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Whether as a player or a coach, Charlestown graduate Chad Gilbert has had success everywhere he's gone.
Now the national championship player and state championship coach is headed back home to try to help his alma mater become the best it can be.
"I'm really excited to be back home and be part of something special," Gilbert said. "I want to help make Charlestown the best 3A program in Indiana.
"It's an opportunity at a dream job. With all of the development [at Charlestown High School] and the community support, I believe that we can continue to take the athletic program to new heights."
As a Pirate from 1989 to 1991, Gilbert's teams won four Sliver Creek Holiday Tournament championships, a Mid-Southern Conference titles and two Floyd Central Sectional championships. He scored 1,392 career points, averaged 27.1 points and 8.8 rebounds as a senior and was named All-State.
"I grew up in Charlestown and I loved the time I was there," he said. "It's home to me. I think I've made a difference in coaching — with the programs and the kids — and this is a chance to make a difference [with the Charlestown athletic department]."
That doesn't mean that leaving Jeffersonville wasn't a difficult decision. Gilbert had been on the Jeff High sidelines since 2000 and spent the three years before that coaching at River Valley and Parkview Middle Schools in Jeffersonville.
The 2013-14 Red Devils were expected to have another great season with Gilbert leading the way.
"Retiring from coaching was not an easy decision by any means," he said. "Jeffersonville embraced me 13 years ago and that's something I'll always appreciate and remember."
After leading the Jeffersonville girls' basketball team to nine Hoosier Hills Conference titles, six sectional crowns and the state championship in 2011, Gilbert moved over to coach the Red Devil boys.
In two seasons leading the Jeff boys, Gilbert won two sectional titles and a regional crown in 2013. Although All-State guard Darryl Baker has moved on to Lamar University, Gilbert believes the Jeff opening could be a perfect job for the right coach.
"There's no question," he said. "We're leaving a program in great shape. Whoever gets that position won't be in a rebuilding process. We're coming off a 20-win season and a sectional championship and there are a lot of great kids coming back. The program is in very good position.
"The tradition of the program will attract the very best candidates."


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Munn won't wear fur -- and to make her point, she got naked for a PETA photo session.
"When you think about even that little tiny trim of fur on your gloves or on your collar, that is still coming from an animal that had to endure so much pain just for you," Munn said in a news release. "There's nothing good about pretending like you don't know."
This isn't the first time Munn has stripped down for PETA. See more of her "full monty" right here.

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Burlington Town Meeting will take up a vote on whether the town should petition the state legislature for 10 additional liquor licenses during the January Town Meeting session.
The warrant article was approved by the Burlington Board of Selectmen during the meeting Monday evening.
The issue of a lack of licenses was first floated by the board in October. The basis of the move is that Town Administrator John Petrin told the board that there is interest among restaurant groups and the town's own planning department in acquiring new licenses for restaurants.
The members of the board discussed the pros and cons of the additional licenses. The arguments in favor included that the licenses could be used for locally-owned small businesses, which are currently being pressured to sell their licenses (or have already done so) due to pressure from bigger organizations looking to set up in town.
The licenses would also allow the town to provide additional amenities, as many restaurants will open only if they can sell alcohol, which could help fuel the town's goal of developing more Class A office space.
The meals tax has been a boon for the town since its inception and increasing the number of restaurants, especially high-end ones like the type selectmen say are interesting in coming to town, could generate more tax revenue for the town. The additional licenses would also help Burlington, Selectman Robert Hogan stated, attract restaurants and therefor money-spending diners from other towns, such as Lynfield and Waltham, that have been putting an emphasis on growing their amenities.
Petrin said the licenses could also be used for other establishments besides restaurants, including bowling alleys, movie theaters and a sports center.
On the other side there are concerns of increased problems with alcohol, such as drunk driving and underage drinking.
Selectman Michael Runyan expressed concerns that more restaurants could bring in more traffic, especially in the Middlesex Turnpike and Mall Road areas.
"Traffic is already an issue," he said. "When do we reach the saturation point?"
Runyan also said he was concerned that Burlington was putting too much emphasis on amenities and that neighboring towns were the ones seeing the benefits. He said Burlington is getting the restaurants but surrounding communities are getting the office buildings and that the workers are simply coming in to eat and drink.
In the end the selectmen decided to approve the motion to place the additional 10 licenses on the Town Meeting warrant. This was done after it became clear that the board would have discretion in when and how they issue the license. For instance, they could place a priority on smaller businesses. They can also wait to issue the licenses, meaning that perhaps they could issue five the first year and five after a specified time.
Additional debate:
Town Moderator Phil Gallagher was at the meeting to bring up some of his concerns in regards to additional licenses.
The first point Gallagher brought up was the increased risk of alcohol-related issues, as discussed above.
However, he also said he believed that the town could reach a point of "diminishing returns" if the town puts up too many restaurants.
"Since the increase in the local option meals tax there has been a rush by localities to take advantage," he said. "We can look back in history to similar circumstance. In 2001 our hotel tax revenue was 1.5 million dollars. During a 2 year period ending in 2002 we added 4 new hotels and 583 rooms. Even with an almost doubling of rooms our revenue dropped to $903,000 and we did not recover to $1.4 million in revenue until 2008. In addition we saw a tremendous drop in property tax revenues from the hotels. One example was the Holiday Inn/Wyndham Gardens which changed in hands 2000 for 14 million dollars and subsequently sold in 2004 for $6,480,000. This clearly indicates that more was not better. I believe a similar result will occur with an overbuilding of restaurants and liquor licenses."
Gallagher also said the additional licenses could hurt set development, especially NorthWest Park and that the licenses would not necessarily benefit smaller venues. He also brought up that more restaurants could put stress on the town's sewer system.
Mr. Gallagher submitted his concerns in a Letter to the Editor to Patch which can be found by clicking this link.
What do you think? Should Town Meeting approve the article for 10 additional liquor licenses? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.


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BEIRUT — A series of car bombs exploded in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo early Wednesday, killing more than two dozen people, injuring many more and causing massive damage.
Suicide car bombers struck Saadallah al Jabri Square, the city's largest plaza and once the site of huge pro-government rallies, the official Syrian Arab News Agency said. The agency put the death toll at 34, though other reports indicated that 40 or more had been killed, and said 122 were injured.


