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April 4, 2012
Sasha Cekerevac, co-editor for financial newsletter and Website Penny Stock Detectives, reports that strange weather patterns in key parts of … Read More
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April 1, 2012
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March 29, 2012
H.J. Baker & Bro., Inc. recently announced that Dave Hans has joined the company as Director, Fertilizer Marketing and Product … Read More
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March 26, 2012
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March 9, 2012
The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has named five American farm operations as 4R Advocates for 2012. The national winners represent farmers … Read More
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February 23, 2012
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February 10, 2012
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February 6, 2012
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January 23, 2012
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January 23, 2012
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August 12, 2014
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August 8, 2014
Leaders of Michigan agricultural organizations said Thursday that the government should not have a "knee-jerk reaction" based on last weekend's water ban in Toledo due to fertilizer run-off in Lake Erie. Read More
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July 30, 2014
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August 20, 2014
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August 18, 2014
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August 18, 2014
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August 18, 2014
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August 15, 2014
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The Shoemaker's Wife: A Letter from the Author
Dear Readers,
The Shoemaker's Wife has been my artistic obsession for over 20 years. My grandparents, Lucia and Carlo, were star-crossed lovers at the turn of the 20th century. The world events that played out against the backdrop of their meeting and eventual marriage were enormous and had a lasting and profound effect on their lives.
My grandmother was working in a factory in Hoboken in 1917 when she met my grandfather who was on his way to fight in World War I. Their conversation began because she heard him speak Italian in her native dialect. They soon realized that they were from villages only a few miles apart in the Italian Alps. It was a balm for both of them to know that they came from the same place. My grandfather went off to war while she stayed behind in her new country. They fell in love through their letters to one another.
The story of their love affair was romantic and yet, there were so many obstacles that it was a wonder that they got together at all. I wanted to write their story since I first heard it, but it took some life experience to have the confidence to tell it. Like a beautiful garment, the story had to be constructed carefully and then embellished with just the right details. Lucia and Carlo became Enza and Ciro, and their story became The Shoemaker's Wife.
I imagined my grandmother's girlhood dreams. She was a big Enrico Caruso fan, so I placed the young seamstress at the Metropolitan Opera during his heyday. My grandparents were there as the invention of machines created a manufacturing boom, while telephones, airplanes, and cars made the world accessible and modern. I hoped my reader would experience the same excitement I felt when my grandmother spoke of those days, when everything was new and everything was possible.
Thank you for making The Shoemaker's Wife a part of the Ladies' Home Journal Book Club. I'm honored to be on the list with your previous selections and authors.
My mother is a lifelong subscriber to the Ladies' Home Journal and so am I. Through the years we have been educated, dazzled, and entertained by the articles and stories on these pages, so to be chosen for your book club is a prize when none was required. It's such a thrill and I can't wait to see what your next book selection will be!
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5 Real Estate Stocks Pushing The Industry Higher
All three major indices are trading up today with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) trading up 31 points (0.2%) at 15,006 as of Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 12:50 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,611 issues advancing vs. 1,325 declining with 103 unchanged.The Real Estate industry currently sits up 0.6% versus the S&P 500, which is up 0.4%. Top gainers within the industry include Extra Space Storage (EXR), up 3.1%, HCP (HCP), up 2.6%, Rayonier (RYN), up 2.1%, Public Storage (PSA), up 2.1% and Kimco Realty (KIM), up 2.1%.TheStreet would like to highlight 5 stocks pushing the industry higher today:5. Boston Properties (BXP) is one of the companies pushing the Real Estate industry higher today. As of noon trading, Boston Properties is up $1.73 (1.6%) to $106.49 on light volume. Thus far, 282,389 shares of Boston Properties exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.2 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $104.05-$106.83 after having opened the day at $104.10 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $104.76. Boston Properties, Inc., a real estate investment trust (REIT), together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and development of office properties. Boston Properties has a market cap of $16.0 billion and is part of the financial sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 66.8, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 0.3% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. Currently there are 9 analysts that rate Boston Properties a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.TheStreet Ratings rates Boston Properties as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat weak growth in earnings per share. Get the full Boston Properties Ratings Report now.3x UPSIDE POTENTIAL: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12-months. Learn more.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- A West Virginia teenager who was arrested and suspended from school after he refused to remove an NRA T-shirt is back in class.
Fourteen-year-old Jared Marcum of Logan returned to Logan Middle School on Monday after serving a one-day suspension.
His lawyer, Ben White, says school administrators maintain that Marcum disrupted the educational process. He says Marcum was exercising his right to free speech and wasn't disruptive.
Logan police arrested Marcum at the school last Thursday after he refused a teacher's order to remove the shirt. White says prosecutors are reviewing the case to determine whether to file charges.
Marcum wore the same shirt to school Monday. It displays the NRA logo and a hunting rifle.
Logan County Schools Superintendent Wilma Zigmond didn't immediately return a telephone message.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A West Virginia student was charged with causing a disruption at a middle school when he refused to remove a T-shirt that displayed the National Rifle Association's logo and hunting rifle.
Jared Marcum, 14, said the shirt did not violate Logan Middle School's dress code policy.
"I was surprised. It shocked me that the school didn't know their own dress code and their own policy. I figured they would have known not to call me out on that shirt because there was nothing wrong with it," Marcum said in a telephone interview.
Marcum's stepfather, Allen Lardieri, said the youth was waiting in line in the school cafeteria Thursday when a teacher ordered the eighth-grader to remove the T-shirt or to turn it inside out.
Marcum said was sent to the office where he again refused the order.
"When the police came, I was still talking and telling them that this was wrong, that they cannot do this, it's not against any school policy. The officer, he told me to sit down and be quiet. I said, 'No, I'm exercising my right to free speech.' I said it calmly," he said.
Police charged him with disrupting an educational process and obstructing an officer, he said.
"The only disturbance was caused by the teacher. He raised his voice," he said.
The Associated Press typically does not identify juveniles charged with crimes, but Marcum and his family wanted his name and case known.
A call to the Logan Police Department rang unanswered on Sunday and an automated message said the voice mail system was full.
Lardieri said Marcum wore the shirt during five class periods before he was ordered to remove it.
Logan County Schools' dress code, which is posted on the school system's website, prohibits clothing and accessories that display profanity, violence, discriminatory messages or sexually suggestive phrases. Clothing displaying advertisements for any alcohol, tobacco, or drug product also is prohibited.
Their lawyer, Ben White, said that the T-shirt did not appear to violate any school policy.
"I just don't understand why this teacher reacted the way he did," said White, who said he asked school officials to preserve surveillance video of the cafeteria.
White said he planned to meet Monday with Principal Ernestine Sutherland.
A message left Sunday at a phone listing for an Ernestine Sutherland in Logan wasn't immediately returned.
White said schools can place restrictions on students to prevent disruptions, but can't take away their First Amendment right to free speech.
"If a teacher is telling you to do something that's wrong, I don't think you should follow it. But I also don't think you need to do it in a disrespectful way," he said, adding that he does not think Marcum was disrespectful.
