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Roger Brown's First and 10: Trinity digs inBy ROGER BROWN
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 15. 2013 10:08PM
NHIAA SEMIFINAL SATURDAYAll games at 1 p.m.
No. 4 Exeter (7-3) at No. 1 Concord (10-0)
No. 3 Pinkerton Academy (8-2) at No. 2 Keene (8-2)
No. 4 Sanborn Regional (6-4) at No. 1 Plymouth Regional (9-1)
No. 3 Trinity (8-2) at No. 2 Portsmouth (9-1)
No. 4 Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (5-4) at No. 1 Bow (8-1)
No. 3 Epping-Newmarket (5-4) at No. 2 Stevens (7-2)
How do you know when you've handed a team a thorough beating? When that team revamps its defense immediately after the loss.
That's what the Portsmouth High School football team did following its season-opening 58-37 loss to Trinity of Manchester. The Clippers lined up in a 5-2 defense and played their defensive backs close to the line of scrimmage that night, and Trinity quarterback Carmen Giampetruzzi burned them by completing 11 of 15 passes for 358 yards and four touchdowns.
Portsmouth's base defense has been a 4-4 since that game.
"A lot of it was our fault," Portsmouth coach Brian Pafford said when asked about that setback against Trinity. "We tried to play the run too much. We underestimated their speed. We won't do that again."
Third-seeded Trinity (8-2) and second-seeded Portsmouth (9-1) will meet in today's Division II semifinals at Portsmouth's Tom Daubney Field. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The Trinity-Portsmouth winner will face either top-seeded Plymouth Regional (9-1) or fourth-seeded Sanborn Regional of Kingston (6-4) in next weekend's Division II championship game.
"The coverages that they were showing us just allowed us to throw the ball," Trinity coach Steve Burns said. "They played up on us and we were able to get by them. I'm not expecting to see a lot of man (coverage) this time. I think we'll see a lot of zone."
The game features two of the top quarterbacks in the state. Giampetruzzi recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Boston College. Portsmouth's Donovan Phanor has completed 80 of 147 passes for 1,354 yards and 15 TDs this season (four interceptions). He has also run the ball 98 times for 640 yards and 11 TDs.
Phanor left the game after he was injured on Portsmouth's second offensive series in the earlier meeting with Trinity this season. Nate McFarland, Portsmouth's No. 2 quarterback, was also injured in that contest.
"Phanor is very dangerous," Burns said. "He's a threat every time he touches the ball, and he touches it on every play."
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MIDDLE LINEBACKER Jake Valinski is one of 17 Newmarket residents on an Epping-Newmarket team that will face Stevens of Claremont in Saturday's Division III semifinals. Valinski, a 6-foot-1, 220-pound senior, will enter that game as the program's all-time leading tackler (421).
"He's at another level," Epping-Newmarket coach Ross Salovitch said. "He has a good nose for the football. There's very little he can't do in the middle of a defense. He's definitely something special."
Third-seeded Epping-Newmarket will also be looking for a big game from fullback Joe Leclerc, who holds the school record for yards rushing in a season (1,214).
The winner between third-seeded Epping-Newmarket (5-4) and second-seeded Stevens (7-2) will face either top-seeded Bow (8-1) or fourth-seeded Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough of Meredith (5-4) in the Division III title game.
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SATURDAY'S Division I semifinal between third-seeded Pinkerton Academy of Derry (8-2) and second-seeded Keene (8-2) will be the first playoff game between those programs since Pinkerton posted a 52-0 victory in the 1986 Division I championship game played at Manchester's Gill Stadium.
The Pinkerton backfield that day featured Ryan Mihalko, who went on to play at Notre Dame; and Joe Segreti, who played for Holy Cross. Senior Manny Latimore is the key figure in the Pinkerton backfield this season. Latimore will enter today's contest with 1,406 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns on 150 carries.
Fourth-seeded Exeter (7-3) will face top-seeded Concord (10-0) in Saturday's other Division I semifinal.
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BECAUSE he's gained a school-record 1,338 yards on the ground this season, Bow junior Matt Ehrenberg makes most of the headlines. Defense may be the prime reason Bow has reached the Division III semifinals, however.
The Falcons are allowing an average of 9.3 points per game this season, and six of their opponents failed to score more than seven points. Bow has three shutouts, one of which came in its earlier meeting with Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough (33-0).
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BRIAN GRIDLEY resigned as Pembroke Academy's football coach Thursday night, ending his second stint as the program's head coach.
Gridley was Pembroke's head coach from 1997 to 2001, and from 2010 to 2013.
"It has been a lot of fun, but my daughter, Rachel, is 8 and I want to watch her grow up and play soccer and ice hockey," Gridley said. "There were only five seniors on this year's team and a great junior class coming back. It's a great opportunity for the next PA coach."
Roger Brown covers high school football for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter: @603sportsmedia.

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Actress Katie Leung has donated this piece of art for a charity auction today in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Scotsman reports Katie donated this piece to benefit the Prince's Trust Charity. Katie said of her work:
"The meaning behind my drawing shows the two birds encouraging and supporting each other even though life may seem hard, boring or monotonous; hence the plain background. But as long as we help each other out and become motivated and hopeful, despite the negativity surrounding us, we will find happiness within ourselves ' and this is conveyed through the birds' vibrant colours."


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SilenX Effizio EFZ-120HA5 Review
The name SilenX may be a reminder to some of us of how long we have been in the world of computers. At Overclockers Club, it seems that we have had the opportunity to kick off maybe one SilenX review a year, so eat up — it might be a while before we get to see another one! SilenX has been in the business for about 15 years, and while rather small, it was founded here in the United States in 1995 with a focus on being a high-end systems integrator for silent computers. However in 2002, SilenX shifted its focus to manufacturing and soon thereafter established factories in the US, China, and Taiwan. Currently a manufacturer of fans, CPU coolers, and other accessories, the name SilenX is somehow related to PCCooler, though neither website mentions the other. However, the EFZ-120HA5 from SilenX is clearly identical to that of the PCCooler S120D. Even the packaging that I received has PCCooler written on it despite "Effizio" being a SilenX line. SilenX can be found in a tiny corner on the back. From what I can tell, no one actually knows what brand name this cooler actually is — we just know that the OEM sells to these two companies at a minimum.
The 120mm cooler features three 6mm direct-touch copper heatpipes (six effective) through a tower of aluminum fins. Its mounting hardware makes it compatible with all recent Intel and AMD sockets, including those as early as LGA775 for Intel and Socket 754 for AMD. Coming in at just over $30 at most online retailers, the SilenX EFZ-120HA5 appears to reach out to the mid-range builders, perhaps someone building a computer for a light power user or possibly one for themselves in an HTPC box or their own desktop with silence in mind. With the confusion of its branding aside, the EFZ-120HA5 from SilenX/PCCooler looks promising. It is light weight, uses direct-touch heatpipes, has a dimpled fin pattern for more surface area and turbulence, and has a fan that is specified to move 86CFM at only 24dBA! To me, it looks like something a little too good to be true. However, we will only be able to find out for sure when we get the cooler taken out, checked out, and mounted in the OCC test bed. This article will provide a thorough evaluation of the SilenX EFZ-120HA5 heatsink from its unboxing all the way to a performance test where its cooling capabilities will be compared to other coolers on the market.
