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Spring 2015

It’s been 5 years since I gave my testimony at church, Pastor and I thought it would be a good time to give an update. Lynch Syndrome, a genetic condition, still puts me at high risk for several cancers I continue to be screened for each year. Short Bowel Syndrome still has me attached to IV fluids and nutrition 9 hrs each night and I have a permanent ileostomy but I’m happy to report, I’m still cancer free! My oncologist says my colon cancer is considered cured. From stage IV and offered hospice to cured, God still does miracles!

God is using me in amazing new ways I could’ve never imagined a few years ago. I’ve become involved in colon cancer advocacy, public speaking at several events and volunteering with The Colon Club and Fight Colorectal Cancer. In March, I went to Washington DC with Fight CRC’s Call on Congress to speak with our Ohio Congressmen about a bill H.R.1220 - Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015. Currently, if a Medicare patient goes in for a colonoscopy screening and a polyp is found and removed, (the whole point of the screening) it’s then coded as a procedure and no longer covered. H.R. 1220 would prevent that from happening, allowing all colonoscopies to be covered.

Last year I was chosen from hundreds of applicants to be featured in 2015 Colondar 2.0, The Colon Club’s colorectal cancer awareness magazine. Along with 11 other survivors, most consider “too young” for colorectal cancer, I flew to Nashville, TN for a photo shoot and interview. The project seeks to raise eyebrows. Reveal scars. And most importantly, raise awareness that colorectal cancer CAN HAPPEN IF YOU’RE UNDER AGE 50. As part of the application process we were asked to include our cancer story. The Colon Club was so impressed with my written story they asked me to blog for them. This year I’ve been asked to join the staff for the 2016 Colondar 2.0 as a writer, so I’ll fly to Nashville again this summer to interview 4 of the new models. I pray I can do their stories justice.

To read The Colon Club blog visit http://colonclub.com/category/the-colon-clubs-blog/. If you would like to buy a 2015 Colondar 2.0 you could go to http://colonclub.com/store/ or buy one directly from me for $10.

I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many amazing people through these advocacy efforts, some have wonderful relationships with Jesus, some are very angry with Jesus, some are adamant atheists. I’m determined to be a light in their lives, whether it’s to encourage the believers, guide the lost, or confront the darkness.

As I said in my original video testimony, 10 out of 10 people die. This advocacy work brings me close to these great people who are still fighting stage IV colorectal cancer. Some of them have finished the race, two of them already this year. I miss them. I pray they are with Jesus.

Finally, let me end with this; colon cancer is preventable with proper screening. If you have family history or a genetic condition such as Lynch or FAP and/or have been diagnosed with an inflammatory bowel disorder such as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s Disease, you are at a higher risk for colorectal cancer. If you’re having symptoms, such as change in your bowel habits, including diarrhea or constipation or a change in the consistency of your stool, rectal bleeding or blood in your stool, persistent abdominal discomfort, such as cramps, gas or pain, feeling like your bowel doesn’t empty completely or unexplained weight loss, please get screened. 1 in 20 people will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer in their lifetime.

Heide Lehman

Summer 2011

First I want to give God all the glory for the great things He has done! Through a program called “First Place 4 Health”, a Jesus Christ centered healthy living/wholeness program 3 ½ years ago, God has blessed me with loosing 140lbs!

I was a year round athlete all my life so I could eat whatever I wanted in large quantities and I burned it off. Even through college I only gained 15 lbs because I continued to burn off what I ate. Once I graduated college with a degree in Sports Medicine and athletic training and started my job that is when things started to change. Like all of us, work filled much of my time and I didn’t exercise or play sports much. So the weight started increasing. Then I met my husband, Bob, here at this church and eventually got married. I kept gaining more weight. It wasn’t until we started to have children that I reached my highest weight of 300lbs. See I had been very healthy all of my life until this point. During my pregnancies I had high blood pressure, gestational diabetes, and needed bed rest. I was told if things didn’t change these health problems will be your future. That scared me and I started to take my health very seriously. That is when God stepped in.

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Pamela Offineer

August 31, 2010.  Leukemia, the one word I remember the doctor saying slammed me into a shocked silence.  My mind was incapable of forming a complete thought.  After 30 minutes of, well, I’m not sure what, the fog lifted just enough for me to remember that the doctor had also said that he had good news and bad news.  So I blurted out, “But what’s the good news?”

“It’s treatable.” was the reply.  No cure, just treatment, for the rest of my life to save my life.  At the time it didn’t seem like good news, at least not the kind I wanted. That day began a roller coaster journey emotionally, mentally and physically.  I literally began to mourn the loss of the healthy body that I wanted.

Denial – An inconclusive bone marrow biopsy had us convinced that I had been misdiagnosed.  So we prayed that God would help the doctors see their mistake, but God said “No.”

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PERSHORE-based Honda Yuasa Racing picked up two victories in the MSA British Touring Car Championship at Croft with Matt Neal now topping the table.

Neal, who heads the standings by just one point, team-mate Gordon Shedden and rival Jason Plato shared the wins in North Yorkshire.

The championship now enters a lengthy break before resuming at Norfolk’s Snetterton circuit on August 11 and 12.

Shenstone driver Neal set the fastest time in qualifying to take pole position for the first of the races in his Honda Civic.

He dropped to third at the start but fought back to win ahead of eBay Motors BMW driver Robert Collard and Shedden.

Fife’s Shedden then responded with a victory in the second race to reclaim the championship lead from his team-mate.

Neal took the runners-up spot to complete a 1-2 result for Honda in the seventh win in a row for the Team Dynamics-prepared factory Civics.

Behind, Pershore team boss Rob Austin took his first podium result of the season in third in his Rob Austin Racing Audi A4.

Having missed the first race because of mechanical problems with his car, Oxford’s Plato claimed the third to end a six-year win drought at Croft.

Tom Onslow-Cole’s eBay Motors BMW and Andrew Jordan’s Pirtek Racing Honda Civic were second and third respectively.

Fourth place for Neal moved him back ahead in the title race from Shedden, who finished the race in sixth.

Plato remains third in the standings, 29 points adrift of Neal.

