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Uptown, Dallas Travel Guide
Uptown Summary
- Great nightlife
- Home to the American Airlines Center
- Numerous upscale restaurants
- Gay-friendly
- Many art galleries and trendy shops
- Void of museums and historic sites (although Downtown museums are nearby)
- Area is very expensive
What It's Like
Divided into several areas -- like Victory Park, McKinney Avenue, Knox-Henderson, and West Village -- Uptown Dallas is a hot spot of shops, restaurants, and nightlife. Creating the border on the south side, Victory Park is home to the American Airlines Center, a huge sports and entertainment complex where the Dallas Mavericks and the Dallas Stars play. Numerous high-end hotels are in the area and it has become a very posh place to live. To the north, McKinney Avenue is lined with art galleries, and Knox-Henderson is packed with upscale restaurants. West Village offers amazing shopping -- whether you're looking for trendy boutiques or high-end labels -- and has some of the best nightlife in Dallas, and nearby Turtle Creek is known as the artsy, gay-friendly area where the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater sits.
Where To Stay
Uptown Dallas is very upscale and therefore the hotels are very luxurious (and expensive) -- but the same holds true for areas like Downtown. Staying in the southern area of Uptown puts you near the museums and tourist attractions of Downtown Dallas. The northern area is closest to the hip nightlife of the West Village and the art galleries on McKinney Avenue.


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Watch a Six-Year-Old Breakdancer Destroy Her Competition
On Saturday during a "baby battle" at a dance competition in France, six-year-old Terra from Wolverhampton, England won Best Dancer. Terra is part of Soul Mavericks, a UK B-Boy crew, and often dances with her "older" sister, Eddie, who is 8. [Daily Mail, The Mary Sue, Neatorama, Viral Viral Videos]

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Thursday, October 19, 2006
Corum Online
Selection of Wallpaper from Korean MMORPG Corum Online, more from Official Website
Video from tillsur on youtube
the elderly gamer, bringing you games you'll never play unless you learn Korean (thks anon).
Thankfully thanks to GPotato that is no longer the case
Open Beta for Corum Online is scheduled to start on February 15th 2007. Corum Online will be published in America by a company called Gala-Net. The Open Beta for Corum Online will start on February 15th, 2007 at 5:00 PM PST (GMT - 8).
visit Corum online at Gpotato.com, see what all the fuss is about
tags Corum online mmorpg japanese wallpaper
11 comments:
- TheTimeRunner said...
Give it time dear Elderly, If the defacto publisher Working Designs grabs this, we might see something interesting...
- 3:20 PM, October 19, 2006
- DEITRIX said...
Atleast the concept art is good...
- 11:59 PM, October 19, 2006
- The Elderly said...
why oh why would they not hire someone to do a translation open their own .com site and let us have at it, the community would have it modded in weeks, but your right.....
(sits back down and waits.....)
.... a hight proportion of the korean/japanese mmorpg have some amazing on site graphics, an effective means of marketing i woudl have thought...
- 1:11 AM, October 20, 2006
http://corum.gpotato.com - From English publisher GPotato.
- 8:11 AM, December 07, 2006
- The Elderly said...
Ace ....anonymous thank you...
- 9:56 PM, December 07, 2006
Corum Online will be published in America by a company called Gala-Net. Gala-Net provides many free-to-play games that can be found at http://www.gpotato.com/ . The Open Beta for Corum Online will start on February 15th, 2007 at 5:00 PM PST (GMT - 8). I hope to see you in game at that time!
- 7:15 PM, February 14, 2007
- The Elderly said...
Thank you anon, expect a full post soon......
- 12:50 AM, February 15, 2007
Corum Online is developed by a Korean company, not Japanese.
- 1:24 AM, February 22, 2007
- The Elderly said...
ooops!.... thanks anonymous, post amended and thanks for the tip off...
(hides head in the sand.....)
- 1:23 AM, February 23, 2007
- Nuntal said...
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- 7:16 PM, January 27, 2008
- Nuntal said...
Some infos on Corum at: nuntal.blogspot.com
- 7:27 PM, January 27, 2008


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Emmanuel College is committed to becoming a more environmentally sustainable institution. We aim to educate the Emmanuel community on the benefits of reducing consumption, reusing items, and recycling goods through "green" programming.
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Inhibitors of Amyloid Production Selective for APP Vis-�-Vis Notch
Michael S. Wolfe, Ph.D.
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Boston, Massachusetts
2005 Investigator-Initiated Research Grant
Beta-amyloid is a tiny protein fragment that may be a key toxic factor in Alzheimer's disease. It is clipped from the larger amyloid precursor protein (APP) in a two-stage process. The second of these cuts is made by a cluster of proteins called gamma-secretase. One strategy under investigation as an Alzheimer treatment is the development of a gamma-secretase�inhibiting compound.
A potential problem with this strategy is that gamma-secretase also clips a protein called Notch, and this clipping is an important step in Notch's role in nerve cell development. Therefore, scientists are searching for compounds that selectively block the production of beta-amyloid but do not block the processing of Notch.
Michael S. Wolfe, Ph.D., and colleagues have screened approximately 60,000 compounds to identify ones that meet those criteria. They are now examining the most promising of these compounds to determine (1) what molecular event is affected by each compound and how does that event mediate the activity of gamma-secretase, (2) whether any of the compounds can be modified to improve the beta-amyloid lowering function and (3) what specific molecules are targeted by each of the compounds.
The outcome of this work may identify the most promising targets for drug development and suggest compounds for further investigation of their potential therapeutic value.


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Sen. Lindsey Graham has written a letter to his former colleague Chuck Hagel asking that Hagel open his Senate archive at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and that he authorize the release of past speeches organized by the Washington Speakers Bureau. Graham notes that the Washington Speakers Bureau is refusing to transfer to the Senate any video recordings of Hagel's past speeches because Hagel apparently hasn't authoritzed this. In addition, the University of Nebraska-Omaha is stonewalling Senate staff and journalists seeking access to Hagel's Senate office archive, which is filled with past speeches, videos, letters, and notes.
This stonewalling, says Graham, contradicts Hagel's promise to the Senate that "everything that is out there that we can find, we'll make every effort to get it and provide it." Though Graham doesn't put it this way, that promise turns out to have been a lie.
Graham also complains that Hagel hasn't responded to his letter on the accuracy of a contemporaneous report of remarks the nominee delivered at Rutgers University in April 2010. According to that contemporaneous report, Hagel asserted that Israel is becoming an apartheid state, that Prime Minister Netanyahu is a radical, that the Hamas terrorist organization should be brought into negotiations and that Israel stands in violation of multiple United Nations resolutions.
In my view, Graham's letter is worse than an empty gesture; it reduces him and other Republicans to the status of supplicants. Instead of pleading with Hagel to fulfill his promise of full disclosure, Graham should advise him that, because Hagel has broken that promise, Graham will attempt to spearhead a filibuster of the nominee unless disclosure is forthcoming.
It may be too late to succeed in this endeavor, now that Graham and his mentor John McCain have repeatedly signaled that there should be no real filibuster (only minor delay). But it's not too late for Graham to use his considerable power of persuasion to give it a try. If he doesn't, the lesson will be clear: it's okay for a nominee not only to stonewall the Senate, but also to lie about his willingness to provide the Senate with information.
In the end, I expect Graham to be content to teach precisely that lesson. But there's some consolation. We can look forward to the day when Hagel's records become public. At that time, the full extent of his anti-Israel (and, probably, anti-Jewish) sentiments, as well as the dishonesty of his congressional testimony and comments to individual Senators, will likely become manifest.
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It's early April, tax time, and Grover Norquist is moving into high gear. The President's $1.6 trillion tax cut package is working its way through Congress, and Norquist–president of Americans for Tax Reform and arguably Washington's leading right-wing strategist–is rushing from meetings on Capitol Hill to strategy sessions with antitax activists. One minute he's putting the finishing touches on planned demonstrations in Washington and all fifty state capitals on tax-return filing day; the next he is juggling appearances on right-wing talk-radio shows and stints on MSNBC and Fox. And, as he has for nearly eight years, Norquist is coordinating the agenda for his signature event, the regular "Wednesday meeting" that draws more than a hundred representatives of conservative groups to a standing-room-only conference room at his organization's L Street offices.
