Inc is again hosting their Holiday Reading Challenge. I've signed up, though I don't have a specific reading goal in mind. If you enjoy holiday themed reads, here's a good excuse to over indulge! Sign up if you have time!


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When Israelis say, "I worry about my grandchildren's future," it has a radically different dimension than similar concerns expressed in many other countries.
Europeans' current anxiety about the future derives mainly from darkening social and economic prospects. A number of Europeans and Americans are also apprehensive about climate change.
For Israelis, physical survival is a prime matter, often over and above their many other concerns.
Israeli society faces mortal risks from parts of the Muslim world where extreme anti-Semitic hatemongering is massive. Israel is threatened with a second Holocaust, for which the ideological basis is being laid today. The Islamic world has substantial components – such as Iran's leaders and Hamas – that promote the genocide of Israel and Jews.
In the future, significant threats may also come from others – for example, if and when atomic bombs or fissile material fall into the hands of terrorists.
Palestinian society is permeated with sympathy for the most criminal major Muslim movement, al Qaeda. Those who see a "peace agreement" as an interim stage toward the annihilation of Israel are unreliable partners and not exactly the kind of people to whom concessions can be made.
In view of possible, albeit presently unforeseeable, radical changes in the Middle East, true peace is not a totally impossible dream. Yet this can be the case only after many other problematic developments are dealt with.
Meanwhile, Israelis for generations to come will serve in the army and risk their lives. Once one's life is at stake, everything else becomes secondary.
As a result of their experiences, Israelis live in a reality that is unique among democratic nations and have worldviews that differ significantly from people who live in other societies.
Serving in the army means Israelis cannot live a life as fully defined by individualism as their counterparts do in Europe and the U.S. One can understand this from Prime Minister Netanyahu's words on Yom HaZikaron – Israel's Memorial Day – earlier this year.
"When you hear the siren tonight, we will turn into one family and the citizens of Israel will be united in our remembrance," Netanyahu told his countrymen.
Western Europeans rarely turn into one family, though it may happen occasionally to some extent in the face of a natural or terrorist catastrophe or upon winning a soccer championship.
In Israel, due to the ups and downs of the economy and the political situation generally, few people outside government services assume that their employment will be uninterrupted and lifelong. This reality has helped cultivate a more flexible mindset among Israelis than is the case among Europeans or Americans.
Contrary to the typical Westerner, many Israeli youngsters realize they owe much to society and that what Israeli society owes them has its limits. At the same time, Israel's unity is threatened in very different ways by major segments of two growing parts of the population – Israeli Arabs and haredim – as well by much smaller but far more vociferous groups of extreme leftists.
The threat of seeing one's country destroyed is far from theoretical in Israel. Given this type of reality, Israeli youngsters must continue informal learning throughout their active lifetimes. In other words, invest in one's brain as much as possible because that will be the main portable source of one's knowledge in crisis situations.
Israelis should learn as many skills as possible – preferably those that can be used abroad as well as in Israel. Further, it is necessary to learn to speak proper English, which will remain the lingua franca of this century. Spending a few years abroad in one's youth can be extremely useful for one's future, wherever that may be.
In an uncertain Israeli environment, the important skill of improvisation will frequently be required; further development of it will, therefore, be more than merely useful.
Murphy's Law is not necessarily valid: Not everything that can go wrong will go wrong, and if Israel continues to flourish in the remarkable way it has, the same skills will come in very handy in finding a place in Israeli society.
In Israel as elsewhere, there will be a small number of people who are extraordinarily talented. If they have reasonable emotional intelligence, they will enjoy unprecedented opportunities in a complex society.


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KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. - The No. 6 Georgia College & State University golf team opened its fall season this week, taking third at the Kiawah Invitational, hosted by USC Aiken on Cougar Point Golf Course. The Bobcats were nine-under at 567 on the par-72 course.
Georgia College finished two shots out of second place behind Coker College, and eight behind tournament champion No. 4 USC Aiken. Chris Marsh of Coker defeated USC Aiken's JP Solis in a two-hole playoff to earn the Individual Championship.