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Quite a few months ago I received an email from Promise Tangeman and Alyssa Yuhas inviting me to a design retreat at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs. There were a lot of names on the list that I recognized as fellow designers... designers that I admired and looked up to. I was flattered that they invited me and I nearly jumped out of my chair with enthusiasm to go. Then, I second guessed myself and considered not going... I have emailed several of these girls about projects and about blogging but I had never met any of them in person. Meeting 20 new girls all at once seemed very intimidating, especially these girls - so on top of their game and as talented as they come. But I had so many questions I wanted to ask, and so many projects I want to collaborate on, and so many things I wanted to say... I just had to go. Plus I was dying to just let my hair down and have a good time. So I swallowed all of that stupid fear and I went.
I am still nursing. Henry can't get over the boob. He loves it. So I had to take him with me. And I couldn't just leave him alone in the room all day long while I nerded out with my new design friends so I had to take Conor with me too. I felt a little awkward showing up with my husband and my baby. It was kinda like when I moved to a new school in 4th grade and made my mom come with me and sit by the playground while I met new kids and played. You know, so if anything weird happened my mom was right there to back me up. I promise I'm not that scared of meeting new people... but it was sorta nice to have my boys there, waiting for me to come home after late night dinners and pool side chats. It was really nice actually. I love those boys.
The entire weekend was nice. I think it was so nice because it was all just for fun. No one paid an entrance fee. No one needed a ticket to get in. No one was "leading" the group. There were no exclusive events, sessions, seminars, lectures. No one was there to make money or sell their product. Everyone was simply there to enjoy each other, learn from each other and talk about the ups and the downs of being a freelance designer. I felt like everyone had something to bring to the table. Even the girls I considered "more experienced" designers were asking as many questions as they were answering. We hung out by the pool, we totally geeked out over Star's (my new favorite person) web developing skills, we told funny stories about our personal lives and gave each other friendly advice about our professional lives. We ate out and we took a lot of pictures. We complimented each other. We inspired each other.
On the ride home I wrote 10 pages worth of new ideas. Over the last few days I have been working harder, not to compete with these girls but because I am inspired by them. I guess my point is that if life hands you an oppertunity to surround yourself with inspiring, talented people jump on it. Even if it seems scary. Take a risk. Go outside of your comfort zone. Take your husband and your baby and your mom with you if you have to, but show up! Be nice, and share what you know. It will all come back to you. I am so glad I showed up because I definetely made some really cool friends and I loved every minute of it.
Thank you girls for being so awesome! I can't wait for the next oppertunity I get to be around each and every one of you again! Until next time - babies totally exhist, get your mom to QA that f#$%er, cut everything your doing in half, and say no when you're spreading yourself too thin! Love you all to the moon and back!


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With the Stanley Cup final between the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings coming to an end this week, everyone thought the Phoenix Coyotes saga would be over by now and that the NHL-owned team would have a new owner ready to turn things around in Glendale, a suburb of Phoenix. Greg Jamison, former CEO of the San Jose Sharks, who has been interested in buying the Coyotes for several months now, has yet to officially purchase the team from the NHL stating he has problems finding the right investors.
Earlier last week, the city of Glendale published some documents regarding the sale of the hockey team to Greg Jamison on their Website (http://www.glendaleaz.com/); however, according to the Goldwater Institute (GWI), a conservative watchdog group, the city may be working without all the facts. On Friday, the city of Glendale voted 4-2 (council member Norma Alvarez didnt vote as she is currently hospitalized after a fall) in favor of an arena management fee (AMF) agreement that will most likely keep the Phoenix Coyotes in the desert for the next 20 years.
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Even as a disease steadily deteriorates his vision, a lifelong motorcycle enthusiast makes a perilous journey through South America and its notorious Road of Death.
The wind is unrelenting. We leave Chile and ride 500 yards to a Bolivian customs and immigration outpost. For eight hours we sit in a tiny building watching sand blow under the door. The power is out, and the Bolivian customs officials will not release our bikes. We get approval just as the sun goes down. We have to ride 150 miles in the dark, in the freezing cold, without our support vehicle.
With my eyesight, riding at night is an act of faith. I tuck my bike behind Andres and Rob, the most experienced off-road riders in the group, and go chameleon. I will do what they do, an act of trust unprecedented in my life.
I read their taillights for direction changes, hills, drop-offs, use the path of their headlights to illuminate enough road to match their speed. I stand on the pegs to lower the bike's center of gravity, making it less squirrelly on the gravel, potholes, sand and ruts. The road deteriorates into what locals call ripa—miles of washboard bumps. The bike chatters like a white ball on a spinning roulette wheel. I try not to dwell on the rest of the metaphor. If I drop into a rut or pothole, my number will be up. My heart beats a mantra. Not me. Not yet.
I ride almost entirely by feel, letting the bike handle the details—its suspension is quicker than my quads. I commit to the throttle, to the physics of a gyroscope (stability provided by spinning wheels that disappears if you slow). I don't touch the brakes. I force myself to breathe regularly. Adrenaline turns my mouth to cotton. Evidently my body knows it's in a fight-or-flight situation. I suck on a plastic tube that runs to a bladder of water built into my riding suit. Nothing. The tube is frozen solid, as are the water bottles strapped to my fanny pack. The container of antifreeze in our guide's top box freezes, explodes and leaks antifreeze icicles. The cold poses more of a problem than the dark.
At minus 10 degrees centigrade, if a bike breaks down, it will be a matter of moments before hypothermia escalates the mechanical to the mortal.
Hours into the night I crest a hill to find the wind has deposited six inches of sand between two embankments. The sand swallows our front wheels. Just like that, Andres is sideways. I follow, sideways. Rob sees what is happening, touches his brakes and goes down.
Almost in unison Andres and I ride out three whiplash turns, steering with our knees and foot pressure, like skiers in powder. We apply throttle to unweight the front wheel, and finally, as the sand gets shallower, we bring the bikes under control.
We flick on the hazard lights, put the bikes on their side stands and run up the hill. Rob is uninjured, but there are five riders behind us, stretched across the night.
I am halfway across South America, exactly where I want to be.…
In college I started a journal, and the first entry describes a motorcycle ride through the streets of Hartford, Connecticut, shifting through the gears, feeling the front wheel lift, seeing the slash of red as my taillight reflected off the chrome trim of parked cars. The motorcycle made me a writer. It is a machine for generating words, a tool for seeing. Kick an engine to life and I enter an altered state, one that turns highways into hymns, momentum into moments.
I ride a motorcycle to take my eyes places where I'll see things I'll never forget. Unfortunately, my eyes do not return the favor.
Chicago, 2003: I'm sitting in a darkened doctor's office, staring at eye charts. In the space of a few months my eyesight has deteriorated dramatically. I tell the doctor I can no longer read headlines accurately.
"I don't think I could pass the vision test for a driver's license," I tell him.
He laughs. "This is Chicago. Everyone has an uncle in the DMV." Then he looks at the back of my eyes.
Blood vessels have done to the retina what tree roots do to sidewalks. The macula—the part of the eye responsible for fine focus, for details—is swollen, leaking fluid from tiny eruptions. If you project a slide onto a rumpled sheet, some parts will be in focus, some parts won't. There will be gaps and blind spots. Weirdly, the mind takes the fractured information and tries to make sense of it.
Pick a word in the middle of this page. Focus on just that word. How well do you see the other words on the page? That's how I see.
The retinologist launches a Star Wars battle on the inside of my eyes, cauterizing blood vessels with a laser. Two or three times a year he plunges a needle into one eye or another, injecting steroids to reduce swelling. It is not a cure, but it slows the deterioration.
I don't talk about my eyes. If asked, I tell people I can still sit for hours at a computer, watching porn. At least I think it's porn.
Someday soon I will be unable to ride. As a result, mileage is the only thing that matters. The road ahead. I start taking long rides, logging miles in South Africa, Canada, France, Spain, Central America, the American West.
Then one day my editor, a man possessed of a manic restlessness, contacted me: "I want a feature where you ride across Mongolia or Siberia or something like that Ewan McGregor TV special, Long Way Round. Something that really gets at the heart of what it's like to ride and be out there in the elements, doing what every man dreams of. We'll need frightening locals, harsh weather and loads of color—like across Afghanistan but not as dangerous."


