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Eagle Point administrators were very up front with Paul Bell when he interviewed for the school's girls basketball head coaching position two years ago.
Their words weren't meant to be disrespectful, but it was paramount that Bell understand exactly what he would be getting into if he were to move his family all the way from east Texas to their tight-knit Oregon community.
In a no-holds barred moment, Bell said he was told that the open position was for one of the worst girls basketball programs in Oregon, so why would he ever want such a job. Try as they might, the Eagles hadn't won more than four games since an 8-16 run in 2004 and routinely found themselves on the wrong end of a lopsided scoreboard.
The thing is, Bell did want the job.
It didn't matter that the Eagles had gone a woeful 13-104 in their five previous seasons, or that they hadn't earned double-digit wins in a season since 2003 (11-13).
"I'm not one of these people who believes in coincidence," Bell said Monday. "I believe I'm here for a purpose and this felt like where I was supposed to be. I never questioned it."
These days the only question being fielded in Eagle Point in regards to the girls basketball program is how high these Eagles can fly.
After struggling through a 3-19 campaign during Bell's first season in 2012, this year's squad has been part of an epic turnaround for the program. Eagle Point enters tonight's home game against Crater with a 13-3 record and No. 6 ranking in the Class 5A state power rankings.
"It's one of those things where at the beginning of the season I kind of had a feeling we could do something special," said Bell. "It's just so hard, though, being as young as we are, you never really know what's going to happen but, these girls, every day they come to try to get better. They practice so hard and play so hard, it's kind of a good thing they're young. They don't know they're maybe not supposed to be doing all that they're doing."
"One thing I tell them is don't be afraid to be great, don't be afraid to be special and don't be afraid to do things people haven't done here before," added the coach.
The Eagles certainly seem to be following his instructions.
Eagle Point's only losses this season have come on the road to North Valley (49-42) and twice to 4A power Mazama. The Eagles are outscoring teams 56-47 on average, and likely earned their biggest win of the season last Friday when freshman point guard Adrienne Wood scored in the final seconds to top Class 6A Grants Pass, 51-49.
"That was an exciting one for us," said sophomore wing Sydney May. "I think it's given our team a lot more confidence, too."
One year ago, Bell said the Eagles upset Roseburg and didn't really know how to celebrate afterward. They've gotten more adept at it this time around.
"It seems like they're having a blast," said the second-year coach, "and it's great to see kids smiling when they come to practice and smiling when they leave. They're getting excited about their accomplishments. The wins are great but seeing the smiles afterward is even better."
This for a program that endured a 33-game losing streak in the Southern Oregon Conference before finally having it snapped in 2001 with a win over North Medford, which had beaten the Eagles by 49 points earlier in the season.
Eagle Point's only chance at a .500 season over the past decade came in 2003 but they lost in overtime to Klamath Union, which had been winless in the SOC, in the season finale to finish 11-13.
From 2002 to 2012, the Eagles won only 18 percent of their games (46-212), so it's safe to say something incredible is going on these days.
"It's just a really good feeling for us as a team to know that we're changing things," said May, who averaged 16 points and 16 rebounds during a runner-up showing at the Southern Oregon Subaru Christmas Classic. "I think all the incoming players really wanted to change what was going on and make a difference in the team. I didn't expect this fast of a turnaround but I think the team has really pulled together and we know now we're capable of more than we thought that we were."
Senior Casie Johnson has been a mainstay as a four-year starter for the Eagles and is finally getting to reap some rewards for her hard work and annual status as the squad's top player. For the first time at Eagle Point, the 6-foot standout post won't have to endure a season with at least 19 losses.
"It doesn't just fall on Casie anymore," said Bell, "and I think that's been the biggest thing that's helped her and helped us play a little more loose as a team."
May said Johnson and fellow seniors Vanessa Pena and Kourtney Hoefft have really stepped up and taken on a leadership role for the team, shouldering added responsibility while also encouraging their younger teammates.
May and Johnson have been joined on the starting unit by Wood, junior Kayla Neilson and freshman Bailey Cooper, but Kinsey Bradshaw has also had a big influence off the bench with fellow junior Megan Cowden.
"I think a lot of players have come in and stepped up and just wanted to do whatever they can to help the team out," said May. "We have a widespread skill level on our team."
That skill level has been a work in progress spearheaded by Bell, who instituted more weightlifting and practice plans through the winter break and created more opportunity for offseason training with open gyms. Still, none of that would have mattered had the girls not been willing to put the work in.
"All these things that they've never really done before, I think the girls bought into the program and have done everything that I've asked them to do," said Bell.
"It's not just the girls, though," added the coach. "To turn a program around, obviously the girls have to commit and be dedicated but the parents also have to be committed and dedicated to keep the drama down and help change the mindset. And, third, you have to have support from the administration and (athletic director) and we've gotten all three going in the right direction. It's starting to feel more like a family and I'm enjoying it and we're all happy to win some games this year."
May was a varsity performer for Bell last year so she hasn't known any difference at the varsity level, but she believes the head coach has been instrumental in raising the program's reputation.
"I think he's brought a lot to the program," she said. "He just kinda believes that we can win games, and when you have a leader who's bringing that kind of intensity it does a lot more to help the girls also bring their intensity and just win."
May said the Eagles' confidence began to grow when one win turned to two and then three and so on until suddenly a winning streak was born.
"I think that's when we kinda realized that winning can become contagious for us and we can really do it," she said.
And as the wins have mounted, so has the pride in being part of the girls basketball program at Eagle Point.
"It feels wonderful," May said of the kudos the Eagles have received from their teachers and peers.
Keeping up their current pace will be a challenge as the 5A squad enters a run of 6A games that includes dates with Crater, North Medford, Roseburg and defending state champion South Medford, but May said she doesn't believe her team will lose faith.
"We've definitely got some hard games coming up but I really think we can keep winning," she said. "It's going to take a lot of hard work and we'll need to practice how we want to play and go hard every day, but we're doing really good this season and hopefully we can keep it going."
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April 21. 2013 11:35PM
Scrap metal proves a ready source of cash
By KATIE McQUAID
My youngest son has just started walking, which means I finally have to put a pair of shoes on the kid. One of the great things about having three sons is that I rarely have to buy anything new for the younger two. But the baby's feet are so fat that he won't fit into any of the hand-me-down shoes. I finally realized I was going to have to scrape together some quick cash and buy him some extra-wide baby shoes.
The previous owners of our home left a box of old, copper roofing materials and other items in the garage. I knew the metal was worth some money. A Google search returned a couple of options in the South Willow Street area. I randomly chose to bring my metal to Manchester Recycling Corp. at 87 Union St.
The whole experience felt shady, but exciting. I stood in line with my box of scrap next to several men who were clearly old pros. I imagined some of these were the same guys who had magically made my worn set of metal lawn furniture disappear from my garbage pile at the curb last week.
One man informed me a copper bucket I had could be sold on Ebay for $100 and said he could help me sell it. But since I was after fast cash, I declined his offer.
The company wants to make sure all the metal brought in has been obtained legally. I wasn't asked where I got the materials, but like everyone else, I had to provide my license for a photograph, and the make, model and license plate of my car. They also took pictures of the materials I brought in.
I left with about $65 in cash and drove straight to the Merrimack Premium Outlets to spend it. Now I'm wondering how much I could make from all the metal I've been putting out in the trash all these years. I found a website called ScrapMetalJunkie.com that gives great tips on how to properly identify and sort scrap metals from all kinds of materials, and how to get the most money from businesses like Manchester Recycling.
I can't believe how much money I've been throwing away all these years. And don't be surprised if you see me poking through your garbage looking for metal one day soon. My baby's fat feet are growing fast.
Moore Dancing with the Stars
After my exciting "Dancing With the Stars" experience at a recent Manchester Community Music School fundraiser, I was excited to learn about the upcoming "Dancing With The Rising Stars and Friends" event presented by The Moore Center.
Many local businesses have come forward to make this fun evening happen for The Rising Stars, a group of clients of The Moore Center, an organization that provides services to citizens with developmental disabilities and acquired brain injuries.
The Rising Stars meet regularly for social activities, and have recently been preparing for this dance competition with the help of longtime Queen City dance instructor
Sally Addison
. Sixteen couples will compete for awards such as "Best Use of the Dance Floor," "Best Costumes" and "Best Overall Performance."
The Wednesday, May 15, event is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Amoskeag Bingo Center, with space provided free of charge by Brady Sullivan.
The Rising Stars are looking for donations of food (pizza, hot dogs, popcorn, chips and soda) to sell at a concession stand.
Admission is free, though donations will be gladly accepted. For more information or to donate food and prizes, please contact
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Our city and state charitable organizations are always giving away money. But if people don't know about them, they can't apply. That's just one reason why local newspapers are so important. Below are two "free money" opportunities I recently learned about.
The Manchester Rotary Club is offering grants of up to $2,000 to non-profits that cater to our city's youth. The guidelines, which are very broad, can be found at www.ManchesterRotary.org. The deadline for applications is May 7.
If you know someone planning to pursue an associate's degree or attend certificate programs in science, technology, engineering or math? The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation may have a scholarship for you. NHCF distributes more than $5 million in grant aid and loans each year and is now offering special help for students in the STEM fields.
The deadline for students enrolling in a bachelor or graduate degree program has passed for this year, but students enrolling in an associate degree or certificate program have until June 28 to apply.
STEM fields include advanced manufacturing, high school chemistry, physics or math teacher, information systems manager, video game designer and automotive technician. See www.NHCF.org.
NH365.ORG Event of the Week
I think this finally may be the year I get to try one of the city's Open Doors Arts and Cultural Tours. The first of several scheduled for 2013 is this Thursday. From 5 to 8 p.m. two trolleys will circulate between downtown cultural stops. The event is described as a celebration of "the amazing diversity of artistic expression and dynamic museum experiences that the city has to offer."
The trolley rides, organized by The Majestic Theatre, are free and will stop at each venue about every 30 minutes. They include Langer Place, Millyard Museum and SEE Science Center, E.W. Poore Framing, Inc., Framer's Market, New Hampshire Institute of Art and Studio 550 at 550 Elm St. Most have something special planned for the evening and you could even win prizes if you participate in the evening's theme, Crazy Hat Night.
For more information and map of the trolley route, visit www.opendoorsmanchester.com.
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Mother Nature was a thorn in the side of many chunkers and their fans but the cold temperatures, fierce winds and a storm-related Friday cancellation couldn't stop this year's Punkin Chunkin.
Mother Nature kept the winds churning and the temperatures low, pitting Chunkin teams against more than just their own science and ingenuity last weekend during the 2012 World Champion Punkin Chunkin competition in Bridgeville.
Teams are used to having to plan and plot for every sort of weather-related issue but even experienced teams seemed surprised at the constant barrage of wind.
American Chunker, Inc.'s Brian LaBrie said that they prepare and practice but you just never know what to expect.
"The wind is definitely not helping," LaBrie said. "It's coming back on us and I don't think anybody is seeing the distance they're used to."
Even with 115 competing teams, including air cannons, catapults, centrifugal, human-powered and torsion, the records were few and far between this year. No one came close to last year's top spot in the air cannon division, held by Second Amendment Too, who saw its pumpkin reach more than 4, 329 feet.
Instead, Young Glory, of Milton, took home the top honors this year with a mere 3,887.92 distance attained with its second launch.
While the air cannons do get a lot of attention for the loud booms and the puffs of smoke that signify that a pumpkin is airborne, not everyone comes to see the air cannons or even compete as seriously as those teams do.
Ryan Elmy of Phoenixville, PA has been coming for three years. His favorite category is the trebuchet, which features machines that resemble attack devices from the Middle Ages.
"I like the trebuchets," Elmy said. "Everybody crowds around the cannons but I like the science behind some other machines."
The teams know that people want to see the spectacle of the distance but some just seem to care about the camaraderie. Never Forget, a human powered team out of Milford, led by Bob Savage and Roger Lovin said that the ingenuity and the work involved is fun but they come for something more.
"Our team is made up mostly of veterans and we're not here to win," Savage said. "We're here for the prisoners of war and the missing in action. We're here so people never forget."
Another Team, High X, led by infamous Punkin Chunkin legend, Fat Jimmy, is another human-powered group concerned as much with the party as with the competition. Teammate Brent McQueen said that they were still working out the kinks of their machine.
"We're a little more prepared this year but we're still working on things," McQueen said. "It's OK, though. We may not win the competition but we'll get first place for partying."
The party seems to be what it's all about. The temperatures may have forced people into thick jackets and cozy gloves rather than the costumes that many fans usually don but people generally seemed to be having a good time regardless.
Melissa Landrin of Malvern, PA, said she comes every year for the party and will keep coming back for it.
"I'm a girl so the machines are only part of it for me," Landrin said. "I just like the atmosphere and the people you see and meet. It's fun. That's all you can say about it. It's just fun."


