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Annual Activity Report
Student Chapter Annual Activity Reports are due July 1. These should be filed even if not applying for "Student Chapter of the Year Award." This report is not to be confused with the financial report due by October 31st.
Volunteer Opportunities
ASIS&T has many different leadership volunteer positions available and we encourage you to take advantage and get involved! Get involved & become a leader!
The purpose of the Student Chapter Officers' Manual is to guide and alert Student Chapter Advisors and Officers as to certain procedures regarding Student Chapter organization and administration, and to remind Officers of certain responsibilities. The Manual explains Student Chapter organization and relationship to area Chapters and Headquarters, suggests activities, and describes support that Student Chapters receive from Headquarters.
The first section is a checklist of things Student Chapters should do, and when. It is the responsibility of the Student Chapter Advisor and the Officers to see that these tasks are completed.
The Student Chapter Advisor receives two copies of the Manual whenever it is revised. The Advisor should retain one copy, and pass the other on to the current Student Chapter Chair. An electronic copy of the Manual is also available at the ASIS&T website. All Student Chapter Officers should be familiar with the contents of the Manual.
Headquarters and the Chapter Assembly Representative for Student Chapters are responsible for keeping the Manual up to date on a regular basis. The Student Chapter Advisor and Chair should also keep the Manual up to date by incorporating a) revised sections as they become available, b) appropriate sections of Chapter and Student Chapter memoranda, and c) other documents considered important to the administration of the Student Chapter (such as the Bylaws adopted by the student Chapter).
Checklist of Deadlines
|End of each semester
|Send list of graduates to Local Chapter Membership Chair
|End of each semester
(when necessary)
|Hold elections for coming semester
|After each election
|Send list of officers to Chapter Assembly Representative for Student Chapters
|July 1
|Officers & Advisor
|Submit annual report as self-nomination for annual award
|September 30
|Submit request for funds
|Late October/Early November
(others welcome)
|Attend meeting of Student Chapter Advisors at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting
|October 30
|Officers & Advisor
|Submit annual report (if not submitted as part of award self-nomination) to the Headquarters
Organization of Student Chapters
What is a Student Chapter?
A Student Chapter consists of a group of Student Members and at least one Regular Member in good standing as an Advisor, chartered by the Board of Directors. Student Chapters shall retain their charters at the discretion of the Board of Directors. (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 7.2 "Student Chapters," as amended June 22, 2000).
A Student Chapter need not be limited to a single campus, a single institution, a single geographic location, or a minimum number of student Members. Multiple Student Chapters may be chartered in any given area. (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 7.21, as amended June 22, 2000).
Student Membership shall be available to any individual who is regularly enrolled as a full-time or part-time student as defined by his/her institution and certified annually to the Society by the Student Member's faculty advisor, in a degree granting program at a college or university, and who has completed an application form and met such other qualifications as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors, and has paid the currently stipulated Student Membership dues. A Student Member in good standing shall have privileges of Regular Membership as established by the Board of Directors. Students Membership shall be available only for a period of two years. (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 1.4, as amended June 22, 2000).
Purpose of Student Chapters
Presumably, the overall purpose of a Student Chapter is the same as that of a Chapter, that is to "promote the interests of the Society and the Society's program" (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 7. 11, "Purpose of Chapters", as amended June 22, 2000). Student Chapters are intended to provide an organization through which Student Members of ASIS&T may share their special concerns and run programs for students and other members of the community with an interest in information science. Student Chapter Participation is also intended to provide students with experience in being active ASIS&T members, and to contribute to personal growth and career development. Through liaison with local ASIS&T groups, students may develop informal contacts and gain exposure to the professional environment. The Student Chapter increases the student's sense of fellowship with the Society. Student Chapters should also promote the advancement of information science within academic curricula, and provide liaison between the academic community and local organizations, agencies, firms, or groups.
Bylaws of Student Chapters
The ASIS&T Board of Directors has approved "Model Bylaws for ASIS&T Student Chapters" (see Downloads). Each Student Chapter must submit a set of Bylaws before the Board of Directors grants a charter to that Student Chapter. Student Chapter Officers are urged to become familiar with their Bylaws. The model Bylaws are guidelines, and Student Chapters may enact their own Bylaws, provided only that all Bylaws are in harmony with those of the Society. To facilitate review of Bylaws by the ASIS&T Constitution and Bylaws Committee and the Board, each variation from the model should be noted, along with the reasons for the proposed change. Amendments to Bylaws must follow the procedures specified in the Bylaws of the Student Chapter. No approved amendment shall take effect unless and until certified by the ASIS&T Board of Directors. If so certified, it shall take effect immediately.
Relationship to ASIS&T Committees and Chapters
Student Chapters are represented at the Chapter Assembly by an Assembly Representative for Student Chapters, or in his/her absence, by an Alternate, elected from among the various Student Chapter Advisors in even-numbered years for a two-year term. (ASIST Bylaws, Section 7.2, as amended June 22, 2000).
A Student Chapter need not have formal affiliation with a local Chapter, although such may be beneficial to both groups. In some cases a Student Chapter may exist in an area which has no designated geographic Chapter. In the presence of a local Chapter or Chapters, the Student Chapter should attempt to coordinate programs with the local Chapter(s) and to ensure that student interests are of concern to the local Chapter(s). A Student Chapter may elect to work closely with a Special Interest Group which is well represented in the local area.
Officers of Student Chapters
Student Chapter Advisor
A Student Chapter Advisor shall be selected by the involved academic officers, the Chapter Assembly Director, and the Assembly Representative for Student Chapters. The Advisor's term of office shall be three years. Advisors may serve multiple terms. (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 7.23, as amended June 22, 2000).
If a Student Chapter Advisor office should become vacant during the three-year term, the involved academic officers, the Chapter Assembly Director, and the Assembly Representative for Student Chapters shall appoint an Advisor to fulfill the unexpired term or to fill an interim vacancy such as would occur due to sabbatical. (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 7.24, as amended June 22, 2000).
The Student Chapter Advisor is responsible for ensuring that the Student Chapter Officers fulfill their responsibilities, particularly with regard to annual reporting. The Advisor should endeavor to maintain a high level of interest among Student Chapter members. The Advisor should also make every effort to attend the meeting of Student Chapter Advisors at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, or to send a representative in his/her place. Student Chapter Advisors must be Regular Members of ASIS&T in good standing. (ASIS&T Bylaws, Section 7.2, as amended June 22, 2000).
The Student Chapter Advisor should be in communication with local Chapter officers with regard to student membership.
Student Chapter Chair
The Chair of the Student Chapter is the driving force behind Student Chapter activities. The Chair has the responsibility for ensuring that the members of the Student Chapter derive the anticipated benefits from their membership. The Chair should hold regular meetings, and direct plans for activities and recruitment. The Chair must also ensure that an annual report is filed with the Assembly Director and the Assembly Representative for Student Chapters.
Student Chapter Chair-Elect
The Chair-Elect should work closely with the Chair in planning and executing Student Chapter programs. The Chair-Elect assumes the duties of the Chair in the event of the Chair's absence. In many groups the Chair-Elect may also serve as Program Director.
Other Officers
As set out in their Bylaws, Student Chapters may have other Officers. A Secretary and a Treasurer (or a Secretary-Treasurer) play an invaluable role in keeping the minutes and financial records of the Student Chapter in order. Other useful positions and appointments might include a webmaster to oversee creation, maintenance and enhancements to the Student Chapter website and Chairs of Publicity/Membership, Email/Listserv and/or Newsletter, and Program. Every attempt should be made to involve as many student members as possible in an active role within the Student Chapter.
Assembly Representative for Student Chapters
The Assembly Representative for Student Chapters represents the interests of Student Chapters at the Chapter Assembly. The Representative is also responsible for calling a meeting of Student Chapter Advisors at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. The Representative works closely with the Assembly Director in soliciting annual reports from Student Chapters, in recommending formation and dissolution of Student Chapters, in revising the Student Chapter Officers' Manual, and in planning activities of interest to students at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.
