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I did the cover artwork for (coming out in May in the UK).
Monday, April 16, 2012
Peggy Porschen Parlour
I did the cover artwork for (coming out in May in the UK).
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Carol, What a heavenly experience... Tipsy Orange cake looks like perfection. Thank you for taking us along on yet another great adventure! I absolutely love the book cover!!! ~JenReplyDeleteReplies
It may well have been the best cake I've ever eaten...sighDelete
Thanks Jen
What a dreamy experience!ReplyDelete
I'm salivating with envy you lucky duckie
I definitely think you should attend Peggy Porschen's baking Academy!ReplyDelete
That would instantly cure all your baking fears.
I am swooning to be in yr shoes.ReplyDelete
too, too divine
definitely an 'Alice' adventure worth having.
What a lovely place to go have Tea. I dont think I could cut into those gorgeous cakes. What pieces of Art they are to behold. But they sure look delicious once cut. yummm Congrats on the book cover. Will it ever come out here?ReplyDelete
The cakes look scrumptious. And I love the little girl with the blue tam.
I'm addicted to cake shops and I first discovered Peggy Porschen in the Great Cake Places London 2012 book which I reviewed on my blog.It's been on my must-visit list since then. Your wonderful post has made me want to visit even more and I love your front cover - gorgeous and the book goes to the top of my must-buy list!ReplyDelete
When we fly home to Prague again ... My stop over in London will be that much longer now to try all these goodies you did Carol!! ((:ReplyDelete
Love your cover work, and the orange truffle cake is to-die-for!ReplyDelete
Carol, I absolutely adore the cover you've done for Peggy Porschen! It's perfect. I really have to visit them some day in London...ReplyDelete
there's that spritely little doggie again,
looking me in the eye.
Great post and absolutely wonderful and appropriate cover, Carol.
There must be a tactful way to receive samples - purely for RESEARCH and INSPIRATION - whilst you work on your lovely menus. Say a couple of dozen treats for a month or so. Yes, that should do it.ReplyDelete
Wow! Congratulations on the cover! That's so very exciting. Brava!ReplyDelete
Oooo I'm so jealous I'd love to go to Peggy Porschen's, can see a purchase coming on when the beautifully designed book comes out - well done you it's beautiful and I'm a sucker for anything with boutique or boudoir in the name! xxReplyDelete
So pretty! I love how they get all the details RIGHT! And weren't you lucky to have tea with Vicky Archer?ReplyDelete
WOW.. love this article. I have been a fan of Peggy Porschen for a very long time since I started decorating.. I would love to visit her shop, it is so adorable and PINK.. I too love pink. It would be nice to taste and see her work in person since I only see it in her book I own. Thanks for sharing.. I no longer decorate cakes..but, I do something i love much more. I make sugar flowers!!!ReplyDelete
- Chrissy's Cakes & Cookies9:53 AM
I had the biggest thrill a couple of weeks ago when I actually got to go to Peggy's Shop. I live in Canada so when I was visiting a friend in London I made sure that visiting Peggy's shop was top of my list of things to do (as well as the Academy down the road)It was such a thrill to actually be in the shop. I too bought a box of cupcakes to go and savoured every bite. Peggy was not there but I hope to someday meet her :)ReplyDelete
Hummm!... Comment résister ?.ReplyDelete
Gros bisous
Fabulous!!!!!! Absolutely fabulous!! I love all of her designs!! www.DecorateOrnate.comReplyDelete
Great blog...I love Peggy Porschen style too!ReplyDelete
Salut from Italy! :)


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May 03. 2013 12:56PM
Update: Maine men arrested in NH on eel smuggling, assault charges
By Jason Schreiber
Union Leader Correspondent
A bucket of baby eels confiscated by Fish and Game officers after two Maine men were arrested for allegedly poaching the eels. (Jason Schreiber/Union Leader)
Joe McQuaid's Publisher's Notebook: On elvers and clearing up 'Windum thing'
Candia man cited in Maine for illegal eel possession
HAMPTON FALLS - Two brothers from Maine suspected of poaching baby eels to sell overseas were arrested this morning after trying to slip away when authorities moved in to catch them in the act.
Matthew Kinney, 29, of Bremen, and his brother, Justin, 35, of Mount Vernon, will face numerous charges after their run in with Fish and Game officers that led to a land and air search.
Fish and Game Lt. Michael Eastman said authorities received a tip early this morning that two men were catching baby American eels in the Hampton Falls River.
Eastman said two conservation officers responded to the area shortly before 5 a.m. and found that the brothers had a "substantial amount" of young eels less than six inches long.
When one of the officers attempted to arrest Matthew Kinney, Eastman said he assaulted the officer and then ran into the river and later fled into the woods with a handcuff on one of his wrists. Justin Kinney ran into the marsh grass and was arrested at the scene.
Several local police agencies, Fish and Game, State Police hunted Matthew Kinney with the help of dogs and a helicopter.
A State Police K-9 team eventually found a track leading from the area where he was last seen to the Hampton Falls Inn on Route 1. Eastman said authorities learned the brothers had rented a room at the hotel Thursday night.
They found Matthew Kinney inside his hotel room around 9 a.m. He was removing his wet clothing when authorities showed up and arrested him.
Eastman said "dipping" for the young eels, known as elvers, is legal in Maine, but not in New Hampshire. He said Maine and South Carolina are the only states where it's allowed on the East Coast.
"They were pretty much down here to poach elvers to take back to Maine to sell," Eastman said.
The baby eels can fetch an estimated $2,000 a pound overseas, particularly in the Asian market, Eastman said.
"This is pretty much like having a duck season where all you can shoot is ducklings. They're taking immature eels, or young eels. What we're seeing is that this poaching is causing the bigger eels, the American eels, to decline," Eastman said.
Eastman did not identify the conservation officer who was assaulted, but he said the officer wasn't injured.
Matthew Kinney will be charged with two counts of simple assault, disobeying a conservation officer, resisting arrest, taking American eels less than 6 inches long, and taking without a harvest permit.
Justin Kinney will faces charges of disobeying a conservation officer, providing false information to law enforcement, hindering apprehension, taking American eels less than 6 inches long and taking without a harvest permit.
The two are being held on cash bail and will be arraigned Monday if they're unable to post bail, Eastman said.

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What It Takes to Break Into the Pro Ranks
From a Team Director's Perspective
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Cycling is divided up into multiple racing categories that are designed to create a competitive arena for a wide range of talents, time commitments and age. There is a home for just about everyone who enjoys racing a bike. Professional cycling is quite different though, as only a select few ever reach that level. There are a limited number of pro teams making the competition quite intense for the limited number of spots. Every year there are dozens of athletes hoping to get their big "break." One good thing about racing in the US is that professional competition is quite accessible since Category 1 and 2 riders often race against the pros. To many aspiring riders, how to go about maximizing your chances of breaking into the pro ranks is not too clear. Hopefully I can provide a bit of insight as to what it takes.
Some time ago in the wind tunnel here in San Diego, I tried to quantify how much riding the tip of the saddle would cost me aerodynamically while holding everything else constant.
The results don't look so good for the "tippers" out there:
Words and Images by Kraig Willett
In 2002 I bought a used SRM Pro powermeter. I've had the crank battery replaced once in the past 9 years (less than 20,000 km). Since day one, the powercontrol (the head unit) battery has been a bit problematic. First of all, the display that supposedly shows how much battery life was remaining was unreliable. For example, the PCV display might have said that I had 25 of 29 hours left on the charge, but inevitably, it would run out after only a few hours. Secondly, and probably related to what is mentioned above, is that the battery just wouldn't hold a charge for very long.
Words and Images by: Kirk Willett
"Base" is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as a fundamental principle or underlying concept of a system or theory. Cycling performance does indeed have such a base, though its popular definition in cycling circles has blurred the concept by focusing on large volumes of lower powered riding. The performance-rooted cycling definition of base is simply power at "threshold". Power at "threshold" has many definitions, but I define it as 20 minute mean maximal power or 20MP.
