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4.1/5 rDev +1.2%
Poured from bomber to pint glass.
A: Pours an orange body with a huge, beautiful white head that becomes very rocky and has great retention. They don't get better looking than this.
S: Smells of strong pine hops with some breadiness and a decent balance of malts.
T: Taste is right now with the smell. Strong bitter hops with and even malt balance. There's a bit of a caramel note, but not much. The bitterness dominates the finish.
M&D: Mouthfeel is nice and thick with good carbonation, almost perfect. Very drinkable for the thickness and bitterness.
Great beer from Avery, they rarely disappoint. I have another bottle I'm going to cellar for a year and see what happens.
01-08-2010 01:28:12 | More by AdmiralDiaz
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4.15/5 rDev +2.5%
I have held this bottle awhile,I was hoping to open this bottle on election night....but things didnt go the way I had hoped,but enough bout that.Poured into a 22oz nonic a dull bronze with a big blooming slight off white head that left broken chumks of lace behind as it settled very slowly.Big pine resin and grapefruit rind in the nose along with some caramel biscuit.Obviously a hop dominate brew on the palate,grapefruit and leafy with a big dose of caramel sweetness,a lingering leafy/green note finishes.Its not over the top but its damn good,I bet it would have been great more fresh,damn voters!
12-12-2008 20:22:42 | More by oberon
4.33/5 rDev +6.9%
Fantastic! I've only just begun to appreciate the distinction between the American and English "bitters". This American version is quite good. Though the ABV and hoppiness is a higher than the English bitter it is a bit lower than the "big" American bitters. I would call this a very happy medium. The color is a vibrant amber/orange color with a strong enough head and apparent lacing throughout. The smell is pleasing but the taste does, as promised, packa punch. The citrus and hop are the most apparent flavors and are not strong simply for the sake of being strong. I would recommend this beer to most and I must say that I was pleasantly suprised, as someone who is not a "hop head".
02-19-2009 03:02:22 | More by ArrogantDeadGuy
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
04-03-2013 14:13:44 | More by bulldogg915
3.88/5 rDev -4.2%
Pours a good finger and half of fairly thick off white head. Ample head, with ample staying power. Gonna let this one sit a min
Piney citrus caramel malt bouquet. Boozy malt.
Tastes like it smells. I will say I get a bit of dry biscuit in there.
I would say it might be a tad over piney pale. Not bad, but not exactly what im looking for.
Overall a good beer. Ive had better and I will probably have better in the future. For the most part it felt like a common Pale Ale albeit more boozy.
04-03-2010 21:17:08 | More by JasonA
4.05/5 rDev 0%
22 oz bottle. Pours a clear golden orange with a big frothy head head that retains well and laces the glass.
The aroma is melons and peppery piney hops with some spices and alcohol.
The flavor is sweet sugary melons and some toasted malts followed by a big fruity piney hop resin finish. The alcohol is well hidden, but gives a nice warming. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with smooth velvety carbonation.
Overall, a very nice IPA. Not too over the top like many of Avery's big beers. Just not tailored enough to my tastes to be top tier for me.
08-11-2008 05:11:26 | More by Beaver13
New York
4.33/5 rDev +6.9%
Way to go Avery.
First for the political sentiments (anti Bush/Republican) on the label...
Second for the high quality almost DIPA in the bottle.
Pours clear, glowing darker amber, with that olive oil almost green tint thing going on, tight off white head, leaving better then average fine lace. Nose is the expected oily, gritty, hoppyness. Tasty easy drinking offering, hops quite evident but not overpowering in their approach. Whole wheat toast underlying malt and coating the palate for the approaching hop crunch. Love the style..love this beer...highly recommended for all hoppy beer lovers.
09-07-2008 17:27:58 | More by Billolick
4/5 rDev -1.2%
The beer pours a hazy orange color with a white head. The aroma is orange citrus with a lot of caramel malt. It smells a lot like a hoppy barleywine. The flavor is again like a barleywine. It tastes like caramel-coated oranges. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. I didn't know what a year and a half old Double IPA would taste like but I am happy with the way this one aged, even if it is now more of a barleywine instead of a Double IPA.
06-23-2010 02:02:56 | More by Mora2000
4.1/5 rDev +1.2%
Wow. Pours clear copper with a short white head. Big hop wallop in the nose. Grapefruit, pine oil, caramel, and orange zest. Smooth taste. Thought this was an IIPA, but it doesn't matter. Huge hops, the cascades really come through without blowing it up. Grapefruit, resin, pineapple, and mango flavors, all with the caramel malt back. Great beer.
12-04-2008 23:30:47 | More by magictrokini
3/5 rDev -25.9%
Had this on-tap @ hollingsheads a couple of months ago and it was great. Since then, I've got 2 bottles from liquor wherehouse, and they've both been as I like to say "butterscotch bastards".In lement, I wish I'd have written a review at hollingsheads. Alas... here I am with a new prez, wanting to ale to the chief; but insted holding my nose. Again this beer was tits on tap, but both bottles I've had were really bad!
11-05-2008 05:49:59 | More by ironlung
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
01-23-2013 15:27:59 | More by IrishGermanAmerican
4.47/5 rDev +10.4%
A: Slightly hazy amber-orange. Frothy off-white head. Good lacing.
S: Mmm! Hops! Pine, orange, grapefruit, mint, woodsy, complex.
T: Lots of hops. Good maltiness of toasted grains and biscuit.
M: Very smooth for 8%. A bit harsh and dry at the finish.
D: Very easy drinking for the strength. A well balanced beer.
Comments: Best Double IPA. Period.
09-12-2008 17:58:03 | More by beerkittycat
4.13/5 rDev +2%
Slightly hazy brownish orange colored with a thick half inch of dimpled meringue.
Aroma of honey and tangerine, some grapefruit and green apple.
Rich and sharp flavor of orange rind, ripe fruit, tea leaves, sweetish biscuit malt, and honey. Slight warming of the cheeks and tingling tip of the tongue.
Thick and full mouthfeel, finishes crisp and a bit dry. Very tasty and drinkable for a big beer, but rich flavor may overwhelm after a few.
01-01-2009 19:15:03 | More by far333
4/5 rDev -1.2%
Old review notes from the Bistro 9th annual DIPA fest.
Hazy orange. Good hop aroma, light. Texture was syrupish, sticky hop taste. Average heft on the palate. Not overly bitter. Seems to have been a little heavier than the Dugana in the malt. Grapefruit and caramel to a lesser degree. Enjoyable, but nowhere near my favorite DIPA that day.
05-07-2010 23:49:30 | More by Beerandraiderfan
4.03/5 rDev -0.5%
This beer pours a clear, golden color, with a thick and fluffy off white head, with a yellow tint. The head fades slowly, leaving a massive lacing.
This beer has a grassy hop aroma. It smells citrusy as well. A very slight piney aroma is present. It also smells floral.
This beer tastes just like it smells. Grassy. Some pine and citrus flavors as well. Good.
This beer is full bodied. It goes down smooth, leaving a grassy hop aftertaste. It is carbonated to perfection.
This beer would probably make a good session beer. It is a little high in alcohol, and it is aggressivly flavored, but I could see myself drinking it a bit.
Overall: This is a good beer. I love a good DIPA, and this one didnt let me down.
11-24-2008 01:55:54 | More by OStrungT
3.65/5 rDev -9.9%
A - Amber in color with a mighty two inch head that takes quite awhile to retreat leaving significant lacing in its wake.
S - Grassy, resinous, and citrus odors are supported by a great bread-like malt character and a bit of tropical fruit. This stuff truly smells delicious.