White said he also wants to get the criminal charges dropped.
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Miller, who graduated from Beverly High in June, is scheduled to appear tonight on "American Idol," one of the country's most popular television shows, as it begins its 12th season on Fox at 8 p.m.
Miller is one of 40 or so contestants who made it to the TV show out of the tens of thousands of singers who auditioned across the country.
Neither Miller nor her parents, Guy and Tana Miller, could be reached for comment. Contestants and their families are told by "American Idol" not to speak to the media in order to keep secret the names of the contestants who have made it this far in the singing contest.
But Miller's name and face have been all over the Internet as one of the rumored "top 40" contestants, and she is one of three contestants who appear in a TV commercial that has been airing on Fox to promote this week's season-premiere shows.
Yesterday, Beverly High School Principal Sean Gallagher sent an automated phone call to families of Beverly students urging them to watch Miller on tonight's show and saying, "We're all rooting for her to be the next 'American Idol.'"
"I think the word is just starting to get out, and folks are looking forward to rooting for her," said Beverly High School choral director Carolyn Pilanen-Kudlik, who had Miller as a student. "I know that music is a true passion for her, and she is very talented."
The TV commercial, which says, "Could one of these singers be the next American Idol?" shows judge Nicki Minaj admirably telling a stunned Miller after one of her performances, "I don't think you understand what you just did."
Miller's fame is apparently spreading already. A YouTube video of her singing Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" while playing the piano had more than 18,000 views in three days.
At Beverly High School, Miller was a member of the choir for four years and the honors vocal ensemble for two years. As a sophomore, she played one of the six sisters in the school musical "The Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Revue." Last year, as a senior, Miller won the role of Miss Dorothy in "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
Guy Miller, Angie's father, is the pastor at the Remix Church, which holds services at Bentley Elementary School in Salem. Angela was to lead the music at last Sunday's service, according to a post on the church's Facebook page.
Angela Miller wrote on her Twitter page, "Through music I aim to show that loving God and being a good influence to others is my goal!! Always Dream Big."
Pilanen-Kudlik said she's not surprised that her former student has made the big leap from the high school stage to "American Idol."
"Not at all," she said. "I think she has what it takes to go the distance."
Staff writer Paul Leighton can be reached at 978-338-2675 or email@example.com.


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Charles Randolph-Wright directs Motown, which is brimming with songs made famous by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles, Diana Ross and The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, Michael Jackson and The Jackson Five. It officially opened on Broadway April 14, 2013.
The national tour was originally scheduled to run through July 13, but ticket demand has prompted producers to extend the run through Aug. 9. The final block of tickets for the extension will go on sale April 22.
Clifton Oliver and Allison Semmes will star as Berry Gordy and Diana Ross, respectively. They will be joined by the newly announced Nicholas Christopher as Smokey Robinson and Jarran Muse as Marvin Gaye. Leon Outlaw, Jr. and Reed L. Shannon will portray Berry Gordy's boyhood counterpart and the roles of young stars Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder.
Oliver has performed in the Broadway productions of The Lion King (Simba), In the Heights (Benny opposite Jordin Sparks) and Wicked (Fiyero). Semmes has been seen on Broadway in Motown the Musical (Florence Ballard) and The Book of Mormon (Nabalungi understudy, swing).
Current tour dates follow:
Chicago, IL, at the Oriental Theatre April 22-Aug. 9
San Francisco, CA, at the Orpheum Theatre Aug. 15-Sept. 28
Detroit, MI, at the Fisher Theatre Oct. 21-Nov. 16
Kansas City, MO, at the Music Hall Dec. 9-14
Minneapolis, MN, at the Orpheum Theatre Dec. 16-28
Durham, NC, at the Durham Performing Arts Center Feb. 17-22, 2015
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 24-March 8
Tampa, FL, at the Straz Center for Performing Arts March 17-22
Denver, CO, at the Buell Theatre March 31-April 19
Los Angeles, CA, at the Pantages Theatre April 28-June 7
San Diego, CA, at the Civic Center June 9-14
Costa Mesa, CA, at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts June 16-28
Milwaukee, WI, at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts July 7-12
Memphis, TN, at the Orpheum Theatre July 14-19
Houston, TX, at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts July 21-26
Dallas, TX, at the AT&T Performing Arts Center July 28-August 16
Atlanta, GA, at the Fox Theatre August 18-23
Charlotte, NC, at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Aug. 25-Sept. 6
Motown also features choreography by Patricia Wilcox and Warren Adams, scenic design by David Korins, costume design by Tony Award nominee ESosa, lighting design by Tony Award winner Natasha Katz, sound design by Tony Award nominee Peter Hylenski, projection design by Daniel Brodie, hair and wig design by Charles LaPointe and casting by Telsey + Company.
Motown The Musical's arrangements and orchestrations are by Grammy and Tony Award nominee Ethan Popp, who also serves as music supervisor with co-orchestrations and additional arrangements by Tony Award nominee Bryan Crook and dance arrangements by Zane Mark.
For more information, visit MotownTheMusical.com.


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'Abused by Priests' group urges church to reverse local parish appointment
Original post made on Nov 27, 2007
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 23, 2007, 12:00 AM
on Nov 27, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Please just take a look at the fact that the guy/Priest went to a boysroom, mastxxxed in the open, chatted with an undercover cop about being there for an afternoon delight, kept on mastxxxing as he continued the conversation about "what goes up must come down."
The police sting was going on because of numerous complaints of sXxual liasons at the sight. Undercover cop was there because they suspected it to be a place where men solicited sXx with youths.
All of the above are hard facts. We have no hard fact he will not repeat an offence. Most do. My kids need to be safe. Nowhere else in society could this even be a discussion. GOD HELP US!
on Nov 27, 2007 at 12:55 pm
Kids first and foremost! No excuses. Kids first!
on Nov 27, 2007 at 2:15 pm
It sounds Like Fr Dan has a favored spot in his heart for homosexual
relationships given his past dealings. This discredits his lecturing the Parishoners about the merits of Fr Padraig Greene. It is a sad state of affairs when the community must become split over such a matter of irresponsibility. I tend to agree that one does not drive 20 miles to visit a parks bathroom with a reputation for illicit sexual activities. The Bishop is leading CCOP down the wrong road on this appointment. There will be nothing but growing aynomosity as time moves along. The Priest can be forgiven; the real problem is the cover up by the Bishop - Oakland Diocese and the existing Pastor, after all that has publically preceded this past decade in millions,and millions of settlements. It is sad scenario indeed.


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He was preceded in death by his father, Miles Birt Randolph; mother, Emma Dunn Randolph; wife, Mary Florene Evans Randolph; sisters, Evelyn Randolph, Arlene Stubbs and Dixie Canady; and grandson, Alex Ladner Valdez.
