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I've argued for a long time that environmentalists are the cheap dates (or battered spouses) of the Democratic Party, but even Obama's shout out to climate change in his inaugural address isn't satisfying them. There was quite a negative reaction to Theta Skocpol's critical report on why climate legislation failed in Obama's first term because environmental groups hate being told they're a bunch of losers. To the contrary, the Center for American Progress and Grist.org know who they want to blame—"denialists," yes, but they're even more angry with . . . President Obama.
But what exactly can Obama do? There's zero chance of any climate legislation passing Congress. (Or maybe he can slip something in the immigration bill?) The EPA will try to extend regulation of greenhouse gases, and while this is a bad prospect the EPA regulatory process is very slow—too slow for the impatient greens (and it won't work anyway). He can continue to block the Keystone pipeline, but that's not really much in the grand scheme of things.
So it should come as no surprise that the greens are going to start holding their breath until they turn blue, figuratively speaking. The Sierra Club has grandly announced that it is going to start engaging in civil disobedience, because, you know, they're just like Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King. From Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune:
Next month, the Sierra Club will officially participate in an act of peaceful civil resistance. We'll be following in the hallowed footsteps of Thoreau, who first articulated the principles of civil disobedience 44 years before John Muir founded the Sierra Club.
Some of you might wonder what took us so long. Others might wonder whether John Muir is sitting up in his grave. In fact, John Muir had both a deep appreciation for Thoreau and a powerful sense of right and wrong. And it's the issue of right versus wrong that has brought the Sierra Club to this unprecedented decision.
For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest. Such a protest, if rendered thoughtfully and peacefully, is in fact a profound act of patriotism. . . . blah, blah, blah . . . unconscionable. . . blah . . . The Sierra Club has refused to stand by. . . blah, blah . . . In doing so, we're issuing a challenge to President Obama . . . time is running out . . . blah . . . We cannot afford to wait, and neither can President Obama.
I've interpolated a bit here, so Brune doesn't pass out on his way to turning blue. I'm guessing Sierra Club membership is down at the moment. Rumor has it that most environmental groups have experienced a significant loss of members and a decline in revenues. There have been lots of layoffs. I'm sure they can all find green jobs somewhere else.


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Start the New Year with a trip to the Museum! This weekend is the last chance to see two special exhibitions and the IMAX film Great White Shark.
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Cherry rips Hockey Canada after world junior disaster
Hockey Night's Don Cherry says he knows why Canada continues to lose at the world junior championship – and that was before Canada fell to the Russians in Sunday's third-place game in Malmo, Sweden.
At issue is Hockey Canada's tendency to roster an even number of players from each of the Canadian Hockey League's three member leagues — the OHL, WHL and QMJHL — instead of selecting Canada's best under-20 players.
"It's politically correct," Cherry said of Team Canada's selection process shortly after it lost to Finland in a world junior semifinal on Saturday
"OHL has nine guys, 41% (of Canada's 2014 world junior roster).
"I'm telling you right now, (they won't) take too many from Ontario. If 22 guys are the best from Quebec, we should take (them).
"That is an absolute joke not to have Darnell Nurse (drafted seventh overall in 2013 by the Edmonton Oilers) out there. Only (Griffin) Reinhart was drafted (higher). Can you believe that? Only Reinhart and (Nurse) doesn't make the team?"
If Grapes was that fired up on Saturday, imagine how he feels now.
For the first time since Hockey Canada started the Program of Excellence in 1982, Canada finished without a medal in back-to-back years after losing to Russia – again – in Sunday's bronze-medal finale.
Canada hasn't won a gold medal since winning on home soil in 2009.
And, according to Cherry, it's because Canadian officials continue to refuse to take the best players year after year.
No less than 11 players on the Canadian team are eligible to participate in the 2015 world junior in Toronto and Montreal.
"Hockey Canada should smarten up and get the best players and work at not being political ," Cherry finished the segment.


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Trousers trends multiply, so take your pick!
S/S trends from left: Martin Margiela, Alexander McQueen, Prada, Burberry Prorsum.
Trouser styles have been skinny for a long time, but mirroring womenswear trends the fashion-forward kecks seen on a trendy young man could just as easily be voluminous double-pleated, geek chic cropped, wide-leg, bootcut or dropped-crotch.
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The next look to make our list is the awkward length. This was a hard one to put into this feature as some do manage to pull it off but not everyone is Terence Koh and it only took a look at the local fashionisto's crash and burn outfit of Kriss van Assche-style combat with tight tee to know that this was one to be hastily put down.
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First published in Drum Taps, 1865.
101. A Broadway Pageant
First published in Drum Taps, 1865.
l. 1 Drum Taps reads
Over sea, hither from Niphon,
Courteous, the Princes of Asia, swart-cheekd princes,
First-comers, guests, two-sworded princes,
Lesson-giving princes, leaning back in their open barouches, bare-headed, impassive,
This day they ride through Manhattan.
l. 7 Drum Taps. For Nobles reads Princes.
l. 10 Drum Taps. For her reads its.
l. 27 Drum Taps. After line 27 reads The land of Paradiseland of Caucasusthe nest of birth.
l. 35 from his island added in 1870.
l. 36 1870 reads the whole Asiatic continent, etc.
l. 39 eastern added in 1870.
l. 47 Drum Taps reads the ecstatic personthe divine Buddha, etc.
l. 65 Drum Taps. For renewd reads resumed.
l. 69 Drum Taps. For nobles reads princes.
102. Thought
First published in 1867.
103. There was a Child went Forth
First published in 1855. In edition of 1856 under title of Poem of the Child That Went Forth, and Always Goes Forth, Forever and Forever.
l. 2 1855 56 60. After lookd upon read and received with wonder, pity, love, or dread, etc.
l. 6 1855 56. For Third-month read March born.
l. 10 1855 56. For Fourth-month and Fifth-month read April and May.
l. 21 1855 56 60 read they and of them became part of him.
l. 32 1855 56. For heavy-plankd read tiered.
l. 39 1855 56 add And these become part of him or her peruses them now. 1860 reads And these become part of him or her peruses them here.
104. Longings for Home
First published in 1860.
105. You Felons on Trial in Courts
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l. 3 too added in 1867.
l. 7 1860 67 read O culpable! O traitor!
106. To a Common Prostitute
First published in 1860.
107. I was Looking a Long While
First published in 1860.
l. 1 a clue to added in 1870.
l. 5 1856 60 read It is in Democracy, in this America, the old world also.
l. 7 in added in 1870.
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May 16. 2013 12:28AM
HOOKSETT — Police are searching for three people they say stole a semi-automatic handgun from Riley's Sport Shop on Wednesday.
