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Hood River Valley High School's water polo team is already making waves.
The team — functioning as a club separate from HRVHS varsity athletics — formed this summer and has been working hard to learn the basics of the sport and get in shape in preparation for the fall high school season. In their first three games, the club's 11 players (10 boys and one girl) have surprised the competition and have come away with a narrow 8-7 loss against Centennial High School, an 11-8 win last week against Reynolds and a 16-9 win Thursday at Gresham.
"We have a group of young but strong players to start the team," said Dave Cameron, who stepped up this summer to coach the group. "We have one senior, a junior, two sophomores and the rest are freshmen. That means if these kids persist we're going to be in a great position in a few years to really get people's attention."
Although new to Hood River, high school water polo has been around Oregon for years. Teams make up five leagues in the state and most have transitioned to being part of their school's varsity sports program. Hood River is in the Mt. Hood League with Centennial, David Douglas, Gresham, Reynolds, Sam Barlow, Parkrose and Sandy.
"Ideally we'll attract enough players to form two teams — a varsity and a JV — for next year," said assistant coach Kellie Dunn. Using her experience as a collegiate player at University of California Santa Clara, Dunn is helping teach the team the basics of a sport that is, as she says, much more complex than it looks.
"They have come a long way in the last few months," she said. "One of the most difficult aspects is learning the rules of the sport. There's a lot more to water polo that what people see on television or from the stands, and there's even more that goes on underwater."
Cameron said ideally the team would have a few more players, and that it's not too late for interested high school students to join the club. Although only seven are in the pool at once, a full squad is considered 13 players.
"Most of our players have a background in swimming; it helps but it's certainly not required," said Cameron, who volunteered as coach because his son, HRVHS freshman Myles Cameron, wanted to play.
"A big reason for forming the team this year is Connor Dunn, who made starting a water polo club part of his senior project at school. In a small town like Hood River, when you have kids who want to do something positive like this, what else can you do but support them?"
With a skeleton crew, the team started practicing this summer and was able to schedule several games for the fall. The games are all away, with the possibility of a home tournament in October. As it turns out, the Hood River Aquatics Center is an excellent pool for the sport because, unlike many high school pools in Oregon, it's big enough to have a field that is deep at both ends.
"I think one reason we've come so far so quickly is because you can't cheat and touch the bottom here," Dunn said. "That's something a lot of schools don't have, so teams are going to want to come to Hood River to play."
Any high school student interested in playing can find out more by contacting the HRVHS activities office or by stopping by the aquatics center to watch a practice (weekdays, 5 p.m.).
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NORTON, Mass. - The MIT men's swimming and diving team competed well on the opening day of the Wheaton Invite, a two-day meet between Wheaton College, MIT, Tufts University and Clark University. This will be the last competition the Engineers will participate in until they host the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) championship from February 14-17.
MIT started off the meet by winning the 200 yard freestyle relay with a time of 1:28.45. The relay, which was made up of seniors Brendan Deveney (Newtown, Conn.) and Brendan Liu (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and freshmen Michael Fu (Rockville, Md.) and Ory Tasman (Orlando, Fla.) narrowly out-touched Tufts' A relay that finished in 1:28.63.
The next event, the 500 yard freestyle, was a strong one for the Engineers, who took first and second place. Senior Wyatt Ubellacker (Georgetown, Ky.) finished first with a 4:45.08 and was followed by freshman Alex Lednev (Glenmont, N.Y.) in 4:45.24. In the next event, the 200 yard Individual Medley, MIT took first, second and fourth place. Deveney, who was the only swimmer to go under two minutes, touched first with a time of 1:58.82. Lednev was second with a 2:01.24 and Tasman was third in 2:03.52.
MIT ended the opening day of the invite with a win in the 400 yard medley relay, coming into the wall in 3:35.78. Tufts' A relay finished soon after with a 3:39.78.
The Engineers will return to the pool tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. for the second session of the meet, starting with the 200 yard medley relay.


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Exchange not only option for insurance shoppers
When Tony Vellucci, of Milford, lost his health insurance earlier this summer, he was anxious about being without coverage too long.
He thought about buying coverage through the state's health insurance exchange, Access Health CT, which will start enrolling people Oct. 1. However, his coverage wouldn't start until Jan. 1. What if he got sick or hurt before then? Also, the exchange is new. Could he trust it to provide him with access to the best, most affordable care?
"You can't look into a crystal ball and know what's going to happen," said Vellucci, 27.
The state exchanges are a cornerstone of the federal Affordable Care Act, which aims to provide coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, including thousands in Connecticut. Those who aren't already covered through an employer, Medicare or another mechanism are expected to use the exchange to buy care when it is officially launched next month.
But they don't necessarily have to buy through the exchange.
They can buy through an insurance carrier not on the exchange. That's what Vellucci did.
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To learn more about the state's exchange, Access Health CT, visit www.accesshealthct.com or phone the new call center at 855-805-4325, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Using a broker, he signed up for a plan through Aetna (an insurer that was supposed to be participating in the exchange, but dropped out in August).
Those planning not to use the exchange do so for a variety of reasons. Some, like Vellucci, might be unwilling to wait for the coverage to become available. Others might want a wider variety of plans than is offered by the exchange. And then there are those who are somewhat gun-shy.
Vellucci's quest for health coverage began in July when he turned 27 and could no longer be covered under his parents' insurance.
He is employed, at the Spooner House shelter in Shelton, but he's a part-time worker and wasn't eligible to be on the organization's insurance plan.
After losing his parents' coverage, Vellucci went on the Access Health website, and used its rate calculator option to see what he might pay for a plan on the exchange. He said, even though he was eligible for a small discount, the best rate he got was $220 a month.
But that projection was enough to get Vellucci to shop around. On a colleague's recommendation, he talked to a private insurance broker who was able to find him a plan through Aetna that was $120 a month and would start covering him in October.
Vellucci said he hasn't ruled out switching to exchange coverage at some point, but he wants to see how it develops first.
Experts said others in the state might be similarly wary for a variety of reasons. Even this close to launch, there are still many who don't fully understand the health exchanges or the Affordable Care Act, said Rachel Gaudet, a managing agent for United Insurance Group in Orange, who is licensed to sell plans both off and on the exchange.
