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NILES, Ohio - More questions than answers for customers and relatives as the investigation into a Niles funeral home continues.
A search warrant executed Friday at McDermott Funeral Home uncovered not only business records, but the cremated remains of 42 people, some of which stored in temporary containers, urns and plastic bags.
Scott Roberston of Niles tells 21 News he's concerned that the urn he believed held his father's ashes might not actually contain his father's remains.
Robertson says his father was a customer of the funeral home and he was shocked to find his father's name on the list of remains discovered at the funeral home by police.
"Where's my father's remains? Was he cremated? What happened to him?," Roberston questions.
A Niles widow says she's in shock to learn her husband John was on the same list.
Beth Harkins says "I was sick, sad and it just brought back memories like the day he died."
Harkins says John's wedding ring was never returned to her after his cremation. When she questioned McDermott, she alleges he fed her three different stories.
Mourning the loss of her life partner was enough at the time and Harkins says she finally gave up on asking and moved on.
The cremated remains in question are now in the care of Niles police, but so far there's no word on if they can match the remains with identities.
It's likely Robert McDermott will face criminal charges after admitting to the state Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors, that he failed to place the money of 50 customers into pre-planned funeral contracts, monies that would exceed $150,000.
A seller of funeral goods or services is required by the state to deliver the monies received as payment for a pre-need funeral contract to the agent designated to hold those funds, like an insurance policy or receipt, within 30 days of the money being handed over.
McDermott's license to operate his business and director's license was revoked in July and McDermott has since appealed the Board's decision.
The Board described its decision to 21 News as permanent and notes this isn't not the first time McDermott has faced trouble in connection with funding pre-need contracts.
The funeral home was sold to a local bank in a Sheriff's sale last week. Court records state McDermott told the Board he plans to make good on his promises to customers that trusted him with their money.
The Board is assisting the Trumbull County Prosecutor's investigation into McDermott's business practices. Any potential victims or concerned customers are urged to contact Niles police at 330-652-9944 or the Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors at 614-466-4252.


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Dickinson police say there has been a confirmed sighting of a missing teen in Bismarck.
15-year-old Edward Martin Stubbs is not believed to be in danger.
He moved to Dickinson from Texas to work with relatives earlier this week.
Authorities say he walked off the job site around noon Monday.
Dickinson police say there was a confirmed sighting of Stubbs in Bismarck Tuesday night. Police believe he may be eastbound on I-94 possibly en-route to Fargo.
Stubbs is described at 5'10" 140 pounds. He has strawberry blonde hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, white shirt and blue jacket.
If you have any information contact Dickinson police at 701-456-7759 or contact your local law enforcement agency.
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As of Tuesday, September 18, 2012
© Copyright 2014 Albany Herald
Paige Worsley and James McClellan "Mac" Kellett of Atlanta
were married Sunday, June 3, 2012 at Claxton Farm in
Asheville, N.C. Paige is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Worsley of Albany and Mac is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Dearhart, Jr. of Columbia, S.C. Mr. Hugh McAngus Jr. of Columbia,
S.C. officiated the 6:00 P.M. ceremony.
Kelli Slater, sister of the bride, of Winterville, GA served as
Matron of honor. Katherine Dodson, of Miami Beach, FL and
Jenny Dumont of Savannah, GA served as bridesmaids. Izzy
Slater, niece of the bride and Hartley Kellett, niece of groom
served as flower girls.
Graham Kellett, brother of the groom, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.
served as best man. David Hook, of Louisville, KY and Nihar
Patel, of Greenville, S.C. served as groomsmen. Jack Slater and
Sam Slater, nephews of the bride served as ring bearers.
Wedding music was provided by Sanctum Sully Band and the
reception was held at Claxton Farm in Asheville, N.C.
The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and will reside in Atlanta,
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Central College welcomes the TAIKOPROJECT on Feb. 12. The TAIKOPROJECT is an ensemble of premiere taiko drummers dedicated to promoting and advancing the American art of taiko, meaning "drum" in Japanese.
Through public performances, education and outreach activities, TAIKOPROJECT is committed to preserving taiko as a dynamic element of Japanese-American culture and heritage. In addition to maintaining taiko as a community-based tradition, TAIKOPROJECT also incorporates unconventional and innovative concepts to expand artistic boundaries.
The ensemble will be in-residence from Feb. 11-13 and will hold workshops for students and visit classes.
This engagement is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest, which is generously supported by The National Endowment for the Arts with additional contributions from Iowa Arts Council.
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Visitation was Monday, June 16, 2014, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Miles Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held today, June 17, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the McGraw Memorial Chapel of Miles Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Tidwell Chapel Church of Christ Cemetery.
She was born on June 22, 1943, in Walker County to the late Bervin and Tilda Ann Tidwell Edgil. She was a resident of Kansas most of her life and her church affiliation was the Church of Christ.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Adolph Tucker; a son, Truman Tucker; a brother, Paul Edgil; and a great-granddaughter, Annabelle Faith Brown.
Tucker is survived by two sons, Jimmy Tucker and his wife, Karen, and Chris Tucker and his wife, Teresa, both of Carbon Hill; four grandchildren, Chad, Stephanie, Holly and Dillon; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Cullen Edgil of Nauvoo and J.B. Edgil of Fayette; two sisters, Mary Alice Hodgson and Rachel Pare, both of Carbon Hill; as well as a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives.
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More "25- to 34-year-olds are moving to Austin than any other city in America."
During Lyndon B. Johnson's first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."
Says he was the only statewide elected official to speak in favor of a federal guest worker plan at the 2012 Republican Party of Texas convention.
"Greg Abbott said it would be a 'waste' to expand pre-k to all Texas children."
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The National Science Foundation awarded $700,000 to fund a climate change musical.
"Ralph Hall has never voted to raise the debt ceiling."
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Anorexia Nervosa (cont.)
Medical Author:
Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD
Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD
Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and Medical Director of the National Center for Children and Families in Bethesda, Maryland.
Medical Editor:
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
Medical Editor:
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
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What is the treatment for anorexia nervosa?
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Anorexia may be treated in an outpatient setting, or hospitalization may be necessary. For an individual with severe weight loss that has impaired organ function, hospital treatment must initially focus on correction of malnutrition, and intravenous feeding or tube feeding that goes past the mouth may be required. A gain of between 1 to 3 pounds per week is a safe and attainable goal when malnutrition must be corrected. Sometimes weight gain is achieved using schedules for eating, decreased physical activity, and increased social activity, either on an inpatient or outpatient basis. For individuals who have suffered from anorexia for several years, the goals of treatment may need to be achieved more slowly in order to prevent the anorexia sufferer from relapsing as a result of being overwhelmed by treatment.
The overall treatment of anorexia, however, must focus on more than weight gain. There are a variety of treatment approaches dependent upon the resources available to the individual. Because of increasing insurance restrictions, many patients find that a short hospitalization followed by participation in a day treatment program is an effective alternative to longer inpatient programs. Most individuals, however, initially seek outpatient treatment involving psychological as well as medical intervention. It is common to engage a multidisciplinary treatment team consisting of a medical care professional, a dietician or nutritionist, and a mental health care professional.
Different kinds of psychological therapy have been employed to treat people with anorexia. Individual therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, group therapy, and family therapy have all been successful in the treatment of anorexia. In adolescents, research shows that the Maudsley model of family therapy can be particularly effective in treating this disorder in this population. In contrast to many past approaches to treatment, the Maudsley model approaches the family of the individual with anorexia as part of the solution rather than part of the reason their loved one has the disorder. With ongoing specific guidance from the professional mental health team, this approach has the family actively help their loved one eat in a more healthy manner.
Any appropriate treatment approach addresses underlying issues of control, perfectionism, and self-perception. Family dynamics are explored. Nutritional education provides a healthy alternative to weight management for the patient. Group counseling or support groups may assist the individual in the recovery process. The ultimate goal of treatment should be for the individual to accept herself/himself and lead a physically and emotionally healthy life.
While no medications have been identified that can definitively reduce the compulsion to starve oneself, olanzapine (Zyprexa, Zydis), risperidone (Risperdal), and quetiapine (Seroquel) are medications that are also used as mood stabilizers and to treat schizophrenia that may be useful in treating anorexia. These medications may also help increase weight and to manage some of the emotional symptoms like anxiety and depression that can accompany anorexia. Some of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drugs, like fluoxetine (Prozac), sertraline (Zoloft), paroxetine (Paxil), citalopram (Celexa), and escitalopram (Lexapro), have been shown to be helpful in weight maintenance after weight has been gained, as well as having beneficial effects on the mood and anxiety symptoms that may be associated with the condition.
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Neighbors describe Justin Hensley as a computer whiz, but Wright County prosecutors and FBI investigators believe he used that knowledge to make and sell child pornography.
