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Q1. How do I report expenditures?
A1. To report expenditures:
Log in to your TRACER account.
Click on the "Expenditure" tab at the top of the page.
Click on "Add".
Enter your information into the form.
Q2. How do I associate a payee to an expenditure?
A2. You can associate a payee to an expenditure one of two ways:
Enter information into the fields manually, or
If the payee has been entered into the system before, click on "Search". You can search for the payee and have their information automatically applied to the current expenditure.
Q3. Can I enter expenditures into the system at any time?
A3. Yes, you can enter expenditures throughout the reporting period. This information will be stored in the system, but it will not be viewable by the public until you file a report.
Q4. How do I modify an expenditure that has already been entered?
A4. If you need to modify a previously entered (but not yet reported) expenditure, go to your Expenditure Administration page.
If the expenditure was entered recently, click on "Update".
If the expenditure can't be found through the "Update" link, click on "Find" to locate it.
Q5. How do I file a report?
A5. To file a report:
Log in to your TRACER account.
On the Candidate/Committee Overview page, there is a section called "Reports
Due". This section lists required reports, their due dates, and the
status of each report.
Next to the report that you want to file, click on "View/File".
Follow the instructions on the page.
When you are finished, click on "File".
You will be asked to confirm that you want to file the report. Click on "Ok" to file the report.
Click on "Finished".
Your report is filed once you have clicked on "Finished"; note that if you leave this page before clicking on "Finished", the report will be saved, but not filed.
See the filing FAQs for more information about the filing system.
Q6. How do I file a 48 hour notice of independent expenditure?
A6. When an expenditure is entered into TRACER that requires a 48 hour notice, the system will automatically generate a report that is due within 48 hours. You can find this report in the "Reports Due" section of your overview page. Click on "View/File" to file the report.
Be sure to enter expenditures in a timely fashion; delinquent entries can result in late penalties of $50 per day.
Q7. Do expenditures have to be itemized?
A7. All expenditures of $20 or more must be itemized. You must list the name and address of the payee and the purpose of the expense.
Q8. Is there a limit to expenditures made with cash?
A8. Yes. No committee or candidate may spend more than $100 in cash or coin on any single expenditure.
Q9. Is mileage reported as an expenditure?
A9. Yes. Mileage is reported as an expenditure at the IRS rate.
Q10. Are reimbursements reported as expenditures?
A10. Yes. Reimbursements to candidates, staff, and volunteers are reported as expenditures.
The disclosure report should list this as a reimbursement, and should detail what the original expenditure was for.
Include the following information:
The name of the payee. This could be the name of a person, or of a bank if the original purpose was made via credit card.
What was originally purchased (the expense that led to the reimbursement).
Where or from whom the original purchase was made.
How the original purchase was made (credit card, cash, etc.)
Simply stating that the purpose is a "credit card payment" or a "reimbursement" is insufficient.
Q11. How do we report an expenditure made by a third party that isn't reimbursed?
A11. Third-party expenditures (expenditures made on behalf of the committee by someone other than the candidate, agent, or other person affiliated with the committee) that are not reimbursed are reported as nonmonetary (in-kind) contributions.
Q12. What statutes or rules apply to expenditures?
A12. The following provisions apply to expenditures:
Bank accounts: Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII Section 3(9) and C.R.S. 1-45-107.5(7)
Contribution limits: Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII Section 3, C.R.S. 1-45-103.7 and Rule 10
Cash/coin expenditures: Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII Section 3(10)
Definitions: Colorado Constitution Article XXVIII Section 2 (8,9)
Disclosure requirements: C.R.S. 1-45-108 and Rule 10
Itemized expenditures: C.R.S. 1-45-108(1)(a)(I) and Rule 10.2


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Analyst forecasts 2013 retail meat prices to rise
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ The continuing drought means consumers can
expect to pay 5 to 8 percent more at the meat counter next year
regardless of whether they buy beef, pork or chicken.
CattleFax executive vice president Randy Blach made that
prediction Friday during the 100th convention of the Kansas
Livestock Association.
Roughly 70 percent of the nation's cattle herd has been affected
by drought, with 40 percent impacted by a severe drought.
Blach estimates that the nation's herd is going to be reduced by
one million cattle when the government releases its semi-annual
cattle inventory in January.
With shrinking slaughter numbers, he also anticipates that at
least one major meatpacking plant will close within a year, along
with several cattle feedyards.
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'Amok' review: A rock supergroup jam
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Given its pedigree, Atoms for Peace's debut album, "Amok" (XL), should be great.
The supergroup -- with Radiohead's Thom Yorke on vocals, Red Hot Chili Pepper Flea on bass, R.E.M. and Beck veteran Joey Waronker on drums and David Byrne collaborator Mauro Refosco on percussion -- got together with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich for three days of jamming. There's no way that much talent can turn out something that's not good.
What keeps "Amok" from making the leap from good to great, though, is a problem that affects a lot of songs born from high-level jamming. So much of "Amok" is built around the strong grooves of Flea and Waronker that you wait for the inspiration that pulls it all together to arrive and, a lot of times, it doesn't, leaving you wondering why you waited.
The album opens with a stunning trick. "Before Your Very Eyes..."begins with a fierce bit of Fela-inspired bass guitar and African percussion, with Yorke's haunting vocals floating atop it all. As the song progresses, the warmth of that instrumentation is gradually replaced by synthesizers sounding increasingly icy, until it becomes twitchy samples and whispers.
It's a great song and an even greater concept, but it's a rarity on "Amok," where concepts usually win out. When Atoms for Peace have a great song, like the lovely "Ingenue," the results are spectacular. They should do the songs first next time.
ATOMS FOR PEACE "Amok"
BOTTOM LINE A rock supergroup jam including Thom Yorke and Flea


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Ivies start dropping AP classes.
Original post made by College Board on Jan 18, 2013
And so it begins. AP-mania is eventually going to wane because the coursework is not particularly good, the classes are often poorly-designed, and the instruction is provided by high school teachers rather than college professors and so is by definition not college instruction. Many elite high schools have already realized that the AP craze has harmed their students by stressing them out for no good reason. Good schools are dropping out of the program. Meanwhile, PAUSD continues to double down. When will PAUSD parents realize that the AP program is merely a profit-center for the College Board?
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on Jan 18, 2013 at 10:20 am
AP course-taking has largely become an exercise in one-upmanship with one's competitors (fellow students)in the quest for elite college admissions.
It used to be the decision to take an AP course was because the student was interested in a particular subject. Now, many parents pay to prep their teens in advance of taking an AP course,a practice I have found abhorrent and borderline cheating.
College Board is a hugely profitable monopoly; expect them to fight this trend tooth and nail.
There are some confident high schools (I know a nationally prominent one) that can afford to drop AP courses and offer their own high quality curriculum and dispense with AP tests; hasn't hurt any of them. Still, for PAUSD students it is a tricky decision since they must take into account local kids managed by Tiger Moms, who require them to take the maximum AP courses possible, and university admissions committees get many apps from PAUSD students - holistic admissions practices (which I understand Stanford DOES use) are very important in America.
on Jan 18, 2013 at 10:32 am
This is not new. In the early '90s, Princeton did not give college credit for AP classes (I assume they still do not, but I don't know for sure). 4s and 5s on AP tests did allow students to skip some introductory courses (for example, starting with multivariable calculus instead on intro calculus), but it would not count for college credit.


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Domenica Marchetti
Alexandria, Virginia
Age 46
Married, 2 kids, cookbook author
My Goals
Write a cookbook
Serve like Serena Williams
Buy an Italian villa
The Essentials
Le Creuset Dutch oven
Trip to Italy
Really good olive oil
All of my earliest memories are of my mom in the kitchen. She's Italian and food was at the center of our life. She made homemade pasta on Sundays, and I spent a lot of time watching her cook.
To her cooking was a joy, and she passed that on to me. When I was older I would read cookbooks and think, "Oh, what a wonderful thing it must be to write one of these!" But I decided that people like Julia Child write cookbooks, not folks like me.