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In the Thursday, Jan. 10 edition of the Cortez Journal, we once again find a far-left diatribe written by Denton May with statements he writes as facts, but are nothing more than biased opinions. He stated 84 percent of the murders in the world occur in the U.S. I do not believe anyone, including Mr. May, knows how many murders occur in the world each year. He states 50 percent of the world's guns are in the U. S. I know for a fact no one knows how many guns are in the U.S., much less the entire world. Just for example, and so we can believe his "facts," how many guns are in Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Yemen, Rwanda, Libya, or Somalia (how about the number of murders in those countries, too)? Certainly no one knows. And, Mr. May stated "the NRA is now owned by the gun industry, not the membership." Is that fact or opinion? If that's fact, it's certainly news to the NRA's more than 2 million members. I wonder how Mr. May knew and all of those members didn't?
I believe Mr. May, and others who would like to change the Second Amendment, think they know better than the U. S. Supreme Court what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they penned the Second Amendment to our Constitution; because what the court has ruled and what Mr. May states the Founding Fathers had in mind are two different things. I also believe that Mr. May (like the extremists on both sides of an issue) doesn't mind stating his opinions as facts. So, readers beware.
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Ayotte renews call to fight Internet sales taxBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 28. 2013 9:42PM
MANCHESTER - U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., assured a roomful of online business owners that she would keep up the fight against an Internet sales tax, after a March 22 Senate vote in which 75 senators expressed support for the idea.
In a business roundtable at her Elm Street office Thursday morning, Ayotte heard a litany of concerns, ranging from cost and complexity, to the fear that the "Marketplace Fairness Act" would be the first step in broader taxes or restrictions on Internet commerce and online communication.
The National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislatures are pushing for the authority to collect sales taxes on online purchases by residents of any state that has a sales tax.
New Hampshire residents, who live in one of only five states that do not have a sales tax, would not have to pay sales taxes on any online purchases. But online merchants based in New Hampshire would have to collect sales taxes from customers originating in sales tax states if the measure becomes law.
Support for tax
A 1992 U.S. Supreme Court decision gave states the ability to collect taxes from catalog and online purchases, but only if the online business has a "brick and mortar" facility in the state, or if residents voluntarily send the tax payments to state collectors. The Marketplace Fairness Act would force online sellers to collect the taxes on online purchases and send them to the sales-tax state where the buyer resides.
"If I have to become a tax collector on top of what I'm already trying to do as a startup, I'd be out of business," said former State Rep. Jenn Coffey, who in 2011 started Knives, Lipstick and Liberty, with products ranging from pepper spray in lipstick containers to bullet-proof clipboards.
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Il., assistant majority leader, has been trying to get an online sales tax approved since 2011, when it was first called the Mainstreet Fairness Act.
His most recent attempt to get the measure to a vote failed in late December, when it was added as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The Senate voted Dec. 3 to close debate on the measure without considering the amendment.
Last week, Durbin succeeded in getting a statement of principle in support of the act included in the Senate budget resolution, and was able to get 75 votes, suggesting a bipartisan majority will support the bill if it comes up for a vote. The bill, cosponsored by 28 Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and 48 Republicans and Democrats in the House, has been endorsed by more than 268 labor, business and government organizations and 22 governors, according to Durbin.
Business burden
Given that level of support, and the fact that 45 states could benefit from the additional tax revenue, Ayotte told the group of New Hampshire Internet business operators that she expects the legislation to be introduced some time this year.
"I'm concerned about it, but I still think we can turn this around," Ayotte said. "A lot of senators are just formulating their position for the first time, and because this is a revenue measure, it would have to originate in the House. We will have the opportunity to let House members know how bad this is for business in this country."
Rick Botnick, president of E&R Laundry and Dry Cleaners, headquartered in Manchester, said Internet business now accounts for 70 percent of his sales, with orders coming in from all over the country and beyond. He said he simply would not have the resources to calculate, collect and deliver sales taxes for 45 state and thousands of local or county sales tax jurisdictions, whose rates are constantly changing.
Big vs. small
Larger online retailers, like Amazon, which support the measure, have the resources, but smaller retailers don't, Botnick said. "I would need one or two full-time people, if not a hefty fee to someone else, just to manage this," he said.
Joe Cortese, owner of NobleSpirit, a Pittsfield-based coin and stamp dealer using eBay as its sales platform, has been active in opposition to the tax since it was first proposed. He said the Internet gives small business a chance to compete with the multi-national corporations, and that retailers like Walmart and Amazon are supporting the tax as a way to squash competition.
"I find it astonishing that anyone would think this is a good idea," he told the group. "You would eradicate all the gains the Internet has made, all the things the Internet has made possible."
Ayotte does not think Cortese's fears are overstated.
"Because this has such huge implications, given the nature of Internet commerce, I've sponsored a bill to impose a moratorium on all Internet taxation," she said.
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ALLAN Joseph Arthur " Joe" (GDANSKI)
Peacefully at Noon Friday Aug 13 2010 age 97 at Saint Joseph at Fleming Nursing Home Peterborough ON.
Son of John GDANSKI 1889-1958 and wife Mary FRYCZ 1896-1918. Stepson of Appolonia Pauline MAICHER 1902-1972.
Ancestors documented at www.ogs.on.ca/ogspi.
Born Candiac Sask May 2 1913. Family moved to Fillmore Sask 1926.
Eldest of twelve:
(2) Sophie 1915-2004 (Bill CIASNOCHA 1915-1980)
(3) Agnes 1917- (Mike LAWRYK 1913-1984)
(4) Mary 1919-2002 (Lawrence LUDWIG 1917-2008)
(5) Stanley 1921-1992 (Mina FIRTH 1925-1980)
(6) Helen 1923- (Ted ENGEL 1922-1987)
(7) Alan 1930-1973 (Margaret MALONEY-1987)
(8) Rosella 1932 (Dominic ZYLA)
(9) Victor 1934- (Ivy STANNERS)
(10) Henry 1937- (Dolores VERTEFEULE)
(11) Ronald 1939- (Jacqueline BEAUDOIN)
(12) Adeline 1942-2008 (Wayne McKEOWN 1940-2003)
Siblings 2, 3, 4, 8 raised families in Sask 5, 6, 7, 12 London ON 9 Oklahoma, 10 Woodstock ON, 11 Grimsby ON.
Married Dec 29 1941 at Regina to Grace Mary HAMBLY (daughter of William Henry HAMBLY 1857-1936 and second wife Christina BELL 1879-1970)
Tool and die maker at Canadian General Electric Peterborough 1942-1976,
director Saint Peter's Parish Credit Union 1960's 1970's,
catcher Seniors' Slow Pitch Baseball 1980's 1990's,
music volunteer Canadian General Electric Social and Athletic events,
music volunteer Seniors skating at Memorial Center and Evinrude,
Joe and Grace also active volunteers at Activity Haven Peterborough.
Predeceased Dec 28 2005 by son William Joseph "Billy" ALLAN (never married.)
Survived by wife Grace of Peterborough,
son John ALLAN (Lynda Ann Marie BARRETT) of Sudbury,
grandchildren Brian ALLAN (Lori BEDARD) of Barrie, Karen ALLAN (Mike BIGGAR) of Toronto, Joseph ALLAN (Natalie SASSEVILLE of Ottawa,) Gordon ALLAN of Ottawa,
great grandchildren Justin of Sudbury, Joshua of Barrie, James and Marissa of Smith's Falls.
Joe was always at his best when leading by quiet example and sharing his skills and experience to help and encourage others.
Fondly remembered by many machinists and toolmakers who apprenticed "under his wing".
Stephen Covey's principles fit Joe so well: "To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy".
Special thanks from the entire Allan family to Joe's friendly and supportive caregivers at Saint Joseph at Fleming Nursing Home Peterborough.
Cremation. No visitation. No flowers please. Internment in Allan family plot at Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Cemetery Peterborough at a later date.
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One year and five days after the tragic incident, Darek Nelson has plead guilty to the First Degree Premeditated Murder of Vinessa Lozano, an 18 year old Montevideo woman who many knew for her compassion and her calling to the medical field.
One year and five days after the tragic incident, Darek Nelson has plead guilty to the First Degree Premeditated Murder of Vinessa Lozano, an 18 year old Montevideo woman who many knew for her compassion and her calling to the medical field.
A plea agreement between the prosecution and defense was presented to District Judge Dwayne Knutsen, which outlined Nelson's intent to plea guilty to First Degree Murder, in exchange for the Second Degree Murder charge and two assault charges being dropped. First Degree murder carries with it a sentence of life in prison, without any chance of parole.
This agreement comes after a second-degree murder plea was rejected in November, and a jury trial had been scheduled for February.
The charges were filed against Nelson after he stabbed Lozano when she left work at Pizza Ranch.
After submitting the plea, Knutsen asked Nelson to explain the events of Jan. 13, 2012.
Nelson told Knutsen how he had hidden a knife in his hooded sweatshirt, and planned to kill Lozano if she didn't agree to a "verbal agreement," ostensibly to hang out at a certain time.
Part way through Nelson's testimony, during which he explained events to have happened much the way Montevideo Police had framed them during an earlier hearing, Knutsen granted a brief recess when it seemed Nelson was not directly stating that he wanted to kill Lozano, which was incongruent with the submitted plea of guilty.
"(It) just sort of happened," Nelson said during his explanation.
After the 10 minute recess, Knutsen returned to Nelson's story to gain clarification. He asked more directly, "Did you intend to kill her?"
Nelson answered, "yes."
At this point, Knutsen found the evidence sufficient to accept Nelson's plea of guilty, and he was sentenced to life in prison.
After the hearing, Lozano's mother, Robin Savoy, had mixed feelings.
"Now that this is over, I can maybe start my healing," she said. "(But) how do you phrase it? I'll never have her back ... there will never be justice. He (Nelson) still gets a life, and no matter what, Vinessa is gone ... she will never be with her son again."
One of the worst feelings, Savoy said, was the feeling of helplessness.
"It's going to take me a long time to get over not being able to do something to protect my child," she said. "It's already been a year and yet it feels like yesterday."
Family and friends of Lozano are staying close, supporting each other.
"I can't do it myself," Savoy said.
At the end of the day, though, it's important to the family that Lozano is remembered.
"As long as I'm alive, she will not be forgotten," Savoy said.
When asked how she should be remembered, the words 'caring' and 'wild' were given.
"I always called her such a spitfire," Savoy said.
A medical scholarship is currently being put in place in Vinessa's honor. Plans are being put in place to raise funds for the scholarship.


