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When the HMS Birkenhead, a British ship carrying troops, began to sink off the coast of South Africa in 1852, the captain and military officers on board famously allowed women and children to board the lifeboats first.
The captain and many of the troops stayed on the ship until the last, perishing in the ocean as the women and children made their way to safety. Their chivalrous act of self-sacrifice is considered to have helped set the standard for noble conduct at sea.
Other displays of courage by captains and crew members who put their passengers first have punctuated the decades since, like Capt. Edward J. Smith who went down with the Titanic.
But such bravery has been conspicuously absent from two major maritime disasters in recent times.
Capt. Lee Joon-seok of the Sewol, the South Korean ferry that sunk last week, has come under heavy criticism for abandoning the ship while hundreds of passengers remained on board. Dozens of them died and more than 200 were still missing Monday.
Lee's actions have prompted comparisons to those of Capt. Francesco Schettino who was in command of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed into a reef off the Italian coast in 2012, killing 32 people.
Witnesses said Schettino jumped into a lifeboat to flee the ship, even though hundreds of passengers were still on board. In his trial, the captain said he fell into a lifeboat when the ship listed sharply.
Schettino is now on trial on charges of manslaughter, causing a maritime disaster and abandoning ship with passengers still on board. He denies wrongdoing.
The cases of the Sewol and the Costa Concordia have raised questions about a captain's obligations to passengers when a vessel runs into trouble.
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By leaving the Sewol soon after it began sinking, Lee reneged on some of his key duties, experts say.
"The captain's first obligation is for the safety of his crew and passengers," Capt. James Staples, a maritime consultant, told CNN. "He should stay on board that vessel until he knows everybody is safely evacuated.
"And then the other reason he stays on board the vessel is for salvage rights. For the captain to leave the vessel in an early situation, it's not the way it should be done."
An international maritime convention on the safety of life at sea makes a captain responsible for the vessel and all the people on board, but it doesn't stipulate that the captain stay on the ship throughout the crisis.
"You don't necessarily want a captain dying with a ship. But he has a responsibility for the safety of everybody on board that ship," said Cade Courtley, former Navy SEAL and president and founder of SEAL Survival.
"He's got to be there and take care of that," Courtley told CNN. "And this guy didn't do that. He was one of the first off. I mean, that's kind of unforgivable, basically."
Some countries, including Italy and South Korea, make abandoning ship a maritime crime.
And similarly to Schettino in Italy, Lee is facing criminal charges over his role in the disaster, including abandoning his ship, negligence, causing bodily injury and not seeking rescue from other ships.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has likened the actions of Lee and some of the ferry's crew members to murder.
Schettino and Lee are not alone in leaving a doomed ship before their passengers, though.
As well as the role of honor for captains who went down with their vessels, there is hall of shame for those who jumped ship.
In one example, the Italian steamer Sirio was wrecked off the Spanish coast in 1906, killing more than 150 people.
Its captain was reported to have abandoned the ship at the first opportunity, but he died the following year of "a broken heart" according to a report in The New York Times.
Delayed evacuation
Lee has drawn particular criticism for apparently ordering passengers to delay the evacuation of the Sewol as it foundered.
"The captain should have been passing honest and clear information on to everyone as to the situation, not telling them to just sit," said William Doherty, a retired captain with the U.S. Merchant Marines.
Lee has defended his actions.
"It is a fairly fast current area, and the water temperature was cold," he said, according to local media.
"I thought that abandoning the ship without discretion would make you drift off a fairly far distance and cause a lot of trouble. At the same time, the rescue ship did not come, and there were no fishing boats or supporting ships around to help at that time."
Leadership vacuum
Lee's early departure may have exacerbated the crisis on board the ship, said Doherty, who teaches safety management at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.
"When the leadership cuts and runs, it leaves a vacuum that is almost impossible to fill," he told CNN.
"There should have been crewmembers going to the life raft stations. There should have been crew members mustering the passengers. So you know your head count. If there are missing people, there should have been other crew members searching the vessel to find those people."
Although U.S. law doesn't specify abandoning ship as a crime, it's a long-standing tradition that the captain be the last one off a sinking ship, according to legal experts.
"Generally speaking, the captain is the last person to get off that vessel," Staples said.
'Safer than any other vehicle'
He cautioned, though, that not all the details have emerged of Lee's actions during the crucial moments on the Sewol.
"We don't know if the coast guard demanded him to get off at that time," he said. "They may have been alongside and told the captain he had to get off at that time. We're not sure what happened there."
Lee appears to have been confident of his ability to ensure the safety of passengers in the past.
In a promotional video from 2010, he is pictured in the wheelhouse of a ship, looking out to sea through binoculars.
He praises the security a ship provides to its passengers.
"I believe it is safer than any other vehicle," he says, "as long as they follow the instructions of our crew members."
By Jethro Mullen, CNN
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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- A Connecticut police department wants people to know that missing your favorite show isn't an emergency.
Fairfield police say they received numerous 911 calls about a cable outage that hit parts of southwestern Connecticut on Sunday night.
The message on the department's Facebook page says the outage is "neither an emergency or a police related concern."
The post warns that 911 should be used for life-threatening emergencies only and misuse of the 911 system may result in an arrest.
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The Riverhead Town Police K-9 unit is expected to be honored Jan. 7 for assisting East Hampton Village police with an arrest made last month.
Riverhead Police Officer John Doscinski and his K-9 partner, Vaki, nabbed a 33-year-old man reportedly breaking into cars around East Hampton Village on Nov. 21, according to a Riverhead police press release issued Friday.
Officers tracked the fleeing suspect for about a mile before forcing him out of hiding behind a vacant house, officials said.
East Hampton Village police were first called onto the scene near Buell Lane at around 8 p.m. after a resident confronted James Sbardella of East Hampton attempting to enter into multiple vehicles, according to officials and a police report.
"After a brief scuffle, the resident went back inside his home and quickly notified local police," Riverhead police's release states. "Due to the immediacy of the situation, a Suffolk County helicopter and the Riverhead Town Police K-9 unit were called to assist."
East Hampton Village police arrested Mr. Sbardella and charged him with fourth-degree attempted grand larceny, second-degree burglary and unlawful possession of marijuana, according to the police report.
Mr. Sbardella pled guilty to third-degree burglary on Dec. 4 and is due back in court Jan. 17 for sentencing, according to online court documents.
In a statement, Riverhead Police Chief David Hegermiller commended Officer Doscinski, who has been on the force for 24 years, and his 5-year-old German Shepherd.
"This was a great job by Officer Doscinski and Vaki to assist our neighbors to the east," Chief Hegermiller said in a press release. "This is the way it is supposed to work — cooperating with nearby municipalities to keep our neighborhoods safe."
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Search for body of UNH student put on hold
Karate instructor charged in death of Elizabeth Marriott
The search for the body of a 19-year-old University of New Hampshire student was suspended Sunday ahead of the arraignment for a martial arts instructor active in community theater who's been charged in her death, a prosecutor said.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Jane Young said officials will discuss the next "viable step" on Monday in the search for Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott. Police have been searching the ground and water around Peirce Island in Portsmouth since Friday.
Seth Mazzaglia, 29, of Dover, is expected to be arraigned Monday in connection with Marriott's death. The actor and martial arts instructor is charged with second-degree murder.
"This is the parent's worst nightmare, a missing child and with an unfavorable outcome," Marriott's family said in a statement Saturday. The family asked for prayers for rescue personnel who are looking for their daughter, saying they need to "bring her home."
