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Federal regulators have issued a cease-and-desist order in connection with alleged violations of laws or regulations related to the Bank Secrecy Act by Mountain Commerce Bank.
In a November document, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ordered Mountain Commerce to stop operating with "an ineffective BSA/Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") Compliance Program" and with "an ineffective system of internal controls to ensure compliance with the BSA Rules."
The order said Erwin-based Mountain Commerce didn't admit or deny the allegations.
In an interview, bank president and CEO Bill Edwards said the order has no impact on customers or the financial integrity of the bank. "It simply directs the bank to comply with the BSA act and remedy the administrative violation," he said. "We've taken the additional steps we need to improve the program for detecting, monitoring and reporting large currency transactions and suspicious activities that's required under the Bank Secrecy Act."
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State officials want to review pension laws after salary maneuvers by some community college presidents and their boards created the potential for significantly increasing the presidents retirement pay at public expense.
A News & Observer series, Checks Without Balances, revealed last week that four community college presidents and their boards used elimination of a state cap on presidents salaries to convert tens of thousands of dollars in perks such as car and housing allowances into salary money. One president retired two years later; the rest are all nearing retirement age.
State pensions are based on the four highest consecutive years of pay, which means the perks-to-salary conversions could boost those pensions by as much as $52,000 a year. Such pension spiking is legal under state law.
Action by state lawmakers in 2010 gave community college boards the discretion to spend as much local money on salaries as they wanted.
Obviously, we expect the folks who are given that additional authority to act in good faith and use good judgment, said Senate leader Phil Berger, an Eden Republican. It does raise concerns with me and I know with other legislators about how that additional authority has been utilized in this instance.
Attorney General Roy Cooper also criticized the way the community college boards boosted pensions.
Thats not the best way to handle that, said Cooper, a Democrat considering a run for governor in 2016. The whole process should be re-examined. Youve got to make sure theres fairness in the pension system.
State Treasurer Janet Cowell last week sent letters to Berger and House Speaker Thom Tillis asking them to pass legislation next year intended to reduce employees ability to dramatically increase their pensions. A House bill in last years session that would have more closely tied pensions to employee and employer contributions did not get out of that chamber.
Cowell, a Democrat, oversees the states $80 billion pension fund. A report by Buck Consultants, released last month, did not find a significant risk of fraud or abuse but said current state laws and regulations create the opportunity for pension spiking.
This practice negatively impacts the funding status of the pension plans, thereby potentially impacting current and future retirees, she wrote. While not widespread, pension spiking is both unfair and unwise policy and legal under current law.
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The four colleges that converted the perks to salary were Cape Fear, Central Piedmont, Sandhills and Wilkes. Wake Tech President Stephen Scott has acknowledged he was considering asking his board to convert money for perks such as car and housing allowances and additional retirement pay into salary.
His annual total pay has grown to nearly $352,000 in his 10 years running the fast-growing college, the states largest. That pay includes perks not eligible for pension purposes totaling roughly $95,000.
The local funding for presidents pay comes from county governments. Two Wake County commissioners said last week that they did not know how much Scott had been paid. Neither criticized Scotts performance as president, but one was concerned that the board was not paying close enough attention to pay matters.
This is obviously county money going into it, but this is a statewide community college system, and I would hope that we could get some guidance from the state about the recommended levels of pay ... as opposed to relying on the appointed board of trustees, said Commissioner Tony Gurley, a Republican. A lot of times, the boards and the presidents of these organizations, it is a cozy situation, and they a lot of times feel like they are working together to accomplish the same goals.
The N&O series also examined high pay among public housing authority directors. The Raleigh and Greensboro directors were among the top 30 in the country in compensation, according to a federal Housing and Urban Development survey of 2010 pay.
Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane said she has requested data about how Raleigh Housing Authority director Steve Beams pay is set. The N&O reported that Beams compensation has grown as high as $280,690 in 2011 higher than that of outgoing Wake County Manager David Cooke, who oversees a much larger staff and budget.
She said shes waiting on that information before weighing in on whether Beams pay is appropriate. Right now I just know that the board hires him and sets his salary, she said. I dont think we have any oversight of that board.
Under the housing authoritys bylaws, the mayor is responsible for appointing the agencys board members, but McFarlane hasnt appointed any members since taking office in 2011. She says two members terms are set to expire next year, and she plans to consider how to balance the institutional knowledge of longtime members with the need for a fresh pair of eyes.
Neither McFarlane nor other Raleigh City Council members knew how much Beam was paid until they read the N&O report, they said.
Councilman Russ Stephenson said the council hasnt talked much about the housing authority boards makeup since he was first elected in 2005.
Im certainly aware that (Beam) has been in that position a long time and has a very strong reputation in terms of running a tight ship and being productive in his role, Stephenson said. Its a tough call when youre on one of those boards to know what its going to take to keep a top performer from leaving.
Beam and Tina Akers Brown, Greensboros executive director, make tens of thousands more in compensation than Congress and federal housing officials wanted. After reports of high pay for public housing directors in other cities, Congress voted in 2012 to limit the federal governments share for a directors salary to no more than $155,500.
Akers Brown made at least $242,000 in 2012, but she has not provided a full accounting of her compensation. The HUD survey said her total compensation was $285,000 in 2010, and she produced a record showing that pay included $35,000 in additional retirement pay. She has not said whether that pay continues.
The housing authority was created by the city of Greensboro, and its board is appointed by the mayor. But city officials said they had limited control over the boards actions, making it difficult to compel Akers Brown to report all her compensation, which is public record under state law. She could not be reached for comment Friday.
U.S. Rep. Howard Coble, a Greensboro Republican, said he was troubled by her compensation and her lack of accountability.
Im concerned in that it seems rather strange that the person in charge of locating decent housing for poor people would have a salary which appears to be excessive, and there have been some questions about the deferred compensation issue as well, he said. This needs to be cleared up. The transparency needs to be forthcoming.
Some of the pay decisions in community colleges and both housing authorities could not be determined from board minutes. Although officials can discuss employee performance in closed sessions, Cooper said the law requires pay decisions be voted on in open session and recorded in the minutes.
