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Oklahoma Christian alumnus Lucas Ross won an Emmy Award over the weekend for his work on the "2 Movie Guys' Intergalactic Holiday Showdown."
The show, produced and directed by Ross and fellow "movie guy" Ryan Bellgardt, won in the "Arts/Entertainment - Program/Special" category at the Heartland Emmys.
Ross said they were surprised to win against such stiff competition, especially because their show was an unconventional comedy going against news productions and special concert series.
"It was a shock! I honestly don't remember anything that happened when I heard our names called. I just sat there frozen and my wife Aubrie shook me and said, 'Go get your trophy,' so I guess I did; at least, there's one sitting in my living room now," Ross said.
The Heartland Emmy Awards honor work produced for the large markets of Denver and Oklahoma City or smaller markets within the region. The Heartland chapter is one of 19 chapters of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
The "Intergalactic Holiday Showdown" aired on KFOR and KAUT in Oklahoma City on Christmas night last December. In addition to producing and directing, Ross and Bellgardt starred in the show, which featured green aliens, snazzy costumes, and the 2 Movie Guys' trademark humor.
"Our show was a holiday special that took place in outer space. Ryan and I got kidnapped by aliens who needed us to help them fight an evildoer," Ross said. "The goal was to be home in time for the holidays. It was pretty much your typical Christmas story."
Except for the aliens and outer space part!
In addition to Ross and Bellgardt, Andrew Swanson was the show's chief cinematographer, Benjamin Ehrlich was the chief sound design director, and Kevin Barrett served as segment producer.
Ross has worked for KFOR and KAUT since 2007, and has teamed with Bellgardt to host the Saturday night movie at 7 p.m. on KAUT since August 2008.
Ross graduated from Oklahoma Christian with a mass communication/theatre degree in 2003. He spent his final semester as an OC student in Los Angeles, interning with Carsey-Werner Productions and working on TV programs like "That '70s Show," "The Tracy Morgan Show" and "Grounded for Life."
The opportunity came through Oklahoma Christian's membership in the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities. As part of the CCCU program, Ross attended the Los Angeles Film Studies Center, which helps prepare students to work in the film industry with the hope that they will positively influence the industry. The institute also introduces students to the aesthetic and practical aspects of filmmaking and the study of the relationship between faith, film and popular culture.


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Thieves strip Boscawen Christmas tree for 2nd time in week
By PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
Lobbyist raises questions, Derry delays on sign rules
BOSCAWEN - The bottom half of a Boscawen Christmas tree has gone dark again, after a 50-foot string of lights was reported stolen for the second time in six days.
Located atop an island that marks the split between Routes 3 and 4, the tree has become a beloved sign of the season for travelers over the last few decades, according to Fire Chief Ray Fisher, whose department decorates the tree.
Local firefighters volunteer their time to string up the lights, as well as the funds to pay for the electricity to illuminate them through New Year's Day, he said. That's why the news that the lights had been stolen not once, but twice, hit Fisher hard.
"I really can't say what my reaction was, because you can't print those words," Fisher said Sunday night. "I was B.S., let's just say that. It's something the guys enjoy doing, and people love seeing, but I don't know what our next move will be. I don't want to keep putting up new lights so people can take them."
He said he will meet with fire department members tonight to determine whether they should replace the strand a third time.
"My gut feeling is that they will want to replace them, but we'll have to see," said Fisher. "That's what I want to do. I just don't know why someone would do this. It just gets you so angry."
Fisher said for years a real tree growing in the traffic circle was decorated by a snowmobile club. Once that tree grew too tall, town staff began placing a Christmas tree on the traffic island, which fire personnel now decorate. Fisher said it's a job they have gladly taken on for the past eight or nine years.
"This year the tree looked really nice," said Fisher. "We went and purchased new 50-foot strings of LED lights, and they looked really good on it. They were on there last Monday, but then by early Tuesday the lights on the lower part of the tree were gone."
Fisher said he purchased another 50-foot string of LED lights, and once again placed them on the tree, this time securing them with tie-wraps.
The tie-wraps were cut and the lights removed sometime early Saturday, he said. The tree had several branches broken off.
Fisher said Boscawen police are investigating.
"I think the first time, it was someone looking to get a free set of new lights," Fisher said. "The second time, I'm not sure. That could have been spiteful."