Finances of Student Chapters
An appropriation of $100 per year is available to each Student Chapter, upon request by the Student Chapter. An accounting of this appropriation must be made at the end of each ASIS&T Fiscal Year (September 30), whereupon a new appropriation of $100 will be issued if all the funds have been expended. If only a portion of the funds were expended, the amount expended will be replenished.
In addition to the allotment from ASIS&T, Student Chapters are advised to seek funds from other sources. Many Student Chapters have received funding from general student associations, and others have been granted financial assistance from local Chapters. Some Student Chapters have raised money from the sale of ASIS&T items, t-shirts, cookbooks, and so on, or through charging for attendance at programs. The annual financial report should include sources of funding so that other Student Chapters may benefit from innovative ideas.
All funds over $200 must be accounted for. If a student chapter fails to file its Annual Financial Report within 30 days after the close of the ASIS&T fiscal year (September 30) a letter will be sent to the advisor the first year, the dean the second year and on the third year the chapter may be placed on inactive status according to section 7.14 and 7.2 of the ASIS&T Bylaws (June 22, 2000). Student Chapter Financial Reports should indicate sources of revenue other than the $100 given to them by the Society. (ASIS&T Bylaws, as amended June 22, 2000).
Activities of Student Chapters
Student Chapters should endeavor to hold regular meetings for transacting the business of the Chapter. The principal function of the Student Chapter is to schedule events and activities of interest to student members and students at large. Examples of such activities include:
- A website with links to appropriate resources for those interested in information science.
- A listserv or email or hard-copy newsletter, or a column in a student newsletter, or a column in a Chapter newsletter.
- Visits to local area libraries; information centers, corporations, and institutions, or guest speakers from these organizations.
- Guest speakers who are ASIS&T officers or representatives.
- Workshops addressing topics such as career planning, interviewing, and resume writing and posting resumes online.
- Workshops teaching students multimedia skills and website construction and management skills.
- Workshops teaching practical computer skills such as use of word processing, spreadsheets and data analysis software, file and database creation and management software, use of electronic services such as listservs, email, file transfer protocols.
- Sponsorship of Student Members to local or national ASIS&T meetings, or at least car-pooling and hospitality arrangements.
- Workshops, institutes, seminars etc. addressed to a general audience (at which registration fees might be a possible source of funds).
- Fund-raising activities (raffles, t-shirt sales, sale of a cookbook prepared by the student chapter and so on).
- Creation of a Student Member database and/or website with student resumes or links to student resumes to aid in bringing job hunters to the attention of employers.
- Displays related to information science topics, perhaps tied into a Student Chapter or a local Chapter program.
- Involvement in a local Chapter or Special Interest Group program (some Student Chapters host one Chapter program a year).
- Recruitment into ASIS&T of new students at the beginning of each semester (through brochures, announcements, etc.).
- Joint activities with Student Chapters of other organizations.
- Hosting or attending training sessions held by database or equipment or software vendors.
- Picnics or movie festivals (taken perhaps from the films shown at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting).
Administration of Student Chapters
Member Record System
Most Student Chapters find it advisable to maintain not only a Chapter web site and email list to which students may subscribe but also maintain an electronic bulletin board or listserv to which students and faculty can post messages. Even when Student Chapters find it infeasible to set up a formal member record system, they can use an email list as an informal record of their members. The local Chapter should have a copy of the current email list, in which students are easily identified. The local Chapter may have its own email or hard copy mailing list which the Student Chapter could use. The Student Chapter Advisor and the Chair should each have a current list of all student members. At the end of each graduating semester, the Advisor should send a list of graduated student members to the local Chapter Membership Chair, asking the Chair to contact each graduate, remind them of the reduced membership rate for new graduates, and urging them to remain members of the Society. In the absence of a local Chapter, the Advisor should endeavor to take on this task.
Keeping the Chapter Assembly Director and Student Chapter Representative Informed
The Student Chapter Advisor and the Chair are responsible for ensuring that an annual report is submitted to the Headquarters by May 31 (if as self-nomination for the annual award) or by October 30 (if not) of each year (see the Annual Report and Chapter of the Year form). When Student Chapter Officers change, the Advisor or the Chair should inform the Chapter Assembly Representative.
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April 2, 2007
Two experts offered advice and insight Monday into the country's immigration debate kicking off Multicultural Festival Week at Wabash College.
Dr. Ulla Connor made it clear immigrants learning English solves only half the problem while Angela D. Iza said it's not 'illegal immigration' but a complex issue that gives immigrants few avenues to solve their legal status.
Connor directs the Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication (ICIC) in the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Iza is an attorney with Lewis & Kappes, Indianapolis, specializing in immigration and international law.
"It's not enough to teach immigrants to speak English," Connor told students, faculty, and guests. "Americans have to be connected; there has to be an accommodation made on both sides."
Connor's group works with education and business to help integrate immigrants into U.S. language and culture. She noted that while 80 percent of those in Indiana school speak Spanish as their native language, there are more than 200 different languages represented in Hoosier schools.
She explained how her educators will teach business or education leaders to ease the transition for non-English speaking workers and students. They offer tips in language and non verbal communication which fosters communication.
"It's not that everyone here needs to learn Spanish, but we need to learn strategies to communicate," she said.
The ICIC works extensively with the IU School of Medicine. The Med school enrolls an increasing number of students who speak English as a second language.
Iza spent much of her time offering facts about immigration as the country's leaders continue to debate immigration reform. She began by debunking the term "illegal immigration," noting that those here without a visa or appropriate papers are 'undocumented' and should they be deported that is an administrative procedure and not a criminal proceeding.
"There are 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States and that is probably a low estimate," she said. "There is probably more than you can actually imagine."
She said research has shown that 15 percent of the labor force is immigrants with about five percent of that group being undocumented visitors. But she countered many popular beliefs saying immigrants have stimulated investment, paid taxes never to see those dollars returned to their own pockets, and generally do not displace U.S. workers.
She even chuckled when talking about some politicians or pundits suggestions to deport all illegal aliens saying the cost would be astronomical.
A bulk of her presentation was explaining the governmental maze any immigrant must go through to attain legal status. She gave numerous examples which could take a well-meaning immigrant with a job and a family years and years to win legal status. In most cases a return trip to their native country is required with a waiting period that can last one to 10 years with no guarantee they'll be allowed to return.
There is no new law with Congress continuing to debate solutions. U.S. immigration law goes back decades with numerous amendments and changes through the years. She said the complexity is what now necessitates a comprehensive new law to solve immigration challenges.

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Wendy will be their broadcasting live from 9pm-11pm so drop on down and see her!
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Crafting Details in The Elder Scrolls Online
Be prepared to spend even more time in Tamriel than you were ever expecting, because this video shows that crafting items in The Elder Scrolls Online is a very detailed, in-depth and fun process.
In this gameplay video provided by ZeniMax, the developers play as a Khajit armorer who is scouring the landscape to find various types of crafting materials. The developers chime in to say that any player is able to pick up crafting materials of any variety that they might encounter in the world. If you level your crafting abilities, you can spend skill points into 'Keen Eye' abilities, which makes crafting materials have a distinct glow, helping you identifying them from far away. Without this ability, many crafting materials tend to visibly blend into the environment, making it fairly easy for you to overlook their existence.
Instead of going to a city or town to always craft your gear, ZeniMax has included special crafting areas that bestow your created items with bonus traits, similar to the Lunar Forge in The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Many of times, these special crafting areas are guarded by creatures, indicating level requirements for trying to reach these places.
Players will be able to learn special traits for their crafting, which they can learn from deconstructing items for their special properties and ingredients. For example, a blacksmith could learn all the armor-crafting traits, such as having your crafted armor pieces being sturdy, well-fitting or reinforced (which each provide a specific statistical bonus).
