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Hammond girls basketball coach Shawn Dack calls senior Alyssa Crosby an “old school type of player.

“She works extremely hard all of the time, she led us every day in practice, and she was always there for the team and the program as other great players were,” Dack said of the slender, but extremely strong 5-foot-11 standout who dialed in her picture perfect shooting stroke by the seventh grade and has developed into a rare five-position player.

“As a coach it is rewarding to see players understand your concepts and ideas. Alyssa has the ability to make them come to life and take it a step further,” Dack said.

Crosby used that “old school” attitude to develop her new wave skills and athletic package to a level where she earned a place among the best in Hammond history. She finished her career with 1,587 points to rank second behind Heather Carvill’s 1,691.

But scoring was only the start of Crosby’s court presence.

In the recently completed season, she averaged 18.6 points, 13.5 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.9 steals per game, leading the 21-3 Red Devils to a 14-0 NAC West Division championship, a second straight Section 10 Class D title, and a victory over Section 7 champion Elizabethtown-Lewis in the state tournament.

She joined Carvill as the second player in Hammond history to receive the Jan Reetz Award and was honored as co-MVP of NAC West (shared with Clifton-Fine junior Hunter Hitchman) for a second straight year.

She is also recognized with another historic repeat, being named the Northern Athletic Conference MVP on the Times All-North team for a second straight year. She is the second Hammond player to accomplish the honor, joining Brittany Kenyon.

Crosby said her individual accolades originated from the development of her team. “We had a great team this year and went undefeated in a very good league,” she said. “Everyone worked hard and improved a great deal.”

An integral part of the Red Devils’ success came from balance featuring well-rounded contributions led by forward Gabby Marshall, a senior, and guard Courtney Bova, a junior.

That balance originated from Crosby’s willingness and ability to master all facets of the low post.

“I remember asking her last season to move into the post and work on a shot fake in the lane. She looked at me like I was asking her to split an atom,” Dack said.

“Last summer, she worked and worked and she got it, and not many could handle her in there this season,” Dack added. “Overall it allowed her to play outside and inside without comprising her game. It gave us the advantage of moving her around without weakening our offense. It strengthened it by opening up our perimeter shooters. It gave us balance.”

The balance and versatility was never more apparent than in the three straight postseason wins that advanced Hammond to the state regional finals, where it was stopped by Section 2’s Fort Edward, the team’s first loss to a Class D opponent.

In the Section 10 Class D tournament, Crosby prospered inside, delivering 24 points, 13 rebounds, four blocks and three steals in a 39-35 win over Chateaugay. While playing inside, she followed with 28 points, 15 rebounds, three assists and four blocks in a 43-40 win over Heuvelton in the Section 10 Class D Championship.

Elizabethtown-Lewis went zone for much of the first state tournament game, and Crosby smoothly shifted to the perimeter. She buried three 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

“I really don’t care what position I play. I will play anywhere my coach and my team needs me to play,” said Crosby, who said she wants to continue playing hoops in college.

“I just love the game. It has always been a big part of our family. We have a court on our farm and I get out there a lot to shoot and play different games with my sisters.”

As she prepares to complete her scholastic sports career in the softball season, she calls her experience at Hammond “amazing.”

“I have had great coaches in coach Dack and coach T (Chet Truskowski) and my family has really been great. My grandfather (Earl Dillon) first took me to biddy basketball in Gouverneur and he is on the sidelines taking pictures at every game,” Crosby said. “I just can’t believe high school has gone by so fast.”

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CARTHAGE — The dilemma about what to do with the Carthage-Wilna Fire District’s more than 20-year-old FMC pumper has been solved.

The board of commissioners, on the recommendation of Brian J. Draper, head driver, decided at its June 26 meeting to list the truck with Firetec. The company will receive 10 percent of the sale price. Mr. Draper also was able to sell a surplus pressure washer for $100.

Meanwhile, the bonding process for the fire engine on order from KME, Nesquehoning, Pa., has begun. Treasurer Linda R. Prashaw reported the process should be completed by Aug. 7, with a seven-year bond at a 2.29 percentage rate and a 1 percent attorney fee.

Mr. Draper said the outfitting of the new truck is on schedule, and a trip to Pennsylvania was planned to view the engine before it is painted.

The board approved seven new members to join the Carthage Fire Department’s probationary process. The probationary firefighters are Keith Russell Jr., Jason Payor, Joel Sabastian, Gary Young, Shawn Schermerhorn, Lorena DeFrank and Vincent DeFrank.

In his report, Chief Sean P. McHale talked about the problems regarding Firefighter-1 classes. The chief said departments have increased enrollment but cannot get the required training. He said the problem lies at the county and state level, which dictates the number of classes and the student/instructor ratio allocated per county. There is a cap of 20 students per class.

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The Ogdensburg Parks & Recreation Department has begun registration for its 2013-2014 winter programs which include Biddy Basketball, wrestling, gymnastics and family swim.

Registration will take place at the Dobisky Visitors’ Center, 100 Riverside Ave., Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The department’s programs are as follows:

BIDDY BASKETBALL: This 10-week program, for both boys and girls will begin Dec. 14 and end Feb. 15 and is for youths in grades K-6. The schedule is as follows: 8-9 a.m. for youth in grades kindergarten to second; 9-10 a.m. for grades 3-4; and 10-11 a.m. for grades 5-6. The cost is $10 and youngsters must be registered in order to participate. The program is held at Ogdensburg Free Academy.

WRESTLING: This Parks and Recreation program for area youth will begin Jan. 7 and take place each Tuesday and Thursday until March 21. (No wrestling will take place during Winter Break Feb. 19 and Feb. 21) This program will go from 6:30-8 p.m. at Ogdensburg Free Academy. Cost per youth is $10. You must be registered in order to participate.