Police said two black men and one black woman went into the store shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday and the woman is seen on surveillance video reaching around a cabinet and removing a firearm.
An employee saw one of the men with the gun and took it back, police said. As the employee walked away, the woman reached around the case, taking a gun and knife and is seen on the video walking to the back of the store, where she cuts a security tag off the gun and walks out of the store with it, police said.
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By DAVID GREEN
Blaise Winter stands just inside the doorway of the Morenci Area High School gymnasium. He's watching students by the dozens file past and take a seat in the bleachers.
They're coming in to listen to him—this guy they've never heard of, this guy dressed in black and smiling through a slightly disfigured face.
Winter throws out some words to a student here and there walking past. He's making some noise, he's getting pumped to face the crowd, he's about to turn on the passion.
And let's be clear about it right from the start: No one accuses Blaise Winter of lacking passion.
Morenci business owner Joe Farquhar begins the introduction and Winter slinks across the floor in his best feminine pose. No one accuses Winter of being subjugated to the rules of proper etiquette, either. He's worked through all of that long ago.
He apologizes to Farquhar for spoiling his introduction, then he tells the audience that although he's worked on a speech impediment for years, not all of his words come out quite right.
And then he lets loose, doing what Blaise Winter does these days: Traveling the country telling audiences—no, exhorting audiences—to stop looking for problems in their lives, to face their fears, to stand up for what's right, to grow in body, mind and spirit.
Winter instantly transforms into a dynamic speaker who grabs your attention and doesn't let you go until he's ready. A funny story one minute, a passionate plea for growth the next—all the while urging listeners to change for the better and become what they dream of.
Winter is 46 years old, a dozen years out of an 11-year career with the National Football League, and he wants to tell people how he got there.
In short, he got there the hard way. An abusive father, a hearing deficiency, a cleft palate and lip.
"I hated my deformity," he said. "I hated that I was born with a hole in my face. My mother told me to face my fears, but I didn't want to. My first fear was the mirror."
He didn't speak well as a child, he didn't look good, he was constantly bullied and teased, and his father only brought him down a notch further.
"He made us feel bad to make himself feel better," Winter said.
Winter had no shortage of excuses to use in his life, but his mother wouldn't have it. Now he knows what she was saying. Don't use your circumstances to justify your bad behavior.
"Get over it," he told the students. "You don't have to carry on hate or a bad attitude.
"I had a tendency to destroy myself with my thoughts. What you think is what you become. You might become old and bitter and there are too many old and bitter people in the world."
In high school outside of New York City, Winter decided to play football—the helmet could hide his ugly face—and he excelled. His aim was to play at a college, but his coach didn't think that was ever going to happen.
The coach's words hurt worse than any football injury: "You try hard, but I don't think you're good enough to play at college. I don't believe you can play at that level."
Winter made his way down his list of prospective schools until he reached a territory lower than desired. He decided to try out at Syracuse and made the team as a walk-on. Within a month, the head coach told him he was on scholarship.
"You've got four years to prove to me what I think you can become," the coach said.
Winter worked his way up to a starting position and was eventually named MVP. When his college days ended, he was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts, as a 295-pound defensive lineman.
Winter's talk could have gone on for much longer, but his 50 minutes were drawing to a close.
"How many people can say they've lived their dream?" he asked the students. "I hope I've helped you think about your lives."
And then he said a few words about what it's like to be Blaise Winter standing before an audience.
"My intensity and passion are often misunderstood," he said, "but there's nothing wrong with passion as long as you're genuine about it."
When Winter wraps up his show, there's probably no one questioning his sincerity. He's taken everybody for a ride on his speeding train called "Believe in Yourself."
Words of advice from Blaise:
• You can sit and look for problems and you'll find them, but that's not what I want you to do. I want you to grow.
• I've learned to use adversity to grow. I've learned to use a problem to become stronger in body, mind and spirit.
• I really believe that people create the lives they want to lead.
• Go out and influence others. Stand up for what's right. A lot of people don't like me for that, but I'm looking for others to stand up with me. The basketball team, the football team needs to stand up together and say it's wrong.
• Open your mind and search. Don't listen to your best friends but to your enemies. I learn more from my enemies than I do from my friends.


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NewOrleansSaints.com reports the New Orleans Saints have signed and then allocated G Melvin Paige to NFL Europe. He has been allocated to the Barcelona Dragons.
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The Washington Post reports the Washington Redskins have released OL Melvin Paige.
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|Redskins | Undrafted Rookie Free Agents Added
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The Washington Post reports the Washington Redskins have signed the following undrafted rookie free agents (some previously reported): RG Robert Gillespie (Florida), WR Emmett Johnson (Virginia Tech), DT Wil Beck (Idaho), OL Ron Boldin (Florida St.), LB Shamar Finney (Penn State), LS Tony Grant (Michigan St.), S Ron Israel (Notre Dame), DE Bernard Jackson (Tennessee), S Ricot Joseph (Central Florida), RB Charlie Landrigan (USC), CB Du'Shon Martin (Appalachian State), OL Melvin Paige (South Carolina), OL Wayne Smith (Appalacian St.), OL Akil Smith (Clemson), RB Jimmy Watkins (Appalachian St.) and DT Anthony Thomas (Arizona).
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|NFL | Other South Carolina Notes
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:33:13 -0800
Paul Strelow reports for the New-Herald South Carolina CB Sheldon Brown registered a 4.35 in the 40, then was told the time wouldnt count because he had worn track shoes, albeit rubber-soled ones. OL Melvin Paige missed the sprints because he could not find his drivers license. CB Andre Goodman could not get a release from his doctor due to a shoulder injury. He hopes to hold an individual workout for scouts April 10. Several scouts who asked to remain anonymous left impressed by Browns showing and labeled him a high pick.
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Put up the scoreboard – they know
This is not exactly a news flash. I just think all the soccermeisters out there who are worried about their little darlings' self-esteem should be aware – the kids know about keeping score. They have known for a long time, and whether we like it or not, the little competitors love the concept.
If you don't believe me, play a video game with one of them and watch as they laugh with glee after kicking your virtual butt.
I know. I have had my butt kicked by a 6-year-old who publicly humiliated me and went on to celebrate his victory. I might never recover from the experience. What about my self-esteem? Doesn't that count in the grand scheme of things?
It all started when my son, Roman, told me that my grandson, Kalani, wanted to play a video game with me when I came to visit. I told him I had never played one before, but I would try.
When I walked in the door, the little guy had the Play Station ready to go. He said, "We'll start with an old game. It's really easy." I gave my son my suitcase and took my place behind a control station in front of a 60-inch monitor. I must admit, it was awesome. I felt as if I were in a "Star Wars" movie.
