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I had been looking at this rug for awhile and finally decided to buy it. The quality of the rug seems superb, although I've only had it a day so time will tell. It's thick and very comfortable to walk on. I'm very happy with the quality for the price. My only disappointment has to do with the colors. The other reviews I had read that pointed out color discrepancies stated the rug colors were muted. I was okay with that because I just took it to mean they weren't as dark as they seemed. But now seeing it in person I realize the word muted isn't quite the right description. The colors are actually quite vibrant. But they are all in the cool color range rather than the warm color range. The picture depicts the colors on the warm end, so I was expecting for example a yellow toned olive green. The green color, however, is a gray/blue toned olive green. Ditto the golds, corals, etc. All tend to be in the cool range. The effect overall then is quite different from the website picture. The rug is still very nice and I won't send it back, but I was admittedly disappointed since I thought I had made a great purchase that would fit exactly what I was after. Alas, the trials of shopping online, sight unseen.
This rug is very nice. It is intricate with multiple colors to choose from for decorating. The rugs in this series are Safavieh and on Overstock are a great price--at least half the price they are selling for on multiple web sites that I checked. The wool is good and soft. However, the color is no where's near the way it is depicted. It is NOT brown, gold and subtle earth tones as depicted. The main border is BURGUNDY and the recurring theme in the rug is burgundy NOT the brown that it appears in photo. The rest of the colors are sage, three tones of gold from very light to deep, wedgewood blue, peach, mocha, midnight navy and a background that is beige-y, but hard to described because it is muted/grayed.
Rug looks nice and is very much like the online picture, but it sheds an incredibly amount. I've filled up at least 12 vacuum bags so far, and it shedding just as much today as it did two months ago when I got it.
I don't understand a positive review for this product. The rug has fiber coming out all over and requires a vacuum job every three days. A pure piece of trash. 100% negative for this product!
This is a beautiful and elegant rug. Very classy and old world looking. Colors were as stated
I love the design of this rug so much that after scrolling through ALL the others Overstock carries, I bought the same rug I bought five years ago. This time a larger one. So this review is less about the new rug and more about its predecessor, five years after moderate use. There are several issues with this rug. First, it sheds like nobody's business. I swept up fluff balls for six months with the first one. Second, the backing on the rug starts to degrade within the first year, creating a super fine sandlike substance that requires rolling back the rug to sweep it up. Third, the white threads of the weft show through around the edges. In one place, it was after a year and in other places after three and four years. If the perimeter of the rug were a light color, this wouldn't be a problem. But the edge is cranberry, so these white threads are obvious. I got out a pen and colored mine so they wouldn't show but they still sorta did. Fourth, the backing at the corners of the rug start to pull away from the rug at or around year three. This rug is sort of like the handsome boyfriend you can't get enough of but who doesn't work enough and who comes home drunk sometimes. You go on loving the guy but have to accept the fact that he's not perfect.
I purchased this rug and absolutely love it. Unfortunately, I had a cat mark it repeatedly. Even though I used products to clean the spot, she continued to be attracted to that one particular spot. I ended up having her spayed and didn't want to chance there was the slightest scent that would draw her back to her bad behavior, so I gave the rug to a friend (who loves it) and bought the exact same rug to replace the original. That's how much I think of this particular rug!!!
The rug itself is beautiful and of high quality but the colors aren't quite what the picture depicts. I was hoping for the rug to be what it is in the picture, golden and warm, but the rug I got is more cold and pastel. I was hoping to have it in the center of my living room, but the colors weren't quite right so instead it will have to stay in my spare room, somewhat out of sight. Great quality but be careful of the colors!
I love this rug & the quality is great especially for the price, it has so many colors in it , it picks up the color of my furniture & nick nacks, I have view windows all around , so after 8 years the rug faded, & I was so happy to see I could get the same rug !
The quality and workmanship on this carpet was wonderful. However, I was gravely disappointed because the color was not what I thought-gold and tans and fall colors - instead it was mauves and blue and pastels-yuck! not what the photo showed and not what I wanted. I sold the carpet to someone else and will be looking for another.