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DENVER The Colorado Senate formally passed a bill allowing civil unions for same-sex couples Monday on a 21-14 vote.
As expected, Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, was the only Republican to join all 20 Democrats in supporting the bill. Two other Republican senators who voted for the bill last year are no longer in the Legislature.
The bill allows rights and responsibilities similar to marriage under state law for couples who form a civil union. But their relationships will not be recognized in most other states or by the federal government.
Senators debated the bill for three hours Friday, and Mondays vote was the final roll call before sending the bill to the House. Unlike previous years, when opponents made long speeches against the bill before the final roll call, no one spoke up Monday.
The sponsor, Sen. Pat Steadman, D-Denver, was happy that the vote happened without debate.
I was ready, but I was also going to keep my powder dry, Steadman said.
The bill now goes to the House. Sponsors had contemplated a Valentines Day hearing, but Steadman thinks the House will be too busy this week with gun-control bills to get to the civil-unions bill, Senate Bill 11.


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Two hurt in I-293/93 crash; holiday traffic backed up
— Two people were injured Monday when a pickup veered off Interstate 293 and rolled several times, crushing the cab and trapping the driver and passenger while causing a major traffic backup.
New Hampshire State Police said the accident happened around 4:40 p.m. on the curve where I-293 branches off to northbound I-93. The driver apparently fell asleep and the Ford Ranger left the road, police said.
Manchester Fire Department District Chief Mike Gamache said the pickup came to rest upside-down. Firefighters used specialized hydraulic equipment to pry apart the wreckage and get the two people to safety.
State Police identified the occupants as James Karoutsos, 48, and Jennifer Robitaille, 48, both of Manchester.
Gamache said Karoutsos was able to walk around once he was free. Robitaille was more seriously injured, but also able to talk to rescuers before she was taken to Elliot Hospital, Gamache said.
The on-ramp was limited to one lane during the rescue and caused traffic to back up for about 90 minutes, police said.


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C.V Starr Center staffers, along with affiliated students, fellows, and friends, boarded the Pride of Baltimore II, a reproduction 1812 top-sail schooner, to celebrate the kickoff of Downrigging Weekend and the history of the Chesapeake. The Presidential Fellows joined the Chester River waters on the Kalmar Nyckel and the Center for Environment & Society on the Lady Maryland. The night ended with spectacular fireworks over the illuminated tall ships.


