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It was just a few days ago, Friday, Nov. 12, to be exact, when I heard my first Christmas carol of the season. Every year a Chicago radio station changes its regular programming to 24/7 Christmas music. While scanning the radio in the car I hit the station and the effect was like Pavlov's dog—I heard those jingle bells and my mood immediately notched up a few levels, happy and ready for the season, even if we hadn't yet neared Thanksgiving.
In retail this year, we're seeing a trend of merchants offering Black Friday deals weeks before the hurly-burly of the day after Thanksgiving hits. And some retailers are already decorating their e-commerce sites with ornaments and snowflakes and other holiday fare. Like the Christmas carols on the radio, everything is being moved up the calendar, earlier and earlier.
If you're a merchant, I assume you're more than ready for the holidays and now into seasonal selling. But have you overlooked anything? Perhaps something small, like, say, your mobile site?
In routine cruising around the mobile web, I haven't seen any changes to m-commerce sites like I have to e-commerce sites. Maybe it's a little early yet. But I have to wonder if m-commerce design has been taken into consideration like e-commerce design. Would a holiday theme in any way work well for your products and consequently your m-commerce site or app? If so, do you have one created and ready to go? And if so, how come it's not already up yet?
You must understand that consumers are engaging in m-commerce and will be using their phones this holiday season in a massive way. Smartphones offer users the entire Internet in the palm of their hands. These tremendous devices will become personal shopping assistants, helping consumers compare prices, locate stores, earn rewards points when entering a store thanks to location-based apps, and perform all sorts of tasks.
What can make your mobile site a regular destination this holiday season? An exceptional customer experience, which begins with design. First impressions mean a lot, so wow holiday shoppers with a great look because you'll be catching them right in the middle of their holiday activities, and the more festive you are, the more likely you are to make a favorable impression on shoppers. Perhaps you could even incorporate sound into the design with a snippet of a holiday song. There's a strong link between music and smartphones, after all. Just a thought from someone already having a Christmas carol binge.
If you've been busy trimming the big tree, don't forget about the little one. Mobile is a key player this holiday season, and you want to look sharp. Deck the halls!
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Rawlings Heart of the Hide Jacoby Ellsbury Game Day 12.75" Baseball Glove
This Jacob Ellsbury Game Day Heart of the Hide 12.75" baseball glove features a the PRO H Web pattern, which was designed so that outfielders could see through the web to make catches and shield their eyes from the sun or lights at the same time. With its deep pocket and open web, this glove is primarily for outfielders. Handcrafted from the top 5% of steer hides and the best pro grade lace, Heart of the Hide glove durability remains unmatched. This glove is made to the exact specifications of the game day glove worn by 2011 Gold Glove Award Winner Jacob Ellsbury.
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Constructed from Rawlings' world-renowned Heart of the Hide® steer leather, the 2013 Heart of the Hide® series gloves feature the same gameday patterns of the most recent Rawlings Gold Glove Award® winners. These high-quality gloves have defined the careers of those deemed "the finest in the field" and are now available to elite athletes looking to join the next class of defensive greats!
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I need a new outfield glove. Cant use my pitching glove no more because im dropping balls off the top of my glove. I have owned 3 wilson A2000's over the past ten years and I love them to death. I want to buy quality and it was between a "Heart of the hide" or an "A2000".
I chose the jacoby glove because of the price that baseballexpress had listed and I am very happy with the product.
It has a swade(sp?) like material on the outside. I wasnt expecting that at all but it looks great and will make me take better care of the glove. No more throwimg it around.
I hatr gloves that come broken in already. They are often to soft and hard to shape them. This Jacoby glove comes stiff and has a little weight to it and thats the way I like it. Allows you to break it in your self and shape it the way you want. Makes you feel like you bought a quality product where they didnt use cheap thin leather.
Afterall it is a HEART OF THE HIDE.
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Jon Fisher, Technology Manager, Palio
According to recent Manhattan Research findings, 38% of ePharma Physicians have seen sales reps with iPads or other tablets during face-to-face meetings – However the study suggests marketers are not leveraging these devices to their full potential.
- A new ePharma Physician® v11.0 study explores the evolving pharma service model and digital opportunities for marketers – Webinar August 11th 11am ET
It's not surprising that there are studies in the pharma industry pointing to a lukewarm reception rate among physicians who are being detailed from an iPad. The introduction of the iPad as a platform for e-detailing is no longer just about selling a drug. It's about the doctor relating to the iPad itself as a world of interactivity and connectivity that can bring medicine to life. For many docs who do not own iPads, being detailed on this device could seem like a well orchestrated show on a beefed up e-reader, especially if the functionally of the e-detail application involves little more than squinting at oceans of tiny text, watching a basic gant chart's graph rising and falling, or suffering through poorly composed footage of talking heads describing efficacy through a video player window. The question isn't how much will it cost me to get a print detail aid reformatted for an iPad with some videos thrown in? The question should be how could my content be experienced in a fresh way on touchpad technology for full user engagement. The real time metrics collection, the CRM modules that plug into robust marketing software packages, even the ability to get an e-signature, will not come into play within the first critical 60 seconds the rep has to capture a physician's attention with valuable information they can use.
Technology, like all successful physical product attributes, eventually becomes copied and commoditized. And while we might see significant gains from the initial excitement and buzz of the "wow effect," it eventually wears off and what remains is the content and how it is experienced. So many companies cut and paste traditional media solutions into new media platforms creating "brochure-ware" that fails to take advantage of the technology. Unfortunately, what is happening is that print materials are being delivered in a digital medium. It takes more than adding a video to make something "digital." The question isn't "How much will it cost me to get a print detail aid reformatted for an iPad?" The question should be "How could my content be experienced in a fresh way on this new tool for user engagement?"
The iPad is not going away. It's here to stay. Although its growth may have not taken off as initially anticipated within the health industry, as more reps and doctors understand the technology and its extensive ability to produce a dynamic learning environment with real time information – clickable charts, images, video and extensive interactive usability – we will see more and more companies in the marketplace competing to provide the best functionality in their e-detailing apps. When the technology is not being used to its full capability, it can be seen as being little more than an old school "push" selling tactic as opposed to fully exploiting the technology to bring the physician into the story of the brand. The iPad is more than an interactive e-reader or a seductive technology gimmick. It is a portable library that can connect instantly to new data and, if used as it was designed, it can become a synergistic connection that can truly create the multi-dimensional dynamic experience used not only for detailing but also for teaching and interacting with patients.
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As you stroll through the city, you will certainly pass across the main shopping areas of Lisbon on your way to monuments or view points. Street shopping is mainly concentrated in Chiado and Baixa as well as in the lower part of the Avenida da Liberdade. You can also go shopping in the main shopping malls present inside and in the surroundings of the city.
