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Root Canal
A root canal is a treatment of the pulp of the tooth that is inflamed, infected, or dead. The pulp is a soft substance in the center of the tooth that consists of nerve, blood vessels, and connective tissue. The pulp chamber is the hollow part in the center of the tooth that contains the pulp, and it continues down canals that extend through the roots of teeth and into the surrounding bone. Some roots have more than one root canal, but all have at least one canal.
Root canal treatment (RCT), or endodontic treatment, are the more correct terms for a procedure that treats the nerve of the tooth. Endodontics is a specialty of dentistry that deals specifically with the tooth pulp and tissues surrounding the root of the tooth. A root canal problem may be treated by a general dentist or by an endodontist. An endodontist is a dentist who has gone to multiple years of specialty training after dental school to focus particularly on root canal treatments. General dentists are qualified to perform root canals but may refer a patient to an endodontist if the tooth is particularly complicated or is being treated for the second time.
When the root canal is treated, the pulp of the tooth is removed and all the canals and pulp chamber of the tooth are filled and sealed to prevent bacteria from entering.Why is a root canal necessary?
There are many things that can damage the pulp or nerve of the tooth. The following are some of the more common reasons for needing root canal treatment.
Pain: A toothache is the most common symptom of needing a root canal. The pain that comes from a tooth needing a root canal is fairly specific. If the tooth is still alive, the affected person will experience extreme sensitivity to heat or cold, and that sensitivity will continue even after the hot or cold stimulus is taken away from the tooth. The tooth may start to hurt spontaneously, in the middle of the night, or sometimes when the patient isn't even using the affected tooth to eat or drink. The pain can progress to a very severe generalized headache that may cause the person to even forget what initially caused the pain. If the tooth is dead and has become abscessed, the patient will feel pain when he or she chews or puts pressure on the tooth. An abscess may or may not produce swelling or bleeding around the tooth, and sometimes it causes significant swelling of the cheek, jaw, or throat. If this swelling is noticed, treatment needs is urgent -- even it that means going to urgent care or the emergency room of a hospital. Many other conditions of the mouth can masquerade as a toothache. Therefore, it is very important, when feeling some pain around a tooth, to get a thorough examination with pulp vitality testing by a licensed dentist for a proper diagnosis.
There are other causes of symptoms that are similar to those requiring root canal treatment. Root surfaces that have become exposed as a result of gum recession can mimic cold sensitivity. Sinus congestion can produce pressure around the roots of the upper teeth and cause pain upon chewing which mimics root canal pain. Jaw pain can either be an indication of pain in the jaw joint, or pain referred from a tooth needing a root canal. Even gum disease can mimic the throbbing pain around teeth that can feel similar to root canal pain.
Abscess: If a tooth has become abscessed, it will require a root canal. An abscess forms when the pulp of the tooth dies and a pus pocket forms around the end of the root. The pus accumulates in an area of dead nerve tissue that is infected with bacteria. Sometimes the abscess will form a bump that looks like a pimple on the outside of the gums. A patient may even notice pus draining from the pimple or notice a bad taste in his or her mouth.
An abscess that is left untreated will continue to grow and infect the bone around the root of the tooth. It may spread into surrounding bone and tissues. In rare cases, people have died from infections that started from a tooth abscess. Although antibiotics can help keep the infection from spreading, the only way to remove the infection completely is by performing root canal treatment and cleaning out all the dead tissue and bacteria inside the pulp chamber and root canals.
Deep cavity: If tooth decay extends deep into the tooth and reaches the pulp, the pulp will become infected with bacteria. When this happens, it will either become inflamed and painful or it will die and become decayed tissue. Sometimes there will be no pain, but the only way the dentist can get all of the tooth decay out of the tooth is by performing a root canal and removing the nerve that has become affected as well.
Trauma: If a tooth is hit with great force, the nerve can be severed at the end of the root and eventually die. This could happen immediately after the traumatic incident, or it may happen over many years following the trauma.
Fracture: A tooth that has become fractured may need a root canal if the fracture extends deep into the tooth and reaches the pulp. If a tooth has fractured in a way that doesn't leave very much tooth structure left above the gum line for a crown or other restoration, a root canal may need to be performed so a post and can be placed down the canal of the tooth to help retain the restoration.
Resorption: Root resorption is a condition whereby the tooth structure dissolves away as a reaction to injury, trauma, tooth replantation, or aggressive tooth movement during orthodontics. Not all of the causes of resorption are fully understood. If the defect starts from the outside of the root and goes inward, it is called external root resorption. If the tooth dissolves from the middle or inside of the tooth and progresses toward the outside, it is classified as internal resorption. In either situation, the resorption can invade the pulp canal and the vital nerve and blood vessels contained therein. If this occurs, the tooth needs root canal treatment in combination with specialized conditioning and repairing of the defect quickly before the resorption destroys more tooth structure. The defect is typically repaired with a material called mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA). Resorption usually causes no pain and is usually only diagnosed using X-rays.
Repeated dental procedures: Dental procedures produce significant stress on a tooth. Sometimes repeated drilling may cause the pulp of a tooth to become inflamed. The tooth will need to be tested by a dentist to determine whether the inflammation is reversible or irreversible.
In the past, whenever one of these situations happened to a tooth, the only treatment option was to have it extracted. Root canal treatment is an extremely beneficial option that allows for most teeth to be saved in the mouth and used effectively for a very long time. Once the teeth are formed, they don't need the pulp to function properly. The pulp provides the tooth sensation to a stimulus like hot or cold, but it isn't required for the tooth to remain functional in a healthy mouth.
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Medical Author:Steven B. Horne, DDS
Steven B. Horne, DDS
Dr. Steve Horne began his career at Brigham Young University obtaining his BA in English. He earned his Doctorate of Dental Surgery in 2007 from the University of Southern California where his pursuit for academic excellence landed him on the Dean's List. He was recognized for his superior clinical skills and invited to help teach other dental students in courses on restorative dentistry, prosthodontics, and tooth anatomy. During dental school, he provided dental care for underserved populations of Los Angeles and Orange County, Mexico, and Costa Rica with AYUDA. Following dental school, Dr. Horne entered active duty with the U.S. Army and practiced dentistry at Fort Knox, Kentucky, for four years. During this time, he was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq, and received multiple Army Achievement Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, and served as Company Commander. Dr. Horne currently practices full time at Torrey Pines Dental Arts in La Jolla, California, as a general dentist. Dr. Horne is a member of the American Dental Association, the California Dental Association, and the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Horne is married to his wife, Christy, and they have a chocolate Labrador named Roscoe.
Medical Editor:William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
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Kaua'i CC students model leadership for sustainable livingKauaʻi Community College
Comm Relation & Spec Projects, Chancellor's Office
Since announcing sustainable living as a major focus of teaching, learning and service to the Garden Island community in 2008, Kaua'i CC has developed courses where students have the opportunity to learn new skills that will help them to secure green professions. Under the guidance of the college's Ho'ouluwehi: The Sustainable Living Institute of Kaua'i, like-minded faculty have joined forces to build awareness and engage students as leading contributors of a green Kaua'i.
Kaua'i CC students in the college's sustainable living affordable house construction classes, being taught by instructor Duke Lange, apply their skills toward completing an affordable housing prototype for Kaua'i. A 40-foot high-top shipping container is being repurposed to become a green, affordable living home. Completion of the project is scheduled to take place Fall 2014.
Facilities Engineering courses taught by instructor James Trujillo have been an integral part of increasing recycling initiatives. The best place to begin is at the Kaua'i CC home, where students recently assembled and installed recycling bins around campus for paper, plastic and glass. Already, awareness has grown and the reduction of Kaua`i CC's carbon footprint has become a shared way of life.

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A senior Auckland unionist says the proposed "living wage" of $18.40 an hour is not enough in Auckland.
Service and Food Workers Union lead organiser Len Richards told a conference launching the living wage at AUT University yesterday that Aucklanders needed $24 an hour to pay higher rents and other costs.
But Lower Hutt-based Anglican Family Centre researchers Reverend Charles Waldegrave and Peter King, who calculated the $18.40 rate as the minimum required to "live with dignity" in New Zealand, said it was impossible to take account of all workers' different circumstances.