The game we played was called "Sly Cooper," and it involved a band of raccoons that were thieves. Kalani assured me that it was the easiest game he had and I would understand how to play in no time. He was wrong. He explained how the control station worked and told me to try it before we actually started the game.
Believe me, flying a Boeing 767 commercial airliner is less complicated. If I pressed one button, my little character would jump up. If I pressed another, it would jump up and move forward. If I worked a joystick, it would run. If I held the jump button down, it would jump higher and take longer to land. Other controls made it duck, stop, move sideways and take cover. Then the ultimate feature was the button that made him swing his weapon.
Within five seconds of attempting to make this raccoon character perform my commands, I understood why gamers are the best candidates to be fighter pilots.
I didn't lose because Kalani was better at it than I was. I didn't even get to the start. My character kept falling on his face and running into walls. He did everything except stab himself. Kalani laughed so hard he was crying.
"I'm sorry, Granddad, but you'll have to practice before we can play a game," he said sadly. "You're just not good enough."
The disappointed look on his face was heartbreaking. I was mortified. However, I watched him play a few of the more advanced games. He was incredible.
Now I understand the intense concentration, the locked-in expression on the gamers' faces as they manipulate their buttons, joysticks and sometimes foot controls for the race car and driving games. And, they do it at lightning-fast speed.
His hand and eye coordination was mind-boggling. Good gamers cannot be distracted. They have total focus. I was amazed.
I decided that I wasn't going to let him down. I went home and bought all the gear, the play station, a monitor, the latest games – the works. I told my son about it and he laughed.
A few weeks later, Kalani called and told me he had a game we could play online. All the new video games have built-in servers so the games can be played online. Everybody who has that game can see the scores because they are automatically messaged that a game is in progress.
I don't remember the game, but I do remember that I never got past the first bad guy in the trial setup. That's what is played before actually playing the game. My character was dead seconds after I started. Messages from literally thousands of players popped up: "Lag," "Noob," "ROFL" and other humiliating comments like, "Kalani, where did you find this Newbie?"
I called and he forgave me for my ineptitude. Out of curiosity, I asked if he played on a soccer team. He said, "No way. Why would I? They don't even keep score."
Not keeping score is more living proof that we live in a system we can't understand.


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I'm curently testing Architect to determine if we go on Sencha Dev environment. I'm trying to make sencha Architect use sencha Cmd pakaging tools to build web production output, as well as an android app.
On linux, I've installed :
Sencha Architect 18.104.22.1680
sencha Cmd 184.108.40.206
in sencha architect, I've configured the Cmd plugin, in package > setup and I finally run
"# sencha generate app MyApp /path/to/my/app" to create a SenchaCmd enabled project around my already existing project (created previously with Architect)
When I try to build from Architect, it take 2 sec, and no build directory created
When I run form command line "sencha app build production" it fails in building :
[INF] sass:
[INF] -before-sass:
[INF] -sass:
[INF] [shellscript] identical ../css/app.css
[INF] -after-sass:
[INF] page:
[INF] -before-page:
[INF] -page:
[INF] building application
.... traceback ....
[ERR] com.sencha.exceptions.BasicException: The following error occurred while executing this line:
/secure/openshift/dev/mobile/.sencha/app/build-impl.xml:120: javax.script.ScriptException: sun.org.mozilla.javascript.EcmaError: SyntaxError: il manque '}' après une liste de propriétés (<Unknown source>#22(eval)#19) in <Unknown source>#22(eval) at line number 19
How ca I get a web production build (with compression, sass,...) form Sencha Architect


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MONTROSE, Colo. (AP) — Investigators say a small plane that crashed in western Colorado's Delta County, killing the pilot, may have broken up while still in flight.
The Cessna 210 turboprop crashed Tuesday near a Cedaredge home, missing it by about 50 yards. The name of the pilot has not been released.
Dave Bowling with the National Transportation Safety Board tells the Montrose Daily Press (http://bit.ly/1drWpEu ) that when the plane was found, it was missing its left wing and part of its tail. The tail was found about a mile from the crash site. The wing was found about 1.5 miles away.
Bowling says "when we find things like that, it's pretty much an indicator that the airplane broke up in flight, probably in a very violent descent."
Cedaredge is 30 miles southeast of Grand Junction.
Information from: The Montrose Daily Press, http://www.montrosepress.com


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Phillies right-hander Ryan Madson was placed on the 15-day disabled list today with a right hand contusion, retroactive to June 19, Senior Vice President and General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. announced. To fill his spot on the 25-man roster, right-hander Andrew Carpenter had his contract selected from triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Madson, 30, is 3-1 with a 2.03 ERA in 31 games for the Phillies this season. He has converted 15 of his 16 save opportunities while striking out 34 batters over 31.0 innings (9.87 SO/9.0 IP). Madson is holding opposing hitters to a .230 average (26-113), including a .167 average with runners in scoring position (4-24), while 26 of his 31 appearances have been scoreless (84%).
Carpenter has gone 5-0 with a 1.58 ERA in 24 games for Lehigh valley this season and has not allowed a run over his last eight appearances (13.1 innings). The 26-year-old has surrendered just 34 hits and nine walks over 45.2 innings this season (0.94 WHIP), while striking out 51 (10.05 SO/9.0 IP). In five career appearances with the Phillies, including one start, Carpenter is 1-1 with a 9.31 ERA in 9.2 innings.


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Come to the library for a free showing of Life is Beautiful (La vita è bella)!
A carefree Jewish bookkeeper must use every bit of his wit and imagination to protect his son from the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe.
This film will be shown in Italian with English subtitles and will be projected on our large screen. Life is Beautiful won three Academy Awards and is rated PG-13.
When: Monday, January 6, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Logan Library, Jim Bridger Room
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This French-German-Israeli co-production helmed by director Keren Yedaya observes the heartbreaking tragedy that erupts from an affair between a young Jewish woman and an Arab mechanic. Mali Wolf (Dana Ivgy) is the daughter of garage proprietor Reuven (Moni Moshonov) and his wife Osnat (Ronit Elkabetz); Reuven employs two Arabs, father and son Hassan (Hussein Yassin Mahajneh) and Tawfik (Mahmoud Shalaby) at his shop. He shows them basic respect, though an undercurrent of racial hostility bubbles beneath the surface among all concerned. Meanwhile, Mali and Tawfik nurture a discreet relationship -- so discreet that no one else realizes what is happening -- and in seemingly no time, Mali realizes that she is pregnant with Tawfik's daughter, but deliberately avoids telling him. Things come to a head at the shop when Tawfik gets into a brawl with Mali's hotheaded brother Meir (Roy Assaf), ends up killing the young man, and gets shuttled off to prison. Mali breaks up with Tawfik, but decides to have the baby and lies to her parents, informing them that the father is a married man and will remain out of the picture. All bodes well with the child and the family for nine years, until Tawfik gets out of prison, still unaware of the presence of his daughter Shiran (Lili Ivgy). For a stylistic model, Yedaya emulates the approach of slick Egyptian melodramas.~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Director: Keren Yedaya
Writer: Illa Ben Porat and Keren Yedaya
Cast: Dana Ivgy, Moni Moshonov, Ronit Elkabetz, Mahmud Shalaby, Hussein Yassin Mahajne, Dalia Beger, Lili Igvy, Zenabh Mahrab and Suma Zenabh
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CRESTVIEW � Joe Unit describes his job at the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce succinctly. "I'm speaking the gospel of the chamber," he said.