At a vigil for Marriott in her hometown of Westborough, Mass., on Saturday night, her father, Robert, choked back tears while speaking to the hundreds who had gathered.
"Together we created an angel," he said, "and tonight she is home in heaven."
Vara said Mazzaglia knew Marriott, but declined to say how or what led to the arrest. He said said police had "credible" information leading them to believe Marriott is dead, though he wouldn't elaborate.
A family friend, Dawn Downey of Westborough, Mass., described Marriott as an attractive young woman who was active in chorus in high school and was prom queen during her junior year. Marriott was helping to put herself through college by working at Target.
"She was just a good girl. That's probably what got her in trouble. She was too trusting and she was beautiful. Those two things will kill you," Downey said.
Marriott had attended a class Tuesday night and made plans to visit friends in Dover. Her cellphone was last used in Dover that night, according to fliers that family members posted around town. Her car was later found in a parking lot on campus in Durham.
"We were greatly saddened to learn of Lizzi's death and we extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends," UNH President Mark W. Huddleston said in a statement. "Lizzi was a new member of the university community and will be missed in our classrooms. Our focus now will be on supporting our campus community during this difficult time."
The university was making counselors available to students. A moment of silence was planned in Marriott's honor at the school's hockey game Saturday night.
Marriott was a 2011 graduate of Westborough High School in Massachusetts. She lived with an aunt in Chester and commuted to the Durham campus. A message seeking comment was left with her parents.
Downey's daughter Nicole, who was Marriott's best friend, described Marriott as a "fun-loving and goofy" young woman who got along easily with others and had a wide circle of friends. She also was a good student who loved animals and science and volunteered at the New England Aquarium in Boston, Nicole Downey said.
"It was a shock to me when I found out she was missing. That was not like her at all," she said. "She was just all around a great person. I don't know why anyone would want to hurt her."
Mazzaglia, who graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in theater, was active in the arts, performing in several dozen plays and musicals over the last decade in southern New Hampshire.
He also was a martial arts instructor who described himself on websites as having a black belt in karate and being familiar with several forms of martial arts and weapons. And he described other interests including juggling.
At the Kittery Community Center in Maine where Mazzaglia taught, parents Paige and Shawn Murdock were having a hard time coming to gripes with the situation.
"It wasn't quite clicking until we got home and saw it on the Internet," said Paige Murdock. "I was baffled. I couldn't believe whatsoever that that was the same man that we've trusted with our children for a year and a half."
"You don't like to think that this kind of thing is possible," said Shawn Murdock.
The Murdocks said Mazzaglia always showed professionalism while teaching their three young daughters.
"He was very professional. The kids loved him," said Paige Murdock. "He was excellent at karate. He knew what he was doing. We never saw any side of him at all that would make us believe that he wasn't a great person."
Robert Modee, a friend of Mazzaglia's and a martial arts instructor in Kittery said he was struggling to comprehend how his friend could be charged with murder.
"I don't understand what's going on right now," he told the Foster's Daily Democrat in Dover, N.H. "I'm completely floored with all this."
A working telephone number for Mazzaglia could not immediately be located. It was unclear whether he had a lawyer yet.


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FY02 NEA Grants to Orchestras
The National Endowment for the Arts awarded 81 grants to orchestras through the Grants to Organizations categories in FY2002, totaling $2,510,500. Awards to all arts disciplines through the categories of Creativity (announced in December, 2001), Arts Learning, Access, and Heritage & Preservation (announced in April 2002), numbered 1,343 and totaled $30.3 million.
Of the $115.2 million appropriated to the NEA in FY2002, $95.8 million were available for grantmaking purposes. In addition to the grants awarded through the categories of Education, Access, Heritage & Preservation, and Creativity, FY2002 awards include the following:
- Congress requires that 40% of NEA grant funds be made available directly to the states; $39.6 million has been awarded through Partnership Agreements to state and regional arts agencies.
- The $10 million increase in FY2002 NEA funding, approved by Congress in 2001, was dedicated to the Challenge America initiative, increasing the initiative's total allocation to $17 million. In addition to a 40 percent allocation to state arts agencies, the FY02 Challenge America grant program has awarded 60 Arts Access grants to organizations, totaling $2,332,000. Orchestras received four Arts Access grants, totaling $185,000.
- The Organizational Capacity category, which funds projects that provide support for broad constituencies of artists and arts organizations, included a $140,000 grant to the American Symphony Orchestra League and a $25,000 grant to the American Music Center.
- Support for Arts on Radio and Television totaled $3.8 million and included a $60,000 grant to the New York Philharmonic. Other awards related to the orchestra field included grants to support public radio programs From the Top and Performance Today.
- $1.3 million has been awarded for Leadership Initiatives. A $250,000 FY02 Leadership grant supports the American Symphony Orchestra League's development and implementation of a national program that develops conducting talent at the early professional stage, through residencies and mentorships with American orchestras and their music directors.
- $820,000 has been distributed for Literary Fellowships.
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By MARK FREEMAN
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Firefighters today fear more triple-digit temperatures and stiff winds will coax the Oregon Gulch fire into another afternoon run of swelling 1,000 acres an hour and threatening scores of structures in wildlands 25 miles southeast of Ashland.
Spurred on by bone-dry conditions, the lightning fire discovered Thursday in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument continued its swift march east into Klamath County and south toward Northern California's Copco Lake throughout Friday.
It also at times doubled back on itself, burning in thick timber and brush that flames had earlier bypassed.
The fire, which is burning in a mix of federal Bureau of Land Management and private lands, was listed Friday at about 11,000 acres and at 5 percent contained, said Don Hickman, a public information officer for the Oregon Department of Forestry team assigned to the fire.
"The fire's behavior was very, very squirrely," he said. "That thing blew up (Friday) just like it did Thursday. And the weather conditions look the same for (today).
"It's crazy up there," Hickman said.
None of the homes along Copco Road that were evacuated Thursday burned, but the ODF said late Friday that 170 structures were threatened. One home, several outbuildings and other structures and a few vehicles have been burned, but the number and type were not confirmed Friday, said Tom Fields, public information officer for the Beaver Complex.
He said about 350 fire personnel are camping outside Medford at Touvelle State Park, which is acting as the current headquarters for the complex.
Today's primary activities will be to scout the fire and get a better handle on its size and identify access points for fire crews and locations where they will start building fire lines to control the flames, according to ODF.
Discovered Thursday morning at about 10 acres in size, the fire likely ignited from a series of lightning strikes that hit the area during Wednesday evening's storm, Hickman says.
Afternoon winds kicked the fire into full gear, with flames and embers jumping as much as a mile and igniting the tinder-dry forest, ODF spokesman Link Smith said.
"There was nothing anyone could do," Smith said Friday afternoon. "You can't put anybody in front of that. All you can do is get out of its way and pick up the pieces."
By Thursday evening, it was estimated at 6,300 acres, and by noon Friday it had swelled to more than 11,000 acres. A special ODF fire team was called in to coordinate the fight.
By Friday afternoon, resources had grown to 350 firefighters, a dozen bulldozers and one fixed-wing airplane flying the fire boundaries to assess conditions, Hickman said.
The one-lane, privately maintained Copco Road swelled with fire vehicles ranging from large trucks hauling bulldozers to fire engines from several Rogue Valley municipal departments stationed at homes to defend them should flames reach them.
Huge swaths of the fire's official area initially went unburned, but ever-shifting winds had flames darting every which way during the day.
