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N.Y. man will not be charged with hitting pedestrian in EppingBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
November 03. 2013 9:32PM
EPPING — A New York doctor whose vehicle struck a man when he and an 11-year-old boy tried to walk across Route 125 Saturday night will not face charges, police said.
David Spingarn, 60, of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., was traveling north on Route 125 around 7 p.m. when he hit 36-year-old Robert Whiteside.Epping Officer Jonathan Swift said police believe Whiteside was intoxicated when he attempted to cross the highway and was struck near the entrance to McDonald's.
Swift said Spingarn wasn't able to see Whiteside, who landed in the middle of the highway after he was struck.
Spingarn immediately stopped and rushed over to help Whiteside until rescue personnel arrived.
Spingarn practices family medicine, according to the website for Saratoga Hospital in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
The boy wasn't injured.
Whiteside, whose last known address was in Nashua, was taken to Elliot Hospital in Manchester; he was listed in fair condition Sunday afternoon, a hospital spokesman said. The extent of his injuries is not known.
In the moments before the accident, Whiteside was seen with the boy walking around in the front parking lot of McDonald's. Shortly after 6:30 p.m., the two walked across Route 125 and into the parking lot after their vehicle broke down on the northbound side of the highway, police said.
While in the parking lot, witnesses observed Whiteside stumbling around, and at one point he fell over and was assisted by the boy.
After sitting at a table outside McDonald's for a short time, Whiteside and the boy left the parking lot, and he was hit when they attempted to cross the highway to reach their disabled vehicle, police said. Swift said the accident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Epping Police Department at 679-5122.


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Asus announced their camera-centric smartphone in CES 2015 but at that time the handset was packed in glass cover and not ready for launching. In IFA which was passed in Berlin, the company again confirms the existence of the handset and now finally the mobile phone is ready to hit the markets soon. Here we are going to see in details that what this camera focusing smartphone bring for the users.
The handset is the beautiful combination of metal and plastic. The overall device is made off with the shiny plastic and the metal rim gives the premium look to the handset. The mobile phone measures 158.9 x 78.8 x 12 mm in dimensions and carries 185 grams of weight. The volume keys and power buttons are placed at the right side of the device there are two more buttons also present in the same side a camera shutter button and video recording button.
Most of the specs of this device are identical and similar with ZenFone 2 which was released in January. The Asus ZenFone Zoom has 5.5 inches display with 1080 x 1920 pixels resolution. The handset screen is protected with Gorilla Glass 3. The overall performance of the display is good and the size and weight of the handset are ideal and easy to carry without feeling the burden.
This is the Android Phone and runs lollipop version of the operating system which will be replaced in future with Marshmallow version. The device is packed with 2.3 GHz Quad Core Processor paired with Intel Atom Z3580 chipset which is 64 bit and PowerVR G6430 GPU for the better graphical experience. The Asus ZenFone Zoom has two RAM options 2GB and 4 GB and has four internal memory options; 16/ 32/64 and 128 GB. Users have the open choice to select the combination of internal memory and RAM according to their requirement. They all support external memory up to 64 GB via microSD card.
As the name suggest this is the camera focus device and for meeting the current trend the camera should be powerful and efficient and for this Asus took the wise step and placed the well-balanced camera pair inside the device. Asus ZenFone Zoom has 13 MP rear camera with 3X optical zoom, laser autofocus and optical image stabilization which gives the great experience of photography to the users. There is a 10 element lens is also present in the handset which allow the users to capture 12x zoom image. Asus claimed that the camera of ZenFone Zoom also gives the DSLR experience which is able to shoot 52MP along with manual mode for quick adjustment of shutter speed, exposure, and many other basic settings. Besides this powerful rear camera, the device has 5 MP camera for taking the quality selfies.
The handset is big and slim as well and Asus feel proud that how they manage the big camera in the thin smartphone. The handset is energized with the 3000mAh non-removable battery which gives the sufficient backup to the users and keeps the handset on for a long while. There is no results of battery testing are coming out, but there is a general guess that the battery is enough for the whole day in mix use.

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I enjoyed the scientific aspect of BNW and the examination of a society that it gave, but I just despised all the characters so much. I dont know, I always found it to be one of those books you appreciate more then enjoy.
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Originally posted by Mr. GoosemahnThe APS is strong in this one.Originally posted by killxswitchTears for Fears is better than whatever it is you happen to be thinking about right now.
Huxley is a pretty strange writer; Brave New World would probably have to be considered one of his more accessible works. It's definitely one of the monumental dystopian works to date.
I read Tucker Max's book while in the midst of a horrible fever (I don't exactly recall how that came to pass, but it did) and came away with two impressions. First off, there's no way the Tucker Max in the book is an honest representation of the writer and second, while the writing isn't bad, the subject matter is mostly utterly reprehensible. The book is basically a relatively eloquent version of "Dude, remember that one time..." with all the bravado that usually accompanies such things.
Originally posted by raiderz4life View PostNo lie but Awfullyquiet and her arguments have intrigued my curiosity on Tucker Max.....now i kinda feel the urge to pick up one of his books and see what this is all about....
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<DG> how metal unseen<TheUnseen> Drunken Canadian Bastard: There's an APS for that
Originally posted by The Unseen View PostThis, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call falling for the trap. In the end, Tucker Max don't give a **** why you bought one of his books, just that you bought it.
on BNW
The more I look back on 1984, the more it frightens me. I think BNW is the better book, but the presentation of characters in 1984 and the power of doublethink is absolutely phenomenal.http://i38.tinypic.com/2aj2s7t.jpg
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Just finished reading this for about the fifth time. It's an excellent book, and really shows how truly useless the UN is in actually dealing with anything, rather than just talking about dealing with it.
Originally posted by JakeyWWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFF!!!
i am literally gonna kick a baby to death!
The more I look back on 1984, the more it frightens me. I think BNW is the better book, but the presentation of characters in 1984 and the power of doublethink is absolutely phenomenal.
R.I.P. Junior Seau
Originally posted by ElectricEye View PostI will give that 1984 is slightly more scary in the sense that the people and the world they live in are more human than Brave New World, so it's easier to emphasize with.
Originally posted by JakeyWWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFF!!!
i am literally gonna kick a baby to death!
Just finished Dunces last night. I really enjoyed the way things were wrapped up. Really rewarding read for something I just sort of picked up. I have nothing to read now though :( Lot's of free time this week as well. A trip to the bookstore is probably in order.Last edited by ElectricEye; 09-30-2009, 09:31 AM.
R.I.P. Junior Seau
Imbibing a girl until she's unable to actually consent.
Is that or is that not rape?
Is that what he does?
The entire concept of him trying to edge and skirt the line of 'what consent really is' is disgusting. He's a ******* lawyer. He's enjoying his time ******* people over for calling him what he really is. Some dude who inches closer and closer to what is really rape.
The objectification he makes of women not as people (*COUGH LIKE MYSELF*) but as just orifices regardless of consequence (and rules that he can bend), is sicking, revolting, and awful. his perception of women, i believe is shared, and enjoyed by many, many people.
and i cannot stand by and say, i enjoy being called a *****, a ****, or a ***** by men. and yet, this is what he espouses. once you break it into mens mind that women 'are' said things, the next step is easy.
"88 percent of men who reported an assault that met the legal definition of rape were adamant that they had not raped." (some university of texas study)
The subconsciousness of what men perceive to be rape, and what it is legally, are two VERY separate instances.