"If you have five children, that's a huge difference too," Mr Waldegrave said.
The researchers attracted mostly friendly questions from an audience made up largely of the union and community groups that are backing the campaign for a living wage.
They acknowledged that the living wage would have been $24.11 an hour in Auckland if they had used the lower-quartile rent for a three-bedroom house in Auckland of $438 a week instead of the national average of $275.
But they argued in their report that it was clearer to set a national living wage and ask the Government to increase the accommodation supplement to cover Auckland's higher rents.
Mr Richards said that approach would not work.
"If you raised the accommodation supplement in Auckland, the rents would go up. It's a landlord's subsidy," he said. "I think the best way to address that situation is actually to have an Auckland living wage rate, because it's clear that Auckland costs are so much higher."
London's living wage of £8.55 ($15.62) an hour, endorsed by mayor Boris Johnson, is 15 per cent higher than the £7.45 ($13.61) set for the rest of Britain.
However, Auckland's $24.11 is not only 30 per cent higher than the proposed $18.40 national living wage, but is higher too than the national median wage of $20.86 an hour, so it would mean seeking higher wages for the lowest-paid Aucklanders than for more than half of all workers.
Waikato University labour economist Dr Bill Cochrane said median three-bedroom house rents varied hugely within Auckland, from just under $400 a week in the poorest areas up to around $750.
"Your basic problem is the affordability of housing. People can't afford the housing that there is because there is a lack of adequate affordable housing," he said. "The emphasis should be on the provision of public housing."
Council of Trade Unions economist Dr Bill Rosenberg said the Government should also consider different rates of benefits and tax credits for Auckland.
Officials reviewing the accommodation supplement and state house rental policies were due to report in December, and new Housing Minister Nick Smith is likely to be considering their recommendations now.


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G2311, Reviewed November 2018
Crossbreeding is a widely established management practice among commercial pork producers. Over the years, the industry has used rotational crossbreeding programs extensively. Rotational programs are relatively easy to operate, enable pork producers to develop their own females, and exploit most of the possible heterosis.
Rotational programs do not use all the potential heterosis and cannot effectively use breeds that are above average for only one or two traits. Often breeds are included in a crossbreeding program because they are superior for certain traits such as maternal, growth or carcass. Unfortunately, rotational programs often do not maintain the desired breed composition.
Table 1 demonstrates how pigs sired by boars from Breed A are 57 percent Breed A, 28 percent Breed B and 14 percent Breed C. Pigs sired by Breed B are 14 percent breed A, 57 percent Breed B and 28 percent Breed C. If Breed C is noted for growth and carcass traits, only one-third of the pigs to be sold for slaughter will have 50 percent or more of that breed in its genetic composition. This also holds true for the sow herd. If Breeds A and B are noted for maternal characteristics, only two-thirds of the sow herd will maintain more than 50 percent of either of these two breeds in their genetic makeup.
Table 1
Breed composition of pigs produced in a three-breed rotation
Terminal and rotaterminal systems described in this publication can be adapted by producers to improve the limitation of the more common rotational systems.
Terminal programs are programs that concentrate on using all possible heterosis and capitalizing on breed strengths. All effort is placed on maintaining 100 percent heterosis in both the pigs and the sows, and selecting breeds and breed crosses that excel in maternal or feedlot traits. Tables 2, 3 and 4 can be used to assess relative performance of different breeds and two-breed crosses. In general, superior sow crosses are those that are 50 percent or more of Yorkshire, Landrace or Chester White breeding. Superior crosses for postweaning performance are those that had a Duroc, Hampshire, Spotted, Berkshire or Poland China sire.
Table 2
Relative performance of breeds
Table 3
Specific comparisons among Yorkshire, Landrace and Chester White two-breed crosses for sow productivity.1
Table 4
Specific two-breed crosses among Yorkshire, Duroc, Landrace and Hampshire breeds for sow productivity.1
Terminal programs are characterized by using two-, three- or four-breed first cross females and should not come from a rotational crossbreeding program. They can be purchased or produced on the farm. Such specialized females are bred to boars that are from breeds or breed crosses that are superior for growth and carcass traits. All the progeny from the mating of these specialized females to terminal boars are marketed. This is further illustrated in Figure 1.
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Terminal crossbreeding program. A terminal crossbreeding program uses F1 females and terminal sire boars to produce market hogs.
Terminal programs allow exploitation of all possible heterosis and use specialized breeds or breed crosses. Unfortunately, developing replacement females becomes more complex. Replacement gilts have to be purchased or small nucleus herds must be maintained to produce the first cross or Fl females. If females are purchased, out-of-pocket costs increase and there could be an increased health risk. If a small purebred herd is maintained as a nucleus, the management program increases in difficulty and cost of production for the purebred herd may be higher.
However, if purchasing replacement gilts from a seedstock supplier who follows a rigid herd health program, purchased gilts can be routinely entered into the herd with little health risk. To further secure health status, a health agreement between the buyer and seller should be developed before the transaction is final.
The gilt procurement for a terminal program can be handled in two ways. The first is that all replacement gilts can be purchased. All pigs produced will be sold for market and no replacements will be saved back. This is often referred to as the Mother Option because all gilts purchased will be the mothers of all the market hogs. The second way would be to purchase purebred or crossbred females. The purchased gilts would make up a small portion (10 to 20 percent) of the sow herd and be mated to boars from maternal breeds or lines different than the gilts. All replacement gilts for the rest of the sow herd would be chosen from the litters of the purchased females. This is called the Grandmother Option because the majority of the market hogs would have purchased grandmothers. Usually Fl gilts of maternal breeding are purchased for the Grandmother Option.
Rotaterminal programs are a compromise between rotation and terminal programs. Rotaterminal programs are characterized by having a rotational program within a small portion (15 to 20 percent) of the sow herd to produce replacement females. The breeds used in the rotation program should excel in maternal characteristics.
The majority (80 to 85 percent) of the sow herd is mated to boars of breeds or breed crosses that are superior in postweaning and carcass characteristics. More than 90 percent of the market offspring are sired by terminal boars and express 100 percent heterosis, since their sire is of different breeding than that of their dams. Only a small portion of the market offspring come from the maternal rotation, since all of the replacement gilts are taken from those matings. This is further illustrated in Figure 2.
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Rotaterminal crossbreeding program. A rotational crossbreeding program using maternal breeds is conducted on a small (15 to 20 percent) portion of the sow herd to produce replacement gilts. The majority (80 to 85 percent) of the sow herd is bred to terminal sire boars to produce market hogs.
When implementing a rotaterminal program, one question often arises: "Should I use a two-, three- or four-breed rotation to produce my replacement females?" Two-breed rotation females only express 67 percent of the potential heterosis while four-breed rotation females express 93 percent of the potential heterosis (Table 5).
Table 5
Heterosis of different rotaterminal crossbreeding programs
The real question becomes, "How much difference in maternal performance can we expect among these different rotational cross programs when all the breeds in use are maternal in nature?" An example can be found in Table 6.
Table 6
Expected performance from different rotational crossbreeding programs
When developing a rotaterminal program, the choice of maternal breeds becomes critical. If all maternal breeds under consideration are alike, then the choice could be to use a four-breed rotation to produce replacement females, if it is practical. If the maternal breeds are not alike, as in Table 6, then the decision becomes more difficult. Most pork producers would choose the first two ranking breeds for a two-breed rotation, the top three breeds for a three-breed rotation, and so on. If the fourth ranking maternal breed is inferior enough to the first three, the increase in heterosis utilized may not overcome breed differences.
In Table 6, breed A was added to produce a four-breed rotation replacement female. The number weaned did not increase over the three-breed rotation and conception rate declined. In most situations, a four-breed rotation to produce replacement females within a rotaterminal program will not be beneficial because it is difficult to find four maternal breeds that are similar in performance.
