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The former mayor of Detroit has been ordered to live under home confinement, with a monitor strapped to his ankle, after Michigan officials determined he may have violated his parole by not reporting money he received from Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks.
SEE: Death threats for Pastor Brooks after giving money to embattled ex-mayor
Earlier Thursday, two officials from the Michigan Department of Corrections interviewed Kwame Kilpatrick at his mother's home in Detroit, where he's been staying while on trial for federal corruption charges.
They also ordered Kilpatrick to remain in his mother's house except to go to court or make paid speeches.
This all happened after FOX 32 first showed surveillance video of Kilpatrick at a suburban Detroit Wal-Mart, counting out $2,000 in cash, courtesy of a wire transfer from Chicago Pastor Corey Brooks. Brooks says he was touched by a personal letter Kilpatrick wrote detailing his financial problems and decided to send the ex-con former mayor a gift from church funds.
Kilpatrick owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution to Detroit taxpayers as a result of his corruption. He never reported the money he received from Brooks and that's a parole violation which could land him back in prison.
Kilpatrick's lawyer had little to say after meeting with his client Thursday.
"He's doing everything that's required. Thanks," his attorney said.
Pastor Brooks, who made headlines last year after sitting on a roof for weeks to raise money and walking across the county, is making headlines now for his gift to Kwame Kilpatrick, and he's not happy about it.
Brooks told FOX 32's Dane Placko that he's receiving death threats via email from the Detroit area for doing what he considered a good dead for an old friend.
Kilpatrick may have been begging for money, but pictures on his Facebook page showed him enjoying a very nice Christmas at his 5,000-square foot mansion in Texas--something he won't see for awhile now that he's on home confinement in Detroit.
Corey Brooks is not accused of any wrongdoing.
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The Oglesby Towers garage at 6700 So. Oglesby is across from my two-flat apartment building and emits a humming sound 24/7. The noise penetrates into about two thirds of my apartment all of the time without stop. To see an example of this arrogance of this high rise landlord's go to http://www.loupebble.com/ogtw.html. Try listening to this for a few minutes. If you like quiet and believe everyone is entitled to it please sign my petition to keep our right to the quiet enjoyment of our homes, apartments and neighborhoods, no matter where we live. Whats more the noise is inflicted on their own tenants and no one seems to care. We must quit being noise slaves and stand up for our right to peace and quiet.
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St Martin's School pupils in Northwood investigate murder mystery
9:40am Friday 14th February 2014 in News By Kathryn Snowdon, Senior Reporter
Pupils had to solve a murder mystery at a Northwood school last Friday.
Students at St Martin's School, in Moor Park Road, turned detectives and interviewed murder suspects in an exercise organised by the school's English department.
Staff dressed up as suspects, with roles including a gardener, butler and a lord and lady.
Year 8 pupil Stefan Dezyk said: "I walked into my English room with my class, not knowing what would happen next. There was some typed out background information on my desk with all the information we needed to solve the mystery at Snidestone Manor.
"We discussed the day and I could not wait. We looked at each of the accounts and tried to distinguish the factual information from speculation.
"The next day we went through a slide show and looked at each room in the manor and tried to describe them as much as possible to create an eerie atmosphere. We then went through each character looking for questions to ask them."
The whole school participated in the exercise, which was designed to help pupils with their questioning and English skills.
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Dick Van Dyke had a narrow escape last night after his car caught fire on the freeway. The 87-year-old "Mary Poppins" star was on the Ventura Freeway in Calabasas, Calif., when flames began shooting out of it, according to CNN. He pulled over but had difficulty freeing himself from the vehicle until passing drivers helped him out.
Luckily, Van Dyke was uninjured in the incident, and was soon feeling well enough to joke on Twitter about the scary event. "Used Jag for sale REAL CHEAP!!" he tweeted, along with a horrifying photo of the burnt car. Van Dyke's wife Arlene Van Dyke also posted a Vine of the aftermath. "He's fine thank God!" she assured fans.
Speaking as a New Yorker and a non-driver, this terrifies me. It's not like he was driving a junker; it was a Jaguar, for heaven's sake, which I understand from magazines is a very nice car. Is this something that just happens sometimes? Perfectly nice cars are just like, "Time to be on fire," menacing your favorite childhood chimney sweep?
Wait, maybe that's the issue. Jaguars are British. Perhaps the car objected to his unrealistic Cockney accent.
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I have no problem with enlisting able-bodied taxpayers to support disabled, elderly or infirm members of our community. The real "intergenerational transfer" takes place when new hires are forced to accept pension benefits that are substantially less than the benefits afforded older workers. The obligation to support our elders should be imposed equally on each generation. The baby boomers should fund the future pensions of Gen Y firefighters just as Gen Y now funds the current pensions of the baby boomers.
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thank you for sharing...next time your home catches fire, i sure hope you have the nerve to say THANK YOU to the firefighters...
now go take a nap...
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Thank them because my house catches on fire?


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The cartels have thousands of gunmen and have morphed into diversified crime groups that not only traffic drugs, but also conduct mass kidnappings, oversee extortion rackets and steal from the state oil industry. The military still fights them in much of the country on controversial missions too often ending in shooting rather than prosecutions. If Peña Nieto does not build an effective police and justice system, the violence may continue or worsen. But major institutional improvements and more efficient, comprehensive social programs could mean real hope for sustainable peace and justice.[more inside]
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Backpacker Magazine – October 2006
John Donovan disappeared in a high-elevation blizzard, leaving rescuers and friends stumped. His backpack contained a miracle clue. Bill Donahue investigates.
No one will ever be sure how John Donovan spent his last days on earth. What is nearly certain is that on May 6, 2005, as a blizzard dumped 8 inches of snow on Southern California's Mt. San Jacinto, Donovan was trapped on the flanks of the 10,834-foot peak under an ocean of blinding whiteness.
At the time, he was just 5 days shy of his 60th birthday. He had an enlarged heart, which made breathing–and often even thinking clearly–difficult at altitude. He was lost and alone. A veteran hiker who was nonetheless a notoriously bad navigator, Donovan had strayed from the Pacific Crest Trail, which he was thru-hiking. He carried no useful maps, nor a compass. He was traveling ultralight, using a tarp in lieu of a tent and socks in place of gloves, and he had few provisions. And he'd headed into the storm against the advice of altitude-savvy backpackers.