As Hickman stepped out of Copco Road to make way for a bulldozer, a Ponderosa pine erupted into a fireball about 500 yards away. Within minutes, flames shot up another pine to its top less than 200 yards away.
"We're concerned that snags might fall over the road, so we're only letting firefighters in," Hickman said. "We're also worried about the safety of firefighters."
The fire burned mostly into Klamath County and Northern California toward Copco Lake. But by mid-afternoon, a thick plume of black smoke crept north and west again, burning in heavily wooded areas that flames earlier side-stepped.
"Feel that?" says Lou Gugliotta, a veteran ODF fire spokesman. "It's creating its own wind."
The statewide team called in Friday to fight the Oregon Gulch fire was also given responsibility for quelling the Salt Creek fire, a lightning-ignited fire burning 15 miles north of Gold Hill. It was listed late Friday at about 100 acres and 30 percent contained.
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Academic Smith College makes the Division 3 NCAA basketball tournament
NORTHAMPTON — The antique basketball uniforms — bloomers and all — have been discarded in the bowels of Smith College. The students no longer annually reenact the first women's game ever played, though it was a fitting tribute at a school known far more for its academics than its athletics — a celebration of basketball history at a school without much of a basketball present.
That has changed over the past few years, culminating in Smith College's first-ever bid to the women's Division 3 NCAA Tournament, which begins Friday at the University of Southern Maine.
Finally, 120 years after basketball Hall of Famer Senda Berenson brought basketball to Smith, the school finally has a team worthy of its past.
"I take it very personally that I can say this is the birthplace of women's basketball,'' coach Lynn Hersey said. "I recognize that there isn't another college coach — outside of on the men's side, Springfield College — where you can say that.''
Not that it mattered for a long time. Instead of being able to capitalize on its history, on being steeped in the game of basketball, Smith had little success. There were a few bright spots, a few winning records. But mostly, the team and the school were content with mediocrity — as long as it came with a high grade point average.
As student Abbey Knickerbocker said, "Historically they're very known for their athletics. But it's kind of tapered off more toward academics.''
It took a certain student to enroll at Smith, one intellectual enough to do well in the classroom, one interested in studying in a single-sex environment, one that fit Northampton.
"Clearly Smith is a hard place to be at, whether it's academically or socially or that athletics isn't as predominant as it might be at other schools,'' senior cocaptain Amanda Zakoske said. "It takes an interesting person to stick it out here.''
That didn't always bring the best basketball talent to town.
But Hersey has built a team worthy of its first NCAA bid. She has capitalized on the school's history, on its part in the foundation of women's basketball, and has used that to overcome Smith's image as a place where sports don't succeed.
"The biggest challenge was the belief that Smith could do something like this,'' Hersey said.
So she uses Berenson's legacy, emphasizes its worth, persuades students they want to come and build something at Smith.
"It kind of gave us a little push to know that it all started here,'' senior cocaptain Devon Quattrocchi said. "It's just nice that Smith celebrates the history but is also very interested in moving forward.''
To that end, the culture needed to be changed. A new standard needed to be set. And suddenly, with the wins mounting, the basketball team began to see interest from people who had never paid attention before — such as school president Carol Christ, who appeared in the stands last season.
"I think I always allowed that to push me harder, realizing that we can't settle for anything, we can't let being at an academic school that's not known for sports make us work less hard than everyone else,'' Quattrocchi said.
It almost didn't happen, though. Smith, which had been favored in the New England Women's Athletic Conference tournament, was upset by
Wellesley in the semifinals. The Pioneers had beaten Wellesley by 10 just one week earlier.
That led to a tense selection day on Monday, with the 22-4 team gathered around a room, waiting anxiously to hear — or not hear — the Smith name called.
"It was unreal,'' Zakoske said. "It was pressure-filled, intense. I swear it was the longest 15 minutes of our lives. Then it was just relief and joy and gratitude, just this crazy rush of emotions.''
They had made it, had changed what they wanted to change, had found a way to win at a place where it didn't always seem possible.
And, by doing that, they began to see differences around them.
"I think it's changing not only our program, but I think all the other sports here are changing, changing the whole culture here'' Quattrocchi said.
Added Zakoske, "It's OK to want to win. Everyone comes here and our sports team are fun and they're always these great groups of people — but it's OK to do it all. It's OK to be pre-med and be on sports teams that win.''
Perhaps it's fitting that it happened this year. On the recommendation of a recent alumna, Jessica Welk, Smith named its court after Berenson before the start of the season, though it has yet to be officially dedicated.
"Maybe there's some magic to that,'' athletic director Lynn Oberbillig said. "Something good after we paid attention to our heritage.''
It's not the same game. After all, now women can dribble and run up and down the court. Berenson, in fact, modified the game to a six-on-six version, so it was less strenuous for women, and followed that up with her "Basketball Guide for Women.''
As Oberbillig said, "I think Senda would be amazed at what women's basketball is today. It would be foreign to her, but I think she would be proud.''
Berenson finally presides over what she started at Smith, with a banner in the gym, with her name on the court. Just 30 minutes away, her picture — in profile — is up with the basketball greats at the Hall of Fame in Springfield, labeled as the "Mother of Women's Basketball.'' She is near Tommy Heinsohn and Dean Smith, John Havlicek and Sam Jones.
And over at Smith, they feel grateful for her contribution, grateful for what she did for them. Grateful, too, that they've been able to balance athletics with academics, that they've been able to have it all.
"It's just a pride thing for us,'' Hersey said. "We want to make the people before us feel proud of what we're trying to accomplish today.
"We're bringing the Smith name into a different limelight and we're doing it in a way that's filled with integrity. Our ancestors in this sport here would be very proud of us.''
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The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, has just published a special double-sized edition, catching the publication up after a delay. Quote: "Welcome to a double issue of The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies. We regret that our publication has fallen behind schedule, but this 2013 double issue will help bring it more in synch with the calendar. Thanks to guest editors [Manon Hedenborg-White] and Inga Bårdsen Tollefsen, both of the University of Tromsø, Norway, this issue includes a section of interesting papers on gender issues within several varieties of contemporary Paganism and occultism, ranging from Canada to Russia." Also covered are articles responding to a 2012 critique of Pagan Studies. There are also a number of interesting (and free to download) book reviews.
The Druid Network performed a global ritual in honor of peace on August 10th. Quote: "Last night, on 10 August 2014 members of the international organisation, The Druid Network, performed a ritual all across the globe in honour of peace. Crises of war are happening all over the globe, and members of TDN gathered together on the member-only social network site to discuss matters. What evolved was the creation of a ritual for peace, that could be enacted by anyone, anywhere, at this August Supermoon. Over 300 people responded to the Facebook event, and even more Pagans from all over the globe performed either this version or their own with the intention of creating peace." The press release includes the ritual format shared amongst the participants, and they intend to perform the ritual at every following full moon.
Editors Christine Hoff Kraemer and Yvonne Aburrow have announced a call for entires in a new anthology concerning Pagan consent culture. Quote: "This collection will define Pagan consent culture; articulate widely-held Pagan theologies of the body; examine theological resources in various Pagan traditions for building consent culture; explore strategies for making seeking consent to touch a normal community practice; give recommendations for safeguarding policies at events for children and adults; provide procedures for communities to use when responding to accusations of sexual abuse; consider the role of unequal power dynamics in relationships in Pagan communities; and examine the ethics of sexual initiation, erotic healing, and other Pagan religious practices involving the ritual use of touch." The deadline for first full drafts is Feb 1, 2015.
