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Carolina Beach Faced With Aging Sewer Force Main; Replacement Needed
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The Town of Carolina Beach is moving forward with a project to repair a secondary sewer force main line and other utility infrastructure.
By WILLARD KILLOUGH III
Managing Editor
CAROLINA BEACH - The Carolina Beach Town Council will discuss moving forward on a project to replace a sewer force-main at their upcoming Tuesday May 14th meeting.
On April 24th, Brian Cox of Engineering Services - the firm contracted by the Town - explained, "Per our conversation this morning, I wanted to provide you with some of our concerns about the sewer collection system, pump stations and force mains. Pump Stations #1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 pump to a common primary force main that flows directly to the" Town's wastewater treatment plant off Dow Road.
Pump station #1 is located near the Boardwalk on Raleigh Avenue and was recently rebuilt due to age.
Cox explained, "There is also a secondary force main that is used during heavy rain events that generate a high flow to the pump stations. The original design for pump station #1 was to use the secondary force main on a full time basis. The condition of the secondary force main was determined to be in poor shape and we recommend that its use be limited to emergency situations. Having only the primary force main available for full time use is placing a lot of pressure and wear on the pump stations connected to this line."
During heavy rain events, water enters the sewer system placing a higher demand on pumps and lines. This is called inflow and infiltration. In the early 2000's the Town replaced sewer lines on Carolina Beach Avenue North and Canal Drive to reduce infiltration of water from rain and tidal flooding to reduce the burden on the wastewater treatment plant.
Cox explained, "This increase in wear requires more frequent replacement of parts and increased chance of failure. During heavy rain events, with all of the connecting pump stations running and competing for space, the primary force main is maxed out. Opening the secondary force main has proven to alleviate the pressure on the system, but the secondary force cannot be relied on for extended service. If there is a failure from overuse of the secondary force main, then the primary line will become the only means to pump the flow."
He explained, "Based on our Inflow and Infiltration Study provided to you in November 2012, the collection system in the older residential areas, that flow to these pump stations, are in need of repair. These areas were reviewed by video taping the sewer lines to locate and identify the issues. The identified areas in need of repair contribute inflow and infiltration to the pump stations and force main."
Cox wrote to Public Utilities Director Gene Gurganious that, "We are concerned that delaying the repair and/or replacement of the secondary force main increases the chance of a failure, while placing increased operation and maintenance costs on the system."
Cox explained it would take around nine and a half months to complete a survey, engineering plans, obtaining permits, advertising for bids from contractors, awarding a bid and getting approval from the Local Government Commission for project financing. 90 days of that period would be required for construction.
He explained, "We recommend beginning the survey and design work for the force main improvements as soon as possible, while at the same time moving forward with the survey and design work for the sanitary sewer collection system and water line improvements. These projects can be bid and constructed at separate times. It is also recommended to begin the survey and design work immediately in order to meet the next funding cycle in September 2013."
He explained that when seeking grant funding from the State through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF), applications that are submitted with designed and permitted projects receive a priority status.
On Tuesday April 30, Councilman Steve Shuttleworth said the Council gave direction to department heads at their April 26, budget meeting to move forward on addressing the secondary force main. He said, "It's at a critical stage and almost an emergency" and is expected to cost around $900,000. He said Town Manager Bruce Shell will bring a recommendation at their May 14th, meeting on how to proceed.
Shuttleworth said the Council is also pursuing replacement of water and sewer lines in the older residential areas of Town from Lake Park Blvd west to Dow Road.
He said the current hope is to move forward with planning and start work following the summer season.
The secondary force main is part of the first phase of a three-phase project recommended in a study completed in November 2012.
The first phase would address 29,000 linear feet of galvanized and cast iron water lines in the older sections of Town and replace them with newer plastic PVC pipes to improve water quality. Also, rehabilitating 34,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer lines. It also included the 6,000 linear foot secondary sewer force main for pump station number one.
All in total, that phase is estimated to cost approximately $8.7 million dollars for engineering, permits and construction.
The other two phases call for a 1.5 million gallon ground level water storage tank, pumps, piping and a new well as well as installing a reverse osmosis plant, an Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) well, pumps and piping. An ASR well treats water and injects it into the aquifer underground to be pumped out again when demand is higher in the busy summer months. I can also help prevent saltwater intrusion into the 14 wells located throughout Town.
The total cost for those two phases combined is estimated at $6,052,059.


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Hack4Reno is a weekend hackathon event for building apps that create a more informed and engaged community in the city of Reno.
Food is good... food that comes off a truck is more good. This is a fact, a universal truth and the reason that every food truck should broadcast proudly on our site and in our apps.
An app for recording your bicycle trips. Using the app helps the City of Reno better understand bike routes and improve transportation efficacy throughout the city and Washoe County.
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OP-ENO searches Washoe County Health Inspection data to find some interesting experiences. Some restaurants and bars may have just opened, some may have changed ownership.
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Residents in the unincorporated areas of the County are now eligible for another 5 percent reduction in flood insurance rates, thanks to the efforts of the County's Watershed Protection program.
County residents already receive a 15 percent rate reduction, and with the additional 5 percent, their savings will be 20 percent in rates paid.
"This is very good news for County residents to know they will be paying less for flood insurance," said Board of Supervisors Chairman Ron Roberts. "In these economic times any and all cost savings are enthusiastically welcomed."