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words and images by: Kraig Willett
<editor's note: this cycling power meter review is long and detailed - skip to the end for the big picture results, or download the pdf version and read at your leisure -> enjoy! -k>
1992 was the year I started racing my bike. During my failed attempts at living the awe-inspiring and lucrative dream of a domestic US professional bike racer, I had a few good race results – well, maybe only two, but who's counting! There were some key things, for me, which allowed the achievement of most of my modest goals along the way. The most important key was simply having the discipline and desire to ride my bike - a lot. The second ingredient was having a good coach to nudge me in the right direction and tailor my training program specifically to my needs. It didn't hurt that my coach was also my brother (former Prime Alliance Director Sportif, Kirk Willett) and wintertime training partner for the better part of the 90's. There's no motivation like having your coach call you up to schedule the daily ride when there's twelve inches of snow on the ground and the mercury is hovering below zero.


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Unlike offset coordinates, the neighbors for doubled coordinates do not depend on which column/row we're on. They're the same everywhere, like axial and cube coordinates. Also unlike offset coordinates, we can safely add and subtract doubled coordinates, which makes them easier to work with than offset coordinates.
Moving to a "diagonal" space in hex coordinates changes one of the 3 cube coordinates by ±2 and the other two by ∓1 (the sum must remain 0).
As before, you can convert these into axial by dropping one of the three coordinates, or convert to offset/doubled by precalculating the results.
In the cube coordinate system, each hexagon is a cube in 3d space. Adjacent hexagons are distance 1 apart in the hex grid but distance 2 apart in the cube grid. This makes distances simple. In a square grid, Manhattan distances are . In a cube grid, Manhattan distances are . The distance on a hex grid is half that:
An equivalent way to write this is by noting that one of the three coordinates must be the sum of the other two, then picking that one as the distance. You may prefer the "divide by two" form above, or the "max" form here, but they give the same result:
The maximum of the three coordinates is the distance. You can also use the max of to figure out which of the 6 "wedges" a hex is in; see diagrams here .
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An interesting conflict!
YES! Sally Hogshead, I just might be in love with you. What a great message. It just gives me more hutzpah and confidence. And…I always leave my clothes' tags on for at least a week. The skirt looked great. You can take the tag off now. xoxo Kristin
Thank you so much Marie! Perfect timing for me as I navigate my way through B-school and figuring out my personal brand.
Took the test and the results were right on and amazing! I am Subtle Touch with my primary triggers being Mystique and Passion. As a physician acupuncturist who is passionate about nutrition a huge part of my job is to be intuitive and observant of people as soon as I walk into the room so that they have the best opportunity to heal receive the correct treatment. I'm excited to dive more into my archetype so I can continue to "fascinate" others to lead healthy lives.
Hugs to all!
I loved this episode Marie! Sally is fascinating, as are you, and it's just cool to see two women who are rocking their own personalities shine.
My combo is the Avant Guarde: Prestige and Rebellion, and I think I need to balance the two a bit better. Sometimes I'm all prestige no rebellion, and things come out flat… other times I'm all rebellion, and that might scare people off.
Like for my upcoming event in NYC, Off The Charts – it feels rebellious to me but I'm not sure if that's what others feel about it or not. Same with my videos, sometimes they feel too prestigious and not rebellious enough. I'd love to hear people's thoughts on that. 🙂
Nathalie! Off the Charts is totally rebellious and I so wish I could come and sync my Rockstar to your Avant Guard-ism!
There's a photo of you flexing your muscles which you use in your training video on websites (I'm one of your Tutees). It's the one where you can see a tattoo on your arm (a hash sign #). That totally brings together Prestige (make a kick-ass website) with Rebellion (and use your gut!) to me.
Rock on lady!
Nathalie, I don't know if Off the Charts is rebellious, but it is certainly very brave! I'm hugely impressed and look forward to seeing you there. And as Sally says, if some people are scared off, then that's a good thing.
I do know that I tend to play it too safe because I've always been the "good girl," yet when I allow myself to be silly — even raunchy! — that's when I really shine and everyone has more fun. 🙂
Nathalie, your videos are AMAZING: clear, practical, down to earth, accessible, easy to follow and a life saver for non naturally techy persons like myself. They are rebellious in being kind to non natural born techies 🙂


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Nov. 16, 2012
The Statistics, and How To Avoid Becoming One
by EPONYMOUS ROX - www.KillingKillers.blogspot.com
It's a parent's greatest fear, magnified for most Americans in 1979 when six-year-old Etan Patz vanished on his way to kindergarten, and recently exacerbated by the brutal abduction and murder of Colorado schoolgirl Jessica Ridgeway in October 2012.
A child being permanently snatched by a stranger, or even assaulted and killed by them, is the worst case scenario imaginable, and, ever since the Patz boy's mysterious disappearance, the kind that everybody is on guard for now. An abduction of this extreme nature is formally classified as a "Stereotypical" kidnapping, but, despite the collective terror about it happening all the time, it's also the most uncommon. In fact, only about 100 to 120 kids per year go missing under such awful circumstances.
A comfort to know in an era that feels at times so utterly lawless, and figures which should offer worried families some peace of mind, but, unfortunately, this is as far as the good news goes regarding child abductions.
Both the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children and the Department of Justice confirm that approximately 850,000 children under the age of 18 officially go missing each year in the United States. This translates to about 85 to 90 percent of all missing persons annually and rounds out to roughly 2300 of such reports being filed for juveniles every single day. In more graspable terms, that's one child a minute disappearing without a trace.
Of those youngsters who are not actual runaways, more than 200,000 will end up having been taken by a family member; generally a female, but not always. These type of abductions are labeled "Family Kidnappings" and, whether committed by a mother, a father, an aunt, or a cousin, are almost always successfully resolved in short order.
Another 58,000 are non-familial abductions, usually committed by a person the child knows fairly well or is familiar with somehow, such as a family friend or a close neighbor. These are called "Acquaintance Kidnappings" and, interestingly enough, have the highest concentration of juvenile offenders. At a rate of 75 percent, the average nonfamily perpetrator is typically a male, and 67 percent of these are under the age of 29.
The dreaded "Stranger Kidnapping" or "Stereotypical" abduction, like that of Jessica Ridgeway by teen killer Austin Sigg, thankfully only occurs once in awhile. Still, it's the type that generates the greatest public attention and that causes many a parent's heart to stop whenever young children are suddenly out of their sight.
In a 1998 study conducted by the Mayo Clinic of Rochester Minnesota, three-quarters of custodians polled said they actively worried their kids would someday be abducted and harmed. A full one-third of the participants expressed a level of fear about such an event occurring which practically bordered on paranoia, surpassing all of the other more commonplace concerns they had for their children's wellbeing, including sports injuries, automobile accidents, and substance abuse.
And it's reasonable to conclude, what with all the high-profile kidnapping/killings that have occurred in the decade since that study was conducted, and the media's ever-growing flair for sensationalism, the percent of overwrought parents has only increased with time. This, despite the data unequivocally proving over and over again that it will almost never be a complete stranger who makes off with a little one, but, rather, somebody who the victim personally knows.
To an extent, though, the fear of a young daughter or son being grabbed and slain by an unknown subject, though disproportionate to the actual risk, is somewhat warranted—of the hundred or so kids per annum who suffer such a fate, 76% percent are killed within just three hours of their reported abductions, and 89 percent within only 24 hours. As well, the recent uptick in juvenile aggressors, like Austin Reed Sigg, who deliberately select other children to victimize is a new cause for concern, since their daily (and totally lawful) interaction with minors can markedly increase the chances of children being kidnapped now.