We had previously reported on the case of Janie Felix and Buford Coone, members of the Order of the Cauldron of the Sage, who had challenged a 10 Commandments monument being erected on government property in New Mexico. Well, on August 7th, a federal judge ruled that the monument was unconstitutional. We reached out to Janie Felix, who sent us the following statement: "We are delighted (the many people I represented) with the court's decision. It feels that the law was upheld and that the court reflected the Founding Father's plan for our country. This is an important victory for all the non-Christian folks here in New Mexico and around the country … I, personally, hope that the monument will be removed to a prominent spot on the grounds of the largest local church where it can be admired and not impinge on the lawful rights of the non-Christian community here in Bloomfield. It saddens me that the local comments in dissent to the ruling reflect the prejudices of the folks in favor of the monument staying where it is rather than understanding the reasons for the suit in the first place. Comments were made, i.e. 'if she doesn't like it, she doesn't have to look at it' … 'she can just move' … 'she is ruining our country.' We, the plaintiffs, have always expressed that this was impinging on our rights as citizens and was not opposition to the commandments per se. By staying out of all matters of faith and spirituality, the government gives all religions an equal chance to thrive in our country. Indeed, that was the purpose of the religious liberty causes in the 1st amendment."
Last week we reported on the news of the Air Force adding "Asatru" and "Heathen" to their religious preferences list. For more on the background of this story, check out The Norse Mythology Blog's interview with Master Sergeant Matt Walters, who worked with the Open Halls Project to make it happen. Quote: "I got a notification that it would be shortly that the approval would go through, and on a whim I decided to check. Apparently only hours before I checked, the personnel office had made the inclusion of the two requested denominations, and I was able to officially be recognized as a heathen. Now any airman can identify themselves as Ásatrú or Heathen in their military records, if they wish."
Victor Kazanjian, the Executive Director of the United Religions Initiative (URI), was hosted at a reception held by the Northern California Local Council of the Covenant of the Goddess (COG). Quote: "This was an opportunity for him to meet the Pagan community of the San Francisco Bay Area and for us to meet him. A reasonable sample of the many groups of the Bay Area attended. The Fellowship of the Spiral Path graciously donated their monthly time-slot at the Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists (BFUU) hall as a welcoming space to hold the reception. […] I have the highest of hopes for Victor, and the URI, and for the growing relationship between the URI and the Pagan community of the Bay Area and the world. I will give everyone a chance to introduce their groups soon, but first it is both a pleasure and a privilege to welcome Victor Kazanjian." Be sure to also check out COG Interfaith Reports blog for their summary report on the Global Indigenous Initiative meeting.
The results for the 2014 Independent Book Awards have been released, and Gus diZerega's "Fault Lines: The Sixties, the Cultural War, and the Return of the Divine Feminine" won the Silver prize in the New Age/Mind-Body-Spirit category. DiZerega's book was tied for Silver with "Garden of Bliss: Cultivating the Inner Landscape for Self-Discovery" by Debra Moffitt, which was published by Llewellyn Worldwide. Quote from the book's blurb: "The United States is suffering its greatest upheaval since the Civil War—politically, economically, socially and religiously. In Fault Lines: The Sixties, the Culture War, and the Return of the Divine Feminine, author Gus diZerega explores the complex causes leading us to this point, comparing them to giant fault lines that, when they erupt, create enormous disturbance and in time new landscapes."
With the Pantheon Foundation's funding campaign for The Diotima Prize successful, the process to award the prize has begun. A selection committee has been announced, as well as an essay contest to decide the winner. Quote: "The Pantheon Foundation, dedicated to building 21st century infrastructure for Pagans, calls for you to apply to receive the Diotima Prize. By the power of the Pagan community's generosity $1,000 has been crowd-funded to support your studies this year. Send us a 1,000 word essay on the nature of Paganism and Pagan ministry, and the author of the best, selected by our committee, will be awarded this year's prize." Deadline for essays is September 1st. Applicants must be currently in an accredited seminary program.
A crowd-funding campaign is has been launched to help fund Pagan activist and chaplain Patrick McCollum's participation in several world peace-oriented Fall events. Quote: "While Patrick's service and presence at these powerful events is clearly of high value, the organizers of the events do not have the financial means to provide for his airfare. Our desire is not only to get him there, but to insure his safe travels and maximize the outreach of the important messages he has to share. We are aiming to raise $6,000 for this trip. What this would afford us are the round-trip tickets to India for Patrick and to have some money for other travel expenses. It will also be used to support the youth. If we receive more than our funding needs, the extra money will go towards the foundation and to supporting the various work that Patrick is a part of." McCollum's efforts were recently mentioned in the LA Times.
Debbie Chapnick, owner of Datura Press, has released a new book that melds tarot and food entitled: "The Journey of the Food, Snacking your way through the Tarot." Quote: "In a deep sleep a voice said to me 'The eight of swords… that's a Mississippi mud cake'. The phrase repeated over and over again. When I finally woke up in the morning I was exhausted, but I knew what I had to do… write a cookbook! That's where it began, 'The Journey of the Food.' I cook for my friends all of the time and get hired to do desserts for the occasional party. It was the perfect for me. The two things I love doing the most all together." You can order yours by emailing Chapnick at: email@example.com.
Pagan learning institution Cherry Hill Seminary has announced that that faculty member David Kling, M.Div., will serve as the new Chair of the Department of Ministry, Advocacy & Leadership. Quote: "I started the long journey to become a chaplain after my mother and I made the decision to take my father off life support. During the seven months he was in critical care not once did we see a chaplain. His death was particularly difficult for me and every death I experience since transforms me. It is my intention to be of service to others who are suffering physically, emotionally, or spiritually. It is a wonderful yet often very emotionally painful career path, I cannot imagine doing anything else. I may not have had a chaplain when I needed one, but I hope I can be there for others when they need one. […] It is my hope that I can assist current and incoming students navigate through their programs successfully and graduate and settle into various ministry and leadership roles that will be as fulfilling for them as mine is for me."
Camilla Laurentine has issued a call for submissions for a new devotional anthology dedicated to the Beloved Dead. Quote: "Calling for submissions for Crossing the River: A Devotional to Our Beloved Dead, edited by Camilla Laurentine (and possibly others to sign on at a later date). Submissions open August 7th, 2014 and close February 28th, 2015. The intention of this devotional is to build a source book of modern meditations, hymns, prayers, and other resources for death workers working in our greater community. All Pagan and Polytheist traditions are welcome and encouraged to submit to this project. Submissions should fall into one of three categories: Vigil of the Dying, For the Recently Deceased, and Funerary Tools. They may include, but are not limited to meditations, poems, hymns, prayers, original retellings of myths, rituals, and scholarly articles with a focus on historical practices within one's tradition. Artwork is also welcome and encouraged with a preference for pieces that are easily reproduced in black and white."
Sharon Knight and Winter have announced a collaboration with urban fantasy author author Ellie Di Julio, a collection of songs based on the work "The Transmigration of Cora Riley." Quote: "Sharon Knight and Winter, have teamed up with author Ellie Di Julio to produce original songs inspired by her urban fantasy novel, "The Transmigration of Cora Riley." This album tells three different character stories – Cora's, Jack's, and the Mistress' – through their own eyes, echoing the book's themes of change and desire. The sound ranges from light-hearted pop to driving metal to haunting folksong, giving each character their own flavor and adding new layers of meaning to the original text."
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Emma Watson has revealed shooting The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is her "graduation" from her Harry Potter alter-ego Hermione Granger.
