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MONTREAL — Much was printed about the diet U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps claimed represented an average training day leading into the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Weighing in at 12,000 calories, his workouts were fuelled by a breakfast that included three fried egg sandwiches, an omelette, bowl of grits, French toast and three pancakes. Lunch and dinner weren't too shabby either, featuring about a pound of pasta per meal along with pizza, energy drinks and shakes.
So legendary are his eating habits that it was the No. 1 diet typed into Google's search engine in 2012, the year the 6-foot-4, 185-pound Phelps earned four gold and two silver medals at the London Olympic Games.
The idea that elite athletes can eat enough for two, or four in the case of Phelps, is a popular misconception despite their calorie-burning lifestyle. So while Phelps may indeed be the exception, how many calories does the average athlete consume daily?
Kelly Anne Erdman of the University of Calgary Sport Medicine Centre reviewed food diaries completed by 324 of Canada's top athletes training at eight elite athlete training centres across the country. The athletes, who represented 41 sports (26 summer, 15 winter), included one rest day in their three-day cycle.
The diaries revealed that the average caloric intake for a Canadian male athlete is 3,055 calories. Surprisingly it's just slightly above the ideal caloric intake for a 19- to 30-year-old male, which according to Health Canada ranges from 2,500 to 3,000 calories depending on their level of daily physical activity.
Canadian female athletes consumed 2,392 calories daily, again only slightly more than the recommended 1,900-2,350 calories that 19- to 30-year-old women should consume daily.
Erdman suggests that the athletes were short of their ideal daily caloric intake by about 300 calories, a phenomenon other similar studies of athletes has replicated. But she also suggests that self-reported food diaries often under-report daily food intake by about 20 per cent, which could boost calorie counts into a range more suitable for highly active elite athletes.
The athletes' diaries also revealed that they weren't eating enough carbohydrates, the fuel of choice for working muscles.
The same can't be said for protein, however. For the most part, they consumed over and above the recommended 1.2 to 1.7 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight athletes should take in per day.
As for how those calories were broken down during the day, the majority of athletes followed a similar schedule of three meals and two snacks with a tendency of back-loading their calories toward the end of the day. Breakfasts were their lightest meal, with snacks counting for about one-quarter of their total daily caloric intake (641 calories), a slightly lower snack count than the general Canadian population.
Erdman suggests that eating often helps athletes time their consumption to avoid any discomfort related to eating too soon or too much before a workout. It may also allow for greater food variety while still consuming the extra calories needed to fuel a high-energy lifestyle.
Marielle Ledoux, director of the faculty of Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Montreal, agrees that athletes need to time their meals to best suit their training schedules, but cautions that the three-meal, two-snack regimen isn't always ideal.
"Not all athletes should eat the same," she said, citing that the diet needs and timing of meals is largely dependent on the training schedule and the physical demands of the sport.
It's worth noting that the data collected in this study didn't indicate the athletes' sport or the time of day they scheduled their training and how many workouts they participated in per day. Not all athletes expend the same amount of energy during a training session and not all athletes are looking to achieve the same body composition. Bobsledders and gymnasts have very different body types and eat accordingly. Distance athletes or athletes who train two or three times a day will have very different energy needs than those whose training volume is much lighter.
"Looking at the total number of calories doesn't tell the whole story," Ledoux said.
Another interesting discovery of athletes' eating habits is the fact that they dialed back on their calories during rest days, eating about 300 fewer calories than on training days.
Overall, Ledoux says the data suggest Canadian elite athletes are on the right track when it comes to their eating habits, which she attributes to improved access to nutritionists and a better understanding of how nutrition affects performance. There is room for improvement, but it's clear that they are working hard to eat well on training and non-training days.
The same can't be said about younger, less experienced athletes, suggests Ledoux, who is in the process of studying similar data collected at the Canada and Quebec Games.
"Some of those kids were eating french fries for breakfast and then playing a match after that," she said.
Clearly, elite Canadian athletes acknowledge that their performance is only as good as their last meal. Our younger athletes, however, are somewhat reminiscent of Phelps who, by the way, changed his eating habits leading into London, scaling down his breakfast to a large bowl of oatmeal, a large ham and cheese omelette, fresh fruit and coffee — truly a breakfast of champions.
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Enough with the catty comments about no posts in two weeks. We'll post when and if we feel like it, no matter what websites are on your toolbar. Today's heralded homestead is from z2amiller and this is a hot, hot property! Why? Because it's CLOSE TO GOOGLE!
1639 SPRING St
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Lot Size: 5,300 Sq. Ft.
On Redfin: 6 days
Status: Active
Property Type: Residential Land (Single Family)
Community: North Shoreline
Lot still has foundation left from house burn down Jan. 2013. Nice neighborhood close to HWY 101
The Streetview photos show the property before house burn down Jan. 2013 (but really, it's a nice neighborhood close to HWY 101!) Fortunately, z2a thinks bigger than that.
Okay so now I feel bad. I went to take pictures of this place and there's basically a person squatting here with possessions scattered around and it looks like they are taking shelter under a tarp tied up in a tree.
I am guessing it is the property owner, with as much stuff as there is the property, MV police would've kicked them out if they didn't belong. (I think?!) Also based on the MV voice article the lady who lived there was a hoarder, so given the state of the property (all of the garbage bags and random stuff all over) maybe it is the same person.
You can see the back of the person's head (DHO?) in one of the pictures, hanging out under the tarp.
Anyway I'm having a hard time being too snarky about it now. :-/
I guess the neighbors will be pretty thrilled when the place sells.
And that could be you, Mr. or Ms. Burbed reader, all three of you. You could put up a six-story apartment house and become rich beyond measure renting out cubicles to Googlers who will only come home to sleep.

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Massapequa Vamps battle van fire
Massapequa firefighters rushed to the scene of a vehicle fire early on Aug. 18. Officials said that one fire chief and an engine and heavy rescue truck responded to the parking lot on Front Street between Park Boulevard and 7th Avenue shortly after 2:30 a.m. They confronted a van there fully engulfed in flames. The fire was brought under control in approximately 20 minutes.
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U.S. Campground Evolution: More 'Cabins'
May 6, 2010 by Jeff Crider · Comments Off on U.S. Campground Evolution: More 'Cabins'
Before joining Thor Industries Inc. as its director of campground relations last year, Shane Ott spent 23 years with Billings, Mont.-based Kampgrounds of America Inc. (KOA), working his way up to president and COO of the company.
But during an address to private park operators attending the ReV up in Reno convention and tradeshow in Sparks, Nev. last month, Ott said the multi-week, long-haul family vacations that many of us grew up with are a thing of the past.
And while recent increases in fuel costs certainly encourage families to camp closer to home, that's not the only factor.
Most families, he said, no longer can afford time off work to take extended vacations of two weeks or more, as they had in years past. In most cases, both parents are working, and many find it difficult to leave work for more than a few days at a time. Their kids may also have sports practices and other extracurricular activities, which further complicate efforts to escape for a lengthy trip.
As a result, he said, people are taking shorter trips, and they're camping closer to home. And while there will certainly always be some people who have the ability to take long-haul, multi-week RV and camping trips, Ott said the phenomenon of families taking shorter trips closer to home is "a macro trend that is here to stay."
But while this may seem like an ominous development for private park operators, campground operators have found that they can broaden their guest base by investing in park model rental accommodations, which are perfect not only for people who don't have a tent or RV, but for time-deprived families who want to have a quick and easy weekend getaway without having to worry about packing tents and sleeping bags, let alone setting up and taking down camp.
