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For three decades, Steve Green has passed through tunnels created by the sprawling oak trees that tower over many roads on Johns Island.
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Homes on the Stono View Plantation at River and Fishland roads on Johns Island are expected to be for sale by spring 2014. About the tract:
125 acres
165 homes planned
245 grand trees on land
177 are grand live oaks
6 grand trees to be removed
2 are red oaks
2 are maples
1 is a magnolia
1 is a live oak
Tim Keane, Charleston's director of Planning, Preservation & Sustainability
The trees distinguish the island as unique and give it a claim to fame, he thinks. Its most renowned, the Angel Oak, has stood for perhaps 500 years.
So when developers knocked down a 49-inch-wide live oak across from his River Road home, Green and other residents fumed.
More than six years ago, Charleston city officials approved the cutting of the tree and two smaller ones a mile south of Maybank Highway. It was all in the name of a 165-house subdivision that later stagnated with the housing market's downfall.
A developer recently bought the land and revived the project. But residents had all but forgotten about it until the saws, grinders and excavators revved up this week and poked a hole in the canopy.
"I knew it was going to happen eventually," Green said. "I had seen the plans on paper, but when you see the grand old oak trees toppled within minutes, it's very disturbing."
The plight of Green and like-minded islanders writes the latest chapter in the struggle between developers, politicians and residents to balance urban growth with environmental preservation. But officials insist that developers will cut few trees, protect the ones still standing and plant others to mitigate what's lost.
The tree removal incensed some residents, many of whom vented on the Facebook page for Nix 526, the group opposed to extending the interstate to Johns Island. They posted photos and comments berating Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, who has pushed the Interstate 526 completion project.
"Citizens have the right to say what they want," Riley said. "But the city works hard and carefully to develop the island in the most environmentally sensitive manner.
"What they've done in this case is extremely responsible."
Tim Keane, who directs the city's planning division, said the plans for Stono View Plantation included input from an arborist.
A survey of the 125-acre tract tallied 245 "grand" trees, defined as ones at least 24 inches in diameter. Only six of them, including one oak, were slated for removal to make way for homes or roads. Ninety-eight percent were spared, he said.
Critics suggested that 11 such trees were being slashed, a number that confounded Keane.
The grand oak cut down near the subdivision's planned entrance along River Road was in the state Department of Transportation's right of way, he said. It was diseased and largely rotten at its base.
After an arborist examined the oak, Keane said, it had to be removed for the safety of motorists driving by. A storm could have easily blown it down.
"This left a gap in the canopy, so it's understandable that people are seeing that and freaking out," Keane said. "But most of the site planning had to do with protecting as many trees as they could. They did a pretty darned good job of it."
'Matter of when'
The master plan for Stono View Plantation garnered initial approval in August 2005 from Charleston City Council.
During the next two years, city officials met and sorted out some of the details.
Green opposed the development from the start, he said. It's likely to cause an influx of traffic on River Road — about 300 cars a day, he said — and he doesn't think the two-lane street can handle it.
He's also against widening the road, and a plan to add a left-hand turn lane would eat up at least 12 feet of his own property and the azaleas and camellias on it.
"People have to go to the meetings," Green said. "Their government can be pretty sneaky ... and you have to dig through that information."
Keane said the plan went through the proper procedures. Developers didn't go about it "willy-nilly," as some critics have suggested, he added.
In addition to the 49-incher, experts considered knocking down 60- and 50-inch-wide oak trees along River Road. But only one had to be taken out.
"Once that tree got surveyed and it was known that it was diseased, it was coming out," Keane said. "It was just a matter of when."
At the site last week, Cole Gaither drove his pickup through the large swath that has already been cleared. Mud clung to the truck's tires.
Gaither is the developer.
He and his business partner had been courting the previous landowner for two years, he said. Though permits had been issued, the plan never came to fruition because of the economic recession.
They finally bought the property earlier this year, he said, at a reasonable price that will be passed on to potential buyers. The homes will offer access to the Stono River — a luxury not typically offered in a house under $300,000, he said.
Gaither lives just two properties south of the new community at River and Fishland roads, so he said he's also concerned about how the area looks.
A hefty sum is being spent to protect the trees and nearby wetlands, he said. The community also will give a nod to surrounding habitats by incorporating hiking trails.
"We wanted to save as many trees as we can," Gaither said. "Unfortunately, one of these was not going to make it."
Workers bumped the tree with a piece of equipment, and it was so rotted that most of it tumbled down.
'Looks hideous'
It's not the first time trees have been the source of ire on Johns Island.
Communities planned on land adjacent to the Angel Oak, the multi-tentacle tree beloved to many, has faced stiff opposition. Such development could choke off the massive tree's water supply, critics said — a theory that planners have long disputed.
But Samantha Siegel, who helps run the Save the Angel Oak website, said a movement to preserve trees and oppose the "constant threat of development" has largely succeeded.
"The largest oaks, all the trees are timeless," she said. "They bring you back in time and make you feel like you could have been on that street in 1800."
Marvin Wagner, the city councilman for the Charleston area of Johns Island, said he was mindful of residents' concerns. But none of them had contacted him about their beefs, he said.
He vowed to listen, but he called for cool heads to prevail.
"There's two sides to Johns Island: One is protecting it; the second is that it's the only way the city can go for progress and development," he said. "Weighing the two is a delicate issue."
Many who have joined the cause share a disgust for extending the interstate's reach onto Johns Island. But proponents of the I-526 plan think the highway could relieve traffic on other streets, such as River Road.
Thomas Legare, who runs Legare Farms about 5 miles to the south, helped ignite the hubbub over the River Road trees by posting on the Nix 526 Facebook page.
He lamented the prospect of a dense neighborhood on Johns Island, though the developer said that's a way to avoid suburban sprawl.
While it's too late for the River Road trees, Legare said he wanted to rally support and prevent similar removals. He said the grand oak could have been saved with a little care.
"It was a nice tunneled canopy along here," Legare said. "And now it's a big open gap. It looks hideous."
Rita Bachmann lives across from the development. She stood on the roadside last week and got pelted with raindrops
Vegetation on the other side of the street blocks her home's view of the construction — the only comfort she says she gets. But she worried that any widening of the road could claim that too.
And it's all happening so quickly, she said. The developer plans to offer the first homes for sale in spring 2014.
"It takes 100 years to produce these trees," Bachmann said, "and just a day to take them down."
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.
Thomas Legare looks through the tree canopy over River Road on Johns Island.×
Taken earlier this week, this photo shows the 20-foot-tall section, at left, that remained of a 49-inch-wide live oak tree at River Road and Fishland Road before it was completely removed the next day. Some Johns Island residents said cutting trees to make way for the Stono View Plantation housing development is threatening the island's character. (STEVE GREEN/PROVIDED)×
This 5-year-old photo shows a 49-inch-wide live oak tree that leaned over River Road near Fishland Road on Johns Island. City officials said the tree was cut this week as part of a developer's plan to build the Stono View Plantation community. But it also was rotting and posed a danger to the road and traffic, they said. Some residents said the removal of the tree and others like it threatens Johns Island's character. (STEVE GREEN/PROVIDED)×
On Thursday, June 20, 2013, Thomas Legare examines the stumps left after trees were cut down along River Road on Johns Island, where he thinks the removal to make way for the new Stono View Plantation community near Fishland Road is threatening the island's character. (ANDREW KNAPP/STAFF)×
Taken earlier this week, this photo shows the 20-foot-tall section, at left, that remained of a 49-inch-wide live oak tree at River Road and Fishland Road before it was completely removed the next day. Some Johns Island residents said cutting trees to make way for the Stono View Plantation housing development is threatening the island's character. (STEVE GREEN/PROVIDED)×
Thomas Legare examines the stumps left after trees were cut down along River Road on Johns Island, where he thinks the removal to make way for the new Stono View Plantation community near Fishland Road is threatening the island's character.×
Taken earlier this week, this photo shows the 20-foot-tall section (left) that remained of a 49-inch-wide live oak tree at River Road and Fishland Road before it was completely removed the next day.×


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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
As reported by the Charleston County Sheriff's office earlier today, Charleston County detectives arrested and charged Dezerea S. Shelton (1090 Berkeley Street in Hanahan) with one count of Obstruction of Justice and Misconduct in Office at approximately 10 a.m. today, according to Shawn R. Smetana, Media Relations Coordinator.