T - In taste it lacks the hop punch one would expect from the nose. Outside of that there are notes of tropical fruit intermingled with the grassy resinous taste from the hops, but the taste is fairly subdued. A slight amount of alcohol is detectable in the finish which is crisp and dry becoming a bit sweeter as the glass warms to near room temp.
M - Medium in body and slightly sticky
D - Overall it is a fairly solid brew, but nothing particularly amazing. I wish the complexity present in the nose would have carried over into the flavor a bit more.
01-20-2009 02:12:15 | More by FrognutUnl
New York
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
12-31-2012 04:20:18 | More by davistabuff
4.1/5 rDev +1.2%
(Served in an American pint glass)
A- This beer pours a clear coppery-orange body with a strong carbonation of big bubbles supporting a light tan head.
S- There is a earthy orange hop aroma that fills the air during the pour with a leafy hop aroma to it. There is a fruity quality to the hops as the beer warms.
T- This beer has a big green hop favor with a cheese quality to it and a pine note. There is a pale malt note and some toasted hints to it that support the big hops. The finish is a soft spicy quality to a pungent big hop finish.
M- This beer has a medium-full mouthfeel with the only real alcohol heat coming in the last few sips.
D- This beer has some full fresh hops that are supported by a nice malt flavor with some depth. This is big and fresh hoppy beer.
10-29-2008 02:07:20 | More by rhoadsrage
3.18/5 rDev -21.5%
This is not anything that I expected. The bottle states that is a pale ale, but beer advocate lists it as a double ipa. It is very possible that we had an old bottle.
A. There is a copper brown color with a very small amount of head
S. Smells extremely dtrong of malt with maybe a slight hint of hops but not much.
T. Tastes like watered down malt with a little hop after taste.
M. A bitter malty aftertaste
D. struggled through this one. I hope that i just had a bad bottle. This unfortunately was the worst avery that i have had.
07-31-2009 02:38:45 | More by hughesm4
3.43/5 rDev -15.3%
Behind a smart and witty label lies a 22oz bottle that contains the 2008 Avery offering. The pour yields a cloudy haze of a beer that is amber/ orange in color with a thick white head. Some nice webbing coats the edge of the glass.
The scent is sweet and hoppy. It smells like one great IPA with layered hop scents like grapefruit and other citrus like fruits mixed with a little floral earthiness. There is also a freshly milled pale malt scent that is very nice. I can't wait to drink this beer.
I wouldn't say the taste is a disappointment, its just not this beer's best feature. There is a solid malt backbone that initially assaults the taste buds but it is quickly eclipsed by a strong astringency that basically over powers everything else. A shame because there is a nice underlying floral and citrus flavor that should be more available to the palate. The finish is a malty apology for the overall bitterness but you have to wait for the bite to subside.
I wish this one followed through on the flavor. The taste and mouthfeel really drop the ball. It has an unbalanced bitterness that obliterates all the great malt and citrus flavors. Almost unbelievable that the smell of this beer doesn't deliver in the flavor department. What a shame. Despite the one sided aspect this beer isn't to bad of a drinking experience. Its worth buying for the scent alone and by the time you get to the bottom of the glass you won't notice the Über bitterness.
09-13-2008 21:05:56 | More by jbphoto88
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
07-03-2013 18:54:53 | More by ste5venla
New Jersey
3.98/5 rDev -1.7%
Poured from a bomber into a tulip glass
A-Murky bright peach amber with a thin creamy head
S-Sweet malts with citrus hops in the background. A pungent nose.
T-Big, sweet caramel malts balanced roll across the palate, followed by the slightly tart citrus hops, a waft of alcohol, and astringent bitterness at the back end. I'm sure this was more hop-centric at oath taking time, but here at the end of August it has mellowed considerably.
M-On the heavier side of medium, with a big creamy feel. Nice balance of carbonation. Well done overall.
D-This is a pretty drinkable and enjoyable beer. A bit sweeter and malt oriented than expected (and I am by no means a hophead) Reminds me very much of DFH 90 Minute.
Another great effort from Avery...I just wish thier beers were not so expensive. This is pretty decent, and if any are left on your shelves, I would not hesitate to give it a try. not what it was when it was young, I am sure, but pretty damn solid with a bit of age.
08-18-2009 23:22:09 | More by caddybuyer
4.5/5 rDev +11.1%
05-24-2013 19:28:24 | More by Dirksen
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
Gorgeous golden amber with a billowy head of white foam that lasts and lasts, leaving nice mapping in it's wake.
Aromas are sweet pale malt, candied sugars, and sweet (orange?) citrus hops.
Taste follows the aroma with an initial sweetness that is very quickly overcome by the citrus to citrus peel hops. Nothing offensive. Actually well balanced.
This is a very drinkable Imperial or Double Pale Ale. The alcohol makes itself known quickly in the sensations but not in the taste.
Nice job.
08-13-2008 04:01:46 | More by IntriqKen
4.33/5 rDev +6.9%
22oz bomber poured into small snifter-type glass.
Love the label...it is presidential pale ale, not imperial pale ale.
Nice copper tone and a good 1 inch head. Medium lacing going down the glass. Very much par for the course for an IPA
Smell is awesome...Cascade hops. Great aroma. Well done
Taste is no let down very nice cascade hop flavor but not overly bitter (dare I say...Presidential)
Smooth, medium carbonation, crisp finish. Very good for this style.
After about 16oz of this 8.75% beer, I feel like I can drink 4-5 more. But I'm gonna say that 2 bombers is all I should take down. Not a session beer, but a great IPA.
MUST Try this if you like IPA
08-13-2008 02:00:34 | More by mbunje
Ale To The Chief from Avery Brewing Company
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Property speculators Antony Lowry-Huws, 63, of Parc Tudur, Kinmel Bay, and his business partner Sheila Rose Whalley, 66, of Tai Duon Bach, Llanfairtalhaearn, near Abergele, are said to be the driving forces behind the plot.
Huws' wife Susan Margaret Lowry-Huws, 59, also of Kinmel Bay, was also alleged to have been involved in individual transactions.
Darlington and George Walker, 58, of of Coed Pella Road, Colwyn Bay, are said to have provided inflated valuations for the mortgage applications.
Solicitor Nicholas John Jones, 53, of Leeswood, near Mold, based in Flint, is said to have carried out the necessary conveyancing work for the transactions to take place.
An accountant, Michael Georgieff Jones, has been accused of providing much of the finance required but he is too ill to stand trial.
Mr Harrington, opening a trial at Mold Crown Court, said that the dishonest scheme began on a modest scale but grew in size and scale.
Mortgages would be obtained in their own names or increasingly as the fraud developed, in the names of family members or others.
"Often these others would be dupes," said Mr Harrington.
The defendants would obtain sufficient funding to clear any bridging loan, pay for the freehold and for there to be a considerable excess "a dishonest profit" which they would then divided among the conspirators.
A long, detailed and painstaking investigation had been carried out by police.
He said that it all came to light when in December 2007, a woman was concerned at details of mortgage applications which had been made in her son's name.
An investigation was set up by the Bradford and Bingley Bank, whose officials later called in the police.
They discovered a mortgage fraud which had been carried out by the defendants, and others, over a period of some years, Mr Harrington alleged.
Property speculators Lowry-Huws and Whalley are said to have been able to obtain buy-to-let mortgages on a host of properties because the likes of Darlington and Walker were willing to overvalue homes.
Darlington and Walker are alleged to have been told what valuation to give, and what the rental income should be, the court heard.
Initially mortgages were taken out in their own names but as the alleged fraud became wider, the court heard, they used the names of family members and others.