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Could Eagles quarterback Michael Vick be feeling the heat from the media?
Speaking after practice on Saturday, Vick pointed a finger toward the media for making things difficult for the 3-4 Eagles.
Vick didn't come out and say it was the media's fault he has committed 13 turnovers, eight interceptions and five fumbles. Yet he gave an honest assessment what he thinks is the negative impact the media has had on the team.
"You guys create a lot of turmoil for us sometimes," Vick said. "It's cool man. We have to battle through it."
It must be noted that Vick wasn't saying this in a mean tone, just calmly stating his opinion.
"The quieter you all can be, the easier for us that we can concentrate and focus as individuals, as a unit as a team and organization," he said.
So at least give Vick some points for his honesty. Many athletes suggest that what the media says means nothing.
"We are trying to block out everything," Vick said. "We understand that is the nature of this business. We are trying to keep everything as low key and mellow as possible with all due respect."
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House bills propose raising NH minimum wageBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 21. 2013 9:50PM
CONCORD - The minimum wage for New Hampshire workers, bounced around like a political football depending on which party is in power, is back in play.
With Democrats in control of the state House of Representatives, two bills to raise the minimum wage are scheduled for hearings next week.
Both bills have to reestablish a minimum wage for New Hampshire, since the state Legislature under Republican leadership in 2011 overrode a veto by Gov. John Lynch to eliminate it. That means the federal minimum wage, set at $7.25 per hour, prevails in the Granite State.
HB 127, co-sponsored by Reps. Peter Sullivan, D-Manchester, and Timothy Horrigan, D-Durham, would restore the state minimum wage and set the rate at $8. The bill also calls for the rate to be adjusted every two years based on inflation, subject to a vote of the Legislature.
HB 241, sponsored by Rep. Tim Robertson, D-Keene, would set the rate at $9.25 an hour as of Sept. 1. In both bills, tipped employees in the hospitality industry would have to be paid no less than 45 percent of the minimum wage, as is now the case.
Horrigan, who expects to testify on behalf of his bill at upcoming hearings, said it has symbolic as well as practical implications.
"I think wages in general are too low for working people," he said. "We seem to have accepted in the private sector that people doing the actual work, people at the bottom of the ladder, people out in the field, haven't had a pay raise for years. We sort of accept that as a fact of life, and now it's being used against public workers who have been attacked for having the audacity to ask for a pay raise."
The other five New England states have minimum wages higher than the federal standard. Vermont's minimum wage rose to $8.60, third-highest in the country, as of the new year. Rhode Island's rose from $7.40 to $7.75. Other New England minimum wages are Massachusetts, $8; Connecticut, $8.25; and Maine, $7.50.
Gov. John Lynch signed the state's first minimum wage into law in 2007, increasing it above the federal minimum at the time to $6.50, and then again to $7.25 in 2008, where it has stayed.
Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, said both minimum wage bills have little chance of passage in the Republican-controlled Senate.
"I don't think these two proposals, which would significantly put younger workers at a disadvantage in New Hampshire, are going to be looked upon too favorably in the Senate," he said.
Bradley said the last increase in the minimum wage in 2009 was followed by a spike in youth unemployment.
"So far, Democratic and Republican senators are talking about job growth as priority number one," he said. "So this will be a defining moment about whether we are for jobs or not."
Supporters of increasing the state's minimum wage point out that Vermont, with one of the highest rates in the nation, has had faster job growth and lower unemployment than New Hampshire in recent years. Republicans were able to prevail on the issue with their veto-proof majorities in the last session, but Horrigan said he is hoping for a different outcome this time.
With 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats in the state Senate, Horrigan said the proponents of a higher minimum wage only have to convince two GOP lawmakers. They're targeting two who voted against the right-to-work bill last year, Sen. Sharon Carson, R-Londonderry, and Sen. David Boutin, R-Manchester.
"I know there will be a lot of pressure from the business lobby, but there may be some Republican senators who understand we need an economy that is fair for everyone," Horrigan said.
The New Hampshire Retail Merchants Association, for one, is girding for the fight. In his weekly update to NHRMA members, lobbyist Curtis J. Barry from the Dupont Group writes that "these bills have an intermediate chance to pass the House but if so are likely to fail in the Senate."
The group is rounding up speakers for hearings, scheduled for Jan. 29 before the House Labor Committee.
"We have to be cautious about what we do in the current economic environment, when jobs are still not easy to come by and new positions seem to be even scarcer," he said.
The Department of Labor estimates that about 5 percent of workers in New Hampshire are working for minimum wage.
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False reports, fake threats keep the city, region on edgeMcClatchy Newspapers
April 18. 2013 1:14AM
BOSTON - Investigators plugged away Wednesday in the search for the Boston Marathon bomber, or bombers, as they picked through videotape and explosive fragments with an expertise honed on foreign wars and terrorist attacks.
Investigators were able to reduce the size of the crime scene while they continued to search for debris behind barricades. Boston's heavily trafficked Boylston Street was reopened, even as investigators scrutinized videotape taken from a nearby Lord & Taylor department store that reportedly captured an image of one of the bombs, inside a black bag, being set down.
"The full weight of the federal government is behind this investigation," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "We will find out who did this, we will find out why, and we will bring those responsible to justice."
President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Boston today for an 11 a.m. interfaith service to honor the victims at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, 1400 Washington St.
The FBI scheduled a briefing for 5 p.m. Wednesday, but postponed - then subsequently canceled - it, several hours after CNN and some other news agencies, citing anonymous government sources, inaccurately reported that a suspect was in custody.
Shortly afterward, security officials at Boston's federal courthouse ordered staff, media and attorneys to evacuate due to a bomb scare that was later found to be a false alarm.
Monday's blasts near the finish line of the marathon killed three, including 8-year-old Martin Richard, and injured at least 176 others. Physicians have performed multiple amputations on victims, whose ages range from as young as 2 to as old as 78.
The dual blasts sent fragments of glass, plastic, metal and other materials rocketing into victims' bodies, physicians reported Wednesday, with some evidence that the shrapnel included nails and BB-like pellets that might have been placed inside the weapons to boost their lethality.
"We are not making any judgment about where these fragments came from," Dr. Peter Burke, chief trauma surgeon at Boston Medical Center, told reporters at a Wednesday morning briefing. "It doesn't really matter to us. We are just dealing with the consequences of those fragments."
Boston Medical Center by Wednesday continued to treat 18 of the 19 marathon patients admitted Monday, with two of the patients still in critical condition. Eleven of the original 35 patients remain at Brigham and Women's Hospital, with four listed in critical condition. Eleven patients remain out of 31 admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital, four of them listed as critical. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center reported having 13 patients remaining out of 24 who were admitted.
Investigators have indicated they believe the bombs were constructed using pressure cookers, a tactic that counterterrorism agencies have found in the past in jihadist plans and "recipes." The bombs, though lethal, were neither complicated nor difficult to build.
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Smyrna Town Council had a lot to discuss at their Jan. 22 meeting including the police station expansion, a solar facility, and adding two corporal ranks to the police department. Here are a few other tidbits from the meeting:
Bombay Woods HMA addressed
Bombay Woods resident Andrea Beck addressed council regarding the development's Home Maintenance Association issues and asked that they consider creating ordinance to assign a flat tax rate that would occur should a community's HMA be defunct for 12 months.
Council previously approved for the town to file for a receivership to take over the HMA.
However, before council could respond town lawyer Barrett Edwards cut in with a solution.
"We may have found a simpler method where you petition the Court of Chancery asking them to hold an election for a Board of Directors," Edwards said. "Once that board is elected, you go from there as an established Board of Directors."
Edwards then asked Beck if she would be the member to petition the court, since the lawyers can't, and she agreed.
Route 13 Corridor Study Update
Councilman Jeff Flairty said the Long Range Planning and Planning & Zoning committees will take one last look at the draft plan of the Route 13 Corridor Study during their respective February meetings; then the draft plan will go to Town Council for a vote. Residents are urged to go to those meetings to give their input.
Long Range Planning will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 19 while Planning & Zoning will meet on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
Chief named to board
Police Chief Wil Bordley announced he was appointed to the Delaware Police Chiefs Executive Board.
"I was very surprised," Bordley said. "It's a great honor to be a part of that."
Arbor Day set
Councilwoman Joanne Masten said the Shade Tree Commission has chosen Friday, May 3 as the day the town will celebrate both Arbor Day and Earth Day. Masten said the date was partially picked to be done in conjunction with the Smyrna Downtown Renaissance Association's First Friday monthly event.
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GOFFSTOWN -- Students at Maple Avenue Elementary School joined an old-fashioned Barn Dance on Friday that capped off a week of activities for the school's Artist-in-Residence program.
Jacqueline and Dudley Laufman of Canterbury, known as Two Fiddles, spent the week with students in their physical education classes to teach the art of calling dances in a program funded by the school's Parents and Faculty Together group.
Students do-si-doed and swung their partners in traditional dances such as the Virginia Reel, Grand March and Circle, Paul Jones and the square dance as the Laufmans played familiar tunes like "Muffin Man."
Dudley Laufman has been playing the fiddle and calling dances for more than 50 years, and was the leader of the Canterbury County Dance Orchestra.
"We did some dances that may have been done by early settlers," said Dudley of the Maple Avenue program, noting that the students were enthusiastic and picked up the steps quickly.
Assistant Principal Jessica Milligan said students not only got some physical activity, but also learned some of the history of the dances and music and cultural aspects as well.
"And how often do kids get to go to a barn dance these days?" she said.
Students moved through the calls, picking up the beat stamped out by Jacqueline Laufman as she played the fiddle.
"I thought it was really fun," said fourth-grader Julia Tortorino. "I like the rhythm, and how we got to dance."
Classmate Jack Romein agreed.
"It was pretty fun," he said. "It took a lot of energy. We were all pretty tired when we got back to class."
Milligan said she appreciated the generosity of the PFT.
"We wouldn't have had this if it weren't for the PFT," she said. "The kids loved it, and they did a great job."
Milligan said the committee that brings in the Artist-in- Residence is already working on next year's visit.
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Sharing Fun & Learning with Horizons
When the Peer Mentors at Washington College hosted the children of the local Horizons program for a morning of fun and games on November 2, they managed to sneak in some learning, too. The nonprofit Horizons of Kent County provides six weeks of academic and cultural enrichment for children from low-income families each summer. Play Days at Washington College, held once each semester, help the children stay in touch with each other and program director Connie Schroth during the school year. The Peer Mentors plan and orchestrate all the activities, which include games, science experiments, classroom time and lunch in the Dining Hall. To learn more about this event, read the news story.