Bobcat sophomore Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.)was just three strokes out of that playoff in third place at an eight-under 136. Fellow returning All-American Niclas Johansson (Skanor, Sweden)and junior Francisco Bide (Buenos Aires, Argentina/El Diamante (Calif.)) tied at 142, good for 10th. Johansson carded a 70-72, while Bide improved with a 72-70.
Playing in his first tournament for the Bobcats was junior Pedro C. Lima (Sao Paulo, Brazil), finishing 23rd after adding five strokes to yesterday's 71. Lima finished at a three-over 147. Rounding out the Bobcat five was sophomore Billy Shida (Berkley Lake, Ga.) at 51st (76-79=155).
The third-place finish is a great improvement over last year's 12th place spot at this same tournament. Two Peach Belt Conference (PBC) schools finished behind the Bobcats, as UNC Pembroke was 10th and Armstrong Atlantic State University 11th.
The Bobcats are back in action Monday, Sept. 15 at the Raines Development Group Intercollegiate in Florence, S.C.
The GCSU Department of Athletics sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Follow the Bobcats and their positive impact on the Milledgeville community at www.gcsubobcats.com.


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[Funeral Program for Samuel Johnson Sutton, Jr., March 30, 1963]
Description: Funeral program for Samuel Johnson Sutton, Jr., born September 13, 1900 and died March 25, 1963. The funeral was held March 30, 1963 at Sutton-Sutton Funeral Chapel, officiated by Rev. C. William Black. Funeral arrangements were made through Alamo Funeral Directors and he was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Waco, Texas.
Date: March 30, 1963
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See there's no way and there's no how
That I could stop now
I'mma die tryin', I'mma die trying
And sometimes I get weak from walking the road I'm on
But I'mma keep on. I'mma die tryin', I'mma die tryin' (MMMMMM)
Before we came being southern wasn't something to claim
That flag wasn't something to fly it was something to blame
Smilin' and shuckin' and jivin' I was so ashamed
They did us dirty, apparently an appropriate name
I wrote about a revolution and sung from the soul
Spoke with my spirit and mind, my ambition was blind
Answering the call of God like a child obeying
Preaching the very same proverbs they killed Martin for saying
But you can't break the mold in by holding your breath
Thought if I died for you, that would be an honorable death
So sincere my eyes begin to swell up and tear
And it's clear, my music may not do well up in here
Oh my god being a nigga must be a good payin job
With all the fringe benefits, ignorance is bliss
There is a time and a place for everybody's taste
But I know too much and I owe too much
So here it is, an invitation to an open book
A painful past, my heart is still broken look
I know you don't hate me, just not assured that anyone appreciate me
See I've been having a hard time selling my albums lately
In recent news The Source couldn't find any microphones to rate me
Using words like "extreme" and "alternative" to equate me
Which is true I'm in a box with a view but you still wanna gate me?
I could be a pretty good thug but it wouldn't compare to a great me
The final cross to bear, this mine, it's not a cross to share
But isn't it ironic I still went and bought a cross to wear
That obviously cost to wear
But considerably less than the price that it costs to care
And I don't have another loss to spare, how dare them say that I can't win
Even though I know talking intelligent just ain't in
You most likely to go broke when you just can't bend
So me and JJ both gon' have to paint then
People +Still Standing+ in line at the +World Party+ for some +Soul Food+
To get put back in that old mood
They say we like the new 'Lo
And we respect everything you trying to do 'Lo
Do what you do but just do more that you know
It's a catch 22 and I couldn't cry
And I'm under oath with them both and I couldn't lie
Custom said that I'm too dope and I coudln't fly
And you getting rich talkin shit so why shouldn't I?
I'm just playing but I guess that couldn't go without saying
I'm just gon ride this evolution until it stop me where I'm staying
But I ain't gonna have to lie to ya to make it sound fly to ya
I keep my feet on the ground and bring the sky to ya


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Robber Brags About Score on YouTube Video, Promptly Gets Arrested [VIDEO]
Typically when you commit a crime, you don't want anyone to know, and you certainly don't want to get caught. The very last thing you would do it post a video to the entire world bragging about what you had done right? Well, apparently this girl thought it would be smart. She was wrong, and its safe to say her name is now on the list of world's dumbest criminals.