In the small town of Rockford, the quiet cul de sac where Tom Dick lives is filled with families who have children.
"It's a little alarming," he admitted. "I know it happens, but you don't like to see it in your town."
As a father of three, Dick told FOX 9 News that learning his next-door neighbor was being investigated for child porn crimes came too close for comfort.
"It's very disturbing to hear that," he said. "He's living right next door."
FBI agents and Wright County sheriff's deputies raided Justin Hensley's home with guns drawn on Wednesday before removing several boxes full of computers and evidence -- but what makes the allegations even more disturbing for the local community is that Hensley has been a member of Rockford's Planning and Zoning Commission for the past two years.
Hensley was appointed by the Mayor and the Rockford City Council for a three-year term that ends in 2013, but the city administrator said a conviction on a single possession of child pornography charge would violate the code of conduct and oust him from the commission.
Hensley remains in the Wright County Jail, and is expected to be charged on Friday morning. Officials told FOX 9 News he could face up to 10 counts of possession of child porn in Wright County District Court, and the FBI says he may also face federal charges.


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On the first day of March it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there
And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
And mother wake me early in the morning
And so opens "Boys From the County Hell," a booze-fueled anthem -- one of many -- by Irish rockers The Pogues, who in the 1980s and early '90s made the music world take notice of their brash blending of rock 'n' roll and traditional Celtic sounds.
The song also provided the name for Cleveland's best -- and, OK, only -- Pogues tribute act. Started on something along the lines of a whim many years ago among many musically talented friends, the Boys From the County Hell continue to spread the music of the Pogues around Greater Cleveland in March as St. Patrick's Day approaches.
"We've been around for a lot longer than The Pogues ever were at this point," says Doug McKean, who does his best to re-create the signature booze-fueled growl of Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
"With Shane for sure," he continues. "They carried on for a few years after him."
The Boys from the County Hell, who have eight members spread around Northeast Ohio and another who travels in from Albany, N.Y., don't play as often as they used to throughout the year, but are always busy come March. McKean and Chris Allen (guitar and mandolin) are talking about the band prior to their set on March 9 at the Irish American Club -- East Side in Euclid, which they go on to open with Pogues classics "If I Should Fall From Grace With God," "The Broad Majestic Shannon" and "Sunny Side of the Street."
"We've gotten to where it's just fun," McKean says. "We don't play as much as we used to, and everything we do is pretty good gigs around St. Patrick's Day. We've kind of whittled it down to the Christmas show and the taste of Tremont over the summer and a couple of things over the course of the year.
"We were all a little more broke (in the early days), so we milked it a little more," he continues. "But there's really no stress to it at all. Everybody's really good friends, and it's a fun thing to do. And it's just great music to do, and everybody loves it."
Career highlights for Boys From the County Hell include playing a handful of gigs with Pogues member Spider Stacy in 2001, a weeklong residency at the New York-New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas a few years later, as well a black-tie gala in Bangkok. In recent years, the band has focused on doing what they do as well as they can do it to keep Northeast Ohio fans coming back to their shows.
"We've really grown our Christmas show at the House of Blues into the big hall (from the smaller Cambridge Room), so that's been a highlight," Allen says. "It's almost become our biggest show of the year, I would say."
(Well, if the Christmas season doesn't put you in the mood for The Pogues' "Fairytale of New York," you're probably not a real fan.)
Christmas appeal aside, this is clearly their biggest weekend. The St. Patrick's festivities begin the night of March 15 with a full, two-set performance at the Happy Dog on Cleveland's West Side. The following day they're performing a late-afternoon show at Stone Mad Pub, also on Cleveland's West Side. That will allow them to rest up --a bit, anyway -- for the beast that is their St. Patrick's Day schedule. The lads begin at 9 a.m., playing the aforementioned Cambridge Room in the House of Blues for folks who come downtown for the parade hours early and often bring the whole family. Wait, an Irish rock show at 0900 hours?
"It's a little different," McKean says. "It's rare we do one of these shows where there are 50 5- to 10-year-old kids sitting in the front row and dancing around and stuff. That's always fun. I gotta watch my mouth at those shows a little bit. That's always an extra challenge."
The meat of the day is spent at Flannery's Pub downtown -- the guys will play off and on for hours, with Chris and bassist Tom Prebish spelling Doug on vocal duties, and dipping outside the Pogues' catalogue for some material -- and the day wraps up with a bash at The Harp, also on Cleveland's West Side.
"Flannery's is seven hours," Allen says. "It's a long grind."
"The day gets a little long," McKean allows. "Then the Harp's always a blast."
And while you're likely to see the guys, um, partaking in one of the traditional activities of the day, they do know to pace themselves.
"Nobody's ever train-wrecked on St. Paddy's," Allen says. "We've had people train-wreck on other days, but we've never had a St. Patrick's Day train wreck."
"Lay off the whiskey till at least 9 or 10 at night," McKean says. "We weren't always so smart about that, but we weren't always playing 12 to 13 hours in a day."
That there's still a demand for the Boys From the County Hell says something about the band, for sure, but also of the staying power of the music of The Pogues, who while having performed in various reunion shows and tours in recent years, haven't released a new studio album since 1996's "Pogue Mahone." They've paved the way for similar sounding contemporary acts, most notably Flogging Molly and the Dropkick Murphys.
"They've a very seminal band at this point," McKean says. "Maybe their legacy wouldn't be quite what it is if other people hadn't picked it up -- I mean besides us, obviously."
So will Boys From the County Hell be around for a while longer?
"I don't see why not," McKean says. "Yeah."
"Till Doug quits," Allen adds.
"We shouldn't overlook the fact that we make money doing it, especially during March," McKean says. "Everyone loves that, too."
See Boys From the County Hell this weekend:
-- 9:30 p.m. March 15 at The Happy Dog, 5801 Detroit Ave., Cleveland | 216-651-9474
-- 3 p.m. March 16 at Stone Mad Pub, 1306 W. 65th St., Cleveland | 216-281-6500
-- 9 a.m. March 17 at the House of Blues Cambridge Room, 308 Euclid Ave. | 216-523-2583
-- 1 to 8 p.m. March 17 at Flannery's Pup, 323 E. Prospect, Cleveland | 216-781-7782
-- 9 p.m. March 17 at The Harp, 4408 Detroit Ave., Cleveland | 216-939-0200
Ten Pogues songs to check out on your streaming audio service of choice
"Boys From the County Hell"
"A Pair of Brown Eyes"
"If I Should Fall From Grace With God"
"Turkish Song of the Damned"
"Thousands Are Sailing"
"Fairytale of New York"
"Medley: The Recruiting Sergeant/The Rocky Road to Dublin/The Galway Races"
"Streets of Sorrow/Birmingham Six"
"Young Ned of the Hill"
"Sunny Side of the Street"
-- Mark Meszoros


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PONG – referring to the classic video game – is Senking's fifth release on raster-noton, moving its focus on stretched dubstep rhythms. To these slow motion grooves, he adds shredded melodies, sub basses and echoes, which create an atmosphere like an Angelo-Badalamenti-soundtrack known from David Lynch's movies. His electronic sound aesthetic reflects rather an organic texture than a machine made algorithm. In tradition of former dub producers, he generates his tracks while playing, and therefore they appear to be momentary. They are aware of the club, but do not want to serve it. At Berlin's CTM 2010 Senking proofed that PONG can be massive on stage as well.
A 3D-interpretation of classic PONG by visual artists and software producers of almost sync is attached to the album in a mac and windows version.
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By DL PERRIN
SHIPSHEWANA — A queen-sized triple Irish chain quilt will be the featured showpiece at this year's annual Habitat for Humanity Benefit Auction.
The auction will take place in the Shipshewana Auction Barn Friday, Aug. 2.
The quilt auction draws a large crowd from around the Midwest.
Besides the showpiece quilt there will be dozens of others with designs, including Broken Star, Lone Star, Sampler, Mariners Compass, Star Fan and Log Cabin. Along with quilts, there are comforters, rugs, furniture, household items, crafts, a queen buggy, vacations, hotel packages, 4-H meats, many miscellaneous items and a bake sale items to be offered.
Over the past 18 years of service, LaGrange Habitat has provided more than 22 homes for LaGrange County families. Plus the group has served five families through its home repair program called "A Brush with Kindness."
New this year, the group is taking on a home renovation project.
Crews repair and renovate rather than starting from the ground up. It is a part of their new Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative.
To donate auction items, time or to refer someone you know might qualify for Habitat programs, call Mont Arnold (260) 463-8519.
Schedule for auction day
• Lunch: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Auction: 3:30 p.m.
• Haystack dinner: 4 p.m.
• Quilt auction: 5:30 p.m.