Anyone who knew Donovan would have cringed to see him in this predicament–and yet they wouldn't have been terribly surprised. Donovan, stubborn and headstrong, had spent his life confounding others with what appeared at times to be contradictory behaviors.
To those who didn't know him, Donovan often seemed gruff and ill-mannered. He swore like a sailor and burst into laughter at awkward moments. He never married, or even dated, and though he had earned a decent salary before retiring from his job as a social worker, he lived like a bum. He inhabited a succession of ravaged $300-a-month dwellings, including an abandoned, partially incinerated savings bank that had no heat. He never had a telephone, and he eschewed computers and cars, choosing instead to walk almost everywhere he went. And he was famously cheap; he never sprang for a restaurant tab.
Though his friends knew him to be a joker, Donovan was also a deep thinker and an inveterate student of history capable of waxing erudite on opera and Europe's great cathedrals. Though his living situation suggests he was a hermit, he craved companionship, striving to avoid the loneliness of his childhood, most of which he spent as an orphan. He once told a friend that his greatest fear was dying alone, as a ward of the state, in a hospital. He hiked with his pals in Virginia's Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Club as many as 100 days a year, never missing the Thanksgiving and New Year's Day outings, and these friends remember him as the most generous and gentle person they ever met.
Donovan believed his mission in life was to help others, and he forswore many of the niceties of modern culture to focus on that effort. At Central State Hospital, in Petersburg, VA, where he'd often supervised "dual-diagnosis" patients (who were in wheelchairs and mentally ill), Donovan had orchestrated novel field trips. He'd take them to city parks, or hunt down free theater tickets and drive them to the plays. "He'd lug these patients around all by himself," says Sharon Loving, another social worker at Central. "He'd lift them into the hospital van one by one."
Now, though, in the swirling snow on San Jacinto, no one was there to help Donovan. And his destiny seemed plain: Here was a willful and defiant man who'd taken chances in the outdoors one time too many. Surely the mountain would snuff him out, scattering his generous spirit to the wind.
And yet, his story somehow transcends that inexorable logic. Even when the mountain was done with him, Donovan's mission seemed to gain a sort of afterlife, an ability to carry on when he couldn't. Indeed, in getting lost and facing his darkest nightmare–a solitary death–he would be doing the best thing he possibly could for two people he would never meet.
Donovan, it turns out, was no stranger to humbling situations. He was born in Pittsburgh to working-class parents, but his father left home when he was an infant. His mother died before he was 10, and he spent years bouncing between Catholic orphanages. Eventually, he moved in with an unmarried aunt who took him along to the swank hotel restaurant where she waited tables. The boy killed time in the bakery, or sold newspapers on the street. "He did grown-up things when he was young," says his friend Chris Hook. "He kind of raised himself, like Oliver Twist."
He had no siblings, not even a cousin he was close to, and there isn't a single person who can recount the entire arc of his life. Questions about how he spent his 15 years in the Navy, for instance, remain unanswered. And Donovan's legal next of kin was a stranger. "I can't remember if I ever actually met him," says cousin Chris Davenport, of Monrovia, CA. "But he kept in touch–Christmas cards and so on."
Donovan looked to his ancestral past for a sense of rootedness. He saw Irish Catholics as his tribe. On the trail, he packed a little whiskey and carried it, per his trademark, in a recycled bottle that bore a Sea Breeze astringent label (providing him with his trail name). At parties, he often slipped into a full-on fake Irish brogue as he made cracks about the harsh discipline imposed by nuns at the orphanages.
He wasn't a churchgoer, but he was keenly aware of religious history. Donovan could expound on the actions of long-ago popes and the church's pantheon of saints. So it was characteristic that, on April 21, 2005, just before hitting the PCT trailhead in Campo, Donovan stood in a small alcove at San Diego de Alcala Mission and lit two candles. One was to honor St. Christopher, patron of travelers. The second flame paid tribute to St. Anthony, patron saint of the lost.
Donovan needed these saints' help. He'd taken up hiking in his 40s, to lose weight, but he still walked slowly, sometimes trudging into camp 2 or 3 hours behind his pals. Though he trekked 4,000 miles a year, he was in some ways an amateur. He got lost often. Once, on Vermont's Long Trail, he detoured to take in a vista–and then, returning to the path, hiked 3 miles back the way he'd come, not stopping until he hit a road and saw a car that looked vaguely familiar.
Donovan had originally planned to hike the PCT with Ken Baker, a good friend from the Old Dominion ATC. Baker, 60, is a retired mechanical engineer and lifelong bachelor who lives in an old farmhouse outside Richmond. A methodical man who speaks with a soft Southern drawl, he spends 3 or 4 months a year backpacking and is known for the easy, loping stride that helps him whip through 20-plus miles a day.
Baker had taken roughly 100 hiking trips with Donovan since they met through the ATC in the late '90s, and though the two men were contemporaries, Baker regarded his friend with an elder's fond dismay. "John was kind of clumsy," he says, "and he wasn't mechanically inclined. Sometimes he'd step on his glasses and I'd have to fix them for him."
Baker introduced Donovan to ultralight backpacking, retrofitting his buddy's gear by, say, removing a pack's metal stays and replacing them with light, thin dowels of wood. In 2004, as Donovan cast about for a place to spend his retirement, Baker spruced up an outbuilding on his farm, erecting particleboard walls and installing a primitive bathroom. He offered Donovan a sweet deal: $200 a month, utilities gratis.
In spring 2005, Baker told Donovan he wanted to postpone the start of their PCT trip by 3 weeks. "I'd looked at the weather data," Baker explains, "and Southern California had just had its snowiest winter in 30 or 40 years." But Donovan couldn't be dissuaded from the original plan. "I asked, 'What if you get lost?'" Baker recalls. "He just said, 'The crowds up ahead will blaze a trail through the snow. I'll be all right.'"
That was Donovan's style. His buds called him "El Burro" for the way he plowed through icy creeks and windstorms and meandered off course for 2 days and still finished his trek. Though Donovan never made it look easy, he'd bagged the 500-mile Colorado Trail and the 2,175-mile Appalachian Trail, which he section-hiked over the course of a decade.
