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HOUSTON—A Houston-area pest control expert continues to offer some of his services free of charge, especially when the customer is a patient down on his or her luck with little hope and often little time.
William Snow has terminal cancer and lives on Social Security. He also has a wall full of bees at his southwest Houston home threatening his ability to use his bathroom or bedroom.
But when we visited him Friday, he also offered a ready smile.
"I'm always in good spirits. That's all I have left," he told us from the house he has called home for the last 23 years.
At 84-years-old and with doctors unable to tell him how much time he has left, Snow asked the city of Houston to at least help him solve his bee problem. He was told to get three estimates before the city could help. The lowest estimate was $500.
Claude Griffin, with Gotcha Pest Control, heard about his plight and offered to get rid of the bees for free.
"And his little wish was, he says I wish I just had a little going away party but I can't do it with bees," Griffin said of the day-long July 4 conversation he had with Snow. "You know, that's all he asked."
So on July 5, Griffin and his team arrived at the West Bellfort Avenue home and pried open an east–facing wall just below the attic and directly above Snow's bathroom window. The honeycomb was several layers thick.
"I like to see a smile on this man's face because he hasn't had a smile on his face since he was told he was gonna die," said Griffin.
"I'm shocked. It's like an angel coming," said Snow. "He kept talking to me and I said this can't be true."
It's true because Griffin has had family battles with cancer, too, so every now and then he shows up free of charge.
"So I decided to come visit him," said Griffin while removing the hive. "And I think he's gonna be a super happy camper right now."
"Isn't that the way it's supposed to be," said Snow. "One person reaching out to another person, helping them? There should be more and more of that."
Griffin, who has helped dozens of Houstonians in similar situations, rescued as many of the bees as he can and reintroduces them in more rural areas.

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Thanks to a generous Colonial Williamsburg donor, Hawaiian public elementary schools are eligible to receive the 2013-2014 Electronic Field Trip series at no charge (a $250 value per school). This Emmy award-winning series consists of 7 live broadcasts that can be streamed via the Web or accessed on demand 24/7. Each Electronic Field Trip and its companion resources are aligned to your state and Common Core standards and integrate reading/literacy, civics, history, and technology standards. The series is designed for grades 4-8. Since the subscription is for the entire school building, only one person from each school will need to subscribe.
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Cinco is a new Mexican restaurant located at 1600 Painters Run Road.
The owners also own a Mexican restaurant in Market Square called Las Velas, however the menu at Cinco will be different.
Hours of operation will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday.
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Very happy with the Vapor, I have mine running straight off the battery and not hooked up to the bike. Only complaint I have is that at high RPM/vibration the unit will fail. Just hitting a button makes it reset so to speak and it will work again. This is only at 70mph or so on blacktop....no issues in the dirt what so ever.Read All Reviews
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Only reason it gets an average review is that it came with the wrong bolts. They send you longer bolts to replace the existing ones on the frame but the bolts they sent were wrong. I had to go and find some bolts that would work. Aside from that the stand is very sturdy. I can stand on the pegs and kick on the bike as hard as I want without worrying the stand is going to give way.Read All Reviews
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The side by side comparison with the factory part is what was really crazy. I don't wonder why my battery would always die. The factory stator just wasn't enough to keep up with the power the lighting would pull, much less be enough to keep the battery charged to turn the bike over.Read All Reviews
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This is a great way to keep track of your speed and hours/miles for maintenance. I did not use the mount that came with this speedometer so I cannot rate that but I did order the bar clamp and the aluminum housing that trail tech offers. Unfortunately I did have a slightly difficult time finding the right set up for my raptor but after contacting Trail Tech directly they were able to provide me with the correct mounting plate.Read All Reviews


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Thread: Beatrice and Benedict?
June 13th, 2013 03:43 PM #11William ♠ Thomas ♠ Peter ♠ Henry ~ Rose ♠ Alice ♠ Ivy ♠ Lowenna
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Beatrice and Bennett. Thumbs up
Beatrix and Benton. Thumbs up
Bianca and Benedict. Thumbs up
Belinda and Bennick. Thumbs up
Bernice and Benjamin. Thumps up
Beatrice and Benedict---while lovely---I just don't know. Most people won't make the connection, so it's not like naming your kids Romeo and Juliet, but it is a tad bit funny. I'd ask your family and friends and see what they think. I wouldn't use the names for twins, but for siblings especially if there's another sibling between them, I think it would be okay.Olivia/Livia/Livy/Liv : Thessaly/Darah/Bethel : Noelle/Eve
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I'm not sold on them. I'm not a Shakespeare fan and i didn't catch the association, but I would hesitate (even without that), the obvious nicknames of bea and Ben sounding so similar to each other. Imagine calling them through the house and it not being clear who is called.
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I like them both and think they go well together. I don't think that most people know Shakespeare enough to be concerned about the link. You could also move these 2 names to the middle though.
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Oh, I don't know. I adore the name Benedict, and it does sound great with Beatrice.
I do think Benedick and Beatrice would be a bit much. Too matchy, though not precisely creepy.