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Garry Rayno's State House Dome: NH budget process about to get messy
Much was said about the $80 million in gambling licensing fees she included. That may not be something other governors have done, but they have repeatedly included money from proposed tax rate jumps in budgets that lawmakers had yet to approve.
Including $80 million in licensing fees for a "high-end, highly regulated casino" along the state's southern border might have another purpose, putting the House - which has never passed expanded gambling - in a box.
Obviously, the pressure is on members of the Democrat-controlled House to pass gambling if they want the budget to include additional money for higher education, mental health services, hospitals and other "restorations," such as the Children in Need of Services (CHINS) program and $5 million in revenue sharing for cities and towns.
The House's long history of rejecting video gambling and casinos will be tested because without new gambling revenues, lawmakers will have to cut state spending by $80 million.
While the governor's message is simple, the political realities are not.
The gambling bill that Hassan called a good starting point, Senate Bill 152, may not come to the House from the Senate until after the House has had to vote on the budget, although one of the sponsors, Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, D-Manchester, said the Senate intends to take quick action on SB 152 and send it to the House early in March.
If that happened, would the House kill it quickly and craft something more to its liking? The last time the House did such crafting it came up with the LLC and campground taxes, which helped fuel a Republican landslide in the 2010 elections.
The House could also opt to hijack one of two other gambling bills - House Bill 665 or House Bill 678 - to produce something most representatives could live with but probably wouldn't raise $80 million.
The governor also wants the tobacco tax raised an additional 20 cents a pack above a 10 cent increase that kicks in this summer. The proposed increase prompted a standing ovation during Hassan's budget address, while her pitch for gambling at first brought an awkward silence and then polite applause, with only about 20 lawmakers standing to cheer.
The biggest challenge for the Senate will be House Bill 617, which would increase the gas tax 12 cents and vehicle registration fees $15 over three years, providing $122 million a year to fix the state's roads and bridges.
Hassan left no doubt she wants something done about roads and bridges.
"I stand ready to work with any member of either party who is willing to bring constructive, long-term ideas to the table so we can build a consensus solution that will help us begin to improve our roads and bridges and finish I-93," she said in her budget address.
The Senate gambling bill seeks to dedicate 45 percent of the state's share of the money to highways and bridges, but clearly Hassan wants gambling revenues to go into the state's general fund. So the message to the Senate is: You can have gambling, but you also need to do something more for the highway system, with either the gas tax or the registration fees.
We're in the preliminary rounds of the budget fight, and the final roll of the dice is months away.
WOMEN'S PRISON: Included in Hassan's $129 million capital budget plan is $38 million for a new women's prison.
Inmates at the women's prison in Goffstown have sued the state over the conditions there. The aging prison does not allow women to receive the same services or participate in the same programs as inmates in the men's prisons in Concord and Berlin.
Essentially, it's a civil rights suit.
But as noted by House Public Works and Highways Committee Chairman David Campbell, D-Nashua, the $38 million "takes the oxygen out of the capital budget."
He wants to see the money allocated over two, two-year budget cycles, asserting the new prison could not possibly be sited, designed and built by the end of the 2015 fiscal year.
Although Hassan did not say last week where the new prison would go, the Corrections Department has been exploring building it behind the men's prison in Concord. The state owns ample land, and many of the buildings at the men's prison could be used by women prisoners, too.
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MEDICAID AND ACA: Along with Hassan's budget, key decisions on Medicaid expansion and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - commonly referred to as the ACA or "Obamacare'' - also came down last week.
The state had until Feb. 15 to decide whether to partner with the federal government in setting up health insurance exchanges, or markets, to help residents find the best policy for them.
Tuesday, the governor's legal counsel, Lucy Hodder, told the Joint Health Care Reform Oversight Committee that Hassan would seek a partnership, something the Republican members believed could not be done without prior committee approval.
Rep. John Hunt, R-Rindge, voted with the Democrats, 4-2, to approve the letter seeking a partnership after the governor's office agreed to seek committee consent before taking further action involving exchanges.
"My vote affirmed the committee's authority," Hunt said later.
In her budget address, Hassan ended any speculation about where she stood on Medicaid expansion under the ACA.
"As both Democratic and Republican governors around the nation have said, it's a good deal, one that will, among other things, allow us to save money in existing state programs while increasing state revenues," Hassan said.
Hassan's budget includes about $300 million in federal money to pay for the new Medicaid enrollees when expansion begins, Jan. 1.
The federal government will pay 100 percent of the cost for new enrollees for the first three years, then step down gradually to 90 percent in the seventh year and beyond.
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Tonawanda News — North Tonawanda quarterback Chris Woodard's desperation pass with six seconds left from the Grand Island 25 yard line fell incomplete, and the Grand Island Vikings escaped George J. Vetter Stadium with a 20-14 victory in a Class A North showdown Friday night.
Woodard had time for one last desperation heave, but the Vikings pass rush hurried his throw, and the pass was batted down.
He led his team from his own 18 to the Grand Island 25 with no timeouts and 1:18 remaining, but could not complete the comeback. Woodard's pass with 25 seconds left to Jake Ferry in the Grand Island went in and out of his hands.
"We expected the game to come down to the end," Grand Island head coach Dean Santorio said. "Even at 20-7, you're one shot away from letting someone get back in the game. We feel very well about the win."
Grand Island built a 20-7 halftime lead based on the running of of Paul Sukmanowski (25 carries, 142 yards) and Giuseppe Campanella, who completed 8-of-15 passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns. Campanella's main target was Ben Goc, who had six catches for 85 yards and a touchdown.
"He came through huge today when we needed him," Santorio said. "Our entire offense played real well today."
Grand Island won the field position battle in the first half. Their last two touchdown drives started from midfield and the NT 46, respectively.
"We just couldn't get the ball out of our 10, 20 yard-line," NT coach Tony Truilizio said. "When we flipped field position, it was a different game."
Campanella got the start for Quinn Corrao, who was out with a high-ankle sprain. He led the Vikings to a mistake-free game, and perhaps made his biggest play of the game by recovering a Grand Island fumble at midfield, not allowing the Lumberjacks to gain momentum and prime field position.
"Everybody, from the backs to the lineman, played well today," Campanella said. "It was a great group effort. We had a good game plan and executed well."
Grand Island fumbled the ball four times in the second half on the messy terrain, but recovered each time. North Tonawanda fumbled once, and a promising drive was ended with a recovery by Grand Island lineman Dominic Petrilli on the Grand Island 43. It was the only turnover in a game played mostly in rainy conditions.
North Tonawanda took the opening kickoff and went 80 plays in just four plays to take the 7-0 lead. Woodward faked to Jon Zeller and faked out a Grand Island defender on an impressive cut and ran untouched on a 34-yard touchdown run.
Not to be undone, the Vikings marched 65 yards on just four plays as well, finishing off the drive on a one-yard run by Joe Chiaravalle. The Vikings, which scored touchdowns on each of its first three drives, built its lead on two TD passes from Campanella, 35 yards on a play-action pass to Sukmanowski, and a 18-yard pass to Goc, who beat the North Tonawanda defense on a double-move.
"We didn't tackle in the first half, and in the second half, we did," Truilizo said. "It's as simple as that."
NT shut out the Vikings for the second half, and cut into the Grand Island lead with a one-yard Woodard sneak with 6:48 remaining. Woodard, stymied by the Vikings in the first half other than his TD run on the first drive of the game, finished with 114 yard passing and 78 yards rushing, including both touchdowns and both PAT conversions.
"When you play a team like NT that runs the option, you have to play assignment football," Santorio said. "We did a good job of staying in our lanes today."
While moral victories don't count in the standings, Truilizio was proud of his team's effort.
"I don't want to discredit Grand Island, but I thought we were the better team." he said. "I told the team I hope this loss stings for a bit, because it's one we should have won. This will definitely be a learning experience."
North Tonawanda was without the services of Taylor Mellot, who was out with a knee sprain.


