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This is a wonderful story about learning to love. I listened to it on audio CD, read by Judith Ivey–who did an outstanding job. The audio is only 2 hours–so I highly recommend it even to those who are time-challenged.
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This is a wonderful story about learning to love. I listened to it on audio CD, read by Judith Ivey–who did an outstanding job. The audio is only 2 hours–so I highly recommend it even to those who are time-challenged.
Rating: 4.5/5
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This was not an easy book to read. It is in three parts, of which I found the first to be the most difficult to get through. By difficult I mean slow, detailed, and plodding. There is very little dialogue throughout the book. Most of the writing consists of the characters' inward thoughts and feelings.
It is a story about Briony, who at 13 years old accuses a family friend of a horrible crime. This occurs in Part 1, which takes up half the book. The aftermath of that accusation, along with the characters' involvement in World War II make up Parts 2 and 3. I don't like reading about war, but I actually liked this part of the book the most. That was a surprise to me. By the end, Briony is 77 and reflecting on her life events and how they have affected her family.
Overall, I didn't enjoy this book very much, but I am glad I read it. I'll probably read at least one more book by this author before passing a final judgment.
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This is a light, fun, easy read about a lady detective in Africa. Read this for lighter fare after you've read more serious or depressing novels. It is a very funny book. I wouldn't necessarily label it a "cozy", though, because there were a few elements that would disqualify it. I definitely plan on reading more about Precious Ramotswe.
Rating: 4.5/5
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Wow!! This is an amazing book. It is a story about women in China and their relationships to their families, husbands, and each other. They must first obey their father, then their husband, and then even their son. Their feet are bound to become more "marriageable"–the smaller the foot, the better the marriage prospects. We're talking about 7 cm here! The lives of these women were very harsh, and some were unbearable. Their hardships, work, pain, and desire for love came through very vividly in this novel.
I recommend this book be read by all women.
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Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. It is a story about family, marriage, and even American history. Susan Burling Ward, an artist from the East, goes West with her Western mining engineer husband to "begin a new civilization". Their struggles with each other, with outsiders, and the land itself are chronicled by Lyman Ward, their grandson who is a retired history professor. As Lyman ends their story, he realizes certain parallel struggles in his own story and wonders how he will overcome them.
I enjoyed Stegner's writing very much. I thought his portrayal of Susan was very convincing. I enjoyed his grandparents' story a little more than his own just because there was some s*xual dialogue used that I don't care for. These were few and far between though, and I do plan on reading more from this author.
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By Mike DeFabo
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The East Fairmont girls' soccer team has fought through its share of adversity this season.
Injuries have been the major culprit, taking a young team and making it even younger.
Playing with just 11 players in Tuesday night's playoff game against Braxton County, the numbers finally caught up to the Bees, as the Eagles shut out East Fairmont 1-0 at East-West Stadium.
The Eagles advance to the next round to play Fairmont Senior at 8 p.m. Thursday at East-West Stadium.
"I've got nothing negative to say about these girls," East Fairmont coach Mark Harvath said. "I had 11 kids healthy with no substitutes. I'm asking them to play 80 minutes right off the bat. I'm not sure that that's fair of me to ask that and expect that off them. But they made it."
Braxton County's lone goal came in the 44th minute. The Eagles sprinted along the left side of the field on a breakaway and knocked a bouncing shot that deflected over goalkeeper Hannah Pride's outstretched hands.
East Fairmont's best chance to tie the game up came just a few minutes later. Toree Ridgeway had a good look at the net, but booted the ball just off the side of the net.
"Obviously we're disappointed," sophomore Carmalyn Fitz said. "But we played our hearts out. All of us tried as hard as we could do, and that's really all we can do in games like this."
Harvath said that he was proud of the way his team fought. He said that even though the season didn't turn out the way the Bees had hoped, the team still had a lot of good memories to look back on.
He also pointed to the senior class of Savanah Christy, Mary Sarsfield and Breana Wright. Earlier in the season, he likened the three to "daughters."
"I may not have been back this year had it not been for them. It's going to be different for the team and different for me."
He added that while the injuries forced many of the young players into the starting lineup early, the experience will be beneficial down the road.
"They'll be back. This was a good learning experience for them. We're bringing back most of these kids. It was good experience for them. It's going to pay big dividends for them down the road."
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Transitional Justice and the Role of Forensic Science
"The number of victims varies, but the extent of the atrocity is the same. We need to eliminate hatred and acknowledge pain and suffering in order to have a real and long-lasting reconciliation."
Transitional justice refers to the process of addressing human rights violations and abuses as a country moves away from conflict and seeks national healing. As Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) has learned from countries such as El Salvador, Rwanda, and the former Yugoslavia, the objectivity and transparency of forensic techniques is critical to creating an accurate record of the past. This record forms the basis of justice for victims, accountability for perpetrators, and a chance for the community to tell the truth about its dark past. In Afghanistan, where over 100 mass grave sites allegedly contain many of Afghanistan's estimated 1.5 million dead, forensics can help identify victims' remains and determine how they died.
Since the establishment of the Government of Afghanistan (GoA), there have been only limited efforts to begin a national dialogue on justice, accountability, and reconciliation. Many perpetrators hold power at the local, regional, and national levels. At the same time, Afghan civil society has continued to push for transitional justice, arguing that Afghanistan must start to plan for peace now.
Building Forensic Capacity
PHR has been documenting human rights abuses in Afghanistan since 1997. As part of the grassroots push for transitional justice, we have partnered with Afghan civil society organizations (CSOs) in a multi-year program called Securing Afghanistan's Past. The program works with national stake-holders to develop the following forensic capacities:
Paraprofessional Grave Site Team: PHR is training candidates for a paraprofessional team of mass grave investigators, drawn from the Ministry of the Interior (MoI) Criminal Investigations Department (CID) investigators, archaeologists from the Ministry of Culture and Information, doctors and students from the forensic department of the Ministry of Public Health, and civil society investigators. Ultimately, Afghanistan will be able to document its own mass grave sites according to standards used in crime scene documentation.
Information Sharing Network: PHR is hosting two annual conferences to introduce necessary forensic concepts and standards to civil society and governmental decision makers, including the Afghan National Police (ANP), judges, prosecutors, university professors, and other CSOs and transitional justice stakeholders. Reports will be shared with relevant actors, including the Government of Afghanistan (GoA), Afghan civil society, and international development partners. The conferences form the basis of a network to discuss mass graves and the missing, in the context of justice and reconciliation.
Human Identification Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis: PHR is leading an international team of forensic scientists and management specialists, legal and political experts, and psychosocial support experts who will work with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and civil society to assess needs, offer possible solutions, and propose steps to utilize forensic capabilities. The assessment report will provide Afghanistan's governmental institutions, CSOs, and the international donor community with critical information about the scientific and technical capabilities Afghanistan needs in order to document past abuses.
PHR wishes to thank the many participants — both from civil society and from government — whose engagement made this conference a success. Their substantial input resulted in critical recommendations for the path towards truth-seeking and justice in Afghanistan.


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The restaurant is excellent and the food/menu is fantastic! We were looking for authentic food and that is what we got! Scialatelli pasta with tuna is amazing and is a very local, home-made pasta.The service was also brilliant.
We have been to this restaurant several times during our holiday in Ravello. The view from the terrace is lovely. It seems to be hanging in the air. Great food and top quality, waiters very friendly.