As long as you or the kid can believably give a puzzled look and say, "No of course not, that was Beatrice and Benedick, not Benedict" when someone brings it up you might be okay. As if it's just odd they'd think that two similar names are the same.


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Even after I got married and moved out of my parents' house, they were always just a short drive away.
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And then the day we all dreaded happened. My dad retired, and he and my mom moved to Biliran.
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As a personal finance blogger, I feel that I might regret this admission later on, but I don't care. Hello, my name is Jill and I'm addicted to shoes! Cute flats and sandals to be more precise.
Product Haul: Too Cool for School
I spotted this quirky store in the then-newly opened SM BF Homes and was instantly drawn to its display of mannequin heads and limbs, which still somehow managed to look cute. Strange, I know.
Anyhoo, it turned out to be a makeup store masquerading as a classroom/ art laboratory. Super cool concept, if you ask me.
I had a blast going through the counters, swatching and swiping and paying no mind to the fact that the brand was really intended for the younger set, hence the name Too Cool for School. Age is all in the mind and since I am as immature as the garden variety yuppie, I belonged there.
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I feel like I should introduce myself once again after my long hiatus.
"Hello, my name is Jill and I run Kikay Exchange. No, Kikay Exchange is not dead, but it may be on the verge of dying because its administrator is a bad blogger. A baaaadddd blogger."
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Follow this case study link to see why Hexaware is an excellent choice for you when implementing data migration/conversions to reduce software/hardware costs and to eliminate operational inefficiencies typically associated with multiple, redundant IT systems.
We have strong technical resources skilled in extraction and conversion of data from multiple technology platforms such as mainframes, AS/400, BTrieve and even excel. They regularly handle constraints such as unavailability of source code and absence of documentation in source systems.
Our Insurance specific migration services are summarized below:
- Data Assessment and Migration Strategy Definition:A clear vision of migration strategy is key to success in a large conversion project. As part of this service, our insurance data conversion experts examine your policy, claims, policyholder, accounting and other business information in both source and target systems to determine the gaps in terms of volume and complexity. They will also engage with your stakeholders to determine your business priorities and your pain areas. Based on this technical assessment and these discussions with your stakeholders we help you define a result oriented conversion roadmap which outlines
- Scope of the conversion i.e. which part of the information needs to be moved across to get the business working on new systems and which parts can be discarded. Which parts can be moved manually (e.g. using BPO services like our Caliber Point ) ? What information has to be setup by business users and what should be converted using automated scripts?
- Transition strategy & Timelines: Our consultants understand the importance of demonstrating success fast. They will work with you to determine a product conversion release schedule that focuses on getting the most important businesses live first.
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- Cost: We will provide you along with the assessment report an estimate of the technical man hours and the cost of performing the conversion at prevailing rates for implementation options outlined in the assessment report.
- Data Migration Script Development: Hexaware provides data conversion script development services at competitive rates on an onsite/ nearshore/offshore model to keep your conversion costs low. We believe in automation of development wherever possible and also in the effectiveness of repeated iterative testing with production size data extracts. The below graphic is a typical sketch of an iterative conversion followed by Hexaware for conversion of insurance data.
Automation of migration script development: 60 % of data migration scripts have a standard pattern i.e. all of them extract data from a source table, all of them load data into the target table and all of them have a mapping stage in between. Hexaware uses script generators to generate conversion programs for such source and target tables.
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- Functional Testing: We provide offshore/onsite testing services to check the correctness of the converted data for example
- Comparison of premiums on renewal endorsement of equivalent policies in source and target systems
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- Functional Testing: We provide offshore/onsite testing services to check the correctness of the converted data for example
For our larger projects, we implement automated testing and load testing to check the behavior of the system under load and also to reduce your costs on regression testing.
Visit our QATS page to get a complete overview of our testing capability
- Technical/Reconciliation Testing: We use reconciliation utilities to compare equivalent source and target data on the basis of mappings. This approach helps in quick identification of anomalies in source and target data. Our conversion scripts also populate a reconciliation database which helps the execution team get an up to date view on the data that causes problems during conversion and the causes of these problems.
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Hexaware provides support teams that work with your regular support teams after go live to take care of these post go live issues and data conversion fixes.
A few success Stories
- A specialist insurer saved 500,000 dollars in direct and indirect costs per year by consolidating policy data on 3 instances of its policy administration system to one unified system with Hexaware


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On Sunday the free NFL System play is on the Vikings. Game 227 at 1:00 eastern. What we want to do in this game is basically play against Atlanta. Teams in their 3rd straight home game with no rest in between are 2-15 ats as a home favorite of -7.5 or more if the total is 45 or less. The Vikings are a solid 9-0 ats off back to back straight up and ats vs a winning team and has looked rejuvenated with Christian Ponder at Quarter back. Atlanta hasn't been the dominant home team this year they were last season and this appears to be too many points and may get up to 10 by game time. With the system and the angle we will back the Vikings here today. On Sunday the lead play is a Huge NFL Divisional Game of the Year, backed by a pair of Cutting Edge systems that date to 1980. NFL Top plays have been hot cashing Big on Baltimore on Thursday and Both big Monday nighters. On Saturday top play on Wisconsin was over at the half. I also have a solid 5* Going early and a another Big NHL Total tonight. NHL 9-3 this year. to Jump on and end the week big on Sunday. For the free play take Minnesota. GC


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KHL's Dynamo Minsk tribute to fellow players and staff of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl lost on September 7th, 2011. At close to 35 minutes in length, it's one of the longer videos we've ever posted, but none have been so appropriate. No need to "front page" this since we've all been hit squarely in the face with bad news far too much in recent weeks. Many thanks to Puck Daddy for the link.