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uniFLOW's modular design allows for many levels of passive or aggressive enforcement of company printing and scanning policies. Jobs can be intelligently routed based on user, department, device, or a number of job specific attributes. Additionally, uniFLOW can improve the security of information exchange by monitoring context of documents that are scanned at associated document capture devices.
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Equitrac Professional®
This Equitrac solution for the legal market offers more than cost recovery. Beyond recovering client-billable expenses, Equitrac Professional® leverages your print tracking efforts to capture, allocate and accurately bill for every applicable client-related expense. It provides each professional services firm the ability to:
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Equitrac Express® helps schools manage their print usage with software-based reporting for all printing and copying expenses. Allocating these costs to the appropriate account or charging for their usage encourages everyone to promote responsible printing, as well as minimize wasted paper and toner.
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Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Tracker monitors and tracks all copy, print, scan and fax usage by user or department on imageRUNNER ADVANCE models. Based on the MEAP platform, this application installs directly on imageRUNNER ADVANCE devices.
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imageWARE Enterprise Management Console
imageWARE Enterprise Management Console is a highly scalable web-based management solution capable of managing multiple Canon & third party networked devices on customer networks. imageWARE Enterprise Management Console provides the scalability, adaptability, and automation that many large corporations demand today.
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LEWISTON — A 24-year-old man who held police at bay in an armed standoff all day Saturday killed himself at St. Peter's Cemetery, police said.
The man, whose identity was still being withheld Sunday night, shot himself in the head as he sat in his vehicle. The suicide happened at 5:30 p.m., said Lt. Michael McGonagle of the Lewiston Police Department.
"Obviously, this is not the result we wanted," McGonagle said. "It's a sad situation."
Police know who the man is but are not releasing his name. McGonagle said the man had a Lewiston address, but may not have grown up in Lewiston. "It's all under investigation," McGonagle said. "We're trying to reach family members."
The man's mother was at the cemetery director's office with police officers during the standoff, the lieutenant said. She knew her son was distraught, and she contacted police Saturday morning, worried that he would harm himself.
"We located him at 9:30," McGonagle said. "His mother was there the whole time." Police spent the day negotiating with the man as he sat in his vehicle and were on the phone with him when he shot himself, McGonagle said.
The man never threatened to harm anyone but himself, police said.
During the day, the entire cemetery at 217 Switzerland Road was shut down as Lewiston police and Maine State Police negotiated with the man. About 30 police officers were involved.
Earlier in the day, police said the man was suicidal, and they were trying to convince him to "put the gun down and surrender," McGonagle said. The man was distraught over personal issues. Police said they were trying to end the standoff peacefully without him hurting himself.
It was unclear, McGonagle said, why the man was in the cemetery.
At the cemetery's Switzerland Road entrance, black iron gates were locked. At least a dozen police vehicles were parked inside. Outside the gate, a United Ambulance was on standby.
The cemetery's Deer Road entrance was blocked off by a Lewiston Police Critical Response Unit vehicle with its blue lights flashing.
Neighbor Scott Giguere, who lives on Gulf Island Avenue, said his parents drove by the cemetery entrance Saturday morning and saw the police cars. They told him about it.
"I called one of the employees of the cemetery. I used to work here," Giguere said. He was told that the standoff had gone on all day, that a man was in a car with a weapon threatening to hurt himself in Section 6 of the cemetery, which Giguere said is "down in the corner."
Cemetery Director Gerald Raymond, who was in his office with police, said he saw one car in the graveyard.
"Police told me to lock the gates. I did," Raymond said. "We've been shut down all day. We had a service scheduled that I canceled."
During the afternoon, Raymond and Giguere hoped the standoff would end with no one getting hurt.
"Maybe he just snapped," Giguere said. With so many people out of work, "it's a tough time out there for people."