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At first glance, the cooler is not immediately identified to be of SilenX's creation as the box itself highlights the name PCCooler much more clearly. The SilenX name can be found on the top of the box underneath the handle and on the rear in a black stripe. When I first got the box, I was perplexed with the name PCCooler as I had not heard of it — but I located "SilenX" after examining it a little more closely. The box itself is very narrow and is about the same thickness of the heatsink itself. On the front is a plastic window that displays the heatsink and its characteristics as well as a right-angled photograph of the cooler. Underneath the window are icons denoting each individual CPU with which this cooler should be compatible, including Intel Core 2 processors and AMD processors dating back to the 754 Sempron. The rear of the box provides more compatibility information as well as performance characteristics, specifications, and a list of several features. Three features mentioned are its 6mm direct touch heatpipes, optimized fan blades for the greatest air-to-noise ratio, and a sub ten minute installation time.
Inside of the box we find the cooler, fan, and accessories all neatly placed in separate compartments. Underneath the fan is more mounting hardware along with installation instructions. Compared to other coolers, it seems like the mounting system looks rather complicated. There are a lot of screws, washers, brackets, nuts, pads, and more screws. I can usually infer what all is required for which socket, but I do believe that I will have to refer to the installation manual for this guy! Luckily, a lot of the hardware is individually bagged and labeled for AMD and Intel, but it still is a lot of hardware for a rather lightweight cooler.
With everything out of the box, it's time to start getting into the closer look of the heatsink itself and what all it has to offer.


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When Federal Reserve policy makers start to curb $85 billion in monthly bond buying, possibly before the end of the year, the last thing they want to do is spoil the nascent U.S. housing recovery.
That means the Fed may concentrate first on trimming purchases of Treasuries, while continuing to buy mortgage bonds to keep a lid on interest rates for home loans.
"There is a valid case to slow down Treasury purchases before MBS purchases," said Roberto Perli, a partner at Cornerstone Macro LP in Washington and a former economist for the Fed's division of monetary affairs. "The recent sharp increase in mortgage rates poses a threat to the housing recovery, and a continued housing recovery is necessary if the economy is to stay on a more robust trajectory."
Policy makers led by Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke have said in the last two months that the central bank's mortgage-backed securities program has helped the economy, with Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren urging reduction first in Treasury buying and San Francisco Fed's John Williams saying mortgage buying was "more powerful."
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's June 18-19 meeting, released yesterday, showed about half of the 19 participants wanted to halt bond purchases by year end. At the same time, the minutes showed many Fed officials wanted to see more signs employment is improving before backing a slowing in the pace of the purchases, known as quantitative easing. Bernanke said in a speech hours later that the U.S. economy needs "highly accommodative monetary policy for the foreseeable future."
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Stocks rallied, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index above its record closing level, and bonds advanced on Bernanke's comments. The S&P 500 gained 1.4 percent to 1,675.02 at the close in New York.
The European Central Bank provided guidance similar to the Fed's in a statement today saying its commitment to keep interest rates low for an extended period of time uses a "flexible horizon" and will depend on the euro area's economic performance.
The latest reading on the U.S. labor market showed the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly increased by 16,000 to a two-month high of 360,000 last week, during a period when applications fluctuate because of automobile plant shutdowns and the Independence Day holiday.
Consumer sentiment climbed for a fourth straight week, reaching the highest level in more than five years as Americans grew more upbeat about their finances, according to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index.
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In her column this morning Michelle Malkin takes a timely, sidelong glance at John Kerry through the eyes of his wife, the woman formerly known as Maria Teresa Thierstein Simoes-Ferreira.
Michelle first recalls that when she filled the unexpired portion of the term of her deceased husband Senator John Heinz, the then-Mrs. Heinz criticized Republican senatorial candidate Rick Santorum: "The 'moderate' Republican Heinz objected to GOP candidate Rick Santorum's social and fiscal conservatism, branding him a 'Forrest Gump with attitude' who offers us 'leadership by aphorism.' Fumed Teh-RAY-zah: 'We all know these types — critical of everything, impossible to please. . . . They occasionally may mean well, but the effect of even their good intentions is to destroy.'"
Michelle then asks: "Who knew she'd end up marrying exactly one of those types? Sen. John Kerry fits Heinz's description to a T. Only he's Forrest Gump without the charm. Watch him on the campaign trail as he stares into a TV camera, blandly reciting his sappy aphorisms: 'We need to offer answers, not just anger. We need to offer solutions, not just slogans.' Right. Not just slogans."
If the sight of Democrats in high spirits has sent you in search of a laugh this morning, do pause to indulge yourself with Michelle's column: "Howard Dean in a dress."
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LONDON (AP) — There's a dead rat at the heart of a new exhibition mounted by august auction house Sotheby's.
Stuffed and sporting a backpack and a spray can, the rodent is the creation-cum-alter ego of Banksy, the anonymous street artist turned art-world superstar.
It's a sign of his status that Sotheby's is behind one of the largest-ever Banksy exhibitions, a display of kissing policemen, placard-wearing chimpanzees and smiley-faced riot police spanning much of the artist's career. Some of the works originally sold for as little as 50 pounds ($84). Now, prices range from 4,000 pounds ($6,700) to more than 500,000 pounds ($840,000).
Banksy is not involved in the show, which is being billed as an "unauthorized retrospective." It has been assembled by his former agent Steve Lazarides, who first met Banksy in the 1990s in their home town of Bristol in southwest England.
Lazarides took a paint-filled fire extinguisher to the gallery's white walls to make it look less like an alien environment for graffiti art. But, he conceded Friday, "it's completely paradoxical for me to be here, for the work to be here."
"It's in a space it almost shouldn't be and viewed in a way it was never intended," he said. "But I think that's part of the fun."
The 70 paintings, prints and sculptures, owned by Lazarides and other collectors, display Banksy's subversive — if not always subtle — humor. Winston Churchill sports a Mohawk haircut; genteel pensioners play lawn bowls with fizzing bombs; a ballerina breathes through a gas mask; a hungry child with an empty bowl wears a Burger King hat.
Several early works feature police officers — bane of Banksy's existence as a young street artist. For others, he's altered existing paintings: Van Gogh's sunflowers have withered and died; flying saucers disrupt a maritime scene.
Some have not been seen in public for years, including the rat, in a glass case bearing the words "Our Time Will Come." Banksy installed it in 2004 in London's Natural History Museum as hundreds of visitors and staff walked by.
Banksy works have fetched as much as $1.8 million at auction, so it's no surprise that several of his outdoor works have recently — and controversially — been stripped from walls and sold for high prices.