To get the lower flood insurance rates, the County has to comply with a comprehensive list of standards and requirements outlined in the Community Rating System (CRS), a program administered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). An annual report is submitted to FEMA. Every five years FEMA conducts on-site inspections and interviews to verify the County's compliance.
CRS categories range from enforcement activities to stormwater management, and from maintaining mapping systems to public education programs.
The County maintains an extensive drainage system that includes storm drain inlets, pipes, and channels. Our flood control department uses digitized and overlay maps in the day-to-day management of the floodplain and provides flood zone information such as the latest Flood Insurance Rate Maps and timely identification of impending flood threats. It also disseminates warnings to residents in the floodplain and coordinates flood response activities.
An extensive public education program includes information on state regulations, flood hazards, and even technical advice.
Enforcement activities include regulations on building codes for new and improvement construction, land development, stormwater management, soil and erosion control and water quality, as well as compliance with other state policies.
CRS credit is also given for preserving nearly 5600 acres of open space in its natural state.
In 2009, the County was designated as a StormReady Community by meeting specific standards set by the National Weather Service (NWS), including developing safety plans for severe weather, communications infrastructure and protocols, and conducting public awareness campaigns and safety training. Public notification procedures were also implemented during weather alerts to ensure public safety. This StormReady designation also contributed to additional rate reductions.
The rate reduction goes into effect in October.
Information on the County's flood control efforts and the approved Floodplain Management Plan is available at County libraries, distributed at public events and via mailed brochures, and posted on the public website at http://sdcounty.ca.gov/dpw/flood.html.


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LONDON Ś Charles DickensÆ London home has gone from ōBleak Houseö to ōGreat Expectations.ö
For years, the four-story brick row house where the author lived with his young family was a dusty and slightly neglected museum, a mecca for Dickens scholars but overlooked by most visitors to London.
Now, after a 3 million pound ($4.8 million) makeover, it has been restored to bring the writerÆs world to life. The house reopens next week, and its director says it aims to look ōas if Dickens had just stepped out.ö
ōThe Dickens Museum felt for many years a bit like Miss Havisham, covered in dust,ö said museum director Florian Schweizer, who slips references to DickensÆ work seamlessly into his speech. Miss Havisham is the reclusive character central to the plot of ōGreat Expectations.ö
Now, after a revamp code-named Ś inevitably Ś ōGreat Expectations,ö the house is transformed.
Or, Schweizer said Wednesday, quoting that novel: ōI have been bent and broken, but Ś I hope Ś into a better shape.ö
Few authors remain as widely quoted, read and adapted as Dickens is 200 years after his birth. Characters such as Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist are known to millions around the world.
And no writer is more closely associated with London than Dickens, whose accounts of Victorian workhouses, debtorsÆ prisons and the urban poor embarrassed the establishment into acting to alleviate poverty.
He lived all over the city in his impoverished youth and increasingly affluent adulthood, but the house at 48 Doughty Street in the Bloomsbury area of London is his only home in the city to survive.
Dickens lived in the house between 1837 and 1839, a short but fruitful period that saw the birth of his first two children. ItÆs the site where he wrote ōNicholas Nicklebyö and ōOliver Twist,ö going in the process from jobbing journalist to rising author whose serialized stories were gobbled up by a growing fan base.
Dickens leased the simple but elegant Georgian house, built in 1807, for 80 pounds a year.
The restored museum has all the modern trappings, including audio-guides, a ōlearning centerö and a cafe. There also is a temporary exhibition of costumes from Mike NewellÆs new film adaptation of ōGreat Expectations,ö starring Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes.
But at its heart it is a house Ś the home of a proud young family man. Visitors can see the blue-walled dining room where Dickens entertained his friends, complete with original sideboard and a portrait of the 25-year-old author looking, it has to be said, pretty pleased with himself.
ōItÆs rather Byronic,ö Schwiezer said. ōNot the Victorian sage with a beard that we think of.ö
Upstairs are the drawing room where Dickens moved guests to laughter and tears with readings from his works Ś visitors can hear actor Simon Callow do the honors on recordings Ś and the bedroom where his sister-in-law Mary died at the age of 17, a tragedy that may have influenced the many death scenes in DickensÆ novels.
The rooms are furnished with DickensÆ own possessions Ś his writing desk and chair, his wardrobe and shaving kit, copies of his books annotated in his cramped handwriting.
ōWeÆre trying to make it feel like a home,ö Schweizer said. ōAs if Dickens had just stepped out.ö
The museum does not skip over the darker periods of DickensÆ life.
On the top floor, the former servantsÆ quarters hold a set of bars from Marshalsea prison, where DickensÆ father was imprisoned for his debts, and jars from the boot-polish factory where 12-year-old Charles was sent to work.
The experience of financial insecurity marked Dickens for life, and drove his workaholic quest for success. He wrote more than 20 books, had 10 children, traveled the world on lecture tours and campaigned for social change until his death from a stroke in 1870 at the age of 58.
The museumÆs directors have been criticized for shutting the facility during most of the bicentenary of DickensÆ birthŚ and during the tourism bonanza that accompanied the London Olympics.
It reopens Monday, just in time for a Dickensian Christmas, complete with readings, performances of ōA Christmas Carol,ö mulled wine and mince pies.