"In talking with people, some think the ACA is an actual plan offered and insured by the federal government and that is purchased on the exchange. That is not true."
But she said even those who do understand the health care exchange might prefer to buy coverage elsewhere, because some plans offered off the exchange might be more comprehensive, with larger doctors' networks, lower drug co-pays and other attractive components. "The cons of buying on the exchange are that the plan offering will be limited in nature compared to what will be offered off the exchange directly with (insurance companies)," Gaudet said.
Exchange best option for some
But supporters of the exchange said it's still the best option for many people, mainly because it's the only avenue to subsidies, or discounts, on insurance premiums. A recent report from the nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation looked at health exchange plans in 17 states, including Connecticut, and found that the cost of premiums dipped considerably when you factored in tax credits and other discounts.
For instance, according to the report, a single 40-year-old in Hartford would pay a premium of $232 a month for one of the exchange's lowest cost plans, but could pay as little as $97 a month for that plan after subsidies.
About 72 percent of state residents are eligible for discounted insurance, said Access Health Chief Executive Officer Kevin Counihan. Eligibility for these discounts is based largely on income.
"The key point of the exchange is that it's the only place where you can get these subsidies," he said.
Aside from lower costs, a benefit of exchange shopping many mentioned was that it will allow for easy comparison of plans. Going through a single carrier only allows you to contrast and compare their rates. The exchange allows you to scan through a variety of offerings from three different carriers -- Anthem, ConnectiCare Benefits and Healthy CT.
Picture buying insurance like buying a car, said Joe Enright, a senior consultant with Stamford-based insurance consulting firm CBP.
He said buying from an insurance carrier is like shopping for a car at a particular company's dealership, while the exchange is like using a site like CarMax that allows you to pick from a variety of options. "It's a marketplace," he said.
Indeed, though the exchange might not be for everyone, there are those, like Christina Kazanas, who see it as their best option.
Until a few years ago, Kazanas, 40, of Bridgeport, was employed with the town of Stratford. When she left to start her own business in 2010, she was allowed to remain covered through her former employer's plan, as long as she paid her own costs.
But that arrangement only lasted until this past June, and she was on her own. Kazanas said she tried to buy insurance through a private carrier and was denied coverage for a variety of reasons.
Her best option was temporary coverage through the state's high-risk insurance pool, for which she's paying $1,200 a month. Though her income makes her ineligible for a subsidy through the insurance exchange, Kazanas said the exchange plans are still much less than she's paying now.
Even better, it will likely be a long time before she has to scramble to find coverage again. When she was denied insurance "I got a taste of what millions of people go through: where your primary concern is `Oh my God -- how am I going to pay for this?' "
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Right-hander Sam Rogers pitched a five-hit shutout Thursday as visiting Loyola upset No. 3 Archbishop Spalding, 2-0, in baseball.
Rogers (3-1) struck out six in his second consecutive shutout. He blanked Plum High School (Pittsburgh) in Tampa, Fla., last Friday by a score of 1-0.
No. 14 Mount de Sales 5, John Carroll 2: Right-hander Ashley Lewinski (2-2) struck out 13 for the host Sailors (2-2). The Patriots scored a run in the fifth and seventh innings.
No. 4 Seton Keough 2, Century 1: With the game tied at 1 in the eighth inning, Morgan Scardina hit a line drive to right field to bring home the winning run for the host Gators (1-1).
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No. 4 Boys' Latin 10, Culver Academy (Ind.) 9: The host Lakers (6-1) came back after being down a goal and held off a late rally by the Eagles (3-2).
Boys' Latin trailed 5-4 in the third quarter before going on a 5-0 run.
No. 7 McDonogh 11, Western Reserve Academy (Ohio) 5: Trey McGee had a hat trick to power the host Eagles (4-2) past the Pioneers. McDonogh broke a 3-3 halftime tie by scoring five straight in the second half.
Girls lacrosse
No. 3 Marriotts Ridge 9, Glenelg 7: Five unanswered goals in the second half gave the Gladiators a 7-6 lead over the defending Class 3A-2A state champion Mustangs before Marriotts Ridge pulled out a victory.
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No. 6 Century 27, Urbana 4: Kailey Wolfe and Alice Mercer led the way with four goals apiece and the host Knights (4-0) had a 16-4 advantage at the break.
No. 13 Broadneck 11, Queen Anne's 10: Ellie McNulty had a hat trick to lead the host Bruins (3-1) past the Lions.
No. 15 Winters Mill 9, Westminster 8: Madison Cyr scored four of her five goals in the second half to lead the host Falcons (3-1) past the Owls (1-2).
Boys tennis
Loyola 3, McDonogh 2: The visiting Dons (2-0) beat the Eagles (1-1) for the first time in 12 years. The No. 1 doubles match became the deciding factor, with Loyola's Ross Stotesberry and Colin Densmore coming away with a 6-2, 7-5 decision. McDonogh has won 17 of 24 MIAA AConference championships.


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You remember Dara Torres, right? She's the forty-something, mom who has six-pack abs. You know, the one who swam her way to three Olympic medals two years ago, beating kids who hadn't been born yet when she attended her high school prom. Depending on your outlook, she might inspire you to be fit despite your age or just make you feel depressed that you're not in as good of shape as her. If it's the latter, you now have a better chance at trying to keep up. Dara's revealed some of the secrets of her training regimen in a book titled Gold Medal Fitness: A Revolutionary 5-Week Program written in collaboration with writer Billie Fitzpatrick.
The book has a conversational tone that intermixes Dara's personal experiences with the technical information of her routine, making it an easy read. The program is based on what Dara's learned about training smarter as she ages, and thus is targeted at women. As a swimmer, Dara's program is focused on […]


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Sam Bottoms, a film and television actor who played the role of California surfer-turned-GI Lance Johnson in Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 Vietnam War epic "Apocalypse Now," has died. He was 53.
Bottoms died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles of glioblastoma multiforme, a virulent brain cancer, said his wife, Laura Bickford.