None of the pieces in the London show was originally street art, and Sotheby's contemporary art chief Cheyenne Westphal said all have been endorsed as genuine by Pest Control, Banksy's authentication service.
"Works that are on the street don't get certificates," she said. "They're there to be enjoyed, they're there to be seen but they're not there to be resold again."
As his career has bloomed, Banksy has left his spray-painted mark worldwide, from the streets of New York to the Israel-Palestine separation wall.
As for big gallery shows like this, Lazarides said: "He hates it."
Lazarides, who parted company with Banksy several years ago, takes a different view.
"The show being here at Sotheby's is almost a validation of the whole scene," he said. "When we were doing this 15 years ago, everyone told us this was impossible, no one would buy the work, it was a fad, it would disappear.
"People tend to forget that (Jean-Michel) Basquiat and Keith Haring were graffiti artists first. This is just following on from a rich tradition."
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be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Review
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Introduction:
Overclocking your CPU is going to require a robust cooling solution to keep up with the Joneses, especially with the latest processors from Intel and AMD that have made warm the operative word. You can always choose from a good, solid air cooled solution or one of the myriad self contained liquid coolers on the market. If sticking with air cooling, more than likely you will end up with a cooler that is louder than a liquid solution just due to the fact that the larger volume of air needed to deliver excellent thermals is going to be higher. We have looked at low noise solutions from Noctua and Phanteks, and have been duly impressed by both companies' offerings. As a low noise cooling solution the bq quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 should compare well against its competitors.
Be quiet! is a company well known outside the US but are pushing into the US market with its full line of power supplies and high end air cooling solutions, including the Dark Rock and Shadow Rock product lines. The German engineered Dark Rock Pro 2 is be quiet!'s halo cooling solution, featuring a dark nickel coating and 220 watts of thermal capacity; well above the stock TDP of the latest chips. However stock is not where we like to play at so we will have to see just how well it handles an overclocked load. Using a dual tower, dual cooling fan combination, the Dark Rock Pro 2 should provide excellent thermal characteristic without a noise penalty. Be quiet!, as the name suggests, is going to be a low/no noise cooling solution, so let's see how well it can handle the load.
be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 Closer Look:
The packaging for the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2 fits the name of the cooler, with a black background showing the cooler front and center on the front panel. At the top left we see that it supports Intel socket 2011 systems and includes fans using be quiet!'s SilentWings technology. Under the image is the name of cooler "Dark Rock Pro 2" and that this cooler can manage a 220W thermal load. The back side of the package has a technical drawing of the cooler, the specifications, and descriptions of the pertinent features, such as the aluminum top plate and SilentWing fans. Inside the box the cooler is secured in open cell foam blocks to prevent damage to the large dual fin arrays.
Once everything is laid out you can see how expansive the accessory bundle is. To start with you get the cooler that presents a stunning image. Then the bundle follows offering support for the latest CPU sockets from Intel and AMD. A large black back plate is used to support the weight of the Dark Rock Pro 2.
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How do you keep mice, critters from getting into duct insulation that is under a house that is on piers?
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A former owner where I did some repair work had evidently tried to keep the rodents out by nailing a flattened tin can over their entrance. Mice or rats I never determined, but they chewed right through that makeshift cover and continued to use the rafters as they wished.
At a minimum I would recommend T&G plywood and hope they wouldn't be able to detect any warmth from above. When the cold season comes they would make short work of 3/4" plywood.
There are some concrete based 4'x8' panels that besides being heavy might be better at keeping them out. Of course mice will be a lot easier to stop than their larger cousins.
An abundance of traps to eliminate them before they start chewing their way in is always a good defense. I try to avoid poisons and local domestic animals might be affected.
If your ducts are below the bottom sheathing I would wrap them or box them in with metal.
The ducts are below the floor and above the dirt under the houses. It sounds difficult and expensive to wrap them or box them in with metal.
mothballs have worked for decades
You have to keep it out of their reach thus a Sealed crawl is the best option
For a vented crawl, make sure all your insect & rodent proofing is in place also; Using flex duct is not recommended, nor fiberboard, just metal ducts sealed with insulation on the outside. Better to have to make a few cosmetic repairs occasionally then let them get into the system.
If an existing issue, how are they getting in, in some cases it is from above & that needs to be dealt with also: http://blog.sls-construction.com/2010/safety-sunday-rodent-prevention
We have used hardware cloth (1/4" mesh wire) and then sprayed it with single part foam. I have heard of used cat litter (urine smell) sprinkled about and moth balls as other options.
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On top of that, game developers have learned how to control costs and address the issue of scale by anticipating precise needs in the market, like training reps or illuminating biological systems for physicians through simulation; targeting a condition or disease state and the already-existing behavior set of those patients; or creating an emotional response to facilitate learning around specific tasks. By building technology platforms, agencies don't have to start from scratch with each new game, which can quickly get prohibitively time consuming and expensive.
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Doug Seifert, CEO at Syandus, a small experiential learning agency in Exton, PA, says "learning by doing" is the most effective way to absorb complex concepts. One of Syandus's projects, created for two large pharmas that co-promote a drug for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is a simulation tool that lets physicians explore the disease with unprecedented interactivity. COPD is complex, and often patients—and their physicians—don't fully understand the consequences of certain behaviors.


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Now for our grand prize winner, a free ticket to ZendCon '07: Chris McKinney [with his slogan to end the commercial] 'a shiny badge with your name on it!'
The next contest follows in a similar theme, but this time the prize at stake is three free nights at the hotel where the conference is being held, the Hyatt Burlingame. Entering this contest is even easier than the last one - especially if you're already headed to the conference. All you have to do is register before September 12th - it's that easy!


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The agency is leasing 4,400 square feet of office and storage space for "administrative use" with up to 16 staff members in the 14,400-square-foot hangar and office facility.
PALM COAST — The Federal Aviation Administration will move some of its operations to leased space at the Flagler County Airport after stopping the training sessions at its management center in Palm Coast.
The FAA stopped management training on Dec. 21 at the facility leased from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. And now the FAA has agreed to lease a portion of the old Ginn hangar at the airport for $7,594 per month for one year starting Jan. 1 with an option for a second year, Sally Sherman, deputy county administrator, said in a phone interview and an email on Thursday. If the FAA renews the lease for an additional year, the rent would increase to $7,844 per month.
The agency is leasing 4,400 square feet of office and storage space for "administrative use" with up to 16 staff members in the 14,400-square-foot hangar and office facility, Sherman said.
The FAA can terminate the lease with 90 days' notice.
FAA officials have not responded to an email seeking more information, including what would be the duties of the personnel at the Flagler County Airport.
But the lease means the FAA will maintain some presence in the county even though it stopped training at its Palm Coast facility.
The closure of that facility eliminated 80 to 100 jobs in the city as well as the economic boost from the approximately 150 people who trained there in an average week. The FAA had leased the facility for its Center for Management and Executive Leadership from Embry-Riddle since 1987.
"No more training will occur at CMEL and (its) staff working in Palm Coast ..., " an FAA spokeswoman wrote in an email earlier this week.