The museum hopes to draw 45,000 visitors a year, a 50 percent rise on pre-refurbishment levels. Schweizer thinks DickensÆ future has never been rosier.
ōThere has always been interest. I think the bicentenary has taken it to a whole new level,ö Schweizer said. ōThere is a great hunger of Dickens, especially in these timesö of economic austerity and uncertainty.
As evidence, he held up a London newspaper proclaiming news of the Duchess of CambridgeÆs pregnancy under the headline ōKate Expectations.ö
ōPeople still get all the references,ö he said.
Online: http://www.dickensmuseum.com/
Jill Lawless can be reached at http://Twitter.com/JillLawless


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Thanks to the organizers of the Portland Marathon, two downtown parks damaged by Occupy Portland protests are on the mend.
Organizers of the marathon are making a $4,000 donation that will be used to help restore Chapman and Lownsdale Squares.
Both sites are adjacent to the marathon's start and finish,and they are key locations for Portland Marathon activities.
The city's parks department estimates that Occupy Portland caused about $85,000 in damage.
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Kennewick School District knows that supporting schools and students means supporting parents. When Kennewick implemented a new computerized grading and attendance system for families to access students records, district facilitators knew that some parents might shy away from the technology. The district leaders initiated Adult Basic Computer Classes to help parents learn basic computer skills and navigate the system for their childrens academic information. More...
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PGA of Canada members Derek Ingram and Tristan Mullally will handle coaching duties for Team Canada.
Four-time major champion Rory McIlroy has been named an ambassador for PGA Junior League Golf, which was recently added to Golf Canada's junior programming under the name PGA Junior League Golf delivered by CN Future Links.
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A DeSoto Parish woman has been arrested and fired from her job as a clerk in the District Attorney's Office after police say she stole public funds.
According to a news release from the DeSoto Parish District Attorney's Office, Mansfield police took 32-year-old Melanie Johnson Barber into custody Tuesday morning for monetary instrument abuse, malfeasance in office and filing or maintaining false public records.
An investigation found that Barber had misappropriated funds from accounts related to worthless check collections and penalties. Authorities say Barber would sign the money orders and cash them at a local business.
Barber was immediately fired after the crimes were discovered, according to the news release. The former employee's actions brought disappointment from DeSoto Parish District Attorney Richard Z. Johnson, Jr. Barber had worked there 12 years.
"Ms. Barber worked for this office a long time; and she gained the trust of supervisors, co-workers, and the public. Our investigation shows that she certainly abused that trust. As a government office, we hold ourselves to a higher standard. Ms. Barber's conduct falls well below those standards and she must answer for her actions," Johnson said.
Johnson has indicated he will ask for the Attorney General's Office to step in and prosecute the case in keeping with ethical mandates, and to avoid the appearance of wrong doing.
More charges could be filed as the investigation continues. No date has been set for Barber's first court appearance.
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Summit Christian Academy senior Bri Slagle was recently recognized by the Congressional Art Competition, 5th District. Her painting "Play Along the Way" recently won fourth-place. The competition entitled, "A Voyage of Artistic Discovery," was presented by Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II and his wife Dianne Cleaver.
Several other SCA students had art work submitted to the competition, including senior Wade Johnson, juniors Mykyla Jones and Anna Pickert, and freshman Joy Rogers.
The Kansas City Art Institute awarded a $175 gift certificate to the second through fifth- place winners in the competition, along with their teachers. Bri's painting will be one of six pieces on display at Missouri Bank at 125 Southwest Boulevard during the Crossroads District First Fridays. Her work will then move to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art on May 24.


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Heating Contractors, Are You Prepared For What's Coming? Take This Test and Find Out
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- Dec 28, 2012 - The company is urging HVAC businesses to ask themselves if they are ready for the 2013 winter blast and to take a free test to see if they really are. The company says that many contractors lose millions of dollars in business just because they fail to properly prepare for the sudden increase in demand for their services.
The US has already is already getting pounded with as much as two feet of snow and there's a new storm that may soon crush parts of New England, the mid-Atlantic and maybe even parts of Ohio within the next week. This storm could potentially become a very dangerous blizzard causing massive power outages and loss of heat for millions of consumers everywhere. This is just the beginning of the season and no doubt many more winter storms will follow behind over the next few months.
According the Mike Cynar, the company's spokesperson, MAP has learned that for many
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from tens of thousands consumers in distress over lost heat. Cynar adds "if
we were not answering those calls live the consumers would just have called another heating contractor, and that's why our clients need us, because we protect their customer base
When the temperature drops and the heat goes out there's limited tolerance and most consumers will demand an immediate response. While contractors may be able to get to all of their clients consumers need to know that up front. When distressed customers are greeted with an answering machine they have no way of knowing for sure just how soon that message will be received and responded to. It's only natural to feel a need to have your problem heard by a live human being that is assuring you that your needs are important will be quickly be remedied.
To help heating contractors fully understand just how many customers they are losing to voice mail the company is currently offering up to a
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you can't go wrong, it's free, so you have nothing to lose and everything to gain
Year after year contractors forfeit millions of their advertising dollars by giving up customers to their age old answering machines. Today's consumers expect a much higher level of customer service no matter what the industry, and when those standards are not met people take their business somewhere else.