Of course, anyone who speaks up is a dumb fat ******* feminist anyway to him as bad as rapists anyway for calling him one. The entire **** is just ridiculous. And this isn't really the proper forum. But if you for one second think that anything in that book is remotely close to 'man, that's totally cool'. you are so ******* full of fail. exaggerated or not, the line is there, and a bunch of ******** men are going to cross it, rape innocent women, and not go to jail.
I will cave and say, yeah, it's freedom of speech. Doesn't make him any less of a douchebag than white supremacist. Wait. His fans are racist too?
You're way overboard on this. Having sex with a drunk chick is rape? That's news to me. There's a difference between having sex with a flooz who loses her inhibitions when she's drunk and raping an unresponsive, comatose girl. Huge difference.
This is the biggest beef I have with your entire outlook on men and women. To you, women are nothing but victims in this big, bad misogynistic world. If women don't want to be treated like objects, well damn, they should stop objectifying THEMSELVES. Women receive the exact amount of respect from men that they demand. If they act like floozies, dress up like whores for attention and validation, and get drunk so they can have sex and not feel guilty about it, then whose fault is that? It's men's fault for making them do it right? Conversely, if a guy wakes up in the morning next to some beast of a woman who he would never have sex with if in a sober state, then whose fault is that? Did the woman take advantage of the man in that instance? No, it's just deemed as poor judgment.Last edited by yourfavestoner; 09-30-2009, 11:42 AM.
Originally posted by yourfavestoner View PostIf women don't want to be treated like objects, well damn, they should stop objectifying THEMSELVES.
Of course. Its OUR FAULT we're objectified, not the people doing the objectification. It's our fault we dress the way we do to elicit male attention, 'because our gender is hardwired for whoredom'. Its so easy to put the hat on us and tell us to change. Tell me, what have men done that's so inspiring in taking care of woman in todays frat-boy society? Where's the validation for women who aren't floozies or tramps? I can tell you the picking is shallow as can be.
W/e. I know the concept is lost on many, many, many men. But until you know the struggles of being a woman which aren't paralleled by being a man, the advantages people try to take of you because you're a woman, it will continue to be lost.
And. Since we're referring to you in this situation. Lets talk california. KTHX?
(a) Rape is an act of sexual intercourse accomplished with a
person not the spouse of the perpetrator, under any of the following
(3) Where a person is prevented from resisting by any intoxicating
or anesthetic substance, or any controlled substance, and this
condition was known, or reasonably should have been known by the
too drunk to speak correctly.
there's SO MUCH GREY AREA between "a flooz who loses her inhibitions when she's drunk and raping an unresponsive, comatose girl." Huge difference. Sure, when it's black and white, there's an easy choice to be made. What about in the grey area?
sure, there's a time and a place for drunk sex. after consent has been reached. most of the time it hasn't been 'consented', but only assumed. meh, she's drunk, she won't care, she was asking for it, and she's kinda a floozy for getting really drunk. how often have i seen guys pegging which of the sloshed girls he's going to try to pick up and take home? lots. men do not have the rational capability, when they're drunk, to objectively think 'hey, does she really want to do this?'. no, the only thing on their mind is, where do i sign up.
I think you're saying that women are consciously making the decision to get drunk so they won't feel bad about 'having wild and drunk consensual sex'. I think if you believe all sex is consensual in situations like that, you're blind as hell. Women become targets when they drink. So women adapted, brought friends, and designated drivers. Men adapted, brought 'wingmen' and scurried the friends off, to leave the man with the most vulnerable one. I don't know if you've been drunk before YFS, but your cognitive skills are impaired. Do you expect everyone who goes out thinks that, man, i want to get laid, so i'm going to get shitfaced so i don't feel bad about who I have sex with tonight? or is it more, i want to go out, get sloshed with my friends, have fun, and enjoy the rest of my night? i can tell you, for as many times as i've had one too many drinks, the moment that happens, you have guys trying to take you home, even when it's not your intention for that evening.
i'm not denying women do the former, but, men, for the most part don't care about the why, they care about the what. and the what is their deep seated desire to feel better about themselves by putting more notches in their headboard. yes, it is ambiguious, but, men take no care or concern for the law, and yes, it takes alcohol for them to fuel that iron resolve of, no, it isn't rape, yes, she consented (i think), no i didn't take advantage of her. no i'm not going to call her again, it was just a... 'thing'.
I hate the fact that I can't actually have more than a drink or two in public without fear that some guy is going to try to get me to have sex with him, because i'm drunk. It's unnerving, unreasonable, and misogynistic.http://i38.tinypic.com/2aj2s7t.jpg
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currently reading this
Never read Coupland.
I'm assuming it's not bad work. Correct?
Has anyone ever read anything by Richard Powers?http://i38.tinypic.com/2aj2s7t.jpg
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I hate the fact that I can't actually have more than a drink or two in public without fear that some guy is going to try to get me to have sex with him, because i'm drunk. It's unnerving, unreasonable, and misogynistic.
I would however like to make one point, and that is this. Most women seem to lack common sense in one key area. And the area is friendship. Let me just say this now. Pass it on to your friends.
If you have a straight guy friend who is single (or possibly not), and you are even halfway decent looking, he will bang you. He wants to bang you. He's thought about banging you. If he sees the slightest opportunity to bang you, he will bang you.
And the problem is, women don't seem to see this. How many of you guys have been dating a girl who meets a new guy "friend" who she thinks is so nice and sweet, and is just her friend, and isn't interested in banging her. You tell her he just wants to bang her, but she can't possibly imagine this is the case. And then he makes a move, she shuts him down, and then she can't figure out why he turned into such an asshat?
And then these are the people you go to the bar with. The "good guy" "good friend" who would never take advantage of you. And then when he makes a move, you guys are shocked. And when you wake up next to him, you still can't believe it happened. And then when he's an asshat afterwards, you are even more astounded.
So in summation, every straight guy you know will bang you if given a chance, guys are mostly asshats with a few decent ones sprinkled in (I like to think of myself as one of those, but my fiance is ridiculously pissed at me, so what do I know), and if you realize this, you may not be put into completely awkward situations as often.
That said, we suck, and we know we do.
Originally posted by JakeyWWWWWWWWWTTTTTTTTTTTTFFFFFFFFFFF!!!
i am literally gonna kick a baby to death!
What's the base of the problem?
The same thread that runs through literature.
Mens inability to separate themselves from their dicks.http://i38.tinypic.com/2aj2s7t.jpg
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One 75 year old man died as he was waiting for an electrician to install an air conditioner in his apartment scheduled for the following day. Not having air conditioning or even a fan, he had suffered heat stroke events in previous years and had decided to do something about it. A day late.
We don't use air conditioning, but have plenty of electric fans. We just stayed indoors with windows shaded by awnings and fans blowing - reading, taking naps, and sipping cold mugicha (roasted barley tea). A tenugui (printed cotton towel) helped to mop our brows - or sometimes we wore one with a cold pack in the folds.
Since it was cooler on the patio than in the house, Momo slept under the bench on the front porch which has been cloaked in sun tarps that cut the temperature considerably. I also cool it by wetting down the ground in front of it using a sprinkler. At times, she even has a fan to move the air out there.
Meanwhile, at the zoo, a distant cousin, an orangutan, had a similar strategy. We've never visited Tama Zoo, but we hear it is great, with animals exhibited in natural habitats...
"Laugh with glee at a chimpanzee, he reminds you of someone in your family" - lyrics from "Never Smile at a Crocodile" ~ Disney's Peter Pan (1953).
The weather changed drastically on Friday, with rain bringing much lower temperatures 22° C (71.6 F). Quite a drop! Momo, with her summer cut, found it a bit too chilly for her, and spent today in her indoor cage.
The coming week will see slightly higher temperatures , but cloudy weather will keep it reasonably comfortable (29° C).