Embry-Riddle president John Johnson said this week the FAA will remain at the Palm Coast facility winding down operations until Feb. 4 and then turn the center over to the university. The center's campus at 4500 Palm Coast Parkway SE resembles a hotel with 198 rooms and eight classrooms, as well as a swimming pool.
Johnson said the university does not have any plans to sell the facility and is exploring options. Embry-Riddle has discussed using the facility as part of a joint degree program with Daytona State College, which has a campus nearby, Johnson said.
The FAA said last month the training that was taking place in Palm Coast would be moved on an interim basis to the FAA Academy in Oklahoma City until it begins a new training program in fall 2013.
Now the FAA's new, smaller home in Flagler County will house local operations for at least a year. The county built the $2 million hangar and office at the airport for Ginn Development, the original developer of the Hammock Beach Resort, which signed a 20-year lease in 2006. But Ginn stopped paying its $18,385 monthly rent in May 2009. The county still owes approximately $1.5 million on the construction loan for the building.
The airport staff is handling the leasing of other space in the hangar, which is producing about $1,000 to $2,000 per month.
In April 2010, the county and Ginn settled a lawsuit that called for Ginn to pay the county $13,000 to cover 2010 property taxes on the hangar and offices. Ginn Development also agreed to pay $7,575 for the county's legal costs. Ginn also lost its security deposit of $16,664.
Palm Coast seemed destined to lose the FAA facility earlier this year. When the FAA put out its initial request for a new training center it drew up a requirement that excluded Palm Coast from even competing to keep the training center.
That's because the FAA's original request specified its new facility be within 25 miles of one of the following airports: Kansas City International Airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport; Denver International Airport; Los Angeles International Airport; General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wis.; or Orlando International Airport.
Kansas City appeared to be a leading site to land the training center. But then Congressman John Mica intervened and the FAA stopped its search in March. The Winter Park Republican and local officials argued closing down the center in Palm Coast would do further damage to a community already struggling with one of the highest unemployment rates in Florida.


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When I traveled with Senator McCain last November, just about the first question he answered was, what will you look for in a running mate. McCain responded that, first and foremost, he would want someone already qualfied to be president. Second, he said that because the economy is not his strong-suit, he would want someone with strong expertise in this area.
McCain did not say he wanted someone who would appeal to a potentially disaffected constituency within the Democratic party, or call attention (in an ironic way) to the inexperience of the Democratic nominee, or make such a splash as to counteract any Democratic convention bounce, or create a contrast to the Democratic vice presidential nominee, or "shake up" the Republican party, or "freshen up" the ticket, or reinforce his image as an opponent of corruption.
Neither the reporters on the bus nor this rube blogger was naive enough to conclude from McCain's answer that political considerations would not enter into his decision. But I did not expect that political considerations would entirely trump the only two criteria McCain articulated that day.
Yet it seems to me that this is what happened when McCain selected a running mate with 18 months of experience as a governor and (to my knowledge) no special expertise in economics.
UPDATE: A reader who shares my concern about Palin's lack of experience points out that, as to economic expertise, she has strong credibility on domestic energy development, "the single biggest economic issue of the day." This is a good, valid point.
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's government has reached an agreement with the country's leading labor union to avoid a nationwide strike over economic woes and power disputes.
Government spokesman Ridha Kazdaghli told The Associated Press that the agreement was reached Tuesday after daylong negotiations. He would not give details.
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Round 5 of the DMCC series took place in Montmagny, Quebec. The event was originally supposed to be held on the 11th but due to severe thunder storms in the forecast for the first time in DMCC history the event was postponed to the week after. Changing the date of the event was a good move since it was a super nice day but did have its downfall as a few of the regular drivers were not able to make it due to schedule conflicts.
The event started early as it was an all-day-and-night event where practice, qualification and completion for both pro and pro-am took place all in the same day. Practice went great with pretty much everybody putting down some solid runs. There were no real issues throughout the day either. Nobody hit the wall but sadly Eric Warnetts' engine in his FC RX7 decided to let go as did the engine in "Paco's" s13 leaving the field down two drivers before qualification.
Before we knew it was already time for qualifications to start. Francis Tasse has been on fire this season and got himself into the top qualification spot. Marc Landreville, who is leading the championship hunt, got the second qualification spot and third went to Jeff Laflamme who is now doing good in his IS300 chassis.
Top 16 was interesting since there weren't actually 16 drivers. The top seeded guys all got bye runs and went through to the next round. The major upset of the Top 16 was when Pat Cyr took himself out against Eric Paradis when he spun out on his lead lap and then, with nothing to lose on his chase lap, actually made contact with Paradis.
The Great Eight battles went very smoothly leaving Tasse, Landreville, Tanner Munson and Alex Michaud in the Final Four. Landreville faced Munson but near the end of the run something let go in Landreville's car sending him into battle for first and also giving the automatic third place to Michaud who lost against Tasse.
Top Two stacked up to be Landreville against his buddy Tasse. Both drivers knew what they had to do and when the tire smoke cleared Landreville was awarded the win. Landreville now has a nice lead in the points race with Tasse sitting not too far behind in second.
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http://www.wimaxforum.org/ and automated invention software found at
http://www.imagination-engines.com and http://www.genetic-programming.org. Child and youth friendly interfaces can be developed, plus advanced games and educational and medical applications.for telemedicine, automated diagnosis and prescription, etc.


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The brutal crackdown on dissent in Syria continues unabated despite the signing of an Arab League peace plan on Nov. 2. The United Nations human rights office reported on Nov. 8 that the death toll in Syria has now surpassed 3,500. "We are deeply concerned about the situation and by the government's failure to take heed of international and regional calls for an end to the bloodshed," said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The day after the report was issued, Syrian forces continued a large-scale military operation, including the use of tanks and heavy weapons, to take control of the restive city of Homs. While the Syrian government announced the release of 553 detainees on Nov. 5 on the occasion of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, tens of thousands remain in detention and dozens more are arrested arbitrarily every day.
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December 12. 2013 11:45AM
UPDATE: Lancaster man, 74, killed in head-on Columbia crash
COLUMBIA - Police identified the driver of a car killed in a crash on Route 3 in Comumbia Tuesday morning as G
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Previous story follows:
COLUMBIA — One person died in a head-on collision on Route 3 in Columbia Tuesday morning.
The driver of a northbound Buick LeSabre crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming Toyota Tundra pickup truck about 8:40 a.m., state police said.
The driver of the Buick suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. The initial investigation suggests the driver experienced a medical event which caused the vehicle to cross into the opposite lane.
Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the collision.
The pickup truck driver went by ambulance to Upper Connecticut Valley Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and was later transferred to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Drivers' names are being withheld until relatives are notified.
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Delta navigates nasty winter, tops profit forecast
DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines Inc. is making more money by filling more seats on its planes and paying a bit less for fuel.
Delta's first-quarter profit beat expectations and underscored how most big airlines are prospering with a combination of strong business travel, slightly higher fares and money from extra fees.