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2:50pm Thursday 29th November 2012 in Sport By Alan Feldberg
HIGH Wycombe RFC secretary Don Dickerson has seen more Wycombe and Marlow derbies than some of Saturday's players will have had hot dinners.
He's been at Kingsmead since the 1960s and knows better than to put his head on the block with an ill-advised prediction of Saturday's Bucks Cup semi-final between the two clubs.
He said: "There are so many factors. The weather is one, who the teams have playing is one.
"It will be a close-run thing and it's usually which team performs on the day."
A look at table would point to a Marlow victory. They are 17 points and five places better off in South West 1 East, and they won the home fixture between the sides a few months ago.
But Dickerson says league form counts for little when the two clubs meet.
He said: "There have been times when I thought we'd win and we've lost, and times when I thought we'd lose and we've won.
"Both clubs try to rise to the occasion and it's all on the day."
But while Wycombe would never knowingly give less than 100 per cent against Marlow, their precarious league position means their priorities are elsewhere for now.
As it stands they occupy the last relegation spot. They are three points behind safety and their situation would be made worse if Newbury Blues, the team directly below them in the table, win their game in hand.
Dickerson said: "Any competition matters and a win against Marlow is always a catalyst whether it's cup or league.
"But our prime consideration is to get out of the bottom three."
Marlow, however, have made their intentions clear.
Coach John Brodley believes winning the Bucks Cup is crucial to the club's progression although he has emphasised a need to take the emotion and history out of derby matches in order to get the best out of his team.
Dickerson said: "I joined the club in the 1960s and the rivalry hasn't changed.
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Event: Child ID Program at the Morristown Christmas Festival
Host: Cincinnati Lodge #3 Free & Accepted Masons, Morristown
Date & Time: Sunday December 9, 2012 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Masonic Child Identification Programs (CHIP) are a charitable initiative by North American Masonic lodges to aid in the identification and recovery of missing children. CHIP programs are supported and staffed by volunteers from lodges as well as law enforcement and dental professionals.
The CHIP programs allow parents the opportunity to create a kit of identifying materials for their child, free of charge. The kit contains a fingerprint card, a physical description, a DVD of the child, a dental imprint, and a DNA sample. The purpose of the kit is to provide critical information to the public and to law enforcement in the event that a child goes missing. The program has been lauded by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
The DVD, besides capturing appearance and voice, includes questions tailored toward the child's age group and can assist in finding children who might be missing for other reasons besides abduction.
The Masonic Child ID Program has been referenced by state and local law enforcement agencies as their model for establishing this service. The difference between Masonic CHIP and others is that municipal and law enforcement agencies typically place all data that is collected (including fingerprints) into a database. The Masonic Child ID Program operates with strict confidentiality, with all data on portable computers being removed from systems immediately after the DVD data has been written. If a DVD is lost by a parent or guardian, they can simply have another created free of charge by attending another Masonic Child ID event.


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HARRISONBURG -- T-shirts and other James Madison University apparel was selling out quickly at local stores.
John Rheault, the JMU bookstore manager, said his store sold more than 1,000 shirts in the last week all to get ready for Wednesday night's big game! JMU alumni made most of the purchases from the bookstore. There's been a major increase from online sales for JMU apparel.
Rheault had to order more victory shirts for the CAA conference four times, but he was not surprised so many people bought shirts to support the Dukes.
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If there's something to be learned from the Giants' 27-20 loss to the 49ers back in Week 10, it's that they can match up with the 49ers and beat them in the second meeting, which will happen in Sunday's NFC championship game in San Francisco. The opportunities to win the game played on Nov. 13 were there, and though the teams have changed since then, the Giants will use the same line of thinking when they rewatch that tape, just as they did in the previous loss to the Packers prior to Sunday's upset in Green Bay.
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The Giants were shorthanded in the first meeting with the Niners, not having Ahmad Bradshaw in the game and forced to run Brandon Jacobs 18 times and D.J. Ware nine more. The offensive line was just starting to find its way prior to that game, and early on the Giants had success at the line of scrimmage. Although the Niners feature one of the league's most fundamentally sound defenses and one of the strongest units against the run, the Giants will see on the tape that opportunities to run the ball were available.
Early on, the 49ers sat back a little defensively — much as they did in the first drive against the Saints on Saturday — almost feeling out what the Giants were trying to do. They didn't pressure much or feature many complex defensive looks. But it was Eli Manning and the passing game that was featured prominently early on. He started out hot (10-for-10 passing, 102 yards), but the Giants bogged down in the red zone and came away with only two field goals.
As the game moved into the second half, Manning appeared to be a little frustrated by the Niners' limiting defense and started to force some passes. New York had a good game plan that featured less of TE Jake Ballard, who was just starting to emerge as a force, and more of WR Mario Manningham, who often found himself matched up on Niners nickel CB Chris Culliver. The Giants viewed that as a mismatch and exploited it several times. But Manning tried in vain twice to get it to Victor Cruz late in the first half: one resulted in a Cruz drop and on the next play, Carlos Rogers made an interception in which he had perfect trail position with safety help over the top.
As the 49ers' pressure increased late in the game, Manning started getting off his spots, missing open receivers — Cruz once, Hakeem Nicks another time and, on the final drive of the game, a wide-open Manningham down the seam on a pass that was maybe six inches overthrown. On the final few drives, the 49ers allowed the Giants to hit some check-down options such as Ware and TE Bear Pascoe, but they couldn't consistently get the big plays to Cruz and Nicks. On Manning's second interception, Manningham was to blame: He stopped running his route vs. man coverage and allowed the defender to beat him to the ball on a turnover that set up a 49ers touchdown to make it 27-13.
Defensively, the Giants missed on several chances to sack 49ers QB Alex Smith, which is something that can't happen Sunday. The Niners' approach will look far different this game as three of their top four receivers in the Week 10 contest — Braylon Edwards, Delanie Walker and Ted Ginn Jr. — might not be factors. Edwards has been cut, Walker is hurt and might not play and Ginn is lightly featured on offense these days.
RB Frank Gore was a nonfactor in the first matchup (six rushes, zero yards) as he was beset by knee and ankle problems. That turned the ball over to Kendall Hunter, who caught the Giants off guard with his speed a few times as they were screaming up field trying to sack Smith, and had a 17-yard TD run. They'll need better lane responsibility if they want to contain the run again.
The Niners tried to move Smith out of the pocket on sprint-outs, bootlegs and quicker passes to get the ball out of his hands and establish rhythm. They consistently attacked the middle of the field, as then-MLB Greg Jones (his role has been significantly reduced since then) was caught out of position on several plays and completely busted a man coverage on TE Vernon Davis' TD catch. Crossing routes were big in this game, so the Giants must collapse the middle of the pocket, not let Smith step up against the rush and find open receivers in the soft spot of the defense. He also ran for a few big first downs when the Giants were in man coverage and not looking in the backfield.
The Niners will have some plays in this game the Giants have not seen — count on it. Davis' game-winning TD against the Saints was a play that San Francisco installed last Wednesday. Jim Harbaugh called for a surprise onside kick against the Giants in Week 10, a huge momentum play in the first half that caught the Giants napping. The Niners always have a gadget play offensively at the ready. Harbaugh does a great job of finding game-specific plays handy to catch the opponent off guard.
But the Giants will be ready. Watching the tape of the first contest will show them the missed opportunities that were available to steal the game. Also, Cruz was still having drop problems at the time. Bradshaw didn't play. It was a different offensive line. The Giants' pass rush is far better now. Michael Boley (two surprise sacks Sunday) is fully healthy, something that wasn't the case in the previous meeting.
The Niners also have adapted and improved in certain areas, but they have not made as many strides as a team as the Giants have since the teams' Week 10 meeting.