Rental accommodations are lucrative, often generating three times as much as a typical RV site. Park models are more lucrative than RV sites not only because they generate more income per night, but because they tend to be booked more often and have higher average occupancy rates than RV sites.
"To some extent," Ott said, "campgrounds have insulated themselves from dependence on RVs by investing in park models."
This is one reason why several Thor subsidiaries have partnered with the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) to provide campground operators with special pricing on rental accommodations, including park models manufactured by Breckenridge Division of Damon Corp. and CrossRoads RV as well as travel trailers manufactured by Airstream Inc. and Keystone RV Co.
During an interview with Woodall's Campground Management, Ott said the park operators were directly involved in helping the Thor companies develop their respective rental products. CrossRoads RV, the latest to join the ARVC-Thor promotion, has several features, including:
- 5/8-inch pine plank tongue and groove interior paneling instead of ¼ inch paneling or gypsum board.
- No carpeting. Instead, the floors are covered with Beau Floor linoleum, which is easy to clean and more resistant to furniture scratching and cracking due to cold weather than other floor coverings.
- No curtains because the materials used in draperies can tear and hold odors. Instead, CrossRoads uses miniblinds, which can be easily cleaned and replaced as needed.
- Residential-style refrigerators. Guests prefer them over compact RV refrigerators because they hold more and work better. They can also be easily replaced as needed.
- Custom designed deck plans. CrossRoads has provided Lowe's with architectural drawings for patio decks that it designed specifically for its rental units. So whenever park operators want to install a patio, they can simply contact Lowe's, which will provide them with the deck plans as well as the lumber and other supplies they need.
Esther Osborne of Marble Quarry RV Park in Columbia, Calif., in California's famed gold rush country, told WCM she has seen evidence of the trends Ott described at her park, which her father has owned and operated for 32 years. She said the park has invested in cabins in recent years to broaden its market base and the results have been significant. "It used to be more clubs and older people that came in here," she said. "But now (with the rental accommodations), we're getting a huge mix with a lot of families with children."
In fact, Osborne was so impressed with the CrossRoads RV unit on display at the Cal-ARVC convention that she bought the unit, and hoped to have it ready for occupancy before Memorial Day weekend.
The convention was sponsored by the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (CalARVC) and the associations of several neighboring states.


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After some flirtatious overtures, the mob boss's daughter will get into her convertible with Niko, and the two will go for a test drive. It's absolutely integral that you don't deviate from the path laid out on your HUD. If you do, the girl will become suspicious of what you're doing, but if you stay on the path designated, you won't alert her that something's up until the right time. So, drive southward from her location on Hardtack Avenue, towards the southeastern corner of the borough of Alderney. When you do, you'll go to the location of the penitentiary. It's at this point that Niko will spring the trap.
When the game instructs you via a prompt to initiate the kidnapping, turn the car around and go towards the new mark on your HUD, which is located at the north end of Alderney. Your ultimate goal is to bring her to a safe house in this location, off of Catskill Avenue, where some of Packie's friends are waiting to take the girl. This drive isn't easy initially, however, and the girl will put up a fight, grabbing the wheel and forcing Niko all over the road. When she does this, slow down (but don't stop for too long!) and regain control of the car. Eventually, she'll piss Niko off enough that Niko will knock her out, and from there, the drive becomes a hell of a lot easier. Once you arrive at your location, the mission comes to an end.
Please keep in mind that at some point, Packie will call you up asking you to head back to the safe house and take a picture with your phone of the captive girl (her father thinks she's staying with some guy and wasn't kidnapped). When you get these instructions, head back to the safe house (it'll appear on your HUD), walk on in, and take a picture, sending it to Packie thereafter. Once that's done, things having to do with this mission are truly finished.
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Andrews University is jointly operated by the General Conference and the Lake Union Conference, and is the first university to be organized by the Adventist Church. The influence of the University is felt worldwide through our 28,000 alumni who work across the globe, with thousands of them serving the world church in leadership positions. The University's educational strength extends worldwide through affiliate and extension programs offering undergraduate and graduate degrees at 16 affiliated institutions on five continents. So when the world church holds its quinquennial business session, as expected, Andrews is front and center. As educational servant to the world church, Andrews University will be serving in various roles at the 58th session of the General Conference, June 30-July 9, 2005.
Andrews University is supplying 25 students as administrative pages for service in the various departments of the General Conference during the St. Louis meetings. The students were selected from an application process last winter and reflect the rich diversity of talent, language skills, and areas of study so prevalent among our Andrews students. They will be serving in various GC offices such as Secretariat, Session Management, Business Center, and Communication Department. Students selected to serve are: Jamie Alabata, Kofi Acheampong, Jessie Breyer, David Carbonell, Christopher Campbell, Paul Cho, Jean-Marcel Clouzet, Kristin Denslow, Jodi-Ann Flynn, Elizabeth Fresse, Juan Fresse, Monette Gray, Angelika Grozdic, Faith-Ann McGarrell, Irena Nesterova, Allison Nowack, Edgar Nunes, Josephine Ola, Omar Palmer, Georgiana Palmer, Joel Raveloharimisy, Erica Slikkers, Beverly Stout, Ricardo Woolcock, and Lianro Wagenersmith. Andrews University will award students a stipend, applicable to next year's tuition, for their service as administrative pages.
A number of Andrews administrators are members of the official delegation to the General Conference Session:
Delegates-at-Large—Dr. Keith Mattingly, Dr. John McVay, Dr. Patricia Mutch, Ms. Renee Skeete
Executive Committee Members—Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen. Mr. Edward Wines
Special Guests—Dr. Verlyn Benson, Dr. Annetta Gibson, Dr. James Jeffery, Dr. William Richardson, Dr. Charles Tidwell
You won't be able to miss the Andrews booth in the exhibit hall of the St. Louis Session. The 40x50 foot exhibit was designed by architecture faculty Andrew von Maur to reflect the brainchild of Dan Tilstra, development officer, and Neal Boger, booth coordinator. The booth is designed to show familiar architectural details from buildings on the campus, and will be filled with oversized photographs of people and places at Andrews. The focal point is a wall-size photo of Pioneer Memorial Church and the international flag walk. Andrews staff will be on hand to greet alumni attending the session, talk with prospective students, and answer general questions about the work and mission of Andrews University.
In addition to the university's general exhibit in the non-commercial section, Andrews will also be represented by a large commercial exhibit featuring publications from Andrews University Press. According to Ronald Knott, director of the Press, the 20' x 20' display will be located in a prime spot on the main promenade aisle. It will highlight, among other things, the Adventist Classic Library, a major new reprint series edited by George R. Knight; and Ranko Stefanovic's widely influential new commentary on the Book of Revelation
Tami Condon, director of Alumni Services, is planning to host alumni gatherings for Andrews alumni attending the GC Session. Information about these activities will be posted at www.andrews.edu/alumni/.
While most of the activities will be happening in St. Louis, the Andrews University campus is anticipating an influx of visitors during the summer as SDA church members from all over the world make "pilgrimages" to Battle Creek and stop by to see world-famous Andrews University. The Office of University Relations is serving as a center for summer hospitality and will be providing campus tours, language assistance, and other visitor services. Guests are invited to stop by and mark their visit to campus on a world map posted in the University Relations Building.