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Funeral services for Ida Dorothy Keithley will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, in the Chapel on the Hill at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman, Texas.
Funeral services for Ida Dorothy Keithley will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 31, in the Chapel on the Hill at Cedarlawn Memorial Park in Sherman, Texas. Dr. Mike Lawson of the First Baptist Church of Sherman will officiate with services under the direction of Waldo Funeral Home.
Mrs. Keithley, 83, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 26, at Texas Health Presbyterian-WNJ Medical Center.
Ida was born April 17, 1929, in St. Charles to the late Albert and Lula (Maddox) James. On Jan. 11, 1947, Ida and Garnett Keithley were married in DeWitt. They had been married for 48 years when Mr. Keithley passed away in February 1995.
Ida will be remembered for the classy way in which she conducted herself. She was a passionate golfer and enjoyed her many friends in the Woodlawn Ladies Golf Association. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church of Sherman and had been active in the First Baptist Triple L Club for many years.
Mrs. Keithley is survived by her daughter, LaDonna Conner of Carrollton, Texas; one grandson (whom she loved and adored) Dr. Lane Conner of Carrollton; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers, one sister, and her longtime friend, Max Smith.
Memorials may be made to Home Hospice of Grayson, Cooke, and Fannin Counties – online at www.homehospice.org or mailed to P.O. Box 2306, Sherman, TX 75091. The register book can be signed online at waldofuneralhome.com.


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TUSCALOOSA | After months of planning, City Hall may soon be ready to announce details for the Tuscaloosa Police Department's auction of unclaimed evidence and property.
By Jason Morton
Staff Writer
TUSCALOOSA | After months of planning, City Hall may soon be ready to announce details for the Tuscaloosa Police Department's auction of unclaimed evidence and property.
The City Council's Public Safety Committee is expected today to review and, possibly, approve a contract with an Internet-based auction site to host the annual event.
Jimbo Woodson, senior associate city attorney, said the committee would be presented a number of options related to the online auction house.
The committee also would be asked to approve an amendment to the municipal code that would allow the city to hold the auction online, Woodson said.
"The hope is we get a more efficient auction with far fewer city resources," Woodson said.
Several online auction services could handle the sale and removal of the massive amounts of electronics, bicycles, hand tools and other items stored at the Police Department's headquarters and at an off-site location nearby.
Tuscaloosa Police Sgt. Don Thompson, who has overseen the auctions since 1999, said last month that four such companies have been identified as options to handle the TPD auction.
City officials, including Thompson and Sgt. Daniel Trimble, the Police Department's supervisor of the crime lab and evidence locker, have said an online auction would be ideal.
From a logistics standpoint, it would reach a wider audience while eliminating the time police officers spend in planning and holding an auction.
The city auction, which also includes surplus vehicles from the Police Department, the Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation and other city services, is one of the most popular events staged by City Hall. The highest-earning auction brought in about $123,000.
It was put on hold after much of the disposed city property and seized evidence stored off 35th Street was damaged when the Richard A. Curry Facility took a direct hit from the April 27, 2011, tornado.
Among the items planned for sale in the upcoming auction are disposed city property, impounded cars and unclaimed evidence in criminal cases.
There are old police cars and vehicles seized from suspects, including the more than 120 vehicles in the city's impound lot.
There are trucks, buses and a garbage and waste treatment truck that was damaged in the tornado, as well as old equipment used by the Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation, Tuscaloosa Parking and Transit Authority and Tuscaloosa County Park and Recreation Authority.
Power tools, hand tools, computers and other items recovered from burglaries and thefts will be for sale, and bicycles are one of the most common items recovered that are never claimed, as evidenced by two overflowing storage areas filled with them.
There are even household items, such as small boxes of laundry detergent, that were recovered in shoplifting cases and never claimed by the stores.
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RAVENSWOOD – Devilette senior Hannah Murray played her most intimidating defensive game of the season thus far Saturday night, blocking nine Ritchie County Rebel shots, as Ravenswood, now 12-5, extended their current win streak to six games with a payback win over visiting Ritchie County, 57-46, inside the RvHS Physical Education Building.
Murray also scored six points, grabbed nine rebounds, and dished off four assists.
Yet despite strong individual contributions, it was yet another total team effort.
Hailey Miller (seven rebounds) fought off foul trouble to score 19 points, and Taylor Youell (five steals) knocked down four treys among her 16 points. Melonna Carmichael scored 11 points, dished off six assists and notched four steals; and Taylor Treadway scored four points, grabbed nine rebounds and notched six steals. Kayla Scritchfield added one point, three rebounds and two deflections.
The Devilettes opened the game with a 6-0 run and pushed that advantage to 15-5 with 2:34 left in the opening quarter. But Ritchie led by senior Tristan Toman answered with a 6-1 run of their own to trim the Ravenswood lead to 16-11 at the quarter ending buzzer.
Miller picked up her third foul early in the second quarter and the Devilettes' scoring momentum went with her to the bench. Ritchie County went on a 12-6 scoring run to grab the lead, before Taylor Treadway's driving layup with 1.3 seconds left gave Ravenswood back the lead at 24-23 at the half.
The Devilettes opened the third quarter with a 9-4 scoring run to go up 33-27 with 4:56 left and finished the quarter with a 10-6 surge to lead by 10, 43-33, at quarter's end courtesy of a 19-10 scoring advantage for the eight minutes.
In the final quarter, Ravenswood built a 12 point lead, led by 10, 50-40 with 3:48 left and finished with a 14-13 scoring nudge to win the game by 11.
The Devilettes struggled at the free throw line making good on just 16 of 36 chances (44%).
Tristan Toman led the Rebels with 22 points, but she was also the primary target of most of Murray's nine blocked shots. Amanda Davis added 12 points, Amanda Hall six, Kylie Gump five and Vanessa Tallman one.
The Devlettes grabbed 36 rebounds with Murray and Treadway racking up nine each and Miller seven. Carmichael dished off six assists and Murray four. Treadway notched six steals, Youell five and Carmichael four.
For Ritchie, Kylie Gump grabbed 11 rebounds and Tristan Toman 10. Amanda Davis and Abi Burgess dished off three assists each, and Davis had three steals.
"We were terrible at the free throw line," said Coach Williams, "but we played pretty well otherwise. Hannah (Murray) had a huge defensive game for with the nine blocks. We've got a week off now before (Parkersburg) Catholic comes in next Saturday. I'm not sure if that's good or bad. We'll try to keep it light this coming week—keep them laughing and relaxed. They play better when they're loose."
Ritchie County won the jayvee preliminary, 33-26, behind eight points from Tatiana Huff.
Taylor Love took game scoring honors for the Devilettes with 12 points (two treys). Mariah Jackson added eight points and Brittany Jones, Casey Snodgrass and Paige Barr two each.
Ravenswood hosts Parkersburg Catholic Saturday night in a 6 p.m./7:30 p.m. double dribbler. A come-from-behind 56-53 win at PC launched the Devilettes' current win streak.
Devilettes win sixth straight; Murray blocks nine shots
RAVENSWOOD – Devilette senior Hannah Murray played her most intimidating defensive game of the season thus far Saturday night, blocking nine Ritchie County Rebel shots, as Ravenswood, now 12-5, extended their current win streak to six games with a payback win over visiting Ritchie County, 57-46, inside the RvHS Physical Education Building.