Bottoms obituary: The obituary of actor Sam Bottoms in Thursday's California section referred to his first wife as Susan Arnold. After the couple married she changed her name to Shosha Bottoms. —
The brother of actors Timothy, Joseph and Ben Bottoms, Sam made his screen debut as a teenager in Peter Bogdanovich's 1971 film "The Last Picture Show," in which Timothy played one of the leads. Sam played Billy, the mute, mentally handicapped boy.
Then 15, he hadn't expected to be cast in the movie.
Bottoms had traveled from his home in Santa Barbara to Archer City, Tex., to observe the filming, he recalled in a 1993 interview with the Houston Chronicle.
He was sitting on a street corner drinking a Dr. Pepper with his brother when a station wagon rolled by and stopped.
"Peter Bogdanovich gets out," Bottoms recalled, "and says, 'What's your name?' "
When he said he had come to visit his brother, Bogdanovich surprised him by asking, "Do you want to be in the movie?"
Since then, Bottoms appeared in some 30 films, including Clint Eastwood's "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Bronco Billy." More recently, he appeared in "SherryBaby," "Shopgirl" and "Seabiscuit."
He also made guest appearances on TV series such as "NYPD Blue," "The X Files," "Murder, She Wrote" and "21 Jump Street." And he played Cal Trask in the 1981 TV mini-series "East of Eden."
Bottoms was 20 in 1976 when he was cast to play surfer Lance Johnson in "Apocalypse Now," in which he was one of the young sailors who accompany Capt. Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) up river in a gunboat for his rendezvous with Marlon Brando's renegade Col. Walter Kurtz.
That comes after Bottoms' scenes with Robert Duvall's surf-obsessed Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore, who memorably calls in a napalm strike on the tree line behind a coastal village with a primo surf spot.
Bottoms spent a year and a half filming the movie in the Philippines.
"Francis is a great general, he's a Gen. Patton, a Gen. Sherman, a great leader," Bottoms said in a 2001 interview with The Times. "I was his loyal soldier. I would have done anything he asked. I did, and I'm surprised that I came out of it alive."
Coppola told The Times on Wednesday that in casting young actors to play soldiers in the movie, he had been impressed with Bottoms during improvisational sessions.
"He was a handsome, tall young man and very sweet-natured and seemed to be right for that part," Coppola said. "He, Larry Fishburne and Fred Forrest were like a young family almost to me [during filming], and they went through thick and thin uncomplainingly. We all admired them.
"Sam was an especially likable, beautiful young man. He was quiet and undemanding and always anxious to help and had a nice smile."
Bottoms later played a lieutenant in Coppola's "Gardens of Stone," a 1987 military film set during the Vietnam era.
"Sam was a good actor. Of course, he comes from a family that had a lot of theatrical activity," Coppola said.
Bottoms was born in Santa Barbara on Oct. 17, 1955, and began acting in the Santa Barbara Youth Theatre at age 10.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his two daughters from his first marriage to Susan Arnold, Io and Clara Bottoms; his three brothers; his father, James "Bud" Bottoms; and his mother, Betty Bottoms.
A private funeral will be held today, and a memorial service will be held sometime early next year.
Instead of flowers, donations may be made to Angels Among Us at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University, DUMC Box 3624, Durham, N.C., 27710.


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MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- As the tide turned, so went the flow for Buccaneer volleyball.
After Saint Leo outbattled Barry in a race-to-the-wire finish in the first set, the Bucs bounced back to take the next three to wrap up a 1-1 weekend in league play. As it stood, Barry tamed Saint Leo Saturday, winning 23-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-16 to climb back over the .500 mark.
The Bucs (12-11, 4-6 Sunshine State Conference) scored 20 of its 26 points via the putaway in the third set, hitting .324. The 20 kills followed a second-set performance in which Barry tied the match at 1-1, turning the tables on the Lions (10-11, 2-7) with an identical two-point set victory.
Barry sophomore hitter Jayla Trombley, whose punctuation putaways become more and more pronounced as she wears the red and black each day, had a kill to break a 22-22 tie in the third set. Saint Leo took the next two points to take a 24-23 lead, but Trombley responded with another kill to tie it up at 24-24. A Lions hitting error and third consecutive kill by Trombley gave the Buccaneers a 2-1 lead in the match.
Trombley finished with 14 kills, 11 digs and three aces.
Mima Hajdukovic's kill and a couple of Saint Leo attack errors vaulted the Buccaneers ahead, 19-11, in the fourth set. Laine Cielena and Kate Dooley combined for a block to keep Barry's lead at eight. Dooley slammed down a kill to push the Buccaneers ahead, 22-13, before Saint Leo's Sami Vierk started a three-point surge with a putaway to slice Barry's lead to six.
But the Buccaneers quieted the rush when Ashley Carrero set up one of Hajdukovic's eight kills, and Jasmine Serna put the finishing touches on a successful Saturday with a pair of match-ending aces.
Barry bumped its mark to 5-7 this season in four-set matches -- the most of the three varieties the Bucs have competed in throughout the season. The Buccaneers are 4-2 when deciding things in three sets, and 3-2 in five-setters.
Carrero and Tania Torres each added 12 for the Bucs. Torres hit .429. Hajdukovic had 43 assists. Cielena had eight kills and four blocks, and Dooley had five kills and four blocks. Mariana Lisboa led the Buccaneers with 15 digs, and was one of four players with two or more aces.
The Buccaneers hit .268, while the Lions had a .255 attack rate. Barry outblocked Saint Leo, 9-4, and had 10 aces to the Lions' five.
Barry plays at Rollins Friday and Florida Tech at Palm Bay High in Melbourne on Saturday.


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Timm Chapman Photography
Exhibited January, 2009
marked the first official start of Winter -- how appropriate that images of
polar bears and stark landscapes graced the walls of the visitor center gallery
at Boyce Thompson Arboretum during January. Pinal County resident and professional
photographer Timm Chapman was out featured guest a solo exhibition.
"The Arboretum show featured a variety of my images including shots from the Lords of the Arctic series which captures the great Polar Bear on the tundra of Northern Canada," said Chapman, whose photography manages to encompass dramatic landscapes -- and also intimate spaces. His unique Sands of Time series showcases the power and beauty of sand, particularly focusing on an eerie town that is being consumed by the sands of the Namib Desert in Southwest Africa.