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John j. Donovan was a true marine. Rest in peace john
it still hurts...
Rest in Peace John Joseph Donovan. You are missed by so many, and will live on in the hearts and memories of those of us who knew, or knew of you.
ya I agree I also dont understand why if John donavan was such A big part of them surviving,why he didnt get recognized more,He evidently went through way more than mutt and jeff did.stay on the path dumby,thats what its for.
ya I agree I also dont understand why if John donavan was such A big part of them surviving,why he didnt get recognized more,He evidently went through way more than mutt and jeff did.stay on the path dumby,thats what its for.
Saw him on date from hell I shouldn't be alive
this is a very touching story.
im glad to have encountered it
The more hikers I meet, the more I am astonished to learn that many cannot read a topo map well, or even read that compass that they carry.
Yet they chant their misinformed, wrong headed, opinions that the PCT is "too well marked" for hikers to get into trouble.
If you don't know how to navigate, start practicing. Learning to use a compass is actually pretty easy once you wrap your thoughts around it.
A compass is considered the FIRST tool of navigation. The gps is considered the SECOND, or plan B, tool to use.
In a white out blizzard, you can't see. But you can use that compass (or gps) to find your way to some sort of safety such as a hut, or tool shed, or descending trail so that you don't have to bushwhack and die like Mr. Donovan.
Don't run your mouth and be the fool. If you can't navigate, great, but don't chant to others that they should risk their safety to satisfy your own foolish lack of skills.
Ozzy B. are you serious? Your funny! You said, "you go girl!" in response to hearing they broke up? It was two years later you moron! I almost think your comments were more shocking than that incredible story. My Gosh you suck.
Ozzy B. are you serious? Your funny! You said, "you go girl!" in response to hearing they broke up? It was two years later you moron! I almost think your comments were more shocking than that incredible story. My Gosh you suck.
This is the stupidest episode yet. Gina Allen was worried about her bad breath?! This is simply natural selection at play.
I watched that episode of "shouldn't be alive", and i have to concur. they should call that installment "almost to dumb to survive".
"Though he trekked 4,000 miles a year, he was in some ways an amateur."
Is there such a thing as a proffesional "Hiker"?
Very interesting and intriguing story. Jon Krakauer, where are you? There is a book to be written here.


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Report: D-backs again interested in trading Justin Upton
The 25-year-old Upton had a disappointing 2012 campaign which saw him hit .280, a mark consistent with his career numbers. But his stats dropped substantially from 2011 in several categories, including home runs (31 to 17), RBI (88 to 67) and slugging percentage (.529 to .430).
In his story, Rosenthal cites insiders who say there's a very distinct chance Upton will be moved by opening day 2013.
Major-league sources, however, say the team is again engaged in active discussions about Upton, and one estimates the chances of him playing elsewhere next season are "80-20."
The D-backs tried to trade Upton following both the 2010 and 2011 regular seasons, and his name was mentioned in frequent trade rumors before last July's trade deadline.
The Diamondbacks will be seeking help on the left side of their infield this offseason, and have already traded for Oakland shortstop Cliff Pennington. As Rosenthal points out, Texas shortstop Elvis Andrus could make sense as a trade target, as the Rangers will likely be trying to fill the hole in the lineup if Josh Hamilton should leave via free agency.
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One of the few constants in Mixed Martial Arts is the likelihood of change, especially when it comes to the lineup for any given card. That very concept played out this week in regards to UFC 133 after it was announced undefeated light heavyweight Phil Davis had withdrawn from the August 6 show due to an undisclosed injury and would be replaced in his headlining bout against Rashad Evans at the event.
Within hours rumors had already surfaced relating to who would slide into Davis' vacancy with Lyoto Machida initially looking like the frontrunner to fill the spot. However, in the end, former long-standing divisional champ Tito Ortiz stepped up to the plate after already notching an impressive win over Ryan Bader earlier this month.
UFC President Dana White discussed the entire situation and offered his insight on the UFC 133 main event earlier today in a conference call with media and Five Ounces of Pain wwas be on hand to relay interesting nuggets of information and relevant soundbytes back to the public.
Read ahead and find out what White thinks about Ortiz's willingness to take the fight, Machida's change of heart after initially accepting the match-up, and the situation in general…
Dana White:
- Was informed last week about Davis' knee who had a MRI on Monday to determine the damage where it was revealed he wouldn't be able to fight, said Davis hadn't been able to kickbox for the last 2 1/2 weeks
- Explained Machida originally accepted the fight and was excited about it but came back asking for "Anderson Silva money"
- White told Machida when he accomplishes what Silva has he can make Silva's money
- Ortiz called him late Tuesday night and said he'd reconsidered after initially declining it
- Confirmed Ortiz did not ask for more money
- White honestly felt Ortiz's last fight in the UFC, perhaps MMA, was going to come against Bader and didn't renegotiate his salary as a result (hence Tito's $450,000 payday at UFC 132)
- Said Ortiz won't be top contender if he beats Evans but he'll definitely be "in the top three"
- Referred to how close Ortiz's fights have been while crediting his BJJ and said the difference between him and some of his "old school" peers is how well his chin has held up
- If Ortiz had refused the fight the UFC would have looked at Vlad Matyushenko who is already booked for the card
- Evans told him he didn't care who the opponent was and he was down to fight at the event regardless
- Said Davis was still "100%" down to fight at UFC 133 even with his injury but the company wasn't willing to risk his long-term health
- Still shocked by Machida agreeing to the fight, then coming back with a financial demand, but doesn't envision it affecting future discussions between the two sides
- Using a Strikeforce light heavyweight was never an option and alluded to how thin their 205-pound division is
- Said Davis will only need to rehab his knee and surgery won't be required, will offer a specific condition later this week
- Thinks Evans' ring-rust could play a big factor in the fight
- Hasn't spoken to Machida's camp since the initial request for more money
- Joked that he wanted to get off the phone with Ortiz before be changed his mind about taking the fight
- Said Chris Leben and Chael Sonnen both texted him and asked for the Evans fight
- Confirmed Evans will still receive a title-shot if he beats Ortiz
- Ortiz was the first person White called based on how recently he'd competed
- Closed the call commenting on the Rory MacDonald vs. Mike Pyle fight where he expressed a lot of excitement about the match-up based on both being on the cusp of breaking into the next plateau of opponents
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Imagine you are one of a few gifted people who can travel through time.