When using terminal or rotaterminal crossbreeding programs, sire selection is important. Purebred boars or gilts chosen to produce commercial females must be from maternal breeds and from maternal lines within breeds. These boars or gilts should be from sows that rank in the top 25 percent of the herd for a Sow Productivity Index that is used by the major breed associations or recommended by the National Swine Improvement Federation (NSIF). However, these boars and gilts should also be near average for growth and backfat when compared to the group in which they were tested to keep from decreasing the value of their market progeny. Terminal boars that are to be bred to specialized female crosses should be better than average for growth and backfat so their progeny excel for postweaning performance and are lean when slaughtered. No consideration should be given to their merit for maternal traits.
The use of crossbred boars has often been questioned. Research has shown that crossbred boars are more aggressive at a younger age and settle a larger percentage of sows. Their progeny are no worse when compared to pigs sired by purebred boars. Crossbred boars do work well as terminal sires in terminal and rotaterminal programs. For instance, if Breed F is noted for superior postweaning performance and Breed G is superior for leanness, Fl boars from crossing Breeds F and G would be more aggressive breeders and their progeny should be better than average for both postweaning performance and leanness. When choosing crossbred boars, evaluation of the parents is critical.
Parents of potential crossbred herd sires should rank in the top half of the herd for the traits of interest. If they do not, then progeny sired by crossbred boars, from inferior parents, will only benefit from having sires and dams of different breeding (100 percent heterosis), not from having above average genetic merit.
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Department of Revenue News Release
October 15, 2009Bonne Terre, Ellington, Kennett, Memphis, Stanberry & Thayer License Office Contracts Awarded
JEFFERSON CITY - A reformed competitive bidding process implemented by Gov. Jay Nixon and supported by legislators from both political parties has been used to award management contracts for six more local license offices.
"In the past, many license offices were awarded solely to those who had political connections, and there were no standards for customer service or financial efficiency," Gov. Nixon said. "Under this open and transparent system, anyone can bid to run an office. This is a big improvement compared to the old, secretive political process that was ingrained in state government for far too long."
The six offices awarded today are in Bonne Terre, Ellington, Kennett, Memphis, Stanberry and Thayer. All of the offices will remain at their current locations. Bidders also have the option of returning a portion of the office's revenues to the state. Two of this week's winning bidders will return some of their revenues to the state. The cumulative amount of funds that will be returned to the state in the first contract year from the 113 offices that have been awarded so far under the new bidding process is $595,894.
The Bonne Terre Chamber of Commerce is the new agent for the Bonne Terre License Office, which is at 522-A Benham St. The chamber's winning proposal was one of two bids for the office. As part of its bid, the chamber will return 4 percent ($5,370) of the office's estimated first-year revenues to the state.
The Ellington License Office has been awarded to Rebecca D. Rhea of Ellington. Rhea, who submitted the only bid, has been the agent since 2003. No return to the state was included in the bid. The office is located at 105 N. Main St.
Patricia L. Riggs of Kennett, doing business as License Office of Kennett, Inc., will continue to be the agent for the Kennett License Office. She has held this position since 2005. Riggs' bid was chosen from three that were submitted. The office is located at 103 S. Main St., and a 7.5 percent ($9,259) return to the state was included in the bid.
The Memphis License Office, located on Highway 15 near Highway 136, has been awarded to Lisa Grubb of Memphis. She has been the office agent since 2008, and her bid was the only one submitted. A return to the state was not included in the bid.
The Stanberry License Office will continue to be operated by the City of Stanberry, which has run the office since 2000. The city's bid was the only one offered, and a return to the state was not included in the bid. The office is located in City Hall at 130 W. First St.
Ranette Ray of Koshkonong has been selected to be the agent for the Thayer License Office. Ray has been the agent for the office, which is located at 151 E. Walnut St., since 2006. No return to the state was included in the bid, which was the only one submitted.
Details about any changes in office operations, if any, will be announced by the agents.
Although Gov. Nixon authorized the Missouri Department of Revenue to implement the new bidding system in January, it didn't become part of state law until legislation was signed by the Governor this past summer. The new law was overwhelmingly approved by both Republican and Democratic members of the Missouri Legislature.
Of the 113 offices awarded so far, 64 have gone to incumbents or been awarded to family members or groups associated with incumbent agents. Forty-nine of the offices have been awarded to new agents. Of the 183 total offices, bidding has closed on 181, and two remain open. For a list of winning bidders for license offices, please go to http://oa.mo.gov/purch/awardedfeeoffices.pdf.
Alana M. Barragán-Scott, acting director of the Missouri Department of Revenue, noted what criteria are evaluated by the department when office bids are considered.
"The evaluation teams look for detailed responses on how potential agents will improve customer service, especially during periods when the office is busy," she said. "The teams also rate the education and experience of a potential agent and the staff, and the accessibility and security of the office is also judged. Finally, the teams note whether a bidder is a not-for-profit group, a minority- or woman-owned business and whether a return to the state is included in the bid."
All local license offices provide services that are overseen by the Department of Revenue, but each office is operated by an independent contractor. Transactions that are conducted at these offices include the issuance and renewal of driver licenses, issuance of titles for motor vehicles, and the issuance and renewal of registration for motor vehicles, boats and outboard motors.
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Jennifer Nettles and J Rome Perform 'God Bless the Child' on 'Duets' Standards Night
Voted safe following his first less-than-stellar performance last week, J Rome and his Sugarland celebrity mentor, mom-to-be Jennifer Nettles, took the stage second, performing the 1941 Billie Holliday classic 'God Bless the Child.' With the pack of 'Duets' hopefuls dwindling rapidly, did the young hopeful redeem himself this week? According to the remaining three celebrity judges, the answer is an overwhelming yes!
"Oh my gosh — I stood up three times and my foot is killing me," said an injured Kelly Clarkson. The big-voiced singer wore a floor-length blue gown to cover an injury boot on her foot. "You're so talented."
Robin Thicke echoed Clarkson's thoughts, saying, "I have to agree with Kelly. That was a Grammy Award-winning performance right there. It was like you were doing a Billie Holliday tribute — and you were both superstars up there," Thicke added, referring to J Rome's vocal support from Nettles.
"He just murdered that," added John Legend. The 'Ordinary People' singer gave J Rome a bit of constructive criticism last week, but showered the singer with praise this week.
Speaking about her song choice, Nettles said, "J Rome has so much diversity. He can sing a song in a club, or a standard."
"I want this more than anything else in the world," J Rome told the cameras just before taking the stage tonight. "Whether I win or lose this show, this is what I'm supposed to do."
Considering J Romes' perfect track record at the top of the contestant scoreboard going into last week's first live episode and public voting, it seems the hopeful is a sure shot for the Top 3 given this week's stellar performance.
To show your support for Nettles and J Rome, call 1-855-962-5002. Votes are free from landlines.
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Razer Switchblade Concept Announced
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What if you could bring your favorite PC games into a format that would easily fit in your hands? That's exactly what a new concept design from Razer does. Powered by an Intel Atom processor, the new concept model, with the code name "Switchblade", replaces the keyboard and mouse with a multi-touch screen, yet also incorporates a tactile keyboard. The unit also has an intelligent user interface that adjusts the configuration and key layout on-the-fly based on game content and user requirements. The device was developed in conjunction with Intel in an effort to existing PC games to a hand-held device.
"The main problem with mobile PC gaming so far is that no one has been able to port the full mouse and keyboard experience onto a small size portable solution," said Min-Liang Tan, CEO and Creative Director, Razer. "By combining adaptive on-the-fly controls and display, we managed to maintain the full tactile keyboard in a miniature computer while saving valuable screen estate."
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'All units: 266 coming home'
Norwich — Dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles with bright lights and sirens blaring proceeded down Salem Turnpike late Thursday morning as a motorcade returned Officer Jonathan Ley, who was shot in Monday night's stand-off with a suicidal man, through the city he serves and back to his home.
Ley had been recovering from his injuries at Yale-New Haven Hospital and was released Thursday morning.
Along with Norwich, the vehicles bore the names of police departments in Groton, Waterford, East Lyme, Willimantic and New Britain. As the motorcade entered the city, a message went out on the police radio: "All units: 266 coming home." Police were stationed along Interstate 395 leading into Norwich.