Another incomprehensible tragedy in hockey today, as an airplane carrying the KHL's Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (roster here) crashed in Russia after colliding with an airport antenna on takeoff, killing...
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Kristen Lloyd of Windber has always felt drawn to music.
Lloyd is in her 20th year of teaching general, choral and handbell music to students from preschool to 12th grade at Johnstown Christian School.
She also teaches high school music theory and 10th-grade Bible and directs the middle school and high school choirs.
"General music is required from preschool to eighth grade, then the choirs are elective," Lloyd said. "I see music as an asset to their lives, a social interaction."
One reason students want to be a part of the choir is the five-day spring tour she organizes for members in grades 11 and 12 each spring.
"We go to churches and other Christian schools," Lloyd said.
"Last year we went to Virginia and Delaware. I value the length of time we get to grow.
"It's not just one shot. They get to polish it. I see it as an opportunity to apply the message of the music to their lives.
"It's a spiritual and musical retreat. They sing from the heart, and God speaks through the words."
The students not only sing about the Christian life while performing on stage, but also get the opportunity to live it while staying at their host family's home.
"Students look for the opportunity to encourage and ask to pray for their host families," Lloyd said. "It's not just on stage, and it gets them communicating."
"I've done a study on worship, and it's a lifestyle," Lloyd said. "My favorite part is knowing God has molded me for blending music."
A native of Corry, Erie County, Lloyd has taught at Johnstown Christian School since she graduated from Houghton College in southwestern New York with a bachelor's degree in music education with a concentration in vocal music and piano and from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., with a master's degree in music education.
Lloyd also holds teaching certification from the Pennsylvania Department of Education and from the Association of Christian Schools International.
She is a member of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association and the Somerset County Choral Directors Association.
Lloyd's mother, a piano teacher, taught her to play at age 5 and has been her inspiration.
"She sees a huge calling to develop the musical talents of kids, how they can use their gifts in the church," Lloyd said.
"Some have gone into music, and some play at their church.
"Their musical talents go with them all their lives."
Lloyd played piano at church and sang for district chorus in high school. She also played the flute.
Once she reached college, she had to choose between choral or instrumental music.
"I loved the blend of words with music," Lloyd said. "Choral music allows me to be able to speak on a different level."
The mix of music and faith has given Lloyd powerful times of conviction and encouragement.
When she graduated from college, Lloyd found out about an opening for a music teacher at Johnstown Christian School by knowing the right person.
Her grandmother's sister, whose pastor's family had children at the school, told the family about the position.
Up until that point, Lloyd's idea of a dream job had been a big music program at a big high school with a big auditorium for performances, and not necessarily Christian education.
"It wasn't until I got here (that) I realized I was prepared for this place," Lloyd said. "I realized how much I would enjoy connecting with the kids on a spiritual level, not something I would have been able to do at another school."
Lloyd promised God she would come to Johnstown for one year to give the job a try.
"Every year, I ask him, 'Where do you want me?' " she said.
"You have to go through the door God opens for you."
Lloyd leads the student worship teams for the high school chapel once a week at Johnstown Christian and serves as music director for school musicals.
She believes music is a tool that teaches about God's trust.
"It's a vehicle we all get in and talk about the truth in God's word," Lloyd said. "I teach about the fun of music, too. We talk about notes, dynamics and how to read music."
The high standard of excellence in academics at Johnstown Christian School extends to music, and Lloyd admits it has been a challenge to keep her classes fresh.
That excellence is how she sees her students reaching
their potential as followers of Christ.
Lloyd and the dedicated staff at Johnstown Christian School are committed to Christian education and see it as a ministry.
For her role as choral director and music teacher at Johnstown Christian School, Lloyd received the education award at the 2005 YWCA Tribute to Women Awards.
She works part time in music ministry at Emmanuel Baptist Church in Richland Township, where she is the director of the adult choir and vocal coach for the praise teams.
"I just took the job recently," she said. "It takes up two to three nights a week and a service twice a month."
Lloyd is a member of Berkey Church of the Brethren in Windber, where she has been in music ministry for 19 years.
She directs the adult and handbell choirs, is a youth adviser and works with music for vacation Bible school.
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Just over a year ago, Eric Swalwell picked up the phone and called his long-time friend TJ Daly. He had a question.
"What do you think about me running for Congress?"
"You're crazy," Daly replied.
But the discussion continued and what initially seemed nuts — challenging and ultimately beating a 20-term congressman — started to seem possible. On Tuesday night, that possibility turned into a reality.