What would you take with you if you were visiting the past, and who or what
would you seek out when you arrived?
Bee Ridgways exciting debut novel, The River of No Return, takes the
imaginative concept of time travel to new heights when Lord Nicholas Falcott
wakes up in a hospital bed in twenty-first century London. An organization
called The Guild, whose members hold the secrets of time travel, helps him
adjust to the twenty-first century, because he cannot return to the
Napoleonic battlefield where he was about to die. But when Nick discovers
that The Guilds rules are made to be broken hes ready to leap back to his
ancestral home and the love he left behind.
Ridgway, a professor at Bryn Mawr College, combines adventure, romance,
and time travel in her exciting and original tale, The River of No Return. Here
she tells us about her personal history, her advice, and much more.
LG: Tell us about your background. When did you know you were a writer?
BR: In retrospect I guess I was destined to be a writer all along. My father
was a minister and my mother was a minister's wife (which is, by the way, a
full time job!). My mother was also a poet and a playwright, on the down-
low. My early days were spent surrounded by poetry -- hymns -- and drama
-- Bible stories. Then, my father left the church, having lost his faith in
organized religion, and my mother went back to school to get an MFA. Her
life as a poet became very public, and across the later years of my childhood
she began teaching creative writing workshops and eventually founded an
organization called Amherst Writers and Artists. Now, at 80, my mother, Pat
Schneider, is a much-revered teacher of writing and the author of many books
of poetry and guides to the writing process.
LG: Has any person or writer ever made you doubt your writing skills?
Search for the silver thread of interest, of sparkling question, and follow that. --Bee Ridgway
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BR: No, but then again, it was the family business, with my father having to write sermon every week and my mother working on her poetry and
helping my father. With everyone around me banging away on typewriters all the time, I think writing was pretty demystified for me from the very
beginning. I had a teacher in elementary school who didn't like my writing, but my mother marched in and read her the riot act!
LG: I can imagine your mother doing that. Why are stories about time travel and other worlds so fascinating to contemporary readers?
BR: I think time -- the fact that we live and change across time -- is fascinating in every era. The idea of time travel is both fairly new and very old.
In my own upbringing, the religious stories I was raised with are very time travelly, actually. Adam and Eve inventing death between them.
Methuselah living to be hundreds of years old. The idea that certain prophets will return. The notion of eternal life, or eternal damnation. These are
all strange temporal stories that connect our time to big cycles of meaning, that make us think that our lives are part of a bigger, longer story, and
that we will participate in that story after we die.
In terms of our contemporary world, we are living in a period of such dramatic change, that anyone who has lived into adulthood has experienced
something like time travel. The world has changed so much since I was a child, and so much more since my parents were children -- we actually all
ARE time travelers across big changes, some good, some terrifying, and I think we like to read stories that theorize that for us, dramatize it, make
some sense of it.
LG: Very insightful answer. What are your tricks for tapping into your imagination?
BR: Just sit down and write. I know that doesn't work for everyone. But if I can make myself sit down at my computer, make myself begin, the ideas
flow. I'm writing fun stuff, of course, page-turner adventures, secretly seeded with citations and images from my academic research. It would
probably be harder if I were writing a different kind of fiction.
Of course some days forcing myself to sit down is hard! Anthony Trollope recommended using cobbler's wax -- a very sticky substance -- on the seat
of your pants.
LG: Who are your favorite writers? Did any of their stories inspire The River of No Return or did your inspiration come from some place else?
BR: The novel is heavily inspired by the books I read as a child. Many children's books are time travel novels, whether or not you think of them that
way. The Narnia series, for instance, or Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series. I read a lot of mid-twentieth century popular fiction. Agatha
Christie, Georgette Heyer, P. G. Wodehouse. I love their light touch, their sparkle, their wit -- and their dedication to plot.
But the story itself is inspired by my own obsession with the past and the way it penetrates our present. I've always lived in old houses, just by
accident of fate.
I live now, for instance, in a row house in Philadelphia that has stood here for nearly 200 years. It was not a fancy house when it was built, and the
doorknobs must have been the cheapest possible, some sort of thin brass or tin. Now they are all bent and pitted and they don't turn easily. And
every day I put my hand on them and turn them, feel the cool metal under my hands, just as generations of strangers have done. If I think about it
too much I get the chills.
Everyday thoughts like that inspired my novel -- but the writing of it, the multiple layers of citation in it -- that is entirely dependent on a lifetime of
avid reading.
LG: What was your greatest obstacle as you wrote this book and how did you overcome it?
BR: The book came roaring out like water from a burst dam.
The year I spent writing it was the happiest and easiest of my life, because I was giving in to a creative impulse, doing something for sheer joy, not
allowing myself to second guess anything but purely creating, purely making.
Now that I'm on to a new book it's a little harder not to hear the voices in my head, the critics, the naysayers. But I'm pretty good at shutting them
up. Writing is so pleasurable to me that I find I don't think about the bad stuff while I'm doing it.
LG: What do you advise your students at Bryn Mawr to do in order to learn to write better?
BR: I tell them that they have to follow their passion. It's no use writing about something that bores you. Search for the silver thread of interest, of
sparkling question, and follow that. It's the same for creative writing.
LG: How did you find your agent and how did she find your publisher?
BR: I sent my manuscript to an agent I'd researched on the Internet, but I also asked the advice of an agent I know who doesn't handle fiction. She
agreed that the agent I was interested in was the best for my book.
I was very very VERY lucky and that agent liked my novel and accepted it. She worked very hard on the manuscript with me -- she had lots and lots
of ideas about how to improve it. When she deemed it ready, she sent it out to fifteen publishers at once, and they bid on the novel. It sold in
seven countries!
LG: Wow! You were very lucky and you clearly know and appreciate that. How/why did you pick your pseudonym and whats Bee Ridgway working on
BR: I use a pseudonym because the first thing I wrote down when I started my novel was a pen name. I needed that name to write -- a name that
was not the name under which I write everything else. The new name gave me permission to have fun! Ridgway is my grandmother's maiden name.