When I started working I got a job at a newspaper, but I was always impatient to get home and cook. After my kids were born I decided to try freelance writing. I'm not a networker by nature, but in 2004 I went to a food writers' symposium and made myself sit next to the cookbook editor at Chronicle Books. I struck up a conversation and, incredibly, he told me to send him a proposal. I had no clue how to write one, so I asked an author I met there to teach me. I focused on Italian soups and stews because those are the comfort foods that are a part of my family's heritage. The editor loved the proposal and I got a contract.
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Are you are looking for a lake rental house where you can get away from it all for a weekend or a longer vacation? Want to sit on the deck and watch the boats go by, and enjoy beautiful sunsets and scenery.
Maybe you are looking for the excitement of the lakes, with the boating, water skiing, jet skiing, swimming and fishing. You are sure to find a vacation lake house to suit your needs below.
These lake houses are on Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, and Lake LBJ in central Texas only 50 to 60 minutes from Austin and 80 to 90 minutes from San Antonio.Do you have a lake house that you would like to rent out? Email us. Click on the Lake House links below to go to their web pages.
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Lake Travis
Hideaway Lake House
Canyon Lake
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This lake house is 100 feet up the hill from the water and has access to Canyon Lake. It is within minutes of tubing on the Guadalupe River, Historic Gruene, New Braunfels and more tourist attractions. A park and pool are around the corner.
Cedar Creek Lake
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Lake House
This great lake house on Cedar Creek Lake has it all! Waterfront property with 1.5 acres, 2 covered boat lifts, fishing dock, swimming pool, 20 x 30 covered patio, hammock, kayak and canoe, fire pit, and 2 BBQs. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths - plenty of room for everyone.
|Hackberry Point Lake
This waterfont lake house has a fishing-swimming dock and 400 feet of waterfront on beautiful Cedar Creek Lake in Gun Barrel City only an hour from Dallas/Ft. Worth. 3 bedrooms plus Sun Room and 2 baths. 1,200 sq. ft deck with great lake views.
|Sailfish Landing Lake
Great waterfront lake house on Cedar Creek Lake with a waterfront cabana, boat dock with electric lift, fishing/swimming pier, large decks, sandy lake bottom for best wading and swimming conditions. Good fishing. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. In Mabank, Texas, only an hour from Dallas/Ft. Worth.
|Bonefish Inn - Vacation
Lake House
This beautiful waterfront home was finished being built in October, 2013 and was designed for maximum enjoyment of Cedar Creek Lake. Lots of amenities - great beachfront, boat dock, swimming pool & more. 3 bedrooms, loft and 2 baths. An hour's drive from Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
|Daingerfield - Northeast Texas
Ranch Lodge and Bunkhouse
2 hours east of Dallas on 35 beautiful acres with woods and 3 1/2 acre pond stacked with bass and catfish. Paddleboat and Jon boat. Lodge has 5 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, Bunkhouse has 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Lots of amenities and games! Rent separately, or together.
Lake Buchanan
|Lake Buchanan Rental Home
This 3 Bedroom, 2 bath lake house is a fully furnished waterfront vacation home for rent on Lake Buchanan.
Little Red Lake House on Lake Buchanan
Banta Circle Lake Houses on Lake Buchanan
Lake House at Willow Point on Lake Buchanan
Island Retreat on Lake Buchanan
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Lake Buchanan
Enjoy beautiful unparalleled panoramic lake views from this attractive 3 bedroom home on 200 feet of waterfront on one of the best parts of Lake Buchanan. It has 4 decks with great views and great views from inside the home. Great fishing, too!
Lake LBJ - Horseshoe Bay/Oakridge
|LBJ Hill
Country Log Cabin
Waterfront log home has a lot more than just lake activities. Deer come into the yard to get acquainted and wild turkeys also are in the area. Located on a quiet cove of Lake LBJ. Sleeps up to 10 in beds.
|Lazy Oaks Lake House
Waterfront home on beautiful Lake LBJ. 80 feet of waterfront deck for fishing, swimming and boating. Spacious 2000 sq. ft. home with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths can sleep up to 8 people. Four car garage, and more. Winter Texans welcome.
|Horseshoe Hideaway on
Lake LBJ
This waterfront home has high speed Internet, 2 living areas, 2 decks and porch facing the water. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, will sleep over 10 people. Winter Texans welcome.
Escape Lakefront Condo
This great waterfront condo in Horseshoe Bay, Texas has some of the best water available right at your back door. 2,190 sq. ft. with 3 bedrooms and 3 full baths - sleeps 12 in beds. Outstanding boating, fishing, waterskiing, jet-skiing and swimming. Spectacular water views.
|Oak Ridge Retreat Lake
This waterfront lake house can sleep up to 10 people. Plenty of room for everyone indoors and outdoors - living room and den, screened porch, large deck, patio and waterfront patio with swing. BBQ, picnic tables, Foosball and mini pool table. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths.
Lake LBJ - Granite Shoals Area
|Blue Cove Lake House
This beautiful lake home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, boat dock with electric lift, jet ski ramps, swimming/fishing dock, hammock, 165 feet of waterfront, 2 underwater fishing lights, palm trees, and beautiful lake views to the open water of Lake LBJ.
|The Cove on Lake LBJ - Lake
This 3 bedroom, 2 bath waterfront vacation house has a large boat dock / fishing / swimming dock with a slide, and a patio and a large deck facing the water. It's on a large, quiet cove on beautiful Lake LBJ. It's been recently remodeled.
Lake House
Waterfront vacation house located on a quiet channel of Lake LBJ just minutes from the main water. Waterfront deck, boat dock, 2 covered waterfront patios plus another patio. Great fishing right from the patios.
Crest Lake House on Lake LBJ
This waterfront lake house is on great water in Granite Shoals, Texas. With 2 living areas and 4 bedrooms it has plenty of room for everyone. Waterfront patio and swimming and fishing deck. Beds for up to 14 people.
Lake LBJ - Colorado Arm
Crossing Lake House No. 1
This waterfront home on the popular Colorado Arm of Lake LBJ has 3 decks and a patio with outstanding views at the waterfront. 3 Bedrooms and 3 baths - sleeps a lot of people. Rent with House No. 2 next door for larger groups.
Crossing Lake House No. 2
Waterfront home on Colorado Arm of Lake LBJ. This unique A-Frame home is a delight! Creative design with great woodwork inside. A very clever lake house. Rent with House No. 1 next door for larger groups.
Lake LBJ - Kingsland
Lakeside Resort
They have a lake house that sleeps up to 14 people, and cabins for rent on Lake LBJ in Kingsland, TX. Winter Texans welcome.
|Mountain View
Vacation lake house on the Llano Arm of Lake LBJ looking out at Packsaddle Mountain across the lake. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 half baths, 2 living areas has plenty of room for everyone. Nice sandy beach with shallow water at the shore for wading and swimming.
|The Villa at Green
A beautiful, spacious, luxury, waterfront lake house with 5 Bedrooms, 5 1/2 baths and a great waterfront location on Lake LBJ in Kingsland, Texas. President Johnson used historic Green Harbor for his Secret Service Agents.
|Green Harbor Lake
House and Cottages
Vacation lake house with 2 cottages on 150 feet of some the best waterfront on beautiful Lake LBJ in Kingsland, Texas. Sleeps up to 20 people in beds. Covered boat dock with electric lift, fishing-swimming pier, large patio with lake views, and more.
|Tranquil Waters
Lake House
This beautiful waterfront lake house is located on the popular Llano Arm of Lake LBJ in Kingsland, Texas. 3 bedrooms plus a bunk bedroom, 2.5 baths with plenty of beds for everyone. Exercise equipment, paddle boat, boat/fishing/swimming dock provides great swimming, boating, fishing and more.
|Llano River Retreat on
Lake LBJ
This waterfront lake house is on open water of the Llano Arm of normally constant level Lake LBJ in Kingsland, Texas. It has a nice fishing/swimming pier where you can tie up a boat and jet ski.
|Blue Water Lake House
in Kingsland
This lake house is located on some of the best open water in Texas, on normally constant-level Lake LBJ. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths - sleeps up to 10 in beds. Covered boat dock with lift, fishing / swimming pier, hammock with lake view, and more.
|Cope's Lake
Lake rental house on great water on the popular Llano Arm of Lake LBJ in Kingsland, Texas. Ideal for swimming, boating, jet-skiing and waterskiing. Covered boat lift, 2 jet ski ramps and fishing-swimming dock. 4 Bedrooms, 4 baths - 2,800 sq. ft., plenty of room for everyone.