The Dublin city councilmember will leave his current seat for another in the U.S. House of Representatives.
At 31 years of age, Swalwell, with help from his campaign manager Daly, defeated fellow Democrat Rep. Pete Stark, who had been in Congress since 1972. With all the precincts reporting, Swalwell won 53.1 percent of the vote to Stark's 46.9.
What made Swalwell believe he could knock off Stark?
Most importantly, he realized sooner than most that California's new way of electing congressional representatives — with the top-two finishers in the primary competing in the general election — left incumbents vulnerable in a way they have never been before.
"I thought the open primary system and the new district would be a real game-changer," Swalwell said. "It was going to be a different type of election that Stark hadn't had in the past. He could no longer talk to just one part of the political spectrum. You would need a broad coalition of support to win."
The newly drawn 15th congressional district certainly helped. Stretching from San Ramon down to Fremont and eastward past Livermore, the district is heavily Democratic (about a 2-1 party registration advantage over Republicans), but less so than Stark's old 13th congressional district.
With Stark being one of the most liberal Democrats in Congress, Swalwell saw an opportunity to sell himself as the lesser of two evils to conservative voters.
Swalwell was also assisted by some of Stark's mistakes in the campaign. The longtime lawmaker made outlandish accusations in the primary campaign — claiming Swalwell was taking bribes was one — that Stark had to later apologize for.
But Swalwell still had to overcome Stark's name recognition, which he chipped away at by going to dozens of public events and knocking on doors throughout the distrct.
"In the last 14 months, we have talked to everyone, everywhere in the different communities," Swalwell said. "We wanted to show that we will do the work the people expect in Congress."
Though Swalwell was well positioned politically and worked tirelessly to get his name out there, he still needed to do what any candidate must if they want to win national office — raise money. With help from his buddy Daly, who has a background in fundraising, the campaign raised just under $800,000, keeping his financial disadvantage to Stark somewhat close. (As of Oct. 17, Stark's campaign had spent about $1.1 million in the race.)
With his victory, the question now for his constituents is if Swalwell can be as effective a congressman as he was a candidate.
He said that along with constituent services, his focus in his first term will be on jobs, keeping them in the district and making sure they don't go overseas. Swalwell said he will be a big supporter of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and green energy technologies on Capitol Hill.
He will join a Democratic caucus in which some of his new collegues supported Stark, not him, in the race. But he doesn't believe it will be an issue.
"This morning, I've talked with Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Congressman Jerry McNerney and minority whip Steny Hoyer," Swalwell said. "They have all been very supportive and said they are looking forward to having an active member represent this district."
Though he just won his first campaign, it won't be long before he will have to regroup and prepare for his second.
Its been reported that former Obama administration official Ro Khanna of Fremont held off on running in the 15th district this time around out of respect for Stark. Khanna will have no such worry if he decides to run in 2014 and he has already proved to be an effective fundraiser, amassing $1.26 million. His personal website already looks like a candidate's website.
"It's a democracy and I welcome anyone who wants to challenge," Swalwell said. "In two years, I hope I will have a record that I will be proud to defend."


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I cover entrepreneurship and all its facets.
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Kauffman provides excellent research and usable academic programs – but they don't address the human elements of being an entrepreneur – how do you handle manic depression and do you find relief in collaborative commiseration ?
There really has to be a middle ground between someone like Peter Thiel telling folks that they are wasting their time in college and structured hierarchies such as The Kauffman Foundation.
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Indeed, in the area of entrepreneurial research, the Kauffman Foundation is certainly the authority. In addition, the organization either directly, through initiatives such as Startup Weekend, Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Ice House Entrepreneurship Program, the iBridge Network and iStart, or via its affiliates such as Kauffman FastTrac, Startup America Partnership and Urban Entrepreneurship Partnership offers a vast array of practical, immediately relevant tools to support entrepreneurs in the everyday, on-the-ground work that they do to start and grow companies. More information about all of these initiatives and organizations is available at www.willitbeyou.com.
Thanks Tom. Appreciate you sticking this survey on here for potential entrepreneurs. Great resource indeed.
Now for the good news — I passed. :-)
Talk soon… Eric
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I'm in the middle of launching a new start-up and I'm looking for some reliable guidance. I've been successful building new companies before, but the criteria of investors and the decision making processes of potential customers ain't what they used to be.
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Brown Butter Texas Sheet CakeBy Jennifer McHenry on July 7, 2014I subscribe to the notion that if you have to melt butter for a baking recipe, why not try browning it? When I happened upon the melted-butter-containing recipe that inspired this cake, I immediately started imagining a brown butter version. It didn't take long to talk myself into making it as soon as possible. And now, I encourage you to […]Read more
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BELLEVILLE — Police say a person who was trying to stash a backpack before going into the St. Clair County Building Wednesday is responsible for a suspicious package scare at the downtown Belleville post office.
"It was a package which belonged to someone who was going to the courthouse," Police Department Capt. Don Sax said. "Apparently it contained something they couldn't take into the courthouse so they attempted to conceal it between courthouse and the 9-1-1 building. They seemingly were coming back to get it. But it was discovered before that could happen."