After Neal’s fourth win of the season, the reigning champion said: “I’m very pleased but all it does is give me the bragging rights for the next seven weeks before we get back to business.

“Plus maximum success ballast in my car for Snetterton!

“Our car, the Civic, is in a class of its own under braking and through the corners but we need to test during the break because Jason and Triple Eight Race Engineering, who run the MG, will come out all guns blazing in the second half of the season.”

Shedden, with an unrivalled six wins in 2012, said: “I don’t mind being second at this stage — the lead is going to keep on changing hands all the way until finals day in October.

“It’s great to get another win but it’s all about scoring as well as possible in every race. I think I achieved that so job done.”

Honda/Dynamics and the Honda Yuasa Racing Team have significantly increased their respective leads in the Manufacturers/Constructors and HiQ Teams championships.

Drivers’ points: 1 Neal 221, 2 Shedden 220, 3 Plato 192, 4 Collard and Jordan 171, 6 Jackson 139.

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- shinano province (信濃国, shinano no kuni?) or shinshū (信州?) is an old province of ****an that is now present-day nagano prefecture. shinano bordered on echigo
- shinshū maru (神州丸) was a ship of the ****anese imperial army during world war ii. she was the world's first landing craft carrier ship to be designed as
- the jodo shinshu buddhist temples of canada are a group of temples and fellowships that are affiliated with the nishi hongan-ji of kyoto, ****an, the mother
- tv. shinshu broadcasting co.,ltd. (株式会社テレビ信州, kabushiki-gaisha tv. shinshu?), also known as tsb, is a ****anese broadcast network affiliated with nnn and
- the moonlight shinshū (ムーンライト信州?) is a seasonal overnight rapid service operated by east ****an railway company (jr east), which runs between shinjuku
- matsumoto airport (松本空港) (iata: mmj, icao: rjaf), also known as shinshu-matsumoto airport, is an airport located 5 nm (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southwest of central
- Ōtani-ha (真宗大谷派, shinshū Ōtani-ha) is a ****anese buddhist movement. it belongs to jōdo shinshū, also known as shin buddhism. the movement has approximately
- jōdo shinshū (浄土真宗, 'the true essence of the pure land teaching'?), also known as shin buddhism, is a school of pure land buddhism. it was founded by


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  1. The part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
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  5. An English coin worth 5 shillings
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  7. The highest or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    "the view from the crown was magnificent";
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  8. The award given to the champion
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  10. (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
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Tour honors slaves of George Washington

'Trail of Blood & Tears'

By Betsey Piette

Two prominent buildings now stand as opposing pillars of Independence Park in Philadelphia's historic district.

At one end, at 6th and Arch streets, is the newly opened National Constitution Center, built by a construction firm that excluded Black workers. The target of a national protest on July 4, it houses a museum dedicated to the history of the U.S. Constitution. This document, when penned in 1787, protected only the rights of white male property owners.

At the park's southern end sits Independence Hall, constructed by the labor of enslaved Africans. They were counted as only three-fifths of a "free inhabitant" by the Constitution's authors, who also allowed the importation of slaves to continue until 1808 and let the national government collect a tax on imported slaves. The first U.S. census in 1790 reported 757,000 African Americans--about 694,000 of them enslaved--out of a total population of nearly 4 million.

Trail of blood and tears:
a day of remembrance

The park service offers tours around Independence Park. Guides offer a wealth of information designed to glorify the men who declared independence from British colonialism, as well as Philadelphia's role as the country's first capital, where the Constitution was written and where the first U.S. president, George Washington, resided.

The location of the president's house--or the Philadelphia White House, as it was sometimes called--became a subject of controversy in 2002 when the public learned that Washington had unlawfully housed eight or more enslaved Africans on the property. This came out in connection with construction of the Liberty Bell Center and the National Constitution Center.

The holding of slaves on a permanent basis was illegal in Pennsylvania, even at that time. To get around this, Washington would periodically return the eight enslaved men and women to his plantation in Virginia so they could not be considered "permanent inhabitants."

Attempts to bury this history along with the artifacts uncovered during these construction projects have resulted in numerous protests by the African American community here. Last year the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition--ATAC--organized hundreds of protesters to demand that Independence National Historical Park totally fund a commemorative project honoring the eight enslaved Africans and all Africans who contributed mightily to building the United States.

Hundreds came out again on July 3 of this year to continue this struggle for reparations. They were seeking both input for such a project from the African American community and a portion of the $19-million annual budget for the maintenance of the $137-million National Constitution Center.

On July 2, Generations Unlimited, an African American community organization, had led a walking tour dedicated to the memory of those enslaved ancestors, under the banner, "No more lies." Over 400 people participated in this tour--a memorable and moving experience rich in history that is seldom, if ever, presented in U.S. schools.

The Trail of Blood and Tears Tour began at 2 Front St., site of the London Coffeehouse, built in 1702. Prospective buyers used to come there to examine and purchase enslaved Africans who had recently arrived on slave ships docked at a wharf on the Delaware River. One such ship, the Mytrilla, owned by a consortium of slave-trading merchants, carried the Liberty Bell to America. Ironically, the bell would later become the symbol of the anti-slavery abolitionist movement.

The tour continued past the site of the first White House, between 6th and 7th on Walnut and Locust streets. One of the five city squares designed by William Penn, it was originally called the Southeast Square, but later named Washington Square to honor the first president. Tradition holds that African Americans called it "Congo Square," as enslaved Africans were brought to this square once a month before they were sold to buyers from Philadelphia and elsewhere.

The Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, founded in 1787 by Rev. Richard Allen on the oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African Americans in the U.S., was another stop on the tour. The site was a focal point for the struggle for freedom among African Americans. A few blocks away, the tour ended at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, where an unmarked grave contains the remains of "Black Sam"--Samuel Fraunces, a freeman and soldier in the Revolutionary War, steward of Washington's house, and founder of famous taverns in both Philadelphia and New York, who died in 1795.

Also buried in the cemetery are eight Seneca, Mohawk, Iroquois and Delaware chiefs, killed in 1794 when Washington unleashed General Anthony Wayne to wipe out their tribes just a year after signing a peace pact with them.