Having knowledge of children's whereabouts at all times and responding as quickly as possible when they go missing is key then to getting them returned promptly, alive. But understanding the facts about stereotypical child-napping, and who the most likely suspects in such cases might be, is invaluable to preventing these traumatic events from occurring in the first place. The statistical breakdown therefore, in both kidnappings and attempted kidnappings by strangers, is as follows:
• 72% involved a suspect in a vehicle
• 69% involved a female child
• 35% of victims were walking to and from school
• 32% of victims were lured with an offer of a ride
• 12% were lured with candy
• 8% were lured with phony questions
• 8% were lured with promises of money
• 8% were lured with a tale of a lost pet
• 38% of all suspects were known sex offenders
• 16% of all suspects were registered sex offenders
• 19% of attempted abductions were thwarted by good Samaritans
• 28% of attempted abductions were thwarted by the victim through kicking and/or yelling
For onlookers who witness these crimes in progress to become more effective in intervening, some longstanding myths need to be dispelled as well, because the truth is most children will rarely ever 'cry wolf' in public, let alone call out for help. Indeed, when confronted by a kidnapper some kids actually freeze in fright, an act that often serves to facilitate their abduction. These are predictable traits and reactions which make young people ideal targets for skilled, opportunistic villains who know that, when an adult orders a child around, most will quietly do as they're told, including getting into a car when they're afraid or have misgivings.
This means, if there is even the slightest suspicion that a child is about to be abducted, even though they may not be protesting or resisting, then that hunch needs to be acted upon without delay.
It also implies that, while teaching youngsters to "be polite" and to "respect their elders" is as vital as ever to properly socializing them, caretakers need also emphasize there are exceptions to the rule, even if children recognize their potential abductors, which frequently they do. For after all, good judgment is critical in these fast developing situations, and the split-second ability of a child to ascertain that a request or command they've been issued by someone is dubious—and to loudly and physically disobey it—will prove essential to their survival.
So, too, asking them to be conscious of their vulnerability to anyone bigger and more cunning than they are who may want to do them harm is also important, albeit that must somehow be tempered with the paramount need to instill in young people a sense of confidence in their surroundings and in themselves.
Granted, protecting kids and yet encouraging their independence is a difficult balance to strike, but we can see the world has grown dangerous in these past few decades, and, as a result, there seems to be no other choice but for everyone, including children, to maintain a state of hyper vigilance.
In the effort to be safe and make our communities safer places too, we are not alone, as law enforcement agencies have also acknowledged that the times have drastically changed from those we once knew.
For instance, in response to the Ridgeway girl's horrific slaying, Colorado officials recently launched Operation Shepherd 2012. With it, they sought to immediately locate over 15,000 registered sex offenders living within their jurisdiction. Some of these individuals who had gone on the lam, and a few others who were in gross violation of the terms of their parole, were apprehended and placed behind bars again.
It may be an added budgetary burden for small, local police departments, but sweeps like Operation Shepherd are necessary, authorities feel, because the numbers are now in and it's become clear that those who sexually prey on young children have the highest rates of recidivism.
These are the ones that have to be watched like a hawk at all times once they're released from prison, and their every action tracked and accounted for. There is no known cure for their perversions, sadly, and not even the threat of protracted incarcerations will deter the majority of them from reoffending.
Because of this, U.S. Marshall Deputy Chief Ken Deal recommends that "for the safety of children," parents should "get to know your community." He says the best way to begin to do that is by regularly checking a state's Sex Offender Registry which is public information to all who want to access it and available online 24/7.
While not every convicted sex offender fulfills their release obligations and properly registers on the list, most of them will, and it's crucial for families to know as much as they can about where these dangerous individuals have taken up residence. Certainty is better than making false assumptions about who such felons might be and what they must look like and where they probably live because, "They come from all backgrounds," U.S. Marshal Roberto Rodriguez cautions. And they don't merely fondle their young victims, either: "We have very violent sexual offenders," he additionally warns. "We have sexually violent predators."
And we've probably always had them, although not nearly as many as we're seeing now, and children weren't necessarily their number one preference.
Once upon a time not so long ago, it was women, trained since their girlhoods to be weak, trusting and submissive, who were the primary objects of serial rapists and killers. When victimized in this manner, they were often further mistreated by the criminal justice system where they were portrayed as "bad girls" who were "asking for it", either because of what they were wearing when assaulted, or because they were allegedly "too promiscuous".
Throughout history this was the standard experience for female victims of sex-related crimes, whose characters were routinely and liberally assassinated by the media, police, attorneys, and judges, even when they had died at the hands of their attacker. Obviously, on the surface, such institutional victim-bashing was done out of pure ignorance and bias, but there was also an underlying psychological motivation at play as well: The need to assure society, and allow society to reassure itself, that such terrible things could not happen to "good" people.
But they do, unfortunately.
It took a long time for authorities to come around to the truth about violent predators: That their vicious crimes are not compelled by sexual attraction or uncontrollable lust, but, instead, through a pathological desire to hurt and do wrong, and that, in executing those illicit desires, they are constantly seeking for easy prey.
In the meantime, however, women had gradually begun adjusting to this harsh reality on their own, learning how to be less vulnerable in public, how to protect themselves if grabbed, how to appear more formidable. Over time, many decided to shed the image of "the weaker sex" altogether, endeavoring to make themselves physically stronger and faster, and even studying the art of self defense.
And how did violent perps cope with these changing dynamics? For starters, they sought out smaller females, naturally. But even this cautious approach to criminality was fraught with perils, as many savvy felons soon came to realize. Especially when the woman was athletic.
The case of Mickey Shunick in one that has undoubtedly given a lot of serial perpetrators pause this year, forcing them to rethink their malevolent motifs and strategies.
Shunick, 22, was a senior at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette when she vanished. Petite, popular, and pretty, the young woman was last seen early in the morning of May 19th 2012, riding her bicycle from a friend's place.
At that very same hour a registered sex offender named Brandon Scott Lavergne was scoping out the neighborhood in his white truck, a forbidden activity that unbeknownst to him was captured on surveillance cameras. When he spied Shunick biking he followed her for a short distance before using his vehicle to knock her down. Then, armed with a knife and a semiautomatic handgun, he ordered her to get into the truck with him and when, instead, Shunick attempted to call for help on her cell phone, he began threatening her at knifepoint.
Mickey Shunick was a fighter, though, and she knew the outcome of resisting an abduction couldn't be any worse than what would happen if she permitted herself to be taken. So she reached into her saddlebag, grabbed some Mace, and pepper-sprayed her assailant.
A battle then ensued at the side of the road, during which Lavergne was handily disarmed by his small victim and then stabbed repeatedly by her with his very own knife, in the process sustaining what would later be deemed life threatening injuries.
It is not known for exactly how long the two struggled in the dark like this, but eventually Lavergne did manage to retake his knife again and in turn stabbed Shunick at least four times with it, after which she lost consciousness.
Concluding then that she had died because he could find no pulse, Lavergne hastily placed Shunick's body (and her bike) in his truck and transported the victim to a secluded location some 40 minutes from the scene of the crime, with the intent of burying her in a shallow grave.
Digging proved slow going, however, because by then Lavergne was already feeling the effects of his multiple lacerations. And, to make matters worse for him, Mickey Shunick was not dead.
Regaining consciousness, and possession of the knife, Shunick stood up and once more attempted to turn the tables on her aggressor, stabbing him this time squarely in the chest. At this point, unfortunately, a flabbergasted Brandon Scott Lavergne finally got the upper hand. Exhausted and bleeding profusely, he pulled out his firearm and shot Schunick in the head, killing her instantly.
But the final wounds Shunick rendered on Laverne before her death had left him unable to continue with his grave digging project, so he dragged her now lifeless body back into the truck and fled to his home to dress his injuries and destroy his bloody clothing.
A few hours later, hardly refreshed, Lavergne would return to the remote area he had selected earlier for Shunick's burial, but once again, because of those knife wounds, he could not complete the chore. Still, he was desperate to be rid of Shunick at last, so he placed her corpse at the tree line, covered it with leaves and twigs, and hightailed it again.
It's difficult to fathom the workings of such a psychotic man's mind, and whether there is within its dark depths some master plan that he's sticking to, but, if there had been one for Brandon Scott Lavergne, it surely didn't encompass being stabbed within an inch of his life.
Lavergne returned to his house once more to clean his seeping wounds and to ditch more incriminating evidence. Then he made arrangements to stay the night with an out-of-town friend, en route there discreetly dumping Shunick's bike on a riverbank beneath an overpass where it was to be discovered only a few days later. A find which would ultimately lead to his arrest.
In his police confession, Lavergne stated that he also disposed of the handgun and the knife, and that when he left his friend's the next day, he went directly to where he'd abandoned Shunick's body, relocating it and burying it in a heavily wooded area close by. It wasn't found until several months later, in August 2012, when he offered it up in exchange for a plea deal.