Sax said Wednesday that no arrests had been made. He declined to release further details.
According to the Belleville Fire Department nothing threatening was found in the bag, only personal items.
A young male, possibly in his late teens or early 20s, with a backpack was seen being questioned by police outside the post office a little after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Soon after that police cleared the scene.
Herb Simmons, director of the St. Clair County Emergency Services Agency, said a class about bomb threats was being held at the emergency services building when surveillance cameras spotted the young man drop the bag off.
"The students thought it was part of the act," Simmons said. "We tried to catch him before he got into the courthouse but we couldn't. So we evacuated our building and let the postal service know what was going on."
Workers stood on the back parking lot of the postal building near the corner of West Washington and South Second streets. They waited for about 15 minutes before being told they could go back in.
Police said they got the call about the package shortly before 9:45 a.m. Four cars from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department and the Belleville Police Department and two trucks from the Belleville Fire Department set up a perimeter outside.
Simmons said the scare turned out to be a big deal about nothing. But he hopes the unexpected exercise, which made witnesses fear a scene reminiscent of the Boston Marathon backpack bombings, proves to be good experience for 9-1-1 workers and first responders.
"Everything went textbook," Simmons said. "We relocated our dispatchers and Belleville stepped up as our backup and did a great job."
The situation was resolved and business got back to normal by about 10:10 a.m.
At the courthouse, bailiffs sit at the entrance to hallways where courtrooms are located and require anyone who enters to go through metal detectors and submit to a search of their bags. There they seize anything that can be used as a weapon or any illegal items they find, including drugs.
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NORMAN — Editor, The Transcript:
Although I never worked at Food and Shelter, I have had the opportunity to be a "friend" the shelter has served to include sleeping on a cot there on some cold nights last winter.
I met Mike last spring. I listened to him one day out at Andrews Park as he acted out a story akin to the Knights of the Roundtable. Mike was in charge and would direct his knights, often scolding them or laughing at their jokes. His hands and arms would flail about and he would lunge and even hit objects (not people that I ever saw). The sad part is the story never ended for Mike; he never took a bow, curtain call or heard the applause of adoring fans.
Mike never jumped in his tour bus or car and never returned home to his family. Mike had serious problems and did not belong on the street, but he — like many others — was caught in a "no man's land" right smack in the cusp of the dividing line between church and state.
For some, we remember or learned about the Kennedy administration and the changes that came about because of the inhumane treatment at asylums and other facilities housing the insane and mentally infirm.
The doors were opened and those facilities were closed. Nobody wants a return to a "A One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" era, but maybe a smallish college town in Oklahoma can find some local solutions.
Many churches and Food and Shelter in Norman feed people, give clothes, provide assistance for emergency bills and provide temporary housing for families, but on a cold night, even a sober, somewhat sane man cannot always find a warm place to sleep ... that is a fact.
I'm not advocating, nor am I angry ... I've learned to accept things for what they are and I'm truly grateful for my life and for the circumstances that led me to meet Mike. My rock bottom of self-pity and loathing was Mike's opportunity to teach me how fortunate I really am to have a sound mind and body and to have that in my children as well.
Mike talked to me occasionally ... he liked me, and that made me feel good in a way that is separate and apart from my human instinct and nature.
If I were to advocate in any way on Mike's behalf, it would be a hope and a prayer that the city elder's of church and state could accept that there are others like Mike in this town who have fallen through the cracks, are out in the elements and cannot help themselves.
The prayer would carry further in the hope that the massive ecclesiastical, governmental and educational body in this town could put their heads together and, without reference to partisan or denominational differences, find and implement a working solution.
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By Doug Hill
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — Larry and Tamara Rhoads have been in the tea business for over a decade.
They operate Inspirations Tea Room in Edmond along with Two Hearts Inn, a bed and breakfast in Edmond.
In 2010 they began searching for another metro location to add another business concept. Space was chosen in Norman's Brookhaven Village Shopping Center and the store was named Teaoli.
They're marking their first year of business in Norman this October. Teaoli is a retail outlet for a large variety of high quality loose tea leaves, specialty balsamic vinegars and many different kinds of extra virgin olive oils.
"We chose Brookhaven because it's an established neighborhood and it seems like the demographics are well suited for this kind of store," Larry Rhoads said. "Once someone tastes our products I don't think there's a limitation to the customer base."
Part of Teaoli's sales experience is encouraging customers to taste-test right there in there store. Bread bits and popcorn are used for sopping up balsamic vinegar blended with fig or lemon zest-infused olive oil. Tamara Rhoads is executive chef at their tea room and she experiments with combining the various flavors in her recipes. Think grilled shrimp that was first marinated in blood orange and Persian lime olive oils. "We help people pair-up balsamic vinegars with olive oils for different dishes," Tamara Rhoads said.
Teaoli is allied with Veronica Foods based in Oakland, Calif. The Veronica folks are descended from Salvatore Esposito's Italian immigrant family who has been in the olive oil business in America since 1924.