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RED BLUFF, Calif. — Despite a couple of days of light rain in the Central Valley and some fresh snow in the mountains, a state agency has reduced its anticipated agricultural water allocation to zero because of drought.
Except for a small amount of carryover water, customers of the State Water Project will get no deliveries in 2014 if dry conditions persist and Sacramento Valley agricultural districts with long-standing water rights may only get 50 percent, the California Department of Water Resources announced Jan. 31.
"The harsh weather leaves us little choice," DWR director Mark Cowin said in a statement. "If we are to have any hope of coping with continued dry weather and balancing multiple needs, we must act now to preserve what water remains in our reservoirs."
In December, the DWR estimated it could deliver 5 percent of the more than 4 million acre-feet of requested water to the 29 water agencies that purchase project water.
The latest announcement followed modest storms Jan. 28-29 that dropped 0.81 inches of rain on Eureka, 0.34 inches on Redding and 0.24 inches on the Marysville-Yuba City area, according to the National Weather Service. In the mountains, the storms brought as much as a foot of snow to the highest elevations and 6 to 8 inches to Lake Tahoe ski resorts, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The rain lifted ranchers' spirits at the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale. Chuck Macfarlane of the Macfarlane Cattle Co. in McArthur, Calif., said the ranch hasn't yet resorted to selling livestock because of the drought, adding that he had already planned to bring bulls to the sale.
"It's pretty dry right now," Macfarlane said.
However, state officials said it would need to rain or snow heavily every other day between now and May to get the state back to average rain and snowfall. Even then, California would still be in a drought because 2012 and 2013 were dry, too, a DWR news release explained.
Lake Oroville, the principal State Water Project reservoir, was at 36 percent of its 3.5 million acre-foot capacity as of Jan. 31 and held little more than half the water it usually does at this time of year. Shasta Lake, the Central Valley Project's largest reservoir, was at 36 percent of its 4.5 million acre-foot capacity, according to the DWR.
A cut to senior water rights holders in the Sacramento Valley would be the state's first since 1992, while the State Water Project's only previous zero-allocation for agriculture was in 1991, when cities received 30 percent of requested water, the release stated.
California snowpack: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/snowapp/sweq.action
California reservoirs: http://cdec.water.ca.gov/cdecapp/resapp/getResGraphsMain.action


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UPDATED: AG says more women have complained about New London chiefBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
April 08. 2013 10:14PM
NEW LONDON — More women have come forward with complaints about the conduct of former police chief David Seastrand, according to the state attorney general.
Seastrand resigned Thursday as part of a negotiated agreement with the Attorney General's Office after an investigation into his actions on March 6, the day that a Colby-Sawyer College student alleges he asked her to pose nude for photos in exchange for having charges dropped.
The student, who has not yet been identified but is under 21, was arrested for underage alcohol possession and giving a false name to police, according to her lawyer. She claims Seastrand called her a few days after her arrest arraignment and made the request.
On Monday, Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young said her office has received calls from "several" women regarding Seastrand.
"We are investigating those complaints and we are asking that any others with similar complaints come forward," Young said.
Seastrand had announced his retirement on April 1, giving no reason. On Thursday, he agreed to resign and permanently relinquish his police officer certification.
"He did not cooperate with the investigation," Young said.
The former chief was being paid $79,010 per year, according to town officials. Officials at the New Hampshire
Retirement System said Seastrand's resignation will not affect his retirement benefits, which will pay him about $53,000 per year, according to the system's formula.
Young said Seastrand has not admitted any guilt in the matter. When asked if the investigation found guilt on Seastrand's part, Young refused to answer.
"We had the opportunity (with the negotiated disposition) to deal with this immediately," she said.
"Otherwise we were looking at a trial months from now in which we would have to prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, and all we had was a complainant's story versus the chief's story."
In addition, state investigators took into account that the complainant was originally arrested for underage drinking, and at the time of her arrest, she gave the police a false name, Young said.
The town's selectmen issued a statement Friday stating their support for Seastrand.
Meanwhile, the lawyer representing the original complainant said his client will file a civil suit against Seastrand.
Seastrand's lawyer, Nicholas Brodich of Tarbell and Brodich in Concord, said the former chief will not react publicly to the accusations against him.
"There's no benefit to us to try this in the news media," he said. "The lawyer representing the complainant has already indicated that there will be a civil trial, and what we have here is a 'he said, she said.' In the process there's a real chance that this chief's 27 outstanding years of service to his town will be permanently overshadowed by this."
Brodich said Seastrand, 50, had been planning to retire for months.
Regarding the threatened civil suit, Brodich said, "money is clearly at play here."
Anyone wishing to come forward with complaints against Seastrand can contact the Attorney General's Office at 271-3658.


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MEDWAY - Nearly a year after the public hearing began for a Cumberland Farms convenience store and gas station at the intersection of Rtes. 109 and 126, construction is almost finished.
With a completion date of Sept. 8, the store and gas station will open sometime in September, said Alex Principe, an assistant poject superintendent with the construction company Highland Development.
The public hearing for the 4,513 square-foot facility, which began in August and closed in February, drew many residents who were concerned about Medway losing its small-town character.
Other concerns included noise, lights and traffic.
And with the Rte. 109 reconstruction project on Transportation Improvement Plan for 2016, a federally funded program managed by the state, board members wanted the plans for both projects to be consistent.
One nearby resident, Jackie Ryder, of 31 Summer St., said the area is already "extremely busy" with traffic and noise. The gas station, he said, shouldn't add to the commotion.
The builders, Highland Development of Medford, have had to blast after encountering rock ledge on the site.
"The blasting was interesting," Ryder said.
According to Principe, the construction is on schedule for the Sept. 8 completion date. However, crews encountered a lot of ledge and had to blast the entire site, which Principe said was as thick as 10 feet in some areas.
Planning and Economic Development Coordinator Susan Affleck-Childs said there have been complaints about the work, which began in the spring.
Residents are aware of the project, which has a "big impact" on the section of town, she said.
"It's certainly a change," she said. "People notice."
Affleck-Childs added that her office and the Planning and Economic Development Board is pleased with how the project is coming together.
"I think it's going to be right on target with what we had hoped it would be," she said.
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If we woke up in the morning, and every single amputee on the planet had their limb(s) fully restored and working, I would consider that a God had finally decided to take some action. We would have no other possible explanation for such a thing as far as my dumb-ass brain can see. OK, maybe a super tech alien race could have done the deed...so fuck it. All gods are still fucking imaginary...
After all, otherwise it could just as easily be Osiris carrying out the miracle as Yahweh.
So I was wondering, what would we accept as evidence of a supernatural amputational healing? If we say, "nothing", then we've invalidated the question, because we've declared it to be unanswerable, or that any answers are unacceptable.
What would you require to believe them?
God and evidence - a strident proposalhttp://richarddawkins.net/discussions/486046-god-and-evidence-a-strident-proposal
Eight reasons you won't persuade me to believe in a godhttp://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/10/eight_reasons_you_wont_persuad.php
We have clumsy, sputtering, inefficient brains that are better designed for spotting rutabagas and triggering rutting behavior at the sight of a curvy buttock than they are for doing math or interpreting the abstract nature of the universe
The basic question is WWGHA.Christians often respond to the question by saying that even if we saw a limb regeneration with our own eyes, we still wouldn't believe it...............If those conditions were met, would you then accept that a miracle had occured?Gnu.
Christ performed many miracles during his ministry. Some of The people who actually saw with their own eyes, were there condemning Him to death in Jerusalem.
You see, if God were to prove Himself to us, we wouldn't need Faith. Faith is what saves us.
Simply seeing a miracle being performed in front of your very eyes does not correlate to believing.
Being a Christian, I've made my decision. That decision offers no compromise; therefore, I'm closed to anything else.
Welcome to the forum goshen.I guess those early believers did not require faith then, since they saw miracles?
I guess you missed the point of my post. They did see miracles, and still some did not have faith.
They did see miracles, ...
This is nothing but hearsay. Names and addresses please. Who actually witnessed it AND wrote about it independently anywhere but in the fairy story.
If that is true, why did Jesus do any miracles at all?
And why does the bible mention a bunch of miraculous things that are supposed to follow Christians as "signs"?
First you give me the names and addresses of the monkeys that turned into humans.
You believe evolution and there is no evidence for that. Where is the fossil record of a half man half ape. I've only ever heard about it in reading.
Quote from: William on December 24, 2010, 06:27:29 PMIf that is true, why did Jesus do any miracles at all? To glorify the Father, and to attest to Jesus as God The Son. John 14:11 "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves."John 10:37,38 "Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."