Stocky, bearded and owlish, Norquist, 45, is a thumb-in-the-eye radical rightist whose tactical sophistication and singularity of purpose has led observers to compare him, with some drollery, to Lenin. A Harvard-educated intellectual and self-conscious student of the left, over the past decade Norquist has eclipsed such older stalwarts as Ed Feulner of the Heritage Foundation, David Keene of the American Conservative Union and Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation to emerge as the managing director of the hard-core right in Washington. But while firmly planted on the extreme end of the political spectrum, Norquist has also built a solid working alliance with the Fortune 500 corporate elite and its K Street lobbyists. "What he's managed to do is to chain the ideological conservatives together with the business guys, who have money, and to put that money to work in the service of the conservative movement," says Roger Hickey of the Campaign for America's Future, who's repeatedly clashed with Norquist. "And he picks big issues." Besides taxes, Norquist is also the go-to guy on virtually all of the right's favorite agenda items, from privatization of Social Security and Medicare to school vouchers and deregulation.
Norquist gained notoriety as former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's right hand in the mid-1990s–helping to design the 1994 Contract With America and rallying the right's grassroots to go to the polls that year, a drive he chronicled in his book Rock the House. When Newt crashed and burned, Norquist survived to become an ally of Gingrich successors, including Tom DeLay, the House majority whip, and Dick Armey, the majority leader. And since late 1998 Norquist has been George W. Bush's unofficial liaison to so-called movement conservatives.
Yet even while emerging as a Washington power broker, Norquist has held on to the irreverent, in-your-face style that has been his trademark since his earliest days as a college activist in the 1970s. "I've been a 'winger' from way back," he says. "I was an anti-Communist first, and then I became an economic conservative. I think I've gotten more radical as I've gotten older." Today, he can barely suppress his glee at how much the movement has succeeded, saying that politics is shifting to the right while he remains constant. "I started out as a right-winger, and when I retire I want to be a squishy middle-of-the-roader," he jokes, chortling at the thought. To Norquist, who loves being called a revolutionary, hardly an agency of government is not worth abolishing, from the Internal Revenue Service and the Food and Drug Administration to the Education Department and the National Endowment for the Arts. "My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years," he says, "to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."


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Roberto Hernandez
Roberto Hernandez, 50, finishes work on a transmission at his auto repair shop on the North Side. Eight years ago Hernandez used $40,000 he had saved in 20 years working at Zenith Radio Corp. to open Hernandez's Auto Repair of Chicago at the corner of West Lawrence and North Kilbourn avenues. About a year after he opened the shop, he and his wife divorced. He received half the proceeds of selling their house -- $139,000. He used some of that money to buy a two-flat for $427,000. He spent $25,000 fixing up the basement so he could live there and rented the two apartments. Things looked bright until the tenants stopped paying. One, Hernandez said, didn't pay rent for 10 months. When Hernandez tried to evict the tenant, he said a judge told him he couldn't because the man was unemployed, had a young daughter and a sick wife. Ultimately, he lost the two-flat. Hernandez said his shop needs to make $17,000 a month to break even. In February, he fell $1,500 short and dug into savings to get by. "I know that God will help me and I'll be OK again," he said. Get the full story.
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Right now, I am the strongest I've ever been. I admire my biceps. I marvel at my muscular thighs. We had to put the Elvis mirror up higher in the kitchen because I was constantly checking out my derby butt.
It wasn't always like this – when I was skinny and when I was fat, I still hid my body. I've never cared what strangers thought of it, but I've always been so worried that people I know will look at my not-perfect body and think less of me. (No doubt this comes from growing up in a family who felt entitled to comment on my body all the time. Particularly during puberty. If you feel entitled to comment on someone's body, stop fucking doing that.)
I figured this new body confidence was the result of playing sport. Of being physically active in a way I haven't been for almost 25 years. But it's not. This body confidence, this body satisfaction, it's not a sport thing. It's a roller derby thing. Peer-reviewed research says so.
For a lot of female athletes, there is conflict between their social world and their sporting world: to be successful in the former, they need to be feminine in appearance and demeanour, but to be successful in the latter they need to have strong muscular bodies and show characteristics associated with masculinity, such as assertiveness and competitiveness (Krane et al, 2004). So while they are proud of their muscular bodies in a sports setting, they tend to be self-conscious and have lower body image in a social setting. That's no surprise. The ideal Western female athlete is slim, toned, white, and heterosexual-presenting – hell, that also describes the ideal Western woman and it is so damn hard to not internalise all that patriarchal bullshit. But this is where it gets interesting. Research by Andrea Eklund and Barbara Masberg (2014) indicates that playing roller derby leads to better body image, greater body satisfaction, and – in a surprise to no one who has been around derby players – a tendency to wear tight clothes in daily life. Wearing tight/revealing clothing at training and in bouts gives derby players the confidence to wear tight/revealing clothing in social settings. This finding contradicts research into other women's sports that indicates that wearing revealing uniforms leads to lower body confidence (Krane et al, 2004).
Eklund and Masberg (2014) suggest that derby creates greater body acceptance, and acceptance of all body types, because unlike other sports, derby does not have an ideal-typical body type for that sport. Derby values all body types. However, in one of the greatest sentences to appear in an academic journal, "It should be noted that the respondents valued "booty"," (Eklund and Masberg, 2014, p. 60).
This high level of body satisfaction and acceptance is also found in rugby (Fields and Comstock, 2008) and in belly dancing, which is one of the few styles in which dancers are not pressured to lose weight or to conform to any particular body shape (Downeya et al, 2010). Like derby, belly dancing promotes healthy body image in participants. Downeya et al (2010) suggest that belly dancing provides some sort of "immunity effect" in relation to social norms about ideal body types.
So there you have it. Proof that roller derby is better than other sports. I love the idea of getting immunised against harmful Western feminine ideals. An injection would be easier than learning to play derby, but it wouldn't be as much fun. Not by a long shot. I fucking love my roller derby team.
Downeya, D., Reelb, J., SooHoob, S., and Zerbib, S. (2010). Body image in belly dance: Integrating alternative norms into collective identity. Journal of Gender Studies, vol. 19, pp. 377–393.
Eklund, A. and Masberg, B. (2014). Participation in Roller Derby, the Influence on Body Image. Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 49-64.
Fields, S. K., and Comstock, R. D. (2008). Why American women play rugby. Women in Sport & Physical Activity Journal, vol. 17, pp. 8–16.
Krane, V., Choi, P., Baird, S., Aimar, C., and Kauer, K. (2004). Living the paradox: Female athletes negotiate femininity and muscularity. Sex Roles, vol. 50, pp. 315–329.


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John Cooper Anderson, 68, a retired auto body repairman, of Whatley died Sunday, June 26, 2011, at his home He was born April 23, 1943 in Whatley. He was a member of the Amity Baptist Church in Whatley.
Funeral services were 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at Amity Baptist Church with Rev. Percy Clarke officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
He was preceded in death by his father, Luther Jeston Anderson; mother, Phoebie Jane Gilbert Anderson; seven brothers and three sisters.
He is survived by his wife, Jeanette Buckalew Anderson of Whatley; two sons, Ronnie (Nita) Bennett of Whatley and Mike (Savina) Anderson of McIntosh; four daughters, Terry (Tim) Davis of Alabaster, Jennifer (Mike) Fleming of Whatley, Charlotte (Jeff) Sellers and Rena Paul both of Grove Hill; brother, Melvin (Rosie) Anderson of Saraland; two sisters, Ruby (Ken) Davis of Whatley and Deloris (Bennie) Counselman of Jackson; 15 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Hunter Smith, Nicholas Sellers, Richard Bennett, Layton Davis, Kelly Davis and Brett Goodman.
Honorary pallbearers were Mike Fleming, Jeff Sellers, Drew Solorzano, Tim Davis, Caleb Smith, Ronnie Bennett and Mike Anderson.
Condolences may be offered at www.obryantchapelfh.com. O'Bryant Chapel Funeral Home in Thomasville directed.


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This isn't a trailer for the "Mother's Day" remake but it is some sort of international sales promo that's found it's way online. Truth be told I've read the synopsis and watched the video and I'm still not 100% sure what the movie is about but it still looks pretty dandy. I assume it takes place on mothers day, right? Someone? I'm so confused and frightened.
"Gut" is a indie movie about two guys who end up watching some sort of awful movie based on one of the guy's suggestions and things get weird. They don't tell you what the movie is but my guess is it's some sort of snuff, autopsy or French film. Feel free to make your own guesses.