We have another trip coming up - heading north on the newest Shinkansen train (the only way to fly) for a couple of days in the Tohoku region - yes, the area worst hit by the Great Earthquake and Tsunami of 3/11. Stay tuned...


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Issues in Labor Statistics | Summary 10-04 | March 2010
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Record unemployment among older workers does not keep them out of the job market
by Emy Sok
The unemployment rate for persons aged 55 years and older has increased sharply since the beginning of the recession in December 2007.[1] The jobless rate among older workers was 7.1 percent (seasonally adjusted) in February 2010, just shy of the record-high level of 7.2 percent in December 2009. (See chart 1.) At the same time, the labor force participation rate—the proportion of the population that is either employed or looking for work—for this group rose during much of the recession, before leveling off in recent months. (See chart 2.)
Although the rate of unemployment among older workers is lower than that for their younger counterparts, older persons who do become unemployed spend more time searching for work. In February 2010, workers aged 55 years and older had an average duration of joblessness of 35.5 weeks (not seasonally adjusted), compared with 23.3 weeks for those aged 16 to 24 years and 30.3 weeks for those aged 25 to 54 years.[2] The longer duration of unemployment among older workers also is reflected in a higher proportion of the unemployed who have been jobless for extended periods. For example, nearly half (49.1 percent) of older jobseekers had been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer in February 2010, compared with 28.5 percent of workers aged 16 to 24 years and 41.3 percent of workers aged 25 to 54 years. (See table 1.)
Still, rising unemployment rates have not kept older workers from participating in the job market. In fact, the labor force participation rate for persons aged 55 years and older rose during much of the recession, before flattening out recently. This pattern of rising labor force participation for older workers has occurred for both men and women. In contrast, labor force participation rates for other age groups—especially youths—have declined since the recession began.
Rising labor force participation among older persons is likely part of a long–term pattern that began in the mid–1990s, a change that reversed decades of declining labor force participation among individuals in that age group, particularly men.[3] For persons aged 55 years and older, the labor force participation rate increased from a low of 29.2 percent in 1993 to a peak of 40.4 percent in May 2009, the highest rate since March 1962. Since the recent peak in May 2009, the rate has shown little change; it was 40.0 percent in February 2010.
Recently, some reports have suggested that the increased labor force participation of older workers reflects both the need of many near retirees to work after large losses in their retirement accounts and the need of older workers in general to ensure adequate postretirement incomes to address increased life spans.[4] The fact that the rise in labor force participation for this group began well before the recent financial crisis, plus the absence of an accelerated rise in participation rates during the recession, suggests that the collapse in the financial markets and the declines in asset values were not the only factors associated with the recent rise in participation rates among older workers.
Indeed, one underlying reason behind the long–term rise in participation rates among the 55–years–and–older population is the move by employers to replace defined–benefit retirement plans with defined-contribution retirement plans, allowing employers to shift more responsibility for retirement income to the employee. This was a change that gained momentum in the 1990s, coincident with the rise in older workers� participation rates. Although there are undoubtedly other factors that may have contributed to the rise in older workers� labor force participation rates, many research papers have found a connection between these changes in retirement funding and those workers� increased participation rates.[5]
In sum, the recession that began in December 2007 has affected all demographic groups, including older workers. Their unemployment rate, although lower than that for younger workers, recently reached record–high levels. Once unemployed, older workers tend to remain jobless for longer periods than younger workers. Despite the recession—or perhaps because of it—older workers continued to increase their participation in the job market, at least through mid-2009. Whether the long–term pattern of growing labor force participation rates among older workers will continue beyond the recession remains to be seen.
All of these data come from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of some 60,000 households that is the source of the national unemployment rate and many other labor market indicators. This Issues paper was prepared by Emy Sok, an economist in the Division of Labor Force Statistics, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics. E–mail: firstname.lastname@example.com; Telephone: (202) 691–6378.
Information in this summary will be made available to sensory–impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691–5200. Federal Relay Service: 1–800–877–8339. This report is in the public domain and may be reproduced without permission.
[1] The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), generally recognized as the official arbiter of business cycle turning points, has not yet determined an end point for the recession that began in December 2007.
[2] The duration of joblessness represents the length of time (through the current reference week) that individuals classified as unemployed have been looking for work and refers to the current spell of unemployment rather than the duration of a completed spell.
[3] See Abraham Mosisa and Steven Hipple, "Trends in labor force participation in the United States," Monthly Labor Review, October 2006, pp. 35–57, on the Internet at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art3abs.htm/.
[4] See, for example, Kristie Engemann and Howard Wall, "The Effect of Recessions among Demographic Groups," Review (St. Louis, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), January/February 2010, pp. 1–26, on the Internet at http://research.stlouisfed.org/publications/review/10/01/Engemann.pdf.
[5] See, for example, Patrick Purcell, "Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends" (Congressional Research Service, Sept. 14, 2005), on the Internet at http://aging.senate.gov/crs/pension34.pdf.
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|16 to 24 years
|25 to 54 years
|55 years and older
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What an exciting five days it has been, offering some amazing highs but equally saddening lows. THQ finally bowed out of the games business, auctioning off its prized assets for around $70 million. Volition and Saints Row - along with Metro - have been given a new home with Koch Media, but who knows what will happen next for the studio and its hit franchise.
Also changing hands was THQ Montreal and South Park: The Stick of Truth to Ubisoft, Relic Entertainment (along with Company of Heroes) to SEGA, Turtle Rock's new game Evolve was snagged by Take-Two, and Crysis developer Crytek stumped up half a million dollars for Homefront. Vigil and its secret jaw-dropping new title were left on the table, as was Vigil's moderately successful Darksiders franchise - the latter almost certain to be acquired over the next few weeks, perhaps by Platinum.
Whilst THQ was falling apart at the seams, Nintendo was doing its best not to end up in the same situation. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata hosted a Nintendo Direct broadcast to the world, announcing a string of new games for Wii U including a jazzed-up high definition version of The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. So excited were Nintendo fans by news of a Zelda re-release/re-make that it was easy to get over the fact that a proper new Zelda for the Wii U is a long way off.
More exciting - for me at least - is confirmation that we'll be seeing the first footage of both a new 3D Super Mario game and Mario Kart for Wii U at E3. I'm gutted there's no plan for a new Pilot Wings or Wave Race, but I'm resigned to never seeing these franchise again.
Next generation chatter continued at pace, with an eight-core CPU and secret sauce-powered PlayStation 4 said to be floppier than the very rigid Xbox 720. Expect to hear about the next Xbox first however - hopefully in March - with Sony's Kaz Hirai stating he's happy to let Microsoft show its hand in order to ensure Sony does it better. And if all that isn't enough to get your juices flowing, Heavy Rain creator Quantic Dream is thought to be working on a PlayStation 4 game based on its Kara tech demo!
Devil May Cry stormed to the top of the UK Video Game Chart, but its chart position betrayed its sales figure. Chart-Track revealed DmC shifted a little over a third of Devil May Cry 4's launch week total, which given the growth in user-base has to be a big disappointment for Capcom. And it's a similar story in Japan, with DmC shifting around half the launch week total of DMC4.
It's better news for HMV, with survival (in a reduced capacity) now looking likely after HMV Canada owner Hilco UK acquired the debt of the retailer, effectively taking control of the business. Customers can now also use gift vouchers once again, which will please those who believed their Christmas presents were worthless.
Be sure to listen to the latest edition of The VideoGamer.com Podcast and look below for the first episode of new video feature INDIE FACE.
Bye for now, but check back on Sunday the first in a regular new video series, Extended Play Classics - this week looking back on Outwars.