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September 26. 2013 4:33PM
Tyler M. Root
The U.S. Marshals Service District of New Hampshire/Joint Fugitive Task Force has named Tyler Mathew Root as New Hampshire's fugitive of the week.
Root, 25, is wanted on warrants from Belknap County for failure to appear on a charge of sexual assault on a minor. Root is described as 6 feet 1, 270 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. He has a tribal tattoo on his upper left arm. He was last known to be living around Center Barnstead or Franklin and is likely still in one of those areas.
The U.S. Marshals Service advises the public not to attempt to apprehend a fugitive, who should be considered armed and dangerous. Instead, report any information to the U.S. Marshals Service's Concord office at 225-1632.
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quote:Originally posted by Guest4328Yakupov should win, he's younger than huberpoo and played with less ice time and on worst lines. If he were playing top 6 in a full season his numbers would be far superior. Sadly the NHL doesn't like giving Edmonton any Calder awards though, even when their rookie has the most points with less ice time.
quote:Originally posted by @valanchequote:Originally posted by Guest4328Yakupov should win, he's younger than huberpoo and played with less ice time and on worst lines. If he were playing top 6 in a full season his numbers would be far superior. Sadly the NHL doesn't like giving Edmonton any Calder awards though, even when their rookie has the most points with less ice time.Tyler Seguin... Ice cold with top 6 minutes - plays against the oppositions best defenders66 is > than 99
quote:Originally posted by Alex116Interesting.....The 3 finalists have been named and they are:1. Brendan Gallagher (Mtl)2. Jonathan Huberdeau (Fla)3. Brandon Saad (Chi)I'm a little surprised that Yakupov didn't make the top 3, though Wysh makes some good points why in the article below.http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/calder-trophy-finalists-gallagher-vs-huberdeau-vs-saad-144347192.html
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quote:Originally posted by Alex116 Slozo, i dont think there's a bias towards Dmen in regards to Calder voting whatsoever. Let's face it, it's well documented that defence is a tougher position to crack and become a regular in the NHL. What often happens with these youngsters, is they play a defensive game as they're not ready to take many offensive chances. That's not to say that a defensive dman shouldn't be considered for any award, including the Hart, but lets face it, it just doesn't happen too often. Even a guy like Pronger had to have some offense to his game to win a couple of big individual awards! I'm not the least bit surprised that Justin Shultz wasn't a finalist. His defense was ok, but that's it, just ok. Sure he put up some nice offensive numbers, but keep in mind, 55% of his points came on the power play. I know, a point's a point, but just saying.....Lastly, i'm surprised anyone would be more shocked at Shultz not making the final three over Yakupov. Reason being, i'd be interested to know the last time a rookie won the rookie scoring title and was not final 3?
quote:Originally posted by slozoFrom what I gather Alex, you think it's not surprising that Schultz was left out, because he wasn't in the top three point-getters among rookies, even though he's a d-man?
quote:Originally posted by slozoHere's my answer why I think that is entirely incorrect thinking, and why I think that puts you in the same boat as the voters for this award . . . it's basing Schultz's value on what we judge forwards on.
quote:Originally posted by slozoHere's the breakdown of the rookie scoring race:1 Nail Yakupov, RW EDM 48 17g 14a 31pts -4 Jonathan Huberdeau, C FLA 48 14g 17a 31pts -15 3 Cory Conacher, LW OTT/TB 47 11g 18a 29pts +3 4 Brendan Gallagher, RW MTL 44 15g 13a 28pts +10 5 Brandon Saad, LW CHI 46 10g 17a 27pts +17 Alex Galchenyuk, C MTL 48 9g 18a 27pts +14 Justin Schultz, D EDM 48 8g 19a 27pts -17 8 Mika Zibanejad, C OTT 42 7g 13a 20pts +9 9 Jakob Silfverberg, LW OTT 48 10g 9a 19pts +9 Vladimir Tarasenko, RW STL 38 8g 11a 19pts +1Huberdeau and Yakupov at 31 points both fall into a tie for 72nd place among forwards for points. Top third of the NHL, decent.Justin Schultz at 27 points falls into a tie for 12th place amongst d-men. He was also tied for 8th in goals amongst defencemen (3 of them game winners).He also quarterbacked, as a rookie, the league's 7th best power play unit - which, if you only count Western teams (which we should in this case, there was no inter-conference play) it was the 2nd best Wester Conference power play. And obviously, because of his maximised time on the power play, and because he played for a team that finished out of the playoffs and with a -9 goal differential . . . his plus/minus looks bad here. But being great on the power play and running one of the best pp units in your conference should be a PLUS on your resume, no?That is why I think he should have been a shoe-in to get nominated, Alex. Amongst defencemen - his peers - he was much closer tot he top than his forward compatriots. MUCH closer."Take off, eh?" - Bob and Doug
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quote:Originally posted by Guest4178Just a question for which I don't have time to research right now. When was the last time the rookie scoring leader (tied in points, and first place in goals) was not a finalist for the Calder?I'm guessing it's happened before, but probably not that often.
quote:Originally posted by Beans15Stop using +/- as a defensive stat. It's not. It's a stat relative to goals for an against. A player can be poor defensively but by on the ice for alot of points and have a better plus minus. Comparatively, a player can also be on the ice for few goals for and be punished in the +/- department.Considering the Oilers were one of the worst teams scoring 5 on 5, I suggest the Schultz defensively is better than his +/- indicates. Considering of the top 30 highest scoring defensemen in the NHL, Schultz was on for the 4th fewest even strength goals. When a player is on the top shutdown and top PP unit, rarely is the +/- really strong. It's a horrible stat to look at defensively.
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College costs: Obama's top-down planEDITORIAL
August 23. 2013 12:33AM
President Obama on Thursday announced his plan to make college in America more affordable. Naturally, it involved a complicated evaluation system by which federal bureaucrats would rate college "perfomance" and reward higher-ranking institutions with more taxpayer money — because if any institution can be trusted to reduce costs and improve accountability, it's the federal bureaucracy.
Obama would have colleges measured on such critera as how many students graduate on time, how much debt they have when they graduate, and how many find employment. He acknowledged that colleges game existing ranking systems. Obviously, colleges will game these rankings too.
They will admit more students who receive grants and fewer who receive loans. They will boost the ranks of finance and business majors and reduce the ranks of liberal arts majors. They will not have to actually cut costs to do well on many of the criteria.
In his speech, Obama hit on the real problem. "It is time to stop subsidizing schools that are not producing good results," he said. But his sentence could have ended after "schools." As in health care, the big problem is that someone else pays for far too much of the costs, making students and families less sensitive to prices. Obama's plan will do nothing about this third-party payer problem. It therefore will do just what he said it would not do: tinker around the edges rather than provide a fundamental change.