Even bad weather couldn't stop Delta from boosting profit, although it canceled more than 17,000 flights in January and February — double the number from a year ago — which trimmed $90 million off the company's revenue.
Ed Bastian, president of the Atlanta airline, said Delta expects revenue to remain strong through the year thanks to solid demand. He said that a key statistic of revenue per mile should grow in the mid-single digits during the April-through-June second quarter.
Delta said Wednesday that net income in the first quarter was $213 million, or 25 cents per share, up from $7 million, or a penny per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items such as fleet-restructuring costs and fuel-hedging, Delta earned 33 cents per share. Analysts, who usually exclude one-time costs and benefits like that, were expecting 29 cents per share, according to FactSet.
Revenue rose 5 percent to $8.92 billion, matching analysts' forecasts.
Passengers flew 4 percent more miles than in early 2013, which helped boost occupancy to 82.7 percent on the average flight, up from 81.2 percent a year ago. The average fare per mile rose 1 percent.
Including Delta Connection regional flights, the company spent $2.70 billion on fuel, its largest expense in the quarter. Still, that was a savings of $109 million, or 4 percent, as Delta paid $3.03 per gallon instead of last year's $3.24. The company expects total fuel costs of $2.97 to $3.02 per gallon in the second quarter.
The break on fuel spending more than offset an increase of $58 million, or 3 percent, in labor costs, the company's second-biggest expense at $1.97 billion.
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Va. police arrest Manchester woman wanted in Hooksett gun theft
June 11. 2013 6:54PM
HOOKSETT — A Manchester woman wanted for her role in a gun theft from Riley's Sport Shop, was arrested Tuesday in Virginia.
Shaza Mohammad, 18, who has ties to Virginia, was arrested by the Fairfax County Police Department on a Hooksett warrant charging her with being a fugitive from justice on a theft by unauthorized taking charge, a Class A felony.
Police said two men and a woman were involved in the May 14 gun theft.
An employee saw one of the men with the gun and took it back, but police said as the employee walked away, the woman reached around the case and took a .357-caliber Sig Sauer semi-automatic handgun and a knife.
Police said Mohammad actually was recorded on the store's video-surveillance system taking three guns from a display case, but she left the store with only one of them. Authorities later recovered the gun.
On the video, Mohammed allegedly walks to the back of the store, she cuts a security tag off the gun and then walks out of the store with it, police said.
Police said Alfred Nyonee, 20, of Manchester was one of the men involved. He was arrested on June 4 and is being detained on $50,000 cash bail.
Mohammad is being held without bail at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center in Virginia, pending her arraignment today.
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Are you enrolling in Obamacare (aka Affordable Care Act)?
|Definitely, $700 a month for my family of four is a good deal.
|14 votes
|Heck no! House Republicans and I agree — obstruct Obamacare!
|60 votes
|Heck yeah! I'm signing up between October and March!
|35 votes
|I'm covered by Medicare, so I don't need to.
|41 votes
|No need, I'm on Medi-Cal; in 2014 it covers people making $15,856 or less.
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|Nope, I'll pay the $95 penalty, but in 2016 it goes up to $695!
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|Thankfully, my employer covers me and my family, so no need.
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|Why not? I'm self-employed, make less than $27K, and need insurance; $175 a month is way better than no coverage.
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At the Moment, my Employer covers me with partial affordable Healthcare but since Government Contracts are becoming few and far between, this will be my last year employed in DC, on Friday, August 01, 2013, I will be filing for ObamaCare (if it is still around) and Unemployment (providing that too is still around).
dou4now (anonymous profile)
October 3, 2013 at 5:13 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I'm just going to give all my money to the government and become a slave, oh wait, already am.
AZ2SB (anonymous profile)
October 3, 2013 at 9:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
So according to this poll, 67% are already covered by employers or Medicare. Of the remaining 33%, one third (the 5% and 6% slices) are signing up. Not quite a rousing endorsement, is it?
JohnLocke (anonymous profile)
October 3, 2013 at 10:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Anybody able to verify this yet?
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 3, 2013 at 3:16 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Want Obamacare?
Just dial
At least they're being honest.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 3, 2013 at 4:14 p.m. (Suggest removal)
A post from:
"Holy crap! It also is 1-800-duck-wo! Or how about 1-800-dub-kym! Wow! Even 1-800-eta-lzo! if you leave the 1 in the phone number it could be 1-800-f1-tak-yo!
The phone number is 1-800-318-2596. So of you leave the 1, it spells out 1-800-f1uckyo. This proves everything (including that Paul is dead)!
Someone actually took time out of their day to figure this stupidity out. You just had to repeat this drivel because it adds so much to the conversation."
tabatha (anonymous profile)
October 4, 2013 at 10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Tabatha and Loonpt you two are just being silly. Please stop being silly.
dolphinpod14 (anonymous profile)
October 4, 2013 at 2:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
No, a ratio of 67% with employer-provided health insurance and a whopping 33% without health insurance is a crisis.
Some people do not even know what "insurance" really means.
John_Adams (anonymous profile)
October 5, 2013 at 7:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)
loonpt - another right-wing myth/lie/deliberate falsehood
Politifact - pants on fire
Another silliness.
tabatha (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 9:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
"Of the remaining 33%, one third (the 5% and 6% slices) are signing up. "
One cannot apply numbers from an online poll in a relatively wealthy area to the rest of the country.
If there are 114 million employed, then 11% of that is about 7 million. There have already been more than 8 million hits on the AHA website.
tabatha (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 10:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
no dolphinpod, Tabatha makes eminent sense and you should try reading some of her references. Up with Obamacare,down with Tea Party fools.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Up with Obamacare,down with Tea Party fools.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 7, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.
And sideways with moderates.
dolphinpod14 (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 6:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
no, Sideways is a bar where I meet Bill Clausen and KV to drink Perrier and sort out the world's issues, as well as healthcare.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 12:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Health insurance shoppers suffer sticker shock
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 8, 2013 at 4:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sideways can also be a state of mind, but only if you think it is.
billclausen (anonymous profile)
October 9, 2013 at 4:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sloterdijk rants about "the prison of reason" -- hey, it isn't all about healthcare.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 9, 2013 at 4:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Obamacare is unconstitutional.
"We now know Obamacare was tax legislation. Consequently, it was undeniably a "bill for raising revenue," for which the Constitution mandates compliance with the Origination Clause (Art. I, Sec. 7). The Clause requires that tax bills must originate in the House of Representatives. Obamacare did not."