Crafting is also broken down by race, such as Khajit armor/weapon crafting vs. Dwemer style, which each offer a variety of gear on its own. Learning these different styles can be done by finding rare books in the world which detail these styles (similar to the book system in Skyrim that was used to level up your skills).
The Elder Scrolls Online is due to come out Apr. 4 for PC and is hoping to have an Xbox One and PlayStation 4 release sometime in June.


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Trail Tour 2012Posted in Events on April 1, 2013
The best way to explain it is that it is kind of like a family reunion. You know, that is if your family all had cool off-road rigs and
liked taking a week each year to wheel famous trails around the country. And instead of meeting at Grandma's house, you drive your off-road rigs to cool trails around the country. It's like our sister title 4 Wheel & Off-Road magazine's Ultimate Adventure. Actually, it's almost just like it.
You ever think, "Man, I'd sure like the chance to see such and such a trail..."? Well that is what Scott Frary was thinking when he started Trail Tour eight years ago. And each year since, he's organized a run to different big-name trails and areas around the country. It's a small run as these things go, so we were happy to be included for the 2012 Trail Tour in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in western Nevada and Eastern California.
Trail Tour 2012 happened in the beginning of June, but the actual time of year can change depending on the geographic location. For more information, you can check it out at facebook.com/groups/trailtour. In the meantime here is how the 2012 event shook out.
Monday, Trail Day 1
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 16, 2012) – The ETSU baseball team, under the direction of 13th year head coach Tony Skole, is set to open the 2012 season inside brand new Thomas Stadium with a three-game series against Eastern Kentucky beginning on Friday.
Game times will be at 1:05 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Admission will be free for the entire weekend and for fans unable to attend live stats can be followed via Gametracker on ETSUBucs.com.
ETSU is coming off one of its most successful seasons in school history – a year in which the team compiled a 36-21 record – the most wins for the squad since the 1981 season.
The Bucs return a strong group from the 2011 team. Of the nine position players that started at least 20 games in 2011, six will be returning, including seniors Matthew Scruggs (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Dylan Pratt (Johnson City, Tenn.) and juniors Kerry Doane (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.) and Andrew Green (Powell, Tenn.).
In addition to the core of field position players returning, the Bucs also return three of their four starting pitchers from a year ago. That group is led by senior John Long (Anderson, S.C.) and junior Derek Bushey (Richmond, Va.). Bushey, a 2011 Second-Team All-Atlantic Sun selection, is coming off an injury and is being slowly worked back in the starting rotation.
Long, who was 6-6 with a 5.09 ERA in 2011, will get the start in the season opener on Friday. Sophomore Clinton Freeman (Jonesborough, Tenn.) will get the ball on Saturday and Long's brother Jake Long (Anderson, S.C.) will make his first start in an ETSU uniform on Sunday.
Eastern Kentucky is coming off a 21-36 campaign in 2011, but the Colonels do return all nine position starters from last season. EKU has been picked by league head coaches to finish sixth in the OVC this season.
The Colonels are led by the trio of Richie Rodriguez, Jacob Daniel and Bryan Soloman. Rodriguez is a two-time All-OVC selection and led the squad with a .357 average in 2011. Daniel, who was a preseason All-OVC selection, hit .337 with nine home runs and a team-high 44 RBIs last season. Soloman started all 56 games last year and he finished the season with a team-best 17 doubles, nine home runs and 40 RBI on his way to being named the OVC Freshman of the Year and a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
ETSU and Eastern Kentucky have met 82 times through the years with the Colonels leading the all-time series 49-32-1. ETSU did win the last meeting between the two schools – earning an 18-7 victory at Eastern Kentucky last year.
The Bucs are 4-8 in season openers during Skole's tenure, but the team has earned opening day victories in two of the last three seasons. ETSU defeated Marist to open the season last year. Meanwhile, the Bucs sport a 9-3 record in home openers with Skole at the helm. Skole's teams have outscored their opponents 73-59 in home openers during the last 12 seasons; however, five of the 12 home openers have been decided by just one run. The Bucs are a perfect 5-0 in one-run home openers during the last 12 seasons.
Fans will be asked to park in the ETSU student parking lot on the corner of State of Franklin Road and University Parkway. ETSU will provide a free shuttle service from the parking lot to the stadium prior to the game. In addition, limited handicap parking on Lee Street, which is on the stadium grounds, will be available.
Meanwhile, fans may bring lawn chairs to the game as limited seating will be available. All spectators will be seated along the third base side of the field. Admission will is free for each game.
For more information on ETSU baseball, please visit ETSUBucs.com and click on the baseball link.


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Kevin Terry, Jr. Follows in His Father's Footsteps
Kevin Terry, Jr., is trying to follow in his father's footsteps and join the ranks of father-son duos that have chosen the same career path. Unlike sons who follow their father into a sport as a player, however, Terry is following his father's path as the man in the middle, working his way through the referee ranks in the hopes of one day becoming a professional referee and earning his FIFA badge.
While working in Milwaukee at Development Academy Finals Week, Terry took time to speak with ussoccer.com about his choice to become a referee and working closely with his dad to reach his goals.
How did you get started in refereeing?
Kevin Terry, Jr.: "I got started in refereeing at a young age. I probably started around age 13 in the local youth leagues in Carrollton, Texas. It helped that my Mom was a local assignor for the youth leagues. I started around that age and moved my way up through high school. It was fun."
What made you decide at 13 that you wanted to become a referee?
KTJ: "It was a fun thing. I always watched my dad. He was a referee in Major League Soccer at the time, and I just thought that I could incorporate that and I was good at it. People told me I could do it someday, just like him."
So you really did want to follow in your dad's footsteps?
KTJ: "I wanted to follow in my dad's footsteps. It's great to have him as my mentor. He's always on the phone with me when I'm on the road, talking to me about my games. He comes to my games when he has the chance, and he's an extra assessor on the side of the field."
There are a lot of fathers who coach their sons at the youth level, and you had your father coaching you as a referee.
KTJ: "My dad also coached me playing all the way until my club days and now he's a referee coach for me refereeing. Also, he's a referee coach in MLS. It's great to have that experience to help me out."
What was it like watching your dad referee in some of the highest level games?
KTJ: "Sometimes it was very hard to watch my dad referee games. Some games he had a great game and some games could be bad. But it was very good to come home and talk to him about the experiences on the road, the local games watching the Dallas Burn, now FC Dallas, and going to those types of games. It was a very good experience."
It must be hard to watch a game when you dad is refereeing and everyone around you is giving a hard time to the referee.
KTJ: "It's very hard to listen to the people next to you that might not know as much about the game as me or definitely as my dad. You have to kind of tune those people out and go about just watching the game and enjoy the game."
Do you ever remember watching a game that your Dad is doing and thinking, 'I don't think he got that call right'?
KTJ: "A couple times I've seen my Dad referee and we talked about some situations that he might have gotten wrong but I'm never negative towards my dad. He's older and wiser."
What would you say is the best advice your father has ever given you?
KTJ: "The best advice that my dad has given me is to keep pushing yourself to the limit, don't just take any game for granted. Do the best you can each game and be ready for the unexpected. You just never know what's going to happen next."
What type of personality do you try to bring to games?
KTJ: "I try to bring the personality that my Dad brought to the game. I can't do the exact same thing that my Dad did but I'm a very personable type of person. I talk to the players, quiet words here and there. I try and laugh as much as I can to show that I'm having a good time and hopefully that relays onto the players."
Ultimately, what would you like to do with your referee career?
KTJ: "My ultimate goal of refereeing is to be where he is, to be a FIFA referee. And I would love to be in MLS in the next couple years. That's my ultimate goal. I hope it happens someday."
There can't be many instances of father and son referees reaching that level.
KTJ: "It will be interesting to see if I can get to that level while he's still working in the league. It would be interesting to be in the league and he could be my referee coach, possibly. It's very exciting."