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Mike Osborne on Dad: Tough but Giving
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Mike Osborne, Tom and Nancy Osborne's only son, describes his dad as a cross between John Wayne and Mother Teresa. "He can appear tough and gritty on the outside, but he's kind and giving on the inside," Mike said.
Last Saturday, when the Osborne family gathered at midfield for one final regular-season salute while their husband, dad and grandfather is still a full-time employee of Nebraska's Athletic Department, Tom Osborne watched a video with 85,000 of his closest followers.
In this particular experience, he was more Mother Teresa ... humble, contemplative and uncomfortable watching others put him on a pedestal. "I think we might have overdone it," Tom Osborne said later. "A lot of people said an awful lot of nice things. I sure hope they're true."
Let the record show that Mike Osborne believes they're all true. "There are so many things I marvel at when I think about my dad," he said, recalling how his dad fed bears salmon in order to appease them while using their fishing spot. "He's the only person I know who can stay in a boat fishing 10 hours without needing to 'go'," Mike added. "He can even drive down I-80 while 'resting his eyes'. I don't know how he does it, but he can see through his eyelids."
Mike said the John Wayne in his dad doesn't blink at tempting fate in an aluminum boat during a lightning storm. "I also remember him calling a recruit minutes after waking up from triple bypass surgery and before he even spoke to anyone in our family," he said.
Mike Has Examples to Prove His Point
Yes, Mike Osborne sees a balance between his dad's tough side and his gentle side. "If a person's greatest test in this life is to try to understand this world and love his fellow man as God does, then I think my dad has succeeded as well as any person has," Mike said before offering the following examples to prove his point:
Going for two in the 1983 National Championship (1984 Orange Bowl) when a tie would have secured his first national title
Founding the TeamMates Mentoring Program after witnessing the dissolution of the American family in his recruiting trips over the years
Working against allowing alcohol advertising for athletic events
Passing up two NFL head coaching offers to remain an influence in more impressionable young people's lives
Attending Seminary while playing pro football
Helping former players, including loaning them money and expecting nothing in return
Enduring scathing criticism of the national media during the Lawrence Phillips controversy
Refusing pay greater than the highest paid academic position at UNL while he was head coach
Reading his Bible at the beginning of every day
Giving financial gifts and tithing to the church
Pointing out to each freshman football class that only one on average will have a career in the NFL, so they better take their class work seriously
Trying to make time for anyone who seeks him out
Enduring the frustration of Congress for six years when he could have been fishing
Traveling near and far to speak to youth, church groups and business men and women about values and integrity, even when he is "dead tired"
Refusing to take Nebraska Lottery money to support the TeamMates Mentoring Program
Striving for 22 seasons before winning a National Title, and then not changing one bit ...
Refusing to take his head coaching salary as an annual pension from the Athletic Department after retiring
Refraining from swearing and yelling to motivate players ("I did hear him say 'Crap' at practice one time, but he denies it.")
Stopping on the Interstate to pull a driver from a burning car when no one else would go near it
Refusing large corporate and individual donations to his political campaigns
Never complaining even privately about being the lowest paid athletic director in the Big 12 or the Big Ten ("My mom did all the complaining on that one)
Harboring no ill will toward his boyhood hometown voting for someone else (I do the harboring on that one. Just kidding. I still love Hastings)
Teaching Sunday School many times on top of working 80 hours a week
Turning over the head coaching reigns despite being at the top of his game in order to honor a promise he'd made six years earlier
Doing the dishes after dinner even after a long day at the office
"My dad is the same person at home that you see in public," Mike said. "He doesn't do things for show except for maybe wash the dishes."
Seriously, "My dad does not look to other people or prosperity for approval," Mike said. "His primary concern is living a life according to the values found in the New Testament."
The values that guide his dad "can be summed up by the example Jesus set when the disciples were arguing about who was the greatest among them," Mike said. "Jesus said 'If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.' Jesus demonstrated this when He knelt down and washed each of their feet."
Don't be fooled, however. "Charlie McBride (Nebraska's longtime defensive coordinator under Osborne) can tell you my dad never washed his feet or anyone else's feet," Mike said.
Son Defines His Dad's Servant Heart
Mike says his dad sees true leadership coming from someone with the heart of a servant ... someone who's willing to sacrifice for the good of others ... someone who realizes that reward is not found in fame, fortune or power, but in the satisfaction of having strived to fulfill God's purposes for their life.
"Having the heart of a servant and acting with love for others is a choice and not necessarily an emotion or feeling," Mike said. "I can't tell you how many times I've seen my dad be patient, giving, and gracious when I knew he was feeling tired and a little grumpy. Sometimes, my dad is so good it can make you sick, but everything I've said is the truth. That's how I see my dad as a leader. Because he's a servant to his friends, his family, his university and the state he was born and grew up in, he's worthy of honoring."
The owner of the Best of Big Red, a Lincoln retail store and website that offers online shopping for Husker gear and memorabilia, Mike is so proud of his dad that he had two special T-shirts designed to commemorate Saturday's one-moment-in-time tribute. One shirt is black, the other red. The black shirt calls his dad "Nebraska's Native Son" and documents his major accomplishments. The red shirt calls his dad a Legend, Coach, Congressman, Athletic Director and Mentor.
"Dad didn't want us to make a shirt, and he definitely didn't want one to say legend because he thinks you're never a legend until you die," Mike said. "I had to remind him that Michael Jordan's a legend, and he's not dead. He still tried to discourage me from making the T-shirts, but when I told him that each shirt sold would benefit TeamMates, he backed off."
Mike told his dad he wanted his favorite Bible verse printed on both shirts. Tom Osborne thought about it for a minute and then decided on 2nd Timothy: 1:7, which says: "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and self-discipline."
Mike remembered that was the verse his dad used in the locker room before Nebraska walloped Florida, 62-24, in the 1995 National Championship Game in the Fiesta Bowl. Mike doesn't know if his dad remembered that because he didn't ask. "I was just glad that he gave the okay," Mike said. "There's no doubt that TeamMates was the deciding factor. He wants to find mentors for all the kids who need one, and so do we. That was a big factor in us wanting to sell them."
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Merrimack polls open today
MERRIMACK - Polls will be open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at James Mastricola Upper Elementary School, 26 Baboosic Lake Road.
There is one contested race. School board incumbents Christopher Ortega and Shannon Barnes and Gary Krupp, a member of the school district budget committee, are running for two spots on the school board.
Running unopposed for two slots on the town council are incumbent Daniel Dwyer and former councilor David Yakuboff. Councilor Jackie Flood has decided not to seek re-election.
Voters will be asked to decide on a $28.7 million town operating budget that would keep the tax rate steady at $5.25 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. Voters will also be asked to approve a $66.3 million operating budget for the school district, and a new contract with teachers that represents an increase of about $1.65 million in salaries over the next three years.


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Forex markets were taken by surprise that the U.S. economy only created 88,000 jobs in March while a poll of analysts conducted by Bloomberg anticipated a number closer to 190,000. The U.S. dollar quickly sold-off, but could that be reversed quite soon?
A weakening U.S. economy spells bad news for equities and commodities as funds will quickly switch to the safety of U.S. Treasuries and the U.S. dollar, at least until central banks deploy some more monetary shock and awe. In other words markets could be embarking on one of their risk-off phases.
However, it should be pointed out that one month's numbers don't make a trend and since late last year jobs creation in the U.S. has been gathering pace – also the unemployment rate did fall to 7.6% in March from 7.7% in February. But there is reason to believe that this weak number may form part of a new trend of slower jobs creation in the months to come with the U.S. economy facing a number of headwinds.
Further big EUR/USD gains unlikely if global slowdown on the cards
U.S. sequestration is definitely one of them, where the government implemented from March 1 a steady stream of rolling spending cuts in the public sector. There are also payroll tax hikes taking place.
The spending reductions are about $85.4 billion for the fiscal year 2013 and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office estimates they could shave 0.6% off U.S. economic growth. Given the U.S. economy is not that strong these cuts could in months to come have a disproportionately negative impact.
This of course puts more emphasis on the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy to offset the fiscal drag created by sequestration. That along with the weak jobs number no doubt means the Fed won't be turning off the monetary taps any time soon and certainly not this year. Gold perked up a little no doubt due to that factor – though it still remains in a short- to medium-term bear market.
The other factor is persistently high oil prices and for a relatively energy intensive economy like the U.S. that has a definite impact of reducing disposable income. Traditionally high oil prices have been key to tipping the U.S. economy into recession. On the flip side U.S. consumers and industry have enjoyed the benefits of the shale gas revolution leading to much lower natural gas prices than seen in other parts of the world.
A potentially slowing U.S. economy will weigh heavily on global conditions with the Eurozone looking sicklier by the month with even mighty Germany looking sluggish. Certainly the Eurozone crisis is far from over and will no doubt erupt again sometime this year with the periphery mired in depression conditions. A global economic slowdown would make another flare up of the Eurozone crisis more likely.
If fear is to return to the markets – and it will require more data to prove the U.S. economy is definitely slowing as some recent numbers have been positive – then the U.S. dollar would probably be given a jolt upwards versus currencies such as CAD, GBP, AUD and the structurally flawed EUR.
Ironically, JPY may strengthen, despite the best efforts of the Bank of Japan, as investors there repatriate funds home as they often do when a crisis strikes.


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Rootkits have been widely used for malicious ends, to camouflage other programs on computers that have previously been compromised through other means.
There are certain examples of malware that use rootkits in order to go unnoticed on the computer they have infected.
Rustock.BD does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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DELAND, Fla. (AP) — A cat is heading back home after spending time in quarantine following an attack on its central Florida owners that prompted a 911 call.
Police says the Russian blue cat named Kush went berserk inside a DeLand home July 5, scratching owners Teresa and James Gregory on their arms and legs. The couple retreated to a bedroom and called 911.
Kush was taken to an animal shelter for 10 days. The Daytona News-Journal (http://bit.ly/1nzDOES) reports Kush was well-behaved during the quarantine.
DeLand animal control officer Michelle Realander says the Gregorys had been leaning toward giving the cat up, but changed their minds. She says the cat will go to a veterinarian for vaccinations and then to be spayed before going home.
Authorities say the cat was apparently well-behaved before the attack.
Information from: Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal, http://www.news-journalonline.com


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I know everyone thinks we need to move up and get RGIII or draft DeCastro or Martin from Stanford...but how about we sure up our d-line and get the NT that we have been lacking since switching to the 3-4. Has anyone seen what Dontari Poe did at the combine? He is 346 lbs and ran a 4.98 40 yard dash. He also pumped out 44 reps on the bench. Comparing this guy to Haloti Ngata from the Ravens and he is bigger, faster, stronger, and performed better in every aspect of the combine except vertical jump.
What do you guys think about taking Poe with the 11th pick?