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The Health Sciences Library is located on the 2nd floor of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center (North), in the Learning Center above the Pylons atrium.
Take the stairs in the middle of the atrium to the 2nd floor and turn left to the library entrance.
From I-79 North or South
Continue on this road bearing to the right at the bottom of the hill. Cross the bridge, and proceed straight through the first traffic light, passing Texas Roadhouse on the right. Get in the left lane, then turn left at traffic light #2 (WVU Coliseum is on the right). Get into the right lane and proceed through the next 3 traffic lights. Turn right at the fourth light into the large parking lot (Area 81). Public parking is available towards the back of the lot in the Mountaineer Station Parking Garage.
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Traveling on Interstate 68 West from Maryland or Eastern West Virginia
The library is located near the Hospitals and WVU Football Stadium. Follow Pierpont Road exit 7 (WVU exit). Turn right at the stop sign and get into the left lane. Continue on this road through the traffic light until you reach the bottom of the hill and turn left at the second traffic light on 119 South. Get into the right lane and follow the road as it proceeds up the hill. Proceed straight through the next traffic light. Make a right turn at the next traffic light onto the Chestnut Ridge Road/Route 705 West. Proceed straight through the next four traffic lights. At the fifth traffic light get into the left turning lane and turn left. Go about 100 yards and turn left into the large parking lot (Area 81). Public parking is available towards the back of the lot in the Mountaineer Station Parking Garage.
From Mountaineer Station take the elevator to the 7th floor. Follow the covered walkway through the PRT station and up to the Learning Center entrance.


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vanilla ice cream, softened
1 (20 ounce) can
crushed pineapple
1 (8 ounce) can
coconut cream
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pineapple juice
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light rum
1 (2 liter) bottle
lemon-lime flavored carbonated beverage
I also used coconut milk and it worked just fine. I also left out the rum so guests could just add it if they wished, but be careful not to leave in the freezer too long if you do this because it will freeze solid without alcohol. To give you an idea of quantity - this makes 2 full punch bowls, so make sure you've got a couple of big containers available when mixing it up. Everyone at the get together has requested the recipe.
This drink had a strange consistancy and was too thick to really enjoy on a hot day. Nobody enjoyed it, and I was stuck with a whole punch bowl leftoever after my party.
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This recipe was absolutely delicious! It was gone in the first hour of our party because everyone loved it so much! I made two slight alterations though. I read the other reviews were people said they felt there were too many big pineapple chunks, so I threw the can of crushed pineapples into my food processor and blended it in to even smaller pieces. So the punch still had texture, but you could drink it through a straw. Also, I used coconut rum instead of regular rum, and I poured in the entire bottle (750 mL). I froze the punch overnight and it was half frozen and very slushy once I broke it up and then just left it in the fridge all day. I can't say enough how much everyone loved this drink. Next time we have a party this size (about 30 people) I will make double!
This was so easy to make and was easier to drink!! I did not use rum but I used 16 oz of coconut milk and not as much lemon lime drink. Everyone loved it at a dinner party I attended. I will make it over and over again.
made this for a dinner party and am planning on using it for my summer wedding. the pineapple chunck aren't super-drinker friendly, so i'm thinking about substituting most of them with more juice.
I recently made this for a Xmas party and everyone just raved over it. The men even drank it. Everyone wanted the recipe.
This was sooo good! I divided this into a few containers in the freezer and just brought out a new one when the pitcher was running low. Next time I'll substitute the crushed pineapple for additional pineapple juice. Even with putting it through the food processor, it was still too chunky for my taste. I also used an entire bottle of coconut rum (750 ml), which ended up being about an extra 1 1/2 c, and it wasn't overpowering - in fact you still couldn't taste the alcohol. I'm going to make more to have on hand in the freezer for upcoming BBQ's.
I made this punch for our square dance club's luau dance and it was a huge hit. I adjusted the recipe slightly - 3 quarts vanilla ice cream (2 x 1.5 qt container), 20 oz crushed pineapple (including the juice), 18 oz cream of coconut, 80 oz pineapple juice (probably could have used all of the two 46 oz cans in hindsight), and 4 liters 7Up. I mixed everything but the 7Up the night before and froze it in an 8 qt plastic container (mixture filled it about 3/4 full - 6 qts). Put it in the fridge about 4 hours before the dance to let it thaw a bit. Scooped the semi frozen mixture into the punch bowl and gradually added the 7Up while whisking to break up the clumps. Had a nice slushy / icy texture and terrific taste. Made 2 full punch bowls full. P.S. No rum - but it was still wonderful!
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Gibson's Finest 12 Year Old Whisky
by Darcy O'Neil on February 2011
Gibson's is the third most popular Canadian whisky in Canada. I holds 17% of the market and sells around 300,000 cases per year. Whenever you read the term "case" it means that 9 bottles of 750ml were sold. Just in case you didn't know. Outside of Canada you will be lucky to find Gibson's since it doesn't have much of an international following. However that may change in the near future. William Grant & Sons recently acquired the brand, and with their world wide reach they may decide to start marketing this product. William Grant & Sons also owns the Glenfiddich and Balvenie brands, so they are no slouches when it comes to international marketing.
Gibson Whisky Tasting: Neat
Colour: Bright gold. Slightly lighter than Crown Royal
Gentle on the nose, very slight alcohol, with grain notes. Allowing a few minutes to open up releases much more. Some butter, fruit, vanilla and rye. Nice nose, but not as big as something like Maker's Mark.
Fairly dry to start with a subtle sweetness in the finish that develops slowly. There is a slight spiciness with some rye. Smooth with caramel flavours and some wood.
Gibson's With Water
Nose: A whole lot of vanilla pops out with some butterscotch in there too. Biggest vanilla and butterscotch of any Canadian whisky.
Palate: Super smooth with an increase in sweetness with a good mouth feel. The spiciness is gone, but there is still some oak in the finish with a faint hint of rye. The vanilla is still present. The finish is relatively short.
Compared to Crown Royal it is smoother but doesn't have the finish that Crown does.
Gibson's is a pretty good whisky and sticks to the classic Canadian style. It isn't as sweet as Royal Reserve, but it is still very noticeable with it's butterscotch flavour. This whisky is better with a few drops of water.
Price: $24.95
Age: 12 Years
Additional Gibson Whiskies
Gibson's Finest Sterling (Price: $22.95)
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Posted 20 November 2005 - 06:24 PM
Posted 20 November 2005 - 09:16 PM
How are you getting a hacked file to be protected by WFP?
See, that was my question. I don't understand how it is possible,
Posted 21 November 2005 - 09:17 AM
yet still it probebly stil needs to check agains a md5 checksum?
so my question: where is the checksum hosted???
on the MS-update site, or in a local inf file on your cdrom.