CRESTVIEW � Joe Unit's official title is Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce membership and program development director.
Unit describes his job a bit more succinctly.
"I'm speaking the gospel of the chamber," he said.
Unit has a new position at the north county's regional chamber of commerce. His primary focus is membership retention and recruitment, chamber Executive Director Wayne Harris said.
"He'll also be responsible for some of our programs and getting people involved and understanding what the chamber is all about," Harris said. "There's this misunderstanding that the chamber is some sort of government entity."
Among his goals, Unit said, is raising membership from its current status and getting as many businesses as possible involved with the chamber.
"And I want to become more involved with the community myself," Unit said.
Feedback from chamber membership has suggested some small business owners are not aware of or taking advantage of their memberships' benefits, Harris said.
"It's all about the return on investment," Harris said. "I liken it to joining a gym.
"If you pay $300 to join a gym and you never show up, are you getting your money's worth? It's the same thing. The chamber's got to be used. There are all kinds of things to take advantage of."
Three underused benefits
Harris and Unit cited three main, often underused benefits of chamber membership:
�Networking opportunities with other members
� Resources including training and educational seminars, assistance from Tom Hermanson from the University of West Florida Small Business Development Center, and business ribbon cutting events
�Contributing to a powerful regional business voice.
"Two things prompt legislatures: dollars and numbers of people," Harris said. "The bigger the organization is, the stronger your voice, and most small businesses don't have the resources to have their own lobbyists."
Unit will spearhead personal contacts with chamber members to see what other services the organization can provide.
"I'm a guy that if a business has a question, I want them to give me a call," he said. "I need the feedback to find out what they're looking for from the chamber."
In addition to working with members, Unit will be heavily involved in chamber events and programs, such as the Triple B festival, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary.
Harris said he has big expectations for the role Unit will play in the chamber of commerce, knows he can rely on Unit, and feels the duo are on the same wavelength.
After all, they're both Air Force veterans.
"We know how to work together," Harris said. "We know if one of us asks the other person to do something, you can take it to the bank."
Meet Joe Unit
Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce Membership and Program Development Director
�20-year Air Force veteran
�Stationed at Eglin Air Force Base 1991-94
�Moved back to Crestview from Johnstown, Penn., where he was an Air Force recruiter for six years, and then worked as an automotive sales consultant
�Four children, including a son and granddaughter in Crestview


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I wasn't the only one who watched as their once happy marriage seemed to crumble apart at the hinges.
More than nine million people watched - albeit painfully - the premiere of the fifth season of "Jon & Kate Plus 8."
Though I'm not usually one to read tabloids on checkout stands, I couldn't help but notice the headlines over the past few months that accuse both Jon and Kate Gosselin of having affairs. The thought made me sad.
I was even more sad - for the couple's eight children really - after watching the show's season premiere episode.
Dina did not know where to turn for help. Her husband of nine months who had been so kind to her had suddenly become abusive. For the past two weeks, he would slap her for no reason at all.
One night he would not let her leave the house because he believed she was going to see another man. He would leave with his friends but order her to stay at home. She was afraid of what he might do.
Responsibility. Competitiveness. Love. Graduation. Patriotism. Politics. Family. Social networking. Self-image. Religion.
You name it, and this year's Teen Board has covered it.
If you've taken the time to read the "Insight Page" published each month since last September, then you know there's some serious issues on the minds of Taylor County teens.
I was watching a repeat of "Grey's Anatomy" recently, and it hit me.
I had heard many eloquent words about the power of a person's hands at a blessing of the hands ceremony recently, but this episode was like a picture of what I heard that night.
I remember sitting there in the front row, with my camera in hand, capturing the moment. I heard several speakers discuss what we do with our hands.
My granddaughter Claire is a feisty child. She reminds me a lot of her mother at that age.
She is 19 months old and starting to string words together. Sometimes I can understand her, sometimes not, but I always get a kick out of what she says. She gives an extra twist to the word umbrella-la-la.
The other day I was talking to her on the phone and two words came out perfectly clear. She said new shoes.
The child is a prodigy and a girl after my own heart.
I get these e-mailed quizzes from time to time. I always hit the delete button without even looking at them. But not this time.
The point of a column is to give our readers a little insight into how our minds work. What better way to do that than with a quiz? Allow me to apologize for some of my answers in advance.
1. Were you named after anyone? My father, James, and my grandfather Ray.
2. When was the last time you cried? Real men don't cry. So, probably five minutes ago.
3. Do you like your handwriting? Yes, because only I can read it.
Four years ago this month, as a staffer for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, I sat at the back of the Senate Chamber and listened to Republicans denounce efforts to filibuster President Bush's judicial appointments. One after another, they sermonized about the body's Constitutional, even moral, obligation to give each nominee an "up or down vote."
At the time, Sen. Mitch McConnell said, "regardless of party, any President's judicial nominees, after full debate, deserve a simple up-or-down vote."
Do you have a favorite recipe you'd like to share with others? If so, we've got just the book for you ... and you can help local students at the same time.
The News-Journal's Newspapers In Education program is working on a community cookbook that will include all your favorite recipes - AND raise money that will help provide NIE subscriptions for students to use in their classrooms.
In the past year, the Central Kentucky News-Journal delivered more than 800 newspapers to local classrooms each Monday and Thursday.
The recession has hit our country hard. According to a recent survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, it has motivated more than half of us to cut back on needed health care expenditures. The desire to rein in spending at a time like this is understandable. But skimping on medical care is a dangerous way to do it. Thankfully, there are some simple - and safe - strategies to save money on health care without sacrificing your health.
Here are my Top 5.
Know your health plan's fine print.
For anyone who complains about getting a ticket for not buckling up when driving or riding in a motor vehicle, here's a crash course in reality:
- 826 people were killed on Kentucky's roadways in 2008.
- 55 percent of those killed were not wearing a seat belt.