House on Lake LBJ
Located on some of the best water on the Llano Arm of Lake LBJ in Kingsland, Texas. Great boat dock with electric lift, 2 jet ski ramps, fishing-swimming deck, large upper deck with fantastic view. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, good parking, large covered porch.
|Sunset Cottage
This lake vacation rental house is on some of the best open-water waterfront on Lake LBJ in Kingsland. Boat dock and swimming & fishing pier, large covered porch with great view of lake activity. Great swimming, fishing, boating, jet skiing and waterskiing. 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths.
Lake LBJ - Sunrise Beach
|Sunrise Cove
Lake House
This great 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath waterfront lake house on Lake LBJ in Sunrise Beach, Texas has a covered boat dock with electric lift, fishing pier, plenty of off-street parking, and lake views from decks, a balcony and inside the house. Sleeps 13 in beds.
|Sam Rayburn Lake
Vacation House
Great waterfront on the largest lake completely in Texas. Sandy shore is ideal for wading and swimming and tying up boats. 2 decks facing the lake and lake views from within the home. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. Near the south end of the lake.


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Grandparents greet new Head of School at poolside party
Head of School Kevin Yaley, event host Jane Fetter and Gloria, Vincent and Lynn Gorquze.
Before Francis Parker School, Yaley taught for 10 years at University of San Diego High School. He is regarded as one of the most successful high school soccer coaches in San Diego history, having led his teams to six CIF championships.
Yaley received his bachelor's and master's degrees in theology from the University of Notre Dame.
Jane Trevor Fetter serves on the board of trustees of Francis Parker School and was the founding chairman of the Grandparents Council. She and Tom have two grandchildren, Marly and Megan, enrolled at the school
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- A new world of oudh experiencies Review by Gregg
Thick, dark, exotic and mysterious. I only got my delivery yesterday and at the moment i am testing Hindi, Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian and Cambodi oudhs, so i have to do a little cleaning up to remove the residue of all of these wonderful oudhs... and give my olfactory system a rest. But.... on first impressions this is an amazing product. Mellow but a tad spicy somewhat camphoraceous odor and a nice base of woodiness. As with all oudhs it takes some time to fully evaluate an oudh and come to know its character. Hopefully i will be able to update this review.
Many thanks for making this product available.
Warm regards (Posted on 7/15/14)
- Agarwood CO2 Review by Michael
- Superb and exotic! (Posted on 2/4/14)
- update Review by bab
- This is an update to my previous review that mentions the red spikenard note. My most recent purchase is a little different. More aged perhaps but it has a labdanum note, more ambery , less in your face, more mellow. (Posted on 10/11/13)
- heaven on earth Review by Chana
- This agarwood co2 is like bringing heaven down to earth...takes me to a faraway place somewhere between gan eden (garden of eden and shangri-la), a little goes a long way, and lasts through out the day. A touch on my pulse points and I am good to go all day... (Posted on 6/5/13)
- amazing oud Review by saad
i love oud very much and I've smelled many oud's but this is amazing! Yes this oud is heavy but it is amazing! I will buy the 1/2 oz soon.
(Posted on 5/6/13)
- Agarwood is much like spikenard Review by Bab
- This Agarwood is strong, so of good value. A little goes a very long way and then some. To me, its an aroma much like Spikenard Red. It is beautiful when highly diluted and added to incense and amber fragrances. It provides tenacity and uplifts. (Posted on 4/9/13)
- Entrancing Review by DeeDee
- Woody, peculiarly resinous, warm and sweet. None of that "barnyard" smell. It is very tenacious and a little goes a long way. Mix it with tuberose CO2 extract and something wonderful happens----the most sublime incense smell arises like something from an ancient temple making you think you are in heaven, if only for a while. Worth the price! (Posted on 4/8/13)
- Rich, precious, extraordinary... Review by BShea
- Agarwood; Hmmm. My first impression when I opened the bottle was; Labdanum! Then the woody/earthy notes of Agarwood starting swirling around. This one is warmer, tarter, and fruitier (i.e Labdanum) than the sample I've recieved from Eden in the past. The sample I had had that basic woody/earthy note but was somehow both rich and transparent at the same time, it reminded me of forest floors and wet bark after the rain. This one has that, but has the Labdanum-like resinous aspects as well. Of course there are also other facets to this complex, intriguing scent; leather/animalic notes (but nothing funky, fecal, or urine-like, mind you), also are present. I did use it in a blend recently and it's incredibly long lasting. I'm a big lover of woody and earthy scents, so this one is a really big plus in my book. All, in all, I love it. Get some! (Posted on 2/27/13)
- Extraordinary and singular Review by Michele L.
There is not another scent like Agarwood and Eden Botanicals Agarwood CO2 is not like any other oil I own. Earthy, warm and yet strangely animal-like, it adds a note that I was searching for for my other woodsy scents of Patchouli and vetiver. There is a hint of it in Eden's Amber Essence, but to kick it up a notch I add a drop or two more. Lovely product. Thanks Eden!
(Posted on 2/25/13)
- Unusually distinctive sweet odor Review by SL
I received a sample of this. This CO2 is very hard to define- it has a sharper smell , it is unlike most woody essential oils, not soft like Cedarwood atlas. It does remind me of walking out in a forest after a rain storm and having a unusually distinctive sweet odor which is pleasant and calls back to you for more.
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Target says that personal information - including phone numbers and email and mailing addresses - was stolen from as many as 70 million customers in its pre-Christmas data breach. That was substantially more customers than Target had previously said were affected.
The chain also cut its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings forecast and outlook for a key sales barometer.
Target had announced in December that about 40 million credit and debit cards may have been affected by a data breach that happened between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 - just as the holiday shopping season was getting into gear.
The retailer said Friday that the personal information stolen is not a new breach, but was discovered during its ongoing investigation.
Target Corp.'s stock fell in Friday premarket trading.
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Woman Accused of Threatening to Hit DFCS Worker With Broom Handle
Oconee County Sheriff's deputies were called to a trailer in the Pinewood Estates South mobile home park last week where a worker with the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS) said a woman had threatened to hit her with with a broken, sharp, metal broom handle. Read More
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Burglars broke into Main Street's Local No. 7 Restaurant in Tucker during the middle of the night and got away with little more than a wide screen television set, but they left a messy trail of blood in their wake. Read More
4 Members of the Campbellton Road Gangsters Indicted for O.T. Lounge Murder
Ottis Ricks, Gerald Peterson, Christopher Penson and DeMario Carman were each charged with murder, criminal gang activity, gun possession while committing a felony, armed robbery and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon during the the Cascade crime committed on August 16th at O.T. Lounge near Simpson Road and Lowery. Read More


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Being a kid with arthritis isn't easy – but the Arthritis Foundation is here to help.
Yes, kids get arthritis too. In fact, 300,000 kids in the U.S. have arthritis – including 10,300 in Michigan. More children have been diagnosed with arthritis than cystic fibrosis and juvenile diabetes combined. The Walk to Cure Arthritis is the Arthritis Foundation's nationwide signature event that raises funds to fight arthritis. Click here to read about our brave honorees in Michigan and what you can do to make a differences in the lives of children living with arthritis.
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Last month I was lucky enough to attend the annual Arthritis Foundation Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C. where adults and children affected by arthritis come from every corner of the United States to learn how to effectively speak about arthritis advocacy priorities and build continuing relationships with their members of Congress and their staff. Read more about Caitlin's first time experience at the Advocacy Summit and what our advocates accomplished.
Jacki Barger, LPN, Orthopaedic Educator, University Hospitals - Geauga Medical Center, answers the following questions:I have osteoarthritis in my knee. My physician is suggesting that I consider a joint replacement in the next six months. Are there exercises or other things I can do to get ready for surgery? And what about exercising after the surgery? Click here to read the answers.