The trial, before Judge Rhys Rowlands, is expected to last four months.


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Bend police bridge to the community retiring
One of those not at the U.S. Bank Pole Pedal Paddle this year was long-time Bend Police Community Liaison Steve Esselstyn.
Esselstyn has served in the public safety communications career for more than 35 years, but he's retiring after serving 12 of those years with the Bend Police Department.
"He's the guy who shows up wherever you need him," said Bend Police Lt. Chris Carney.
When you think about the major events in Bend, from races like the Pole Pedal Paddle and St. Patrick's Day Dash to the parades on Christmas and the Fourth of July, it might be impossible to not think about Esselstyn.
"Steve's the guy you probably never noticed, because he's in the background," Carney said. "He's the guy making sure that everything is done -- and will refuse to take any credit for anything he does."
Esselsytn has spent more than a decade making sure events in Bend go well. He's the guy who puts the volunteers, reserves and police officers wherever they need to be, to make sure the event goes off seamlessly.
"You cant replace Steve," Carney said. "He does too much, he gives too much of himself to the community, to our department."
Esselstyn's job has served as a bridge between the public and the police department.
"We help the sponsors find resources," Esselstyn said. "We kind of annoy people by closing down the streets and barricades, but it's to help the community become a little bit more livable and more enjoyable, without getting a lot of officers involved -- and it saves them a lot of money."
Last year, the volunteer program, which he helped start, saved the city and the department nearly $168,000, to do work that the officers didn't have to do, like dealing with abandoned vehicles and disabled parking.
"I think the best thing is just the incredible amount of support you get from the officers, from the command staff, from the records people," Esselstyn said. "It's just a pleasant place for people to work. I have never had a day when I got up and said I didn't want to be here."
While the department will fill his position, they don't know if they will ever find another Steve Esselstyn.
"The only funny thing is the guy is too humble," Carney said. "Every time I try to give him kudos for how wonderful he truly is, he just refuses to accept that. And he plays that off as, it takes a team. He's right -- it does. However, it takes somebody with Steve's personality to make sure that our community is as great as it is."
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Middlebury (AP) — Police are looking for information about a new hallucinogenic drug after several people overdosed at an electronic dance music concert at Quassy Amusement Park.
The Republican-American reports that Richard Wildman, acting Middlebury police chief, said an unidentified 19-year-old man was set to be the last concert-goer released from the hospital late Monday. He suffered a heart condition after taking the drug, 2C-P.
Seven people were hospitalized Saturday night.
Wildman said four people fell down almost at the same time. Two had seizures and another concert-goer was not breathing and did not have a pulse.
Two officers administered CPR and used a defibrillator to restart his heart.
One person was charged with interfering with police.
Wildman said a database had little information on 2C-P, but police did more research through an Internet search.
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(Ligonier) -- The billionaire Mellon banking heir who published the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and other western Pennsylvania newspapers has been remembered at a three-hour memorial attended by 200 friends, former employees and dignitaries.
Republican Governor Tom Corbett, his Democratic challenger Tom Wolf and others gathered Sunday at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier to honor Richard Mellon Scaife.
Scaife died July 4 at age 82.
Former Allegheny County executive Jim Roddey remembered the less public side of Scaife. He recalled touring a Salvation Army soup kitchen with Scaife, who served food there.
After the visit, Roddey says Scaife gave the group "the largest check I have ever seen.''
At another memorial for Trib Total Media employees last week, former President Bill Clinton spoke fondly of Scaife as someone he befriended despite Scaife's previous opposition.]]>
(Allentown) -- Pennsylvania consumers bought more cars and trucks and boosted their spending in other areas as the nation emerged from recession.
First-of-its-kind economic data released by the U.S. Department Commerce provides a state-by-state look at how consumers responded in the years after the recession officially ended in 2009.
The report covers household spending on food, gas, housing, utilities, health care and other items.
Consumer spending rose about 11 percent in the commonwealth between 2009 and 2012. That's about $3,700 per person.
Pennsylvania slightly exceeded the national average for consumer spending growth. It was in the middle of the pack among the 50 states, placing 25th.
Consumers spent about $16.7 billion on cars, trucks and auto parts in 2012 -- an increase of 24 percent over 2009.]]>
(Bernville) -- Animal welfare authorities say they've rescued dozens of roosters after breaking up a cockfighting ring near Reading.
One person has been arrested, but the suspect was not identified by the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Cockfighting is a felony.
According to an SPCA statement, a tip led officers to a farm near Bernville, Berks County.
Officers say they found evidence of cockfighting, unsanitary confinement and other animal cruelty violations. They seized 50 to 60 birds, a goat, a horse and four dogs.
The animals will be taken to SPCA headquarters in Philadelphia to be evaluated by veterinarians.]]>
(Pittsburgh) -- Another environmental group has distanced itself from the Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale Development, a hotly-debated partnership between major energy companies, green groups, and foundations.
PennFuture, a leading Pennsylvania environmental group that helped found the center, is no longer a "strategic partner.''
Penn Future spokeswoman Elaine Labalme says the group will still participate with CSSD when they believe it's worth providing input.
The Public Accountability Initiative, a Buffalo, New York non-profit, disclosed the shift and also criticized the center's staff and funders for ties to the oil and gas industry.
Sustainable Shale director Susan LeGros says they work with groups who have different viewpoints. The group seeks tougher but voluntary rules on gas drilling.
Over the past year the Heinz Endowments and the William Penn Foundation stopped funding the center. As a note of disclosure, both Heinz and William Penn provide funding for WITF's reporting project on the commonwealth's energy economy -- StateImpact Pennsylvania.]]>
(Hershey) -- The Hershey Company (HSY) reports net income that rose by 5.4 percent in its second quarter. The results matched analysts' expectations.
The Hershey, Dauphin County-based company says net income increased to $168.2 million, or 75 cents per share, from $159.5 million, or 70 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.
Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 76 cents per share. The average estimate of analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 76 cents per share.
The chocolate bar and candy maker says revenue rose 4.6 percent to $1.58 billion from $1.51 billion in the same quarter a year earlier. The results matched Wall Street forecasts.
Hershey shares have declined $3.23, or 3.3 percent, to $94 since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has risen 7.5 percent.
However, the stock has increased $1.13, or 1.2 percent, in the last 12 months.]]>
A hospital worker views police activity near the scene of a shooting at a wellness center attached to Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby.
(Darby) -- A psychiatrist has told police a patient fatally shot a caseworker at a suburban Philadelphia hospital complex before the doctor pulled out his own gun and exchanged fire with the patient.
Delaware District Attorney Jack Whelan says Dr. Lee Silverman was grazed in the temple during the gunfight with patient Richard Plotts.
The caseworker killed at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital on Thursday afternoon was Theresa Hunt of Philadelphia.
Authorities say she had accompanied Plotts to an appointment with Silverman at a psychiatric crisis center next to the hospital in Darby, just southwest of Philadelphia.
Whelan says Plotts was in surgery Thursday evening at a Philadelphia hospital. Silverman has been treated and released.
Yeadon Police Chief Donald Molineux says he believes the doctor's actions "saved lives.'']]>
(East Prospect) -- Authorities are likening an explosion that destroyed a York County home to a bomb going off, saying it spread debris for about 100 yards in every direction.
The blast occurred before dawn on Thursday, when no one was home in the residence that's located near the Susquehanna River.
Lower Windsor Township Police Chief Tim Caldwell says five people lived there, but at least four of them were on fishing or camping trips at the time.
The county dispatching center was flooded with calls from neighbors who thought the blast was someone knocking on their doors.