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Literary Lovebirds Even Gawker Could Love
Sure, we got a good laugh out of yesterday's Gawker poll on the most annoying literary couples, but tonight you've got a chance to see a couple we actually dig, Thomas Hopkins and Emily Barton, together at the same bar in the latest installment of the One Story reading series at the Lower East Side bar Pianos. (And since we also dig One Story, it's awesomeness all around.)
You might recall that when we began our whole fixation with "hottie literati" last spring, Emily was first on our list. And then of course there was the wedding announcement in the Sunday Times two months ago, wherein we learned that their courtship began when Barton asked him out while he was standing in line at her own book signing.

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I did not see this started.....so I thought I'd jump right in.
My plans are to kick back, do a little yard work, a little house work, watch a little football and ENJOY the beautiful fall weather. So this will be a frugal weekend for me & hubby.
What's your weekend looking like? Frugal or Spendy? Budgeted or budget buster?
Have a great weekend!
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|Fri, 09-21-2012 - 2:50pm
Oh yes sorry, I have been packing.
We are away for 6 days to visit my parents. Wait till my husband sees what I have packed lol. I hope it fits in the car! Traveling with an infant requires a lot of stuff!
I hope to spend less than $400.
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|Sat, 09-22-2012 - 10:02am
I'm feeling unwell. I'm not sure what's going on. It may be the result of a medical procedure I had earlier this week. I'm exhausted all the time, and hungry all the time.
So, no, I don't envision going out and shopping.
|Sat, 09-22-2012 - 10:13pm
My bing spending is going to babysitting! Grr...but we save almost $2000 on daycare/month so I shouldn't complain.
Sat - I cleaned for 6 hours and I'm not even close to DONE $30 for babysitter while I played hockey.
Sun - I'll finish cleaning and then *might* need a sitter for girl's night out. $30 - OR - DH will take the boys out for dinner if he's not working.
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- 0May 1, '05 by RENORN57Hello everyone! I'm from Reno Nv. Just took the ONC certificatoin exam yesterday in SanFran Calif. Have mixed feelings about it! Studyed mostly from the disc that I had obtained from NAON, but many of the questions on the exam were not related to the study material. Its a 200 question exam, pencil and paper, multiple choice with four hours to complete. I finished in about 4 hours. Not sure how I did! We had a group of 6 RN's from Reno that took it and all have about the same opinion. We will not get out results until about 6 weeks...ugh... Just wondering if anyone out there has taken the test and how they felt...does anyone know the pass rate of this exam. I have been a Ortho nurse for 5 years. Have a great day!!
- 0May 5, '05 by cheech-RNHello, I took the ortho cert exam on April 30th. I studied solely from the naon core curriculum. I read the entire book over about two weeks and then tried to focus on the main issues (DJD, trauma). I did the test questions at the end of each chapter and went over those a couple times. I felt that the test was difficult and I am not certain how to feel about it-if I passed or not. I'll be thrilled if I passed but I'm not so sure. My former nurse manager took the cert exam and passed but she is the only other person who I know who has taken it. I was told it takes 4-6 weeks to get the results. One way to look at it is that you need a 70% to pass so you could get up to 60 questions wrong! I hope you get your results soon and that everything goes well!
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I took the exam in Philadelphia. I think there was only one other nurse there for the ortho cert exam, the rest were for med-surg and other stuff. She finished in less than two hours, I was there over three. I think I recovered from all of the stress of actually taking the test, I just have to deal with everyone asking me how the test went, if I passed! It just reminds me too much. I'm sure it will be worth it, though!


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Hi, I wouldn't know how to configure pd to not do this, however a dirty
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aj-snapshot is really neat and manages jack audio, midi and alsa midi
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1995 Volkswagen Passat GLX 2.8L VR6 from North America
One big lemon, pass on the passat.