In 1841, famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered a speech entitled "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?" in which he chastised those glorifying the U.S. holiday: "Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me ... you may rejoice, I must mourn."

Over 200 years of U.S. history have failed to erase this disparity.

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New Monkland, situated to the north-west of Airdrie, erected a parish poorhouse at the east side of Commonhead Street. The site location and layout are shown on the 1912 map below.

New Monkland site, 1912

The design appears to have followed the layout typical of smaller Scottish poorhouses. A small porter's lodge lay at the south of the site. The main block faced to the south-west. At its centre would probably have been the Governor's quarters with the dining-hall and kitchen behind. Separate male and female accommodation was provided at each side. At the rear of the main building were various utility rooms and workshops. A further block to the north-east may have housed an infirmary.

After 1930, the poorhouse became Thrashbush House Poor Law Institution accommodating destitute persons. In addition, 34 of its beds were used for the care of the sick.

The poorhouse buildings no longer exist.

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  • North Lanarkshire Archives, North Lanarkshire Heritage Centre, High Road, Motherwell ML1 3HU. Holdings: Parochial Board minute books of Poorhouse Committee (1863-1924); Parochial Board scroll minute book of Poorhouse Committee (1867-86, 1898-1908, 1913-1924); Poorhouse Governors' journal. (1871-1930); Poorhouse register of inmates (1849-62); Poorhouse report book of offences and punishments (1862-1930); Thrashbush Home Committee Minutes (1932-39, 1952-75); Thrashbush Home's copies of Rules and Regulations for the Management of Poorhouses (Two Editions: 1881-1890).

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The Chico's restaurant chain has been serving North American food to Finns since 1991. In spring 2012 the chain's time-honoured Iso Omena (‘Big Apple') restaurant (396 m²) was reopened with a bold new interior. Amerikka Design Office Ltd. had created a new space concept for the restaurant, designed to support its new food, drink and service concept. Visually, the restaurant underwent a complete transformation.

The visual standpoint for the restaurant's look is modern-day USA, manifested through a wild mix of urban pulse and human warmth. The restaurant interior is marked by bold expression, beautifully fading surfaces and genuine materials.

The mid-floor area of the restaurant consists of comfortable tables where a mixture of openness and privacy is created by the sofas and wooden wall elements in various places. Each wooden wall element houses menus and cutlery to make serving fast and easy.

The sofas and chairs were specially developed for the project. A lot of emphasis was put on finding the right seat and table measurements for relaxed dining. The furniture was handmade by the highly respected Finnish woodworking firm Nikari Oy.

There are many details for the customer to fall in love with. The window frames reclaimed from demolished buildings form an imaginary window on urban landscapes, huge photo prints continue from walls to ceiling and huge murals by the artists Juha Lahtinen and Samuli Suonperä cover the brick walls.

The restaurant premises are designed to function seamlessly through all seasons and to serve a wide range of requirements. Chico's invites customers to enjoy lunch, a drink or dinner on their own or with friends. To support the staff in their work, the restaurant facilities also comply with the chain's service model. The change has been a success and a delight for customers and staff alike. There has been positive feedback on its atmosphere, its spicy details and its solutions which make it easier to serve customers. The positivity is reflected in business figures, too.

Amerikka Design Office is very proud of its client for being courageous enough to undergo such a major visual transformation, becoming a forerunner in contemporary restaurant design. All in all a great cooperation with the client, a great design process and a great result!

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Monday 03 Oct 2011

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Maggie's Gartnavel by OMA in Glasgow, United Kingdom
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OMA-designed Maggie's Cancer Centre opens at Gartnavel Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

OMA and the Maggie’s charity today open a new centre on the grounds of Gartnavel Royal Infirmary in Glasgow. Maggie’s is designed to provide emotional and psychological support to those affected by cancer in the greater Glasgow area.

A ring of loosely arranged interconnecting spaces contains counselling rooms, a large multipurpose space, a kitchen, dining room and offices. By avoiding a familiar configuration of insular rooms, the fluent spatial sequence at Maggie’s Gartnaval fosters the sense of empathetic community central to the Maggie’s philosophy. Lily Jencks, the daughter of Maggie’s founders Charles Jencks and Maggie Keswick Jencks, designed the landscaping for the internal courtyard and the surrounding wooded knoll with HarrisonStevens. Construction of Maggie’s was completed in under a year, and was funded by the sponsorship of the thousands who participated in sponsored Walk the Walk events.

The project was led by OMA Partners Rem Koolhaas and Ellen van Loon with Associate-in-charge Richard Hollington. Rem Koolhaas commented: “We were touched to be asked to design a Maggie’s Centre, and invigorated by the opportunity to work on a completely different scale, with different ambitions, and in a different environment. Maggie's is so unique and urgent among the projects we are working on.” Ellen van Loon added: “I enjoyed designing such an exceptional environment with this very dedicated and inspired team of designers and contractors. The sequence of spaces is an interplay of openness, retreat and support to underpin the Maggie’s programme.”

The fundamental precept that exceptional, conscientious architecture makes people feel better underpins the design of Maggie’s all across Europe. Conceived on a small scale but with high ambitions, the design of Maggie’s supplants the sterile and often alienating architecture of hospitals with an individual and warm environment for people suffering from cancer and their families. The charity celebrates its 15th birthday in 2011 and will open three new Maggie’s during the course of the year.

Maggie’s Gartnavel is OMA’s first completed work in the UK since the Serpentine Pavilion in 2006. Today’s opening is followed by the public unveiling on Thursday of OMA/Progress, a major exhibition of OMA’s work at the Barbican in London, curated by Rotor. A full-scale plan of Maggie’s will be located in the Barbican’s sculpture court during the exhibition. The OMA-designed New Court Rothschild Bank headquarters in London will also open later this year.

