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While attending the Jamestown Community Chorus' presentation of "Favorite Choruses from Handel's Messiah with Festival Orchestra and English Carols" on Sunday at the rec center, you will have to make a decision whether or not to stand up during the "Hallelujah" chorus.
Chorus director B.J. Whitehouse explains: "Why do people stand up for the 'Hallelujah' chorus? It's obvious why people stand for 'The Star-Spangled Banner' or if the president were to enter the room, or (possibly at the risk of being sexist) a woman were to enter the room. But why the 'Hallelujah' chorus? Well, some folks do and some folks don't. Traditionalists will point to the March 1743 premiere of Handel's 'Messiah' in London.
"The most common theory is that King George II (yes, he was our king at the time) stood up for the piece, which occurs about two-thirds of the way through the three-hour-long oratorio. And, if the king stands, everybody stands. However, there isn't any contemporaneous evidence that George stood up. It was 37 years later that a piece of hearsay stated that: 'The King (who happened to be present), started up, and remained standing…and hence it became the fashion.' "According to a story in the Boston Globe, people did start standing up for the 'Hallelujah' chorus fairly early on, though. In fact, they seemed to stand up for other numbers as well. The churchman George Harris attended a 1750 performance of 'Messiah,' with Handel conducting, and recorded some people watching in his diary: 'The Duchess of Portland, the Bishops of Oxford, Gloucester, St David's, & St Asaph there. At some of the choruses the company stood up.' A 1756 account records a 'Messiah' crowd standing for the 'grand choruses' – again note the plural. By this time, audiences in Britain were also customarily standing for the 'Dead March' in Handel's 1739 oratorio 'Saul.'"
So, when the Jamestown Community Chorus sings the "Hallelujah" chorus as part of its Dec. 11 concert that begins at 3 p.m., the question is not whether or not to stand up, but is it appropriate to sing along? Call 423-1574 or click on jamestownri.com/chorus for the answer.
Tickets are available at Jamestown Hardware, The Secret Garden and Baker's Pharmacy. They are $18 general admission and $15 for seniors, students and children. Tickets may also be reserved in advance through the chorus' website or by calling the above number. There will be only one performance so get your tickets soon. This has all the makings of a SRO performance.
Sing on!
On Tuesday, Dec. 13, it will be the Jamestown Community Band's turn with its annual holiday concert beginning at 7 p.m. at the Portuguese American Citizens Club.
JCB conductor Bethany Clarke will lead the band in a program which will include the little known but soon to be classic "Santa Does Dixie," as well as "March of the Toys," "We Three Kings," Mel Torme's "Christmas Song," Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers," "Christmas a la Big Band," "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" and others.
Band member and publicist Bill Knapp said, "So, let it snow. Rudolph and Frosty are standing by. Rumor has it that with the faintest of applause the band will send everyone home humming Leroy Anderson's 'Sleigh Ride.' It's Christmas! It's Hanukkah! The ancients are happy! There are reindeer in the sky!"
The band will wear their bright red bowties. For everyone else the dress is optional.
All are welcome. The concert and refreshments are free. Donations are always welcome. Following the concert the band takes a break until January when rehearsals begin again on Tuesday evenings at 7 at the PAC. New members are always welcome.
Play on!
Stars fading but I linger on, dear,
Still craving your kiss,
I'm longing to linger till dawn, dear,
Just saying this.
Looking for that perfect and unusual stocking stuffer? Check out the Jewelry by Charlotte at the Cathryn Jamieson Salon. Charlotte is a 12-year-old from Middletown who makes bead jewelry that she sells for only $7. She buys her beads locally at The Purple Door. She gives a portion of her proceeds to the Potter League for Animals because she loves her dog Joey so much.
Emma Lazzara, 8, would like Dorothy's ruby slippers and an American Girl Doll for Christmas. Her younger brother Sam, 5, would like an American Boy Doll, and her older brother Frankie, 11, an iTouch.
Skip Kingsley of Wickford, Elizabeth Mancini and Cheryl Fernstrom were in with last week's poser. It's from "Listen to the Music" by the Doobie Brothers.
Enough of the federal and state aid and grants. The taxpayers are broke.
This from Robin Yabroudy: "Last Sunday my dog ripped her toenail while running at Fort Getty.
It was a nasty and painful slice and I thought I was going to have to spend the rest of the day in the vet ER – not to mention half my Christmas money. I decided to stop by Island Animal for advice. Within minutes the nice guy who works there grabbed needed supplies off the shelves and ran out to the car to help me. Within 10 minutes and only $7 later my problem was solved. He truly saved the day! Thank you very, very much! Island Animal is more then just a pet store. It is a neighbor – one I really appreciate."
Christmas is for everyone who chooses to observe it. If the name offends some, tough!
Barbara Morinho writes, "The ornamental grass at the corner of High Street and Walcott Avenue has gotten much too tall. It is impossible for drivers traveling east on High Street to see traffic coming from the south. Could this grass be cut please? Also, has anyone considered the feasibility of erecting wind turbines on Dutch Island?"
A Critter Glitter Holiday Sale is now going on through Sunday at the Potter League for Animals from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. It features sequin fashion costume jewelry sold at 50 to 80 percent off retail price. The jewelry includes bracelets, necklaces, pins and earrings.
On Saturday and Sunday at the league in the Behavior & Training Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. artisans will showcase a unique array of merchandise for gift giving.
Ho! Ho! Ho!
We drove down to our daughter's home in Farmington, Conn., for Thanksgiving. She was without power for weeks after the Halloween blizzard blew through. Each house on her street now has piles of cut down tree branches in front. They were overhanging utility wires and were cut down to avoid future blackouts. This deterrent to power losses is perhaps something the island should pursue.
Saturday is Human Rights Day and the beginning of Human Rights Week.
Saturday's full moon is the Cold Moon, Long Night Moon and Moon Before Yule.
Be true!
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SYDNEY--Australian house prices--which have risen sharply fueled by record-low interest rates--may face a downward correction if the recent pace of growth continues, Moody's Investors Service said.
In a review of the resource-rich economy, the credit-rating firm said that with house prices climbing at the fastest pace in almost four years in the first quarter, there was a growing risk the real-estate market may be overheating.
Australian residential property prices didn't experience anything like the hefty drops seen in the U.S. and Europe in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Over the past year, they've risen by about 10% nationally--with Sydney growing fastest among the major cities at a rate of about 17%.
Historically low interest rates have helped drive the gains, partly by encouraging more investment buying. The number of first-time home buyers has dropped to record lows, highlighting the worsening problem of housing affordability.
Growing interest in Australian property from offshore investors, including those from China, has also played a role in pushing up house prices in recent years.
"The housing market appears to be increasingly likely to get caught up in a positive price-feedback loop and eventually could face a correction, " Moody's said in its report Thursday.
The tone of the rating agency's warning was more urgent than the Australian central bank's recent murmurings on the property market.
The Reserve Bank of Australia has said it is watching the pace of growth across the country, and that it is concerned the gains are being driven chiefly by speculators. It has also acknowledged the risk to the nation's fragile economic recovery from any sudden crash in house prices.
So far, though, the central bank has steered clear of referring to any kind of bubble in property prices.
Interest rates were cut to 2.5% almost a year ago, as the country began to wrestle with cooling investment in its mining industry following a decadelong boom. Rates have remained at that level ever since as the central bank tries to reinvigorate nonmining sectors of the economy to pick up the slack.
Policy makers face a dilemma: To start raising interest rates to slow the house-price gains at the risk of harming jobs growth in the broader economy, or to leave rates at current levels and deal with the consequences of a possible correction.
Moody's stark warning may revive the debate over whether authorities should clamp down on mortgage lending to discourage investment buying--similar to measures in place in neighboring New Zealand known as macroprudential tools.
