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They grew up together, trained together and even helped the Coosaw Creek Crocodiles earn their first City Meet Championship together but the Bohon twins will part ways after high school.
On Wednesday Micah Bohon signed to swim for the University of Tennessee swim team while her brother Jeremiah Bohon signed to swim for the University of South Carolina swim team.
"It would have been nice to go to the same school as my brother and USC would have been closer to home but I decided overall Tennessee was the best place for me," Micah said. "The big thing is I like the family environment their swim team has. My club team has always felt like a family to me so I wanted to go to a place where there was a similar environment. Also over the past several years Tennessee has moved up a spot in the NCAA and SEC every year so I hope I can help them continue that trend."
The family environment she had both with the Mount Pleasant Swim Club and the Ashley Ridge team has served her well. She is the second-ranked female recruit out of South Carolina according to CollegeSwimming.com.
Micah put up a pair of impressive swims at the high school state championships last month. She clocked 55.18 in the 100-meter back, destroying her previous lifetime best of 56.80 from last year to finish as the runner-up in the event. She also cut more than two seconds from her top time in the 200 IM, dropping from 2:06.56 to 2:04.26. In the relay events, she split a 29.9 on the breaststroke leg of Ashley Ridge's 200 medley relay.
With several chances to compete during the upcoming long-course season, she could cut considerable time from her best performances to date in several events.
She currently has a 24.01 in the 50 free, 52.45 in the 100 free, a 2:04.73 200 back, and 56.94 in the 100 fly.
Last summer, she swam five events at Junior Nationals. She swam the 100 free (58.09), 100 back (1:04.02), 200 back (2:19.28), 100 fly (1:03.13), and 200 IM (2:19.89) at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine this summer.
She also has some freestyle potential, with flat-start bests of 24.0 and 52.4 in the 50 and 100-yard races.
"I'm up for anything and feel comfortable with all the strokes but I guess if I had to choose I would go with the backstroke and IM," she said.
The swimmer hasn't decided on a major yet but says she is interested in criminology and computer science.
Like his sister, Jeremiah is anxious to compete at a higher level.
"I like the big-campus feel at South Carolina and I'm a football fan so that factored in," he said. "I really want to swim in the SEC and I feel that going to South Carolina will help me become the best swimmer I can be. I will mainly swim the breast stroke for them and maybe a little IM."
USA Swimming recently named Jeremiah to the 2013 Scholastic All American Team. Only 626 male athletes nationwide receive the honor.
His best time in the 100 Breast Stroke is a 58.01 and he has clocked a 1:54.36 in the 200 IM.
At this year's state championships Jeremiah placed second in the 200 IM, third in the 100 Breast and fifth in the 200 Free Style with a 1:31.66 time. He also helped the AR Boys 200 Free Relay Team to a fifth-place finish.
He is a USA Swimming 2013 Winter Nationals Qualifier who has won multiple All-state honors.
He plans to major in biology and maybe pursue a career in a medical field.
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LEWISTOWN - Though spring officially arrived a few weeks ago, the cold weather still remains, delaying allergies that come with blooming flowers, growing grass and leafy trees. However, the chill might be exactly what allergy sufferers need to make it through this year's spring allergy season.
"The weather warmed up quickly last year and everything bloomed at once which made for an intense allergy season," said Dr. Pratibha Vakharia, an allergist and immunologist practicing in Burnham. "This year, we've had a lot of cold days, meaning things will bloom more gradually over time."
Generally, spring allergies start at the end of February and the pollen count continues to increase until it reaches a peak in April, Vakharia said. However, this year's first notably high pollen count occurred during the last weekend in March, meaning this allergy season may be longer, but easier to handle, she said.
According to www.pollen.com, the average pollen count over the past 30 days was 4.85, a low-medium level count, affecting only those extremely sensitive to predominant pollen.
"Everything really depends on the temperature over the next few weeks," Vakharia said. "If it gets warmer, then things might start to bloom. Either way, I don't think it will be as bad as last year."
Vakharia recommends that people with spring allergies watch the weather forecast and begin taking prescriptions or medications before warm weather sets in. She also recommends that people who usually rely on allergy shots schedule a doctor's appointment.
It's also important to monitor the pollen count on a daily basis to known when limiting outdoor activity is necessary, Vakharia said. Daily allergy and pollen forecast are available online at www.pollen.com.
"If a person is repeatedly exposed to allergens, the reaction will continue to get worse with each exposure," Vakharia said. "That's why it's so important that a person know how to handle allergies and limit such contact."
According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, there are a number of day-to-day strategies that can minimize symptoms for people with severe allergies as well as people with mild reactions.
Try to stay indoors when pollen or mold counts are high and, if a person's symptoms are severe, they should wear a pollen mask when long periods of exposure are unavoidable, states the AAAAI website. When returning indoors, immediately take a shower and change clothes.
It's also a good idea to keep windows closed at night and use air conditioning, which can clean, cool and dry the air. It also helps to keep windows closed when driving in the car. Most importantly, people that rely on medication should take it daily as prescribed, according to AAAAI.
"Not every patient has severe enough allergies to need a shot or medication," Vakharia said. "However, if severe symptoms persist, even after taking initial precautions, it's always best to contact your doctor or allergist."
More information is available at www.aaaai.org as well as www.pollen.com. Vakharia can be reached at 248-9550 or during Tuesday and Thursday office hours at 418 N. Logan Blvd, Burnham.

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State troopers, operating in Western New York as part of the national Impaired Driving Enforcement Campaign dubbed "Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over," made 59 drunken driving arrests and issued more than 3,300 traffic tickets for moving violations in Western New York from Dec. 14 through New Year's Day, said Major Christopher L. Cummings, Troop A commander.
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If you are starting your own mom and pop business, you can expect to wear many hats and have a variety of responsibilities that would otherwise be the domain of other people, if you were able to hire staff. This could be true even with serious financial backers worth millions.
But fast forward a few years and most likely, if you became successful, you would be in a position to farm out your different responsibilities and even develop departments such as marketing and billing. You would find yourself with more time to specialize in whatever got you started in the first place and perhaps initiate innovations you otherwise wouldn't have time for. You'd be less pressed to do the myriad of tasks you used to need to do practically simultaneously so that you could take more time to step back, assess the company, and even transform it to meet new needs you are now in the unique position to see.
Not true for teachers in most schools, though I'm learning that there is a very wide spectrum. Each individual teacher is kept in the position of the new businessman. Enterprising, dedicated, passionate, and hardworking even to the point of working twice the hours you are actually paid for. Doing the job of multiple people: decorator, data analyst, data collector, teacher (lesson planning and instruction), parent (are they eating dinner at home? Sleeping enough? Do they own a winter coat?), etc
Many good teachers keep their mouths shut and their heads down, consistently taking on the new burdens As a result, most are not able to become excellent teachers because they have become a jack of all trades, at best. They think they are doing an excellent job when they manage to do everything, or when they have been able to improve in one area. But then the administration determines 3 new areas of focus to become proficient in.
Being a jack-of-all-trades is not the same as being a Renaissance man/woman. Some school leaders don't realize this. So teachers end up where we are — doing the work of a small business as one person, trying to do everything and excelling at very little.