(in the later case) just editing the file would be enought (als long as MS wont update the file with a newer version - wicht, seams probebly rather unlikly since win2k aint in mainstream anymore.....
Edited by -I-, 21 November 2005 - 09:17 AM.
Posted 27 November 2005 - 09:39 AM
I'm in and out of hospitals these days (I'm not well at all), which is why I haven't been able to sign in here as often as I want to. To make things even worse, the CPU fan on my computer just broke, so I cant keep it on for work for more than 10 minutes or so (sigh!). I'll get a new (used) one tomorrow!!
To make WFP protect an unsigned file is not as easy as I anticipated. Now, there's no such thing as "impossible" - but I'll look into this later on. sfcfiles.dll has some interesting undocumented entry points, and the MS .cat's also have some interesting undocumented attributes, which Setup uses to determine stuff. And - let's not forget - NT5 does to some extent support load-time executable patching - although this is undocumented too.
Best regards,
Posted 27 November 2005 - 01:04 PM
Well stop being sick, you ........[my mom doesn't like these kinds of words so ive put a bigg BLEEP in this message instead.]....... cuze im waiting my a** OFF
I'm in and out of hospitals these days (I'm not well at all)
... (ow BTW i got my hand on windows 2k server / advanced server versions, to test this SP on)....
But realy i wish you, a **** quick recovery now, (and that goes for ur computer as well )...
So whats wrong with using MODPE ... or am i completely beside the point now??????
To make WFP protect an unsigned file is not as easy as I anticipated
Edited by -I-, 27 November 2005 - 01:11 PM.
Posted 28 November 2005 - 04:21 PM
Needless to say, I eagerly anticipate your results
To make WFP protect an unsigned file is not as easy as I anticipated. Now, there's no such thing as "impossible" - but I'll look into this later on. sfcfiles.dll has some interesting undocumented entry points, and the MS .cat's also have some interesting undocumented attributes, which Setup uses to determine stuff. And - let's not forget - NT5 does to some extent support load-time executable patching - although this is undocumented too.
Best regards,
Posted 29 November 2005 - 03:03 PM
I hope you include both .NET 1.1 and .NET 2.0, note that .NET 2.0 is NOT backward compatible with .NET 1.1.
Also, I hope you include d3dx9_24.dll, d3dx9_25.dll, d3dx9_26.dll, and d3dx9_27.dll. These 4 DLL's are installed by the five most recent bimonthly releases of the DX 9.0c SDK redistributable. Essentially, you need to run at least four of these DX redistributables to be able to get all 4 DLL's and be able to run all DX 9.0 apps. There may be other legal ways of distributing the 4 DLL's that allow you to package them more compactly. See here for more details on this issue:
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Posted 29 December 2005 - 06:51 AM
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Posted 30 December 2005 - 09:11 AM
The correct version of MDAC is MDAC 2.8 SP1 which can be found here - http://www.microsoft...&displaylang=en
The newest available full version of Windows Media Player 9 is 2980. However, version 3250 can be obtained by adding the hotfix KB885492 after installing MPSetup.exe, which is preferred.
Edited by slippykillsticks, 30 December 2005 - 09:13 AM.
Posted 04 January 2006 - 07:40 PM
If you ever need any help, I'm pretty sure everyone here would be glad to lend you a hand. If there is anything we can do, just let us know. I realize you're currently having some difficulty finding suitable hosting.
Actually - if someone made a 2k driver pack it would be nice
Posted 05 January 2006 - 04:29 AM
Now available on Softpedia also
Finally USP 5.1 is available for public download. Enjoy this one
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Posted 12 January 2006 - 03:44 PM
Bill: I'll try and give it a go over the next few days, if I'm not too busy.
Thread here for anyone who wants to try the beta (still hoping for some feedback, btw, and screenshots are always good ). I can't speak for inclusion in Hotstream, though...
Posted 13 January 2006 - 03:59 PM
Well I must say, it looks rather nice!
ALMOST enough to tempt me into the skinning thing. Once the skinning fans discover what you
have done, I am sure they will beat a path to your files-door.
Just not for me. But if you have time on your programming hands...
XP things I would like to see in W2k... (function, not nes. xp parts)
Unified regedit-regedt32
Restore of previous folders at logon.
File version info on 'float over'
Edited by Electrician, 16 January 2006 - 07:46 PM.
Posted 14 January 2006 - 09:55 PM
I could help you with the Intel portion. Using how-to advice from this site, I added Intel mobo support
Actually - if someone made a 2k driver pack it would be nice
by putting the compressed form of the INF and Cat files in my souce i386 (about two month ago).
Have been using the $oem$ folder for the rest (LAN/VID/AUD) but - again -
Using advice from msfn, have put all that into an INTEL.cab (driver pack) along with the cats (meow).
Mind this has not been tested except with one intel mobo - but has a lot of stuff in it.
I use the same system for testing builds, but since that and the Dells we use all are Intel based.....
When I get back from my 3-day, I will verify it has the latest parts and post it here.
ed 1/17/06, 1/18/06
Guess not - 11.6 MB zipped Tried RapidUpload.com Six atempts later still not working! DRAT!
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Persistance wins. Download here: http://www12.rapidup...l&filepath=3893
Edited by Electrician, 22 January 2006 - 10:30 PM.
Posted 16 January 2006 - 07:48 PM
So, if the "haltcpu"/"overheat" bug is fixed by adding a reg entry to have W2k
NOT treat an HT P4 like two cpu's, and I see that reg is placed after using USP5.1
THEN it would be emplied that the latest ver of the hal is being used. Correct?
So WHY does M$ update and Windows update sites think it needs the urp?
Not complaining, mind you. I can live with it. Just curious.
ed 1/20/06
DOH! You already mentioned this in another post. But did you included the new filter driver
(but not register it) in the USP 5.1 build? How do I check if it is there, and (un)registered?
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Posted 31 January 2006 - 05:21 PM
mind i tell all of you who are desparate to include dx9 and NET into your os, that in the intergrate software section of the Nlite forums are good and up to date switchless installeres ( id recoment decabbing them, and putting the exe files in c:\install and run them grom the [GuiRunOnce] section in the winnt.sif file. (witch is running better than the hlfslip.inf files ...
just only untill /G is able to release a better working SP build for them...
Posted 02 February 2006 - 12:47 AM
Posted 02 February 2006 - 04:40 PM
so not al msi-exec commands near gui (corrent user)....
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Posted 19 March 2006 - 07:19 AM
but if im wrong here, please give us the mames of the files that you think nead to be included...