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In a quest to determine if the Pilgrim boys' volleyball team had ever made it to a state championship game, I flipped through the Beacon archives on Tuesday morning. We eventually found out from head coach Mike McGiveron that the Pats had in fact never been to a title game. It was good that he knew, because my search was fruitless, apart from ink on my fingers and a few laughs at 80's hair.
But I did find one interesting item. It was a column in 1987 about Warwick's athletic prowess. The city was winning championships left and right, from Little League to Babe Ruth to every high school sport you can think of. Break up Warwick was the theme of the column.
Twenty-five years from now, someone flipping through the archive won't read that kind of column in these pages. Aside from Hendricken, Warwick no longer wins championships left and right, especially at the high-school level. Times are tough now.
It's not the end of the world, of course. High school sports aren't all about success. Kids are still having fun, still competing. There's no shame in not being a powerhouse.
But when public school teams do win in Warwick's current landscape, it's that much more compelling.
That brings us back to Pilgrim volleyball, the team that prompted my foray into the archives in the first place.
Nobody wins more than the Patriots.
They haven't had a losing season since 1999. That's 13 years. Thirteen years that have seen a lot of powerhouse programs in the city fall on hard times.
There have been no hard times for the Pats. Their worst seasons in that stretch were a pair of 7-7 campaigns. At their best, they've regularly been one of the premier programs in Division II.
I thought about that as I flipped through the archives. It's an impressive feat to build a consistent winner at a public high school. It's beyond impressive to do it in a school system with shrinking enrollment and in a sport without feeder programs.
But that's exactly what the Pats have done. Against the odds, they've built a tradition. It's a tribute to all the players who have come through the program, and to the coaches. Jim Dubois, Pete San Giovanni and now McGiveron have maintained the tradition every step of the way.
And now the Pats have a shot at their greatest achievement yet. Despite all the success, the program has never won a championship and, as we learned, hasn't even been to the finals. This year, the Pats went 16-0 in the regular season, won a tough quarterfinal game against Central then surged past defending D-II champ Tolman in Monday's semifinals.
Now the Pats are where they've always wanted to be. They're in the finals, and they'll take on Barrington, another undefeated team.
Whatever happens, it's been quite a run. The 2012 Pats have out-done every team that came before.
But they aren't settling for that. They want the title.
Break up Warwick? Maybe not. But if things go like the Pats hope tonight, we might be able to tweak that a little bit.
Break up Pilgrim.
William Geoghegan is the sports editor at the Warwick Beacon. He can be reached at 732-3100 and firstname.lastname@example.com.


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What is chronic ankle instability?
Are you experiencing pain in your ankle that affects your daily activities? Do you ever have a dull ache on the outside of your ankle? Do you ever feel like your ankles are weak? If so, you may be suffering from chronic ankle instability.
What is chronic ankle instability?
Ankle instability is a recurring or chronic pain on the outside of the ankle that develops after trauma such as an ankle sprain. Several other conditions, however, may also cause ankle pain.
What are the symptoms of chronic ankle instability?
- Pain – usually on the outside of the ankle
- Stiffness
- Swelling – can be constant or sometimes come and go
- Tenderness around the ankle
- Repeated ankle sprains or sensation of your ankle giving out
What causes ankle instability?
The most common cause of ankle instability is incomplete healing after the foot rolls under the ankle during an ankle sprain. This causes the soft tissue between the bones to become over stretched or torn. Without complete rehabilitation, the ligaments and surrounding tissue will remain weak. As a result, you may experience additional injuries. Other causes of chronic ankle pain include:
- Arthritis of the ankle joint and/or surrounding joints
- An injury to the nerves that pass through the ankle
- Torn or inflamed tendons
- A fracture
- Scar tissue
How is chronic ankle instability diagnosed?
The first step is seeing a podiatric foot and ankle specialist. There are many potential causes of ankle pain and your doctor will often order X-rays and/or a MRI to better evaluate your ankle. A detailed and thorough physical examination will occur.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Feb. 27, 2010) - Building a 19-point lead with only seven minutes left in the game, the ETSU men's basketball team watched the Jacksonville Dolphins battle back to pull to within one point with less than a minute remaining. However, JU's Ben Smith missed a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer to give ETSU a 64-62 victory in Atlantic Sun Conference action Saturday afternoon at the Veterans Memorial Arena.
Jacksonville fell on its home floor despite outscoring the Bucs 22-5 over the final seven minutes of the game. The Bucs (17-15 overall, 13-7 A-Sun) got a double-double from sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami, Fla.), who scored 15 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester) added 15 points and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) netted 12.
The Dolphins dropped to 18-11, 14-6 in A-Sun action.
"It's a great win," said ETSU head coach Murry Bartow. "If you would have told me we could have a one-point win, I would have taken it. For our guys to do this against a team that was playing for the league title - and on their senior day - that's special.
"Now, that last seven minutes won't be sent to the National Basketball Hall of Fame. We just got too conservative offensively at the end, and we need to handle that better. But I will say this, holding them to 38 percent shooting and just 62 points on their home floor is phenomenal for our defense."
In the first half, the forward trio of Brown, Hubbard and sophomore J.C. Ward (Marietta, Ga.) powered the ETSU offense, scoring 25 of ETSU's 37 first-half points and out-rebounding the Dolphins 23-16. Perhaps more importantly, after JU's Lehmon Colbert scored the Dolphins' first six points, Ward was asked to defend the Dolphins' big man and Colbert scored just two points the rest of the half.
The key run for the Bucs came late in the first half as ETSU took a 23-19 game with 7:47 left and went on a 14-5 run to close out the first 20 minutes with a 37-24 lead. In the first half, the Bucs shot 73 percent from the foul line (11-of-15), enjoyed a 20-10 edge scoring in the paint, and held an 11-5 lead in second chance points.
ETSU opened the second half with a deep 3-pointer from Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) to make it a 16-point game at 40-24 with 19:23 left, but over the next six minutes JU was able to cut the lead to seven at 42-35 with 13:29 remaining. However, at that point, Williams netted 10 of the Bucs' next 12 points to power a 12-0 offensive run and give ETSU its largest advantage of
the game at 54-35 with 10:59 left.
The ETSU advantage got to 19 at 59-40 with 7:45 remaining in the game, but JU responded with a 22-4 run over the next seven minutes to make it 61-60 with 45 seconds left. During that span, the Dolphins got 17 points from senior guard Ben Smith, which included an amazing four 3-pointers.
At that point, however, a missed 3-pointer by Tubbs with 10 seconds left was rebounded by Williams, who was fouled by JU's Travis Cohn. With 8.2 seconds left, Williams hit one of two foul shots to make it 64-62, but Smith's 3-pointer then missed as time expired.
The Bucs held JU to 38 percent shooting, and forced 13 turnovers by the Dolphins. ETSU shot 42 percent from the floor, and a strong 70 percent from the foul line (19-of-27), out-rebounding JU 41-34 on the boards.
ETSU will now wait out the rest of the day's A-Sun action to see who its opponent will be at the league tournament next week in Macon, Ga., at Mercer University.
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ReiKo, you've managed to win a major *cough* contest with your original map, [html=http://highimpacthalo.org/forum/showthread.php?t=51754]Vale. How, exactly, do you feel about this monumental achievement?
You could say, I feel monumental. In all seriousness though, it was a nice surprise to see that I had won, although there wasn't exactly many other submissions to battle with. I was already making Vale, and someone from these parts said I should throw it in there. Seems like it was worth the effort!
Speaking of effort, now, you say you spent roughly 6 hours making and tweaking the map, but that seems a little low for such a high quality map. Just how many hours each day did you grant towards this endeavor?
Well, at the moment I'm blessed with the glorious title "unemployed" due to the financial climate, apparently (construction), so I had pretty much as much time as I felt was necessary (usually, a lot more than necessary). At a guess, I'd say I spent around 40 hours total spread over 6 or 7 days, including testing.