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By Caroline McGraw Oct 17, 2013 0
Taking the Lead
All right, fellow autism siblings, time to take a poll: How many of you know whether or not your parents have up-to-date wills, or whether or not your sibling has a special needs trust? If you have no idea, you're not alone; in fact, you're probably in the majority. According to a 2008 "Living with Autism" study conducted by Easter Seals, just 38 percent of parents who have children with an ASD have created a will, and just 17percent have created a special needs trust. In the past, I've written about the need for siblings to stand in these gaps; in fact, I created a month-to-month calendar for sibs outlining autism awareness tasks. Even so, I hesitated to talk with my own parents about estate planning. Though our parents have set up guardianship for my brother, I knew that there was more to be done. Certain important steps—such as updating wills and creating a special needs trust—had yet to be taken. I wanted to see a solid plan in place for the future, but I wasn't sure how to help our parents get moving.
Siblings may be reluctant to take the lead for several reasons. First, they may feel uncomfortable bringing up frightening possibilities, such as the loss of their parents. Next, they may feel awkward being the one to raise the topic, thinking that their parents should be the ones to do so. Finally, they may feel unsure of what action steps to request, and how to effectively follow up with their parents. I'm certainly not immune to these feelings. Fortunately, though, I have life experience on my side. As a former program director for a special needs support organization, I've helped families through the estate planning and special needs trust processes in the past. I knew firsthand how liberating it could be, the peace of mind it could afford.
Fortunately, when my family vacationed together last month, my mom brought up the subject. "Honey, we need help," she sighed. "We have all that information you helped compile about the trust, but we still haven't set an appointment with the lawyer. We really need to do it, we just haven't followed through … we need help."
A small part of me was incredulous. My parents are organized, efficient people, so why hadn't they picked up the phone and set an appointment? Yet a wiser part understood perfectly. The special needs planning process is easy to put off; it's important, but it doesn't feel urgent. So special needs caregivers procrastinate. What with doctor's visits, medications, therapies, and daily work, there's so much to be done as it is; who wants to add another item to their to-do list? Plus, it's scary for parents and caregivers to walk into a lawyer's office and sign documents that spell out what happens in a worst-case scenario.
"Okay," I said to my mom. "I hear you. It is really important, but don't worry. We'll think of something."
Throughout the vacation, I wondered: Aside from actually making the call myself, how can I support our parents in getting this done? How can I hold them accountable to what they know needs to happen? On the last day of our trip, I figured it out. As we were leaving, I told my parents, "I heard you when you asked for help with setting up the appointment with the lawyer. And I've been trying to figure out a way to provide accountability, because it's really important for all of us to have these documents in place. So, how about this as a boundary: No phone calls between us until you set the meeting with the lawyer."
I employed this strategy because my parents had asked me to help, and because we have a good relationship. We keep in touch on a regular basis, and we enjoy talking on the phone. Temporarily pulling the plug on something we all valued would motivate them more than nagging. And sure enough, an appointment is now on their calendar. Now, we're all breathing easier.


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One in every two women newly diagnosed with breast cancer reaches out to the society for help and support.
According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 4,440 new cases of invasive breast cancer and 900 deaths from breast cancer are expected to occur among women in Missouri in 2012. The American Cancer Society offers 24/7 support to those diagnosed with breast cancer and their loved ones. In fact, one out of every two women turn to the Society for help and support following their breast cancer diagnosis.
This Oct. the Society will be using National Breast Cancer Awareness Month to remind women about the importance of breast health.
"The American Cancer Society encourages all women to put their health first. We want women to understand the benefits of eating a balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and limiting alcohol intake," said Laura Ozenkoski, health initiatives director at the American Cancer Society. "More than 2.9 million breast cancer survivors will celebrate a birthday this year thanks to early detection and improved treatment."
Breast cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in women, second only to lung cancer. The Society is reminding women 40 and older to have a yearly mammogram and clinical breast exam. Also, the Society recommends that women ages 20 to 39 receive a clinical breast exam at least once every three years. The five-year survival rate is 99% for breast cancer that is diagnosed in the earliest stages.
The American Cancer Society is the most effective breast cancer-fighting organization in the world, and is doing the most to help people with breast cancer today and works tirelessly to find cures to end the disease tomorrow.
The Society has spent more on breast cancer research than on any other cancer, and has played an important part in many major breast cancer research breakthroughs in the past century, including demonstrating that mammography is an effective screening test for breast cancer, the development of tamoxifen and herceptin, and knowledge that genetics, poor diet, lack of exercise, and moderate drinking increase a person's cancer risk.
The Society also offers newly diagnosed women and those living with breast cancer a variety of programs and services to help them in their breast cancer experience.
• The Reach to Recovery program helps newly diagnosed patients cope with their breast cancer experience. Reach to Recovery volunteers offer the unique understanding, support, and hope from the perspective of someone who has survived breast cancer.
• The Look Good Feel Better program helps breast cancer patients manage the physical side effects of treatment. Patients gain beauty techniques to help improve their self-esteem and quality of life, but also a sense of support, confidence, courage and community with other cancer patients in the program.
• The Hope Lodge program offers patients and their caregivers free lodging for those receiving treatment far from home.
• The Society offers free information to help with treatment decisions and access to its programs 24/7 through 1-800-227-2345 and http://cancer.org.
The American Cancer Society's affiliate advocacy organization, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action NetworkSM (ACS CAN), continues to fight back against breast cancer by working to increase funding for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) that provides low-income, uninsured and underinsured women access to mammograms and Pap tests. Current funding only enables the program to serve less than one in five eligible women ages 40 to 64 nationwide. ACS CAN encourages anyone touched by this disease to let Congress know that support for the NBCCEDP is important and that an increase in funding for this program is vital to its continuation.
To get involved, or to learn more about this effort, please visit http://acscan.org/breastcancer.
The American Cancer Society combines an unyielding passion with nearly a century of experience to save lives and end cancer for good. As a global grassroots force of three million volunteers, we fight for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community.
We save lives by helping you stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early, helping you get well by being there for you during and after a diagnosis, by finding cures through ground-breaking discovery and fighting back through public policy.
As the nation's largest non-governmental investor in cancer research, contributing more than $3.8 billion, we turn what we know about cancer into what we do. As a result, an estimated 13.7 million people in America who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will be celebrating birthdays this year.
To learn more about us or to get help call anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345 or visit http://cancer.org.


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Kelly Shepherd of Shadyside and Joshua Gillespie of Pittsburgh were united in marriage July 9 in Ocho Rios, Jamaica. The Rev. Joseph Williams officiated. A reception followed at the Cabin in North Park when they returned.
The bride is the daughter of William and Paula Shepherd of Callery. Parents of the bridegroom are Michael and Carol Gillespie of Cranberry Township.
The bride is a 1998 graduate of Seneca Valley High School and is a graduate of Grove City College.
She is employed by the Community College of Allegheny County.
The bridegroom graduated from Seneca Valley High School in 1998 and from Geneva College.
He is employed by Equitable Resources in Pittsburgh.
Following a honeymoon trip to Ocho Rios, the couple is residing in Shadyside.


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Carriage Museum
The Carriage Museum is dedicated to preserving and restoring vehicles from yesteryear. Stop by and inspect our collection, one of the largest in the United States. In addition, our collection of saddles is second to none. The collection includes saddles once owned by Will Rogers, Clark Gable, Cisco Kid, Jimmy Stewart plus others.