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SUNY Delhi followed consecutive losses with a 3-2 victory over Mohawk Valley Community College on Sunday during an NJCAA Region III POD event at Fulton-Montgomery CC.
Raven Worthing had nine digs and three kills in Delhi's 25-19, 25-8, 25-9 loss to Herkimer County CC. The Broncos followed with a 25-19, 25-19, 25-9 loss to F-M. Michaela Reynolds had five digs, three kills, two aces and a block to pace Delhi.
Karissa Morey highlighted Delhi's 25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 23-25, 15-9 win over Mohawk Valley with 22 assists, 10 kills and two aces.
Nicole DeMarco contributed 12 kills and 12 digs for the Broncos (5-7, 2-5 Region III), who received 10 kills, 12 digs and four aces from Worthing.
Delhi visits Herkimer on Wednesday.
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SUNY Cobleskill's men placed 14th out of 15 teams with 680 strokes during the two-day Dowling College September Shootout at the par-71 Long Island National Golf Club.
Freshman Ian Wilson paced the Fighting Tigers with a two-day total of 23-over-par 165.
On Monday, sophomore Eric Kim received co-Golfer of the Week honors from the North Eastern Athletic Conference. He led Cobleskill to a fourth-place finish at the Gator Invitational last Wednesday by shooting a 3-over par 75 to tie for third in the field of 32 players.
Cobleskill will compete in the Elmira Fall Invitational today.
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The Empire 8 Conference selected Hartwick College junior goaltender Hope Brown as its Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.
Brown earned her second shutout of the season and seventh overall in a 1-0 defeat of Bard College on Wednesday. She also stopped six shots and gave up a penalty-kick goal Saturday, when the Hawks fell, 1-0, to ninth-ranked Ithaca.
Brown has allowed four goals in six games this season for Hartwick, which hosts Elmira on Wednesday.
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Hartwick freshman goaltender Shannon Carter earned Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Empire 8 on Monday.
Carter amassed 30 saves last week, with 13 against Rochester on Tuesday and 17 against Stevens on Saturday.
Carter has 41 saves this season for Hartwick, which hosts Manhattanville in a non-conference match Wednesday.


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After an investigation into recent sexual hazing incidents, five St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School football players were expelled and the coach who reported their activity was fired.
That coach -- Chris Cerbone -- was not at all involved with the hazing, but Principal Mary Ellen Ryan said in a statement that he bears responsibility because he was the person in charge when the incidents took place, according to the Vallejo Times-Herald.
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Cerebone reported the sexual hazing to his supervisor (Ryan) shortly after students told him what had happened. According to a quote in the Times-Herald:
"...On certain Thursdays when the coaches were not around that several varsity players would hold down certain freshman (sic) while the varsity player pulled his own pants down and either made the freshman player stick his face into the naked rear of the varsity player or the varsity player would take his genitalia out and slap the freshman player in the face with it."
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon's new health insurance exchange, whose website is glitchy, is getting nearly twice as many applications on paper as electronically.
Cover Oregon spokesman Michael Cox says that as of Wednesday, the marketplace has received 4,260 paper applications and 2,459 electronic ones.
Applicants can use the website to get information about plans, but it isn't reliable enough to tell them which specific plans and subsidies they are eligible for.
People who send in paper applications can get that information.
Cover Oregon officials hope to have the website fully functional by the end of the month.
The website has received more than 470,000 unique website visitors, and the Cover Oregon office has gotten more than 20,000 phone calls.
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The following arrest information was supplied by the Chicago, Des Plaines and Park Ridge police departments. It does not indicate a conviction.
Two Des Plaines men arrested after committing a residential burglary while under surveillance of law enforcement were charged with multiple counts of residential burglary, according to the Chicago Police Department.
At least three law enforcement agencies were involved in the arrests of on Feb. 7.
According to a statement from the Des Plaines Police Department, Park Ridge police conducted surveillance on the two men, Chicago police made the arrests because the reported burglary that police stated they witnessed Poplawski and Dybala commit occurred in Chicago.
Des Plaines police also are involved in the investigation because, police stated, the two men committed more than one burglary. Des Plaines police stated that they cleared four residential burglaries and their investigation into Poplawski and Dybala's activity was ongoing.
Poplawski was charged with three counts of residential burglary, and Dybala was charged with two counts of residential burglary, on Feb. 7, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Park Ridge Deputy Chief Louis Jogmen stated, in an email to Patch, it was unlikely his department would file additional charges against the men.
"At this point, I don't think we will have additional charges," Jogmen stated.
Des Plaines Police Chief William Kushner said on Tuesday that his department's investigation into Poplawski and Dybala was not yet complete.
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Pronger to Philly and the rights to Bouwmeester to Calgary (leaving those teams in deeper salary cap trouble). No moves yet from the Sabres, other than the fact it looks like Jaroslav Spacek may be gone. This was one quiet draft. Hope Wednesday's free agent day gets us some real news.
As for the draft itself, Darcy Regier & Co. definitely went in a different direction to get bigger and tougher. Enough with the 5-foot-8 guys. Great to see. Have to like the Kassian pick in the first round.
Have to wonder why no centers were chosen. Have to wonder why Jochen Hecht and Henrik Tallinder are still on this roster. Gotta believe they were dangled to try to get into the second round but nothing happened.
Lots of questions, not many answers.
How do you think Regier did in the draft?
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This method falls under the broad category of machine learning techniques, but the core of the method we used relies on support vector machines (SVM). In general, a SVM takes a set of input data and classifies each data point into one of two general classes. Geometrically, a SVM can be thought of as constructing a plane dividing a region of space into two separate areas, thus new data will fall on one side or the other of this plane indicating its classification. The svm trainer takes a database of training images and creates an svm that can classify input data into one of two types. But we want to deal with more than two types of data, because there are obviously more than two different emotions so what we do is create multiple svms each one specific to a certain emotion and that classifies into either that emotion or not that emotion so then after running it through multiple svms one of them will come up yes and thus identify the emotion. But what if two emotions are identified by two or more different svms one might wonder? Well then one can run the svm predict and obtain probability estimates for each of the classes in a svm. Thus whichever one has the higher probability estimate is the most likely correct.
But there is another mathematical tool which can help improve the accuracy of our program. If we use kernel functions to map the general set of our problem to an inner product set, we can hope to turn the problem into one of linear classifications. For our project, we tried two different kernel functions. The first, the linear kernel, produced the better results for most datasets, while the Radial Basis Function (RBF) kernel didn't produce as accurate results in general. However, for the FEI database the RBF kernel did produce better results suggesting that more testing is necessary to determine what type of kernels are more appropriate for different types of datasets. This might be because the data in the FEI database is less "easy" though how to define this is difficult.