40 hours? You overshot CheeseJam's time by 10 hours!
So, this map seems vaguely reminiscent of Backwash from Halo 2(if you, the readers, don't know of or remember this map, please get shot.), is it safe to assume you took some amount of inspiration from it? Or did you just throw convention to the wind and shoot perfection from your pointy, witch-like fingers? Because if it's the latter, I warn you, I may have to hunt you down and brainwash you into doing my bidding.
Well, at the risk of being hunted down, I'd have to go with the latter, ONLY because I can't see the Backwash in Vale. That really is an interesting point that I've not heard yet. There's a Backwash styled map in the pipeline though, so hopefully that sparks some interest here at HIH.
I'd thought it was Backwash-like... Oh well. Perhaps I'm going insane.
I have to wonder, you say the bases are asymmetrical, though they appear to be very close. Why wouldn't you merely tidy things up to make the bases themselves symmetrical, while leaving the outskirts rubble how it is? Are you trying to sting the players' eyes with such minuscule imperfections? Why would you do that? Do you hate HIH? Do you... hate America?
America is home to some of my best online buddies! As for HIH, we have a love/hate relationship. Although I'm pretty sure she's cheating on me.
She is.
Anyway, Vale was always supposed to be heavily one sided in the defense department. Think of Vale as The Model (Blue side) VS The Ogre (Red side). Blue side doesn't have anywhere near as much defensive properties as Red, but it sure does have a nice body to look at!
Yeah... that's it.
Wait... So one side starts with weapons and the other starts with tanning creme? I'll never understand...
Anyway, why did you choose this style of map to create instead of a balls-to-the-wall map with flying warthogs and exploding kittens?
I've always been a fan of the bigger maps and gametypes Halo has to offer. The first time I got online with Halo 2 was euphoric. One Bomb on Headlong, being slaughtered over and over for close to 15 minutes, but god damn, that was the good times. Back when dummying was rife, and I still had no idea what was going on.
Flying Warthogs and kittens were on the agenda, but like I've said before, we hit the OLN earlier than expected. Not a problem now that I have the TRUE OLN Canvas created by OhLa GoFeRr. I'm pretty sure a few people at HIH have this dream tool already.
I see...(I'm lying)
Here's a question I feel like we're all dying to know the answer to: Why did you need a partner for this? SimpleD sounds like he was an integral part of the map's creation*cough* but I have to wonder, did you really need him? Isn't he just leaching off of your enormous talent-nipple? Or was he really the brains behind the operation? Were you the one who simply posted the screenshots and links, hoping to steal the spotlight from your superior "co-worker?"
SimpleD helped me a great deal when it came to planning out and a little building here and there. The actual inside structure of blue side is all his, although I did make the rest including the rim-like structure stretching across and beyond. But Simple really did a great job with what he did and giving me the push to finish this off. If it weren't for him, this map would probably be lying unfinished on my map list. He didn't actually want any kind of credit for this, but that can't be!
Didn't want credit? Are you sure he's not just your imaginary friend..?
ReiKo:(Response filled in by Taso)
Yes. He is imaginary. I have no friends. My poodle is my life. I like watching VH1's special on Paris Hilton.
Fascinating... Well, ReiKo, I'm leaving, but you keep forging! *runs away*
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"The Scandinavian Riviera," as some locals affectionately call it, runs along Lake Superior from Duluth to Grand Portage, Minn., hard by the Canadian border. More prosaically, it's the area along State Route 61.
My wife and I headed to Lake Superior's North Shore, seeking Scandinavian roots along about 150 miles of shoreline. The evidence wasn't hard to find. There was the Vild Von pizza at Sven & Ole's in the lively town of Grand Marais. The ingredients included wild rice and Canadian bacon.
In the same town, at the Cook County Historical Society, former winners in the Miss North Shore Queen pageant had such names as Anderson, Hedstrom, Lindskog and Sjobers. At The Market, a Grand Marais store, merchandise included a Lonely Planet travel guide to Norway and Sweden. Nearby, the Viking Hus store sold Scandinavian gifts.
In the town of Finland, our guide at the Finland Heritage Site told us that the locals are still mostly Finnish and the center attracts Finns from all over the world.
So, of course, during the week, we had to sample the Swedish pancakes, Swedish meatballs and fresh lake herring. Though, had we seen it on a menu, we probably would have passed on the legendary lutefisk (Norwegian) or lutfisk (Swedish), made from air-dried or dried/salted whitefish and prepared with lye, not typical in fine dining.
The "Riviera" offers plenty of outdoor opportunities such as hiking, biking, fishing, birding, sailing, golfing, canoeing and kayaking, cross-country and downhill skiing — and even dog-sledding.
But if you're looking for "urban" intrigue, the most interesting city on the North Shore is Grand Marais, about 110 miles north of Duluth and about 40 miles south of the Canadian border. It's filled with eclectic attractions and stores (an old-fashioned Ben Franklin but no big-box stores) and numerous places to eat and drink.
One attraction, the North House Folk School, offers more than 225 courses in such unusual subjects as rosemaling (Norwegian decorative painting), Greenlandic Inuit kayak-building, and moose-hide and canvas mukluk-making. Need more? How about Swedish potato sausage-making, Scandinavian holiday baking, Norwegian fjord horse "pleasure driving" (whatever) and Swedish wire craft?
At the Cook County Historical Society, where our guide told us both sets of his grandparents came from Norway, we were told that the area originally was an Ojibwe village. After the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe, homesteaders who primarily were woodsmen, farmers and fishermen moved here from Scandinavia.
Of particular interest to us was Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply, a snazzy shop filled with all kinds of outdoor gear and equipment. The store offers a menu of outings, including a six-hour kayak tour in the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
Besides sampling the Vild Von pizza at Sven & Ole's, we tried The Crooked Spoon Cafe for lunch and were pleased with its "contemporary-casual fine dining" sandwich presentations. Our dinner choice, the Angry Trout Cafe, provides close-up views of Lake Superior and a menu featuring the lake's herring, whitefish and trout.
Also in Grand Marais, this year's Moose Madness Family Festival is not to be missed. Mark your calendar for Oct. 19-21.
For our first three Riviera nights we stayed at Cascade Lodge, midway between Lutsen and Grand Marais and surrounded by Cascade River State Park. The rustic Cascade Lodge offers several cabins and 12 rooms in the main lodge (complete with fireplace seating area and sweeping views of Lake Superior). A trail links the lodge to the Superior Hiking Trail.
The 282-mile trail (the last 10 to 15 miles are under construction) stretches from Duluth to the Canadian border.
The nonprofit Superior Hiking Trail Association maintains the trail and offers work trips, guided hikes, maps, guide books and clothing.
Those who wish to hike on their own can camp out along the trail or hike from lodge to lodge, shuttled to trailheads by the lodge or an independent company (218-834-5511, superiorshuttle.com) operating Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from late May to mid-October.
Most visitors hike between May and late October, except for hardier hikers and snowshoers. Most remarkable, though, is the story of Paul Hlina, the first documented person to "through-hike" the trail (in 1995). He had paralyzed lower extremities and did it all on crutches.
Our next stay was at Naniboujou Lodge, opened in the late 1920s as a private club whose charter members included Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and writer Ring Lardner. The property fell on hard times during the Depression but has been beautifully revitalized.
The lodge dining room boasts Minnesota's largest (200 tons, 20 feet tall) native rock fireplace, encircled by boldly colored Cree Indian designs painted on walls and the geometric, domed ceiling.
Naniboujou operates mid-May to mid-October; the week after Christmas; and weekends through mid-March. One caveat: There are no phones or TVs, and alcohol is not allowed in the public rooms due to the owners' religious beliefs.