"WISHING NPD OFFICER LEY A SPEEDY RECOVERY," proclaimed a sign outside the East Great Plain Volunteer Fire Company.
Brian Reynolds, a firefighter and EMT with the Franklin fire department, stood by the side of the road near East Great Plain station. He said he heard about the convoy on the scanner and came to support Ley.
"I wanted to be out here and welcome him back," Reynolds said. "Fire, EMS, police, we're all the same family. We're brothers in what we do."
Ley, a 38-year-old Norwich native who was hired by the department in 1998, was shot as police approached Jason Razzino, 30, in his apartment at the Cedar Glen complex Monday. Razzino fired at officers through the door and window of the apartment, hitting Ley multiple times.
The officer, who was at first listed in critical condition, is well respected by his peers. For the past two years, he has worked as a background investigator with the department's recruitment, selections and training division, attending numerous job fairs in the department's ongoing recruitment effort.
Bar owner Geoff Chase scheduled a special "Karaoke for a Cause" for the injured officer Thursday night at Chacer's Bar and Grill. Chase said he and Ley are good friends, and Ley sometimes sings a karaoke version Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell" at the Franklin Street establishment. After hearing news of Leys' injury, Chase organized the event.
Supporters were invited to drop by with notes, gift baskets, gift cards or anything they'd like Chase to deliver to Ley's home. Chase said he didn't know Ley would be released Thursday and originally had planned to have the gifts waiting for him when he got home.
Day staff writer Sasha Goldstein contributed to this report.
Girlfriend says Norwich shooter had alcohol, mental health problems
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L.E.S. Gaucho is definitely getting the message
By Judith Stiles
In street clothes, Nelson Jimenez looks like a regular teenager as he briskly trots down Avenue A, occasionally pausing to text message his friends. He might seem like just another young man with too much idle time on his hands; however, when Jimenez is dressed in baggy jeans and a camouflage jacket, lurking beneath the outfit is the soul of a great baseball player, just counting the days until spring training begins.
He is restless and itching like Superman to chuck the street clothes and make the transformation back into his beloved Lower East Side Gauchos baseball uniform. But this star player will not only have to wait until winter ends, he will have to rehab a broken shoulder that forced him to miss the big championship game against the Gauchos' chief rivals, the Youth Service League from Brooklyn. As a sophomore at La Salle Academy, Jimenez is considered a rising star in the New York City Little League baseball community, and because of his outstanding 2006 season, he was recently named 14-and-under M.V.P. and received three other awards: This lefty was co-winner of the Burt Beagle All-Around Award (given to the best Gaucho), the Batting Title Award and the Broken Record Award for a batting average of .530, 107 hits and nine triples.
Every baseball player has a good story from his or her childhood, and for Jimenez it all began with a little blue plastic bat and a spongy ball that his mother, Luz Robles, has added to the vast display of his trophies in their home. Although her mantra used to be "Don't play ball in the apartment!" Mom is his biggest fan and goes to every one of his games.
"I get devastated when a game is canceled," says Robles. She adds, "I love baseball and I just love being around those kids!"
Nelson Jimenez finished his 2006 L.E.S. Gauchos season under the leadership of Coach Dave McWater, who founded the L.E.S. Gauchos program in 2001. McWater is a longtime Lower East Side resident, community leader and current chairperson of Community Board 3. Realizing the need for a new type of baseball training program on the Lower East Side, shortly after 9/11 McWater hatched the brilliant idea of teaching youngsters how to play baseball using former professional players to coach, not just any available local dad. The current staff includes Frankie Rodriguez, who pitched for the Minnesota Twins, and Oreste Marrero, who was the starting first baseman for the Montreal Expos under manager Felipe Alou. The baseball knowledge and the coaching tips they give the upcoming players are like gold and would be hard to duplicate in any other New York City program. Jimenez is quick to point out that not only is he learning how to play baseball at a very high level, he's also learning some very important lessons in life from his coaches.
"Dave told me once, 'If you want to get somewhere in life, as with baseball, just put your head to it and don't give up easily.' This gave me a lot of self-confidence," says Jimenez as his fingers multitask their way through new text messages.
At 6 feet tall and 145 pounds, Jimenez has a commanding presence for a Little Leaguer, and he has earned the respect of his fellow ballplayers as captain of his team. He led the players through the ups and downs of an 80-game season, all the way to the championship game, which he could only stand by and watch after having suffered a broken shoulder right before the game. Although he could not pitch, he still did his usual pregame preparation of listening to music on his iPod, choosing a techno beat for such an important game.
For Jimenez, it was very difficult to watch the Gauchos lose to Youth Service, 6-2 and 4-1. But after the losses, Jimenez reminded his team, "You play baseball because you love the game and, win or lose, we are on the same team."
While his uniform languishes unused in a drawer, Jimenez wastes no time in preparing for next season. By now his shoulder is healed enough for him to follow a self-imposed workout routine that he designed for himself. It includes running a mile on a track, even in inclement weather, 700 pushups and 100 sit-ups, every single day.
Like many young athletes he has dreams of playing pro ball and he definitely wants to play college baseball, somewhere away from New York City. However, these dreams are over the home run fence somewhere in the distant future. These days Jimenez is busy being a typical teenager, text messaging, oiling his glove occasionally and waiting for the day he will hear that first glorious thunk of the ball in the leather, on the first day of spring training.
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Bremen Public Library Director Barbara Lison elected to OCLC Board of Trustees; New leaders, members participate in November Board meeting
DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 14 November 2012—Barbara Lison, Director of the Bremen Public Library in Bremen, Germany, has been elected to the OCLC Board of Trustees by the Board, and new leaders and new members began serving on the Board during a regular meeting November 3-5 in Dublin.
Ms. Lison has been Director of the Bremen Public Library since 1992. In 1999, she was also appointed CEO of the Public Enterprise Bremen Public Library. Ms. Lison has served as President of Bibliothek Information Deutschland, the national umbrella organization of German library and information associations, and is currently an Executive Committee member of the German Library Association. She is a member of IFLA's Governing Board and has held many leadership positions in the European Bureau for Libraries, Archives and Documentation Associations. She holds university degrees in Slavonic studies, history and educational theory from Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
Ms. Lison replaces Elisabeth Niggemann, Director General of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (DNB- German National Library), who served two four-year terms on the OCLC Board beginning in November 2004.
Sandy Yee, Dean of the Wayne State University Libraries and Library and Information Science Program, was elected Chair of the OCLC Board of Trustees, replacing Larry Alford, Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Libraries, who served as Chair from 2007 to 2012. Mr. Alford will continue serving as a member of the Board.
Bernadette Gray-Little, Chancellor, University of Kansas, was elected Vice Chair, OCLC Board of Trustees. She replaces Edward W. Barry, President Emeritus, Oxford University Press, who previously served as Vice Chair of the Board. He will continue to serve as a member of the Board.
Ms. Yee welcomed new Board members Loretta Parham, CEO and Library Director of the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, and Jennifer Younger, Executive Director, Catholic Research Resources Alliance, who were both elected to the Board by Global Council in April.
The Board of Trustees passed resolutions to honor three former Board members, whose terms expired in November, for their loyal and diligent service to the OCLC cooperative. They included Ms. Niggemann; Bruce Newell, retired Director, Montana Library Network, who served on the Board since 2006; and Betsy Wilson, Dean of University Libraries, University of Washington, who served on the Board since 2000, and was Board Chair from 2003 to 2007. The Board passed a resolution recognizing Mr. Alford for his dedicated service and effective leadership as Chair of the Board.
"OCLC owes all of these accomplished leaders in the library community a deep debt of gratitude for their service," said Ms. Yee.
The OCLC Board of Trustees currently comprises 16 members. Ten of the 16 trustees currently serving on the OCLC Board of Trustees are librarians.
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NWSB Insider and Vancouver Canucks blogger Richard Hodges counts down the top 14 goals of Alex Burrows NHL career with video in this article. He had his 500th NHL game this week. It's quite the achievement for the undrafted ball-hockey player who has blown every expectation pinned to him out of the water. Where would the Canucks be without Alex Burrows using his ball hockey skill?