Stagecoach Junction
First the Museum decorated a corner of the barn area to look like a cantina. It was Chuck Pressley's vision (Past Vice President) to make the saloon the beginnings of a western town. And so, here we are three years later at Stagecoach Junction.
With the building of Stagecoach Junction, we've enhanced the educational value of a tour through the Carriage Museum by merging the vision of the town with the experience of the children as they study the history of west.
The Carriage Museum is available for rental throughout the year, except for the months of June, July and August. The museum is open the 3rd Sunday of the month. Docent tours are available without reservations from 1pm to 4pm and you can enter the museum via the front gate.
We also offer private tours for schools and groups by reservation. For more information, call the museum between the hours of 9am and 3pm weekdays.
The Museum offers its entire facility for rental, providing 16 round tables , 10- 8 ft banquet tables, and 350 folding chairs for dinner seating. Cocktail party-style arrangements will accommodate 250 guests. Step up to the old-time saloon area for a more intimate gathering of 20- 30 people. For large parties, the room can be expanded by opening the barn doors and utilizing the outside lot.
The room measures 160 feet long and 40 feet wide (6400 Sq Ft) with a 22 foot high ceiling. Except for the permanent displays, all carriages can be relocated to accommodate your party.
New fixtures and electrical upgrades allow for discretion in lighting, giving you the choice to create a variety of moods. The premises has no cooking or refrigeration facilities, except for bar cooler.


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ADRIAN — Alice K. Pollard, age 90, of Adrian passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at ProMedica Bixby Hospital with her loving family by her side.
Alice was born March 10, 1922, to Alice (McLaughlin) and William Hampton in Detroit, Mich. On Oct. 31, 1943, she married Dr. Darrell Pollard in Royal Oak, Mich., who survives.
She attended Royal Oak High School; Albion College, where she received her bachelor's degree; and Siena Heights, where she earned her master's degree. She taught school in Albion, Mich., as an elementary school teacher and at Adrian schools as a middle school teacher. Alice created and directed a program for gifted and talented students at Adrian Middle School.
Alice served as president of the Associated Charities of Adrian, vice president of the Adrian Education Association, a founding member of PEO Adrian Chapter, president of PEO in Clearwater, Fla., and president of the Cove Cay Golf League, Clearwater, Fla. Alice also enjoyed gardening, golfing, camping and socializing.
In addition to her husband of 69 years, she is survived by their children, Alicia (Gary) Abel of Orion, Mich., Dr. Dennis (Susana) Pollard and Craig (Cyndy) Pollard, both of Ann Arbor, and Leslie (James) Coler of Angola, Ind.; grandchildren, Brad Graham of Fremont, Ind., Scott Graham of Ft. Wayne, Ind., Margaret Radabaugh of Washington, D.C., Laura Pollard of Ann Arbor and Amy Pollard of Aurora, Colo.; and brothers, Leo Hampton of Clearwater, Fla., and David Hampton of San Diego, Calif.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, William Hampton.
A memorial Celebration of Life service for Alice will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012, at Wagley Funeral Home with the Rev. Robert Davis officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10 a.m.
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Shankupushpam White flowers photographed from Kerala. A herbaceous plant and flower with immense medicinal effects. A tropical plant which grows as perennials or vines with other plants and trees. The butterfly pea plants are used as ornamental plants in some parts of Asia. The plant grows well in tropical climate with a moderate drained neutral soil. Being a member of the pea family the plant has the soil nitrogen fixing capability.The flowers and plants, mainly plant roots are more important in curing diseases than just ornamental plants or food dye.
The pure white flower of Shangupushpam or butterfly pea.Dried flowers of blue pea or butterfly pea are sold commercially in some parts of Asia mainly to be used as food dyes. As seen in some websites a kilogram of dried flowers of these Butterfly peas costs around $13.5. The pea like fruits of this plant are edible when tender.
Medicinal effects of Clitoria Ternatea flowers and plant.
- Methanolic root extract of blue peas have shown effects of anxiolytic, antidepressant, anti stress properties while tested in animals. Root extract is found to have Tannins, resins, Starch, Taraxerol & Taraxerone
- Root extracts of Clitoria Tenatea are capable to cure whooping cough if taken orally.
- The white flower extract is used to cure goiter.
- The root extracts of Shangupushpam is used in Indian Ayurveda fom ancient times.
- Root extracts are used to treat mental disorders, and stress.used for mental rejuvenation and stimulation.
- Shangupushpam herb roots are found useful to improve memory and intellectual power, increase sleep etc
- The herb is antipyretic.Blue pea flowers can be used to arrest uterine hemorrhage.
- The herb root is antidote to poisonous insect bites. Used during cobra bites.
- Drug from this herbal plant is used in treating ulcer, dysentery, lymph node enlargement, nervous debility, syphilis, and scrofula.
- Ethanolic extract from this herb reduces total serum cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids, and nonesterfied fatty-acid.
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Australia's Animal Pictures
Australia teems with native animals, many which are found only here. We have more mammals than anywhere else on earth and plenty of marsupials, from carnivorous Tasmanian devils to sleepy koalas, wallabies and powerful kangaroos. We're home to 350 species of unique birds, including the iconic emu. See Australia's native animals in zoos and wildlife parks across our major cities and tourist centres. What's more, you can observe them in their natural habitat, on your own or on one of the many specialised tours throughout Australia.
The Australian Dingo
The dingo is Australia's wild dog, though is not native to the continent. Dingoes are medium-sized, with broad heads, pointed muzzles, erect ears, bushy tails and red to yellow coats. They have longer muzzles, longer canine teeth and flatter skulls than similarly sized domestic dogs. Dingoes are carnivores, commonly feeding on kangaroos, wallabies, cattle, wombats and possums. Dingoes are highly social creatures and form stable packs with clearly defined territories where possible. They communicate mostly through howling and whimpering and bark less than domestic dogs. Dingoes are found all across Australia, except for Tasmania. Catch a glimpse on Queensland's Fraser Island, in Western Australia's Kimberley and across the deserts of the Northern Territory and South Australia.
The Australian Emu
The emu is a large, brown, soft-feathered, flightless bird. Emus grow up to two metres tall and have three toes and long legs that allow them to run very fast, up to 50km per hour. The female emu is larger than the male and lays up to 20 large, dark green eggs. The emu appears on the Australian 50 cent coin and alongside the red kangaroo on the Australian Coat of Arms. It is also a recurring figure in Aboriginal mythology. The emu avoids populated areas and feeds on grass, leaves and small insects. You'll see emus in grasslands, sclerophyll forests and savannah woodlands all over Australia. You can see them in Tower Hill on the Great Ocean Road, outback Victoria and New South Wales as well as Southern Queensland.
The Australian Kangaroo
The kangaroo is unique to Australia and appears on our coat of arms. It is a mammal and a macropod, a family of marsupials that includes wallabies and pademelons. Kangaroos are the only large animals to travel by hopping and breeding adult males often fight by boxing with their front paws and kicking their back legs. There are 55 kangaroo species spread across Australia. In Victoria, see them in Anglesea on the Great Ocean Road and in the Grampians. Spot them in South Australia's Kangaroo Island and Flinders Ranges. Get up close in Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks in the Australian Alps, in Pebbly Beach in New South Wales and Tasmania's Maria Island.