I dont know all the specifics of how the different votes ... were taken, he said, but it shows that we need even more awareness and training for staff and public officials when it comes to open meetings and public records laws.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - It's an event that hasn't happened in Lexington in more than a century: the opening of a new distillery. Alltech's Town Branch Distillery officially opens its doors to the public today.
City officials hope the new $9.2 million dollar distillery, located next to the Alltech's brewery at the corner of Maxwell and Cross downtown, will generate more tourism and help rekindle interest in Town Branch, an underground creek that was once lined with distillers before Prohibition.
"The revival of bourbon in the last 15 years has been little short of phenomenal," says Dr. Pearse Lyons, who heads up Alltech.
He says the new distillery is just another example of Lexington getting back to its roots while also looking forward. He says visitors will see, smell, and taste something new when they take the tour.
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PORTLAND -- Fall is a busy time of year in the emergency room at Portland's Randall Children's Hospital.
"We transition from summertime injuries at parks and camps to children getting hurt in fall sports," said Emergency Room Medical Director Dr. Opher Nadler.
Fractures are among the most common injuries with the forearm most often hurt followed by the collarbone and ankle, Nadler explained.
"Some require surgery and several weeks in a cast," he said.
Fifth-grader Levi Margolis fractured his lower leg on the football field.
"It's a bummer because it's my favorite sport. I'll give anything to get back to it next year," he said.
He remembers the pain as the worst in his life and knew it was broken by how it looked, "I could see the bone was out of place," Levi recalled.
Even more common than fractures are the injuries children get on the soccer or football field, when they are hit in the head. "In the past few years, as awareness has grown, we've seen a lot of head injuries and concussions," said Nadler.
He reminds parents only 10 per cent of players who get a concussion are knocked unconscious and symptoms may not develop for 30 minutes or even a few days. He said parents should watch for a child's complaints about headaches, loss of memory or trouble concentrating.
"It's important to remember this is an injury to the brain," cautioned Nadler.
Coaches, he said, should be trained in concussion awareness. "We know the standard is no practice until a child is symptom free and a player can't come back without a doctor's note clearing him," said Coach Fred Paris of Lincoln Youth Football.
Some players are allowed to return to the field with padded casts but they, too must have a doctor's note.
Others like Levi will have to settle for looking forward to next Fall, "Some kids think being on crutches is fun. It's actually not much fun at all," he concluded.
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Commissioner Bob Bowlsby dominated the opening day of Big 12 Media Day with his talk about reform within the NCAA to allow the power conferences to be in a position where they can get through legislation that benefits them, but he made a number of other points in his State of the Conference address that are recapped here:
• Realignment
"I've been here in the building about 30 minutes, and I haven't had a realignment question yet, which is the first time that's happened in the entire time I've been here. I really am looking forward to 2013-14, and then especially to '14 and '15 as we get into some of the new ventures that we're going to be working on.
"In the case of the Big 12, we take a huge jump between '13-14 and '14-15 in our distributable revenue as some of our big contracts kick in. At the end of '14-15, we get to full and equal sharing with our new members and current members (meaning West Virginia and TCU), and it really will complete the transition that has been in place over the last 18 months or so."
• Expansion
"As we said before, we're intentionally at 10 members. We think there are advantages at 10. Among those advantages are the strength of playing three nonconference games instead of four and having a full conference round-robin. I think it keeps rivalries strong. I think it keeps our multimedia packages strong to have good competition every day, every Saturday.
"From a revenue sharing standpoint, I think over a long period of time we will have a smaller pie to divide but the slices will be larger. We certainly like that on behalf of our members.
"I think the other thing is we don't have any divisional play, and divisional, by its very title, has some divisive elements to it, and there's fractionalization that comes with that.
"I think the debate about larger being better is still raging, but the realignment battles have really settled down, and I think in the near term to midterm, perhaps even a little longer, I think you'll see a period of relative calm. I think that's a good thing."
• In-game video highlights from other games
"We will be bringing in-game highlights on a taped and live basis into our stadiums this year. This is largely a response to declining attendance on a national basis. Our schools are 85 percent full. We've got many that are experiencing hard sell-outs every game. We feel like our attendance has remained relatively strong."
• An eighth official in use in the Big 12 to make games faster
"(One) thing that we're doing that is going to be an interesting experiment is that of the eighth official. We have experimented with it in the spring. We've even experimented using an eighth official with a helmet cam to see what the vantage point is and how it might be helpful. This official will be on the offensive side of the ball in the backfield, roughly the equivalent location but opposite the referee.
"This will be the person who places the ball in play. So you recall formerly the umpire was doing that from within the area behind the defensive line. This year that will be undertaken by the eighth official. This is really in response to pace of play as much as anything. We're excited we'll be the only league experimenting with the eighth official."
• RF chips in shoulder pads
"Another thing that we're doing in the way of innovation this year is all of our teams will have an RF chip embedded in their shoulder pads. And this will allow — this is a partnership with an organization called Sportvision. It will allow us to track players, their velocity, their path around the football stadium on a real-time basis.
"To be quite frank about it, we're not sure what we will do with the technology or what Sportvision will do with the technology, but we think it's a very interesting innovation that developments in other areas outside of sports have accommodated. So our guys will all have RF chips in, and it ought to be interesting to see how it evolves."
• Concussion research and prevention
"We have undertaken a very significant concussion research and prevention program that we think is altogether appropriate. We are working on a partnership with USA Football, which is an NFL undertaking that is intended to teach young people to play the game properly and to play it safely.
"The initiative is called Heads Up Football, and there is a link to it on our website if you want to get to the Heads Up Football link. But player safety is a very important element of what we're doing. The commissioners collectively actually took the initiative and sent directives to the rules committee that we wanted progress made on both concussive head injuries and the cumulative effect of repetitive blows to the head."
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Bed bugs have enjoyed a close relationship with humanity for as long as we have been able to keep records. Archeologists have even discovered bed bugs preserved among the artifacts of ancient Egyptians. Bed bugs have evolved to feed on humans ever since they discovered that cave-person blood was tastier than bat blood. For the most part, they have escaped our notice. If bed bugs wielded an immediately painful bite or were easier to find and squish, we probably would have exterminated them long ago.