GYMNASTICS: Introductory gymnastics for youth, ages 4-7 and 8-11 will be held on Saturdays, beginning on Jan. 4 and ending March 8. Times for those ages 4-7 will be 9-10 a.m. while those 8-11 years of age will participate from 10-11 a.m. The 10-week program is held at the Kennedy Elementary School A.P.E. gymnasium. Cost is $20 per child. Youth must be registered in order to participate.

SUNDAY FAMILY SWIM: This recreation program is held from 1-3 p.m. at Ogdensburg Free Academy’s pool beginning on Jan. 5. The program ends March 9. This program is free and for the general public. All are welcome to attend.

For more information contact the Parks and Recreation Department at 393-1980 or stop by the Dobisky Visitors’ Center. For news and updates on the department, check out its Facebook page at “Ogdensburg City Recreation.”

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MASSENA - Food, refreshments, music and prizes will be on the agenda for the 43rd annual May Festival beginning at 9 a.m. today at the Massena Senior Community Center.

The event, which is held in recognition of Older Americans Month, is hosted by the St. Lawrence County Council of Senior Citizens and open to all senior citizens in the county.

“We will be having stuff all day - raffles, cakewalks, informational tables and various activities,” Massena Senior Center Executive Director Sheila Benn said. “There will be lunch provided by the Parishville Hilltoppers. The music is provided by the Starlights. They play all kinds of music and do music from the 50s and 60s so the seniors will enjoy that. There will also be free door prizes for the raffle.”

Following the conclusion of the May Festival at 4 p.m., there will be awards presented and a Thanksgiving style dinner served at 4:30 p.m.

The awards will be for Senior Citizen of the Year, Outstanding Contribution by a Senior Citizen and the Jacqueline Sears Award, which will be announced by St. Lawrence County Office for the Aging Director Nancy Robert.

The Council of Senior Citizens’ President Sylvia Despaw has been heavily involved in the preparation of the annual event.

“We are a council made up of 16 different senior citizens groups throughout the county,” she said. “It’s a give back to the seniors. It’s a recognition of the outstanding work that the seniors do each year that sometimes don’t get noticed. ... During the day there will be everything for the enjoyment of the seniors.

“In the past we’ve had many large amounts of people show up. The past few years it has been held in Massena because of the great facility there. All the groups bid amounts of money to host for the event each year.”

Other activities during the day include free bingo, a royalty parade of kings and queens and a comedy skit performed by the senior citizens.

The Thanksgiving dinner, which is provided by the Massena Senior Citizens, costs $12.

“We also have a parade of kings and queens. We wanted to spark it up and the kings and queens will do a little comedy skit that will be added into our other activities. Our seniors, they’re willing to go along with anything and are great fun,” Ms. Despaw said. “Each club provides a prize for the silent auction. Each club gives a monetary donation for the free bingo and that’s how we do that.”

Ms. Benn noted that the new community center has been in existence for seven years and has already hosted the May Festival on four occasions.

“The people who come in here from out of town recognize the beauty of the building and really enjoy their time here,” she said. “Massena is very fortunate to have this facility. I don’t believe any senior group has as much as the Massena senior citizens have. We have everything here – weddings, retirement parties – you name it, we’ve had it here.”

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ABORIGINAL academic Marcia Langton has accused the left of standing in the way of indigenous advancement, consigning the nation's first peoples to lives of poverty as caretakers of wilderness.

In her second Boyer lecture, an extract of which is published in today's Insight section, Professor Langton (below) argues the environmental movement has emerged as ''one of the most difficult of all the obstacles hindering Aboriginal economic development''.

''Among the left, and among those opinion leaders who hang onto the idea of the new 'noble savage', Aboriginal poverty is invisible, masked by a 'wilderness' ideology,'' Professor Langton argues in the lecture, which will be broadcast on Sunday.

''Whenever an Aboriginal group negotiates with a resource extraction company there is an unspoken expectation that no Aboriginal group should become engaged in any economic development. They only tolerate Aboriginal people living on their own land as caretakers of wilderness, living in poverty and remaining uneducated and isolated.''

Professor Langton, the foundation chair of Australian indigenous studies at the University of Melbourne, attacks environmental campaigners who she says had teamed up with dissident Aboriginal groups to oppose developments at Jabiluka in western Arnhem Land and elsewhere, ''not because of impacts on Aboriginal people, but to preserve nature and 'wilderness'.

''Whether Aboriginal groups had projects imposed on them or negotiated successful settlements, these professional protesters, supported by sophisticated non-government organisations funded by a gullible public, accused Aboriginal leaders of 'selling out'. Not once have they campaigned against Aboriginal poverty. They assume that this is normal for the natives.

''Time and again, native title groups have spent years getting an agreement with a resource company over the line, negotiating income streams that might shift indigenous people from the margins to the centre of regional economic development in return for land access - only for a ragtag team of 'wilderness' campaigners to turn up with an entourage of disaffected Aboriginal protesters to stop development.''

She accuses the Labor Party of taking Aboriginal voters for granted since the days of the Whitlam government, but says this had changed with the election of West Australian Liberal Ken Wyatt as the first indigenous member of the House of Representatives, and the defeat of Labor in this year's Northern Territory election, largely due to the disaffection of indigenous voters in bush seats.

Professor Langton says the territory result challenged mainstream perceptions of the marginal power of the Aboriginal vote, and demonstrated the Country Liberal Party - once opposed to Aboriginal rights - had changed its colour.

She says Aboriginal voters had lost patience with a government that had failed to serve their interests fairly. ''They were fed up with left-wing causes imposed from down south, be it live cattle export restrictions, opposition to mining or rolling back the intervention.''

In electing four outback Aboriginal leaders to the NT assembly as Country Liberal members, she says the territory's conservatives realised they had more in common with indigenous people than their city-dwelling kin.