The Australian Koala
The koala is a unique Australian marsupial. It is sometimes referred to as a koala bear because of its similarity in appearance to a teddy bear. It also looks like the wombat, its closest living relative, but has a thicker coat, larger ears and longer limbs. Koalas are only active for around two hours a day and get all their fluids from eating eucalyptus leaves. You can spot koalas all along Australia's temperate eastern coast. Some of their top hangouts include Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, near Canberra, around Port Stephens in New South Wales and the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Queensland. Observe them in the wild on Victoria's Phillip Island and Yanchep National Park in Western Australia.
The Australian Platypus
Platypus are small, dark-brown, furry, egg-laying mammals with webbed paws and a duck-like beak. Platypus live in burrows which they dig into the banks of rivers. They are diving animals, and can stay under water for up to fifteen minutes. Unlike a duck's beak, the platypus' beak is rubbery and flexible. It has hundreds of electroreceptor cells inside it, which can detect the electrical currents that are caused by its prey swimming through the water. Platypus can be found along Australia's eastern coastal areas in small streams and quiet rivers. See them in Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra, on Lake Elizabeth in Victoria's Great Otway National Park on the Great Ocean Road and in Tasmania's Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park.
The Tasmanian Devil
The Tasmanian devil is a carnivorous marsupial with the appearance of a small, stocky dog. It has a broad head, thick tail and coarse, black fur. The Tasmanian devil was given its common name by early European settlers, who were haunted at night by its screeches and demonic growls. Despite its appearance and reputation, the Tasmanian devil is actually a shy creature. It is the world's largest carnivorous marsupial since the Tasmanian tiger became extinct in 1936. Since 1995 Tasmanian devils have been ravaged by devil facial tumour disease, and as a result are now a protected species. See them in wildlife parks in Tasmania, such as Taranna on the Tasman Peninsula.
The Australian Wallaby
The name wallaby comes from Sydney's Eora Aboriginal tribe. It refers to about 30 species of macropods which are smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo. The most common species are the agile wallaby and red-necked wallaby, which look very similar to kangaroos and wallaroos, and are frequently seen in the southern states. Rock-wallabies specialise in rugged terrain and have modified feet designed to grip rock rather than dig into soil. Very small forest-dwelling wallabies are known as pademelons. Wallabies are widespread across Australia, particularly in more remote, rocky and rugged areas. Spot them in South Australia's Flinders Ranges, Tasmania's Freycinet National Park and in Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks in the Australian Alps.
Whales in Australia
Humpback whales and southern right wales can be seen off Australia's coastline. Humpback whales can be seen as they migrate north along the east coast past Byron Bay and Hervey Bay from May to November. Marvel at their graceful acrobatics and listen to the haunting underwater song on a hydrophone on one of the many whalewatching tours you can take from Sydney to Hervey Bay. See Southern Right whales mate and calve in the nursery waters of Warrnambool on the Great Ocean Road or as they arrive from Antarctic waters with humpback whales in the picturesque Great Oyster Bay of Tasmania. You can watch these slow, graceful whales migrate up the Western Australian coastline from Geographe Bay, Dunsborough and Albany. Or spot these endangered creatures - once hunted almost to extinction - from the Head of Bight whale sanctuary or Victor Harbor in South Australia.


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Stocks closed more than 1 percent higher in a holiday-shortened Friday session, led by strength in big-cap tech stocks. Volume was thin following the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 172.79 points, or 1.35 percent, to close at 13,009.68 led by tech firms Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Cisco . It was the first time the Dow finished above 13,000 since November 6.
The S&P 500 added 18.12 points, or 1.3 percent, to close at 1409.15, and the Nasdaq gained closed up 40.30, or 1.4 percent, to close at 2966.85.
All three major averages had their best week in over five months. For the week, the Dow rose 3.3 percent, the S&P climbed 3.6 percent and the Nasdaq jumped 4 percent.
The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, fell to near 15.
Among key S&P sectors, techs nd telecoms ed the market advance, while utilities lagged.
Retailers were the main focus on "Black Friday" — often the busiest shopping day of the year.
Matthew Shay, National Retail Federation CEO, told CNBC that the holiday shopping season appears to be off to a great start with consumers flocking to the stores. "We're predicting 4.1 percent sales growth this year which would be $585 billion," he said.
Discount retailers Wal-Mart and Target were among the stores that opened their doors on Thanksgiving evening. (Read More: 'Black Friday' Shopping Frenzy Gets Off to Early Start.)
In a press release, Wal-Mart U.S. said it had its "best ever" Black Friday events, selling 1.8 million towels, 1.3 million televisions, 1.3 million dolls and 250,000 bicycles.
Terry Lundgren, Macy's chairman & CEO, told CNBC that the flagship Macy's store in New York City had a record crowd for its midnight opening. "It was a record crowd last year but that crowd was exceeded at this (Herald Square) store certainly this morning," he said.
Apple also kicked of a Black Friday sale, cutting prices on iPads, iPods and MacBooks.
Gap, Nordstrom, Bed Bath & Beyond and Dollar General were all higher.
"Earlier in the week was so surprising," Matthew Cheslock of Virtu Financial told CNBC. "You had one of the biggest accounting scandals possibly, we had an insider trading scandal and the markets still went higher. Now we're focused on retail, which is kind of a nice story. Maybe this gives us a nice little lift."
European stocks ad their best week so far this year, boosted on Friday by strong German business confidence data and growing expectations Greece will receive more aid.
Greece said the International Monetary Fund had relaxed its debt-cutting target for the country, suggesting lenders were closer to a deal for a vital aid tranche to be paid. But other sources involved in the talks cautioned the funding gap was far bigger than Greece has suggested, according to Reuters. (Read More: Greece's Lenders Move Closer to Deal on Funding.)
Turning to stock news, Blackberry maker Research In Motion was the subject of bullish analyst comments about the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry 10.
SAP, the German business software giant, is considering listing its stock in Shanghai.
After the close on Wednesday, General Motors announced that its financing arm will pay about $4.2 billion for the European and Latin American auto lending operations of Ally Financial.
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Flipping good fun was in store as competitors lined up for this year's Winster pancake race.
Participants of all ages took part in the annual Shrove Tuesday event in the Peak District village.
Old and young alike ran down Main Street cheered on by crowds of villagers.
One of the organisers, Nicola Gilbert, said: "It was fabulous and it made a change to have good weather."
She said organisers were looking into the possibility of inviting schools from neighbouring villages to take part in the races in the future.
The event has been held in Winster for 60 years and winners got a first prize of £1, second prize of 70 pence and third prize of 50 pence. All entrants received a Freddo chocolate bar.
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Six-goal second leads U.S. to rout in openerby Dan Rosen / Columbus Blue Jackets
SOCHI -- The Americans will take an unlucky goal-against in every game of the 2014 Sochi Olympics if their response is going to be like the one they had Thursday.
Slovakia forward Tomas Tatar got away with going into the zone offside and scored 24 seconds into the second period to tie the game, but the Americans responded with six unanswered goals before the second intermission, blowing what was a tight game wide open en route to a 7-1 throttling of the Slovaks in the tournament opener for both teams at Shayba Arena.
Phil Kessel led the U.S. with three points on a goal and two assists. Paul Stastny scored twice, John Carlson had a goal and an assist and T.J. Oshie, James van Riemsdyk and Patrick Kane each had two assists. Ryan Kesler, Dustin Brown and David Backes also scored for the Americans, who had 11 players finish with at least one point, including Max Pacioretty and Kevin Shattenkirk.