He is survived by his daughters, Evelyn Garrett, Cynthia Kay Plyler, Emily Gurganus and Tammy Ladner Donald; sons, Perry Randolph, Roger Randolph, Mark Randolph and Birt Randolph; sisters, Annabell Turner and Jimmie Courington; brothers, Sam Randolph and J.P. Randolph; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
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More than half of Cincinnati's children live in poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012 American Community Survey released Thursday.
The 2012 rate represents a roughly 10-percent increase in the city's child poverty rate in the past two years. In 2010, 48 percent of Cincinnatians younger than 18 were considered impoverished; in 2012, the rate was 53.1 percent.
If the number was reduced back down to 2010 levels, approximately 4,500 Cincinnati children would be pulled out of poverty.
Overall poverty similarly increased in Cincinnati from 30.6 percent in 2010 to 34.1 percent in 2012.
Black residents were hit hardest with 46.4 percent classified as in poverty in 2012, up from 40.8 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, the poverty rate among white residents went from 19.8 percent in 2010 to 22.9 percent in 2012.
Hispanics of any race were placed at a poverty rate of 51 percent in 2012, but that number had an extraordinary margin of error of 15.5 percent, which means the actual poverty rate for Hispanics could be up to 15.5 percent higher or lower than the survey's estimate. In 2010, 42 percent of Hispanics were classified as impoverished, but that number had an even larger margin of error of 17.9 percent.
The other local numbers had margins of error ranging from 2.2 percent to 4.9 percent.
The child poverty rates for Cincinnati were more than double Ohio's numbers. Nearly one in four Ohio children are in poverty, putting the state at No. 33 worst among 50 states for child poverty, according to the Children's Defense Fund of Ohio.
In 2012, the U.S. government put the federal poverty level for a family of four at an annual income of $23,050.
Some groups are using the numbers to make the case for new policies.
"Too many Ohioans are getting stuck at the lowest rung of the income ladder and kids are paying the price," said Hannah Halbert, workforce researcher for left-leaning think tank Policy Matters Ohio, in a statement. "Policymakers — at both the state and federal levels — are making a clear choice to not invest in workers, families or kids. This approach is not moving our families forward."
The federal government temporarily increased aid to low-income Americans through the federal stimulus package in 2009, but some of that extra funding already expired or is set to expire later in the year. The food stamp program's cuts in particular could hit 1.8 million Ohioans, according to an Aug. 2 report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
At a local level, City Council has consistently failed to uphold its commitment to human services in the past decade, which human services agencies say is making the fight against poverty and homelessness more difficult.
Vice Mayor Roxanne Qualls, the Greater Cincinnati Port Authority and community partners on Monday unveiled the "Come Home Cincinnati" initiative, which promises to make vacant properties available to new occupants in an effort to increase homeownership and redevelop neighborhoods hit hardest by vacancy and abandonment.
The goal is to establish a residential base that will help jumpstart private redevelopment and revitalize largely abandoned areas of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
"Just about a year ago, we were in Evanston to talk about their housing strategy for the Woodburn Avenue corridor and what to do about the 200 vacant and abandoned properties in the community," Qualls said in a statement. "The next logical step on the path to revitalization is to incentivize private market investment in the residential core of our neighborhoods and help to fill the once-abandoned homes with new owner-occupants."
The initiative will work through the Hamilton County Land Bank, private lenders and community development corporations to connect potential homeowners with a pool of loan guarantees.
Qualls' office says the plan will likely require tapping into the city's Focus 52 fund, which finances neighborhood projects.
To qualify for the program, owner-occupants will have to meet minimum credit requirements, agree to live in the rehabilitated home for five years and pay for 5 percent of the total rehabilitation and acquisition costs as a down payment. After five years, the loan will be refinanced at the same or better interest rates to relinquish the city and its partners' loan guarantee.
The city is eyeing a few potential partners for the initiative, including the Cincinnati Development Fund, Cincinnati Preservation Association, the University of Cincinnati Urban Design Center and neighborhood-specific groups.
The initiative will start with 100 homes in the pilot neighborhoods of Evanston and Walnut Hills, but it will expand to Avondale, College Hill, Madisonville, Northside, Price Hill and South Cumminsville as resources grow. It will work in conjunction with the Moving Ohio Forward demolition grant program, which allows the city and Hamilton County Land Bank to tear down blighted and vacant buildings.
At the same time, three of the neighborhoods — College Hill, Madisonville and Walnut Hills — are currently trying out form-based code, a special kind of zoning code championed by Qualls that allows developers to more easily pursue projects as long as they stay within a neighborhood's established goals.
City Council will now need to approve a motion that gives the city administration 60 days to develop a plan and budget for the initiative. The city administration's proposal will also require City Council approval.
Cincinnati's only remaining daily newspaper is considering moving its printing operation to Columbus and reducing the size of its print publication.
The corporate owners of The Enquirer and The Columbus Dispatch have signed a letter of intent to have the Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky editions of the local paper printed at The Dispatch's production facility. If the deal is finalized, the switch would occur in the final quarter of 2012.
"The First Energy Family has contributed more than $44,000.00 into re-election campaigns for Justices Cupp and O'Donnell this year alone," O'Neill, a Democrat who is running for the Ohio Supreme Court, wrote. "It is simply wrong for them to continue sitting on First Energy cases."
The Ohio Supreme Court, which has seven justices decide
the state's top judicial cases, is currently handling a case
involving FirstEnergy, an energy company based in Akron. More than
300,000 customers are suing the company over alleged fraud. The 11th
District Court of Appeals previously ruled against FirstEnergy, and the case was appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.
The lawsuit is the fifth Ohio Supreme Court case involving FirstEnergy this year.
O'Neill pointed out the lawsuit "could easily be a billion dollar case" before writing, "And the public has a right to know that the ruling was not purchased by one side or another."
Ohio Sen. Mike Skindell, a Democrat who is also running for the Ohio Supreme Court, endorsed O'Neill's letter. In the past, he also criticized Cupp and O'Donnell for potential conflicts of interest.
The offices of Cupp and O'Donnell did not immediately respond to CityBeat's requests for comment on the letter. This story will be updated if responses become available.
UPDATE OCT. 4, 4:12 P.M.: Mark Weaver, spokesperson for Cupp, responded: "Mr. O'Neill previously raised this argument with disciplinary authorities by filing a complaint. It was reviewed by disciplinary authorities, and they unanimously dismissed it as having no merit."
State Auditor Dave Yost released an audit today looking at Value Learning and Teaching (VLT) Academy's 2010-2011 school year, and the findings are not pretty. The charter school, which is located in downtown Cincinnati, was found to be potentially overpaying in multiple instances — including potential conflicts of interest.
"Those who are entrusted with taxpayer dollars must take special care and spend them wisely," Yost said in a statement. "This school appears to have management issues that must be addressed quickly."
In a potential conflict of interest, the school paid Echole Harris, daughter of the school's superintendent, $82,000 during the school year and $17,000 for a summer contract for the position of EMIS coordinator, who helps provide data from VLT Academy to the state. Mysteriously, the school did not disclose the summer contract in its financial statements. The school says the superintendent abstained from all decisions related to Harris and presented the summer contract to the school board. Still, Yost referred the situation to the Ohio Ethics Commission.