Today their focus is on premium product. The retail prices at Teaoli are higher than found at a typical grocery store. Packaging is upscale and high-end gift sets are available.
They have around 20 different kinds of fused, infused and varietal oils.
"The different kinds of trees and regions of the world bring a unique character to the flavors," Larry Rhoads said.
A statement at the Veronica Foods website sagely indicates that every producer around the world is of the opinion that their olive oil is best.
"There are intensities of olive oil flavor ranging from mild to medium to robust," Larry Rhoads said. "Some are peppery and they're all unique. One of our most popular is Tuscan oil infused with garlic and basil."
Balsamic vinegars are brought from Modena, Italy and often are aged longer than fine wines, some as long as 18 years. They're used for marinating meats or vegetables before cooking and concocting home-made salad dressings.
Teaoli's forte is making the acidic condiment distinctive with unlikely flavor combinations such as cinnamon-pear, blackberry-ginger and black cherry. There's even dark chocolate balsamic vinegar.
Teaoli has dozens of il fustino around the store. They are small stainless steel tanks for storing vinegar and each has a spigot for drawing out the liquid for a little taste or filling a bottle to go.
More than thirty varieties of tea are sold by the ounce. They come from plantations in Thailand, India and South America. One or two choices are naturally caffeine-free. Oolong, black and green teas with exotic names such as "Chinese Mutan" and "Blue Sapphire" are in stock.
"Not so long ago the typical Oklahoma consumer was much less informed about tea than today," Larry Rhoads said. "They were kind of limited to the box and the bag. As people have learned about the wide variety and better quality our customer base has grown tremendously."
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Catch Brantley's forecast evenings and nights on CBS19, ABC16, and FOX27 Monday - Friday
Brantley Ussery has been following his dream of becoming a weatherman since he was four years old, when he met his calling visiting a local television station. His life in North Carolina allowed Brantley to experience every weather phenomenon, which fueled his goal of becoming a meteorologist.
Brantley graduated magna cum laude from the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences. While gaining exposure, he had the opportunity to work with several different TV stations across the state, including WGHP in High Point and WXII at Winston-Salem. It was during these experiences that Brantley picked up invaluable bits of knowledge about the television business.
When he's not at the station giving you the latest forecast, Brantley enjoys hiking, bike riding, music and, of course, keeping up with all of his friends and family in North Carolina. He is very excited to be living in Charlottesville and looks forward to meeting as many people as he can in our community. If you see him on the streets, say "Hi!"


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Julia Child cracks me up. Pair her with David Letterman, and you have a recipe for Saturday afternoon frivolity. At least, that's what I hope this is!
My favorite part of the video below? David Letterman asks Julia Child, "What do you get from eating uncooked meat?" And Julia Child, responds matter-of-factly, "You get healthy!" She ends up making a poor-man's version of Steak Tartare. Seeing the clip reminded me that I plan on posting my own recipe for Southwestern Steak Tartare later this week.
Anyhow, I hope you're enjoying your weekend, and that you find the clip below of Julia Child on David Letterman as entertaining as I did!
Special thinks to @DrEades for tweeting this today! Too funny.
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It took a rock from space to derail the viral supremacy of the "Harlem Shake," but that's exactly what Friday's Russian meteor has accomplished.
According to Visible Measures, a video analytics and advertising firm, videos of the Russian meteor amassed more than 7.7 million views in less than 15 hours. And, of course, people have wasted no time posting videos and memes.


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We theorized about it when ATI licensed HDMI technology and today Sapphire has announced the first of many expected video cards that will feature HDMI ports. The Sapphire Radeon X1600 Pro low profile PCI Express card is scheduled for an April release and will simplify both the Video and Audio connections from your HTPC to your HDTV or monitor.
Although HDMI doesn't offer any advantage over DVI in
PQ, it is nice to have audio and video in one cable. Also, considering so many of today's TVs include HDMI rather than
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Texas Matters: Law professor and author David Dow has had a unique experience with death and has compiled those diverse experiences into a new book. As an attorney, Dow has been part of over 100 cases where those on trial were facing death row, defending -- often unsuccessfully -- those who are facing their own end and who are coming to terms with what that means for their loved ones. Dow uses those experiences along with the death of people close to his family to give a look into the way relationships transform in the face of death.
Fronteras: Most Americans use more than 100 gallons of water a day, but in Smith Lake, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation, they use seven. As industries develop farther into remote areas, they run into conflicts with tribes who view certain sites as sacred New York City's "stop and frisk" law has been controversial because of the potential for racial profiling and in San Diego, activists say the same thing is happening.
Austin Federal District Judge Sam Sparks surprised all parties when he decided to not force two couples who filed suit in San Antonio to join two other cases challenging Texas' constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.
San Antonio attorney Neel Lane, who represents the San Antonio couples -- Cleo DeLeon and Nicole Dimetman, and Victor Holmes and Mark Phariss -- is pleased with Sparks' decision.