Jonathan Quick made 22 saves in his Olympic debut to help the U.S. beat Slovakia for the first time in the Olympics. The Americans previously had tied the Slovaks in 1994 and lost to them in 2006.
Slovak goalie Jaroslav Halak was pulled at the 13:30 mark of the second period after giving up his fifth goal on 25 shots. Peter Budaj came in and allowed goals on the first two shots he faced.
The Americans now have a little less than 48 hours to prepare for their showdown Saturday against Russia at Bolshoy Ice Dome (7:30 a.m., NBCSN, CBC).
Carlson gave the U.S. a 1-0 lead with a one-timer from the top of the right circle that he blasted over Halak's blocker 14:27 into the first period. Kessel delivered a sweet drop pass
The Americans caught a tough break early in the second when Tatar went into the zone offside after Marian Hossa intercepted an errant pass up the left-wing wall by Ryan Suter. Hossa even hesitated as if he was expecting the whistle to blow, but it never did so he gave Tatar the puck and the Detroit Red Wings forward went in and beat Quick on the glove side to tie the game at 1-1.
All that did was ignite the American attack.
Kesler rocketed a one-timer from the top of the right circle past Halak just 62 seconds after Tatar's goal. Stastny then put home a rebound off Halak's pads 1:06 later.
The rout was on.
The Slovaks were attempting to sit back and play a defensive game but found themselves overrun by the Americans, who needed 20 minutes and an unlucky break to put a wrench into that game plan.
Backes beat Halak, his St. Louis Blues teammate, at the 8:16 mark when he used his backhand to finish a mad scramble in front of the goalie. Stastny scored his second of the game 5:14 later, redirecting Shattenkirk's pretty feed from the right circle past Halak.
At this point Slovakia coach Vladimir Vujtek turned to Budaj to stop the bleeding, but 50 seconds into his first Olympic appearance since 2006 he gave up a redirection goal to Kessel, who got his stick down to deflect van Riemsdyk's shot-pass from the left circle. Brown made it 7-1 57 seconds later when he put a one-timer off a feed from Carlson past Budaj.
Now the Americans can turn their focus to the game everyone here and across the hockey world will be talking about. A win against the Russians on Saturday would give the U.S. a clear path to an automatic berth into the quarterfinals with just Slovenia left in their preliminary-round play.


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In the 1999 Spike Jonze-Charlie Kaufman film "Being John Malkovich," people paid $200 to spend 15 minutes to enter a portal into the actor's mind.
On Tuesday, I was given 15 minutes with the 57-year-old actor, not nearly enough time to get inside his mind, so to speak, but sufficient none-the-less to get some interesting information.
My portral was an average looking door of a small room off the lobby of the Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University where the actor, who just arrived at the center after having stopped off at Rawley's hot dog stand in Fairfield.
Malkovich was here to present for one night the unusual theatrical event: "The Infernal Comedy: Confessions of a Serial Killer." (The show will play the Brooklyn Academey of Music Thursday through Saturday.) The show features his solo narration as serial killer Jack Unterweger, two opera sopranos (with super-titles) and a 31-piece mostly string orchestra.
Malkovich looked fit and fine, wore a multi-layered outfit, topped with a scarf. He spoke earnestly in a soft-spoken, intimate voice.
"I just thought it would make a very good story to go along with this kind of music," he says, crediting his friend Martin Haselbock with the concept and music direction. (The show is staged by Michael Sturminger.)
"And because Martin has an orchestra in California and in Vienna I was thinking of something that would have some oomph for both places. Unteweger killed women in both Los Angeles and Austria.
"The first piece Martin has me listen to was Don Juan's descent into hell and a very good book about Unterweger by an American writer, Jonathan Leake, called 'Descent into Hades' and I just thought it would make an interesting piece of theater. It was something we could do with the music and with the arias without a lot of fuss."
But why use music, an orchestra and the opera singers to tell the story?
With the music, he says, "it represent in some way -- not in an exact way -- but in an emotional way, the stories, the journeys, of the victims."
Malkovich says if this was just a solo show for an actor the women would not be represented "and it wouldn't be interesting -- at least not to me. But you could do it. My friends [actor] Billy [William] Peterson and [director] Robert Falls did a stage version of "In the Belly of the Beasty' [based on nhe writings of killer Jack Henry Abbott]. But that was different because Abbott wrote one spectacularly good book and Unterweger wasn't a very good writer. And though Abbott was violent, he was not a serial killer."
I mentioned a quote attributed to Malkovich: "I'm drawn to characters with a lack of humanity."
"I said that once as a joke in an interview, based on so many journalists asking me why I played so many bad people. Everyone has humanity. Even Unterweger had humanity-- but what good is that.
Untemeyer was paroled after being convicted of murder and serving time, only to kill a series of women in Austria and California. Does this make him question efforts to reform and redemption?
"Reform is possible. We dont have a choice. If we canty find a way to make amends for the things weve done wrong -- and by this i dont mean by murdering 11 women -- that would be a very hard life, a little too hard for me."
He says other than "The Infernal Comedy" and another opera-theater piece he has no plans to return to the stage in the near future as an actor, though he is directing "Les Liaisons Dangereuse" in Paris which opens in January.
The other "chamber opera play" with Haselbock is "The Giacomo Variations," based on the stories of Casanova. It opens in Mexico City in mid-April.
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In January of 1989, Cameron Stauth became a fly on the office wall of Pistons general manager Jack McCloskey. He watched day by day, crisis by crisis, as McCloskey, coach Chuck Daly, and a handful of immensely talented and ambitious basketball players--the Bad Boys of Detroit--won the NBA championship. Illustrated.
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text: ABOVE: Members of Boy Scout Troop 38 from Concordia get ready to prepare a meal Friday during the start of the 36th annual Trappers' Rendezvous at Harvey County West Park. The three-day event draws thousands of people from across the region and features events such as a chili and Spam cook-off, a B-B gun range and black powder rifle shooting. Shannon Metz with Harvey County West Park said park staff work hard to help pull off the event each year, along with assistance from the Harvey County Sheriff's department and Halstead Fire/EMS. RIGHT: One of the encampments at the Trappers' Rendezvous. Photos by Ashley Bergner/Newton Kansan


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The following is a press release from American Recreation Coalition (ARC) President Derrick Crandall on progress with the National Scenic Byways Program.
More than 30 key and diverse national organizations and more than 50 local byways program advocates wrote Congressional leaders to describe the successes of the National Scenic Byways Program and to call for continuation of the program under any new federal surface transportation program. The writers ranged from AAA to the National Association of Counties.
The National Scenic Byways Program (NSBP) was created in 1991 and now includes 150 designated routes in 46 states. The byways advocates, writing as Friends of America's Byways, told the Congress, "These routes offer visitors outstanding, world-class opportunities for scenic, recreational, cultural and historic experiences. Not only are the lives of the American people – and visitors to this country – enriched immensely by these experiences, but thousands of communities have been given a new source of pride and economic vitality. These routes also link America's public lands to communities which serve as gateways to parks, forests, refuges and other federally managed lands, and tell stories about our land's geology, history and wildlife."
According to Friends coordinator Derrick Crandall, byways boost local economies through increased visitation, are catalysts for plans which shape development in key corridors, offer great traveling experiences and inspire increased community pride.