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text: Harkin, Bayh Urge Ethanol Relief for High Gas Prices Senators call on department of energy to investigate oil companies' avoidance of low-cost ethanol. Compiled by staff Published on: May 12, 2005 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print In a letter to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman Thursday, Senators Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, and Evan Bayh, D-Ind., requested the Department of Energy investigate the continued refusal by oil companies to blend low-priced, domestically produced ethanol into the nation's gasoline supplies. The letter comes on the heels of a Consumer Federation report which concluded that gasoline prices could be significantly reduced if more ethanol were used in the nation's fuel supply. Though gas prices are soaring, oil companies have refused to blend lower-priced ethanol into a larger share of the fuel supply. "Skyrocketing gasoline prices continue to burden our economy and strain the family budget," Harkin says. "Blending more ethanol into our fuel supply could lower these costs immediately. Yet oil companies refuse to budge. Americans deserves to know why oil companies making record profits insist that families pay top dollar at the pump when prices could be reduced by blending more lower-priced ethanol into our fuel supply. I intend to find out." "American families are literally paying the price for our dependence on places like Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Russia every time they fill up at the pump," Bayh says. "There is no reason they should be in this situation, when relief for high gas prices can be found in our own country. We need to make the most of this opportunity by substituting ethanol for oil to cut the cost at the pump." Domestic production of ethanol is expected to reach four billion gallons this year. And as oil prices have soared, ethanol prices remain comparatively low. By substituting some ethanol for gasoline derived from oil in our national fuel supply, gasoline prices could be reduced, saving families at the pump. In fact, a Consumer Federation study released last week found that U.S. consumers could be paying as much as 8 cents a gallon less for gasoline if oil companies used lower-priced ethanol rather than higher priced petroleum components. At this rate, blending more ethanol into gasoline could save a typical family more than $85 at the pump each year. Yet oil companies are deliberately keeping oil supplies tight and prices high, even though domestically-produced ethanol supplies are plentiful and have dropped as much as 50 cents per gallon since the beginning of the year. Oil companies, petroleum refiners and distributors continue to refuse to blend more into the fuel supply, preferring to use more oil-derived products instead. "Oil companies are posting record profits while saying they can't use ethanol," says Harkin. "That's passing the buck, quite literally, to America's families and businesses that need reasonably priced gasoline. I urge the administration to investigate why more home-grown ethanol is not blended into gasoline even though it costs less." Currently, in the United States about 97% of our transportation fuel comes from oil, with nearly two thirds of it imported from foreign sources. Harkin recently introduced legislation in the Senate co-sponsored by Bayh to establish a Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) that would require oil refiners to blend at least 8 billion gallons of biodiesel and ethanol into motor vehicle fuels a year by 2012 – more than doubling current levels. This is the most ambitious proposal currently in Congress. "With gas prices easily topping two dollars a gallon, we need to begin looking into this problem immediately. We should insist that oil companies make full use of the ethanol blend to provide some measure of relief to families already paying unexpectedly high prices at the pump," added Bayh. "If the Administration is serious about reducing the cost of gasoline, this investigation is the way to do it."


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Wednesday, November 09, 2005Valparaiso University women's basketball coach Keith Freeman has announced that the Crusader basketball program has signed Katie Emig and Whitney Farris to National Letters of Intent to play for the Brown and Gold beginning with the 2006-2007 season.
Emig, a 6'1" center from Farmington Hills, Mich. played at Birmingham Marian High School. She averaged 13 points and nine rebounds per game last season, and is a two-time All-Catholic League First Team Selection. She earned Honorable Mention All-State honors her junior season.
?Katie is a physical post player who does not shy away from contact," Freeman said. ?She has been a part of a successful program and has been tabbed as one of the best post players in the state of Michigan."
Farris, a 5'10" guard/forward, arrives at Valpo from Kokomo High School in Kokomo, Ind. She led her team to the semi-state last year averaging nine points per game.
?Whitney is a versatile, athletics defender," said Freeman. ?She can play multiple positions on the floor and I look for her to contribute early in her career. She comes from a great program at Kokomo."
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Cristina experiences severe post-traumatic stress in the OR - mid-surgery.
Derek is visited by his estranged sister, Amelia Shepherd.
Meredith and Derek receive some disturbing news.
The residents are left in charge while the attendings, compete for a grant.
A documentary film crew visits the hospital six months after the shooting.
Cristina is tested, when left to monitor a very ill lung transplant patient.
Top security measures go into place as a political figure is brought in.
Meredith and Alex have to fend for themselves during the night shift.
Concerned for Cristina, Derek takes her on a fishing trip.
A mass shooting at a local college campus, hits a little too close to home.
Arizona tries to get Callie to take her back,but Callie has big news of her own.
Derek breaks ground on his Alzheimer's clinical trial.
Meredith and Lexie's father,returns with a new and very young girlfriend in tow.
Meredith learns that time is of the essence when she's put in charge of the ER.
Meredith discovers her eyesight is failing due to her fertility treatments.
Mark and Arizona are throwing Callie a baby shower.
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Yardley, Pa.—After 43 years of service to essentially the same dental practice, 89-year-old Rosalyn Kleiman is finally retiring this month.
|Goodbye: Dr. Paul Rosen (left) will say farewell this month to his longtime receptionist Rosalyn Kleiman, who is retiring at age 89 after 43 years working in dentistry.
Ms. Kleiman is a receptionist in the practice of Dr. Paul Rosen, a periodontist based in Yardley, Pa. She moved along with Dr. Rosen after he started an offshoot of a previous practice, 13 years ago. They had worked in the prior practice together for a decade, ultimately working together for 23 years. Before Dr. Rosen came along, Ms. Kleiman worked in the previous practice for two decades.
To Ms. Kleiman, her career in a dental office seemed unlikely. She previously worked in retail as an assistant buyer at Gimbels department store. Then Betty Corn, a friend and the wife of a dentist, asked her to consider working in her husband Herman's dental practice. At first, Ms. Kleiman scoffed at the notion.
"She said, 'We need someone in the front office,' and I replied, 'Oh, I don't know about that,'" Ms. Kleiman said.
When Ms. Kleiman went to check out the practice, she felt more certain she wasn't a good fit. But the doctors and Mrs. Corn encouraged her to come aboard. "They said, 'No, no, no, you can do this!' "
What made her friend so certain that Ms. Kleiman was right for the job? "I had been president of the Sisterhood Organization at our congregation, and we knew each other very well, and she knew that I liked people," Ms. Kleiman said. She has been a fixture of the practices ever since.
Describing her as a "bulwark" during the practice transition, Dr. Rosen said, "She was really someone whom the patients could identify with and continue to see. When I continued on my own, Roz, along with the rest of the staff, was always about promoting the practice, getting people to come in. Roz always approached the practice as if it was her own. That's the type of pride and work ethic that she always displayed."