In my previous professions, there was a division of labor. When I worked for television, as well as for magazines, I wasn't expected to be able to analyze the stock market; I was expected to know how to rely on the analysts so that I could interview intelligently and write coherent, factual pieces. I had people I could delegate to hunt down documents at the courthouse in Texas.
Companies who don't know how to manage and divide up their labor force don't succeed as well as those who can, in my opinion. And, in the eyes of many, schools are failing. We may have different criteria, but the conclusion is the same. Schools are not meeting the needs of the children. Nor are they meeting the professional needs of teachers to be able to rise up and succeed at the new demands in teaching.
Because don't be mistaken — times have indeed changed. Schools do need to transform how and what we teach because of the changes in society, globalization, technology, you name it. Even the makeup of the student population itself has been transforming. But heaping more on an already over-burdened workforce is not the smartest solution. It's simply the easiest. Yet another quick-fix that fixes nothing.
Why aren't schools given money to do a different form of differentiation — hiring data analysts, or more teaching assistants? Having more team-teacher scenarios? Or allowing for even 30 minutes a day where kids are working truly independently so their teacher can reflect on the day or analyze her own data? Rather than expecting her to, once again, add to the list of hints being done at home or on her own time?
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Sensation 4G vs Galaxy S II vs G2x vs ATRIX 4G: specs comparison
0. phoneArena 13 Apr 2011, 07:08 posted on
The dual-core behemoths meet the new contender: the HTC Sensation 4G. Does it have the technical guts and software polish to win the dual-coreathon kicked off by the T-Mobile G2x and Motorola Atrix 4G?…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Samsung took most points on the specks war! I hope their update team is ready to back those specks up
2. adrian (unregistered)
samsung galaxy s2 is no1
26. cheetah2k (Posts: 1579; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
Does the GPS work?
39. Joel (unregistered)
damn right!
3. android_hitman (unregistered)
oh noooo... phonearena you dissapoint me ...
where is the comparison with the iphone4???
11. Geq (unregistered)
IPhone has 3,5 inch display))
13. jay (unregistered)
why would you compare an out of date single core 3g device to these next gen 4g dual core larger displayed superphones with a better os (personal opinion) on them??
the comparison would read that it loses in every way camera cpu screen size (not sure about resolution) and speed if that helps any
15. jay (unregistered)
correction half of them are dual core but still capable of fast data speeds
17. Jaysinferno (Posts: 1; Member since: 13 Apr 2011)
alright lets try a non distracted answer ( ya I know)
the i phone 4 while a decent device simply isnt in the same league
smaller screen
no 4g speeds
ios (personal opinion not as good as android)
and a single core cpu
while the iphone 4 is decent its way outclassed here
18. Mike (unregistered)
Do you have any idea what you're talking about? These are all devices with dual-core processors.
35. TreyTreyTaylor (Posts: 676; Member since: 21 Dec 2010)
yea i agree with jay on the comparison thing but you know damn well these are all dual core LOL.
42. jay (unregistered)
ya i had a moment of mental midgetry sorry
24. JaimeCarlos (Posts: 25; Member since: 17 Feb 2011)
27. andoid lover (unregistered)
all think about,4G,larger screen,full HD video,8 MP camera ,,,,why u still compare with iphone 4?iphone is nothing than Galaxy S2.....
4. JDCOhen722 (unregistered)
Thats sooo BIAS!!!
Phone Arena, you never mentioned the Sensations Contour Screen which is also seen in the Nexus S and makes it look and feel alot better, and of course the Galaxy SII is lighter, the Sensation packs a wonderful Aluminium Unibody compared to the Galaxy's shit plastic, and the Camera isn't Tap to Focus, its got Instant Focus, and Sammy might have Super Amoled Plus but the Sensation has QHD which gives it a big bonus, joined along with the impenetrable Gorilla Glass screen , but on both the Sammy and the Sensation, at least you mentioned that the Sense UI is alot better than the Touchwiz, but I would say the Galaxy SII advantages over the Sensation for its Super Amoled Plus and thinner and lighter body and more RAM, but the Sensation topples Sammy with its Contour Display, qHD screen, and Aluminium unibody, I guess for the Processors, we will just have to wait for Official Benchmarks to see which is faster, and I know Sammy packs great GPU's but the HTC's new Adreno 220 is said to be one of the most powerful out right now and known to be better than the Tegra 2, but Sammy's processors definitely aren't the Best as the Hummingbird in the Galaxy S was far inferior than the EVO, and once those Processors get benchmarked we will have our Final Winner
6. g (unregistered)
dude it says a spec-comparison, not a review, where did u see bias
19. cleanermonkey (Posts: 1; Member since: 13 Apr 2011)
They didn't say that Sense UI is alot better than TW! Infact I read it the other way round... "HTC takes pride in its FLASHY Sense UI... To support its memory-hungry muscle, HTC has included 768MB of RAM"
That is less RAM for a RAM hungry UI than the SGSII's TW UI to which they say
"Samsung's TouchWiz UI is much less demanding, but you don't get that many SNAZZY effects, but rather a clean down-to-business interface."
So a Flashy, snazzy and memory-hungry UI vs. less demanding, clean down-to-business UI... how did you read that as alot better!?
And I know which one I prefer! I'd pick TW over Sense any day! I hate the whole bottom on the Sense homescreen. 1 big button saying phone and one that does the same as longpressing screen. And TW can turn on/off wifi, bluetooth, GPS, sound and rotation in the notification bar. All that said UI doesn't matter that much as you can always use a launcher ;-)
20. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
what bias? This was a spec sheet.. nothing more, nothing less.
1) ill take the shit plastic that makes it lightweight, so when i go running i dont notice the phone, unlike the heavy metal phone which would be bashing my leg over n over n over again.
2)itssuper amoled plus, which destroys QHD. The sensation's screen is sharp, but it cant beat the sharpness AND color clarity of SA2. In the end, its prefrence.
3) Sence VS Touchwiz is a preference thing. personally, i hate sence and can barely stand TW only because it doesnt get in your way as much as sense.
4) Benchmarks have been done. In order of weakest to strongest its.. Dualcore snapdragon (sensation), Tegra2 (GX2), OMAP (LG 3D), and Exynos (galaxyS 2).
5) i dont know where u get ur facts from but the Hummingbird processor DESTROYED the silly first gen snapdragon processor that is found in the Evo. The only test the snapdragon did anything in was in the linpack score which tests 1 small part of the processor. The hummingbird is the strongest single core processor in a phone. It not only powers the galaxyS it also powers the iphone4.
if your going to rant.. at least rant with correct facts. thanks. :)
36. TreyTreyTaylor (Posts: 676; Member since: 21 Dec 2010)
Completely agree with everything you said except for 2. Super Amoled Plus is a display technology. Qhd is a display resolution. Just lettting you know.
40. Joel (unregistered)
don't EVER compare the HTC's processing capabilities to the SGS2. Have you seen the benchmarks for the two handsets? Do some research- then you'll aappreciate how much a beast the SGS2 is.