''Both groups need land-based industries to support their economies and way of life,'' Professor Langton says.

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A K-9 search for Compton started just before 9 p.m. Wednesday by Vigo County law enforcement.

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As talks over the future of Ukraine were going on yesterday in Geneva, President Vladimir Putin was talking to the Russian people in his yearly television call-in show. It was over before an agreement was reached in Geneva between Ukraine and Russia, but Putin's comments gave us a sense of how hard it might be to get Russia to keep its part of the deal.

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COREY FLINTOFF, BYLINE: Putin's yearly call-in show is closely watched by analysts as an indicator of what the Russia leader wants to communicate to his domestic base about current events.

PRIME MINISTER VLADIMIR PUTIN: (Foreign language spoken)

FLINTOFF: This year's call-in lasted nearly four hours, and much of it was focused on the crisis in Ukraine. Early on, Putin answered a question about the growing conflict in the eastern part of that country, where pro-Russian militants have seized government buildings in about 10 towns. He denied a key claim by the Ukrainian government and its Western allies that Russia is helping to foment the uprising by sending military personnel and advisors.

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PUTIN: (Through translator) This is nonsense. There are no Russian units in the east of Ukraine - no special services, no instructors. Those are all local residents. They are the masters of that land, and you need to be talking with them.

FLINTOFF: That would seem to suggest that Russia takes no responsibility for the armed groups in the east, groups that must be disarmed under the terms of the Geneva agreement.

In another comment, Putin acknowledged for the first time that the gunmen in military fatigues without insignia - who appeared at the start of the take-over in Crimea last month - were Russian troops. Similar gunmen, carrying Russian weaponry, have taken part in some of the building seizures in Eastern Ukraine.

Even if Russia is not using its military in the east, analyst Boris Makarenko says that Russian state television is broadcasting in support of the pro-Russian militants:

BORIS MAKARENKO: Russia is involved. Because anyone who had a chance to watch Russian TV - any five minutes of it, or hours of it - in recent weeks, it's not about Russia, it's about Ukraine and it's propaganda of a density I do not remember in Brezhnev's time.

FLINTOFF: Makarenko, who heads the Moscow-based Center for Political Technologies, is referring to Leonid Brezhnev, the Communist Party head who led the Soviet Union during much of the Cold War.

Putin brought up another key complaint that Russia has against the West: NATO plans to build a missile-defense system in Europe.

PUTIN: (Through translator) Everyone understands that when you deploy such systems closer to our borders, can intercept the positions of our strategic missiles, ground-based strategic missiles. But they say: Oh, believe us. It's not against you.

FLINTOFF: Putin said that the deployment could trigger an arms race and that Russia's concerns over NATO expansion had influenced his decision to act in Crimea.

Yesterday, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel dismissed the idea.

SECRETARY CHUCK HAGEL: That's ridiculous. It's not an arms race. It's a missile defense system and we have made that very clear.

FLINTOFF: Hagel said that the United States has invited Moscow to participate in the missile defense project.

Putin also took a question from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden currently under asylum in Russia, because he's wanted by the United States for leaking classified U.S. programs. Snowden appeared on video to ask this question.

EDWARD SNOWDEN: Does Russia intercept, store, or analyze in any way the communications of millions of individuals?

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Forest certification harnesses market power to improve forest management by promoting products that use wood harvested in an ecologically and socially responsible manner. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification system is the only one currently supported by West Coast Environmental Law and other environmental non-governmental organizations and Indigenous Peoples Organizations globally.

West Coast Environmental Law is an active member of FSC and was one of the principal technical drafters in the multi-year process of setting FSC certification standards for British Columbia. These standards, which first received international accreditation in 2005, assure consumers that FSC certified wood they purchase from BC comes from forests managed to stringent ecological and social standards.

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One of the highlights of the June 16, 2011 Corporate Operating Group meeting in Richland Center, Wisconsin was the announcement that Karen Ruden was named a member of the Corporate Operating Group (COG), WCI’s senior management group effective July 1, 2011.

In making the announcement, WCI President & CEO Tom Yunt, made the following comments: “Karen has served exceptionally well as an interim COG member since she began reporting to me directly in January 2010 and has now earned the opportunity and right to officially join COG and serve as a member of our valued senior management team. Karen brings a vast amount of niche publishing experience and a fresh perspective to the COG group. I’m very excited for Karen, COG and WCI and proud and grateful for her continued contributions to our dynamic employee owned media company.”

Karen, currently Group Publisher, WoodwardBizMedia joined WCI in September 2002 as Associate Publisher, Magellan Medical Division. Subsequently, Karen was named Associate Publisher and Sales Manager, Magellan Publishing in August 2003 and Group Publisher, Specialty Publications in March 2005. With the advent of the division’s name change to WoodwardBizMedia in 2008, Karen assumed her current title of Group Publisher, WoodwardBizMedia. WoodwardBizMedia publishes several national B-to-B magazines in the material handling, electric power generation and renewable power and fuels markets.

In 2005, the WCI Board of Directors named Karen to the WCI Profit Sharing/401(k) Trustees. In 2010, Karen was appointed as a member of the Telegraph Herald Editorial Board.

Karen started her publishing career in 1982 at the Antique Trader Publications. While there, she had several positions in a variety of departments including circulation, advertising, production and accounts receivables. Her leadership positions included Customer Service Manager, Advertising Manager and Sales and Advertising Director, the position she held prior to joining WCI in 2002.

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Gov. John Kasich unveils plans for Ohio Turnpike; State will not sell or lease toll road

TOLEDO, Ohio - The Ohio Turnpike will remain a state asset under a plan unveiled Thursday by Gov. John Kasich. The state will bond against its future toll revenue to provide $3 billion for highway road construction with most of the money, 90 percent, spent in Northern Ohio.