Electrical fires galore!! Blown fog lights, cruise control, air conditioning, rear window motors, side marker lights, remote trunk release, frequent electrical shorts- many not fixable. The dash needs to be smacked in some spots to illuminate it. The stereo only works about 25% of the time (after-market stereo since the original caught fire). Leaks oil and coolant (both need to be checked daily). Not a walk in the park.
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Do not, buy a Passat if you are looking for a reliable car. It is FAR from it. In fact, being rich would help because it will need repairing monthly and its repairs are quite costly. Oil changes alone run over $30.
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I've noticed a lot of reviews or comments on this website about the Passat, and other Volkswagen's, are not very good ones. But they almost always come from the USA. I'm in the UK, and I can tell you, the Volkswagen's here (and elsewhere in the world) are very reliable. I've had two Passat's, a 90' 1.8, and 91' 2.0. Both never let me down, even after 150,000 miles and 15 years old. No problems at all. Also I know people with more modern Volkswagen's, and they have no problem. What I'm asking is why do all the lemon Volkswagen's seem to be in the USA only?
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Industry Insists Australian Clinical Trials Are Internationally Cost Competitive Contrary To 2012 Report
SYDNEY, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry claims that a report of Australian clinical trial costs is flawed. The report ( https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/competitive-alternatives-special-report.pdf) on the global competitiveness of 14 countries came out this time last year, ranking Australia as the second most expensive country to run clinical trials, subsequent press accepted the report and said what a shame it was that Australia was so costly compared with other countries...
"The report should be judged in context with the data it used" says Luke Edington, Clinical Project Management ( http://www.datapharmaustralia.com/about-us/our-leaders) at Datapharm Australia. "Broad economic indicators are not sufficient to draw solid conclusions on clinical trial management costs, and it is unfair to rank a country's R&D costs on these factors alone. It seems no consideration was given to R&D Tax incentive(s), regulatory environments, time to first patient, patient population access, Investigator fees & laboratory costs, recruitment rates, insurance, ethics fees, CRO operating costs and other quality dynamics." says Mr Edington
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Shoppers found a more upscale Kohl's department store than they may have been accustomed to when they arrived at the department store's grand opening at U.S. 60 and Signal Butte Road in Mesa in October.
The store at 1632 S. Signal Butte Road is part of an image makeover of the corporation's discount stores nationwide. Most of the changes the company has rolled out were to improve its stores' ambiance.
"It's a little different than what customers are used to," said Guy Collins, the district manager for Arizona. "(It's) just to enhance the shopping experience."
Among the changes are sleeker fixtures with darker woods and chrome, fewer stacks of merchandise to give the stores a cleaner look, bigger and brighter graphics and signage, fitting rooms with lounges and hardwood floors, and higher ceilings on the sales floors, and better sound systems.
Other changes include upgrades to the chain's point of service technology such as touch screen cash registers and wider isles.
Collins said the company is rolling out about 40 stores nationwide that feature the more upscale look. He said the upgrades are in line with other companies that are classing up their image. One notable example is a new effort by the McDonald's Corp. to make its restaurants seem more "posh."
"It's in that vein," Collins said. "(It) integrates comfort and convenience ... for today's shopping experience."
The Kohl's, which is surrounded by ongoing construction work, is one of the few stores open at the new power center that is being developed by Diversified Partners. The developer expects Wal Mart to open at the end of January 2006. A Bed Bath & Beyond, Ross clothing store, Babies R' Us and several other retailers are due to open in mid-November.
Collins said the ongoing construction work hasn't hurt his business, and may actually have improved it since Kohl's won't have to compete with many surrounding businesses.
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Survivor couple Rob and Amber Mariano are expecting their fourth child.
"My wife Amber is so hot, I can't keep my hands off her... Here is to 2014!!! #4," Mariano tweeted along with a sonogram.
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Survivor kicks off its 26th season Wednesday night, pitting fans against former competitors for the second time with Survivor: Caramoan — Fans vs. Favorites. And, according to host Jeff Probst, though the show's formula may be routine by now, this season — which gets underway with a 90-minute premiere at 8/7c on CBS —promises no shortage of drama.