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Inner Peace and Wellness - Atlanta
Transcendental Meditation Center of Atlanta
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Atlanta, GA
Event Details
You are invited to join us for a special event on the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique. Space is limited so we suggest you reserve your seat now. Admission is free.
The TM® technique has been learned by over 5 million people, and over 350 published studies have found it effective as a natural treatment for stress and anxiety, lowering blood pressure, improving brain function, and more.
- Why TM is so effective for stress and anxiety
- How TM reduces high blood pressure
- What happens during TM
- Why anyone can practice TM
- Why TM works from the start
- How to learn TM in Atlanta*
And, of course, we'll allow ample time for your questions.
Certified TM Teacher — Mark Cohen
*TM instruction requires personal one-on-one instruction from a certified TM Teacher, so it won't be taught at this event. However, you'll have the opportunity to meet local TM teachers and sign up to learn the TM technique.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
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Down Town Beach Beauty/Main St ! Walk to Pier and Shops ! in Huntington Beach
- bedrooms 4
- baths 2½
- sleeps 10
- pool no
- hot tub no
- pets allowed yes
- type House
- community
rates (USD)
/ week
$ 5,500 - $ 11,200 / month
vacation rental description
This is a Free standing Beach House!
Located right on Main St,just half block to down town HB shops and restuarants and just a couple more to the HB Pier.Enjoy a relaxing vacation in this fully furnished Beach Beauty with four bedrooms and two and half baths.
Master bedroom with King bed and large master bath with jaccuzi bath
tub. All other bedrooms with Queen beds,new furnishings
Large front patio and Private Garden Side Patio w/Fountain for
Two car garage and ample street parking.
Outside shower for rinsing off.
This is the best location in Huntington Beach and it is the most
beautiful vacation rental availble in the Down Town Area!!!
Just minutes from all the major attractions in So Cal.
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Sherry or Tim
house rental amenities
Amenities; Gas fire pit and relaxing patio furniture, Wireless Internet,TV,Premium (HBO) Cable TV,DVD,Stero w/CD Player,Full
Kitchen,Microwave,Dishwasher,Refrigerator w/ice Maker,All Cooking
Utensils provided,Linens Provided,Washer and Dryer,Bicycles (Three
Beach Crusiers)and (3)Boogy Boards Suplied,Two car Garage,Gas BBQ.
Relaxing in home Massages on appointment. Excellent rates.
activities and attractions in Huntington Beach Los Angeles Area
Activities;(on site or near by).Walking and Bike path A long the
Shore,Fittness Center/Gym,Golf,Resturants,Movie Theatre,Pubs,Surfing
Lessons,Parasailing,Jet Skiing,Scuba,Snorkling,Fishing,Boating,Wild
Life Viewing,Horse Back Riding,Basketball,Tennis,Racquetball,
Shopping, 25 minutes to Disneyland and Knotts Berry Farm amusement
and only 90 minutes to mountains and Much,Much More.
vacation rental rates
High Season Rates $3,300.00 (May thru September)
Mid Season Rates $3,000.00(March, April & Oct.)
Low Season Rates $2,800.00(Nov. thru Feb.)
Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Years/Rate
Cleaning Fee required
Discounts for longer stays.
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Top things to do in Huntington Beach
- Surfing
- Wind Surfing
- Boating
- Fishing
- Shopping
Top things to do on a budget
- Farmers Market every Tuesday
- Music and Dancing
- Surf Museum
Top things to do with a family
- Dog Beach
- Bicycle on the Beach Trail
- Sand Volley Ball
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Massive USAR Drill Simulates Earthquake Damage Throughout UK
Exercise Orion 2010 took place during September at various locations across England. It was centered on an earthquake scenario which was designed to simulate an event that has a very low likelihood in the United Kingdom (UK) and therefore is outside all...
Exercise Orion 2010 took place during September at various locations across England. It was centered on an earthquake scenario which was designed to simulate an event that has a very low likelihood in the United Kingdom (UK) and therefore is outside all normal planning assumptions. The exercise concept is that this is "training for reality" and not a showcase. The UK has a highly developed, well coordinated and practiced response to resolving incidents. This exercise provided another avenue to share experiences with all participants.
Urban search and rescue (USAR) teams from the UK were joined by teams from the European Union and a team from the United Arab Emirates during this exercise.
The main field exercises were held on two sites outside of Portsmouth, England. Fort Widley was home to the primary field exercise activities. This Napoleonic-era facility is regularly used by members of the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) USAR. Multiple scenario locations were created for this exercise. To prepare for this massive event members of the Hampshire FRS/USAR team spent over four months developing the site by both constructing new challenges and updating and modifying existing locations within the complex.
In addition to the Fort Widley site they utilized an adjacent facility nearby. This location consisted of a multi-story building currently under demolition. This challenged not only the rescue specialist working on the ground, but the logistics components of the teams were also put to the test by having multiple locations to support during the exercise.
The exercise started with a simulated earthquake which triggered the response of over 20 units from the Hampshire FRS. These companies were met by exercise staff members and role players in a manner that mirrored a Hollywood production. The level of realism created by the Hampshire FRS staff immediately challenged the first responders and set the stage for the following three days of activity.
The first challenge faced was the "Widley Cliff Apartments," consisting of exterior and interior challenges. The "North Block" rubble pile had numerous casualties including, uninjured hurt but dazed and injured surface casualties, lightly trapped, heavily trapped and deeply hidden victims. The many passageways in the fort provided means to create safe havens and access points for victims to be placed inside of the "collapsed structure" and for exercise staff to constantly monitor the operations of the rescue teams and the safety of all exercise participants.
Many of the rescuers skills were challenged by the exercise development team. Rope access was needed to climb down to damaged roof structures then vertical rope access down to internal apartments areas. The pancake collapse required breaching and breaking skills along with shoring and monitoring to create safe havens for rescue operations.
The next area that rescuers came upon was known as "Widley Gorge Bridge East" and "West." The collapsed bridge offered a variety of challenges. A van pulling a camper was overturned with the camper hanging over the edge of the embankment. (All designed with hidden safety cables to provide for staff and rescuer safety during the exercise). Cars were scattered about on the bridge surface all with simulated victims playing their roles to the fullest, which taxed the most seasoned responder. Located below the bridge was a section of engineered concrete slabs representing the collapsed road surface. This component covered four trapped vehicles and tons of rubble, all designed with access for victims and exercise staff via passageways from the interior of the fort. The rescue teams objectives included: breaching the road surface, tunneling to the victims, and then assessing the victim's condition prior to packaging them for removal.
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A toddler is recovering after being nearly mauled to death by a dog in Buena Vista Township on Monday.
Police said the 3-year-old girl suffered massive puncture wounds to the side of her face and even lost a portion of her ear.
The incident happened at a home inside the Saginaw Villa Trailer Park in Buena Vista Township around 4 p.m. on Monday. The home is located on Apollo Drive, just off of Dixie Highway.
Buena Vista Police Sergeant Sean Waterman said that the dog was left behind by a person who once lived at the address.
MLive.com reports that this isn't the first time the dog, which is a female boxer-pit bull mix, bit the same girl. Police said the dog also bit the girl about a month ago, but the family allegedly couldn't afford the $130 to have animal control officials pick up the dog.
The dog is currently being held by animal control. The victim, Breanna, has undergone surgery to fix the damage to her face. Hospital officials tell WNEM.com the girl will make a full recovery.
TV5 further learned that pit bulls or pit bull mixes are banned from the mobile home park.
Late Thursday, Saginaw County Animal Care Center director Kevin Wilken issued the following statement:
"On behalf of the Saginaw County Animal Care Center, we extend our well wishes for a speedy recovery to the child involved in the incident on March 11, 2013, with the dog in Buena Vista Township. Saginaw County Animal Care Center (SCACC) responded to the call and removed the dog from the property. The dog is currently under quarantine at SCACC.
The matter is currently being investigated. Until the matter has been thoroughly investigated, SCACC will not be able to comment any further."
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Morton Grove police released the following statement Sunday morning:
"Arrest Made in Connection with Muslim Education Center
The Cook County State's Attorney's office and officers from the Morton Grove Police Department have investigated the discharge from an air (pellet) rifle at the Muslim Education Center, 8601 Menard, Morton Grove, IL. The Morton Grove Police Department was contacted and began an investigation into the incident on Friday at 8:54 pm.
Once on scene, officers were advised of other criminal damage to property incidents that had occurred at this location previously, but went unreported. Cognizant of the sensitive nature of these incidents, the Morton Grove Police Department contacted the Cook County State's Attorney's office to further the investigative process. No injuries were reported from any of these incidents.