The cause is under investigation.
A family dog was outside at the time and required veterinary treatment after being hit by debris.]]>
Pa. Department of Public Welfare Secretary Bev Mackereth.
(Harrisburg) -- The Corbett administration has changed its stance and says it will keep a health care program for the disabled rather than seeking to shift some of the approximately 36,000 enrollees into private insurance plans.
Public Welfare Secretary Beverly Mackereth made the announcement Thursday to a Medicaid advisory group meeting.
The proposal to end Medical Assistance for Workers with Disabilities was initially a part of the Republican governor's plan to use federal Medicaid expansion dollars to extend private health insurance coverage to hundreds of thousands of low-income adults.
The change is the Corbett administration's latest revision while it seeks federal approval for its plan. The shift would have saved the state government an estimated $38 million a year.
Advocates for the disabled had opposed it, saying private insurance plans would require higher premiums.]]>
(Undated) -- The five counties with the worst fingerprinting rates in the state have the same amount of fingerprinting equipment as the five best counties, Linda Rosenberg, executive director of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, has told state lawmakers.
A recent PublicSource review of data from 2013 showed that fingerprints were missing from the Pennsylvania State Police fingerprinting database for more than 30,000 cases. The areas with the biggest problems, Luzerne, McKean, Lawrence, Northumberland and Erie Counties, were missing prints for at least a third of all cases in the last half of the year.
Many police departments complain that they don't have access to fingerprinting equipment, which can cost around $37,000 initially, and thousands more in yearly maintenance and staffing.
But the least compliant counties have roughly equivalent equipment to those with the best records of fingerprinting: Philadelphia, Clinton, Beaver, Lebanon and Lehigh.
"So they have the same amount of equipment, they just aren't doing it?" Rep. Brian Ellis (R-Butler) asked during a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee in Harrisburg.
"It appears that way," said Rosenberg, explaining that a lack of equipment doesn't always explain why police aren't fingerprinting defendants.
Lawmakers convened the hearing to learn why missing fingerprints threaten public safety and hear about possible solutions.
Fingerprints are important because if there are none, a defendant has no criminal history. Neither the court system nor other police departments have a record.
So a background check would be clean if the person wanted to teach in a school or daycare or work in a nursing home. Their offenses wouldn't be on record if they wanted to buy a gun.
In the last three years, the PCCD has distributed $1.78 million in federal funds to purchase fingerprinting equipment and educate police on the importance of fingerprinting, which is the only method the state uses to establish a defendant's criminal history.
Funding has been cut at the federal level, but Rosenberg testified that every request to provide money for equipment at a central booking center has been filled.
So far, 254 central booking facilities have been established across the state. The facilities, which Rosenberg champions as a solution to the problem, use electronic fingerprinting machines that transfer prints to state and federal databases in a matter of minutes.
By state law, police are required to fingerprint suspected criminals within 48 hours of arrest.
But central booking won't solve everything.
Allegheny County, for instance, has central booking, but prints were still missing in about 9 percent of its cases from 2013.
Thomas G. Miller, Jr., a magisterial district judge in Allegheny County and president of the Special Court Judges Association of Pennsylvania, said prints are missing because the responsibility for fingerprinting is sometimes left to the defendant, even if they've already been taken into custody.
In those cases, a defendant will be given a fingerprint order and trusted to appear on his or her own to be printed.
The problem, he said, is that Allegheny County has such a high volume of cases that defendants have to make an appointment to be printed. And it could take four to six weeks to get an appointment.
Meanwhile, the case may continue through the court system, even though no fingerprint record — and thus no list of all arrests — has been created.
The prints may never be made if prosecutors cut a deal to reduce the charges. Then, there would be no record that a defendant was actually arrested on more serious charges.
Defense attorneys sometimes tell their clients not to follow a fingerprint order because the charges may be reduced to a summary offense, Miller said.
David Price, testifying on behalf of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, said that judges don't currently have the authority to hold a defendant in contempt for refusing to follow a fingerprint order.
Changing that authority would require a change in the law, Price said.
Police are responsible
Police themselves are part of the problem.
John Livingood, deputy chief of the Abington Township Police Department, said he learned that some officers were trying to secure cooperation from defendants in drug cases by offering to reduce charges to summary offenses and not having them processed.
The officers were well-meaning, he said, but state law does not give police leeway to cut those deals.
"We will not do this at the cost of processing," said Livingood, adding that the problem had been fixed.
Abington Township was only missing prints in about 15 percent of its cases in 2012, but Livingood said he was surprised to learn that compliance wasn't much higher.
The department reviewed every case with a missing print, and he said most of the problem could be attributed to cases charged using a summons, which requires defendants to comply with a fingerprint order.
Abington Township has a central booking system, and despite the problems uncovered, is a model for how the state thinks fingerprinting should be done.
The question then, is what can lawmakers do to fix the problem?
Rep. Mike Regan (R-York/Cumberland) said an answer might be to amend the law so a defendant can be prosecuted for not complying with a fingerprint order.
"That would certainly put some heat to it," Miller said.
A rule change for state courts could also require that fingerprints be made before a case proceeds past a certain point. Price said he was unaware of any attempt by the courts to change their rules, but Rep. Ron Marsico (R-Dauphin), who chairs the committee, said the committee may urge the state court system to take action.
13 percent still missing
Compliance statewide has improved. In 2006, prints were missing for roughly a third of all cases. Now prints are missing for 13 percent of all cases statewide, according to the PCCD.
Since the creation of a website earlier this year which reveals which counties and departments are lagging in fingerprinting, Rosenberg said compliance has increased another 1 percent.
Since June, Rosenberg said at least 25 departments have contacted the PCCD to learn more about how they are doing.
Yet many counties and departments continue to lag.
"We have the courts, police, etc. really not following through with the law," Marsico said.
(Harrisburg) -- A Dauphin County racetrack employee has acknowledged reporting false workout times for horses in exchange for cash.
Sixty-three-year-old Danny Robertson has pleaded guilty in federal court in Harrisburg to wire fraud.
Bettors often consult workout data to make wagers. Prosecutors say Robertson gave inaccurate or completely fabricated times for horses at Hollywood Casino and Racetrack in Grantville.
A November indictment alleged Robertson provided the false numbers to both racing officials and the Kentucky-based data clearinghouse Equibase.
The Hershey man faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.]]>
(Undated) -- Governor Corbett, trailing opponent Tom Wolf by 20 to 25 points in the polls, has poured $1.66 million into television ads blanketing the state in July, according to FCC reports.
That's more than one-third of the $4.8 million in campaign funds Corbett had left over from the primary.
A Franklin & Marshall College poll of registered voters in late June showed Corbett, a Republican, trailing Democrat Wolf 47 percent to 25 percent.
Wolf has spent no money on ads this month.
Terry Madonna, director of the Franklin & Marshall poll, said the reason for the deluge of Corbett's ads is simple: "There's relatively little time for the Corbett campaign, as I put it, to change the narrative of this election."
Corbett's campaign has run more than 2,600 spots on the four major networks as of July 20, with the majority of the money being spent in the state's two largest cities, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Wolf raised nearly $18 million in campaign contributions during the primary compared with nearly $12.5 million for Corbett, based on campaign finance filings from Jan. 1, 2013, to June 9, 2014.
Corbett's largest donations were from Republican Governors Association and wealthy donors with Philadelphia connections, while Wolf's campaign has been funded largely by himself and his family, as well as major support from teachers unions.
"I've always thought that money is not going to be a fundamental problem for either candidate," Madonna said.
"Both will have enough money to make their case," he said.