At the time he entered his guilty plea, thereby avoiding the death penalty for the murder of Mickey Shunick, Brandon Scott Lavergne also admitted to the unsolved slaying of yet another young woman, Lisa Pate, in 1999. Just like Shunick had done, Ms. Pate also struggled to escape her captor, but she wasn't as fierce a foe and didn't leave him forever scarred.
"My sister, Mickey Shunick, was a warrior," Charlene Shunick said in a written statement she gave the press following Lavergne's grim disclosures. "If it wasn't for her, our community never would have been able to bring down a dangerous man that harmed multiple people."
Mickey Shunick's mother, Nancy Anne Rowe, also released a public statement. "She refuses to be a victim," she wrote. "My courageous child faced down a monster. Now I think I can face monsters too. And so can you."
The monster who kidnapped, assaulted, murdered and dismembered ten-year-old Jessica Ridgeway is technically only a child himself, a sobering discovery and, for criminal profilers, a real game-changer as well. The likes of teenage sociopath Austin Reed Sigg reveal a troubling trend emerging this century; a brand new breed of violent sex offender who is capable of mingling among children without standing out or being suspected.
There is nothing more chilling than the thought of someone abducting, violating and killing a child, except, perhaps, for a child being slain in this manner by another child. Sigg's current efforts to be treated by the courts as a juvenile for the Ridgeway murder are doomed therefore, and soon he will have to face trial as an adult for these adult offenses. When that realization sinks in, then he'll start laying down hints to prosecutors about certain hidden aspects of his crimes, just as Mickey Shunick's killer did, in hopes of striking a deal for a more favorable sentence. For now, we can only guess at what secrets Sigg will finally spill, but this much we know already: He targeted children solely because his earlier attempts at abducting women were unsuccessful.
Whether 17 or 70, violent sexual offenders like Austin Reed Sigg are all grappling with the same dilemma lately: Women are not the easy pickings they were once thought to be. They've taken necessary steps to make themselves less likely to being victimized, and some are even inflicting serious damages on those who underestimate them.
Deadly deviants always carefully study the terrain before they strike, and many are taking heed of stories like what happened to Mickey Shunick's attacker because it downright scares them. Remember, they don't want to get hurt as they hunt, they just want to hurt others, and that's why more of them have shifted their focus to defenseless children.
This now makes it imperative for kids to also take preventative measures.
Apart from the obvious fact that young people are more naïve than adults are, their bodies are also still growing, thus most of them don't quite have the same capacity to defend themselves as even a woman slight in stature might have. Yet there are still a number of things kids can do to make abductions more difficult, if not impossible.
Police advise children to thrash, fight, bite and scream when confronted by a kidnapper, and if grabbed by the jacket or backpack to quickly slip free of the item and head toward a populated area to report the incident. Kidnappers are unlikely to pursue a child who knows to do this because the last thing they want is to create a public spectacle.
Experts also say to just ignore a gun if one is displayed and to run away regardless, since firearms are only employed to intimidate a child and are rarely, if ever, used against them. If running is not an available option, kids should get under a car (belly up) and hold onto the undercarriage so that the kidnapper cannot easily pry them out. In the unlikelihood of a perpetrator being so determined that they'd risk crawling under the car too, just exit on the other side of it.
Clint Van Zandt is a retired FBI profiler and former hostage negotiator. He offers families a free instructional DVD titled "Protecting Children From Predators" at www.LiveSecure.org, and furnishes the following specific insights and safety tips for foiling would be kidnappers:
10 Safety Tips For Children
1. "Do not get into any car unless your parents personally tell you to do so. Also, stay away from anyone who follows you on foot or in a car. You do not need and should not go near a car to talk to the people inside.
2. "Adults and other people who need help should not be asking a child for help; they should be asking other adults. Adults should not be asking you for directions or to look for a 'lost puppy,' or telling you that your mother or father is in trouble and that they will take you to them.
3. "Quickly get away from anyone who tries to take you somewhere. Yell or scream, 'This person is not my father (or mother).'
4. "You should use the 'buddy system' and never go places alone. Always ask your parents' permission to leave the yard/play area or to go over to someone's home, and especially always ask permission before you go into someone's home.
5. "Never, never hitchhike! Do not try to get a ride with people unless your parents have told you it's OK to do so.
6. "People should not ask you to keep a special secret. If they do, tell your parents or teacher. Also, tell anyone who wants to take your picture, 'No,' and quickly tell your parents or teacher.
7. "No one should touch you on the parts of the body covered by your bathing suit, nor should you touch anyone else in those areas. Your body is special and private.
8. "You can be assertive and you have the right to say 'No' to someone, including adults and even relatives or friends who try to take you somewhere against your will, touch you or make you feel uncomfortable in any way.
9. "NOTE: Many parents use a special code word that only the child knows to convey a message should someone other than a parent ask a child to accompany them anywhere.
10. "THE YELL: Practice a 'special' yell. It is low, loud and long. It tells the person trying to hurt the child, 'I know what to do! I'm not an easy victim!' It tells everyone within the sound of the child's voice, 'I need help!' It gets the child going, it breaks the 'spell.' A child should not panic and freeze, thereby becoming immobile in an emergency. When you yell you take a deep breath, thereby getting oxygen and energy to your brain and muscles. Your own yell can give you courage and get your feet moving when you need to run away!"
School Bus Stop Safety
1. "Parents should ensure that if possible, an adult waits with children at school bus stops (not always possible with one-parent families or where both parents work), but something could be worked out with all parents of children at the bus stop to be there on a rotating basis.
2. "Know the path your child takes to and from home to the school bus stop.
3. "Tell your children to avoid short cuts through woods, alleys, parks, or other areas where they could be alone.
4. "Identify safe houses along the way that your child could run to or into for help if needed.
5. "Insure your child does not have his or her name on a backpack, etc., as this would enable a potential abductor to call out to the child by name.
6. "If children feels concerned for their safety, they should always tell their parents and the bus driver of any such concern.
7. "If approached on the way to or from the bus stop or at the bus stop, tell your parents, the bus driver and school officials.
8. "Report any suspicious vehicle. Write down the license number and provide it to school and law enforcement officials.
9. "Stand away from any vehicle that stops near the bus stop and do not allow yourself to come close to or enter the vehicle of someone you don't want to.
10. "Run from anyone displaying a weapon. Do this while throwing books, yelling and making as much noise as you can. Under no circumstances go with an abductor. Kick, bite, and no matter what the threat, do not go along with your kidnapper. Once he takes you away, your chances of survival greatly diminish."
How To Escape a Kidnapper
1. "Children should not be afraid to tell their parents or a trusted adult or teacher if they feel threatened, even if someone has told them not to talk. If victimized, it is never their fault and never something they should be ashamed of or something that they hide from their parents or other caregivers. Tell your children you love them and that if they disappear, no matter what their kidnapper says, you will never stop loving them and you will never stop looking for them.
2. "Never go with anyone you don't want to, and don't let someone take you away from where the potential kidnapper first approaches you. (This and Tip No. 3 below are the most important things a child can do to stop from becoming the victim of a kidnapper.)
3. "Yell, scream, fight and run from any potential abductor. No matter what the assailant says, make as much noise and attract as much attention as you can.
4. "If someone tries to lure you into a vehicle, run the opposite way the vehicle is facing, forcing the kidnapper to turn around to chase the child.
5. "Run to your home, a neighbor's home, into a store or other public place yelling that someone is trying to kidnap them.
6. "If on your bike, grip the bike. The kidnapper can't get both you and your bike into a car. If you're on the street and you can't run, grab a street light, traffic sign, trash can, mail box or other fixed object while yelling for help.
7. "If the kidnapper points a gun at you, run anyway. Most kidnappers don't want to attract attention by firing a gun and they probably couldn't hit you anyway. It's better to be wounded and left to get help from others then to go off with a kidnapper.
8. "If grabbed, twist your body and scream: 'This is not my dad (or my mom)!'