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Yan Yean Road
Yarrambat, Victoria, 3091
Phone(s): +61 (03) 9436 2201
Fax: +61 (03) 9436 2201
Website: www.yarrambatgolf.com.au
Type Public
Holes 18
Year built N/A
Guest Policy Welcomed
Golf Season Year round
Metal Spikes Allowed No
Driving Range Available Yes
Putting Green Available Yes
Rental Carts Available Yes
Rental Trolleys Yes
Rental Clubs Available Yes
Pro Shop Yes
Pro Available Yes
Teaching Pro Yes
Golf School Yes
Price Range Weekdays $28 - $71
Price Range Weekends $31 - $75
Other facilities Clubhouse, Banquet Facilities, Restaurant, Fitness Center

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Men's 72 5680 m 0 0
Ladies 73 5184 m 0 0

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Mountain Lake - Private LogoMountain Lake - Private in Lake Wales

2300 North Scenic Highway
Lake Wales, FL 33898

November 08th, 2011 17:41

First Name Pete
Last Name Williams
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A classic course in every sense of the word.
Seth Raynor did a wonderful job creating an eye appealing, challenging golf course that was in immaculate condition when we played.
Rolling hills and subtle terrain nuances made this an atypical Florida course and all for the better. Undulating greens and plateaus made for demanding second shots and difficult pitches. A real golfers golf course.
I rate this course as a "must play" if you're ever offered the chance.
The historic buildings and Inn add to the mystery and exclusivity of this fabulous property. A fantastic experience!

Date course was played Monday 07th of November 2011
Price paid for golf 100
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FHP Trooper R.W. Ivey stopped the southbound Chevrolet Trailblazer about 10:45 p.m. Saturday near mile marker 156.

Ivey reported seeing a handgun, rolling papers and a marijuana cigarette in the vehicle as he was speaking with the driver, Shannon Leann Rahn, 30, of Coral Springs.

Passenger Ian Christopher Johnson, 25, of Hollywood, said he had thrown some marijuana from the window, the report states, and when a bag of Percocet was found in Rahn's bra, Johnson said the pills were his and he was taking them to a friend.

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Culligan Matrix Solutions is expanding its mobile water treatment solutions business in response to increasing demand for this service.

Culligan’s mobile water treatment fleet provides comprehensive multi-level water purification, monitoring and control in a single solution for peaking plants and base loaded plants in the energy and power, oil and gas and chemical processing industries. The modular system is designed to accommodate a wide variety of feed sources (i.e., brackish water, surface water and seawater). It can be operated in a rugged environment and can be installed quickly to seamlessly provide large quantities of water on demand.

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Many classical music fans thought the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra had made history this week by permanently hiring a female Concert Master into its ranks. The rumors got started on Saturday after The Associated Press mistakenly reported that the Vienna Phil confirmed violinist Albena Danailova as a full-time player and Concert Master.

"They got it wrong," Mary Lou Falcone, the Philharmonic's press spokeswoman said over the phone from Switzerland. "Albena Danailova has been confirmed as a permanent member of the Vienna State Opera orchestra only."

If classical music's not your beat, it's a mistake easily made. Both orchestras share players and have their roots firmly grounded in Austria's capital and in Vienna's rich musical history. But a closer look shows notable distinctions. First, the Vienna Phil is a smaller, private company, while the State Opera orchestra is larger and government-run. Another difference is that all members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra are members of the Vienna State Opera orchestra, but not all State Opera orchestra players are admitted into the Phil.

"You get confirmed with the State Opera orchestra first," Falcone said. "And then a year or so later, the confirmation is likely to come through for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra."

Danailova will have to wait until then anyway to complete her three-year probation period at the Philharmonic. She's been playing there on a temporary basis as First Violin and Concert Master since 2008. If the Vienna Phil decides that they don't want her after her probation period is up, Danailova can continue to play her violin and conduct as one of the Concert Masters at the State Opera orchestra pit.

If, however, the select Vienna Phil does offer her membership, Danailova will enjoy a career-long appointment that she can hang onto until the mandatory retirement age of 65. She'll also make history as the first female Concert Master in the Philharmonic and will increase the Philharmonic's female quotient by a whopping 25 percent: there are currently just three permanent female and 121 permanent male players in the Philharmonic orchestra. (Women were not allowed entry into the all-men's Philharmonic orchestra prior to 1997.)

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does all this matter for music connoisseur?
the Philharmonic is perfect as always... so let's enjoy the concerts
the foreigners who come to visit it, could stay at
it is very easy to get from this hotel to the Philharmonic

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Quantitative Investigation into the Link Between Irrigation Water Quality and Food Safety: Volume III
Expanded Title:There is a growing concern of the “safety status” of South African agricultural produce, especially those that are consumed raw. If these products are contaminated they will impact not only the health of the final consumer but also that of people living next to rivers and the producers. This will immediately impact both the national and international “trading status” and cause a suspension of exports. Furthermore, there were, and still are regular articles in the local press reporting on the shocking “environmental status” of local rivers. The source of contamination of the agricultural products was identified as irrigation water that had been contaminated before irrigation took place. The health risks associated with the use of contaminated irrigation water on agricultural products thus became an increasing concern. The main objective of solicited research project was to do a quantitative investigation into the link between irrigation water quality and food safety. Based on the results from this research project, the microbial pollution levels of rivers and fresh produce monitored at selected sites in different provinces of South Africa over a period of 3-4 years were of an unacceptable microbiological standard and did not meet either the international or national faecal guidelines for safe irrigation or human consumption. Other potential waterborne bacterial, virus and protozoan pathogens were frequently recovered from both the water and the produce. It was concluded that there is a high risk of exposure to pathogens when water from these rivers is used to irrigate produce that is consumed raw or without any further processing steps. In the research it was shown using phenotypic and genotypic identifications that direct water to produce linkages could be made. It was concluded that species from the surface of produce were present as a result of transfer from the contaminated irrigation water. There can now be no doubt that specific carry-over does take place. The potential of pathogenic organisms being transferred from irrigation water to the surface of fresh produce plus their ability to survive in these unfavourable conditions presents the scenario where consumers unknowingly face a high risk of being infected with harmful organisms when consuming fresh produce. Various recommendations for further research are made ranging from distribution profiles of pathogenic bacteria, seasonal variations and monitoring in irrigation water, development of effective quality assurance measures for detection of enteric viruses to investigation of effective on-farm treatment options of contaminated irrigation water.
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Augusta, Ga. --- Larry Whitaker lives about a mile from where the new chemical plant would go. He said he was concerned about the ammonium and the health problems it could cause.