Although byways have almost no critics, the Friends note that expected cutbacks in federal transportation assistance to states put even popular and successful programs in jeopardy. According to Crandall, "The combined influence of transportation, recreation, conservation, historic preservation and tourism interests overcame resistance to a byways program in 1991. Those national interests have now reunited, and we also have a rich support team of local byways champions – local elected officials, local convention and visitor bureaus, local government agencies and byways friends groups. I think this chorus will be heard."


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Name at birth: Nicholas Jerry Jonas
Nick Jonas is the youngest of the Jonas Brothers, the teen-friendly pop band made famous by their appearances on the Disney Channel. Nick and his older brothers Joe and Kevin grew up in Wyckoff, New Jersey. As a child Nick began appearing across the Hudson River on Broadway, in small roles like Little Jake in Annie Get Your Gun and Chip in Beauty and the Beast. His stage connections led to a Christian-themed solo album, Nicholas Jonas (2004), which in turn led to the creation of the Jonas Brothers band. Nick Jonas plays guitar and piano and shares lead vocals with his brother Joe. The band's albums include The Jonas Brothers (2007, including the hit single "S.O.S.") and A Little Bit Longer (2008, with the single "Burnin' Up").
Nick Jonas was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2005, and began wearing an insulin pump to help control the illness… The three brothers are all evangelical Christians; their father is a pastor… Nick has a younger brother, Frankie (b. 2000), who is nicknamed the "bonus Jonas."
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In 1950, I became one of seven physicists in a sea of chemists at 3M's Central research Laboratory. 3M was just entering the magnetic tape business. I spent nine years working on a system for recording television. RCA was working on the hardware-side, and we were doing the recording tape component. Central Research moved out to what is now the campus on I-94. For the building dedication, a direct color television transmission from RCA/NBC in New York was planned. The program, recorded on 3M "Scotch tape" lasted five minutes and consumed 5000' of 1/2" tape. Enormous reels of tape running at 200 inches/second were not a practical product. In 1954 William Fuller Brown, Jr. arrived in 3M's physics department. He shortly left 3M to teach at the University of Minnesota in the Electrical Engineering Department. I entered graduate school in 1957 with my former boss, Bill Brown as my advisor. I left 3M in 1959 to start a high-tech company–the first of several. All of my high-tech companies have relied on some aspect of science and technology that I learned at the University of Minnesota.


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Volume 17 Issue 26 | Nov. 19 - 25, 2004
Talking Point
Deciphering blogs, exit polls, and post-election news
By Jane Flanagan
For two weeks now the Internet has been abuzz with reports of voting irregularities. Democratic bloggers point to tens of thousands of discarded absentee ballots in Florida, nine-hour lines at the polls in Ohio, and then, of course, the fliers directing Ohio Democrats to vote Nov. 3, the day after the election.
Through it all the bloggers have been asking why isnt the mainstream media covering this?
Ive been asking myself the same thing. Because some of these Internet reports are startling. Take the Florida results. In addition to discarded ballots, there was a analysis of voting in Florida, county by county. Conducted by a mathematician in Utah, it compared the number of Democrats and Republicans registered in each of Floridas 67 counties. It then compared the number who voted for Bush and Kerry. It showed astonishing gains for Bush in Democratic districts. How could that be? I wondered.
But, according to people who study these things (professors at Harvard, Stanford and Cornell) many registered Florida Democrats have long been voting Republican. Dixiecrats, theyre called.
Well, okay.
But then there was those fliers telling Ohio Republicans to vote Tues, Nov. 2 and Democrats, Nov. 3. Another flier instructed Ohioans to the wrong polling place. I was so curious about these that I called an attorney at the Election Protection Coalition. This is a group of legal and public interest groups who banded together after the 2000 Florida election mess to monitor this one.
Attorney Marcia Johnson-Blanco faxed them over to me so I could see for myself.
Holding these documents in my hand was a startling sensation. This goes on? I wondered.
Apparently it does. During every election, say the experts. Johnson-Blanc concedes that Election Protection has no way of verifying who sent them or how widely they were distributed, so the question is likely to end there anyway.
But I only found out what the experts were thinking when the press finally reported on this. It was a very strange sensation to be reading all this stuff on the Internet and not finding anything about it in the Times or on the radio. The Internet was talking about Kerry unconceding and the mainstream media wasnt even mentioning it.
After two weeks, the Times finally printed a story, on Fri, Nov. 12, Vote Fraud Theories, Spread by Blogs, Are Quickly Buried. The Washington Post came out with a similar story the day before. Thursday night, an NPR program addressed the subject. All came to the same conclusion: the fraud theories have no merit.
I am, of course, taking the refutations at face value. The professors know a helluva lot more about this than I do. Besides, if there really was something here, wouldnt the Kerry campaign be on it? Kerrys people said they have seen no evidence of intentional fraud or tampering.
Still, I wish the press had stepped in sooner. Until they covered the issue I didnt know what Kerrys people were saying. Id spent a week reading the Internet and getting my hopes up.
Even so, a tiny part of me is still, well, wondering.
Part of it, I know, is that as a Democrat, I just cant get over the idea that the country would really reelect George Bush. What about Iraq? Nuclear buildup in Iran and North Korea? The billion-dollar deficit? Poor job growth? The eroding environment? etc., etc.
Another reason is why I was on those blogs in the first place. (Something I dont normally have time for.) What about those exit polls?
On Election Day, the exits indicated, in state after swing state, a significant margin for Kerry.
I did try to keep myself in check. I asked people here who know a lot more about this stuff than I do: Just how reliable are these exit polls? The consensus was very. Evidently the Kerry campaign thought so, too. One of our editors was on the phone with the Kerry people who told him, It was a lock. I left the office and bought a bottle of champagne.
Okay, the exit poll story did, of course, make the mainstream media. The explanation? The exits were flawed. The reason? Too many women were counted was one. Republicans were less likely to talk to exit pollsters, was another.
But I kept feeling there had to be more too it.
Apparently Im not the only one. At least on the Internet. This week I got hold of a new document and its a doozy. Its an analysis of the exit polls conducted by a research statistician, Steven F. Freeman, PhD at the University of Pennsylvania.
Freeman begins by explaining how and why exit polls are historically accurate. In certain countries of dubious electoral integrity, in fact, they are used authenticate the vote.
He then points out that the too many women theory is silly. Pollsters always adjust for gender, he said. Its polling 101. When you have too many women, you stop questioning them, until you catch up with men, he said. As for the notion that Democrats talked more to pollsters than Republicans, it is only a hypothesis. It could as easily be stated that Republicans talked more, he said. Wheres the evidence?
Speaking of a lack of evidence, he also points out that the New York Times said it obtained a report by the pollsters debunking the theory that the exit polls were right and the vote count wrong. But the Times did not explain how the possibility was debunked, nor has it released the pollsters report.
In fact, he writes no evidence at all is presented of skewed survey data or any problems at all with the polls except that uncorrected data was released to the public. Uncorrected, he explains, refers to the raw poll data that streams in on Election Day. Later, as the actual returns come in, pollsters amend or correct their data accordingly.
Freeman then calculates the odds of the count being so far off from the polls in the three key swing states Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. The odds of all three occurring together are 250 million to one, he reports.
Wow. This report is still new, so, given the usual lag time the Times should address this sometime later this week or next (I hope). Until then, I fear I will be blogging it.
These days, being a citizen is taking up a lot of my time. Used to be I could just read the newspaper and feel I had a handle on things. But then came those weapons of mass destruction.