She was a remarkable woman, very difficult and unhappy, but also wonderful and full of sparkle. I've written a short piece about her, and the pen-
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I'm working now on a sequel to RIVER, and on a YA novel about the three fates. So stay tuned!
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St Christopher's Barcelona
Real Reviews
Real reviews from fellow travellers
These are trusted reviews from guests who have actually stayed here. We hope you find them helpful.
Note: we only give a property a rating once it has received a minimum of 3 reviews.
- " Location is perfect, but mattresses are worn out "
- 17 Jun 2014 Anonymous Austria
- " Extra charges for everything is kind of bothering. Also there should be lights (in rooms) that residents could control.. "
- 10 Jun 2014 Laura Finland
- " Too few diner tables at kitchen floor. "
- 10 Jun 2014 Anonymous Thailand
- " I have also stayed at St Christopher's in Paris and both hostels were equally great choices for stay! The only reason for a slightly lower score is the room was not cleaned as thoroughly on a daily basis as I would have liked. The bed I slept in the first night was broken and the staff switched me quickly but did not make a note in their computer so subsequently they attempted to put two other travelers in the bed before it was fixed. They did fix the bed the morning after I informed them. :) "
- 20 May 2014 Andrea USA
- " This was my first hostel experience and I travelled alone, and I had such a GREAT time!!! This hostel is very clean and right in Placa Cataluyna, I was very happy with the accomodations and staff!!! I would recommend this to anyone, the bar and lounge area is a great place to meet people and there wasn't a single thing I didn't like. I would definitely return to this hostel. "
- 28 Mar 2014 Melissa USA
- " It is so beautiful hostel and also close to city center. There is just 1 min betwen them by walking. It is so clean and it has helpfull staffs. And bathroom and toilet has hot water and so clean. If i comeback to Barcelona, im sure i will go to there again ;) "
- 17 Mar 2014 Anonymous Turkey
- " Good hostel, but part of a very bog chain. Difficult to meet people if on your own as most seem to already come in groups. Bedd are great, little pods with lots of privacy. They may wish to clean toilets during the night as it is a party hostel and sometime gross in the morning. "
- 05 Mar 2014 Anonymous Australia
- " It would have been nicer if staffs were more friendly. "
- 26 Feb 2014 Anonymous South Korea
- " Great hostel, really worth your money. However, the reception service is somewhat slow, and the bathrooms are not properly ventilated. "
- 18 Dec 2013 Andres Mexico
- " Be sure your bed is not near from the door, otherwise you'll be wake every time someone enter the room. But even with that noise the hostel is very good. "
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Menus and McMahon: El Chorro
By Pat McMahon
Originally published: Nov 11, 2013 - 5:00 am
Originally published: Nov 11, 2013 - 5:00 am
As the fall weather settles in a Sunday brunch on the patio is always nice. Thankfully you can get just that AND a beautiful view at El Chorro in Phoenix. Just wait until you get there!
They have a large menu as well. There are a few delicious drinks, like their El Chorro Bloody Mary, and it is practically illegal to not try their Cr�me Brulee French Toast!
5550 E. Lincoln Drive
Phoenix, 85253
Dinner: Daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Happy Hour: Monday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday Brunch: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Guess The Celebrity Baby!
Guess whose son was snapped looking absolutely adorable in his handsome little outfit recently?
If you guessed it's Fantasia's son, then you are absolutely right. Little Dallas Xavier looked too cute in his new pics after he turned one year old back in December.
Unfortunately, Tasia and Dallas dad Antwaun Cook are no longer together. Fantasia recently revealed to Sister 2 Sister:
Me and Antwaun, as of now, we are not together. I think it's the best thing for us all. We had to learn how to become friends again. There was so much stuff that came out, we were all hurt along the way. There's trust issues. There's just a lot of stuff that kinda got put in the mix. And I, at one point, I wanted to make everybody else happy. To love him, to make sure [my daughter] Zion was okay, to make sure everything—but I had to get to a place where I had to learn how to love Fantasia. I never did that, and if I don't love myself, then I can't be in a relationship.
New outlook. New music. New focus. New Fantasia. Good for her.
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Some raw spots are known for their desserts, others for their shakes. Quintessence, in my book, is known for its Sunday Brunch.
Bagel + Cream Cheese, Chai Latte and fruit Crêpe.
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Some raw spots are known for their desserts, others for their shakes. Quintessence, in my book, is known for its Sunday Brunch.
Bagel + Cream Cheese, Chai Latte and fruit Crêpe.
When I was four I probably didn't know what eggplant was, but tomatoes? Pretty crazy!
On a brighter note, how cool is it that this show will be on ABC? I wonder what the commercials will look like and if the advertisers will try to push back. I love it. Series Premier Friday March 26th.
Also, did you see that Jamie Oliver won this year's TED Prize? I really support his general education message and respect that Jamie Oliver is doing.
Watch his acceptance speech here:
Support Jamie Oliver make his Food Revolution vision a reality. Visit his Ted Prize page and offer your support.
Here are two really dope (dope = awesome) teleseminars that are happening / about to happen:
Sacred Awakening
40 Days with 40 Spiritual leaders from every major tradition all focusing on one question, "How can we live a truly sacred life?"
WISH - Women's International Summit for Health
40 of the world's leading experts in health and wellness all focusing on the topic of women's health.
Isn't it awesome + synchronistic that these non-related events both have 40 speakers each? Pretty sweet if you ask me.
Courtney Pool, Philip McCluskey and Heather Pace.
Courtney's fav brand of spirulina. And Heather's contact details for her chocolate turtles: heathypace [at] yahoo.ca
Via NY Times article: Soda: A Sin We Sip Instead of Smoke? By Mark Bittman
"Sugared beverages are the No. 1 source of calories in the American diet, representing 7 percent of the average person's caloric intake, according to government surveys, and up to 10 percent for children and teenagers. These calories, they point out, are worse than useless — they're empty, and contribute to a daily total that is already too high."
I knew they were high, but I had no idea they were the number 1 source. Crazy!
This guest article comes to us from researcher, part-time writer and angel investor, Rita G.
The Benefits Of Trampolining
One type of fitness and recreational activity that is often neglected or forgotten about is that of trampolining. This can be a very enjoyable type of workout and will also provide a number of fitness benefits.