Monsieur Doumani is not a single person, but three young men from Cyprus, the island nation in the Mediterranean Sea. Formed in 2011, and coming from different musical backgrounds, they were united by their love for the traditional music of their island home. Antonis Antoniou plays the tzouras, an instrument comparable to the bouzouki, Angelos Ionas is the guitarist, and Demetris Yiasemides plays the wind instruments.
I'm guessing that anyone that goes to see a movie named "Lone Survivor" will assume from the title of the film that only one man comes out alive, right? And that when the producer of the film, Mark Wahlberg, is also the star, that he'll be the said survivor, yes? Wahlberg plays Houston-born Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, who with three fellow SEALs was ambushed by Taliban forces during a special operation on a remote Afghani mountain in 2005.
That a Grammy-winning singer is coming to the Carver Cultural Center is a big deal, but that she's been nominated seven times makes it far bigger still. She's Brazilian jazz singer Luciana Souza, who will perform Saturday, January 19, at the Carver's Jo Long Theater, and to call her music smooth is an understatement.
I spoke withe Ms. Souza recently about her upcoming performance.
President Barack Obama has selected five areas in the country to be "promise zones" designed to revitalize economically and educationally distressed areas. The East Side of San Antonio has been selected as one.
During a news conference, the president named the East Side specifically, pointing out that 40 percent of adults do not have a high school diploma and crime is 50 percent higher in that part of town.
A tentative buyer has declined to purchase the property -- known as Crescent Hills -- adjacent to the Bracken Bat Cave and now a coalition of potential buyers is hoping to acquire the land to preserve it.
The coalition is a loosely-knit group of people and organizations who want to see the land surrounding the bat cave permanently preserved instead of being open for development of houses and commercial activity.
One of the interested parties is San Antonio District 8 Councilman Ron Nirenberg.
There are only two entrances open to the Bexar County Jail after officials discovered several incidents of security violations involving cell phone use in secure areas of the jail.
Sheriff Susan Pamerleau announced Thursday that one contractor had been arrested after jail officials learned he had brought cell phones into the jail.
"The individual was granted access to the jail to perform his job, but he abused that access by bringing in a cell phone and providing it to an inmate," Pamerleau said.
As is so often the case, discoveries are made by the back way. I was browsing today the upcoming 2014 programming of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Buenos Aires, conducted by my old acquaintance Enrique Arturo Diemecke. I saw many familiar composers, but a sprinkling of unknown, mostly Latin American composers as well. Esteban Benzecry, an Argentine musician, was among them. It was a new name to me, and new music--they're playing his Violin Concerto in Buenos Aires.


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The abortion clinic formerly operated by the late Dr. George Tiller in Wichita has been purchased by a group that intends to reopen it as a medical facility offering abortions and other services.
Trust Women Foundation Inc. Executive Director Julie Burkhart says her Wichita-based nonprofit bought the clinic in late August. An attorney for Tiller's widow also confirmed the sale.
Burkhart is a former Tiller employee. She has said in the past that she was involved in efforts to open a new clinic in Wichita. The city has been without an abortion clinic since Tiller was shot to death at his church in May 2009 by a man who opposes abortions.


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Bellevue Police investigators have what they believe to be stolen merchandise. And they would like to figure out who it belongs to.
A young woman turned in several items to police including an Xbox 360 with cords and adapters, a Pioneer DVD player, and a socket wrench set.
The woman told police that a man and a woman who stayed for a while at her apartment claimed that they had stolen the items from vehicles.
If you think the items are yours, you need to provide a receipt, serial number, or some other sort of proof that it's yours before you can get it back.
For more information call Sarpy County Crime Stoppers at 402-592-STOP (7827).


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The Journal Sentinel's team of Packers beat writers provide the latest news, notes and analysis
Practice schedule reflects team's journey to the playoffs
Green Bay – Playoff football is a great thing. Too much of it can cause a problem, however.
Packers coach Mike McCarthy is happy to be in the playoffs, but concerned that his team has been in a win-or-go-home mode for so long that he needs to get them some reliefs.
So he is adjusting the weekly schedule so that the coaches have extra time to study the San Francisco 49ers, the Packers' wild-card round opponent, and the players extra time to rest their bodies and minds.
"I think you have to be cognizant of what we've gone through the last four weeks," McCarthy said. "We've played four playoff-type football games in cold weather. That's part of training and being on top of where your team is. Our schedule this week will reflect that."
The players are off Monday and Tuesday and when they return on Wednesday, there is no scheduled practice. It appears most everything else will be the same except that McCarthy is going to keep the players off their feet for the usual 90-minute practice that takes place every Wednesday.
Typically, the Wednesday practice is conducted without pads and emphasizes a lot of fundamental drills, although there is team work that takes place. Thursday is the big workday and is often conducted in pads.
By rule, McCarthy is allowed one padded practice for each week the Packers are in the post-season. He did not say whether he would use it this week.
McCarthy said the tradeoff in being taxed physically the past month is that his team is used to playing inside a pressure cooker since the 40-10 loss to Detroit. Scoring comeback victories over Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago and winding up on the 1-yard line with a chance to tie in the final seconds against Pittsburgh have given his team a taste of what the post-season can be all about.