When worn correctly, seat belts are proven to reduce the risk of fatal injury to front-seat occupants by 45 percent and by 60 percent in pickup trucks, SUVs and minivans.
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Metascore®Generally favorable reviewsbased on a weighted average of allcritic review scores.
The comedy works some of the time; the pathos, more so. There's an undertow of grief in 2 Days in New York relating to the passing of Marion's (and Delpy's) mother, who died in 2009.
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French farce is alive and reasonably well in 2 Days in New York, a madcap inter-family romp that deftly keeps many comic balls in the air for a good hour, before dropping some in the final stretch.
It's a pleasure to meet up again with Marion, the distractible, acerbic, New York-based French photographer played once more by Julie Delpy in 2 Days in New York. This bouncy hand-knitted comedy of cross-cultural relationships, also directed and co-written by Delpy, makes a jaunty sequel to "2 Days in Paris."
What impresses me more is that she (Delpy) has a lighthearted way about her and takes chances in comedies like this. It is hard enough to be good at all, but to be good in comedy speaks for your character.
See all 2 Days in New York reviews at Metacritic.com
OK for kids 16+
Relationship sequel has same formula, less zest than first.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that 2 Days in New York is the follow-up to 2 Days in Paris, both directed by and starring Julie Delpy. It follows the same basic formula as the original, focusing on a couple forced to address issues in their relationship while surrounded by her very French (and very outrageous) family. There are some scenes with bickering and fairly graphic sexual banter (including a running joke that references oral sex), adult characters drink and smoke pot, and there's plenty of swearing ("f--k," "s--t," etc.). The real drama comes from watching Delpy's character and her live-in boyfriend, played by Chris Rock, navigate the rocky shoals of a real relationship, which may not be especially relatable to young people who've had few of their own.
Messages: A real relationship can be real work, but they're usually worth the effort, and negotiating through the conflicts can make a couple stronger ... even if one of them comes with some quirky and unusual family members.
Role models: Marion and Mingus are flawed but mostly behave like adults as they try to deal with some of the conflicts that arise -- between each other, with neighbors, and with her demanding family members. They try to show respect for each other as they seek common ground in a film that presents a very realistic portrait of a relationship. A little potentially offensive racial-stereotype humor from the no-boundaries French relatives.
Violence: Some intense bickering and one minor scrap as a woman tries to grab a document from a man and they end up wrestling on the floor.
Sex: Several graphic discussions about sex, and a few scenes feature a couple who appear to be fooling around under the covers. One woman walks around half-dressed, with brief glimpses of her breast and butt. A married couple flirts and talks about why they can't have sex with an apartment full of guests. A running joke pairs Mingus' name with a term for oral sex.
Language: Plenty of swearing, including "f--k," "s--t," "bulls--t," "motherf----r," "d--k," "ass," "bitch," and more.
Consumerism: Many stores are visible in the background of scenes shot on location in New York City.
Drinking, drugs and smoking: Several scenes show people drinking at dinner and at parties -- and sometimes smoking cigarettes as well. Some characters smoke pot in a few scenes, and a man completes a drug deal in front of a young girl. She later emulates what she witnessed by trying to sell real grass, picked in the park, to a classmate.
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In a bit of serendipity worthy of Mary Poppins, the news of Amazon's acquisition of Kiva Systems arrived just in time for Robots Podcast to arrange an interview with one of the cofounders of Kiva Systems, Raffaello D'Andrea, who is also Professor of Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zürich. (Professor D'Andrea was previously featured on Robots Podcast in October, 2008.) While the Kiva Systems deal provides the motivation for the current interview, many aspects of his work are mentioned. The breadth of that work is represented by a video which appears on the homepage of his personal website.
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From carbohydrates to hydrocarbons, energy is necessary for work, and work is necessary for the economy. The pyramids at Giza were erected using human energy, the textile economy of 19th century New England was driven by water energy, and modern economic growth across the globe is powered by carbon energy. Today, emerging sources of renewable energy promise to drive the economy of the future.
A few oil companies dwarf others in the industry, in terms of revenue, market cap, and profits. The oil majors are vertically integrated, international companies that do everything from searching for petroleum to refining it into fuels and chemicals. They include
Many nations, from Venezuela to the members of OPEC, are dependent on oil to drive their national economies - not as a source of energy, but as a major export. Some of these countries have oil companies in which the national government owns a large stake, and which rival the oil majors in size and scope. The oil nationals include
Independent oil and gas companies engage the petroleum activities as the oil majors, ranging from exploration to production to refining, but none of them are as involved in all parts of the industry as the majors or nationals. Independents tend to specialize in one aspect of the oil and gas industry.
Companies that focus on predominantly exploration for and production of natural gas include
Companies that focus on predominantly exploration for and production of oil include
Companies that heavily involved in exploration for and production of of both oil and natural gas include
Companies that are involved in refining include
Most oil and gas companies don't build the seismic imaging, drilling, and piping equipment they need. For the essential hardware, especially new technologies needed for such advanced operations as deepwater drilling, they turn to oilfield services companies. These firms provide services to oil extractors, such as supplying drilling equipment and providing geological information to determine potential drilling sites. These companies are slaves to the cyclicity of the energy industry in general. When oil prices are high, extractors scramble to extract as much oil as possible to take advantage. This leads to high demand for new equipment and services. On the other hand, when the cycle is downward, there is little demand and historically services companies have absorbed large losses. Sustainable competitive advantages are rare - without significant switching costs or sticky businesses (these services are largely discretionary in nature), profits can disappear in no time.
Coal is the United States' most abundant fossil fuel; in 2006, U.S. coal reserves were estimated to be 1,162.8 million short tons[2]. Furthermore, coal is preferred over oil when it comes to base-load power generation, as it is cheaper, more abundant, and cannot yet be used efficiently as vehicle fuel. This form of energy, however, is extremely controversial for its role in contributing to climate change and causing terrible air pollution issues like acid rain and smog. Though clean coal technologies are being developed to make this source of energy more environmentally competitive, it will be difficult and costly to develop effective methods to stop the burning of coal from contributing to the greenhouse effect. Because of this, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley have all downgraded coal, making it more difficult for companies to finance coal power plants or mining equipment.
Major coal companies include
Nuclear energy is arguably the most controversial form of energy. Supporters tout its lack of smog, acid, and greenhouse gas pollution, as well as the fact that uranium and plutonium don't come from politically turbulent countries the way oil does. Detractors respond by pointing to the highly toxic, difficult-to-remove, radioactive waste resulting from nuclear power operations. They also highlight the fact that a "nuclear meltdown" in the best case would release deadly radiation for miles around and in the worst case burn a tunnel into the earth (an effect known as the China Syndrome)[3].