James Franco is set to direct and star in a new film about the real life slasher Richard Ramirez, better know as "The Night Stalker". Here's the fun part, Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell is also set to produce the film. Just tossing this out there, but what about getting that guy from Crazytown to compose the score?
If you had to put together the greatest cast of all time who would you pick? Don't bother thinking about it because the makers of "The Bleeding" have already done it. The answer? Vinnie Jones, Michael Matthias, Michael Madsen, DMX, Armand Assante and Kat Von D. Take a few minutes to compose yourself before checking out the clip because you might vomit from excitement.
Jimmy's got issues. He's a smart guy with some pretty big ideas on the earth's future and global warning. As a matter of fact, he thinks the Mayan calendar and its predictions of the earth ending in 2012 are quite true. According to Jimmy, global warming will reach its zenith in December of 2012 with temperatures reaching upwards of 130 degrees worldwide. Along with the heat, he also believes that the human population will devolve into mass chaos as people go nuts with their impending doom. Jimmy's biggest problem is that nobody will listen.


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Maybe this is better suited for the Mods section, if the mods want to move it, feel free. Thanks!
I wanted to show some details on an enclosure I built for my Series 1 Pro printer. I had some scraps of 8mm double wall polycarbonate panel that I fit under the side trim pieces. For the top, I made a frame of 2x2 lumber and fit a sheet of the polycarbonate on top and on front to enclose those sides. As a finishing touch, I added some RGB - LED strip lights and a remote to control them so I can activate the lights and see what's going on with the printer.
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I don't have any real dimensions for the enclosure, just cut pieces to fit. You could also use something like Lexan or Plexiglass and perhaps make up a full side panel to attach with the side trim mounting screws. But as is, I made zero modifications to the printer, aside from adding an extra washer under the side trim pieces to fit the 8mm panels. Everything is held on by friction, gravity or magnets.
Anyone know how to post Google Photos on the site here? I tried both the shareable link and copying the direct image URL into the IMG tags, but neither seems to display an image.
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|Cubs | Wright Has First Child; Names it After Kile
Mon, 09 Feb 2004 10:29:23 -0800
The Rocky Mountain News' Tracy Ringolsby reports Chicago Cubs SP Jamey Wright had his first child during the offseason. Their daughter is named Presley Kile Wright. The middle name Kile is in honor of former teammate SP Darryl Kile who passed away in June 2002. "Flynn and Darryl Kile made a big impression on us when they were with the Rockies," Wright said. "Darryl took me under his wing. I wanted to let Flynn know how much I appreciated what Darryl did."
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|Cardinals | Matheny Speaks on Award
Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:17:36 -0800
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss reports St. Louis Cardinals C Mike Matheny spoke about being the first recipient of the Darryl Kile award his late best friend. "To receive an award under any title is a great honor. But especially on this club with that title, to me, it's extremely special," said Matheny. "It's a topic that I haven't been good about opening up on. It's something near and dear to me to be mentioned in the same breath - let alone to have an award named after Darryl given to me. I know anybody would be extremely proud, but I don't think anybody could be prouder than I am."
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|Cardinals | Matheny to be First Recipient of Kile Award
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Joe Strauss reports St. Louis Cardinals C Mike Matheny will be the first recipient of the Darryl Kile Award. Sponsored by the St. Louis chapter of the Baseball Writers of America, voted upon by Matheny's teammates last year and named for the Cardinals right-hander Darryl Kile who died suddenly during the 2002 season, the award is given to a player who embodies the spirit, determination and professionalism offered by Kile before his abrupt death in June 2002. "I couldn't think of a more appropriate person than Mike to receive an award in Darryl's name. To me, that makes it perfect," Kile's widow, Flynn, said recently. "The qualities everyone noticed in Darryl… they're also so obvious in Mike. He and Darryl were alike in so many ways -- not just in the way they went about their profession, but also in how they treated and cared for their family."
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ESPN's Chris Berman announced Florida Marlins SP Josh Beckett tied an NLDS record by striking out five straight batters Tuesday, Sept. 30. Late St. Louis Cardinals SP Darryl Kile was the last to do it in 2001.
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USNH board approves tuition freeze for two years after budget boosts state subsidy $53MBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
June 28. 2013 11:51AM
CONCORD – University System of New Hampshire students and their parents will not have to dig a little deeper for the next two years to pay tuition bills.
The system's board of trustees voted unanimously Friday to freeze tuition at current levels, which vary from campus to campus, after lawmakers agreed to boost state aid that was cut in half two years ago.
The tuition freeze is the first in 25 years. The past two years, in-state tuition rose 9 and 6 percent due to the cut in state aid.
"I applaud the University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees for taking this important step to make higher education more affordable for our families and students," said Gov. Maggie Hassan, who is a member of the board as governor. "I know that the drastic cuts made in the last budget to our universities have made it more difficult to build a highly skilled workforce and to keep New Hampshire's promising young people here in our state. To its credit, USNH has worked to do more with less and to innovate in the way they operate and educate our students. But ever increasing in-state tuition rates hurt our competitiveness and undermine our economic future."
Under the 2014-2015 budget, which Hassan signed Friday, the University System of New Hampshire will receive $153 million over the biennium. Hassan had proposed the system receive $165 million, but lawmakers reduced her request. For the current biennium that ends June 30, the university system received about $100 million.
"We are grateful for Gov. Maggie Hassan's early and strong support for public higher education in the Granite State," said Richard Galway, chair of the USNH board of trustees. "Her commitment and leadership in restoring a majority of the previous legislature's budget cuts to public higher education never wavered. We would also like to thank both the House and Senate for their support of moving towards full restoration of the USNH budget. In a difficult budget year, we appreciate their efforts to prioritize higher education funding to benefit students, families, and the long-term economic health of our state. There is more work to be done but this major step towards restoration is in the right direction."
Todd Leach, recently named chancellor of the university system and president of Granite State College, said every dollar of the additional state aid will go to New Hampshire students and families.
"We look forward to partnering with our elected officials to attract New Hampshire's most able students and prepare them for the state's workforce," Leach said.
Along with the in-state tuition freeze, the restored state money will provide additional scholarships for the state's neediest and highest-achieving students. The tuition freeze does not impact fees or room and board.
"With the budget process now complete and funds for the university system substantially restored, freezing tuition for over 22,000 New Hampshire students will make a real difference for families and help us build a stronger workforce that will attract innovative companies," said Hassan. "Making higher education more affordable and more accessible for all of our people is a priority of the Executive Branch, the Legislative Branch, and the people of New Hampshire, and I thank USNH for following through on their commitment to our students and families."
On Thursday the Board of Trustees of the New Hampshire Community College System voted to freeze tuition across their system for the next two years.


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Pedal On The Pier
Sunday, June 3, 2018
100 Bikes. 100 Miles. We Spin, Kids Win.
A benefit for the Harold Robinson Foundation.
100 miles! 100 bikes! 100 teams!
Together we hope to raise $1 million to send inner city kids to camp!
It is the vision of the Harold Robinson Foundation to provide a level playing field for our community's underserved children. At Camp Ubuntu, children from under-served, inner city schools & organizations get the opportunity to experience nature, play, sports, use team-work, learn goal-setting, eat nutritious food and receive mentorship from exceptional counselors. These programs are designed to strengthen confidence and independence, build character and develop leadership skills. In addition to "Camp Ubuntu" sleep away camp retreats, the Harold Robinson Foundation brings summer day camp to Markham Middle School in Watts, provides parenting classes, and other programs that help build community in a positive way.
In support of this foundation, I am participating in the Pedal on the Pier fundraiser. Our team will ride (in place) on a stationary bike for 5 hours/ 100 miles on the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday, June 3, 2018. I would be most grateful if you could support my efforts with a tax-deductible donation of ANY size.
Thank you for supporting our effort in trying to make a difference in a child's life.


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I am so glad I got this photo of my booth space last week after spending a few hours moving things around and fluffing my display. I say this because it doesn't look quite as nice today after having sold my trestle table which I had just brought in. As thankful as I am for quick sales, sometimes I wish my pretty displays would just stay put until I had time to gather more treasures to replace them with. Silly, I know. At least I have the photo as evidence that it really was this full and nicely arranged! I also snapped a few shots of the table at home before taking it to the store and have been looking forward to sharing a bit about it with you here! I hope it is all settled in and looking beautiful in it's new home now!