"I moved to Arizona primarily to live amongst the spectacular landscapes we are so fortunate to be surrounded by," said Chapman. "My home, which is located in the foothills of Superstition Mountain is an ideal base for photography as there are so many options nearby, most notably Superstition itself and of course, the Arboretum. What makes the Arboretum a destination for photography? For me its the chance to experiment with texture. The cacti and succulents are spectacular models for going in close to reveal the intricate patterns and textures of their composition. They make for ideal abstracts that lend themselves equally well to black-and-white or colour."
Photographers who wished to learn from the artist enrolled in a three-hour "texture walk" offered twice during the month, where the artist lead a dozen photographers through the Cactus Garden talking about photography techniques and offering tips about improving composition and capitalizing on natural textures. To learn about photography classes here, call 520-689-2723 during daytime business hours.
Chapman is an award-winning photographer whose work hangs in both private and corporate collections in North America and Europe. His images have been featured in publications including National Geographic Traveler and United Airlines' Hemispheres' magazine.
Chapman purchased his first 'real' camera at age 12, embarking on a self-taught education in the art of photography. "At the time, I didn't know this would become a life-long journey of learning, filled with challenge and reward," said Chapman. "Over the years I've dabbled in all aspects of the medium, before finally settling on my greatest love: landscape portraiture with Mother Nature as my model. Capturing Mother Nature is a daunting task. She has many moods..many faces and a spectrum of beauty that is a true challenge to capture accurately. All elements have to come together to give her the justice she deserves. Light. Composition. Drama. Each must be present to capture an image that evokes emotion."
"It is a challenge that I calculate as ninety-nine percent frustration and one percent elation," said Chapman. Vivid colour saturation and sharp, detailed realism of his images are partly attributable to his chosen equipment. He shoots almost exclusively in film using a 6-by-7 format camera which produces original images four times larger than standard 35 millimeter film. As such he is able to capture actual colours (as opposed to 'perceptual' colour), subtle tonal ranges and details that remain beyond the grasp of digital cameras.
Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Canada, Chapman currently finds his home at the foot of the Superstition Mountains in Arizona, the heart of the Desert Southwest, "but I know that my pursuit to capture Mother Nature in all her glory will continue to take me all over the globe."
Limited edition museum mount and canvas gallery-wrapped works on exhibit ranged from 16x24 to 30x40 and were available for purchase on site. Many of his images can also be found in the galleries of his website onevisionphoto.com. For Custom needs and inquiries he can be reached at 480-671-4979 or browse galleries and read more at http://onevisionphoto.com
Boyce Thompson Arboretum is located near Highway 60 milepost #223, just three miles west of the town of Superior - a drive of about one hour east of Phoenix or two hours from Tucson. Pima County drivers should take Oracle Road North to Highway 79 past Florence to Highway 60, then East for another 12 miles. Monthly exhibits may be seen in our Visitor Center gallery daily from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. from September-through-April. Summer hours during May/June/July/August are 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Arboretum is an Arizona State Park and daily admission must be paid to enter the Visitor Center where the gallery is found. Admission is $7.50 for adults and $3 for ages 5-12. Annual memberships at the Arboretum begin at $45, and include a year's access, guest passes for your friends and family, along with many other benefits. A membership may be purchased in the gift shop on the day of your visit. Review other recent gallery shows by ...
Paul Kinslow December, 2008
Maggie Leef November 2008
Sharon Sieben October 2008
Nicole Royse September 2008
Gila Community College Art July-August 2008
Judy Bottler Photography May 2008
Bob Estrin Photography April 2008
Mary Isham Watercolors March 2008
Susan Strom and Cathy Franklin Lightning Photography February, 2008
Arizona State Parks Plein Air Paintings January, 2008
Carolyn Gray & Connie Thomas December, 2007
Jean Sullivan November, 2007 Sue Cullumber October, 2007
Adriane Grimaldi September, 2007
Pima College print-making students July-August, 2007
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2007
Fred Charlton May, 2007
Paul Mudersbach March-April, 2007
Linda Kaiser February, 2007
Edith Kreueger-Nye December, 2006 - January, 2007
Cindy Carrillo October-November, 2006
Bob Rice September, 2006
Bud Heiss July-August, 2006
Mesa Arts League June-July, 2006
Sandy Tracey April-May, 2006
CJ Rider March, 2006
Jessica Green February, 2006
Steve Davidson January, 2006
Don & Carole Schupp December, 2005
Carolyn Gray November, 2005
Martha Burgess October, 2005
Boeing Photographers September, 2005
Lightning Lady Susan Strom July/August, 2005
Mesa Arts League June/July, 2005
Jeanette Bronson May, 2005
Tom Stanley April, 2005
Kathy McClure February-March, 2005
Pam Smyth January, 2005
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Spotted at Russie's Bike Swap Yard Sale, this dude with a Surly 1X1 that was really fun to ride. He's also been seen on a cruiser at the World's Slowest Bike Race and atop a Penny Farthing. Who is he? We suspect he may have more bikes than us.
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Beaumont attorney gets 15 years in prison
Beaumont attorney Kip Lamb was sentenced to prison time Monday, April 8, after admitting to defrauding at least two clients in what Judge John Stevens said was an attempt to keep Lamb's law firm afloat while maintaining a lavish lifestyle for him and his family.
Lamb appeared in Stevens' court to face two first-degree felony counts of misappropriation of fiduciary property, a crime that carried a maximum sentence of life in prison, if convicted.
The courtroom Monday was full of attorneys, family members and churchgoers, some victims from the New Life Tabernacle Church of Beaumont, who had retained Lamb as its attorney. In 2006, the church was embroiled in scandal after Dr. Jeffrey Klem, a local cardiologist married to Beth, the daughter of the Pastor of New Life, was indicted on three counts of indecency with a child in Jefferson County and two counts in Harris County. In 2009, Klem was sentenced to 10 years of adjudicated probation in a plea deal on the lesser criminal charge of injury to a child.
In a subsequent civil action filed against Klem and New Life Tabernacle, the church settled out of court for a confidential dollar amount. But according to testimony in Monday's court, in an attempt to hide assets of the Tabernacle which could be sought by Beaumont attorney Clay Dugas — who represented the young victims— Lamb convinced New Life Tabernacle to transfer approximately $1,094,611.02 into his trust account.