We stayed at the hotel with this restaurant. We ate in a few restaurants during our stay in Ravello. Taking into account all courses and service this one pips it for me. Combine this with amazing views-a must during your stay.
I simply cannot say enough about the view from the large open windows and patio!
Looking out, I felt that i was seated on a cloud. The first bite of my prima piata, sent me furthur through the air. I absolustely adored the buffett they put out each morning! Fresh melon, the best coffee I have ever had in my...
After long days of touring the spectacular Amalfi Coast and beyond, it was always a delight to return to this beautiful dining room. The view was absolutely mesmerizing, the service was always warm and attentive and was exactly what you would expect of a fine, family-owned establishment. The selection of dishes was wonderful and also satisfied the vegetarians among us....
We stopped here for lunch as part of an organised trip. The restaurant looked nice with great views. My wife had some dietary restrictions which we checked with the head waiter were okay before booking the meal. I asked in English and then again in Italian (I speak Itaian). He assured me everything was ok and we had nothing to...
Food in this spectacular hotel is excellent. We dined on the terrace and not in the fancy dining room, but it was outstanding.
Extremely formal setting and barely an atmosphere, staff friendly but service lacking. Food on a whole except dessert was okay but this is not a place to come, we wanted to get out of here asap and it took 20 mina after we finished desserts o gain the bill, house wine at 6 euro. Glass!?! We also had some terribly...
My husband and I stayed at the Hotel Parsifal next door but I ventured over one night to check out the menu at this hotel/restaurant....it looked very old world but sophisticated...we ate there! It was terrific on all points..I had the marinated fishes on rocket salad and spaghetti l'antica...gorgeous....the complimentary bruschetta was hand toasted bread over open fire with a...
7 nights in Ravello, 5 nights at restaurant BellaVista su Mare, Hotel Bonadies.
The perfect combination between tradition, service and superb view.
Ask for "crepelli". From Mr Andrea Carrano , this is the original receipt of her wife, and the chef never changed any of the ingredient. To be honest, the best eaten in town.
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Try these delicious fish cakes as a sophisticated starter for two.
30 crayfish, cooked, peeled
1 tsp finely chopped fennel
1 tbsp double cream
½ tsp anchovy paste
¼ tsp red chilli paste
¼ lime, juice only
½ garlic clove, crushed
1 free-range egg, beaten
2 cream crackers, crushed
2 tbsp olive oil
1 red apple, peeled, core removed, thinly sliced
1 celery stalk, diced
10 whole walnuts, shell removed, crushed
3 tbsp mayonnaise
50g/2oz watercress
1 tbsp chopped fresh chives
2 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 tsp olive oil
For the fishcakes, blend the crayfish to a coarse paste in a food processor and spoon into to a mixing bowl.
Add the fennel, cream, anchovy paste, chilli, lime and garlic, and mix until well combined.
Stir in the egg, a little at a time. The mixture should form a stiff paste, if it is a little wet, stir in some of the cream crackers.
Using wet hands, shape the mixture into small patties.
Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the patties for 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden-brown on both sides. Keep warm.
For the Waldorf salad, mix the apple, celery, walnuts and mayonnaise together in a bowl until well combined.
Mix the watercress, chives, balsamic vinegar and olive oil together in a separate bowl until well combined.
To serve, spoon the watercress onto serving plates and top with the crayfish cakes. Spoon the Waldorf salad alongside.
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Contact the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program (Jason Altmann – email@example.com) before classes begin to ask any questions you may have and to learn more about support services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students.
Several things would be helpful for the students and interpreters/captionists (also called service providers) to see ahead of time:
A brief course outline or syllabus early in the semester
A list of new vocabulary or specialized terminology before it comes up in class
Copies of the instructor's lecture notes
A list of visual and auditory media that will be shown in class before it is presented
Be conscious of your actions – your attitudes towards students with disabilities will be observed by all students in the classroom. This is your opportunity to create an atmosphere of support and understanding.
We encourage students to arrive early on the first day to introduce themselves to you and also the service provider(s). Being early will assist with opening up lines of communication regarding the students' support services.
Keep a clear line of sight in the classroom between you and the student. Deaf and Hard of Hearing students will need to see you clearly. Some students will request appropriate seating areas prior to class. Allow the student to be seated in a spot where he/she can maintain eye contact, away from light sources coming from behind or the side of you. Try to avoid standing in front of windows or other light sources. The glare from behind you makes it difficult to read your lips and your expressions. When another student speaks and is not in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing student's direct line of vision, repeat the comment or question and point or motion to show who is speaking. This makes it easier for the student to follow the discussion.
Allow the service provider(s) to sit or stand on one side of you, where the student may maintain eye contact with both the interpreter and you. The service provider(s) may also need to sit where he/she can hear you clearly, away from loud noises such as a fan or busy hallway. Often the student and the service provider(s) will determine the most appropriate seating location in the classroom.
In question-and-answer periods, the student may raise his/her hand, be recognized, and sign the question to the interpreter. The interpreter will voice the question to the instructor and the class, and then sign the response back to the student. For a student using speech to text services, the provider will need time to finish typing the text to the student. Be sure to allow time for this to occur to ensure the student has an opportunity to participate in class.
Be sure to allow extra time in science or computer labs for the student to find things that you are pointing out. She/he may need to get instructions from the service provider(s), locate the materials, and then turn back for the rest of the discussion
If requested, assist the student in finding a notetaker. It is impossible to watch you, the service provider(s), and then at the same time take notes.
Make important information (like an assignment or a change in schedule) especially clear by writing it on the chalkboard. You should also have a system to notify the student if you cancel a class, so that she/he can cancel with the service provider. Students and service providers have remarked on how D2L has been helpful in communicating information about the course.
Each student has their own unique approach to communication, communicating in a way they are comfortable. Allow the student to communicate with you regarding their communication preferences. Not every Deaf and Hard of Hearing student communicates in the same way.
When communicating with the student, speak directly to him/her, not to the service provider(s). For instance, ask, "Do you?" instead of "Tell him/her" or "Does he/she?"
Speak clearly and naturally, do not over-enunciate, and talk loudly or with exaggerated mouth movements. This makes it more difficult to speech-read. Also, please refrain from blocking your mouth with your hands or other objects. Body language, facial expressions, gestures and writing things out may help get your message across effectively.
Try to avoid long periods facing away from the students or toward the chalkboard while you speak. If you pace around the room you make it difficult for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing students to see your face.
Don't talk down to the student—their hearing is impaired, not their intelligence.
Be objective about evaluating materials written by hearing impaired students. If there are problems with grammar, syntax, or fluency of expression, you can advise the student about such remedial services as tutoring, language development labs, or other resources, which are available on campus for all students.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing students are expected to be treated like any other student without a disability in the classroom. The same university policies and conduct guidelines apply to students with a disability as well. If you have concerns about the student's academic progress, please address your concerns with the student directly.
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Newly remodeled, large two bedroom guest house, one mile up Mt. Hamilton Road, fifteen minutes from downtown San Jose. Sleeps 5 (Rate quoted is for double occupancy). Bathroom features Italian glass sink. Laundry. View. Heated pool. Fruit in season. Compact kitchen with cooktop, microwave, toaster oven, refrigerator, utensils. TV/DVD/VCR.