"I don't know how we could be better prepared for playoff football than what we've been through the last four weeks," McCarthy said. "I'd take our four-week experience over everything. So we'll see what happens.
"We've got a heck of football team coming in here playing very well. Their videotape up to this point that I've been able to get through looks very good. I think they're playing very well, so we've got a big challenge, but we know how we're going to go about it and we expect to win the game."
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If Capers is gone for any reason, how about Leslie Frazier as d-coordinator?Hide replies
have to switch to a 4-3 then...not sure they want that
I think he could coach either way. But I sure don't know enough about it to say it definitively.
I'm a real advocate of the 3-4. It makes the most out of the Packers best defensive player in Matthews.
However, they need to get committed to getting the personnel so they can play base 3-4. They were getting absolutely gashed in their nickel defense with only 2 DL. Jones needs to play like a man and they need at least one more true 5 technique.
With two real safeties and one more legitimate pass rusher, the defense would be fine.
A healthy Jolly, Matthews, Perry, Jones, and Neal could be a good combination, but each one of those guys have missed significant time this season.
and another ILB who can run, tackle and understands the game of football.
Our starting safeties week 1 were McMillan and Jennings and the Packers only lost by 6 points! I hope Dom Capers stays a few more years. Our defense will be significantly worse next year if we have to learn a new defense and have all our front 7 players readjust to a 4-3.Hide replies
We need better players, not a new D Coordinator.
When the fans at home can pick out the DB's making big mistakes in coverage, it is obvious that the coordinator is not to blame.
Correct on all counts.
Really, our defense was okay. Not great, but good enough. They held Chi's playmakers to 300 total yards; shut down Martellus Bennett, and forced two critical TO's. Tramon played a great game, as he has since NY. Even Raji had a couple of tackles.
They had 3-4 breakdowns that yes, would be helped if we had even one better safety, and a blue-chip ILB.
Fact is, in today's NFL, you just aren't going to keep teams under 300 very often. The game has been purposefully jiggered so that the casual fan that can't understand the game can pretend he does by watching the aerial display (but, I digress..).
I just have a good feeling about this game, just like I had in '95 when the Pack went out and spanked them in SF after a string of futility against them.
Yea, how did we shut down Martellus Bennet? Who covered him most of the day? Unfortunately, on tv, if the guy isn't making plays the camera avoids showing him.
The league and the players agreed on the practice schedule with the newest CBA, unfortunately for the fans, tackling technique has gone completely down the pooper.
Watching Richardson trying to tackle Forte by his shoulder pads on the edge was utterly pathetic.
Clearly, the technique practices avoid tackling and focus on other things like footwork or ball skills.Hide replies
Yup -- Richardson caught the Brad Jones disease -- come in at a great angle, but too high and get stiffed. Should've been a no-gain.
Richardson took a bad angle. It wasn't poor tackling technique. He never got close enough to him to tackle him.
Although I'd rather have Richardson out there than Jennings.
Its probably best not to practice, the last 3 times it has proven a killer. Take a 5 day cruise and huddle up around the buffet, do some laps on the lido deck, and wear your pads to the formal dinner; then, comeback refreshed and ready for the gold rush.
Packers will improve just a bit this week and the result will be a reversal of their fortunes from game 1 Packers 34 Niners 28
If you count four exhibition games and 16 regular season games, this will be game 21 for the starters. That is a long season. This isn't McCarthy's best team, but this season is one few of us will forget. A victory over the 49'ers would be one more story to tell. Then they would have to go to Carolina, well rested and looking very tough. If the Packers march through the playoffs, this one will be one for the ages.
If you count four exhibition games and 16 regular season games, this will be game 21 for the starters. That is a long season. This isn't McCarthy's best team, but this season is one few of us will forget. A victory over the 49'ers would be one more story to tell. Then they would have to go to Carolina, well rested and looking very tough. If the Packers march through the playoffs, this one will be one for the ages.Hide replies
If Philly beats the Saints (which is quite possible), then the Packers would go to Seattle.
Probably come down to a last possession kind of game as long as they limit their turnovers. We'll soon find out if this is for real.Hide replies
The 49ers' secondary is hurting big time. If Rodgers gets good protection, the game will be a shootout.
Weather update: Sunday @ Green Bay......EIGHT degrees and partly sunny.
ccr20, you are probably right on that last possession predictions, I don't know if my heart can take another one down to the wire.
Wow, the Packer Nation has really sunk to a new low. Once a storied franchise with many "championships" in the 20s and 30s (before playoffs and a regulation field) and others in the pre-merger 50s and 60s, the Packers now play for ties and can't sell out a playoff game? What has happened to the Packer Backers and the non-equity "shareholders?Hide replies
Nice. Let me guess. We shouldn't count the championships in the 20's, 30's or 40's and 50's. I suspect that your proposed method of counting involves ignoring everything but 1985. Put your pants back on, turn your computer off and go shovel your Mom's sidewalk like a good 5th grader Peter.


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American Playwrights Since 1945: a guide to scholarship, criticism, and performance
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