The audit also criticized VLT Academy for approving a $249,000 bid for janitorial services that were owned and provided by a school employee. The bid was the most expensive among other offers ranging between $82,000 and $135,600. According to the school's own minutes, "Each company states that they can deliver a work product that will meet or exceed the standards provided in our checklist," adding little justification to the high payment and potential conflict of interest. The school insists its pick was the best qualified because it offered additional services. The bid approval was also referred to the Ohio Ethics Commission.
The school was found to be overpaying its IT director as
well. Keenan Cooke's salary for the 2010-2011 school year was supposed to
be $55,000, but the school overpaid him by $3,333 with no record of
intent. The state asked for Cooke and Judy McConnell, VLT Academy's
fiscal officer, to return the excess payment to the state. The school acknowledged McConnell's responsibility.
To make the potentially excess payments worse, VLT Academy had a net asset deficiency of $412,754 as of June 30, 2011, according to the audit. The school promised the auditor it will cut costs and find revenue generators to make up for the loss.
Never piss off the proletariat.
Upset about his low pay and dismal working conditions, a worker at one of Facebook's Third World contractors has leaked the social media site's ultra-secret document about what type of content it censors.
Amine Derkaoui, a 21-year-old Moroccan man, worked for an outsourcing firm last year that scanned Facebook members' pages for banned content. Given Facebook's profitability, Derkaoui became angry about its stinginess with workers.
As a result, Derkaoui gave a copy of Facebook's internal guidelines about what content it will delete to Gawker, a top Internet gossip site.
Some of the forbidden items are obvious like racial slurs, depictions of human or animal mutilation, photographs or cartoons of sexual activity, violent speech and content that organizes or promotes illegal activity.
But some of the other verboten items are more unusual, if not downright strange.
For example, naked "private parts" including female nipple bulges and butt cracks are forbidden, but male nipples are allowed. The list specifically mentions "mothers breastfeeding" as unacceptable.
Also, most depictions of bodily fluids are unacceptable, but not all. It lists "urine, feces, vomit, semen, pus and ear wax" as unacceptable (yes, ear wax). But, it helpfully notes, "cartoon feces, urine and spit are OK; real and cartoon snot is OK." Well, that's good to know.
Other items subject to deletion include cartoon nudity, images of internal organs, bones, muscles, tendons and "deep flesh wounds," along with "blatant (obvious) depiction of camel toes and moose knuckles." (Confession: I had to Google "moose knuckle" to know what that meant.)
Images of "crushed heads, limbs, etc. are OK," however, as long as "no insides are showing" and the person posting them doesn't express delight or gratification.
Moreover, all criticism of Ataturk, the founder of the nation of Turkey, along with images depicting the burning of Turkish flags are forbidden. It's believed this restriction is due to certain European laws that, if violated, could cause the site to be blocked in Turkey.
The 17-page manual includes a one-page "cheat sheet" so workers can quickly reference it when making decisions about what to delete.
Gawker said Derkaoui found his job through the outsourcing firm oDesk, which provides content moderation services for Facebook and Google. About 50 people across the globe — mostly in Turkey, the Philippines, Mexico and India — work to moderate Facebook content. They work from home in four-hour shifts and earn $1 per hour plus commissions.
"It's humiliating. They are just exploiting the Third World," Derkaoui told Gawker.
Fox 19 on Nov. 9 apologized for an ignorant comment made by news anchor Tricia Macke on her personal Facebook page last month. Macke's comment, "Rachel Maddow is such an angry young man," sparked outrage among gay-rights organizations for its depiction of MSNBC's openly gay broadcaster as a man.
According to screen shots published by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), Macke appeared to have missed the point when called out by a commenter for targeting Maddow's sexual identity. Macke wrote, "you are right… I should have said antagonistic" but then told another commenter, "I knew what I was saying."
GLAAD wrote: "Tricia Macke undoubtedly tried to insult Maddow because of their political differences, rather than simply because Maddow is gay — but her comments went much further than insulting Maddow's political leanings, and took issue with Maddow's gender, revealing an anti-gay (or at least anti-gender-nonconforming?) bias underlying her political beliefs."
Fox 19 posted its apology along with a statement from Macke describing her comment as insensitive and inappropriate. Macke wrote: "I apologize to Ms. Maddow and any others who may have been offended by my comments, as they do not reflect my firm beliefs in individual and equal rights, and they certainly do not represent the opinions or position of my employer WXIX-TV."
Maddow, an openly gay MSNBC political analyst, is one of America's highest-profile news personalities. She's also a Stanford graduate with a doctorate in political science from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Limitations imposed by Ohio lawmakers who oppose the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") have forced Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center to give up a $124,419 federal grant that would have gone toward helping uninsured Ohioans navigate new online marketplaces for health insurance.
Specifically, the state law, which Gov. John Kasich signed on April 30 and went into effect on July 30, excludes any organization that receives payments from a health care payer, such as an insurance company, from being designated as a "navigator."
The designation is necessary for Cincinnati Children's Hospital to receive the federal grant, which is part of national outreach efforts to enroll as many Americans, especially young adults, into Obamacare's online marketplaces when they open for enrollment on Oct. 1.
Without the designation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital was forced to give up the federal money, Cincinnati Children's Hospital spokesperson Terry Loftus told CityBeat.
State legislators passed the restrictions to clarify regulations on navigators that avoid potential abuses and conflicts of interest.
But Obamacare's supporters claim the state law is part of a nationwide effort from state and federal Republicans to make Obamacare more difficult to implement.
The federal government intends to sign up 7 million people into Obamacare's online marketplaces, but 2.7 million have to be young adults to keep costs low. Otherwise, older, less healthy Americans will fill up the marketplaces, exhaust health services and drive up costs.
Supporters of Obamacare acknowledge that signing up so many young adults will be difficult, so they've taken to national and state-by-state education campaigns that tell young adults about the benefits and cost savings made available through the president's signature health care law. These campaigns are being headed by various organizations that have been dubbed "navigators."
But opponents, particularly Republicans, are preventing some of the efforts by investigating navigators and passing legislation in state governments that limits what navigators can do and who can be classified as a navigator.
Most recently, Republicans in the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee sent a letter to groups participating in the navigator program with a series of accusations and questions.
"This is a blatant and shameful attempt to intimidate groups who will be working to inform Americans about their new health insurance options and help them enroll in coverage, just like Medicare counselors have been doing for years," Erin Shields Britt, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, told The Hill.
For the uninsured, not knowing about the online marketplaces could mean losing out on opportunities to obtain health insurance at lower costs. Recent reports have found that Obamacare's online marketplaces and tax subsidies will lower costs for Ohioans in the individual health care market.