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Gov. Hassan weighs effects if federal spending cuts kick inBy DAVE SOLOMON and BILL SMITH
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 25. 2013 11:23PM
CONCORD - As President Obama spoke to Gov. Maggie Hassan and other state chief executives Monday, the White House rolled out projections of state-by-state cuts it says will be required if $85 billion in mandatory spending cuts take effect as scheduled Friday.
The governors were briefed at the White House following a weekend meeting of the National Governor's Association in Washington.
The federal spending cuts - known as sequestration - are automatic and required by a law designed to cut the federal debt automatically if Congress and the administration cannot or will not agree on reductions.
Hardest hit in New Hampshire would be military payrolls.
Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard would effectively lose the equivalent of one day's pay per week as the result of a 20 percent furlough. An estimated 1,000 civilian defense jobs would be affected, reducing defense wage payments by a projected $5.4 million.
Hassan noted the furloughs would hit the state's National Guard as a state unit begins service in Afghanistan.
Educational aid would be cut by about $3 million. New Hampshire would see reductions of $2.2 million in aid to children with disabilities and more than $1 million targeted at secondary and primary schools.
An assortment of other programs would also be trimmed, including federal spending on law enforcement, pollution control, job search assistance for the unemployed and assistance programs in health and human services.
Hassan: 6,000 jobs
But while the Obama administration outlined broad categories and lump sum cuts, exactly where many of the cuts would fall, especially in education, is still unclear.
Hassan said that while the state has a broad understanding of the impact, it will be taking steps in the next few days to pinpoint where the federal dollars will stop flowing and figure out what to do about it.
"In New Hampshire, the impact, among other things, means losing 6,000 jobs and about 1 percent of our work force," Hassan said. "We will be reaching out to our state agencies and our municipalities, many of whom will feel the impact of sequestration cuts and we will talk to all of them to see how we will manage."
Nationally, some leading economists have predicted the $85 billion in federal cuts will reduce the country's economic growth by about one-half of one percent this year.
Economist Dennis Delay of the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy, a member of Hassan's advisory group on revenue projections, said the impact on the state will probably be a bit less than the national average - and notes some entitlement programs won't be touched.
"Federal spending in New Hampshire is a little less than the national average, for areas like federal defense and non-defense spending," Delay said. "Many major spending programs are exempt from the cuts, including Social Security and Medicaid (and some) social spending."
Economists fear that the direct reduction in defense spending in New Hampshire is just part of the impact.
Brian Gottlob, an economist with the New Hampshire economic consulting firm PolEcon, said while he doesn't believe all the cuts will take effect, the projected cuts at Portsmouth and in other defense programs are probably understated because many Granite Staters work for Massachusetts defense firms.
"I think the impacts in New Hampshire are likely to be greater than some estimate and unfortunately, they will occur at a time when the economy is among the least able to handle negative employment shocks," Gottlob said."You could probably say that employment would be about 2,000 less than it would have been in the absence of sequestration."
Senators speak
The automatic cuts are due to the impasse between parties in Washington on spending, deficit and debt reduction.
Both of the state's U.S. senators said Monday that the Congress needs to find a way to agree on a deficit reduction plan to take the place of sequestration.
"We wouldn't be in this situation if Congress did its job and passed a fiscally responsible budget on time," Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte said. " I am continuing to work with my colleagues on alternative ways to prevent sequestration by cutting spending in a more responsible manner - protecting our national security, and New Hampshire's military facilities and defense suppliers."
Across the Senate aisle, Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen also called for bridging the gap between the parties.
"We need a bipartisan, balanced and fair measure that incorporates both spending cuts and new revenues and avoids the sequester's automatic cuts," Shaheen said. "There will be serious consequences if Congress fails to act, so we need to come together and work out an effective compromise."
Obama urged the governors to lobby their congressional delegations to work out a compromise to reduce the federal debt and avoid the $85 billion in cuts.
"This sequester does not have to happen," Hassan said. "What we were trying to do in our conversations over the weekend is encourage members of both parties who serve as governors to reach out to Congress and make them understand."


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Milk tanker slides off I-89 in Sutton
March 07. 2013 6:31AM
SUTTON - A tractor-trailer tanker hauling 65,000 gallons of milk rolled over onto its side on Interstate 89 South early Thursday morning, rupturing the tank and spilling an undetermined amount of milk onto the ground.
The crash happened about 3:35 a.m. at mile marker 29.6, between Exits 11 and 10, according to state police.
Frederick Steinhour, 59, of Enosburg, Vt., was driving the fully loaded tractor-trailer tanker truck owned by McDermott's Inc. when he lost control and the truck slid off the left shoulder, rolling onto the driver's side. Steinhour was not injured in the crash.
State troopers from Troop D, Troop G and the Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement unit, as well as members of the state Department of Environmental Services, were on scene. Traffic is reduced to one lane in the area of the crash as crews work to remove the truck, which is expected to take several hours.
The crash remains under investigation. State police said one factor being investigated is the possibility the road had iced up since overnight temperatures were hovering around freezing.


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The Stooges Brass Band, one of the elite brass bands in New Orleans, La., will tour to the Arden Gild Hall tonight.
The Stooges Brass Band, one of the elite brass bands in New Orleans, La., will tour to the Arden Gild Hall tonight.
Band founder Walter Ramsey, who plays trombone and emcees, warned that concertgoers will experience a roller coaster ride like no other at the Gild Hall.
"It's a highly-energetic show and we don't take a break," Ramsey, 32, of New Orleans, said during a phone interview. "We play two hours of nonstop music — no breaks, no nothing."
But it wouldn't be a Stooges show without the occasional laughs they sew into their performances.
"You might hear a corny joke," quipped Ramsey. "We're entertainers and comedians; we know how to make you laugh. We act like the Three Stooges." The frontman wouldn't elaborate on the Stooges' other comedic antics, since he wants the rest to be a surprise.
Ramsey says they'll perform fresh tunes from their upcoming album like the popular party song "Wind It Up Like Michael Buck," which includes an easy two-step dance. The tune was produced by Mannie Fresh, a fellow New Orleanian who's worked with household names like Lil Wayne and T.I.
Then there's the uplifting, comical song "I'm Average,"also produced by Mannie Fresh. "It's saying I'm an average person and it's okay to be regular; you don't need all the glitz and glamor," Ramsey explained of the song. "It's like a happy song," he added.
Ramsey didn't announce a title for the Stooges' new album, but he did say it's slated for April.
In addition, the frontman mentioned the Stooges have a nice range of covers they tackle at concerts, including tunes from Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson.
The Stooges, founded in 1996, are undeniably one of the hardest working brass bands out of New Orleans. This was evident when they beat out the top brass bands in their hometown to be crowned winners of the "Red Bull Street Kings: Best Brass Band" competition in 2010, an event that officially solidified them as one of the premier brass bands in New Orleans.
Along with this auspicious title, the band won an all-expenses paid trip for a recording and mentorship session with Mannie Fresh in the Red Bull Studios in California.
Recently the Stooges served as the house band for ESPN2's "SportsNation" during the week of Super Bowl XLVII in their hometown.
Having decided to tour nationally throughout the last two years — instead of mostly staying put in New Orleans like they've been accustomed to — the Stooges are proving to concertgoers that they might be one the best brass bands in the country, let alone in New Orleans.
WHAT Brass Stooges Band in concert
WHEN 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16
WHERE Arden Gild Hall, 2126, The Highway, Arden
COST $16 ($17.55 with service fee)
INFO ardenconcerts.com or 475-3126


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DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas hardware store's unusual mascot is proving popular with customers.
Prince George is a Buff Orpington rooster. He occupies a spot in the front of the Gecko Hardware Store.
The store's co-owner Andrea Ridout says foot traffic went up noticeably on the weekends when customers realized the rooster likes the attention.
Ridout says Prince George started ruling the roost when a little girl returned him after she learned he wouldn't become a hen. The rooster has occupied the top spot on the store's pecking order for a year.
Dallas officials have given the store an exemption to keep the feathered animal on the premises. Prince George also visits schools and senior citizen sites.