19 year old Hannah Sabata of Stromsburg, NE was arrested last week after stealing a car and using it as a getaway car to rob Cornerstone Bank branch in Waco, Nebraska on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Sabata then proceeded to make a video of her holding signs claiming that she robbed a bank and stole a car. Then she fans a large amount of money in front of the camera. On the signs, she writes that she stole more than $6,000. She also gave her reasoning for the robbery, writing the "whole system is a game." She writes that the government took her baby and charged her with neglect.
The video was posted on Wednesday, Nov. 28, the same day she was arrested. As the description for the video she writes "I just stole a car and robbed a bank. Now I'm rich, I can pay off my college financial aid and tomorrow i'm going for a shopping spree. Bite me. I love GREENDAY!"
Her hearing is set for December 26. Santa probably won't be bringing her any sort of recording device for Christmas, but an orange jumpsuit instead.


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Microsoft Stores are often associated with performances by artists as the company usually gives away tickets to such events to accompany new store launches. However, when a Microsoft Store in Atlanta served as an event hosted by The Source which featured Machine Gun Kelly — an upcoming rapper — things got a bit crazy.
After shouting profanities like "fuck these computers…" and flicking off the audience, he refused to stop performing when Microsoft Store employees urged him to stop performing. He then proceeded to stomp on at least five computers, at which point the staff cut off his mic and the music. He told the staff that he refuses to get down, and demanded that they "play that shit." The Microsoft Store employees then called the police, who escorted him to a private area at the back of the store.
He tweeted about what happened after the fact, proudly touting an Instagram photo captioned "Who gon' stop me? You gon' stop me?" While initially, there was speculation that Microsoft was the one behind the event, they issued a comment earlier today to The Verge revealing that they were simply offering their store as a venue to use, calling the behavior inappropriate for a store environment:
Microsoft tells us that The Source held a private event at the Microsoft Lenox Square Store. "We offer our stores as a venue for the community to use, and this event was not sponsored by Microsoft," says a spokesperson. "While the artist's behavior was appropriate for a concert, some of it was not appropriate in a store environment."
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Location: Infectious Bacterial Diseases ResearchTitle: Optimization of hexadecylpyridinium chloride decontamination for culture of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from milk Author
|Bradner, L. - Iowa State University
|Robbe-austerman, S. - Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
|Beitz, D. - Iowa State University
|Stabel, Judith
Submitted to: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 2/8/2013
Publication Date: 5/1/2013
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/56486
Citation: Bradner, L., Robbe-Austerman, S., Beitz, D.C., Stabel, J.R. 2013. Optimization of hexadecylpyridinium chloride decontamination for culture of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from milk. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 51(5):1575-1577.
Interpretive Summary: Johne's disease is a chronic, debilitating intestinal disorder in cattle characterized by diarrhea, reduced feed intake, weight loss and death. Cattle usually become infected as young calves by ingesting feces containing the causative bacteria. However, symptoms of disease do not usually present themselves until the animals reach 3 to 5 years of age or even older. During this time the animal is infected and may be shedding the organism in its feces without showing any clinical signs of disease. In addition to reduced production by these animals through reduced milk production, they also present a potential infective threat to the rest of the herd. Shedding of this bacterium into the milk of infected dams is one mode of transmission to young calves. However, there is very little data to determine how much shedding occurs. This is due to the difficulty in culturing the bacterium from milk and colostrum. The present study evaluates the best method for decontamination and culturing of milk for optimal recovery of the bacterium. These results are critical for diagnostic laboratories so that proper methods can be employed to assess exposure of calves on-farm.