Click here to view a PDF of the arrest report.
Charleston County Government requested a Sheriff's Office investigation after being informed of complaints that Shelton, while serving as a call taker with the Charleston County Consolidated 9-1-1 Center, improperly handled calls for service.
No personal injuries have been reported as a result of Shelton's actions, and no other 9-1-1 Center employees were found to have been involved or associated with the incidents.
A release from the media relations office said that Shelton began her employment as a Consolidated 9-1-1 Center Telecommunicator on September 9, 2011, after successful completion of the County's background review, which included a criminal records check, polygraph and drug test. Shelton was released from County employment on Sept. 5, 2013.
Charleston County Administrator Kurt Taylor and Charleston County 9-1-1 Center Director Jim Lake have been involved in the investigation since the initial complaint.
"Emergency call taking is one of the most critical operations of county government," Taylor said. "It is crucial that the public have confidence that when they call for help, it will be sent immediately. I will not tolerate any employee's failure to perform duties that could affect public safety. We have a great 9-1-1 team with outstanding leadership and training. It is unfortunate that this individual failed to do her job."
The County has already increased the level of internal reviews for 9-1-1 calls.
"Although all calls have been stored for potential review, we have added end-of-shift reports that would more immediately show blank incidents. Each shift supervisor is now reviewing these reports at the end of their shift on a daily basis," said Jim Lake, Charleston County 9-1-1 Center Director. "Also, we will be conducting our random audits more frequently."
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This year Publisher's Weekly's list is a little more eclectic. Of course Tina Fey's Bossypants and my favorite pop-lit book of the year, State of Wonder by Ann Patchett made the PW list, but so did a lot of other books I haven't heard of. I am pleased to note that one of my favorite Russian historians, Robert K. Massie has a new book out. 600 pages of Catherine the Great? Yes, please.
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Three or four minutes after Pam Tymchak of East Amherst completed the Boston Marathon, as she was swept along in a sea of fellow runners away from the finish line and toward the buses that held her bag, she heard the first of two loud blasts.
As gray smoke billowed from the scene of the explosions, and police began rushing to help the scores of wounded, she shuddered to consider how narrowly she had escaped injury.
"All I could think of was if I had stopped to walk at one more water stop, I would have been right there," Tymchak, 51, a homemaker and mother of two who has run seven marathons, said in an interview. "It was way too close for comfort."
Tymchak was one of about 70 area runners who took part in the Boston Marathon, part of a group of 23,000 runners and thousands of additional race volunteers, supporters and spectators who saw the event shattered by a pair of bomb blasts that killed three and wounded dozens more.
It's not believed anyone from this area was injured, though some Buffalonians were within several hundred feet of the finish line area when the blasts went off. They were all shaken by the horror of the attack on a race that binds the running community and the City of Boston.
"Boston Marathon is the Super Bowl of marathons and such a tradition. So many people each year work hard to achieve the opportunity to run the race. So for this to happen is such a shame and cowardly move by these [bombers]," said Dennis Brinkworth III, 51, a Buffalo restaurateur, who finished 35 minutes before the blasts ripped through the crowds.
The bombs went off about four hours after the marathon began. Kathy Borzynski Reynolds, who had finished about 15 minutes earlier, was walking toward a gathering area to meet a friend when she heard the two explosions about 15 seconds apart.
"As soon as you saw the smoke rising from the ground, you knew something was wrong," Reynolds, 45 and an occupational therapist from Amherst, said in a phone interview.
Cellphone service was not available in the area around the marathon, so Reynolds had to walk a considerable distance before she could get a signal and let her family know she was OK.
Glenn Kaifas, the owner of the Fitness 360 gym in North Buffalo, was in Boston to coach and support the members of a running program who were taking part in the marathon, and he was waiting for team members in the post-race gathering area.
"We were just around the corner from the blast," Kaifas said by phone, describing a chaotic and frightening scene. "EMTs and police officers and fire trucks are just zinging all over the place."
Bob Kaminski, a member of Western New York Finish Line Services, was working security at a VIP tent near the finish line when he heard the explosions.
"We didn't know what it was. People thought it was a piece of equipment, a generator, that went off," said Kaminski, who said police evacuated the tent to make room for the injured.
Chris Campbell, an Orchard Park native and senior at Suffolk University in Boston, was on a training run for the school's baseball team a few blocks from the finishing area for the marathon when he and his teammates saw a large crowd moving toward them.
They didn't see or hear the blasts, but they soon saw a swarm of ambulances heading toward the bombing scene.
Campbell said he and some friends had gone to the finishing line area last year and hung out for a couple of hours watching the marathon. They would have done the same this year – because classes were canceled for Patriots Day – except their coaches informed them they had to attend an afternoon practice.
"If we didn't get a text this morning, we would be right there," Campbell said later Monday.
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1. Bodyguard
2. Bad ass
Two "jackets" come pimpin' outta the club, followed by their boss: six-foot, two inches and 170 pounds of pure, unadulterated pussy from heaven. I knew then I was in love. . . .
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Prison file containing all information on a prisoner or also can mean their reputation. Prisoners can put false jackets on other prisoners to discredit them.
"He's a child molester, it's in his jacket"
লিখেছেন- x 23 de জুলাই de 2003
someone who raises some one else child as his own with or without knowing
ian beale or any other sap
does he know that kid aint his why is he being a jacket
does he know that kid aint his why is he being a jacket
লিখেছেন- nezzman 13 de জানুয়ারি de 2008
A child raised by a man in the belief that he/she is his own child but is actually not his biologically.
Tom spent so much money on that dress for the father/daughter ball he's taking Susie to. If only he knew that her real dad was actually Jack. It's always sad to see a guy raising a jacket.
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a light coat worn in spring or fall
what your idea of a perfect date?
april 23 its not to hot and its not to cold its perfect for a light jacket
~miss congeniality
april 23 its not to hot and its not to cold its perfect for a light jacket
~miss congeniality
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A slang term for police (pigs).
I'm tired of these motherfucking jackets.
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Having a wank. (Usually occurs around 10 times a day.)
Do not disturb, Jacket is having a jacket.
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quote: Hence why 360 development is far easier than PS3 development.
quote: Maybe to some, which has done nothing to inhibit PS3 development.
quote: Let's leave 2007 behind us. That horse died a long time ago.
quote: No...your point was deliberately vague as to imply that the 360 has outsold the Wii in total.
quote: Are you sure about that? Aside from the Blu-Ray capability, the PS3 went about 3 years before releasing a game title that was worth a damn.
quote: To this day when it actually comes to exclusive game titles, you HAVE to say the XBox simply trounces the PS3 on that front.
quote: Microsoft dethroned the Wii this year, placing as the top selling console. And we already knew that the Xbox has ALWAYS had more game sales than the PS3. So I really don't see where you are basing your opinion.


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It's been a roller-coaster year for Doris Chen, but a year with more ups than downs. The 20-year-old native of Chinese Taipei helped Southern Cal win the NCAA women's golf championship, made it to the final of the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links, made the cut in the U.S. Women's Open and now is headed to the semifinals of the U.S. Women's Amateur.
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TODAY'S SCHEDULE: Semifinal matches begin at 10 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.
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PARKING: No parking at the Country Club. Public parking is available at the vacant space located at Folly Road and Albemarle Road, with shuttles running every 15 minutes from 5:15 a.m. until 9 p.m.
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Chen scored a 4 and 3 quarterfinal victory Friday over Lauren Diaz-Yi and exacted a small amount of revenge for what happened in the final of Public Links championship. In June Diaz-Yi beat Chen, 10 and 9, in the 36-hole final. It was the largest margin of victory in the history in the Public Links.
Also advancing Friday were Yueer Cindy Feng, who beat Annie Park, 6 and 4; Alison Lee, a 4 and 3 winner over Katelyn Sepmoree; and Emma Talley, who beat Su-Hyun Oh in 19 holes. The Golf Channel had to love the Talley-Oh match, the only one lasting past 5 p.m. and the only match that made it to the 18th hole. It ended at 6:15 p.m. when Oh, the No. 2-ranked women's amateur player, missed a three- to four-foot putt on the first extra hole (No. 10) that would have extended the match.