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Jean DePlacido
The Salem News
---- — Good friends Gianni Esposito and Athan Goulos are both headed for St. Leo University in Florida, but they'll be trying out for different sports. Esposito, the starting catcher for Bishop Fenwick, wants to continue playing baseball while Northeastern Conference all-star golfer Goulos, who had a great career for Peabody High, intends to further his career on the links.
The Peabody duo will head to St. Leo in August to try to earn a spot with the Lions. Both like the fact that the hot weather in the Tampa area will allow them to practice and play year-round.
"I decided to go there for two main reasons," said Esposito, the cleanup hitter for the Crusaders. "Basically, I like the fact St. Leo's plays in Division 2, and I'm looking forward to the hot weather there.
"I was looking at Salem State and Fitchburg State, but after I talked to the coach (Sean O'Connor) at St. Leo I decided to go for it. He's from Massachusetts and likes to get kids from this area, because he says we're tough (and) because we have to play in the cold weather. I'm pretty sure he grew up in Framingham so he knows what it's like. He also likes my size.
"I know I'll have to earn my spot on the team, but I am willing to give it a try."
O'Connor was the pitching coach at Framingham State and has also coached at Brown, Assumption and Providence before taking over the Lions.
Esposito is a captain and three-year starter behind the plate for the Crusaders. He plans to play Legion ball or for a club team this summer before going to Florida.
"My grandparents have a place down there not too far from St. Leo; I'll stay with them the rest of the summer," said Esposito. "I'm thinking about majoring in business or computer science. I'm excited about playing a lot of games next year; the season starts in January and goes right through to May.
"Athan and I have been friends for a long time, and it's nice that he's going there, too. I have a couple of friends that play at the University of Tampa, and another very good friend who plays for the University of Southern Florida in Tampa, so it should be a lot of fun."
Goulos also considered Guilford College in North Carolina and had a spot on the team, but preferred the Tampa area so he decided on St. Leo.
There is a beautiful 18-hole, par 70 course right across the street from the university and several other challenging courses in the area, including Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club where the Lions play. St. Leo begins play in the Sunshine State Conference in September, and the fall season ends in late October. Play resumes in February and lasts through May.
Three members of the this past year's team graduated, leaving some open spots, and there will be a new coach.
Goulos has been invited to play in several prestigious tournaments in Florida and has always wanted to go to college down south where he could play year round.
Several talented local women are on the Boston Aztec team that will try to successfully defend its Women's Premier Soccer League East title.
The Aztec women have won three crowns in a row and will play their home games at North Reading High School (with one game at Endicott College).
The first game of the regular season on June 1 is a rematch of last year's playoff meeting with New England Mutiny in East Longmeadow, and the following Monday Aztec will host the Boston Breakers College Academy at Endicott (7 p.m.).
Aztec, coached by Dushawne "Doc" Simpson, advanced to the national finals a year ago and won the national championship in 2010.
The team returns 16 players from last year. The youngest member of the squad is defenseman Kerri Zerfoss of Peabody and Pingree, a member of the Aztec Youth program and U-15 Region 1 Interregional squad. She was one of two players from Massachusetts chosen to compete in a tournament in Costa Rico recently.
There are also nine former Aztec youth players on the roster that features Morgan Andrews, a midfielder/defenseman from Notre Dame and member of the U-20 US Women's National team, along with returning goalie Erin Quinlan of Saugus (University of Hartford).
Celia Balf of Beverly/University of Albany is a key member of the defense. Forwards include Lucy Gildein of Topsfield/URI, Brittany Russo of Danvers/UMass Lowell, and Corey Persson of Danvers/Penn State. Kristin Verrette from Bishop Fenwick (Sacred Heart) is a midfielder as well.
The team will play a 10-game regular season schedule in the New England Division with the goal of a successful playoff run. Aztec has been a member of WPSL since 2005.
Tawny Palmieri may have ended her career for the Merrimack College softball team, but the honors keep pouring in. The infielder from Peabody, who moved from shortstop to third base this season, led her team in every offensive category and is in the Warriors' record books in quite a few categories.
She was named first team All-Northeast-10 and first team National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-East Region. The latest honor is Daktronics All-East Region second team. It marks the second time in her three-year career at Merrimack she has received this distinction. Palmieri, a team captain, batted .432 with 34 RBI and a .728 slugging percentage this spring.
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The text complexity standard of the Common Core State Standards for the English Language Arts (CCSS/ELA) brings unprecedented attention to reader-text matching.
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The victory advanced the Aeros to the Western Conference Finals against the Hamilton Bulldogs in a best-of-seven series that begins on Friday at Toyota Center. That marks the second time in three seasons the Aeros have reached the Conference Finals.
Wellman's second postseason goal came after a scramble in front of Aeros goaltender Matt Hackett. The Aeros cleared the defensive zone and Wellman raced ahead to beat Milwaukee netminder Jeremy Smith with a wrist shot.
Hackett made 30 saves in the win, while Smith stopped 36 in the losing effort.
The Admirals scored first on Gabriel Bourque's seventh goal of the playoffs and second of the series at 8:02 of the first period. Houston broke through with 13 seconds left in the opening frame when Colton Gillies knocked down a Jared Spurgeon shot and popped it home. The goal was Gillies' team-leading sixth of the postseason.