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A person that loves to swap clothing and other items with friends. Someone that cares about keeping items in rotation and out of landfills.
Amy attends clothing swaps every month, she is a swapaholic.
by Punkystyle March 02, 2011
A person with a drinking problem who thinks they are helping their issue by moving from their drink of choice to another.
"My wife is a swapaholic. She told me she's going to curtail her wine habit, but now drinks Vodka."
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Bio: Lesley Sims received her Fitness Specialist certification and her American Council on Exercise (ACE) certification in 1996 from Mission College in Santa Clara, Calif. She ran her own studio in 1997 until moving to Colorado in 2000. She became certified as an IDEA elite Personal Trainer that same year, and in 2003 received her Heart Zones Master Personal Trainer certification. She moved to Dolores in 2007 and has been training clients ever since. She has owned Unique Fitness since August 2012. She is currently studying to obtain a Metabolic Resistance Training certification. Sims continues to receive a wide variety of specialized cutting edge fitness training.
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"Oh, I cannot disapprove! I can only deplore it." Leslie Howard, portraying "Pimpernel Smith."
"Oh, I cannot disapprove! I can only deplore it." Leslie Howard, portraying "Pimpernel Smith."
The Kansas Legislature is currently in session, as if we didn't have enough to fret over. Two bills are being considered early on, aimed at elements of the state historic preservation law. I have made a career out of reinventing historic buildings, of course, so I think that is something to fret over!
The first proposal (HB 2118) would repeal the state "environs" review process, which currently enables the community and the state to jointly review changes to buildings within 5,000 feet of registered historic properties. The reasoning is that it protects the historic character of the historic building. The reality is that it also protects the investment of the historic property owner.
When you invest scads of money into repairing a building you want to protect that investment, and it isn't like investing in gold or stocks. If you and your neighbor each had a pound of gold (and I wish you did, too!), the value of the gold depends on the marketplace, and what either of you does with your pound of gold won't change the world market price.
On the other hand, if you sell your gold and spend it fixing up your house, and your neighbor decides to sell his gold and spend the money breeding pot-bellied pigs, the local real estate market will squeal! That is why we have zoning laws.
The other proposal (HB 2089) would allow municipalities to opt-out of the environs review process and set up its own, parallel programs. The intention is to keep historic buildings from impeding economic development, as if Old Town in Wichita and Downtown Lawrence are horribly impeded.
This proposal has come up before, but always died in Committee. Small wonder. Cities can overrule historic board determinations now, through a process that ends with a vote of the City Council. It's much easier than setting up a whole separate system, and then managing it. The outcome of the vote upholds the proposed demolition (or whatever) as often as not, so why reinvent the wheel?
The recent decision by Leavenworth's governing bodies to demolish the old jail is a case in point. A regrettable point, in my opinion, but that's life. Inasmuch as the building itself looks to be structurally sound, resigning all that masonry to the landfill is a likely due to a lack of planning, or foresight or both. And once a historic building is gone, it's gone forever.
Demolition will give a few people jobs for a couple of weeks, if that. Redeveloping a property employs professional craftspeople for weeks. Rehabbing will also spend two-thirds of the money on wages, while replacing it somewhere will spend two-thirds of the money on materials, imported from somewhere else. I'd rather keep the money at home.
Marrying historic preservation and economic development takes both vision and careful planning. It takes an economic development vision to create the grand plan and marketing strategy. It also takes urban planning techniques to translate that plan into reality. And it all takes cooperation.
The state legislature will make an attempt to repeal parts of the historic preservation statute this session. And they may succeed. They can't repeal the laws of economics, however, and that's something to fret over.
Robert L. Beardsley is the Cultural Resources Management, Planning & Development, Preservation Alliance of Leavenworth.