Harry Reid introduced it in the Senate.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 9, 2013 at 6:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
too bad the John Roberts-led Supreme Court of the U.S. contradicts your assertion and has formally held up the constitutionality of the ACA. I presume your legal expertise and acumen outdo the majority of the Supreme Court Justices, loon.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 6:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
It's too bad your judgement is so clouded by the propaganda on MSNBC, that isn't what the Supreme Court decided at all. The only thing they upheld was the individual mandate as a tax and that the government could compel us to buy healthcare or else face a fine. So now that has been established, the court can now decide on the constitutionality regarding the origination clause if someone brings it forward. Fortunately house conservatives, led by Representative Trent Franks (R., Ariz.), are pushing an Origination Clause challenge in the federal courts.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 10:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
so wrong on so much, loon, I NEVER watch MSNBC, it's tripe just like Fox etc., try making insults that make sense, dude.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sorry for the incorrect insult, but it's hard when you repeat their talking points word for word.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 1:09 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Republican Tea Party Reps are acting unconstitutionally under the 14th Amendment.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 2:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What part?
The thing is that congress does two things - they pass bills and they fund those bills. They are separate tasks. Congress can pass a bill and then choose not to fund it.
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 2:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Amendment 14, section 4:
Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution section 4: that section reads:
"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
The debt ceiling is actually illegal, invalid in itself, and as President Obama has the right and duty to void the House's supposed right to stop a budget act.
DrDan (anonymous profile)
October 10, 2013 at 6:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Looks like there have been a whopping 51,000 signups on the website in the first week:
At this rate we'll have everybody signed up for Obamacare in....what, 2026?
loonpt (anonymous profile)
October 11, 2013 at 1:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
AHA was only designed for about 15% of the population. I have read that more than 51,000 have signed up - but that is still a pretty good number given the website problems and they have until the end of the year to sign up. That 51,000 probably includes kids, for whom healthcare could have life and death consequences. If that is bad, then I do not understand modern society.
tabatha (anonymous profile)
October 11, 2013 at 4:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well the US total population is 313 million, so 15% would be 47 million. That means we are 1% of the way to getting your 15% of total population signed up for Obamacare. Good luck with your goal, tabatha!! Personally, my goal would be to get the best possible health care to the most amount of people. That means bringing the cost of health care down substantially. Obamacare is going to do the opposite and people are going to receive a worse quality of health care, less of it and it will be more expensive. Obamacare is a scheme to make the insurance companies and the medical industrial complex even more rich.
And hahaha, DrDan, you know the bankers wrote that part.. Well they can go f themselves. I have no interest in paying our war machine debt, they counterfeit enough money for themselves.
Ya sure, I may be picking and choosing which parts of the Constitution I want to follow, but you have to understand that some of the basic concepts like the BoR are genius and the pinnacle of how a non-violent and moral society should act toward each other. The idea that the government should only provide for the protection of the rights, life and freedoms of the people and not try to organize society for us is far superior than essentially letting lobbyists, bankers and giant corporations micromanage our society for their own benefit.
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October 11, 2013 at 6:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Obamacare Navigator Hasn't Signed Up Anyone Because It's Too Expensive
"Thus far everybody has taken a look at the rates and they've walked out the door."
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October 31, 2013 at 1:28 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Just because your employer "provides" health insurance does not mean you don't have to worry about these rapidly rising health insurance costs. You do, and you will. And so will your employer.
No cost containments were built into this plan. Just the promise you will like the increased premium product better, than your current "junk rip-off" plans you thought you were happy with.
And notice how none of the discussion actually promises better health care in the US, which currently ranks near the bottom among industrialized nations for health care quality. We only ask that someone else pay for the privilege of continuing our present rotten medical industry wealth-redistribution system we for some reason dare to call health care.
Health "care" itself in the US is the true rip-off junk. But few are noticing. Obamacare is merely an attempt to staunch the bleeding of unfunded present costs; not to generate improved health care outcomes in any way whatsoever. Take a look at the WHO health quality rankings and keep asking why we remain at the bottom.
Some of you should be outraged at this fundamental flaw Obamacare refused to even address. Be well and thrive. And watch out for the medical industry diagnosing "diseases" that surprisingly match the size of your health insurance plan.
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Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms with Thyme and Parsley
Let's start out this month of Carb-Conscious Thanksgiving Recipes with this easy and tasty recipe for Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms with Thyme and Parsley. The truth is I didn't even think I liked sweet potatoes until a few years ago when I realized they didn't have to be topped with marshmallows and brown sugar, so when this recipe appeared in Bon Appetit in October 2003 I doubt I even noticed it.
Fast forward 7 years, and I ate more than half of it for a snack when I tested the recipe! I did change it up a bit after thinking about what ingredients most people have on hand and what's available in November, but the final version is a keeper. And if you haven't tried roasting sweet potatoes that are cut into cubes like this, I highly recommend it!
Whisk together chicken stock (or vegetable stock), balsamic vinegar, olive oil, and dried thyme.
Toss the sweet potato cubes with about half of the balsamic mixture.
While sweet potatoes are roasting, wash mushrooms if needed, dry, and cut into thick slices.
Toss the mushrooms with the rest of the balsamic mixture.
After 20-25 minutes, turn the sweet potatoes and spread them back out on the baking sheet.
Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Mushrooms with Thyme and Parsley
(Makes 4 servings, recipe can easily be doubled, but use two baking sheets if needed. Adapted from Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Mushrooms and Shallots in Bon Appetit, October 2003.)
2 large orange-skinned sweet potatoes (about 2 lbs; these are called yams or sweet yams in some stores)
3 T chicken stock (I used homemade chicken stock, can also use vegetable stock)
2 1/2 T extra-virgin olive oil
2 T balsamic vinegar
1 tsp. dried thyme
salt and fresh ground black peppers to taste
12 oz. mushrooms (I used regular white mushrooms but brown Crimini mushrooms would be great.)
2-3 T chopped parsley for garnish (optional, but recommended)
Whisk together the chicken stock, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, and dried thyme. Toss sweet potatoes with about half the balsamic mixture, then spread then out in a single layer on the baking sheet and season with salt and fresh-ground black pepper. Roast sweet potatoes for 20-25 minutes, just until they're starting to get tender and barely browned on the bottom.
While sweet potatoes roast, wash mushrooms if needed and spin dry or dry with paper towels. Cut mushrooms into thick slices and toss with the rest of the balsamic mixture. (Use the same bowl as you used for the sweet potatoes.)
When sweet potatoes are getting tender and barely starting to brown, turn them over and spread out on baking sheet again. Use a slotted spoon to remove mushrooms from the balsamic mixture (so you don't pour the leftover liquid out onto the roasting pan) and distribute mushrooms among the sweet potatoes, making sure they're in a single layer. Roast sweet potatoes and mushrooms 20-25 minutes more, or until sweet potatoes are tender and nicely browned and mushrooms are done.
Remove to serving bowl, season with more salt and/or fresh ground black pepper if desired, sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve hot.
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Le Salon des Coqs D'Or is made up of a very select group of carefully chosen producteurs from all over France - la crème de la crème in their specialties.
"We only have pur porc", with a bit of a sniff.
Fabrice Gillotte - Carol Gilott…..did the Americans corrupt the spelling of your last name and you are indeed truly French….which would explain how easily you fit in there?ReplyDelete
You've just proven why omnivores have more fun! :-) what a tasty photo essay.ReplyDelete
Love the girl in your art:-)
I'd love an outing like this.