After a scoreless second period, Houston's Carson McMillan broke the 1-1 tie with an unassisted goal at 3:18 of the third. The Admirals tied it up at 8:26 on Matt Halishuk's power play goal.
In Calder Cup Playoff action, the Aeros are 11-7 all-time in games when they can eliminate an opponent… Since joining the AHL, the Aeros are 5-0 in Game 7 situations. All five wins have been on the road… Houston has outshot their opponents in 10 of 11 playoff games including the last seven straight… The Aeros allowed the first goal for the eighth time in the playoffs. Remarkably, they are 6-2 when opponents score first… Milwaukee's Blake Geoffrion and Matt Halischuk were both reassigned to Milwaukee from NHL Nashville earlier in the day.
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Big East, MWC, C-USA considering super conference?
Wow. That whole "Regionalism is dead" comment from UCONN suddenly sounds a whole lot different. I... Wow. Really? Isn't almost anything better than this? How about relegation, ala soccer? Make a ten team conference of the ten best schools from the three conferences, and then make two conferences from the other twenty. Bottom two from the top conference drop, the two champions of the bottom conferences rise up.


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EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. -- A 60-year-old man was arrested and charged with burglary after an alert resident contacted police when he saw the man in a neighbors backyard in East Greenbush.
The resident told the responding officer that he had last spotted the stranger in his neighbor's fenced-in back yard, before he disappeared into the garage.
The officer entered the home and found the suspect trying to hide behind some equipment. James B. Provost, 60, was taken into custody.
Provost was in possession of frozen food he had stolen from the freezer at that residence and was also in possession of liquor stolen from another nearby residence on Sherwood Avenue. According to police, he had used unlocked doors to gain entry to both homes.
The suspect was released only Friday from Franklin Correctional Facility at Malone. Provost had been serving a prison term for an early morning break-in on Sherwood Avenue nearly six years ago to the day.
In that case, the homeowner awoke and confronted Provost on the second floor landing while other family members called 911. Police arrived and found the men still struggling in that case.
Provost was arraigned on charges of Burglary in the second and third-degrees, and Larceny. He was remanded to County Jail until next court appearance on November 14.
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A North Carolina college fraternity organized a truck pull to support local firefighters.
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NASHVILLE (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of Eric Boyd, who was an accessory in the fatal carjacking of a young Knoxville couple.
Boyd was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for helping to hide LeMaricus Davidson, who was convicted of rape and murder in the 2007 deaths of University of Tennessee student Channon Christian, 21, and her boyfriend, Christopher Newsom, 23.
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling issued Thursday denied Boyd's claims of evidentiary errors, duplicitous indictment and prosecutorial misconduct.
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Steelers release 10 players
Veteran TE Sean McHugh was one of 10 players released by the Steelers on Friday.
Reports: Steelers QB Leftwich suffers MCL injury, out 2-4 weeks
Steelers QB Byron Leftwich suffered a left knee injury in the second quarter of Pittsburgh's preseason game against Carolina Thursday night. Reports indicate the injury is a sprain of the MCL and he will be out for 2-4 weeks.
Big Ben's suspension reduced to four games
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell Friday and his six-game suspension to start the season has been reduced to four.
Report: Roethlisberger will ask for suspension to be cut in half
Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger and his team of lawyers are meeting NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Friday and Big Ben is expected to ask for his suspension of six games to be reduced to three.
Burress denied work release
Former NFL WR Plaxico Burress has been denied work release and will have to serve his full prison term, according to the Associated Press.
Steelers release veteran OLB Frazier
The Steelers cut their roster down to 75 on Tuesday, including the release of OLB Andre Frazier, who had been on injured reserve with a knee injury.
Report: Roethlisberger, Goodell to meet Friday
NFL spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed during the Broncos' 34-17 win over the Steelers on Sunday night that commissioner Roger Goodell and Ben Roethlisberger will meet soon. The NFL Network is reporting that the meeting will take place Friday, after the ...
Taylor, Hicks fined for Saturday's scuffle
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Searching for QB help next year?
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Average value of NFL teams decreases
In Forbes magazine's annual ranking of NFL team values released Wednesday, the average value for NFL teams fell two percent.
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First-round pick Maurkice Pouncey, once considered to be as more likely to start at right guard than at center as a rookie, has started to receive more work as the first-team center.
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Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger will make his preseason debut at the Giants on Saturday night, according to multiple media outlets.
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Steelers second-year CB Keenan Lewis has impressed in training camp, according to "AFC Whispers," but he had mixed success against Lions WR Calvin Johnson the opening preseason game.
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The Steelers re-signed Burress on Tuesday.||||||| Burress should provide depth with the Steelers losing Mike Wallace in free agency, but he struggled to get onto the field after returning to the Steelers last November.
Burress is active and will play for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who will not have Antonio Brown when they face the Browns.||||||| Burress was re-signed earlier this week by the Steelers, who drafted him in 2000. Burress was needed because of injuries to Brown (ankle) and Jerricho Cotchery (ribs). Emmanuel Sanders will start for Brown, who was listed as questionable all week and was limited in practice.
Pittsburgh is considering bringing Burress back to provide depth at wide receiver.||||||| The Steelers (6-4) are down two receivers at the moment after Jerricho Cotchery fractured his ribs in Sunday night's loss to Baltimore. Antonio Brown has missed the last two games with an ankle injury. Burress spent the first five seasons of his career with the Steelers from 2000-2004.