Judge John Stevens broke down the series of events that led to Lamb's folly, starting with the April 14, 2008, transfer of the church's money.
"From there, that money gets washed pretty quickly," Stevens said.
From Lamb's trust account — transfers of $100,000 at a time began appearing in a special account created by Lamb, the largest of which was a $750,000 transfer in May 2008. Stevens said from there the funds were funneled through Lamb's law firm operations account, and then into Lamb's personal account where he and his wife used the funds at their leisure.
Stevens became particularly outspoken when he came to Lamb's travel itinerary, which included first-class flights to New York, Alabama and Ecuador.
"You traveled all over," Stevens admonished. "And with someone else's money."
With American Express bills of more than $200,000 per year, including $271,000 in 2008, $326,000 in 2009, and a 2010 balance of $292,000, Stevens said by September 2011, Lamb was out of money and was looking for his next opportunity for income.
Lamb's second charge in Stevens' court was the result of misuse of funds belonging to an unsuspecting cerebral palsy patient, Sandra Cooper, whose estate was awarded more than $230,000 from litigation Lamb was involved in.
According to Stevens, on Oct. 27, 2011, approximately $231,000 was deposited directly into Lamb's trust account, of which Cooper's estate received only $31,000.
By the end of 2011, roughly two months later, the money was gone.
Lamb claimed associates of his had been forging checks and had been depositing the money into his account. But Judge Stevens was unconvinced that the Beaumont attorney was oblivious.
"How could you stick your head in the sand?" Stevens said. "For at least half a year?"
Stevens also accused Lamb of forging a promissory note from the New Life Tabernacle Church giving him unfettered access to the church's money.
After a short statement from Lamb, Stevens gave the attorney the maximum sentence under the guilty plea — 15 years in prison.
Lamb must also pay restitution in the amount of $1,094,611.02 to the New Life Tabernacle Church and some $200,000 to the estate of Sandra Cooper.
Stevens said "arrogance and greed in spending" led him to the maximum sentence for Lamb, who was immediately taken into custody in the courtroom Monday.


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Cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to choose a new pope after their first ballot yielded no winner and a great plume of black smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney.
The schedule for Wednesday's voting includes a brief prayer followed by two rounds of morning balloting from the 115 cardinals. If no one gets the necessary 77 votes, cardinals break for lunch and return for two more ballots in the afternoon.
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Effects of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy on Cardiovascular Health in Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers (CHAART-1)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00253682
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : November 15, 2005
Last Update Posted : March 18, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases Atherosclerosis HIV Infections Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
HIV-infected pregnant women frequently receive HAART, which is associated with reduced maternal-fetal transmission of HIV infection. This has resulted in a rapidly increasing number of seroreverters (HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women), representing the majority of infants in the United States exposed to HAART. Long-term consequences and toxicities associated with this exposure are not known, but severe cardiotoxicity is suggested in animal models. This study will utilize HIV seroreverter cohorts from the NIH-sponsored Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS) and Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of Vertically Transmitted HIV Infections Study (P2C2) to determine how left ventricular (LV) structure and function, serum cardiac troponin T (cTnT), serum pro brain natriuretic peptide (proBNP), and serum high sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP) are affected by HAART exposure. In P2C2, patients were recruited from May 1990 to January 1994 from five clinical centers in the United States.
This study was initiated in 2002 in response to a 'Request for Applications' on HAART cardiovascular toxicities.
This study will utilize HIV seroreverter cohorts from the NIH-sponsored WITS and P2C2 cohorts to determine how LV structure and function, cTnT, proBNP, and hsCRP are affected by HAART exposure. The p2C2 seroreverter cohort has been exposed to no antiretroviral therapy or zidovudine alone (without HAART) and has persistent significantly depressed LV contractility in comparison to normal with up to 5 years of follow-up. The WITS seroreverter cohort has been exposed mostly to HAART. This cohort will determine the incremental effect of HAART on LV structure and function by following the P2C2 protocol for assessment of LV structure and function. This study will test three hypotheses: 1) that HAART exposure results in fetal and neonatal myocardiocyte injury and death (by serial assessment of cTnT [a biomarker of acute myocardial injury] in both seroreverter cohorts); 2) that HAART exposure results in impaired myocardiocyte mitochondrial function resulting in LV dysfunction (by serial assessment of proBNP [a biomarker related to LV dysfunction], LV volume and pressure increases resulting in LV stretch, and neurohormonal activation); and 3) that HAART exposure results in accelerated atherosclerosis (by serial assessment of hsCRP [a biomarker of generalized inflammation predictive of increased subsequent coronary artery disease]). This study will determine the cardiovascular effects of HAART in seroreverters and the need for future cardiovascular follow-up and cardiovascular preventive and therapeutic trials in this rapidly expanding population.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|167 participants
|Observational Model:
|Time Perspective:
|Official Title:
|Cardiac Status of HAART Exposed Infants of HIV-Infected Mothers (CHAART I)
|Study Start Date :
|September 2002
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2006
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|December 2006
HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women with in-utero exposure to HIghly Active Ani-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) who were enrolled in the Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS).
Historical cohort of HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women from the Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of HIV Study (P2C2 HIV) who were not exposed to HAART.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 2 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women with in-utero exposure to HIghly Active Ani-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) who were enrolled in the Women and Infants Transmission Study (WITS).
