James E. Johnson

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Writer

POLSON – James E. Johnson 69, of Polson, passed away at his home surrounded by family Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014. With the passing of James, a grieving and inconsolable family has lost an amazing husband of 45 years and a loving and supportive father and grandfather like none other. Also, the world has lost one of the kindest, loving, intelligent, strongest, honest and humorous human beings. To know him was to love and respect him.

Jim suffered from non-Hodgkins lymphoma for nine years, then leukemia and finally bone marrow failure. Every time he turned around, this cancer changed its structure and mutated into a stronger and more resistant and harder to treat disease. He fought a courageous battle going through radiation, numerous rounds of chemotherapy, willingly suffering all the side effects to get better and stay in this life with his loving and adoring family. He was always more concerned about his wife and children than he was with himself, worried they were getting so tired and worn out taking care of him. Sadly, in the end the cancer won out. God saw that James had suffered enough and took him to his heavenly home, where he will give him rest.

James was raised in Bonner. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Melba Johnson. James attended Bonner Elementary and graduated from Sentinel High School. He took some classes at the University of Montana in 1968 and in 1971 attended the vo-tech for welding classes.

When James was 13, he

Article source: http://missoulian.com/news/local/obituaries/james-e-johnson/article_d733ba2e-c5eb-52ae-88e5-95fc4f3a51b0.html

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US Envoy Samantha Power On International Response to Ebola Crisis

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Writer

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Brussels — Remarks by Ambassador Samantha Power, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the German Marshall Fund on the International Response to the Ebola Crisis

Good afternoon. On September 18th, six weeks ago today, the United Nations Security Council held its first-ever emergency meeting on a health crisis. A Liberian man named Jackson Naimah spoke to the Council via video link from Liberia. Jackson works for Médecins Sans Frontières, and is a team leader in one of MSF’s Ebola treatment centers in Monrovia. He told the Council that he had lost a niece and a cousin to the virus – both of them nurses infected at work. He said that, as he was speaking to us, sick people were outside the gates of the MSF clinic, begging to be let in and treated. MSF had to turn them away, because they had no more beds. Jackson said, “I feel that the future of my country is hanging in the balance. If the international community does not stand up, we will be wiped out.”

You all are familiar with the statistics of what Ebola has done to Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. More 10,000 people infected.

Article source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201411030029.html

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50 years for radio-control airplane club

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Writer

FUNKS GROVE — Garrett Stotler, 18, of Bloomington always wanted to be an airline pilot, but he was born color blind, which prevented him pursuing such a career.

Still, he gets his aviation fix by flying a radio-controlled aircraft, better known as model airplanes.

“I figured this would be the next best thing,” he said. “I love the excitement and adrenaline of flying planes.”

Stotler is one of 40 members of the Sentral Illinois Radio Society, a remote-control airplane club. On Oct. 11, the club held an open house on its property near Funks Grove, celebrating the club’s 50th year.

“My dad got me started,” said Justin Worden of Pontiac. “I grew up with it by going out to the airfield and watching and learning. My kids are doing the same thing.”

The planes are controlled remotely by an operator on the group using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter communicates with a receiver in the plane based on the position of the joystick on the transmitter.

“It took me about a full summer to learn how to do it,” said Jerry Worden of Normal, who has been in the club for 30 years. “It’s a lot of fun, but it also takes a lot of concentration. There are lots of things that you have to be aware of such as other planes or crosswinds.

“Safety is also a big concern. We don’t want to be flying over people’s heads or anything like that.”

The planes are flown over

Article source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141103/news/141109671/

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Hot races in DuPage County

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Writer

Voters throughout DuPage County will travel to the polls Tuesday to pick who will represent them at the county, state and congressional level.

Here’s a look at four of the hottest races voters will be deciding.

11th Congressional

In one of the most visible races, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bill Foster is trying to fend off a challenge from Republican state Rep. Darlene Senger in the 11th Congressional District.