"I feel better because I heard the company's side of it and what I heard from them seemed like they got a very good know it's going to be a safe thing," Larry Whitaker said.

"Anytime your dealing with chemicals, you're going to have some concerns, so nothing is completely gone from my mind in terms of concerns," Commissioner Alvin Mason said.

"They were wondering what our plans were for addressing any releases of that. Obviously, we don't plan for any releases, but we are required by law to have a risk management plan in the event of a release," Southern Ionics Vice President of Commercial Development, Randy Weimer said.

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"Everything I heard from the company, I'm pretty much in agreement with it," Whitaker said.

The plant is moving a few miles from Perkins Road to Lumpkin Road. Representatives said the plant would serve as both a storage facility and a production site.

"We had some people here that are familiar with the chemical industry and had some very accurate questions about some of the things we do and know a lot about the type of business that were in. And so once we responded to the questions, I feel like they were satisfied," Weimer said.

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Bit too history and example heavy. Needed more reasoning as to WHY for me. Your last two paragraphs touched more on why managers would benefit the product and your last 2 paragraphs were by far your strongest. The parts before were a tad too heavy on text that didn't really explain WHY. Try reading through your debate again and think about how every point convinces you that your stance is correct and be super critical of your own debate. When you're planning your debate think of as many reasons as to why you're taking your stance and then create a debate around them points. A bit like how smitty915 clearly listed his reasoning and then expanded his paragraphs around each reason.

First off this was much stronger than your previous weak efforts. Could still do with more depth though. Don't use phrases like "I believe". It just makes your debate seem really lazy and thoughtless. It takes like a minute to actually find out for certain and it will help your debate rather than guessing. I actually really liked the points you were making though which is the hard part and you had that nailed down here. Then you messed up on the often easier parts for other debaters which is wording and structure. Expand on your points too. I thought you made a great point about the App but just left it there rather than having a couple of extra sentences to expand on WHY.

You wasted the first half of your debate which probably looked worse due to your debate being very short. Don't waste words explaining what a house show is for example. People know. It's not like you didn't have hundreds of words left to use but it's still kinda boring for the reader to read you explaining things like that rather than answering the question and arguing your stance. It got better when you actually started debating but I still thought your arguments were pretty weak and none of them really stuck with me. Read some of the top debates on the main cards and look to take some inspiration in how they're written perhaps?

WALL OF TEXT ALERT. C'mon yeah. I think this was almost good but it needed a bit more expansion on your points and a stronger effort of addressing counter arguments. Like your last sentence didn't really hit home because I didn't feel like you properly convinced me of these negatives or that the negatives outweigh the positives.

I thought you did a good job of explaining the situation but less so of actually arguing your stance. I didn't feel like you ever really got into WHY it was/wasn't the correct decision. I thought your last point about the stump mics was a good opening to that point but that was really your only support and you kinda stopped once you got going with it.

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According to, WWE Champion John Cena has been selected as the grand marshal in the Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade, which will take place on January 2nd.

Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler, starring Mickey Rourke will debut on HBO this weekend. The film received numerous Academy Award nominations, and featured scenes shot at ROH, CZW, WXW and JAPW events. The film also featured the following wrestlers: Necro Butcher, R-Truth, Romeo Roselli, Claudio Castagnoli, Desmond Wolfe, Tommy Rotten, Bobby Dempsey, the late Paul E. Normous and more.

For those that have been wondering, Mickie James did know about the "Piggy James" sketch on Smackdown before going to the ring. They even did a run through of the segment earlier that day.

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TNA Wrestling color commentator Taz announced on his Twitter account that he won't be on hand for the Destination X pay-per-view this Sunday due to a family obligation. He will, however, be at the subsequent television tapings.

Jeremy Borash will fill in for Taz. He wrote on Twitter: "Looking forward to joining the announce table for Destination X this Sunday. This is going to be a fun PPV! Don't miss it!"

As noted above, Taz will be back for the TV tapings on Monday and Tuesday.

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Ricardo Rodriguez comes out and introduces Alberto Del Rio. The ring is still in shambles.

Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship:
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They are doing the match with the faulty ring. Cena is wearing new gear, donning camouflage shorts. Dueling "Let's Go Cena" / "Cena sucks" chants at the onset. Right as the bell rang, Del Rio threw Rodriguez into Cena. Cena got Rodriguez in position for an AA, but was kicked in the gut by Del Rio. Del Rio proceeded to dominate the opening moments of the match.

The big story of the match was the broken ring, and the announcers were selling big how it changes the match. At one point, Cena went for the five knuckle shuffle, but couldn't run the ropes so he just dropped a punch. Moments later Cena hit a gut wrench suplex, but Del Rio got up at 4. Cena charged at Del Rio, but Del Rio caught Cena in a tilt a whirl suplex. The ref started the count, but Del Rio stopped it at 4 and continued the attack on Cena. Del Rio placed Cena under the fallen ringside post, and then jumped on it. The ref started the count again, but Cena rolled to the center of the ring and got up at 8.

Del Rio charged at him and was met with an AA. Both men are down and the ref starts the count. Both men get up around 8 and Cena for for another AA, but Rodriguez runs interference. Del Rio then locks in a sleeper hold and scissors the body. Del Rio kept the hold on for awhile, and then finally let go and the ref started the count. Cena up at 8. Del Rio grabbed Cena, but Cena reversed and threw Del Rio out of the ring into the ringside barricade since there were no ropes. Del Rio pulled himself up at 7. Cena went outside the ring, but Del Rio managed to throw him shoulder-first into the steel steps. Ref starts count, but Cena's up at 5. Rodriguez tries to interfere again, but is atomic dropped on the steel post.