The rating firm said it was discouraged that the sharp rise in house prices hadn't, as the central bank had been hoping, yet flowed into significantly more home-building.
"Reaccelerating housing credit suggests monetary factors are playing a prominent role in fueling the housing market trends," Moody's said. "Rising housing prices haven't so far resulted in a construction boom."
Still, Moody's said Australia's economy may be shielded from the impact of any housing crash by the fact that many people with mortgages were well advanced in their repayments, and that major banks were well capitalized.
The firm reaffirmed Australia's AAA credit rating on Thursday, saying the economy, which came through the financial crisis in better shape than most, still displays a high degree of resilience.
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I am a newly expecting mother trying to plan for everything that is to come in the
next few months and years. Naturally, I am very paranoid and concerned with the safety of my baby. Recently, I stumbled upon this product that promises to identify when my breast milk has gone bad on a crowdfunding site called BabyDot. Has anyone heard of this or found similar products they would recommend? I am thinking of pre-ordering some of these since I don't quite trust the existing methods for identifying spoiled breast milk, but I would like to know if anyone has found a similar product. Here is the link: http://start.ac/breast-milk-alert-storage-label


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Odom, Kardashian Charity Scam? Lamar Odom's Cancer Charity Gives $0 to Cancer Research Over 9 years
Lamar Odom and Kim Kardashian have been accused of being involved in a charity scam, according to various media reports out this week.
Their charity, Cathy's Kids, has allegedly not donated anything whatsoever to cancer research since it was founded in 2004, according to ESPN.
The allegations stem from a report on ESPN called "Outside the Lines," which investigated numerous charities established by professional sports stars. Among the list of those looked into was Lamar Odom's charity, Cathy's Kids.
According to the report, Odom's charity, as well as several other charities set up by other athletes, had failed to fulfill the expectations that they were set up for.
In the investigation ESPN reported, "NBA forward Lamar Odom's charity that promised money for cancer research has not given a dime in grant money to any cancer entity in its eight-year history."
The charity was set up by Odom in 2004 after his mother died of stomach cancer, and looked to help fund further research into fighting cancer.
The mission statement of the charity states that Odom is "committed to help causes that are focused on finding a cure and helping people who suffer from the disease."
The report claims that the charity has spent about $1.3 million to fund elite youth basketball travel teams, but has yet to give any funding at all to cancer research.
It is also claimed in the report that the charity has raised approximately $2.2 million over the nine years it has been in operation. Tax documents, however, show that a huge majority of that money has gone to fund youth basketball teams, and not cancer research.
The secretary of the charity, Jerry DeGregorio, has also been questioned for receiving what some consider an excessive salary, at $72,000 a year.
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by nap July 29, 2004
Usually a phenomenon left to the realm of public bathrooms or workplace bathrooms, literally a smear of shit often occuring in unexpected areas such as the floor or the wall, confusing the succeeders of the incident.
There were fresh shit smears on the wall, which may seem a strange observation to make, but he had only just been in the bathroom an hour earlier when the wall was actually just plain white tile, whereas now it had become newly decorated with what he wanted to believe were just strokes of brown paint, but he knew in his heart it was something much more human in origin.
by Eponymous Bosch November 12, 2004
While someone is sleeping (Usually passed out), you wipe a small piece of shit under thier nose.
Billy thought his dog had farted until he looked in the mirror an realized he had been shit smeared
by rockin with dokken! March 02, 2004
derogatory term for an aloof person
Turn around before you run into the pole you shit smear
by lexi June 30, 2004
An asshole or a shit stain in the underpants.
That stupid shitsmear hick has a shitsmear the size of fuckin I-25! I can see it through his overalls!
by SoulfulZen July 19, 2005
(1)a smear of feces on one's underpants.
(2)someone who is generally a jerkass.
(2)someone who is generally a jerkass.
(1)i forgot to wipe and have a shitsmear on my underpants.
(2)that shitsmear keeps calling me!
(2)that shitsmear keeps calling me!
by kittiekat September 01, 2003
You left a shit smear on the seat after that big ass mutha fucking rip ass.


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The Florida Department of Health was looking into three places in Miami-Dade County and one location in Palm Beach County where new Zika infections may have occurred.
Health officials say there are two new non-travel related Zika cases in Miami-Dade County. One of the individuals was exposed in the Zika-stricken Wynwood neighborhood. A second patient was infected outside of the county's Zika zone.
The department also says there are 11 new travel-related cases in Miami-Dade and eight in Broward.
Miami-Dade County Public Schools has a Zika preparation plan ahead of the start of the school year which begins on August 22. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho sent a letter Monday urging parents to follow Zika prevention measures. Carvalho advised students to dress in long-sleeved shirts and long pants.
The superintendent also encouraged students to apply mosquito repellent at home because the application of mosquito repellent is prohibited in schools.
In preparation for the opening of schools, The Florida Department of Health is ordering additional mosquito repellent for distribution to families of children who attend school located within the Zika zone. The department will have representatives at each affected campus on the first day of class to answer questions.
Gov. Rick Scott on Monday said Miami-Dade County has requested funding for more staff and mosquito traps.
Scott said health officials will send additional commercial pest control companies to help local mosquito control operations and "ensure the county has every possible tool to fight Zika."


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In recent years, indie developers have surprised us with many innovative concepts that ultimately enrich our taste for their creative games. The creativity that goes into these projects often shows us that even a small group of developers can come up with phenomenal ways to entertain us. However, for a number of reasons, many "hardcore" gamers stray away from the indie territory all together. This should not be the case with Bastion.
Recently released for OS X via the Mac App Store and followed by a SteamPlay update, Bastion is a rich and well-delivered action RPG experience that no Mac gamer should pass by. The depth of gameplay, outstanding combat system, and the hours of fun this game provides make it a must have for any gamer out there.


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The Art Bar in Deep Ellum closed at the end of 2005, but the empty space has been used as a display window to the heart of Deep Ellum.
Memorabilia from Deep Ellum Cafe, The Blind Lemon, Dada, Green Room and other historical venues in Dallas are displayed here. Some of America's greatest musicians and artists got their start in Deep Ellum. We are hoping Mike might take an interest in the music and art history on display here in this old vacant bar.


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February 16. 2014 7:29PM
Maine man injured in snowmobile crash in Wentworth Location
— A Maine man was in stable condition Sunday night following a snowmobile accident.
At 10 a.m. conservation officers responded to the junction of Old Greenough Pond Road and Route 26 in Errol to investigate a report of a snowmobile accident.
Officials say Christopher Bertin of Boothbay, Maine, was operating his snowmobile off trail 129N on an old logging road in Wentworth's Location, in an area where old culverts had been removed from a logging operation. According to Conservation Officer Eric Fluette, Bertin didn't slow down for a ditch in the trail, hitting the ditch bank. Errol Rescue personnel responded, transporting him out to an ambulance. He was transported to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital for treatment, where he was listed in stable condition.


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I have put the script into my page to display ten images. When viewed through IE, the script works fine, but FireFox only wants to show seven and a bit of the images before declaring End Of Gallery.
I have looked through the code but can't find any limiter of the 'length' of the slideshow (presumably IF there were one it would be in pixels, as the 'last' image diplayed in FF is only partly visible).
Any idea what the issue might be in FireFox? I haven't checked the page on other browsers yet...
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Some jobs are tough, some can be deadly. Some jobs are stressful, but exposure to dangerous situations and hostile environments can contribute significantly to the chance of a fatal on-the-job accident.
An average of 12 workers die on the job every day. According to preliminary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), 4,547 lives were lost on the job in 2010, about the same as the previous year, which had a final count of 4,551. The total is down from 5,214 in 2008.
The BLS attributes this overall reduction to declines in employment and slow growth in total hours worked in some historically high-risk industries.
The rate of fatal work injuries for U.S. workers in 2010 was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time employees.