Chen will face Feng at 10 a.m. in Saturday's first semifinal, while Lee will meet Emma Talley at 10:15 a.m.
There has been a change in Sunday's schedule because of the potential for bad weather. The first round of the scheduled 36-hole final will start at 8 a.m., and the second 18 will begin at 1 p.m.
The Public Links might not have been the motivating factor Chen needed Friday, but she certainly had not forgotten about it.
"I thought about it. Yesterday people were asking me about it," said Chen, who in 2010 beat Goose Creek's Katelyn Dambaugh in the final of the U.S. Girls' Junior.
Chen explained that she had pushed herself too hard at the Public Links in an effort make a break-through.
"Not that Lauren's not a good player. She's great. I was upset that I didn't even perform," Chen said.
Chen's match with Diaz-Yi did not get off to a good start. She hit her approach over the green and lost the hole. But Chen squared the match on the next hole and birdied the par-3 third hole to take a 1-up advantage.
Diaz-Yi won the par-5 fifth with a bogey to square the match again, but Chen went on a run and won the final three holes on the front nine to take a 3-up advantage, winning 7 with a birdie, 8 with a par and 9 with a birdie.
Chen and Diaz-Yi added another chapter in the history of the storied par-3 11th, halving the hole with double bogeys.
Diaz-Yi hit her tee shot into the left bunker and then saw her shot from the sand trickle down the steep false front.
Chen hit her tee shot to the back of the green with a front pin position and then putted the ball too hard, with it rolling past the hole and down the false front.
Diaz-Yi, who missed a bogey putt that would have won the 11th, also missed an opportunity at 12 when she failed to get up and down while Chen three-putted.
The 13th was halved with pars, Chen scored a dagger with a birdie on 14 to go 4-up and dormie in the match, and Chen closed the deal with a solid par on the 15th.
Chen said she was shocked at the 11th hole, and that she simply misjudged the speed of the green.
"I think I played pretty well," Chen said. "I made a couple of little mistakes because I think the pin placements were harder. Today was windy."
Diaz-Yi, who will be a freshman at the University of Virginia, said she left herself short too many times.
"I definitely could have won 11 and 12 back to back," she said. "I didn't capitalize on the opportunity. The front nine was kind of steady. At the end she stuck like three shots and capitalized on those birdies. I didn't make as many birdies but that's golf. I had a pretty good week. Getting this far is a big accomplishment. Doris going to the semifinals, it's going to be awesome to see her play there. I wish her the best of luck."
Doris Chen, Chinese Taipei, celebrates after sinking her putt during the 113th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship on Friday.×
Doris Chen, Chinese Taipei, celebrates after sinking her putt during the 113th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Friday, Aug. 9, 2013 at the Country Club of Charleston. (Paul Zoeller/postandcourier.com)×
Alison Lee of Valencia, Calif., drives the ball on the 10th hole during the 113th U.S. Women's Amateur Championship Friday at the Country Club of Charleston.×


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The host has often denied requests to hear him croon on the Fox reality singing competition. On Wednesday, however, he finally gave in at the season finale, where Jena Irene Asciutto and Caleb Johnson duked it out for the top prize.
During the two-hour live show – which featured performances by Kiss, Demi Lovato, Paramore and all three of the show's judges, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr. – Seacrest braved the Nokia Theater stage to sing the first few lines of "Right Here Waiting" before being joined by Richard Marx on the piano.
"I apologize," Seacrest told the audience after getting his "moment in the sun."
"My prediction? You're going to have a record deal before this night is over," joked Harry Connick, Jr.
Seacrest's reply? "I hope not." In part, perhaps, because the longtime TV personality came down with a good old-fashioned case of stage fright.
As Marx told PEOPLE after the performance, Seacrest "was a nervous wreck."
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PRICELESS!!!!!!!— irma rojas (@irmarojas19) May 22, 2014
Just discovered how deeply Ryan Seacrest can't sing. He apparently sold his singing ability to the hosting devil. #Idol— Mike Roe (@MikeRoe) April 10, 2014
Ryan seacrest is singing? DREAM COME TRUE @RyanSeacrest @AmericanIdol #IdolFinale— Kellie DiMaggio (@KellieDiMaggio) May 22, 2014
Say what you want about @RyanSeacrest, him "singing" tonight was something too few celebrities would do. That was awesome. #IdolFinale— DudesReviewIdol (@DudesReviewIdol) May 22, 2014
Ryan Seacrest is singing on the #IdolFinale! I repeat, RYAN SEACREST IS SINGING!!!!! Best moment in @AmericanIdol history!— Erin McClory (@ErinMae21) May 22, 2014


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Corporate welfare is thriving in New York
Albany applauds corporate welfare. Albany Molecular Research (AMRI), the Maid of the Mist, and the Buffalo Bills are all cases of corporate welfare conducted at the taxpayers' expense.
In a back-room deal approved by the WNY Regional Economic Council, AMRI received $50 million as part of Albany's Buffalo Billion plan. The Investigative Post and the Albany Business Review report that AMRI lost $112 million in the past three years and it will create only a "fraction" of the 250 jobs promised. We are told by Albany that it is investing our money, not spending it. Are 50 jobs worth $1 million apiece?
According to the Niagara Falls Reporter, the Maid of the Mist contract to James Glynn is a sweetheart deal. Glynn received a no-bid contract from Albany while a bid by Hornblower Cruises to pay an estimated $100 million more was ignored. Why was a no-bid contract concerning public property granted when a better offer existed?
The Buffalo Bills' lease requires taxpayers to pay $95 million to renovate Ralph Wilson Stadium. Wilson will pay only $35 million for the renovation, although he nets $30 million to $40 million annually. Why are taxpayers being blackmailed to subsidize a successful enterprise such as the Bills? Will there be an open bid to renovate the stadium, or will the bid go to a well-connected developer?
Why are local elites and the state government allowed to pick the winners in the economy using taxpayer money? Why are there no referendums on how our money is spent? Why not make the cost of doing business less expensive by reducing state spending and taxes, and by curtailing the influence of the state bureaucracy over the economy? The public rejects Albany's ties to special interests, but when it is put into practice, the applause is deafening.
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West Virginia's 2012-13 fiscal year for state government operations ended June 30 with a $90.6 million budget deficit....
Can someone please tell me who the Republican's are going to run against Casey? I do not believe that the Republicans will allow a solid red district a chance to go blue with the likes of Alex Mooney, Larry V. Faircloth, Robert Lawrence Fluharty and Jim Moss as their nominee.
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Another critical factor was the decision by Congress to extend the so-called "bonus depreciation" for another year. This caused corporation income and business franchise taxes to come in at only $238 million - some $10 million less than expected.
they got a break, but our real estate taxes INCREASED!! ..so much for the Party in charge being for the little guy!!!
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how is everyone and whas new, E.G mods rules ect.
im hoping i can stay on here longer this time insted of just disappearing on you guys theres many i remember and miss and im just wanting to sayi m back though some might be new and not remember me or know me. But hoping there is a few fimilar faces and can we still do custom photo cause i did an edit i want >.< ahah cheers.
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And welcome back, i don't know you but whatever ey....
and forty-two, how long did that take you?...30 minutes..45?
you need to find something more productive to do with your time.
you could have made me a sandwich and mailed it to me, now thats time well spent.
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xD and im glad you remember me i mean how can you not after stalking all my posts
In a way i guess it is, but then again i noticed i posted a lot of topics regarding my return thus i can to the fact that i shall not post anymore topics of me returning if i tend to disappear again so fourty-two wont have to locate the links and make feel look stupid.
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Enduring Shift in Supply/Demand, or a Profitable Trade?
In the global rice market, a big and surprising buyer has emerged: China.
For decades, China's booming rice production enabled it to sell far more rice than it bought. But the world's biggest consumer of the grain has become a major importer.