A perfect parasite cannot be too harmful to its host if it wants to stay around for the long haul. For this reason, bed bugs painlessly suck our blood while we are sleeping and creep away immediately after they are finished with their meal. Even the saliva that they spit into us while they feed contains a cocktail of around 100 different secreted proteins. These biological drugs prevent clotting, increase blood flow and prevent us from feeling the bite until long after the bed bug has scurried to a safe refuge.
Allergic responses to the saliva in bed bug bites usually take more than an hour and often take more than a day to appear, but they may persist for several days. Since people have such diversity in their immune systems, symptoms will vary enormously. About 50 percent of people do not react to bed bug bites at all, while others may suffer an itchy and persistent rash. Serious whole-body reactions are very rare but can occur. A computer search will reveal horrific images of bed bug bites. Just remember, not everything you see on the inter-tube is real!
Bed bugs get all of their nutrition from blood, though they need a little help from friendly bacteria that convert nutrients in our blood into B vitamins for them. Unlike mosquitoes where only the ladies exsanguinate us, both male and female bed bugs need to sip our blood. They typically visit the sleeping snack bar about once a week. With unlimited access to blood, bedbugs typically live for about five months. Recent research has shown that starved bedbugs only survive for a few months. The commonly cited "fact" that bed bugs persist for more than a year without feeding has not withstood close scrutiny. Well-fed, laboratory-reared female bed bugs have been shown to lay an average of about 113 eggs during their lifetimes, which is also less than most sources state.
Bed bugs are practically two dimensional, which makes them ideally suited to hiding in unseen spaces. Some of their favorite hideouts are box springs and cracks in furniture and walls. The seams and crevices on a suitcase will do just fine. The female bed bug only needs to mate once in her life. If a newlywed hitches a ride in a person's luggage she'll be able to continue to produce offspring for the rest of her life without needing to find a new partner.
Bed bugs have never been shown to transmit any human diseases. Although bed bugs might suck up bacteria or viruses from an infected person, the pathogens do not multiply or survive in the bed bug's digestive system. Another reason that bed bugs are not known for transmitting diseases is that they vastly prefer humans over other animals as a food source. Local vector borne diseases are typically transferred from animals to people. For example, the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are generally transferred from small rodents to people by a deer tick. West Nile Virus can be transferred from birds to people by a few species of mosquito.
Bed bugs are not the only thing that cause itchy rashes. The New York Times recently reported on an interesting case of mistaken identity. A person spent $3,500 on an exterminator, who had detected bed bugs with a bug-sniffing dog. She threw out an expensive bed and 40 garbage bags filled with baby toys and clothing. Eventually, she found that her skin irritation was the result of rodent mites, and not bed bugs.
By the way, it is never necessary to discard clothing or beds that have been in contact with bed bugs! Clothes can be spun in the dryer on the high setting for just 30 minutes. The heat will kill bed bugs very effectively. Mattresses and box springs can be covered with the same inexpensive covers that are used by allergy sufferers to control dust mites. They are breathable and are 100 percent effective against the bed bugs that might be hiding in the mattress or box spring. Of course, mattress covers can't stop the bed bugs that are hiding elsewhere. There are several other practical approaches for detecting and safely exterminating bed bugs that go beyond the scope of this blog.
I have been fortunate that I have not had to deal with bed bugs in my home. However, I like to travel, shop at malls, go to the movies and generally interact with other people. I cannot live in a state of perpetual vigilance against bed bugs. I should not be shocked if these sneaky vampires show up.
When I have to deal with a bed bug infestation, I am going to enlist the help of a professional exterminator who has had experience with treating homes for bed bugs. I will probably need to interview a few before I find one who is up to the task. I will only hire someone who is willing to explore common-sense physical strategies in addition to the chemical arsenal.
One approach that I promise I will not try, is to deal with my bed bugs all by myself! I am going to need some professional help with this challenge. However, even the most effective and responsible exterminator is not going to be able to get the job done without my help, patience and cooperation. I will need to take their advice seriously, even if it is inconvenient.
The admirable trait of self-sufficiency, combined with the typically high cost of professional bed bug management, leads many people to take the law into their own hands. While understandable, it is very unfortunate. Each year more than 150,000 calls are made to poison centers with concerns about exposure to common household insecticides. It is estimated that 80 percent of most people's exposure to pesticides occurs indoors. Only one death has been reported as the direct result of misuse of insecticide for bed bugs, and this was an extreme case. Still, the long-term consequences of improperly applied insecticides are greater than the health hazard posed by bed bugs. When I choose a bed bug exterminator, I will look for one who considers chemicals to be one arrow in the quiver, and not the only line of defense.
One explanation for the recent resurgence of bed bugs is that our indoor living spaces are not as contaminated with insecticide as they were just a few decades ago! Few people want to stay in a motel room that smells like bug spray. I tried it once in Washington, PA. It was awful! Upscale hotel rooms no longer have the aroma of stale cigarette smoke to mask the odor of their insect control efforts. Over time, many public spaces have become more hospitable to bed bugs, but they have also become safer for their human occupants. Something to celebrate!
When DDT was introduced as an insecticide in the 1940s, it was considered to be a miracle. It killed bugs almost immediately on contact. It is not very toxic to people, especially when compared to existing options, like arsenic and mercury compounds or cyanide gas. It was also very cheap. From the 1950s to 1972, DDT was everywhere and bed bugs were on the run.
By the 1960s, it became apparent that the rampant overuse of DDT was causing serious environmental problems. By the time it was banned in the United States in 1972, many agricultural pests had already evolved DDT resistance. More effective insect control strategies were already replacing the largely obsolete powder.
While bed bugs became rare in in the United States around the 1950s, they continued to thrive in other parts of the world. Meanwhile, globetrotting bed bugs evolved resistance to many insecticides, including DDT. It's past time to retire the urban legend that bed bugs could be eliminated in the United States if DDT could be sold in the local hardware store. That myth had already been busted back in 1958.