Mining and police work saw increases in work-related fatalities last year. Disasters at a U.S. coal mine and aboard an oil rig operated by BP pushed mining up the list to 172 fatalities in 2010 from 99 the previous year. Fatalities among police officers jumped 40 percent to 134 in 2010 from 96 a year earlier.
As for causes, deaths from fires more than doubled to 109 in 2010 from 53 the previous year, the highest count since 2003.
So, what are the deadliest jobs in the country? Click ahead to find out.
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text: Vancouver-based photographer Dina Goldstein shoots for magazines and ad agencies around the world. Her series, In the Doll House, examines the less than perfect life of B and K. B is a super doll, the most successful doll in the world. Her partner K is grappling with his sexuality and finds himself in a loveless marriage. He struggles with his position in the household and faces his lack of authenticity.


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Dave D'Onofrio's Patriots Notebook: We'll see if loss was a lesson learnedBY DAVE D'ONOFRIO
Special to The New Hampshire Union Leader
December 17. 2012 9:59PM
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- STANDING before his stall early Monday morning, Rob Ninkovich shared the sentiments voiced by many of the teammates who'd already cleared out of a near-empty Patriots' locker room: He wasn't interested in claiming a moral victory.
Certainly it said something about his club's character that it rallied to erase a 28-point deficit against the NFL's No. 1 defense, though the end result was nevertheless a 41-34 loss to San Francisco, and thus New England had failed what most considered its toughest test of the season. Ninkovich knew full well why his team had flunked - "You can't play like we played tonight; it's just not good football" - and so believed that his team got the loss it deserved that he said it "wouldn't have felt like a true victory" even if the scoreboard had gifted it to them in the end.
But the defensive end did still hold hope that Sunday's journey through the peaks and valleys will eventually prove a positive.
"I think this is a good lesson for us," he said. "I'd rather take it now than down the road."
And fortunately for the Patriots, recent history suggests there may actually be no better time for them to be so humbly taught.
The timing of Sunday's setback was so abnormal that only 15 current players had ever experienced a second-half-of-the-season loss as a Patriot, and Ninkovich - who's in his third season as a starter - was merely a special teams guy when it last happened, back in 2009. Around these parts that remarkable record during November and December has become the most oft-cited evidence that Bill Belichick's team improves as the year goes on, and plays its best when the games increase in importance.
However, it hasn't exactly helped them meet the title-or-bust expectations such success creates for January and February. And that's where the Patriots hope Sunday was indeed a lesson - because it's one the last eight Super Bowl champions all have learned at right around this point of the football calendar.
The 2003 Pats famously finished the regular season by winning 12 in a row, though since then no eventual champion has entered the postseason with a winning streak longer than four games, and since 2006 no hardware hoister has even started the playoffs riding the momentum of more than two straight triumphs.
Instead, every one of them has experienced a hiccup sometime around the holidays, with each of the octet losing at some point after Week 13 - and typically in some ugly, unforeseen fashion. The confetti shower tends to cleanse our collective memory, but don't forget that the '04 Patriots lost at Miami in Week 15, surrendering what was a 28-17 lead with 4:06 to play, and losing 29-28 while Tom Brady threw four interceptions.
The '05 Steelers lost their third straight in Week 13, the last coming courtesy of four giveaways. The '06 Colts spent Week 14 getting slaughtered by Jacksonville, 44-17, while yielding 375 yards rushing. The '07 Giants lost to the Redskins, 22-10, in Week 15, when Eli Manning completed only 18 of 53 pass attempts.
The '08 Steelers were doomed by four turnovers in Week 16, letting a 14-10 second-half lead become a 31-14 defeat to the Titans. The '09 Saints were undefeated before falling to the Cowboys in a Week 15 contest they trailed 24-3 in the fourth quarter. The '10 Packers fell in both Weeks 14 and 15, losing Aaron Rodgers to a concussion.
Then the '11 Giants were beaten for the fourth time in five games during Week 15, losing to Rex Grossman and then-hapless Washington when Manning's three picks left his team down 23-3 until a garbage-time touchdown with 37 seconds left.
And New England fans need no reminder about how that campaign wound up for New York.
If Patriots fans are panicking about what happened Sunday, when their club coughed up the ball four times, take comfort in knowing that almost all of those eight late losses were largely a product of uncharacteristic (though not foretelling) inattention to the football. And that five of the eight suffered a dud in Week 15, like the Pats did. Thus, all is not lost; in fact, nothing is lost, except perhaps a chance at a bye - and even then, the past two titlists have played in the wild-card round en route to a ring.
So the most popular postgame question of what to take away from the loss to San Francisco was really pointless. It doesn't matter whether the Pats come away discouraged because of the way they fell behind, or with their confidence intact because of the way they came back.
All that's relevant is how they respond from here, because there's eight years of evidence saying Sunday can be not simply the end of a seven-game winning streak, but rather the start of something really special - if the Pats don't fall for the silly notions of moral victories or value a just-shy comeback, and instead take it as the teachable moment their leaders appear to believe it is.
"We just didn't give ourselves a chance," Brady said. "We spotted them 28 points. We fought hard, but you can't play poorly against a good team and expect to win."
"The way we played, we can't beat anybody," added Vince Wilfork. "We basically blew off a half and it cost us big time. ... Tonight we just weren't the Patriots."
Super Bowl XLVII will be Feb. 3. Call it report card day in New England - because by then we'll know if those Patriots have truly learned their lesson.
Dave D'Onofrio covers the Patriots for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Think your family holiday card is cute? We hate to break it to you, but the Johnson family of Minnesota might just put yours to shame, reports the TODAY Show. For more than 20 years, mom Sue Johnson has been dreaming up the themes, sewing the costumes, and organizing her (sometimes reluctant) family for hilarious photo shoots. Previous themes include toy soldiers, gingerbread men, and elves but we think this year's card might just be the best.
Plus: Awkward Family Holiday Photos
Santa himself would be hard-pressed to produce a better Christmas card:
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I've been dating this guy for a few months now. We haven't had the "what are we" talk, but I presume that we're both sleeping with other people. (For the record, I've slept with one other person). This kind of "don't ask, don't tell" arrangement is OK in the short term, but I'm wondering how to bring up safe-sex practices without making it a big deal. It seems important to talk about these things, right?--Asking and Telling
Isn't it strange that, when it comes to sex, we have few qualms asking someone to tie us up and call us Nancy Reagan (hypothetically), but asking that same person about their condom use is, like, super weird?
I know it can be awkward, but if you're regularly boning this guy, you should have the balls to inquire about the whereabouts of his balls. The "don't ask, don't tell" approach didn't work for the military, and it doesn't really work in relationships either, for the same reasons that you brought up. I'm not saying you have to get a detailed play-by-play on all the girls he's playing naked Canasta with, but yes, please talk about it. Especially if you're having unprotected sex with other people (duh). This includes sharing toys and oral too (remember a few weeks ago when I ruined oral sex for everyone by mentioning parasites?). If you need a jumping-off point, I recommend this video of Indian men dressed as dancing condoms.
You're not going to be perceived as Attila the Slut for talking about safer sex--and if he does try to slut-shame you, then he doesn't deserve admittance to your vagina anyway. Asking about someone's sexual history, the last time they were tested, etc. is not only responsible, it's vital. According to the CDC, nearly 20 million new STIs occur each year in the U.S. And those are only the ones reported. Remember that many people don't even know they have an STI, and therefore don't get treated or tested.
No matter how nerve-wracking such a conversation about safer sex might be, remember that it's far preferable to the one that starts, "So, I have this rash ..." Meaning don't put your health and well-being on the back burner because you're afraid to say "dental dam" aloud.