In 2012, the country bought a record 2.6 million tons of milled rice, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That was a sharp acceleration of a trend started in 2011, when China bought 575,000 tons. China had been a net importer of rice in just four of the previous 50 years.
The move has caused confusion and debate within the rice industry as analysts and traders try to determine the reason behind the sudden demand and what it may mean for food prices and the global economy.
Some analysts said they believe the buying spree is being driven by soaring demand from Chinese consumers. They say that even though China has bolstered production for nine years in a row, it isn't enough to feed its population. If true, the purchases may be the beginning of a major, enduring shift in the global rice market. They say this could spark worries about whether there is enough of the staple to go around, keeping prices elevated.
"If this year's pace continues, the concern is whether the rest of the world will be able to make up for the shortage of China's rice demand," said Cheng Fang, a senior economist at the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization, or FAO.
Others suggest there is a simpler reason. They say prices for rice set by the Chinese government are much higher than equivalent grades on the global market. That is creating a profitable trade for Chinese buyers who scoop up the rice from places such as Vietnam, Pakistan and India and then sell it at higher prices at home.
The trade has become more profitable in recent months. In mid-December, the average import cost for Vietnamese rice was about $410 a ton, and similar rice could be sold in China for about $635 a ton, traders said.
"You've essentially got two split markets," where farmers sell to the government but consumers buy from overseas, said Thomas Pugh, a commodities economist at Capital Economics, a London-based research firm. As a result, a lot of the government-purchased rice has been stockpiled, instead of being processed and consumed, he said. Once the price gap narrows, the imports will fall back.
Whichever argument is correct has big implications for rice prices. If the demand is driven by rising consumption, the shift could propel rice prices higher over the next few years or decades, analysts said. If the purchases are a response to government pricing policies, it could leave global prices vulnerable should those policies reverse.
For now, prices are most often set between governments and large merchants. In the U.S., the rice-futures contract has been moving in a narrow range for the past year, largely because China doesn't buy rice from the U.S. Some U.S. rice farmers have noticed and are pushing the USDA and Chinese authorities to allow U.S. rice to be sold in China.
The direction of prices is important because rice is the main staple of more than half the world's population, making its price a focus of attention for world economists.
A rise in rice prices also tends to drive up prices of other grains such as wheat and corn.
In 2008, a spike in rice prices triggered price increases in other major grains, which led to a global food crisis, sparking riots and political turmoil in many countries.
Most rice-consuming countries are big producers, too, leaving the global trade at just a small fraction of total production. In 2012, only 37.3 million tons of rice changed hands, representing 7.7% of global supply, FAO said. China consumes about 140 million tons a year, so any swing in its trade would have a huge impact.
Some analysts at the FAO are trying to get a better read on China's rice stockpiles. They say the rising imports, and high domestic prices, suggest that stockpiles may not be as high as previously thought.
The rising imports have caused the FAO to question its own estimate of China's rice inventories. Currently, the group projects that China will have 93.7 million tons of rice in storage at the end of September. This would be enough to feed China for 8.5 months—the highest on record.
"We think the estimate is probably too high," Mr. Fang said, adding that the FAO is working with the Chinese government and will revise the data after conducting field surveys and analyses. There is no official data on China's grain stockpiles, as much is hoarded by individual farmers and difficult to count.
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One of the Buffalo Bills' most reliable players over the last four seasons is now a former member of the team.
Just minutes after the start of the NFL free-agency period Tuesday afternoon, guard Andy Levitre agreed to a contract with the Tennessee Titans, according to several media reports, the first of which came from ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The Tennessean reported the deal to be for six years and worth up to $46.8 million, a massive investment.
The average yearly salary of $7.8 million makes Levitre the fourth-highest paid guard in the NFL behind Tampa Bay's Carl Nicks ($9.5 million), New England's Logan Mankins ($8.5 million) and New Orleans' Jahri Evans ($8.1 million).
A 2009 second-round draft pick, Levitre, 27, started all 64 games he played for the Bills. Over the last 46 games, he didn't missed a single snap.
The Bills, however, had not presented a contract offer to Levitre as of the start of this month.
"It's an exciting time for me, being able to have this opportunity," Levitre told The News earlier this month. "This position that I'm in, it's once-in-a-lifetime for a lot of people. I don't know if this'll ever happen to me again.
"It would be in the Bills' best interests to at least throw me an offer to see if we can get this thing rolling. There's a lot of unknown for me."
Whether the Bills eventually did make an offer to Levitre is not known.
He did not return a call from The News on Tuesday.
The Bills have another unrestricted free agent guard in Chad Rinehart, and have to be mindful of the fact center Eric Wood is entering the final year of his contract.
They re-signed guard Kraig Urbik last season to a four-deal that could pay him as much as $15 million.
While durable, Levitre has never made a Pro Bowl or All-Pro team in his professional career.
Guards do not usually collect big salaries compared to tackles on the offensive line, but the Titans deemed Levitre worthy of an exception to that rule.
Tennessee gave up 39 sacks last season, 12th most in the NFL, and ranked just 21st in rushing with former 2,000-yard runner Chris Johnson.
The 6-foot-2, 305-pounder came to Buffalo as the 51st overall selection in 2009 out of Oregon State.
He was the Bills' highest-rated offensive lineman, according to advanced statistics compiled by the website Pro Football Focus, with a positive rating of 17.3. Levitre graded out much higher in his pass blocking, at 15.7, than he did in his run blocking (-0.7).
Bills General Manager Buddy Nix was asked about re-signing Levitre at last month's NFL Scouting Combine.
"It's important for us to keep all three of those guys," Nix said, referring to Levitre, safety Jairus Byrd (who was given the franchise tag) and cornerback Leodis McKelvin (who was re-signed). "It's the nature of the business. Sometimes you can't keep them all. We'll try. We'll try to see what a guy's value is to us and then we stick to that. If his value is more to somebody else, good luck for him and good for him."
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Integrity testing filters post-use is a regulatory requirement for products labeled sterile. The bubble point (BP) test is an industry-accepted nondestructive method for testing sterilizing-grade filters for integrity. The BP test is defined as the minimum test pressure at which the liquid within the pore structure of a wetted membrane is forcibly removed from the largest pores by overcoming the capillary forces of those pores. Therefore, the BP depends on the effective diameter of the largest pores. If the observed or measured BP is higher than the validated minimum BP value, then the membrane is within its specification (integral) and sterility of the filtrate is guaranteed.
Small venting hydrophobic filters—like the Midisart® 2000—are utilized on single-use bags, bioreactors, fermenters, and carboys. To ensure the contents of the container remains sterile, a post-use bubble point integrity test is performed on the vent filter. Since the membrane (PTFE) is highly hydrophobic, and not wettable using water only, a low surface tension mixture of isopropanol alcohol (IPA) and water (at a 60/40 ratio) is used as the wetting medium. These small vent filters require ~20 mL of the IPA/water mixture to completely wet the membrane prior to bubble point testing.
Most filters that are post-use integrity tested use an automated instrument (e.g., Sartocheck 4 Plus) to perform BP testing, thereby eliminating the subjectivity associated with human interpretation from the test results. Each automated instrument filter test can take approximately 10–15 minutes to execute. For pharmaceutical sites with large quantities of small area filters, integrity testing can pose a processing bottleneck.
Sartorius Stedim Biotech's Midisart Test Manifold 10X (Figure 1) enhances productivity by allowing small filter surface area devices to be securely connected in parallel up to 10 ports. It can be wall mounted or placed on a cart.
The use of a filter integrity test manifold that can test up to 10 filters simultaneously, significantly reduces the amount of operator time by ~85% in comparison to individually testing each filter without compromising the accuracy of the test.
To prove the accuracy of using this testing method, individual (0.45 μm and 0.2 μm) filters were each manually wetted with the IPA/water mixture using a syringe and bubble point tested using the integrity test instrument.
Midisart 0.45 μm filters have a minimum bubble point of 0.9 bar, and 0.2 μm filters have a minimum bubble point of 1.4 bar. Figure 2 shows the individual results of the trials where the 0.45 um filter observes a bubble point at ~1.2 bar. The 0.2 μm filters observe bubble point at ~1.65 bar.