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Lidia's Italy In America "Baltimore: A Baltimore Classic - The Civic Club Sandwich" In this episode, Lidia heads to Baltimore, where she visits an institution of Italian food: Di Pasquale's market. Back in the kitchen, Lidia prepares Spiedini alla Romana, Minestrone, and the Italian-American Civic Club Sandwich. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "Grilling" Bridget shows Chris how to make Grilled Thin-Cut Pork Chops and Grilled Potato Hobo Packs. Then, Adam reveals his top picks for grill tongs. Next, Chris shares the test kitchen's top new gadgets, and finally, Julia uncovers the secrets to Grilled Lemon Chicken. D
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Price strikes out 10 in dominant effort vs. Reds
CINCINNATI -- David Price got the four at-bats he wanted, but he came up two outs short of a shutout while leading the Rays to a 2-1 win over the Reds on Friday.
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CINCINNATI -- David Price got the four at-bats he wanted, but he came up two outs short of a shutout while leading the Rays to a 2-1 win over the Reds on Friday.
In victory, the Rays snapped their Interleague losing streak at five games while winning for the first time in four games at Great American Ball Park.View Full Game Coverage
Tampa Bay is now 2-2 on its current nine-game road trip.
Price told reporters prior to his start that he wanted to get four at-bats, which would mean either the team was hitting or that he pitched deep into the game.
Well, the ace of the Rays' staff got his wish. Despite taking the collar and going 0-for-4 -- the last at-bat manager Joe Maddon forbid him to swing -- Price couldn't have been happier. He just wished he had back the fastball he threw to Joey Votto.
Protecting a 2-0 lead with one out in the ninth, Price surrendered an 0-1 fastball to Votto, who deposited the pitch into the left-field stands to chase Price.
"[Catcher] Jose [Molina] called a curveball on the 0-1 to Votto, but I was having trouble seeing [the signals] all night," Price said. "I thought he called fastball away. That stinks, but it's just one of those things. And, obviously, we didn't cross up Votto."
Making his third start of the season, Price held the Reds to one run on four hits and a walk while striking out 10 in 8 1/3 innings to move to 2-0.
Though Price was pitching in an early-season game, Maddon did not mind letting him take the mound in the ninth. He had gone from 90 pitches at the end of six, to 101 after seven and 107 after eight.
"So I thought he was in pretty good shape," Maddon said. "More concerned about Votto, so I wanted him to pitch to Votto. And he gets the [strikeout] on Brandon Phillips and Votto hits the homer. That's how it works sometimes.
"But he was really good. Working everything. He brought the curveball into the latter half of the game. Fastball velocity maybe not as great, but really good movement. ... Good changeup. He just had a really nice mix and him and Jose Molina did a nice job together."
Price made a favorable impression on Reds manager Bryan Price.
"He was aggressive in the zone," Bryan Price said. "He commanded both sides of the plate. He didn't walk people. It's a difference-maker. He challenged guys in the zone.
"He was able to move the ball in and out. He had a real good changeup, which I think was really a difference-maker that he could throw any time in the count. He had a handful of 3-2 strikeouts so he had some big pitches."
Grant Balfour took over for Price after Votto's homer hoping to nail down the final two outs. But after he struck out the first batter he faced, Ryan Ludwick, the game got interesting.
Jay Bruce and Todd Frazier drew walks before Devin Mesoraco stepped to the plate carrying his .455 batting average with him. After Balfour got behind 1-0, he threw a wild pitch that allowed the runners to move to second and third. At that point, Balfour decided he would not let the hot-hitting Mesoraco beat him, so he pitched around him to load the bases and bring pinch-hitter Brayan Pena to the plate.
Balfour caught Pena looking at a fastball for strike three to end the game and earn his third save of the season.
"Tonight wasn't one of my better nights, as far as executing the pitches," Balfour said. "I guess you have to say I executed them when it counted at the end there."
Johnny Cueto started for the Reds and showed why he's one of the National League's best. He just couldn't best Price.
Evan Longoria singled off Cueto in the first to score Desmond Jennings from second and give the Rays a 1-0 lead. Matt Joyce added to the lead when he powered a 452-foot homer to right off Cueto in the third, putting the Rays up 2-0.
Cueto allowed two runs on five hits and four walks while striking out six in seven innings, giving him a quality start in a losing decision, as he fell to 0-2 on the season.
Cueto has "got great command," Maddon said. "He pitches off the edges on purpose. He definitely knows what he's doing. He does not want to throw the ball over the plate. He will not do it unless he has to, and he can do it whenever he wants. That's what I saw."
Price put the win in perspective.
"That was a big game for us, coming off an off-day yesterday and losing the series in Kansas City," Price said. "It was good just to get out there and set the tone for the rest of the series."
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May 4, 2008
NEW LONDON, Conn. - After finishing a close third at the NEWMAC meet a week earlier, the New England Division III championship posed a challenge for the MIT women's track and field team. On a particularly uninspiring day weather-wise at the track and field complex of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy along the Thames River, the Engineers closed out the championship in third with 77 points just behind national powers Williams (111) and Amherst (81) and ahead of Middlebury (72) and Tufts (66.5).
With qualifying standards, numbers only matter if a team's competitors can achieve qualifying marks. MIT was shorter on numbers than most of the top 10 teams, but relatively stronger at the top of the results. The possibility of repeating last year's second-place team finish was still remote going into the final event, the long-lasting pole vault. Quality efforts left them just short, as Emily Hwang added another Gold to her season after clearing 11'1.75" for the win, while Karin Fisher finished fourth with a jump of 10'8".
The team opened smartly on Friday evening as the Engineers put 13 points on the board in the 10000-meter run. Hana Adaniya, Jennifer Doyle, and Lauren McCarthy closed in third, fifth, and sixth, respectively. Adaniya's final time of 37:39.03 served as an NCAA provisional cut.
The following day, MIT's first points on the track were tallied by Jacqui Wentz in the steeplechase. Running solo in the three races she contested in April, Saturday's contest found her chasing a pair of national automatic qualifiers and a meet record, and she was rewarded with a provisional national qualifier of her own. Her final time of 11:04.47 marked the second-fastest time in Institute history.
Two events later, Adrienne Bolger placed fourth in a competitive 1500m. With the top 8 entries within six seconds, there was a bit of gamesmanship and tactics on the oval; no one wanting the lead, but no one willing to let the pace lag too much. The tightly-bunched seeded section did not start breaking up until after the bell lap, and the win was still a hope for any one of the half-dozen racers down the homestretch. Bolger broke the line at 4:40.83, a new school record and just tenths away from the NCAA provisional marker.
Senior Aline Thomas covered three throwing events in two days. The senior took second in the hammer on Friday (156'3") and the Engineers second individual crown of the meet in the shot put (40'1.5") on Saturday, as well as a non-scoring 13th in the discus.
Also putting up points over two days was freshman Hazel Briner, who posted a fourth-place finish in the heptathlon with 3459 points.
In the short sprints, Margaret Leibovic placed fifth in the 100m final at 12.90, a duplicate of her trials round time, and seventh in the 200 in 26.49.
The final track points came in the 4x800m relay where an inspired quartet of Andrea Bradshaw, Wentz, Doyle, and Bolger ran to fourth overall after being seeded in the slow section. Passing the stick in 9:26.67, the performance was just two seconds out of the runner-up spot from the fast heat.
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One of the most buzz-worthy titles at this year's Sundance Film Festival is already off the market.
"jOBS," the festival's closing-night film starring Ashton Kutcher as Apple founder Steve Jobs, will be released by Open Road Films in April, the independent distributor said Thursday. Open Road, co-owned by movie theater chains AMC Entertainment and Regal Entertainment, will handle the release in the U.S. and Canada on behalf of Five Star Films, which financed the movie.
The film follows Jobs' life from 1971 through 2000, and much of the picture was shot in the garage where the late entrepreneur first launched Apple Inc. in Palo Alto.
The movie, which is to premiere at Sundance on Jan. 25, is the first of two new Hollywood productions that center on Jobs. The other, being written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, reportedly will only have three scenes, all of which occur backstage before three vital Apple product launches.