The ability of insects to evolve resistance to insecticides seems a bit strange at first blush. We like to think of bug spray as something that we humans invented all by ourselves. How did bugs get to be so good at finding ways to escape their effects? Actually, plants were synthesizing potent insecticides, such as pyrethrum, caffeine, nicotine and cocaine, long before chemists figured how to do it! From the six-legged perspective, our modern insecticides were nothing new.
The bug killing elixirs that are available at the local hardware store are generally ineffective against bed bugs. Bed bugs are already resistant to many of them. Other products might kill bed bugs, but are long-lasting and toxic to humans, so they should never be used indoors, especially in a bedroom where you will be in direct contact with them. Even the insecticides that are approved for professional use do not kill bed bug eggs, so repeated visits from an exterminator are often required.
Insecticide foggers ("bug bombs") are totally useless for banishing bed bugs. In addition to being toxic to people and not reaching the places where bed bugs hide, they have been known to cause houses to explode.
Perhaps the most convincing argument against the DIY approach to bed bugs is that some insecticides will stimulate bed bugs to flee to previously bug-free parts of the home! This can make the original problem much worse than anything the sorcerer's apprentice had to cope with. Some insecticides probably smell as bad to bed bugs as they do to people.
One factor in our local resurgence of worldly and chemically-resistant bed bugs is that air travel is less expensive than it used to be. Back in the 1950s, air travelers enjoyed wonderful food and luxurious , but paid for it. A round-trip flight from New York to Europe would have cost the 2012 equivalent of about $5,000. Bed bugs have celebrated our relatively affordable airfares by hitchhiking in the crevices of our luggage.
For most of human history, bed bugs were just another annoying part of life, along with stubbed toes, sunburns and poison ivy reactions. The psychological trauma that bed bugs inflict on many people today is real and needs to be taken seriously. The very thought of bed bugs can cause people to lose sleep. Sleep deprivation is a known health hazard. In some cases, the anxiety caused by bed bugs is more dangerous than their actual bites.
An understanding that bed bugs are really nothing new and are probably here to stay will not provide any comfort. Let's take solace in the knowledge that with perseverance, patience and professional expertise, local bed bug infestations can be eliminated.


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Interesting article I found on ESPN under the "Heat Index" section. It proposes the question: between Kobe and LeBron, who is better in crunch time? One might quickly jump out and decree that Kobe Bryant is certainly better than LeBron James, but why would one assume that? Answer: Highlight reels of numerous game winners from Kobe. According to the article and the stats they have provided the real answer is LeBron James.
Story chronicling the unparalleled drop in popularity of LeBron James and the challenges involved with rebuilding his reputation, as compared to similar obstacles encountered by Tiger Woods, Kobe Bryant and Alex Rodriguez.
Detailed article discussing the off and on the court ramifications of LeBron James' decision to leave Cleveland for Miami, while strangely making the announcement right outside of New York City. Included is some rare video of James from his days in Cleveland.
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Historic Huntley has at last been reconnected with its long-lost sibling down the road.
A Federal period villa built in 1825 for Thomson Francis Mason, a grandson of George Mason, Historic Huntley overlooks over the broad valley farmed by generations of Masons and was once part of Hunting Creek Farm, now the site of . The park has completed its restoration of Historic Huntley, which will open to the public beginning May 19.
"It's very exciting, and I think it sort of completes the Huntley Park picture," said Kevin Munroe, Huntley Meadows Park manager, during a media tour Thursday. "Down there, in that park, the people living here in the 1800s, that was their land. So now that this is open, it completes it and connects the two properties, and I think that's really important to stress that connection."
Thomson Mason graduated from Princeton in 1807 and practiced law in Alexandria. He served on the town council and was mayor five times. In 1838, he was named the first judge for the criminal court for the District of Columbia.
He and his wife, Betsey, may have used Huntley for entertaining and as a summer retreat. The surrounding farm provided oats, wheat, corn, hay, clover and other crops grown by slave and tenant labor.
During the winter of 1861, troops of the 3rd Michigan infantry camped at Huntley while their division quartermaster and his wife lived in the house. After the war, Huntley was farmed until the 1930s by Albert Harrison. It changed ownership several times, and in later years, after being abandoned, it suffered considerable vandalism.
With help from Congressman Jim Moran, the Fairfax County Park Authority was later awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Park Service, which helped fund extensive restorations. In the following years, the park board approved $3 million for site improvements, including archaeological and cultural landscape reports, the restoration of the exteriors and renovation of the interiors of the manor house.
Restoration of the exterior included demolishing non-period additions to the structure and reconstruction of the exterior to appear as it did in the early 19th century. The site was acquired by the Fairfax County Park Authority in 1989 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Virginia Landmarks Register and the Fairfax County Inventory of Historic Sites.
During the Thursday tour, Karen Lindquist, historic preservation program coordinator, explained how the home's exterior was originally oiled brick and was later painted toward the end of the 19th century. The restored color reflects the original light yellow paint.
The site also features an ice well for storing not only ice but keeping perishable foods fresh during warmer months, said J.G. Harrington, lead tour guide for Friends of Historic Huntley.
"This was used for decades and decades, and it was the way people kept things cool," Harrington said. "You had to be fairly well off to have access to something like this, and of course the Masons were very well off."
The house is at pinacle of a tract of about 800 acres Thomson Mason owned. "It was built at the highest spot in those days because you wanted to avoid malaria, and you wanted to get the best breezes because there was no air conditioning, just like no refrigeration," Harrington said. "So this was the best spot from all of those perspectives. And it does look out on all of his land."
The front entrance opens up to provide a panoramic view of the valley and farmlands below. In the 1800s, it was likely you could see Mount Vernon from the house. Today, the view is of trees.
The house, at 1,400 square feet and with two stories, a basement and eight fireplaces, was large for its time, Harrington said. It likely housed 10 to 15 rooms.
The home also includes the original wood floors. "It's actually one of my favorite things about the house," Harrington said. "You can tell they're original for one really easy reason: they're not all the same width. And at the time when they built the house, they didn't have modern methods of woodworking."
The site also includes a separate outhouse -- the "necessaries" -- with seats for four. A learning lab is now located in the manor house basement.
Karen Lindquist, historic preservation program coordinator, said she was excited about the results of the renovation.