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Gov. Chris Christie Monday moved to fill two state Supreme Court seats, nominating Board of Public Utilities President Robert M. Hanna and Monmouth County Superior Court Judge David Bauman.
The move comes after Christie's first two nominees for the posts – former First Assistant Attorney General Phillip Kwon and attorney and Chatham Mayor Bruce Harris – were rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee earlier this year.
Christie said Bauman and Hanna deserve to win confirmation.
"First and foremost, most importantly, they are extraordinarily well qualified to serve on the court," Christie said.
However, Christie said the two were also chosen in part because they met Senate Democrats' calls for diversity on the court.
Bauman, a 56-year-old Republican, was born inJapanand would be the first Japanese-American to serve on the court.
Hanna, a 54-year-old independent, worked for Christie at the U.S. Attorney's Office and as head of the Division of Law in the Attorney General's Office before being named to run the BPU a year ago.
"These two nominees represent a political compromise on my part; a reaching out across the aisle to the Democrats in an attempt to get our court fully staffed in the way our constitution envisioned," Christie said.
The governor said he kept in touch with Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-West Deptford) at every step of his decision-making process and informed him of his decision prior to making Monday's announcement. However, Christie said he made no deal with Sweeney regarding confirmation of the pair.
Sweeney didn't say much this afternoon: "The governor has made his nominations, as is his right. At this point in time, however, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further."
In addition to the Democrats' call for demographic diversity on the court, the party also sparred with Christie over the partisan make-up of the court.
By Christie's count, if Hanna and Bauman are confirmed, the court would have three Republicans, two Democrats and two independents. Christie noted some Democrats argue Associate Justice Jaynee LaVecchia, an unaffiliated voter, is essentially a Republican because she worked for Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman and has donated to Republican candidates. By choosing one Republican and one independent, Christie hopes to avoid the charge that he's stacking the court with Republicans.
The governor said while he disagrees with Democrats' categorization of LaVecchia, "getting the court fully staffed is more important than continuing to argue over that issue," he said.
Bauman, who was nominated to the bench by former Gov. Jon Corzine, was unanimously approved by the Senate in 2008. In his remarks, Bauman said he has great respect for both the honor and obligation of serving on the Supreme Court.
"Our courts must serve the people with independence and integrity and interpret our laws fairly, impartially and faithfully to protect the rights guaranteed to all under our constitution," he said.
Hanna won unanimous Senate approval a year ago for the BPU post. He noted that the role of the courts differs from that of the executive and legislative branches.
"Yet the power of the judiciary to decide what theNew Jerseyconstitution means and whether legislative and executive enactments and actions comport with that constitution should not be underestimated," he said. "That tremendous power – the power of judicial review – must be exercised wisely."
Christie said he only met Bauman through the interview process, a process by which he saw at least two dozen resumes.
Christie has known Hanna for a decade, and said Hanna is independent-minded.
Christie said he spoke to a former U.S. Attorney's Office colleague of his and Hanna's Monday morning, "who told me there was no one in his experience who relished disagreeing with me more than Bob Hanna. He has kept that personality streak through the last three years."
Whether or not Democrats will disagree with Christie remains to be seen. The governor said he expects quick action.
"It is my hope that these nominees receive a swift confirmation process with timely hearings and an up or down vote by the state Senate," Christie said.


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New Hampshire change: Bye, Bedford Falls; hello, PottersvilleEDITORIAL
March 23. 2013 3:02AM
When did New Hampshire turn from Bedford Falls into Pottersville?
Don't look now, but with the proposals coming out of the State House these days, one could be forgiven for thinking that someone was trying to rewrite the Frank Capra film classic into a very bad ending.
Tops on the list this last week: pot-smoking, hard liquor later and expanded gambling.
The House vote on extending "last call'' to 2 a.m. at bars may end up being the last straw for New Hampshire voters who thought they would change things up in Concord this biennium. Apparently, a cabal of Democrats who want more revenue and libertarian-leaning "anything goes'' Republicans decided that selling booze in the wee hours makes perfect sense.
We heard one legislator proclaim that allowing local bars to serve until 2 a.m. would be safer because it would keep more of our drinkers drinking closer to home. If people are driving to another state to drink for one more hour, we think their problems are bigger than a local last call.
But we also heard that "many other states'' allow serving until 2 a.m. Yes, and many other states have income and sales taxes, too. And many other nearby states are sporting slot machines and decriminalizing pot smoking, too.
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Making a rag quilt was one of the first quilting projects I tackled when I first started sewing again. There are so many things that I love about them, but the best part is that they don't require too much thinking. All of your cuts are the same, and you only sew straight lines. Rag quilt instructions are really quite simple, but I hope this tutorial makes it even easier for you.
The most difficult part of making a rag quilt is deciding on your fabrics. If you have just a few fabrics that you are working with, you will want to draw out your design on a piece of paper to figure out how you want the blocks to lay in the pattern. If you are wondering what kind of fabrics to use to make a rag quilt, check out this post —> Best Fabrics for Rag Quilt
Here are a few example rag quilt patterns using 2 or 3 different fabrics:
If you are using a charm pack of pre-cut fabric squares, then you will want to use your eye to lay out the squares once you have them sandwiched together.How to make a rag quilt
Before you get started, the other thing you need to know is the number of squares you will need to cut and sew in order to get the quilt to be the size you want. This sounds pretty simple, but can get confusing. Refer to the chart below to figure out the total number of fabric squares (the number you need of each fabric depends on the quilt pattern you decide upon).
You probably noticed that the smaller the squares and the larger the quilt, the more cutting and sewing you will be doing! I like to work with a 6″ cut square most often, but that is just my personal preference, and there is no "standard" size, so pick the one that you want to use.
Now is a good time to also think about what you want to use as a batting (the part that is sandwiched between your face fabrics and the backing), and what fabric you want to use for the backing. My preference is to use all natural needled cotton batting, but many others like to use a flannel. For the quilt back, I most often use muslin. Other options would be a solid color, a printed cotton, or even a fleece or minky fabric. (I caution new quilters on using fleece or minky as it is harder to work with.)
So now that you've decided on fabrics, size, and pattern for your rag quilt, it is time to get to work.How to make a rag quilt
CUT: face fabric, batting, and backing fabrics to the size you determined that works best for you – you will need the same number for all of them
SEW: make little quilt sandwiches and start sewing from one corner diagonally to the other corner, making an X on the quilt square. (To save time, you can 'chain piece' these.)
Once you have all of your quilt sandwiches 'X'ed, lay them out in the pattern you decided on. When you lay them out, keep in mind that the finished quilt will be much smaller than what you see now.Take the first 2 squares and put the wrong sides together. Sew a 1/2″ seam. (You want to see your seams exposed! It feels wrong when you are sewing it, but that is actually right.)
Keep adding on to this row until it is complete.
Start your next row, and so on until you have completed all of the rows in your quilt.
Now you will sew your rows together. At this point, you will be sewing through a lot of layers and I definitely recommend using a walking foot. With my first couple rag quilts, I didn't use a walking foot because I was too scared of it. Now, I won't sew one with out it. It really does help with moving all of these layers of fabrics through your machine. Even though I now have the Baby Lock Unity machine with the Digital Dual Feed Foot (read: giant walking foot), I've made plenty of rag quilts with this traditional walking foot.
Instead of a traditional 1/4″ seam, you want to use a generous 1/2″ seam allowance as this is what will fray nicely when you're finished.
There is one tip that I want to share with you when it comes to sewing the rows together. You need to make sure that where your seams meet, you are opening the seams so that they 'nest'. The easy way to do this is to let the machine push the bottom seam out towards you while you feed the top seam under the presser foot.Little Boys Little Slip 10 to Big Boys 7 Black Dress Slip on Loafer Dress Shoes 1921d8a
When you've all of your rows sewn together, you can see it is almost a finished rag quilt!
Now you want to sew a 1/2″ seam around the outside edges. After that you get to start snipping the ruffles. I do relief cuts at the corners, but I don't like to put a lot of ruffles into the seams. It just depends on the look you want to achieve. You can see the rag quilts in The DesigNest Etsy shop that do not have a lot of cuts in them. But if you want a lot of fraying, you will want to cut the seams every 1-2 inches.
As you can imagine, there will be a lot of cuts that you need to make. Make sure that you have scissors capable of handling cutting through all of those layers. I like to use these Fiskars scissors (affiliate link) because they have a shorter blade and it allows you to see what you are cutting. It also requires less of a grip to cut all of those layers. If you have shoddy scissors, your hands will let you know quickly!
The last step is to throw it into the washer & dryer. When it comes out of the dryer, it will have started the fraying process and you will be ready to snuggle up with it or wrap it up as a present.
Here a couple pictures of rag quilts I've made
And I've created this Chevron Rag Quilt Pattern that is for sale on Etsy & Craftsy:
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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Windows XP/2000/NT
Ranky.JY is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions: screenlogging, stealing personal data, etc.
Ranky.JY prevents access from programs to websites of several companies related with security tools (antivirus programs, firewalls, etc.).
Ranky.JY redirects attempts to access web pages of certain banks to spoofed pages, with the aim of logging information entered by the user in these pages.
Ranky.JY redirects attempts to access several web pages to a specific IP address.
Ranky.JY does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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Man arrested trying to get NH driver's license
February 16. 2013 6:42PM
CONCORD — State Police arrested a Lawrence, Mass., man for allegedly trying to fraudulently obtain a New Hampshire's driver's license.
Police said a man calling himself Oscar Rodriguez, 26, was arrested at the Division of Motor Vehicles Friday on multiple counts of tampering with public records and "unsworn falsification."
Police are still trying to figure out the man's true identity and asked anyone with information to contact Trooper Richard Dupont at 223-8778.
Rodriguez is being held on $20,000 cash bail pending arraignment Tuesday in 6th Circuit, Concord District Court.
State police officers were assisted in their investigation by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.