For many people it will not even feel like they are doing a workout at all, therefore is a great resource to turn to when you're just plain bored with your classic gym routine.
Here are some of the main benefits you'll get from trampolining.
Extreme Stomach Strengthening
One of the biggest benefits you'll get with regular trampoline sessions is a great abdominal core workout. If you're searching for a six pack, this is one exercise type you won't want to miss.
Each and every time you rebound into the air your body will have to tighten up to support yourself for landing, which will primarily be accomplished by the abdominal muscles tensing up. This constant tensing-relaxing cycle is enough to help strengthen the core and also improve posture in the process. In fact, the abdominal muscles are going to be called into play to a larger extent during trampolining than in most of the boring sit-up movements you may have performed in the past.
Low Impact
The second big benefit of adding trampolining to your workout program is that it is very low in overall impact. You may have thought the opposite – after all, you are rebounding up and into the air, but remember that because you are heavily cushioned when you land back on the trampoline, this takes much of the pressure right off the joints.
If you usually suffer from knee pain during normal exercise such as running or biking, this is a good substitution.
Lymph System Improvements
A third nice benefit of trampolining is that it tends to help out with lymph system drainage. This will aid with the removal of any toxins or other poisoning substances that may be present in the body, ensuring that your immune system stays nice and strong.
Cardiovascular Benefits
One of the most common goals of any fitness program is to enhance your overall cardiovascular system. This is what ensures that your heart stays working effectively and that you have blood pressure readings that are within the healthy range.
If you can keep up with your trampolining for a good twenty to thirty minutes you will get these cardiovascular benefits and also help to enhance fat loss as well. It is a very calorie demanding activity if you are continually jumping up and down and you can almost burn as much as you would if you were skipping.
Bone Strengthening Benefits
Maintaining strong bones is also an essential element for promoting good health and being able to stay active for many years to come and trampolining will also help you accomplish this task.
Any weight bearing activity is often regarded as bone strengthening and since each and every time you jump up and down on that trampoline you will be bearing your weight, it is just as effective as running would be.
If you are bouncing on a smaller rebounder rather than a larger scale trampoline you will see greater benefits with regards to bone strength since the number of impacts per minute will be higher.
Enhanced Coordination and Motor Skills
Finally, the last benefit that you'll see from participating in a regular trampolining routine is improved coordination and motor skills. Being able to effectively control the body as it moves through space especially at the accelerated rate that it will be after coming off the rebounder takes a lot of coordination. Then you must also prepare the body for landing and ensure that you maintain proper form to rebound up again.
This improvement in balance and coordination can transfer over to any other recreational activities or sports you might perform improving your overall performance there.
So if you're looking for a change of pace with your usual workouts, why not consider trampolining? You can purchase small rebounders at a very cost effective price and you may even want to check your gym or a local gymnastics facility for adult rebounding glasses.
It's a great way to get out, try a new activity, and get more fit in the process.
About Rita: Rita G. is a soon-to-be author, nutrition researcher, and part owner of Snubbr, a site that recommends gift ideas to consumers.
I love this video from Gnosis Chocolate. Great work by my friends Vanessa Barg and Jeff Skeirik.
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I came across these incenses last week at a small little health shop in Vermont. The idea of "100% wild-harvested incenses" sounded very real. I love me some Indian incenses, but many of them have harmful perfumes in them that become toxic when burned.
Cedar was good, but White Sage was better.
Just one thing, these incenses don't really smell like traditional incenses. They smell more like a campfire than an Indian temple.


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PITTSBURGH—People interested in attending the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) still have time to register for the fall term. Registration will remain open through August 20 for 15-week courses beginning August 22. Students must enroll by September 3 for the 13-week "late start" semester with classes beginning September 6.
"People can go to school to pursue their lifelong dreams, change careers and develop new job skills for today's modern workforce," said Charles Bostaph, dean of student development at CCAC–Boyce Campus in Monroeville. "There are local jobs available, but you must have up-to-date skills."
Nationally, almost 40% of the college student population is made up of adults going back to school, compared to 6% in 1980. Another 3.4 million older students are enrolled part-time, many training for new careers or upgrading job skills in the current challenging economic climate.
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CCAC–Boyce Campus offers majors in Accounting, Allied Health, Business, Computers, Criminal Justice/Homeland Security, Engineering, Hotel & Restaurant Management, Nursing, Paralegal and many transfer programs. CCAC students have transferred to more than 500 colleges and universities.
Those interested in learning more can contact the Boyce Campus admissions office at 724.325.6614 or apply online at www.ccac.edu.
About the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC)
CCAC annually educates 33,000 credit students through 170 degree, certificate and transfer programs and offers non-credit and workforce development courses to 30,000 students. The learning-centered institution's mission is to provide affordable access to quality education and offer a dynamic, diverse and supportive learning environment that prepares the region's residents for academic, professional and personal success in our changing global society. CCAC's quality programs enable students to transfer credits to 520 colleges and universities and support regional workforce needs with accessible instruction available day, evening, weekend and online in Allegheny County and beyond. Visit www.ccac.edu to learn more.


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I few fine folk floated down the beautiful Eel RIver a couple weeks ago and had a delightful time! Such a fine time that one of the participants, Paul McAfee wrote a nice blog about their float. Click on the link below to read the blog and see the pictures!
Eel River Float Blog from Paul McAfee:
Join us for our Annual Public Meeting, February 18th, Manchester University, Union - Lahman Room, 8:30am!
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New soil health article published September 9, 2013! Click here.
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If you would like, you may click on the picture below for a short introduction video to the Middle Eel River Watershed Initiative.
The Middle Eel River Watershed Intiative began in 2009 as a result of Manchester University's committment to it's students and the environment. Thanks to the Environmental Studies Program of the Biology Department of Manchester University, the Initiative is able to work toward the goals outlined in the Watershed Management Plan. Goals include: improving water quality, enhancing recreational opportunities, and promoting conservation of natural resources within the Middle Eel River Watershed.
The water quality monitoring program of the Initiative provides an outstanding opportunity for Manchester University students to gain valuable field and research experience. Over the past four years,19 students have gained summer employment, and some students have even gained academic credit, working as Watershed Technicians for the Initiative.
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Wayne Hunter nearly got Mark Sanchez killed in the first half tonight, although no Jets fans are really surprised about this.