Home Sweet Home at The Charm of Home
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INSIDE GCHQ: Welcome to Cheltenham's cottage industry
'If this nerve centre didn't exist, neither would I' says Reg man
Tinker, tailor...
Oakley had its own bar too, and no doubt the thinking behind this was to keep lubricated chatter within the secure confines of the grounds. The fact that the place sold godawful keg bitter – I think it was Whitbread Tankard or Ind Coope Double Diamond – meant that most self-respecting drinkers ended up at The Bayshill Inn. Not exactly local to Oakley but known for a decent pint of Wadworth's 6X. There was even a mural of regulars painted in there which included an ale fancier from GCHQ. No, you don't have to wear a burqa or similar to work there.
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The Bayshill Oakley on a training course. During the lunch break I asked a security chap if I could go up the hill to visit my Dad. "Oh no son," he scoffed, "you've not got clearance to go up there." Needless to say, bring-your-kids-to-work week has always a bit of a damp squib for a lot of families in 'Nam.
Bond calls for help to decipher the mumblings of his tailor
Source: Anthony Sinclair
Indeed, "how was your day?" tends to be a conversation killer for GCHQ employees too, but I do recall my Dad telling me about a course he attended that sounded a lot more fun than anything I'd been on. The gist of it was to do with context and how information could appear abstract when it lacked any reference points. The way this was demonstrated on the course was to play a muffled recording that sounded like people talking in the adjacent room. The group was asked if they could tell what was being discussed and none could. Then they were told that it was a conversation between a man and his tailor. The recording was played again and, armed with this reference, they could all understand it. I never found out if the mention of whether sir dresses to the left or to the right implied any political leanings.
Just for the record, it's worth mentioning that the good folk of GCHQ are not of a hive mind and don't all share the same political views. So don't think for a minute that snoopers' charters proposed by the government of the day are universally supported. While the technology may exist to follow a political whim, I'm sure most GCHQ bods would rather be tracking greater dangers than getting bored to death trawling through domestic emails or following misguided tweets.
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Talking of politics, Thatcher initially proposed banning unions at GCHQ following the Civil Service strike in 1981, which some GCHQ personnel observed. I remember a handful of pickets at the site entrance, but it was all pretty passive. Still, Mrs T's thinking behind the ban was that this security service could not be compromised by strike action. There was quite a fuss, to put it mildly.
Badge of honour?
Source: UnionNews
Somewhat naïvely, I was surprised by this as I had tried to join the union myself way before the ban arose. Despite phoning up the local union rep, I didn't get the followup information I was expecting. The combination of my low wage (I wasn't exactly looking forward to paying the dues) and the mutual apathy that ensued meant I didn't become part of the union and was left with the distinct impression that there was no obvious urgency for members.
It's a pity this didn't work out though, as Thatcher
bribed compensated each GCHQ union member with a £1,000 cash payout for abandoning their respective trade union. The ban finally took effect in 1984 and 14 workers were sacked for refusing to relinquish union membership. It took until 1997 for unions to be permitted once more at the establishment.
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I was there when the Falklands War broke out and although the conflict was fairly short-lived, the mood definitely changed during this period. Nobody was being jingoistic, and a single-minded seriousness prevailed. If anything, there was a sense of disappointment that we found ourselves in this situation, as part of the purpose of the organisation was to be so well-informed as a nation that conflicts could be avoided. Remember, GCHQ was there to monitor signals from around the world, as well as what was happening in Blighty.
Another pearl of wisdom from my Dad on this matter was that the Americans had warned us that the Argentines were gearing up for battle way ahead of their invasion of the Falkland Islands back in 1982 and that for some reason, the powers that be here in Britain had ignored this intelligence from our colonial cousins. I've no cause to doubt what I was told back then. History is littered with similar situations of intelligence being deliberately ignored or even sexed-up for political reasons.
Anyone who has taken an interest in the tales of secrecy at Bletchley Park during wartime will be aware that there is a "need to know" mindset, where people worked in separate teams without meeting or discussing their tasks with others. When I first heard this phrase at GCHQ I mistakenly thought it meant that one needs to know – like we were sharing stuff in some motivational way.
Of course, the emphasis is actually, do you need to know? Oh well, I was not long out of school so such subtleties were initially lost on me. If people were coming and going in secret, it naturally wasn't obvious at all. I do recall the "cell" though, which I noticed one or two people emerging from occasionally. It was some kind of high-security broom cupboard, although it could have been like a Tardis inside, but I never found out. I guess I didn't need to know. Still, it's no surprise that places like that existed, whether for storing sensitive documents or working in a shielded environment. Maybe there was a Lamson tube in there going all the way to Cheltenham race course bookmakers.
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MANCHESTER - A Goffstown woman who is accused of driving a stolen vehicle and rear-ending a car stopped at a traffic light on Webster Street on March 7 now faces a charge of possession of a controlled drug.
Katelyn Poisson, 20, of 21 Paige Hill Road, was arraigned March 8 on a felony of receiving stolen property and a misdemeanor of disobeying a police officer for giving a police officer a false name. Bail was set at $10,000 cash/surety bail.
The drug charge stems from Poisson allegedly having heroin in her possession at the jail after her arrest. She had allegedly concealed the drug within her body.
Poisson could enter no plea to the new felony charge, so a probable cause hearing was set for March 27. Bail on the new charge is $5,000 cash/surety.
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David Zaitsev, 22, of 3 Tiffany Lane, Bedford, pleaded innocent Friday in Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to a misdemeanor charge of aggravated driving while intoxicated and trial was set for April 15.
Zaitsev, whose license was revoked in 2011 for an underage DWI, allegedly had a blood alcohol level of .16 or more when he was arrested on Main Street early Friday.
He could enter no plea to a felony charge of possession of a controlled drug (Ecstasy), so a probable cause hearing was set for March 27.
Bail was set at $2,000 cash/surety.
Felony charge this time
Craig Bienvenue, 20, of 6 Surrey Lane, could enter no plea Friday in Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to a felony charge of receiving stolen property, alleging that he had in his possession a Macbook Pro laptop whose owner had reported it stolen. The laptop computer was later pawned for $210.
Bail was set at $1,000 cash/surety, with conditions barring contact with the laptop owner and barring Bienvenue from the pawn shop. A probable cause hearing on the felony was set for March 27.
Bienvenue had been arraigned March 8 on a misdemeanor charge of theft by unauthorized taking and prowling, a violation, in connection with allegedly going through vehicles on Peabody Avenue and having $120 in coins and other items in his backpack that are believed to have been taken from vehicles. He is scheduled for trial April 11 on those charges, for which bail was set at $500 cash/surety.
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A Goffstown man who has been indicted by the Hillsborough County North grand jury on 2012 charges of burglary and theft by unauthorized taking was arraigned Friday in Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, on two new felony charges of theft by unauthorized taking and a misdemeanor of possession of burglary tools.
David Major, 43, of 140 Elm St., is accused of entering a secured Fairpoint Communications property at 100 Gay St. Wednesday and Thursday and removing copper wire valued at more than $10,000. He is accused of having in his possession, when arrested, tools that included two flashlights, gloves, and wire cutters.
Police said Major was a passenger in a truck driven by Michael Kirwin, 32, of 58 Lafayette St. Kirwin allegedly cut the fencing to gain access to the property and both men allegedly worked together to remove the copper wire.
Police said the two men were responsible for a similar theft the preceding night and Kirwin reportedly sold the stolen wire to Manchester Metals at 87 Union St.
Kirwin was charged with two counts of felony theft, as well as criminal mischief and theft by deception. He was released on $5,000 cash/surety bail and scheduled for arraignment in Circuit Court March 27.
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Steven Martel, 43, of 396 Manchester St., pleaded innocent Friday in Circuit Court, Manchester District Division, to a misdemeanor charge of simple assault that alleges he slapped his girlfriend across the face with an open hand.
Martel told Judge William Lyons: "It never happened."
Martel was apparently unaware that his girlfriend had been escorted out of the building for being loud and disruptive when he told Lyons: "She's here right now to drop charges."
Lyons told Martel that it is the state that brings the charges, not the victim. Martel declined to apply for a court-appointed lawyer, even after Lyons said a conviction could put Martel in jail for a year.
Bail was continued at $1,000 personal recognizance with conditions barring contact with the alleged victim and barring Martel from the 396 Manchester St. address.
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STAMFORD -- Fresh off of his breakout 2011-12 NHL campaign in which he tallied 65 points (33 goals, 32 assists) for the Montreal Canadiens, New Canaan native Max Pacioretty returned to his roots to host a peewee hockey camp at the Stamford Twin Rinks.