Figure 3 observes the ability of the instrument to detect a failure. This can be observed by performing one test using 10 Midisart 2000 0.2 μm filters and then repeating the same test using nine Midisart 0.2 μm filters and one Midisart 0.45 μm filter. The inherently lower BP of the Midisart 0.45 μm filter is used to represent a defective 0.2 μm filter and the integrity test instrument will observe a failed test run with a bubble point of 1.2 bar (passing results >1.4 bar). In Figure 3, the purple colored line shows the test run when nine 0.2 μm filters and one 0.45 μm filter were used on the manifold.
Additionally, small hydrophilic or hydrophobic filter surface areas (5 cm2–300 cm2) were also bubble point tested individually and in parallel using a Sartocheck 4 Plus filter integrity test instrument with similar results. This manifold allows the operator to select how many filters to test at one time using individual ball valves to isolate test and nontest ports.
Once each filter is wetted with an appropriate solvent, the connection to the filter is made securely by inserting the inlet of the filter to the valve port of the manifold. The male connector allows for a secure fit when testing hose barb inlet fittings. Connections are commercially available for a secure fit to other small filter devices that allow the end-user the ability to retrofit various filter assembly fittings (luer lock, 1/2" sanitary, hose barb) to fit securely to this manifold.
Vent filters like Sartorius Stedim Midisart 2000 filters can be wetted with 20 mL of IPA/water mixture (60/40 ratio) using a syringe. Other filter devices can be wetted with the appropriate solvent prior to testing.
To minimize retesting and identify a nonintegral filter, tubing can be attached to the downstream side of each filter set-up and placed within a water reservoir. As the manifold is initially pressurized during the pressure increase phase, non-integral filters will exhibit large gas bubbles flowing out of their individual tubes and the respective ball valve(s) can be turned off allowing the test to continue to the end. Following the completion of the test, these specific nonintegral filters can be rewetted and tested again. Using this setup method can reduce the number of integrity retests.
The use of a manifold allows the end-user flexibility of testing up to 10 filters versus individually integrity testing. This manifold can cut down on an operator's integrity testing time while accurately measuring filters integrity.
Wayne M. Garafola ([email protected]) is field applications specialist at Sartorius Stedim Biotech.
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The language school Académie Linguistique Charlemagne was founded in Montreal, Canada in 2005. The school is situated in the Quartier Latin/Plateau-Mont-Royal, between Saint-Denis and Berri streets, in the heart of downtown Montreal.
Cafeteria, kitchen for student use, microwave for student use, fridge for student use, computer lab, library, daily press, movie rental, free after-class access to language learning software, movie room, copy machine, printer for student use, free water dispenser
Facilities for disabled students
Wheelchair access to classroom, wheelchair access to reception
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TV, air conditioning, heating, ample natural light in all classrooms.
Accreditations and Quality seals
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Airport transfer
Best arrival airport is Pierre Elliott Trudeau (YUL). It takes 30 minutes by car to school.
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Adult courses throughout the year: 90
Junior courses in summer: 60
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Even with new regulations put in place after the financial crisis, we still have a pretty caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) approach to finance in this country.
Americans are mostly free to take out an adjustable rate mortgage with a crappy rate that will leave them eating ramen every night, or invest all their retirement savings in high-risk foreign stocks if they want to, based on the premise that consumers themselves are the best judge of what financial products are right for them.
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ROGERS - Village Council has learned any voluntary effort to dissolve the village would take the form of a ballot issue and need voter approval.
That was the message delivered last week by Dave Thompson, assistant chief of local government services for the state auditor's office. He had been invited to the meeting by Councilman Mike Hunt to explain the process for dissolving the struggling village, should it come to that.
Thompson said only a citizen-initiated petition drive seeking dissolution of Rogers is allowed, with such a petition needing signatures from at least 40 percent of the village's registered voters who voted in the last election to get on the ballot. There are only 237 residents in the village.
If the voters agreed to dissolve the village, council would begin the process of selling and disposing of its assets, after which Rogers would become part of Middleton Township. The money from the sale of these assets would go to paying debts, including $57,000 owed for state audits dating back about 10 years, with the remaining assets transferred to the township.
The process can take anywhere from four months to over a year, depending on the complexity of village operations. "The village doesn't go away in one day," Thompson said.
He indicated the winding down of operations in Rogers would be less complicated because it has no water or sewer service. In fact, street lights are the only service residents would no longer receive if the village merged with the township, but Thompson said the people in Rogers could approve creating a light district, where they would be assessed a fee for keeping the street lights on.
"If that's something important to you, that's something that can be worked out," he said.
Should Rogers dissolve, the new operating levy passed several years ago by voters would go away, as would the other village taxes. Residents would then begin paying whatever township taxes are assessed.
Thompson has been involved in many successful dissolution processes, some initiated by angry citizens and others by village councils, who ask citizens to circulate petitions on their behalf. The latter usually occurs because of community apathy and inability to get people to serve on council and approve new taxes to provide extra revenue to keep the community functioning.
Although Rogers appears to be in decent shape financially, ending 2013 with a $20,000 balance after spending only $46,000 last year, village Fiscal Officer Dale Davis said they currently have only $1,700 in the general fund. The largest balance is in the now defunct mayor's court computer fund and would probably need a court order to be transferred to the general fund.
Thompson said the state auditor's office could dissolve the village, but this would require Rogers being declared in fiscal emergency and he does not know if they qualify at this point.
Should Rogers be placed in fiscal emergency, a five-year financial recovery plan would be drafted, and the state could decide to dissolve the village if it was unable to comply with terms of the recovery plan.
"So what you're saying is as long as we're able to pay our bills, we'll be fine," Hunt said.
Ultimately, the citizens will decide the fate of the village, by either voting to dissolve Rogers or approving new taxes to provide additional services, Thompson said.
There was only one citizen in the audience at the meeting, and he was there to address council on another issue.
"The people who need to hear this are the people who aren't here," Thompson said
"That's the problem," said Councilwoman Jayne Balmenti.
The feeling among the majority of council is they would like to keep the village operating and expand services, such as reinstating the police department instead of relying on the county sheriff's office and highway patrol. To do this, council has contemplated enacting a village income tax or hiring a company to operate a traffic camera system. In fact, a representative from the traffic-camera company, Optotraffic, has been invited back to council's March 10 meeting.


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New York Times Op-Ed by Marcus: Is Harlem 'Good' Now?
By Marcus Samuelsson | February 17, 2014
"For so long Harlem had just been an idea to me, found in books and music when growing up in Sweden and then working in France. It was Langston Hughes and Miles Davis, the Apollo and the Y, and Malcolm X sitting in a dark corner of Small's Paradise. It was the center of black culture, the center of cool, a place so remote to me in Europe that I could hardly imagine it. Now I was here, feeling it."
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ACCRA, 6 June 2012 – A workshop to raise awareness of the options to increase the productivity of cotton, the country's "white gold", including the possible introduction of biotechnology-derived, insect-resistant and herbicide-tolerant cotton, will be held in Accra from 11 to 12 June.
The workshop will help the Government of Ghana's cotton sector revival strategy which aims to improve the quality and quantity of cotton produced in the country.
The event will bring together officials from the Ministries of Trade and Industry, Food and Agriculture, and Environment, Science and Technology; cotton farmers from Ghana, Burkina Faso, India and South Africa; researchers; and representatives of local and international cottonseed companies, textile companies, financial institutions and Ghana's Export Promotion Authority and Standards Authority.
Considering world trends in cotton production and Ghana's contribution to cotton exports from West Africa, participants will discuss strategies to increase productivity and reduce production costs through the introduction of insect-resistant and/or herbicide-tolerant cotton; to introduce organic cotton production for niche markets and premium value; to further enhance quality through instrumental classification of cotton according to international standards; and to increase the income of cotton farmers and cooperatives through the processing and marketing of cottonseed by-products.
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William Peace Theatre: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
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Novel by Charles Dickens, Musical by Rupert Holmes
William Peace Theatre is delighted to present Drood (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), based on the unfinished Charles Dickens novel "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" and directed by Jason Dula, M.T.W., WPU's Artistic Director and Associate Professor of Musical Theatre.