Back in the ring and Del Rio charged at Cena, but Cena ducked and tripped him onto the steel post. Cena went outside the ring and grabbed a set of steel steps, but Del Rio attacked Cena forcing him to drop the steps. Del Rio then used the steps as a weapon, ramming Cena's head into them. Del Rio grabbed another set of steps and nailed Cena in the head with them. Ref started the count, but Cena is up at 9 and exploded on Del Rio. Cena started fighting Del Rio to the back and threw him over a table. Another count, but Del Rio was up at 8. Cena then pushed a giant crate on him, but Del Rio rolled out of the way.

Del Rio then slammed Cena on the crate. Another count, Cena up at 7. Del Rio then threw parts of the interview stage onto Cena. Ref starts the count, and Cena is up at 8. Del Rio starts punching away at Cena, and they head back into the arena. They trade punches, and Cena gets the better of him. Rodriguez runs interference again, and Del Rio throws Cena through the big "V" on the stage. Del Rio then grabbed a table and placed Cena on it. Del Rio then started climbing a part of the stage, but Cena grabbed him and put him through the table.

Del Rio got up at 8, and they continued fighting back towards the ring. Cena tried to throw Del Rio in the ring, but Del Rio reversed and threw him over the announce table. Del Rio then setup a table, but Cena powered back and threw Del Rio into the barricade. Rodriguez tried to run interference, but Cena nailed him. Del Rio went to kick Cena, who ducked and Del Rio kicked the post. Cena then setup the steel steps next to the announce table and got Del Rio up on his shoulders for the AA. Cena climbed to the top of the steps and threw him through the table. Cena said that "was it" and went back in the ring.

The Miz and R-Truth his the ring and assaulted Cena in the ring. Miz and Truth hit their finishers on Cena, and the ref was distracted by the assault. Miz and Truth took off, and Del Rio got back to his feet. The ref continued the count on Cena, but he got up at 8. Del Rio grabbed the belt and clocked Cena with it. The ref started the count and Cena wasn't able to make it. Del Rio wins the match.

Alberto Del Rio (c) defeated John Cena

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To close out 2010, WTF presents some great segments that never made it into the podcast until now. Dan St. Germain regales a live WTF audience with an embarassing cocaine story. Toby Huss describes what it’s like working with Werner Herzog. Eddie Pepitone has a heart to heart with Marc in the garage. Dr. Steve analyzes the mind of a bully. And Jim Gaffigan is Jim Gaffigan.


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Michigan visits Duke and North Carolina travels to Michigan State in this year's Big Ten-ACC Challenge.

The conferences announced the matchups Wednesday for the 12-game schedule to be played Dec. 3-4. Fourteen of the teams played in the NCAA tournament last season.

This marks the first Challenge for the three new ACC schools - Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame. Pitt plays host to Penn State, Syracuse is home against Indiana and Notre Dame visits Iowa.

N.C. State plays host to Northwestern and new coach Chris Collins, a former Duke assistant. And Maryland visits Ohio State in its final Challenge as an ACC school before joining the Big Ten.

Purdue will host Boston College at Mackey Arena.

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According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, roughly three in 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related vehicle crash at some time in their lives.

Nine Meridian police officers were recognized Wednesday for their efforts in the fight against drunk driving.

"Everybody should show their appreciation to these officers for what they do and show that they appreciate that they are making our streets safer," said Brenda Snowden of Lauderdale County's MADD chapter.

The officers recognized had exceptionally high drunk driving arrests, ranging from 26 to 72. It's an offense these officers are taking seriously.

"A drunk driver is just like a serious killer, an armed robbery suspect," said Ofc. Dareall Thompson. "He can be dangerous also."

"It gets rough out there. A lot of times drunk drivers feel they can get away and want to run. We have to chase them down," said Ofc. Anthony Hall.

In 2003, the state of Mississippi had 320 alcohol-related traffic deaths. Nationwide, the number was over 17,000. For every DUI arrest these officers make, they could be saving a life.

"One DUI crash fatality has an impact that just keeps 'spiderwebbing' out in all directions," said Capt. Rick McCary of the Meridian Police Department.

"You have all these programs, you have things on TV, you see it in the paper, where people are getting arrested. They know it's going to cost them money to go to court. It costs them time. It costs the court's time. It costs them money. It's unnecessary," said Ofc. Bill Cantwell.

Last year, Meridian had four traffic fatalities. Alcohol contributed to two of the deaths.

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Panola County authorities say a bullet struck a school bus there, grazing at least one student in the back. They say it may have been a hunting accident.

District Attorney John Champion said that a 10-year-old student was transported by helicopter Monday to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis.

Champion says authorities have received word from the hospital that the boy is going to be O.K.

The bullet went through a side window of the South Panola bus, carrying about 15 students when the incident occurred.

Champion says investigators believe the shooting could have been a hunter.

Champion says so far a person has been cooperative in their investigation as they see what he was doing out there and why the shot was fired.

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Federal judges released a plan to update Mississippi's four congressional districts.

Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann says the plan released Monday decreases the number of split counties from eight to four.

"The Congressional redistricting plan proposed by the Federal Panel will allow us to proceed with the 2012 Elections without pre-clearance from the Department of Justice," said Hosemann. "The Secretary of State will not file an objection to the Plan."

Hosemann also said the plan does not split any precincts, and generally followed existing county lines existing.

The judges say their plan preserves core constituencies of each district.

State Rep. Greg Snowden, who represents Lauderdale and Clarke counties in the state legislature, noted that all but a relatively small fraction of Clarke County will be moved into the 3rd Congressional District, now represented by Gregg Harper, and out of the 4th District, represented by Steven Palazzo. He said 14,694 Clarke County residents will be in the 3rd, while only 2,038 Clarke countians will still live in the 4th.

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Redistricting moved into federal court after state legislators failed to agree on a new congressional map.

District lines are updated each decade to reflect population changes revealed by the Census.