This unique suite includes a living room, separate bedroom, bathroom with shower, and a mini-kitchen with cooktop, microwave, toaster/oven, sink, and refrigerator. The living room includes a dining area, a TV with VCR/DVD, high speed Internet connection, a queen size futon and a twin size captain's bed. The spacious bedroom has a queen sized bed, vanity, bookcase, two dressers, and large closet space. The separate entrance through the swimming pool courtyard is bordered by wisteria and grape vines. Property includes pool, garden railroad, organic garden, and a labyrinth with a 180° view of Silicon Valley. Walk the labyrinth for peaceful meditation. The location is at the end of a country lane, peaceful and quiet, a great place to relax and unwind after a day of business or touring.
Ray and Ellen are retired from Silicon Valley Hi-Tech companies and enjoy the quiet life. Ray is very active in the Bay Area Garden Railway Society and enjoys sharing his large garden railroad with guests. Ellen is always working on one art project or another (or several at once) including basketweaving, mosaic, knitting, painting furniture, fabric dolls, and making jam. Ask for a sample of jam!
Mystic Mountain Hideaway is a 'mother-in-law' unit across the courtyard from our home. The swimming pool separates the two residences. We very much enjoy hosting people from out of town and sharing our wonderful space. The West yard has a 180 degree view of Silicon Valley.
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Fifteen minutes from downtown San Jose, yet in the country for peace and quiet, the Mystic Mountain Hideaway is a treasured retreat from the busy world of Silicon Valley. Museums, Great America Park, Alum Rock Park (hiking), fine restaurants, the Tech Museum, Children's Discovery Museum, shopping, and businesses are all in easy driving distance. Make a day trip to San Francisco or the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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WARRENTON, Ore. -- A criminal dubbed the 'Barefoot Bandit' who police believe has stolen planes, luxury cars and power boats and broken into homes in Washington, British Columbia and Idaho may now be targeting the Oregon Coast as well.
Now, authorities in Warrenton, Ore. think Colton Harris-Moore may be behind recent criminal activity there.
According to an article in the local online newspaper, HeraldNet, a boat theft, an attempted plane theft and a car theft all within a short time span on June 1 carried the hallmarks of the teenage fugitive.
"We have a very quiet, low-crime community," Warrenton Police Chief Matthew Workman told local reporter Jackson Holtz. "It stands to reason they would be related."
Meantime, an anonymous donor recently offered to pay the notorious Washington state teen burglar $50,000 if he turned himself in. But Harris-Moore never appeared.
Nineteen-year-old Colton Harris-Moore has been on the run since April 2008, when he escaped from a group home south of Seattle.
Police said he also apparently likes to commit his crimes shoeless.


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The Southeast Wisconsin Multi-Jurisdictional OWI Task Force, of which the is a part, was out in force over Thanksgiving and the weekend, making four arrests.
Also as usual, more than one repeat drunken driver was arrested in Wauwatosa, but — and as is often the case – none of the drivers was from the city.
At 4:18 a.m. Sunday, a 23-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving, first offense, after he flagged down a patrol officer to assist him with two flat tires and then showed evidence that he was too intoxicated to have been driving. He registered a 0.14 blood alcohol level on a breath test.
At 1:39 a.m. Saturday, a 29-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for drunken driving, first offense, after a patrol officer on duty with the Task Force pulled her over for erratic driving in the 2300 block of North Mayfair Road. She registered a 0.12 BAC.
At 1:31 a.m. Thursday, an officer working the Task Force arrested a 35-year-old New Berlin man for his second drunken driving offense after he was stopped for multiple traffic violations. He admitted he had been drinking and performed poorly on a field sobriety test but refused to take breath test, so he was taken to Wisconsin Heart Hospital for a mandatory blood draw. He previously had been convicted of OWI after an arrest in August 2008.
At 11:56 a.m. Wednesday, a 32-year-old West Allis woman was arrested on her third drunken driving offense after police were called to , 510 N. Mayfair Rd., on a report of a disorderly customer refusing to leave the drive-through lane. She was angry that the restaurant was out of beef. The driver also refused to follow police orders to stay in her car and could barely stand up on her own. She blew a 0.13 BAC.
Not drunk but under an influence
A non-Task Force arrest earlier in the week involved a man who was definitely impaired even though he hadn't had a drop to drink. He had overdone his own battle with narcotics addiction and shouldn't have been behind the wheel.
At 6:46 p.m. Tuesday, a 44-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance after another man called police to report his erratic driving and failure to have his headlights on. The man's speech was slurred and he could barely stand, but he did not smell of alcohol and registered a .00 on a breath test.
Drug recognition experts were called to the station and they determined that the man was under the influence of narcotics, probably methadone. After the man's condition had cleared up a bit, he admitted he had earlier gone to Quality Addiction Management, 1610 Miller Park Way, where he had taken 150 mg of methadone.


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---- — The 2013-2014 fall and winter waterfowl seasons have been set. Following the guidelines outlined by the federal government, the Fish and Wildlife Board has decided on the following seasons and limits for our zone.
:Woodcock: Oct. 2-Nov. 16; five bag limit.
Geese: Early season is now- Sept. 2; seven bag limit.
Regular season is Oct. 16-26 and Nov. 15-Jan. 11; 2 bird limit.
Late season is Jan. 18-Feb. 15; five bag limit.
Sea ducks: Oct. 7-Jan. 31; 7 bag limit no more than four scoter, four eider(one hen), and four oldsquaw.
Brandt: Nov. 15-Nov. 30; two bag limit.
Ducks: Oct. 16-Oct. 26; Nov. 15-Jan.11. Bag limit is six of which there can be no more than one black duck, mottled, or fulvous whistling; two canvasback, hooded merganser, pintail, redhead, or scaup; three wood ducks; or four mallards.
As with everything else in life, their are a number of regulations that go with waterfowl hunting. Go to www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dfw/regulations/20143-14-waterfowl-abs-final.pdf for more information. Do not forget to get your HIP number with your license.
This should be a very good year for duck and goose hunting. The numbers being reported out of Eastern Canada seem to indicate the flights through later this fall should be high. The goose population just continues to grow. The problem on the North Shore is not the amount of birds available, but where can you get permission to hunt them.
More and more land is being posted or towns are passing increasingly difficult rules for hunting. Although you can take seven geese a day, it does no good if there is no place to hunt. More and more land is being leased and not open to the general public. Although state game managers all over New England want the population to be reduced substantially, even offering a seven bird a day limit, they are being frustrated by the lack of opportunity for hunters to harvest the excess.
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The ground fishing has been excellent over the past month with good-sized fish being taken almost every time out. If you get beyond the 15 line and fish the humps and the edges of the drops, legal cod, haddock and cusk are plentiful. Be sure to keep you bait bumping the bottom. If you don't get hung up once in a while, you are not on the bottom enough.
The striper fishing has been only fair even if you fish at night. The commercial season was extended a bit so they could reach their quota. Perennial hot spots are giving up some, but it has been hard fishing. The secret has been live bait. Eels will be good from here on out, so you might want to get a few of them into the water.
The big question this year is where are the tuna and bluefish? There have been a couple of bluefish blitzes recently, but they have been few and far between. There has not been any really good bluefishing for several years. Everyone I talk to in the scientific community does not seem to know why.
Of course the tuna fishing has been the worst in years. A year ago folks who went off shore for a few days seemed to do very well, but this year even that has not been productive. This is true all the way along the coastline. As of yet this year, they are simply not in the Gulf of Maine. It is not too late for them to show up following the sand eels, but we are running out of time. When you have forty-four boats in a tuna tournament and not a single one lands a legal tuna you know the fishing is BAD! I wonder what Wicked Tuna is going to do for footage this year.