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Brady Breeze is of a mindset that if you put forth the hard work, good things will come back to you in return.
The South Medford sophomore now has even more reason to believe in that theory thanks to a surprising turn of events recently while up in the Portland area.
Hoping to get in a few hacks and maybe pick up some pointers during a baseball workout in Portland, Breeze got that and more when he caught the eye of Seattle Mariners scout Jeff Sakamoto.
"He saw me hit and we talked to him afterwards and he was really nice but then we went back home not thinking anything of it," said Breeze.
One week later, that chance meeting turned into an invitation for the Panthers outfielder to play for Sakamoto in the 16U Perfect Game Baseball World Series in Fort Myers, Fla., set for July 26-30 at the Jet Blue Player Development Complex.
"It was awesome because we weren't really expecting anything to come out of it," said Breeze, "and out of the blue he calls and invites me to go to Florida. He just said, 'Are you down to play?' and I was like, 'Yeah, of course.'"
"It was crazy and like a dream," added the 16-year-old standout. "For a while I was like, 'Is this really happening?'"
Breeze will compete with the West Coast Mariners, based out of Springfield, at the 16-team event. He'll get a chance to play seven games at the professional facility of the Boston Red Sox and play in front of around 200 coaches and scouts from the professional and collegiate ranks.
"I'm so excited," said Breeze. "I think about it every day."
That Breeze even has this chance stems from a quirk of fate, and a relationship born over time between Breeze's father Jim and good friend Vic Rust, whose son Ronnie is also in the Class of 2016, at Central Catholic, and plays for Sakamoto's traveling team.
"I was just there to get a few pointers from Ronnie's hitting coach and it's just crazy how it all worked out," said Breeze, who was South Medford's starting right fielder as a freshman last year and one of its top hitters.
No matter how unconventional it was for the opportunity to present itself for the young Panther, it was his years of dedication and commitment to bettering himself that ultimately threw the door wide open. Breeze has long played on traveling baseball teams and routinely found his way to camps in football, baseball and basketball in an effort to push his talents to the next level.
In fact, Breeze was in Portland that fateful Sunday only because of his work with the Northwest Elite Index football camps. Projected as the state's top safety prospect for his class, Breeze has been heading up to Portland on a weekly basis throughout the winter to increase his skill and exposure.
"Every Sunday we wake up at 7 in the morning and leave at 8 and drive there because the camp starts at 2 p.m. and ends at 4:30," said Breeze. "A bunch of people have been giving me crap because I wasn't playing basketball this year, but it's been totally worth it. This last weekend we got to go to Las Vegas for this huge 7-on-7 tournament against all these crazy teams, like Snoop Dogg's team and Brian Dawkins' team from Colorado. I feel like I'm getting a lot better as a player because of all those experiences."
A natural athlete at 6-foot-1 and 185 pounds, Breeze is also the nephew of former NFL safety Chad Cota, who, along with Breeze's parents, showed Brady at an early age the value of working hard to get what you want.
Even if that means very little time to simply hang out with his buddies or make plans for the weekend.
"It's just how it is," he said without hesitation. "It's the life of an athlete."
"You've got to have goals in life and you can't achieve goals without hard work," added Breeze. "It's not going to be easy to go anywhere and play so you've got to work at it if you really want it to happen for you."
Breeze was named defensive MVP by the NEI for his efforts in Las Vegas with the Northwest Underclassmen squad, leading to the inevitable question on whether he sees himself more as a baseball or football player.
"That's going to be a hard decision if I ever have to choose," he said. "It all just will depend on what schools are interested and me and whatever's the best situation for me. For now, I've just been working really hard at it and going to these camps and doing whatever I can to hopefully get something out of it."
With another two years left in high school, Breeze is certainly off to a fantastic start.
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This is a story about a brutal bicycle crash. You'll soon encounter a crushed chest, a 27-day coma, a hideous therapeutic body cage and other horrible things. You'll meet a woman who pushed the limits of medical technology to survive.
Oh, and just so there's no surprises, you'll also run smack-dab into a love story.
On the afternoon of March 21, Penny Parker was closely following her good friend Lori Peterson north on La Posta Road (County Road 213). On a downhill steep enough to surpass 30 mph with a few pedal strokes, Parker thought she heard a car coming and glanced back.
To make room for the vehicle Parker veered to her right. Suddenly, she was speeding through deep pea gravel, fighting to stay vertical.
"Lori!" she screamed as the gravel grabbed her tire and jerked it toward the guardrail. She raised her arms in front of her head to prepare for impact, then slammed into the metal rail at a point that connected with a wooden post.
When Parker's body rolled to a stop in the northbound lane about 20 feet from the impact, her helmet was shattered, and she was bleeding heavily.
The bicycle, meanwhile, had catapulted over the guardrail and lay 40 feet from the impact. The left handlebar was bent back 90 degrees. A brake lever, as well as large pieces of her neon green cycling jacket, had lodged into the guardrail.
Peterson heard the scream and the impact. She jammed on the brakes and jumped off the bike.
"I ran to her expecting her to have a broken arm," Peterson says.
Instead, Parker had two skull fractures, five cracked vertebrae, a crushed right hand, severe laceration on her left arm, torn meniscus in her right knee, collapsed lung and, what would most delay her recovery, 19 busted ribs and what's called a "flail" chest, which we'll get to later.
Warren Smith, kitchen manager at Manna Soup Kitchen, who also works as a custodian at Red Cedar Gathering, was driving home along County Road 213 when he came upon Parker lying in the road.
"She was bleeding pretty bad," said Smith, who determined quickly that his first aid and CPR training were wholly inadequate. Blood came from her nose, ears, mouth and the laceration. And she was gasping for air.
Peterson called 911. Smith wrapped Parker in jackets collected from a gathering crowd and held her carefully, trying to calm the panicked woman and help her concentrate on breathing.
As they waited for Durango Fire & Rescue, Parker's blood loss ebbed and she went into shock.
"That was a long 15 minutes," Smith said, "I've gotta tell you."
Five years ago, Hans Herber walked into a Kansas City bar at 7 p.m. to meet his date. In the blink of an eye it was 1 a.m., and Herber had been so engrossed he didn't notice that the bar was empty and closing.
"Was it love at first sight? Absolutely!" he wrote in an online diary that traces the daily tribulations of Parker's recovery. "But it was more than that – it was love at first everything. And it has continued to be ever since."
Hans and Penny moved into a riverside townhome in Durango in February 2008 and were married that May.
Herber was in Denver, where he often works several days a week as an executive for IBM, when he got news of the crash. He began making plans to rush home, but instead Parker came to him via emergency flight, arriving at St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood at 1:30 a.m.
Although Parker's condition seemed stable, effects of the crushed chest began to take their toll. A "flail chest" means part of the thoracic cage is separated from the chest wall; the lack of structure keeps the lungs from expanding. She needed a ventilator.
Within a few days, she developed pneumonia, which led to acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS, which means the body is not circulating adequate oxygen. About one-third of those who develop ARDS do not survive.
In a week, she was in critical condition, her vital signs fluctuating wildly, body temperature up to 104.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Doctors placed her in a drug-induced coma. Quickly it became obvious the hospital stay would not be short.
Two weeks after the accident, Penny's breathing ability became so weak that a nurse began manually forcing air into her lungs in an emergency procedure. Her body's oxygen count was critically low.
"I thought she was dying in front of me," Herber says.
What else can be done, Herber asked, continuing to fight for his wife's life. That's when he first heard the term "RotoProne," uttered by a respiratory therapist.
"Whatever it is, let's get one," Herber said.
Suffice to say, the RotoProne is not a pretty machine. You'd feel good about putting Hannibal Lecter ("Silence of the Lambs") in it, but not your wife. It's a ribbed metal cage that encases patients and holds them face-down to help breathing.
Peterson was alarmed that her friend appeared blue and bloated in the RotoProne. Tubes exited her mouth and back. "It was extremely disturbing," she recalls. But those conditions, in this case, were normal.
Peterson was in the room 10 minutes and couldn't take it. "It was emotionally exhausting," she said. "I don't know how Hans did it."
For two months, Herber left the hospital only to sleep, which came fitfully. He kept a vigil on Penny, researched every medical procedure done or even suggested, and updated the online journal daily. He talked to her and stroked her hand, usually having no real proof that she could hear him.
During the worst stretch, he checked himself into the emergency room with severe tightness in his chest. Although his blood pressure was alarmingly high, tests showed no heart problems.
Parker improved during her first few hours in the RotoProne, but her oxygen count then decreased again. Herber kept pushing: What else can we do? At that point, a trusted male nurse gave him a dose of reality:
"You need to start thinking not in terms of 'when' she will recover," the nurse told Herber, "but 'if' she will recover."
Hearing this was sobering, but Herber kept believing in his wife's ability to battle. She's a feisty jokester who, when alert, is the focus of everyone in the room. She couldn't die.
In their riverside townhome 3½ months later, his wife at his side, Herber explains how the next day, April 6, he wrote in the journal, "My wife Penny is fearless, relentless, and she WILL ride again! ... (The recovery) begins today!"
He turned to Parker on the chair next to him, choking up, and said, "You did."
By early May, progress came more rapidly. In quick succession, she shrugged off the ventilator and tracheostomy tube, feeding tube and catheter.
The hospital discharged her May 22, just in time for her 51st birthday the next day and her fourth wedding anniversary the day after that.
"Penny, your jacket's still in here," Peterson said, pointing to a swatch of material lodged into the guardrail where Parker made impact. It's July 21, exactly four months since the crash, and it's the first time Parker has returned to the scene.
"That's your bottle," Peterson says, pointing at a Gatorade container on the other side of the guardrail. Parker takes the bottle and places the jacket bit inside.
"I love to ride this road," Parker said. "They need to maintain it better."
She was trying to be safe when she steered away from the car she thought she heard that day.
Peterson said there was no car.
The gravel began just on the other side of the white line, leaving a bicyclist no shoulder. She hopes the county is more prompt about sweeping the gravel off such roads, frequented in the spring by cyclists training for the Iron Horse and Quarter Horse, as the two women were.
Jim Davis, La Plata County's director of public works, said when anyone has a specific complaint on excess gravel, "We try to be pretty responsive." The county has more than 200 miles of roads and one sweeper.
Parker also points out that she wouldn't be alive without her helmet, which was demolished by the impact. She had the helmet displayed in her hospital room until she realized others found it gruesome.
It's hard to count, but the best estimate is, Parker suffered 32 broken bones in all. She's still breathing with supplemental oxygen, walking with a limp and talking in a hoarse whisper. And she's still stunned that a bike wreck put her in ICU for 40 days. But she's grateful that she's walking, talking and breathing at all.
From the first day in the hospital, she's vowed to get back on a moving bicycle.
"I just want to go down the road, feel that wind," she said. "I just want to fly."
For now, she cherishes simple pleasures – seeing the green leaves outside the townhome window, a hummingbird in flight, a flower on the roadside. She and Hans choked up as she said this. She's amazed at Hans' dedication; he's amazed at Penny's grit.
"I believe I'm here because I love my husband so much, and my husband loves me so much," she said.
You were warned. It was a love story all along.
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General Comments: Futures closed a little lower on what was called speculative selling. Charts show that the market may have failed against some important resistance áreas. The flow of Cocoa from western Africa is falling and traders are taking note. Weather continues good in Africa and as some crop size estimates for next year start to increase. Ideas are that production in the coming year will be short, even with increased production ideas. Some buying has been seen in the next crop months because of these ideas. The market is trying to mount a seasonal rally now that the main harvest is over in Western Africa. Ideas are that current low prices should créate new demand and that the main crop harvest is over in Western Africa and much of Asia so that supplies on offer could also be less. The weather is forecast to be warm and somewhat wet in West Africa this week. For now, traders expect good mid crop production from West Africa, and wire reports said that the harvest started this week in Nigeria. Malaysia and Indonesia crops appear to be in good condition and weather is called favorable.
Overnight News: Scattered showers are expected in West Africa. Temperatures will average mostly above normal. Malaysia and Indonesia should see episodes of isolated showers. Temperatures should average near normal. Brazil will get mostly dry conditions and warm temperatures. ICE certified stocks are lower today at 4.626 million bags. LIFFE stocks are now 6,422 standard lots, 137 large lots, and 7 bulk lots.
Chart Trends: Trends in New York are mixed. Support is at 2110, 2075, and 2035 May, with resistance at 2170, 2190, and 2220 May. Trends in London are mixed. Support is at 1430, 1410, and 1400 May, with resistance at 1480, 1495, and 1520 May.
General Comments: Futures were a little lower in consolidation trading. Traders expected bullish export sales data from USDA, but reacted more to disappointing economic news released early in the day. Some traders think that US planted area will increase from the estimates released last week due to more favorable Cotton futures prices and sinking Corn and Soybeans futures prices. Corn and Soybeans futures could show some stability for the short term after the dramatic price action over the last week. Weather will also be watched as more wet weather in the Delta and Southeast could create less interest in Corn and more in Cotton to avoid having Corn pollinate in the hottest time of the year. Demand ideas remain strong overall based on the strong export paces seen in the USDA reports in recent weeks and on reports of tight domestic and world cash markets.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see mostly dry weather except for rain over the next couple of days. Temperatures will average below normal this week and near to above normal this weekend. Texas will get dry weather except for a few showers in northern areas this weekend. Temperatures will average near to above normal by Friday and above normal this weekend. The USDA spot price is now 83.63 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.421 million bales, from 0.422 million yesterday.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 87.80, 87.10, and 86.20 May, with resistance of 88.70, 89.80, and 90.25 May.
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September 23. 2013 9:38PM
Joseph Sullivan: Teacher, coach, friend dies at 69
By JOHN HABIB
New Hampshire Union Leader
Joseph Cronin Sullivan, known for his love of teaching, family, sports and life, died Monday at the Hackett Hill Health Care Center in Manchester. He was 69.
"Joe was my best friend of 55 years," said Frank Harlan. Both graduated from St. Anselm College and solidified their friendship teaching together at Manchester High School West for 34 years, from 1968 to 2002.
"I got to West one year before Joe," Harlan said. "Our classrooms were next to each other. I taught social studies and he taught English. There weren't many days over the last 55 years when I didn't actually see or speak to Joe. He was a generous person, sincere, caring and a friend to all. He was also a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He's going to be missed because he touched so many lives, including mine."
In 1995, Sullivan was a winner of the Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical during which time he taught a class at every high school in the state of New Hampshire. Sullivan once said: "High school students do not write enough. There aren't enough good writing assignments or good writing teachers. I want to help teachers help students become better writers."
In a 2010 column written by John Clayton for the New Hampshire Union Leader, 1989 West High graduate Carrie (Barnard) Jones said it was Sullivan who gave her the inspiration to write.
"Every paper I turned in, he would write, 'You are a writer!' He'd do it in red pen. He used exclamation points. Eventually, by the end of the semester I got his point. Honestly, I can't even begin to explain how Mr. Sullivan's faith in me changed my life."
Jones would go on to write children's books that made it to the New York Times best sellers' list.
She added: "His belief still holds me up when I'm having those neurotic writer days when I think that nothing is good enough."
State Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said Sullivan "mastered the English language and when he presented it in written form, we all cherished it. Joe was a good honest human being, a friend of my family who taught my kids at West. He will be dearly missed by all who knew him."
Actor, writer and comedian Seth Meyers, who graduated from West, called Sullivan "the best teacher I ever had. His passion for writing was contagious. I'd say more, but the best advice he gave us was to keep it short."
Sullivan published "The Grand Poobah of Creative Writing" and wrote "Column as I see 'em" for the New Hampshire Union Leader in a career that spanned five decades.
"The Union Leader lost a distinctive and wonderfully entertaining voice when Joe stopped writing his column, and now Manchester has lost a man who gave so much of himself to the city," said Vin Sylvia, Deputy Managing Editor-Sports, Photos and Features. "Sully loved sports, loved Manchester, loved people — and that all came through in his writing and the way he led his life."
Sullivan's love for sports was undeniable, particularly on the youth level. He served 35 years coaching at Manchester West Little League. He was also involved with the Manchester Regional Youth Hockey Association and the Manchester Soccer League.
A graduate of Bishop Bradley High, Sullivan coached the Trinity High girls' softball team and was a member of the Manchester Athletic Hall of Fame.
"We spent many years traveling across the country, many trips to sporting events," said Harlan. "He really loved college football and was a season ticket holder for Boston College for many seasons. Believe me, he lived a full life."
In the early 1970s, Sullivan and his brother, Frank, who died last May, hosted a local radio sports show called 'Mrs. Sullivan's Boys,' the very first sports radio talk show in New Hampshire. Before signing off, both brothers always said good night to their mother.
Sullivan was predeceased by his wife, Denise G. (Desrochers) Sullivan in 2002, and his daughter, Jennifer L.S. Boldwin, in 2012.
In 2009, he was honored by the New Hampshire Union Leader with the Carl A. Lundholm Award for distinguished service to youth in athletics.
In his acceptance speech, an emotional Sullivan said "The No. 1 reason I am here today is my late wife. I have always felt she was watching over me. Today, I feel like she's next to me. I am here with great friends, and the woman I love is by my side."