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A number of Mets baseball operations folks answered questions about their top young prospects.
That's right, the 2013 Amazin Avenue Top 50 Prospect List is finally here!
As the Arizona Fall League comes to an end, a handful of Mets are playing for pride in World Baseball Classic qualifiers.
With a broad mix of talent throughout the St. Lucie roster in 2012, there's a very good chance we'll be hearing some of these names for a long time to come.
The AFL can be an excellent opportunity for players to face off against top tier competition before shutting it down for the winter. See who stands to gain the most among the Mets seven...
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UPDATED: 8:55 a.m., Nov. 10, 2012:
For those thousands of residents in and around New Rochelle and the rest of the Sound Shore without electricity, hot water or heat, there are several options to help folks through this post-Hurricane Sandy time. With hotels across the state booked up, many are in need of some simple assistance. Here is the ongoing list of free resources.
For a full list of For the United Way services and the 2-1-1 helpline click here.
Supplies and Food Distribution: The Red Cross will distribute supplies and food at City Hall Parking Lot, 515 North Ave. on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Red Cross Shelters: The shelter located at Albert Leonard Middle School, 25 Gerada Ln. in New Rochelle closed Friday. The Red Cross is still maintaining shelters at the Yonkers PAL, 127 N. Broadway in Yonkers, and in Chappaqua at Chappaqua Crossing off of Bedford Road. Cots, hot food, snacks, children's activities, recharging outlets and hot showers are available.
Warming Center/Food: There are warm spaces for neighbors to sit in the College of New Rochelle Sweeny Student Center and the Gill Library. Our food service, Culinart, has agreed to offer a 10% discount on food purchases above $5 in the cafeteria (in the Sweeny Center) or at our Starbucks (located next to the library entrance) to association members who are looking for a warm meal.
Warming Center/Recharge Stations: Korean Presbyterian Church of Westchester on Pintard has invited neighbors of Residence Park to come to the church to keep warm, rest, and recharge phones/notebook computers. While we will do our best to be hospitable, there are a few guidelines we would kindly ask our guests to observe:
- The Social Hall will be open as an Emergency Center from 8 AM to 8 PM - from Monday, November 5 until Friday, November 9
- Guests are requested to enter the Social Hall through the stairwell next to the Pintard House - signs will be posted
- Guests are requested to remain in the Social Hall when in the building
- Some tables and chairs will be set up
- Coffee, tea, and water will be available
- Outlets will be available to charge phones, tablets, and notebook computers
- Free WiFi will be available
- Please, no furniture or large electronics - small electronics only
- No cooking
- KPCoW will not be held liable for guests who opt to utilize the Korean Presbyterian Church as an Emergency Center
If there are any questions or concerns, please contact our Building Manager, Deacon John Kim 914-874-6119.
Hot Showers and Charging Stations: All NY Sports Clubs are offering the public a chance to take a hot shower and use the locker rooms for free.
Hot Showers and Charging Stations: The New Rochelle YMCA is offering hot showers and charging stations free to the community until all power is restored in New Rochelle. The Y is located at 50 Weyman Ave.
Charging Stations/Supplies: The Curtain Shop, 541 Main St. in New Rochelle is open Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. They are offering charging stations and selling blankets, candles, batteries, battery powered candles, stove-top coffee pots and thermal-ined curtains.
Warming Center and Charging Stations: The New Rochelle Public Library will be open until 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. The hours on Saturday are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Because of the Veteran's Day holiday, the library will be closed Sunday and Monday.
Warming Center and Charging Stations: The Doyle Senior Center on Davis Avenue will be open until 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday.
Hot Showers and Sleep Shelter: The 24/7 emergency shelter in White Plains has a locker room for hot showers. Folks can stay overnight, too. Ongoing through the power outage. 32 Manhattan Ave, White Plains.
Hot Showers and Charging Stations: The JCC of Mid-Westchester is offering hot showers and use of the locker rooms, heat and charging stations to the public. 999 Wilmot Road, Scarsdale.
Free Coffee and Charging Stations: Greenville Community Church has power for charging devices and hot coffee. Free to the public. Friday, November 2, from 9AM-2PM. 270 Ardsley Road (near Central Ave.) From the pastor, Edward:"We are blessed to have power at the church! If you would like to stop by Friday and re-charge, please feel free to drop in, get warm and re-charge your devices while you stay and relax awhile. There is ample parking behind the building. Stop by the church office when you arrive and we'll direct you to available rooms. We'll have the coffee on also!"
Free Charging Stations: The Digital Arts Experience in White Plains is open to the community for internet, power, phone charging. 170 Hamilton Ave., Suite 100.
Free Charging Stations: Several CVS Pharmacies and Target Stores are offering free phone/laptop charging at their stores.


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Writing is work, right? Yes, but it's also play. And that's what makes the process of writing so satisfying.
This course is designed for writers of all genres: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid forms. During our class "play" time, we'll try out different tricks and techniques that poets use to add music, texture, and meaning to their writing. As inspiration, we'll review contemporary writing that uses surprising language and imagery without seeming contrived. But we'll spend the most time on exercises and free writing to generate fresh phrases and promising starts—while silencing the "inner editors" that prevent us from taking risks. Participants will also learn a process to help them play with words on their own.
StoryStudio classes are limited to 15 participants or fewer. This intimate setting allows for greater interaction and personal attention.