"To see what it looked like, and to have it back, is marvelous, because we have too few of them," she said. "But the process keeps going on and will keep going on. It's not an end product. And we'll learn a lot more as we go on and changes will be made, so it's not static."
The site will officially open to the public with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2:30 p.m. May 19. Public tours, entertainment and other activities will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Event parking is located down the hill at Faith United Methodist Church, 7010 Harrison Lane. The site will be closed during the winter months.
Site administrators are seeking volunteers to help run programs, tours and special events and help care for the site. If you'd like to be a part of the Historic Huntley team, contact Friends of Historic Huntley at email@example.com or Huntley Meadows Park at 703-768-2525.
Historic Huntley is located at 6918 Harrison Lane, just north to the entrance to Huntley Meadows Park. Visit the site's webpage for more information.


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Emmy award winning anchor Steve Hayslip joined WTVF late in 1999 as morning anchor-reporter. He says he's excited to be working at NewsChannel 5, with "so many gifted journalists."
Before coming to Nashville, Steve worked at WREG-TV in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn., as an anchor-reporter from 1986 to 1999. Many of Steve's West Tennessee admirers e-mailed NewsChannel 5 about what a prize he is.
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— SAN ANTONIO — The Junior Market AOB Steer Show was held Feb. 19, at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
Taylor Cody won the honor of Breed Champion AOB with her 1334 pound steer. Cody is from Weatherford, Texas, and is a member of the Parker County 4-H Club. In the future, she'd like to attend University of Texas San Antonio and major in Dentistry.
Reserve Champion honors belong to Jessica Koonsman and her 1349 pound steer, "Seeker." Koonsman lives in Blum, Texas, and is a member of the Blum FFA Chapter. One day, she plans on attending Texas Tech University.
S.A.L.E. has a rich tradition and history of stewardship to the community, agriculture industry and youth of Texas. With a clear vision of the future, a successful past and continual dedication from over 5,000 volunteers, S.A.L.E. will continue to provide wholesome family entertainment and be a pillar of strength and support to the youth of Texas. This year the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo has committed $8.1 million to education. The amount represents scholarships, grants, endowments, junior livestock auctions, Calf Scramble program, and show premiums paid to youth in the state of Texas. This brings the total amount that the organization has committed since the inception of the Scholarship Fund in 1984 to over $96 million.
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- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease cookie sheets. Stir together the flour and baking powder; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the peanut butter and milk. Stir in the flour mixture until well blended. Turn out dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into shapes using cookie cutters. Place 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
- Bake for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, or until lightly brown. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
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As an experienced baker, I should have known that stated cooking times are only guides! So many variables...your oven's temperature, size and thickness of cookies, etc. Baking my "bones" for 20 minutes was far too long, even though I used a 4" cookie cutter. I would recommend starting out with a baking time several minutes less than recipe states. You can always add time, but you can't undo it! Other than my own error, these were wonderful little treats. Quick and easy to mix together and roll out. I thought puppy might appreciate a little sweetness so I, too, added a bit of honey. If I can find a recipe, next time I make these I would like to try a yogurt frosting for these similar to what they use at retail stores like the Stylish Paw!
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I made these biscuits the other night for my three dogs - a collie, a black lab mix, and a shih tzu. The first batch I rolled out too thin and baked for too long so they turned out to be a little darker than what I had planned. The dogs didn't mind, they ate them anyway. I didn't have any skim milk on hand and I also didn't have any whole wheat flour so I used all-purpose flour and substituted apple sauce for the milk. I also added a tablespoon of honey for a little splash of sweetness. The dough tasted great and Dana, Midnight, and Annie love the treats!
I made these this morning as gifts to go with one of my dogs who is being sent to Ontario to be bred. These dog cookies are so easy! I have an expensive healthy dog cookie book where most recipes require a long list of real ingrediants including powdered milk or corn meal. The latter ingredients I rarely use, so I have to plan making dog cookies instead of being spontaneous. I had all 4 ingrdients in this recipe - and they are healthy! I have Toy Manchester Terriers and as another member suggested I just rolled the dough into teeny tiny balls and pressed them with a fork as I would a peanut butter cookie. I ended up throwing out almost half the dough because after rolling more than 150 little balls I was tired!!! So next time I will half the recipe. I baked the wee little cookies for about 7-10 minutes just until they were golden brown on the bottom. They were too cute! They look just like mini peanut butter cookies! As mentioned most of these cookies were used as doggie gift packages. I use a small brown paper bag and fold it closed near the top. I staple it once, then make a hole with a hole punch and make a nice bow with twine. I either use color markers to write on the bag or add a tag with the twine! Thank you Tami for an amazing and much appreciated dog cookie recipe!!
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Targeting specific customers with tailored offers will become a much bigger business in 2013, according to one SAP expert. New technology could help the decades-old concept of personal marketing explode — and make 2013 the Year of the Consumer.
Focusing one's message on a small demographic, as opposed to blasting it indiscriminately to as wide an audience as possible, was revolutionary when Don Peppers and Martha Rogers published The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time in 1993. More of a business-to-niche than a literal one-on-one approach, this technique expends more marketing effort on fewer consumers to:
"Peppers [and Rogers'] vision of the one-to-one future is becoming a reality," SAP's Volker Hildebrand said during last week's 2013 Predictions episode of Coffee Break with Game-Changers. "You can truly treat different customers differently."
Customizing treatment of individual consumers means more than knowing them very well, according to Hildebrand, businesses must engage with them one-to-one. He predicts that smartphones and other devices will be the dominant medium for this relationship.
"In banking we find a lot of places where people are trying to get closer to their consumers," SAP's Sanjay Poonen told Bloomberg Television last week. These attempts include lending offers and "better real-time promotions."
The New Year will see a renewed focus on the customer experience, according to SAP's Carl Snyder. This revolves around consumer demands — and consumers are demanding control of their financial situation.
"Banks are going to have to do much better at providing a consistent multi-channel experience to their customers across the board," Snyder said on Coffee Break with Game-Changers. "If I want to start something in the online channel and I want to finish it in the mobile channel, then you need to be able to allow me to do that."