Technical Abstract: Cows in advanced stages of Johne's disease shed Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) into both their milk and feces, allowing for transmission of the bacteria between animals. The objective of this study was to formulate an optimized protocol for the isolation of MAP from milk and colostrum including parameters such as chemical decontamination with hexadecylpyridinium chloride (HPC) alone and in combination with antibiotics (vancomycin, amphotericin B, and nalidixic acid), and efficacy of solid, Herrold's egg yolk medium (HEY), and liquid, BACTEC 12B and para-JEM, media. For each experiment, raw milk samples from a known Johne's disease-free cow were inoculated with 10**2-10**8 CFU/ml of live MAP. Results indicated that increasing time of exposure to HPC from 5 to 48 hours, as well as increasing concentration of HPC from 0.75 to 1.50% decreased the recovery of viable MAP for all culture media. Additional treatment of milk samples with antibiotics following HPC decontamination decreased the recovery of viable MAP more than did treatment with HPC alone. The BACTEC 12B medium proved to be the superior medium for isolating MAP from milk by having a lower rate of contamination and threshold of detection than did either the para-JEM or HEY media. The optimal decontamination protocol determined was 0.75% HPC exposed for 5 hours at room temperature. This study demonstrates the efficiency of the recovery of MAP from milk is highly dependent upon the culturing protocol, and such protocols should be optimized to ensure that low concentrations of MAP in milk can be detected.


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|Baan Saikao is located on White Sand Beach, Koh Chang the second largest Island in Thailand.
The major part of the Island is designated as Koh Chang Marine National Park a natural environment restart teeming
with Fascinating wildlife and marine life, high peaks, seaks, scenic waterfall, lush jungles and undisturbed rainforest,
providing, diving and other sport activities.
|Baan Saikao Koh Chang has a total of 39 guest rooms Superior and Deluxe Room with all modern amenities such as Cable TV,
Hot-Cold Shower, Refrigerator, Safty Box in-room, Sink and Air Condition etc. Overlooking the picturesque sweep of western.
Coastline of Koh Chang and Gulf of Thailand The Hotel uniquely designed Modern Style, Scattered down the gentle Hillside.
Comfortable as your home.
30 Superior Rooms: 28 Sq.m.
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|Baan Saikao is located on White Sand Beach in Koh Chang and Koh Chang is the second largest Island in the East region
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"The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: 'If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But the Good Samaritan reversed the question: 'If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?'"
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Cody Masterson joked he and friend Zac Dondlinger didn't want to stay in the house Monday and listen to their wives gripe at them. So the alternative was to take one of their four-wheel-drive trucks, fight through 19 inches of snow and blinding, frigid winds and find where they might be needed.
"We decided to call it a guys day,'" Masterson said. "We just felt the need to help. We wanted to make sure we did our part."
They were everywhere on Monday, the second-heaviest single-day snowfall in Amarillo since 1934. People needed help, many of them in dire straits. And snowy Good Samaritans were churning to the rescue, many in four-wheel-drive trucks, but all wanting to aid in some way in a day straight out of "The Shining."
There was help for the helpless on one of the most miserable days in Amarillo history. Pockets of people were not only willing, but eager to assist law enforcement officers, firefighters and first responders, themselves stretched to the limit providing emergency aid.
Masterson and Dondlinger came upon an older couple stuck at 34th Street and Bell Avenue at 10:45 a.m. They went to the car door, where the woman said they needed to get to hospital - now. Her husband at one time had open-heart surgery. Now with a pacemaker, he was experiencing heart palpations.
They called an ambulance and firefighters. A nearby fire truck arrived in about five minutes - a long five minutes. An ambulance took the ailing man to Northwest Texas Hospital. Meanwhile, Cody and Zac pulled out the stranded minivan. The woman rode with Cody to the hospital, and Zac followed in her minivan.
"We tried to do whatever we could until the firefighters showed up. That was an adrenaline rush," said Masterson, 22, owner of Masterson's Lawn Care.
But not the last one. Dondlinger received a call after lunch about a friend, Eddie Shelton, who was diabetic and had been stranded near Cemetery Road south of Canyon for six hours with no food or water.