The comparison group will be a historical cohort of HIV-uninfected infants born to HIV-infected women from the Pediatric Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Complications of HIV Study (P2C2 HIV) who were not exposed to HAART.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children who are actively enrolled in the WITS study, regardless of whether or not they have been exposed to HAART therapy
- Children enrolled into this study from one of the designated WITS clinical sites
- Mothers or legal guardians understand and are willing to provide informed consent with or without the help of an interpreter
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children diagnosed with HIV infection
- Mother has maternal diabetes or phenylketonuria
- Mother has been told by a physician that she has chromosomal defects
- Mother has functional heart defects that have required medications or surgeries
- Mother received cancer chemotherapy or radiation therapy during pregnancy
- Mother used lithium carbonate, anticonvulsants, amphetamines, or angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors during pregnancy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00253682
|United States, Florida
|University of Miami School of Medicine
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33101
|United States, Illinois
|University of Illinois - Chicago
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612
|United States, Massachusetts
|Boston Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02118
|United States, New York
|Columbia University
|New York, New York, United States, 10027
|United States, Texas
|Baylor College of Medicine
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Principal Investigator:
|Steven E. Lipshultz, MD
|University of Miami
|Responsible Party:
|Steven E. Lipshultz, MD, Voluntary Professor, University of Miami
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00253682 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01HL072705 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|November 15, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|March 18, 2014
|Last Verified:
|March 2014
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular
Aortic Valve Stenosis
Heart Valve Diseases


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More than a year later, Nat Faxon hasn't fully processed winning an Academy Award.
"It still feels surreal and dreamlike," says the former "Ben and Kate" star, whose work with Jim Rash (Dean Pelton on "Community") and Alexander Payne on "The Descendants" earned them a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar. "You can't believe it happened. Did that really happen?"
The terrific "The Way, Way Back," Faxon and Rash's latest co-writing effort and first as co-director, is even better. Opening Friday, the film chronicles a teenager's (Liam James) eventful summer as he works at a water park with a lax manager (Sam Rockwell), befriends an independent young girl (AnnaSophia Robb) and laments his mom's (Toni Collette) rude new boyfriend (Steve Carell).
If that seems like the same kind of family dysfunction-related material in "The Descendants," know that the filmmaking pair (who met at the Groundlings theater in L.A.) wrote "The Way, Way Back" about eight years ago, and it hasn't aged a day. At the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Rash, 42, and Faxon, 38, talked about the rules of water parks and when little moments blow up into big ones. They also played an improv game, which you can watch above.
You went to RL for lunch. What did you order?
Nat Faxon: We kept it simple.
Jim Rash: We had the exact same thing. [We're] best friends.
NF: We did. We had mussels, soups and salads.
JR: It sounds like we had plural, but we had one soup and one salad. We had tomato bisque, and we had an arugula salad.
Did you awkwardly say your orders at the same time?
JR: No, I ordered, and then he just said, "I'll have what he's having." Because I make good choices.
NF: It pretty much speaks for our relationship … Jim decides and I say, "That's right, we'll do what Jim said."
JR: It's a great marriage.
The film's opening scene, in which a kid's mom's boyfriend asks him what he is on a scale of 1 to 10 and says he's a 3, really happened to you, Jim. Does it feel therapeutic to have shared this with the world?
JR: Yeah! Way before this, we developed a TV show in 2005 and we shot the pilot for it. It didn't go anywhere, but it was about adoption and I was adopted. So it was about sharing stuff, and I think we always connect with stuff we know … Whenever we're not connecting to something, whenever we have writers' block, it's probably because we're not passionate or [don't] understand what's at the core of what's happening, and I think that's because we can't connect with it.
Have you ever met someone who doesn't like water parks, and what does that say about them?
NF: That they hate fun.
JR: Yeah.
NF: Or that they're a germaphobe. [Laughs.]
JR: They are a germaphobe because I'm a bit of one, so shooting at Water Wizz sometimes was a challenge for me. Not because it wasn't clean but because it's a lot of people sharing bathrooms.
NF: You've never seen someone get so high up on their tippy-toes when walking around.
Care to demonstrate, Jim?
JR: Well, if I had my shoes on you'd just see my toes curl in the back and just walk like big nubs. We shot at a place in South Shore, Boston. It was a good, family-run water park, which reminded us more of what we probably went to [as kids]. Now it's more connected to theme parks; they're more corporate or tied to something bigger. While they're all great and have these amazing new rides, this has good rides but it was the old school. [I remembered] getting the mats and going down these quite simple tube rides.
What are some important water park do's and don'ts you remember from growing up? Or rules you violated?
JR: Everyone ran.
NF: Going to the bathroom barefoot. [Laughs.]
JR: Was that a rule?
NF: That's just a self-imposed rule.
JR: Oh my God. I would adhere to that now.
NF: I did not as a child. Now I would be a little bit more skeptical of going into those bathrooms without shoes on. [Laughs.]
JR: Heeby jeebies. No running.
NF: No running. There are rules. You can't curl up your mat and go down on your stomach because you will go super fast.
How many times did you do that?
NF: A lot!
JR: You also always wanted to try to go right after someone and they would space you apart. Now it's more intense. As I remember it was like, "And go," but sometimes they're watching so they can see you go almost to the bottom before they release someone else.
There's a big scene in the film that happens while playing "Candy Land." Why does that game help reveal people's true selves?
JR: That minutia is always to us very interesting. ... These simple moments are sometimes where the most dramatic or most weighty moments happen for people. It's not these grand, blow-out fights that are so orchestrated but rather something that caught them off-guard.
Can you think of a time that's happened to you?
JR: I remember years ago when I was a teen I did the whole bad idea of having a party at my mom and my stepfather's house while they were out of town. The stupidity of it. And I got caught. Easily.
JR: You always over-clean, which is a problem. I over-cleaned, but I missed key things. I didn't pick up this rug and realized—people seem like they want to screw you over. Someone had put a bunch of mixed nuts under this thing. There's no way to explain half this stuff. The weirdest thing was we had one of those basketball … what do you call it?
NF: Rim.
JR: Basketball rim. Backboard.
NF: A hoop.
JR: A hoop. Yeah, hoops. That's [not] what my mom called it; that's why I got thrown off.
NF: It was called what?
JR: Basketball goal. That's what my mom called it, and I said it at IO [last night] and they started making fun of that I [called it a] basketball goal. Anyway, one of those ones that's connected to the house, and I didn't even notice that someone had ripped it down and thrown it into the creek near our house. Anyway, I got past all that stuff. In other words, they were mad at me for a long period of time and then years later, I was probably in college or beyond, having dinner with my mom and my sister at this restaurant near of all places the Grand Canyon … We were taking a road trip, and it was brought up in jest. My sister said, "Remember that time?" And it was as if no time had passed. And this dinner became my mom slamming her hand. She goes, "I'm still upset about that."