The majority-black 2nd District lost population between 2000 and 2010, so it had to expand
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    Why do you think they are doing this democrate like to screw up anything and everything that is right and for the Good. Have the Real people of this Country not realize that yet.
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    Watch out L C. The changes will give your vote away
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Kennedy vs. Humphrey: 50 years ago, W.Va. made history by helping to make the JFK candidacy

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Sen. John F. Kennedy speaks on the steps of the State Capitol, April 11, 1960.
John F. Kennedy poses with nine girls of the American Legion Children Junior Auxiliary at Gauley Bridge High School, Gauley Bridge, probably April 20, 1960.
Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey campaigns outside the post office at Dry Branch in Kanawha County, April 8, 1960.
May 10 brings the 50th anniversary of a West Virginia event that changed American history. The Mountain State's legendary 1960 primary election clinched the Democratic presidential nomination for John F. Kennedy and carried him into the White House.To mark the golden anniversary, aging veterans of that clash will hold an all-day Charleston program, mostly at the Culture Center. I'm to be among panelists. Another all-day ceremony is set for Logan, which was a 1960 political battleground.Most historians assert that the famed West Virginia primary was a cultural landmark because it showed that mountain Protestants weren't too prejudiced to vote for a Roman Catholic, and thus America gained its first Catholic president. That's true, of course.Actually, I don't remember much anti-Catholic hostility among Kanawha Valley folks during the historic campaign. The worst prejudice came in vicious pamphlets sent into the state by national demagogues like evangelist Carl McIntire, a big Catholic-hater in those days.
Some observers think Kennedy deliberately spotlighted the religious issue, to nudge West Virginians to show they weren't prejudiced by supporting him. It conveyed an insidious message: Anyone backing his challenger, Hubert Humphrey, did so out of bigotry.In the end, poor Humphrey was outclassed, outgunned, outspent, outmaneuvered -- and lost the Mountain State so badly that he quit the presidential race. Kennedy seized the Democratic nomination and narrowly defeated Republican Richard Nixon for the presidency.Personally, my foremost memory of those times involves disgusting corruption that tainted West Virginia politics back then, chiefly in southern coal counties.Jack Kennedy hardly needed help from political crooks. He was an ideal candidate: handsome, youthful, witty, popular, a war hero with a gorgeous wife and a rich father who bankrolled him lavishly. His wealthy and glamorous relatives campaigned with him, covering West Virginia like an exuberant team. Kennedy's sparkling charisma made Democratic rival Humphrey seem drab. Humphrey was mostly alone, except for his wife.JFK probably could have won the West Virginia showdown, purely on his personal appeal. But plenty of sleaze was committed on his behalf. Large bags of Kennedy cash were funneled to scummy courthouse kingpins in the coalfields, who listed Kennedy atop their "slates" of chosen candidates and used his father's money to buy votes. Here's the record: On the day after the 1960 primary, the Logan Banner said the election was a spree of "flagrant vote-buying, whiskey flowing like water, and coercion of voters.... You name it and we just about had it."Logan political boss Raymond Chafin wrote in his autobiography, Just Good Politics, that Humphrey agents first gave him $2,500 for slate access -- but Kennedy agents offered more. When they asked how much money would be required, Chafin told them "about 35," meaning $3,500. But the JFK agents misunderstood and sent him two suitcases containing $35,000. Chafin was flabbergasted. His sidekick, Bus Perry, panicked and blurted: "I've already been in the penitentiary once. I'm not going back."Chafin said he calmed Perry and phoned Kennedy headquarters to report the error, but was told to put the cash to good use. He put it to bad use.Another Logan boss, Claude "Big Daddy" Ellis, claimed that the Kennedy camp sent him more than $50,000, which went for "sawbucks and half-pints," the standard payoff to voters who let precinct workers "assist" them in choosing the designated slate. Ellis quipped that JFK didn't "buy West Virginia; he just rented it for a day."
Various national newspapers and magazines wrote about West Virginia's corruption in 1960. Life described coal-county "lever brothers" (a takeoff on Lever Brothers soap products), dishonest precinct workers who flipped levers of old-style voting machines for bribed voters."Votes are bought in every West Virginia election," former legislator Charlie Peters told USA Today. As Kennedy's Kanawha County chairman in 1960, he said Election Day payola was "like the old moonshining tradition." Peters, who later was a Peace Corps chief and founded Washington Monthly magazine, is scheduled to appear in the all-day May 10 anniversary. Recently, Peters wrote that corruption reports about that era have been overblown.
In his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the President, 1960 Theodore White called Mountain State politics "the most squalid, corrupt and despicable" in America. "Politics in West Virginia involves money -- hot money, under-the-table money, open money."Kennedy's brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, later head of the Peace Corps, recalled sarcastically: "We played the West Virginia game by the West Virginia rules." All these allegations were compiled by state Supreme Court law clerk Allen Loughry in his 2006 book, Don't Buy Another Vote. I Won't Pay for a Landslide. The title refers to a joke by JFK, supposedly quoting a note from his father during the Mountain State primary.Even worse, the Mafia reportedly joined the campaign. Pulitzer Prize-winner Seymour Hersh -- who spoke in Charleston in 2005 at the Gazette-WVU Festival of Ideas -- wrote a book titled The Dark Side of Camelot, contending that JFK's father got rich from bootlegging in the Depression, which gave him mob connections. Hersh said the father paid mob leaders to help his son in West Virginia, mostly in the Northern Panhandle and with unions like the Teamsters, then Mafia-dominated.Hersh alleged that Judith Exner, one of JFK's many lovers, also was a girlfriend of Chicago crime boss Sam Giancana. The woman claimed that Kennedy gave her bags of money to carry to Giancana during the West Virginia struggle. Former GazetteEditor Don Marsh scoffed at the Hersh allegation.In his book about West Virginia politics, Afflict the Comfortable, former Gazette writer Thomas Stafford said ex-editor Harry Hoffmann, a fellow Catholic, refused to believe that Kennedy's forces bought the 1960 primary. However, Stafford wrote that the newspaper's late publisher, W.E. "Ned" Chilton III, "settled the issue in his own blunt fashion" by declaring that Kennedy "bought a landslide, not an election."At the peak of the campaign, Chilton helped lead a televised Kennedy-Humphrey debate, a forerunner of such face-offs that later become standard in elections.
I wasn't a political writer in 1960, so I covered fringe events -- such as TV newsman David Brinkley visiting a dilapidated Lincoln County bridge to spotlight poverty and decrepitude in the hills. I attended a Lincoln stop in which gubernatorial candidate Wally Barron delivered a rouser speech about flag-saluting. He spoke from the back of a flatbed truck whose mudflaps said "Jesus Saves." Barron was strong for patriotism and religion, until he and most of his Statehouse chiefs went to prison.One news photo from the campaign featured JFK petting my bandaged dog. My late wife had taken the injured pooch to a roadside campaign stop, and Kennedy paused to comfort the mutt, while cameramen snapped.Poverty was horrendous in West Virginia in 1960, because coal mechanization in the 1950s had wiped out tens of thousands of miner jobs. The hardship made a gripping impression on JFK. After entering the White House, he showered help on the region through public works projects, food stamps, job training, Appalachian Corridor construction -- and even providing electricity to remote sectors.The world of 1960 no longer exists. Blatant vote-buying in southern coal counties is diminished today, thanks to many federal busts and passage of election cleanup laws. Political kingpins of the bad old days have faded and died.But history is eternally fascinating. May 10 will be a special time to look back on the day when West Virginia changed America's destiny.Haught, the Gazette's editor, may be reached by phone at 348-5199 or e-mail at
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WVU recruiting: Prep lineman Shriner commits to Mountaineers for 2015