Burress is in New England for a workout with the Patriots. A person with knowledge of the tryout tells The Associated Press that Burress had been invited to Foxborough, Mass., to work out for the AFC champions.||||||| Burress spent last season with the Jets after finishing a 20-month prison sentence on a gun charge. New York did not re-sign Burress, who turned 35 on Sunday.
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July 24, 2013
On Wednesday, July 17, Nick Long reported for the Voice of America that the Congolese army's recent successes at driving the M23 militia from their positions in eastern Congo have caused euphoria amongst Congolese, particularly in Goma, the capital city of North Kivu Province on Congo's border with Rwanda. Here's that Voice of America radio report:
February 23, 2013
On Monday, Feb. 11, outgoing Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson presented an outline of the Obama administration's policy position on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The purpose of Ambassador Carson's presentation was twofold: discussing why efforts should be redoubled to bring stability to the Congo and laying out a framework for "moving forward."


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Gold Investment helps in future
I know that I would love to be able to go through and just buy gold because it is one of the only things that will always retain value no matter what happens to our economy. I keep hearing that gold canadian is actually known for having the highest purity and that is the way to go because even in bad times people can figure out the purity and that will have some dictation on the value. Ideally I would love to have an entire safe full of gold coin just for when times get rough and then I do not have to have my money in the bank, which who really knows if we can trust them anymore?
It seems like the gold prices have been on a steady increase since the government and the economy got so bad. I would like to have gold around just for in case of an emergency situation. I like to plan for the future and I believe that collecting gold coins would help me to prepare for the future the best because people will always trade precious metals no matter what and if our money became obsolete somehow the gold would still be worth a lot!


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CHATEAUGAY — Chateaugay Central School Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at the school.
Agenda items include a scholarship in memory of Robert and Joanne Legacy, budget development and policy updates and additions. A review of elementary principal applications will take place in executive session.
Board meetings are open to the public.
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SARANAC LAKE — The Saranac Lake School Board will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, at Petrova Library.
Agenda items include a preliminary budget forecast by Dan Bower, a review of Survey Monkey results, update from the Capital Improvement Plan Committee and discussion of a possible veterans tax exemption.
The meeting is open to the public.
Tax-exemption deadline nears
PLATTSBURGH — New York State Real Property Tax Exemption renewals and new applications must be completed and filed with municipality assessors by March 1.
Real-property exemptions that may require a renewal application every year include senior citizen 50 percent (66 years old or older), non-profit, limited income and disability and agricultural land.
Enhanced STAR (65 years or older) may require a renewal if owners do not file an income tax and are not signed up with the Income Verification Program.
New this year, owners must register for Basic STAR by telephone at 457-2036 or online www.tax.ny.gov.
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WILLSBORO — The Willsboro Central School Board will hold a public hearing on the alternative veterans exemption at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the school auditorium.
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This is where i discovered Japanese food by my wife, by god it was yummy, but over the years i feel it has got sloppy. Eating there is like being on a conveyor belt, my wife and i ordered a selection of sushi and cooked food and within 30 minutes we where done!! obviuosly they needed the table back. the fact that you can get a table the same day you call tells you other people dont think its that great, call zuma on the same day and they will probably say call back in 3 weeks!! a tad dissaponting.


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Britney was in town recently.
I'm not really a fan. Some of her songs are catchy and all, but her voice is like nails on a chalkboard to me. Good thing she didn't end up as my sister-in-law.
Seriously, it could have happened. Right after her first album came out my dad was flying {somewhere} and just happened to sit next to her mother. Of course my chatty dad {who had no clue who Britney Spears was} got talking to Lynne and told her all about my brothers. He might have even given her a Book of Mormon. Who knows?! Anyway, she said something like "boy, those are the kind of guys my daughter should be dating" {little did she know how right she would be} and gave my dad her card & phone number. Neither of my brothers seemed interested.
We dodged a bullet on that one!
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- Olivia said...
So funny! You made me laugh so hard. Although I wish she was your sister-in-law! Think of the stories. You would get to report on the train wreck of her life first hand. (Except that the wreck would include your family.) Hmmmm. I've thought about it. Totally worth it! Great stories.
- April 20, 2009 at 8:33 PM
- brooke said...
You seriously think your brothers are better than K-fed?
- April 20, 2009 at 10:48 PM
- Vanessa said...
Too funny...she could have been your sister-in-law!!
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Rachel Morgan's back! Bestselling author Kim Harrison returns with a new supernatural adventure that fans of Laurell K. Hamilton and Charlaine Harris won't want to miss.
Some days, you just can't win. Witch and former bounty hunter Rachel Morgan's managed to escape her corrupt company, survive living with a vampire, start her own runner service, and face down a vampire master.
But her vampire roommate Ivy is off the wagon, her human boyfriend Nick is out of town indefinitely and doesn't sound like he's coming back while the far-too-seductive vampire Kisten is looking way too tempting, and there's a turf war erupting in Cincinnati's underworld.
And there's a greater evil still. To put the vampire master behind bars and save her family, Rachel made a desperate bargain and now there's hell to pay—literally. For if Rachel cannot stop him, the archdemon Algaliarept will pull her into the sorcerous ever-after to forfeit her soul as his slave. Forever.