Pennsylvania is one of 12 states that have no limits on how much individuals, state parties, or Political Action Committees (PACs) can give to candidates.
PublicSource is creating the first database of political advertising purchases in Pennsylvania. Before July 1, only the four networks — NBC, FOX, ABC, CBS — in the nation's 50 largest TV markets had to post political ad buys online.
Now, because of an FCC rule change, every TV station must report money spent on political ads. This rule change allows PublicSource to track ads in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Johnstown/Altoona/State College and Erie.
PublicSource also analyzed the campaign contributions during the primary to both candidates.
Republican and corporate PACs
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) was Corbett's biggest funder during the primary, giving $1.8 million.
"The RGA was very supportive of the Governor in 2010 and they continue to be," said Billy Pitman, Corbett's press secretary.
The RGA has sent some of their most powerful fundraisers to the state on Corbett's behalf, including New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
A Jindal event last week raised more than $350,000 for Corbett's campaign.
The association recently pledged to spend $100 million over the final 100 days of the election season, according to Politico.
Of the 19 Republican incumbents running for reelection, the two most endangered are Corbett and Maine's Paul LePage. However, RGA executive director Phil Cox insisted that the RGA will stick with them.
"The RGA is fully committed, we're all in, and they're two states we're going to win," he told Politico.
Beyond the RGA, Corbett has received an additional $1.68 million from other PACs. Many of them were small donations from large corporate PACs.
Corbett received $5,000 or less from PACs that represent large corporations, including Koch Industries, Monsanto, General Electric, Citigroup and Wal-Mart.
From his own pocket
The largest part of the $18 million Wolf raised during the primary came from his own $10 million contribution. Of that amount, $4.45 million came from an M&T Bank loan, which he and his wife personally guaranteed. The rest of the $10 million was from his personal finances.
"He has said publicly that he will not be giving any more money to his campaign," said Jeffrey Sheridan, Wolf's press secretary.
In addition to Wolf, three other top donors are family members who contributed a total of $1 million to his campaign.
Wolf's wealth comes from his ownership in The Wolf Organization, a kitchen cabinet builder and supplier started by his family in 1843.
People who identified themselves as employees of Wolf's company on campaign contribution reports gave $29,975.
Outside of himself, his family and his employees, Wolf's main funding source has been teachers unions.
Combined, Wolf received more than $1.1 million from five teachers unions: Pennsylvania State Education Association, American Federation of Teachers, the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers and the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties.
Wolf also received a $500,000 contribution from the Pennsylvania Service Employees International Union.
"The Democrats are united and the unions are, one by one, backing him," said Madonna, the Franklin & Marshall poll director.
In contrast to the $3.5 million Corbett received from PACs, Wolf raised $596,200 from PACs.
M. Thomas Grumbacher, chairman of the board of department store chain Bon-Ton, was Wolf's second largest donor. The York resident has given $1.15 million.
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald gave Wolf $110,000 through the Friends of Rich Fitzgerald campaign committee since endorsing Wolf in March.
Top 10 donors to Corbett
1. Republican Governors Association - $1.8 million
2. John M. Templeton Jr. (president and CEO of the John Templeton Foundation) - $420,000
3. John S. Middleton (an owner of the Philadelphia Phillies) - $300,000
4. H.F. Lenfest (owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer) - $252,000
5. PA Future Fund PAC (business PAC) - $152,500
6. Albert R. Boscov (chairman and CEO of Boscov's Department Stores) - $150,000
7. Joseph Neubauer (chairman and CEO of Aramark) - $125,000
8. David E. Barensfeld (president of the Ellwood Group, a steel and heavy metals producer) - $102,000
9. Lance T. Shaner (investment fund manager, Shaner Capital) - $100,000
10. Saul Ewing (a Philadelphia-based law firm) - $85,000
Top 10 donors to Wolf
1. Tom Wolf - $9.9 million
2. M. Thomas Grumbacher (chairman of the board, Bon-Ton Stores) - $1.15 million
3. Pennsylvania SEIU - $500,000
4. Pennsylvania State Education Association PAC - $500,000
5. Louis J. Appell Jr. (former owner of Susquehanna Pfaltzgraff Co., a pottery maker) - $475,000
6. American Federation of Teachers - $450,000
7. William Wolf (Tom Wolf's father) - $450,000
8. Bill Zimmerman (Tom Wolf's cousin, The Wolf Organization board member) - $350,000
9. George W. Hodges (Tom Wolf's cousin by marriage, chairman of the board, York Water Co. and The Wolf Organization board member) - $250,000
10. Democratic Governors Association - $225,000
Corbett's July television ad buys
Philadelphia: 483 spots, $681,000
Pittsburgh: 489 spots, $367,125
Harrisburg: 449 spots, $254,835
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton: 664 spots, $172,440
Johnstown/Altoona/State College: 395 spots, $108,615
Erie: 206 spots, $73,735
These figures, from the Federal Communications Commission, represent television markets. (Updated July 20)]]>
(Undated) -- Pennsylvania police are failing to fingerprint thousands of suspects every year, jeopardizing background check systems at the state and federal levels. Lawmakers are uncertain what they can or should do about it.
A PublicSource review of data from the State Police and court system recently found that fingerprint records were missing for more than 30,000 defendants in 2013, though state law mandates that the police fingerprint suspects within 48 hours of arrest.
To talk about solutions, the House Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony today in Harrisburg from a number of stakeholders, including representatives for local police, magisterial judges, the Pennsylvania Commission on Sentencing and the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.
"It's incumbent upon us to peel back the onion and find out what we need to do," Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery), told PublicSource.
With no fingerprint, no criminal history exists in the state police database, which is used to screen gun buyers, teachers and others holding sensitive jobs involving children and the elderly.
In other words, a background check would fail to flag someone with a history of violent or sexual crimes. Criminal history would also be missing for defendants involved in crimes such as retail theft and drunk driving, meaning judges and prosecutors might not know they are dealing with repeat offenders.
Many of the lawmakers, Stephens said, may be hearing about these problems for the first time.
Right now, it's unclear just who can fix the problem.
Boosting compliance could require a new law, said Stephens, who requested the hearing. It may require changes in funding. Or it may require changes inside the court system.
Mark Bergstrom, executive director of the state sentencing commission, said he favors changing the way the system works so that a court case cannot proceed if a defendant hasn't been fingerprinted.
"It creates a mechanism for knowing each and every case is in compliance," said Bergstrom, who is planning to testify.
He said he's not sure whether that change can come through legislation or whether it would require a change in court procedures.
If it's up to the court, the state's Criminal Procedural Rules Committee would have to decide on a rule change. Then the Supreme Court would have to mandate the new protocol for state courts.
PublicSource reviewed statewide data on defendants who had been through the magisterial court system but didn't have a fingerprint record in the State Police database. Fingerprints were missing statewide for roughly 13 percent of cases for the second half of 2013.
Many police departments do a good job of fingerprinting their defendants.
Others routinely lag.
For example, Luzerne, McKean, Lawrence and Northumberland Counties were all missing prints for roughly 40 percent of their cases, according to state figures.
Allegheny County and Philadelphia County do well on fingerprinting. Philadelphia has the best record in the state, with nearly 100 percent of criminals being fingerprinted at arrest. The Philadelphia system doesn't allow a case to move forward unless suspects have been fingerprinted.
The state police identified missing records for about nine percent of Allegheny County's cases from 2013. The county has a central booking system.
John Livingood, deputy chief of the Abington Township Police Department, said he thinks missing prints at many departments result from cases being charged by a summons.