They barreled south in Dondlinger's Chevrolet half-ton Z-71 pickup on Interstate 27, stopping long enough at two different pockets of cars to drop off snacks and bottles of water and to see if Shelton was there. They finally found him, taking him home to Tulia in snow that nearly got the truck stuck.
"He had to be hurting," Masterson said. "We were fortunate to get to him and get him home. He was definitely not in the best of conditions."
Back in Amarillo, they helped ferry home some dispatch employees at All-State Security, which is owned by Masterson's cousin. Finally, Monday night, they went to an apartment to take Bobby Ewing to Baptist St. Anthony's Hospital after he had the poor timing of passing a kidney stone in a blizzard's aftermath. It was the last of an estimated 10 people they helped in some way.
They were two of countless others. Brad Clark pulled out two police cars stuck in drifts. Four Army buddies pulled out motorists in a Ford F-250. They asked for nothing, including publicity.
Timothy Roberts is an Amarillo police officer. He worked the graveyard shift Sunday night. Like several cops, he then helped with search-and-rescue for nearly eight hours Monday. He was awake from 11 a.m. Sunday to 4 p.m. Monday, and then pulled his nightly shift starting at 11 p.m. Monday.
"Any time anyone needs anything, he drops his stuff and he's there," said Beth Ann Jones, his sister-in-law.
Then there's Justin White, who somehow made it to work at AutoZone at 536 S.W. 47th Street. No one was coming in, so White spent the day looking out the storefront window for people needing help. With his Toyota Tundra, he pulled out an estimated seven vehicles, and pushed and pulled another four.
When he would see someone struggling to walk in the drifts and wind, he left the store to give a total of five a ride. One woman needed formula for a baby. A man had been stuck hours earlier, and stayed with his vehicle until it ran out of gas. White gave him a ride home.
"Most offered to pay, but I just felt fortunate to help somebody," White said. "I told them the way to pay me back is help someone if you get the chance."
Monday night, he and his wife, Danielle, went around the area they lived in search of stranded motorists. One was an older man with bandages on his head. He drove home. The Whites followed him, just to be sure.
Good Samaritans dotted Amarillo streets Monday. A bad day would have been a lot worse if they weren't.
Jon Mark Beilue is a Globe-News columnist. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 806-345-318. His blog appears on amarillo.com. Follow him on Twitter: @jonmarkbeilue.


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Lake Taupo Rainy Day Activities
With summer fading and winter fast approaching, you might be looking for rainy day activities in the Lake Taupo area.
With summer fading and winter fast approaching, you might be looking for rainy day activities in the Lake Taupo area. Just because this region is known for its amazing aray of outdoor activities, it doesn't mean there aren't some equally great indoor activities on offer!
Some great rainy day Lake Taupo activities include:
Huka Honey Hive: everything you ever wanted to know about bees and honey! Watch busy bees in their hives, taste a myriad of honey produces, grab a coffee in the Bees Knees cafe and browse a wide range of souvenirs. Free admission.
Taupo DeBretts Thermal Reserve: Just because it's wet, doesn't mean you can't hit the hot waters of Taupo DeBretts Thermal Reserve. Sit back and relax in the naturally heated pools, and soak the rainy-day blues away.
Indoor Climbing Wall: the Taupo Events Centre boasts 432 square metres of climbing walls, with gear hire and instruction available.
Laser Tag: fun for groups and individuals of all ages – Laser Tag is a great option for combating cabin fever on wet weekends or school holidays!
Volcanic Activity Centre: This educational centre has interactive displays, earthquake simulators and more. A great option for those who want to learn more about the region's volcanic past!
For more information on Lake Taupo Activities and Attractions, visit www.greatlaketaupo.com.


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Oh, how I love Halloween! And not for any creepy reasons. I love halloween because I LOVE costumes. I mean, I would totally wear a different costume every day of the year if people wouldn't stop hanging around me. I also love Halloween because I love candy and kids! And so the combination of sharing candy with kids in cute costumes is just pure joy for me. Not to mention, I get to indulge in the candy myself, while wearing a pretty sweet costume. :)
So, I've always dreamt of the day that we would have a child to dress in cute costumes and take trick-or-treating. My parents were VERY religious, and I was not permitted to trick-or-treat, except for one year. The year I was two, I got to dress up as smurfette (which consisted of a plastic mask, and a garbage bag with a smurf scene on it that draped over my body). That is the only year I got to go knock on doors and ask for candy. For some reason, after that, my mom decided Halloween was too evil, candy wasn't good for me, everyone wanted to hurt little kids on Halloween, and I needed to go to church that day every year.