On Tuesday, the second day of the five-day camp, peewee players from New Canaan and Darien got an opportunity to participate in a variety of drills and scrimmage one another. According to Pacioretty, youth hockey camps can go a long way in a player's development.
"There's a good mix of age and skill level and it's good to see everyone come out," Pacioretty said. "They work pretty hard during the first session and then it's more fun and games after; they know that if they get the hard work out of the way that they can have some fun."
And, of course, learning from an NHL player and hometown hero isn't a bad perk for the campers.
"We skate a little at the beginning and then get into some games," said Liam Griffiths, an 11-year-old left winger from New Canaan. "The best part is probably playing with Max Pacioretty because he's an amazing player. I'd totally do a camp like this again."
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Pacioretty also recognized how special it can be for any youth hockey player to be taught by someone who's made it to the NHL.
"When I was young, anytime there was an older player from the area who I looked up to, I always got excited," Pacioretty said. "(The camp) is motivation to know that you can make it to the pro level from this area. There are a lot of good kids out there, and they all want to get better and they're all having fun."
During the 2010-11 season, Pacioretty suffered a fracture of the cervical vertabra and a severe concussion -- which was considered a career-threatening injury -- on a highly-questionable hit by Boston's Zdeno Chara. The 23-year-old left winger responded with the best season of his four-year NHL career in 2011-12, although his Canadiens fared far worse, concluding the regular season in last place in the Eastern Conference with a 31-35-16 mark.
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The ADAP Crisis Task Force (ACTF) has reached a new pricing agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc. for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) for Stribild, the newly approved four-drug combination pill for the treatment of HIV-1 in treatment-naïve individuals. The ADAP direct purchase price for Stribild negotiated between the ACTF and Gilead is substantially lower than the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC), reflecting voluntary discounts that are also significantly below the mandated 340B pricing of the medication. The Public Health Service's 340B drug discount program provides qualifying entities, including ADAPs, with an estimated 20% to 50% savings on the cost of pharmaceuticals.
The ACTF has a long history of working collaboratively with Gilead Sciences to provide ADAPs access to discounted pricing on Gilead's HIV drugs. The special pricing of Stribild is in addition to that mandated by current law and the Affordable Care Act, and adds another treatment option to other products included in previous agreements between the ACTF and Gilead. This agreement also continues a price freeze on all Gilead's HIV medications purchased by ADAPs, including Stribild, through 2013. In addition to this agreement, the ACTF has worked collaboratively with the Fair Pricing Coalition (FPC) and Gilead to expand access to medications outside of ADAP through the company's Patient Assistance Program and Co-Pay Assistance Program.
"The fiscal crises many ADAPs continue to experience require ongoing and new commitments on the part of pharmaceutical companies, as well as federal and state governments," stated Dwayne Haught, manager of the Texas ADAP and a founding member of the ACTF, in a press release. "We thank Gilead for agreeing to price this new medication for ADAPs at a point that will allow access to it for clients without adversely impacting ADAP budgets. Our long working relationship with Gilead and the considerable savings generated by previous pricing agreements made this new agreement possible," added Haught.
The ACTF, convened by the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), has secured significant multi-year, voluntary discounts and rebates from all eight manufacturers of HIV antiretroviral (ARV) medications, with many of them also providing price freezes for ADAPs through 2013. However, ongoing state and federal budget challenges coupled with the increasing numbers of clients seeking ADAP services have created a situation requiring an ever-increasing investment of state and federal funds in addition to these cost savings.
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Tonight, President Obama is expected to use his State of the Union address to further his permanent campaign, which essentially is a permanent war on the Republican Party. Obama's problem is that the American people don't want a permanent campaign. Or so I hope.
I'm actually listening to the speech on the radio, rather than watching it on television. So I'll miss much of the ambience. Or so I hope.
Apparently, there is a 12-year-old among the honored guests who represents a group called "the Happys," or something to that effect. I remember at the National Forensic League championship tournament in 1967, one of the contestants in Original Oratory urged the youth of America to be "Happys" rather than "Hippies." Sadly, I didn't make it as either.
One down side of not watching is that I won't see Tom Cotton. Perhaps readers can fill me in on any Tom Cotton sightings, assuming he exists.
Obama begins by saying that "we have cleared away the rubble of crisis." It's a misleading claim, but a good way for him to summarize things.
But immediately he switches gears and argues that wages are stagnant and that opportunities are limited. This is the prelude for advocating his left-wing agenda.
Now, already, he's talking about the sequester. He calls it something that Congress agreed on, not pointing out that it was his idea.
Just as I predicted, the centerpiece of this speech is going to be scaring folks about the sequester and calling for more taxes.
He's partying like its 2012, calling for a "balanced approach" to balancing the budget that simply asks the well-off to do their fair share. He's calling for the closing of tax loopholes that benefit the rich and, as I predicted, noting that the Republicans have already put this on the table. Of course, when Republicans put tax reform on the table, Obama didn't want to hear about it. His agenda was limited to raising tax rates. Now, correspondingly, the Republican agenda should be limited to cutting government spending.
The speech is strong stuff, though. The question is whether the speech will have a lasting effect on public opinion. I doubt it.
Obama has referred several times to a proposal he's going to lay out tonight to tackle the budget deficit while promoting growth. Is this some grand plan? Maybe, but right now he's talking about some small-ball plan to set up centers to help keep manufacturing jobs in the U.S. (or something like that).
Now it's on to energy. Not developing new sources of it, but dealing with climate change. Hurricane Sandy was no coincidence, Obama insists. I agree. It was part of some grand design to enable Obama to bond with Chris Christie.
He threatens to use Executive Orders to combat climate change, if Congress doesn't act. Happily, Executive Orders can be overturned by a new president; Acts of Congress, not so much.
We're working our way deeper into the liberal laundry list now. He's proposing a "fix it first" program, which is what they used to call "public works."
Next it's housing. He's claiming that folks who can afford housing are being turned down for loans. Obama is going back to his ACORN roots now. Obama and his fellow rads helped trigger the financial collapse through bogus claims of discrimination in lending practices, coupled by a campaign of intimidation against banks.
Now Obama commits to bringing high quality early childhood education to every American child. How about high quality regular education through programs that enable kids to get out of failing public schools? Obama is steadfastly against this.
What he's for, Obama states (though not in these words), is imposing his ideas on America's youth by dictating curriculum to high schools. Stanley Kurtz, call your office.
Now it's on to comprehensive immigration reform. He applauds the efforts of Schumer, McCain, Graham, Rubio, etc. to develop comprehensive legislation. He tells Congress, pass such a bill and I will sign it. The good-cop, bad-cop act is over. He's heading directly for paydirt.
Obama moves on quickly to the minimum wage, wage "fairness" for women, etc. I expected more on immigration reform. He must feel very confident on the immigration front.
He's going to propose some kind of incentive program to encourage young fathers to actually act like fathers. This is the first recognition — albeit only for a sentence or two — of the social pathologies that are at the heart of nearly every domestic problem Obama has cited.
Obama pledges that by the end of 2014, America's war in Afghanistan will be over. We will still do training and some counter-terrorism. Will that be enough to deal with the Taliban? Obama doesn't know, nor does he care.
Now it's time for more of Obama's meaningless talk about North Korean nukes and Iran's quest to obtain them. He devotes two or three sentences to saying that North Korea is only further isolating itself and that Iran won't be allowed to get nukes. Saying nothing would be better than this sort of perfunctory reference.
There's a one-sentence, check-the-box reference to Israel. This too is meaningless, but I didn't hear anything about the "peace process." Assuming I didn't miss it, that's probably a good sign.
There's a shout-out to "Dr. Jill Biden." What's she a doctor of, again?
Now he's talking about the "denial of the right to vote." This turns out to consist of having to stand in line for a few hours. He's going to appoint a bipartisan commission to improve "the voting experience." I suggest free sandwiches.
Okay, it's time to plug gun control. Obama says, and I agree, that the various gun control proposals backed by police chiefs, etc. deserve a vote in Congress. He graciously tells the assembled legislators that they will have the right to vote "no."
Obama is talking about a Chicago teenager who was recently shot and killed. Doesn't Chicago have tough gun laws?
Pointing to various victims of gun violence, Obama repeats "THEY DESERVE A VOTE." This is the biggest crowd-pleaser of the evening so far.