Jason Pierre-Paul made him look really bad, as did anyone lined up against him, as Hunter gave up four sacks in the first half.
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Past calls: HL9FF (Korea), DA1MB (Germany), 7J7ACQ (Japan)
10m CW beacon on 28.2615 MHz
Activated: 9 April, 2006
XMTR: Radio Shack HTX-100, running 5W.
Controller: Expanded Spectrum Systems "Freakin' Beacon II". Operates continuously, 10 WPM.
Antenna: Attic dipole running E-W; approx 15 feet above ground; Inverted V configuration.
Recently (Nov 2012) added a 6m beacon on 50.073 MHz.
- 6m beacon xmtr is a Yaesu FT-857 (non "D" model) running 5 watts with its internal keyer; CW mode.
- 6m antenna is a dipole in the bonus room over the garage with the wire running N-S.
- So far the 6m beacon has been heard in Canada, Michigan and Illinois.
- See DX Summit for the latest reports, 6m is amazing when it opens.
- 6m beacon was originally constructed to help a buddy in the next town over check his 6m receiver.
- It received so many reports from afar I just decided to leave it running permanently (see the DX Summit reports on the 6m beacon) .
-Grid: EM93tw
QTH: Sumter, South Carolina, USA
N 33 deg 55.7 min - W 80 deg 23.8 min
As of 23 September 2011, the 10m beacon has been heard (one or more times) in:
- South Carolina
- New Hampshire
- Wisconsin
- Texas
- Michigan
- New York/Connecticut border (from AE5X mobile with a Hamstick)
- Indiana
- Rhode Island
- Puerto Rico
- Washington State
- Ohio
- Pennsilvania
- Florida
- New Jersey
- Tennessee
- Connecticut
- New York
- Oklahoma
- Massachusetts
- Arizona
- North Dakota
- Georgia
- Alabama (added Nov 2009)
- Kentucky (added Jan 2010)
- California (added March, 2011)
- Maui, Hawaii (added September, 2011)
And the following countries:
- Panama
- Canada
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Russia
- Spain (added March, 2011)
- Greece (added August, 2011)
- New Zealand (added September, 2011)
- Great Britan (added October, 2011)
-- Please note that most of these 10 meter reception reports are from a 5W CW signal to an attic dipole at the BOTTOM of the sunspot cycle! Yes, you CAN be heard with low power and a minimal antenna setup - go for it!
For more 10m beacon info, see:
http://userpages.troycable.net/~wj5o/ (Bill, WJ5O, is the IARU Region 2 10m Beacon Coordinator)
ALASKA now has a 10m beacon on 28.2392 MHz!
See: http://www.al7fs.us/Beacon.html
As of October 2007 South Carolina now has a 2m beacon on the air. Look for:
W4CRZ/B on 144.277 MHz
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Brother Benjamin - Greenbush Brewing Company
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Reviews by DrinkMoreBigBeers:
3.9/5 rDev -1.3%
A - Poured a one finger off white mixed tiny to big bubble frothy head with a ruby reddish cloudy body. Nice looking but does not look like a traditional double IPA. Looks well carbonated with plenty of bubbles streaming up off the bottom. Smoke came out of the bottle when opened. Looks to have a yeast cake on the bottom of the bottle so be careful when pouring this out.
S - Smell pretty well balanced with a sweet malt caramel backbone and some piney earthy hops coming in after. Not picking up much more then that on the smell. Wish the smell was more pungent with hops.
T - The taste on this one is mostly malt caramel/breadiness sweetness with hops earthy/piney following like on the nose. Not sure how old the bottle is on this one with no date. Booze comes in last on the palate and does a decent job at moving the flavors along so your ready for another sip. There is also a burnt flavor in it. Not a traditional tasting Double IPA and can not see how this is a 114 IBUs.
M - Simpley lovely on the mouth with a nice creamy frothy chewy full body. My tongue does feel the alcohol on this one.
O - Nice tasting beer and is pleasant but I can not see how this one is classified a double IPA. It reminds me more of an barely wine then anything. Who knows, I might have an old bottle but I'm not getting the hops I thought I would; leaving me to believe the bottle is past its prime. Wish they dated their bottles. Had to dock some point here. Better luck next time, cheers!
04-10-2013 22:37:25 | More by DrinkMoreBigBeers
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4/5 rDev +1.3%
12-08-2013 12:50:04 | More by DanGeo
2.71/5 rDev -31.4%
It's good to see new breweries springing up and bottling their stuff in my home state. If there's one thing I'll never complain about - it's having too much beer to chose from. Brother Benjamin pours a murky, swamp-brown color, only showing a faint copper essence near the very bottom of the glass. Save for that area, it's completely opaque with lots of little yeast-looking sediment floating about. The foamy, thin-bubbled, khaki head is probably the saving grace of the appearance as it has nice staying power and leaves some traces of lacing behind.
Some sweet grapefruit rinds jump out at my nostrils right away - the sweetness quickly turns into a heavier bitterness that's very pungent to the senses. Some hints of spice and white pepper, giving the hops an herbal and earthy feel. Some light honey sweetness squeezes its way into things, too. I'm picking up a very light tartness that occasionally shows up and occasionally does not. Hard to pinpoint or really put my finger on, but it's definitely something to note. Heavy malt underneath - lots of bread and even a good dose of caramel. Looks like this could be a malt-heavy, East Coast style DIPA.
Well, well, not only is it a malt-heavy DIPA, it's a malt-ONLY DIPA. Just kidding... but, seriously. This malt bill in this bad boy is absolutely huge - so much so that it even overpowers the hop bill just a tad. Huge bread flavors segue into a caramel and toffee backbone that injects some seemingly residual sweetness into the brew. Hops seem secondary, surprisingly enough; herbal, ashy, and loaded with a white pepper flavor. Right away, I notice that the flavor is quite different than the aroma. Not so sure I agree with the disconnect there.
Any detectable fruit in the flavor (which is plenty) is typically of the "bitter" type - meaning lots of pith, peel, and spicy zest flavors rather than the juicy or sweeter type of flavors you'd get from something like Citra hops. I want to say orange zest and grapefruit pith are the most notable fruits in this one. Booze is apparent - not too surprising given the 10+% ABV, although there are plenty of similarly injected beers that hide the alcohol much more elegantly. Aftertaste is reasonably dry and sustainably bitter. Lots of fading caramel notes, bitter fruits, and ashy hops. The body on this is huge - close you eyes and it feels like a stout. Sticky and thick on the palate with medium carbonation.