Have you had an experience like that, Nat?
NF: Probably, yes. I certainly think there's a competitiveness that comes out when you're playing any board games or a sport or something like your friend in tennis. All of sudden …
Someone throws a racket …
NF: Yeah, somebody throws a racket or a ball. It's a questionable call whether it was in or out. You get into it, and it's not really that big of a deal. You can just replay the point or I'll give you the point or …
Friendship over.
NF: Yeah, and then it's friendship over. That happens to Jim and I all the time.
JR: Our friendship ends on a daily basis. By the hour.
How do you patch it up?
JR: Usually he just buys me a gift. I'm easy.
NF: Usually I just come in, apologize and say he was right the whole time. And now we're back to the beginning.
I was re-watching "Wet Hot American Summer" last night, one of my favorite movies about summer. I don't know if you love that, or if you have other favorite summer movies?
NF: I do love that one.
JR: Yes, "Wet Hot American Summer" for sure. "Dazed and Confused" is over summer and so that feels like a fun …
NF: "Meatballs" is a movie that we pulled from for [Sam Rockwell's] character. We wanted him to be much like Bill Murray. We talked about "Jaws" and "Stand By Me" and classics like that.
JR: "Summer Rental," John Candy. [Laughs] I'm just trying to remember summer movies!
What's your favorite part of "Wet Hot American Summer"?
NF: When they go to town is my favorite part. And they become drugged out and they come back and they're like, "What a great day!"
JR: For me it was [laughs] well there's two: one is when they do "Godspell" and then everyone boos them. Because it was the best part of the talent show, and then for some reason they just go, "Booo!" like they offended 'em. But it was when they went to rescue the kids in the river. That looked like still water. And Ken Marino runs in to save them and I forget his name [Ed. Note: It's Joe Lo Truglio.] but he's a member of "The State" as well. He stays in the camera [and] he's like, "He's doing it, yeah, he's doing it! Watch out for the … yeah!" And then [Marino and the kids] run up. There was no way to shoot all this action. I just thought it was so funny that this one was just telling us that it was happening and it was OK. [Laughs]
Now that you've had two scripts produced, what advice do you have for young writers? Someone just finished a great script; what should they do next?
JR: I think embrace the idea that it could be a long haul and know that. This took eight years to go. And there were so many times when we could have done it sooner, and those opportunities were there and low-hanging fruit, and then we took a step back and go, "Is this going to be the movie that we always envisioned, or are we just doing it because we can?" And it takes a lot to step back.
NF: Be open and collaborative but also be bullish about what you want and what your vision is, and don't make sacrifices if you feel strongly about them.
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Separovich started rowing at age 13 in high school. In 2006 she was third in the U17 pair at the Australian National Championship and second at the Head of the River in the schoolgirls 2x. She was elected Captain of Boats in her senior year and named Loreto Normanhurst Most Outstanding Rower. Separovich is a three-sport athlete at Loreto. Inspirational quote: "It's meant to be hard, if it wasn't hard everyone would be doing it. It's the hard which makes it great." "Make your blade a water-seeking missile" Chris Allsopp


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Dataplan Relocation AS
Dataplan is a group of 6 companies based on the south-west coast of Norway close to Stavanger. We work within accounting, payroll, IT, ERP-systems, CRM-systems and recruiting. The group website is on http://www.dataplan.no, and the text there is also available in English albeit in a reduced fashion in comparison to the Norwegian site.
We have about 800 corporate clients in Norway, and about 10-15 international clients.
Who we are: We are right above 50 employees spread across three offices. The employees are mainly Norwegians, some with an economic education, some with IT-education and some with both. Our values are Quality, Competence, Innovation, Presence and Responsibility. More detailed information about this is available on http://www.dataplan.no/index.cfm?id=247504
I who write this is the contact person for three of the companies, amongst others Dataplan Relocation AS.
The culture of the company is young, vibrant, very competent and with a very good sense of humour. We set our pride into giving our customers the very best help they can get within any field, making sure that we are always customer-centric, not product-centric.
Norway is an oil-producer, with several offshore-platforms and with many oil-companies present in Stavanger and along the West-coast of Norway. Norway exports oil and gas to several European countries as well as the US.
There is a continuous need for well-qualified people, and many people come from the UK, Germany, Poland, India to take up positions within Norwegian companies, or international companies working in Norway.
The norwegian tax-code and the norwegian legislation is complex, and there are many requirements to a person who is to enter Norway, as well as for the company that is to employ the person. In addition, there are many things which any foreigner could need help with - like finding housing, getting a bank-account, get assistance with immigration papers, get integrated into a network of international expats and everything which surrounds life and work. This is where this company comes in: Dataplan Relocation. It is created for employees that are to enter Norway, as well as for companies (especially in the petroleum sector) that need employees from abroad.
The companies in the oil-sector would mainly like to have all the details of the relocation sorted out by somebody. By us. And this is where the website comes in. It needs to prove that we are the right choice.
As we already have a website up and running, http://www.dataplan.no - we need to base the new site on this image. http://www.dataplan.no will be the house for most of the companies in the group. Dataplan Relocation will be in the group, but we will have it on a separate domain-name and as a separate entity. It needs to be clear though that it is part of the same group, and the same logo. The default language will be English, but we need to have support for multiple languages. We will target English, German, French, German, Spanish and Portugese. It is a possibility we will expand the company to other countries.
We would like the design to be heavily based on:
* http://www.dataplan.no
* http://www.overseas-moving.com.au/?…DgodgRLe-g
On the overseas-moving, we especially like the changing images.
And the site may take inspiration from:
It is important to keep the logo pretty much inline with existing logos, so I will attach some examples that we have today. We have a simple group-logo and several sub-company logos.


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I bought it because it was fully supported by Ubuntu. I used this Palm to sync with all my appointments and as an extra 4Go drive space. But from edgy, there has been an unfortunate regression that has completely borked sync and mount.
- Sync
I use
evolutionjust because it is handy. I tried Thunderbird + jpilot, but I prefer to have it all in one place.