In a statement announcing the film's acquisition, producer Michael Hulme described Kutcher's performance in "jOBS" as "inspiring and unforgettable." But reception for the film at the Park City, Utah, festival will be a bellwether for Kutcher, the 34-year-old star of TV's "That 70's Show" and "Two and a Half Men" who has not always been taken seriously as an actor.
In recent years, Kutcher has primarily appeared in movies such as the romantic comedies "New Year's Eve" and "No Strings Attached." His 2009 Sundance effort, "Spread," was a critical and commercial flop.
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Friday night at Patricia Wilson Field Jacobson held tournament host Stetson, the tournament's second seed, to two hits on the way to a 6-1 win. It was the first loss of the tournament for Stetson. Whitney Kiihnl had started the previous three games and pitched 20 innings., striking out 35. Jacobson gave Kiihnl a much-needed break.
"I can't say enough about the job that she did and what it means to our team as far as the position we are in at this point," Lady Bisons coach Kristin Ryman said. "We owe a lot to her.
"It is so gratifying to get a full seven innings out of her at this point in the season. And she was able to show people she can handle this as well. It was a huge clutch performance."
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons, the No. 1 seed, are one game away from the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship. USC Upstate and Stetson will play Saturday at noon. The Lady Bisons, the tournament's top seed, will play the winner for the championship at approximately 2 p.m.
Jacobson closed out the 8-0 win over Kennesaw State earlier in the day with a scoreless seventh inning. Ryman and assistant coach Lexi Myers were so impressed with that effort, coupled with Jacobson's late season outings that they decided to start her in such a key game.
"We told her to give us everything she could for as long as she could," Ryman said. "We told her we needed as much out of her as she could give."
Stetson had seen both Kiihnl and Christen Campbell on the mound this season. They had not faced Jacobson. "She is a very smart player," Ryman said. "She threw so well at the end of the season and that led to her getting this opportunity. She understands how to pitch. She is not just out there throwing.
"I think it showed throughout the game. She put the ball where she wanted to put it. It was vintage Alaina. She didn't necessarily wow anybody in the stands, but she kept the batters off balance."
Jacobson struggled to determine the umpire's strike zone in the first couple of innings, giving up the lone run of the game for Stetson in the second inning.
"What a gutsy performance by Alaina," Ryman said. "She had a rough start and walked three in the first two innings. She herself into some jams and worked her way out. As soon as she figured out the umpire's zone she made her adjustments."
Jacobson is not the fastest pitcher in the conference. She isn't going to dazzle anyone with her strikeout totals. But she knows how to get batters out. She is quick to credit her teammates for their strong defensive support.
"I try to mix up my pitches and rely on my defense," Jacobson, 6-4 this season, said. "It was really all about defense. I can't do anything without the defense.
"I try to move the ball. I wanted to try to get comfortable and find my zone. I realized I could throw the ball low in the zone and that is where I stayed most of the time."
The Lady Bisons did not commit an error. The bulk of the defensive work was handled by shortstop Courtney Billington.
"Courtney had a good defensive game," Jacobson said. "They all did a great job.
Jacobson was not surprised to see her name on the roster as the starting pitcher.
"I was ready for anything at this point," Jacobson said. "I have been practicing and trying to stay ready."
Most of the work that Jacobson puts into her performances is accomplished behind the scenes. She is a student of the game. She also is a leader of workouts for the pitchers that go beyond what is asked of them in practice.
"She is that player who does a lot of things that nobody ever notices," Ryman said. "She will study charts. She will pay attention to little things in a game even when she is not pitching to help out both our hitters and pitchers.
"From a workout standpoint she does so many little things that people won't see. She has been one who takes the initiative and leads the pitching staff through all these workouts. No one really loves workouts, but she has kept a positive attitude and she has changed the mentality of our pitchers."
Lipscomb's Kellie Sirus has been the most dominating player offensively in the Atlantic Sun Tournament. In four games she has four home runs, two doubles and 11 runs batted in.
Sirus continued her home run assault, slamming a three-run shot over the center field fence in the first inning. She drove in Lauren Dortwegt and Mackenzie Tucker who had both reached base on singles.
In the third Mollie Mitchell doubled to left center to bring in Sirus who had opened the inning with a walk. Mitchell scored when Abby Keese singled to left.
Tucker singled up the middle in the sixth to bring in Kiihnl who reached base on an infield hit and moved to second on a sac bunt by Dortwegt.
The Lady Bisons are 47-11, the second highest win total in the history of the program and two short of the all-time record of 49 set in 1997 in the NAIA era.
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The Eccentric Vision of William Stolpin will feature prints from the long and distinguished career of Bill (as he's known to most) Stolpin. Currently living and printing in Holly, Michigan, Stolpin, a retired engineer, has been making prints for over 50 years. He began making linoleum block Christmas cards when he was in junior high school. One year, he made a card with seven different blocks and fifteen colors, which helped him decide to explore printmaking more seriously. He studied with internationally known lithographers and relief printers and has been teaching printmaking classes at the FIA Art School for the past decade. When asked how he would sum up his work as a printmaker, he used the word "eccentric." He works in multiple print mediums, including woodcuts, linocuts, etchings, aquatints, and serigraphs.
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David Walliams' model wife pregnant
The Little Britain star, 41, wed the Dutch beauty in May, 2010 and now the couple is starting a family together.
Announcing the news on his Twitter.com blog, Walliams writes, "Some wonderful news. My beautiful wife Lara is pregnant. We are having a baby! It is due next year and we both couldn't be happier."


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Hey from Texas!! First-time poster, long-time Lurker. This is a great forum. I have learned alot from y'all and I really appreciate it.
Although I have a TC Hawken in .50 caliber that I've owned for many years, I am unfamiliar with blackpowder pistols and have yet to purchase one. I would like to own an 1860 Army in .44 caliber, and recently had an opportunity present itself to me.
My Uncle's best friend recently passed, and now his friend's widow is selling off her late-husband's small collection of firearms. Among them is a new-in-the-box, unfired Belgian Centaure. Serial No. 27## with "Made in Belgium" on the bottom of the backstrap, rampant Centaur on the left side just ahead of the brass triggerguard, and "CENTENNIAL Trade Mark" followed by "1960 New Model Army" on the 8" barrel. I don't know a whole lot about these, but from what I've read they sound pretty nice and I think this one is a 1st Model RNMA manufactured in 1962 or 1963??
First question - How is the quality of these Centaure pistols?? Will it stand up to regular loads and usage?? Are the specs of the various components good so that I won't have to have alot of gunsmith work performed to correct the arbor length, timing of cylinders, etc. so that it will function reliably?? I don't own safe queens and would like to shoot it every now and then.
Second question - I want to be fair and reasonable. I don't want to steal the pistol from the lady, and I don't want to get gouged on the price either. I could buy a new Uberti for around $325. What would be a fair price for this Belgian Centaure??
|February 24, 2013, 01:30 PM
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From what I know, Go get in your vehicle and drive over there AS FAST AS YOU CAN AND BUY IT TODAY!!!
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|February 24, 2013, 01:40 PM
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Anything less than $500 would be very fair if it's unfired.
They are worth much more than a new Uberti.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not shoot it.
If you want a Centare to shoot, I'll be happy to trade you a REALLY nice shooter and some cash for an unshot one to be a safe queen. You will take $200 off of the value the first time you load it. Do posterity a favor and let that one stay as-is. PM if you want to wrangle.
|February 24, 2013, 01:42 PM
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What deerslayer said... The last one that sold on Gunbroker was unfired apparently, not in the box and went for 480 plus 20 shipping. I have no idea what the box would be worth, to a collector in good condition it might bring 150 or more into the equation. The one you're looking at has an early serial # so it has the largest chambers, equivalent to the originals and is generally in the era of the "best" production years which is to say much better than any of the other replicas.
Here's a link to the Centaure fanatics associates... http://www.1960nma.org/
Check the piece carefully to be certain it is an Army model and not the Civilian model. The Civilians are exceedingly rare and in the condition you describe would probably be quite valuable.