The governor had considered the lease or sale of the 241-mile toll road as a way to gain capital for needed projects but opted for the proposal presented Thursday after a 10-month study.

Key points under the plan include the Turnpike Commission remaining in place and independent, local tolls would remain frozen for 10 years for those using EZ Pass with hikes elsewhere capped at the rate of inflation and there would be no turnpike layoffs.

ODOT currently has $1.6 billion more in highway projects than they have the money to fund them. The revenue, more than $1 billion immediately, would clear the way for many of those projects to move forward.

The state estimates for every $1 billion in new road construction spending, 30,000 jobs are created.

The Ohio Jobs and Transportation Plan would generate $1.5 billion in new funds for Ohio highways from bonds issued by the Ohio Turnpike Commission and backed by future toll revenues. Up to an additional $1.5 billion could be generated from matching local and federal funds coming to a combined total of approximately $3 billion for Ohio's major highway construction projects.

"This plan just makes sense as we continue Ohio's economic resurgence, grow jobs and make our state prosperous once again," Kasich said. "Billions of dollars in new highway funds further strengthens Ohio's jobs-friendly climate and keeps our state moving by delivering more projects faster."

"Bonding against future Turnpike revenue generates enough money to erase our highway budget deficit," ODOT director Jerry Wray said. "Combined with ODOT's work to reduce our cost of doing business and improve service to the state's motoring public, this plan puts the resources we need into our major construction budget."

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"He's like, 'I'm going to call the cops on you,'" said Shamayne Rosario, the boy's mother. "911 -- he just pushes it into the phone."

Danny called 911 just after 8 p.m. Wednesday. He never actually spoke with anyone -- he hung up the phone after dialing 911. That was enough for police to not only call back, but send an officer to the home.

"He was actually really scared when she found out that they were sending the police. He was actually really scared because he didn't think that he was doing anything wrong," said Veronica Flaherty-Spencer, a family friend.

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Magnificent dulcimer quilts from Pam Lewis and Laura Phillips adorned our concert stage.

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"It will change your life."

That's how I typically respond when I'm asked what it's like to be a parent. Most couples, when they poll their parenting friends, hear about the challenges of chronic sleep deprivation, followed by the stress due to lack of time, and lack of sex (that last one more commonly coming from the dads, who in the last weeks of pregnancy have already postponed their needs).

In past generations, dads have had a less hands-on approach to parenting, and have been more focused on their role as "provider," but that's been changing. Perhaps it's due in part to necessity as more moms are back at work after a 12-week maternity leave, and thus families need a more balanced team approach.  I also think that today's dads don't want to be on the sidelines when it comes to raising children. Dads today realize what an amazing experience it is to be emotionally connected with your child and they want to be more hands-on.  Not so long ago, I asked James, a dad of a newborn son, about his experience. This is what he had to say:

"Everyone told us we'd be running on fumes, but truthfully, the hardest part for us is making sure that my wife and I spend time as a couple.  I try to help her get some downtime as well."

When I asked this dad for some specifics, he described getting up at 5:30 a.m. (when his son first wakes) and giving baby his first feeding before leaving for work.  He also does the last feeding at midnight before going to bed. The goal is to give his wife, who will be home all day alone with their baby, at least four hours of uninterrupted sleep.

James went on to describe that before becoming a dad, he typically stopped at the gym on his way home from work at least three nights a week. It was also not unusual to meet colleagues or his wife for drinks on a Friday to unwind from the week before heading home. Those days are over, as come the end of the day, his wife really needs a break.

"It took me one Saturday of flying solo, when my wife was away all day at a friend's baby shower, to really get what her day is like every day," James said.

In fact, most parents, moms and dads, really have no idea of what it's like to be at home with a newborn all day until they live it.  It's constant and can feel all-consuming, but spending time observing and getting to know your baby's cues gives parents (especially dads) the opportunity to develop a sense of competence and confidence in their parenting skill.

Dads can get to the gym and can spend time with friends, it just means taking the time to plan and negotiate with your partner. Your time needs to shift and expand, allowing room for couple time, parenting time and "me" time as well. During the initial weeks at home with a baby, there is not a lot of time to spare, but as the weeks go by and baby starts to settle into a somewhat predictable rhythm, it gets easier.

Becoming a dad means making room for your growing family and realizing that while you may need to give up some things, it's more than worth it.

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Where cars collide with semitrailers makes difference

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A new report is raising concerns about crashes with tractor-trailers.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that where cars collide with semitrailers can make a significant difference.

After testing eight semitrailers, testers found that colliding with the corner of the guard on the back of the trailers can pose serious danger.

"The typical under-ride guard is suspended from two vertical components hanging relatively near the center of the truck," said David Zuby of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. "That means that the part of the guard that sticks out toward the ends of the truck doesn't have a lot of support."

The guards mounted on the backs of trucks are designed to prevent cars from sliding underneath, and many trailer manufacturers have been installing guards that are stronger than federal guidelines.

The number of passengers killed in accidents with semitrailers has dropped in the past decade.

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Man in custody after 2 bodies found during Maine house fire

Two bodies found inside home Monday morning

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Maine State Police said they have taken into custody the Houlton man wanted in connection with the deaths of two people in Oakfield on Monday.

Police said Matthew Davis, 32, was taken into custody without incident after troopers located him in a stolen car in Island Falls.

Police said the bodies of a man and woman were found inside a home on the Oakfield-Smyrna Road by firefighters who responded to a fire there before dawn.

Police said two other fires were reported in Island Falls at Katahdin Forest products and in a pickup truck at a third location.

The Maine Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the fires.