9. "If your assailant grabs you by your coat or backpack, twist out of his grip, leaving him with the coat or backpack as you run and scream toward another nearby adult. Attract the attention of this adult by grabbing and holding on to him or her.
10. "If forced into the front seat of a four-door car or van, immediately jump into the back seat, open the rear door and escape. (Don't put on a seatbelt as this will obviously slow your escape time.)
11. "If placed in the trunk of a car, look for the emergency trunk release lever and pull it and escape. If you can't find this, pull out the wires to the tail lights on both sides of the trunk, thereby attracting attention to the vehicle when the stop lights don't work. (Parents, tell police that your child knows how to do this; therefore, the police will be looking for cars with malfunctioning tail lights.)
12. "Grab the keys from the kidnapper's car and throw them out the window.
13. "If in traffic, step on the accelerator and make the car crash into the car in front of it.
14. "Honk the horn and try to force the kidnapper to wreck the car.
15. "Do not eat or drink anything your kidnapper gives to you. (It may be drugged.)
16. "If your kidnapper takes you into a store, knock things down, break bottles, yell and scream that you have been kidnapped.
17. "If you're held in a house, flash the lights on the front porch off and on. If in an upper apartment, flood the bathroom to cause water to flood the apartment below.
18. "Never stop trying to escape and always take the opportunity to use a phone to call 911 and ask for help.
19. "Parents, discuss and practice these things with your children. While doing everything we can to prevent our children from becoming the victim of a kidnapper, we need also equip them with the above information to help them escape should they be taken by an assailant. Information is key and can save the life of your child.
20. "As Winston Churchill once said, 'Never, never, never give up.' [Visit www.LiveSecure.org for more safety tips and advice.]"
Of course, a troubling issue like this we really don't want to have to know about, and that reaction is perfectly understandable and human. Nonetheless, those in parenting roles cannot afford to simply turn a blind eye and hope for the best, nor dodge discussing the matter with their kids because it's too distasteful to dwell on.
Only awareness will help to minimize the very real risks that the young are posed with today. Only by educating ourselves and our children about those dangers can we hope to ward them off. Only by tackling the problem of serial predators head on and with eyes wide open can we reduce the number of kidnappings like Jessica Ridgeway's to none.
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No deal on Medicaid expansion
By GARRY RAYNO and JOHN DiSTASO
New Hamsphire Union Leader
— New Hampshire's low-income adults will not be eligible for government-paid health care beginning Jan. 1 after lawmakers Thursday failed to agree on a plan to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act.
After five hours of debate and parliamentary maneuvering, the House voted 198-141 to approve Special Session House Bill 1 to expand Medicaid, but senators killed it on a 13-11 vote in less than 15 minutes. The Senate tabled Special Session Senate Bill 1 because they lacked the votes to pass it.
Lawmakers have been debating expansion for 10 months and all sides agree the Legislature will grapple with the issue again in January when the 2014 session begins.
Democrats and Republicans agreed on many issues but months of negotiations among Gov. Maggie Hassan's office, and House and Senate leaders failed to close the gap and this week the talks degenerated into partisan bickering.
The unreachable divide centered on one key issue: how long the newly eligible Medicaid population stays on the state's existing managed care Medicaid program.
Different plans
Senate Republicans proposed a plan to move all new Medicaid recipients to private health insurance purchased through the federal marketplace in one year, while Democrats proposed a two-year transition period.
Both sides agreed to use the existing Health Insurance Premium Payment program for those with insurance from their employers and private insurance to provide coverage to the approximately 49,000 individuals who would become eligible under expansion.
They also agreed to require the jobless to participate in Department of Employment Security training and job search programs, and to establish a separate trust to accept federal money to pay health care providers rather than using the state's general fund as the conduit.
While Democrats characterized the differences between the two sides as minuscule, Republicans said they are significant.
"We are not going to pass something akin to Obamacare that does not protect the taxpayers," said Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro. "Without the reform, without changes to bring personal responsibility, without bringing taxpayer protections into the Medicaid system, we cannot support any compromise put forward."
He criticized Hassan for politicizing the issue in the last two weeks by appearing in several Senate Republicans' districts touting the Democrats' plan and criticizing the Republican proposal.
Hassan in turn blamed Senate Republicans for failing to pass expansion, saying they refused to compromise, costing the state millions of dollars of federal money.
"Our providers are ready for expanded health coverage, our businesses are ready, our people are ready, and I am ready. We will keep working and there will be more votes," Hassan said. "I hope that at some point, a few Senate Republicans will set ideology aside and step forward to do what is right. Until then, it is the people who are hurt, and it is the people whom senators must answer to."
Democrats argued that the state's health insurance marketplace needs robust competition to win federal approval for the private insurance assistance program and that will take at least two years. Currently, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield is the only qualified carrier on the exchange. One other carrier is likely to participate in the federal marketplace beginning in 2015, but lacks the required statewide provider network for the Medicaid program.
"What we cannot agree to is a set up for failure," said Senate Minority Leader Sylvia Larsen, D-Concord. "What good is all this compromise if we put out a plan that fails because it cannot meet the deadlines?"
House action
The House passed the Democratic Medicaid expansion bill on a mostly party line vote of 198-146 after more than five hours of debate and votes on five proposed Republican amendments as well as several GOP procedural moves designed to delay the vote.
Four Republicans joined 194 Democrats in favor of the bill, while a single Democrat joined 145 Republican opposed.
Originally 28 Republican amendments were proposed, but most were withdrawn when it became apparent Medicaid expansion was not going to be approved.
Rep. Thomas Sherman, D-Rye, the chief sponsor of the House plan, asked his colleagues to think of themselves as medical professionals, and said, "In our world, delay and denial of care are considered malpractice."
By voting for the bill, he said, "you will positively impact the health of 58,000 patients your constituents, your friends and your co-workers."
House Miniority Leader Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, however, said, "There are many questions still outstanding on this issue. This is the wrong time and the wrong bill for the State of New Hampshire."
The session began with more than an hour of procedural votes as former House Speaker William O'Brien, R-Mont Vernon, led the charge.
O'Brien maintained that portions of the bill were not "germane" to a House special session rule requiring that all sections of the bill deal with Medicaid expansion.
But House Speaker Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, ruled the entire bill was germane, and was upheld on several roll call votes. She ruled O'Brien out of order for continuing to try to make motions, citing a parliamentary rule that he was trying to "obstruct" the business of the House.
O'Brien challenged Norelli's ruling, but Norelli was upheld on another roll call.
Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, R-Manchester, moved to indefinitely postpone the bill, but his motion failed, 159-195.
Rep. John Hikel, R-Goffstown, moved to adjourn the session, but was voted down, 144-211, before the House finally began debating the bill.
Senate action
The Senate first voted down the Republican proposal from Senate President Chuck Morse, R-Salem, when three Republicans — Sens. Sharon Carson of Londonderry, Russell Prescott of Kingston and Andy Sanborn of Bedford — joined Democrats for a 14-10 vote.
The Senate then voted down party lines 13-11 to kill a Democrat proposal that extends to two years the transition period from the state's Medicaid program to private insurance through the federal marketplace before a 13-11 vote for a Republican proposal to eliminate the transition period and not begin Medicaid expansion until the state obtains all the needed federal waivers, something estimated to take up to 18 months.
But lacking the votes to pass the bill, Senate Republicans tabled it on a party line 13-11 vote. Sanborn said he could not support the bill.
Next step
After the Senate session Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said the state's citizens deserve more from their Legislature.
"Let's not leave this body without accomplishing something we all want; to take care of the people we represent," D'Allesandro said during the session. "It's what we do in this building — not Republicans, not Democrats — it's what we do to solve problems."
But opponents to expansion in the House said lawmakers could try harder to protect taxpayers.
Rep. Neal Kurk R-Weare, called the bill unaffordable and asked for work on a "reasonable compromise" in the full legislative session beginning in January.
"We can get it right," he said. "Let's do it right in the next session."
One of seven states
New Hampshire is one of seven states that have yet to decide whether to expand Medicaid. To date, 25 states plus Washington, D.C., have decided to expand Medicaid and 18 have rejected expansion.
Under the ACA, Medicaid eligibility would expand to adults 65 years old and under earning 138 percent of the federal poverty level, about $16,000.