5. B (unregistered)
Samsung wins in specs - but HTC Sense offers the best UI out of the lot - and THAT's what you'll be interacting with 90% of the time.
7. luis_lopez_351 (Posts: 951; Member since: 18 Nov 2010)
T-mobile is getting better each day :)
8. SAM (unregistered)
what about browser? samsung has graphic accelerated browser which is far better than htc's.
9. sniperace (Posts: 95; Member since: 20 Aug 2009)
Just let the Galaxy SII come to Sprint and whithout the keyboard. packing that 32gb of internal ram and a sd slot...i just had a phone gasm..ahhhh!!!..lol!!
12. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
While the LG seems to be lagging, maybe they are willing to give up a little in the screen and processor department to score a little battery life? Also, "vanilla Android" may not be a draw back to some people, but a selling point. I think it will sell decently for T-Mobile, and I am not a huge LG product fan.
No doubt Samsung can throw it's stat sheet out for anyone to see and get it's device in the headlines. But, until they improve the updates to Touch-wiz interfaces, it is a tougher sell compared to other, stat-inferior products. This one is an update behind already coming out of the box.
21. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
a galaxyS a tough sell? Heck no. That mofo is still flying off the shelves.
Sammy has gotten better with updates. Yea, they were horrible, but at least now they are.... less horrible! :)
BTW, never buy a phone expecting an OS update. you buy it for what it is, not what might come out down the line.
31. snowgator (Posts: 3586; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Point taken. But, the idea behind paying the type of money these handsets are gonna ask is that you want as "future proof" of a device you can get. Updates are a selling point. Cannot see buying a dual core phone right now unless it means you get the goodies they will develop for them in the future.
14. jay (unregistered)
the g2x specs are incorrect it's a 14.4 mb device not 10.2 (info directly from our lg rep)
16. jay (unregistered)
well im going to give my unbiased opinion. I am preordering the g2x on friday morning because im with T-mobile and im tying to get out of my G1. i have been following dual core since this time last yr so im very aware of the detailed specs of these phones. SGS2 looks like a fantastic phone no doubt about it however UK launch is at $1152.00 and thats a little out of many customers budget if its anywhere close to the here in the states. The Atrix motoblur is its biggest downside and has had a few documented issues still great phone but would have done better without the overlay. In regards to the Sensation I saw a video yesterday on engadget on the Sense 3.0 and honestly i think it has more options then it really needs and for what Android is awesome and if you want to modify it there is many ways you can do it. out of all of these id have to say Samsung has it down but hurting when it comes down to the price.
One last thing Iphone ppl stop comparing the iphone to any of these devices the iphone at this point has obsolete hardware wait till your iphone 5 comes out to start making comparison till then stay out of these discussions unless you have something productive to say about the topic.
22. yasshammou (unregistered)
Thought The HTC Sensation Looks Great ! IT Give Yu The The Sensation That is powering the smartphone ! And the front-facing camera isn't 0.3MP , In fact it is 1.2MP !
I Love The HTC Sense 3 Unlike The Touchwizz 4.0 !
Good Job HTC !
23. willywill_evo (Posts: 162; Member since: 05 Jan 2011)
htc sense is the best mobile software in the world, their phone have good quality but the cheap plastic sammy have some serious power but still...hard choice but ill take the htc sensation
25. chinakidoliver.iab (Posts: 75; Member since: 07 Dec 2010)
the s2 has better specs but realy want the g2x i dont no y
28. SAMMY (unregistered)
I am from Samsung Korea, specifically the factory for AMOLED. And we are in the prototype of the next screen for the super phone (not smart phone). This Super Phone will be a 3D capable phone sporting a 4.5 Ultra AMOLED. Ultra AMOLED is: a very thin flexible screen with 640x960 resolutions. It has a Light absorbing technology in which the more it is exposed to direct sunlight, the more it is very readable (Mirasol display?), and it has 900 nits of brightness but lesser battery consumption. The screen is still in prototype but it will surely be the BEST BEAST!
29. curiouss (unregistered)
Ultra AMOLED, do you have any proof? I wouldn't be surprised if Samsung goes with that name, sounds pretty exciting, but i'd love to see hard evidence
30. Guest (unregistered)
As far as I know LG Optimus 2X is the king of Quadrant right now. With stock ROM it can score up to 2800 points, with custon ROM up to 3300 points @ 1 GHz and 4400 points @ 1.5 GHz.
32. nuadar (unregistered)
wow...so flashy horrible light and less durable plastic on S2 is better than pure aluminium and antibacterial softtouch plastic on HTC??? strange
33. moonsky (unregistered)
I think, you should add to their own price to your comparison list.
34. eren (unregistered)
ok i have to say that i really didnt know what to buy before London HTC Convention(its was amazing there :))
Samy has probably best processor and display but i dont like theire version of OSs and it lacks any kind better sorts of materials,it looks cheap,plastic,its full of debris in no time and i actually dont think that uberthickness is ergonomic..
LG with tegra is quite nice but well...not that impressive in specs of feeling
on the other hand HTC Sensation,while not as powerful in hardware like others competitors and with only qHD(lol..only),is well built,made of impressive Al unibody and soft touch antibacterial plastic, phone has really good grip in hands, and i think new sense,while really memory hard, gives you one of the best looking experience in Android..
37. TreyTreyTaylor (Posts: 676; Member since: 21 Dec 2010)
I don't know which superphone will be my next phone yet. But I bet were all in agreement on one thing, this will be the last for a very long time.
38. phone lover (unregistered)
i personaly would rather have a 2 megapixel FFC in exchange for not having tap to focus. i have also seen Super amoled plus next to the qHD on the atrix and think the SA+ is much better. better contrast and looks better in direct sunlight. so i am leaning torward the SGS2. however, i LOVE HTC sense 3.0. TouchWiz 4.0 does look appealing though unlike previous versions. i think i will go with the SGS2. especially since it will be a 1.2 ghz dual-core processor instead of 1 ghz dual-core processor.
41. Joel (unregistered)
If the HTC SEnsation is the best threat for the SGS2, then Sammy will have no problem. :)
43. PSL (unregistered)
Okay guys ..I understand that the HTC sensation will be out soon..but will it have all the same external features as the G2x phone . I wanted to get the G2x but Im use to Htc format.I can wait to the summer if the HTC will be better but I just dont know, plus I normally use my phone for everything it has to offer so that needs to be taken into consideration!
44. mattac (unregistered)
The Sensation's HD stereo soround sound should have been included in the specs list as well as its durrable structered design which is what contributes to its wieght...
45. Ant (unregistered)
What about the EVO 3D? that thing should give the GS2 some competition. Granted it is also an HTC device.
46. Libra925 (unregistered)
Your r correct about the S2 smashing all competitors on bench mark..by good measures actually..another thing that no one is mentioning.. The sensation only has 1gb of internal memory while the S2 AND S1 have 16gb.. Although they both are expandable to 32 gb, the internal memory is what software & other apps typically install to..there for, the sensation might start off nice & snappy but the S2 will show longevity because the more u fill any phones internal memory, the more it lags & slows down.. Sensation is nice but the s2 is simply a better phone..