In those cases, defendants aren't arrested. Instead, they are served with a summons and an order to be fingerprinted on their own.
Often, the defendants don't show up.
To fix that, Livingood said he advocates a procedural change so defendants have no choice but to be fingerprinted.
Even when a charge is delivered by a summons, police would "make every attempt to take them into custody," said Livingood, who plans to testify.
Livingood doesn't think a new law is necessary. What's needed, he said, is cooperation between magisterial courts and local police.
There are many reasons why some cases are missing fingerprints.
Police complain that fingerprinting is time consuming and that they lack resources to create local booking centers. Instead, they either wait to have prints made – often passing the buck to jailers, judges and sometimes the defendants themselves – or else go off patrol to drive a defendant elsewhere in the county to be processed.
The state is aware of these problems.
Over the past three years, the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency gave out $1.78 million in federal funds to educate police about the importance of fingerprinting and to help them purchase electronic fingerprinting machines.
The solution isn't necessarily more money, Stephens said, but possibly a shift in how money is spent.
Lawmakers influence where money is directed, and one goal of the hearing is to help them learn what type of spending, legislation or procedural changes might have the greatest impact.
It could also be that the issue is out of their hands.
If the solution is a revision in court rules, then lawmakers can pass a resolution urging a change, but any action will be up to the Criminal Procedural Rules Committee and the Supreme Court.
"There may not be a legislative fix," Stephens said.
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(Harrisburg) -- The race for governor is heating up, as a second outside group joined the fray with an attack ad on TV.
PA Families First, a coalition of the Democratic Governors Association and labor unions, has begun airing the ad attacking Republican Governor Tom Corbett.
The ad is running in every Pennsylvania TV market but Erie.
It accuses Corbett of cutting education aid, forcing school districts to lay off employees and raise property taxes while he refused to make the "oil and gas industry pay their fair share.''
Corbett's campaign says Democrat Tom Wolf and his allies "are at it again with lies and false information'' and that only Corbett will take on public sector unions.
PA Families First reported having nearly $1.6 million to spend, as of June 9.]]>
This undated photo provided by Randy Budd shows his wife, Sharon Budd, a middle school language arts teacher. After nearly two weeks, including a surgery lasting more than 13 hours that involved removing damaged parts of her brain, doctors are cautiously optimistic
(Danville) -- Doctors had a simple goal when they first saw how a football-sized rock thrown from an Interstate 80 overpass in Union County had shattered parts of Sharon Budd's skull -- keep her alive.
After nearly two weeks, including a marathon surgery lasting more than 13 hours, they are cautiously optimistic.
The Ohio teacher's arms and legs appear to be moving appropriately, and her brain pressure is normal.
But doctors don't know how her dexterity and fine motor control skills will be affected. It's likely she won't regain use of her right eye.
A tube in her brain was removed Monday.
Although Budd is somewhat sedated, she's been able to follow her doctors' commands, mostly shaking her head or wiggling her fingers and toes.
Four midstate teenagers have been charged in the July 10 rock-throwing, three as adults.]]>
(Harrisburg) -- The state's highest court says a murder-suicide isn't among the "material defects'' that a home seller has to disclose to the buyer.
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously in the case of a suburban Philadelphia property that was sold in 2007 for $610,000 to someone who didn't know it was the scene of a murder and suicide by Konstantinos Koumboulis a year earlier.
The majority says there would be wide implications to determining that "psychological stigma'' can be the basis of a claim for fraud or negligent misrepresentation.
The justices say the occurrence of a tragedy inside a home doesn't affect the quality of the real estate.
They write that if anyone's going to make such disclosure mandatory it will have to be the Legislature, after carefully considering the issue.]]>


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Qualifying may have come and gone at noon, but for many running for office, Friday marks the beginning of their campaign. Eight races will be decided on Municipal Super Tuesday in April.
Initially 14 races were up for grabs, but it seems like only half will come before voters.
Lynn Haven
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Mexico Beach
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Panama City
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Commissioner Ward 4:
Council Member Seat 1 & 3:
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Price Picks up First Career A-Sun Golfer of the Week Honor
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Sophomore Georgia Price (Winchester, England/Fort Myers HS) finished in a tie for ninth to record her third top-10 finish of 2012 while helping the Eagles to a seventh-place finish at the Pat Bradley Invitational (Oct. 21-23) to earn A-Sun Women's Golfer of the Week honors, the league office announced on Wednesday.
After shooting 72 and 78 to open play at the Pat Bradley Invite, Price, who leads the Eagles in scoring average (76.00), concluded the three-day event with a round of 74, bringing her score to 72-78-74/224 to finish in a two-way tie for ninth.
The top 10 finish was the third of the fall season for Price, who placed 6th at the LPGA Xavier Invitational (Oct. 12-14) and 1st at the Jacksonville Courtyard Classic (Oct. 15-16).
With the fall season now in the books, the FGCU women's golf team will have some time to prepare for the 2013 championship spring season. The Green and Blue open the spring campaign with a trip to Coral Gables, Fla. to compete at the Hurricane Invite, hosted by the University of Miami, at the Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club from Feb. 4-5. Results and recaps from the event will be available at www.FGCUAthletics.com at the conclusion of each day.
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City leaders in College Park voted on Tuesday to hold a gun buyback day. The city has dedicated $20,000 for the program. Councilman Joe Carn says he first suggested the gun buyback program in November -- before the mass shootings in Newtown Connecticut. But he says after so many lives were lost at Sandy Hook Elementary, he was more determined than ever to have a gun buyback day."We're an urban city. We've got gun issues; we've got some crime issues. With this buyback, hopefully we will have a few less crime issues," said Carn.Carn said that the city would offer $100 for a handgun, $150 for assault rifles with no questions asked. College Park Police Chief Ronald Fears said had expectations for the program."I'm hoping for a lot of people to turn in the guns. If nothing else, to raise the consciousness of our citizens about guns," said Fears. The gun buyback day has been set for Feb. 9. All the weapons will be run through the Georgia Bureau of Investigation database to see if they were ever stolen or used in a crime. They will then be destroyed.
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Rhodes: 2012 season has been 'mentally draining'
But individual accomplishments only go so far for a player with Rhodes' NFL experience. After getting a chance to taste postseason play in 2009 when the New York Jets made it to the AFC Championship game, Rhodes admittedly doesn't want to settle for anything less at this point in his career.
With the Cardinals sitting at 5-10 with only one game remaining this season, it seems Rhodes will begrudgingly have to head to the off-season several weeks earlier than he had originally planned.
And on Monday, he let his feelings be known about the team's underwhelming season to date.
"It's mentally draining more than anything," Rhodes said. "When you go through a season like this, your aches hurt a little more and your body doesn't feel as good. It takes a toll on you in every way possible."
While Rhodes' tremendous season has certainly aided the Cardinals' defense -- ranked No. 4 in the NFL in takeaways -- it will all be for naught in 2012, as the team is headed to its third straight campaign without a winning record.
The former Louisville star candidly said that going through a season like the Cardinals are currently enduring has even made it tough for him when he leaves his day job behind.
"Even at home, you don't enjoy being at home," said Rhodes. "It's just tough."
If there is a silver lining to Arizona's woeful season, it's that Rhodes and Co. still have the opportunity to keep the San Francisco 49ers from winning the NFC West division -- something that looked like an absolute certainty just a month ago.
"The important thing for us [as a defense] this week is to continue playing like we have been playing," said Rhodes. "Play strong, try to fight and get a win.
"You put yourself on tape every week, that's how you get judged. So for us, it's important to come out and play well."