The investigation directed investigators towards a Morton Grove resident who lives just east of the Muslim Education Center property. Further investigation led to the confiscation of a high-velocity air rifle outfitted with a scope, and resulted in the following individual being charged:
Subject: David Conrad, 51, of Morton Grove
Charges: Three counts of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm; Class X Felonies
One count of Criminal Damage to Property; Class 4 Felony
Bond hearing: August 13, 2012
Court date: August 22, 2012 1:30 pm
Recipients are reminded that an arrest by the police does not constitute a finding of guilt, and that the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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Par Four Entertainment
Great Summer Entertainment Close To Home
Mike and Zelda Sedberry were looking for a place for Mike to teach golf lessons. They found the perfect spot at Par 4 Entertainment outside of Hurricane. Offering an upper and a lower covered golf driving range, Mike had an ideal situation to teach. Par 4 offers an 18 hole miniature golf course, 3 softball/baseball batting cages, a huge gameroom, and giftshop as well. The main attraction is the driving range which the Sedberry's have put a lot of time an effort into improving. Featuring new targets, grass, and landscaping, it has become the best golf driving range in the area. Come and check out Par 4, and bring the family!
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Person Interviewed: Zelda Sedberry
Title: Co-Owner
Hours: Summer: Mon-Tue 2-9, Wed-Fri 12-9, Sat 10-9, Sun 12-6
Location: Putnam County, West Virginia
Address: Rt. 3 Box 232, Hurricane, WV 25526
Phone: 304-722-6393
Reservations: For groups
Website: www.parfourbatterup.com/
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The Fourth Annual Albany Children's Book Festival will welcome more than 70 children's and young adult authors and illustrators on Saturday, April 28, 2012.
The Festival is a community event which is free and open to the public. Hosted by The Albany Academies, it will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Albany Academy for Girls campus located at 140 Academy Road in Albany.
The Festival provides children of all ages…tots, teens, and in-betweens…. the opportunity to meet and greet many talented authors and illustrators. Books can be purchased at the festival for signing, or children can bring their own copies to the festival. Workshops and presentations specifically designed for adults, librarians, and teachers as well as children will continue throughout the day. The Music Mobile, Albany's Tulip Queen, a storybook parade, and other entertainment will perform.
There will also be a prominent keynote speaker and author panel discussion to kick-off the Festival at 9:00 a.m. on April 12.
The Albany Children's Book Festival is dedicated to nurturing literacy in school–aged children. It is our belief that every child -- in every community -- should have access to books to explore, learn from, and to stimulate their imaginations.
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Legal Sea Foods - Atlanta
- Address:
275 Baker Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30313Neighborhood:
- Cuisine:
SeafoodPrice: $31 to $50
Legal Sea Foods - Atlanta
- Dining Style: Casual Dining
- Website: http://www.legalseafoods.com/Restaurants/Atlanta-Downtown
- Phone: 6785003700x
- Hours of Operation:
Monday - Thursday: 11am - 10pm
Friday - Saturday: 11am - 11pm
Sunday: 12n - 9pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Seafood
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Smoking Area, Takeout, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Private Party Facilities: Celebrate a special occasion or host a corporate event at Legal Sea Foods. We customize every menu and finishing detail. Here in downtown Atlanta, we can accommodate from 12-60 people for a sit down dinner and up to 125 guests for a cocktail reception. Depending on the size of your party, choose from our Wine Room with its bottle-lined walls or our Oyster Bar for toast-worthy celebrations. Or within the Hilton Garden Inn, the colorful Atlantic Room and elegant Pacific Room provide additional function space, ideal for corporate meetings. Larger gourps, up to 200 seated or 250 for a cocktail reception, may prefer semi-private space or a buy-out of our dining room. Private dining at Legal Sea Foods offers great food and hospitality and easy planning. Please contact our special events manager for further details.
- Special Events: Celebrate a special occasion or host a corporate event at Legal Sea Foods. We customize every menu and finishing detail. Here in downtown Atlanta, we can accommodate from 12-60 people for a sit down dinner and up to 125 guests for a cocktail reception.
A word from Legal Sea Foods - Atlanta
The signature dish at Legal Sea Foods – really fresh fish.Continued
See fish. Eat fish. Legal Sea Foods is located in downtown Atlanta's Hilton Garden Inn, across from the Georgia Aquarium and World of Coca-Cola. Our two-story restaurant is double the fun for Atlantans who love seafood.
The buzz-worthy Oyster Bar is our street level lounge. Our second floor dining room features panoramic windows overlooking Centennial Olympic Park and Atlanta's skyline, a balcony with outdoor seating and a wine room for semi-private parties. Nineteen signature cocktails, 28 wines by the glass and 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish will get you hooked.
Legal Sea Foods has received a boatload of accolades including being named "#1 Best Seafood Restaurant" in a nationwide poll by USA Today (2013) and the honor of serving our legendary New England Clam Chowder at every presidential inauguration since 1981.
See fish. Eat fish. Legal Sea Foods is located in downtown Atlanta's Hilton Garden Inn, across from the Georgia Aquarium and World of Coca-Cola. Our two-story restaurant is double the fun for Atlantans who love seafood.
The buzz-worthy Oyster Bar is our street level lounge. Our second floor dining room features panoramic windows overlooking Centennial Olympic Park and Atlanta's skyline, a balcony with outdoor seating and a wine room for semi-private parties. Nineteen signature cocktails, 28 wines by the glass and 40 varieties of fresh fish and shellfish will get you hooked.
Legal Sea Foods has received a boatload of accolades including being named "#1 Best Seafood Restaurant" in a nationwide poll by USA Today (2013) and the honor of serving our legendary New England Clam Chowder at every presidential inauguration since 1981.
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Legal Sea Foods - Atlanta reviews from OpenTable diners
260 reviews since May 5, 2014
- Food4.1Service4.1
- Ambiance4Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (140)scenic view (129)good for groups (86)fit for foodies (74)romantic (73)great for lunch (68)great for outdoor dining (48)notable wine list (44)hot spot (41)great for brunch (35)neighborhood gem (33)late-night find (31)kid-friendly (30)vibrant bar scene (27)Show More
- Undercooked Seafood CasseroleOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/30/2014I ordered the seafood casserole. It came to the table with raw shrimp and fish. The top was not brown and the inside was cool. TWICE! The fish and shrimp were obviously raw! We have eaten here every year for football games but no more.Special Features:
- Really supports the tourist.KFW918Dined on 8/30/2014Really supports the tourist. This legal seafood does not compare to the Boston locations. The Atlanta location will survive with it location for tourist looking for something to eat. Local's have much better choices available. This is sad for me to say a since I am from Boaton and was excited to have a legal seafood open in Atlanta.Special Features:
- A Great Experience!OpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/29/2014We were celebrating a work promotion. We had dinner on the outdoor patio and the city was beautiful and vibrant that night. I had the grilled platter with the swordfish, tuna, salmon, shrimp and scallops, they were all grilled perfectly! I also fell head over heals with my sides, the roasted mushrooms were excellent, I love Legal Seafood!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Won't DisappointLike2cookDined on 8/29/2014Good seafood and conveniently located to Atlanta downtown hotels and Georgia Dome. Recommend making reservations. Our party of 8 thoroughly enjoyed the food and dining experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best in ClassOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 8/28/2014We had a large group in town for a football game. All the food we ordered was among the best we had ever had for those items. I especially like the fresh hot bread, shrimp and scallops. The cole slaw was the best I have ever tasted. The margaritas and mojitos were absolutely fantastic!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love the crab cakesUnsatisfiedPatronDined on 8/28/2014Crab cakes are awesome and so is the lobster!! One of my favorite spots. Always great service, food always amazing!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great FoodluvtoeatDined on 8/26/2014We really enjoyed the food, the service and the great view of Atlanta! I would recommend this to anyone. Two of us had the Shrimp and Stone grits and they were tasty. Meal was received quickly and was hot.Special Features:
- GreatLove2DineVIPDined on 8/24/2014The only reason I would not rate it 5 stars is because drinks are not inclusive in kids meals. Kids meals seem overpriced already and to not include the drink is ridiculous. Food quality (adult) was outstanding! Also I had a server that wasn't trained as well as the others or was having an off day.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great eveningRidgeRunnerDined on 8/23/2014Had a wonderful experience - the other guests provided insights as my friend and I were trying to decide on what we should order. Portions are generous - great presentation. If you're not a big eater - consider splitting an order. The braised greens were wonderful - I'd order this as a side again. Also had the spinach and it was ok nothing special like the braised greens. We ordered the Nutty Salmon - wonderful and must have again. Great presentation, loved the nuts on the salmon - would change out the spinach for braised greens in a hearbeat.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Special PlaceAwesomeDined on 8/23/2014If the entire server staff was like the guy I had for my visit this place would be over the top special. Jeff, was well prepared with the entire menu. He was able to suggest, listen and come up with a full course meal from beginning to end even beverages. My wife and I were so impressed with him and all the information he shared, not to mention he had a great story to keep the mood light and enjoyable as we celebrated our 9th anniversary. We will return for future visits and try not to eat as much as we did, but the food was so awesome it's hard to hold back.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food lukewarmCtrivDined on 8/23/2014Service was good, although a bit slow, waiter had multiple tables seated at once and there didn't seem to be much of a 'team' serving concept. Appetizers were delicious, all 4 entrees were lukewarm at best. Wife's almond-crusted salmon was extremely dry and almost cold. Plates weren't even warm like it had sat in the serving window.