Better processor, ram, & tho the sense has better res.. Amoled plus still looks better..thanx
47. Sanket Hange (unregistered)
Samsung Galaxy S2 is the s**tiest phone I ve ever come acrosss .
I simply feel like I ve paid 30k for a stupid s**t plastic toy.
As far as a hardware and benchmarks are concerned it might be doing well but (Whats the point putting so much power in it and still doing nothing with that UI except some s**t and some good tweaks)which actually doesnt reflect while using it. Like I mean come on every dual core processored android out there is definately smooth and it always feels nice to have something in hand that will make you feel that you have got wat u paid for.
But SGS 2 is not that thing.Freakin cheap plastic body , suckk all built quality , and practically speakin I dont find much use of that stupid Super Amoled + 's brightness(Although the sharpness and all is BEST) as I mostly use all my phones at home or when I am at a place where I can sit and enjoy it quietly.
Apart from that Bluetooth 3.0 n all is simply bulls**t point to classify phones on basis of because having an only phone with bluetooth 3.0 what the hell on earth do u think is it going to take you on a flyer or something ???
All these spec sheets and heavy numbers are utterly useless when it comes to everyday use.They are only goood enough for boasting about your phone .What ultimately matters is your use of phone.
-Is the given hardware of your phone enough for the regular usability of the phone
which may be gaming, social networking, etc etc according to personal needs.
-Does your phone practically suite your personal needs rather than just showing off
some crapppyyy no.s.
-The built quality of the phone matters too (At least matters to me.)
-I dont want to pay 30 grands just because it has a good screen and shows some
good no.s on the web all over which then might just be a few more than its
-How much variety of the provided functions of the phone and OS can u handle.(People end up buying 30k phones and will use it only for listening to music and makin calls and not even text.*STUPIDS*)
-Feel of the phone. Does your phone feel Rich in hands when u hold it ?My SGS 2 definately does not. It feels like some CHINA phone.Your phone should feel like you have paid enough to get a good product fitting your needs and has good built quality
. feels solid , feels rich , makes you fall in love with it the more you use it.
-What is the point of providing bloody 1gb ram if ur DUMB UI and OS does not even use 512 MB of it.(Company boasting their own phone)
Its been only a week since I have got the phone and have already got
bored feels like simply useless junk of piece occupying space in my drawer.In day - day routine my Moto Defy(Motoblur) also does all the daily routine things that SGS 2 might have done for me except for some high end games. But hey single core vs dual
core not a comparison so forget that part.
Gonna Buy Atrix and never ever Samsung again which is sells products on some fake basis .


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For those who have been hit by soaring flood insurance rates or those whose properties were affected by Tropical Storm Lee, Lycoming County is holding meetings to assess the county's mitigation need......
If you are concerned about the huge flood insurance premium increases, Join us online at Stopfemanow dot com. Stop FEMA Now is a national group of primary and secondary homeowners fighting for affordable flood insurance, for all and to delay and repeal the Biggert Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012. We have chapters in every state but need you to help us. Get facts, not rumors, come join Stopfemanow dot com.
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My 65 neighbors and I have been paying almost 1000$ flood insurance on these properties for many years with no claims EVER!! I pay 500 fire insurance, dont tell us we are subsidized, realistically we are paying 500 a month more then we should have.We are paying for ROYALIST TO SELL ME THE POLICY who werent responsible for any claims!! 54% ADMINISTRATION FEES.
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give input on uses of Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds. Why dont u buy a big crystal ball see where the next disaster will strike? U wanna buy out neighborhoods like me and my 65 neighbors here in our 200 year old viable neighborhood.Fema is nuts Lavelle listening to them and jumping thru their hoops is nuts.
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People struggle to fix things that are broke.You want us to fix things that are working ??Replace a perfectly good electric and heating system cause some politician said Noahs flood is coming?, I"ll get right on that! fix the corruption in your own house!
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How about this for a nation trying to move forward!!!! No homes or businesses sold EVER, near any creek, river, shore, brook, underground well, spring, estuary, stream, tributary,beck,branch,,course,,rill,rivulet,run,runnel, water coastline in the entire usa!!We need natural disaster insurance, Who knows where a natural disaster will strike? Pay for it thru 100$ for every home(310 mill in Usa and business??) Like Fema minus the stupidity and corruption)
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supporting Biggert Waters) is making their biggest investment ( their home )worthless... This is a man made crisis and man can fix it.Biggert Waters needs REPEALED! How can I be paying less then 500$ a month fire insurance if my building burns down to the ground, but if I get a flooded where I may lose some carpet and some basement utilities, I am being forced to pay over $5000? Why ?? I have called John Boehners and Toomey"s office and told him to call me, not an aide I want to talk to him.He does not have the right to do this to hard working families.( 65 right here in my small neighborhood, 5.6 million in the usa).Who does he think he is?? They want us to cower in a corner and not do anything ???! I am mad as hell! Someone steals from me what is the difference?? They are stealing my property value and forcing us to pay ridiculous rates. I can call them terrorists, ruining our country. work to repeal@
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We are making progress in the SCC battle
U.S. dairy producers have significantly lowered the average somatic cell at the farm level noted the recently released Dairy Market News.
For the first eight months of 2011, the average somatic cell count (SCC), for all months, has remained under 260,000. Traditionally, the highest SCC month is August. This year, August came in at 260,000. This is the lowest average in the last five years, coming in 35,000 cells lower. While this takes into account only the four federal milk marketing orders included in the Dairy Market News, it is a positive indication that the national SCC is lowering.
What could be causing this drastic decline?
• Closer attention to detail - milk preparation, stall maintenance, herd health?
• Attractive beef prices elevating cull rates?
• Attractive quality bonuses from creameries?
While it might be a combination of several factors, it is a trend that should continue. Delegates at the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments defeated a proposal to reduce the somatic cell count (SCC) legal limit from the current 750,000 cells per milliliter of milk to 400,000 by 2014. While the SCC limit was not lowered, we as producers can take pride in the fact that we value milk quality by lowering somatic cell counts without regulations dictating that we should.
How to address high SCC cows was addressed in our April 10, 2011 issue. Here are a few reminders:
• keep cows and udders clean and dry
• follow a strict milking procedure for pre and post dipping
• identify bacteria by culturing the bulk tank
• dry treat all quarters
• cull chronic cows that do not respond to treatment
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You will join a multidisciplinary team of faculty working in a range of hospitality related business areas. The school community is international, and the program is taught, and all business is conducted completely in English. Hotelschool The Hague has an excellent reputation developed over 85 years; the result of the structured educational program and the experience and quality of our staff and lecturers. You will join a dynamic, hardworking team of professionals in a challenging but friendly environment.
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You will mainly be located in The Hague or Amsterdam but are willing to work at our school campuses in The Hague and Amsterdam. More information about the position is available from Ms drs. B.W. Gemen, Human Resource Manager, telephone 00 31 (0)70-3512481. Please click on the 'apply' button to send your application letter and CV, in English, to Mr T.T. Kusse, Human Resources Department. This position will be open until filled. The review process will begin May 12th 2014. Please visit our website: www.hotelschool.nl/en/about-us/work.