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A growing number of states are stepping up efforts to expand high-quality broadband—or high-speed Internet—in the wake of the federal government's national plan and the availability of stimulus funds, according to a new report released today by the Pew Center on the States. Driven by tight budgets to do more with less, many states are looking to broadband as a potential vehicle for promoting economic growth and delivering education, health care, public safety and other critical services more efficiently and effectively.
"States increasingly are viewing broadband as a way to gain a competitive advantage in a tough global economy," said Susan Urahn, managing director, Pew Center on the States. "They face three key challenges: expanding availability of broadband, encouraging people to use it and ensuring high-quality service. Just about every policy area that states manage could be affected by expanding this technology. States' efforts will play a pivotal role in whether the new national broadband plan succeeds."
Bringing America Up to Speed: States' Role in Expanding Broadband found that several states, including California, Maine, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, have been focused for years on availability, adoption and quality of this technology, focusing particularly on mapping who has broadband within their borders, but the majority are trying to catch up.
While broadband is available to most Americans, large disparities exist among states and localities, income levels, urban and rural areas and racial and ethnic groups. Only 65 percent of Americans have broadband at home, with the remainder—about 100 million Americans—saying they cannot afford it, do not know how to use it or believe it is irrelevant to their lives. Issues of quality—speed and reliability—also exist. More than half of the states still have local jurisdictions where less than 50 percent of households have access to broadband speeds that allow users to take advantage of standard Internet applications, such as audio and video, according to Pew's analysis of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data.
Improving availability and quality in low-income and rural communities can be particularly costly and challenging. Deploying broadband to 250,000 housing units in extremely rural areas across the country would cost $13.4 billion, according to the FCC. State and local governments are trying a range of methods to reach these and other areas, including using community colleges and libraries as local computing centers, giving incentives to private providers or building their own public broadband networks.
The National Broadband Plan, released in March by the FCC, identifies a range of vital areas—business development, education, health care, energy conservation, public safety, elections and access to government, among others—that it says could benefit from broadband access and use.
States have a huge stake in these areas, and the FCC is encouraging them to make policy changes to help advance the plan's goals. For instance, once broadband availability is expanded, federal officials expect states to streamline rules to make it easier for professionals, such as doctors and teachers, to work across state lines and to revamp tax codes so online workers are not paying primary taxes in more than one state. The FCC also recommends that governments build more robust online services that would enable citizens to register to vote, learn about public spending or sign up for safety net programs without repeated trips to various offices.
Pew's report found that, by some measures, many states lack capacity—dedicated staff and resources—to develop and implement new broadband policies, negotiate effectively with private-sector providers or resolve thorny infrastructure issues, such as coordinating access across many different jurisdictions for fiber cable or utility pole attachments.
An estimated 15 states have agencies or authorities that focus on broadband expansion, according to the report. Before federal stimulus funds were awarded to help all states map broadband availability and speed within their borders, only about a dozen states had created such tools, and very few had drafted detailed plans for expanding access or launched efforts to explore broadband and its applications.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 allocated $7.2 billion to public- and private-sector efforts to achieve universal broadband. The infusion of support is expected to help expand broadband access through the physical build-out of infrastructure and to support programs that encourage more consumers to adopt broadband. The money is also boosting the capacity of states to collect better data and map existing broadband access and speeds.
The report can be found at www.pewcenteronthestates.org/broadband.


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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Rio de Janiero police inspector has been removed for making disparaging remarks about female officers on his Twitter account.
Inspector Pedro Paulo Pontes Pinho tweets that he has "14 women under my command and only one has the talent, courage and determination needed for police work."
Martha Rocha is the head of Rio's civil police. She says in a statement that Pinho was removed from the city's Ninth Police Station because of his remarks and because he was "unable to manage the human resources available to him."
A female police officer replaced Pinho.


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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Video Tracking with Google Maps
Ubipix allows anyone with a smartphone to capture, tag, upload and share video or photo collections and view the submissions on a Google Map.
Using the Ubipix application on your phone allows you to capture video alongside a GPS track. Once you have captured your video (or photographs) you can view and share the video on the Ubipix website. The video is automatically synchronised with a Google Map, so as you watch a video you can also view the location of the camera and its direction during the video's capture.
Below the video and the Google Map you can also view other data, such as the speed and distance travelled whilst shooting the video.
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Dog shot, and law says it's OKBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
January 09. 2013 11:57PM
HAMPSTEAD - A local couple is angry after their dog was killed by a neighbor in a shooting that police determined was justified under state law.
Fred and Judy Galietta's 6-year-old dog, Sadie, a Brittany spaniel, was killed Saturday morning after she went into a neighbor's yard. Christopher Gibbons told police that he used his rifle to shoot the dog because it was barking and running around the cage of his two rabbits.
"It was absolutely not justified. This was a one-time incident with his rabbits. He could have thrown a rock at her or anything else to get rid of her and she would have run away. If the dog had the rabbit in her mouth, I would say he had every right to shoot the dog," Fred Galietta said.
Hampstead police Lt. John Frazier said Gibbons told police that he awoke to the sound of a dog barking outside his window. When he looked into his yard, he saw the dog "chasing" around the rabbit cage in his yard at 305 West Road.
Gibbons, a former Manchester police officer, stated that his rabbits were frantic and that they are fragile and prone to heart attacks, Frazier said.
Frazier said Gibbons then stated he grabbed a rifle as the dog continued to run around the rabbit cage and shot the spaniel, killing it instantly.
Police said the weapon was a .223-caliber AR-15 semi-automatic rifle.
Galietta said he feels the dog was shot in retaliation because he's complained about Gibbons' target shooting at all hours of the night.
Gibbons would not talk about the incident when reached at his home Wednesday afternoon.
"At this point I think it's best to leave things be," he said from an upstairs window at his residence.
Police investigated the shooting, but after reviewing a state law known as RSA 466:28, concluded that the shooting was legal.
The law states: "Any person may kill a dog that suddenly assaults the person while such person is peaceably walking or riding without the enclosure of its owner or keeper; and any person may kill a dog that is found out of the enclosure or immediate care of its owner or keeper worrying, wounding, or killing sheep, lambs, fowl, or other domestic animals."
"The Hampstead Police Department review of the case, as unfortunate as it is, cannot find Gibbons criminally liable due to the parameters set forth in NH RSA 466:28, which legally allow the shooting," Frazier said.
Hampstead police also had the case reviewed by the Rockingham County Attorney's Office, which reached the same conclusion.
Galietta said he plans to push for changes in the law to remove the term "worrying."
"Don't get me wrong, I believe that if you have farm animals or any other kind of animal around your house that are being harassed, bitten, eaten or killed by a dog or anything else, you should have a right to protect your animals from being physically harmed. There's no physical harm by worrying. That's an absurd word that never should have been put in there," he said.
On the day of the shooting, Galietta said his wife let Sadie outside to go to the bathroom. A short time later, the dog made a "yipping" noise. He claims Sadie wasn't barking at the rabbits, nor was she running around the cage. Galietta said there were no paw prints around the cage and that the only prints found went from his property at 295 West Road to the back of the cage.
Judy Galietta told police that after she heard Sadie yipping, she started to go out into the yard to call for her when she heard two shots.
She continued into her neighbor's yard, where she found Sadie lying next to the rabbit cage.
Fred Galietta said Sadie never caused a problem for the neighbors and that this was the first time that she ever went over to the rabbit cage.
"There has never been a complaint, either to me or to my wife or to local authorities," he said. "We would let her out, she would do her business and come in."
The Galiettas, who have owned Sadie since she was two months old, described her as a friendly and affectionate dog.