Drood is written by Rupert Holmes, and was the first Broadway musical with multiple endings (determined by audience vote). Holmes received Tony Awards for Best Book and Best Original Score. The musical won five Tony Awards out of eleven nominations, including Best Musical & Best Leading Actor..
This wildly warm-hearted theatrical experience kicks off when the Music Hall Royale (a hilariously loony Victorian musical troupe) "puts on" its flamboyant rendition of an unfinished Dickens mystery.
The story itself deals with John Jasper, a Jekyll-and-Hyde choirmaster who is quite madly in love with his music student, the fair Miss Rosa Bud. Now, Miss Bud is, in turn, engaged to Jasper's nephew, young Edwin Drood.
Our title character disappears mysteriously one stormy Christmas Eve-but has Edwin Drood been murdered? And if so, then whodunnit?
Musical numbers include The Wage of Sin, Perfect Strangers, Both Sides of the Coin, Don't Quit While You're Ahead and Moonfall.
The giddy playfulness of this play-within-a-play draws the audience toward one of Drood's most talked-about features, which allows the audience to vote on the solution as prelude to the most unusual and hilarious finale!
Drood Is presented through special arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.
The musical runs Nov. 14-16/20-23 at 7:30 p.m. in Leggett Theatre, with a special Matinee performance on the 23rd at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: $18 Adults / $16 Senior Citizens / $16 Alumni / $16 Faculty & Staff / $5 Students / $5 Children
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The Rev. Nathaniel Irvin was a young pastor in Augusta when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to the city in 1963 the year of the I Have a Dream speech.
King returned in March 1968 and Irvin was happy to wait four hours to see him.
Just a few days later, I heard the news that Dr. King was dead, Irvin said in an interview several years ago. It would be overwhelming to be there in Atlanta. People were crying and we all felt a great sense of loss.
Now 83, Irvin still preaches at the Old Storm Branch Baptist Church, outside of North Augusta and not far from his birthplace. He also taught and served as an administrator in the Aiken County school system for many years.
Alpha Phi Alpha chapters hosted the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major Unity Breakfast on Saturday, honoring Irvin as the Drum Major Award recipient. Kings last sermon called on the drum major instinct to promote service and love.
In the earlier interview, Irvin described seeing a need to include the welfare of all people.
We cannot afford to be a black or white society, he said God is neither black or white America must be careful not to become a worshipper of material things. The wealth must be shared. If not, the richer will become richer and the poor will be poorer.
Irvin spent 14 years as a teacher and assistant principal at Jefferson High School, one of the countys all-black high schools. For nine years he served as a guidance counselor at LBC High School and helped integrate it. He himself had completed high school at a time when there were no free high schools in the area.
I didnt want to show partiality to black or white students, he said during the interview of his work at LBC. I knew what it was like to be left out. I was also very sensitive to those children with special needs.


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As the popular 1960s song states - and has become relevant when it comes to new traffic patterns in downtown Buckhannon -everybody needs stop, look around and see what's going down.
New four-way stop signs have been placed at the intersections of Main and Florida streets and Main and Spring streets as part of a state transportation study for improving traffic flow in the downtown area. But residents have complained that everybody isn't exactly stopping and looking around before proceeding through the intersection.
"I have heard stories of pedestrians nearly getting hit by cars, but I haven't witnessed any of that," Buckhannon Police Chief Matt Gregory said.
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Motorists approach a four-way stop at the intersection of Main and Florida streets in Buckhannon. The new traffic signal replaced the stoplights in September, and police officers will be ticketing those who do not come to a complete stop and those who do not yield the right of way to pedestrians.
Because of the change in traffic patterns and the anecdotal stories, the police department has been stepping up its traffic enforcement in the area.
Gregory said less than 10 citations have been issued for failing to stop or failing to yield to pedestrians. One minor accident was reported on the first day of the traffic pattern change.
"The change is something we need to get used to," he said. "Those lights were there for years and years and years. It has helped with the traffic flow."
Gregory said drivers must come to a complete stop at those intersections and always yield to those attempting to cross the street because pedestrians, according to state law, always have the right of way.
"If no pedestrians are present, the first vehicle to come to a complete stop has the right of way to proceed," the police chief said. "If there are no pedestrians present and all vehicles came to the intersection at the same time, the vehicle on the right has the right of way."
Gregory said there have been a few complaints at the intersection in front of City Hall because of the left turn lane. He said drivers have expressed their confusion as to who has the right of way when drivers are wanting to turn left, while others are wanting to continue through the intersection. Gregory said some drivers have said they cannot see a second car because of the car in the turn lane blocking their view.
Kevin Hoover told the Buckhannon City Council at a recent meeting that he appreciates the efforts in improving traveling on Main Street, adding he thinks the pedestrian issues will improve once people become accustomed to the change.
"It's going to take a little time for people to get used to it," he said. "During June when the storms took out power and we were a week without red lights, the traffic flowed in this town as good or better than it ever has. There were many people running around town trying to get gas, ice, food, whatever."
Mayor Kenneth Davidson said if that same type of attitude were applied to the current situation, he believes things will improve.
"A little bit of courtesy would go so far," he said. "People (need) to be just a little bit more courteous and respectful of pedestrians."
Gregory said there are other four-way stops at intersections scattered throughout Buckhannon, and traffic proceeds through those areas without problems. He said that should soon be the case in the downtown area.
"That is our hope," he said.
The traffic flow study is expected to conclude in the early spring.
Contact John Wickline by email at email@example.com.


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TULSA, Okla. — During more than two decades, Troy Dunn said he built a career by reuniting families — often adopted children with their birth parents.
He boasts of being a "reunion facilitator" for more than 40,000 meetings.
Dunn might be better known, though, as "The Locator," the name of the WE reality series he hosted for five seasons that documented such reunions. The show ended two years ago.
But his knack for tracking down members of disjointed families attracted criticism Thursday as his attempt to resolve the dispute over 3-year-old Veronica was dubbed a dangerous publicity stunt by one Cherokee Nation official.
But on a day when attorneys agreed to the need for a visit between Matt and Melanie Capobianco and Veronica — but not to any specifics — Dunn said he wanted to speed things along.
Twenty-four hours earlier, the Florida resident stood next to the Capobiancos during a news conference and pleaded with Dusten Brown to meet with him. By acting as a middleman between the James Island couple and the birth father, he hoped to reconcile their differences.
But critics said Dunn is far from impartial.
The Capobiancos' story caught his attention because of a personal connection. His adopted brother is an American Indian whose early childhood, like Veronica's, was thrown into legal limbo because his adoption was challenged under the Indian Child Welfare Act.
After his request to meet with Brown went unanswered, Dunn drove to the home where Brown was staying. He wouldn't discuss the location or how he knew of it.
But after Dunn and his camera crew entered the home's driveway, Cherokee Nation marshals intercepted his vehicle on the tribal property. The law officers relayed a message Dunn scribbled on his business card, but Brown declined his offer to meet.
"Attorneys are telling these families what kind of relationship they're supposed to have. That's not the way it's supposed to work," Dunn told The Post and Courier. "The families should sit down and have a conversation. But that's not how it's happening, and nothing is getting done."
But to Cherokee Nation Attorney General Todd Hembree, Dunn's arrival at Brown's location, which has been kept secret from the public because of privacy and safety concerns, amounted to a dangerous antic and distraction from reaching a compromise in the custody dispute.
Hembree said the home was on tribal school property, where Cherokee authorities enforce laws.
"Troy Dunn is injecting himself into a complex and emotional legal issue for which he sorely lacks any relevant skill set," Hembree said. "His shenanigans and grandstanding is purely for the cameras and self-promotion."
Last month a South Carolina judge finalized the Capobiancos' adoption after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Brown shouldn't have gotten custody of Veronica under the ICWA.
He has cared for the toddler for the past 19 months. Both are citizens of the Cherokee Nation, and tribal officials say she should stay close to her American Indian roots in Oklahoma.
Brown's attorney here, Clark Brewster, said he continued to work Thursday with the Capobiancos to set up a meeting that includes Veronica.
Oklahoma's governor has vowed to sign papers to extradite Brown to South Carolina, where he's wanted on a felony charge for not giving up custody of Veronica, unless Brown agrees to a visit.