- One glitchTJohnDined on 8/22/2014We got there early and was told to give them a few minutes since we wanted to dine inside. They forgot about usSpecial Features:
- Worth it.IWFoodCriticDined on 8/21/2014Legal Seafood has excellent selections. Took a group of 8, we ordered everything from the raw seafood tower to the surf and turf. Had one member of the group with shell fish allergies - they took great care of him as well. Worth it.Special Features:
- Great mealOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/21/2014Our group enjoyed the dining experience. The food was good and we are glad we had reservations.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SurprisedAteItUpDined on 8/16/2014I was very surprised at how well the service was and how well the food tastes. There was 8 people in my party and not one person complained about their food. It was a great experience.Special Features:
- Meh'foodie4life83Dined on 8/16/2014I had to stop the manager to get a drink because even though my server passed me many times, over 10 minute span, he said nothing. I of course asked to be moved and my new server (Laticia?) was much better. So if you want a chance at a great dining experience ask for her. The food was hit or miss. The bang bang cauliflower was awesome. The clam chowder was okay. Shrimp and grits were awesome. The fudge cake dessert was not good. It was cold which I complained about. I was told by my server it was not supposed to be but no effort was made to correct the dish that they served to me incorrectly. I paid for it even though she threw away 95% of it, no biggie. I definitely don't recommend this restaurant and I won't be returning.
- JaiDDined on 8/16/2014This was my first visit, and I was very please. I made reservations for a party of 9 for a 50th birthday party. The staff was very accomodating, the food was excellent as was the ambience. The service was good but not great. However it was Restaurant Week and the restaurant was very busy. All of the staff were pleasant and very accomodating. They even took pics for my bday friend to remember the event. I would definitely recommend and return!Special Features:
- Yummy and delishiamraestaDined on 8/16/2014I went during Restaurant week. The crab cakes are the bomb and I would get those again. The crab soup was soooooo good that I'm thinking of returning again this week just for that.Special Features:
- Salmon Burger RocksOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/16/2014Ate here during ATL restaurant week and very glad I did! Great food and great balcony seat. I made a note to return! I also appreciate 3 hrs of free parking at the Hilton Hotel!Special Features:
- Gluten freeGFftoodieDined on 8/16/2014Fantastic GF menu. Delicious clam chowder, fish and chips. Even had awesome GF rolls.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 8/15/2014AMAZING FOOD!!!! EXECELLENT SERVICE!!!! OVERALL great dining experience!!!!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- ReviewBritBritDined on 8/15/2014Legal Seafood wasn't all that I thought it would be. I went for lunch during restaurant week and was very excited! The food took a very long time to come out, which was frustrating since I was on my lunch break. The cauliflower appitizer was delicious and the salmon burger wasn't very tasty. Apparently, they were short staffed so the workers seemed a bit stressed.Special Features:
- Happy I wentTruedinerDined on 8/15/2014We went for lunch during restaurant week....food and service was very good. I will visit againSpecial Features:
- Delicious!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/14/2014Hands down one of the best sea food restaurants i've ever experienced!Special Features:
- Crab cakeslegalDined on 8/14/2014This place was awesome. Megan, our server, was top notch. The food was great. Crab soup, the salmon, the crab cakes were delish, loved it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent FoodSweetcDined on 8/14/2014This was our second visit to Legal Seafoods and we really enjoyed it. The crab cakes with the mustard sauce were absolutely wonderful and so was the salmon. We would definitely recommend this restaurant to our friends and familySpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Enjoyed the outdoor setting...decavisitsDined on 8/14/2014We enjoyed the outdoor dining because we had great food and perfect weather for August. I had the house salad and fish and chips, which brought back memories of Legal Seafood in Boston. My friends had the seafood casserole, rich and creamy. Wayne was energetic and helpful. Everyone we met was pleasant and welcoming. We were there during Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week and would come again. Particularly liked the validated parking!The only negative was the street noise from delivery trucks on the street below.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SGLovesLifeDined on 8/13/2014I went for Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week 2014 for the first time. My server, Delta, was very attentive and provided me with wonderful customer service. Upon looking at the regular menu I decided to order from it. I was impressed with the food because it was challenging to find a good seafood restaurant in Atlanta. I loved grilled seafood and the shrimp and scallops were grilled to perfection. I was a little disappointment the meal I ordered did not come with sides (because I am a sides girl); it only came with a very small bed of lettuce, that was more like garnish than a salad- but it was fresh and the dressing was very good. The bread was to die for and it took everything in me not to ask for more. Looking forward to returning.Special Features:
- Maybe next time1HighOctaneDined on 8/13/2014Went here bc it was near Phillips. Had Bang Bang Cauliflour App which was only star of meal. Took too long to get food and choices were limited. Nothing special.Special Features:
- Great lunch!!!PfannDined on 8/12/2014We enjoyed our table with a view of the park and food was delicious.Special Features:
- Awesome !!!Jnc1014Dined on 8/11/2014The food was great. A nice time with great food and service. Can not wait to go again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Happy TastebudsdinerschoiceDined on 8/8/2014I have dined at Legal Sea Foods before and never disappointed. I tried the swordfish with a Cajun rub which was a great suggestion by the waitress and the spicy calamari for my appetizer. I enjoyed the ambiance and the food. Will be back soon.Special Features:
- Fresh seafood/Average preparationDonnyCDined on 8/8/2014Great venue for outdoor seating on a nice day - great view. Seafood exceptionally fresh but not cooked well. Got the chef's choice wood grilled platter but the swordfish was not cooked through; was medium cooked in parts and the salmon was overcooked. Received a piece of fish that I couldn't identify and when I asked the waiter, Alex, what it was, he thought it was tuna - fish was definitely not tuna. The crab cakes, however, were exceptional - huge lump crap with virtually no filler. Nice hot rolls served with the meal. Try the premium side dish of corn with bacon, basil and pecorino - that is the one dish that I would return for. The clam chowder was delicious and prepared almost perfectly as well.Special Features:
- KeeperDined on 8/6/2014This is going to b a keeper.....food was good, server was very pleasant. We chose to sit outside and it was not too hot. I am looking forward to going here for dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The food was not that greatOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/3/2014Will probably not be returning. The bread was very good however the entree was not that great. My rating from 1-10, 10 being the best I would rate the food only a 4.sorry Staff was goodSpecial Features:
- Wish We had the other serverIluv2eatDined on 8/3/2014Food was excellent. We just wished we had the other waiter/server. He did a much better job with taking care of the guests at the table next to ours. He made helpful suggestions and substitutions for the dishes as the catfish was not available. Our server, she did the bare minimum. Being that it was our 1st experience with them, we would have rather had the other server to wait on us. Not-to-mention, it was my God mom's birthday. He would have been more accommodating.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderful Seafod near EverythingLove2TravelDined on 8/3/2014We arrived witha group of 8 and were sat immediately. Our waitress explained everything in detail. The food arrived about 20 min later and everyone was very happy. The cocktails were not that impressive but the actual seafood was delicious!Special Features:
- Not as good as Boston!SAM1Dined on 8/2/2014Service was adequate, food was a little dry, table was at a noisy and busy service route, the combo plate (scallops, shrimp, and crabcake) all tasted the same.
- Good Service and Good FoodMisstabbDined on 8/2/2014The staff was very accommodating and the food was good.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very Disappointed!!!!NotACritcDined on 8/1/2014Boyfriend's birthday heard rave reviews but it miserably failed reputation. Booth was torn bulging & inside lining was dirty. An ABUNDANCE of small children that made ambience disruptive. Menu left a lot to be desired if u don't want "sushi" offered an entrée w/a variety of seafood but it was all raw. Stated it was 1st dining experience & we were overdressed compared to crowd that looked as if they had just come from playing in the park, but no one inquired if we were celebrating anything. Cocktails are overpriced, tasteless, & lack the fair amount of alcohol that any first year bartender would serve. Overall I will only recommend this restaurant to someone that wants a nice view of Centennial Park when they take small children out to eat.Special Features:


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John Craig: Which technologies do you think will weigh in most heavily in this upcoming election?