As a general rule, it's better to have serious-ish talks while not naked, and not just because your tattoo of a five-legged octopus holding pancakes is distracting. Lust, that ever-reliable life plan, has a way of clouding our judgment in the heat of the moment, making us vulnerable to decisions we might regret later, like a tattoo of a five-legged octopus holding pancakes.
Another reason to communicate about safer sex practices and STI status is because you might get sued. For real. One woman was awarded $750,000 in court from her ex-husband because he gave her herpes and lied about it. Another was awarded $900,000, also from a date lying to her about having herpes.
But common decency and directness aside, in the end, what you DO is your best protection, more than what you talk about. You are your own best defense, in other words. While STIs affect both men and women, women face the most serious long-term consequences. So don't be shy. It's your health at stake. Now that we're all sufficiently bummed out, let's watch the dancing condoms video again.
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Hi James, Yes lots of people complain,, and even more complain and do nothing. but there are few that do try. like us. We think of ourselves as a step below what you are describing below in your message. This can be done by anyone. Even just one person can do this. That's how my group started. Just myself thinking what an awesome idea. And went for it. And been doing it for 20 years now. Having fun all the way also. What am I talking about? What is called, Near Space Or Edge of Space. exploration. Hence the name of our group Near Space Sciences. Please take a visit to our web site to see some of the fantastic imagery and programs we offer to the Schools and Students. It's at. http://www.qsl.net/wb9sbd/educators.html The above link is our preferred site to view, but sometimes that server is flaky,, if it doesn't work check out a stripped down mirror site at http://www.mwt.net/~mayen1/educators.html Our last Mission to the edge of space happened just a few weeks ago, on May 21st. We had a launch for several hundred boy & girl scouts at the Sauk County Wisconsin fair grounds. This was our 43rd flight to the "Edge Of Space" This flight made it all the way up to 102,528 feet! Yes One hundred two thousand, five hundred and twenty eight feet UP! A short video of the launch can be seen at,, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoUkgWOUbNQ We then next had a HUGE event flight for several thousand people, at the Richland Center Wisconsin High School, they were celebrating the 50th anniversary of space exploration with the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik. We did a Live video flight for them, That payload actually transmitted live video to the students on the ground the actual view from the payload itself! A page that is not finished yet but still under construction can be seen at, http://www.qsl.net/wb9sbd/nss-45.html This isn't "Rocket Science" but it can easily be used as a beginner platform for sure! Joe WB9SBD Near Space Sciences James Whitfield wrote: >So that you will know "where I am coming from", let me say that I am not an active satellite user. I am a semi-retired aerospace engineer, in that I work part time on a NASA project - the modification of a 747 to carry a sub-millimeter and infrared telescope into the stratosphere. I had my hands into amateur radio, literally, before Sputnik, though I did not get my license until years later. I cannot remember when I was not interested in space exploration. My first engineering job was testing rocket motors and associated prototype hardware for the first and second stages of what evolved into the Peacekeeper missile. And for a brief time I tried to be an educator. > >My opinion is that ASMO is a result of the stark realization by NASA, whether from within or forced on it by national leadership, that the supply of skills to build and operate spacecraft is rapidly drying up at a time when national goals are to expand our reach into space by returning to the Moon and perhaps sending people to Mars. Within the ASMO website is the statement that twenty-five persent of NASA employees are eligible to retire in less than five years. The problem is similar for the companies that NASA depends on to develop and operate its various systems. Indeed the entire aerospace industry, while facing major difficulties due to the current fuel prices, will have severe personnel shortages for decades. > >Even when engineers and scientists can be hired, they still face the problem of learning what it is that they are hired to do. A problem particularly acute for NASA since they tend to be doing things that have never been done before. ASMO is an attempt to find solutions to both of these areas of concern. > >You may ask how this relates to AMSAT. First, for those of you that work with students, you might get the opportunity, assuming of course that ASMO gets off the ground, to encourage students to seek a university program that will allow them to build and operate satellites. Presumably, you will have converted them to AMSAT members along their path. At the very least they should recognize that the amateur radio community is a friendly ally. And if you are an AMSAT member preparing to go to college, and have some interest in a program like ASMO, then by all means go for it. ( And keep an open mind for projects that can attract more students to follow you. ) > >For those of you not already working with students, here is your chance to influence not only the future scientists and engineers that will be building future spacecraft, but it is an excellent opportunity to connect with, and begin to influence, the universities that will be training them. Not so long ago, I read here some comments ( Dare I say grousing? ) about university satellite projects using amateur frequencies and assets, but then giving nothing back to the amateur radio community for their service. Meet with them. Propose activities to work together. Demonstrate to them that working with you is in their own self interest. Show your stuff. Of course you won't get all of them interested in your hobby, but you might get a lot more than you have now. > >Suppose you took the time to submit some ideas to NASA about the kind of things that a student project should include. Remember, the intent is to allow students to learn about building and operating an entire space probe. Point out that the students should include communications ( not just depend on the existing NASA communication system ) as part of the system. There is room for thought about communications experiements - perhaps a radar sensor array could be pointed at the Earth when not being used to scan the Moon. Students could learn a lot more about communications, if say the "radar" was commanded to listen first, then transmit back something that it "heard". Think outside the box. Don't limit yourself to the mindset that a radar sends an unmodulated burst and listens to the echo, which is processed for information. The same "box" can listen, process, then transmit. Do the math. Suggest alternatives. Point out that if the probe can be heard on the Earth with ! > amateur radio equipment, then millions of people can listen. It certainly worked for Sputnik. > >Be realistic. If you suggest a system that you can kerchunk with an HT in your back yard, I don't think it will get much favor. But then again, the intent is to give student experience to a real probe that will gather significant data to be used for future lunar exploration. This program is not about what you want, but about what is a good experience for the students. If you think about it, you might find that "good for the students" might benefit you as well. > >You are the people who have shown interest in building and operating spacecraft. You are the kind of people that NASA wants to hear from. > > >James Whitfield > n5gui > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via email@example.com. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via firstname.lastname@example.com. 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Gas prices continued their slow summer slide last week, providing some relief for New Jersey motorists planning travels on Labor Day weekend. But the trend comes despite certain fundamentals that an analyst said could trigger upticks in the coming days.
The average price for a regular gallon of gasoline fell 1.9 cents last week, to $3.42 a gallon, according to a GasBuddy survey of 3,525 stations in New Jersey. That marks a 15.5-cent drop from one month ago and a 20.9-cent drop from a year ago.
The results are similar to figures released by AAA Mid-Atlantic, which today reports the New Jersey average today is $3.45, down from $3.66 one year ago.
But GasBuddy.com senior analyst Patrick DeHaan said that trend could change this week light of declining gasoline inventories.
The Energy Information Administration reported last week that gasoline stocks declined 1.4 million barrels, to 218.4 million, dropping to their lowest level in about three months and exceeding expectations.
"That was a likely a culprit for a late-week rally in gasoline futures and spot prices, which in turn may mean that as this week wears on, gasoline prices could start showing some upward movement," DeHaan said.
But DeHaan added that any spike is likely to be short lived, given the impending end of summer driving season. AAA also said that despite the drop in inventories, supplies are still considered comfortable.
The generally softer gas prices come even as crude oil continues to trade above $100, closing Friday at $106.18. AAA attributes the trend to positive economic data coupled with continued tension in the Middle East.
The travel organization cited rising manufacturing activity in the United States and China, falling unemployment in the United States, and increased business activity in the Eurozone as reasons for rising crude prices. These factors signal higher demand for fuel while violence in Egypt, Libya and Syria continues to impact oil prices, AAA said.
Rising crude trends normally filter down to the pump, but that hasn't happened this year. DeHaan said mitigating factors such as rising domestic oil production and the absence of refinery problems this year likely contributed to the quiet summer in most of the country.