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There was no church service Sunday night at Macedonia Baptist Church, but the Lord was worshiped and the gospel was presented anyway.
Covenant Quartet sang the gospel — Southern style.
"We love to sing. We enjoy each other, and we love to sing for friends and make new ones," said lead singer Greg Gabel afterwards.
Gabel, of Newburg, along with Mike Freeman, Waynesville, the tenor, and Bill Anderson, Nixa, the bass, founded the quartet 16 years ago along with baritone Terry Keys.
Keys, who passed away a couple of years ago, had to retire from the group about five years ago due to illness, and Bob Moore, Lebanon, succeeded him.
The Southern gospel quartet has "seven or eight" recordings, Gabel said. On some of them, Keys plays piano and Neal Walters, of Rolla, plays drums. Those two musicians, along with Gabel on the bass, used to provide the accompaniment at their concerts.
On the later recordings, all the instruments are played by Gabel who records the instrumental tracks separately and then adds the vocals. Those instrumental tracks are used now in their concerts.
"We can make our own arrangements," Gabel said.
Recordings are made at Gabel's home recording studio.
The four founding singers knew one another from concerts they had sung or heard involving other groups.
"I'm part of the Davis clan, and was with the Singing Disciples for 12 years and before that, The Kinsmen," Gabel said. "We all knew each other from singing in different churches."
When the Covenant Quartet began to build, members contacted Gabel to see if he'd at least fill in for awhile.
"I'm still filling in," he said, laughing.
Their singing schedule "varies from year to year," Gabel said. "We try to do two a month, mostly in churches, but sometimes with other groups."
On Friday, May 10, the Covenant Quartet, along with the Singing Disciples, Heartbeat and the Heritage Boys, will perform at Lifeline Baptist Church, Becky Lercher, a professional soloist who is married to Covenant's sound man, Layne Lercher, is also on the program.
Covenant Quartet and Becky Lercher will also sing this Sunday at 6 p.m. at Rolla Church of the Nazarene.