And customers are getting what they want, thanks to all of the competition in the financial services industry. Banks that do not offer the desired services will lose market share to those that do in this Year of the Consumer.
"They will leave for that consistent, easy experience at another financial institution," Snyder said. "This is a big one that I really see as coming to the forefront in 2013."
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The One to One Future: Building Relationships One Customer at a Time by Don Peppers and Martha Rogers
Coffee Break with Game-Changers by Bonnie D. Graham
"SAP's Poonen: 2012 Was the Year of Enterprise" by Cory Johnson
Great read, fascinating to see how mobile devices are turning from information sources into personalisation tools. Ultimately customers will benefit with a higher level of service but we have to ensure that this will not add too much costs which would detract from the fundamental value of the product. For example, when chosing a restaurant, customers want to make sure that their money is being spent on buying quality food rather than on micro-tailored marketing budgets!


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A rural Tilden, Nebraska man was killed Thursday in a one-vehicle rollover crash.
The Madison County Sheriff's Office reports that 55-year old Thomas Karabel lost control of his vehicle as he traveled west on 840th Road when it rolled over. It happened about 3.5 miles west of Battle Creek, Nebraska. Karabel was ejected. Investigators say he was not wearing his seatbelt.


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Running on the beach can not only be a peaceful, beautiful running experience, but it can also help make you a stronger runner. Running in the sand, especially dry sand, is tougher than running on pavement, so you'll definitely work harder on the beach. But being able to jump in the water after you're finished will make it worth your effort. Here are some tips for running on the beach:
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SHELBY, N.C. -- State health officials said Thursday the E. coli outbreak is growing, with 13 people sickened in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties.
Authorities said all of those sickened attended the Cleveland County Fair.
"Well, it's scary. I'm glad I didn't go this year," said Leigh Ann Strickland, a Cleveland County resident.
Eight of those sickened are children and five are adults.
While all of them had been to the fair, health inspectors don't know yet what it was at the fair that was to blame for the outbreak.
"Was it the food? Was it the petting zoo? Was it something else that we haven't even considered yet?" said Chris Dobbins, the Health Director of Gaston County, where there have been four reported E. coli cases.
North Carolina State Health Director Laura Gerald said, "We are working with county health departments, hospitals and physicians in the region to identify any additional cases related to this outbreak."
The symptoms of E. coli can vary but can include stomach cramps, vomiting and diarrhea.
"That kind of scared me. I did go every day but so far I'm feeling fine," said Haley Wilson, who works in a store in Shelby where she said everyone is talking about the outbreak.
Wilson said she remembered to wash her hands when she left the petting zoo and was always careful about where she stopped to snack.
"I'm picky about where I eat and if the sanitation grade is low, I don't eat there. I'm very picky."
And there are those who said they would now think twice about going to the fair in the future.
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This film was actually made in 1995, when Elton had just met David, basically, not 2010. However, the comments from Elton and David in the bonus features are from 2010, so you can see how Elton's life had changed in those 15 years.
The annual holiday shopping craze is upon us again and people are panicking about the perfect gift to get their favorite people this year. If you are doing any online shopping, I recommend this little treat for any Elton John fans on your shopping list. (Find it HERE from Echo Bridge Entertainment only $6.99)
I grew up listening to/singing with Elton John's songs (like most of he world has), but had never had the chance to watch this film until last week. I learned his lyrcs like my ABCs. The first song I ever performed in drag was Elton and RuPaul's version of "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart". My perception of who Elton John was completely changed after watching this documentary of his from 2010. The film is a slice-of-Life film showing you the star's life in his most successful year to date: before he and his partner, David Furnish, had a child.
This shows you the incredibly spoiled musical genius behind the love songs, awards, colorful performances, and personal growth. This was the man before he became a father and found something more important than himself. I was very saddened to see just how sad and lonely a person Elton John was in 2010. It makes me happy to know that his partner and his child are in his life now. Maybe he has found balance.
I was impressed with the complete picture shown of Elton during this film. You saw him at his best, worst and everything in between. It was powerful seeing such an icon as a self-conscious, low self-esteemed, hermit with the world at his bejeweled feet. This was a great reminder that no matter how much a person has in the world, it is nothing if you have no one to share it with. I recommend this as a gift to any Elton john fans, or maybe just someone naughty that needs a visual lesson in being spoiled. Either way, it's a great film that any collection should have. GRADE: 4 STARS
This incredibly personal documentary offers an extraordinary insight into one of the world's greatest musical talents and his larger than life lifestyle. For the first time Elton John gives a camera crew unprecedented access into his personal and professional lives. This remarkably brave and honest film gives the viewer a fascinating and touching look at the complex character of a modern day composer and performing artist.
Directed by his partner, David Furnish, the film chronicles the year 1995, one of the most successful years in Elton's multi-faceted career. The Brit Awards, the Academy Awards®, a new album release and a massive world tour provide the backdrop for some frank, funny and touching filmmaking.
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Cumberland Times-News
I would like to follow up on Patrick Brady's reply ("Should we also have to pay to clean up the Nile?" July 25 Times-News) to my letter regarding the rain tax ("You're not taxed on rain, but on your impact," July 9).
I was not defending the tax, and stated in the letter's opening that it was absurd. I was however pointing out that spending money to sustain or clean up a natural resource is money well spent, as it benefits us all.
The rain tax likely will not do anything long term regarding bay health, but is acting as a temporary band-aid buffer to help the state cope with new EPA regulations and subsequent fines.
Anyone familiar with ocean ecology understands its most basic principle, the oceans are the life support system of the Earth, they die, and life dies. For this reason responsibility for oceans is placed upon anyone who lives today.
Overfishing, ocean acidification, warmer sea temperatures and a myriad of other problems threaten the health of the oceans. A worldwide fisheries collapse is predicated by scientists to occur as soon as 50 years from today, with coral reef devastation slated for around 80 years from today.
In the Caribbean Sea for example, 80 percent of all coral reefs are dead or in a state beyond repair. These reefs are home to 80 percent of oceanic species, yet make up only 25 percent of the total ocean.
No coral reefs, no large pelagic fish equals a dim future for the oceans as the food chain and ecosystem becomes totally unbalanced.