Judy Galietta is still in shock over the shooting.
"I don't feel safe in my own house anymore and I won't go out in my yard," she said.
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Raymond man attacked by a pair of dogs
March 23. 2013 12:35AM
RAYMOND - A 23-year-old man suffered serious injuries Friday when he was attacked by two pit bulls, police said.
The man - police did not release his name - was injured by the dogs at a Mildred Avenue residence. The dogs were secured by their owner before police arrived and have been quarantined by their owner, police said.
The attack is under investigation.


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It's a hot, gusty summer evening, and I'm leaning over the hood of a car in the parking lot of a suburban Target store. I've got my checkbook in hand, and my big deal is going down.
Standing next to me is the sales agent - my personal shopper, so to speak -who had the keys to the perfect used car, which he'd found after a one-month search. Before signing the papers that transferred the ownership, I checked the tread on the tires, inspected the paint job, and discussed the terms of the extended warranty. We were finished in a matter of minutes.
Buying a car doesn't get much easier than this. That's why I much prefer a car professional working on my behalf rather than beating the bushes and wheeling and dealing on my own.
It's an approach worth considering if you're looking for a youth-friendly car for a high-schooler or college student before school starts up again.
I've now carried out this cash-for-keys trade-out three times with the very same sales agent in the very same parking lot.
Turning your car shopping over to a third party - be it a car broker, wholesale buying clubs like Costco and Sam's Club, or a sales agent like the one I used, who's licensed through a car dealership - isn't for the consumer who likes to negotiate with salespeople and troll the car lots. But if you're lacking time or patience for the hunt, these shopping options have a lot to offer.
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What do Lin-Manuel Miranda and Michael Price have in common? Yes, they're both major figures in musical theater and have earned Tony Awards. But also, on May 24 both men will receive honorary degrees from Wesleyan University in Middletown.
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MINNEAPOLIS – The EEOC announced today that Chief Judge Michael J. Davis has approved and directed the clerk of court to enter a consent decree resolving an EEOC lawsuit under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) against Hob-Lob, Limited Partnership, which does business as Hobby Lobby. In the lawsuit, the EEOC contended that Hobby Lobby refused to allow an employee with mobility limitations to perform her job while in a wheelchair.
The EEOC charged that Hobby Lobby prohibited Julie Tufts, an employee in its Rochester, Minn.-based store, to use her wheelchair when performing her job and failed to accommodate her inability to climb ladders. Therefore, Tufts was unable to continue to work at Hobby Lobby due to the alleged discrimination and was discharged because she could not come back to work without use of the wheelchair.
In resolution of the suit, Hobby Lobby will pay $35,000 into a supplemental needs trust account established for Tufts. The decree also includes substantial equitable relief, including injunctions against discrimination and retaliation. Further, the company will revise its internal policies to clarify that persons with temporary impairments of a sufficient duration can be considered as persons with disabilities; update its employee handbooks; conduct training on the ADA; and post a notice to employees about the resolution of the suit in its Rochester store. The EEOC will monitor Hobby Lobby's compliance with the decree for 30 months.
"This case might never have arisen if Hobby Lobby had clear policies to guide its management and human resources employees in determining whether to provide reasonable accommodations to employees whose impairments are long-lasting but not necessarily permanent," said EEOC Regional Attorney John Hendrickson of the agency's Chicago District. "One of the most important provisions in the consent decree, therefore, is the requirement that Hobby Lobby revise its policies to clarify its obligations."
Hobby Lobby is a national chain of gift and hobby stores. The EEOC suit, captioned EEOC v. Hob-Lob Limited Partnership, d/b/a Hobby Lobby (Civ. No. 08-05240 MJD/JJG), was filed September 22, 2007, in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis.
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Skory - (Well, I live in Pennsylvania now. But may Mandarin corner live on without me!)
Mitch - I don't know Mandarin, but I want to learn, and having a group might just help me motivate.
- (Re:Above) If enough Mandarin beginners are interested I'd be happy to teach some basics of character writing and grammar. But please do not try to learn pronunciation from me! -skory
Molly - I speak survival Mandarin and just got back from a year living/working in China. My pronunciation is fairly natural, though my vocabulary limited. I read and write around 500 characters, but want to collect the whole set! Win big prizes! Happy Everyday!
rachel - Oh yeah. Coming in a little late on this but BLTN. I can offer a bunch of beginner flash cards I made. Also I know how to talk about farting. Wednesday, Thursday not good for me... Friday!
Adam - I also know a few unsavory phrases but would like to learn more conversational mandarin.
quinn - I would really love to do this, and probably bring the most shear ignorance to the group. Whenever is good for me. I'm slightly more interested in writing than speaking atm.
Matt - I also can talk about farting! Any day of the week is an excellent day for fart talk!
Charie - I can talk household mandarin. Any day of week is good.
Eric - I am taking Mandarin classes at the local chinese cultural center, two lessons in. Looking for people to practice with and time to do my homework in... a Ursula - I am interested and would like to speak solely in Mandarin, with a realistic margin of error in the 20% range. 我 要 练习 普通话。
Miloh I'm a perennial Mandarin student. Texts and history to share. Interested in learning about schools in Dalian
乐赞 aka leks - Studied Mandarin in college and would like to keep using it. Used to be pretty solid in conversation and writing characters, but 大学毕业以来开始忘记一切。 Tue/Wed/Thurs nights are good for me. I used to show up Tuesdays at 6 and sit around trying to remember vocab by using skritter.com, but got lonely.


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Shot by Army at Buzzer Rolls In and Out of Basket to Give Yale 1-Point Victory
Army freshman Olivia Schretzman had a chance to lift Army to the come-from-behind victory, but her eight-foot jumper at the buzzer rolled in and out of the basket, allowing Yale to survive with a 63-62 win Sunday afternoon inside John J. Lee Amphitheater.
"I thought they were incredibly physical and it just wore on us," said Chris Gobrecht, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954, Head Coach of Women's Basketball. "We needed to get to ourselves to the free-throw line and that needed to be the main thing for us in the second half. They weren't going to give us anything easy. They were going to hit us before they gave us anything easy. The reason the game was close was because of the boards. It continues to be our biggest nemesis. We have to find a way to fix it. We're not going to be great at it, but we have to find a way to be better at rebounding."
Yale had a 61-58 lead with 2:20 left thanks to a layup from Aarica West, but Schretzman tied the game with an old-fashioned 3-point play with 1:53 left. Anna Simmers, who led Army with 17 points, made 1-of-2 free throws with 1:30 left to give Army a 62-61 lead, but on the ensuing offensive possession, Graf missed a 3-pointer with 1:15 left and Vasquez grabbed the offensive board and scored on the put-back layup with 1:10 left to lift Yale to the victory.
Army had a full 30 seconds and one timeout remaining to plan its attack for the final shot, but the timeout was never called and the Black Knights scrambled to find someone open for the last-ditch effort. Despite the disarray at the end, Schretzman managed to get a good look at the basket for the final shot, but she couldn't get it to fall as time expired.
"They looked confused at the end," said Chris Gobrecht, the Joel E. Smilow, Class of 1954, Head Coach of Women's Basketball. "It looked like they weren't sure what they were looking for on that last play. We got exactly the shot we wanted at the other end and she barely missed it. We came down and stayed in front of. Olivia got it in a pretty good area of the floor, but it was still a tough shot."
Yale saw five players score at least eight points, and the balanced attach helped the Bulldogs improve to 6-6 overall with two games remaining in the non-league schedule. Michelle Cashen recorded her eighth career double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Bulldogs. Megan Vasquez also scored 11 points, one game after she was held scoreless by Florida State for the first time in her collegiate career.