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Health officials pinpoint source of stomach illness outbreak

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More than 100 people have been sickened in Middle Tennessee which led to 62 teachers, from four different schools, calling in sick on Friday.  Now, state health officials say they have identified the sickness.

The Tennessee Department of Health says the outbreak of stomach illnesses is due to a norovirus.  The Department says the outbreak is in Greenbrier, Tennessee.

Officials began investigating the sickness in the middle of the week.

Although they have not pin-pointed the source of the illness, health officials say it is not considered a threat to the community.


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New shopping centers and plans for the future were the topics of the first "State of the Cities." Bristol Virginia and Tennessee came together to discuss what each city is doing to bring more people into the area, and what they are doing to help those who are already here.


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On this edition of Native Report we view legendary works of fine art at the Gilcrease Museum in Oklahoma. We interview noted filmmaker Chris Eyre. And we meet Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Vice-Chief Larry Blythe and learn about the Qualla Boundary. We also learn something new about Indian Country and hear from our Elders on this Native Report.


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Ben Carne is a grain grower in based at Quorn in the north and says they are back to average rain fall for the area. While the grain is growing, he is concerned that hot dry weather may shrink the grain heads and produce a low yield.

Agronomist Phil Green says high yield potential has been lost in some areas following record rain fall and hot weather approaching.

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Genetics of Breast and Ovarian Cancer (PDQ®): Genetics - Health Professional Information [NCI] - Psychosocial Issues in Inherited Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndromes

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Counseling also includes consideration of related psychosocial concerns and discussion of planned family communication and the responsibility to warn other family members about the possibility of having an increased risk of breast, ovarian, and other cancers. Data are emerging that individual responses to being tested as adults are influenced by the results status of other family members.[99,100] Management of anxiety and distress are important not only as quality-of-life factors, but also because high anxiety may interfere with the understanding and integration of complex genetic and medical information and adherence to screening.[101,102,103] The limited number of medical interventions with proven benefit to mutation carriers provides further basis for the expectation that mutation carriers may experience increased anxiety, depression, and continuing uncertainty after disclosure of genetic test results.[104] Formal, objective evaluation of these outcomes are now emerging. (Refer to the Emotional Outcomes and Behavioral Outcomes sections of this summary for more information.)

Published descriptions of counseling programs for BRCA1 (and subsequently for BRCA2) testing include strategies for gathering a family history, assessing eligibility for testing, communicating the considerable volume of relevant information about breast/ovarian cancer genetics and associated medical and psychosocial risks and benefits, and discussion of specialized ethical considerations about confidentiality and family communication.[3,105,106,107,108,109,110,111] Participant distress, intrusive thoughts about cancer, coping style, and social support were assessed in many prospective testing candidates. The psychosocial outcomes evaluated in these programs have included changes in knowledge about the genetics of breast/ovarian cancer after counseling, risk comprehension, psychological adjustment, family and social functioning, and reproductive and health behaviors.[112] A Dutch study of communication processes and satisfaction levels of counselees going through cancer genetic counseling for inherited cancer syndromes indicated that asking more medical questions (by the counselor), providing more psychosocial information, and longer eye contact by the counselor were associated with lower satisfaction levels. The provision of medical information by the counselor was most highly related to satisfaction and perception that needs have been fulfilled.[113] Additional research is needed on how to adequately address the emotional needs and feelings of control of counselees.

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GIST: Frequently Asked Questions

What is GIST?

GIST is a rare tumor of the GI tract. It most commonly affects the stomach, although it can develop in any part of the digestive system.

GIST is a soft tissue sarcoma. Most cancers are carcinomas. What’s the difference?

  • Carcinomas start in the cells that cover the lining of the skin and organs (epithelial cells). Most stomach and colon cancers are carcinomas. Skin cancer is another type of carcinoma.
  • Soft tissue sarcomas start in the cells of the connective tissues like cartilage, fat, nerves, and muscle.

More specifically, GIST starts in nervous system cells in the wall of the GI tract -- called interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs). These cells send signals to the muscles in the digestive system to contract to move food and liquid through the system.

GIST is also different than many other tumors in how it progresses. All GIST tumors are malignant. However, chemotherapy and/or radiation are not effective for GIST.

What causes GIST?
GIST is caused by a genetic mutation, an error in the normal order of genes. In most cases, the mutation is to a gene that directs the cells to make a protein (called KIT or CD117) that causes the cells to grow and divide. In this case, the gene mutation causes the ICC cells to grow and divide in an uncontrolled manner, leading to a tumor.

There are no known risk factors for the development of GIST.

What is mutation testing?
Mutation testing may be done on the cancer cells to identify the exact genetic mutation that exists. This helps doctors understand how the cancer may behave and aid in guiding treatment.

At this time, mutation testing is recommended for everyone with GIST. Testing for the Kit mutation will be positive in 87% of cases of GIST. Testing for the PDGFRA genetic mutation will be positive in 4% of GIST cases.

How is this cancer staged?

Doctors use staging to determine the extent of a malignancy. These three factors determine staging:

  • The size and location of the tumor
  • Whether or not cancer has spread to lymph nodes or other organs
  • How fast the cells are growing

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June 19, 2009 -- Mayo Clinic researchers say an experimental treatment may have cured two patients whose prostate cancers were so advanced they had been considered inoperable.

Both patients were reportedly free of cancer after treatment with a combination of hormone therapy, an experimental immunotherapy, and surgery.

No one was more surprised than their doctors. "This is certainly not the way we thought it would go," Mayo urologist and immunologist Eugene Kwon, MD, tells WebMD.

He adds that the point of the treatment had been to buy some time for patients whose cancers appeared to be incurable.

The two men were originally enrolled in a study designed to determine if treatment to suppress testosterone (known as androgen ablation), followed by treatment with an experimental immunotherapy called ipilimumab, could slow the progression of advanced prostate cancer.