The bay factors in to this as a major estuary. We can voice our opinions about the abuses taking place on other international waterways, though we often have no control over them.
We can control how we treat, sustain and restore the Chesapeake Bay. Simply put it's clear there is an imbalance with how it has been treated, or it would have met EPA guidelines and the state wouldn't be issued a fine.
You point out that the population of the planet has surged, overpopulation is another major threat to oceanic health.
It creates a grim picture, as experts struggle to decide how to save an already greatly overburdened life support system, with the bay representing one working part of that overall global system.
Jeremy Gosnell


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Rematch, win back the MW belt. Then immidiately relinquish it & head up to LHW. Fight and beat a top five guy, then get a shot at Jones.
How about Silva v. Hendo II @ 205?
Rematch or retire.
its bigmacs man he is a bigmac kind of guy
Fuckin Chris Weidman...
For the time being, a Burger King shame spiral.
Everybody but his family most likely will be chirping in his ear to go back. They like his money specially Soares!
If he does come back and beat Weidman there will be match # III to many $$$ for the UFC to pass up
Anderson chooses his own fate. Noone else can or will choose it for him.
Anderson does not need to worry about with the progression of MMA as a sport.
He will choose what makes him happy. If that means retiring and spending the rest of his life with his family and students, so be it.
Heavy lies the crown, and I am sure that as the weeks and months progress, he will miss the scrutiny less and less.
personally id like him to go up to LHW have a fight or two and then fight Jones for title
Dana wants the rematch and AS wants Roy Jones so who knows
What's next for Anderson
Not sure we've dedicated a thread to it yet but what do you guys think is the next move for Anderson? More importantly what would you like to see him do?
Personally I'd like to see him move up to LHW and start a run there. No immediate shot at Jones because he hasn't earned that but there's plenty of interesting fights for him. Shogun, Hendo, Rashad, Gustafson, Vera, lots of guys he could co-main event a PPV with.
I don't like the idea of an immediate rematch because the fight wasn't close, didn't have a terrible judges decision and didn't involve a poor decision by the ref. Besides let's presume he does win against Weidman. We'd be right back where we were with talks of him having cleaned the division and him wanting big names or superfights. I don't want to go back to that MMA world.
The talk a Roy Jones Jr fight isn't really worth mentioning as I'm only concerned with the progression of MMA as a sport not some MMA/boxing exhibition.
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Guests at 583 Park Avenue for the Hispanic Society of America's annual gala.
Last Thursday night the Hispanic Society of America
held their annual gala at 583 Park Avenue. The black tie evening honored Fundacion Godia with the award accepted by
Liliana Godia;
and Museo Soumaya Fundacion Carlos Slim. That award was accepted by
Soumaya Slim de Romero.
The Hispanic Society of America is one of the great museums of this country and yet one of the least known.
Mitchell Codding
Mariette Scott
It was founded in 1904 by
Archer Huntington
in a beautiful building where it remains today on Audubon Terrace and 155th Street. Huntington endowed it financially and with a collection that rivals the best of them. It is a center for research on the history, art and culture of Spain Latin America and Portugal. Its annual fundraising gala reflects the museum's spirit of that civilization.
George Moore, Liliana Godia, and Frank Lorenzo
Patricia Lansing
Mitchell Codding and Amparo Codding
Hugo Castejon and Marta Sanchez
Frigo Ramirez de Haro and Oscar de la Renta
Liliana Godia and Soumaya Slim de Romero
Tomas Rossang and Lauren Gibbs
George Moore, Soumaya Slim de Romero, and Mariette Scott
Marian Pedro
Amparo Codding
Eva Marcessas and friend
Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, Eulalia Puig, Rafael Puig, and Androsa Puig
Kathie Moore
Amparo Codding, Philippe de Montebello, and Soumaya Slim de Romero
Bill Morton and Kay Morton
Alexis Zambrano, Gabriel Rivera-Barraza, and Jesus Torres
Gabriela Poler and Josefina Perez- Simon
Rolando and Maria Santana
Victoria Febrer
Jose Ciria and Alberto Esperanza
Lia Porcella de Costa
Laura Codosero, Helene Fontoira, Daniel Silva, and Patricia Dusmet
Vanessa Rezuelta, Lisa Rezuelta, Fiona Ferrer, and Isabel Espany
Begonia Oiarzun and Natalia Andueca
Roberta and Richard Huber
Fernando Romero and Soumaya Slim de Romero
Nicca Wang, Bianca Pratt, and Mariana Zois
Memrie Lewis and friend
Fabiola Arias
Claudia Rohn
Ester Herrero Gaffron and Tony Bechara
Marta Altolea, Enrique Lakuaya, and Cristina Valls-Taberner
Dyson Dryden and Anna McKnight
Marcos Tamargo, Ester Repiso, and Angel Luis Samper
Fred Gradin and Michele Gradin
Christopher Getty and Bianca Pratt
Carla Celamora, Diego Boyx, and Cristina Domenech
Gabriela Lobo, Fernando Tubilla, and Nour Tubilla
Natalie Salas and friend
Michele Gradin, Fred Gradin, and Ester Herrero Gaffron
Arturo Lopez Martin and Gabriela Poler
Federico Sporani, Sebastian Barriga, and Fidel Andueza
Patricia Estany Puig and friends
Nour Tubilla and Fernando Tubilla
Lisa and Vanessa Rezuelta
Costanzio del Alamo and Elizabeth
Margaret McQuade, Daniel Silva, and Laura Codosero
Lucia Regalen and Pere Pons
Inma Miquel, Manuel Eguillor, and Cristina Sanaranch
Andrew Bolton, Cristina Romero, and friend
Inmaculada de Habsburgo and Santiago Saavedra
Helio Campos, Candy Pratts Price, and Gabriel Rivera-Barraza
Fabiola Arias and Alex Gonzalez
Yazmin Sentis and Daniel Silva
The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
held a kick-off at the New York Racquet and Tennis Club, hosted by the Annual Appeal Committee. The Annual Appeal raises funds to support various projects. Last year they raised $1.4 million for "Targeting Melanoma."