Freshmen Sarah Halejian and Arrice Bryant also turned in strong performances for Yale. Halejian scored nine points, behind a 5-for-5 showing at the free-throw line. Bryant scored six points, grabbed nine rebounds, and blocked three shots.
Yale scored 21 of its points off of 16 Army turnovers. The Bulldogs outscored the Black Knights 12-2 on second-chance opportunities and the Yale bench outscored Army's reserves 20-0. Army, however, outrebounded Yale 47-41. It is the ninth time in 12 games that Yale has been outrebounded. The Bulldogs are now 3-6 in those games.
Yale led by as many as 10 points in the first half thanks to a strong first half from sophomore Janna Graf. She scored all eight of her points in the half to help the Bulldogs cruise into the locker room at halftime with a 34-25 lead.
Army was not going to go away quietly, however. The Black Knights (6-8) opened the second half with a 13-3 run over the first 5:07 of the half to take their first lead of the game, 38-37, with 14:53 to play.
"Our opening to the second half was poor. We did not come out of the locker room very well in the second half," Gobrecht said. "Once we relinquished the lead, we were fine. We played fine, but we never should have relinquished the lead. We came out very flat to start the second half."
It was a seesaw battle the rest of the way. Neither team was able to gain an advantage of more than three points over the final 10 minutes of play.
Jen Hazlett also scored 17 points for Army. Milford, Conn., native Molly Yardley recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Yale returns to action on Tuesday at Bucknell in Lewisburg, Pa. The Bulldogs only have two more games before starting their Ivy League season. After Bucknell, the final non-league game is home against Baruch on Jan. 8 at 2 p.m.
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Location: Canada
Actually I think the 71 is actually 7-1 (kinda like xv88 is actually xv8-8 not 88). The 1 might be refering to vehicle # or something to that effect since the 車 radical is well car. 7 looks like its related to the squad-oh wait it might be:
M.71 is Medium class, 7th squad, 1st tank.
I've seen identificationnomenclature like that before, were numbers clumped together are actually read seperate.
M is medium i'm guessing from the 中 ideograph/radical/character/kanji
probably wrong about that. I can make out name and work under "b.t" but...yea... i shouldn't even try haha xD
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Valkyria Chronicles 3 Costume Changers
Supposedly, if you unlock all the character missions and accomplish all missions on S-Rank you can unlock this ability to change your character's costumes. Shown above is Riela wearing:
- Squad 422 uniform
- Galian Military uniform
- Galian Militia uniform
- Lanseal Academy uniform
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Interception Fire hurts a lot here ><, so No damage super potential is godlike here since you can just go past a tank with a lancer and damage it radiator. Fencer class got shafted a lot unfortunately since VC2 and it's not as useful here.
The one aspect that I think this game did great for me is at its character. The characters are really diverse here from a real criminal to some men/women that is falsely accused and get sent to Nameless, and it make the character quest much more interesting. The two heroines backstory is quite interesting too, not to mention Kurt's himself and his crunching-candy-loudly habit :P
Not gonna spoil the ending, although I have to say I'm pretty impressed XD.
BGM is really good too. I don't like VC 2 BGM at all, and I can say I really like the BGM in this one. I particularly like Riela's theme song
Overall, I'm gonna give this game 9/10. -1 for not being able to kill a certain boss late game :P
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Wow, and I thought Class G was bad enough in the dyfunction department. Hopefully, the fellows get to make their peace with their various ghosts.
Any details on the bigger picture, i.e. some details of Squad 7 and Max which we don't know from the first 2 games?
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 33
Well, what drew me as I played VC 2 was how the characters from VC1 tried to help in their own way in the civil war. From Oscar's fighting alongside the town watch at Yuell, to the Gunthers' help at Lanseal, to Cordelia's strength and courage: to me, that really reflects the spirit of the OP; it is really "our story".
I was hoping that VC3 would show more of such stuff.
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AND Fina! (Well, that could be Mina or Nina, but I CAN DREAM)
It's amazing how much I'd be able to forgive this game with the ability to play Vyse again. Especially if he keeps his evil laugh when mowing down opposition.
Also: Cosette's in a T-shirt. Even the cameos may have costume choices.
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Such interesting developments here (I got a chuckle out of the image that hints at someone fooling around with ghola vats or Spaarti cylinders). Now, folks might recall my wondering how well the 'hazmat suit' mechanic from a certain portion of CoD: Black Ops could be implemented in a VC title. Got a different ponder today: how practical would a 'last stand' mode be to implement? Pick your team of 4 and see how long you can hold out against waves and waves of tangos. But there's a catch lifted from the upcoming Operation Flashpoint title (reference): an extraction zone activates after X waves, and the only way to record your score is to get at least one squad member there (on Hardcore, it's all or nothing).
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|2011-02-13, 11:44
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Uhhh.... That's too long to be explained here. Basically each character learn how to cope with what make them enter the Nameless
Spoiler for character:
If you want to know the details though, you either have to wait for other people's explanation or the english version since I'm too lazy to do it(sorry XD)
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I just HAD to post this up. Imca's starting to rival Marina as one of my favorite VC characters (though Marina's still in first, since I enjoy working with her personality so much).
Check this video at around the 43-minute mark. You are bound to get a laugh out of it.
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Pictured: Tim Linden was honored with the Hamilton Fish 1910
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard men's soccer team held its annual awards banquet at the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, Saturday. The banquet honored the outstanding 2009 season that saw the Crimson advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament and finish the year 14-4-1 overall and 5-1-1 in the Ivy League. Harvard also captured the 13th Ivy League crown in program history. The members of the team were also presented with Ivy League championship rings at the banquet.
With varsity and junior varsity players as well as player families and members of the administration in attendance, Jamie Clark, the Virginia B. and James O. Welch Jr. '52 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Soccer, announced the recipients of the Crimson's four major awards.
The Hamilton Fish 1910 Award is given annually to the most improved player on the Harvard men's soccer team. This year's recipient was sophomore defender Tim Linden. Linden, who hails from Libertyville, Ill., played in 13 contests this season and registered an assist on the game-winning goal against Penn Nov. 15, helping Harvard clinch the Ivy League title.
The Seamus Malin '62 Award is presented every year to the player who has, through love of the game and commitment to the University, demonstrated the values shown by Malin in his long and continuing association with the University and the game. The award went to senior midfielder Adam Rousmaniere. Rousmaniere played in all 19 matches this season, started in 18 of them. The Andover, Mass., native led the Ivy League and the team with six assists, setting up two game-winning tallies. The midfielder's lone goal of the season came in the second round of the NCAA tournament against Monmouth, Nov. 22. Rousmaniere buried a free kick from 25-yards out to help the Crimson advance to the Sweet 16 of the tournament.
The Louis G. Williams '64 Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to a senior who, like Williams, displays exceptional athletic skill, sportsmanship and devotion to the team. Williams was an All-Ivy and All-America soccer player, a class marshal and Rhodes Scholar. Senior midfielder Brian Grimm was this year's recipient. Grimm, a co-captain, started all 19 matches at the central midfield position. The Manalapan, N.J., native handed out three assists on the season, two coming on game-winning goals.
In recognition of the commitment of James O. Welch, Jr. '52 & Virginia B. Welch to the Harvard men's soccer program, the Welch Award is presented annually to the most valuable player as voted by the players. This year's award went to senior defender Kwaku Nyamekye. Nyamekye started all 19 games this season and was selected to the NSCAA All-Northeast Region first team. Nyamekye was also a unaminous pick to the All-Ivy League first team this season.