The One-of-a-Kind Juvenile Arthritis Conference
The Juvenile Arthritis Conference is the Arthritis Foundation's signature, nationwide event for families affected by juvenile arthritis. Join us for this four-day educational event that focuses on health, wellness and fun for children affected by arthritis, lupus, myositis, ankylosing spondylitis and other rheumatic diseases. The whole family is invited! Specific educational tracks focus on issues relating to parents, teens and young adults, children affected by arthritis and their siblings.
This Juvenile Arthritis Conference offers a chance to meet other families going through similar challenges, share stories, learn new techniques for managing juvenile arthritis and have fun! Click here for more information and to register.
2014 Walk to Cure Arthritis National Honoree
One of our Arthritis Foundation Great Lakes Region volunteers, Mayro Kanning, is the 2014 National Walk to Cure Arthritis Adult Honoree. Mayro has lived 34 years or nearly half her life with rheumatoid arthritis. Her volunteerism with the Arthritis Foundation's Ohio River Valley market is extraordinary and her Arthritis Walk team – Mayro's Milers - has raised more than $264,000 since 2003. Click here to sign up for a walk in your area today and join Mayro in her efforts to raise money and awareness for the 53 million adults and 300,000 children living with America's number one cause of disability.
Great Lakes Region Researcher Headed to Paris to Present Poster at OARSI Conference
Veronica Ulici, MD, Ph.D, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh and an Arthritis Foundation-funded researcher, will present a poster in Paris, France later this month about her research on molecular changes to cartilage in post-traumatic osteoarthritis, or arthritis that results from an injury to a joint. Click here to read more about this important research.
Cedar Point Supports Walk to Cure Arthritis
The Arthritis Foundation and Cedar Point are AGAIN partnering this year for THREE great ticket promotions to raise funds to support children and adults who live daily with arthritis pain. America's Roller Coast is offering pre-season tickets for $41.00, an amazing $18.99 off the gate entry price. $3 of every ticket sold benefits The Arthritis Foundation's Walk to Cure Arthritis. Tickets can be purchased now through May 31st online at www.cedarpoint.com/affiliates. At the prompts, please use the following:
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Stay tuned for the next great promotion that will start on June 1st! More information to come.
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News: Ryan Leslie Sued Over Failed $1 Mil Laptop Reward
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 5:15PM
R&B singer Ryan Leslie is reportedly getting slapped with a legal suit for not living up to his word after promising to pay up to $1 million for the safe return of his stolen laptop last year.
According to reports, the person responsible for finding Leslie's laptop now wants over a million bucks.
Armin Augstein said in court filings that he repeatedly tried to reap the reward from the Harlem-based musician after finding the laptop while walking his dog in a Stommelerbusch, Germany, park about a month after the MacBook went missing. Leslie said the computer was swiped from the back of a Mercedes in Cologne on Oct.23, 2010, during a European concert tour. The budding mogul publicized a $20,000 finder's fee - but then sweetened the reward to $1 million. "It's unfortunate that my client has to go to such lengths to recover the reward," said Michael Fischman, Augstein's U.S.-based lawyer. Augstein, a 52-year-old German, is seeking the $1 million fee plus interest, according to the suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. (New York Daily News)
Earlier this year, it was discovered that Leslie failed to dish out the reward upon its return.
In a bizarre twist of fate, Leslie's laptop was discovered on November 27 in Stommlerbusch near Cologne, Germany, when a man happened upon the missing bag while walking through the forest. After finding the missing goods, the discoverer, whose real name is unknown, turned the bag containing the laptop over to local police. But R Les is yet to make good on his reward. Once the bag was recovered, Bernd P. never received his $1 million payout, making the situation public in the media by showing journalists a copy of the singer's passport and police report and claiming that Leslie won't return his e-mails. Leslie is yet to speak on recovering his laptop, even after he went so far as to film a YouTube video and accompanying song to help him get it back. Allegedly, the singer had completed his third album 'Les is More' and was keeping it on his laptop, as well as other music and visual projects. (The Boom Box)
Leslie initially utilized his Twitter account to inform all 210,000 of his followers about the revamped reward.
"I'm absolutely continuing my Euro tour + I raised the reward for my intellectual property to $1MM. Click to watch:http://on.fb.me/bCBnrM," he tweeted last year. (Ryan Leslie's Twitter)
In October 2010, the music hitmaker released a public statement addressing his stolen laptop.
"Good afternoon, this is an announcement offering an award for $20,000 for the recovery of a black bag we believe was stolen last night, October 23rd, from outside of this club. If anybody has seen anything or heard anything, please contact us at [email protected] We are offering a $20,000 reward for the return of this bag." (Roka Productions)
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Opening day for the Harrisonville and Pleasant Hill golf teams felt like a beautiful March spring day, if you were playing in North Dakota. The temperature at Royal Oaks Golf Course in Knob Noster was a balmy 37 degrees. Add a 10-mile-an-hour breeze and the wind chill was 29.9 degrees.
Talk about brutal conditions. Last fall, not even the Pleasant Hill or Harrisonville football teams played in this type of weather. However, these kinds of conditions are not uncommon early in the golf season.
Despite the conditions, the day was a good one for both schools. Pleasant Hill won the March 25 match over Harrisonville 175–182. Harrisonville's Nick Johnson was the medalist on the day, shooting a 39, 3 shots over par.
"Every year the start of the season is cold," Pleasant Hill Coach Eric Bloom said. "We practice a lot in the cold before the season begins so they get used to knowing what warm clothes to wear, what extra things they need to have with them like hand warmers, gloves and things of that nature."
Still, cold is cold. It certainly affects athletes physically and mentally.
"With the cold conditions, it's 95-percent mental. Once you give up to the cold you have already been defeated," said Bloom.
Harrisonville coach Mark Rovig agreed. "Psychologically the cold gets into your head. You can't escape the fact you're cold, especially knowing you're going to have to walk another two and a half hours."
While the conditions were difficult, they weren't the worst Johnson has ever competed in.
"One time I golfed in a monsoon," Johnson said. "It was pouring hard, it was cold, there were puddles on the green, and it was really bad. As far as lousy conditions go, today was about a 5 on a scale from one to 10."
The Wildcats and Roosters were to play again March 27 in the Oak Grove tournament at Adam's Pointe golf course in Blue Springs. While the temperature was supposed to be warmer, there was also a 50-percent chance of rain.
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RALEIGH — Team selections for the 2014 Winter Olympics will be made soon and the guessing game continues.
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Justin Faulk hopes to be a member of Team USA for the Sochi Games and there are some, including ESPN.com analysts Pierre LeBrun and Scott Burnside, who believe he will.
Canes captain Eric Staal helped Canada win the gold medal in 2010 in the Vancouver Olympics and can play center or the wing. But is he a lock to make Team Canada again?
If there is an automatic Olympian on the Hurricanes, it might be defenseman Andrej Sekera. He competed for Slovakia in the 2010 Games, has been called Carolina's team MVP this season by Canes coach Kirk Muller and should be headed to Sochi.
The U.S. team will be announced New Year's Day in conjunction with the NHL's 2014 Winter Classic. Faulk said he recently had contact with Team USA management but isn't sure of his standing.
"I don't think USA Hockey wants to tip their hand either way," Faulk said before the Christmas break. "As it gets closer, it pops in your head more than in October and November. It's so far away at that point that you definitely don't think about it, but it's definitely on your mind a little bit more now.
"You try not to think too much about it. I think more about what I can do to be on top of my game and do my best. There's not much I can control, so I just take it day by day."
Faulk and Sekera have been the Canes' top defensive pairing this season. There have been some glitches in recent games, but for the most part they have been solid and dependable.
Team USA general manager David Poile has said some younger players could be chosen for this Olympics with an eye both on the Sochi Games and the future. Faulk, 21, offers youth and NHL experience, and has been a part of several international competitions for Team USA.