Raj Sherman: I think it is going to be a blend of all technologies. Facebook, Twitter and Flickr will play a big role in our campaign and allows us to talk to a large number of people for a minimal cost. In particular, it will allow us to talk to younger voters.
Demon dialing however played a huge roll in my leadership campaign, allowing us to direct over 100,000 people to our website. Once people were on our website, they viewed our videos and made $5-$10 donations to the campaign. We didn't have the luxury of donations in the order of $10,000 to $15,000 like other parties. We will be using demon dialing again in the provincial election.
Technology is important to us. Being new to politics we were able to use the technology get the message out quickly. However it is just a compliment to the most important form of campaigning, namely face-to-face. Pressing the flesh. People need to be able to look you in the eyes and know they can trust you.
Danielle Smith: My preferred technology is Twitter. I guess that makes me a member of the twitterati. I find Twitter most effective in reaching out to consult with the public and I was able to do that to open a discussion on the new drunk-driving legislation. It gave me a chance to find out what real Albertans thought about having their cars impounded for having a single drink.
I find Facebook less effective. It's more of a broadcast medium, and I don't find it as conversation oriented or interactive. Facebook ads are good to drive traffic to the website and we have had good results with YouTube videos. I also believe QR codes and SMS messaging will play a role in mobilizing the campaigns.
However, the most effective technology tool for us is telephone town halls. The traditional town hall is important, and captures a certain demographic, but it's important to have a medium to reach out to people who don't have time to stop in for a coffee and stale donuts and bring them into the discussion when it fits their schedule. We had over 15,000 folks tune into our last healthcare and education town halls. It's one of the most powerful tools we have.
Craig: Twitter and Facebook were used aggressively during the recent political leadership races in Alberta. How do you see the use of Twitter and Facebook shaping up for the general election?
Sherman: I have 3000 Facebook friends on my own personal page. I haven't switched over to a political page yet, but I may do that as we build out our social media team for the upcoming election. Facebook has helped us to connect to people are politically and technologically aware, and it's really me answering those posts, so if I'm slow to reply it's because I have over 600 messages in my inbox waiting to be answered!
Twitter has been effective as well. Most recently we were able to draw attention to the issue of clear cutting in Castle and its impact on the Grizzly bear population there. By revving up the twitter engine we quickly found the issue on the front page of the Calgary Herald without even putting in a call to the paper.
Smith: As mentioned before, I like Twitter. And a lot of that has to do with the fact that the Twitter app is really easy to use from my BlackBerry. The Facebook app is not as user friendly and Hootsuite wasn't easy to use at all, so Twitter really stuck with me.
But I think most politicians are using social media in the wrong fashion. Most use it as a pure broadcast mechanism. They don't interact with the public. The discussion has to be interactive and a leader has to respond directly, and I do. Only recently did I give up my Twitter password to my assistant, and that was only in the event of my BlackBerry dying!
Redford just used it as an election tool. She doesn't do it in office. Nenshi does it well. Rob Anderson does it well. Redford just uses it to broadcast information, I found she stopped engaging once she was elected.
Craig: Do you feel that Twitter and Facebook are effective in helping you find new voters, or does it only target the ones who are already voting for you?
Smith: If you use it right, you can find new voters. We captured new members as a result of the stand I took on the new drunk driving legislation. We also captured new members as a result of my boycott of Chiquita bananas for their anti-oil sands pronouncements. Being bold, and taking out meaningful stances on Twitter has been effective in drawing in support.
Sherman: We are finding Facebook to be the better medium for capturing new voters, as the casual voter tends to hang out there. The crowd on Twitter is mostly hyper-engaged and galvanized to their cause. We haven't been successful in capturing new votes on Twitter.
Craig: Have you used Twitter or Facebook for a donation/volunteer call to action at all? Was it effective?
Sherman: Nenshi and the Wildrose have fired things up, and social media is table stakes in the current environment, but getting involved is not enough. You have to engage people to perform real-world tasks. We will be building out some custom applications to get supporters, particularly the youth, to login and engage. We are trying to tap into that 21-year old kid in front of a PC who feels strongly about the party and wants to push information out to his friends and neighbors to get involved. We are talking seriously about crowd sourcing fundraising.
Smith: We have been doing money bombs to pay for issue oriented radio ads using email, and we have used Facebook ads to help get the ask out to our supporters. We have been effective in raising $10,000 to $20,000 at a time. I've seen it effectively used in online fundraising for emergency causes, such as the Slave Lake fire and I've participated in those initiatives, but I'm not sure it's ready for the prime time in Alberta yet. There is only a very small overall population on Twitter to draw from compared to the mainstream donors and volunteers that aren't digitally connected.
Craig: Is your use of social media, including YouTube generating earned media? Do you feel the press is picking up on your messaging?
Smith: Members of the press do follow us on Twitter and we retweet their coverage. I'm not sure if this is the reason we are earning media, but we have also been polling in 2nd place for last two years against the PCs and I think that might have something to do with their choice in coverage.
But I think the press might be missing a more important metric. Our direct reach through town halls has been huge. We are able to make 70,000 calls in 3min and get 15,000 people to stay connected. While they are counting my Twitter and Facebook followers and comparing it to the other leaders, it's our effective use of technologies that create direct voter contact that I feel is helping to drive our success.
Sherman: The media hasn't picked up as much on me as I'm spending most of my time canvassing door to door! We have added valuable, award winning resources to our election staff that will be helping us with our YouTube campaign, so stay tuned.
I'd also share that Skype has become a very valuable tool for me, as it allows me to be in two places at the same time. Most recently, I was double booked at an event at the Petroleum Club in Calgary and a town hall. During the event at the Petroleum Club, I was able to duck into a phone booth and connect to the town hall using Skype. One attendee was so impressed with my flexibility they stroked a $1000 check on the spot!
Craig: How are you measuring the success of your digital campaigns? What indicators do you personally pay the closest attention to?
Smith: I've really kept my eye on how many people show up to town halls. Politics is a human relationship profession. You have to have the opportunity to meet with them and connect with them to make that relationship work.
As an example, I've jumped onto Twitter after conducting a town hall to see what the digital buzz has been. Apart from a few tweeters, there wasn't much interaction. This told me that the folks attending town halls are not on Twitter. They are two different groups of people, and I have to connect with both. However the there are far more people connecting with me on town halls than there are on Twitter.
I think technology has, however, helped us make an impact sooner as a movement, because we can get our message out quickly, and it does allow us to have a meaningful dialog. Since the last election we have built our membership from 11,000 members to 30,000 members. I think the Reform movement, starting in 1986, took about seven years before it made its impact in 1993. The Saskatchewan party took 12 years to come to power. I think technology may be a factor for why we have become mainstream so quickly.
Sherman: The benefit of digital technology and social media is that you can see things working quickly. But there are always questions on which approaches are more efficient, and how you measure them. You have to be active on Facebook and Twitter to get people involved. You have to coax people to work on your behalf. It's easy to be a wallflower on social media, so it's up to us to yank them into the dance.
Demon dialing was useful in this regard, but I think we maxed out on the quantity with demon dialing. Ed Stellmach even received two calls from us to vote in our leadership race! We received complaints, but the technology was effective and is here to stay. We now need to fine-tune the targeting and quality of the engagement, and for that we are bringing in more live callers to follow up on the demon dialers to capture votes.
Craig: What old school approaches to campaigning, particularly radio, TV and lawn signs do you still favor?
Sherman: TV, for my campaign, is simply too darn expensive. It was TV advertising that put our party in over $1M in debt. We can't afford to spend more than we take in. For our party, community newspapers will be key. I prefer lawn signs to expensive billboards and I like to concentrate my efforts on putting lawn signs on home lawns versus public property. Lawn signs on people's personal lawns means votes for our party.
Then I have my trucks. I have a red Ford and a red Dodge truck. Both have my picture and website on them, and when we roll into a town we drive to the coffee shops and gas stations. We get 70-100 hits on our website every time we take the truck somewhere. It's been very effective to capturing the public's attention.
Smith: I like all of them. I'm a huge fan of trailer signs and door knocking.
Craig: Which old school approach would you most wish to forego?
Smith: None really. The real cost of any campaign is TV advertisements. For me, it's the most effective way to introduce myself to mainstream, neutral voters. That 6-9pm prime time TV spot is the most expensive and most effective. I'll always spend on that above all other old school approaches.
Sherman: I wish I had that luxury of foregoing traditional campaigning! I'm planning on running in the next two elections and I'll run it with the same tenacity as Steve Nash. I'll be door-knocking the day after the first election to get ready for the next. I'll run my party and the election the same way I run my own household. I'll only spend what I have, and I plan to make sure there is some money in the bank to keep us going.