An Aug. 29 study from the RAND Corporation, a reputable think tank, found health care premiums will rise to an average of $5,312 under Obamacare in 2016. Without the law, premiums would reach an average of $3,973 that year. But when Obamacare's tax credits are plugged in, the average Ohioan will only pay a premium of $3,131 — $842 less than he or she would pay without the law.
Avik Roy, a conservative health care economist and prominent critic of Obamacare, found even better results for Ohio. His model found premiums will drop by 30 percent in Ohio, although they'll rise by 24 percent on average for 13 states, including Ohio, and the District of Columbia as a whole. Unlike RAND, Roy's calculations don't take subsidies into account, so the final cost for the average Ohioan is likely much lower.
The numbers only apply to Ohioans in the individual health insurance market. Under Obamacare, individuals will be able to enroll for health insurance through an online marketplace. The majority of Americans who get health insurance through their employers or public programs fall under different rules and regulations.
It's unclear how much Republican opposition will ultimately play into the numbers. But for Cincinnati Children's Hospital, it means $124,419 less to help its neediest, less knowledgeable patients.
"The Jim Henson Company has celebrated and embraced diversity and inclusiveness for over fifty years and we have notified Chick-Fil-A that we do not wish to partner with them on any future endeavors," the company said in the statement.
The statement went on to announce the company, under the order of CEO Lisa Henson, will be donating payments received from Chick-Fil-A to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), one of the biggest pro-gay-rights groups in the country.
The news comes after a week of scrutiny following company president Dan Cathy's declaration that he is against gay marriage. Politicians piled on to the news. Same-sex marriage opponents praised the company for its stance, while prominent Democrats and Republicans criticized Chick-Fil-A for the position.
The company has long held an anti-gay stance. It has publicly supported and funded anti-gay groups, and the company was reported to be co-sponsoring a marriage conference with the anti-gay group Pennsylvania Family Institute last year.
Chick-Fil-A has also been known for promoting fundamentalist Christian values. Founder Samuel Truett Cathy has identified himself as a staunch Christian, and the chain's restaurants close on Sundays to respect Christian values. Even the company's corporate purpose statement invokes religion: "To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us."
The company has also been criticized for religious discrimination in the past. In 2002, a former Muslim employee sued the company because he claimed he was fired for not participating in a group prayer to Jesus Christ. The lawsuit was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount.


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It is rare for us to have babies on Wednesday's Child but this week we do. 1 year old Trayvion is the youngest member of a sibling group of five. If you remember their sister did not want to participate in the taping. This week we learn more about Trayvion and watch him in action with his big brothers.
Trayvion is all smiles when he is with his big brothers. They are very protective and usually Trayvion is the life of the party.
"Okay we're ready to talk now."
Trayvion is not in daycare at this time. But being around his brothers he is learning to form one to three words. One of his favorite things is his sippy cup. Whatever he sees his brothers do, he tries to mimic it.
"Don't bite it, don't bite the ball."
Trayvion is independent. He feeds himself and social workers say he shows definite understanding of simple words. His foster parent says Trayvion has an excellent appetite and but so far does not appear to have a favorite food.
"I caught it."
At Pump It Up, Trayvion did not want to be left out of any of the fun. Although he was reluctant at first, he took on basketball. Trayvion is obviously very special to his brothers. Social workers say the boys would benefit from a two parent family.
All five children want to be adopted together, they don't even want to consider growing up without Trayvion. They are hoping that special family who is willing to take all of them will give them a permanent place to call home.
To learn more about adoption through the Department of Human Services call the Mississippi Adoption Resource Exchange at 1-800-821-9157.
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Late one night, Luk was so unhappy about being a man that in the heat of the moment he cut off the end of his penis with a pair of scissors. His subsequent scream woke his father, who immediately called the police and sent him to hospital. Police arrived and thought it was a suicide case until Luk confessed, "I don't want to be a man! I want to be a woman!"
Media reports described the unfortunate man, surnamed Luk, as good-looking, slender, and pale with shoulder-length hair. He has reportedly enjoyed wearing girls' clothes since childhood, and his desire to become a real woman grew with age. He considered undergoing a gender reassignment surgery, but balked at the complicated procedures involved and his family's objection.
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8 Facts About America's Craziest Commuters
Prepare for a blast from the past.
Author Roxane Gay on being a bad feminist and how you can be one too.
The story of the only undocumented writer to graduate from the University of Michigan's MFA program.
Girls Who Date Computers is one disillusioned New Yorker's quest to expose the banality of online dating. Does it go too far?
Lauren Bacall, nicknamed "The Look," was one of the last remaining vestiges of the golden age of Hollywood — with the mythology, unique beauty, and gravitas of all classic stars. In the wake of her death, this is how her legacy came to be and how it will live on.


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It looks like Yahoo is going to dodge a bullet, and not buy WebMD, the company you use to self-diagnose illnesses.
This morning WebMD's CEO stepped down, and it announced its results will come in at the low end of its guidance. 2012 revenue will be 2% to 8% below 2011 revenue.
WebMD also said it was taking itself off the block. It's no longer for sale, which would suggest Yahoo can't buy it. Presumably WebMD wasn't happy with the bids it was getting. Its stock is tanking today, falling 30%.
The last thing Yahoo needs is a shrinking business. Especially one that's still pretty expensive. Its market cap is $1.5 billion now.


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Where Cossacks held sway, women's football adds international spice
In the back row, left to right, Ladrón, Phewa and Luik meet the Ukrainian dance team Veseli Hutsulyata following a three-match sweep in the first round of the UEFA Women's Cup, Sept 08. FC Naftokhimik crashed out in the second round in October, losing three matches by a combined 3–14. (FC Naftokhimik)
Football in Ukraine has been becoming more multinational since independence in 1991, with even the women's game showing the effects of globalization.
For those seeking to work the international women's calendar to best advantage, Ukraine offers a seven-team competition in its Zhinocha Liha, founded in 1992. Those sampling the league in 2008 included a quartet with FC Naftokhimik of Kalush, a town of 68,000 in the Carpathian foothills: Veronica Phewa (South Africa), Rorro Hernandez (Spain), Anjuli Ladrón de Guevara (Mexico) and Aivi Luik (Australia).
Not so coincidentally, all four have ties to FC Indiana of the W-League. The side's former general manager Anton Maksimov is Ukrainian and facilitated the players' loan arrangements.
Luik has helped lead the Indiana midfield since 2005 and used the Ukrainian interlude to bridge the W-League season and national-team training in Australia. Simultaneous to giving women's soccer in Ukraine international flavor, Luik demonstrated how to construct a professional career while bypassing Women's Professional Soccer, the top flight in the United States. The latter has 140 roster positions, with two expansion clubs coming in 2010.
After Indiana's victory in the 2008 U.S. Open Cup, Luik skipped WPS combines to help boost Naftokhimik during the team's first European campaign. In a four-team first-round UEFA Cup group, she scored the game-winner in all three matches, leading Naftokhimik over Poland's AZS Wroclaw (1–0), PAOK FC of Thessaloniki, Greece (1–0), and Estonia's FC Levadia Tallinn (2–1).