The Geneva, Switzerland native tallied a goal in the opening minutes of the Crimson's 2-1 win over Dartmouth, Oct. 31. Nyamekye was the backbone of one of the stingiest defenses in the nation, letting up only 0.79 goals per game. The Harvard backline allowed opponents just 12 shots per contest this season. The Columbus Crew selected the defender with the 60th overall pick in the fourth round of the MLS SuperDraft in January.
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CMU's Eric Fisher impresses at Senior Bowl
Former Central Michigan second-team All-American left tackle Eric Fisher wowed NFL scouts last week at the Senior Bowl.
During practices, Fisher continually won in head-to-head matchups with defensive linemen from bigger schools, such as UCLA's Datone Jones and Texas' Alex Okafor.
One of his weaknesses heading in was that he didn't face NFL caliber linemen while with the Chippewas, but he answered that question by proving he can battle with the likes of Jones and Okafor.
"Seeing my name up there at the top is pretty cool," Fisher told the media last week. "But, if you don't back it up, then it goes away, so I'm here to back that hype up. I think a lot of people and a lot of teams wanted to see me go against really good competition."
Among his strengths that were noted were his athletic ability and conditioning with his 6-foot-7, 305-pound frame and his ability to be able to add on pounds and not lose speed.
"He's a very big man," said Oakland Raiders and North Squad head coach Dennis Allen. "To be that agile and to be that athletic at the offensive line position is pretty impressive."
Fisher entered Senior Bowl week being projected as the No. 11 overall pick to the San Diego Chargers, but, after the week, Fisher had many analysts believing the Chargers would be lucky to fall that far.
"We all knew (Fisher) was a mid-late first-round pick," said Mike Mayock of the NFL Network. "His performance this week ... he dominated. He's going to be a top-10 offensive linemen and the best player in the (Senior Bowl).
"He's a guy, on a paper, people thought might be available in the later in the first round, Central Michigan is not a big-name school," Mayock said. "But he's out here stoning everyone. I know we're out here talking about (Luke Joeckel) as a top-five pick, but (Fisher), I think, is the real deal."
Fisher is now being touted as one of, if not the best, offensive linemen in the draft. Some have even ranked him ahead of Texas A & M lineman Luke Joeckel, who has been seen as the No. 1 overall draft pick in many mock drafts.
"He's going to challenge for the No. 1 tackle spot," said Charles Davis of Fox Sports. "Joeckel is a kid I'm really high on, but Fisher is really grabbing my eye."
Fisher will have more opportunities to increase his draft stock before the April 25th NFL Draft with the NFL Combine on Feb. 23-26 and at CMU's pro day in March.


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Sorry, I could not resist the play on words. I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday and are enjoying the end of the year. As we approach 2009, I can not help but think about the coming bicentennial of Lincoln's birth. I must say that I am looking forward to seeing what new scholarship and other historical related material will come out in the next year. I have been watching Ken Burns' The Civil War, which was a long-overdue present to myself and while it is a great production, it is also almost twenty years old. I am looking forward to see if new films on Lincoln and the war will come out during the next year. In addition, I await the new Lincoln monographs that will surely appear in 2009.
It is important to note that the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth also is not far away from the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. That said, the years 2009-2015 will likely represent a new birth of scholarship on the war period. This represents a challenge to scholars, as my adviser mentioned to me that the number of books on the war is equivalent to a book per day every day since the war ended. There are only so many subjects and interpretations and I wonder when we will run out of things to write on. Anyway, it is my hope that new scholars (myself included) will be able to enjoy the renewed interest in the war that will grow in the coming years.
As we enter a new year, let us all resolve to do more research and get out and write on subjects relating to Lincoln and the war and build upon the great scholarly tradition that has come before. This will be an exciting time to be a scholar on Lincoln and the war, and I hope you all get a chance to visit the many sites dedicated to the war and Abe. Have a Happy New Year and I'll see you in 2009.


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UPDATED: Truck buckles under load in New HamptonBy DAN SEUFERT
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May 01. 2013 7:44PM
NEW HAMPTON – An 18-wheel truck carrying bottled water buckled under its cargo's weight and forced a traffic tie-up for more than five hours on Route 104 Wednesday afternoon.
The truck was pulling out of a convenience store parking lot about 1:30 p.m. when its bottom began to sag and its back wheels rose from the road, said New Hampton Police Chief Merritt D. Salmon.
The truck was full of crates of bottled water, "obviously too much for the truck's structure to handle," Salmon said.
As a crew from Rusty's Towing in Tilton was called, Salmon and several State Police officers rerouted traffic through the parking lot of Rossi's Italian Ristorante.
When Rusty's Towing owner Rusty Drew got to the scene, he called for more trucks. It took two wreckers, a loader, a forklift and 10 men to get the truck off the road.
Another 18-wheel truck from the trucking company, Milford Freight Inc., arrived late in the afternoon to haul the cargo of bottled water away.
State Police Sgt. Nathan Boothby said state police are investigating the incident.
No one was hurt.
Drew said the truck's structure likely suffered a "stress fracture" from the weight. The truck's cargo structure, which was pulled off the road into a parking lot, is probably a complete loss.
"They don't go much farther after something like that happens," Drew said.
Luckily, Drew said, the incident occurred as the truck driver was entering Route 104, and not on Interstate 93, less than a mile away.
"It's a miracle it happened here," Drew said. "If it happens on a big highway, it can be quite a mess."


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One Direction Are Britain's Richest Boy Band
Congrats to One Direction -- and to their accountants! The band have been officially named Britain's richest boy band.
The combined wealth of Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik rests at roughly £25 million -- or $38.12 million. They knocked out U.K. boy band JLS, who were No. 1 last year and were estimated to be worth £24 million ($36.59 million) this year.
The list was compiled by The Sunday Times. While 1D beat out other boy bands like the Wanted for the top spot in their category, their wealth is still chump change to some other British musicians on the list.
Adele is estimated to be worth £30 million ($45.74 million) by herself -- and Paul McCartney, of the most famous boy band ever (a little old group called the Beatles) is estimated at £680 million -- or over $1 billion!
You can imagine 1D's stock soaring when their movie, '1D: This Is Us' is released this summer -- and even more so once their summer global tour (with its ticket and merchandise sales) is over. And they're contractually obligated to keep piping out hits and raking in cash for three more years!
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We are delighted to announce that we have now taken residence in our new building. The Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building (JSCBB) was completed in February of 2012 and we have successfully moved into our new labs and offices.
Chemical and Biological Engineering shares the building with the department of Biochemistry and the new BioFrontiers Institute (formerly the Colorado Initiative for Molecular Biology) where researchers explore a variety of health issues such as cancer, aging and cardiovascular disease, inherited diseases, vaccine development and tissue engineering. They also investigate pressing energy issues ranging from the development of new biofuels to the development of sophisticated membrane materials to capture carbon dioxide for various uses. The contiguity of researchers in these areas has made collaborations much easier for many of our faculty. Close individual lab proximity is leading to greater communications between CU's premier researchers, and ultimately to new collaborations that increase knowledge of and applications for human well-being.
To further enhance research efforts, the building contains common core facilities like the Next Generation Sequencing Core, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Core and Microscopy Core, among others. These facilities are open to industry at competitive rates, extending the collaborative impact of this facility throughout the state of Colorado and beyond.
One example of interdisciplinary research that has taken place here is led by Professor Kristi Anseth. Professor Anseth focuses on the development of injectable, biodegradable "scaffolds" to regenerate cartilage for human joints and also the regeneration of ski, blood vessels and bone. Her research group is collaborating with Professor Leslie Leinwand of the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department on a tissue engineering effort to develop replacement heart valves through tissue engineering. Click to view an interview with Professors Anseth and Leinwand.