Craig: Do you still use polling firms in your campaign strategy? Do you find them effective in helping you make decisions?
Sherman: I was offered polling for a few thousand dollars in my leadership race and found that I did better going door to door. I get better results than pollsters going door to door than paying for them to find out what I'm hearing every day in the street.
Smith: We use polling firms and focus groups to test campaign messages and adverting spots, but I don't put a lot of stock in polling in the party horserace. The pollsters and their landline dialing panels aren't cutting it and they are missing the mark. Just this past week there were two wildly different polls issued by Focus and Leger. If the poll shows you are behind, it can demoralize your team, if you are ahead, your team might coast. You just have to look at the come from behind victories of Paul Henman and Nenshi to know not to take a great deal of stock in polls.
Craig: In the US, online ad clicks have been shown as precursor measures of election success, most particularly in the case of the election of Chris Christie in New Jersey. There is an argument that they can effectively replace polling. If you had to decide between spending cash on scientific polling vs. online ads, which would you favor?
Sherman: When you are late to the party you don't stop to check the time. If you can get the accuracy of a poll with ads and click-through rates, I'll go for the ads every time.
Smith: Definitely online advertising. Polling can be good to test ideas, but it's not a reliable predictor of election success. To be effective in online advertising, you need to know your target audience, and get that message in front of them in a timely fashion. If it proves out to predict success, I'll be sure to keep my eye on it.
John Craig is the VP of Sales and Marketing at Purple Forge (www.purpleforge.com) that provides iPhone applications to politicians and political parties across North America, in the UK and elsewhere. John was named to the 2011 Aristotle Dream Team for Mobile Campaigning around the Globe.
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Various Artists, ōThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Ś Part 2
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ItÆs a sad goodbye from ōThe Twilight Saga,ö which sees its last installment, ōBreaking Dawn Ś Part 2,ö hit the big screen this week. The soundtrack reflects a chocked up melancholia that lingers over the sound like dust over old boxes of family photos.
This final film steps away from the romantic dilemmas of previous outings into a tense confrontation between vampire factions. Yet the album is more focused on delivering a soulful sound that is neither too arcane, nor too mainstream. ItÆs just quirky enough to be embraced by the hordes of teenagers whoÆve grown up alongside Bella and Edward.
Nikki Reed, who plays Rosalie Hale in the film, makes an appearance on the instrument-stripped piano ballad ōAll IÆve Ever Needed,ö alongside her husband and former ōAmerican Idolö contestant Paul McDonald. Green Day, the biggest act on the soundtrack, is bland on ōForgotten.ö
And the rest of the songs alternate between diaphanous guitars like POP ETCÆs ōSpeak Upö or dreamy tunes like FeistÆs ōFire in the Waterö and James Vincent McMorrowÆs ōGhosts.ö ThereÆs also haunting strings, like on ōNew for Youö by Reeve Carney, best known for playing the lead in BroadwayÆs ōSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.ö
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Ellie Goulding gives the album a touch of playfulness with her energetic ōBittersweet.ö
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Adam Lanza....always knew you were a little off in High School.—
SARAAA™ (@SaraKelley_) December 14, 2012
Now that authorities and the media have turned their attention from the mistakenly identified Ryan Lanza to his younger brother Adam, neighbors and classmates who knew the alleged Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter are sharing their memories and impressions. Unnamed officials have said that Ryan described his brother as having a "personality disorder," a description that others seem to back up.
@SaraKelley_ was he in our grade?—
Nick Tarantino (@NickyT4) December 14, 2012
"@NickyT4: @SaraKelley_ was he in our grade?" Yeah…he always carried a briefcase around. Very quiet.—
SARAAA™ (@SaraKelley_) December 14, 2012
Talked to a friend who knew Nancy Lanza. She retired a few years ago to take care of Adam (who was autistic).—
Jacob Wycoff (@4cast4you) December 14, 2012
Those who claim to have known Adam Lanza say they're not terribly surprised by the news.
Lived in Newtown for 4 years. Never in my wildest dreams could have imagined this happening there. Heartbreaking.—
Steve Lardner (@stevelardner) December 14, 2012
Just an hour ago (still thinking it was Ryan), I spoke to a friend who knew Adam Lanza and said he wouldn't be surprised if it was him—
Steve Lardner (@stevelardner) December 14, 2012
My daughter went to school w/adam lanza. We lived 6 houses away. He was troubled for sure for a long time. RIP nancy #NewtownSchoolShooting—
Beth Israel (@bethiz) December 14, 2012
I knew Nancy Lanza. She lived around the corner from me. Such a kind woman. I can't believe this. #NewtownSchoolShooting—
Beth Israel (@bethiz) December 14, 2012
It has to be Adam, not Ryan #NewtownSchoolShooting—
Beth Israel (@bethiz) December 14, 2012
I used to have play dates with Adam Lanza. In his house. In my neighborhood.—
Alex Israel (@alexisrael) December 14, 2012
@kelseymyers nothing much to say- can reference my tweets. Knew Adam as a child at Sandy Hook. He was definitely a little off. That's it.—
Alex Israel (@alexisrael) December 14, 2012
Used the play baseball with Adam Lanza. Never thought someone I once knew would kill over 25 innocent people.—
John Wlasuk (@throwmetheus) December 14, 2012
Personality disorder or not, there's no sympathy to be found here:
So scary that someone so sick and twisted can live down the street from me #sandyhook—
Tim Dalton (@tdalton19) December 14, 2012
Adam Lanza has been a weird kid since we were 5 years old. As horrible as this was, I can't say I am surprised… Burn in hell, Adam.—
Tim Dalton (@tdalton19) December 14, 2012
Dangerous: Media outlets falsely linked Facebook profile to alleged Newtown shooter; Update: Media may have incorrectly reported gunman's name


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October 26, 2012
Chris Jordan: Running the Numbers is a campus-wide exhibition held in conjunction with Jordan's Penny Stamps Distinguished Speaker Series presentation on November 15th at 5:10pm, Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty.
The exhibition takes place in the Stamps School of Art & Design's Jean Paul Slusser Gallery (1st floor, 2000 Bonisteel Blvd.), with select pieces at the following sites - Click to view a Google map of all campus locations:
Join us for an opening reception at Slusser Gallery from 6 - 9 pm on Friday, October 26.
Chris Jordan is an artist and cultural activist whose work explores contemporary mass culture. In Running the Numbers he looks at contemporary western culture through statistics. Each large scale image portrays a specific quantity of something: two million plastic bottles (five minutes of bottle consumption in the U.S.), 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of our can consumption), as a way to alter our understanding, and our actions. For more about Chris Jordan, visit: http://www.chrisjordan.com/
With support from the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, Graham Sustainability Institute, College of Engineering, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Institute for Humanities, Palmer Commons, Arts Engine, Program in the Environment, Chelsea River Gallery.
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Leap Now Weekend
On February 28th 2004, Auroville celebrated its 36th birthday with the Leap Now Week-end . The event followed a successful dawn bonfire now firmly cemented as a community institution for many birthdays to come.
The external-combustion powered dawn meditation gathered the usual Aurovilians, friends and some new guests, including a visiting Rainbow tribe, complete with flag.
Later, a brilliant new year sun rose over a Certitude reborn. The 'inner-city' afternoon sport Mecca now shone with repainted white volleyball court boundaries and shamelessly flaunted three new basketball nets. Revised parking arrangements aimed to shepherd the daily gathered pool of two-wheelers away from sporting events, with partial success.
No sooner than naysaysers had dismissed the event as unjustifiably dust-generating, did Sukrit's slick road team water-sprinkle the Solar Kitchen-Certitude Highway, guaranteeing breathable air at least until lunch. Event organiser and father-to-be, Martanda would allow no red clouds to spoil his three weeks' preparation for the big day. For 'twas a celebration of dust.
Dirtball constituted the focal activity of the two-day festivities and culminated in a mighty clash of Auroville titans. Dirtball, this odd abbreviation of fully-grown basketball saw teams of three compete in desperate, dirty, 20-minute half-court matches. Ragged and sweaty, players fell by the way over two days of elimination matches, to produce a nail-biting final between Team Auroson and Team Nouï. The result left Nouï's Team benevolent and beamingly confident that points didn't really matter.
Saturday's program also tantilisingly advertising "Games" at 3pm. With punctuality teachers only dream of, fifteen hysterical fun-hungry children explosively materialised at the published hour, under Certitude's acoustics-on-steroids concrete dome. There, a small crowd gathered to watch odd things take shape. Small, focused bodies wound their way through a hijacked soccer goalpost and string spider-web obstacle-course complete with alarm. A small brass puja bell held precariously between the taught strands, rang at the slightest nudge from five and 45-year old elbows alike. As the sun dipped below punishing levels, a massive four-way tug-of-war mobilised all those who felt themselves insufficiently dusty, sweaty and manually challenged. After two epic battles, a rope no shorter than a kilometre remedied their shortcomings. Four variously-sized but surpisingly well-matched teams of around ten, fought to gain barefoot traction in two inches of red dirt. They all aimed to drag the ropes' intersection beyond the borders of a large square drawn in the dust and in the end, some did, but suddenly noone cared who.