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TWO men and a teenager have each been slapped with $5000 fines for illegal hunting near Bellata.
Danny Thomas Hunt, 32, Robert Irwin, 19, and a 17-year-old who can't be named for legal reasons were charged by police after an incident in July last year.
Police were called to the Bellata area about 11.15pm after reports from landowners about hunters trawling the area.
The trio was nabbed performing illegal hunting activities in a protected area and charged with four offences each, including hunt game animal on private land without a licence, having a controlled dog with hunting collar in park and carrying a knife in a park.
Each of the men fronted Narrabri Local Court and were convicted and fined $1500 for the first offence and $1100 for each subsequent charge, totalling $4800 each.
Magistrate Daphne Kok also ordered the men's hunting equipment, including knives, a protective dog collar and plate and a spotlight, be forfeited as a further deterrence to the trio.
The fines dealt out were significant and, according to industry insiders, are some of the biggest seen in the region.
Barwon rural crime investigators have issued a warning to anyone carrying out illegal hunting across the region.
"Illegal hunting and associated rural crime will not be tolerated," Detective Clinton Oxenbridge said.
"Offenders face harsh penalties, as well as risk jail time, should they insist on committing these offences."
Police are urging residents to keep their eyes peeled for suspicious people or vehicles around properties.
"Although police encourage residents to provide us with as much information as possible, landowners should consider that trespassers may be armed and should not be approached – if trespassers are sighted, call police," Detective Oxenbridge said.
He said warning signs should be put on perimeter fences and gates to ward off illegal hunters and could ultimately help in prosecuting those who stepped over the line.
Hunters are warned they must carry the right permits or face the consequences.
"Ignorance is no defence," Detective Oxenbridge said.
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Super Bowl Sunday DEF NFL Blogs 30-9
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Notes on each after the jump.Super Bowl Sunday
Why you should vote for this:
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Why you shouldn't vote for this:
Because look what it's up against. Without the draft, there is no Super Bowl Sunday to enjoy. And sometimes the game's not even fun to watch without the Lions being in it.
Draft Weekend
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Because it just might be the most fun 3 in a row of the year. Because we've seen the best players ever come from the draft and the draft only. It's one of the most nerve racking days of the year, well, maybe because of the Millen days, because you'd like to know who your team needs more than the F.O. It's fun to predict the draft and act like an expert for three days of the year.
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Because it's kind of boring after the first day. Does anyone really like to see the 5th-7th rounds? Does anyone know anyone that gets drafted there?
So vote away. I'll put a poll at the bottom like last time and if you want, just put your reasoning in the comments. Thanks for making this fun guys!
Here's some Barry highlights for those butthurt about him losing:)
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Two area convenience stores hit by burglaries on consecutive nights
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County digitizes 200 years of records - " and stays on budget
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Maria Park's COMPOSITION Exhibition to Open 9/11 at Margaret Thatcher Projects
Margaret Thatcher Projects is pleased to present Composition, the gallery's third solo exhibition of works by American artist Maria Park.
Results of its global hotel management contract survey.
HVS released the results of its extensive Hotel Management Contract Survey that collates and compares the key terms and clauses of management contracts across the United States of America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
Young blood to be used in ultimate rejuvenation trial
In California, people with Alzheimer's will be given transfusions of young blood to see if improves their cognition there's good reason to hope it might IT SOUNDS like the dark plot of a vampire movie.
City officials: Avoid Ithaca's northside while NYSEG works on power lines
City of Ithaca officials are advising motorists to avoid Ithaca's northside while NYSEG crews work on a pole and wires that carry 12,000 volts of electricity.
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How an Online Intervention to Prevent Excessive Gestational Weight Gain Is Used and by Whom: A Randomized Controlled Process Evaluation Margaret Mochon Demment, PhD Community Nutrition Division of Nutritional Sciences Cornell University 370 MVR Hall Ithaca, NY, 14853 United States Phone: 1 607 255 2634 Fax: 1 607 255 1033 Email: Background: Online ... (more)
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Some bad news for Cuba Gooding Jr, now that it has been reported that Fox has officially dropped his potential legal series, Guilty, despite strong test scores that the show's pilot got.
As Tambay reported last summer (HERE) the series would have toplined Gooding as a "brilliant, morally questionable defense attorney who, after being falsely convicted of fraud and stripped of his legal license, uses his unorthodox methods to solve the cases he's been prohibited from handling, and to ultimately exact revenge on the man who set him up."
Sharon Leal was also cast as Gooding's wife in the pilot, but her option was not picked up, leaving some doubt that if the pilot did become a regular series, whether she would continue on the show, be replaced, or have her character eliminated completely.
Fox had kept the Warner Bros TV produced show in serious consideration since the summer and was reportedly planning a Fall 2013 premiere date.
But now the network has cancelled plans for a series altogether and, so far, no reason has been given as to why Fox had a sudden change of mind about the show.