Professor Al Weimer, who directs the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, or C2B2, has high hopes that activities in the new facility will lead to new discoveries and partnerships. "With the state-of-the-art equipment and scientists and students from a number of different areas engaged in collaboration, I see this as a fantastic opportunity," says Weimer.
Although the majority of our department has moved in, some faculty remain in the Engineering Center on the main campus while we wait for shelled and proposed spaces in the JSCBB, such as the Chevron Undergraduate Teaching Lab and the 5th Wing, to be completed. You can still join the department and university in advancing alternative energy and human health. Visit our giving page to learn more about how you can contribute to the Jennie Smoly Caruthers Biotechnology Building and see a complete list of the individuals and companies that are making it possible for our department to be a part of this pioneering, multidisciplinary community.
"The ability to completely customize our lab space has led to a more efficient and comfortable research environment. Also, working in a building that is so focused on energy reduction and efficiency has further inspired our work on developing new energy technologies." (Tania Tauer, 5th year PhD student, Medlin Lab)
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The Town of Niagara Historical Society will open its 1878 one-room schoolhouse for the season on Father's Day, Sunday, June 16, with a special exhibit that focuses on men in the community.
A red, white and blue quilt top from the 1940s, embroidered with names and branch of service of more than 100 community members who fought in World War II will be on display. The exhibit also recognizes the self-sacrifice of Air Force 1st Lt. Garland Flint, who crashed his malfunctioning plane rather than risk injuring children at a nearby school. A case of medals earned by John Miozga, who served in the Army for 22 years in Germany, Korea and Vietnam will be shown.
The exhibit also recognizes Harry and Harold Britton, local men who worked for Bell Aircraft and Boeing, and helped develop the Bomarc, Minuteman and Saturn missiles. The schoolhouse, located on the corner of Lockport and Tuscarora roads, is open every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. Activities are available for children. There is no admission charge.


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We have received a copy of the letter dated July 17 sent by Rep. Zach Wamp and Rep. Eric Cantor to Speaker Pelosi regarding Minnesota Fifth District Rep. Keith Ellison regarding his "Bushitler" comments last week. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports on the letter here; the Hill reports on the letter this morning here. The Star Tribune notes that in addition the Anti-Defamation League has called on Ellison to retract the comments and apologize. In the letter, Reps. Wamp and Cantor write:
We are writing to express our outrage at the comments made by one of our colleagues, Representative Keith Ellison.
On Sunday, July 7, 2007, Rep. Ellison, speaking to a group of atheists, compared the attacks of September 11, 2001, to the burning of the Reichstag. The Reichstag fire of 1933 is believed to have been set by Nazis in an effort to turn popular opinion against the communists and justify Hitler's emergency powers that ultimately led to the murder of six million Jews and many others.
Even if Rep. Ellison now asserts that he was not implying that 9/11 was orchestrated by the administration, the comparison he draws between Hitler and the President of the United States is disgraceful. It is intolerable that a member of the United States Congress would choose to exploit the worst attack on American soil as a means of political rhetoric.
Madam Speaker, we are sure you agree that while we are each entitled to our own opinion, references such as those by Rep. Ellison are beyond the pale of reasonable discourse.
We call on you to act swiftly and immediately reprimand Rep. Ellison for his flagrant and irresponsible comparison. These comments inflame hatred and division at a time when we should be promoting unity and reconciliation.
The mainstream media have studiously avoided reporting Ellison's comments as well as the Wamp/Cantor letter. As we noted in "The Star Tribune does the Ellison hustle," the Minneapoils Star Tribune has leapt to Ellison's defense, explicating the deep truth of his comments. However imprudent Ellison's remarks, congressional Democrats appear to agree with their substance. They share the views expressed by their flacks at the Star Tribune and their ilk. Speaker Pelosi's response, or lack of it, to the Wamp/Cantor letter, may represent a clarifying moment in a disgraceful episode.
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You could say David McKee was baptized by fire when he first joined ALSAC/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in December 1977 as the new regional director of the Southeast Region in Atlanta.
He arrived his first day to find the building engulfed in flames, sparked by a fire at a neighboring deli.
"I pulled up and the fire trucks were there," he said. "I had to call the national office and say, 'Guess what? My office isn't there.'"
He called his wife and told her he hoped he'd made the right decision. St. Jude at that time did not have the brand reputation it has today, but McKee believed strongly in founder Danny Thomas' mission of saving children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses in a welcoming facility where no sick child is ever turned away because of a family's inability to pay for treatment.
"I work for the most pure charity there possibly is," McKee said. "As long as you stick with the message of what St. Jude is and what we do, and that we're about finding cures and saving children – and you tell that story in a very distinct way – all elements of the public, we've found, have responded. We remind people when the economy is bad that kids still get cancer; they still need your help. We always stick with Danny's dream."
Now senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of ALSAC, the fundraising arm of St. Jude, McKee has been honored by Fundraising Success Magazine with its 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award.
"It was a real surprise and honor," said McKee, whose career with the nation's second largest health care-related charity now spans more than three decades.
He has helped lead the organization to double-digit average annual growth rates and the introduction of innovative programs and fundraising strategies that have increased fundraising from $11.8 million during his first year to record revenues of $691.9 million in the 2010 fiscal year.
During his time with ALSAC, its annual growth rate has averaged more than 13 percent, and fundraising revenue has grown every year except two – in 1987, the year of the stock market crash, and following the terrorist attacks in September 2001.
"The success that I may have had was the result of the organization I was raising the money for," McKee said.
Besides a fire on his first day, McKee experienced other hurdles along the way, but he was never deterred.
A little more than 20 years ago, he teamed up with Randy Owen, front man for the band Alabama, to develop a country music radio-thon called Country Cares for St. Jude Kids.
"We made an attempt at it and the first year it failed," McKee said. "But it made me just all the more determined, and $400 million dollars later I was right. And it made me wonder what would've ever happened if I didn't stick to it, believed in it and made it happen."
Country Cares is today one of America's most successful radio fundraising events. Since 1989, the program has involved more than 200 radio stations and raised more than $380 million in pledges.
In 1997, ALSAC introduced its new Hispanic marketing effort, Promesa y Esperanza (Promise and Hope), which is now in more than 40 markets and raises more than $25 million in pledges.
McKee has overseen Math-A-Thon, an annual, nationwide fundraising project that involves school children. It raised $94,000 its first year and now raises $16 million.
Trike-A-Thon, which involves preschool children nationwide, went from raising $205,000 its first year to becoming a $9 million annual program.
In addition to implementing successful fundraising strategies, McKee has served as a critical go-to leader for four CEOs.
When current CEO Richard Shadyac Jr. was considering the offer to take the helm of ALSAC, he discussed the opportunity with his father, who served in that capacity from 1992-2005.
"He told me, 'Rely on Dave McKee and he will take care of you,'" Shadyac said. "'He will be the most reliable soldier in your army, and you can depend on him' – and I do every day."
McKee said the proudest moments in his career have been the ones in which patients' lives are saved.
"My biggest moments are when the hospital celebrates success, when we announce a breakthrough in research," he said. "The hospital relies on 72 percent of the money we raise, and being able to share in the success of the hospital, to know you had an important part in doing so, I think that's when you have the celebrations."
He said another great reward is seeing former pediatric patients return to St. Jude to work for the organization.
"We're just part of a mission, and the right people found St. Jude at the right time," McKee said. "We're just part of something bigger. My former boss, Mr. Shadyac Sr., used to say that all we had to do was not mess up because this thing is destined to do what we're doing."
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