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Survivor couple Boston Rob and Amber Mariano welcomed their third daughter, Isabetta Rose, earlier this month, People reports.
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He's competed on four seasons of Survivor. He's traveled the world at least twice for The Amazing Race. And last year, he did the impossible and finally took home the $1 million grand prize in front of millions of TV viewers on Survivor: Redemption Island. So what in the world is "Boston Rob" Mariano doing back on TV less than a year after his triumphant win?
"I love adventure and I always have," Mariano tells TVGuide.com of his latest reality TV venture, Around the World in 80 Ways. "I never got into Survivor or The Amazing Race or any of these shows to be on TV. I got on originally because I wanted to make some money for my family, and because I love the adventure of it."
Around the World in 80 Ways is heavy on adventure, but unlike so many of Mariano's other TV appearances, there's no finish line or final Tribal Council to name a winner. On the series, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 2 at 10/9c on History, Mariano partners with monster truck driver Dennis Anderson to travel thousands of miles in 10 weeks using every possible mode of transportation: from mules to steamboats to...
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The reality series comes back for Season 23 with two new returning favorites, Oscar "Ozzie" Musth and Benjamin "Coach" Wade, in tow. But after the success of Heroes vs. Villains in 2010 and "Boston Rob" Mariano's applauded Road to Redemption last spring, recruiting beloved former players for another tour of duty is becoming standard practice for the aging competition series. But is it really the right move? As much as we enjoy watching the Russell Hantz's and Jerri "Black Widow" Manthey's have to face (and sometimes apologize for) their past power moves and manipulations, are these familiar faces really adding to the game or detracting from it? We look at three reasons it's time to throw the vets' buffs in the fire once and all...
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ABC kept promoting Mark Burnett's Expedition Impossible as an adventure unlike anything we've ever seen.Except we have — even from the man himself.When the show was announced last year, Amazing Race fans did a Phil Keoghan-like eyebrow-raise: This sounds an awfully like the seven-time Emmy winner. Race has teams of two; Expedition, teams of three. Race globe-trots, Expedition journeys through just Morocco. Race has legs; Expedition has stages. Race awards a $1 million prize; Expedition offers a $150,000 purse and a ...
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What Seth Meyers said about Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live over the weekend is no joke: He can't even win his time slot let alone the presidency.
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She's been called lazy. She's been called a coattail-rider. But no matter what Survivor castaways and fans said about Natalie Tenerelli, it was her passive game play and her unflinching devotion to "Boston Rob" Mariano that earned her a spot in the final three. Unfortunately, these two traits were also her downfall and she received zero votes from the jury (she even came in behind Phillip Sheppard, which is really saying something). The 19-year-old professional dancer spoke with TVGuide.com about why she decided not to throw Rob under the bus, how she feels about the jury's — especially Julie Wolfe's — harsh words and why she wasn't as lazy as people think...
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Yes, you SHOULD Submit a Sitemap to Google
Posted by Michael D Jensen on April 12th, 2007
While others have spoken against submitting your sitemap to Google et al., I am going to stand up for sitemaps all across the web, and give you several good reasons for having a sitemap (now you can do sitemap autodiscovery instead of submitting).
1) Get to know your site – Every site owner should know what a sitemap is and to have at least physically seen what it looks like and glance at the pages it contains. Many sitemaps, interestingly, end up with images, favicons, and stylesheets listed in them, which is not what the sitemap is intended for.
2) Improves index freshness – If you blog once or twice a day, run a news site, or have user-generated content, your sitemap can help search engines get familiar with your pace so their index keeps up nice and fresh.
3) Trust and Credibility – Although probably not a huge factor, submitting a sitemap does show to search engines you are real, exist, and care enough to create a sitemap. I doubt the majority of the spam sites that steal blog posts (mine and yours) for their own content actually use and submit a sitemap. My philosophy is that anything that can improve credibility and trust with a search engine is a good thing, especially when establishing a new domain.