The two Naperville residents disagree on a variety of issues, including whether the Affordable Care Act has been a success. Foster said the law is reducing the growth of health care costs while providing opportunities for people who were previously uninsurable. Senger says the law is “government at its worst” but doesn’t believe it can be repealed because of the number of enrollees.

Senger, who decided not to seek re-election at the state level to make a bid for the 11th District seat, said she’s open to immigration reform that would give people access to education and a chance to be part of the country. Foster, a proponent of comprehensive immigration reform, says he disagrees with Republicans who want to take a “piece-by-piece” approach to reform.

When it comes to the minimum wage, Foster said he supports increasing it to help ensure anyone who works 40 hours a week doesn’t live in poverty. Senger said she’s not against raising the minimum wage but wants “businesses and jobs and opportunities” in place that will help the economy grow.

The 11th District covers

Article source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20141103/news/141109703/

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Manufacturers scramble to fill jobs, struggle to recruit women

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Writer


By Rick Barrett
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


Posted Nov. 1, 2014 @ 8:37 pm

Article source: http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20141101/NEWS/141109886/-1/NEBULLETIN

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Americas Fastest Growing Death Holiday Is From Mexico

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Writer

One night in 2001, as Halloween turned into All Saint’s Day, a woman named Enriqueta Romero put a life-size model of a skeleton in front of her home in Mexico City. That was 13 years ago. The skeleton was wearing a dress. In the annals of 21st-century Latin American religion, it was a historic moment.

For decades, maybe centuries (the details are murky), some people in Mexico had been venerating a kind of sanctified death figure. Part Grim Reaper, part angel, this deathly saint had few followers, and they mostly worshipped in private. Romero helped make that veneration public. You might think of her as a kind of postmodern Mexican Martin Luther: someone whose small public act puts a new spin of faith, all while pissing off the Catholic Church.

Martin Luther tacked up his Ninety-Five Theses, and gave us the Protestant Reformation.

Enriqueta Romero put a skeleton on the sidewalk, and helped give us Santa Muerte.

Santa Muerte: Saint Death. A grinning skeleton is a national symbol in Mexico. Santa Muerte is something different. She’s angelic. She receives offerings, and she’s thought to grant favors and miracles. Although rooted in medieval Catholic depictions of death (and, perhaps, ancient Mesoamerican death deities), she is not beloved of the church.

Before 2001, Santa Muerte was “unknown to 99 percent of Mexicans,” according to Andrew Chesnut, a professor of religion at Virginia Commonwealth University and the author of Devoted to Death, an academic study of Santa Muerte. You can now find

Article source: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/01/america-s-fastest-growing-death-holiday-is-from-mexico.html

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Ten Yard Fight: Why Being 4-5 Matters

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Writer

1. There’s no shortage of optimism this week in Redskins Nation. Everyone feels it. Let’s not be ashamed of our earnest desire to be 4-5, y’all. Three-game winning streaks mean something, despite where it places you in the order of things.

2. For fans of most teams, rooting for a 4-5 record might not seem like the next step in a season-making run. To Redskins fans, 4-5 is WAY better off than we were just two seasons ago before we stole the NFC East with a seven-game streak. We don’t even need to win seven in a row in 2014…we only need to go 7-1!!! I mean, they are making it easy for us.

3. As I always like to re-reiterate, I don’t root for higher draft picks. I root for wins. I believe when a team full of young skill players gets wins, it matters more than picking six or seven slots higher. Learning how to win is way more important than accumulating higher draft picks. Don’t look now, but this team MIGHT be learning how to win. There will be a very good football player available whenever we make our pick in next year’s draft. Incorporating that player into a culture of winning (or at least not a culture of terrible losses) is far more attractive to me than drafting someone super high in the draft and counting on that player to “save” us.

4. Jay Gruden is 1-0 against Dallas. Huge stat in the Meringolo household.

5. When we

Article source: http://www.hogshaven.com/2014/10/31/7137251/ten-yard-fight-why-being-4-5-matters-redskins-nfl

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