Despite its risks, nuclear energy currently provides 16% of the world's energy supply[4]; with world energy demand increasing and the installation cost of this generation of nuclear plants falling from $5000 per kW to $2000 per kW[5], nuclear's share of the energy spectrum is well-positioned to increase.
Water is one of the oldest sources of mechanical energy to be harnessed by humans, so it's only natural that it was one of the first forms of "alternative energy". Despite the ecological effects of damming a river, the release of greenhouse gases from decaying plants in flooded regions, and the risks posed by a bursting dam to communities downhill from a major hydroelectric plant, hydroelectric energy still generates 19% of the world's electricity[6], and is growing in countries like China, where many rivers have not yet been dammed. Major international hydroelectric plant operators include Vale and Idacorp.
Oil, gas, uranium, water - as power sources, all have the potential to run out during the course of human development, possibly in the next couple of hundred years. Renewable sources can sidestep step this problem by using energy sources that either will last longer than the human race or can be regenerated through agriculture. Most renewable energy sources are also environmentally friendly, fight global warming by reducing carbon emissions, and allow economies to reduce their dependence on politically turbulent nations.
Wind energy is best established of the renewables, constituting 1% of global energy production[7]. It can also be the most cost-efficient, especially when large installations using large turbines can take advantage of economies of scale. On the other side of the fence, solar power is the most expensive, least efficient form of renewable energy - for now. Recent spending in the sector has caused tremendous improvements both in cost and efficiency, and this has caused companies from China, Europe, and the U.S. to flood the sector, increasing competitiveness and driving even greater improvements. Geothermal energy gets relatively little attention, but with states along the fault lines and geysers of the Western United States increasingly passing renewable energy mandates, its potential is growing. Biofuels, however, have been all the rage, and with Congress's recent passage of an energy bill mandating increased production of ethanol and cellulosic ethanol, the stage is set for their use to greatly increase - in spite of protests from social activists who are worried about rising food prices.
Despite the fact that oil prices have risen over $100 per barrel, most renewable technologies are still less cost-efficient than fossil fuels - though recent government support has led to heavy spending in search of ways to close this gap. Renewables are quickly catching on in progressive regions like Europe, and with over 750,000 deaths in China caused by air pollution and other environmental damages each year[8], the market for clean energy is expected to grow in there as well.
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Geothermal energy uses hot water deep within the earth's crust to spin turbines and produce power 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It produces few carbon emissions and can re-inject used water back into the earth to be used again, making it fully sustainable. Not every part of the planet has geothermal resources; usually, they can be found in regions where there is volcanic activity, or where two tectonic plates meet. This is why places like Indonesia and the Philippines, which are situated on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", or California, with its myriad fault lines and hot springs, are such strong markets for geothermal technology.
The appeal of solar power is obvious. It is a virtually limitless resource. It's free of greenhouse gas emissions, widely thought to contribute to global climate change. In developed countries using lots of air conditioners, it generates more electricity exactly when you need it-- at times of peak electricity usage (e.g, you run your air conditioners more during the hottest, sunniest days of the summer time). Once installed, solar systems can function for 25 or more years with little maintenance or oversight.[12]
Solar comes with limitations, however, with poor cost-efficiency being the most notable. Solar is weather dependent and intermittent, requiring storage or back-up systems to supplement during times of weak generation. More importantly, thanks to fast-rising silicon prices, solar systems average $8,000 per kilowatt installed[13] - extremely expensive even in comparison to other renewables. Still, the solar market has exploded over the past year, with electricity generated from solar systems increasing from 2.5 GW in 2006 to 3.8 GW in 2007[14].
Wind is caused by different parts of the earth heating at different rates to different temperatures, creating pressure gradients and leading air molecules to move from areas of higher pressure (density) to areas of lower pressure (density). As long as the sun shines, the wind will blow. It would appear that wind is the ultimate source of energy, but, like all other renewables, it faces some issues. Not every region has winds that are the right speed year-round; furthermore, turbines are very dangerous for birds, particularly during migrations. Wind parks can also "overproduce" on windy days, creating more electricity than needed by the utilities grid, though there are massive batteries being developed to store some of this excess energy for periods when the wind is weaker than needed.
Wind turbines have the lowest installation costs of any of the renewables, and with large wind installations taking advantage of economies of scale to reach lows of $800 per kilowatt installed[15], today it rivals natural gas as a form of cheap, base-load energy.
Wave power uses the kinetic energy from ocean waves to generate electricity. Most wave energy producers are private labs and emerging companies, but Ocean Power Technologies has emerged as the first publicly traded wave power producer in the U.S.
Biofuels are sources of energy that are renewable in the truest sense of the word. They are made from plant matter; since plants can be regrown, the energy source can be renewed. Major biofuels include biodiesel, ethanol, and cellulosic ethanol, though there are currently private companies working on refining biogasoline. In the U.S., major companies that dabble in the three main forms of biofuels include Pacific Ethanol, ConAgra, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company and Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings.
Ethanol is a biofuel that can be blended with gasoline; it is made by fermenting sugar, and corn is its primary input. Currently, American cars can run on a mix of 90% gasoline and 10% ethanol, though there isn't nearly enough corn-based ethanol being produced at the moment to meet this capacity. There are also cars that can run on 85% ethanol and even pure ethanol, though these vehicles are few and far between in the U.S. VeraSun Energy is a major producer of corn-based ethanol.
Recent energy legislation has mandated an increase in the amount of ethanol used in the U.S. far past the nation's corn-production capacity. Another form of ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, uses industrial or biological processes to refine ethanol from cellulosic matter, like paper, wheat husks, and dead plants. Companies like Bluefire Ethanol refine ethanol from trash, while others like Verenium Corporation use lab-developed enzymes to break down cellulose from plant matter like leaves and grass.
Companies like Covanta use trash instead of gas to generate the heat needed to spin steam turbines. These companies burn waste from farms and landfills, converting leavings that would otherwise not me monetized into valuable electricity.
Oil, the "black gold", has always been a rich source of energy, used for a variety of purposes from electricity generation to gasoline production. The oil and gas products industry consists primarily of firms that take crude oil or other raw materials and convert them into usable products such as gasoline, motor oil, and diesel fuel. Refining as a business model is a tough one.
First of all, refining is very capital intensive, requiring a lot of maintenance, upkeep, and replacement costs to keep refineries running smoothly. Secondly, there is no real way to build a competitive advantage with refining as a pure play business model. While OPEC protects crude oil prices for upstream (extraction) firms, nobody is protecting the cost of gasoline or motor oil! Lastly, refining profits are heavily cyclical, usually inversely dependent on the price of crude oil. Refineries buy crude and sell products, so an ideal situation for them is lower crude prices and relatively higher end product prices.