To have the LifeDrive sync properly with
gnome-pilot, add a
/etc/udev/rules.d/10-custom.rulesfile containing:
BUS="usb", SYSFS{product}="Palm Handheld*", KERNEL="ttyUSB*", NAME{ignore_remove}="pilot", MODE="666"
I also had to add the
visormodule at the end of
- Mount
Enable drive mode on the Palm Lifedrive and find your drive device:
blkid /dev/sda1: LABEL="LIFEDRIVE" UUID="1234-5678" TYPE="vfat"
Then create a mount point, for ex:
sudo mkdir /mnt/LIFEDRIVE
Edit /etc/fstab and add the following line at the bottom of the file:
/dev/sda1 /mnt/LIFEDRIVE vfat user,noauto 0 0
This partially works. If I enable drive mode again, or logout/login or reboot (I reboot at least twice a day, this is a laptop), the drive device gets changed. I'm now with /dev/sde1 :D
Would anyone have an idea about what's going on? Many thanks in advance.
PalmDeviceSetup ubuntu wiki page
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The women of my life have all been exceptionally strong.
I've been missing them lately; even more than usual.
This five generation photo was taken in 1989 a few months before my mother passed away.
Since then we've lost three more leaving only my great niece, the little girl.
The women are my mother on the left, my niece, my grandma and my sister.
Grandma grew up in Southwestern Kansas and learned to crawl on a dirt floor with flour sacking for a rug.
My mother was a divorcee in the 1950's and raised my sister and I completely on her own.
My sister grew up watching our abusive father and then raising her own children, running a farm and keeping us all in line by sheer will.
My niece had numerous health problems and still raised her two children by herself.
Her daughter, Liz, is raising a son on her own and following in her granny's (my sister) footsteps of holding the family together.
A few weeks ago Liz commented that I am now the matriarch of our family. I hadn't thought of it this way because I always think of the direct line of five generations of women. I also have a daughter and she and her husband are raising two boys with ADHD and/or autism.
I don't feel strong enough to be a matriarch but I do my best.
Who says women can't lead the world?
Memoir Prompts:
Who were/are the matriarchs of your family?
What traits do you most remember about women in your family?
What animal do you most identify with?
When was the last time you were at a lake?
What is your favorite season?
Have you ever had your handwriting analyzed?
If you could have any type of food right now, what would it be?


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The blog of author Samie Sands – thelockdown.co.uk. Here I will look at some amazing projects.
This is the blog of Samie Sands, author of Lockdown. There will be many great books and projects reviewed here. For more, check out thelockdown.co.uk.
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A number of projects and on-going work
Budget $2-8 AUD / hour
I run a small development company and have used the same development team for the last 5 years, something has happened to them and I haven't heard from them in a few weeks. I am looking for a team to support my business and help with a number of websites, SEO, WordPress, support. I have a few projects that are half finished and need to be finished off and a few projects up-coming.
The team I am looking for will need to cover the following;
- WordPress design
- WordPress custom themes and plugins
- WordPress multisite support
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Sabres owner Pegula states his case for Regier
Terry Pegula says he talks to Darcy Regier more than his own wife. The chats have convinced the Buffalo Sabres' owner he has the right general manager despite a playoff history that suggests otherwise.
"When you look at the history, even with the Sabres, what's he done wrong?" Pegula said Tuesday during an appearance on the Sabres' radio show. "Help me out here. I'm going to ask the question. You gonna talk about some of the past deals. Maybe someone was holding the painter's hand while he was doing the painting.
"He is a very qualified person. I don't want to talk about prior ownership. I have a different management style, and Darcy has a chance to flourish under our management style. I'm giving him, I believe, more latitude in the way we operate the team with less financial restrictions."
The Regier-built Sabres have missed the postseason two straight years under Pegula's ownership. Buffalo has sat out the playoffs four of the last six seasons and seven of 11 with Regier in charge of the roster.
"I'm going to do things my way, and one of the things that I like about what I see is there's a very capable person there, a lot of knowledge under Al Arbour, very knowledgeable person," Pegula said. "I built a pretty good company for my life, and one of my main areas in life is you start with a good person, good people, and you work from there. Darcy is in that category."
Regier is set to oversee his 17th NHL Draft and free agency period. It could be a tumultuous offseason as goaltender Ryan Miller and leading scorer Thomas Vanek have made it known they'd be accepting of trades as they head into the final year of their contracts.
Pegula, appearing on "Sabres Hockey Hotline" on WGR-AM 550, made it sound as if the players' desire to relocate will be a driving factor in all decisions.
"I can tell the fans I'm concerned, too," said Pegula, who has turned down numerous interview requests by The Buffalo News. "Yes, we want them here. They have a say in that decision. What that decision is, no one's been re-signed yet, so we're still working. … Don't forget, they're part of that decision."
Failed contract talks have taught Pegula what has long been known around Sabreland: Buffalo has a recruiting problem.
"When you go after a free agent, the Buffalo Sabres go after a free agent, I get a kick out of some comments, 'Why didn't they get this guy? Why didn't they get that guy?" Pegula said. "Does anyone ever think that maybe that other person has a say in the decision? And maybe he didn't or doesn't want to come to Buffalo. You can't force people to do things.
"I can tell you that every free agent, major, some of the minor ones that have come down the pipe the last couple of years, we've been heavily involved with them. … As far as I know we set the standard and won the war, but they made the decision and I think last year's market was a pretty good example of that. Why don't we get this guy? Well, guess what, he's got a brain in his head, and he makes a decision based on where he wants to go. Players have a lot to do these days in the way you take your team."
The free agency failures – both in missed signings and bad contracts like Ville Leino's six-year, $27 million deal – have forced the Sabres to adopt a "build through the draft" philosophy.
"You have a course of action you're taking, and it gets changed," Pegula said. "It changes when certain players when you don't win the bid on them, they don't come to your organization, they go somewhere else. You just revise your plans and shift in another direction."
Pegula hinted that his arrival as owner in February 2011 hasn't been universally accepted.
"I think if you probably talk to other owners around the league, they might think that I may spend too much money," Pegula said. "You may hear that or whatever, but that's my style. … You might talk to some of the other owners around the league, and they'll tell you, 'Who's this new owner? What is he, crazy? Why did you give this guy money or that guy?' Hey, it's my decision. It was something I wanted to do."
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