"The goal was to see if we could modestly improve upon current treatments," Kwon says.

The 85 patients in the study were not considered candidates for surgery, but several showed such dramatic regressions in their cancers that they left the trial in order to have it.

Kwon admits that this was done in the first patient not because the study investigators thought it was a good idea, but because the patient's wife insisted.

"Even though this patient had remarkable reduction in disease, we still did not think surgery would be beneficial," he says. "But in a two-hour, late-night phone conversation that became quite acrimonious, she demanded that we take her husband off the study and do surgery."

More than a year and a half later, that patient shows no signs of prostate cancer, Kwon says.

One other patient who also left the study to have surgery also appears free of the cancer, and a third patient was operated on last week.

"This occurred not because we as physicians and scientists were so brilliant, but because a patient's wife re-crafted our thinking about what was achievable," he says.

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How to Completely Erase a Hard Disk Drive

The two most common ways to erase a hard drive is by formatting or wiping the drive. In this article we'll look at both approaches and discuss security issues and methods to clean the hard drive using format and disk wipe techniques.

Perhaps you have decided to forgo system upgrades and get rid of your computer system and purchase a new one. If you've decided to donate your old computer to a charity, local group or school, it's extremely important to make sure your computer's hard drive is completely free of data.

In the "no good deed ever goes unpunished" department, you need to ensure that you don't donate more than you planned. The last thing you want is to pass on a PC when sensitive business information, or even personal information such as stored passwords, personal documents and credit card numbers that could be retrieved. When you donate a computer, you really don't know where it may end up or if it will go through the hands of a malicious person with the capability to restore previously recorded and deleted data.

There are many ways to go about making sure your data can never be retrieved. Obviously, you can choose to physically smash the hard drive, but there are alternatives that enable you to keep the system intact so you can donate a complete system.

The two most common ways to erase a hard drive is by formatting or wiping the hard drive. In this article we'll look at both approaches and discuss methods to clean the hard drive using format and disk wipe techniques.

Section 1: Learn about erasing and formatting a hard drive.
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Erasing and Formatting: Just Not Secure Enough

Simply erasing all the data on your hard drive and formatting it is not enough security. You can spend hours going through your hard drive and deleting all the files and documents you want, but using the delete key on your keyboard in Windows will only remove the shortcuts to the files making them invisible to users. Deleted files still reside on the hard drive and a quick Google search will show many options for system recovery software will allow anyone to reinstate that data.

Formatting the hard drive is a bit more secure than simply erasing the files. Formatting a disk does not erase the data on the disk, only the address tables. It makes it much more difficult to recover the files. However a computer specialist would be able to recover most or all the data that was on the disk before the reformat.

For those who accidentally reformat a hard disk, being able to recover most or all the data that was on the disk is a good thing. However, if you're preparing a system for retirement to charity or any other organization, this obviously makes you more vulnerable to data theft.

For some businesses and individual users, a disk format may be something you consider secure enough, depending, of course, on the type of data and information you saved to your computer. As long as people understand that formatting is not a 100 percent secure way to completely remove all data from your computer, then they are able to make the choice between formatting and even more secure methods. If you have decided a disk format is a good choice, at the very least to do a full format rather than a quick format.

Editor's Recommendation: Need help understanding formatting? This Webopedia "Did You Know...?" technology article provides instruction on how to format a hard drive.

Disk Wiping Options (aka. Data Dump)

Even more secure than reformatting is a process called disk wiping (or disk scrubbing). The term disk wiping is not only used in reference to hard drives but any storage device such as CDs, RAIDs, flash drives and other storage devices.

Disk wiping is a secure method of ensuring that data, including company and individually licensed software on your computer and storage devices is irrecoverably deleted before recycling or donating the equipment. Because previously stored data can be brought back with the right software and applications, the disk wiping process will actually overwrite your entire hard drive with data, several times. Once you format you'll find it all but impossible to retrieve the data which was on the drive before the overwrite.

While disk wiping algorithms differ from product to product, they all will generally write the entire disk with a number (zero or one), then a reformat will be needed. The more times the disk is overwritten and formatted the more secure the disk wipe is, but the trade-off is the extra time to perform additional rewrites. Disk wipe applications will typically overwrite the master boot record (MBR), partition table, and every sector of the hard drive.

Disk Wiping Standards

The government standard (DoD 5220.22-M), considered a medium security level, specifies three iterations to completely overwrite a hard drive six times. Each iteration makes two write-passes over the entire drive; the first pass inscribes ones (1) over the drive surface and the second inscribes zeros (0) onto the surface. After the third iteration, a government designated code of 246 is written across the drive, then it is verified by a final pass that uses a read-verify process.

There are a variety of products available for different operating systems that you can purchase, or freely downloaded online to perform more secure disk wipes. If time to perform the disk wipe is a consideration, there are also tech security companies who offer disk wipe services.

Did You Know... In 2003 two MIT students purchased 158 used disk drives from various locations and found more than 5,000 credit card numbers, medical reports, detailed personal and corporate financial information, and several gigabytes worth of personal e-mail and pornography on those drives.

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After a short break, Howard Dean comes back to New Hampshire to try to stop his slide.

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OPENING A MID-DAY "town hall" meeting in Claremont, a small New Hampshire town halfway up the state on the Vermont border, Howard Dean made a brief, jokey, and impliedly self-deprecatory joke about the "temperament issue" that's sent his presidential campaign into a tailspin. "I'm a little hoarse," he told his audience. "It's not because of the Iowa screech. I actually have a cold." Dean did not return to the subject--saying nothing more than he's said before--until he was about to leave the Claremont Opera House stage more than an hour later. And that was only in response to an amazingly convenient softball question from someone in the crowd. A crowd, incidentally, that appeared drawn almost entirely from existing, die-hard Dean supporters.