The 22-year-old, who plays rebellious and popular high school student Sam in Stephen Chbosky's coming-of-age drama, said shooting the scene where she stands up, in a car, as they drive through a tunnel made her feel like she really had left Hogwarts behind.
"I started as Emma with some Hermione still left in my system. I went through the tunnel and I came out ready to start something new," she told Entertainment Weekly.
Emma revealed the film, which also stars Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller, has been a life-changing experience.
"At our initial meeting, he [Stephen] said, 'Okay, not only is this going to be one of the most important parts you play, you're also going to have the summer of your life and meet some of your best friends'," she recalled.
"I thought, 'That's quite a claim. Who is this guy?' Everything he said came true," she added.


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Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT supercar goes even faster
- Mercedes%27 AMG unit adds 20 horsepower to the SLS
- It now goes from zero to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds%2C 0.1 seconds faster
- The improvements underscore keen competition to be the hottest supercar
ROSAMOND, Calif. — Sometimes the fast just end up going faster.
Such is the case with Mercedes-Benz's SLS AMG. The supercar — offered in roadster and gull-winged coupe models — already was plenty quick, capable of bolting to 60 miles per hour from a stop in 3.8 seconds. But now, with a increase of 20 horsepower to 583, it's 0.1 seconds faster.
Improvements to the car, which was demonstrated on a race track here about 100 miles north of Los Angeles, were deemed significant enough that it's been given a new name for 2013: the SLS AMG GT.
The changes in the SLS underscore how automakers are trying to burnish their images when it comes to tweaking their supercars, which become the icons of their brands. With competition razor sharp — from Chrysler Group's new SRT Viper to Ferrari's FF four-seater — automakers are having to continually pay attention to these small-volume models that otherwise might go largely unchanged for years.
Becoming ordinary, or allowing rivals to catch up to you, just won't do when it comes to high-end supercars.
"It's something to play up to enthusiasts," says Scott Burgess, Detroit editor for Motor Trend magazine. "Supercars are all about exclusivity. You want your neighbor to look at it and know they can't have it."
The 197-mph SLS already was exclusive, given its limited sales and a price tag higher than many houses: The new GT will go for $199,500 as a hardtop, $206,000 as a convertible, both up $9,900 from the outgoing versions. Mercedes sold 800 last year in the U.S., up 10.8% from the previous year, Autodata reports.
To make it better, Mercedes' AMG performance unit not only upped the horsepower in its 6.3-liter V-8, but tinkered with the seven-speed transmission and made the suspension firmer.
That's all nice, but what really has made the SLS stand out in the crowded supercar marketplace is its looks and layout. In the hardtop, the upward-swinging doors recall the classic Mercedes "gull-wings" of the 1950s. The SLS also has an especially long hood to allow the engine to be moved back behind the front wheels for better weight distribution, the results of which were evident at the track where the car stuck to the asphalt in hard cornering.
The new SLS GT was given a slightly more sinister appearance by darkening the chrome, including its headlights and taillights.
The look shows what happens when designers come from the performance side of the automaker's house. Though the AMG unit has a growing list of performance models that are modified versions of their Mercedes-Benz everyday counterparts, the SLS is a special AMG-only car.
"What's unique about the SLS is it's the first production car from Mercedes developed solely by AMG," says AMG Product Manager Rob Moran.
Burgess just knows, as an auto critic, that he likes it. "It's the epitome of a supercar," he says.


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May 2
Works that Testify
By Marsh Chapel
Religion and psychology teach us that things often symbolize a lot more than they are by themselves. I remember the day in my Freshman year when I learned about Sigmund Freud's theory of sexual symbolism. Suddenly my campus vanished and was replaced by a surreal landscape of towers and tunnels, fertile courtyards and soaring arches bursting with light at the top. For all my new vision, however, I have to say that my sex life was not improved. It really was just a bunch of college buildings. Similarly, some religious people like to see signs and portents in everything. Catching a cold is a sign of God's disfavor; finding a parking place around here during a Red Sox game testifies to the Parking Angel. Some people think that if they are well-born, handsome, rich, or successful, surely God is with them and they deserve it. On the other side, many people take suffering as a sign that the victim deserves the suffering as punishment. In all those cases, things simply are what they are, for natural reasons, and the visions of cosmic meaning are mere projections, often pathological projections.
Nevertheless, there are occasions when the works people do, in fact, testify to something bigger and more important than the works themselves. Jesus, in our gospel lesson, for instance, was being questioned about his real identity. Was he the Messiah or not? He did not answer by quoting scripture or giving a philosophical analysis of what messiahship is as applied to himself. Rather he said, "the works that I do in my Father's name testify to me." People are what they do with what they have. Jesus was what he did, and his religious identity came from what he did in God's name. Of course Jesus' answer was more complex than met the eye. People in his time expected the Messiah to be a military leader like King David who would drive out the Romans and establish Jerusalem as the capital of the world where people from all nations would come to worship God. Jesus did nothing of the sort, although actions such as riding triumphantly into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday might have suggested that to some people. Rather, Jesus redefined what it means to be Messiah with his works, the humility of them, the humanity of them. Jesus claimed authority over his disciples by washing their feet. So Jesus' works not only testified to his identity as Messiah, they redefined the very role itself.
A more touching example in our texts of works that testify beyond themselves is the story in Acts of Dorcas, or Tabitha. I suppose that Peter's work of raising her from the dead is important because it testifies to the power of God that he exercised in the name of Jesus. But I want to call your attention to Tabitha's works rather than Peter's.
Notice that Dorcas was called a disciple. The term "disciple," or even "apostle," was not limited to the Twelve who had been especially named by Jesus. It applied to many people, including many women. The woman's Aramaic name, Tabitha, and Greek name, Dorcas, are both given; they mean "gazelle" in their respective languages. In the text they are alternated: Tabitha, Dorcas, Dorcas, Tabitha; obviously both are important. I suppose that this means that the Christian community in Joppa was a mixture of Aramaic-speaking Jews and Hellenized Jews who spoke Greek, and that Dorcas was of the latter group. Or perhaps she was even Greek and not Jewish. If so, it was altogether more significant for Peter to visit her, because he was slowly moving outside the definition of the Christian movement as wholly conforming to Jewish practice. This incident is related just before his experience with the Roman centurion Cornelius in which he came to declare all foods clean to eat, throwing over the kosher limitations. If Dorcas was in fact Greek, it was a bold move for Peter to minister to her.
What is most striking about Dorcas, or Tabitha, is that she seems to have been a long-time mainstay of the Joppa Christian community. This incident must have occurred within the first twenty years of the founding of the Christian movement. If we follow the chronology in the Acts of the Apostles, written by Luke as a second volume to his gospel, Tabitha's death and revival probably occurred much earlier than twenty years, say, within the first five or ten years. Yet Dorcas was settled with a group of widows, obviously a well-articulated group within the Christian community, and had worked with them for years making clothing. Most ancient Jewish and Hellenistic societies were organized around family life, and widows had little or no place unless they were supported by their children. The Christian communities from the very beginning gave a special place to the widows. What would our churches today do without the women who make the congregation the center of their lives, like a family?