Now, I have nothing against church at all. And, I don't delve into the "evil" aspects of Halloween... just the candy and costumes (okay, and a little home decor). But I always wished I could be trick or treating and dressing up in costumes. I remember a couple years that the church had a costume party for the kids on halloween. I was very happy to go to them, but I dressed up as stupid things like "little miss bible" where I just wore a white dress and carried a bible. But, I still loved getting into some "character." I think that's why I loved theater in high-school... but I digress. Back to Halloween.
So, because I wasn't allowed to do it, I always vowed that when I grew up, I was going to celebrate halloween and give candy to the kids, and by golly I WAS GOING TO DRESS UP! And I do - every year. And I will - every year, until I can't dress myself anymore. And hopefully at that point, Meerkat will dress me up in some cool costume.
Last year, I was an evil queen. The year before that, I was wonder woman. Before that, a masked wrestler (luchador). Luckily, I have a husband who is willing to go along with it and likes to dress up too. And now we have Meerkat! And she is going to wear the BEST costumes I can find, every year... until she tells me herself that she doesn't want to do it anymore.
So this year, because she's too little to eat candy, we just sat on the porch in our costumes and passed out candy to everyone who came by.
Sidenote: when did kids stop saying "trick or treat?" So many of the kids who came up to us just held their bags open and expected us to drop candy in them without saying a word. Of course we did, but it would have been nice to hear a "trick or treat" or "happy halloween." Aaaaaaannnnnnndddddd..... isn't there an age restriction for trick or treat? I mean, I'd happily give candy to an eighty year old, if she showed up dressed in costume... but we had fifteen and sixteen year olds walking onto our porch, in street clothes, with pillow cases, asking for candy. Ummm... get a costume, and maybe you can have some of my sweettarts. Otherwise, you're getting exactly one gumball.
Okay... sidenote over. Let me share some of our halloween experiences this year:
I mean, can you get any cuter than that???!!! If you couldn't guess, she's a shark.
A very chill, ferocious shark.
And, she's also the cutest daggone shark of them all.
Mommy was a last minute witch. I was looking for a costume that went along with the "shark" theme... but didn't have the time or money to go find one. So, today I slammed this outfit together. I think it turned out well, and surprisingly it's the first time I've ever done the witch costume, even though it's a classic.
Daddy was a zombie. A very cute zombie, if I do say so myself.
Meerkat didn't make it through trick-or-treat. She fell asleep about an hour in, and was out cold. She didn't wake up for anything, even our family portrait:
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!! We hope yours is/was as fun as ours.
Also, stay tuned. BIG things are happening around here in the next couple days. :)
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I can't say I was particularly surprised to hear the latest research on over-the-counter insect bite ointments and creams: Most of them don't work. I wasn't surprised because as someone who's super-allergic to mosquito bites, I've tried pretty much every anti-itch/pain/swelling product out there -- and the amount of "relief" they offer is, well, not much of a relief.
I know this is dismal news for my fellow mosquito magnets, but don't despair!
Because I have, over the years, discovered a few remedies that really do help soothe the sting.
But you probably won't find any of them at the pharmacy ...
Personally, I've had more luck at the grocery store. Some of these may sound weird, but trust me -- you won't care how weird they are when that nasty welt on your leg finally stops itching!
1. Place cold cucumber skins on bites to soothe the burn
2. Honey is a natural antibiotic -- apply topically to bites (but don't leave it on and go outside, unless you want a swarm of bees after you!)
3. Use a cotton ball to apply tea tree oil every 2 to 3 hours (my personal favorite! Kind of stinky, but so effective).
4. Cut a knob of garlic in half and rub it on the bite area (again, stinky -- but so effective for getting rid of the itch!)