Faulk, who participated in the U.S. National Team Development Program, played in the 2011 World Junior Championship. He played for the U.S. in the IIHF World Championships in 2012 and 2013 and was effective on the larger ice surfaces in Europe.
At the 2012 Worlds in Finland, Faulk led the U.S. defensemen with four goals and finished with a team-best plus-9 rating. This year, he topped the U.S. defensemen with six assists as Team USA earned a bronze medal in Sweden.
Faulk said the upcoming selections haven't been a big distraction as he approaches the middle of the NHL regular season.
"If I play a bad game or a good game I'm going to think about it, but not in that way," he said. "It's not like I play a bad game and think, 'I may not go to the Olympics.' Not at all. I just focus on turning it around and making sure it doesn't happen in the next game. Or if it's a good game, continuing it."
The Canes, after a three-day Christmas break, face the Penguins on Friday at PNC Arena. On the ice will be a number of soon-to-be Olympians, including the Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby, whose overtime score for Canada – known as the "Golden Goal" – beat the U.S. in Vancouver.
Canes forward Tuomo Ruutu could again be chosen for Finland's Olympic team, and Alex Semin for Russia. Forward Jiri Tlusty hopes to represent the Czech Republic.
Looking at Team USA, a general consensus is defensemen Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild, Ryan McDonagh of the New York Rangers and Kevin Shattenkirk of the St. Louis Blues are headed to Sochi. Paul Martin of the Penguins was considered another safe choice but has been injured.
Faulk, John Carlson of the Washington Capitals and Keith Yandle of the Phoenix Coyotes all are strong possibilities for Team USA.
"Everybody dreams about that and wants that," Carlson said. "It would be an awesome honor."
Defenseman Jack Johnson of the Columbus Blue Jackets was on the U.S. team in Vancouver. He, too, believes the defensive selections for Sochi remain wide open, with a number of deserving players.
"It's an Olympic team," Johnson said. "There's going to be a lot of good players left off. It's not an easy team to make."
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- It was a day filled with celebration for Mohamed Amin, a Saratoga Springs business owner, after he heard the news of Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi being ousted.
He celebrated with a handmade Egyptian flag he received from the first revolution.
"Watching the pictures and chanting it's breathtaking," Amin said. "The happiness that is inside me is exploding."
The Associated Press reported the country's armed forces announced Wednesday they would install a temporary civilian government to replace Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, who denounced the action as a "full coup" by the generals. They also suspended the Islamist-drafted constitution and called for new elections.
Images of millions of anti-Morsi protesters around the country celebrating took over the internet after a televised announcement by the army chief. Fireworks burst over crowds in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where men and women danced, shouting, "God is great" and "Long live Egypt."
Much of Amin's family, including this parents, still live in Egypt. His brothers and sisters took part in the protests calling for Morsi to step down.
"Our country has been hijacked one time by dictatorship one time by extremist," he said. "These people deserve better."
For Mohab Habib, the news gave him hope for a better future for Egypt. Now, both men want to see more rights given to their families who still live there.
"Equal rights, women's rights, and freedom," Amin said.
"I hope we find good president, but now they know the sound of the people can move anything," said Habib.
Amin said Morsi's election during the first revolution was rushed, and he hopes the government will learn from its mistake and do it right the second time around.
"I was born in Egypt, I grew up there, and really it's a joy, a joy, because people suffer," said Amin.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Shawn Harris celebrates 20 years as a James Thomas Engineering (JTE) employee this month. The Worcester, England-based trussing, PAR can, and aluminium specialist has seen many come and go since its foundation in 1977, but Harris, now the longest serving team member, is still only 36 years old. JTE general manager Mervyn Thomas presented Harris with a card signed by the whole company, £100 of gift vouchers, and a silver-plated section of Thomas Superlite truss to mark the occasion. "I'm honored to recognize Shawn's landmark achievement," says Thomas.
Shawn Harris (left) with Mervyn Thomas
Harris initially left Pershore High School in Worcester at 16, with thoughts of joining the Navy. However, this particular career path didn't materialize, partly because suffers from sea sickness. Jobs were scarce at the time, but the local career center dispatched him to JTE for an interview, where he was immediately hired, and initially sent to work doing basic assembly in the lighting department. A while later, he became supervisor for this busy division of the company.
He flirted briefly with sheet fabrication, only to discover that he preferred the lighting department. Now back in his original position of lighting department supervisor, Harris organizes orders, prioritizes jobs, and ensures everyone in his department of nine is happy. Holding the same position for so many years might prove repetitive for some, but not at JTE, where Harris relishes the challenge of doing something different every day. He particularly likes unique, one-off jobs, with the added detail of realizing client's specific requests. "One–offs can be highly stimulating," he says. He also likes turning around something seemingly impossible to meet the deadline, and the interpersonal aspects of the job.
After 20 years, Harris has many good friends at JTE, a workplace element he values highly. "In this industry you can often spend more time at work than at home, so getting along with the people you're spending most of your time with is crucial!"
When not working, Harris enjoys his longtime hobby of football, and is a keen Leeds United supporter. He also likes "Pottering around at home," indulging in a spot of DIY, and spending time with his 10-year-old daughter, Christie.


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The Chicago White Sox have an overabundance of starting pitching, to the point where they have at times this season used a six-man starting rotation.
With the trading deadline looming next Sunday, it would seem logical that the Sox might try to deal some of this surplus for help in other areas. Tuesday night, someone named Doug Seyller -- who doesn't appear to have any specific baseball connections -- tweeted that Edwin Jackson might be headed to the Blue Jays:
#WhiteSox Jackson and Teahen going to Toronto for frasor and a minor leaguer...de aza coming up from minors.
This possibility was also tweeted by Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal Wednesday morning, with some more intriguing information:
Sources: #WhiteSox in serious talks on EJax, Teahen to #BlueJays for Frasor and prospect. Danks, Floyd also on market. #tradedeadline #MLB
Jackson would seem the most likely White Sox starter to be traded. He's a free agent at the end of this season and the White Sox don't seem inclined to re-sign him. They have Philip Humber ready and available to step back into their rotation if they deal him. While Mark Teahen is a useful backup, the Sox have had bullpen issues and Jason Frasor would provide a solid setup complement to Jesse Crain.
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In The Arms Of God, isn't a "return to form" or "comeback" for Southern Hard
Rock / Metal band: Corrosion Of Conformity. It is, it's own thing…gritty, epic,
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Maybe not as southern sounding as COC's previous "Pepper Keenan era" albums, but
like the others, equally rewarding.
Tales of injustice, redemption and soul searching..this album should be amongst any
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Communities mourn death of slain police officer Tom Decker
Published on Wednesday, 05 December 2012 06:09
Written by Mike Nistler, Contributing Writer
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WHEN COLD SPRING-RICHMOND police officer Tom Decker was shot and killed in an alley behind a bar last Thursday night, the repercussions could be felt across the state.
In small Central Minnesota communities–including Kimball and Watkins, where Decker served as an officer–the tragedy was devastating.
In Kimball, where Decker served as an officer from 2004-06, the news hit hard. Decker continued to work with the Kimball department as a training officer, and it was in Kimball where Decker narrowly escaped death after he pulled over a suspected drunk driver in February 2005.
Kimball Mayor Tammy Konz said the town's police officers took the news very hard. "I was sick when I heard the news. And yesterday I had grieving officers. It was not a pretty day."
Konz and those officers knew Decker and worked with him closely as the communities of Kimball and Cold Spring have a special bond by helping each other out for special occasions and events.
Decker was Kimball's school liaison officer and touched the lives of many young people, Konz said. "In a small town like Kimball, a police officer is an integral part of the community. Tom was able to establish a relationship with young people and earned their respect."
Because of that respect, many young people would probably think twice about doing something wrong because they wouldn't want to disappoint Officer Decker.
Konz said that many people do not realize the dangers small-town police officers face. "They do stuff for little old ladies, but it's more than patrolling," she said in reference to the dangers of the job, which include responding to domestic calls and welfare checks. It was exactly that, a welfare check, the led to Decker's death. He was responding to a call about a potentially suicidal man. It is believed that man later ambushed Decker and shot him.