Rhodes is currently under contract through 2013, but in recent weeks it's been reported that he and the organization are in the process of working out terms for a two-year extension.
- Arizona Cardinals GM Steve Keim: 'I'm never done' building the roster
- Walt Powell claimed by New York Jets
- How the West Was Won - Week 1
- ESPN: Arizona Cardinals' offense will offset losses on defense, lead team to a winning record
- Cardinals awarded waiver claim on OLB Thomas Keiser, waive rookie WR Walt Powell
- Steve Keim - Arizona Cardinals GM - Tuesday September 2Steve Keim discusses whether or not the Cardinals roster is set.
- Darren Urban - azcardinals.com - Friday August 29Darren Urban breaks down the latest surrounding the Cardinals' impending roster moves
- Bickley Blast - Friday August 29The Arizona Cardinals and San Diego Chargers played one of the most pointless games in NFL history l
- Bickley Blast - Thursday August 28Which Valley football team will win more games this season, the Cardinals or the Sun Devils?
- Kirk Gibson, D-backs manager - Tuesday August 26D-backs manager Kirk Gibson discusses possible changes to a six-man rotation.


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Date: 4/21/2008 5:11:00 AM by Megan Tags: Chinese Tea
It's tea-time in Anji, the small town on the northern borders of Zhejiang Province that I have called home for the past year. White tea blooms roughly three weeks of the year, which makes this time of spring a little crazy around these parts. Vendors pop up in small shops everywhere, trying to peddle the first harvest of tea. Locals frequent markets to buy up the best picks of
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People of Fujian like drinking tea, and "Kongfu Tea" in Fujian is known to the world. To drink "Kongfu Tea" , an exquisite and delicate pocket tea set should be prepared, including the red stoneware pottery teapot, fine porcelain teacups with the size of walnuts and also the pot for boiling the water. The tea leaf is Oolong tea which is a kind of half-ferme
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1. Don't Skip Your WorkoutsIt's tempting to take the gym off your to-do list, but getting in some exercise is one of the best ways to burn off tension, get time to yourself, and boost your energy and mood. Keep things simple - Workout at home or plan short workouts at the gym that don't require much time or equipment. Give yourself some extra time to lounge in tub or steam room.
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2. Lift Weights
We often skip strength training in favor of cardio when time gets tight, but you need to keep lifting weights. Not only will it keep your metabolism going, it will help you maintain your muscle mass and your strength. Strength is crucial during the holidays as you deal with everything from putting up trees and lights to lugging shopping bags all over creation.
Keep your workouts short and focus on hitting all your muscle groups a couple of times a week. All you need is about 10 minutes for a complete workout:
3. Take a Run or WalkYou may think you get enough cardio running around the mall, but setting aside specific time to take a walk or run can increase feel-good hormones, reduce stress and boost your mood in just five minutes. Second, it helps you maintain your weight, or at least minimize weight gain from eating too many treats. Bonus: When you need a break from the family, it's a great excuse to get out for a bit and get a moment to yourself.
4. Relax with Mind/Body ExerciseIf gym workouts or more strenuous routines are out of reach, try setting aside 5 to 10 minutes in the morning or at night for a gentle mind/body workout, such as stretching or yoga. Yoga is great for flexibility, but it's also a great way to wake up on a cold morning or unwind after a long day.
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5. SleepYou may be busier than ever, but getting enough sleep is essential for keeping your stress hormones in check and your weight from creeping up. In fact, lack of sleep can affect hormones so much that your body may actually store extra fat when things get stressful. Do everything you can to create a bedtime ritual that helps you unwind and relax -- try a light stretching workout, take a hot bath, read something soothing or have some herbal tea. And don't be afraid to take a power nap during the day if you're not getting enough sleep at night.
6. Avoid Eating Out too FrequentlyDo you find you eat out more this time of year? I certainly do simply because, at the end of an exhausting day, it's so much easier to collapse in a restaurant booth and let someone else do all the work. But resisting the temptation to eat out all the time can help save your waistline as well as keep stress at bay. Eating out may be the easy way out, but all those extra calories can add up, leaving you feeling guilty and stressed.
7. Ease Up on YourselfIn the first few steps, I mentioned doing what you can to keep some kind of exercise program going. However, if trying to do everything is making you crazy, don't be afraid to scale back on your workouts. Finding a couple of hours to get to the gym, change your clothes, workout, take a shower, change clothes again and get where you're going can be tough, even on the best day. Try:
- Short bouts of exercise
- Timesaver workouts
- Taking a break
- Walking whenever you can
Even a few days off from exercise won't hurt your fitness level, as long as you get back on track.
8. Drink More WaterThis time of year, many of us end up drinking more alcohol than usual, which can cause weight gain. Add that to cold, dry weather and you've got a recipe for dehydration. Being dehydrated zaps your energy and makes it difficult to concentrate. Being thirsty can even make you feel hungry, causing you to eat more than you normally do. Try using a Water Calculator to find out how much water you need each day and carry a water bottle with you all day long. You can also drink herbal teas and eat fruits and vegetables, which will also contribute to your hydration. And, if you drink alcohol, try having a glass of water between each drink to keep you sober and hydrated (and help avoid a hangover).
9. Learn How to Say NoSaying "no" can be difficult and the hardest person to say no to may be yourself. We all think we should be able to do it all - Buy the perfect gifts, wrap them with perfect care, decorate the house, plan the party, go to all the other parties scheduled, take care of regular daily chores and do it all with a great big smile on our faces.
In 'Leave it Beaver' land, that may be possible. In real life, there's no better gift to give yourself than saying "no," to things you simple can't (or don't want) to do.
Make yourself a priority and then prioritize the rest of your tasks around that central theme. Decide which functions you must attend and which tasks you can delegate to a loved one. Don't be afraid to decline activities that only add more stress. Remind yourself that the holidays are about enjoying yourself and your family, not being a super hero.
10. Reward YourselfWhen the holidays are over, reward yourself for a job well done. There's always a little let down when the holidays end, so pick yourself up with a little self-care to get your mind and body relaxed and ready for the new year.
- Schedule a massage or other spa treatment
- Plan a night out with people you enjoy hanging out with
- Plan a night alone, reading a book, listening to music or building birdhouses
- Do an extra long workout. Give yourself plenty of time for your cardio, strength and stretching and plan a hot bath afterwards.
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Sarah Trager is a recent graduate of Wellesley College who is currently interning at the National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C.
Amid the reports of political corruption and narcotics peddling within local government, Mingo County residents are eager to clean up their neighborhoods. An article published by WOWK-TV Oct. 8 reported that school administrators would begin issuing random drug tests in two of its high schools in an effort to deter the young generation from falling into the same vicious cycle as their parents and grandparents.
One of the main proponents of the new policy is Ted Kinder, athletic director and assistant principal at Mingo Central High School. He supports this new initiative because "there's been a history of drug abuse in our area," he said. "It's not our intent to catch (students); it's our intent to hopefully prevent the use."
Kinder continues by explaining "if students test positive, administrators will push them towards rehabilitation programs or counseling — not the police." The policy is meant to support, not punish, individuals who are struggling with drug addiction.
Although drug testing will only be administered to student athletes, those who drive to school and those who are enrolled in extracurricular activities, this will leave the majority of the student body under scrutiny.
Yet students like Chase Justice, who is a junior on the football team, argue that if the school wants to drug test some students, they might as well test everyone.
"It's only fair," he says.
Whether it's fair or not, other students who were interviewed also urged the school board to strongly consider expanding the reach of the drug testing to apply to all students, faculty and staff who are affiliated with the high schools if they are truly looking to rid the area of drugs.