Some people have complained about seeing pages drop out of the index because of submitting a sitemap, and then once they remove it they see an increase. There's a nice thread over at digitalpoint on this topic. Ultimately I don't think it's necessarily your sitemap. The number of pages indexed can fluctuate week to week for any site. And if there is a huge drop in pages, you may want to consider checking out your sitemap to see if it is giving full coverage to all the pages of your site.
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Right now, I'd definitely go with Bridgewater as a better pro QB. They're pretty young though. There's a lot more tape they both have to put up
Right now, I'd definitely go with Bridgewater as a better pro QB. They're pretty young though. There's a lot more tape they both have to put up
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For the NFL I like Bridgewater, but I think Manziel is more likely to win a BCS championship.
I don't remember who said it but whoever has AJ McCarron ranked ahead of Manziel, can you please explain? Almost every argument I've seen against Johnny can be said about McCarron except to a greater extent plus he has a few more flaws
I've been hyping Bridgewater to be next years Heisman winner and the first pick in next year's draft since November. Holla!
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Lol at the people that voted for Manziel.
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Lol you made it so you can see who votes what so you can call people out? I've never watched one snap of Louisville football. I just voted on who is more likely to win the Heisman.
1) Boyd.
I know what you're referring to. The first quarter play where he threw a dart to Eli Rogers to move the chains on 3rd and long. There was actually 3 florida defenders around the ball. **** was crazy
If any of you think Tahj Boyd, Logan Thomas or any other QB in CFB is better than TB, and or will be taken before him in the draft, then you're obviously smoking on some high grade shít. Also, I hope all of you are well aware that if we're judging by this year, there are other QBs in the upcoming draft who will probably go before Boyd, Thomas, and maybe even Murray and and McCarron.
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Well I can't say "happy" today. We had a letter come from the IRS yesterday. Apparently back in 2002 they refunded us incorrectly. I vaguely remember this. I know we started on a payment plan of $25 a month. Then when I got really sick for a few months and forgot about it.
They have never sent me anything else. I am lucky I remember what I ate today for breakfast sometimes. So now we have to get $45 really quick to start up a new payment plan of paying them $50 a month. Plus still stressing about the bankrupty that is pending.
I am really hoping the medicare might get approved sooner rather than later. Because a lot of the drug cost that go away will help so much. My long acting insulin alone is $400. a month. I am on about 10 different pills. My sister gives me a lot of her extra meds that are the same as mine. Which is a HUGE help.
I am trying not to stress. Just having had food in the house and proper food sure helps me feel a lot better about myself as in staying healthy. I know God won't bring you to it, if he isn't going to get me through it but I could sure use some down time every once in a while.
So here is my goal. Just for today.
~*~*~Just For Today ~*~*~
Just for today I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle all my problems at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.
Just for today I will be happy. This assumes to be true what Abraham Lincoln said, that "Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."
Just for today I will adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires, I will take my "luck" as it comes, and fit myself to it.
Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will study. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways: I will do somebody a good turn, and not get found out; if anybody knows of it, it will not count. I will do a least two things I don't want to do--just for exercise. I will not show anyone that my feelings are hurt; they may be hurt, but today I will not show it.
Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress becomingly, keep my voice low, be courteous, criticize not one bit. I won't find fault with anything, nor try to improve or regulate anybody but myself.
Just for today I will have a program. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. I will save myself from two pests: hurry and indecision.
Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself, and relax. During this half hour, sometime, I will try to get a better perspective of my life.
Just for today I will be unafraid. Especially I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give to the world, so the world will give to me.
Happy Monday! My DH is off doing errands. We slept a little later than our 3 am today. Got up at 5 am. I got confused because last wednesday when he went to the flea market it felt like Saturday. So I am totally lost on my days.
I just got the strangest call from the State health review lady. She said she had information on a Michael as being my husband. I was like no....my husband is Russell. She was going to check with my social worker perhaps he had an error. Hope that doesn't cause a delay in the approval process.
This story I have read before but I found equally as touching a second time. Enjoy!