Beejay | January 14, 2013 5:58 PM
If FOX won't give a brother a break, tell Cuba to see if Oprah might add it to her lineup. Her network just might pick it up. Fingers crossed for you Cuba! This is why there is a need for African American owned networks. We really only have OWN and possibly TVOne...BET is a front. Come on Tyler Perry, get your network up and running...we are missing out on some good shows. The establishment only wants to see us being comedians and there is nothing wrong with that but just give us some balance. The best drama I have ever seen with a strong black lead is a British psychological crime drama called, Luther starring Idris Elba as the title character Detective Chief Inspector John Luther . Check it out on Netflix...excellent show!
mark | January 13, 2013 8:12 PM
I would have loved to see that.. make it a movie Cuba, and call me.. just my type of acting.. and role.. I hate injustice
Cherish | January 13, 2013 11:54 AM
Sure seems like Cuba can't catch a break in this industry...


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Beater '56 – May Update – 1956 Chevy 210 two door sedan
So it's been a while so I figured I'd post a couple pictures and update y'all about my beater '56 Chevy project! When I scored the tunnel ram for $60 the "dump in a running engine and tranny" plan snowballed into "gee, let's port the heads, install a lumpy cam, headers, and other fun bits". I should be firing it up and breaking in the cam real soon, just waiting to wrap up a few little details,... [Read More...]
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1974 Plymouth Gold Duster – My second car – Photos from the Past!
My folks found this set of pictures of my second Duster, a 1974 Plymouth Gold Duster originally equipped with a 318 two barrel, 904 automatic, 2.45 geared 8 1/4 rearend, and a SNAKE SKIN VINYL TOP!! Oh yeah, super swingin' 70′s baby!! I made many great memories in this car. With a 2.45 geared rear end the top end was amazing, I buried the 120 MPH speedometer a lot more than my parents would have cared to know. The two barrel top end... [Read More...]
January 2013 Turlock Swapmeet
Remember the first time you touched a boob? That's the feeling I get whenever the January Turlock swapmeet rolls around and this year was no different. About a week beforehand I walked my sideyard and garage and listed everything I didn't want on Craigslist and netted a wallet full of cash to spend in the annual Modesto Area Model A's world famous swap meet. Armed with his little red wagon Panel Pete was on the hunt for V8-60... [Read More...]
Lost Footage Found!! 56 minutes from 2005 – Paso Robles, Relics Car Club
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Drunken Garage Burnout – Kyle's 1955 Chevy
Kyle's "1955 Bel Air V8 charged Chevy" doing a burnout in his garage. Sayonara neighbors!! Not shown: the Tracy cops showing up, asking us quite politely to "stop revving the engine" He did not issue any citations, despite burnout tracks, copious empty beer bottles, and Kyle trying to sell his car to said police officer. Thank you Tracy cops for being so cool! Read More →
Better Late than Never! – Billetproof 2012 Car Show – Sep 29, 2012
I was awake before dawn and the cool fall morning air was crisp and sharpened the edges of your senses. The exhaust was burbling away on the jalopy roadster as the engine warmed up and the promise of an exciting day that filled me with excitement. This morning I was meeting up in Livermore on Vasco Road to caravan out to the show. Matto 'Double Trucker' Jamison showed up driving his 1939 Ford truck while his Econoline was being piloted... [Read More...]
Hemi Jeff Burnout
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1956 Chevy 210 – December 2012 Update
So I scored this sweet '56 Chevy project, it needed everything, but I'm so much more motivated to work on it than the Ford F-100 I traded for it. I had a 350 my Pop gave me that came out of his '57 Chevy, a World Class T-5 transmission, and a scattershield. Within days I had them all screwed together and Dan helped me drop them into the car to check the fit. Seeing as this car originally came with a V8 it fit as expected. A... [Read More...]
Steering Box surprise! – 1956 Chevy 210
The steering box I got with 1956 Chevy had been cut off a few inches out of the box and a tilt steering column was in the car. Not wanting to use a tilt column I found a replacement box and column out of a 1957 Chevy and cleaned it up. While cleaning it up I notieed the adjuster bolt was missing so I grabbed the one off the box in the car. I bolted everything back together but for some reason I felt like I better inspect the inside of the box. So... [Read More...]


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And for Phil Newbold, president and CEO of the 350-staffed-bed Memorial Hospital Health System in South Bend, Ind., and 260-staffed-bed Elkhart (Ind.) General Hospital, it was no surprise that more than four in 10 respondents were concerned about patient safety in the ED. Among the 46% who said they have overcrowded EDs, nearly all respondents said they are concerned about safety issues.
"I think safety is a big concern as more older people with medical problems will be sicker and showing up in the ED, and all this means everyone is going to take longer to go through the system," says Newbold.
As health systems try to improve their EDs, healthcare leaders are watching the financial framework with caution. About 80% said they expect their ED reimbursement margins will worsen as a result of healthcare reform, and 78% said their reimbursement also will get worse. Those factors coupled with an expected increase in the uninsured patient population are a formula for uncertainty for administrators running an ED, according to Gary Tiller, CEO of Ninnescah Valley Heath Systems, which operates the 25-staffed- bed Kingman Community Hospital, 35 miles west of Wichita, Kan.
"We are going to get overrun," Tiller says, predicting an influx of patients who want to use the ED in the wake of healthcare reform. "I don't know if we are going to be able to handle it, truth be known. It's going to be a mess. The thing is we, like everyone else, don't have enough primary care doctors, so we're looking at beefing up on our mid-level physician assistants and other providers to assist. We have our waiting times now in the ED at 54 minutes, but we may be seeing them at two or three hours again, so we're recruiting more doctors for the ED."
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