"Before we get to the point for things to blow up, I'm going to try my very best to get this resolved," Brewster said. "We're trying hard to get common understanding for Veronica's best interest."
Dunn's role in the ordeal started 13 months ago, he said, when he read a story about the Capobiancos. He has spoken out against the ICWA's effects and appeared with the couple on the "Dr. Phil" show.
The Capobiancos were frustrated with the slow pace of the legal process, Dunn said, so he offered to help. The couple still wants Brown to be in Veronica's life, Dunn said, but they didn't know how to negotiate that role with the birth father.
Dunn denied taking any money for his efforts. He said his camera crew had filmed public events involving the Capobiancos, including Wednesday's news conference in downtown Tulsa, and some behind-the-scenes moments. He plans to create a documentary film "to educate others," he said.
But he had promised the Capobiancos not to film any meetings with Brown or Veronica. When he asked the Cherokee marshals to deliver the note to Brown on Thursday, he said, no cameras were rolling.
But the officers came back with a message from Brown that said, "I'm not interested in talking," according to Dunn.
"I'm not interested in being at the center of it or being a referee," Dunn said. "The faster I get out and let those three sit in a room, the better off everybody will be."
If Thursday's overture had turned out differently, Dunn said, "you'd be looking at a press release with a photo of those three and Veronica all smiling."
But just a visit might not be enough for the Capobiancos: They said they flew to Oklahoma to take Veronica home.
Flying back without her would be difficult, Matt Capobianco said.
But visiting her and returning without her, "I don't know," he said, shaking his head. "That would be tough."
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.
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NORTH BALTIMORE - When it came time to hand out awards to the 195-pounders Saturday at the Midland Athletic League Championships, there was the briefest pause.
Calvert assistant coach Rick Brodman had just given awards to Fremont St. Joe's Jake Widman for third and North Baltimore's Dalton Ishmael for second, but the podium's top step remained empty. However, Ishmael and Widman reached out and held the remaining plaque for champion Daniel Kwiat of Calvert while parents and fans snapped their picture.
Kwiat had earned his fourth consecutive MAL title a short time earlier, but it came at a price. The senior had his neck injured during a throw by Ishmael that officials said involved an illegal hold.
"There was no malice, there was no intentional move on (Ishmael's) part, there's no animosity toward Ishmael or North Baltimore," Calvert coach Keven Rinaman said later during a telephone interview. "It was just a freak accident.
"As soon as we got over there, we knew something was wrong," he said.
The injury occurred with 23.7 seconds left in a scoreless first period of the day's premier bout. Ishmael entered unbeaten after taking third at state at 195 pounds last year, while Kwiat finished fifth at state last year at the same weight and lost 6-4 earlier this year to Ishmael.
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Midland Athletic League
Carey 158 1/2, Hopewell-Loudon 129 1/2, Mohawk 93, Calvert 56 1/2, Seneca East 51, Lakota 50 1/2, Fremont St. Joe 49, North Baltimore 37, St. Wendelin 12
106 - Jeffrey Shook (SE) p. Cody Kuhn (Cal) 2:54
113 - John Brodman (Cal) tf. Chet Swartzmiller (H-L) 16-0
120 - Damion Vitt (H-L) d. Cole Williams (SW) 9-7
126 - Alex Brock (H-L) p. Caleb Tolento (L) 3:12
132 - Brayden Leist (Car) tf. Sean Vasquez (FSJ) 16-1
138 - Tyler Higgins (Car) d. Andrew Bickford (L) 9-7
145 - Alex Hoerig (M) d. Zack Brodman (Car) 8-2
152 - Cody Ferguson (Car) md. Zach Clouse (H-L) 15-4
160 - Zac Hrabac (H-L) tf. Austin Kelbley (M) 15-0
170 - Grant Price (M) p. Bryce Mullholand (Car) 1:36
182 - Lincoln Stansberry (Car) tf. Marshall Lucius (SE) 18-2
195 - Daniel Kwiat (Cal) disqualification Dalton Ishmael (NB)
220 - Corey Durbin (FSJ) p. Marcus O'Flaherty (Car) 2:59
285 - Jacob Moran (Car) p. Brice Bankey (NB) 1:07
106 - Bernie Somers (H-L) default
113 - Dakota Creager (L) default
120 - Kyler Dyer (Car) default
126 - Bye
132 - Kevin Lonsway (M) p. Colt Veres (SE) 1:31
138 - Dakota Magers (H-L) p. Kory Landrum (SE) 1:45
145 - Tristan Myers (H-L) default
152 - Mason Hammons (M) p. Jacob Schoen (SE) 4:40
160 - Austin Tschanen (Car) d. Tiger Jaso (L) 2-1
170 - Bobby Arriaga (L) p. Rob Park (SW) 1:49
182 - Elijah Bustillos (H-L) p. Austin Turner (SW) :52
195 - Jake Widman (FSJ) p. Zack Sauber (Car) 4:33
220 - Arin Mullins (M) p. David Bankey (NB) :21
285 - Coltan Hossler (H-L) p. Mac Flanagan (L) 4:35
Coach of the year: Ryan Pratt, Carey
Wrestler of the year: Grant Price, Mohawk
The pair went back and forth in Saturday's title match, with Ishmael locking up with Kwiat and throwing the Seneca senior to the mat just outside the outer ring.
The primary official awarded Ishmael two takedown points, but the secondary official saw otherwise, saying Ishmael used an illegal hold on the throw. He said Ishmael legally had his hands clasped on Kwiat's side at the start of the throw, but they illegally shifted to the middle of Kwiat's back during the throw.
After consulting, the officials waved off the takedown points and awarded Kwiat a penalty point.
Meanwhile, Kwiat tried to roll over to get up and couldn't, so he began patting his chest with one hand and signaling to his coaches with the other.
Coaches and medical personnel quickly moved in to help. Kwiat tried to sit up with assistance after that, but grimaced with pain and was lowered back to the mat.
As the minutes ticked by, Calvert teammates, coaches and family gathered around him, offering words of support amid tears while an ambulance was called.
Ishmael also joined the group briefly to speak with Kwiat, later saying he at first was unaware of how serious the injury was and hoped Kwiat would be able to continue.
"I was hoping he'd get up and finish the match," Ishmael said. "I was so pumped because I actually put him to his back ... . I knew I could do it again. I had a lot more energy against him and confidence when I was wrestling against him. But unfortunately he couldn't get back up and I wasn't able to do that."
Kwiat, with his head and neck immobilized, was ultimately wheeled away. He was originally taken to Wood County Hospital in Bowling Green before being transferred to Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo.
Rinaman said Kwiat was in a lot of pain Saturday night, but also in good spirits.
"No broken bones or anything. He still has movement in his arms and legs and everything," Rinaman said.
Since the injury occurred as the result of an illegal hold, Ishmael was disqualified and Kwiat was awarded the win for his fourth consecutive MAL title.
"That's a little bit of a solace," Rinaman said of Kwiat's fourth league crown. "Neither of his older brothers got it, and with the way the MAL is going (the league disbands after the 2013-14 season), his younger brother won't get it either. Small victory."
The race for the team title lacked the same kind of drama.
Carey beat Hopewell-Loudon 158 1/2-129 1/2 for its third championship in as many years after rolling up a 125 1/2-83 lead over the Chieftains heading into the final round.
Numbers helped both, with each team sending 11 wrestlers to the mats while no other league team had more than seven.
But talent also played a role. Five of the eight Blue Devils who reached the finals won championships, with two more earning thirds and another taking fourth.
And with the the big lead heading into finals, Carey coach Ryan Pratt said he knew the title was basically locked up.
"I figured it was pretty much out of reach then, nobody was going to catch us. We had a 50-point lead, basically, going into finals, that was huge," he said. "I knew in my head the number of wrestlers they had in [remaining]. They had one that was beat out and we had none [eliminated], so they were down to 10 wrestlers and we had 11 still in the top four [as placers]."
Brayden Leist and Tyler Higgins gave Carey back-to-back crowns at 132 and 138 pounds, with Cody Ferguson (152), Lincoln Stansberry (182) and Jacob Moran (285) also finishing first.