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This recipe came about because I was trying a recipe for honey soy chicken, and I discovered I didn't have any honey left in the house. Out of necessity to have dinner ready on time, I opted to substitute maple syrup for the honey ingredient. It was delicious, and a new chicken recipe was born.
Sweet and sour go very well together. There are many recipes that only require two ingredients for this combination. A friend of mine makes sweet and sour hot dogs by heating one jar of currant jelly with one jar of Guldens Spicy Brown Mustard. When the two are well blended, add mini hot dogs and serve with toothpicks.
Another two-ingredient recipe is for honey barbecue chicken. Combine equal parts of honey with a favorite barbecue sauce, blending it together well. Then roll chicken parts in it until well coated. Barbecue or bake your chicken, whichever you prefer. Be a little creative with your cooking and try putting two tastes together without going overboard on experimenting.
Many fruits go well in meat dishes. The next time you cook pork, try adding some apricot preserves or apple slices to your ingredients. Pineapple and cherries are toppings usually added with brown sugar to baked hams. This is too sweet for me, but the kids love it. Lemon juice and olive oil dressings give salads a certain zing that is very refreshing and light. During a visit with my husband's cousin, she served us a salad for lunch with roasted sweetened almond slices in it. It was a nice change of pace from the regular tomato and cucumber salad.
You don't have to be so crazy when you want to dress up a salad, chicken or a pork roast. Just think about what you love and try combining a few of those foods together and see what you come up with. It may be your own version of maple and soy chicken or something totally new and exciting. Let me know what you discover in your kitchen today!
Maple Soy Chicken
- 5 chicken thighs, skin off
- 5 chicken legs
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 onion, sliced thin
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- Mix in a marinating dish syrup, soy sauce, wine, pepper, onion and garlic. Mix well.
- Place chicken parts in marinade, turning and coating each chicken piece well. Marinate in the morning for dinner or at least 1 to 2 hours before cooking.
- Preheat your grill to 350 degrees. Place chicken on grill and cook for 10 to 15 minutes. Turn each piece of chicken and continue cooking for 10 more minutes. Keep hood of grill closed. If no hood, chicken may take a little longer. Repeat this until chicken is cooked on the inside. Check by cutting fattest part of chicken with knife for doneness and for clear juice coming from chicken. (If bloody, chicken may still be undercooked.) Some grills are hotter than others. So stay near the grill and keep an eye on your chicken. Brush marinade on chicken every time you turn it.
- ENJOY—Tap that maple tree for some chicken marinade!
Mariann Raftery, creator of Somebody's Mom blog, cooks up comfort food recipes for families here at home, as well as sending homemade cookie care packages to our American soldiers overseas. Somebody's Mom Cooking videos at http://www.youtube.com, search "Thesomebodysmom".


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Situated in Mount Pleasant, this hotel is close to Snee Farm Country Club, Charles Pinckney National Historic Site, and Boone Hall Plantation. Local attractions also include Mount Pleasant Palmetto Islands County Park and Isle of Palms County Park.
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At Homewood Suites by Hilton Charleston - Mt Pleasant, recreational amenities include an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access and dry cleaning/laundry services.
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Homewood Suites by Hilton Charleston - Mt Pleasant features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and small meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, concierge services, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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The St Thomas United Methodist Church Women will host a Cookie and Craft Sale on Saturday, December 8 from 9am-12pm. This is a fund raiser that supports mission giving to women and children locally, nationally and internationally. Homemade, holiday cookies will be displayed on trays and consumers will receive a baker's box and a plastic glove so they can choose their cookies for $7.00 a pound. Crafts including ornaments and centerpieces will also be sold. Come early for the best selection. St Thomas UM Church is located at 2 South 511 Route 53 in Glen Ellyn, just 2 blocks north of Butterfield Rd. Call the church office with questions 630.469.1214.
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Oneonta soon will have three newly trained police officers on patrol since the hiring of a third candidate this week, officials said.
The Oneonta Common Council on Tuesday night hired Scott Sheldon effective Oct. 2 at the $37,000 starting pay for patrol officers.
Sheldon is attending the Otsego County Law Enforcement Academy and soon will join Anthony Capristo and David Schulte, two recruits in training with the Oneonta Police Department, city Lt. Douglas Brenner said. The local field training after a recruit completes academy requirements lasts between eight and 12 weeks, after which an officer may patrol solo, he said.
The Oneonta Police Department started this fall with 12 patrol officers, and the recently hired and trained officers will increase patrol ranks to 15, Brenner said. The department has two unfilled patrol positions and probably will wait until results are available from the November test for police officers to identify candidates, he said.
The department, which is authorized for 27 positions, has three detectives, five sergeants, a lieutenant and a chief in addition to the patrol officers.
Last year, staffing in the police department, which previously was authorized for 28 positions, became an issue as the Common Council worked on the 2013 budget. The council cut one authorized position, and a subsequently formed task force continues its work to look at staffing levels and other issues.
In other business at City Hall on Tuesday night, the Common Council:
• Authorized the mayor to sign the health insurance renewal proposal from Excellus for 2014.
• Confirmed the appointment of Denise Burns to the position of custodian at a base salary of $27,193, effective. Oct. 2.
• Created the position of deputy city clerk in the City Clerk's Office.
• Confirmed a provisional appointment of Nancy Powell to the position of deputy city clerk at a base salary of $31,500 effective Oct 2.
• Appropriated $29,967 to pave parking lanes on Main Street between Chestnut and Elm streets.
• Authorized the mayor to transfer a portion of a Blodgett Drive, a discontinued street, to developer Hillside Commons LLC by quitclaim deed and in consideration of $1.
Oneonta Mayor Dick Miller said he would sign into law an ordinance that restricts peddlers to conducting business between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. and five local laws that provide tax incentives for rehabilitation or development of some residential and other properties.


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The Northwest Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo is being held on January 26th & 27th, 2013, at The Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center in Hoffman Estates. Attendees will find over hundreds of local and national industry experts who can help get those unfinished projects and to do lists finished while helping make those dreams for the home come true.
The Northwest Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo at The Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center will include 100's of exhibits featuring kitchens, baths, flooring, roofing, windows, doors, heating & air, fireplaces, spas & leisure products, sunrooms, landscaping, energy efficient, green products and much more. Homeowners will have the opportunity to get ideas, inspiration, estimates and great deals. Exhibitors will have exclusive discounts and coupons while drawings, giveaways, deals, food, activities for the whole family and much more will happen throughout the duration of this 2-day event.
Everyone is into home renovations these days and The Northwest Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo will be sure to have exactly what every wishful thinker and do-it-yourselfer is looking for. Attendees can expect to see hundreds of exhibits and top professional representatives from some the best known local and national home improvement and remodeling companies. Everything is covered from Basic Services to High-End.
The Northwest Home Improvement & Remodeling Expo will be held at the Prairie Stone Sports & Wellness Center, 5050 Sedge Blvd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60192 on January 26th, 2013 through January 27th, 2013. Expo hours are Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. With free admission and free parking, this is an event not to miss. For more information on attending or exhibiting, please visit http://www.HomeShowEvent.com or call (630) 468-2237.


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ESSEX — A resident reported his boat, at a marina near Main Street, had been damaged.
The boat owner, who called police at 11 a.m. Thursday, said somebody had tried to break into the vessel by using a ladder to unscrew the boat's windshield.
Police said they are investigating it as a breaking and entering incident, as someone may have tried to steal something from the boat itself. Nothing was reported stolen.
On Wednesday morning, around 11:30, a motorist called to report another driver operating erratically on Route 133 heading into Essex. When police arrived on scene, they were unable to locate anyone.
At 8:26 a.m. Thursday, a Lanes Road resident called police after receiving a suspicious phone call. The resident told police he believed it to be a scam when the person claimed to be from a delivery company. Police are now investigating the incident.
At 11:19 a.m. Thursday, police and firefighters responded to a fire alarm at The Farm Bar and Grille on Western Avenue. Police said the alarm had been set off by accident.
A resident reported hearing glass breaking at 211 Western Ave. around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Police said the house was being improved upon on behalf of the bank which owns it.
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