I don't like this one as much as everyone else, and perhaps it's because I'm not particularly partial to the malt-heavy IPAs. Or at least in this case, I wasn't the biggest fan of the hop bill that was chosen to pair with the heavy malt underbody. I was able to force it down, but it's safe to say that I won't be revisiting this one anytime soon. Or ever. Just too sweet and fat on the palate.
04-16-2013 16:23:29 | More by tectactoe
3.5/5 rDev -11.4%
02-03-2014 03:18:38 | More by BubalooBrewMaster
4.75/5 rDev +20.3%
06-11-2013 19:30:51 | More by supa0525
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4.5/5 rDev +13.9%
02-01-2014 01:07:15 | More by csmartin6
3.25/5 rDev -17.7%
02-28-2013 01:11:18 | More by warnerry
4/5 rDev +1.3%
04-06-2014 00:28:05 | More by 77apm
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
01-04-2014 02:22:46 | More by Guinnsslvr
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
06-15-2014 02:31:43 | More by thaghost
4/5 rDev +1.3%
06-29-2014 20:03:03 | More by sculls65
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
09-25-2013 03:12:45 | More by mikerap100
3.65/5 rDev -7.6%
Bottle (2013)
Acquired via trade
Thanks, Spartan213!
Distinct copper color with more of a honey and dark orange near the thinner edges. Persistent, creamy, khaki colored head. Leaves irregular, large spots of stick down the glass. Pretty IPA.
Dank citrus (grapefruit) aroma, combined with cookie malt sweetness, definite honey character, and just a bit of alcohol presence.
Moderate to highly bitter, grapefruit zest and flesh, shortbread cookie sweetness, and a bit of booze combine. This is quite drinkable for the known ABV. Unsurprisingly, this reminds me of Hopslam, though perhaps a bit less refined.
Medium to near-full in body for the style, with moderate but creamy carbonation. Very drinkable.
Coming away quite impressed with this one, though I had no idea what to expect.
04-09-2013 00:18:57 | More by ehammond1
4/5 rDev +1.3%
03-22-2014 20:59:54 | More by DrKarl
3.5/5 rDev -11.4%
01-29-2014 01:41:30 | More by Zonian1
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
12-18-2013 03:34:51 | More by Sammy
4/5 rDev +1.3%
04-03-2013 21:41:11 | More by MADPolo
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
08-07-2014 22:46:20 | More by WoodBrew
4/5 rDev +1.3%
05-19-2013 12:49:09 | More by Photekut
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
07-15-2013 15:45:12 | More by bconsidine
4.03/5 rDev +2%
Appearance is amber-orange, translucent, with a small amount of head. Smells citrusy and piney, malty and sweet, and some alcohol. I little more bitter than I expected upon tasting and it has a malt backbone that supports the heavy-handed hoppiness. Finishes sweet and dry and alcohol is evident. The mouthfeel brings an interesting aspect as its oily and slick. Well-carbonated. This one is a tough one to review because there is really only one other imperial ipa made with honey from Michigan. It's good and I'm glad I tried it, but I would rather have a Hopslam.
03-02-2013 01:41:30 | More by 33nickadams
3.25/5 rDev -17.7%
04-05-2013 03:52:14 | More by Gonzoillini
4/5 rDev +1.3%
03-15-2013 11:19:37 | More by beergorrilla
4/5 rDev +1.3%
06-19-2014 20:41:05 | More by Rborre321
4.5/5 rDev +13.9%
09-11-2013 13:29:46 | More by Gidyup
Brother Benjamin from Greenbush Brewing Company
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ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - On March 31, 2014, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Alexandria Police arrested Mark Russell Thomas, 31, of Pineville in connection with a homicide on Chester Street.
Thomas was charged with 1 count of First Degree Murder in the March 31, 2014, shooting death of Jenain Simmons, 37, of Laredo, Texas near the 100 block of Chester St. in Alexandria, .
Thomas was located and taken into custody without incident in the 2500 block of Military Highway in Pineville, LA, by Alexandria Police Detectives with the assistance of Pineville Police and Rapides Parish Sheriff's Department.
Thereafter, Thomas was transported to and booked into the Rapides Parish Jail.
As the investigation is ongoing – no further details will be released at this time.
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB News Channel 5) - Alexandria Police Department is currently investigating a homicide.
APD reported officers were dispatched to a home on the 100 block of Chester Street around 12:30 p.m. this afternoon on a report of a victim with at least one gun shot wound.
The victim was transported to a local hospital by ambulance, where he later died.
The victim's identification is being withheld pending notification of the family.
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GREGG COUNTY (KLTV) - A second East Texas jailer has been booked into the Gregg County Jail, connected to the death of an inmate.
Brian West, 30, of White Oak was arrested and charged with tampering with government documents. He has been released on $1,000 bond. We're told West was arrested for falsifying a Gregg County Jail observation log. Authorities became aware of the fabrication while investigating the death of Amy Cowling. Sheriff Cerliano said West tampered another inmate's log, and not Cowling's.
On New Year's Eve morning, Tomeka Cross, 34, was arrested on charges of tampering with government documents concerning Cowling's observation log.
Cowling was pronounced dead last Wednesday after she was found unresponsive in a Gregg County Jail cell.
Family members told us that Cowling was arrested Christmas Eve after she was pulled over for speeding and authorities discovered an outstanding theft charge.
They said Cowling suffered from a medical condition.
Gregg County Sheriff's officials say their investigation into Cowling's death showed that Cross and some additional jail employees were in violation of jail guidelines.
Sheriff's officials say those employees, identified as Corporal Kashena Davis, jailer Jaqueline Smiddy, jailer Gary Lewis.
A fifth jailer, Darrell McClendon resigned.
The family of Amy Cowling says they are looking into legal action against the jail.
Their attorney released a statement Monday night, in it he said, "This supports what Amy's family has been telling us all along. People are quick to judge and accept what officials say as the truth. We now know that the victim was telling the truth. It's just sad."
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