AAA spokeswoman Tracy Noble said prices increases are possible in late September, when refineries switch to winter blends. Plus, the onset of hurricane season could trigger spikes if damage results in refinery shutdowns or disruptions to supply chains, she said.
AAA said the national average for a regular gallon of gasoline was $3.54 on Friday. That marked the lowest price for that calendar date since 2009, though AAA said the current national price still only trails the record high of $3.69 recorded in 2008 by 15 cents.


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GREENVILLE, Ill.-- The GC Baseball team fell in both games in the double-header against Fontbonne, losing 5-4 and 3-0 on their home field.
In the first game, Fontbonne took an early lead, bringing the score to 4-0 after just two innings. Greenville fought back in the next two innings. Jared Souhrada hit a double and Tim Osborne got a home run in the third inning for three runs, and Matt Reinholz scored off a Souhrada RBI to earn the final run for GC. This tied the game at 4-4, where it remained for 6 more innings. In the top of the 11th, Fontbonne scored a run that went unanswered by the Panthers, allowing them to take home the heartbreaking 5-4 victory. Josh Wagemann, Nick Bifano, Cody Hintershire, and Scott Voyles shared time on the mound. Wagemann faced 12 batters and allowed four runs. Hintershire allowed just three hits of the 12 batters he faced. Bifano faced 12 batters as well and allowed just one hit. Voyles faced 15 batters and allowed 2 hits and a run. Voyles was credited with the loss.
The second game was not as close for Greenville. Fontbonne earned the shut-out with a 3-0 win over the home team. Greenville allowed Fontbonne to score in the 5th and 7th innings. Tyler Pilcher was credited with the Panther loss. Pilcher faced 22 batters, allowed 6 hits, and gave up two runs in his time on the mound. Derek Reckmann and Jason Collingwood also pitched for GC. Reckmann faced 3 batters and did not allow any hits. Collingwood faced 5 batters, allowed 2 hits and a run.
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The Eagles traded sixth round draft pick Charles Scott to the Cardinals for cornerback Jorrick Calvin, who was taken one spot later in April's draft.
Calvin, 5-foot-11, 184 pounds, had 76 tackles, two interceptions and nine pass break ups for Troy as a junior in 2008. He missed his senior season because he was academically ineligible. Calvin and Scott were both seen as firmly on the roster bubbles with the Cardinals and Eagles.
"This guy has return ability ... and you're always looking for corners," said Eagles general manager Howie Roseman. "It's a hard to find position. We felt like it was an opportunity to bring a guy in and see what he has ."
The Cardinals also needed a fullback after Nehemiah Broughton tore his anterior cruciate ligament in a preseason game Saturday. The injury left the team with just one fullback.
Scott, drafted as a halfback, had disappointed and was moved to fullback during preseason. Scott was drafted 200th overall. Calvin went 201st to Arizona.
Calvin will add another contender to a position that has already been bolstered by the strong preseason play of rookie Trevard Lindley and Dimitri Patterson.
In injury news, left guard Todd Herremans is not expected to practice Monday after spraining his right ankle Sunday.
Defensive end Trent Cole downplayed his ankle sprain and said he is aiming to play in the Sept. 12 opener. He said the injury, suffered against the Chiefs Friday night, was extremely painful and made him fear for his season, but that he felt relieved after an MRI showed it to be less serious that first feared.
Defensive end Juqua Parker, who sat out Friday's preseason game, was headed out to practice this afternoon. He had returned on Sunday.


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Usually around this time of the year we show you dozens of benchmarks with the next generation Intel Processor with the whole AMD versus Intel mentality. Legit Reviews is still going to do that, but just not today. This morning at 10am Intel announced its new Pentium Processor 955 Extreme Edition CPU, formerly code-named Presler. This chip, which goes on sale to the public on January 16 for $999, is the second generation of dual-core consumer desktop CPU's from the chip giant. Intel has made a number of changes to it's dual core processor series and many will call this Intel's first true dual core processor. This processor features two separate cores with 2MB L2 cache each for a total of 4MB, a 266MHz Quad Pumped Front Side Bus for a solid 1066MHz system bus, Intel Virtualization Technology, and it was all done on the 65nm process over the previous 90nm package found on the previous Prescott and Extreme Edition processors.
After getting the Intel Pentium Processor 955 Extreme Edition "Presler", holy cow that is a mouthful, we quickly found out that a couple rumors going around the internet were not true. One was about the temperatures and the other being the overclockability of the processor in general. Without further ado let's look at the new gem in Intel's Enthusiast portfolio. Taking a look at the Presler (Shown above in the middle) we can easily notice that it looks different from the Intel 5xx, 6xx, and 8xx processors that surround the new kid on the block. Let's see if CPU-Z can read the processor correctly.
It looks like CPU-Z is showing everything okay except for the voltage that the Vcore is running at. Our unlocked processor is running at a multiplier of 13 with a front side bus (FSB) of 266MHz for a total core frequency of 3.46GHz. Not a bad core speed for a CPU having doubled the cache than the previous Extreme Edition, which was the Intel 840 with a total cache of 2MB.
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Only Dave Robinson's wife knew what he went through to get to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Fifty years after he married her, five years after she died, he wishes she were here.
The night he made it, Dave Robinson was in no hurry to get out into his glorious new world.
He chose to savor the news of his Pro Football Hall of Fame election where he had awaited it, in a New Orleans hotel room, in the company of his only surviving son.
Champagne appeared. The first toast was to Elaine Robinson, wife and mother to the men in the room.
She alone fully understood the path to that moment, Dave thought. She was in another dimension, with their other two sons.
"It was 2007," recalls Robinson, who was a Green Bay Packers rookie 50 years ago. "She had a stroke in February. She passed in May. Then our oldest son died three months and four days after her, of a heart attack.
"It was a helluva year. Somebody told me the Lord only gives us what we think we can handle. I hope He didn't miscalculate, because He was kickin' my butt."
Robinson met the love of his life in 1957 at a New Jersey high school about 10 miles from Philadelphia. She was "the new girl." He was the athlete who was going somewhere.
Somewhere became Green Bay, as a cog on Vince Lombardi's title teams of 1965, '66 and '67. He was a left outside linebacker. Athletically, it is said now by certain old-timers, he was Lawrence Taylor before there was Lawrence Taylor, with a different scheme and 1/1,000th of the fanfare.
Taylor was born two years after Dave met Elaine.
"There were more than 400 kids in our graduating class, and I was one of less than 20 black students," Robinson says. "Word passed real quick that there was a new black girl in school.
"I was a hall monitor. So I strutted down to the office and said hello. It was during basketball season. I was on the team, so I said, 'You comin' to the game?' She said, no, because she didn't have an activity card.
"I said, 'I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll get you a ticket, and after the game we'll have a dance together.'
"There was a dance after every game. She came to the game. We went to the dance, and then I walked her home. She says, kind of quiet, 'I'm glad you're a basketball player.' I say, 'Why's that." She says, 'I hate football, and I can't stand football players.' "
It was a while until they had a second date.
Robinson's team, the Moorestown Quakers, went on to win the 1957-58 New Jersey state basketball title.
"After the championship game," he recalls, "she came up to me and kissed me. I was shocked and surprised. Pleasantly surprised.
"Years later, we realized that the date of that game was the date of our wedding in 1963 ... March 22."
They were a well-known couple by the time he helped Moorestown repeat as state basketball champ in the winter of 1959.
They maintained a long-distance relationship after he went off to Penn State, more than 200 miles away. As he became an All-American defensive end, she made the four-hour trip to home games with his mother.
The final football event of his freshman year was going to be old home week — the Liberty Bowl in Philadelphia, against Bear Bryant's Alabama Crimson Tide. Freshmen weren't allowed to play with the varsity then until a schedule of freshman games was completed.
"I was eligible to dress for the Liberty Bowl, and I was geared up for it," Robinson says. "It was the first Liberty Bowl, and it was close to home."