Her way with people is a main reason that Ms. Kleiman has been so valuable to Dr. Rosen in the many years they've worked together. "All the patients really look forward to seeing her when they come in," Dr. Rosen said. "She understands people and that's really what it's all about, serving the patients and helping the practice."
Dr. Rosen said that Ms. Kleiman is the epitome of consistency and reliability.
"She has a work ethic that's really unparalleled in today's society," Dr. Rosen said. "Roz has always demonstrated a certain care about the practice that's something unique and not necessarily seen in general. She's been terrifically loyal, someone who is really synonymous with the practice's identity."
Patients notice when Ms. Kleiman, affectionately known to them as Roz, isn't there. According to Dr. Rosen: "In fact, when they come in, they say, 'Is Roz not here or what?'. We reply, 'No, no, today's her day off.' They're always coming in expecting to see Roz."
There are some patients who've been around as long as—or nearly as long as—Ms. Kleiman, who said, "I now see some of their children and, in one or two cases, their children's children."
Dr. Rosen is planning to bid adieu to Ms. Kleiman during a retirement dinner Dec. 29. Meanwhile, Ms. Kleiman has been helping to prepare the office for a different kind of transition: one where she will be leaving the team. Dr. Rosen said that she definitely will be missed.
"You learn in life that you have to go on," he said. "That certain void? Others will take Roz's position, but it won't ever be quite the same."


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text: Caplan Honored For Lifetime Achievement Frieda Caplan is to be honored with United Fresh Produce Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Published on: Dec 3, 2012 The United Fresh Produce Association will honor Frieda Rapoport Caplan with its Lifetime Achievement Award during its 2013 Winter Leadership Meetings this January in Tucson, Ariz. The award recognizes individuals for a lifetime of achievement and for lasting contributions to the fresh produce industry. In 1962, Frieda Caplan established Frieda's Finest/Produce Specialties, Inc. on the male-dominated Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market. At that time, Caplan was one of the first women to own and operate a U.S. produce business. She debuted with a purple sign, which later became the company's signature color, and her premier product was fresh brown mushrooms – an unusual specialty at that time. She quickly developed a reputation for buying and selling new and unusual produce specialties.Frieda Caplan announced her business with a purple sign, which later became the company's signature color. Currently she is listing a special new sweet potato variety with purple skin and bold purple flesh that intensifies when cooked. Aside from its unique bold color, The Stokes Purple differs from other sweet potatoes and yams in its flavor and mouth feel, offering a favorably dryer, denser and richer taste that is not cloyingly sweet. The Stokes Purple Sweet Potato is grown in California and is non-GMO. Caplan's marketing abilities were recognized worldwide after her success in introducing and promoting the Kiwifruit in the United States, earning her the title, "Queen of Kiwi." Her ability to create consumer demand for unusual foods has helped Caplan and her daughters make success stories out of many more items, including Sugar Snap Peas, Hothouse Cucumbers, Habanero Chiles and Kiwano Melons. Throughout Caplan's career she has received countless awards from the industry and larger business community. These accolades include The Packer's 1979 "Produce Marketer of the Year" award, the Harriet Alger Award from Working Woman magazine, Los Angeles Times recognition as one of the top 12 California business persons in the 1980's (along with Michael Eisner and Jane Fonda), and the 2012 Legacy Award from the National Association of Women Business Owners. "Frieda Caplan truly is the model for a Lifetime Achievement Award in the produce industry," says United Fresh President and CEO Tom Stenzel. "From the very start she epitomized the classic produce entrepreneur, always pushing forward as a progressive marketer, savvy business personality, and as a leader in our industry. And while Frieda has been a longtime role-model for women in produce, she stands out as a role-model for anyone in our industry," he says. Based in Los Alamitos, Calif. Frieda's Inc. is celebrating its 50th year as a premier marketer and distributor of specialty produce, today supplying grocery retailers and foodservice distributors with more than 600 varieties of exotics fruits, gourmet vegetables and unique companion items. "I am honored and a bit overwhelmed with this award. But I have to say that my greatest success and joy is that I get to work every day alongside my two daughters and one of my grandchildren. Everyone in business should be so lucky," Frieda Caplan says. The award will be presented by the United Fresh Foundation's Center for Leadership Excellence at a new annual Produce Legends Dinner to be held each year in conjunction with the United Winter Leadership Meetings. This year's dinner honoring Frieda Caplan will be held on Monday, January 28 at the Loews Ventana Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Ariz. Friends and associates who wish to join in honoring Frieda are invited to participate in the dinner, as well as the Foundation's benefit golf tournament earlier that day. More is at www.unitedfresh.org under the calendar of events.


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And after stabbing you in the front, they also, for the most part, let you stand up and heal on your own. The wound is deep enough to inflict pain, to make you think twice and reflect upon yourself. The wound is also, however, shallow enough to induce self recovery in you. They're skilled stabbers, I must say. They're hard to come by, too.
And I must say, Qin Yi, a real close friend of mine whom I've known for six years, give or take a bit, is one rare gem, one that I'll never want to let go of.
Maybe it's been so long, we can't recall how and when exactly we chanced upon each other. Perhaps it was through a common friend of ours? What I can be certain of, though, is the first days of our friendship. Both of us met at a small-town college in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, where we'd survived boredom for months because we only got to travel home once a few months. Fresh out of high school, she enrolled herself in an A-level program and I in an America-bound four-year undergrad program.
All these years, in my heart, Qin Yi has stood as a very independent, intelligent, mature, brave, and open-minded young woman, one who deserves my admiration. She's one of those buddies who have been watching me grow — from a late adolescent to a young adult, from a naïve college kid to a relatively more mature (ah hem!) working lady — over the last few years.
When I was a college freshman, I knew nothing about baking and cooking; I'd either dine out or have take-outs for all three meals, every day. Even then, when I wasn't acquainted with the oven and the stove and all the pots and pans, I'd still be treated to some home cooking occasionally. Qin Yi was the one who cooked and shared her food with me, churning out simple and yet tasty dishes with just a crock pot in the pantry of her dorm. I was lucky, I know.
The truth is, after spending about a year on the same campus, we had to part our way. In September 2006, Qin Yi left for England in pursuit of a medical degree, and only four months thereafter, I flew to the States to further my studies in journalism and writing. So, really, our friendship has been more of a long-distance one.
I remember, for a handful of months, we lost touch, but after that, were somehow reconnected on MSN. Or was it Skype? What I'm positive about, though, is the six-hour difference, that I often wound up calling her on the computer at five or six in the morning, when it was already one or two in the afternoon in England. The conversations usually dragged on for more than an hour.
What did we chat and rant about? Life. Our home, Malaysia. Our cultural experiences abroad. And of course, baking and cooking.