The state's health care providers would be paid $2.4 billion over seven years for the health care of the 49,000 state residents expected to be eligible under expansion.
For the first three years of expansion beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost for the newly eligible Medicaid recipients and then gradually decrease to 90 percent in 2020.
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Brentwood couple reflect on the road back from the edge of total despairBy JASON SCHREIBER
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December 18. 2012 11:47PM
BRENTWOOD - It's hard to imagine the grief felt by the parents of the 20 young children gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., unless you're Ken and Danielle Lambert.
Four years ago, the Brentwood couple had just celebrated Christmas with their 5-year-old daughter, Kaleigh, and 4-year-old son, Shane, when they received the news that will haunt them forever.
Their only children were supposed to be going to a sleepover with their aunt, Marci Thibault, but instead, she pulled over on the side of Interstate 495 in Lowell, Mass., and intentionally walked them into oncoming traffic. Thibault and the children were struck and killed in a horrific accident that the Lamberts say resulted from a misunderstood mental illness.
While the circumstances surrounding the deaths in Newtown and the Lamberts' loss aren't exactly the same, the grief is no different.
"Not a lot of people know what those parents are thinking or feeling or facing. Obviously Danielle and I know and you don't wish that on anyone. With one town to have all of that at once is really unbelievable," Ken Lambert said Tuesday while reflecting on his darkest days and how he and his wife found the strength to move forward.
The Lamberts have since formed a mental health awareness group called Keep Sound Minds, and 17 months ago began a new chapter as a family while keeping the memories of Kaleigh and Shane close. "We were blessed 17 months ago with twin baby boys, who have been a joy and have given us a 'second chance' in many ways. Due to this we are in a much better place than we were three to four years ago. We are very grateful," Lambert said.
Like many, the Lamberts have watched some of the news coverage from Newtown, but they've had to turn the television off at times. The tragedy has brought them back to that awful night - Jan. 11, 2008.
"It's hard. I don't want to watch that much of it, but it's tough to avoid because it's everywhere. It's very sad and it's certainly the time of year similar to our circumstances. The last few days have been pretty difficult for us," Lambert said.
The ages of the children killed in Newtown are similar to those of Kaleigh and Shane, and much like what happened in the wake of their deaths, there is speculation about the mental health of Newtown shooter Adam Lanza.
Only a few months after losing their children, the Lamberts began working on forming a nonprofit organization that later became known as Keep Sound Minds. The goal was to raise awareness of mental health issues, especially for those in the law enforcement community who come face to face with the mentally ill on a regular basis.
"For us, it was very important to do something positive and productive," Lambert said. The couple also wanted to find a way to keep the memory of their children and Danielle's sister, Marci, alive.
"A parent doesn't want to see their name disappear," Lambert said.
As the parents in Newtown struggle to find ways to cope with the loss, Lambert recalled the difficulties he and his wife faces in those early days.
"After the first two weeks, the hardest part was just an empty and quiet household; that being a constant reminder that they're not there. That quietness, it doesn't disappear," he said.
It will also be difficult in a month or two when others not directly affected by the tragedy in Newtown begin to move on with their lives.
"That's just the way it is, but the parents and the siblings, they won't get back to their normal lives in a couple of months. They won't ever, really," Lambert said.
Meanwhile, the Lamberts are still active with Keep Sounds Minds. This year they were involved with public seminars on general mental health education and awareness and continue to offer mental health interaction trainings for police and fire departments in New Hampshire and Massachusetts at free or reduced rates. They have also planned a comedy night fundraiser in late February and will hold its first large-scale dinner/educational fundraiser in May.
More information on the group's activities can be found on its website, keepsoundminds.org. Lambert urged anyone interested in scheduling a training to contact the group through the website.
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Convalescing patients with complicated intra-abdominal infections can often be treated with oral antimicrobials. For adults, metronidazole in combination with a fluoroquinolone or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole may be effective. Oral metronidazole in combination with an oral second- or third-generation cephalosporin can be provided to children.
The favorable efficacy of metronidazole for the management of intra-abdominal infections was recently indicated by Matthaiou et al [ 8 ] in a meta-analysis comparing treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin with treatment with broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics. The authors found that, for patients with intra-abdominal infections, treatment with metronidazole and ciprofloxacin was associated with greater success than was treatment with β-lactam agents. Recently, Wang et al [ 9 ] showed that 1 g of metronidazole given intravenously once daily for treatment of severe intra-abdominal and pelvic infections has pharmacokinetic and pharmacoeconomic advantages over treatment administered every 6–8 h.
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School shootings always grab national attention and can tarnish a schools reputation for decades, but shootings also are the rarest form of school violence.
Much more common are bullying, fighting and bringing dangerous weapons to school.
So how do local schools compare to one another in these categories?
A Durango Herald investigation showed that Ignacio High School and Ignacio Junior High rank highest in several problem areas based on per capita numbers the number of incidents compared with the number of students.
IHS Principal Melanie Taylor said thats because her school pays close attention to the numbers and submits accurate data to the Colorado Department of Education, which tracks the information.
We record them, she said. We think its important. You shouldnt falsely say that your school is possibly safe when you might need some intervention, you might need some help.
Schools are on an honor system in reporting accurate numbers to the Department of Education. It seems apparent not all incidents go recorded: Durango High School reported 27 drug incidents last year, but IHS and Bayfield High School reported far fewer, six and two, respectively.
The Herald looked at seven years of data for every school in La Plata Countys three school districts: Durango, Bayfield and Ignacio.
The data track the number of incidents for a variety of delinquent behaviors, including drugs, alcohol, tobacco, assaults, robberies, dangerous weapons, disobedience and destruction of property.
DHS ranks highest in total number of incidents for all seven years from 2005-06 through 2011-12 but it also has the most students.
Based on per capita comparisons, Ignacio schools claim the top three spots for number of incidents, followed by Bayfield Middle School (fourth), Escalante Middle School (fifth), Miller Middle School (sixth), DHS (seventh) and Bayfield High School (eighth).
Even though it ranks high, IHS remains a safe school, Taylor said. It has security cameras, outside doors are locked and it is a tight-knit community, she said.
Gang members from Farmington parked in the high school parking lot last year, she said. She confronted them, and they said they were waiting for a cousin.
Not on my campus. You have on gang colors, you need to go off campus, and they left, Taylor said. We noticed because theyre not our kids. We know who our kids are. We know who their parents are. It is good that youre in a small school district, and you recognize people.
She added: Ive walked into Durango schools, and no one even questioned me for a long time.
The total number of incidents reported during the last seven years has declined, from a high of 1,611 in 2005-06 to 437 incidents last year.
Aaron Cash, a senior at DHS, said he has noticed a downward trend in the number of violent incidents.
Our generation is becoming less violent, he said. We dont need to use violence to resolve issues. You talk to people. You see counselors.


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- Jan 2:
- Campus gun ban could be headed to Colorado ballots this year
- Feb 8:
- CU faculty members' petition seeks reinstatement of campus gun ban
- Oct 30:
- CU-Boulder adviser posts sign on door asking students to leave their guns outside
- Aug 21:
- CU-Boulder: Profs have no right to cancel classes over gun-carrying students
- Aug 20:
- CU-Boulder faculty chairman says he'll cancel his classes if students carry guns
- Aug 16:
- CU-Boulder to bar guns in dorms, but allow weapons in some family housing units
- Mar 5:
- Colorado Supreme Court ruling: Guns allowed on CU campuses
State Rep. Claire Levy, D-Boulder, said Tuesday that she plans to introduce legislation in the upcoming session that would ban guns from inside buildings on all public college campuses, including the University of Colorado.
Levy said her proposed legislation would seek to add higher education buildings to the list of places where the Colorado Concealed Carry Act doesn't apply.
Now, for example, K-12 schools, correctional facilities and government buildings where there are metal detectors are all places that are exempt from the state's concealed-weapons act.
The 2013 legislative session begins Wednesday. Levy said she'll introduce the bill before the end of January.
Last spring, the Colorado Supreme Court struck down CU's long-standing campus gun ban, ruling that students, employees and visitors with concealed-weapon permits can legally bring their firearms to the campus and into classrooms and labs.