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For Oviedo (Fla.) lineman Alec Shriner, his recruitment from West Virginia ended much the same way it started almost exactly one year ago — with a trip to Morgantown and a meeting with the coaches in the Puskar Center.

Shriner, a 2015 prospect who held offers from South Florida, Florida International, Georgia Tech and more, committed to the Mountaineers Monday evening after an unofficial visit to campus.

“I saw what I needed to see,” he said shortly after his pledge. “I liked the coaches. I liked the facilities. I liked the program. It was just an all-around good fit for me.”

The West Virginia coaches liked him, too. When Shriner made the trek up last season as a relative unknown, he was an offensive lineman who had piqued the coaches’ interest as they watched his teammate (and 2014 signee) Tyree Owens.

During that camp, Shriner made a big impression, dominating one-on-ones and showing excellent footwork and agility during drills. By the end of the day, the coaches had named him the offensive line MVP and informed him that he was “high on their recruiting board.”

Several months passed with little movement in his recruitment from West Virginia, however. The issue was not anything the coaches had seen, but rather what they had not — the staff wanted to see his toughness and mean streak on the defensive side of the ball. They liked him as a defensive tackle.

So over the spring evaluation period, West Virginia twice visited Oviedo High School to watch Shriner work out and practice.

“They swung by to see me twice — first it was [area recruiter Joe] DeForest, and the second time it was him and the defensive coordinator [Tony Gibson],” said Shriner. “He said they like me on the defensive line. They like me playing nose tackle.”

Earlier this month, West Virginia finally came through with an offer. Within a week, Shriner had set up a visit to Morgantown, setting the stage for a two-week turnaround between an offer and a commitment. Unlike most recruits nowadays, though, don’t expect to hear Shriner involved with other colleges going forward.

“I’m committed now, so I’m done with visits,” said the 247Sports three-star recruit. “I will try to get up to West Virginia again this fall for a game, but nowhere else.”

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Portland is losing a legend: The Portland International Airport plans to tear out its carpet. That much-beloved teal upholstery, with its distinctive violet, cobalt and red cross marks, has greeted travelers for more than a quarter century, which, we gather, is positively geriatric in carpet years.

The news was met with outrage and dismay. This is a carpet, after all, with its own Facebook page. There are Twitter and Instagram accounts devoted to it. To memorialize the carpet, clever entrepreneurs made T-shirts and socks bearing the idiosyncratic design. Initial runs sold out quickly.

You've still got some time to bid adieu: The 14 acres of old carpet will be slowly ripped out starting in winter 2014-2015, and the new stuff won't be fully installed until 2016. We decided this was an apposite time to pay homage to Portland's unheralded upholstery: those unsung rugs and runners we trod over daily, never stopping to snap a photo or compose an adulatory tweet.

To test how well you know this city's carpets, we've assembled photos from six different places—see how many carpets you can match to their homes. Answers are at the bottom of the page.

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GO: See Portland International Airport's carpet before it's fully torn out in 2016, 7000 NE Airport Way, pdx.com.

Answers: Clockwise from top left, Benson Hotel stairs, Willamette Week office, Oregon Convention Center, Laurelhurst Theater, Brooklyn Park Pub, Governor Hotel ballroom


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For the past couple of weeks, we've been inviting candidates to sit down with WW and make their case for your vote—and our friends at Portland Community Media have been there to catch it all on video. Every day for the next month, we'll post a new video of our endorsement interviews on WWire.
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Mary Ann Casale & Andy Van Duyne will be performing alone and as a harmonious duo. The two perform wide-ranging repertoire built around a core of original songs - including traditional folk, classic country, rock, sing-alongs and standards played on guitar and keyboard. Bring a chair and enjoy the evening. Back up rain location is at the Pavilion on Sugar Bush Lane in South Colton. Free Admission
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Council Allows Fire Department To Apply For Grant

The Watertown city council voted three to two Tuesday night to let the city's fire department apply for a grant for a new truck.

"I look at it as a future vehicle that we do not have to pay for through city funds, city taxpayers," said council member Joe Butler.

Fire officials say it wouldn't cost the city a dime, as all of the funding would come from a state grant.

Battalion Chief Matt Timerman says the truck would be used to tow the department's heaviest trailer, which carries equipment for technical rescues like building collapses.

The department already has a truck, but it can only pull about 15,000 pounds and the trailer is starting to weigh more than that.

"So they're both at maximum capacity," Timerman said. "It doesn't work too badly here in the city of Watertown, but if we were  to respond a longer distance it gets a little difficult."

Council members Roxanne Burns and Jeff Smith voted against the request.

Smith says the department should focus its efforts on fighting local fires.

"If you take this truck it's not a free truck, even though it's a grant and it's paid for, but if the firefighters go outside the city or somewhere else in mutual aid, then the back-fall is the city taxpayer pays for that," he said.
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