The next day we hiked in Judge C.R. Magney State Park, 14 miles northeast of Grand Marais, then checked into the lakeside Lutsen Resort, just off State Route 61 in Lutsen. ("Downtown Lutsen" means half a dozen stores and businesses in a minimall).
Billed as Minnesota's first resort, the Lutsen was established in 1885, four years after Charles Axel Nelson moved from Sweden. He named his resort after the Battle of Lutzen in the Thirty Years War involving Sweden and much of Europe.
The resort's complimentary activities are impressive, from guided sea kayaking and a wildflower hike (in season, obviously) to fly fishing and beach yoga.
We next checked out the modern, tony Bluefin Bay resort on Lake Superior in Tofte. Our lakeside room was just 25 or 30 feet from huge waves pounding the rocks.
The resort's activities include guided hikes and kayaking, agate hunting, kids' activities and programs led by U.S. Forest Service naturalists.
We had planned a four-mile hike the next day on the Superior Hiking Trail but were deterred by rain, so we enjoyed a Bluefin breakfast of eggs and wild-rice pancakes instead. When the rain slowed, we settled on a shorter hike to Caribou Falls before heading north to the Grand Portage National Monument and the Heritage Center, seven miles from the Canadian border.
Grand Portage was the rendezvous point for French, English, Canadian, Indian and mixed-race voyageurs during the peak years of the fur trade (1732-54). An excellent 20-minute movie by the National Film Board of Canada depicts their adventures in large trade canoes and arduous portages. The center also holds excellent historical exhibits, a reconstructed Ojibwe village and a restored North West Co. fur-trading depot. Volunteers in period attire explain what life was like around 1800.
The nearby Grand Portage State Park, on tribal land (Chippewa/Ojibwe), has a new visitor center, but the big attraction is the park's magnificent and easily accessible High Falls, the highest in Minnesota, where torrents plummet 120 feet into the Pigeon River.
Heading back toward Duluth, we checked in at the impressive, sprawling Superior Shores Resort & Conference Center in Two Harbors. It's on 60 wooded acres with more than a mile of coastline, wetlands and a pebbled beach.
The Two Harbors Light Station Museum on Agate Bay is open for tours May through October or by appointment. The fully automated light station is still in use and can be seen about 17 miles across the lake. Its light has been burning since 1892. Operated by the Lake County Historical Society, the light station is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The society also operates the Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast, offering a unique overnight experience.
Other attractions in Two Harbors include working iron ore carrier docks, Lakeview National Golf Course and Burlington Bay Beach, a favorite spot for "rockhounding" (searching for agate and other semiprecious stones).
Unfortunately, if you had planned to tune up your Scandinavian skills in the area, one of the most appropriate classes back at the North House Folk School — Sew Your Own Scandinavian Work Shirt — is filled for September. Uff da! But call and you can still get on the waitlist!
Getting there
The doorstep to the Scandinavian Riviera is Duluth, which on the quickest route is about 470 miles from Chicago. Out of Duluth, take Interstate Highway 35 north to State Route 61, where you can take either the "scenic drive" (take it) or the "expressway" (don't) to the town of Two Harbors on Lake Superior.
The attractions
North House Folk School, 500 W. Route 61, Grand Marais. 888-387-9762, northhouse.org.
Cook County Historical Society, 8 S. Broadway, Grand Marais. 218-387-2883, cookcountyhistory.org.
Stone Harbor Wilderness Supply, 20 E. First St., Grand Marais. 218-387-3136, stoneharborws.com.
Grand Portage National Monument & Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center, one-half to one mile south of the west and east exits from State Route 61, Grand Portage. tinyurl.com/8l5otl5.
Grand Portage State Park, seven miles north of Grand Portage on State Route 61 just before the Canadian border, 218-475-2360, tinyurl.com/mmzzbp. Visitor center open daily.
Finland Heritage Site, 5653 Little Marais Road, Finland, 218-353-7380, http://www.finlandmnhistoricalsociety.com.
Superior Hiking Trail Association, 731 Seventh Ave., Two Harbors, 218-834-2700, shta.org.
Two Harbors Light Station Museum, 1 Lighthouse Point, Agate Bay, Two Harbors, 218-834-4898, lakecountyhistoricalsociety.org/museums.
Where to stay
Cascade Lodge, 3719 W. Route 61, Lutsen, 800-322-9543, cascadelodgemn.com. Lodge rooms range widely, from $59 to $159, and cabins from $53 to $309. Next door is the Cascade Lodge Restaurant & Pub.
Naniboujou Lodge, 20 Naniboujou Trail, Grand Marais, 218-387-2688, naniboujou.com. There are marvelous painted Cree Indian designs on the dining room walls and domed ceiling. Rates range from $79 to $115. The Naniboujou Lodge restaurant is outstanding.
Lutsen Resort, on Lake Superior, Lutsen, 800-258-8736, lutsenresort.com. Accommodations include lodge rooms, log cabins, condominiums, town homes and villas. Lodge rates range from $69 to $159, and the price goes up, of course, for condos, town homes and villas. Try the Lutsen Resort Lakeside Dining Room.
Bluefin Bay, 7192 W. Route 61, Tofte, 800-258-3346, bluefinbay.com. Lakeside rooms range from $109 to $149, and suites from $175 to $215. Try the Bluefin Grille.
Superior Shores Resort & Conference Center, 1521 Superior Shores Drive, Two Harbors, 800-242-1988, superiorshores.com. Lodge rooms go for $49 to $189, lodge suites $99 to $339 and "lakehomes" $109 to $479. Try the Kamloops restaurant.
Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast, Agate Bay, Two Harbors, 888-832-5606, lighthousebb.org. The four distinctive private rooms have Lake Superior views, but all guests share one bathroom, and children may stay there "upon arrangement." Rates $135 to $145, subject to change.
Where to eat
There are many good, fun places to eat. Here are just some we tried, and also check out those at the resorts:
Sven & Ole's Pizza, 9 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais, 218-387-1713, svenandoles.com.
The Cooked Spoon Cafe, 17 W. Wisconsin St., Grand Marais, 218-387-2779, crookedspooncafe.com.
Angry Trout Cafe, 408 W. Route 61, Grand Marais, 218-387-1265, angrytroutcafe.com. Open on the lakefront seasonally May through mid-October.
Grand Marais Area Tourism Association, 13 N. Broadway, Grand Marais, 218-387-2524, grandmarais.com.
Two Harbors Area Chamber of Commerce, 1330 Route 61, Two Harbors, 218-834-6200, twoharborschamber.com.


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A boatful of trees! Sorry...
VinhBlade0 children
But imagine if it have been Tahm Kench instead then you could have sailed him.
Domo Attack0 children
(Crashes through door) Ring a ding ding the dingy is here!
Dang you louse piece of scrap metal you broke the door. Now we got to pay for it.
Sorry I just-
No you know better all ships have to wait outside.
But I can't.
Why is that?
Because- because (starts crying) those ships are mean! They call me fat and small. They even made fun of my cannons!(cries even more)
Really that's it, you destroyed half of this dock for that!
Aatrox shut your shark hole.
(whispering) jerk
(patting mal's leg) It's ok you'll always be our loyal ship. Why don't you and me go hunting some sea dragons while these two think of an apology.
What! No way!
Yeah I'm not doing that.
(pulls out crossbow)
Did I say no what I meant to say was yes.
And I don't wanna die.
Good lets go mal. (leaves with Malphite)
Should we get out of here be for the owner get he-
Run shark boy ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!
Blood Reaper6 children
Ironside Malphite and Corsair Quinn? I'd ship them.
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Only thing is, Garen would shit on the rest of them because of the new juggernaut changes. He wouldn't be scared of no dingy crossbow
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AN INQUEST into the death of a Frampton-on-Severn man who had a history of suicide attempts and drink and drug abuse has recorded an open verdict after his body was found in a canal in Hardwicke.
Neil James Eaketts was found dead at 8am on Monday, September 30 in Gloucester and Sharpness Canal near Sellars Road by dog walkers after being missing for six days.