Since then, baking and cooking — things we love and talk about, among others — have been a huge part of our friendship. To be honest, Qin Yi was taken aback when she discovered my addiction to food porn on my Flickr page, which then led her to this blog. Who would have thought this girl enjoys being in the kitchen! This is so not the Pei-Lin of yore.
It's not difficult to find trails of Qin Yi on this blog. Whenever time allows, she'd pop by and leave a line or two here. She's been supportive of me. She even tried a number of recipes I've posted on here, including the sunshine salad, matcha au lait cheesecake, chocolate wassants, and our favorite Pierre Hermé's sablés Korova.
In May, I was elated when Qin Yi emailed to tell me that she'd be in Ho Chi Minh City for a month of practical training and upon completion, would be staying in Seremban, her hometown, until early this month, before leaving for England again to partake in the commencement. Yes! After spending five years studying and working hard, she's graduated! She's about to embark on a journey that will eventually qualify her as an experienced general practitioner. (Qin Yi, if you're reading this, congrats! I'm so proud of you.)
Now, I have to admit to living a very hectic schedule, to postponing a meet-up with Qin Yi twice. When there's a will, however, there's always a way. (Sorry for the cliché.) We worked hard. We played it by ear. I was so glad to have her over for a weekend late last month. We finally got to see each other in five years!
Just like most ladies, we yakked nonstop and shopped a lot — for, in fact, nearly five hours that Saturday. We ate a lot, too. We also churned out a dish or two every single day that weekend. We whipped up Thai cellophane-noodle salad for a late lunch on the first day, and then homemade mayo that night. We knocked together a pasta salad with the mayo the next morning before going on a shopping spree. And the next morning, just before Qin Yi left, again, we rose at six to bake a batch of super-size chocolate-chip cookies. It was crazy-fun time. We were just as tired as we were happy.
Qin Yi prepping the ingredients for the pasta salad while I shot this.
I did mention to Qin Yi that I, also on her behalf, will be sharing our fruits of labor with you, my reader. Since we'd got quite a lot going on, let's savor them but one at a time. If you're a fan of seafood, if you crave acidic foods like nobody's business, and if you're born with a fancy for Thai fare, I would say, go for this, Thai cellophane-noodle salad.
Refreshing, savory, a tad pungent and hot, and somewhat sourish. Exciting-than-al-dente springiness from the cellophane noodles and the squid, with some crunch here and there from the bits of the Jew's ear. And then you've also got succulent shrimp in the mix, which tease you with their fresh subtle ocean sweetness. You can't get any more Thai than this salad; it's about flavors and play of textures.
Really, you wouldn't go wrong with this tropical salad in the summertime. And it's darn easy to throw together, too. Oh, did I also mention it's addictive? The salad is supposed to go with steamed rice, but Qin Yi and I couldn't care less; we polished off that bowl of salad for four in one sitting.
Thai Cellophane-Noodle Salad
Adapted from Periplus Mini Cookbooks: Tropical Salads, by Geok Boi Lee
If you aren't residing in this part of the world, i.e. Southeast Asia, where there's easy access to the ingredients for this salad all year round, I myself, having lived in the States before, would think that most Asian grocers beyond this region are decent enough to carry such ingredients, especially the Jew's ears, cellophane noodles, and fish sauce.
For this salad, we actually omitted the cilantro because Qin Yi would wind up picking it out from the stash while eating. The cilantro is only here to make its cameo appearance in the photos. But even without the cilantro, the salad still shone through with its sprightly flavors and textures. So, really, you should adjust things to taste, though a recipe is often just as important serving as a guide.
100 grams fresh squid, cleaned and cut into bite-size pieces
200 grams small or medium fresh shrimp, cleaned, peeled, and deveined
About 1 tablespoon worth of Jew's ear (黑木耳), soaked in warm water until softened and has "expanded" and then drained
75 grams dried cellophane noodles (冬粉)
4 bird's-eye chiles, deseeded and finely sliced
2½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
2½ tablespoons fish sauce
1 large scallion, finely chopped
5 shallots, thinly sliced
Cilantro leaves, to garnish and serve (recommended, though really optional)
Steamed rice, to serve (optional)
Blanch the squid in boiling water very briefly, until it becomes opaque, do not overcook. Dish out, drain, and set aside. Then, in the same pot of boiling water, blanch the shrimp until they turn pink. Dish out, drain, and let cool aside.
In the same pot of boiling water, blanch the Jew's ear until cooked through. Dish out, drain, and let cool slightly aside. To tell when it's done, cut off a teeny bit to test, which should feel much pliable to touch but still retain that signature slippery-crunch on your teeth. Neither Qin Yi nor I know the exact timing for cooking the Jew's ear; it was all based off of our experiences, because we, as Chinese, grew up with consuming this edible fungus. Once the cooked fungus is cool enough to handle, cut into fine shreds and set aside.
Cook the cellophane noodles in boiling water until soft, but do not overcook. On your teeth, it should feel something between gummy-candy springiness and mochi-like tender-chewiness. Immediately drain and shock the cooked noodles in cold water to stop the cooking process and to keep from clumping together.
Drain the noodles and place in a large mixing bowl with the squid, shrimp, Jew's ear, and (A). Toss them together so that the ingredients are evenly distributed. Garnish with some cilantro leaves. Serve at once, or, like what Qin Yi and I did, at room temperature, with or without steamed rice. It's to your call.
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LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner: Treat employees like adults, and you won't have leaksFebruary 14, 2013: 1:43 PM ET
With 1 billion user "endorsements" and counting, Jeff Weiner explains the secret behind LinkedIn's red-hot streak. (Hint: It has nothing to do with the 3,500 iPads he just gave employees.)
FORTUNE -- Why doesn't LinkedIn (LNKD) suffer from the same news leaks as companies like Yahoo (YHOO)? As LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner put it simply at Fortune's Brainstorm Tech dinner in San Francisco last night: It's all about transparency.
Weiner knows what he's talking about. His previous experience includes seven years at Yahoo and five years at Warner Brothers. "I've come to learn there is a virtuous cycle to transparency and a very vicious cycle of obfuscation," he says. People have an insatiable curiosity, and if they're officially denied access to information, they're going to dig for it on their own. And if they find it, they'll become resentful and want to leak it. "That's when executive management says, well, clearly we can't trust our employees with this information. So, we're going to have to buckle down and release even less information." Employees become even more resentful, dig even deeper, and that, as Weiner explains, is when the witch hunt starts.
Instead, Weiner argues to treat employees "like adults" and be completely transparent. It provides optics into what's working around the company and what's not. It also breeds a sense of trust within the company, so employees are far less likely to leak sensitive information.
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The strategy seems to be working.