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"I sexually eviscerate another cast member in one of the episodes coming up," werewolf hunk Joe Manganiello revealed, after showing off his body-rolling skills to the packed room of thousands of fans.
But the lucky lady in question may not be Anna Paquin's Sookie Stackhouse, who got hot and heavy with Manganiello's Alcide Herveaux earlier this season.
Series creator Alan Ball teased that three new romantic relationships – not just casual couplings – will develop throughout the course of the season.
Ball wouldn't address the specifics, but he did promise fans were in store for some steamy scenes.
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - If running a household isn't easy, imagine the challenges of being in charge of a community.
While homeowners associations are a necessary part of housing developments, there's plenty of responsibility that comes with being an HOA official.
Many of those concerns were addressed at the recent West Virginia Community Association Day, an educational seminar held at Shepherd University that was sponsored and hosted by Property Management People Inc., of Frederick, Md.
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Ed Thomas, one of the organizers of the West Virginia Community Association Day, greets the approximately 40 individuals, representing various homeowners and property owners associations in Berkeley and Jefferson counties, who attended the inaugural event at Shepherd University. (Journal photo by Jenni Vincent)
Participants at the Aug. 13 session included approximately 40 HOA representatives from Berkeley and Jefferson counties who said they were eager to learn from the panel of experts and take that knowledge back to their homes.
Property Management People CEO Ed Thomas praised the 20 community associations represented at the conference, saying, "We appreciate each of you volunteering your time, effort and dedication to your community. ... Our goal here is to educate and provide specialized knowledge for three areas that we believe most associations need help with - covenant enforcement, establishing and funding road and reserve plans as well as collecting past due assessments."
Thomas, who works in the Eastern Panhandle and surrounding states, said housing associations often need help because they have a difficult role to fill. Both he and several of his employees have ties to the Panhandle - either by having attended Shepherd University or currently living here, Thomas said.
"Believe me, these aren't just issues in the Eastern Panhandle because housing associations in other places are also facing them. Take the issue of establishing a reserve fund. I can tell you that you can never have enough money. But this kind of planning is critical and once you see how it can be laid out, I think you will find it easier to do," Thomas said.
"And when it comes to those dreaded assessments which people may hate to pay, collection is also a necessity that has to be addressed because you can't operate without those funds," he said.
Attorney Ami Pape of Rees Broome PC - one of the largest community association law practices in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area - stressed the importance of covenant enforcement during her presentation.
No stranger to these types of developments, Pape often advises multiresident communities in West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Her clients range from an HOA with six homes to a condominium community of 1,000 units owned by both residents and investors.
Her clients are typically members of HOA or condo association boards having a dispute with a homeowner over architectural changes, land use, zoning issues or assessment collections.
Pape said she first became familiar with this area of law after getting married. "When I got married, the marriage came along with a townhouse in a homeowners association, and that was something entirely new to me."
But since the HOA president lived next door - and had known her husband for about five years prior to their union - it wasn't long until she was tapped to serve as a legal advisor to the housing board.
"Is any of this beginning to sound familiar? ... Soon I was working with the Covenants Committee because this particular community needed some covenant enforcement," Pape said, pausing as audience members chuckled at her story.
Thanks to the state's Uniform Common Interest Property Act, developers can place restrictions on land subdivisions and put an association in place to enforce its covenants. However, the restrictions should be reasonable, Pape said.
Violations are important because they can result in result in depressed property values for surrounding properties, she said.
"You, as a board member, are charged with assisting homeowners whether they want it or not in improving their property values," Pape said.
"When faced with a covenant modification request, don't ask, 'Do I want this in my neighborhood,' but instead ask, 'What will this (item, change, modification, repair, improvement, differed maintenance item) mean to my community's overall property values,'" she said.
"You should always look at covenant requests as an opportunity to help increase property values," Pape said.
Community associations represented at the conference included: Cloverdale Heights Homeowners Association; Stonebridge Property Owners Association; Laurel Ridge HOA; Meadowbrook Farms Association; Ledgelowe Estates; Locust Hill Unit Owners Association; Grant Acres Estates; Forest Haven POA; Forest Heights HOA; Crossings on the Potomac POA; County Green HOA; Gap View Village HOA; River View Park Association; Tabler Station Manor HOA; Tuscawilla Hills Citizens Association; Heatherfield; Blue Ridge Acres; Patrick Henry Estates; Webber Springs and The Gallery POA.
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As a standout athlete and coach, Shane Dudoit has faced do-or-die situations on the field.
Reality, however, intervened with an actual life-or-death scenario last month.
The 41-year-old Dudoit, an assistant baseball coach at Baldwin High School and a Maui County firefighter, has a 3-inch surgical scar on his neck to prove it.
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Shane Dudoit (left), shown with fellow Baldwin High School assistant baseball coach Eddie Espiritu during a game earlier this month, spent five days in March in a medically induced coma while fighting a severe throat infection that was complicated by a flesh-eating bacteria.
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Dudoit said he was "within a minute or so of me living or me passing" from a severe infection in his throat complicated by a flesh-eating bacteria that led to him being placed in a medically induced coma for five days last month.
On March 12, he went to the Maui Memorial Medical Center emergency room with "some difficulty breathing," Dudoit said before Baldwin's practice Tuesday.
A procedure was performed to clean out what doctors thought was an abscess, but three days later Dudoit was having trouble breathing again. He went to the Kahului fire station to get some oxygen, but was back in the emergency room again that afternoon.
"Dr. (Alan) Song, who is an angel, came to look at it and said, 'OK, we need to get you into surgery.' Basically he told my wife, 'It will be a 45-minute surgery, we have to check out the abscess,' see if they could clean some stuff out," Dudoit said.
"Two and a half hours later I came out of surgery. They had to intubate me, put a tube in because of the swelling in my throat. Basically they said they were within a minute or so of me living or me passing. Because of the swelling they were able to get the tube in, finally, after multiple times trying. They put me in medical coma, intubated, and had the machine breathe for me."
Dudoit underwent a stomach-reduction procedure in 2009 that helped him lose more than 170 pounds, down to his current weight of 240. He knows now, though, that he was not getting the nutrients his body needed, partly because of his being filled up quickly, sometimes because he drank alcohol.
"My immune system had shut down because of my stomach surgery and my lack of nutrition and my habits," he said. "It hurt me and it hurt my immune system. With the antibiotics, it did not work. Because my immune system was shutting down, it wasn't working to fight the disease and the virus that I had. I enjoy socially having fun, I enjoy friends, conversations. I learn a lot, but I have decided now I can have fun without drinking. And I'm eating now. Before I didn't have to eat. Because of the (stomach surgery), I wouldn't have to eat."
On March 17, the third day of his coma, "they decided to cut open my neck and perform a (tracheotomy) just in case the swelling would not go away and took over the (breathing) tube."
Then came perhaps the biggest piece of good fortune for Dudoit during the entire ordeal - Song had an appointment on Oahu, but a flight delay caused him to forego the trip.
"He came back to the hospital, got me into surgery right away and he cut open the neck and he found a flesh-eating bacteria in there," Dudoit said. "If the flesh-eating had stayed in my throat, it would have been fatal."