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Northern Pass told in White Mountains: Get off our landBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 05. 2013 11:18PM
Property owners near the White Mountain National Forest have been tracking a unique form of prey. Using snowshoes, walkie-talkies and an informal neighborhood alert system, they've been keeping an eye out for biologists using PSNH rights of way to conduct wildlife studies for the Northern Pass environmental impact statement.
The prey has been spotted in Lancaster, Easton, Sugar Hill and Dalton. On Tuesday, they were spotted on Route 302 in Bethlehem at the Rocks Estate, near property owned by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests.
When confronted by land owners, wildlife biologists from Ecology and Environment, headquartered in Lancaster, N.Y., display an authorization letter from the U.S. Department of Energy. The land owners, all of whom oppose Northern Pass, politely tell the DOE contractors to get off their land and the contractors politely comply.
It's a scenario that has been repeated on at least three occasions since the first spotting on Feb. 23, with landowners challenging the right of Public Service of New Hampshire to use existing rights of way for Northern Pass environmental studies. Property owners say PSNH rights of way on their land cannot be transferred to Northern Pass without some kind of regulatory action or litigation.
The utility company disagrees.
"PSNH ownership of the easements across the land on which this work is occurring establishes a property right owned by PSNH and protected by law," wrote PSNH spokesman Mike Skelton in an email. "These property rights allow PSNH to grant access or assign rights to these easements to other parties."
Public Service has told the Department of Energy that contractors are free to use PSNH rights of way across the private land.
The Department of Energy and its environmental contractors appear to be caught in the middle of the latest crossfire over the controversial plan to bring hydroelectric power from Quebec into the New England grid via New Hampshire.
In a letter dated March 1 to law enforcement officers and property owners along PSNH rights of way, the company's senior legal counsel states that the access granted by PSNH is temporary, and "does not include or allow construction activities of any kind," but is limited to gathering environmental information abut the project's possible impact."
That doesn't placate property owners who oppose Northern Pass. They intend to continue to monitor the DOE consultants and shoo them away when they can.
People feeling threatened
"We are working very hard to make all landowners understand they need to be civil, and everyone has been," said Susan Schibanoff, who owns 200 acres of land in Easton. "When a landowner has told a contractor to leave, they have always left and there hasn't been a problem."
What irks some of the landowners is that they keep coming back. "I think people are feeling somewhat threatened by all this," Schibanoff said. "The contractors themselves are amicable enough. That's not the issue. But the whole notion of something moving onto our land is a bit scary."
She said six of the property owners in the area with PSNH easements on their land had an attorney notify Northern Pass in writing last year that it would need written permission from the landowners to use the PSNH rights of way. Forest Society spokesman Jack Savage said his organization sent a similar warning - warnings that have apparently been ignored.
"We have several letters from PSNH saying we have every right to be there, but apparently it's a dispute that's going to have to be resolved," said DOE Project Manager Brian Mills, who is listed as the contact on the DOE letter that wildlife biologists have been showing to landowners. "We've told our crews that if anyone says they don't want them on their property, they should leave. We'll have something worked out with our PR folks so we can send information out (to the landowners) as soon as possible."
Local police have become involved as well.
"We've made efforts to contact the chief of police in Bethlehem to make sure local police are aware of our preference as a landowner," said Savage.
He said the issue of whether PSNH can transfer its rights of way to Northern Pass is complicated by the fact that language in every easement is different.
"They (Northern Pass) presume that they will have the use of third-party rights of way, but there are those who are likely to litigate that presumption," he said.
Made legitimate by fiat
Northern Pass opponents are worried that the DOE actions will legitimize the right-of-way transfers without any third-party process. "The concern we have is that somehow this is getting made legitimate by fiat," said Schibanoff, "because the DOE is now coming on the land, Northern Pass is being verified as having rights that they don't have."
Jim Dannis, who owns property in Dalton and is an active Northern Pass opponent, said the easements were never intended by the granting landowners to be expanded for use by for-profit transmission lines. "We believe that landowners with existing PSNH easements may reject any proposed use of their land by Northern Pass," he said.
The letter from the DOE has been particularly worrisome to the landowners, according to Dannis.
"Imagine a contractor waving a U.S. government letter around that says 'authorization,'" he wrote in an email. "The landowner will likely believe the federal government is saying the contractors have a right to be on the land ... We are at a loss to understand why the DOE would issue such a letter."
Savage suggested the DOE is putting the cart before the horse. "The Presidential Permit application that triggers the environmental impact statement is on hold, and there hasn't even been a final route presented. There have been no public hearings on the scope of the EIS (environmental impact study), or a determination by the DOE of what the scope of the EIS should be," he said. "So actual groundwork would seem to be very premature."
Skelton said there is good reason the work has to be done now.
"Currently, there is snow on the ground, making it possible to do winter wildlife tracking," he wrote. "The DOE has determined now is the right time to complete that work."


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More than four months after Hurricane Sandy, many homes along the South Shore remain in shambles. Countless businesses still have not reopened. Though the debris is mostly gone, vacant homes and decimated infrastructure, such as the Long Beach boardwalk, are constant reminders that the road to recovery in many communities will be a long one. Officials say that approximately 20 to 30 percent of Long Beach's 33,000 residents are still displaced, and that more than 200 homes in that city alone need to be rebuilt.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency acted wisely by granting a 30-day extension for people to register for federal disaster assistance, and by announcing that its disaster recovery center in Long Beach would remain open until March 27.
Since the storm, displaced residents staying in hotels or receiving rental assistance have remained in a precarious situation: Only as each deadline looms are many informed — often on the same day — that they have been granted an extension.
It has been more than a month since Congress approved a $60 billion disaster aid package, yet many homeowners say they have yet to receive the necessary funds — whether through government programs or their insurance companies — to repair or rebuild their homes. Federal flood insurance claims are being paid too slowly, and it's time to cut the red tape so that people can come home and resume their lives.
Though FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration say they have approved more than $2 billion in direct assistance to homeowners, renters and businesses in New York state — including more than $60 million in FEMA grants approved for individuals and households in Long Beach — many residents have voiced their frustration with the slow reimbursement process, particularly when it comes to their flood insurance policies.
Last month, the New York State Department of Financial Services found that banks were holding more than $200 million in insurance funds due Sandy victims, and the department has urged banks to speed the release of those funds.


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Since all that survives of Chopin is the brilliant music that he wrote, it's all too easy to forget that he was also a great performer. He wrote difficult and innovative music so that he could perform it himself.
Chopin's father was a French schoolteacher, and his mother was Polish. He grew up in Warsaw, Poland, and studied music as a child, and then at the Warsaw Conservatory between 1826 and 1829. He had already published several pieces of music, and during 1829 and 1830 he became well-known as a pianist, giving concerts in Warsaw and Vienna. He composed almost all of his music for the piano (although sometimes with orchestral accompaniment). He tended to write his music actually at the piano, sometimes struggling to put his ideas onto paper. But he was unhappy in Poland and set off on a European tour, stopping in 1831 in Paris, one of the great musical centres of Europe.
Here, Chopin was praised as a musician by such composers as Liszt and Schumann , among others, and rapidly became famous. He played mostly for private audiences, although he did give a few public performances, and he was particularly known for his skill at improvising. He would use many of the musical ideas and styles from Polish folk music, and many of his compositions are directly linked to Polish dances and musical forms, such as the Mazurka. Chopin also established himself as a teacher, and many of his compositions were written to be used by his pupils, such as studies, preludes, waltzes, nocturnes, mazurkas and impromptus. These pieces are not perhaps as difficult as the larger-scale works he produced for concert performance, such as the scherzos, ballades, sonatas and the barcarolle, which were written for himself to perform.
Chopin was very inventive in the way he wrote music. While in form it was often quite simple - basically a tune and an accompaniment - it was often full of variation and interest. He used the sustaining pedal of the piano in a way which composers had not done before, and produced a delicacy both when playing and when composing which was considered highly innovative. This made it very popular, and his music was published in Paris, London and Leipzig. As a measure of Chopin's popularity and fame, when he died of tuberculosis in 1849, 3,000 people attended his funeral.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA says a big asteroid that whizzed by Earth last month unnoticed is probably nothing to worry about when it returns much closer in 19 years.
NASA Near-Earth Object program manager Donald Yeomans said there is a 1 in 48,000 chance that the 1,300-foot asteroid will hit Earth when it comes back on Aug. 26, 2032.
The asteroid called 2013 TV135 was discovered Oct. 8, nearly a month after it came within 4.2 million miles of Earth. Yeomans said as astronomers observe and track it better, they will likely calculate that it has no chance of hitting Earth.
Although big, the asteroid is considerably smaller than the type that caused the dinosaur extinction.
NASA posted a "reality check" about the asteroid in response to some media reports.


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