Barbara Harbach, Dr. Thomas Fahey, Elizabeth Savage, Bill Harbach, and Eleanor Fahey
Robyn Joseph, Eleanora Kennedy, Heather Leeds, and Kamie Lightburn
Leslie Heaney, Andrew Heaney, and Suzie Kovner
Bill Stutt, Carolyn Stutt, George Moss, Joyce Moss, Chuck Leonard, and Brian Fitzgerald
Sandy Warner, Patsy Warner, Jamie Niven, and Leslie Jones
Sully Bogardus, Marcia Gowen, Toni duBrul, Ines Bausili, and Luly Duke
Kirk Henckels, Brian Fitzgerald, and Mark Gilbertson
Joyce Moss, Flis Blum, and Mimi Curtis
Stephanie Griswold, Alexis Waller, and Ellen Haddigan
Allison Aston, and Jamie and Veronica Beard
Mark Gilbertson, Elizabeth Smith, and John de Neufville
Claudia Overstrom and Kate Allen
Robyn Joseph and Martha Webster
Nancy Planitzer and Ruth Fleischmann
Dr. Craig Thompson and Coco Kopelman
Judith Kelman and Dr. Annette Rickel
Anna and Michael Safir
Mrs. Scher, Dr. Howard Scher, and Gerry Slattery
Stephanie Griswold and Melinda Blinken
Joel Pashcow and Bonnie Pfeifer-Evans
Dr. Peter Scardino and Dr. Howard Scher
Maria Villalba and Mary Darling
Kelly and Lars Forsberg
Gerry Slattery and Dr. Pram Sogoni
David Koch
Meredith and Tucker Martin
Joyce Moss and Chuck Leonard
Michelle and Michael Wolfson
To raise awareness and support for its ongoing fight to defend the lives
and legal rights of abused and neglected children in foster care across the nation, CHILDREN'S RIGHTS held its Sixth Annual Benefit — honoring
Douglas Durst,
real estate developer and chairman of The Durst Organization — on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at the Plaza Hotel, with over 400 guests attending, including
Swizz Beatz, Governor David Paterson, Cece Cord, Alexandra and James Stanton, Paul Leclerc,
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Chris Nirschel, Neila Radtke, Cathy Hardwick, Mario Buatta, Cori and Dan Galpern, Dolores and Merril Halpern, Cristina Civetta,
Bruce Carbone.
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels,
a groundbreaking musician and founding member of the hip-hop trio Run-DMC, performed. McDaniels received the 2010 Children's Rights Champion Award and now serves on the organization's board of directors.
Douglas Durst carries on the Durst family's long history of supporting children, families, and communities through a wide assortment of causes and charities. Children's Rights recognized Mr. Durst with its annual Children's Rights Champion Award for his overwhelming generosity and outstanding philanthropy in lifting communities in New York City and beyond.
David Paterson, Anita Durst, Richard Emery, Douglas Durst, Marcia Lowry, and Darryl McDaniels
The packed ballroom of the Plaza Hotel
Co-Chairs for the evening were
Helena Durst, Cori and Dan Galpern,
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels.
Honorary Co-Chairs were
Lewis and Louise Hirschfeld Cullman.
The Benefit Committee included
Jordan Barowitz, Karen Mroz, Theresa Petree,
Liv Tchividjian.
Members of the I AM ONE Committee:
Alisyn Camerota, Patti LaBelle, Natalie Morales, Hannah Storm, Denise Richards, and Marsha Wallace.
The Young Leadership Committee:
Moises de la Renta and Diane and J. Alejandro Longoria,
and committee members include
Halley Abramson, Rachel Balaban, Federico Baptista, David Benattar, Elizabeth Bickford, Rahil D. Briggs, Jessica and Paul Davis, Peter Davis, Vivienne Decker, Frank Hentic, Rebecca Kysar, Cleo Lettry-Vauban, Michael Martin, Sarah Rosenwald Varet, Pamela and Douglas Stern, Alex Winner,
Arden Wohl.
Chris Nirschel, Tom Murro, Patricia Field, and Darryl DMC McDaniels
Alexa Winner and Philip Gaucher
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, Joan Siffert, and Mario Buatta
Cori Galpern and Julie Macklowe
To raise support for CHILDREN'S RIGHTS during the evening, a live auction was conducted by
Hugh Hildesley,
Executive Vice President and Senior Auctioneer, Sotheby's.
CHILDREN'S RIGHTS protects the lives and legal rights of America's abused and neglected children by advocating for the reform of failing child welfare systems across the United States. Since 1995, Children's Rights has used legal action and policy initiatives to drive lasting reform in child protection, foster care, and adoption. The organization has been instrumental in spurring the reform of dysfunctional foster care systems from New Mexico to New York, and has dramatically changed the lives of hundreds of thousands of children.
To learn more, visit
and follow Children's Rights on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Anita and Douglas Durst, Darryl DMC McDaniels, Swizz Beatz, and the Parrish Family
Marcia Lowry and the Winner Family
John Siffert and Alon Plitt
Richard Emery, Gary Bradhering, former Governor David Paterson, and Douglas Durst
Chris Nirschel, Tom Murro, and Nicole Bandklayder
Swizz Beatz gives an autograph
Irvina Moody, Darryl DMC McDaniels, and Tiffany Smith
Swizz Beatz, Douglas Durst, and Darryl DMC McDaniels
Phillip Barber, Joan Siffert, and Emanuel and Liv Tchividjian
Cece Cord, and Mario Buatta
Larry Fox and Marcia Lowry
Alexia Thermiotis and Sarah Brodenval
Cece Cord and Jonathan Marder
Janette Avanessians, Merril Halpern, Dolores Halpern, and Karen Mroz
Alexandra Stanton, former Governor David Paterson, and James Stanton
Sam Natapoff, Thomas Giovanni, and Alexandra Stanton
Jim Stanton, Kelli Shaughnessy, and Darryl DMC Mc Daniels
Mike and Paul Reali with Governor Paterson
Neila Radtke, Catherine Biron, and Theresa Petree
Barbara Bent and Mindy Ursini
Cece Cord and Pamela Fabrikant
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The changes during transition did make me worry about being isolated in the future - but we coped, because that's what we've always done.
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