Now, it's time for shout-outs to citizens other than Dr. Jill Biden. A clear step up.
I think he's wrapping up now. Or so I hope.
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It is, indeed, over. My impressions? I don't know; my mind is numb.
I think it was a strong speech as these things go. The meat was in the beginning, which is where it belongs; after that, Obama descended into laundry-list-land, as presidents always do these days in these speeches.
Obama proved he can powerfully debate the budget by focusing on taxes and the rich. But as I said at the outset, I think the public's interest in the debate is waning.
Right now, public interest in the sequester and related issues is probably at about the same low level as Obama's interest, on September 11, in what was transpiring in Benghazi. If the government shuts down or we're thrown into a recession, public interest will be aroused. Otherwise, Obama is more or less on his own in dealing with the Republican House.
A good speech, and I think this was one, can't change that. Or so I hope.


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Nick Madden and the Crimson will host Stevens Saturday (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
The Particulars
The Harvard men's volleyball team hosts Stevens Saturday at the Malkin Athletic Center. The Crimson is coming off a 3-1 victory over Rivier.
Scouting the Crimson
Harvard's 4-1 start to the season is the best since 2004 when the Crimson started 5-1. All four wins have come at the comfy confines of the Malkin Athletic Center.
The Crimson once again jumped out to a two-set lead Wednesday against Rivier and captured the win in the fourth set. Matt Jones and Kyle Rehkemper both tallied 14 kills to lead the Crimson.
Wednesday's contest against Rivier was the best attacking match of the season for the Crimson, converting 35.2 percent of all attack attempts.
Scouting The Ducks
Stevens, ranked sixth in the AVCA Division III poll, enters Saturday's match with an overall record of 8-2. The Ducks are coming off a thrilling five-set win over Division III No. 2 and EIVA Hay Division member, Juniata, Wednesday evening.
Senior SteFan PremDas paced the Ducks with a match-high 20 kills in the win over Juniata. PremDas is second on Stevens roster averaging 3.67 kills per set.
Jon Rohan leads the Ducks with a 4.00 kills per set average. Three Ducks have knocked down at least 25 blocks through the first 10 matches of the season. Jake Modestow has notched 42, PremDas has 28 blocks and Timothy Karl has 25.
Glass Half Full
In the second set of the Rivier match, Harvard converted 50 percent of its attack attempts. It was the second time this season the Crimson has hit that well in one set, the first coming during the third set of Harvard's 3-1 comeback win over MIT Feb. 5.
Winning Kill
In the Crimson's first four wins of the season, it is averaging 12.88 kills per set. That is almost double the 6.67 kills per set Harvard had in its lone loss this season.
Sharing is Key
A critical component to Harvard early season succes has been the slew of players invloved in the attacking game. Four Crimson student-athletes are currently averaging more than 1.50 kills per set. Jones leads the Crimson with a 3.68 clip, while Chris Gibbons (2.74), Rehkemper (2.16) and Nick Madden (1.53) are all attacking well for Harvard.
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The Crimson will wrap up its seven-match homestand Monday evening when AVCA Division III No. 1 Springfield makes the trip to Cambridge.


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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A high-school teacher from Alabama is accused of kidnapping a 6-year-old girl from school in Mississippi, sending a frightening text message to the child's mother and paying to keep her overnight in a hotel.
U.S. Attorney Gregory Davis says a federal magistrate in Jackson denied bond Thursday to 54-year-old Jesse Mae Pollard, of Northport, Ala.
The Clarion-Ledger (http://on.thec-l.com/153Tbm7) says Pollard teaches at a school near the elementary school where a woman asked for the child by name and left with her on Tuesday.
Davis' news release says that about four hours later, the girl's mother got a text message saying not to call police or "u wont see her again." She was released Wednesday.
An FBI agent's affidavit does not give a motive, but says Pollard had a dispute with the child's mother.


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Editor's note: This is the second story in a two-part series on concealed carry legislation.
PRINCETON – Earlier this week, Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns after lawmakers raced to beat a federal court deadline in adopting a law over Gov. Pat Quinn's objections.
The wait continues, however, before any concealed weapons will be floating around in public places. The Illinois State Police has been given a six-month deadline to set up a system to start accepting applications for carriers to get a license.
Terri Kramer, owner of Kramer's Guns & Supplies in Ladd, is relieved the state finally took action on legislation but said it was "pathetic" Illinois had to be the last state to allow concealed carry.
"We need it more than anybody because we have Chicago," she said.
Kramer expressed frustration in how gang members can carry guns where they want, and law-abiding citizens weren't allowed to carry to protect themselves from potential danger.
It's still too soon for Kramer to tell how the new law will affect business. Right now, she is focused on what still needs to be accomplished before applications will be available. And even then, she has concerns on how long it will take for qualified registrants to receive their license.
Kramer expressed disappointment in the long wait to get Firearm Owner's Identification (FOID) cards.
"I had one customer who waited six months before he finally got his," she said.
Kramer said the system was so backed-up by the lack of employees, it created long waits for people to get approved.
"If they handle it the same way as the FOID cards, we might not see any progress for a long time," she said.
Once people do begin receiving licenses and are able to carry a gun in public, it causes very little concern for Princeton Mayor Keith Cain. He foresees very little problems with the new law.
"I think it's a right everyone should have," he said. "Every state has it, and we should be able to exercise out right, as well. I think it's been a long time coming that we have this."
Curt Johnson of Wyanet is one resident who has followed the concealed carry law and has been issued a concealed carry license from the state of Utah. He agrees the passing of the law was a long overdue decision.
"Most states have had it for years, and it's worked really well for them," he said.
Johnson said there was talk about the state turning into the "Wild West" once the law was passed. The thought seems silly to Johnson knowing that every other state allows concealed carry and nothing has changed for them. Johnson believes the new law will actually decrease the crime rate.
"Statewide, it will cause crime to go down because bad guys won't know who will be carrying and who isn't," he said.
People who seek out a license will have several hoops to jump through before they are allowed to carry in public. A carrier will have to own a FOID card, pass a background check, undergo gun-safety training of 16 hours, which is the longest of any state and pay $150.
Johnson reassured the steps to obtain a license are enough to allow someone to carry in public. He said he can't imagine how the instruction in a 16-hour training course won't get repetitive. In Utah, Johnson was forced to take a five-hour safety course and said it was plenty.
Sheriff John Thompson believes the new law will have little affect on the crime rate in Bureau County and doesn't have concerns about there being more guns in public places. He said if someone violates the law, the county plans to take strong actions against the violation. He stressed there will be automatic arrests.
Thompson stated Quinn's concerns with the law were associated with crimes in Chicago. Thompson said he can't speak for Chicago, but he strongly believes by not agreeing to a concealed carry law, Quinn is only restricting the lawful citizens from protecting themselves of crime.
"The violators are going to continue to do crime; all this law is going to do is provide protection for lawful citizens who choose to carry," he said.
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Student Life Regulations
Posting Regulations for Students
and Registered Student Organizations (RSOs)
Lansing Community College is continually sensitive to the fact that there is a need for students, staff, and offices to communicate regarding various activities, events, and services. The College is also sensitive to the right of freedom of expression, particularly as provided for in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. At the same time, the College is responsible for providing reasonable procedures and regulations to protect public and private property, and provide for the general safety and welfare of all members of the College community, and which preclude disruption of the normal functions of the College.
The following statements are designed to regulate and guide postings within the College facilities while providing students, College personnel, and College properties reasonable protection from commercial exploitation and court suits. While the courts have said that College property is considered a public trust, these same courts have ruled that College property is not "public property" subject to unregulated use by any and all individuals. This regulation is designed to facilitate communication through the use of postings while complying with the legislated instructional mission of the College.
Definition: A posting is any written communication designed to apply to a wall or other surface for the purpose of relating information about an event, service, idea, or activity. A posting may be in the format of, but not limited to, a sign, an announcement, or banner.
General Posting Regulations
- Within any and all buildings, placement of all signs and posters is restricted to approved bulletin boards.
- Postings may be limited to one (1) per entity, as space is limited. All are encouraged to combine multiple events, meetings and/or announcements on one posting.
- Each posting must identify the sponsoring organization, department, or individual (no abbreviations). Each posting must display a telephone number or an office or individual location where more complete information can be obtained.