LinkedIn leaks are few and far between. Although employees this week revealed Weiner gave 32-gigabyte iPad minis to the company's 3,500 employees -- a perk that may have cost the company nearly $1.5 million. The award comes on the heels of LinkedIn's fourth-quarter earnings last week, which came in far above Wall Street's expectations. Revenues soared 81% year-over-year to $304 million; net income jumped 60% to $11.5 million from the same time last year. The news marks the seventh consecutive quarter LinkedIn has handily beat estimates. Gifts like the iPads "just make all the difference in the world," says Weiner.
Over the last seven months, LinkedIn has rolled out a slew of new features, including new profile pages, alerts, and endorsements which allows users to recommend one another in different skill areas like say, writing, editing, and blogging. Now, the company is fast approaching 1 billion user endorsements, and 1 million unique domains across the Internet now feature the LinkedIn share button. Though such features aren't revenue drivers themselves, LinkedIn's CEO argues they're critical to the company's ongoing success. The more time users spend using them, the higher the user engagement and loyalty, which in turn spills over into the way LinkedIn does make money, which includes selling premium subscriptions to 200 million-plus users.
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Thomas Dyja looked at me with abject horror, then humor, then, as his face crumbled in defeat, resignation. A face that said, "See? This is why I wrote a 412-page cultural history of Chicago at midcentury that — as much as it pulls together decades of artists and institutions, Richard J. Daley and Mahalia Jackson, Mies van der Rohe and Gwendolyn Brooks, as much as it says 'Understanding America requires understanding Chicago' — ultimately feels like a tragedy."
If a face can say all that, his did.
I had just finished telling him about the Bank of America ads that were plastered briefly on the side of the Wabash Avenue Bridge in 2011, part of an abandoned bid by the city to raise a fast $25 million by selling ad space on the sides of its iconic structures and (tellingly enough) trash cans. Dyja said it reminded him of the way the landmark State Street Marshall Field's brusquely became a Macy's. Which reminded me of the way the Sears Tower, for no other reason than the financial prerogative of its owners, became Willis Tower.
Which led to him saying, "And then that becomes part of a city's cultural heritage. As does the way a city thinks of itself, and one of the problems Chicago has had forever is how it lets itself be torn down, delegated, played with. For instance, outside of Chicago, Chicago's always been known for architecture — so why tear down all those Louis Sullivan buildings, some of which were blocks from here? Lose things like that and you wonder if there's an innate cultural disconnect here, why a city cannot hold on to what makes it stand out?"
Dyja flew in from New York. He's lived there for 30 years but grew up near Riis Park on the Northwest Side. His mother still lives here, and his sister works here at Kraft Foods. We were standing before the impressive, boxy expanse of van der Rohe's Crown Hall, on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, a building with a history that figures heavily in his new book.
And oh, his book …
"The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream," which comes out this week from Penguin Press, has a gentle title and a sanguine black-and-white cover image of the rotating beacon on the roof of the old Palmolive Building throwing light over Lake Michigan. It also has an elegant, unflinching, non-nostalgic clarity about Chicago that you rarely see in books about Chicago. It gave me a dizzying rush, the impression that I had come across a new touchstone in Chicago literature, an ambitious history lesson no one had written: The story of how, from 1945 to 1960, Chicago created the culture that shaped American culture, delivering, in that brief window, Studs Terkel, McDonald's, Hugh Hefner, the atom bomb, modernist architecture, Chess Records, The Second City, the Chicago School of Television and "Kukla, Fran and Ollie."
That's the short list.
"The simple answer why I wrote this," Dyja said, "is because all these groundbreaking people and interesting, important movements, forces and scenes were happening at the same time, sometimes intersecting with each other, sometimes feeding off each other. The blues and gospel alone are coming into their own blocks from each other. Meanwhile a few streets away, discussions are going on about tearing down those blocks!"
Here's the catch: This is not a happy tale.
It's more, a necessary slap of good sense from a native son to the city he is ambivalent about. Indeed, without announcing itself as such, it reads like an explainer of the Chicago Way, the Second City mentality, the pragmatism that laid groundwork for both Chicago's cultural rise and its stifling self-consciousness and short-sightedness. If you've ever wondered why Chicago, with a cultural history as encompassing as Oprah, Richard Wright, Nelson Algren and Kanye West, has trouble holding on to artists, or why the city's culture can feel so, you know, corporate, you should read this book.
"I understand people might want to fling 'Third Coast' at my head, but I didn't intend to say mean things, only honest things," Dyja said. "I didn't set out to comment on the way Chicago is now, and I don't directly do that, but over the years, watching from New York, you do wonder why Chicago, which has so much going on, explodes then peters out. Even as a kid I wondered why we couldn't just say we had a great symphony, we always had to have the greatest, largest symphony — this kind of Soviet insistence on our importance."
He doesn't prescribe solutions — this is a history book, ultimately — but he does offer a glimpse at the roots of our troubles. In fact, as I read "Third Coast," I felt it laying bare those sources of malaise (immense geography, ingrained passivity, lousy government, suburban money), suggesting a more interesting, concrete and time-tested cultural plan for Chicago than the city's recent Chicago Cultural Plan offered.
For instance, about that Palmolive Building, Dyja writes of artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (who later founded what became IIT's Institute of Design) passing the building upon his arrival. "Everything in Chicago, even the names of the buildings, seemed to involve selling, and yet the Palmolive was the best new building Mohoy had seen here, lean and strong. Everything here wanted to be something great, even if it didn't know what, or how, or why …"
Standing in front of Crown Hall, I told Dyja that I often hear Chicagoans asking what makes a "world-class city." He said, "If you have to ask ...
"See, you just create and hope it happens. You don't decide to be that."
I told him an exhibit on famous Chicagoans in Willis Tower was recently discovered to have misspelled Terkel's name — an exhibit that's been up for 14 years. He said, "Now you're just breaking my heart."
Me: I found this book incredibly melancholy in its implications.


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Judge reinstates Holston bond6:00 am | April 7, 2013
Nearly five months after her arrest on charges of felony child neglect and murder in the death of her 4-year-old son, Tiffani Holston was released from the Carter County Jail Friday on bond, but will now face incarceration on a charge in Washington County.
Incarcerated since her arrest on Nov. 14, Holston received a stern warning from Criminal Court Judge Robert Cupp before he reinstated her bond on previous drug and theft charges and released her under the same $5,000 bond from the charges that stem from Oct. 11, when her son, Joshua, was struck and killed by a dump truck on Elizabethton's Broad Street.
"Keep your nose clean," Cupp told her. "You've got some very serious charges here; stay away from drugs."
Police allege Holston was under the influence of three different prescription drugs when Joshua was killed. The presence of drugs in her system is the basis for the district attorney's pursuit of felony child neglect and murder convictions.


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San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford said Wednesday that the county should drop its lawsuit against the county's transportation planning agency, Caltrans and the city of Upland seeking to recoup a $102 million settlement to Rancho Cucamonga developer Colonies Partners LP.