Of those five, only Higgins' match ended close, with him edging Lakota's Andrew Bickford 9-7.
Leist scored a 16-1 technical fall over Fremont St. Joe's Sean Vasquez, Ferguson had a 15-4 major decision over H-L's Zach Clouse, Stansberry rolled to an 18-2 tech fall over Seneca East's Marshall Lucius, and Moran stuck North Baltimore's Brice Bankey in 1:07.
Carey's seconds came from Zack Brodman falling 8-2 to Mohawk 145-pounder Alex Hoerig, Bryce Mullholand getting pinned by Mohawk 170-pounder Grant Price (1:36), and Marcus O'Flaherty getting pinned by Fremont St. Joe 220-pounder Corey Durbin (2:59).
Kyler Dyer (120) and Austin Tschanen (160) added thirds for the Blue Devils and Zack Sauber (195) took fourth.
"Kind of established now [as a program]," said Pratt, who was also named the MAL's top coach. "I've got a great group of coaches. I had five champions last year and I have five champions this year, and I had all five of my assistant coaches pass out awards just to show them that it's not just me. I'm not the only one who does it, I need help, too, and they're going to back me up in everything.
"I've seen improvement in the kids the entire season," he said. "It's not like we're putting it on cruise control, we're sticking to our guns, getting better every day in practice."
Hopewell-Loudon ended with three champions, two runners-up and five thirds.
The effort bumped the Chieftains from last year's sixth-place finish to this year's runner-up, but it also left them short of their potential, coach Travis Traxler said.
"I think we need to have kids performing to their utmost potential. We didn't do that. Congratulations to Carey, they did a nice job, but we need to execute," he said. "We have a young team, we only have one senior, and this is hopefully a building block.
"Our expectation is to win. We understand that doesn't always happen. Carey was the favorite coming in. They finished at the top, but we wanted to," he said. "Looking back, it's not a result we're happy with, but certainly something we can learn from and get better from."
The titles came from 120-pounder Daimon Vitt nipping St. Wendelin's Cole Williams 9-7, Alex Brock pinning Lakota 126-pounder Caleb Tolento (3:12) and 160-pounder Zac Hrabak blanking Mohawk's Austin Kelbley 15-0.
Chet Swartzmiller joined Clouse as a runner-up for H-L, falling 16-0 to Calvert's John Brodman in the 113-pound title match.
Bernie Somers (106), Dakota Magers (138), Tristan Myers (145), Elijah Bustillos (182) and Coltan Hossler (285) all ended third for H-L.
Mohawk finished third in the team standings with 93 points, while Calvert's four-man team held off Seneca East 56 1/2-51 for fourth. Lakota ended sixth (50 1/2), followed by St. Joe (49), North Baltimore (37) and St. Wendelin (12).
Seneca East's Jeffrey Shook pinned Calvert's Cody Kuhn (2:54) for the 106-pound crown.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Boone Hall Plantation has been included on USA Today's 10 Best Travel Section for "Homes For The Holidays."
The beauty of the Boone Hall Holiday Season will be unveiled Sunday at Wine Under the Oaks.
Enjoy Wine under the Oaks at Boone Hall Plantation Sunday Dec. 8. Gates open 12:30 until 5 pm. on the back lawn.
What started on the front lawn as a "casual but elegant" affair has now moved to the next level. The event was presented on Boone Hall's beautiful back lawn for the first time in 2012 and by all accounts was a huge success.
The growth contnues for 2013 and here's a list of what's included with admission.
Over 125 fine wine labels for sampling from over 20 wineries and distributors which is a huge increase from the 80 labels that were presented last year.
•Bubbles and Desserts with champagne samples provided by Biltmore Estate and desserts provided by Cypress Restaurant
•Food and wine pairing with complimentary samples provided by
•Boone Hall Farms and The Wine Shoppe
•Breads and Spreads with complimentary samples provided by Harris Teeter
•Oyster sampling provided by St. Jude Farms
•Wine and cooking demonstrations presented by some of Charleston's finest chefs in a portable kitchen provided courtesy of the Charleston Restaurant Association and The Culinary Institute
•Complimentary table seating on a first come first serve basis
•Live Entertainment by The Gullah Singers
•Live concert performance by legendary soul pioneer Booker T. Jones - formerly of Booker T. and The M.G.'s and 2010 and 2012 Grammy Award Winner for Best Pop Instrumental Album
• Artwork display by critically acclaimed artist Jonathan Green - Specially designed 10 year anniversary posters available for purchase
•Silent Auction that benefits the American Red Cross with a diverse selection of items up for bid
•Gourmet food selections from the menus of 12 of Charleston's finest restaurants that will be available for purchase at reduced prices.
•Special pricing on featured wines at World Of Wines retail tent
•Unique gift options exhibited by a number of specialty vendors
•The Plantation will be decorated in holiday décor and it is the perfect way to kick-off the holiday season. Wine Under The Oaks 2013 is one event you will want to make sure is circled on the holiday calendar that is not to be missed.
As holiday time rolls through the giant oaks at Boone Hall Plantation, Christmas comes alive with festivities, decorations and good old southern holiday hospitality, that is only befitting America's Most Photographed plantation.
"This time of year re-emphasizes how Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens is truly 'Unlike Any Other' as one of the leading tourist attractions in the Charleston Lowcountry," said Rick Benthall, director of marketing for the plantation.
There's plenty of beautiful Christmas trees in every room of the plantation's main floor - adorned in every size and shape of Christmas ornaments and decorations. But if you look closely, you will see some things that are unique about the decorations that are distributed all around.
There's a variety of very creative ornaments on one tree that is made with local sweetgrass. On another tree there are decorations made with cotton and berries grown right on the plantation.
There are wreaths made from magnolia tree leaves also grown on the historical grounds. The front entrance is decorated with arrangements that are filled with live fruit.
All the trees are live, and the fresh smells generated by them, fill the entire house. It's holiday decorating at its finest - an annual affair at Boone Hall.
The 2013 holiday decorations will be unveiled at the Wine Under The Oaks event on Sunday Dec. 8.
See others on the list at www.10best.com/interests/trip-pics/historic-homes-for-the-holidays.
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Columbia, S.C. - Stetson started the game strong, yet could not hold off #4 South Carolina and fell 11-5 Saturday night in the Columbia, South Carolina Regional. The Hatters dropped to 42-19 on the season, 1-1 in the tournament, and will now have a rematch with North Carolina State Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in an elimination game. The winner will move on to face USC (47-14) in the championship round at 7:00 p.m.
Mitchel Brennan (Orlando, Fla.) led Stetson's offense with a 2-for-4 night that included three RBI after his second home run of the tournament. Jeff Simpson (Valrico, Fla.), Robert Crews (Port Charlotte, Fla.) and Sean Emory (Miami, Fla.) also had two hits each for the Hatters.
Stetson's confidence was high for the first two innings. Starting pitcher Will Dorsey (Atlantic Beach, Fla.) was throwing well and had a pair of strike outs, and first baseman Trey Blackman (Altamonte Springs, Fla.) belted his first career home run in the top of the second to give Stetson a 1-0 lead.
The tide turned in the bottom of the third when Dorsey uncharacteristically lost his control and could not get it back. He surrendered six runs on three hits, three walks and a hit batter. The final Gamecock he faced, Robert Beary (Apopka, Fla.) punctuated the rally with a grand slam deep to left field.
The Hatters came back from a five-run deficit Friday against the N.C. State, yet when USC added four more runs in the bottom of the fourth it took most of the wind from Stetson's sails. The Hatters did score three runs in the seventh on Brennan's home run and added one more in the ninth on an RBI fielder's choice by Simpson.
One of the bright spots in the game was the work put in on the mound by Jimmy O'Neill (Bradenton, Fla.). He tossed the final three innings and held USC hitless and scoreless while striking out two and walking none.
Stetson will return to Carolina Stadium Sunday for a 1:00 p.m. game against N.C. State and then hope to move on to play USC in the 7:00 p.m. nightcap. Stetson fans can hear the games on Hatter Vision at GoHatters.com with Bill Topping calling the action.


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