Even the whales are in scant supply with the whale watch boats having to work hard every day to find one or two for their visitors. They have been burning up a lot of fuel roaming about. We have had fluctuations in numbers before, but no bluefish, no tuna and no whales leaves one to wonder about what is going on out there.


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Columbia, South Carolina – United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today
Hendrick "Tony" Cousar (33) was sentenced today to twenty years in federal prison. Cousar
had previously been convicted after a trial of conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine (Title 21,
United States Code, Section 846). Mr. Nettles stated that based on the substantial drug
weight found by the jury and Cousar's prior drug convictions, Cousar was sentenced to a
mandatory twenty-year sentence by United States District Judge Joseph F. Anderson.
Evidence presented at sentencing and during the trial from law enforcement and cooperating citizens showed that Cousar distributed substantial quantities of crack cocaine in and around Rock Hill, South Carolina. In 2004, Cousar was arrested, and subsequently convicted by York County, for the distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine in close proximity to a park. After being released from custody, Cousar resumed supplying crack cocaine. Law enforcement caught up with Cousar again when, in May of 2011, agents utilized a cooperating citizen to make two controlled buys of crack cocaine from
Cousar's crack cocaine organization. Following his arrest on May 11, 2011, Cousar admitted to agents that over the last year he had been supplying hundreds of grams of crack cocaine in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Two of Cousar's co-conspirators, George Gore and Laventa Murray, earlier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute crack cocaine, and each was sentenced to ten years in federal prison.
The case was investigated primarily by Chester County Sheriff's Office, York County Multi-jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit, State Law Enforcement Division, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jay N. Richardson.
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DOOLEY QUOTED: Always crunch time at UT
Derek Dooley debuted his version of the Riot Act on Sunday.
Perhaps lost in the shuffle from the fallout of the Tennessee coach's ranting for a lackluster first practice in pads was a telling character trait.
Dooley is an equal-opportunity motivator, and that goes for everybody from the players all the way down to the janitors.
"If a trashcan is supposed to be facing a certain way in the building and it stays in that area, that's what I expect," Dooley said. "And if it's not, then I'm going to be on somebody.
"I make mistakes all the time, but if it's not fourth-and-1 everyday you come to work, then you're not doing your job right. Fourth-and-1 for the national championship everyday -- that's how it's got to be."
That scenario might not play out on the field anytime soon, but it's clear by now that Dooley expects a championship-worthy attention to detail from everybody in the program -- every single day.
Dooley would prefer not to get as animated as he did Sunday that often and indicated that chewing out the team isn't his preferred method of operation. But if he doesn't get what he wants, he has no problem delivering the message.
"I've been sending it for six months," Dooley said. "And I'm going to keep sending it until everybody understands.
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The longtime director of the state agency overseeing care of 140,000 developmentally disabled Californians is quitting in the wake of repeated attacks over deaths of people under the agency's care, officials said Wednesday.
Dennis G. Amundson, director of the Department of Developmental Services, informed Gov. Pete Wilson that he is "intending to seek employment in the private sector," said Sean Walsh, Wilson's press secretary. "He was not asked to leave, and he was not pressured to leave, and we are disappointed that he will be leaving."


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The Salem News
---- — It could have been the unsettled weather or the extra security precautions. Maybe everyone got their celebrating out of their system the night before, when the Red Sox won the World Series at home for the first time in 95 years.
Whatever the reason, this year's Halloween-night celebration in Salem was downright calm when compared to years past.
Salem police reported only six arrests Thursday night, with five before midnight in the downtown area, which was jam-packed with tens of thousands of revelers from across the region, state and country.
"This is a result of planning, zero-tolerance and making it family-friendly," police Chief Paul Tucker said. The half-dozen arrests are a far cry from days past, when as many as 75 revelers would be taken into custody on Halloween night and stabbings and assaults were common.
To their credit, over the past several years, city officials have made it a point to learn from Halloweens past. They have worked with bar owners to enforce closing times and to make sure the streets aren't flooded with overserved, costumed revelers. And the fireworks display, a relatively new event, has provided a signal that the night is over and it's time for folks to head home for another year.
This year's event, of course, was the first since the Boston Marathon bombings.
In preparation, Salem and MBTA police in June held a drill simulating a similar situation — a fireworks-filled backpack going off inside a crowded train car in the commuter rail tunnel. A few weeks ago, Salem police met with their state police counterparts to learn about security measures at Boston's July 4 fireworks and Head of the Charles Regatta.
"We went over everything," Salem police Capt. Brian Gilligan told reporter Tom Dalton last week, before thousands of visitors descended on his city. "It was reassuring to find out we do many similar things."
Some of the improvements were state-of-the-art — state police also provided portable surveillance cameras to cover "blind spots" (Use of a state police helicopter, which was to feed live video and photographs to Salem police laptops and iPads, was scuttled due to the weather). Others, like roping off the middle of Essex Street to allow a two-way flow of foot traffic, were decidedly low-tech but no less effective.
The security measures did not put a damper on fun. Beverly's favorite "American Idol" contestant, Angie Miller, came across the bridge for a crowded concert on Salem Common, and several teams' worth of bearded Red Sox "players" wandered the streets of the city, along with numerous Ghostbusters, Walter Whites, zombies, witches and ghouls.
We agree with Destination Salem Executive Director Kate Fox, who told Dalton, "It was a good night."
It was a good night. See you next October.


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by Rukmani Krishna on October 15, 2012 at 11:45 PM Lifestyle News - G J E 4
Researchers have been working with BMW on a project for their Mini Cooper line called Nigel. The system creates a log using 230 sensors in the vehicle of whatever happens inside.
Researchers from another branch of the USC School of Cinematic Arts - the Center for Body Computing, is on the project as well, hoping to add health monitoring features.
Through a docked smartphone, users can see all of the information Nigel collects, Discovery News reported.
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2 sentences:
1. "Thanks that you've offered your help but I don't lack anything."
2. "Thanks that you've offered your help but I don't lack for anything."
Which one is right?
Last edited by Mr.Lucky_One; 22-Dec-2012 at 15:42. Reason: true can't be the synonym for correct
As for the main point of your question, as an American, I'd say
Thanks for your offer to help, but I don't need anything.
Last edited by emsr2d2; 23-Dec-2012 at 20:59. Reason: missing letter
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
I'll bite the bullet and say that "I don't lack anything" is far more common in AusE.
Last edited by emsr2d2; 23-Dec-2012 at 21:00. Reason: Repeat of added letter from Barb's post
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I agree that don't need has largely replaced lack at least on this side of the pond.
But to come back to the original question, lack and lack for are I think equally intelligible in spite of the redundancy of for.
If I had to use the word lack, I would not say "I don't lack anything" but rather "I lack nothing."
I agree the "for" optional and woukd not confuse the meaning whether it was included or omitted.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
I would go with "Thanks for your offer of help" (rather than "to help") but would also end it differently.
Thanks for your offer of help but I don't need any.
Remember - correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing make posts much easier to read.
People may say it, but I'm inclined to think that when they say 'lack for' they mean 'want for'( which means 'not to have...'). The expression 'want for' sounds a bit archaic, and often collocates (in idioms where it still survives) with a negative: 'Marry me and you'll want for nothing.'