"People don't have a clue what these officers are faced with," Konz said.
"Our officers knew him," Konz said, adding that Decker taught a shooting class in Kimball for officers. "Tom was unbelievable."
One of her fondest memories of Decker was seeing him and his squad car at his grandmother Clara Stein's house, who was a neighbor of Konz.
"He was there all the time," Konz said, adding that Decker would often take his grandmother out to lunch. "That's what I respected about him the most," Konz said. Many people talk about taking time to visit their grandparents but never get around to it. "Tom did it."
At a press conference after the shooting, Cold Spring Police Chief Phil Jones commented on Decker's wonderful sense of humor. Konz saw that first hand the year she and her husband, Dan, held a holiday gathering for city employees. Decker came with a white elephant gift, a "funny little book," that reminds Konz of Decker every time she sees it. "The kids thought it was hilarious. He was the life of the party."
Tom Decker's younger brother, Joe, saw his older sibling the night he was killed. Joe was working at Subway in Cold Spring when Tom pulled up to get some food. Joe did not get a chance to speak to Tom.
"I thought I'd get to see him later," Joe said, his voice trailing off.
"I think most of us are in shock," Joe said in an interview two days later. "I think we are waiting for him to pull down the driveway."
Being three years older than Joe, Tom was his brother's protector. Joe idolized his older brother and would sometimes ride along with him during his shift. Tom realized the job he did could be dangerous, but he loved people.
"He loved when he worked in Kimball and when he worked in Watkins," Joe said.
Lynn Hokanson, the city administrator in Watkins at the time Decker served there, remembers interviewing Decker for the job.
"When we hired him our feelings were he was that type of person who understood small towns. An officer in a small town has different tasks than an officer in a larger city. You have to understand small-town mentality and I don't mean that in a derogatory way. We saw in him that he understood small towns and how they worked. It seemed to me that his goal was to help people and that he had a very strong work ethic."
Joe told one story of his brother's heroism that occurred during his time on the Kimball force. He was called to a rollover accident involving a van in a swamp. The van was upside down in the water and Tom went in the water in his uniform and pulled the passengers to safety.
Growing up on their parents' St. Nicholas farm, Joe and Tom worked side-by-side. Sometimes they would squabble, as brothers do, but they would always regret it and make up, Joe said.
One of those dangerous situations for Decker occurred while he was a Kimball police officer. Decker was in Kimball's brand-new squad car when a chain-reaction pile-up occurred on Minnesota Highway 15 south of town.
Decker had stopped a driver who was weaving and possibly had been drinking. The driver said he was having a heart attack and fire and rescue personnel were called.
One of the first to respond was Mark Dockery who was with the Kimball Fire and Rescue Department. Dockery and Kimball Fire Chief Tom Ehlinger arrived and pulled up behind Decker's squad. Then the ambulance, driven by Dave Traurig, arrived and parked behind them. Soon, the Kimball gas rig was called to offer support with traffic control. In it were Bill Thell and Butch Stelten.
There were five vehicles in a row at the scene when a driver in an SUV came up over a crest in the hill followed by a semi. The SUV veered into the ditch slamming into various rescue personnel including Dockery who suffered the worst physical injuries. (He spent 10 days in the hospital with a collapsed lung, six broken ribs, a ruptured spleen, three broken vertebrae, and a shattered pelvis. And part of his ear was sliced off.) His recovery lasted more than a month and he suffered permanent nerve damage in his left wrist.
"I was kneeling in the road ditch (leaning into the vehicle that had been pulled over) trying to get the gentleman's arm out of his leather jacket to take his blood pressure," Dockery said. That is the last thing he remembers of the accident.
The semi, which also could not stop, hit the back of the gas rig, which in turn slammed into the ambulance, which then hit the squad car.
Moments before the collision Decker was standing behind his squad and in front of the ambulance filling out paperwork on his trunk. For some reason, Dockery said, Decker decided to crawl into his squad car to do the work. Dockery is certain that Decker would have been killed had he not moved inside of the squad car.
Dockery, who now lives in Sartell and works in Watkins, said experiencing incidents such as that forms a bond between those who serve together on small town law enforcement and fire and rescue departments. That was why hearing the news of Decker's death hit him so hard.
"When I heard I kind of went into shock," Dockery said. "I was flooded with memories of Tom. He was always so positive. As a cop, he always gave people the benefit of the doubt. He was always there for people and a genuinely nice person who wanted to help. My memories of Tom will always be that he was an incredibly nice guy."
After learning of the news, Dockery posted this on Facebook: "In 2005, Tom and I looked death in the face and together said 'Not today.' Now, seven years later, another tragedy and this time we lose a great man. My deepest sympathies to Tom's family and all who knew him. You will be missed Tom Decker!"
Jim Frilstad, Kimball's chief of police, said that the department would retire Decker's badge number 6803. It will be the first time a number has been retired in Kimball.
"Tommy was a wonderful friend. He is what everyone has been saying about him," Frilstad said.
"He was my training officer and he worked a few times a year here. He helped us with range qualifying and use-of-force training. He was well liked by everybody."
Frilstad, who attended the funeral for Brian Klinefelter in 1996, said Decker's service on Wednesday would be very emotional.
"This one will be really emotional because he was a good friend and a colleague.
Besides retiring his badge number, there will be one other reminder of Decker in Kimball. Decker designed the patch that officers wear on their uniforms, Frilstad said.
Decker's designs can be found in some other Central Minnesota law enforcement patches as well, Frilstad said.
Memorial funds established
Memorial funds for Decker's family have been set up at three banks in Cold Spring: The First National Bank of Cold Spring, the Cold Spring branch of the Central Minnesota Credit Union, and the State Bank of Cold Spring are collecting donations.
Residents can drop off checks at the buildings.
Checks can be mailed to State Bank of Cold Spring, P.O. Box 415, Cold Spring MN 56320; First National Bank at P.O. Box 416, Cold Spring MN, 56320; and Central Minnesota Credit Union, 202 Red River Ave. S, Cold Spring MN 56320.
Donations to the Tom Decker Memorial Fund also are being accepted at all Wells Fargo Bank locations.
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By Brenda L. Holmes
PLAINFIELD — Offenders from the Plainfield Correctional Facility worked into the wee hours of the morning Thanksgiving Day to help provide a meal to the homeless. This is the third year the facility has been in charge of making the stuffing for the Mozel Sanders Foundation Thanksgiving meal.
Ben Grosvenor, food service director for the facility, works with offenders who volunteered their time to help prepare the stuffing.
"They all get excited because they are contributing," Grosvenor said. "I actually had 30 guys volunteer but chose 13 for the job."
The offenders were chosen from men enrolled in the PLUS program or the In2Work program.
"These are time-cut programs," Grosvenor said. "When they complete the program they get six months cut off their time."
The offenders prepared 50,000 servings of stuffing for the meal. They cooked 12 kettles of stuffing that hold 100 gallons each. The stuffing was then transferred into pans and baked in the facility's new oven.
"We added this new oven in October," Grosvenor said. "It was $35,000 and the racks can just roll into the oven."
This was the second year Aaron Boyer was chosen to help cook and bake the stuffing. He said it's nice to help the community when the chance is given.
"I started in culinary arts at the New Castle facility," he said. "When I came here I finished up."
His job within the facility is to help prepare food for offenders with special diets.
"We have all kinds of diets," Boyer said. "We have diabetic diets, renal diets, vegans, and allergies. We have all of it here."
Boyer is a graduate of the In2Work program and will be released after serving his time before the end of the year.
"You know I am facing leaving here and going to a homeless shelter," he said. "So I know this meal will be appreciated. And I'm happy to help."
Phil Slavens, assistant superintendent of re-entry, said the annual stuffing project is just one more way offenders at the facility can give back to the community.
"And I actually knew Rev. Sanders," Slavens said. "He used to come here to see the kids from his flock Ñ his congregation. He was the nicest person."
In 1959 Rev. Dr. Mozel Sanders was appointed as pastor of Mt. Vernon Missionary Baptist Church in Indianapolis. He worked diligently to provide his congregation and the surrounding community with their needs.