Naftokhimik formed in 2004 as FC Spartak and competed in Ivano-Frankivsk oblast. They became Ukrainian champions in 2007 to earn a European slot. According to the club's website, however, the side folded early this year for financial reasons—another sign of the devastating recession in Ukraine.
While organized women's soccer has existed in Ukraine at least since the early 1970s, with pockets of support in population centers Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovs'k as well as in Zakarpattia oblast in the far southwest, sports authorities in the former Soviet Union had their suspicions. At the same time as Soviet society held gender equity in work and leisure as an ideal, women's football represented a taboo both morally and physically. Soviet sources of the time cite "an unhealthy interest by some male spectators in women's soccer matches." Another source suggests that "physical stress typical of soccer may cause harm to sexual functions, varicose veins, thrombo-phlebitis" and so on.
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RIVER Villa near BEACHES, GOLF, & SHOPS, sleeps 6 in Rotonda
- bedrooms 3
- baths 2½
- sleeps 6
- pool yes
- hot tub yes
- pets allowed no
- type Villa
- community Rotonda West
rates (USD)
/ week
$ 2,825 - $ 3,550 / month
vacation rental description
Three bedroom, 2.5 bathroom south facing Villa on the Florida Gulf
Coast, size - 2000sq ft. Located in Rotonda by Englewood which is between Venice and Port Charlotte. Near shops, restaurants, golf courses and beaches. Set in nature lovers area, beside one golf course and overlooking the river, this a home in which to relax.
Nearest Airports are Sarasota & Fort Myers (1 hour) Tampa (1.5
hours drive), Orlando (2 - 2.5 hrs) & Miami (3.5 - 4 hours).
(Nearest domestic airports are Ft Myers & Sarasota).
Master bedroom has king size d/bed with en suite jacuzzi bath, walk-in
shower & toilet. Second bedroom has a d/bed and third has twin
s/beds. All living areas are fully air-conditioned & have ceiling
fans in addition.
Well appointed and furnished to a high standard this Villa has
Satellite TV, DVD player & Hi-Fi / CD player, a computer, and board games such as Scrabble & Monopoly are provided for your use.
Laptop Computer with broadband and wi-fi access is provided for guest use.
The great room has a formal dining area and a comfortable
lounge area with views of the pool and river. There is a separate
informal eating area with doors to the patio & pool. The kitchen is
fully equipped with range, microwave, dishwasher and icemaker fridge
freezer and there is a laundry room that leads out to the integral
double garage. There are two bikes and 4 fishing rods plus a keepnet
available for use by guests, plus some toys for young children.
South facing Villa with own swimming pool (solar heated), sun
loungers & spa tub with water that flows into the pool. It is
located on a double plot & has river frontage to the rear. There are
lawns around the villa and irrigation is from the river. Fruit
trees, flowering trees and shrubs have been planted. The villa is
near a nature reserve and is about 15 minutes drive from great
beaches. Visit Bocca Grande village & beach, Mannesota Key beach in Englewood and Stumps Pass beach. Nearby Venice has great beaches too.
Local golf courses have reasonable green fees and are open to the
public. In the immediate vicinity there are 5 golf courses. The area has
good boating, river and sea fishing, public tennis courts, golf ,
nature trails and restaurants. The Gulf View restaurant by Englewood's main
beach has spectacular views of the sunset over the sea. If you want to eat out overlooking water try Farlows in Englewood, The Fisheries, Johnny Loverocks & Rum Bay at Cape Haze, Millers wharf at Bocca Grande, or The Crows Nest restaurant in Venice harbour near the local sailing club.
The home is within an easy drive of Englewood, Cape Haze, Ft Myers,
Venice, Sarasota, Bradenton and Port Charlotte and it has excellent
local supermarkets and mall shopping just minutes away.
This is a relaxing place, but there is plenty to see and do if you
check the guide books and local papers, from yoga to theatre, and
tennis to scuba diving. Busch Gardens beyond Tampa is one of the
great theme parks in Florida; the Ringling Museum and Arts centre is
north of Sarasota; the Myakka State Park is a beautiful place with
great boat rides just an hours drive distant. Babcock Ranch is worth
a visit and the picture of a nesting eagle was taken there. Rodeo
events are held in Arcadia about 1.5 hours drive.
The house has a telephone with free local calls included. Long
distance and International calls can be made using an appropriate
Calling Card.
vacation rental location
property availability
- dates with deals
- unavailable dates
Last modified on 04-28-2014 at 6:55 AM.
email owner view full calendar
Andrew Egan 01923840466
villa rental amenities
Air-conditioning in all living areas with ceiling fans in all rooms
3 bedrooms (1 queen, 1 double, 1 with twin singles)
2 bathrooms + poolside toilet
Fully fitted kitchen - evertthing you need including a decent size teapot, grapefruit knife & egg cups as well a range cooker, microwave, fridge freezer & icemaker, coffee maker etc.
Breakfast Nook
Kitchen with breakfast bar
Main dining space - table with 6 chairs
Lounge or Great room
Laptop Computer + broadband access
Patio in shaded area with large oval table and 6 cushioned chairs
Lanai with 4 poolside cushioned loungers + shaded area has ceiling fan
Satellite TV / DVD player / HiFi - CD equipment
Board Games, Books, Cards
2 adult bikes and various pool toys
Standard BBQ
4 Fishing rods & a Keep-net
Double garage with up and over door, electronically controlled
2 x Beach Umbrellas
Beach Chairs and cool boxes
British visitors please note we have egg cups, a grapefruit knife, a proper teapot, a cafetaire as well as an electric filter coffee maker.
activities and attractions in Rotonda Gulf Coast South
Good swimming from well kept beaches
Boating & Jet Ski hire
Fishing & fishing boat trips
Fitness centres
Shops & Malls - good Malls in Pt Charlotte & Venice
Ellenton designer label discount shopping complex - it's massive!
Museums & Art centres within easy driving distance
Gaspirilla Island Museum & Lighthouse
Nature Trails, 3 locally, others in easy drive
Environmental & Conservation centers
Rodeo at Arcadia in July and at other times
Cinema & Theatre are within a short drive
Shelling - Stumps Pass beach is usually the best
Busch Gardens is only 1.5 to 2 hrs drive away with its rides and attractions.
Airboat Rides on the Everglades is only 2.5 hours drive to the south - they are great fun!
vacation rental rates
Minimum discount of 15% for 4 or more weeks booked at one time.
Rates below are inclusive of taxes, utilities and cleaning.
Payment in US$ by check or by wired electronic payment
(Note: GBPounds and Euro also accepted ).
Rates are inclusive of taxes, utilities and cleaning:-
Low season (September) US$820 / GB£499 per week
Standard season US$890 p/wk or GB£545 p/wk
Christmas - end April High season US$1020 p/wk or GB£625 p/wk
Special Deals - contact owner
Booking deposit is required with reservation and a security deposit
with balance of booking fee 10 weeks prior to departure.