The 42-year-old was reported missing by his sister Deborah O'Neill on the evening of Tuesday, September 24 when he had left home through a first floor window, taking his bank card and bike at around 10pm.
Gloucestershire Police sergeant Andrew Burford said that Mr Eaketts was being treated as a "high risk" missing person and investigations found that later that night £100 was taken from a cash machine at Tesco supermarket in Quedgeley.
However further investigation by the police found that the CCTV at the store was not working.
Post mortem analysis showed a high level of alcohol in his system but the drugs were found to be prescribed and for therapeutic use only, so not considered as an attempted overdose.
Gloucestershire assistant coroner Katie Skerrett said Mr Eaketts had made several attempts at suicide by overdosing on drugs in the past and had a history of self-harming and drinking to excess.
She added that he had suffered from stress including financial and health issues and had "depressive episodes of moderate severity".
She described how on July 2 he had been found running in front of traffic "in a dangerous way" after drinking heavily.
Consultant psychiatrist Katie Sackett revealed in her statement that Mr Eaketts had been admitted to Wotton Lawn Hospital in 2005 and 2012.
By July 9 it seemed that he had been making good progress but then relapsing at the end of July and began self harming again.
Mrs Skerrett said: "It appears that Mr Eaketts seemed to be improving in August and that he was planning a return to work. But we also know that he could quickly deteriorate.
"He often sought help but did not always let people know of his state of mind."
Pathologist Dr Linmarie Ludeman said that the post-mortem examination showed the lungs were super inflated which pointed to the cause of death as drowning.
In conclusion, Mrs Skerrett said that the burden of proof of it being beyond reasonable doubt that it was a suicide could not be passed and so recorded an open verdict.
Speaking to the Gazette, Mrs O'Neill said her brother's death was very tragic and long term for the family.
"We will never have the answers to our questions," she said.


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Thanks to Thomas Piketty, we've heard a lot this year about rising inequality. And with just over a year to go before the MDG 'window' closes, we've also heard a lot about the 'post-2015 agenda'. In a paper with Leander Buisman that just came out in the World Bank Research Observer, we bring these two themes together and ask: "Were the poor left behind by the health MDGs?" Influenced perhaps by all the talk of rising income inequality, there are certainly plenty of pessimistic folks out there who think that health inequalities, too, are on the rise; that the better off are likely to have seen much faster improvements in MDG indicators than the poor.
Are the pessimists right?
To see whether the pessimists were right, we assembled the raw data from 235 household surveys – mostly Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs), but some Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICSs) as well. We looked at progress on 12 MDG indicators: five health status indicators (stunting and underweight among young children, infant and under-five mortality, and HIV prevalence), and seven health intervention indicators (full immunization, measles immunization, 4+ antenatal visits, skilled birth attendance, contraceptive prevalence, condom use during risky sex, and malaria net use among children). To see whether progress has been faster among the poor or better off, we used a wealth proxy – a weighted average of indicators capturing ownership of household durables, type of roof, type of floor, etc. – and then ranked households from poorest to richest.
We found that on the MDG intervention indicators the pessimists have been too gloomy. Whether we compared rates of change for the poorest 40% and richest 60%, or looked at changes in a measure of relative inequality, we found that progress has, in the average country, been pro-poor. The pessimists have a stronger case when it comes to health outcomes. We found that, in the average country, progress hasn't, in fact, been pro-poor. But only in the case of HIV/AIDS has it been pro-rich. In the case of the two child malnutrition measures, as well as infant and child mortality, it has been neither pro-rich nor pro-rich – there have been similar proportionate improvements among the poorest 40% and the richest 60%, and a zero change in the relative inequality measure.
Peering behind the mean
Averages always mask variations. And, in our case, quite big ones. Even on the intervention indicators which, for the most part, have changed in a distinctly pro-poor way, we found a sizable fraction of countries where progress has been pro-rich: 20% in the case of skilled birth attendance and antenatal care, and 25-30% in the case of immunization. In almost half of countries, relative inequality in child malnutrition and child mortality increased, often quite markedly.
We also found that countries that have achieved pro-poor progress on one indicator have often achieved pro-poor progress on others too: two thirds of the variation in 'excess growth' among the poorest 40% across indicator-country combinations is explained by some countries systematically doing better than others in achieving pro-poor progress across all indicators. There's also a geographic pattern to the pro-poorness of progress on the health MDGs: in almost all countries in Asia, progress on underweight has been pro-rich, and in much of Africa inequalities in under-five mortality have been growing.
We also found that although for the most part relative inequality has not been rising, current inequalities are appreciable. In the latest round of surveys used in this study, we found that the richest 60% of children in the developing world are 1.2 times as likely to sleep under a bednet, 1.5 times as likely to be immunized, and 3.7 times as likely to have been delivered by a skilled birth attendant as the poorest 40% of children.
Pointers and a puzzle
Our results suggest at least two things. First, the authors of the UN's 2013 high-level panel report on the post-2015 development agenda are right to suggest that the post-2015 agenda should be about monitoring progress not only of populations as a whole but also of subpopulations like the poorest 40%. Second, while these results are by no means an indictment of policies to date, they do suggest that more needs to be done to reach the poor. Our results raise some obvious questions. Do universalist policies do enough for the poor, or should there be greater reliance on targeting? Do 'new' initiatives such as conditional cash transfers and pay-for-performance (P4P) stand a better chance of reducing inequalities than 'traditional' approaches like pure input-financing?
In our results there's also a puzzle. Why has progress on interventions been so much more pro-poor than progress on health outcomes? Inferior quality of health care among the poor is one possibility. Yes, the poor have seen faster progress on the quantity of care received, but if the quality of care they receive is systematically worse, then this may not be enough to close the gap in health outcomes. If true, this would imply a need to monitor not just the quantity of care received, but its quality too – for example, not just whether or not 4 or more antenatal visits occurred, but what happened during that visit. Another possible explanation is that the MDG intervention indicators cover mostly interventions delivered by health professionals. It's possible that interventions delivered by caregivers – breastfeeding, supplementary feeding, handwashing, oral rehydration remedies for a child suffering from diarrhea – have progressed in a less pro-poor way than the monitored interventions. If true, this would suggest further broadening of the monitoring framework, and some rethinking of how to raise the levels of caregiver-provided interventions among the poor.
It could also be that health
It could also be that health outcomes are not just, or only, dependent on health or healthcare related services. Rising economic inequality, and inadequate attention to the social determinants of health, could well be the explanation for the divergence between healthcare interventions and healthcare outcomes. That is why we need a more holistic approach in the post-2015 agenda.
Thanks, Charles.
Yes, indeed, health outcomes reflect all caregiver-delivered "interventions" and proximate determinants, including ones that aren't medical. And yes these and medical interventions will in turn be influenced by income, education, and other underlying determinants. Since "social determinants" could include nonmedical proximate determinants, underlying determinants, or both, it's not clear how the term helps us explain the puzzle, namely why progress on underlying determinants has apparently resulted in propoor progress on monitored interventions but not apparently on other proximate determinants. If income inequality did rise, why didn't it lead to prorich progress on, say, SBAs? Or immunization? Or antenatal care?
This answer is too complex
This answer is too complex for me to understand - too much jargon and too much assumed knowledge (e.g. what are SBAs?). Can you explain in simpler language accessible to the the reasonably intelligent layperson? Thanks.
Sorry about that. SBA is
Maybe because income is
Maybe because income is concentrating above a line where people already had very good health-indicators? And the distribution is curvilinear with high associations for the poorest?
This has quite appreciable
This has quite appreciable insight. In developing countries one of teh deficiencies that expose children and adults is the poor sanitary and hygien conditions. When we talk about housing conditions, availability of sanitation and hygiene systems and practices, house ventillation etc must be evaluated as well. lack of these services is exposing children to poor mental development, stunting, sickness and death.