For more than a month, the Board of Supervisors has been engaged in closed-session meetings to discuss whether it should continue seeking to recover the money from the developer.
Those discussions came in the wake of guilty pleas by Bill Postmus, the former chairman of the Board of Supervisors and former county assessor. He pleaded guilty to 14 felonies and admitted taking a bribe for his vote approving the settlement on Nov. 28, 2006.
A 29-count indictment handed down Monday that charged a developer, a former county supervisor and two others with multiple felonies in connection with the settlement, reinforced Rutherford's opinion that the county drop its lawsuit.
The lawsuit, and its related expenses, have cost the county more than $20 million since it was filed in 2004.
"I believe the settlement was the result of bad faith and admitted criminal activity by at least one person, and that it is not fair for taxpayers to continue to have millions and millions of their money spent by the county and by Upland and SanBAG and Caltrans," Rutherford said. "If crimes were committed, then the district attorney should pursue restitution, and that's how the taxpayers should get their money back."
At a news conference Tuesday announcing the indictments, District Attorney Michael A. Ramos said he would be seeking a court order seeking $102 million in restitution from the defendants if they are convicted and if the county does not pursue legal action against the developer to recover the settlement.
Colonies co-managing partner Jeffrey Burum, former county Supervisor Paul Biane, former assistant assessor Jim Erwin, and county Director of Governmental Relations Mark Kirk, who is the former chief of staff for Supervisor Gary Ovitt, were charged Tuesday with multiple felonies including conspiracy to commit a crime, bribery, receiving bribes and improperly influencing a legislative action.
All four remained in custody Wednesday and are scheduled for arraignment today in San Bernardino Superior Court.
Prosecutors allege Burum concocted a scheme to obtain a monetary settlement of his lawsuit from the county through corrupt means by offering $400,000 in bribes to Postmus, Biane, Kirk and Erwin for voting for or influencing a settlement in the developer's favor. All but Postmus have denied the allegations.
"Multiple courts have said that the county illegally seized private property," said Ric Grenell, Burum's spokesman. "They (the county) will never win this case, and multiple courts have said that. "There was no conspiracy, and the settlement was fair and just."
He would not disclose how the $102 million received by Colonies was spent or invested over the past 4 1/2 years.
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The county sued its transportation planning agency - San Bernardino Associated Governments, or SanBAG - Caltrans and Upland during its heated legal battle with Colonies Partners that spanned nearly five years.
The county maintains that it was those three entities that designed an Upland storm drain that channeled floodwater onto Colonies' property in Upland, where the developer was building more than 1,000 homes and a shopping center.
When Postmus pleaded guilty to 14 felonies on March 28, admitting he took a bribe from Colonies in exchange for his vote approving the settlement, attorneys for SanBAG urged the county to drop its lawsuit and sue Colonies.
Ken MacVey, an attorney representing SanBAG in the litigation, said contracts and settlements tainted by
conflict-of-interest convictions are void by law, entitling the county to not only recover the settlement money but also to retain any proceeds from it.
He said such voidance of municipal contracts falls within an area of law known as a 1090 violations.
He said the district attorney's inclination to seek restitution provides another avenue for the county other than costly litigation.
"It shows that there is an option here that needs to be considered, instead of spending to date $21 million in its litigation against Caltrans, SanBAG and Upland," MacVey said.
SB County's options
Since Postmus' guilty plea, the county has been in closed-door meetings with its attorneys to discuss options.
In an April 8 news release, the Board of Supervisors said it will take "at least a month or more of analysis by the county's legal team" before determining what course of action to take.
On Wednesday, the board, with the exception of Rutherford, remained silent on the issue. Board Chairwoman Josie Gonzales did not respond to repeated requests for comment, nor did Vice Chairman Brad Mitzelfelt.
Rutherford said the majority of the board remains steadfast in its litigation of SanBAG, Caltrans and Upland, and that county attorneys do not believe a 1090 violation existed in the Colonies case.
County attorneys, Rutherford said, believe the county's case is unique and that a 1090 violation does not apply because a San Bernardino Superior Court judge, W. Robert Fawke, validated the settlement shortly after the board approved it.
No county attorney, however, signed off on the deal.
"They don't see parallels with other 1090 cases. This is very different in their view," Rutherford said. "They don't believe the (case) precedents apply to this case because it's so unique," Rutherford said.
The Board of Supervisors met in closed session last week to discuss the Colonies matter. Another meeting has not yet been scheduled, Rutherford said.
"Obviously, we're due for another analysis in light of yesterday's indictment," Rutherford said.
She doesn't believe Postmus' guilty plea alone is enough to void the settlement, and that a conviction of at least the person who is alleged to have given the bribe, in this case Burum, is necessary.
"There is at least one school of thought that says even guilty (convictions) on both sides of the bribery is not sufficient to void the settlement," Rutherford said.


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Existing-home prices were up across much of the country in February due to a lag in inventory levels, according to a recent report by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR). However, overall existing-home sales, which include recently purchased single family, townhomes, condominiums, and co-ops fell 0.4 percent during February to a seasonally adjusted 4.62 million units for the year.
NAR chief economist Lawrence Yun says the market remained steady from the pace set in January. "We had ongoing unusual weather disruptions across much of the country last month, with the continuing frictions of constrained inventory, restrictive mortgage lending standards and housing affordability less favorable than a year ago," he said. "Some transactions are simply being delayed, so there should be some improvement in the months ahead. With an expected pickup in job creation, home sales should trend up modestly over the course of the year."
Nationally, the median time for homes to sell was 62 days in February, down from 67 days in January. Thirty-four percent of February home sales were on the market for less than a month.


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The style scene at Suffolk County Community College is as motley as its students who attend. There are skater boys clad in Billabong, girls traipsing around campus in dainty sundresses and select students with style that screams. Here, we showcase a few who deserve recognition for their personal style. -- Matthew T. Murray
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There's a great paradox in the American political landscape: the word that is used most frequently to justify everything from invasions and bombings to torture, indefinite detention, and the sprawling Surveillance State -- Terrorism -- is also the most ill-defined and manipulated word. It has no fixed meaning, and thus applies to virtually anything the user wishes to demonize, while excluding the user's own behavior and other acts one seeks to justify. All of this would be an interesting though largely academic, semantic matter if not for the central political significance with which this term is vested: both formally (in our law) and informally (in our political debates and rhetoric). . . .
The reason no clear definition of Terrorism is ever settled upon is because it's virtually impossible to embrace a definition without either (a) excluding behavior one wishes to demonize and thus include and/or (b) including behavior (including one's own and those of one's friends) which one desperately wants to exclude.
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn ... /terrorism