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As the holidays are upon us, the recent trip we just took to New York keeps coming to mind. Seeing the devastation made you thankful for what you have. It started out as a trip to help people in need and it turned into a life changing event. Months before Hurricane Sandy a couple of us were at work and a program came on called Secret Millionaire. On that show they featured a charity called Friends of Firefighters who help out members of the FDNY after 9/11. It moved us all to the point guys from all of the stations called each other and talked about it. Two events were planned which were a guest bartending event on 9/11 put on by firefighter Jeff Powell and a charity hockey game put on by firefighters Mike Mattern and Adam Ferrell. From the beginning there were plans to drive to New York to deliver the money raised and to help out at the charity for a day or two. As fate would have it Hurricane Sandy happened. As it was happening all involved knew this was the time we needed to go drive out there and help out. Once we received word that we would be able to go help we decided to put it out to the community and the community responded. The outpouring of support was amazing, we never in our wildest dreams thought we would get the response that we did. The night before we left we filled a large trailer with all of the donations. We had cloths, blankets, heaters, water, food, over $7000 and many more donations that we were able to take. As we closed the doors there was a sense of pride in the community we served. We realized that even though we were the ones going in body, we were taking the entire spirit of the community with us. It was humbling to all of us to be able to represent Dearborn in this relief mission.
We left at midnight on Thursday November 9th from fire station #2 on Outer Drive. As we set out the spirits were high on the RV, with all of us just chomping at the bit to get to work and help out. We drove through the night, taking turns sleeping and driving. As we came out of the Lincoln Tunnel the evidence of Hurricane Sandy was all around us. There were numerous utility trucks, sanitation truck and debris everywhere. The streets in Downtown Manhattan were still being pumped out, there was destruction everywhere you looked. There was still no power in a lot of the area as well, and many of the tunnels were closed too. As we drove past the new World Trade Center towers a chill ran down each of us, it was sacred ground. We finally made it around 1130am to the Red Hook section of Brooklyn where our charity Friends of Firefighters was located. The charity was started after 9/11 to help with the psychological and physical needs of members of the FDNY. They are a unique charity that helps all active and retired FDNY members at no cost. Many of the firefighters that day were not able to talk about what happened and that effected them mentally. This charity is located in a old fire house that was built in the 1800's, which is a big part of the way it helps firefighters. As firefighters we live at the fire house as much as we do at our own house. It is a place where we feel comfortable and with people we feel comfortable with. Friends of Firefighters offers peer and professional help to firefighters. The professional help is upstairs in private offices, where as the peer counseling is done in the kitchen of the fire house. This is important because the kitchen is where we always gather as a family twice a day to eat and talk, it is a place we feel comfortable. These are reasons are why this charity is so successful, they help the firefighters have a safe place to talk. When we got to the firehouse we were amazed at what we saw. The flood had destroyed the bottom floor of the friends of firefighters fire house, including the kitchen. The area did not have power and the building was only running on one generator, enough to power a couple lights and a small furnace. We unloaded all of the donations into the bay area and we couldn't wait to get to work. We all changed into our work gear which was donated to us by the amazing Dearborn Company Carhartt. We were directed by the charity to the Breezy Point and Rockaway area of New York which was one of the hardest hit areas. We were sent to help the mother of a FDNY member. As we crossed the bridge into the area the scene in front of us was hard to believe. To the left was a trash pile a quarter mile long and 3 to 4 stories tall, all of which was from the storm. We made a right to Breezy Point and the main road there was something out of a movie. Mounds of sand and debris were on each side of the road, most streets were covered with sand, debris and water. Houses on each side of the street were washed away, some were swept from their foundation and some were totaled. As we made it to our street we would be working on we saw houses crashed into other house, basements filled with water where houses once stood and people walking around trying to salvage any of their belongings. We pulled up behind a FDNY fire engine which was starting to remove a deck so they could work on a house there. Before the RV was able to stop we were jumping out to try to help, they were more then happy to have another set of hands to help with the task. With all of us working, the deck came down quickly and we moved onto our next stop. It was across the street and was the mother of a FDNY member, her entire house had been flooded and all of the walls needed to come down and thrown out so they could start to rebuild. All nine of us went to work at full speed to do as much as we could for these people. All nine of us were working as fast and hard as we could, it was impressive to watch the teamwork that was going on. No one was talking or making plans but we all knew what needed to be done and did it. In a matter of a hour and half we had the entire first floor ripped out and placed in the street for sanitation to pick it up. We knew we had a couple hours of daylight left and we wanted to help. We decided to pile in the RV and drive the streets looking for people to help. We spent the next couple hours going house to house doing whatever each resident needed us to do, the only thing that stopped us was the fact that we ran out of daylight. As we started back on our hour long ride back to the Friends of Firefighters fire house the days work we put in started to catch up to us, we were all beat. We parked the RV in front of the fire house for the night and took our cold showers by flashlight. Some of us slept in the RV and others slept in chairs, on sofas and others on the floor of the fire house.
The next morning we were all up by 8am making breakfast and getting going. We were directed by Friends of Firefighters to the Staten Island area which was in need of help. As we got near the area close to the water it was easy to see the destruction Sandy had done there as well. We stopped at a FEMA area to see if they were able to point us to an area which needed our help. They were unable to point us in the direction of need so we did the next best thing, we asked the residence. They told us of a tent set up in a neighborhood close to where we were that was setting up help for the area. We pulled down a street where houses were flooded out, there were telephone poles snapped in half, peoples belongings all over the road and streets that looked like rivers. We then saw a pop up tent with a card table with supplies around it. Inside was a lap top that they were taking addresses down for people who needed help and it was all run by the people in this neighborhood. We were directed to an area about a mile away. As we walked down this two lane road the scene was hard to take in, there were cars upside down in the middle of fields covered with debris. There were peoples cloths in trees that were waving with the breeze on each side of the street, and there was a odd silence in the area. We grabbed a ride on a pick up truck to the area where we were going to help and we split into two groups. One group worked on cleaning out the basement and belongings of a house on the corner that was totaled from water damage. The other group helped to clean out the damage and belongings of the first floor of the house across the street. We were able to do both houses in a matter of two hours, as we were cleaning up and putting our tools away a man walked up to us and asked if we would be able to help him with his house as well. He told us about what had happened to him during the storm. He said that he put his wife and child in a car a made them leave, not long after that he watched a wall of water come down his street. He ran to his second floor where he rode out the storm, he told us the water was up over the street signs. We took our tools back out of our trailer and went to work. We were able to clean up his first floor in no time so that he could start to rebuild. We packed out tools up and headed back to the Breezy Point/ Rockaway area to help a FDNY member at a house. When we pulled up we met John and Keith, both of them were members of the FDNY who were working on Keith's grandmothers house. They welcomed us in and he said that he would like to gut the entire house before we ran out of sunlight. We all went to work at break neck speed, everyone there was doing as much as they could as fast as they could. We would finish one room and move on to the next with no stopping in between. No one said it but we all had the same goal which was to finish this house before we left. In a matter of hours we had the whole house down to the studs, the floors were tore up and the entire house was gutted. There was a massive pile of things we threw out in front of the house, the tough part was that most of it was this woman's life we were putting out at the curb. We were throwing out things that this woman had worked for, things that were her prized possessions and here we are throwing them into the street so a front loader could scoop it up and take it to the dump. As daylight faded away we finished the house, it was a big accomplishment for us to be able to help these guys and this woman. As we stood out front talking to them they asked us where we were staying. We told them that we were sleeping in a RV on the street in front of the Friends of Firefighters in Brooklyn and that some of us were sleeping in office chairs, on floors and on sofas. They were amazed that we would do that just so that we could help out in this area. They asked us if we had power and we told them that there was only a generator and we were taking cold showers by flashlight. They said hold on let us make a call. A couple minutes later they came back and said they had called their chief and had arranged for us to go to a fire house in Red Hook to get a hot shower. We all were amazed at the generosity of these guys and how willing they were to help us out, even when we didn't ask for it. We drove to the Red Hook area to the fire house which was home to Tower Ladder 131 and Engine 279. As we walked up to the house the guys were just getting back from a call and they welcomed us in with open arms. They treated us like we were friends for years. There has always been a lot of talk about the Brotherhood in the fire service where no matter where you go, all firefighters are family. It was defiantly felt throughout the time we were at the fire house. While everyone took turns taking a hot shower we were able to sit in the kitchen and hang out with those guys. The interesting thing about this was the same conversation we were having in this house with the guys from the FDNY were the same conversations we have at work each day. There was busting chops and jokes being told, it was like we had worked with those guys before. We stayed and talked to them for close to a half hour after everyone was done showering. They offered to cook us dinner but we declined and let them eat their own dinner. One thing that touched all of us as we left was the memorial they had on the wall of the station of the men who died on 9/11 from that house. They had 5 firefighters killed that day, on the wall were plaques of the men, also a tool they found in the rubble that one of the men had carried in with him. The most chilling thing they had were the 5 fire coats of the men who perished that day hanging on the wall of the bay. We all took a minute to pay our respects to our brothers who lost their lives that day. As we left one of the firefighters caught us outside and actually told us the combination to the lock to get back into the firehouse tomorrow if we wanted another shower. We couldn't say enough about the hospitality we receive from those guys at that firehouse. After a hot shower we were ready for bed, and none of us had problems falling asleep after the day we had.