It was also 1959.
"As it was told to me," Robinson says, "Bear Bryant called my head coach, Rip Engle, and said they had to cancel the game because the SEC would not allow one of its teams to play against black ballplayers.
"I was one of three black players on the Penn State roster. They finally got a commitment from the SEC to allow one black, (offensive lineman) Charley Janarette, to play.
"Charley was a senior. I was not allowed to dress or to play or stand on the sidelines in street clothes."
Robinson, 72, is an outgoing deep thinker who is as conversant on a wide spectrum of topics as any Hall of Famer you will ever meet. His mind must have been racing at the Liberty Bowl snub?
"What made it so funny," he said, "was we had already bought tickets. My mother and brothers and everybody wanted to go to see us play in the first Liberty Bowl, and here I was sitting beside them in the stands.
"It was a disappointment. Rip and (then-defensive assistant coach) Joe Paterno talked to me and said, 'Don't worry about it. We'll go to a bowl game next year and you'll get to play.'
"Sure enough, the next year we played in the second annual Liberty Bowl. We played Oregon. Beat 'em pretty good (41-12)."
Dave Robinson's football story is a cousin to the Jackie Robinson baseball epic, and not necessarily a distant one.
In 1959, Robinson was one of only two black players on Penn State's roster. No black player saw action in an SEC football game until Kentucky's Nat Worthington in 1967. While 83 black men appeared in NFL games in 1961, none had ever suited up for the franchise playing in Washington, D.C.
On Dec. 30, 1961, Robinson became the first black man in a Gator Bowl, in Jacksonville, Fla., under unforgettable circumstances.
Coaches surprised him with news a senior would start in his place, and that he would take over in the second quarter.
"I was disappointed," Robinson recalls, "because I told a bunch of people, including Elaine, 'When they introduce me on the field, I'm going to wave to you.'
"After the game, I found out they had been withholding all my mail. Then they gave me the mail.
"I remember one letter in particular. Whoever wrote it called me 'a black bear.' The letter said, 'I was a sharpshooter in the army. I have my gun with me. If you're introduced, I'll shoot the black bear on the 50-yard line on national TV.'
"That's why they didn't start me."
Robinson's approach to such episodes was forming when he spent kindergarten and first grade in a segregated school, before New Jersey law changed.
"We were the only black family in a white neighborhood." Robinson says. "When my father was getting ready to buy a house, they passed a petition to keep us out.
"There was a German fellow who ran a store in the neighborhood. This was during World War II, and he had been catching heck for being a German. When they came to him to sign the petition, he said, 'I'll do better than that. I'll buy the house.'
"He bought the house, then sold the house to my dad. That was getting even with the people who were calling him a Nazi and everything else.
"When I started school, my best friends were all white. We rode the same bus every morning. The bus stopped. I got off to go to my segregated school, and they went on to their school.
"It was kind of confusing why we had those different schools but were in the same grade. Then they merged the schools.
"I was fortunate that I realized early in life there was no difference between whites and blacks. People are people."
His high school head coach, a white man named George Masters, became one of the most important people in his teen years.
"My father had eight children," Robinson says. "He never made more than $100 a week. My mother had a slight heart murmur. They recommended that she have her tubes tied after the eighth child, for health reasons.
"My brother was born with a hole in his heart and only lived 3 1/2 days. My mother refused to have her tubes tied."
Dave was born on May 3, 1941, owing to his mother's stand.
"My religious beliefs," he says, "are such that I think my soul was going to come to Earth on that day in 1941, but I might not have been sent to the Robinsons. I could have been a skinny white boy."
Robinson's father, Leslie, died when he was a high school freshman.
"George Masters took me in almost like a son," Robinson says. "He had three of his own. He took a piece of molding clay, and he shaped it, and when he turned it loose, he had a football player."
The player grew into a Penn State star. His optimistic disposition was not poisoned by brushes with racism, even the 1961 death threat.
"After I got to Green Bay," Robinson says, "Bill Curry, who played on that Georgia Tech team, was one of my teammates. Bill told me that before the Gator Bowl game, coach Bobby Dodd told them, 'Listen, You guys in this room probably have never played with or against a black ballplayer. You're going to against Penn State. Remember one thing ... you guys are gentlemen.'
"So, I got in the game and a guy cracked back on me after I'd given him a good shot. I jumped back ready to fight and he said, 'Hey, nice hit.' He walked away. I thought, hey, nice guy.
"A little while later there was another hit and I thought ... it's a fight for sure there. He said, 'Hey, nice hit.' It was like that the whole game.
"After the game, every man from Georgia Tech came up and shook my hand. That started with the coach."
By then, everything in Robinson's life circled back to the girl he took to that dance in 1957.
"Marriage kept coming up," Robinson says, his face warming. "I would say, 'Baby, if I had the money, I'd marry you tomorrow."
The money (all $15,000 of it; the going rate for a No. 14 overall draft pick then) arrived, oddly, one day after Robinson again played in another Gator Bowl. Penn State fell to Florida on Dec. 29, 1962.
The NFL draft, even more oddly, had been conducted on Dec. 4, two days after the powerhouse Packers improved to 11-1 with a home win over the Los Angeles Rams.
"I signed with the Packers on Dec. 30," Robinson says. "I signed in a cab and flew to New York. The Packers were playing the Giants in the NFL championship game that day."
The next year was a whirlwind. Dave and Elaine got married soon after he was drafted; yet, she lived in New Jersey during his first season in Green Bay.
Twin boys, Richard and David, were born on Oct. 1, two days after Dave's third game with the Packers.
The 1963 Packers posted an 11-2-1 record but were not one of the two conference champs advancing straight to the NFL title game. Instead, they and the other conference runner-up, Cleveland, met in something called the Playoff Bowl.
"Vince Lombardi," Robinson said of his head coach, "called it the Losers Bowl.
"We played the Browns in Miami (on Jan. 5, 1964). It was the first time my wife saw me play in the NFL, and she was such a reluctant football fan, so that was on my mind the whole time.
"I tried to play my best that day. One of the highlights of my life to that point was to tackle Jim Brown. She wasn't impressed. She said, 'I saw it ... but that's what your job is.'"
Elaine pressed Dave about moving to Green Bay for the 1964 season. He warned her about Ruth Pitts, who had been the only black Packers wife living in Wisconsin in 1963, but soon went back home to Arkansas while her husband, Elijah, played out the season.
"I told her, 'There's no black wives in Green Bay. There's no black people in Green Bay. You'll be the only one in town,'" Robinson says. "She thought about it. She called her mother, who basically told her a woman's place is with her husband. She packed up with the twins.
"Fortunately for her and us, Elijah got Ruth to stay with him in Green Bay that year.
"If you were a black man who was over 6 feet and over 200 pounds, and you were walking down the street, they figured you were a Packer," Robinson says. "You were treated not as a black man but as a Packer.
"The only black women you saw in Green Bay then were go-go dancers and prostitutes. Our wives were young and attractive and dressed well. They would be walking down the street and people would come up to them and want to know where they were dancing and that kind of stuff.
"My wife said it was never so much what they said but the way they said it. She said, 'You don't know how many times I wanted to slap somebody.' She had great restraint.
"After that, more and more black ballplayers started bringing their wives into Green Bay, and things got better."
The football team was the best. In 1965, the Packers beat the Browns 23-12 in the NFL championship game.
The next year, it was arranged for the NFL champ to take on the winner of the rival American Football League. In what is now known as Super Bowl I, the Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
A year later, in Super Bowl II, Green Bay routed Oakland 33-14.
Robinson emerged as a force at outside linebacker for what might have been history's greatest defensive left side, also starring Hall of Fame end Willie Davis and Hall of Fame cornerback Herb Adderley.