There are a lot of steps in the process of extracting oil from the ground to selling it to consumers. First, the company must own or lease land that contains oil deposits. Then the company must extract the oil from the ground and get it to refineries via pipelines. These steps are called the "upstream" process. From there, the refineries convert the crude oil into products which are then marketed and sold to consumers. This is the "downstream" process. Companies in the oil & gas segment have operations to handle all of these steps. They are commonly known as "integrated" oil and gas companies.
Global demand for oil is predicted to increase by 2.1 million barrels, to 87.8 million barrels, in 2008[16]; with emerging economies depending on accessible fossil fuels to drive growth, these numbers are predicted to keep growing.
Oil is, however, a controversial source of fuel. In the past six months its price has risen to record levels, over $100 per barrel, and it continues to be in great demand. It is the main source of funding for dictatorial, tyrannical, and terror-supporting governments from the Middle East to Venezuela. Its extraction causes ecosystem damage and its burning releases smog, particle pollutants, and greenhouse gases.
Most importantly, however, it is a limited resource. Many believe that we are near a condition called "peak oil", in which half the world's reserves have been used; with oil prices reaching record highs in recent weeks, it's clear that the demand for this resource has greatly outpaced its supply.
Natural gas, another hydrocarbon, is often lumped in with oil; it is found in the same reserves as those containing oil, its price tends to fluctuate along with oil prices, and it is also a limited resource. Natural gas is, however, a cleaner form of energy, and is the second most used source of electricity (after coal). It has been touted by a number of sources as "the" alternative to oil and coal; as a source of heating energy, gas is cheaper[17] and, in recent years, seemingly more abundant than oil. Companies that produce one, however, tend to produce the other.
Right now, the world is powered by fossil fuels. Oil is the richest industry on the planet, with some of the highest grossing companies of all time; these days, nations rise and fall based on their ability to supply or procure oil to drive their economies. Coal is emerging as a major fuel source in markets like China, where it is easily accessible and cheap to use. In developed, politically progressive markets like Europe, renewable energy is taking over, driving new economic development internally, as companies like Vestas grow to be the largest companies in their home nations, and abroad, as countries like India and China pump out low-cost renewables developers to compete on world markets.
The energy industry is incredibly broad, and is becoming increasingly volatile as a result of issues developing around traditional energy sources like oil and coal. As the reserves in more stable nations dry up, oil is increasingly being imported from politically unstable countries. This means that every time a bomb goes off in Iraq or a coup occurs in Africa, the price of oil spikes. Fossil fuels are also on trial in the court of international opinion for contributing to global warming, which has led to the adoption of renewable energy mandates in more progressive regions. To many, the energy industry appears to be in a state of transition, though developing nations are still turning to cheaper, more traditional sources like oil, coal, and natural gas. Cases can be made for the long-term growth of every form of energy, so the answer to what source will be the "next big thing" is still up in the air.
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Espy-Wilson Selected For New ADVANCE Program
Prof. Carol Espy-Wilson (ECE/ISR) has been selected for the position of ADVANCE Professor in the A. James Clark School Of Engineering.
Prof. Espy-Wilson will serve as the ADVANCE Professor for Women Faculty of Color in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), and will work alongside Prof. Alison Flatau, another ADVANCE Professor in the Clark School. Prof. Espy-Wilson's new appointment begins in spring of 2011.
The ADVANCE Program for Inclusive Excellence aims to transform the institutional culture of our University by facilitating networks, offering individual mentoring and support, and offering information and strategic opportunities for women faculty in all areas of academia. Through initiatives funded from a five year, multi-million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation, the ADVANCE Program aims to produce academic environments with assumptions, values and beliefs, policies and practices that support and generate professional growth and excellence for all faculty.
The University of Maryland (UMD) proposes to invest in the long-term professional growth of women in science and engineering. The ADVANCE project offers a new way to conceive of and address the national problem of retention among STEM academic women, and offers institutional leaders a new way of framing the need to transform their environments to ensure they truly achieve inclusive excellence.
Prof. Espy-Wilson received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1979. She received her M.S., E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from MIT in 1981, 1984 and 1987, respectively. She was on faculty at Boston University from 1990 to 2001 and is Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She directs the Speech Communication Lab at UMD.
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A meeting was held Tuesday night at City Hall to discuss the status of the Henry Lee Willis Community Center, which lost all its state funding, and as a result will close by Feb. 6.
Among those at the meeting were Mayor Joe Petty and City Councilor Sarai Rivera. Marilyn Chase, assistant secretary of the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services, as well as several members of the area�s state legislative delegation were in attendance.
We were also told that members of the clergy, the NAACP, and the heads of the approximately 10 agencies operated by the Willis Center were on hand.
Mayor Petty said he organized the meeting as a closed-door session to get information on how the services once offered by the Willis Center would be continued without any major disruptions.
But given the many questions raised by the demise of the minority-led, social service agency and the angst it has caused in the African-American community, which has benefited from the agency�s professional growth opportunities to minorities interested in health and human services, you would think that such a meeting would have been advertised beforehand and open to the public.
The fact that some 50 people, after hearing about the meeting through word of mouth, turned up and were reluctantly allowed to stay, doesn�t lessen the incredibility of the mayor initially trying to close the meeting to the public.
But perhaps this should not come as a surprise, as this entire process has been characterized by a mind-boggling lack of transparency and accountability.
City Councilor Konnie Lukes, who chairs the council�s Public Health and Human Services Committee, was not aware of Tuesday�s meeting until it was over. And when she raised questions later on the City Council floor, questions that were supposedly answered in the meeting on the Willis Center, she was met with silence.
Yesterday, she filed several orders, to include seeking a legal opinion on whether the meeting was in compliance with the Massachusetts Open Meeting Law.
She is also requesting the administration �report the dates, persons in attendance, and locations of any meetings held to discuss the services, operations and transfers of contracts and assets of the Henry Lee Willis Center.�
At Tuesday�s meeting, according to Carlton Watson, executive director of the Willis Center, the state disclosed the names of some of the agencies that will be taking over Willis� programs, and presumably the properties housing those programs.
The agencies include the South Middlesex Opportunity Council � Willis� sober-living programs; Advocates Inc. and Spectrum Inc. � Willis� substance abuse residential programs; and the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance � Willis� homeless shelter programs.
But beyond saying it has major concerns about client care and the financial state of the Willis Center, the state still has not provided any specific details as to why it has withdrawn its funding.
This is an essential point.
Our representatives may not have been able to prevent the state from doing what it wanted to do, but at the very least they should have insisted on being provided a more convincing argument for dissolving the 22-year-old social service agency. They should have insisted on being given the opportunity to peruse other operational or management options, and there should have been a public debate on this issue.