Tabitha "was devoted to good works and acts of charity." When she sickened and died, the other widows washed her body and laid her out for what we would know as a wake, and sent for Peter to come. The widows stood around fondling the garments she had made for them, the material results of her good works, the works themselves. Now to what did those works testify? They are not the works of a Messiah, or even of a great leader and now miracle worker like Peter. So far as we know, her good works were in paying attention to the needs of those around her. Like most of us, she attended to those in her community to whom she could relate directly, to the issues of security and health in her neighborhood, as exemplified in making clothing for people. Moreover, she must have done this superlatively, because her community so deeply mourned her that they sent for Peter and asked him to come without delay. Perhaps they hoped he could bring her back to life as Jesus had revived Lazarus, but without the delay that had raised such tensions in the Lazarus incident. Whatever the hope, Dorcas was deeply loved for her charity and good works by those around who had come to know her as a person of charity and good works. Her works testified to the sanctity and healthy good life of the Christian community in Joppa. They testified to her responses to the needs of that community. They testified to the fact that the community could love her and fight against her death.
We, of course, need to do good works that testify to the grounds and obligations of our faith. Every one of us lives in a community with needs, and what we do in response to those needs testifies to the quality of our faith. Let's keep the order right. It's not that we first have faith, and then respond to the needs in proportion to our faith. It's that we first practice good works, and this determines the quality of our faith. Any of us can have right beliefs, but that does not mean we act upon them. Many of us go through existential trials to decide that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior; sometimes this decision costs great humiliation in front of secular friends. But even having made that decision, whether it's real depends on what we do. Let us present our deeds before a neutral observer, say, God, and ask whether, given what we do it looks as if Jesus is our Lord and Savior. Our works testify to who we are. What testimony do we want them to give? What testimony do they in fact give? "By their fruits you shall know them."
I've been speaking of the testimony of our works as if we testify as individuals. But friends, we are in this together. A fundamental need in our community is for courtesy. We can each be courteous to one another, but we need to establish widespread social habits of courtesy. Poor people need help, and we individually can contribute to efficien
t charities; but we need collectively to develop an economy that minimizes poverty. To be marginalized is humiliating, and we can individually reach out to people who are marginalized because of race, class, sex, religion, or history; but we need collectively to develop a culture that embraces all without humiliation or deprivation of rights. We can individually express our political views when nothing much turns on it; but now that our country is occupying two countries that did not attack us, or have the plausible means or will to do so, the needs for collective political responsibility are astonishingly compelling. Those of us who are Christians would like to say that our works, from common courtesy and local helping to responsible engagement of political affairs, testify to a Christian faith commanding love demonstrated by God in Christ, sustained by martyrs, carried down to us by the faithful, and made our responsibility by our baptism in these, our times.
So I invite you to the communion table, the elementary work of Christian practice. From this table go out renewed in courtesy, charity, community building, and commitment to craft a society of which Jesus could be proud. Go out from this table comforted against the inevitable failure to be perfect in courtesy, charity, community, and politics, remembering that our kingdom is not of this world. Yet this table, showing Christ's presence here, manifests the fact that our kingdom, which is of God's world, is in this world. Here is where we have to be like Tabitha-Dorcas, and live out our faith. Amen


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Installation of the 300 Hz Roofing Filter in the Yaesu FTdx5000 and MARS modification
Installation of the 300 Hz Roofing Filter
Read the original Yaesu FTdx5000 Operating Manual page 140:
"Installation of the optional Roofing Filiter (XF-126CN)"
Remove the top cover of the transceiver.
This is the metal plate on the right side of the transceiver.
Remove the three screws affixing the metal plate.
Position the filter so that its connectors are alligned with the mounting pins on the board,
and push it into place.
MARS modification
Do this at your own risk and act according your license!
Remove both the top and bottom covers
On the left side you see the CTRL-unit
You don't need to remove the CTRL-unit or any cable!
Above the CTRL-unit left from the three flatcables there are three little wires;
just move them a little bit to the right to give some space to do the mod safely without touching the wires with your soldering iron
Notice JP45 05
Just solder the bridge between the two islands of 05.
That's all!
Close the transceiver.
Read the Operating Manual Page 7: Full Reset
WARNING: before you give a full reset backup all the settings of the transceiver or write them in a document!!


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Hello my name is chris, new to the whole caving thing. Currently i've only done tumbling rock and a few others that arent part of the scci. I'm Looking to get in with the birmingham grotto/looking for some advice and maybe make some new friends along the way.
i'm located in the alabaster area.


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Thanksgiving Eve gas prices
AAA expects Thanksgiving Eve to be the busiest travel day of the entire year.
Experts said national gas prices are about a dollar lower this year compared to this time last year.
But despite that ... fewer drivers are expected to hit the road this year. Many said the economy will keep them staying close to home.
But if you are one of the millions braving the roads ... here's what you can expect.
In Northwest Arkansas gas prices are averaging just under $3 and in the River Valley prices at the pump are slightly above $3.
If you're headed toward Tulsa ... expect to pay a little less, the average there is $2.94.
Going north toward Kansas City ... you'll be paying about $2.98.
But bad news for driver headed to Dallas ... gas prices there the average about $3.20.
Motorist Rhiannon Hollenbeck shared what she's seen at the pump on her commute to Colorado from Alabama for the holiday.
"It's been a lot better the further south I've gotten it is a lot more expensive in Colorado, 20 to 30 cents more expensive ... and the further the off the interstate you can get, the cheaper the prices are," said Hollenbeck.
For those traveling this Thanksgiving, you are reminded to stay safe and alert out there on the roads.


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Trine follows a fantasy adventure of three souls intertwined by destiny and a magical artefact called the Trine. After being drawn to the mysterious object, Pontius the knight, Amadeus the wizard and Zoya the thief accidently find themselves sharing the same space, unable to separate themselves from each other.
With the ability to control any one of the trio at a single time, swapping them in and out of the environment, you take the unlikely team on a quest to regain their individuality, and this is no meagre task. Their kingdom has become corrupted by evil and is overrun by a legion of undead, with reanimated skeletons roaming the landscape. Co-operation between the selfish thief, womanising wizard and bumbling knight is the only thing which will get them through this predicament alive...
The stylised fantasy setting of Trine immerses you within its beautifully drawn, storybook style world. Backgrounds are rich and colourful, while the main characters are animated with grace and flair, whether it's staggered attacks of a skeleton warrior or the agile movement of Zoya and her billowing cloak.
A measured voiceover overlays the story's cutscenes with narration, while each character is also given a lively and entertaining voice, matching the appropriate string instrument driven soundtrack. There are even a number of sound cues to help your progress, as foes menacingly growl when they come into earshot to give you enough time to change your character if you need to.
Blending platform action and puzzling, Trine offers inventive gameplay based on mixing the traits of the three main characters. Each of the protagonists possesses their own special abilities which can be used to traverse platforms, defeat enemies and overcome puzzles. Amadeus can levitate objects and create boxes and planks, Zoya has a bow and a grappling hook, and Pontius can hack his way through enemies with his sword and protect himself with a shield.
Each of these gifts can be utilised in a range of tasks, usually making the wizard ideal for puzzles, the thief perfect for platforming, and the knight the man for battles - although mixing and matching at the right moment is essential to success. There are also a number of items to collect offering enhancements such as increasing energy or resistance to attacks, and the characters can substantially upgrade their abilities by collecting Experience vials.
Soon you'll be wielding flaming arrows, creating multiple crates and wooden structures, and dealing damage to the undead with a sledgehammer. And with the variety of enemies looking to cause you harm, such as bats and giant screen-filling skeletons, you'll need as much help as you can get.
If you don't fancy Trine's quest all on your own, there's the opportunity to have two offline friends join the fun by connecting the relevant number of wireless controllers - each player must press the START button to jump in.