Saturday started off early like the others, we were all up by 8am and working inside Friends of Firefighters to help with issues they needed addressed. As were were working Nancy who is the founder of the charity walked in and was amazed that we were working already. We asked her what we could do that would make the biggest impact there. Without hesitation she said the kitchen to be cleaned and ready to serve meals. She told us how the guys who helped build the kitchen and spent many hours there working haven't been able to come to the house because they couldn't bare to see the kitchen they had spent a lot of their time working and helping their brothers through tough times just destroyed. The other thing she said would help was putting shelves up to organize donations so that they could get them out quicker. She said she would go buy shelves, we told her we would rather build them for her she was amazed. Then we told her to leave and when she came back that night she would have a kitchen for the guys to come and have meals there and help each other through the tough times. When we said this a woman who is a hardcore new yorker just stopped and started crying and hugging us, it was an emotional moment for all of us. We got right to work, one group started building shelves and organizing items and the other worked in the kitchen. We washed every inch of the kitchen, washed every dish, every cup, every table and then put the kitchen back together. Around noon we took a break to do something we all felt was important to do not only as firefighters but more importantly as Americans. We set out to go to the ground zero 9/11 memorial. After a hour of subway travel we made it to the site. As we walked up the workers there saw us with our Dearborn Fire Department shirts on and escorted us to a separate line. They ushered us to the front of the line. As we walked to the site there was a somber mood among the group, all of us were recalling in our minds what happened there. No one really spoke to one another while we were in line, everyone was just looking around taking it in where we were. As we walked into the memorial and stood at the footprint of the World Trade Center tower there was dead silence even with thousands of people around. All you could hear was the water from the memorial. It took a couple minutes to wrap you head around where you actually were. You were standing at the burial site for thousands of people, you were standing in a place where so many lives had changed. As you looked at the names of the people killed that day you think that that person was someones, mother, father,son,daughter and loved one. We walked around and read most of the names, then we went and read all of the first responders who were killed. It was important for us to pay our respects to those who perished that day and to pay our respect to our brothers and sisters who were killed doing the job they loved to do. The magnitude of the memorial can not even be put into words, it is truly a life altering place to go. When we were done we made our way back to the Friends of Firefighters to work on our projects and to finish them up. Around 8pm Nancy walked in and just started crying. She was in amazement at what had been down in a matter of hours. She walked into a house with a full kitchen ready to have guys come in and sit down and get the meals and help they need. She also walked into shelves filled with donated goods all organized for her to distribute. We were so happy to have made these contributions to this charity, we were so happy to be able to give these guys a safe place to go amid all of this devastation. Nancy bought us real New York pizza for dinner to say thank you and we all ate in the new kitchen, where we sat and talked for a hour or so. She was still in shock that we were able to do all of that in a day, she could not say thank you enough. For a woman and charity that has done so much to help others, it was a honor for us to be able to help them out. We packed all of our things in the RV and trailer for the ride home. We left New York at 10pm and drove through the night to get home. As we pulled back into station 2 we couldn't believe it was all over. None of us that got off that RV were the same as we were when we got on it.
Looking back, the entire trip was life changing and was a once in a lifetime experience. The hope and resilience we saw from the residence in New York was uplifting and to see everyone come together to help each other out really showed the good there is in this world. You look at these people who have nothing left, their entire life was washed away in a matter of minutes. They look at you and tell you how thankful they are to be alive and that their loved ones were ok. We heard numerous times about how possessions can be replaced but your loved ones and memories are whats important. We all looked at our lives and realized how lucky we really are. We have a house to come home to, we have food on our tables, we have cloths on our backs, all of the things we sometimes take for granted are the things you don't miss until they are no longer there. We would like to thank everyone who made this trip possible. If you would like to check out the video of the trip check it out on YouTube with the heading "Dearborn Firefighters Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort." We first like to thank our wives and families who supported us the entire time and really are the ones who allow us to help others. We would like to thank the Mayor and the city for their blessing as well as our Fire Chief who gave us his full support. The biggest thank you goes out to all of you in the community who answered the call for help. We were so amazed and humbled by the outpouring of support we were shown by you. You made a huge difference in many peoples lives by the donations you made. Without any of you none of this would be possible and we thank you. Whenever we need you, you are always there for us and that means more to us then you will ever know. We are proud to serve you and protect such an amazing community, thank you Dearborn.


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When President Barack Obama ran for president four years ago, an informal and unscientific poll of the industry seemed to show that he had significant support in the fresh produce industry. Four years later, the same can be said.
About one month before the 2008 election, The Produce News (and this reporter) was able to get 14 people from throughout the industry to weigh in on the race. Six backed McCain, five backed Obama, two were undecided at that juncture and one declined to state a preference but made a comment. Many others declined to participate. This year's tally isn't much different.
(Though the company affiliation of each participant is listed for identification purposes, these comments were solicited from individuals and are not intended to represent anything different than that.)
Gary Clevenger
Managing partner, Freska Produce International, Oxnard, CA
"I have been a Republican for most of my life, and that is how I plan to vote this time. I just don't think President Obama has done much for the produce industry, so I am leaning toward Romney and would like to give him a chance. I know Obama would like to have eight years to get it done, but wouldn't we all like to have eight years to get it done. You don't always get what you want. I don't think he has done much for small business and we need more things done to pump up the economy. We need to get the economy moving again and I'd like to give Romney his chance. Maybe a more savvy business person in charge will make the difference."