Optional Spa tub heating $70 p/wk or £45 payable locally if
required, only needed in the coolest months as the pool and spa are
connected to our very efficient solar heating system.
Minimum reservation is 4 days. There is no specific change-over day.
Andrew Egan 01923840466
accepted payment methods
Prior to paying a reservation deposit, always verify payment instructions by calling the phone number displayed on this listing page. By contacting the owner directly and paying by an approved method - credit card, paypal, check or bank transfer - your reservation payment will be protected up to $1,000.Learn more in our Security Center
Top things to do in Rotonda
- Walk or Jog
- Cycle
- Fishing or Golfing
- Tennis
- Explore a Nature Trail
Top things to do on a budget
- Shelling on Stumps Pass beach
- Visit Ringling House
- Explore Bocca Grande Lighthouse
- Swimming off Englewood Beach
- Airboat rides by the Everglades
Top things to do with a family
- Visit Myakka State Park
- Watch Rodeo at Acadia
- Play mini golf in the evening
- Visit Busch Gardens
- Day trip to Cape Kennedy
Andrew Egan , owner


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The Michigan Wolverines started their football program in 1879, and to date the program holds the records for most wins and the highest winning percentage in NCAA Division I-A history. From 1901 to 1905, the team went undefeated, and tied only one game - to the Minnesota Gophers. The tie game resulted in the oldest college rivalry trophy, The Little Brown Jug. Before the Wolverines' loss to Chicago in 1905, the team won 56 games straight, and one-hundred years later is the second longest winning streak by a college team in the history of the game. Due to these and other successes, the team is widely regarded as the best college football team in history. Score with TicketCity - the place to go for Michigan Wolverines football tickets.
Head coach Brady Hoke has hit the recruiting trail hard in his short tenure as the leader of the Michigan Wolverines and it is about to start paying off. After winning 8 games in 2012, the Wolverines are ready to take the next step to return to the top of the standings in the Big Ten. Devin Gardner returns as the starting quarterback after taking over the role late in the season last year. Gardner managed to throw for over 1,000 yards even though he didn't start playing until the last five games of the year. The defense finished 13th in the nation last season and should still be good enough to overcome the ACL injury suffered by pass rusher Jake Ryan. The Big House has gained the reputation of being one of the best home field advantages in college football and the storied history will be on display with games against Notre Dame, Nebraska and a season finale showdown against rival Ohio State.
Check out our Michigan Wolverines Season Preview History page for previews of previous Wolverines seasons.
The Michigan Wolverines compete in the Big 10 Conference, and currently the team holds or shares 42 league titles, more than any other football program in the country. The Wolverines have won 11 NCAA national championships in their tenure, and are consistently attracting more visitors to Michigan Stadium than any other team, with the highest NCAA home attendance every year since 1974, with the exception of 1997. Michigan football is among the biggest college football programs in the country, and every year excites and awes its fans. You can be assured that Michigan is not going back down on its history of delivering quality, aggressive football in Ann Arbor. The Michigan Wolverines home bench is on the Michigan Stadium sideline with sections 20-26. Michigan Stadium parking information is covered in our Wolverines event guide.
Ohio State Buckeyes, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Michigan State Spartans
This rivalry game is so big, it's literally just called The Big Game. This game constantly has national title and Rose Bowl implications and was recently ranked by ESPN as the greatest North American sports rivalry. Between names like Woody Hayes, Bo Schembeckler and Jim Tressel, the coaches at these two schools are a who's who of the best in the game and they'll all tell you the #1 thing that makes it a successful season is beating the other team in this game.
The Wolverines won the first eight contests of this rivalry, and haven't looked back with a solid record against the Fighting Irish. With two of the top three all-time winningest schools in college football history, this rivalry is also grand and is played on the biggest stage. The game is currently dormant, but we could see it spring back to life before the end of this decade.
Michigan owns the better record in the battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy against their only intrastate rival, Michigan State. Outside of WWII, these two have played each other every year since 1910 and has included a ranked team in 28 of the last 30 contests (the Wolverines, usually). MSU had a surprising four-year winning streak snapped in a 12-10 Michigan win in 2012.
You cannot discuss College Football royalty without speaking of the Michigan Wolverines. The boys from Ann Arbor have quite the history, racking up 40 plus bowl game appearances, which include a streak of 33 consecutive years reaching a post-season match-up. Michigan won the last ever Bowl Alliance title in 1997 before the NCAA adapted the BCS system in '98. They have been Big Ten Conference champions more than 40 times, which is more than any other Big Ten School in Conference history. Ticketcity offers tickets to all college football bowl games and the Big Ten Conference Championship Game.
Ann Arbor has a lot to offer, some of the local favorites are the Blue Tractor (BBQ) and Zingerman's Delicatessen. Visit Bill's Beer Garden for a casual atmosphere to grab a cold beer. Logan and The Earle Restaurant are great spots to have a nice dinner.
There are reserved spots near the stadium that require a parking pass, which you can obtain from TicketCity. Street parking along Pauline Street (about 0.5 mile from stadium) is available for those who arrive early. There are pay lots in the surrounding neighborhood for $15 and up.
Michigan Stadium is one of the largest stadiums in sports and the biggest in college football (capacity over 109k fans). Due to its immense size and huge crowds, legendary sports broadcaster Keith Jackson nicknamed it "the Big House". The name stuck and has become one of the great names in college sports.
I received my tickets very quickly and the seats were great. I will definitely use TicketCity again!Kathleen - San Francisco, CA


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Kaitlyn Tracy is the General Manager of SAU Radio and has been with the station since 2010. She enjoys her on air weekend shift on HOME.fm and being out in the community.
In Kaitlyn's free time you may find her spending time with her husband, Zack or out and about with her yellow lab, Charlie. Kaitlyn likes to stay active in fitness, being outdoors and reading the latest books.


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It's not easy reconciling the image of Jeff Hamilton, the kid who used to be in the Junction Avenue band with my son, and the man who was involved in the cold-blooded killing of Jenna Nannetti, 17, and attempted strangling of another teen.
Or, for that matter, Michael Simons - the ordinary boy from Portola and Junction Avenue schools who shared a cabin with my son and other boys during fifth grade camp.
Simons, the not-so-ordinary young man who, with the help of Hamilton and his then-girlfriend Katie Belflower, killed his young wife Jenna with a shotgun in 2002.
In 2005, Simons was convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of Jenna. He is serving a life plus 25-years without the possibility of parole sentence.
Also in 2005, Belflower pled no contest to murder and was sentenced to 25-years to life. Hamilton was convicted of second-degree murder, now serving a 15-year sentence.
On Thursday at 6 and 9 p.m., "Wicked Attraction" on Investigation Discovery is featuring the story of these unlikely killers and their victims.
The show was filmed right here in Livermore, which lends an authenticity to the otherwise pretty standard episode of a series that spotlights crimes across the country.