The Mingo County school board is making an active effort to invest in the future of the county and to improve the quality of life in the region. The school board's policy, albeit long overdue, is a hopeful step toward progress and prosperity.
And county residents are certainly ready for a positive change. Known as "Bloody Mingo" and forever a haven for vice, Mingo County has been fraught with poverty, drug abuse, political corruption and crime since its founding in 1895. Home to the Hatfield-McCoy feud, the Matewan Massacre and the 1986 Preece scandal, this southwestern tip of West Virginia has had a troubled history. it is unlikely to break anytime soon.
Even as recently as 2012, the Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities published a report suggesting that Mingo County is one of the unhealthiest counties in West Virginia. According to the state agency, 37 percent of residents suffer from obesity and 19.7 percent of people have suffered from a heart attack, angina or stroke, putting Mingo at the top of the charts for most cardiac arrests. Although Mingo residents ranked lower than West Virginia for drug use (marijuana, cocaine and prescription pills), it ranked significantly higher in terms of drug overdose deaths (9.3 per 10,000 people compared to 5.3 per 10,000 people). Safe habits are most definitely not practiced here.
Perhaps this ill behavior could be attributed to the lack of moral leadership. In common Mingo fashion, a slew of government leaders were recently exposed and brought to trial for instances of extortion, drug dealing and extramarital affairs, leaving residents disappointed but no longer surprised.
What did surprise many, though, were the allegations that the late sheriff, Eugene Crum, was associated with area drug dealers. The press had always painted him as a savior to Mingo — someone who was actively working to clean up the county and making it a safer place to live and raise a family. After Crum's death, Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., released a statement honoring Sheriff Crum for his 57 felony drug convictions during his short three-month tenure. While serving as drug task force commander, Crum was committed to fighting crime, especially targeting the drug dealers of Mingo County. (Former) Circuit Court Judge Michael Thornsbury remembered Crum's devotion to keeping the people of Mingo County safe. When asked why drug busting was so important to him, Crum once replied, "I made a promise to the residents of this county that if they would elect me to the office of sheriff, I would concentrate on drug cases. … I have proudly kept my promise."
Yet, reports surfaced that the sheriff may have had a history of drug use, particularly prescription pills, while he was serving as a county magistrate. It is believed that once he entered office, the sheriff conspired to keep his former drug dealer from speaking with FBI officials about his past transactions. On April 3, 2013, while eating lunch in his cruiser, he was fatally shot in the head as he patrolled the local pain clinic he had recently closed down.
Since his death, government leaders such as U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and Huntington Police Chief W.H. "Skip" Holbrook are continuing Crum's living legacy with the launch of an anti-drug campaign. In late September 2013, both officials met with Huntington Middle School students and faculty to educate students about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. Afterward, they screened a film titled, "E.O.D. Equal Opportunity Destroyer."
"This issue is absolutely the most pressing law enforcement and public health issue facing our community," Holbrook shared. "We've seen the tragic results of opiate addiction at an alarming rate."
According to the press release, they believe that "building relationships between the law enforcement and education communities is essential toward strengthening prevention efforts." This campaign, along with the implementation of the randomized drug testing, are two of several initiatives Mingo County residents have taken on to combat the overwhelming drug abuse and poor health standards that are ravaging the region today.
Another such initiative is the STOP Coalition. STOP, which stands for "Strong Through Our Plan," is a non-profit organization founded to address the prominent concern of substance abuse in Southern West Virginia. Since the early 1990s, its mission has been to conduct research, promote awareness and provide consulting in an effort to reduce substance abuse in Mingo County. So far, STOP has published quantitative progress reports as well as worked with the school board to design the aforementioned drug-testing model.
While commendable in their efforts, these anti-drug initiatives will continue to struggle with efficacy until Mingo's government sobers up and begins to serve the county faithfully and lawfully. Leaders are meant to serve as model citizens; however, Thornsbury, former Commissioner Dave Baisden, and Sheriff Crum did not exemplify honest leadership. It makes perfect sense that Mingo would be in the depressed state that it is in currently due to its lack of stable, positive leadership. Witnessing local leaders succumb to drug dealing like the Preeces in 1986, residents have been taught that it's ok to engage in this type of illegal activity.
Perhaps with several new anti-drug initiatives in place, this will be the last of scandals for Mingo County. Then again, it's in their nature.


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There's something reassuring about columnist Paul Greenberg's prophecy this week about a "new, wide-open, freer era of journalism."
I always enjoy Greenberg's columns, particularly the ones where he signs off as "Inky Wretch." The 76-year-old Pulitzer Prize winner has been around long enough that indeed he probably does have ink in his veins.
And he's not the only one who is bullish about the future of the press.
His message echoes one I've listened to several times in recent weeks as the sale of The Washington Post has some waxing nostalgic, while others are excited about the possibilities of what's being referred to as "the golden opportunity."
That's what Bill Ostendorf, a former Providence Journal graphics and photo editor, thinks newspapers — or news services, if you will — hold in their hands right now.
Ostendorf delivers webinars for newspapers in which he debunks some long-held newsroom schools of thought, such as the idea that there's no way that newspapers can ever be as good as they once were.
Ostendorf calls B.S. on that with reminders of boring, gray, stodgy pages.
As I listened to his brutally honest assessment, one thing really caught my interest. The one thing he thought newspapers did better once upon a time was to serve readers' varied interests. Newspapers embraced communities of readers much like what HGTV and the Food Network do today.
Maybe we should have kept loving our readers more.
A local columnist recently wrote about newspapers and "the big news" of the day. Yet, ask 10 people what they consider the "big news," and it's likely, depending on age and interests, that you will receive 10 different answers.
How does today's press even begin to speak to all those readers? By combining a top-drawer print product with unique digital products and social media and making it a whole new ballgame.


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The final peanut crop estimates are out for 2012, and Georgia's production blew away every other state.
The USDA says Georgia had a record high average yield of 4,550 pounds per acre which was 150 pounds an acre better than any other state.
Georgia farmers harvested 730,000 acres of peanuts which is 3 times more than the second state.
But experts say that huge supply of peanuts could drive demand down this year.
"We have got enough peanuts to last us until April of 2014. Now we will use them all up. They'll get used but what that is saying to me is that we don't need to plant to make the market balanced, we don't need to plant but so many acres," says peanut broker Jim Moore.
Experts say about 1/3 of that demand comes from overseas buyers in countries such as China and Indonesia.
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Interim Coaches Bowl Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl lost a little more of its luster on Friday as Illinois confirmed leading rusher Jason Ford and wide receiver Jake Kumerow will miss the bowl due to academics. Both players were deemed academically ineligible, and were disciplined by the school accordingly.
Illinois released the news on this Friday before the holidays and the information can be found below (via College Football Talk).
The loss of Ford is a particularly significant blow for the Illini. The senior led the team with 600 yards rushing and seven touchdowns, and finishes his career second behind Howard Griffith (31) on the school's all-time list 26 rushing touchdowns.
Kumerow played in seven games in 2011 and had three catches for 15 yards on the season.
UCLA will be without Richard Brehaut due to suspension, as well. Both teams made a coaching change prior to the bowl game, with Illinois firing Ron Zook and UCLA dropping Rick Neuheisel. Should be a blast!
For the latest updates on the Fight Hunger Bowl, follow this StoryStream. For more analysis of the Illini's running back situation, be sure to check out Illinois blog Hail to the Orange.


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Paul Krza not only shares a birthday with the bomb; he has spent his life involved with radiation.
In Folding Paper Cranes: An Atomic Memoir, former U.S.
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account of nuclear war
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