I have my own in route as we speak, also in the box.
|February 24, 2013, 01:55 PM
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I guess I mis-stated part of what I said. Rather than "new-in-the-box", I should simply have said "new". I casually stated new-in-the-box thinking it was just an expression and didn't give any thought to an actual box adding value. I'm pretty sure this one does not have the original box.
|February 24, 2013, 02:08 PM
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A box serialized to the revolver adds $100-$200 to the value to a collector. the better the revolver, the more value is added by the box. A beat up revolver in the box... "Meh" on the box. A new unturned one in the box... it's worth $200.
Without the box...
NEW and UNTURNED is NEW!!
NEW (unfired) is "New".
Excellent is Excellent.
Used is Used
Abused is Abused.
If it's a REALLY nice one, preserve it. Makes no difference if it's NEW or just... "new".
If you want a shooter, you can find a shooter that has already lost it's value as a collector and preserve this one. Just don't take a really nice one and make a daily shooter out of it. One that's already shot 500 rounds will be worth the same after it's shot 5000. One that is new or nearly new will be worth the same as the one that's shot 5000 after it's shot 50.
|February 24, 2013, 02:48 PM
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Someone who knows, please do us a favor...
First of all, Welcome to the forum.
I will describe what I know about these revolvers which will give you a hint as to why you are getting the responses you are.
There is a site which you should visit right away for some good gouge.
FAL intended to manufacture these revolvers in the 19th century under license (I think it was a licensing arrangement) from Colt.
The drawings were the actual drawings provided by Colt and so the specs were (I think) identical to the Colt 1860 Army. I don't know about the metalurgy. I also don't know if any revolvers were actually made in the 1800's under that license.
Then in the middle of the twentieth century, the resurgence of interest in cap and ball revolvers, drove FAL to re-release the revolver based upon the drawings they still had.
They called it the 1960 New Model Army. It was very high in quality for the period of manufacture. But what is notable is that is it a truer representation of the original revolver than even the Imperato sponsored second and third gen Colts.
To find an unfired one is rare and boy it you got the box and papers with it, it is a real find.
It is easily worth the 325.00 you would pay for a new Uberti but in the end you would be well advised to buy a shooter since this revolver should be considered to be a collector revolver and should be handled as little as possible.
I have one. (SN952) I like it but in truth it does not perform all that much better than the other 1860 clones I have. Make no mistake. I would not part with it, but I don't shoot it any more.
Others on the forum are better informed on these excellent revolvers and I am hoping soemone will wade in and confirm or debunk what I have said.
In short, don't let that revolver out of your sight.
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|February 24, 2013, 03:03 PM
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We expect you to post pics after you buy it.
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|February 24, 2013, 04:54 PM
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I will vote with the rest of the guys, buy and not shoot it, I just recently bought a Uberti 1860 Army .44 from Dixie for $290 + shipping.
|February 24, 2013, 05:54 PM
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Depends on the real condition. I just bought one that has never been fired, but it was stored badly and has pits and such from being in a leather holster for 50 years. Collector value is nil, but she's as tight as a drum. and I will shoot her. She aint purtymous as a NIB non fired one, but she'll do.
|February 25, 2013, 08:00 AM
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Sotheren_Partisan - what the other pards said plus:
Please, download a data sheet from www.1960nma.org - left navigation bar - complete it with the data of your hopefully by now liberated Centaure, and mail it to me at [email protected].
I would like to add the data to our Centaure survey. Helps with the research project.
And since you are in Texas I am planning on being in your great State during fall to attend CAS shoots in the Columbus and Clarendon area with 2 of my Centaure conversions.
If you happen to be available for some coffee let's talk Centaure.
Thanks & regards from Germany,
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|February 26, 2013, 11:16 AM
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Buy it you'll like it.I have two,the are excellant quality if you get an early one{pre 1970}and very accurate.I bought mine several years ago on gunbroker and paid $385.each
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Dunn, Goff, Jackson, Roach will make up the hall�s latest class.
LA GRANGE � Friday night at halftime of its non-conference football game with East Duplin, North Lenoir will induct four men into its sports hall of fame.
Paul Dunn III has been either on the court as a player or on the sideline as a coach for some of the most successful years of North Lenoir basketball history.
�This means a lot to me,� Dunn said. �Forty or 50 years from now, my children�s grandchildren will be able to see this award and say, �Grandad was a pretty good ballplayer and coach.�
�This is a real honor to me. I worked hard as a player and I coached hard. I am proud to be a North Lenoir Hawk.�
As a player, Dunn, a powerful forward, led the Hawks to the NCHSAA 3A Eastern Regionals his junior and senior seasons of 1993 and 1994. As a coach in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons, he led North Lenoir to records of 20-5 and 18-7. His .760 winning percentage as a coach is the best for any Hawks basketball coach who coached for at least two seasons.
�Paul was an outstanding student-athlete for North Lenoir,� Hawks Athletic Director Wayne Barwick said, �and his coaching record speaks for itself.�
While leading the Hawks on the court to three straight conference titles, Dunn was named all-conference three times. He was one of the team�s top scorers and its leading rebounder all three years.
Following his high school graduation in 1994, Dunn took his playing skills to Mount Olive College, where he was a four-year letterman for the Trojans basketball team. He received the Omega Psi Phi Human Relations Award and a scholarship to MOC, where he earned his degree in 2000.
At MOC, he was an all-tournament selection in the Trojan Pickle Classic in 1997 and a member of the Trojan Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He earned the Trojan Success Award from MOC in 2005.
He and his family now resides in Kinston, where he works for Dixon Social Interactive Services as the Child and Adolescent Director. He�s working towards his Masters of Science degree and hopes to earn it in 2015.
He is married to the former Tumua Sualevai and they have three sons, Darnell, Darius and Damian.
Although his sons are students at Kinston High School, Dunn is quick to point out where his heart lies.
�They may attend Kinston, but anyone who knows me knows I�m a North Lenoir Hawk through and through,� Dunn said.
The sport of wrestling came naturally for Darryl Goff.
When he entered North Lenoir as a freshman, he fell in love with it, according to his high school coach Steve Zimarino.
�It just fit his personality,� Zimarino said of Goff�s entry into wrestling. �He was one of those kids who picked up on it very well. (Wrestling) is a tough, demanding sport, and he just fell in love with all aspects of the sport.�
During his high school career, Goff was a state qualifier three times and a state champion in 1993 and 1994. He also earned Eastern Regional MVP in 1994. Goff won 43 tournaments while attending North Lenoir, ending his high school career with a 241-38 record.
�He was extremely dedicated and one of the most gifted athletes I�ve ever coached,� Zimarino said. �He made a lot of sacrifices in his social life during his time � and it paid off for him.�
Goff went undefeated his senior year.
Zimarino, now the assistant athletic director at Croatan High School, said Goff became the only individual state champion to come out of North Lenoir when he won the state�s 3A competition in the 119 weight class in 1994.
Goff�s wrestling success, which includes coaching after high school, earned him a spot in the North Lenoir Sports Hall of Fame.
�I think it�s a long time coming,� Zimarino said about the induction. �His accomplishments outside of North Lenoir � speak for themselves and he deserved to be in the North Lenoir Hall of Fame. He represented his school very well back in his tenure.�
Goff resides in Deep Run and works at Kinston Neuse Corp. He was an assistant wrestling coach at North Lenoir, Kinston High School and Ayden-Grifton.
Wayne Jackson had one of the unique perspectives of any Hawk as he was a very successful football player and later, one of the school�s best football coaches. That�s what makes Friday night�s Hall of Fame induction that much more special for him.
�This means a great deal to me, since I had a pretty good career playing at North Lenoir and coaching there for 10 years,� he said. �I was lucky to come through as a student when there was a lot of school pride.�
He was a three-sport athlete � football, basketball and baseball � for the Hawks in the 1970s, graduating in 1979. But it was on the gridiron where Jackson�s athletic skills shone the brightest.
Jackson, a hard-hitting defensive player, was an all-conference selection his junior and senior seasons and was an NCHSAA All-East honorable mention both years. He went on to play at Chowan Junior College, where he started 23 straight games and earned honorable mention All-Region 10 honors. He later graduated from Catawba College with a bachelor�s degree in physical education.