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Portsmouth woman pleads guilty to hindering murder probe, will testify against boyfriendBy JAMES A. KIMBLE
Union Leader Correspondent
July 25. 2013 8:41PM
Kathryn McDonough began serving a 1½- to three-year prison term Thursday as part of a negotiated plea deal that turned her into a key state witness at her boyfriend's upcoming first-degree murder trial.
McDonough, 19, of Portsmouth pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges that she lied to state and local police and delayed their investigation into the murder of Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott, a University of New Hampshire sophomore who disappeared last Oct. 9.
McDonough's boyfriend, Seth Mazzaglia, 30, of Dover is facing charges of first- and second-degree murder, felonious sexual assault and hindering apprehension in Strafford County for allegedly strangling Marriott at his Dover apartment.
Mazzaglia has told investigators that McDonough helped submerge Marriott's body into the Piscataqua River from the shores of Peirce Island in Portsmouth, but she was not charged with aiding Mazzaglia with the murder, or disposing of the body.
"Accessory to murder would be much more fitting as it relates Kathryn McDonough to the death of my daughter and does not suggest some victimless crime," Bob Marriott, the victim's father, said Thursday.
He was among about a dozen family members who spoke during McDonough's plea-and-sentencing hearing in Rockingham County Superior Court.
Brittany Atwood, Marriott's girlfriend, was the last person to communicate with Marriott around 8:55 p.m. on the night she disappeared. Atwood received a text message from Marriott saying she was going to her friend's "Kat's" house, investigators said.
"She was too good and pure to see the evil in Kat," Atwood said on Thursday, fighting back tears. "She was my world. My everything."
McDonough broke down and wept during Atwood's statement to the court.
Marriott's uncle, Tony Hannah of Chester, described how he and his wife came to give their niece a home while she pursued her dream of becoming a marine biologist.
Hannah said McDonough couldn't understand why McDonough took no action to prevent the murder from happening.
"Why did you let this happen? Why didn't you stop it?" he asked McDonough in court. "You could have pushed him away."
Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley said McDonough was in a relationship that was "manipulative and dominated by Mazzaglia," but that it was no excuse for her actions before and after the murder.
McDonough received 3½- to seven-year sentences on three charges: hindering apprehension, conspiracy to commit hindering apprehension and witness tampering. She received a reduced sentence for her expected cooperation and testimony.
No consensual sex
McDonough initially told police on Oct. 12 that she made plans for Marriott to come over to her apartment, but Marriott never showed. The two women had struck up a friendship while working at a Target department store in Greenland.
But another woman also called to the apartment the night of the murder provided a much different account.
Hinckley said that investigators later learned that McDonough had called a woman named Roberta Gerkin on Mazzaglia's cell phone on the night of Oct. 9 around 10:50 p.m. and asked her to come over to their Dover apartment.
Gerkin went to the apartment with her boyfriend, where they saw the body of a woman lying on the floor — a plastic bag covering her head and face, Hinckley said. Mazzaglia said to them, "He had gone too far and he had blacked out," according to Hinckley.
McDonough, who was in the apartment, told Gerkin and her boyfriend that the dead woman "was a student from UNH."
After Mazzaglia was arrested, McDonough met up with Gerkin in Portsmouth on Nov. 7 and asked her to tell police that she never went inside the apartment. State police were recording the conversation between the women.
Defense lawyer Andrew Cotrupi said Thursday that Marriott was going to the apartment on the night of Oct. 9 to watch a movie, rejecting claims by Mazzaglia that Marriott died during a consensual sex act.
"She is fully blameless in what happened to her," Cotrupi said, "and Kat recognizes her debt and will do what she can to see some level of justice."
Discussions with family
Hinckley said on Thursday that the terms of the sentence were appropriate given the facts of the case.
The deal was made after long discussions with the Marriott family, he said.
"No sentence is ever going to be good enough for the victim or the victim's family in this case," Hinckley said outside the courtroom after the hearing.
He said the state would be able to impose the suspended portions of McDonough's prison sentence if she did not offer truthful testimony at Mazzaglia's trial. He added that investigators have done an "incredible job" with building a case to support the first-degree murder charge.
State prosecutors said they've proposed a May trial date for Mazzaglia.
Marriott's body has not been found despite a widespread search by state, local and federal investigators. Hinckley said the search of the body is ongoing.


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Gatsas' timely reminder: City teacher benefits are the issueEDITORIAL
April 12. 2013 1:02AM
Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas has helpfully recentered the discussion about city school spending. Everyone who cares about Manchester's public schools needs to pay attention.
A tight budget this year led to teacher layoffs and increased class sizes. Some upset parents have demanded that the city override the tax-and-spending cap so more money can be raised and spent on hiring teachers. But a great deal of this frustration is based on the myth that the school budget was cut. It was not.
Total city school spending, including money taken from expendable trusts, is up by $1.6 million over last year. General fund spending on pay and benefits is $2.8 million higher than last year.
Also, student enrollment has declined for the past four years. As we noted last summer, since the 2007-08 school year, enrollment has fallen by 4.7 percent and the teaching staff has fallen by 6.6 percent. Yet we are spending millions more on city schools. What are we spending it on? Teacher compensation.
An overly generous contract with the Manchester Education Association guaranteed teacher pay raises of 2.5 percent a year every year since 2010. And the contract's health benefits are way out of line with the private sector. Teachers enjoy $5 copays and no deductibles. They contribute only 7 percent to their health insurance premiums. The private-sector average is 32 percent.
On Wednesday Gatsas renewed his call for teacher compensation concessions. (The teachers' contract expires this summer.) Most city departments, including police and fire, have agreed to benefits concessions that saved money and allowed the city to avoid some layoffs. The city was able to hire new police officers with the savings in that department.
"If we could implement the same split on health care in the school system that we have in other city departments, we could save 16 percent of the school budget," Gatsas said in his annual State of the City address on Wednesday. "That's enough to hire 80 more teachers and reduce class size."
The mayor should make clear that he is open to discussing spending more on city schools - after the Manchester Education Association has agreed to a new contract that includes reasonable benefits and realistic pay adjustments. That has to come first.


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July 03. 2013 9:15PM
Sullivan woman, 76, dies in Keene crash
By MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
KEENE - A Sullivan woman died Wednesday afternoon after being extricated from an overturned and partially submerged vehicle along Route 10 North.
Keene firefighters used the "Jaws of Life" to rescue Christa Patterson, 76, from the 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser in which she was the sole occupant.
The single-vehicle crash was near the "three-mile swamp" about 3:45 p.m., police said in a press release Wednesday night.
The PT Cruiser was found on its roof and partially submerged in marsh beside the road. Once freed, Patterson was taken to Cheshire Medical Center where she later died.
The accident is being investigated by Keene Police Department. Police believe Patterson was traveling south on Route 10 when she crossed the center line and northbound lane and ran off the road. She struck a utility pole and the vehicle came to rest in the marsh.
Police are asking anyone with information regarding the crash to call Sgt. Jason Short at (603) 357-9813.
Anonymously tips can also be sent via email on the police website at http://www.ci.keene.nh.us/departments/police/anonymous-crime-tips.


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Tree falls, kills Stoddard man
February 04. 2013 9:47PM
STODDARD - A man was killed in a logging accident Monday when a tree fell on him, New Hampshire State Police said.
Shannon Sarcione, 39, of Stoddard, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Sarcione and another man were cutting down trees in the area and one of them had cut a notch in the tree, preparing to fell it after clearing some limbs nearby, New Hampshire State Police Sgt. Phillip Gaiser said.
Gaiser said high winds likely knocked over the tree before the loggers were ready to take it down.
The other man was not injured and did not see the tree fall on Sarcione, police said.


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At an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, guests randomly draw tickets that assign them to different income
levels, based on statistics about the number of people living in poverty. Depending on where they sit, some
receive a filling dinner, while others eat a simple meal or share sparse portions of rice and water. While not all
guests leave with full stomachs, many gain a new perspective on the root causes of hunger and poverty.
To provide reflection the banquet will be followed by a screening of Give a Damn? GAD? is a feature-length
documentary about three friends, two idealistic activists and one skeptic, attempting to live in poverty, on
$1.25 a day, across 3 continents. The adventure takes a devastating turn when two of them survive a deadly
plane crash in Africa, and all three must fight to finish what they started. The films subjects, Dan Parris, Rob
Lehr, and David Peterka, will lead a discussion after the film. http://www.giveadamndoc.com/main/
Dan Parris is the filmmaker/activist/goofball whose lingering questions after returning from Africa serve as the
fuel for the film Give A Damn? Dan has a B.A. in Film Production from Biola University and is currently pursuing
the dream he has had for nearly a decade, to make feature films that will have ground-breaking impact in the
world. Rob Lehr, an offensive, yet delightful filmmaker and friend whose passions include hunting, poetry, and
sharing his views no matter how you may feel about them. He has a degree in Business from Missouri State
University, and currently resides in Springfield, MO. Robs ability to be open and raw as the skeptic of the
journey provides much of the drama and comedic relief of the film. David Peterka is an experienced activist
and traveler with unbreakable optimism. He has his degree in Intercultural and Urban Missions and is
developing his own non-profit, "When the Saints", whose goal is defending, rescuing and maintaining the rights
of the weak, poor and oppressed, focusing on victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking in Malawi.


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