Originally, Levy had said she planned to introduce legislation this year that would give governing bodies such as CU's Board of Regents -- a Republican-controlled body -- the authority to set their own gun policies.
But now that Democrats are in control at the state Capitol, Levy's proposal banning guns on campuses altogether has stronger potential to pass.
"In conversations with faculty members and the student body, they convinced me that it's a big enough concern for them that I should just make the policy statement," Levy said.
Levy said she didn't want the gun issue to turn into a game of political football, ultimately overshadowing the policy work of the Board of Regents.
CU Regent Jim Geddes, R-Sedalia, has been a vocal proponent for concealed weapons. He said he opposes Levy's proposed legislation because it would abolish regents' authority on the issue.
"Creating gun-free zones in a public area is simply an invitation to those who have evil intentions," he said.
After the Supreme Court ruling, the Boulder campus barred guns at all ticketed events and in most student housing, where such terms can be written into contracts.
CU physics professor Jerry Peterson, who is also chairman of the Boulder Faculty Assembly, favors the legislation.
"I completely applaud this measure," he said.
Peterson made headlines in August by declaring he would cancel class if he ever learned one of his students was carrying a concealed weapon. He said he wants his students to feel safe to engage in classroom discussions that could be controversial.
"Education is a continuum," Peterson said Tuesday. "The rights and responsibilities of instructors are even more sharply defined the higher you go in the education system."
Another hot-button topic likely to come before the state Legislature this year is a proposal to lower college tuition for Colorado's undocumented immigrants. In the past, Republicans have killed measures seeking to provide unsubsidized in-state tuition rates for college-ready students who have grown up in Colorado but are illegal immigrants.
Levy said she expects that measure to finally pass this year.
Also, the future of the state's higher education commission -- which was established in 1965 by the Legislature -- could be in flux.
"Some believe that with each of the campuses having autonomy over their operations and having the Department of Higher Education, there is some redundancy," Levy said.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Brittany Anas at 303-473-1132 or email@example.com.


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If you have been here before, you know the basics: lifelong gamer, father, and of course, certified news monkey. I have been blogging on the industry for close to a decade now, in some form or another. It wasn't until I landed here at Gaming Nexus that I really dove in head first. Now, writing about games has become what I do for fun (and sometimes work) and something I intend on doing until the day I die.
I'm a huge fan of just about everything you can interact with using a controller, no matter how old or new, good or bad. If you put it in front of me, I will play it... end of story.


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Posted on July 11, 2012
So two weeks from today, the balloon goes up. At 4 P.M., July 25, we'll…no, dear, there won't be a balloon. It's a figure of speech meaning that the big event…no, it's not because of the costs of balloon insurance. We've never had a…no, you did NOT watch a balloon go up last year. That is, we didn't have one going up. What you saw is between you and your doctor. No, I know your doctor doesn't go up in balloons. Can we just start over, please?
Two weeks from tonight is the Associates' Preview for the 2012 Book Fair. People who give money to the Newberry are recognized in a number of ways, depending on how much they give, and one of the ways we recognize those who give $100 or more is letting them in to this special evening. If this is all news to you, here are the answers to your questions.
YES, you may come to the Preview IF you are a Newberry donor at the $100 level or above.
NO, giving $100 worth of books to the Book Fair does not count. You must have given more liquid assets. No, slipping me a bottle of Diet Dr. Pepper does not count.
YES, you can still donate and get in on Wednesday, July 25. Send your donation by mail or through this website. Click on the proper place and you will be taken to somewhere that will automatically put you into the database (provided your credit card is good.)
NO, there is no limit to how late you can pay the $100, though donating at the door during the Book Fair is a bit complex and slows you down when what you want to be doing is dashing into to get all those copies of The Help.
YES, there a couple of things you need to do besides give money. You should have an Associates' Membership Card and/or (preferably) the special invitation we send out only to Associates. We will have your name on a list besides, but carrying the proper bit of paper speeds things up.
NO, you do not have to wait in line from 3 A.M. on to insure you get in right at 4. In fact, we wish you wouldn't. At 7: 30 Wednesday morning, someone will be handing out numbers. Wait patiently for your number and, once you have it, GO AWAY. The line assembles at 3 P.M., and everyone is expected to respect the numbers handed out earlier.
YES, that invitation Wednesday night means you can bring One Significant Other (and babes in arms associated therewith). It does NOT mean you can bring your sisters, your cousins, and your aunts.
NO, not even if you carry them in.
YES, you are absolutely allowed to come after 4. As long as you have one of those cards that shows you're an Associate, you can come in at any time between 4 and 8 P.M. In fact, it's a little quieter if you come at 4:15.
NO, you do not need to get a number to wait in line if you're planning to arrive after the line has already gone inside.
YES, there is something of a rush at 4 P.M., but it isn't as wild as once it was. When the level of donation went up, a lot of the running bookmen decided to come in at noon on Thursday, when admission is free. So there is actually a lesser chance of being trampled if you pay to come in Wednesday night. (People do still gather to watch the Rushing of the Bookfiends on Wednesday night, but it wouldn't impress Hemingway these days.)
NO, you may not come in on last July's Associate card. No, even if you paid on last year's Preview Night, which was July 27. It's in the fine print, potato pie: your donation is good for just one Book Fair, despite your having paid only 364 days ago.
YES, if you have last year's map, it will help somewhat, but How To will be in a different room this year, as will Architecture, Antiques, Gardening, Chicago, and who knows what all else. The maps are free; pick up a new one when you get here.
NO, all the good books are not scooped up on Wednesday night. There will be some good ones left if you wait until Thursday. Some people will regard you with amazement and call you a paragon of patience, but that's their own opinion.
YES, whether you stand in line on Wednesday at 3 or Thursday at 11, you will be expected to wait outdoors. Yes, even in the rain. Yes, Even then. (You should have thought of that before you left home.)
NO, Ernest Hemingway will not really be there to watch people rush in. That was just a bit of humorous hyperbole of the type…no, jasmine jellyroll, he did NOT go off in the balloon.
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Class of 1917 Records
Browse Finding Aid:
> Scope and Contents of the Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Class of 1917 records contain materials describing the history and activities of the Class of 1917, including materials from commencement, reunions, senior dramatics, and other important events. Types of materials include photographs, invitations, songs, newspaper clippings, letters, pamphlets, and other memorabilia.
Individual biographical files are also available, and often include photographs, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters and correspondences, and class notes.


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Every once in a while someone shares a recipe with me hoping that I will make it. I'm more than happy to do so because sometimes it's tough for me to decide what to bake. When there are too many recipes to choose from I can become paralyzed by indecision and end up baking nothing at all. So I'm more than happy when the decision is made for me. This is especially true when it's a recipe I would normally not pick by myself. Like with the Daring Bakers challenges, it's a nice break from my usual M.O. and a great opportunity to break out of my baking box. I always enjoy the experience and always learn something new.
My coworker WW mentioned that he saw a pumpkin chiffon pie in a recent issue of Martha Stewart Living and was taken by the jewel like strands of candied pumpkin atop the pie. He searched Martha's website for the pie recipe but came up empty handed. So he purchased the magazine and asked if I would try my hand at making the pies. I was definitely up for the challenge.
I've made many pumpkin pies before but never a pumpkin chiffon pie. Just like a chiffon cake is supposed to be light and airy, I guessed that a chiffon pie should have a light and airy filling. In this case, the filling is a pumpkin pastry cream which is lightened with a meringue (basically egg whites beaten with sugar) and set with the help of some gelatin. The filling was pretty delicious and very different from the usual pumpkin pie filling, but I found it a tad on the sweet side and not particularly pumpkiny. I would probably decrease the amount of sugar in the filling if I make it again.
The crust was simply commercial gingersnaps blitzed in a food processor with some sugar and butter to hold it all together. This was the first time I've ever bought Nabisco brand gingersnaps. I tried one straight from the box and didn't really like it. I expected the gingersnap to be crisp but it just seemed hard. I hoped that the crust would taste better than the gingersnap itself. The crust did taste pretty good when filled. The gingersnap crust provided textural contrast to the fluffy filling but maybe too much of a contrast. In the future I might try using those thin ginger cookies that you can buy at Ikea instead.