Could you provide the list of
Could you provide the list of 64 countries finally included in the analysis?


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I wonder how difficult it would be to set up a website that would distribute this book to American Christian Fundamentalists. The idea would be pretty simple, we could set up a website where users could donate money to our cause. The likely donors would be people who have read the book, and then end up at samharris.org. The work would entail the gathering of names of fundamentalists from Churches, Political Rallies, User Entry ... etc. Ultimately whoever ran the website would use the donated money to send a free book to a randomly selected Christian fundamentalist. Maybe Sam would be willing to write a cover letter. I think this could make at least a small difference (hopefully before November 2). I would be willing to help out on this effort, but my web-programming skills are sub-par. Are there others out there willing to help? Maybe from Knopf?
There's a topic in the Politics forum titled, "For those of you not on Sam's email list', by hampsteadpete. Pete's lead is an article or talk by Sam Harris. On September 18, Conservative Atheist posted on that discussion that he heard Rush Limbaugh reading the entire article to 20 million listeners.
I think this is the best way to get the fundamentalist Christians to read Sam's books, that is, if Sam can give a talk, or write an article that will inspire the likes of Limbaugh, Graham, or even Bush, to read or listen to it. Still, I like your idea.
I want to see Sam's message grow and broaden out, in the manner that pop culture does. A "Dark Side of the Moon" effect, if you will. (741 weeks on the charts.) People saying, "Have you heard of Sam Harris?" In daily conversation.
I can't really say enough. Sam isn't joking when he says the maintenance of human civilization depends on this.
I'd like to reach a point where people still remember these little golden-laced comic books, but in metaphorical or mythological terms - not in absolutes.
I guarantee you this entire planet would benefit from us reaching such a level of global consciousness. One can just take a look at our present situation and see how amazing our lives would be if we were all functioning as people, not different moral communities.
As I write this, "Letter" is #5 in books on Amazon. I have ordered 5 more myself after receiving it today & three of them are going to local talk radio hosts, the other two to local preachers who have radio shows. Object being to get a dialog going.
That's what I have chosen to do with it here, I think everyone has to do what they are comfortable with & can afford. Point is, Sam has given us what I think is an excellant tool. A sure-fire discussion starter. I think it would be a shame to waste it.
I will contribute$$ if we can get this writing distributed to elected reps..
Honestly, I'd like to see a condensed, free version of LTACN that you can just pass out on a whim. Great thinking though, idea like this are where it starts.


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In book X of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle tackles the concept of happiness. Happiness, he says, is not a state because if it were then everyone would possess it, even someone who is asleep throughout his life (we might say someone who is in a coma). Happiness ought therefore to be referred to an activity, one which is chosen for itself and not for the sake of anything else as it does not require anything else, it is self-sufficient.
According to Aristotle we choose almost everything in our lives for the sake of having something else. This is not the same though with happiness because happiness is the goal. He quotes Anacharsis, a Scythian philosopher who visited Greece in the early 6th c. B.C. "Play to work harder" to emphasize his view that amusement is not happiness but a mere form of relaxation as we nobody can work non-stop and needs to relax. Because relaxation is taken for the sake of continuing with another activity (i.e. work) it is not an end in itself.


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Watch Out for a Horde of Diamond Ring Seekers During the 4th Annual Kruckemeyer & Cohn Diamond Dash This Sunday
If you see a bunch (zillions!) of people running around Downtown Evansville Sunday afternoon, don't panic! They aren't aliens from another world seeking human sacrifice, they are simply participating in the 4th Annual Kruckemeyer & Cohn Diamond Dash!
This Sunday, October 13, Kruckemeyer & Cohn and 105.3 WJLT will be hosting the 4th Annual Kruckemeyer & Cohn Diamond Dash - a one-day, real world treasure hunt through downtown Evansville to win a $10,000 Hearts on Fire diamond ring! So, if you're driving around the downtown area, be extra cautious and drive a little more slowly. These people will be in their "zones" focused on winning a $10,000 Hearts on Fire diamond ring and may not be paying attention to traffic as they should. Thanks!
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For the past few years, I've been short-staffed. As a result, I've had to do a lot of the security work myself. For example, I've created my own security awareness program, performed SOX functions on my own, gotten internal buy-in for patching and vulnerability management, and even read through firewall logs, among other things. In fact, I so rarely am able to delegate work to other people on my team that this column might be called One-Man Security Department's Journal rather than Security Manager's Journal. But all that is about to change.
I've gotten approval to hire three new people. Evidently, the dam that was built against new hires when the economy was at its most dismal has been breached. I had an intuition that would be the case, so during the fall budget season, I pitched several new staff positions. I'm thrilled to report that they were all approved! With those positions filled, I'll be able to get a lot more security work done. That's good for me and the company.
But I've been quite surprised to find that there aren't very many experienced security professionals looking for work in the areas I'm trying to fill. I had thought that after so many years of a rough economy, people would be lining up at my door when I was finally ready to hire. But that hasn't been the case. Did the dam burst at other companies well ahead of mine?
Optimally, I would like to hire people whose abilities I already have confidence in. With that in mind, I started out by approaching people I've worked with before or otherwise know to be highly competent. But most of my friends and colleagues weren't even open to the idea of changing jobs. Of the few who were willing to talk, none did anything more than talk, and after a few conversations, things went nowhere. That taught me that my friends and colleagues are doing just fine. I was surprised, because in the past, people had been a lot more dissatisfied with their jobs and more willing to consider grabbing a new opportunity.
Next, I asked my contacts whom they knew that might be interested in my jobs. A second-level recommendation is not as reliable as knowing somebody personally, of course, but there's still some value in having a trusted colleague vouch for somebody. But I was surprised again -- nobody I know has any friends or colleagues who are looking for work. That's a lot of people not looking for work.
That left me no choice but to go to the street. I engaged a few headhunters I know (they have gotten me jobs in the past). Unfortunately, recruiters often don't really know the people they bring for interviews. They find resumes on job boards and pre-screen the candidates, but they can't vouch for them. I have to rely on references and background checks. A reference from an unknown third party is never going to be as frank as one from a friend, but it's the best I can do right now.
Across the nation, overall unemployment remains high, but this experience has me thinking that those of us who practice information security are living in our own bubble of prosperity. On that note, I wish you and yours all the best in the new year.
This week's journal is written by a real security manager, "J.F. Rice," whose name and employer have been disguised for obvious reasons. Contact him at email@example.com.
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California Department of Transportation
Date: December 29, 2011
District: 1 - Eureka
Contact: Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Phone: (707) 441-4678
"Staged" construction of bridge reduced environmental impacts and costs
EUREKA – Caltrans today announced it has completed replacement work on the Russian River Bridge on State Route 222 (also known as Talmage Road) near Ukiah. The widened traffic lanes and shoulders on the new bridge will increase safety for motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Caltrans also used "staged" construction on the project, replacing one half of the bridge at a time, to reduce environmental impacts and construction costs.
"This project represents Caltrans' ongoing commitment to safety and protecting the environment," said Acting Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
The previous bridge, built in 1954, was replaced due to scour and the migration of the river channel. Scour results from water flows eroding the foundation or footings of a bridge. The bridge was also narrow by today's standards.
State Route 222 is the gateway to the community of Talmage and also serves as the primary access for more than 16,000 vehicles each year to the Bureau of Land Management's 52,000-acre Cow Mountain Recreation Area.
"I want to thank the public for their patience during the staged construction because it helped us replace this bridge with minimal impacts to the river channel and it lowered costs," said Caltrans District 1 Director Charlie Fielder.The $10.5 million project was partially funded ($7.6 million) by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. California has obligated nearly $2.6 billion in Recovery Act funding to nearly 1,000 highway, local streets, and job training transportation projects statewide. For more information on the Recovery Act visit: http://www.dot.ca.gov/Recovery/
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