Larry Kampa
Owner, LRK|SB Marketing Group LLC, Santa Barbara, CA
"So where do I start?
1. Tax plan that will help the 5 percent at the expense of the other 48 percent (that doesn't count the 47 percent that he doesn't care about).
2. A health plan that has no provisions for those who don't have health care now and the pre-existing conditions that will keep them from getting it.
3. Foreign policy experience — nil.
4. The attack on women's reproductive rights.
5. The debt he will owe the Christian fundamental right that he will need to get elected.
6. More Republican economic policies. The kind that helped 25 percent of Americans lose their homes when it gave banks and lenders carte blanche to make their own rules; allow multi-nationals to move jobs out of the U.S. and gave up tax breaks to do so; drag us into this ridiculous war on terrorism that created an uncontrolled, huge new drain on the economy (TSA).
I could keep going for an hour. I didn't vote for Obama the first time around, and I don't know what I will do with my vote this time, but it will definitely not be cast for Romney."
Patty Knoll
Sales manager, Temkin International, Diamond Bar, CA
"I am in full support of the Romney-Ryan ticket. We need a business person to run the country. Not someone like Obama who has not fulfilled his promises over the last four years. Unemployment has gone up during his term. And to boot, he has approved giving money to companies that have gone belly up since he has been elected. And now we have another company that is being investigated for embezzlement. That just goes to show whose pockets are being lined."
Carissa Mace
President, Fresh Produce & Floral Council, La Mirada, CA
(Participated in 2008 and was undecided with a month to go.)
"I was undecided a month out in 2008. I ended up voting for Obama for the basic reason that I couldn't fathom Sarah Palin as the vice president. This year I'm voting for Romney. I want to see what can come of a successful businessman in the position."
Rob Bryant
Western Editorial, Huntington Beach, CA
(Participated in 2008 and supported Barack Obama)
"I think we gave 'W' (George W. Bush) too much time and Obama not enough yet. We could tell the direction the former administration was heading in 2004, which was downward, yet we gave him another term to get it right. Obama appears to be heading in the right direction, although not fast enough for many. Let's go with momentum rather than superlative, fatuous promises from the GOP ticket."
Elizabeth Pivonka
President, Produce for Better Health Foundation, Hockessin, DE
(Participated in 2008 poll and backed Sen. McCain)
"I like Michelle Obama's 'Let's Move' initiative and hope that a Romney presidency would continue with some of the good things that have been started there. Other than that, I'm 100 percent Romney. In fact, I don't think there's been a more qualified person running for president in my lifetime."
Richard Ruiz
President, Ruiz Sales Inc., Edinburg, TX
"I am supporting Mitt Romney. More than ever before as a grandpa and a father and a businessman, I believe our security and the security of our country and our freedom is the most important thing. We need to be very careful who is in charge the next four years and Mitt Romney is a strong leader who knows what it is to be committed to family values. He also has strong business values. America needs to be once again the leader of the world. It is our role to be a big brother to the world, and I think Romney is the only person who can help us with that. He is solid.
I also think this election is very important for our produce industry. Every time we sell a product, we should be thinking of our mothers and our children and not only give them top quality but give them a product that is safe as well. The Food & Drug Administration has not done its job. We need someone who is going to not only write the laws but also make sure they are enforced. We need to be responsible as an industry but we also need make government responsible in the food-safety arena."
Douglas Schaefer
President, E.J.'s Produce Sales Inc., Phoenix
"I am for the person that will fix our immigration issue. I'm not kidding. That's the biggest problem we have in our industry and the person that will fix that problem will get my vote."
Dick Spezzano
Spezzano Consulting, Montrose, CA
(Participated in 2008 and was undecided one month before the election.)
"Yes, I am again undecided."
Tom Tjerandsen
Managing director-North America, Chilean Fresh Fruit Association, Sonoma, CA
(Participated in 2008 and supported President Obama)
"Still in Obama's camp. Romney and his party are way too far to the right of the mainstream in our country to govern effectively (assuming his amorphous rhetoric is believable). Besides, I've always felt a certain kinship with Big Bird."
Brian Vandervoet
Vandervoet & Associates Inc., Nogales, AZ
(Participated in 2008 with support for Obama)
"I continue to support President Obama."
Bill Vogel
President, Vision Produce Co., Los Angeles
"I wish I were in Nebraska so I could vote for the Democratic (senatorial) candidate Bob Kerry, along with the rest of the national Democratic ticket. He is talking about working with Republicans, even very conservative ones like Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, because he has a good plan to deal with the deficit in a reasonable manner. Kerry is very bothered by the fact that all the Republicans have their hands tied by the Grover Norquist pledge, and he wants to support those Republicans who have the guts to stand up to their party. Kerry will be an asset to the cause to get Washington out of stalemate.
I think the Democrats have handled the problems well over the past four years given all the circumstances, including a stubborn Republican 'Norquist' contingent. I continue to support Obama and the Democratic goals. And, I just don't understand why 'flip-flop' has not been resurrected to describe the Romney positions — so to me there is not the substance to support a Republican vote."


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Avik Roy, Forbes Staff
When Don Berwick left his post as acting administration of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, I thought it was a win-win. Berwick, would "finally, once again, be able to say what he truly thinks" about the "darkness of private enterprise." Well, it didn't take long. Last night, according to the Boston Globe, Berwick described the idea of giving more patients direct control over their own health spending as a "vicious idea."
"Most people do not use health care as a recreational good," argued Berwick, at yesterday's debate sponsored by Boston's Pioneer Institute. But Berwick makes a logical leap: are non-recreational goods somehow immune to the laws of economics?
I'll have more to say when the Pioneer Institute posts the video from the event, but in the meantime, here's some vintage stuff from Berwick's speech to the British National Health Service. "You could have let an unaccountable system play out in the darkness of private enterprise," he told the Brits, "instead of accepting that a politically accountable system must act in the harsh and admittedly sometimes very unfair daylight of the press, public debate, and political campaigning…Britain, you chose well."
h/t Ben Domenech's The Transom.
Follow Avik on Twitter at @aviksaroy.
UPDATE: Coffee & Markets interviews Jim Capretta, who shared the stage with Berwick at the Pioneer Institute, regarding Berwick's "vicious" remarks etc.
Why is it that mental illness seems to emanate from Harvard more than anywhere else?
I attended this event last week. (It was billed as a conversation, not a debate.) I'm glad to hear that there will be video posted of it because it will be worth watching for anyone who missed it.
Berwick made it abundantly clear that he regards healthcare as a human right, and that he has little confidence in the market to provide the best healthcare possible. (He did not give any basis for his view of healthcare as a right–he asserted it.)
Berwick went on to make some observations about how the healthcare system that we have today delivers less-than-optimal outcomes, some of which are true, provided one does not fall for the notion that anything short of perfection is a failure (the nirvana fallacy). The difference between his perspective and a more objective one is that his premise leads him to want to use government force to redistribute the care we have more evenly across society, rather than freeing innovators to deliver better care at cheaper prices to an ever-broader market.
The one thing on which I can agree with Berwick is that health reform is a moral issue. But where he wants institutionalized altruism, I want individual rights and rational self-interest.