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Erie County Taxpayers: Your Return on Investment in the Library
Help write YOUR library's NEXT CHAPTER...
Ten times more people visit New York State's public libraries each year than attend New York State's professional baseball, basketball, football and hockey games.Libraries: How They Stack Up OCLC 2003.
Two-thirds of adult Americans visited their public library last year (approximately 135 million)
More than 8 of 10 (85%) believe public libraries deserve more funding
More than half (52%) believe support for public libraries should be $41 per capita in local tax support. (The national average is around $25; Erie County's property tax provides less than $23 per capita in 2006. Less than the average retail cost of one hardcover book!)
Two-thirds of Americans put the benefits of libraries at the top of the list of public services as compared to schools, roads and parks.
National, random sample telephone survey of 1,003 American adults conducted by KRC Research and Consulting in 2006
Erie County's libraries cannot meet the needs of County taxpayers in 2006
and beyond with the same level of local funding they received 10 years ago!
For every $ 1 received, the B&ECPL returns at least $ 6.07 in services!
12 public libraries in Erie County did not receive sufficient B&ECPL System
funding in 2006 to meet New York State minimum standards. Any library that
fails to meet those standards may apply for a one-time waiver from the
State, but if the library fails to return to minimum standards, it can lose
its registration and charter. When that happens, it can no longer call
itself a library and is no longer eligible to receive public funds of any kind.
5 Things Community Leaders Should Know About Libraries and the Public*
1. Libraries Are Highly Valued
Nearly half the public gave libraries an "A" - higher than public schools,
the police and the local news media. More than 6 in 10 strongly agree that
public libraries are essential for "maintaining a productive community."
2. Libraries Are Important 21st Century Resources
Almost two-thirds of Americans say that having enough computers and online
services should be a high priority for libraries.
3. Voters Love Libraries
Nearly three-quarters have a local library card.
4. Libraries Use Tax Funds Wisely
Even among non-users, 6 in 10 say they believe libraries use their funds
5. The Public Welcomes a Greater Role for Libraries in These 4 Areas:
- A safe and engaging place for teens
- Literacy skills for a strong workforce
- Center for community information
- Greater access to technology
* From a new public opinion research study, "Long Overdue: A Fresh Look at
Public and Leadership Attitudes About Libraries in the 21st Century,"
published by Public Agenda June 2006.
In a recent online survey of B&ECPL patrons...
85% of survey participants believe the Library deserves a restoration of
some Erie County property tax funding from as modest an increase as $5
more per year to as much as $25 (or more) per year, based on the average
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With the news heard 'round the world that the Oscar-winning Ben Affleck will fill the boots of Christian Bale by playing Batman in a film due in 2015, it's possible that we've all forgotten that Affleck was very effectively nurturing a fruitful post-"Argo" career with projects involving David Fincher and Dennis Lehane.
Affleck is still on board for two films before next summer, when the Batman/Superman sequel to "Man of Steel" should begin filming.
Affleck is scheduled to play a much less heroic character when he starts shooting "Gone Girl" for director Fincher. Starring opposite Rosamund Pike, Affleck will play the duplicitous Nick Dunne, one half of the maritally challenged Dunne couple in the taut thriller based on the novel by Gillian Flynn.
VIDEO: Ben Affleck is Batman in 'Man of Steel' sequel
Production on 20th Century Fox's "Gone Girl" is set to begin in September.
In between scenes on Fincher's drama, Affleck will likely be working on putting together his fourth directorial outing, "Live by Night," which he adapted himself from a novel by Dennis Lehane (Lehane's "Gone, Baby, Gone" was the basis for Affleck's directorial debut in 2007). In "Live by Night," a crime drama, Affleck will also star as a cop's son who becomes a gangster during the Prohibition era of the 1920s.
It's a project Affleck has spent a lot of time trying to get made. He recently dropped out of an acting gig opposite Kristen Stewart in order to push forward on the film.
Warner Bros. confirmed Friday that the project is still on with a start date set for early 2014. No other cast has yet been announced.
Affleck's other long-gestating project, an adaptation of Stephen King's apocalyptic novel "The Stand" will no longer be his to carry. "Crazy Heart" director Scott Cooper will take over directing duties on that movie for Warner Bros. and CBS Films.
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New Fairfield baseball earns tourney berth
DANBURY -- It was the moment junior pitcher Nick Roberti wanted to be in since the New Fairfield baseball team began dreaming of earning a berth in the Class L state tournament three games ago.
After pitching six scoreless innings, Roberti stood on the mound in the bottom of the seventh at Immaculate with a 1-0 lead, the bases loaded and only one out in the regular-season finale for New Fairfield. A loss meant the Rebels' season would end with another close defeat.
A leadoff single by opposing pitcher CJ Espinal started the inning, and after one out, catcher's obstruction was called on Zach Farias to put runners on first and second. Immaculate's Joe Mortimor then connected on a line drive single to right field to load the bases.
Roberti, standing as calm as he did the entire game, delivered a pitch to Tom Zelinski that was delivered right back to him on one hop. Roberti stabbed the ball out of the air with his glove, fired a perfect throw to Farias at the plate for the first out and watched as his catcher fired to first baseman Jeff Nabozna for the final out.
As soon as Nabonza took a step off the bag the entire Rebels team raced toward the plate to surround their catcher and celebrate a 1-0 victory. It was Rebels' (8-12) 10th one-run game of the spring, and it was a fitting end to a four-game winning streak to conclude the regular season.
"We didn't want to let the three seniors down on the team," said Roberti, who improved to 3-7. "We've fought hard all season. I just wanted to help pick everybody up today. This feels amazing because we knew we could do it. We had a team meeting before the final four games and knew what we had to do."
Roberti allowed only three ground-ball hits through the first six innings and was able to take advantage of an Immaculate team that was swinging at many first-pitch strikes. Roberti finished with only one strikeout, but he didn't walk a batter and let his defense make the plays behind him.
"We kept telling each other to not give up during this streak," said Farias, one of the three Rebel seniors along with Joe Hicks and Tom Hart. "Nick did a good job today. The last play was like slow motion. I was just hoping Nick made a chest-level throw, and he made a great throw. We want to keep playing."
Roberti was given the only run he needed in the second inning on back-to-back doubles by junior Mike Brown and sophomore Greg Radovic.
"It was a great team win," said New Fairfield coach Joe Garbowski. "Nick was hitting the corners all game, and we got some big defensive plays, especially in centerfield from Joe Hicks. My heart is still racing."
For the Mustangs (7-11), the wait to earn a state playoff berth in the Class S tournament will continue until at least Friday, when they play host to New Milford at 4:15 p.m. Immaculate ends the regular season on Saturday morning with another home game against Stratford.
Thursday's loss was the seventh one-run loss of the season for Immaculate.
"We have had too many of those," said Immaculate coach Tom Neville. "We just weren't aggressive enough at the plate today. CJ wasn't great today, but he pitched well enough for us to win. I thought we were finally going to get one of those games to go our way today."
New Fairfield 1, Immaculate 0
Records: New Fairfield 8-12; Immaculate7-11. Batteries: NF: Nick Roberti (3-7) and Zach Farias. I: CJ Espinal (4-3) and Ryan Anderson. SO Roberti 1; Espinal 4. BB: Espinal 1. 2B: Mike Browne (NF), Greg Radovic (NF). RBI: NF- Radovic.