I'm very hungry today, so this post didn't help!
I could eat ALL of that bread, sausages & oysters!
I love olives, too, green or black :)
It made me hungry posting it.
Fortunately I did go back and blow more dough.
I have never eaten a snail. Our the ones in green above re-stuffed with a mixture of something? Dare I ask what snails take like?ReplyDelete
They are stuffed with a mix of garlic, butter and parsley or shallots. The texture is a bit rubbery but not noticed because of the trés delish butter sauceDelete
Escargot recipe (instead of turkey if you live in France!)
Bonsoir chère amie,
Tout est là pour éveiller mes papilles ! Les escargots ! Hum j'aime tant ça... et puis avec les truffes nous nous rapprochons petit à petit de Noël !
Gros bisous et merci pour les très jolis dessins...
Oh, Oysters, Escargots, yum yum yum!!!!! Love it all.ReplyDelete
Dear Carol, excuse my confusion but do you say above that you are a 'recently turned vegetarian'? which would be slightly at odds with the devouring of oysters, pork sausages and snails......! If it is wishful thinking only, i quite understand the near impossibility of resisting these delightful animal products a la francaise!!ReplyDelete
Caught out.
Yes Annabella i have given up my pristine lentlle/quinoa regime for whatever in France.
Impossible to not taste everything (well almost everything) here.
R U kidding
I am one lucky duck they weren't taking la carte bleu
Think: potential Tartiner Addict just waiting to bust out


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Death Notice: Roger Thompson
Roger Thompson, 91, of Macon, MO, died Sunday, September 30, 2012, at Macon Health Care Center. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at 10:00 a.m., at First Baptist Church in the Old Sanctuary in Macon. Burial will be in the LaPlata Cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday, October 2, 2012, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., at HUTTON & MCELWAIN Funeral Home in Macon.


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You love to buy gifts for your husband, but even with your long list of husband gift ideas, sometimes it can still be difficult to pick out the right present for the occasion.
You should celebrate your partner every day of the year, but birthdays are a special day to remind him of how much you love him. Besides cake, other food like snacks and candies make awesome birthday presents for guys. Chocolate covered fruit or truffles to be devoured as he watches the game or his favorite show make great gifts for husbands.
Since almost all guys love food, this could potentially answer the age-old question of what to get dad for his birthday, as well.
If your husband doesn't like snacking as much as backpacking, some birthday gifts for your husband could be a map that charts all of the places that he's been or a wilderness survival kit that he can take out camping with his buddies. In the end, the perfect birthday gift for your husband is one where you acknowledge what he's the most passionate about.
For Christmas, why not give your dad a collection of personalized ornaments with your family's last name on it? This heirloom piece would be a great gift for a husband that can be passed down for future generations to enjoy, making them the perfect gifts for fathers who are thinking of their children.
Looking for anniversary gift ideas for your husband that he won't soon forget? Some gift ideas for your husband for this day would include a picture frame that holds a favorite picture of just the two of you or items for a hobby that the two of you share. Do both of you love to play golf? A golf gift basket filled with tees and personalized golf balls make great a gift for guys who love to hit the 18.


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and Vaisakhi.
Indian sweets are different from western sweets. Mitha is sweet in Hindi & Sanskrit
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Barfi Indian Sweet - Sometimes called Burfi or Barfee, made from milk which
is cooked down and sugar making a simple white barfi which is rich and crumbly . More
elaborate barfis will be studded with dry fruits or have nut butters added to the sweet.
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Jalebi Indian Sweet - Similar to a Spanish Chura, Persian Zlebia and made
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STOCKTON - The remains of murder victim JoAnn Hobson, excavated from a Linden well earlier this year and returned to her mother for cremation, were significantly mixed up with at least two others and possibly more.
STOCKTON - The remains of murder victim JoAnn Hobson, excavated from a Linden well earlier this year and returned to her mother for cremation, were significantly mixed up with at least two others and possibly more.
So said an independent report made public Wednesday by Joan Shelley, Hobson's mother. Learning officials had given her improperly separated remains made her feel like a victim, she said.
"I am not mad," Shelley said. "I am in a rage over this."
Death row inmate Wesley Shermantine and his co-defendant, Loren Herzog, were long suspected in, but never convicted of, Hobson's death. Shermantine's tips led investigators to the well.
San Joaquin County sheriff's deputies in February unearthed the remains with a large excavator, drawing criticism for their indelicate approach.
The state's Bureau of Forensic Services next analyzed the remains.
Rather than cremate her daughter, who vanished in 1985 at age 16, Shelley said a twinge of uneasiness caused her to send the remains deputies gave her for further analysis.
On Sept. 12, Shelley received the forensic anthropology report prepared for her by Eric Bartelink, director of the Human Identification Laboratory at California State University, Chico. He performed DNA analysis on 28 bone samples.
Bartelink found that the use of large earth-moving equipment contributed to "significant commingling" of the skeletal remains, and that there may be those of more than the three people the state lab had initially identified, Bartelink said.
Prior DNA and forensic analysis by the state had revealed three people and a fetus. In addition to Hobson, the well held the remains of Kimberly Billy, 19, a third unidentified woman between the ages of 16 and 18, and the fetus.
Shelley said it is only right that she be given her daughter's remains, and other families be returned those of their own loved ones.
"That's unacceptable," she said. "I expect answers and accountability."
Shelley has retained San Luis Obispo attorney Mark Connely but has yet to decide what legal action, if any, to take next.
San Joaquin County Sheriff Steve Moore said he was taken aback upon learning of the possible commingling. His office relied on the state's Bureau of Forensic Services and an anthropologist from California State University, Stanislaus, Moore said.
"Our hearts go out to the family of JoAnn and all of the victims of Wesley Shermantine and Loren Herzog," said Moore, vowing to work with the FBI and other agencies to recover more remains.
"We are open to discuss any concerns the families may have," he said.
The state's Department of Justice, which oversees the Bureau of Forensic Services, did not respond to a request for comment on the report.
Jeff Rinek, a retired FBI agent who has assisted Shelley and her two other daughters in the analysis, had nothing kind to say about Moore's office.
"In my opinion from listening to (Shelley and her daughters), they consider that the sheriff re-murdered JoAnn," said Rinek, a strident critic of how Moore handled the excavation.
"Now, people can understand why it needed to be treated like a crime scene," he said.
The test results from Chico also revealed child-size bones among those Shelley received, which led him to notify the Hayward Police Department.
Investigators in Hayward have long sought answers to the 1988 disappearance of 9-year-old Michaela Garecht. Shermantine has suggested in a letter to The Record that Herzog may have abducted the girl.
Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani, who has pushed for ongoing searches for Shermantine and Herzog's victims, said the Chico report underscored a need for the FBI to take over the investigation.
"This is not a normal situation," she said. "We have not seen anything like this before. It is clear that the FBI must come in and take over."
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Which Restaurants Are Making Your Kids Fat?