Sanders received statewide recognition and awards for his work. He was best known for feeding families in need and creating the Mozel Sanders Thanksgiving Dinner.
After his death in 1988, his son, Rev. Roosevelt Sanders, created the Mozel Sanders Foundation to continue the work of its name-sake.
The stuffing was picked up from the facility at 4:15 a.m., still warm from the ovens. It was transported to Ball State University where countless volunteers prepared the rest of the meal.
The food was then distributed to more than 40 satellite sights in and around Indianapolis.


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First and foremost, Tucson will not lose Davis-Monthan Air Force Base entirely.
But we will lose pieces of it.
Two thousand jobs will go as well as a big chunk of the $1.5 billion economic shot in the arm Tucson gets from the A-10 mission.
But also, and likely far more damaging, Tucson will lose the a sense of security A-10 has brought the city over the past 35 years.
On Oct. 26, 1978, an A-7A military jet crashed in the street a few feet from Mansfeld Middle School and a few yards from the University of Arizona.
Two sisters were killed and a half dozen people were injured.
The pilot was ejected.
It was the second multiple fatal military crash in the city in a decade. In 1967 an F-4 fell into a supermarket on Alvernon, killing four people.
These two accidents severely strained the relationship between D-M and Tucson.
In the 1978 crash, there was a prelude to the future.
While the paramedics attended the injured on the ground overhead circled a new military jet fighter: The A-10.
"The first fight is to save the A-10 because it's the right thing to do, for our country and its also beneficial to the community," says Martha McSally, the first woman to fly the A-10 in combat.
Beneficial because, for the past 30 years, the A-10 has been instrumental in soothing tensions caused by the two crashes.
It's a dual engine plane so it's extremely safe.
And it's also extremely quiet.
However, the quiet is being compromised.
The whispers that at the A-10 mission may be ended sooner than thought have become a roar and reason for concern.
"I think we have every reason to be concerned but I'm still optimistic," says Arizona Senator John McCain. "And that's why we have to work very hard to keep DM open."
The rumors are being fueled by much high level speculation.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has asked for $5 million one time appropriation for a study and report on DM's future, suggesting the mission may end in 2015.
The head of the Air Force Air Command, General Michael Hostage, is on record as saying, "It is far worse for the nation if I have to keep the A-10 than to cut a bunch of other stuff."
McSally says publicly "the A-10 is potentially going to be cut in starting in 2015."
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is on record saying the entire fleet of A-10's should be retired because its 40 years old.
Congressman Ron Barber says he helped buy some time but not much.
"The Air Force cannot touch the A-10 all of 2014," he says of legislation he helped pass. "In other words, we bought a full calendar year."
So it appears, when, not if, the A-10 is retired, the F-35 will replace it and many other aircraft.
But whether it will ever calls Tucson home is still not certain.
In part because of noise.
Although there's some dispute, its said the F-35 is eight times louder than the A-10..
There are 8,000 mid town homes in the DM flight path. Many residents say they can tolerate the quieter A-10, but other jets, like the F-16 which occasionally flies over, stops conversations in mid sentence. Television viewing is impossible.
It's unimaginable, they say, what the F-35 may be like.
So the residents organized by a group called Forward Tucson, are making some noise of their own, saying the F-35 could create mid town noise ghettos.
"As far as moving, sure my wife and I could do that very easily, says mid town resident Gary Hunter. "And if the f-35 comes to town we will move no doubt about it."
He also says "A lot of our neighbors will move also. A lot of people will move out of mid town Tucson"
But when it comes to missions stationed at DM, Tucson will not likely be able to pick and choose.
"The pentagon is looking around the country trying to decide what bases to keep open and what bases do we get rid of" says McSally. "And if one community says we'd like this mission but not this one, that creates a liability for us."
"But to me, the F-35 is the future and we're going to have to make a space for it here<" says Barber.
But that's not certain or agreed upon either.
"We are looking at other options for the use of Davis Monthan," says McCain. "In every way DM is a desirable base to have and we're also looking at other missions."
D-M'S impact is felt mountain to mountain. Its economic footprint is estimated to be $1.5 billion.
There are nearly 20,000 employees on base 2,000 for the A-10 alone.
"If Davis Monthan is ever closed, the ripple effect through this community in terms of resident population in terms of businesses that benefit directly and indirectly for doing business with Davis Monthan will be profound," says Mike Varney, President of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce.
That profound economic impact will certainly hold sway over the decision to close or not to close, whether missions may work here or not.
But the decision what comes next will not likely be made in Tucson.
"If, if, if Davis Monthan is shut down, which its not, if it was it would have a horrendous effect on the economy here" says McCain. "And I think its rather short sighted to be worried about frankly, the sound of freedom."
We have also posted on our website, TucsonNewsNow.com. More in depth interviews and other information about the A-10 and its loss here.
For the time being, as wars wind down, and a different type of warfare is predicted for the future, things will change here. How they will change and what the impact will be, is being debated right now.
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In the third main card fight of UFC 158, Jake Ellenberger picked up a huge victory with a first round knockout of former Strikeforce welterweight champion Nate Marquardt. Marquardt started strong, wading into the pocket and tagging Ellenberger's chin after landing a few kicks. After a minute or so of relative inactivity, Ellenberger caught Nate on the chin while he was trying to throw a kick. The punch stunned Nate, and the next two put him down. One more on the ground had him slumped over, unconscious.
He actually protested the stoppage, which was kind of silly considering that he was out. The finish came at the 3:00 mark round one. Ellenberger (29-6) improved to 8-2 in the UFC, while Marquardt (32-12-2) is now 10-5 in the UFC and has lost two in a row (one of those coming in Strikeforce). Ellenberger earned a $50,000 dollar bonus for the knockout of the night.
What was the high point of the fight?
The knockout. Ellenberger just destroyed him with the punches.
Where do they go from here?
Ellenberger is firmly back in title contention after being derailed for a bit by Martin Kampmann. I think he should fight Demian Maia in a number one contenders bout, with the winner getting to meet the winner of the eventual Georges St. Pierre vs. Johny Hendricks fight.
Marquardt is in a very precarious position. He did come in as a late replacement, but he has lost two in a row and looked bad in both of them. He has a high salary for a welterweight too, and has had issues with the organization in the past. Could he be released? Maybe. If not, a bout with someone like Siyar Bahadurzada would be pretty interesting.
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BATON ROUGE -- The LSU women's basketball team built a double-digit lead four minutes in and surrendered a season-low 42 points as Nikki Caldwell won her 100th game as a head coach in a 76-42 Lady Tiger blowout of East Tennessee State on Thursday night in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Caldwell, who won 72 games at UCLA and now 28 games early in her second season at LSU, stressed all week to the team about not coming out flat on both ends of the floor following a tough loss to Tulane last Sunday. The Lady Tigers (5-3) showed no signs of that defeat lingering as every player who saw action scored and contributed in some fashion.
"I'm very thankful for one, my coaching staff, who has been with me the entire way, then all the great players that I've been able to coach that have helped those wins," said Caldwell. "I just really hope that there more milestones that we reach here at LSU. Winning a national championship is the ultimate goal, and it's something that you strive for. It's great to have that 100th win, but there are also a lot more victories out there to be had."
Theresa Plaisance led the way with a game-high 16 points, seven rebounds, six blocks and two steals. Plaisance, who blocked eight shots against the Green Wave, now has a combined 14 blocks in the last two games.
Caldwell started a new lineup on Thursday without the services of senior guard Adrienne Webb, who was recovering from a head injury she sustained in the Tulane game. Anne Pedersen made her first career start and delivered seven points in 29 minutes. Shanece McKinney started for the first time this season and scored eight points to go along with a career-best nine rebounds.
Freshman Derreyal "Tank" Youngblood made her biggest contribution of the season, coming off the bench for 13 points and five rebounds. Fellow freshman Danielle Ballard reached double-figures for the fifth consecutive game with 11 points.
Ballard set the tone for LSU offensively, dishing out a season-best six assists. Senior Bianca Lutley contributed a career-high eight assists as the Lady Tigers racked up 34 field goals on a season-high 24 assists.