Indeed, if it is true that Mr. Watson, members of the area�s state delegation and members of the City Council have not been told anything beyond the state�s general note of concern, then the closing of the Willis Center reflects a total dereliction of duty by the Willis� board of directors, and our political representatives.


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There and Back Again: A Pastor's Tale, Part Seven
Some who have been reading this series of blog posts may not know the title is a literary reference. It is drawn from J.R.R. Tolkien's book, The Hobbit, which offers "There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale" as an alternate title. The Hobbit tells the story of Bilbo Baggins's unlikely adventure as he leaves his comfy home in the Shire, travels into wild lands and unknown dangers, and then returns again transformed by all that has happened in-between.
In Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton, another British author of the same era, opens his book with a similar theme. Though not a fantasy, he nevertheless describes a fanciful situation in which an English yachtsman sets out from home on his own journey of discovery. However, through a miscalculation in his course, what he "discovers" is England itself—in the mistaken belief that it is a new island in the South Seas! Though such a man might appear to be a fool, Chesterton is not concerned with this impression. He states that any who think that a sense of folly "...was [the yachtsman's] sole or dominant emotion [has] not studied with sufficient delicacy the rich romantic nature of the hero of this tale." He continues:
"His mistake was really a most enviable mistake; and he knew it, if he was the man I take him for. What could be more delightful than to have in the same few minutes all the fascinating terrors of going abroad combined with all the humane security of coming home again? What could be better than to have all the fun of discovering South Africa without the disgusting necessity of landing there? (With all apologies to my South African friends!) What could be more glorious than to brace one's self up to discover New South Wales and then realize, with a gush of happy tears, that it was really old South Wales?"
In context, Chesterton uses this amusing anecdote as a metaphor for his journey away from, then back to orthodox Christian faith. As it relates to my journey, it serves as a poignant, albeit imperfect, analogy for our journey over these last couple of years. It is imperfect insofar as it was not a miscalculation that led to us to move to New Zealand and then return to Kansas City. It is poignant inasmuch as it describes the scope of emotions—from the fascinating terrors to the humane security—we have felt as our family discovered a new island in the South Seas, and now, somehow, find ourselves preparing to land on our home shores almost two years later.
Here is how the final part of this tale unfolded...
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New Boston seeks help on enrollment projections
NEW BOSTON — The New Boston School District and the SAU administrators are looking for guidance on projected enrollments to fulfill future school facility needs.
The district recently put out a bid for a complete demographic analysis and assessment of educational space needs for its short- and long-term planning. The cost of the study would be about $4,000 to $5,000.
"New Boston has had a tentative addition to New Boston Central School on the CIP for several years," said interim Superintendent Brian Balke. "This is the best opportunity for the board to have the most accurate information to closely analyze what the projected student numbers will be."
New Boston student enrollments have been stable or slightly increasing through the years. As of Oct. 1, there were 540 students attending New Boston Central School, 15 in pre-K, 50 kindergartners, 13 in readiness, 76 first-graders, 73 second-graders, 77 third-graders, 68 fourth-graders, 87 fifth-graders and 81 sixth-graders.
At Mountain View Middle School there are 144 New Boston students enrolled, with 78 seventh-graders and 66 eighth-graders.
New Boston also sends 288 students to Goffstown High School, including 88 ninth-graders, 70 10th-graders, 76 students in grade 11, and 54 in grade 12.
The report will help the New Boston School Board determine whether it will bring a warrant to voters in March 2015. The plan is to bond either a 10- or 20-year $1.25 million bond for a four-classroom addition with a handicapped-accessible bathroom, said Principal Jude Chauvette.
Bid proposals are due by 3 p.m. on Oct. 25 and must include detailed enrollment projections with six to eight years of history for grades K-12, and a projection for the next 10 years for grades K-12; an analysis of building permits, population and demographics; a review the census data and regional planning information; interviews with local officials; analysis of projected future use; a map with grade and school assignment data showing the residence of each student and the distances for each from their school.
The proposals must also be presented to the public and the board following the completion of the final report. For more information, visit goffstown.k12.nh.us/SAU19.


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Uncommon goods is running a Brooklyn flag design contest calling for entries for crests that personify the various Brooklyn neighborhoods. The contest will be judged by design goddess SwissMiss, former borough president Marty Markowitz and uncommon goods founder David Bolotsky. What fun - I can't wait to see the winning designs. Entry deadline is July 31 so get to work!
So what better time to share a little giveaway from uncommon goods that personifies bright ideas? One lucky winner will get this fabulous industrial lightbulb walnut bookend lamp. Isn't it beautiful? Bonus points for being hand made in the USA.
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With the exception of Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Japan, and most oceanic islands, native populations of cats are found worldwide, and one species, domestic cats, have been introduced nearly everywhere humans currently exist. Although some authorities recognize only a few genera, most accounts of Felidae recognize 18 genera and 36 species. With the exception of the largest cats, most are adept climbers, and many are skilled swimmers. Most felids are solitary. Often, felids are separated into two distinct subgroups, large cats and small cats. Generally, small cats are those that, due to a hardening of the hyoid bone, have an inability to roar. Felidae consists of 2 subfamilies, Pantherinae (e.g., lions and tigers) and Felinae (e.g., bobcats, pumas, and cheetahs).
Felids are perhaps the most morphologically specialized hunters of all carnivores, often taking prey as large as themselves and occasionally taking prey several times their own size. Unlike other carnivores, felids rely almost exclusively on prey that they have killed themselves. They are agile hunters, hunting mostly at night, with diets consisting of fresh meat or carrion. Felids are found in all terrestrial habitats except treeless tundra and polar ice caps.
The first cat-like mammals appeared around 60 million years ago (MYA) during the Eocene and culminated in the most specialized of the saber-tooths, Barbourofelis fricki. However, the phylogeny of saber-tooths and their ancestors (Nimravidae) is the subject of considerable debate and fossil evidence for these cat-like mammals does not exist after the Miocene. True felids first appeared during the early Oligocene and, although early ancestors of present day felids had short upper canines, felid radiations that occurred during the Miocene and Pliocene, such as Smilodon, appeared to specialize on large herbivores and had large, saber-like upper canines. Early felids were divided into two subfamilies, Machairodontinae (saber-toothed cats) and Felinae (conical-toothed cats). The many genera of saber-toothed cats are divided into three tribes (Metailurini, Homotheriini, and Smilodontini). Living and extinct conical-toothed cats are placed in one subfamily and one tribe, the Felini, but controversy surrounds generic-level classification of felids. Modern cats are closely related to hyenas, mongooses, and civets. These families, including the families Eupleridae and Nandiniidae, are in the suborder Feliformia.