The bacteria eventually left his throat and went into his neck and in front of his voice box.
"There's so much shoulda, couldas," Dudoit said. "I can tell you without my faith in God, I probably would not be here. There's so many things that went the right way every step of the way. It was either my immune system was going to start to work and I was going to be fine or it wasn't and I was going to die."
He tried to communicate with his wife, Jovi, and oldest son, Haloa, 15, who stayed by his side nearly 24 hours a day, but was under too much medication to make sense.
"The reason for them not telling me what happened, what went on, was because I needed to keep my blood pressure down, I needed to relax," Dudoit said.
Finally, intravenous nutrients helped his immune system recover enough for the antibiotics to work. Thirteen days in the ICU at MMMC saved his life, Dudoit said.
"Maui Memorial is an amazing place," he said. "We have got great doctors, great staff, and people on Maui should be thankful we have such great facilities."
Song, Dr. Melvin Burton, Dr. Michael Shea, Dr. Scott Hoskinson and Dr. David Crow were the physicians Dudoit went out of his way to thank. Response from his birth island of Molokai, the Maui baseball community and the fire department, where Dudoit returns to work on Monday, came pouring in as well.
Recounting the experience brought tears to Haloa, a freshman member of the Baldwin baseball team.
"It was pretty scary," he said. "It was hard to see him like that. I was super worried, I never wanted to leave his side. I slept over a couple nights until the nurses kicked me out. When he woke up I felt better because I could actually talk to him."
Haloa took on the task of watching out for his younger brothers, Haku, 10, and Halii, 7. Their sister, 19-year-old Kailee, is a student at Nevada-Las Vegas.
"I had to tell them that dad was OK because they couldn't see him," Haloa said. "It was pretty hard because they wanted to see him, but they couldn't."
Before graduating from Mo-lokai High School in 1989, Dudoit was a volleyball and baseball player. As a head coach, he led St. Anthony to its first Maui Interscholastic League pennant in 29 years in 2007, and then to the first three Division II state semifinals, starting with an appearance in the 2008 title game, where the Trojans lost 1-0 to Kauai.
"You would be so caught up into the winning and losing," Dudoit said. "Now I realize baseball's just a game. Life is so much more important than baseball. Baseball is a big part of our lives, baseball has been good to us.
"It is a great community. Our coaching staff here, the parents here at Baldwin, everybody prayed."
Dudoit returned to his duties as third-base coach on April 13 at Maehara Stadium - the Bears beat Maui High to clinch a berth in the Division I state tournament, set for May 8-11 at Maehara.
The Bears, bidding for a fifth straight league pennant, will play Kamehameha Maui today in the semifinals of the MIL tournament.
The MMMC waiting room was full of well-wishers each day Dudoit was in the facility.
"Guys were bringing food to the hospital every day," Dudoit said. "It was like a little luau in the waiting area."
Dudoit is also a right-hand man to the Pono organization, which sponsors softball and baseball teams for Central Maui youth. The foundation is named after Baldwin head coach Jon Viela's son, who died in 2004 at the age of 3. Jon Viela, a former Baldwin and University of Hawaii standout, faced Dudoit in high school baseball.
"I have been through tra-gedies in our lives," Viela said. "Anytime somebody gets sick, ill, or is even flirting with death, it is very hard to absorb. It is hard to take in. When I visited him in the hospital and saw the condition he was in - and everybody else who saw him - I think we just crumbled, your heart just broke. Just knowing what kind of person he is and the state that he was in, it was hard to see him that way.
"He is back to 100 percent, the Shane that we know. He has got his loud voice back and his presence known."
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On November 28, 48-year-old George Holscher of Chesapeake, Virginia rolled a perfect 300 game in his Monday Night League at Indian River Lanes in Virginia Beach. When his 12th ball hit the pocket and the pins scattered, the house went wild. It was, to say the least, not your usual perfect game. In fact, Holscher became only the second person to ever shoot 300 from a wheelchair!
At the age of 25 Holscher was driving a truck when a deer ran out in front of him. His truck flipped over a guardrail and he was thrown into a tree severely injuring his spine. A few days later he received the bad news.
"When my doctor told me that I would never walk again, that was the worst five minutes of my life," Holscher said. "And that's about as long as I let it last."
Instead of feeling sorry for himself, he went out and became more active than he had ever been, playing basketball, tennis and billiards from his wheelchair. He finally settled on bowling, a sport that he had seldom competed in before the accident. He slowly improved his average from 72 to 192 and eventually won a national bowling championship in 2009 for wheelchair bound keglers. A perfect game though had eluded him. Until a few days ago, that is.
When he bowls he uses a special wheelchair that is heavier than his every day one. It has sturdier wheel locks, extra seat support and a bolted-on ball stand. Though he has some bowling balls that cost $200 to $300, he was using a 14-pounder that he bought at a yard sale for twenty bucks.
Holscher rolls his chair to the foul line and sets the brake. He scoots his hips to the right edge of the seat to make room for his swing. When he releases the ball, the left wheels of his chair actually come off the floor briefly. he ball makes its way down the lane, but seems off-target. A few feet from the pins, it breaks sharply and the pins go flying.
His best effort prior to the perfecto was eight-straight strikes to start a game. He felt the most difficult shot on this night was in the ninth frame. You have to get to the tenth to have a chance. Like in most establishments, the other bowlers tend to stop when someone nears perfection. His fellow bowlers knew they might be witnessing history and they were all pulling for him. The tension in the air was palpable.
Finally the last ball was thrown and pandemonium broke loose.
"Everyone just went crazy," Holscher said. "It was amazing."
If you think Holscher was nervous in the last few frames, you would be right. As he himself put it: "I know I said I can't feel my knees, but let me tell you they were weak."
I couldn't wipe the smile off my face as I read about this outstanding bowling feat. Congratulations Mr. Holscher. You will be an inspiration to bowlers everywhere.
A near perfect game was shot in the Rocket League for the second week in a row. A week after John Funk shot 298, Tyson Shope matched the score, leaving the 6-7 split on his last ball while shooting 717 to top the league. Steve Barnes had 654, John Funk 634, Paul Landers 625, Dave Jones 589, Beth Jones 520 and Dottie Funk 510. In the Sportsman League, Greg Tiell shot 671, Ken Bauman 658, Paul Gosche 607, Rich Yates Jr. 598, Chris Rhodes 578, Tony Selhorst 556, Mike Kisabeth 554 and Scott Hartsel 552.
Sunday Night Rock N Roll League scores included John Funk 676, Mark Phillips 646, Gary Golden 631, Dirk Nimocks 623, Janice Young 495 and Marie Meyer 472. In the Imperial-Majorette League, Ben Hoyda shot 675, Steve Steinmetz Jr. 648, Kevin Young 578, Steve Steinmetz Sr. 571, Deb Nominee 478, Linda Brookes 454, Rhonda Fitch 451 and Phyllis Hyde 432.