This kind of thing simply isn't going to work. Dean's ten points down in the polls and still heading south, with only four full campaign days left until a primary election he knows he has to win outright. The question "if I become president," he told the folks in Claremont, is something "you will decided on January 27." Wrong. His own troops aren't the problem; Dean's got to win back at least 10 percentage points worth of doubters in New Hampshire. And he's probably got to do it mostly tonight--at the final full-field debate of the primary, at St. Anselm College outside of Manchester. Brushing off that "Howard the Crazy Banshee" image he's stuck with as no big deal, ha ha ha . . . well, would you vote to give such a man the nuclear key codes?

Four hundred Claremonsters will, that's for sure. They gave him multiple standing ovations. Half an hour or so into the Q & A part of the proceedings, one lady seated on the stage behind Dean--wearing a very dignified red, white, and blue sparkly hat--thanked the candidate for "being here as the person that you really are." When "people tell you that you should be behaving differently," she continued, "don't listen to them, Howard." This, too, got a standing ovation.

And then, at the very end, came 43-year-old Doug Cogan, a "researcher for institutional investors," he later told me, and one of those ordinary Americans who just happens currently to be volunteering "four to six hours a day" on Dean's campaign. "When you become a frontrunner, somebody wants to pin a label on you and the label that they've tried to pin is, 'Oh, he's an angry politician,' Cogan told Dean. "Well, we know better here. When I look at you I see hope, I see vision, I see passion, and I thank you for really bringing that out in me." At which point Cogan was drowned out by cheers and applause.

It turned out Mr. Cogan did have an actual question for Gov. Dean, however. This coming Tuesday, primary night "will be your next chance to give a rally speech to your supporters, so my question is this: Next time, how are you going to convey that passion to your supporters and what's it say about your temperament to be president?"

"You ought to understand one thing about the speech I gave in Iowa," Dean replied, as he has several times already, almost verbatim. "There were 3500 kids who cam to Iowa to work their heart out for me. I thought I owed them some passion." Though "this time," he grinned, "there might be just a little less fist pumping."

Ha, ha, ha.

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On Oct. 12., DC Water (Washington, D.C.) broke ground on a 20-year, $2.6 billion effort, dubbed the Clean Rivers Project, to reduce pollution in the Anacostia and Potomac rivers and Chesapeake Bay. The project, the largest in DC Water’s history, aims to nearly eliminate combined sewer overflows to the rivers, as well as to Rock Creek.

The groundbreaking ceremony celebrated the first phase of the project, the Blue Plains Tunnel, which will be a 7400-m-long (24,300-ft-long) tunnel that measures 7 m (23 ft) in diameter and is buried more than 30 m (100 ft) below ground. The tunnel will extend from the Blue Plains Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in southwest D.C., roughly along the east bank of the Potomac River, crossing under the Anacostia River and extending along the west bank to a point near RFK Stadium. This section of tunnel, together with surface hydraulic facilities and a tunnel dewatering pump station, are scheduled to be operational by March 2018.

Other tunnel sections also are planned. However, DC Water is beginning discussions to reopen the 2005 consent decree agreement that mandates the tunnels to explore environmentally friendly development technologies that could reduce or eliminate future pieces of the project, create jobs, “green” Washington D.C., and reduce rate increases for customers.

“We are looking at other ways to manage combined sewage in the Rock Creek and Potomac River sections,” said DC Water General Manager George S. Hawkins. “No city or utility has ever done a sustained and large-scale pilot study of green roofs, trees, and porous pavement to help in those areas. We hope to do just that.”

 See “A Drop’s Life,” a short, animated video that describes the Clean Waters Projects from the perspective of a single water drop.

The Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bostonrecently saw the completion of a major project to increase the efficiency of its renewable energy capabilities. The project included installing a state-of-the-art 1.1-MW back pressure steam turbine generator (BPSTG).

By taking advantage of its renewable resources, such as using methane from the plant’s digesters to produce power, Deer Island currently self-generates 22% of its electricity needs and it will increase that number to 25% in 2012.

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Mike Grost, Supergenius

This child is Mike Grost, as he appeared in a 1965 article in Life magazine. At the time, he was said to have an IQ of 200+.

Whatever happened to Mike? A 2005 interview from the MSU State News had this to say:

Michael Grost was only 10 when he began at MSU in 1964.

Grost declined comment for this story, but in a 2002 interview with The State News, the Southfield
resident described his life in college as similar to having "40,000 brothers and sisters."

Grost held his first job on campus working with computers his freshman year, which propelled him into
software design after his 13-year college career - five of which were spent at MSU. He also attended
Yale University and U-M, earning a doctorate degree in mathematics at age 23. Grost currently is a
system architect at a computer company in Detroit.

"I really owe (MSU) a lot for the huge chance they took on me as a kid," Grost said in the 2002

Gee, I don't know. Kinda underwhelming. Shouldn't he be a Silicon Valley zillionaire by now?

Even his home page is kinda lackluster.

Oh, well--maybe as a certified genius he knows that material success is a sham.
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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, or Braingasms

The Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) Research & Support site defines the phenomenon as, "a physical sensation characterized by a pleasurable tingling that typically begins in the head and scalp, and often moves down the spine and through the limbs." Various stimuli can trigger the sensation -- certain kinds of sights, sounds, and situations. It's sometimes referred to as a "braingasm".