He coached at North Pitt, Wallace-Rose Hill, Greene Central and East Duplin before taking over the reins of the North Lenoir program in 1999.
As the head coach in Wheat Swamp, his teams won 38 games, trailing only Doug Hill � the coach he played for in the 1970s � by four overall victories at NL. The eight wins by the 2003 Hawks is the most for a coach in North Lenoir football history. His teams made the state playoffs five straight years (2002-06). His 2004 Hawks won the school�s only football playoff game, a 24-21 victory against Randleman.
When he resigned as North Lenoir coach in 2009, he was the second-winningest coach in school history and had the third-most victories in county history. It�s ironic that he�ll be inducted tonight as the school he now coaches for, East Duplin, will be facing his alma mater.
�My colors are now (East Duplin) blue; that�s where I coach now and I owe it to the student-athletes and my fellow coaches,� Jackson said. �But my heart is still with North Lenoir in a lot of ways. I was a Hawk and I�ll always be a Hawk.�
Jackson was an assistant in the 2006 East-West Game in Greensboro. He�s a member of the Pleasant Hill Masonic Lodge and a Sudan Temple Shriner. He�s a member of the N.C. Coaches Association and the N.C. Football Coaches Association.
Jackson has been married to the former Suzann Tyndall for 22 years; they have a son, Wiley, who is a baseball player at Pembroke College. The Jacksons currently reside in Lenoir County near Kinston.
Jason Roach proved a kid from a small town can make it big.
The former North Lenoir baseball star was drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round in 1997. He played 11 years in the minor league and made a big league pitching debut in 2003 against the Anaheim Angels.
Roach said the love of the game and having support helped him reach that level.
�I was very lucky to have a family � a mom and dad � who supported what I was doing and who was behind me the whole way,� he said. �I had good coaching coming up the whole way, and the biggest thing was I loved doing it and I wanted to do it. I practiced a lot and worked a lot at it.�
Roach forwent basketball and soccer to pursue baseball fulltime upon entering North Lenoir. The 1994 graduate played varsity baseball from 1991-94 as a pitcher and shortstop, finishing with a .324 batting average.
He was all-conference in 1993 and 1994 before earning a scholarship to UNC Wilmington, where he set a single-season record for the longest hitting streak in 1997 with 23 games. But as his last year at North Lenoir wrapped up, he wasn�t even sure he�d make it to a Division I school.
Roach didn�t get the offer until late in his senior year, so he felt his story would encourage others to �stay with it and pursue what you�re trying to do.�
Roach recalls a team filled with talent during his tenure at North Lenoir.
�Literally, the teams we were on were winning 20 games a year, and we were very competitive,� he said. �Baseball in general was fun because we were good and we had a lot of team camaraderie. That was the most exciting part of North Lenoir baseball for me.�
He said he had a great experience in his pro career, especially when he was called up to MLB and received his own baseball card � it�s what he compared being inducted into the North Lenoir Sports Hall of Fame with.
�I�m looking forward to it,� Roach said. �North Lenoir is a small school in a small town. I think (the Hall of Fame induction) just shows a lot of people, hopefully across the county, you can make it � even being from a small place like that.�
Roach currently lives in Raleigh and is the co-owner of the city�s Diamond Stars Baseball.


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Now former CEO of Sydney Ferries Geoffrey Smith has been jailed for at least 18 months after defrauding the government corporation of more than $200,000.
Family members of the retired rear admiral wept in court as he was sentenced to prison today.
Sydney District Court heard Smith was hired to help turn the troubled transport company around in August 2006 but soon begun using his CEO credit card for personal expenses.
From September 2006 to May 2008 he defrauded Sydney Ferries of more than $128,000.
He eventually paid back all but $23 of this but then went on to steal a further $111,649.
This was spent on funding a lavish lifestyle, which included expensive family holidays and repayments on a Sydney home valued at more than $2 million.
In handing down his decision, Judge Michael Finnane said that up until this point in Smith's career he was a man of "exemplary good character".
At the time of his retirement from the navy in 2002 he was Maritime Commander of the Australian Fleet, had won a number of military decorations and had been made an officer of the Order of Australia.
"In every sense it is a tragedy that such a distinguished man should find himself facing sentence for fraud offences."
Smith, who pleaded guilty to one charge of cheating or defrauding Sydney Ferries, told the court earlier this year that he had promised his wife a comfortable home in her retirement.
To this end he bought a property for them in Sydney's north in 2002, carrying with it a $1.5 million mortgage.
By the time he was CEO of Sydney Ferries four years later he was in a dire financial position, attempting to pay off a crippling mortgage and his wife's medical expenses.
Notwithstanding this, he continued to live beyond his means, borrowing more money in 2007 to put in a swimming pool, lease two BMW cars, buy his wife jewellery and pay for expensive family holidays.
"Clearly his lifestyle far exceeded his income and he chose from May 2008 onwards to engage in active fraud of Sydney Ferries," Judge Finnane said.
When the matter first came before him, Judge Finnane said he thought the sentence might be able to be served by way of an Intensive Correction Order rather than full-time imprisonment.
However, he said Smith's case was a "very serious example of a major fraud" and highlighted the need for general deterrence.
He sentenced him to a minimum of 18 months and a maximum of two-and-a-half years.
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But statewide and nationwide, reliable data on the heroin problem is difficult to come by.
Look at the Pennsylvania heroin death statistics from 1999 through 2010 (incredibly, the most recent available from the Centers for Disease Control) and it's hard discerning a trend. Here are the numbers.
1999: 139
2000: 102
2001: 80
2002: 113
2003: 140
2004: 121
2005: 124
2006: 84
2007: 68
2008: 126
2009: 135
2010: 102
If that were a graph, it would look like a roller coaster.
Are we in the midst of a heroin epidemic or not?
Or do these deaths just ebb and flow sporadically?
The statistics highlight a significant problem in efforts to counter heroin use.
According to a recent Digital First Media report, statistics provided by the CDC are problematic -- a situation the CDC acknowledges.
The CDC reported 3,036 people died from heroin overdoses in the U.S. in 2010 -- but the agency agrees that number is likely at least 25 percent too low.
The problem is inconsistency in reporting from various jurisdictions.
In some jurisdictions, death certificates don't indicate which drug was responsible for the fatal overdose.
In some jurisdictions, toxicology tests were not conducted during autopsies. And even then, it can be difficult to determine that heroin was the cause of death.
Couple all that with computer problems at the CDC (the 2011 figures won't be released until this week) and lawmakers and law enforcers are flying blind.
Well, not exactly blind. The people on the front lines know what's happening in their communities.
The police know that they're seeing more heroin and more overdoses.
The people on the front lines know that we're in the midst of a heroin epidemic -- and they're marshaling forces. Some state district attorneys have begun charging dealers with crimes related to heroin overdoses.
That's good -- and there's no need to wait for the CDC stats to catch up to do any of that.
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Difficult Day at Brandeis Invitational
WALHTAM, Mass. — It was a tough day out on a strip for the Yale women's fencing team, who finished the Dec. 2 Brandeis Invitational here in Waltham, Mass., with a 1-5 record. The Bulldogs posted a victory against MIT.
The Yale team faced a difficult slate of competition during Sunday's tournament. That became clear from the beginning, as the Bulldogs fell to Johns Hopkins 9-18. Strong team after strong team made it difficult for the Yale fencers to gain traction: they fell to St Johns, Boston College, UNC and Brandeis, in successive fashion.
"We're all a bit disappointed, obviously," said senior captain Robyn Shaffer. "We made a strong effort and improved throughout the day, but we certainly weren't at our best at Brandeis."
But the Bulldogs closed the day on a stronger note. In a closely-fought match-up against MIT, Yale posted a 14-13 verdict, including a powerful 8-1 performance by the foil squad.
"There were great performances from squads and individuals at different times during the day," Shaffer said. "In our future competitions, we'll need to keep our confidence high and make sure our squads are on point together."
The team will take their experience from this fall's competitions as they head into the winter break, which begins now that the Brandeis Invitational has wrapped up. The Bulldogs will begin their spring competition on Jan. 19, when they host Sacred Heart at home.
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