Berwick has fallen into the "egomaniac syndrome" of liberal thinking which states people are too stupid to make personal life or death decisions and only intelligent elected government types have the ability to manage the health and well being of the masses (as long as no department goes over budget). Here's the real problem folks. Medicine is not Economics. 9% vs 17% spending means nothing to me or my doctor, but it means everything to the bean counters like Berwick. He stands up there talking like an accountant and at no time does he speak of the quality of care, or the ability of our doctors. All he talks about is GDP… well, guess what Berwick, that is exactly the reason people from all over the world come to the Ronald Reagan UCLA medical center when they need the best medical attention from the best medical doctors on Earth. It's a matter of life and death, not money. And, let's face it, the PPACA with it's 2800 pages and 400 Pelosi exemptions does not in anyway lower or reduce the costs of healthcare or insurance. All the PPACA does is put non medical, elected morons in charge of my life based on a percentage of a balanced budget which, as we all know means nothing to them. Thanks, but I'd rather pay the doctor of my choice cash then deal with socialists and their unconstitutional demands to buy into their pitiful ponzy scheme only to discover the surgery I need is not covered because the GDP fell short last quarter. Americans know our Government has zero business in our doctor's offices. Let's just hope the SCOTUS let's them know that too.
I am married to a Brit…have lived there…we fear socialized medicine because we have seen firsthand the problems it creates. The reality is nothing like the romanticized PR job Dr. Berwick has promoted. I read his words and wonder if he would choose care there or here if his child was sick (my daughter has cancer….we can get free care there…but, purposefully, remain here). Does he only use doctors who accept Medicaid? God knows they could use some paying customers considering the severe cuts in reimbursement. I guess I wonder about the inconsistencies of his actions compared to his moving speeches that will move us into delays on treatment…surgeries…prescriptions. A vital aspect of practicing medicine is time…..socialized medicine creates a climate of waiting….of older machinery, shortages, etc., that I find terrifying…no matter how well he is spinning it.
Madam, good luck to your daughter. I've got a niece in the same place. Not much fun. Also cannot give up.
This is what OweBama NEVER gets.
Within his "great" socialist loves/countries, people with cancer/cardiac issues can DIE in waiting lines.
Will fight OweBama's FAILURES, to the last. Count on it, Rick Ungar (another OweBama lawyer).


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Overall a pretty easy project and a cute, basic shirt – I'm planning on making more in different colors. I had some trouble with my machine wanting to eat my fabric at the hems and collar… I think I need a walking foot. The sleeve hems turned out ok, the collar I just folded over and zigzag stitched, and I didn't hem the bottom at all. The shirt was a little too long so I cut the bottom off and it made a cute circle scarf for my cat, which I'm sure he appreciated :)
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So cute!
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looks great! the color is cool!
and your cat looks….well, it looks me deep in the eyes and wants to jump out of the screen or something ;)) I also had a completely black cat but of course not with a scarf.
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Corsicana —
May 12
Kerens Ex-Students Association invites the public to come celebrate Mother's Day at the KESA building downtown and help local students go to college! Serving from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Take out available. Reservations appreciated but not necessary. Call or text (903) 654-8138. Menu includes Ham or Chicken cordon bleu, cheese potatoes, pinto beans, tossed salad, rolls and tea, with choice of pineapple cake or strawberry poke cake for dessert. Adult meals are $9. Children's menu (12 and under for $4) includes chicken nuggets, cheesy potatoes or pinto beans.
May 13
Woodmen of the World Lodge 5 will have its meeting at 6 p.m. in the Lodge Hall at 200 W. Oak Lawn. All members, their families and guests are cordially invited.
May 14
The Corsicana Emergency Corps., located at 416 South 12th Street in Corsicana, will hold its regularly scheduled monthly meeting at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Monthly meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. For further information, please call 903-872-5072.
When Are We Going Home Ministry will hold its Rising Star Creative Ministry at New Beginnings Family Fellowship in Blooming Grove at 6 p.m. All events are free and open to children with medical challenges, disabilities and special needs and their immediate siblings. www.whenarewegoinghome.com.
Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1009 will meet at 7 p.m. at the Sirloin Stockade, 2508 West Seventh Ave. Membership is open to U.S. armed forces veterans who served on active duty (for other than training purposes) in the Republic of Vietnam between Feb. 28,1961 and May 7,1975, or in ANY duty location between Aug. 5,1964 and May 7,1975. The veteran must submit a copy of his/her DD Form 214 along with the application and dues. Members and guest are invited to come early and eat and visit prior to the meeting.
The National Association of Active/Retired Federal Employees (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will hold its monthly meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Sirloin Stockade restaurant in Corsicana. Come and join us. Members and guests are welcome. James Daniel, Grand Secretary for Texas Lodges of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), and Nancy Chew, Office Manager, will be our guest speakers. For additional membership information contact us at the following locations: In Corsicana call (903) 874-3092, in Ennis call (214) 949-6197, in Waxahachie call (214) 850-4783, in Red Oak call (412) 722-6307 and in Midlothian call (972) 268-5793.
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Navarro Regional Hospital's Senior Circle will meet for lunch at the Sirloin Stockade from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Contact Connie Beal for more information at (903) 654-6892.


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Thanks to earlier alerts, there was not a large loss of life in Chile, but the resulting tsunamis caused damage along the Chilean and Peruvian coasts and spread across the entire Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, the Philippines, and Japan, with waves measuring up to 25 meters high. When the tsunami hit Onagawa, Japan almost 22 hours after the quake, a tide guage recorded a wave height of 10 feet above high tide. See Valdivia and the Catastrophe for details.
Some people regard earthquakes as occasional events, but over one million earthquakes happen every year. Some are so slight they are unfelt, others last for minutes that seem like forever and can cause major changes in the landscape. Others are huge catastrophic events that cause massive destruction and loss of life while forever changing the area and the people who lived there.
There are two major regions worldwide of earthquake, or terremoto, activity. One is the circum-Pacific belt which encircles the Pacific Ocean, affecting the West coasts of North America and South America, Japan, and the Phillipines. It includes the Ring of Fire along the Northern edges of the Pacific. The other is the Alpide belt which slices through Europe and Asia. It is along this line that the Christmas Sumatra earthquake occurred.
Earthquakes along these belts occur when two tectonic plates, far under the surface of the earth, collide, spread apart or slide past each other. This can happen very slowly, or quickly. Thee result of this faster activity is a sudden release of a tremendous release of energy that changes into wave movement. These waves roll through the earths crust, causing earth movement. As a result, mountains rise, ground falls or opens. Buildings near this activity can collapse, bridges can snap under the pressure and people can die.
If the earthquake occurs near or under water, the motion causes the wave action known as a tsunami. These waves are incredibly fast and dangerous. The tsunami from the December, 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake makes this the dealiest tsunami in history.
In South America (see current earthquake map), the portion of the circum-Pacific belt includes the Nazca and South American plates. About three inches of motion occurs between these plates each year. This motion results in three different, but interrelated ways:
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The Richter Magnitude Scale is a number that is used to measure the size of an earthquake. The magnitude is a measure on a seismograph of the strength of the seismic waves sent out from the focus, or the point of the actual rock rupture beneath the surface of the earth. The point directly above the focus on the surface is the epicenter. Each number on the Richter Magnitude Scale represents an earthquake that is thirty-one times as powerful as the preceding whole number, but is not used to assess damage, but Magnitude and Intensity. The scale has been revised so that there is no longer a higher limit. Recently, another scale called the moment magnitude scale has been devised for more precise study of great earthquakes.
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