This separates the characters so at least two of them are on-screen at the same time, meaning co-operation is the only way to get through the levels. As with the single player game, if one member of the trio dies, they can only be fully revived by reaching a checkpoint, so keeping track of everyone on-screen is crucial, as is using each of their abilities to the fullest.


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Browsing 1. Archival Finding Aids by Subject "Imperial ORder Daughters of the Empire -- History"
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I.O.D.E. Second Dragoons Chapter Fonds, 1967-1983 (2010-10-28)This archive is comprised of records relating to activities of the Second Dragoons Chapter of the I.O.D.E., which was formerly one of several primary chapters in the city of St. Catharines. The bulk of the material is ...


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Have I ever told you the story of how Brad and I met? Well, our little love story started out like this...
One fateful summer day, I stumbled into a little coffee shop right down the street from my new college apartment. It was smack in the middle of an ideallyic little area called English Village and was called Joe Muggs Newsstand. I had just moved to Birmingham, AL with one of my best friends, Mary Katherine, to go to college. We wanted part-time jobs, and low and behold, Joe Muggs was hiring!
We filled out our applications and both got hired. What a massively fun job that was! I became a "Master Barista" and could make a mean iced coffee, cappuccino, mocha, or whatever your coffee-lovin' heart desired. Those were such fun times that I'll never forget. I could go on and on with stories about working in that little shop.
Shortly after I started the job, I met a handsome fellow that also happened to work there. Yep, you guessed it...His name was Brad. I had a crush on this Brad guy and eventually talked one of my co-workers into talking to him on my behalf. I know, I know...the easy way out, right?? :)
Well, their conversation went well, and Brad and I started dating. The rest folks, is history. We've been happily married for over 8 years now. I can't believe it...My, how time flies!
|Joe Muggs Newsstand
|That hubby of mine is always goofing off!
So, when the great folks at Seattle's Best Coffee recently contacted me to let me know that their House Blend Coffee was now available at Publix stores, I was thrilled to hear this news and so excited to give it a try...especially this particular Iced Coffee recipe. With summer *officially* here, the temperatures in Alabama are rising quickly, and iced coffee is a refreshing substitute on these sweltering days.
This recipe brings backs memories of the Iced Coffee we used to serve at Joe Muggs. The flavor is rich, yet smooth. It's really quite delicious!! Plus, it's made from high quality, Latin American, arabica beans. Even the coffee connoisseur hubby of mine was impressed. After just one sip, he was in love!
Also, from 6/14/14 to 7/4/14, House Blend is on special at Publix: Roast and Ground House Blend packaged coffee is just $4.99, and House Blend K-cup® Packs are $5.99. You can't beat that!
You can find more information and additional recipes at www.seattlesbest.com.
Bon Appetit, my friends!
Seattle's Best So Simple Iced Coffee
Source: Seattle's Best Coffee
2 1/2 cups cold water
1 1/2 cups ground Seattle's Best Coffee® House Blend
Mixing spoon
Coffee filter or cheese cloth
Carafe or bowl with lid
Pour grounds into a bowl. Add 1 cup cold water and stir gently. Slowly add remaining 1 1/2 cups cold water, agitating the grounds as little as possible.
Cover, steep at room temperature for 12 hours.
Strain the coffee grounds through a filter. Store concentrate in refrigerator up to 5 days.
To serve, add 1 part coffee concentrate to 3 parts water over ice. Enjoy your smooth-tasting iced coffee with your favorite mix-ins or toppings
Yields 1 cup / 300m
I'm participating in a Seattle's Best Coffee® blogger campaign and received compensation as part of the program. However, all opinions and reviews are 100% my own.


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Winsted schools caught in town cash crunch
WINSTED >> The cash crunch crushing Winsted's municipal government has spread throughout the town, and Winsted's school system has been caught up in that riptide.
Winchester Public Schools business manager Nadine Savage confirmed that Connecticare is just one of many vendors who have not been paid by the district in the last month and a half due to the town's financial shortfall. Superintendent of schools Thomas Danehy drafted a letter to town manager Dale Martin, the Board of Selectmen, Board of Education, Connecticut Department of Education commissioner Stefan Pryor and Brian Mahoney of the Department of Education about the impact of the ongoing cash shortage on their operations, asking for any possible remedies.
"We understand that you are struggling to determine just how much money has disappeared because of 'accounting irregularities,'" Danehy wrote, "but we do not see any steps being taken to keep the town and its schools operating."
Danehy's letter states that the district owes $3,284,539.31 in payments to vendors as of Jan. 15, as well as another $620,000 in salary. Tuition payments to the Gilbert School are also past due, as the town only paid $250,000 in their last payment at the beginning of the year. This underpayment results in a past due balance of $564,365.32, and Savage said town government is well aware of the underpayment or non-payment of vendors. Subsequently, said Savage, the town has been the entity dictating what bills could be paid, noting that the only reason they signed off on a $30,000 copier lease payment was to avoid a $400 late fee.
"They know," said Savage. "They've seen the list of bills."
According to Savage, the school district's previous arrangement with the town had been in effect until mid-November. Under this arrangement, the district would send their bills to the finance office -- either to now-suspended finance manager Henry Centrella or purchasing director Mark Douglass -- where they would be authorized.
Savage said that "we're already two months behind" on the district's Connecticare payments, endangering health coverage. While the district is behind on other bills, such as Connecticut Light and Power, Yankee Gas and AT&T, Winchester Public Schools did not have as long of a relationship with Connecticare and health insurance could be the first benefit to disappear due to non-payment. Danehy's letter states that the district owes Connecticare $314,173.35 and made their last payment in November.
Similarly, the electrical, natural gas, phone and life insurance providers have notified the district of their intent to cancel services. Connecticut Light and Power, Yankee Gas and AT&T were last paid on Oct. 31, according to the letter, but the three utilities have agreed to restructured payment schedules. Full repayment is due on Jan. 31. SunLife, which provides life insurance to the school system, has already sent the district a cancellation notice for a past due bill of $3,008.95. The district last paid SunLife on Sept. 27.
"The cash flow issues within the town, the accounting irregularities within the finance department, and years of no tax increase have really taken a bitter toll on the town," wrote Danehy.
Board of Education member Richard Dutton agreed that full disclosure was in the district's best interest. However, Dutton also suggested seeking monies from the state to help resolve the cash flow crisis, adding that "I've heard the word bankruptcy, but no facts to go with it."
"It's appropriate to let the community know," said Dutton. "It affects the whole town, not just the Board of Education."
Fellow board member James Roberts -- who, like Dutton, attended the previous night's Board of Selectmen meeting -- said that "the bulk of this issue is a timing issue," as most of the district's budget will come due in the second half of the fiscal year. Tax collection, as well as the presumptive hiring of a full-time financial manager at Town Hall, would go a long way towards resolving the matter, according to Roberts.
"Most of these issues will be presumably cleared up in the next two weeks," Roberts said.
Dutton, though, said that the Board of Selectmen is exploring all avenues towards resolving the cash crunch, including a supplemental tax. But these discussions are only in the preliminary phase at most, said the Board of Education member.
"I know the town council is working on the mechanics of this," said Dutton, "but nobody's willing to pick a date and say 'here's how we're going to do this'."
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Mets struggle again in 3-0 loss
On the day the New York Mets were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention, Zack Wheeler gave them more reason to believe the future will be better.
Not that Wheeler wanted to hear any of that. Not even after holding Washington to one run in seven innings Wednesday night in a 3-0 loss to the Nationals.