- Each posting is required to have in the lower left-hand corner, its posting date (month, day, and year) and, in the lower right-hand corner, its date (month, day, and year) to be removed. Each posting should have a takedown date not to exceed 60 days of posting or the date of a specific event.
- Designated bulletin boards are available on campus for the posting of student and staff personal notices. All student and staff personal notices will be confined to these designated bulletin boards.
- A posting shall not exceed 18 inches by 24 inches.
- No posting shall be placed in such a way that it covers all or part of a previously approved posting whose take-down date has not expired.
- The removal of postings at or prior to the take-down date shall be the responsibility of the sponsoring organization or individual. Unauthorized individuals shall remove no postings prior to the take-down date.
- Multiple copies of postings are not to be posted in multiple locations on the same board.
- Lansing Community College respects the constitutional rights of freedom of expression. There are, however, responsibilities, which are attendant to the exercising of these constitutional rights. The following statement is made to provide an operational balance between the rights and responsibilities of the freedom of expression regarding the contents of postings: The content of postings shall avoid the liabilities of libel; obscenity; invasion of privacy; and incitement of disorder, violence, and disruption of the normal operation of the College.
- Enrolled students and RSOs wanting to post must gain approval in the Student Life Office for compliance with general regulations.
- College staff and faculty must gain approval in their departmental office or from the office of their administrative supervisor.
- Student and College staff personal notices placed in designated bulletin boards within the College buildings do not need approval. Examples of personal notices are selling used books, sharing a ride, sharing an apartment, and selling personal articles. Profit-making commercial notices are not considered personal and will be removed.
Student or Student Organization Appeal of Poster Denial or Removal
If a student or student organization feels that a denial of posting or removal of a posting infringes upon their First Amendment rights or is in violation of this regulation, an informal appeal may be made by the posting sponsor to the Director of Student Life. A meeting will be held between the appealing posting sponsor or sponsors with the Coordinator of Student Life to discuss the appeal. If the appeal is not resolved, a formal appeal may be presented to the Dean of Student Affairs. This appeal must be in writing, must indicate the reason(s) for the appeal, and must be dated and signed by the appealing party. The Chief Diversity Officer will gather information and respond to the appealing party within five (5) days of receipt of the appeal. The decision of the Chief Diversity Officer shall be final.
Failure to comply with the above regulations will lead to the denial of approval, the removal of postings, and may result in disciplinary action. In order to protect the student body, individual members of the College community and the resources of the College, the College reserves the right and accepts the responsibility to deny approval or remove any posting which it believes to cause significant disruption of the normal function and operation of the College.
Posting Regulations for Off-Campus Organizations and Individuals
Lansing Community College is sensitive to the fact that there is a need for some off-campus organizations and individuals involved in non-commercial enterprises to communicate with Lansing Community College students and staff members concerning various activities, events, and services. The College is also sensitive to the right of expression, particularly as provided for in the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. At the same time, the College is responsible for providing reasonable procedures and regulations to protect public and private property and providing for the general safety, welfare, and positive learning environment for all members of the College community.
Regulations for Use of Student Literature Table
Lansing Community College is continually aware of and supportive of the concepts of freedom of expression, particularly those provided by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The College also perceives that one of its functions is to provide a wide range of learning experiences and learning opportunities for the students of the College. At the same time, the College is mandated to provide orderly processes that avoid material disruption, protect public and private property, and provide for the general safety and welfare of students, faculty, and College staff.
The following statements are designed to facilitate student distribution of literature within the College facilities, while providing students and College personnel and property reasonable protection from commercial exploitation and legal actions. Court rulings have determined that College buildings, while considered a public trust, are not considered public property subject to unregulated use by any and all individuals. The procedural regulations below are designed to facilitate the legislated instructional mission of the College to serve the citizens of the College community. The following procedural regulations shall be followed:
- The distribution of literature within College buildings by
students shall be limited to student literature tables made
available for such distribution. Student literature tables will be
made available in the following area within the College:
- Three (3) stationary tables are located on second floor lobby of the Gannon Building and are available by reservation only
- Only enrolled students and RSOs shall have access to the student literature tables. Non-students who wish to use college facilities must contact LCC Conference Services for information regarding space rental.
- The student literature tables will be available Mondays through Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fridays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the days of regularly scheduled semesters.
- Enrolled students and RSOs are required to register for the use of the student literature tables with the Student Life Office at least two weeks prior to the time of desired use. Requests will be accepted on a first request-first serve basis. Enrolled students and RSOs may register for the use of a table for three consecutive days. If there are no pending requests, a registration may be renewed at the end of a previous registration. If there are no pending requests, an enrolled student or RSO may request the use of more than one table.
- In order to determine accountability, a sample of the material to be distributed must be placed on file with the Student Life Office at the time of the registration for use. In addition, an enrolled student or RSO must have a copy of the material to be distributed on file with the club's or organization's advisor.
- The student literature table will be staffed at all times by the individual student or members of the RSO approved for the use of the tables while the distribution of materials is taking place. The enrolled student or RSO will have the responsibility to ensure that the distribution process is orderly at all times and that the general area surrounding the student literature tables is not littered.
- Individuals shall have the option to pick literature from the tables or receive a copy from the individuals sitting at the tables. No literature shall be forced upon any individual nor shall there be any obstructions created in the path of the general flow of traffic.
- Enrolled students or RSO may collect funds for worthy causes, such as non-profit organizations, blood drives, or College-sponsored activities. Individuals may not solicit funds or business for commercial enterprises or personal gain.
- The College has the right and responsibility to halt the distribution of literature, which it believes to be libelous, obscene, an invasion of privacy, or literature designed and reasonably believed to have the effect to cause immediate disruption of classes, violence, or substantial disorder of the normal operations of the College.
- Failure to comply with the above procedural regulations may lead to the denial of the use of the student literature tables and/or may lead to disciplinary action.
A display monitor behind each table will indicate the the table occupant. There is space behind each table for one standard scroll up banner.
Appeal of Denial of Use of Literature Table
Any individual, enrolled student, or RSO which has been denied access to the student literature tables or has been required to halt distribution based on procedure 10 may appeal the denial or requirement to halt distribution. The appeal shall be in writing and shall be directed to the Dean of Student Affairs within 10 calendar days of the denial or requirement to halt distribution. The decision of the Dean of Student Affairs shall be final.
Where it is contemplated that a violation of the student literature distribution procedural regulation warrants the imposition of disciplinary action upon an individual student, disciplinary action shall be taken in accordance with "Due Process" as outlined at www.lcc.edu/catalog/policies_procedures/studentrulesguidelines.aspx.
Student Life Office
Gannon Building, Room 2202
Phone: (517) 483-1285
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Prospective applicants for the MBDA Business Center – American Indian and Alaska Native program competition are encouraged to participate in a Pre-Application Conference scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at 3:00 p.m., EDT.
During the Pre-Application Conference, potential applicants will be provided with a background and summary of the MBDA Business Center program. This will also be an excellent opportunity for prospective applicants to ask questions regarding the program and the application process.
The Pre-Application conference will be conducted as a teleconference and webinar.
Registration is required to participate.
Please register electronically using the web site link and instructions below:
Go to the following URL: https://www.mymeetings.com/emeet/rsvp/index.jsp?customHeader=mymeetings&Conference_ID=3398163&passcode=6458160
Provide your first name, last name, and email address for the event leader and then click submit (note: if you do not complete all the fields you will not be admitted to the pre-application conference).
Once you have submitted your information, you will be provided with the dial-in number and individual PIN for the teleconference. Be sure to make a note of both the toll free number and your assigned PIN;you will need this information to access the call.
Important Note: PIN numbers cannot be shared. A distinct PIN number is required for each telephone line dialing in to the teleconference. Attempting to call in with a shared PIN will result in an inability to access the teleconference.
On the day of the Pre-Application Conference you will also need the Conference Number and Participant Passcode as follows:
Conference number: 3398163
Participant Passcode: 6458160
Information on how to access the webinar portion of the Pre-Application conference, including a direct URL link, will be provided to participants once they have completed registration.
Sign-in for the meeting will commence at 2:50 p.m. EDT.
Pre-Application Conference Registration will close at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 23, 2012.


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MHA in the National News
President/CEO Paul Gionfriddo on CNN
Millions of Americans watched MHA President and CEO Paul Gionfriddo's live early-morning interview on CNN's New Day, which aired Wednesday, May 28. In a seven-minute segment with CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, Gionfriddo discussed issues related to the Strengthening Families in our Communities Act. He also spoke about how mental health issues affected his own family.