LSU shot a blistering 53.1 percent from the floor and clamped down on the Lady Bucs defensively, holding them to 26.6 percent shooting, including a stretch of eight minutes without a field goal.
Pedersen gave the Lady Tigers their first double-digit lead of the night with a three at the 15:48 mark in the first half that made it 15-6. LSU finished the first stanza on a 7-0 run and took a comfortable 40-19 advantage into the locker room.
"I think for the most part we came out with an agenda," said Caldwell. "We wanted to play a certain way. We established that early on in the game. Our defensive effort was a lot better. I thought we did a much better job once we settled in in our closeouts."
The spurt continued with eight unanswered points to start the second half. ETSU finally ended the drought on a mid-range jumper with 16:23 left in the game. Youngblood got in on the scoring barrage with five straight points late in the game.
LSU out-rebounded the Lady Bucs, 44-39, and dominated points in the paint, 40-20.
ETSU played without its leading scorer Destiny Mitchell. Mitchell suffered a concussion in practice earlier this week. She made the trip but did not dress.
Shawn Randall led the Lady Bucs with 13 points.
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An Anderson man said he wants to raise awareness after he and his service dog were almost kicked out of a McDonald's restaurant.
Zakk Wrabiutza suffers from type 1 diabetes, and he trains service dogs for people like himself, so they can get the support they need.
On Sept. 12, Zakk's blood sugar dropped and he needed food immediately. He and his father stopped at the McDonald's on Pearman Dairy Road in Anderson. They brought their service dog Layla, a golden doodle, in with them. Zakk said staff at that restaurant became concerned.
He told FOX Carolina the manager approached him.
"She told me that the only service dog that was allowed inside their McDonald's was a seeing-eye dog," Zakk said.
Zakk began to tell the manager about a key provision in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which allows service dogs to enter public places, including restaurants, "even if state or local health codes prohibit animals on the premises."
The law also states no one is permitted to ask the service dog owner about his or her disability. They can only ask whether the animal is a service dog, and about what it is trained to do.
Zakk said an Anderson County deputy was sitting near the table at the McDonald's, who asked him those very questions. Zakk showed him his dog-training business card, which had that provision of the ADA written on it. Zakk said the officer told the manager he saw no problem with the service dog being in the restaurant.
Zakk and his father told FOX Carolina they want to raise awareness about this issue, saying ignorance to the law led to an unpleasant experience for everyone.
"You would think a manager knows what's going to happen, what needs to happen and what to do in this situation. She had no idea," Zakk said.
In a statement, the franchise owner of the McDonald's, Larry Linnette told FOX Carolina:
"Nothing is more important to us than the safety and well-being of our customers. We thoroughly train our crew and staff on the [Americans with Disabilities Act]. There was a misunderstanding within one of our restaurants, and we are working to ensure all restaurant personnel have updated training so we may better serve our customers in the future."
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That answer is part of the problem among The People. Each election voters think a new President will wave a magic wand and fix problems like this. It would take a collective bipartisan effort in government to correct it. Not just a President.
@VinBucFan..Actually real discussion is not about spending. It is about how government finances are set up. That is the issue that is completely ignored by politicians, the media, and The People. History has already told us cutting spending does not fix the problem. Its like putting a small band-aid on a four inch cut. The way the system is set up, agencies are rewarded to spend. For example. your budget for the Dept. of VinBucFan is $1 million a year. Within that year your spent $800,000 because you used a smart way to spend the funds. If you show a history of that, your annual budget would be reduced. If you spend the million dollars, you can get your budget increased. The problem isn't the spending itself, but how it is set up.
You were simply too smart for me.
Illuminator is a good poster. He sticks to his guns and makes good points. Some don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t like that.
There's a lot of talk on these threads about what impact tax cuts have on the economy. No matter where you come down on that issue, everyone should be able to agree (but probably will not --lol) that the actual problem is not revenue (taxes) but spending.
More specifically, the problem is that the federal goverment is the absolute worst place to run money through to impact the economy. There should simply no reasonable basis for people to think that the best approach to stimulating the economy is to take money from the private sector (through taxes) and then redistribute through government prgrams.
All of the money that the government spent on "stimulus" would have been better used and largely saved if instead of giving the money away the government did nothing other than actually guarantee certain loans through private sector banks or simply buy off bank debt at a discount to allow banks to clear their balance sheets quicker so they could start lending. The difference is banks LEND, they do not GIVE AWAY like the federal government. LENDING keeps everyone invested in utilizing the capital as efficiently as possible. Giving money away . . . well.
So talk all you want about taxes, the real discussion should be about SPENDING. People should want to keep taxes as low as possible BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST INEFFICIENT AND ILL-EQUIPPED funnel ever, unless someone can explain to me the virtues of handing money to a bureaucrat over an actual business person.
Isn't that what TARP was supposed to do?
Quote from: CBWx2 on May 17, 2012, 12:04:11 AMIsn't that what TARP was supposed to do?There were 2 MAJOR problems with TARP on top of the theoretical ones on if was the right thing to do or not and it is this. We (the US) had to borrow the money to lend to others. That increased Govt spending to the nth level. Then, on top of that, when those involved actually paid back what they borrowed, the frickin' Govt went and spent it again on other things instead of paying back those who we borrowed it from. How dumb is that?


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A BUILDING firm is to be prosecuted following the death of a worker outside a Cinema .
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is taking legal action against EMC Contracts Ltd after Carl Green was struck by a reversing van in a paved area outside the Odeon Cinema on Port Way, Preston, in July 2010.
The 45-year-old painter from Steeley Lane, Chorley, had been working on a project to fit out a new Costa Coffee shop in the cinema when the incident happened.
Mr Green was walking across a pedestrian area near the front of the building when the van, driven by his work colleague Michael Hoyle, collided with him.
Four vans, including Mr Hoyle's Citroen Relay, were in the area on the day in question.
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After five games and several pleas from Broncos fans, it's finally Tebow Time in Denver.
Broncos head coach John Fox told his team on Tuesday morning that Tim Tebow will be the starting quarterback in the next game, which is Week Seven vs. the winless Dolphins. The Broncos have a bye this coming weekend. Kyle Orton moves to a backup role for the team.
Tebow, a fan favorite since being taken in the first round of the 2010 draft, came on in the second half of the Broncos' Week Five game vs. the Chargers and nearly led the team to a comeback win. The quarterback completed just 4-of-10 passes, but he threw for one touchdown and ran for another, helping the team nearly erase a 26-10 deficit.
Last season, under former head coaches Josh McDaniels and Eric Studesville, Tebow started three games. He had seen the field briefly early this season in relief of Orton, but only to run the ball.
His first start this year comes at an interesting location. Tebow is a very popular player in Florida, as that is where he played his high school and college football. The Dolphins are honoring the 2008 Florida Gators, the team Tebow led to a national championship as a junior, at halftime of the game against the Broncos.
The location is also noteworthy because Miami was the team with which the Broncos were in heavy trade talks regarding Orton before the season. Had the deal been worked out, Tebow might have been the starter for Denver from the start of the season.
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This is a move that Fox had to make for his team and his own job security. Though he was in no jeopardy of being fired just five games into his first season in Denver, Fox was becoming quite unpopular in the Rocky Mountains for his reluctance to put Tebow on the field, despite Orton's early-season struggles.
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A Cobb County man is in a medically-induced coma after being stabbed in the heart.Police say 28-year-old Jeffery Nelms was stabbed outside of a Marietta bar after an argument Saturday. Authorities said the dispute began when 28-year-ol d John Meyer hit on a woman who was in Nelms' group. Meyer pulled out a pocketknife and stabbed Nelms in the chest, according to police.Meyer was arrested and released on a $35,000 bond. Nelms remains in an intensive care unit after having emergency heart surgery earlier this week, according to his wife.Nelms' family has set up a fundraiser to help pay for the medical bills of Jeffery, who did not have insurance. To contribute, visit: youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/jeff-nelms-fundraising-/126287
A fifth arrest has been made in connection with the murder of a 13-year-old in his own bedroom on Sunday.
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