Unless your kid is named Hansel, he probably doesn't need to be fattened up like a juicy Christmas goose every time you go out to eat. That's not what some of the biggest restaurants think, though: Chili's has a kids' meal that comes in at 1,020 calories, while Burger King and KFC both offer meals that are over 900 calories. Your healthiest option, says the Center for Science in the Public Interest, is Subway. Here are what some other restaurants are offering, as well as tips on how to make the best of a bad meal when your kid is eating out.
For children between 4 and 8 years of age, the recommended amount of calories per meal, assuming three meals a day, is 430. If the child is active, the amount goes up to 565. Using these numbers as a guide, the CSPI looked at the biggest restaurant chains in the country, then whittled their list down to the ones that offer dedicated kids' menus and provide nutritional info. This meant the following were left out of the study because they won't provide nutritional info:
- We don't need no stinkin' nutrition
- Applebee's
- T.G.I. Friday's
- Outback Steakhouse
- Olive Garden
- Red Lobster
Here's what the CSPI has to say about those restaurants that do provide nutritional info:
Chili's has 700 possible kids' meal combinations, but 658, or 94 percent, of those are too high in calories, including one comprised of country-fried chicken crispers, cinnamon apples, and chocolate milk (1,020 calories) and another comprised of cheese pizza, homestyle fries, and lemonade (1,000 calories).
Burger King has a "Big Kids" meal with a double cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate milk (910 calories)
Sonic has a "Wacky Pack" with 830 calories worth of grilled cheese, fries, and a slushie.
KFC has a wide variety of side items, but there are few meal combinations that keep a reasonable ceiling on calories, according to the study. One example of a high-cal combo KFC kid's meal (the chain calls them "Laptop Meals") has popcorn chicken, baked beans, biscuit, Teddy Grahams, and fruit punch, which has 940 calories. (KFC has since dropped Baked Cheetos from its kids' meals, and some outlets vary the number of chicken strips or sides.)
Most of the kids'meals (93 percent) at McDonald's and Wendy's are too high in calories, as are the possibilities at Burger King (92 percent), Dairy Queen (89 percent), Arby's (69 percent), and Denny's (60 percent-though its kids' meals don't include drinks). (Since CSPI's study was completed, Burger King has introduced one new children's meal with macaroni and cheese, apple "fries," and 1 percent milk, which has a reasonable 420 calories.)
Subway's kids' meals came out on top. Only a third of its Fresh Fit for Kids meals, which include a mini-sub, juice box, and one of several healthful side items (apple slices, raisins, or yogurt), exceed the 430-calorie threshold. Subway is the only chain that doesn't offer soft drinks with kids' meals.
So how do you improve the nutrition of your kid's meal the next time you eat at a restaurant? A spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association gave the following advice:
"Don't be too alarmed even when [studies] come out and seem hopeless," said Dawn Jackson Blatner, an American Dietetic Ass>ociation spokeswoman. "With a few swaps and switches, people really can make healthier choices at these fast-food joints, especially when the decisions are made before going in.
"Many of these restaurants have the nutrition information online that you can print out and go over with your kids even before you go, so that everybody is on the same page before they pull up to the drive-through or [head] to the counter," Blatner said.
She also suggested that "instead of getting the fries, go with the apple slices. Many [restaurants] offer carrot sticks or apple slices or no-sugar-added applesauce or oranges, which make a big difference over deep-fried fries."
And pay attention to how food is cooked. "Instead of the deep-fried nuggets, go for something like the grilled chicken, and you will save fat grams and calories," Blatner said. You'll also save calories by switching the soda, she added: "You can't go wrong with unsweetened iced tea, water or a skim milk."
As for the restaurants that refuse to provide nutritional info, maybe you should just eat elsewhere.
Click here for some specific replacement suggestions from the Chicago Tribune.
You can download a copy of the full CSPI report here.
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A local group has stepped forward and is looking to fill the void created by the departure of the New England Summer Nationals annual automobile show.
The group, made up of Gary Cooper and Roger Steele of Worcester and Marissa Brown of Webster, wants to stage an antique car show in Green Hill Park from July 4-7.
They emphasized their show will focus solely on the exhibition of classic and antique cars and will not include any of the more controversial aspects of the New England Summer Nationals, such the burnouts that were held in the downtown, nor will it be a motorcycle show.
It will include some live entertainment and other family activities as well, they added.
Mr. Cooper said he attended the Summer Nationals every year it was in the city and he was sad to hear that its organizer, Robert J. Moscoffian, decided to move his event to Thompson International Speedway in Connecticut.
"Our event will be geared more to an older crowd," he told the Parks and Recreation Commission Thursday night. "We want to turn the clock back for our show and make it all about antique cars. Green Hill Park is the perfect place to display antique cars; it's an awesome place."
In order to be able to stage the show in Green Hill Park, the group needs to get the Parks and Recreation Commission to agree to close the park to public use for the four days of the show.
Robert C. Antonelli Jr., assistant commissioner of public works and parks, described the new event as a "streamed-down" version of the Summer Nationals, without any of the negative issues associated with that event in the past.
"This could be a really good home run for us," he said. "The impact to the neighborhoods certainly won't be as great with this kind of event. A majority of the issues we have with the Summer Nationals in the past had nothing to do with what was held in the park; in fact, the park function worked well. The only issue will be the closing of the park."
The Parks and Recreation Commission approved in concept the use of Green Hill Park for the car show.
But it is making its final approval contingent upon a public hearing that will be held Feb. 21, at which time neighborhood residents will have an opportunity to hear about the plans from the show organizers and discuss any issues or concerns they may have.
While all the commissioners appeared most receptive to the car show, Commissioner Paul Gunnerson said he felt uncomfortable giving final approval to anything without first giving neighborhood residents an opportunity to hear about the plans and weigh in on them.
"I like the idea a lot," Mr. Gunnerson said. "I think it addresses a lot of the not so palatable things that were part of the Summer Nationals. The fact that a lot of the objectionable things will not be happening is certainly good to see.
"I honestly think the neighborhood will want to embrace this," he added. "But I feel uncomfortable having five people who don't abut the park make a decision on this without first hearing from the people of the neighborhood. I've only known about this for two days and the general public doesn't know about it all. I'd like to see the process a little more advertised and made known; it's the right and fair thing to do."
Mr. Gunnerson proposed delaying a vote on the request to close Green Hill Park until a public hearing could first be held in a couple of weeks. But the organizers said they are facing significant time constraints when it comes to organizing the car show. They said they fear that if there is a further delay, many antique car owners will end up deciding to attend other car shows during that weekend.
"We're not sure if we could get together this show if there is a delay," Mr. Cooper said. "We actually needed to hit the ground running on this yesterday."
As a compromise, Commissioner Chairman Robert J. Hennigan Jr. suggested that the commission consider approving the car show in concept, but also requiring the event organizers to attend the public hearing Feb. 21 so they can meet with neighborhood residents.
The organizers agreed to the compromise, saying it would enable them to go ahead and begin pre-registration for their show.


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