Jan Houk led the Alley Cats League with 550, while Robyn Wight shot 534, Robin Dickman 502, Sandy Hufford 488 and Lorrie Williams 477. In the Twilight League, Tom Tiell posted a 665 series. Ed Conrad shot 644, Brian Shane 609, Kevin Young 607, Marcus Hall 603, Rhonda Fitch 511, Robin Brownell 501 and Kristin Fitch 467. Big 8 League scores included Scott Plickert 676, Jim Ross 674, Ron Yentzer 643, Robert Terris, Jr. 643, Dave Ross 629, Rich Yates Jr. 624, Aaron Sherman 623, Jim Hershberger 618 and Mark Ratliff 618.
From the K of C Lanes, Dawn Davis had 499, Nerita Streacker 426, Marilyn Gangluff 393, Theresa Carp 387 and Carol Burmeister 385 in the Lady Knights League. Senior League scores included Ken Ritzler 573, Mike Reser 549, Herb Sendelbach 547, Dan Roessner 538, Doug Snyder 536, Cliff Jeffrey 529, Kurt Smith 519 and Tim Gassner 516. Jerry Collins led the Tuesday Night League with 645, while Mark Orians shot 629, Rick Smith 620, Justin Hoepf 606, Joe Lord 602, James Lord 583, Gary Gaietto 580 and Chris Johnson 576.
Last but not least, a couple of nice 600 scores were posted in the 55 Plus league as the veteran bowlers show that they still have game. Jim Ruess shot 628 and Bob West 610 to lead the way. Dick Gabel shot 594, Bill Mizen 587, Paul Gosche 546, Dan Coppes 523, Denny Scherger 522, Harry Smith 476, Steve Schafer 454, Jim Donaldson 451, Bob Reinhart 440, Jim Ferstler 433, Dave Everhart 431, John Ferstler 422 and Paul Fey 388.
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The Hanahan Invitational Tournament, one of the top high school baseball tournaments east of the Mississippi, will begin its 44th year of action with opening day set for Monday.
Hanahan coach Brian Mitchell, who serves as the tournament director, said 32 schools were entered this year, but three had to drop out when school officials learned that state laws prohibited out-of-state trips on all but chartered buses. Several teams from Georgia and Florida were unable to play in this year's tourney because their spring breaks were earlier in the month.
Still, the teams entered offer plenty of talent.
South Carolina teams competing are Hanahan, West Ashley, Bishop England, Goose Creek, Wando, Stratford, Berkeley, Beaufort, James Island, Ashley Ridge, First Baptist, Pinewood Prep, Cane Bay, Summerville, Woodland and Travelers Rest.
Kentucky and Illinois have three teams in the field, while Virginia has four. Schools from the Bluegrass State that will travel to the Lowcountry include Marshall County, South Laurel and North Laurel. Three schools from the Chicago area will compete — Reavis, Marist and St. Rita. The Virginia entries include Kellan, Grassfield, Bishop Ireton and Cox.
Ohio teams Avon and Bay, along with Starrs Mill, Ga., round out the field.
Games will be played at seven area schools: Hanahan, Wando, Berkeley, Ashley Ridge, James Island, West Ashley and Bishop England. The championship game is scheduled for April 5.
Azalea softball
Summerville will host the Azalea Invitational Tournament, one of the top softball tournaments in the Palmetto State. Sixteen teams will compete Monday and Tuesday at Gahagan Park in Summerville.
Teams in Pool A include Colleton County, Stratford, Blue Ridge and Dorman. Teams in Pool B include Goose Creek, Clover, Chapin and Boiling Springs.
Pool C includes Cross, Beaufort, Travelers Rest and Blythewood.
Pool D includes Summerville, Woodruff, Wade Hampton and Bay High of Ohio.
Each team will play in three pool games on Monday and then will be seeded for Tuesday's action. The No. 1 seeds will play in the Gold bracket, while the No. 2 seeds will play in the Silver bracket. No. 3 seeds will play in the Bronze bracket, and the No. 4 seeds will play in the White bracket.
Pinewood equestrians claimed the state runner-up title in the Western Division of the recent SCISA equestrian state championships. Ali Clynes Schmieding placed second in both the horsemanship and reining.
Her sister, Aurie Engel Schmieding, had a second-place finish in varsity open reining.
Newton shines
Wando pitcher Danica Newton pitched a no-hitter in a 7-0 softball victory over West Ashley. She also set a school record with her 402nd career strikeout. Wando is 10-2, including 3-0 in Region 7-AAAA.
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WAILUKU - A Kahului man was sentenced this month to 18 months in jail and five years' probation for assaulting his nephew.
Allen Fredrick, 35, was arrested after repeatedly stabbing his nephew in the throat with a paring knife on Jan. 4, 2012, in the defendant's home. He was charged with first-degree assault.
"This is a very, very sad situation for everyone involved," Deputy Public Defender Danielle Sears told 2nd Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza. "There does not seem to be any dispute about what happened."
According to police and witnesses, the Micronesian family had been drinking heavily when Fredrick's then 30-year-old nephew disrespected his uncle.
"The nephew had said something so awful that it could not be translated precisely from Chuukese to English," Sears said.
The words translated to "smell sh--," said Deputy Prosecutor Kim Whitworth, who added that what was said "is really not the issue."
Fredrick, who told police he had consumed a 12-pack of beer, hard alcohol and chewed betel nut, a stimulant similar to tobacco, attacked his nephew with the knife he was using for the nuts.
Sears said Fredrick did not intend to stab his nephew, contending that neither he nor his nephew was even aware that he was holding a knife.
However, witnesses told police that Fredrick threatened, attacked and stabbed his nephew, Whitworth said. She told the judge that Fredrick stabbed his nephew five times, dropped the knife and went to bed, while the family sought medical attention for the "heavily bleeding" nephew.
The victim was left with about an inch-deep laceration to his neck and was admitted to Maui Memorial Medical Center. According to doctors, the nephew could have died without immediate surgery, Whitworth said.
"Clearly this was a horrible event for the whole family," said Sears, who reported that the defendant has remained sober since the incident and attends church every day. "He has sought treatment for his alcohol problem. . . . He wants to be the person God wants him to be."
Whitworth said Fredrick has been in the state for 14 years and had a drunken-driving conviction in 2007.
"At this point, this is a very lenient offer," she said about the 18-month jail term and plea agreement for five years' probation.
Sears asked for six months in jail so Fredrick could support his wife, who has a history of heart attacks, and his son.
Fredrick, speaking through an interpreter, apologized to the court and said he does not believe the incident defines him.
"The reason I came to Maui . . . was not to make trouble," he said.
Cardoza ordered Fredrick to find full-time work or receive an education, during and after his jail term. He also was told to avoid alcohol.
"I think this is something you don't normally do," Cardoza said. "But I want to make sure it doesn't happen again."
In an unrelated case last week, a Central Maui man charged with second-degree assault was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years' probation.
Chazz Moleta, 25, was arrested after punching a 67-year-old man at midnight on Aug. 27, 2011, outside the Kahului Ale House.
The man, who saw Moleta fighting with his girlfriend, approached the couple in an attempt to stop the fight. He was struck once in the face, causing him to fall to the ground bleeding from his nose and eyes.