"Herb and I worked very closely together on all the passes," Robinson says. "I was close to Willie Davis on all the running plays. My support man to the inside was Ray Nitschke. All four of us are Hall of Famers."
Details of Robinson's playing style and value to his teams are covered in other stories in this section. They reflect the elements that got him elected to the Hall of Fame, albeit after a marathon wait.
He isn't sure how he will take induction day. He knows who will be on his mind.
"The big thing is, my immediate family was my wife and I," he says. "We had three sons. Robert was born in 1967, and we lost him in 2001 to kidney failure. Then my wife died, and then we lost Richard not long after that.
"Now it's just one son and me."
That son is David.
"He asked me to be my Hall of Fame presenter," the father said. "He wants to represent his mother and his two brothers. So, when I'm on that stage, it'll be me, the bust and my entire family.
"They make book on who's going to be the first new Hall of Famer to cry. Had my wife lived, this year would have been our 50th wedding anniversary.
"It's a very emotional time for me."
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Robot 'Joe' will be student's eyes, ears in Bow fifth-grader's classroomBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 16. 2014 8:30PM
When Andrew Burgher heads back to school next week, the Bow fifth-grader will shuttle between classrooms, hang out in the cafeteria and joke with his friends.
But he won't even leave his house.
The 10-year-old will attend classes with help from "Joe," a 4-foot robot on wheels offering two-way video communications via a mounted screen.
"It's basically him as a virtual student in the classroom," said his mother, Erika.
Andrew, home due to complications from cerebral palsy, is excited about school starting Aug. 27.
"He's looking forward to being able to catch up with friends," she said.
Bow Elementary School, which Andrew attended last school year, as well as the general community rallied around the boy to raise online the $6,000 needed to buy the robot from a Nashua company, VGo Communications.
"The fourth grade did a tremendous job of fundraising to earn the money for the robot," said Adam Osburn, principal Bow Memorial School, where Andrew will start this month. "It was a big community event. It was a special thing."
Local businesses offered gifts as prizes to encourage donations on gofundme.com
Thomas Ryden, co-founder and chief operating officer at VGo, said the company has sold hundreds of the robots for kids to attend classes. Students stuck at home want their robot to look good."A big thing for boys is to put a football jersey on the robot," Ryden said.
Andrew is going with the tie-dye shirt.
Company CEO and President Peter Vicars recalled one lunch room incident in Texas where a student pushed a sandwich into the face of the robot's screen.
"Its just like ... if the child had been there," Vicars said.
No one expects that in Bow.
Mrs. Burgher said the technology amazing her."It makes us look forward to what's going to be available in 10 years," she said. "Technology is moving so fast. What technology is going to be available to help him down the road?"Last school year, Andrew was able to hook up via the Internet for some video interaction with his classmates. But a mobile robot opens up many new doors, figuratively of course since Joe has no arms.
Last spring, Andrew received Joe in time to use it for a few weeks before summer vacation.
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ATLANTA (CNN) — As a first-grade teacher, Julie Miller is exposed to a horrifying number of germs on a daily basis.
"I've been thrown up on; they sneeze and cough on me. And lost teeth are a real big thing for first-graders," said Miller, who teaches at Spring Hills Elementary in the suburbs of Chicago.
"They're so cute and unaware, though. They'll have boogers hanging out of their nose and will be talking to you and not think anything of it. Some teachers flip out, but I tell my students, 'Go get a Kleenex and wash your hands.' When they sneeze, I teach them to do it into their elbows. They learn eventually."
On average, elementary school children get eight to 12 colds or cases of the flu each school year, according to the CDC. For the older kids, it is about half that. Teachers and parents commonly refer to it as the Back-to-School Plague.
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Miller, who is getting her son Justin ready to go to kindergarten, isn't worried.
"I've taught my kids healthy habits; I'm sure they'll be fine," Miller said. She makes sure they get plenty of sleep, exercise regularly and eat healthy food. She's taught her children to wash their hands often, and she's hooked antibacterial gels on their backpacks for when they can't.
"I'm not a germaphobe like some of my colleagues who have put antibacterial lotion all over the place: their cars, their classrooms," Miller said. "I do feel like some germs are OK."
Danger zones
Germ candy stores: that's what Dr. Harley Rotbart, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Colorado and author of the book "Germ Proof Your Kids," calls schools.
If Dr. Harley Rotbart had to rank the germiest places in school, No. 1 would be the drinking fountain. It's germier than the toilet seat, he says, but "doesn't get disinfected as much." Plus, it's the perfect spot for kids to ingest these microorganisms as they put their mouths on the stream of water — or right on the fountain itself.
"It is stunning how many times kids touch their faces and then touch other kids," Rotbart said. "This is a very touchy-feely demographic, and that's how we share germs. ... And the little ones don't have the same exposure to germs that we do, so until their immune systems get built up, they get sick."
Schools are full of "hot zones" for germs, Rotbart says. "Most people think that's the bathroom, but it really isn't. Those get regularly cleaned."
If he had to rank the germiest places in school, No. 1 would be the drinking fountain. It's germier than the toilet seat, he says, but "doesn't get disinfected as much." Plus, it's the perfect spot for kids to ingest these microorganisms as they put their mouths on the stream of water — or right on the fountain itself.
Rotbart suggests teaching students to run the water a little first and then drink. Or better yet, children should bring their own water bottles to school and not share them with anyone.
Cafeteria trays are another germ hot zone. "Those don't get wiped down nearly as well," he said, recommending that kids bring the tray to their table and then use hand sanitizer before they pick up their food.
"There is a real delicate balance though; we don't want to make kids paranoid," Rotbart said. "We need to be prudent. Germs for people who are healthy really aren't a big deal."
Staying healthy
Rotbart tells parents to make sure their children get enough rest. School-age children should get get 10 to 11 hours of sleep every night, according to the CDC. Sleep deprivation lowers the immune system's ability to fight off infection.
Exercise, Rotbart says, is another effective way to keep kids healthy. He suggests a daily dose of 40 minutes of running-around time, even in the winter. If it's cold, children need to keep their jackets zipped and hats on their heads.
"Your mother was right: Studies have shown that people who do bundle up against the cold are less likely to catch colds later on in the year," Rotbart said.
Your child's diet also plays an important role in warding off illness. Foods rich in vitamin C (PDF) don't keep colds away altogether, but they can shorten the length of a cold. And make sure little Johnny or Julie gets a flu shot early in the season.
I've got a bathroom with a poster about hand-washing right in my classroom, and if I don't hear them wash their hands — even if I'm in the middle of a lesson and the principal is doing my evaluation — I stop what I'm doing and say, 'Wash your hands.' It's that important.
–1st grade teacher Julie Miller
In order to stop germs from ever entering the body, hand-washing is key. Every year, Miller invites a nurse to teach her first graders the proper techniques.
"I've got a bathroom with a poster about hand-washing right in my classroom, and if I don't hear them wash their hands — even if I'm in the middle of a lesson and the principal is doing my evaluation — I stop what I'm doing and say, 'Wash your hands,' " Miller said. "It's that important."
Judy Harrison, a foods and nutrition professor at the University of Georgia, says studies she's conducted show that most kids don't know how to wash their hands properly (only 28% knew the right method). Properly washed hands cut down on gastrointestinal problems, as well as the cold and flu. Harrison designed the "Wash Your Paws, Georgia!" (PDF) hand-washing initiative.
"I teach them to sing 'happy birthday' to yourself twice to make sure they wash for at least 20 seconds," Harrison said. She also teaches them to clean between their fingers and around their fingernails and to use a clean paper towel or a hot air dryer to dry off.
A lot of people think hand sanitizer is better, she says, but really, washing with soap and water is the most effective way to eliminate germs.
"My kids are obsessed with hand sanitizer," said Amy Falcone, a seventh-grade science teacher who teaches at Wood Dale Junior High in the suburbs of Chicago. "It's a part of the school supply list we send home for kids to bring, along with Kleenex. I'd prefer they wash their hands, but I know it will do in a pinch."