Grit-infused and desperately thirsty, the rope-warriors had caught wind of watermelon. There, between a small mountain of coconuts and green melon, Ashok fed these desperate animals pink fruit and nut milk. Calm reigned until thirst-slaked camaraderie devolved into watermelon peel war. Snipers took up positions and surgically dispatched unwitting targets with fructose projectiles. Ground troops returned fire while civilians ran for cover.
Visible through the day's dying embers, Ananda, Kalu and team lugged six thunderous speakers into place for the evening spectacular - the fire dance . The crowd that gathered to witness their feats of pyrotechnic acrobatics swore they saw fire dance that night.
On the other side of town a different kind of performance prepared itself. The Genius brothers welcomed a new generation of performers to reincarnate as The Genius Family on the Visitors' Centre stage. Boasting a five-year old cast of thousands, the evening's performance also introduced some visting performers. The show interspersed the voice of Berlin musical singer Francesca with the talents of visting Irish theatre graduate Katja against a backdrop painted live by Sara throughout the two-hour show. The evening's freeform, cattered presentation seemed out of odds with an audience packed well beyond the Visitors' Centre's seating capacity. Humanity occupied every inch of the amphitheatre's surrounding rooves, balcony and even some of the stage.
Leap Now followed three weeks of planning and preparation that included a week of performance workshops for The Genius Family and days of work for all those who watered the roads and prepared Certitude for the party. The final Sunday gave way not only to the final stages of the by then competitvely-enhanced dirtball, it also ushered in something else - a masterpiece of human unity. That day an inter-Auroville, inter-village Volleyball match brought together many individuals for the first time and there, in the dust, under the Sun, Auroville entered its 36th year.
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Oregon State Police troopers are looking for witnesses related to a reckless driving arrest Wednesday morning near Government Camp.
Troopers received reports shortly after 11 a.m. of a white car heading west on Highway 26 failing to stay in its lane, traveling on the wrong side of the highway and nearly colliding with other cars. Some drivers reported being run off the road.
A trooper stopped the car just after 11:30 a.m. about seven miles west of Government Camp. Several witnesses also stopped at the scene.
Douglas Watson Jr., 27, of Redmond, was arrested on the charge of reckless driving.
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HILLSBOROUGH — Michael Wayne Johnson Jr. was a noted N.C. Central University quarterback in 2010, closing in on school passing records and building a bigger name for himself in Durham, where he had been a high-school standout.
In many ways, he was the kind of college athlete the state's Uniform Agent Act was designed to protect – a student athlete with hopes of playing at the professional level who had good friends at Division 1 schools with similar dreams.
On Wednesday, Johnson, a Hillside High School graduate, found himself on the other side of the North Carolina law that governs professional sports agents. Johnson is the fifth person to be criminally charged as the result of a protracted N.C. Secretary of State investigation into improper benefits provided to players on the 2010 UNC football team.
Johnson was arrested in Miami several days ago and was in Orange County District Court on Wednesday, making a first appearance on three counts of athlete-agent inducement.
In warrants unsealed in Orange County court, prosecutors outline their contentions – that Johnson was a go-between for Terry Watson, a Georgia sports agent already charged in the case, and Greg Little, a former North Carolina player who is a wide receiver with the Cleveland Browns. The 25-year-old Johnson, a friend of Little's and someone who has worked with prominent Miami-based sports agent Drew Rosenhaus since college, faces three athlete-agent inducement charges.
The indictments charge Johnson provided a location for Watson to meet with Little in May 2010 and provide the wide receiver with $5,000. Johnson also twice provided Watson a location to send a package in May and June of that year that contained $100, according to the unsealed indictments.
William D. Young IV, Johnson's Raleigh-based attorney, said Wednesday after a brief appearance in Orange County District Court that his client was "shocked."
Johnson, Young said, was "an extraordinary student athlete and dedicated lifelong friend" to Little.
"He was not associated with or working with any agency so far as my view," Young said.
Young, outside the courthouse Wednesday, declined to give specifics of what Johnson is doing now. Johnson was not working with an agent in 2010, Young said, adding that he wasn't sure of Johnson's current relationship with the Rosenhaus agency, which until this week listed Johnson on its website as an employee.
"Michael is the picture of the person this state law was designed to protect," Young said.
Jim Woodall, the district attorney in Orange County, where the cases will be prosecuted, said he had a different view of the statute from those who believe the law "is designed to protect any student-athlete from the grips of an agent – period."
"We're not alleging that (Johnson) was being induced to sign a contract," Woodall said. "And therefore I don't think they're protected under the statute."
Under the state's Uniform Athletes Agents Act, sports agents are required to register with the Secretary of State's office as part of an effort to shield eligible college athletes from gifts and other illegal benefits that some agents try to use to entice prospective pros into representation contracts. Prosecution is left to district attorneys where the violations are alleged to have occurred.
Wednesday's court appearance is the last of the expected indictments in the Secretary of State investigation resulting from the 2010 UNC football scandal. "I don't anticipate any more indictments at this time," Woodall said Wednesday.
In addition to Johnson and Watson, three others are accused.
Willie James Barley Jr., 29, of North Chesterfield, Va., faces four inducement charges. He is accused of providing Robert Quinn, a defensive end and 2011 first-round NFL draft pick now playing with the St. Louis Rams, with cash, airline tickets, a rental car and hotel room in May 2010. That included $750 to purchase two round-trip airline tickets, a hotel room valued at $675.74 and $100 in cash in addition to the use of a car for two days, according to indictments.
Unsealed indictments and other court documents offer a glimpse of what critics of college sports argue is the seamy side of big-money athletics.
Three former UNC football players – Quinn, Little and Marvin Austin – have been mentioned in the indictments. All three now play in the NFL.
Austin, a defensive tackle, signed with the Miami Dolphins last month after the New York Giants released him in August.
Quinn, Little and Austin were either dismissed from the UNC team or declared permanently ineligible by the NCAA for receiving improper benefits and didn't play during the 2010 season.
Watson, the Georgia agent, is accused of illegally providing Little with about $18,200 in cash – $6,600 of which was provided after NCAA investigators began their inquiry in Chapel Hill.
Watson also is accused of providing Little with two round-trip airline tickets between North Carolina and Florida the last weekend in May 2010, at a value of $1,574, and a hotel room with Internet service at the Doubletree by Hilton Surfcomber in Miami – benefits valued at $683.
Watson, who has the most indictments against him so far of the three arrested, also is accused of providing Austin with $2,000 in cash on May 4, 2010. The accusations related to Watson and Quinn, the only 2011 first-round draft pick of the three players, are for two round-trip airline tickets between North Carolina and Florida on May 26, 2010, and a hotel room with no Internet service – benefits valued at $676.
NCAA rules allow agents to meet with college athletes but forbid students from entering into contracts, verbal or written, while still eligible to play. Players cannot accept meals, gifts, transportation or other incentives to sign contracts later.
The NCAA regulations govern the athletes and schools, but not the agents.
North Carolina law requires sports agents to register with the Secretary of State's office, and agents are prohibited from providing cash and other benefits to student athletes.
In addition to mandatory registration, the law requires agents to notify schools immediately when they sign college athletes. The students are given 14 days to change their minds and cancel contracts.
Former UNC tutor Jennifer Wiley Thompson was the first to be charged in the unusual criminal case. She was in district court on Oct. 3 to respond briefly to four counts of providing benefits to Little to help Watson sign the former Tar Heels receiver.
Thompson paid for airline tickets for Little and Johnson to go to Miami in May 2010, with Little telling investigators he reimbursed Thompson with money provided by Watson, according to court documents linked to the case.
Watson was charged with 13 counts and faces one count of obstruction of justice for not providing records sought by authorities.
Patrick Mitchell Jones, a real estate agent from Cartersville, Ga., is charged with providing $725 to Quinn. He appeared in court last month and is scheduled for a hearing in Orange County Superior Court on Dec. 17. The other defendants are scheduled, too, to return to court on Dec. 17.
Schools have the legal right to sue agents who violate the law, though that option is rarely exercised. Agents who fail to comply can be punished with civil or criminal penalties.
Though a criminal conviction carries up to 15 months, the nature of the law, Woodall, the Orange County district attorney, has said, is such that anyone convicted who has no prior criminal record would get probation, not prison time. Correspondent Beth Velliquette contributed to this report.
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