Asked what he liked about his pitching, the rookie said, "Um, nothing."
Ryan Zimmerman hit his fifth home run in five games, Dan Haren threw one-hit ball for six innings and the Nationals won their fifth straight.
The Mets started five rookies and lost for the eighth time in 10 games.
"I mean, I just made that one mistake to Zimmerman. As soon as I let it go, I knew it was meat because it was spinning right down the middle. It got blasted," Wheeler said.
Wheeler (7-5) gave up one run and eight hits, striking out six and walking one. He wound up with his third loss in four starts.
Zimmerman opened the sixth by homering beyond the leap of left fielder Eric Young Jr. His 22nd home run came on an 0-2 pitch and was the first long ball permitted by Wheeler in 36 innings - he was tagged for nine homers in his first 57 innings this year as a major leaguer.
"This guy competes tough on the mound," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "I'm really impressed with the way Zack Wheeler goes about things. I really am. He's going to be really good."
On a night full of 9/11 tributes, Collins wore an NYPD hat during batting practice. There were several remembrances on the field, on the scoreboard and over the public-address system of those affected by the terror attacks 12 years ago.
The Nationals improved to 22-9 in their late charge toward a playoff spot. They remained six games behind Cincinnati for the final NL wild-card spot with only 17 to play.
Denard Span extended his hitting streak to a career-high 22 games and Anthony Rendon added a two-run double that broke it open in the eighth inning. Jayson Werth delivered another extra-base hit and Bryce Harper beat out an infield hit after missing four games because of a sore left hip.
Haren (9-13) and the Washington bullpen held an overmatched New York lineup to three singles. On Monday night, the Mets were shut out on one hit by Nationals lefty Gio Gonzalez.
"As we go forward, 2014 is going to be a big year for us," Collins said. "We're looking at things right now - are guys willing to make the changes that need to be made so they can get better?"
Battered by the Mets and Marlins in his previous two starts, Haren dominated. He gave up a single to Juan Lagares in the fourth, struck out eight and walked one.
Xavier Cedeno, Drew Storen, Tyler Clippard and Rafael Soriano combined for three scoreless innings of relief. Soriano closed for his 41st save, giving up a bunt single to Lagares.
The Reds' 6-0 win over the Chicago Cubs was already posted when the Nationals took the field. They got off to a fast start when Span led off the game with a single and Werth lined a one-out double. Wheeler escaped by striking out Harper and Ian Desmond.
Werth has gone 11 for 23 during Washington's winning streak with two homers and six doubles.
Before the game, the dugouts were filled with applauding players, managers and coaches as representatives of first responders from Sept. 11 marched into the middle of the diamond. The Mets and Nationals then lined up along the baselines for a moment of silence, followed by the national anthem. A member of the New York Fire Department performed "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch.
NOTES: Lagares ended an 0-for-12 rut with his single ... Mets INF Justin Turner will be "down for a few days" with a strain in his right hamstring. He hurt himself running the bases Tuesday night. ... Mets 3B David Wright (strained right hamstring) ran the bases before the game and will increase his workouts this weekend. He's been out since Aug. 2 and there's no target date for his return. ... Recently signed RHP Aaron Harang makes his Mets debut Thursday against RHP Tanner Roark (5-0, 0.94). Harang went 5-11 with a 5.76 ERA for Seattle this season.


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Clair Brothers Systems recently upgraded the audio system at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a combination of JBL Professional VLA and VERTEC line arrays, as well as Application Engineered (AE) Series loudspeakers.
The RBC Center is home to the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League and the North Carolina State University men's basketball team.
The arena seats 19,722 for basketball and 18,680 for hockey, including 75 luxury suites and 2,000 club seats. The arena also hosts numerous other events, ranging from WWE contests to rock concerts.
According to Jim Devenney, Senior Audio Designer, for Clair Brothers, the audio system at the RBC Center was due for an overhaul. "The system originally installed in the building had lots of clusters and lots of overlap that degraded the system's intelligibility," he said.
"The system was also underpowered for the events the arena was used for, particularly the Hurricanes and NC State basketball. The goals of the new system were to alleviate those problems and to give the customer the ability to zone the system for different event seating situations."
For this combination of power and flexibility, Clair Brothers installed a system that consisted of eight arrays each containing 10 VLA901 loudspeakers hanging from the center of the roof, along with two arrays each containing four VLA601 loudspeakers for basketball floor fills.
Additionally, four arrays each containing six VT4880A arrayable subwoofers provide additional low-frequency support.
Five AM6212 loudspeakers were installed in the scoreboard for center floor/ice fill, while 24 AM4212 loudspeakers were installed for very upper seat delay fill.
"The coverage of the arena with the eight VLA arrays is excellent and the VT4880A subwoofers give the system an extra dynamic and fullness quality," Devenney said. "The two VLA601 clusters do an excellent job of filling in the floor from the basketball court to the hockey dashers at the ends of the arena."
Clair Brothers Systems upgraded the audio system at the RBC Center with JBL VLA, VERTEC and AE loudspeakers. Devenney added that the installation provided very few issues or challenges—a rarity for projects of this scale.
"The project was done on schedule and within budget," Devenney said. "Actually, through the value engineering process and with the help of JBL's Brad Ricks, we had some considerable savings for the customer. All the building people, especially Barry Steiman's production staff, were very supportive of the project and very helpful during the install."
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Europe's rising populists
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Following Beppe Grillo's stellar performance in the Italian election, we take the pulse in Greece, Spain and France. What other populist movements might benefit from the Grillo effect, and what kind of movements are they?
- Toni CRUANYES. Correspondent for TV3;
- Gérard DUSSILLOL. Chairman of the Public Finances Department, Thomas More Institute;
- Massimiliano GAMBARDELLA. Political activist;
- Yves BERTONCINI. Director, Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute;
- Thrasy PETROPOULOS. Deputy Editor, EnetEnglish (English-language news site of Greece's Eleftherotypia) - from Athens;
Produced by Anelise Borges, Valeriane Gauthier, Christopher Davis, Armen Georgian.
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Pinellas Genealogist, quarterly journal of the Pinellas Genealogy Society, is accepting entries for the annual Family History Writing Competition from members and non-members of the Society.
Entries should be based on the author's research of a family history or a genealogical account of family lines and lives, discussing the steps followed and the conclusions that resulted from the research. Entries may be original, unpublished papers or published papers. If previously published, please submit permission to reprint from the original publisher along with the entry.
Prizes will be awarded to three submissions selected by our judges: 1st prize is $50, 2d prize is $30 and 3d prize is $20.
All entries must be received no later than 31 Oct 2011.
See the competition rules and information on where to send entries on the PGS website at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flpgs/index.htm


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Scigrip Americas of Durham, N.C., has developed an improved methacrylate adhesive to bond plastics, composites and metals.
The SG600 series features high tensile strength and high modulus and requires minimal surface preparation. Scigrip designed the adhesive to withstand fatigue and shock load encountered in applications such as parts for trucks, recreational vehicles, buses and railcars. The company claims the adhesive bonds quickly and robustly to boost throughput and productivity.
"The SG600 series adhesives were developed by Scigrip specifically for the transportation industry," explains the firm's sales and marketing director Karen Brock Amoah in a news release.
The adhesive has two components that are mixed in a 10:1 ratio. Different grades have working times of five, ten or 20 minutes. They work well with PVC, ABS and other thermoplastics, thermoset composites and coated metal.
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