The garnish was fun to make. I didn't have a sugar pie pumpkin but I did have a sweet dumpling squash. It was pretty easy to shave thin ribbons using a vegetable peeler and it was just as easy to candy them in the syrup. I only had a black and white copy of the recipe and photos from the magazine and I thought I messed up since my candied squash ribbons didn't turn out bright orange like I imagined they would be. Mine were more like a greenish tinged yellow. But when I presented my finished pies to WW he said that they looked just like in the magazine. The garnish was a nice finishing touch. Before laying the candied squash ribbons on my chiffon pie, I dabbed the ribbons with a clean towel to take of any excess syrup.
Even though I love the Martha, my success rate with her recipes has been 50/50. But despite the tiny issues I mentioned, I still must count this pumpkin chiffon pie in the win column. So thank you Martha and thank you WW for your wonderful suggestion.
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
(adapted from Martha Stewart Living Magazine October 2007)
(makes six 5-inch pies)
34 gingersnaps*, coarsely broken
(*I used Nabisco brand gingersnaps)
1/4 cup granulated sugar
pinch of salt
5 tbsp unsalted butter, melted
1 envelope (1 scant tablespoon) unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
1 1/4 cup canned pumpkin or fresh pumpkin puree
3 large eggs, separated
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup whole milk
pinch of salt
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground ginger
1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/4 small sugar pumpkin or another sweet hard squash*, peeled
(*I used a sweet dumpling squash)
1 cup water
1 1/4 cup light brown sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
1 piece (2 inches long by 1 inch wide) peeled fresh ginger, sliced 1/4 inch thick
To make the crust
Preheat oven to 350F. Grind gingersnaps, sugar and salt in the food processor until finely ground. Add melted butter and process until combined.
Divide crumbs among six 5-inch pie plates, pressing into the bottom and up the sides. Bake until slightly darkened and firm, about 11 to 13 minutes.
Let cool 5 minutes. Using an offset spatula, carefully remove crusts from pie plates and cool completely before filling. (Since I had to transport my pies to the office, I kept my pie shells in the pie plate.) Crusts can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
To make the filling
Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in a small bowl and let stand until softened, about 5 minutes.
Combine pumpkin, egg yolks, 1/4 cup sugar, milk, salt and spices in a saucepan. Stir over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken, about 8 minutes. Do not boil. Remove from heat. Stir in gelatin mixture until completely dissolved. (At this point I strained my pumpkin mixture to catch any lumps. Apparently my strainer's mesh was too fine and it took a while for the mixture to make its way through the mesh. But I wanted to make sure it was lump free.) Let mixture cool completely.
Using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, beat 3 egg whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add remaining 1/2 cup sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Whisk one-third of beaten egg whites into cooled pumpkin mixture. Then gently fold in the remaining egg whites. Spoon into pie shells and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 2 hours. (I refrigerated my pies overnight and they seemed okay.)
To make the garnish
Using a vegetable peeler, shave pumpkin into thin, wide ribbons. Bring water, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, and ginger to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Add pumpkin ribbons and reduce heat. Simmer gently until tender and translucent, about 8-10 minutes. Pour into a bowl and cool completely. Garnish can stand at room temperature for up to 3 hours. (I put mine in the refrigerator overnight before garnishing the pies.)


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Arthur T. Demoulas keeps his CEO job, for nowBy DAVE SOLOMON
and TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 18. 2013 10:54PM
ANDOVER, Mass. — After a marathon board meeting, it appears Arthur T. Demoulas will remain Market Basket's president and CEO.
Dean Clevesy, the assistant store manager at the Stratham Market Basket, said late Thursday night that he'd received a text message from a regional supervisor indicating Demoulas had kept his job.
"It said, 'we won. Still the boss,'" Clevesy said.
After Thursday's 13-hour meeting, The Eagle-Tribune of Lawrence, Mass., quoted Demoulas as saying: "I am pleased with today's result. I hope to work constructively with the board going forward."
Other media outlets reported the board made no motion to remove Demoulas as CEO.
The meeting was the culmination of the most recent face-off between family factions of the two brothers who founded the chain, based in Tewksbury, Mass., and comes as the organization continues to expand in New Hampshire, with new stores opening recently in Nashua and Bedford.
Recent turnover on the company's seven-member board of directors had swayed the balance of power in favor of Arthur S. Demoulas, the cousin of Arthur T. Demoulas, who was appointed CEO in 2008 and presided over some of the most dramatic growth in the history of the company.
But Arthur S. Demoulas and directors sympathetic to his position maintained that the company was not run by the highest professional standards or with proper deference to the board of directors.
In a lawsuit filed on June 26 to force a board meeting, attorneys for the Arthur S. Demoulas faction, maintained that the CEO's tenure was "littered with related-party transactions between Market Basket and entities owned by Arthur T. or his family members, and by a remarkable unwillingness to defer to the board."
Boston attorney Thomas S. Fitzpatrick represents the George S. Demoulas faction. In a recent statement, he said the board restructuring is part of a effort to "establish best-in-class standards of fiduciary responsibility and policies for the company through strict adherence to the highest principles of corporate governance."
"Moving forward, the majority shareholders anticipate that DeMoulas Super Markets Inc. will emphasize prudent financial management, integrity and accountability to ensure creation of long-term shareholder value and excellence in all aspects of DeMoulas Super Market's operations."
Two board members are appointed by Arthur T. and two by Arthur S., leaving three seats for independent members elected by all the company shareholders. The three independent members are expected to bring a more buttoned-down approach to the company.
One is a certified public accountant with a New York auditing firm, the other a former executive for Sprint Nextel, and the third a management professor at Harvard Business School.
Employees saw the shift as a power grab by shareholders, mostly Demoulas family members, anxious for larger dividends at the cost of the employee profit-sharing plan and lower prices at the company's 71 stores.
T.J. Lavoie, a Nashua resident and an employee of the Market Basket at Somerset Plaza in Nashua, said he received word from coworkers that Demoulas would stay on.
"I am beyond excited. I am so happy for him," he said. "For him to lose his job would have been terrible for the company."
Employee loyalty to Arthur T. Demoulas was evident in the weeks leading up to the vote, with an online petition in his favor gathering more than 35,000 signatures.
As he arrived for the 9 a.m. board meeting, his driver took him slowly through the crowd so he could shake hands on the way in.
"It was like a papal procession," said Steve Paulenka, an employee at Market Basket offices in Chelmsford. "He was very emotional and appreciative. People followed behind the vehicle until police wouldn't allow us to go any further."
Paulenka wanted to make sure he and his entourage of employees got to the Wyndham Boston Andover Hotel by 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, to find the most strategic location for his truck, tricked-out with bunting and placards proclaiming their support for company CEO Arthur T. Demoulas.
"We wanted to get the best parking space so the directors would see it on their way in," he said.
As Market Basket trucks drove by on Interstate 93, which was visible through a fence along the hotel perimeter, drivers honked their horns to the delight of the crowd, triggering wild applause each time.
Chuck Tsouprakos of Windham, N.H., who works at the Nashua store on the Daniel Webster Highway, said it was telling that Arthur T. Demoulas arrived in a modest compact car and shook hands on his way in.
"That's what he drives," said Tsouprakos. "I have known him since I worked at the first store in Lowell. He is a down-to-earth guy. That's why he's getting so much support out here. He comes into the supermarkets and pulls out carts for customers. He comes up to me and asks me how my parents are, how my sisters are. He knows them by name."


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Fred Weibling, left, Superintendent of the Madison C-3 School District was recently honored for his twenty-five years or more of service in educational administration by the Missouri Association of School Administrators (MASA) Weibling was recognized for his service of nine years as a principal and sixteen years as a superintendent. This special recognition of his dedication to education was made during the awards banquet at the MASA Spring Conference on March 20 at the Lodge of Four Seasons at Lake Ozark, Missouri. Weibling will be retiring June 30 of this year, ending his career in Madison after seven years and ending his educational career that began when he walked into his first classroom in the fall of 1972.