The older man suffered fractures to his nose and other health complications due to the incident, Whitworth said.
"He is probably the most sorry client I've ever had," Sears said of Moleta, while also noting that he has completed anger management classes since the incident.
Moleta, who was convicted of two misdemeanors for assault in 2010, had been partying with friends prior to the incident and lost track of how much alcohol he had consumed.
He then went to the restaurant, where he continued to party and "at some point blacked out," Sears said.
While acknowledging the severity of the crime, she asked for no jail time, five years' probation and any other recommended treatment for Moleta.
Although Whitworth did not question Moleta's sincerity, she said she was disappointed with the plea agreement.
"He shows a continuous pattern of problems," she said. "This is his third time before the court."
Before Cardoza's ruling, Moleta apologized for wasting the court's time and said after the incident that he could not sleep or eat.
"I honestly was disgusted with myself," he said, when he found out what he had done. "I want to learn from my mistakes. I truly, truly am sorry from the bottom of my heart."
Cardoza said he believed in Moleta's sincerity but suspects he gave the same apology the last time he was in court. He told him that he must recognize the factors that continually put him in this situation, namely alcohol.
"Alcohol is like a poison to you and your life," he said.
Cardoza sentenced Moleta to 180 days in jail to be served Friday through Sunday so he may keep his full-time job and care for his newly born child.
"It'll be a reminder every week," Cardoza said.
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Tangential flow filtration (TFF) is an efficient separation technology that is widely used in the downstream purification of solutions containing molecules such as recombinant proteins (including mAbs), vaccines, or cellular debris. TFF has three primary applications in bioprocessing: clarification by microfiltration, concentration by ultrafiltration, and purification by diafiltration.
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For both TF-1 and TF-2, the piping and instrument diagrams of the Flexware assemblies match the flowpaths of traditional stainless steel systems, with tubing diameters and materials of construction selected to enable the required flowrates and pressures of specific applications (Figure 1). The hardware and flowpaths were designed together to optimize layout and minimize excess tubing and connections. For this study, the TF-2 system was characterized over a range of process conditions.
Elizabeth Goodrich ([email protected]) is applications engineering manager at EMD Millipore.
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Keith McNally
The whirlwind force behind some of New York's most enduringly popular restaurants brings his Midas touch home with a new Balthazar location, his first in London.
ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, the reservation lines at Keith McNally's empire of Manhattan brasseries are so white-hot that loyal patrons can sometimes call a private telephone number to sidestep the busy signal. Establishments like Lucky Strike in Soho, Pulino's in the Lower East Side and Minetta Tavern in Greenwich Village feed not just the city's trendsetters and deal makers—they've also directly altered its landscape, gentrifying entire corners of New York. Take Pastis, the French-themed brunch destination he opened in the formally derelict Meatpacking district in 1999. "I am at the mercy of the prices I created," says the 61-year-old restaurateur, who currently owns seven restaurants, soon to be eight. "My landlord is asking for a 400-percent increase." .
Interactive: A Day With Keith McNally
Born in London's working-class neighborhood of Bethnal Green, McNally came to the restaurant business late in life, starting out in the film and theater industries at the tender age of 16. Indeed, his signature cozy, lived-in aesthetic has led critics to compare the methodical way he builds his restaurants to how a director crafts his mise-en-scène. McNally discovered his talent for turning tables in his mid-twenties, while working as an oyster shucker in New York. Over 30 years later, his restaurants have an annual net turnover of about $60 million. His staff has dubbed his knack for transformation: "McNallyization."
This February in London, McNally, who moved back to England in 2011 with his wife and their two children, will celebrate a long-awaited homecoming when he opens his first European venture, with British restaurateur Richard Caring. The 3,700-square-foot space in Covent Garden will adopt the French bistro decor, menu and name of his legendary Balthazar in New York, with the vernacular addition of an afternoon tea menu. As McNally readies for opening night, he considers everything from the color of the grout to the best way to serve butter—ensuring, each step of the way, that his near-perfect success rate will translate on his home turf.


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Space heaters can be a quick way to heat up a room. However, they can be as dangerous as they are convenient if used improperly. Space heaters cause 25,000 home fires a year, and 6,000 emergency room visits, according to the Harvard University Environmental Health & Safety group.
Approximately one-third of all house fires nationwide happen during the cold home-heating months between December and February. Equipment that is intended to add a little extra warmth, such as space heaters, is the leading cause of these fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPE).
As part of its Teach Learn Care TLC campaign, Safe Electricity urges everyone in the home to understand the importance of using space heaters safely.
Some cities have banned the use of many types of portable space heaters. Before purchasing or using any type of space heater, check with your local fire department to find out if it is legal in your community.
Safe Electricity offers the following precautions when using electric space heaters:
Many people also use electric blankets to keep warm during cold winter nights. Before plugging in electric blankets, check for any damage and inspect cord for frays, cracks or cuts. Electric blankets should not be tucked under the mattress and nothing should be placed on top of the blanket while it's in use, including comforters and bedspreads. Pets should never be allowed to sleep on the electric blanket.


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A local group looking to establish a Randolph County Drug Task Force met Tuesday and discussed staging a special levy election to finance founding the task force.
The Randolph County America's Promise Coalition, an offshoot committee of the Randolph County Family Resource Network, met to discuss the next steps to take in forming a drug task force.
At the group's September meeting, two undercover officers with the Harrison County Drug Task Force attended to offer advice and support to the group as officials and community members contemplate how to deal with what they view as a rampant substance abuse problem.
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After discussing the issue with the Randolph County Commission, FRN director Rebecca Vance reported that money and manpower - and how to find both - would be the thorniest issues in the "complicated, complex process" of establishing a drug task force.
One way to raise the $10,000 to $30,000 necessary to underwrite first-year task force startup (the proposed task force won't be eligible for state funding until after its first year in operation) is to hold a special election for a levy or bond call, Vance said.
Vance said Randolph County Commission President Mike Taylor suggested that the county's America's Promise Coalition partner with volunteer fire departments to propose a "public safety levy." However, finding funds to finance a special election could also be problematic, she said.
"Apparently, it costs $45,000 to $50,000 to hold a special election," Vance said. "Of course, a levy's just one way [to raise the money to start a drug task force]. Private donations are a possibility, and now that the community awareness is finally there about how big of a problem it is, that's also feasible."
Randolph County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Parker said the county was also up against a manpower issue, given that local law enforcement agencies are already struggling with staffing.
"You need to find officers that like that work, that do that work, and that know how to do that work," Parker said.
"It's not going to be a 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. job."
Vance said setting up the drug task force would not be "an overnight process."
"It's a very complicated, complex process, but once we get it started, it's going to be airtight," Vance said.
In other business, Vance announced that the unveiling of Randolph County's first ever awareness/prevention barn will take place at 2 p.m. Oct. 19 in Harman.
The barn, coated in pink paint, is designed to raise awareness about tobacco use and the fight against breast cancer.
The Randolph County America's Promise Coalition's next meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at a to-be-determined location. Vance switched the meeting from afternoon to evening to encourage more community members - who might otherwise be engaged during the day - to attend.


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