5. Lime juice or lemon juice are better than nothing, especially if you're at a picnic or barbecue and those are all you have handy
Have you found anything that helps to stop the itch of insect bites?
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Keith and Nicole Heaverin of Dry Ridge announce the birth of their second child.
Parker William Heaverin was born at 2:29 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Mary Sue Blackburn turned 100 years old on March 30. She was born in 1909 in Folsom, married Kell Blackburn on May 18, 1927 and had one child, Faywood Taylor.
She is the oldest living out of all her sibilings. Blackburn loved to garden and would do everything in a dress and an apron. She made everything the family ate.
"I can remember grandpa would go to the store for flour, tea, sugar, coffee, salt and pepper and that's it," said Rita Taylor her granddaughter.
Blackburn was a housewife and worked on the farm.
The Williamstown Fire Department saw a need to improve communication between firefighters, but it would cost a lot of money to correct.
Williamstown Fire Chief Les Whalen requested the money through a grant and was rewarded for his efforts.
Thanks to a federal grant for $155,532, the fire department can do just that.
U.S. Congressman Geoff Davis presented the money to Whalen and Williamstown Mayor Glenn Caldwell.
Orders for Angel Food may be placed at Family Worship Centerin Williamstown from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Special Ordering Times will be at Family Worship Center from 5 to 7 p.m. April 7 and from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. April 11. The deadline to order online is April 12. Orders may be placed at FWC until 3 p.m. April 13.
Joel and Melissa Wash of Sanders announce the birth of their first child.
Emma Noel Wash was born on Jan. 21, 2009.
She weighed 8 pounds and 7 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Her maternal grandparents are Fred and Judy Money of Dry Ridge.
Her paternal grandparents are Patricia Jones of Owenton and the late Jimmy Wash.
Kentucky State Police honored eight members of their agency who went above and beyond the call of duty to make the highways in the Commonwealth a safer place. The "Excellence in Highway Safety" Awards are based upon the highest number of occupant protection, speed, driving under the influence (DUI) and commercial vehicle citations written in 2008. An additional award was presented to the Public Affairs Officer who recorded the highest number of community education events relative to highway safety.
Amber Horn and Merrell Jennings of Williamstown announce the birth of their first child.
Rhianna Sharell Jennings was born at 7:58 a.m. on Feb. 5, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center South in Edgewood.
She weighed 7 pounds and .02 ounces and was 19 inches long.
Her maternal grandparents are Tonya and Donald Horn of Williamstown.
Her paternal grandparents are Brenda Odom and Wilbur Thornton of Murfeesboro, Tenn.
Rhianna was welcomed home by Tyrell, Grandma and Grandpa.
Raquel Tracy, 11, has been chosen as a State Finalist in the National American Miss Kentucky pageant to be held June 28, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington. The pageant is held for girls ages 10 through 12.
The winner of the pageant will receive a $1,000 cash award, the official crown and banner, a bouquet of roses and air transportation to compete in the national pageant at Disneyland in California.
Tracy's activities include cheerleading and gymnastics. She also enjoys playing with her baby sister Tessa.
Grant County leaders of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host their 11th Annual Hunting Heritage Banquet at Williamstown High School March 28. The event, sponsored by the Eagle Creek Gobblers Chapter, promotes wild turkey conservation.
"For many turkey hunters, this event ranks right behind hunting," said Gregg Stith, chapter president. "The event is a chance for the community of hunters to get together and talk with friends, make new friends, encourage folks new to the sport and get the latest information on conservancy and wildlife in the area."
Larry and Jane True Jones of Corinth and H. Gary and Sis G. Norton of Fairfield, Ohio are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Leann True Norton to Shane Garland Ramey, son of Gary and Debbie Ramey of Salt Lick, Ky.
The bride is the granddaughter of the late John and Myra True of Corinth and the late Herman Norton and Opal Norton Gruen of Dry Ridge.
The wedding is being planned for 6:30 p.m. April 4 in Georgetown.
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