Watch the YouTube video here:
Debbie Plotnick on Al Jazeera America
MHA's Senior Director of State Policy Debbie Plotnick also appeared on national media this week as a mental health policy panelist on Al Jazeera America's 30-minute show, Inside Story. The show, which covers issues of the day, is hosted by acclaimed former PBS journalist Ray Suarez.
No video or transcipt is available at this time.
Other News
May is mental health awareness month. Famed columnist from the St. Louis Dispatch, Bill McClellan, penned an uplifting piece about mental health, the city of St. Louis, and the people who call it home.
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|2011-05-24, 08:26
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Don't Call Me Bro
OKC only have three true scorers - Durant, Westbrook and Harden. Once Harden was gone, they didn't have the perimeter threat to give Durant space. And they couldn't stop Nowitzki either. Whoever comes out of the East has to be able to contain Dirk.
|2011-05-24, 08:46
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Udonis you did it!
|2011-05-24, 21:21
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Not sure about this time, though. But I still honestly think NBA isn't rigged right now, even if there's so much hype for the Heat's Big 3 to win not just one championship, but multiple ones. They could have rigged the NBA all year long if they want to make the hype happen.
|2011-05-24, 22:48
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That was an epic game tonight. Brilliant defensive efforts from both teams. Chicago dominated paint scoring but Miami was far better at the perimeter and jump shots. James shut down Rose really well. Miller's 4th quarter burst was clutch, Chalmers's 2nd quarter one was handy too. Bosh ground his way into the game and was clutch late despite his foul trouble. James delivered, even making up for botching Miami's play in the final seconds of regulation by denying Rose a decent shot. Chicago lost the war of attrition with not having Asik available - Noah, Deng and Boozer were in meltdown come overtime. And Rose - well...he didn't do enough. Boozer and Deng were more effective on offense but once their minutes racked up too high, they just couldn't get it done anymore. Spoelstra managed his lineup well to have his ideal lineup on the court late 4th quarter, most of them well rested. It showed with how frenzied Miami were on defense.
Looks look the 2006 rematch is on now. It shall be epic. Crossing my fingers that One somehow get hold of the Finals as well like they got hold of the Miami-Chicago series.
Watching highlights of the Dallas - OKC overtime thriller, I can't believe OKC blew a 15 point lead that late so quickly...Nowitzki was on fire, but still...OKC didn't even try to manage the clock! Grind the clown down every possession in that situation, don't take wild shots just because you're up by that margin. Oklahoma blew their big chance. And they look set to have an off-season to contemplate how to fix that. Not to mention whether they can get a post-up, paint scorer. IMO they need one.
PS. Charles Barkley - eat your words, son. That chant by the Miami crowd at the end of overtime - you got owned. You were right about Dallas but you were wrong about Miami. Be glad that you were lucky enough to be inside the arena tonight, because you got pelted in that outside broadcast in Game 3.
PSS. Spoelstra just summed up this series perfectly with his opening words. 'This series is a bloodbath. This is a grind. It is impossible to get offensive flow.' But hey, if Miami get this good a defensive mindset, they will make life hard for Dallas who have been enjoying offensive barrages. Not that Dallas aren't capable of good defense themselves, because they are.
|2011-05-24, 22:54
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Well, when the average age of your team is like 25.7, it's not really a shocker that they blew that lead. It's not like they really have veteran leadership on the court.
The Tim Donahue scandal added fuel to that fire.
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I'm expecting a Mavs-Heat rematch in the Finals, but not this imminent. The 4% chance of coming back from 1-3 down isn't really reassuring.
Come to think of it, is the Mavs-Heat rivalry the new Lakers-Celtics?
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|2011-05-25, 03:45
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Assuming that the finals _will_ be Dallas vs Miami (relatively sure about the Mavs, but I'd still give Chicago a small fighting chance), I think it's gonna be a very interesting matchup.
Dallas' strength has been a great diversity in the offense. You concentrate on suppressing one threat too much and get killed by the others. Last game was the first time that Nowitzki had to _force_ it during crunch time. And boy, he did. Otherwise, a Terry, Parea, Stojakovic or Marion could run hot when the opponent was concentrating on Dirk too much. I'm very curious how Miami plans to contain him. I kinda doubt that siccing Haslem on him will yield the same results as in 2006.
Wade was strangely subdued last game, but he finally woke up in OT. LeBron - wow.
Anyway, let's wait for the semis to be completed before we're tackling the finals.
|2011-05-26, 22:21
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Don't Call Me Bro
Wow - that comeback by Miami was epic. And now we have the Miami-Dallas rematch.
James and Wade struggle for so long then go utterly ballistic. That's class for you.
Boozer needs to learn to not run his mouth off. He gave up flagrants in Games 4 and 5 that changed the momentum. Plus his 'Big Two' comment led to Bosh being a dominant player in the series. Thanks for shooting yourself in the foot, Boozer.
Chicago have most of the pieces of the puzzle. But they need a second scorer. Which I guess was supposed to be Boozer...but I'm not sure what they need now. Maybe a reliable perimeter scorer. Rose is not a perimeter scorer, Korver has been covered/double-teamed big-time in the playoffs, Deng is so-so.
Well, Miami showed they can claw big big deficits and get the win just like Dallas can. We shall be in for an epic Finals series.
Miami in six.
|2011-05-26, 22:27
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Looks like the media needs to get off LeBron's jock for not finishing (this has gone on for his entire career, long before 'The Decision'), and go bug Rose and Durant about it.
Lookin' at you Charles Barkley and Skip Bayless.
|2011-05-26, 22:32
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When Ben Ford introduced his Ford's Filling Station in 2006, the fledgling gastropub was mobbed. The right idea at the right time: moderately priced comfort food in a rustic, no-frills setting. Big portions and hearty dishes — in other words, fuel. Now we've got gastropubs — a term that originated in London to denote pubs with seriously good food — popping up all over the city. Some, like Bar Marmont in WeHo, Waterloo & City in Culver City and the Parish in downtown L.A., hew to a British model. Others, such as Spanish Fly in Koreatown or the Tripel in Playa del Rey, are more eclectic. But one thing they all have in common is a loose, lively vibe, food made from scratch and not only craft beer but often well-chosen wines and inventive cocktails too. Hours tend to run later than conventional restaurants. Hungry after 10 p.m.? Head to a gastropub.
Father's Office
The father of them all launched when former Michael's chef Sang Yoon bought an old bar in Santa Monica and had the then-novel concept of adding some grub — good grub, like his signature Office burger. And, of course, skinny French fries served in a miniature shopping cart. No reservations, often standing room only, and a roster of hand-picked craft beers made this spot a hit. Then came Father's Office 2 in the Helms Bakery complex . This time Yoon had a real kitchen and therefore a larger menu that includes experimental nightly specials: braised pork cheeks with black-eyed peas, sea urchin crostini, or brandade cakes. Affordable and fun.
1018 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, (310) 736-2224, and 3229 Helms Ave., Los Angeles, (310) 736-2224; http://www.fathersoffice.com. Dishes, $6 to $19.
Freddy Smalls Bar + Kitchen
OK, it's noisy. Get over it if you want to enjoy chef Charlie Parker's buffalo deviled eggs or lightly smoked fingerling potatoes. His fried Brussels sprouts with apple cider glaze are worth a drive. So too the flash-grilled steak tartare and the slow-roasted chicken panzanella with fresh ricotta and mint. Freddy Smalls is the complete package, with lusty cooking from a hardworking young chef and seriously good beers and cocktails. In short, it's a kind of happy dream best enjoyed early in the week when the place is less crowded and you can actually hear the eclectic soundtrack.
11520 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, (310) 479-3000, http://www.freddysmalls.com. Dishes, $5 to $26.
Fat Cow
That British chef on TV who yells and throws hissy fits in restaurant kitchens? It's Gordon Ramsay, who, hard as it may be to believe, possesses three Michelin stars for Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London. He's just opened a 200-seat gastropub at the Grove next door to the movie theaters. It's called Fat Cow, and it offers some decent enough grub. There's an excellent Caesar salad, beets with burrata, "stone-baked" pizzas, shepherd's pie and, of course, the Fat Cow burger made with short ribs and Kobe beef. Not much is surprising or notable about the menu except for the fact that it's very well executed.
189 the Grove Drive, Los Angeles, (323) 900-8080, http://www.facebook.com/FatCowLA. Dishes, $7 to $25.