I'm not sure whether ASMR is considered to be a scientifically verified phenomenon. Nevertheless, there's a sizable community of people who actively seek the sensation, and they post videos on youtube designed to trigger it. That's why, if you wade deep enough into the depths of youtube, you'll eventually come across a whole slew of odd ASMR-trigger videos, such as this one of the sounds of gift wrapping

I believe that the whisper videos I posted about yesterday are related to this ASMR phenomenon -- because whispering can be an ASMR trigger. That is, most people simply find it annoying to have to strain to hear someone whispering, but there are a few who are getting a tingly, braingasm feeling from it.
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The Drugstore Hypnotist

Ralph Pearson's 15-minutes of fame came in 1951, when he briefly gained some notoriety as the Drugstore Hypnotist. He was a drugstore owner who hypnotized his customers, making them believe they were flying an airplane, or that they were the Statue of Liberty. This was in the days before CVS and Walmart, when people actually hung out and socialized in drugstores.

The Milwaukee Journal, May 18, 1951

Men Kiss Absent Women, Fly Imaginary Airplanes in Drug Store of Hypnotist
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A stranger walking into Ralph Pearson's drugstore any night in the week would be amazed at some of the antics there.
What would you think, for instance, if you saw a man flying an imaginary warplane, another at the soda fountain kissing a woman who wasn't there, and a girl posed as the Statue of Liberty.
Regular customers are never surprised, though. They know it's just Pearson practicing his hobby of hypnotism.
Besides having fun, Pearson accomplishes a lot of good by putting people in trances. He has cured several of the smoking habit, for example.
"I'm losing a lot of my cigarette business," he says. "But I don't mind. Most of the smokers I've cured are young people who should not be smoking, anyway."
One schoolgirl told Pearson she hated school.
"I hypnotized her and quietly suggested while she was in a trance that school was a good thing and she should enjoy it," he recalls.
"After I woke her up, I said, 'How's school going lately?'
"'Fine,' she said. 'I can't wait to go in the morning.'"
Pearson cured another schoolgirl of biting her fingernails. Another stopped drinking coffee after one session with him.
Pearson hypnotized one girl, told her she was the Statue of Liberty, and she held the pose for 15 minutes. After he woke her up, she said her arm wasn't even tired.
A young man who was about to lose his job because he overslept every morning now wakes up daily at 7 a.m. on the dot, Pearson claims.
"Too bad I can't hypnotized myself," the druggist added. "I stay up so late hypnotizing people, I'm too tired to get up in the mornings."
The druggist has attracted so much attention with his hypnotism, nobody watches the television set in his store any more.
"We'll either have to sell the store and go into the hypnotism business or stop this stuff," said Mrs. Pearson. "It's getting to be a three ring circus around here."
Posted By: Alex | Date: Tue Mar 27, 2012 | Comments (2)
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The Braincar

The Braincar is the creation of artist Olaf Mooij. He drives it around during the day, while a camera on top of the brain records videos of his travels. Then, during the night, he plays back the videos by projecting them onto the inner surface of the brain. As if the brain were dreaming... (via technabob)

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Mystery Ad

What product is being touted by this curious pronouncement?

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Memory Aid?

This headline is too weird to be simply a headline. It must be a memory aid, like "ROY G. BIV" or "Every Good Boy Deserves Fun."

But what could the hidden meaning be?

Please submit your best guess.

Mine is "Lion Genomes Occupy Protoplasm Interiors Totipotentially Cancerous."

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The Man Who Draws in His Sleep

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Far-out, Man!

Muppet man Jim Henson takes a psychedelic voyage to inner space.

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Think yourself rich!

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Inventions of Buckminster Fuller, Part 5: Dymaxion Sleep

This was more a concept than an invention. It is also known as polyphasic sleep, meaning sleeping at more than one interval during a day. Although not really invented by Fuller, he did popularize it and gave it a catchy nickname. Bucky claims to have slept only 30 minutes every 6 hours and did not suffer any ill effects. You can read a story about it in Time Magazine's archives.
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Friday, June 14, 2013

I don't usually put my boys to bed at night.  That's my husband's job and I take care of the girls.  But it's the end of the school year and he's been gone late twice this week, graduation and staff gatherings.

So I put them all to bed.  The boys hardly stop talking until I make them.  I sing "Mama" songs, different from the ones that Daddy chooses.  And they ask me questions like "who is the Devil?" and "where is he?" and "what does supernatural mean?"

And we talk about things when the house is quiet that don't come up in the crazy wild days that are our life.  In words that 6 and 3 year olds can understand I try to explain to them the things that are not of this world.

Sometimes I'm hushing and rushing so I can get things done and have some time to myself in the semi-quiet of the night house.  I try to be patient and answer their questions as best I can, but there is always one more, and one more, and... a 3 year old who thinks he will have a collection of weapons and pick the best one to fight Satan while I try not to laugh.

It's not so easy to listen to boys who babble in the middle of everything, sometimes just to get attention.  But sometimes I think this is the most important Mama job, just to listen and hear what their hearts are asking.

This is a post prompt from The Gypsy Mama. Join in? If you don't have a blog or don't want to write there I'd love to have you write with me, even in the comments!

  1. I'm you neighbor at Lisa-Jo's place and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this!! And yes, I think listening is one of the most important things we can do for our sons (probably daughters too, but I only have one son) because much can be heard when we are quiet and let them talk.

  2. I love this. Listening to my girls' weird ramblings at the end of the day is brilliant. I'm appalling at actually getting them to rest like they're supposed to!

  3. Oh yes, you nailed it - the importance of listening to our little ones - in all their babbling and comments and crazy ideas. We must listen to their language so as to hear their hearts!! Thank you for sharing.

  4. THis is exactly what happens. I swear I have had that same conversation with my son about Satan. They are all heros in their minds. Love this. First time visitor from FMF. Visiting from

  5. Listening seems so much harder when adults babble because they want the same affirmation and attention as our children. When adults do it, we call it gossip.

  6. Allison3:46 AM

    Wise and beautiful words! Those nephews of mine are pretty lucky to be growing up with you two as parents. :)

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