Falcone used to think the "school plague" was more of an elementary school thing, but with increasing pressure to get good grades, some older students do come to school sick. And that gets others sick.
"I've never been a sickly person, but I did catch strep throat about three years ago," Falcone said. "I've never had it in my entire life, but I had it. Got rid of it. Got it again."
Falcone's been teaching for more than 20 years. She's noticed that some of the newer teachers are getting sick more often.
"When you are new, you are killing yourself to impress, and some young teachers really do forget to take care of themselves," Falcone said.
She advises new teachers to make sure they keep up with their own healthy habits. "Eat healthy, get sleep, do whatever you do to reduce stress."
Falcone coaches her school's Girls on the Run program. It helps her and her students decompress, as well as stay in shape. "That's especially important for me as a teacher. I can't really miss school," she said. "I've got kids lined up at my door every morning. I need to be there for them. Staying healthy is totally doable."
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I have pulmonary hypertension. My doctor says a lung transplant would cure, but I am not eligible because I am obese. (This is ironic because I probably got the pulmonary hypertension from using fen-phen, which I was doing to try to lose weight.) My doctor has tried to talk me into having bariatric surgery. If I have bariatric surgery and lose a lot of weight could I be eligible for a lung transplant? I am about 100 lbs overweight (and some of that is water from the huge amount of edema in my legs and abdomen from the pulmonary hypertension). Could I get on the transplant list when I have the weight loss surgery prior to the weight loss, or would I have to actually lose the weight first before I could get on the list? My understanding is that I only have less than 2 years to live without a lung transplant, for which my doctor thinks I am ineligible. How can I become eligible to get on the list?
I would encourage you and your physician to contact your chosen lung transplant center to begin evaluation and work on a firm plan for weight loss. Bariatric surgery (including procedures such as lap banding) could potentially help in your efforts and would not likely disqualify you for lung transplant surgery, but any procedure in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension can be more complicated and more dangerous for the patient.
I would urge you to seek your care only in centers with significant experience with pulmonary hypertension patients, and make certain everyone involved in your care are communicating with each other and that they understand the plans for your care (including yourself).
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Detectives looking for 2 suspects after 2 students shot outside Graham high school
GRAHAM, Wash. (KOMO) - Pierce County Sheriff's detectives have arrested a 17-year-old boy and are still looking for two more suspects after two students were shot outside Graham-Kapowsin High School on Tuesday afternoon.
One student was found in the parking lot by the football field. A second was found in the locker room.
Authorities say the shooting took place just off campus about 2:30 p.m. and that the students ran back to campus.
Graham-Kapowsin, Frontier Middle School and Nelson and Graham Elementaries were all locked down while parents got an email alert from the district.
"We just started running to the band room and we didn't know what was going on," said student Connor Rataezyk. "There was a lot of mixed emotions, there were people that were scared, people that were anxious and just wanted to get out."
The victims were taken to Tacoma General Hospital. Both had surgery and are expected to survive, said Detective Ed Troyer, spokesman for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department.
The shooters apparently fled in a green mid-sized car. Tuesday night the Piece County Sheriff's office released video of the suspect car and said it appears to be a Chevrolet Impala.
Troyer said possible gang ties is one motive investigators are looking into. But there rumors of other motives, he said. Some witnesses are not being cooperative, he said.
Pierce County deputies swept the grounds. The Sheriff's Department said there were no shooters on campus and the students there were safe.
Frantic families rushed to the school trying to connect to their kids through phone and text.
Tuesday night they were re-united but the anxiety still lingered about going back to school.
Virginia Vick, who has a son at the high school, she dropped everything and rushed to the school.
Vick said her son is usually in the locker room where one of the victims was found, but today he decided to go home
"I was hysterical, I instantly, my heart dropped into my stomach, I started crying panicking, I didn't know what to do," said Vick. "It's just ridiculous, it's horrible, I don't understand it."
A reunification site for parents and any students remaining on campus was set up at the Frontier Middle School gymnasium. Officers escorted students to the middle school
"I pray for the parents who child it is," said James Marks, who was waiting outside to pick up his son, a sophomore at the school. "My shakes are kind of gone knowing that my son is safe at school with the teachers on lockdown."
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Andy Viano will join long-time play-by-play broadcaster Todd Ickow as the color commentator for both ValparaisoUniversity football and men's basketball broadcasts this season on the Valpo Sports Radio Network, Valparaiso University Director of Athletics, Mark LaBarbera has announced.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney on Tuesday posted second-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts, helped by the home video sales of blockbuster movies "Frozen" and "Thor: The Dark World."
Both films showed the power of buying multibillion-dollar content brands. "Thor" comes from Disney's $4 billion purchase of Marvel Entertainment in 2009. "Frozen" was a direct result of adding creative talent from Pixar after Disney bought it for $7.4 billion in 2006.
When combined with its $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012 and the release of three more installments in the "Star Wars" franchise starting in December 2015, Disney CEO Bob Iger said he expects the motion-picture business to grow, fueled by international sales, bucking the industrywide decline in disc sales and a low-growth domestic theatrical market.
"The strategy of making branded movies is definitely working, and I think that we really are just seeing the beginnings of it in terms of their impact on the company," Iger said.
Net income in the three months through March jumped 27 percent to $1.92 billion, or $1.08 per share, from $1.51 billion, or 83 cents per share, in the same period a year ago.
Excluding charges for foreign exchange losses and restructuring, adjusted earnings came to $1.11 per share, beating the 96 cents expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
Revenue grew 10 percent to $11.65 billion, trumping the $11.25 billion analysts expected.
The biggest surprise was the strength of the movie studio, which saw revenue increase by 35 percent to $1.8 billion and operating income quadruple to $475 million.
"It was a good clean beat from the studio," said Brett Harriss, an analyst with Gabelli & Co. "All the other divisions were solid."
Revenue from Disney's TV business rose 4 percent to $5.13 billion, and operating income rose 15 percent to $2.13 billion. The company said audience ratings were down at both ESPN and ABC, but it got higher prices for commercial time. Harriss took that as a "bullish" sign for future advertising sales.
Parks and resorts revenue rose 8 percent to $3.56 billion thanks to higher domestic attendance and higher guest spending. The company said last week that it would boost spending on its newest park in Shanghai by $800 million to account for higher expected demand when it opens in late 2015.
Consumer products revenue grew 16 percent to $885 million, also lifted by "Frozen," whose merchandise accounted for nine of the top 10 best-selling items in Disney Stores. Iger said "Frozen" had become one of Disney's best franchises. It is increasing the film's characters in its parks, developing a Broadway show and working on books and interactive products. He said he expects the impact of the hit to last for at least the next five years.
The interactive division eked out a small profit for its third consecutive quarter, a turnaround helped by the Disney Infinity video game.
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SANDOWN - Firefighters were able to keep a fast-moving fire contained to one room early Thursday, Fire Chief Wilfred Tapley said.
Tapley said the fire started in a chimney of the home at 630 Main St. about 4 a.m. Thursday. He said a second alarm was called, but was cancelled because firefighters were able to quickly knock the blaze down, thanks partly to new smoke detectors and the homeowners closing the door to the room.
"That kept it at bay and it didn't get the whole house," Tapley said. "It was an excellent stop for four in the morning."
Tapley said the house suffered smoke damage throughout but is salvageable. He said the two residents, along with two dogs, escaped unharmed and were being assisted by the American Red Cross.
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Also, a question for the Fluevog staff: how would you suggest that one takes care of the wood platform/heel of these shoes? How much can it take in terms of water and such?
Also, a question for the Fluevog staff: how would you suggest that one takes care of the wood platform/heel of these shoes? How much can it take in terms of water and such?
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