The reason this story caught the eye of producers is because of the personalities involved, and brings out the point that if Jeff, Michael and Katie had not found each other, individually they may have never entered into a deadly alliance.
After looking through court documents in addition to watching the episode, it seems clear that Jeff, Michael and Katie might never have been caught for the murder of Jenna if Jeff and Katie had not attempted to take out Katie's rival Aspen Lum.
Pregnant with Michael's child, Katie was ticked that he was seeing a 16-year-old Livermore girl Aspen. So she and Jeff took Aspen, who thought they were just all going out for a good time at Top of the World near Del Valle, for what could have been her last look at life.
They were stopped by a park policeman, Tim Phillips, who foiled their plan. Later, while being interrogated, everything began to unravel for the trio.
Jenna, who only briefly knew Michael before they were married, wanted to reunite with Michael, who had left her for Katie after only four months of marriage. Michael knew she has a life insurance policy and in his muddled mind, thought he would be the beneficiary of it since they two were married. He was not. Jenna's grandmother Linda, who took out the policy and was her guardian, was the beneficiary.
Michael is shown as a charismatic, good-looking kid who charmed his way through life. The memories of those I spoke to run more toward a sneaky kid who never quite fit in, and took pleasure in trying to make others look bad. They knew he had a rough life – an aunt here in town adopted him – and some had tried to befriend him, but that never quite worked out.
Jeff was seen by those who knew him as a benign kid who didn't get into trouble, whose mom worked at the local Taco Bell. Jeff didn't stand out, but then he didn't seem like someone who could harm another human.
"Wicked Attractions" depicts Livermore as a sleepy suburban town stunned by the tragedy.
It was, indeed, stunning when the town was rocked by the news of what had unfolded.
The film crew trekked to Livermore to re-enact the details of case, including the burning of Jenna's Mustang in the parking lot of Mountain House Bar on West Grantline.
Michael torched the car there because he knew Jenna went there often, and her father Jim was a regular. Perhaps he hoped, and was probably proved correct, that it would throw investigators away from him and toward a possible connection with the bar, known as a hangout for bikers.
Genie Gonzales, who is identified as a friend of the family and then employee of the bar, talks about the case. Also chiming in for Jenna is her friend Daniel Bonacich. Police and investigators also speak about the case.
Jenna's troubled father Jim Nannetti died April 4, 2010. In a touching message on a memorial page, Jenna's mother Bobbie Nigro wrote that when he passed, she lost perhaps the one person who could understand the pain of losing Jenna.
Katie, Jeff and Michael are all still serving time in prison. Katie and Michael's child was put up for adoption.
Family members of the victims still live in town, as do those related to the perpetrators. I don't know if they cross paths, but it would be difficult not to do so in even in a town that has grown much in the past decade. As people say, Livermore may get bigger, but it's still a small town in many ways.
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Town Square
School administrators head to Sacramento today as deep budget cuts loom
Original post made on Jan 12, 2009
Read the full story here Web Link posted Sunday, January 11, 2009, 11:10 PM
on Jan 12, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I was reading this list-and I don't see where Casey and some of the other administrators take a pay cut. Wow, I think the kids are going to have a setback in learning with the K-3 elimination of class size reduction. 20 K,first, and second graders is a manageable number, but this is a pivotal time for learning to read, and write. Teachers are really going to have a hard time making sure that everyone is getting the adequate attention. 3rd grade would be probably be Ok with 30 students, because at this point they are a bit more mature, and usually do not need as much help with things, as the younger students.
on Jan 12, 2009 at 1:25 pm
The $1.6 mil for K-3 CSR could have easily been paid by Signature's legal fees.
on Jan 12, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Why are they proposing the elimination of Language programs? If they instead do the "item for consideration" which is the salary increase rollback, that would allow Languages to be left intact:
Negotiable Items for Consideration
Salary Rollback Each 1% would save $1 million
And why is Casey still not talking about his own inflated perks and salary? Why isn't he talking about the new lawsuit? Why do the cuts have to affect our kids first, admin last?


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A.C.T Lighting is proud to be exhibiting at LDI for the 14th consecutive year at booth #1003.
A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive North American distributor for MA Lighting and Zero88, and is the sole US distributor for MDG Smoke, Fog & Haze generators. A.C.T Lighting also distribute products from Brother, Brother & Sons, ELC, Selecon, Reel EFX, and cable & electrical devices from many manufacturers. The company also manufactures and distributes finished cable assemblies, standard and custom.
New products at A.C.T Lighitng's LDI 2007 booth include:
Zero 88 Jester
Feature packed 24 and 48 channel memory consoles for the mid level user, The Jester is a new lighting console from Zero 88. It offers direct control of up to 48 channels of DMX either using submasters or a traditional theatre playback stack. A monitor port is standard on the Jester. Channel, cuestack, and submaster data can all be viewed using the monitor. An onboard LCD screen also provides the user with all information needed to operate the console allowing it to be used without a monitor.
Zero 88 Jester ML
The Jester ML series of lighting consoles from Zero 88 offers users a cost effective solution for control of up to 30 moving lights. The consoles have effects engines, the ability to store palettes or preset focuses, and use the comprehensive Zero 88 fixture library. The Jester ML24 also offers direct control of 24 dimmer channels. Playback is either via 24 submasters of through a traditional theatrical cue stack.
MA grandMA Pico
MA Lighting has expanded its grandMA range with a new member, the grandMA Pico. The new console is specifically designed for the use in theatres and the hardware has been optimized to meet their needs. Similar to the larger consoles of the grandMA range, a number pad, a go-plus, a go-minus, and a pause key are all present. One color touchscreen display, five manual faders, five physical playback buttons (on 128 pages), 1,024 DMX channels and free visualization software make the grandMA Pico the perfect introductory console. Additionally it is possible to connect one remote and up to four grandMA video stations. The console utilizes the same syntax, windows, and menus as the larger consoles. Because of its tiny footprint the grandMA pico is perfect for smaller theatres.


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"Roses in Portraiture" is filled with nearly forty photographs of gorgeous, life-sized organic roses. These are the special, highly rated modern roses I've selected that perform well in most organic rose gardens. Included are the "Nine Organic Rose Rules" that I developed over a decade as a garden consultant.. You will also find my widely reprinted poem, on the meaning of flowers in our lives, in this trim volume. It is a perfect size to carry with you when you visit gardens everywhere.
When I grabbed my digital camera and went out searching for these very special roses, my goal was to portray that intense personal experience with that "wow" bloom that makes us all know why we fell in love with roses (and garden photography) in the first place !
Since I teach gardening with roses, I wanted to show just how awesome organic roses can be, and share this through my photography. It seemed right that if most of these roses were grown naturally or organically, then they should be portrayed in as natural conditions as possible. And that would include photographing most of the blooms under the diverse natural light situations dictated by weather. So, some were even taken in rain or fog or wind. Though this made it a bit harder for me, my reward was to see that the individual light conditions helped create a unique portrait for each and every Rose bloom!
Gardeners will find rose names and data are all there inside these pages !