~*~*~*~Running in the rain~*~*~*~
She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must have been 6 years old, this beautiful red haired, freckle faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the earth it has no time to flow down the spout. We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.
We waited, some patiently, others irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I got lost in the sound and sight of the heavens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day. Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in.
"Mom, let's run through the rain," she said. "What?" Mom asked. "Let's run through the rain!" She repeated. "No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied. This young child waited about another minute and repeated:
"Mom, let's run through the rain." "We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said. "No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm. "This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?" "Don't you remember?
When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"
The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say. Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said.
But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. A time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If GOD let's us get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said. Then off they ran.
We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and yes, through the puddles. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.
And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing.
Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories...So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories everyday.
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Feeling run down. I think it is my sugars. Making my eyes burry and all. Going to take it easy today. Going to test my sugar every 2 hours see if I notice any changes as to my diet / vs insulin. It is almost like my body is rejecting the insulin I am using. It doesn't seem to budge.
Chat with you all tomorrow.
~*~Black and Gold Boxes ~*~
I have in my hands two boxes Which God gave me to hold He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black, And all your joys in the gold." I heeded his words, and in the two boxes Both my joys and sorrows I store But though the gold became heavier each day The black was as light as before. With curiosity, I opened the black I wanted to find out why And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole Which my sorrows had fallen out by. I showed the hole to God, and mused aloud, "I wonder where my sorrows could be." He smiled a gentle smile at me. "My child, they're all here with me." I asked, "God, why give me the boxes, "Why the gold, and the black with the hole?" "My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings, the black is for you to let go."
~*~Always There ~*~
Hello God, I called tonight To talk a little while I need a friend who'll listen To my anxiety and trial. You see, I can't quite make it Through a day just on my own... I need your love to guide me, So I'll never feel alone. I want to ask you please to keep, My family safe and sound. Come and fill their lives with confidence For whatever fate they're bound. Give me faith, dear God, to face Each hour throughout the day, And not to worry over things I can't change in any way. I thank you God, for being home And listening to my call, For giving me such good advice When I stumble and fall. Your number, God, is the only one That answers every time. I never get a busy signal, Never had to pay a dime. So thank you, God, for listening To my troubles and my sorrow. Good night, God, I love You, too, And I'll call again tomorrow!
Have a Great Day!!
Good Morning and Happy Saturday to everyone. I am fine and doing well. I have to admitt I am sleeping a lot more than I need to. But I think the sugar levels are making me tired. My husband says I have started talking while I sleep. I asked him what I said, he tells it is all mumbles. ha!
I don't think many people read blogs on Saturdays. So for those of you that do, I have a "Double Header" he he, They are short but they made me smile. Hope they help to make you smile as well.
Moving rocks
A little boy was spending his Saturday morning playing in his sandbox. He had with him his box of cars and trucks, his plastic pail, and a shiny, red plastic shovel. In the process of creating roads and tunnels in the soft sand, he discovered a large rock in the middle of the sandbox.
The boy dug around the rock, managing to dislodge it from the dirt. With a little bit of struggle, he pushed and nudged the rock across the sandbox by using his feet. (He was a very small boy, and the rock was very large.) When the boy got the rock to the edge of the sandbox however, he found that he couldn't roll it up and over the little wall.
Determined, the little boy shoved, pushed, and pried, but every time he thought he had made some progress, the rock tipped and then fell back into the sandbox. The little boy grunted, struggled, pushed, & shoved; but his only reward was to have the rock roll back, smashing his chubby fingers. Finally he burst into tears of frustration.
All this time the boy's father watched from his living room window as the drama unfolded. At the moment the tears fell, a large shadow fell across the boy and the sandbox. It was the boy's father. Gently but firmly he said, "Son, why didn't you use all the strength that you had available?" Defeated, the boy sobbed back, "But I did, Daddy, I did! I used all the strength that I had!"
"No, son," corrected the father kindly. "You didn't use all the strength you had. You didn't ask me." With that the father reached down, picked up the rock and removed it from the sandbox. Do you have "rocks" in your life that need to be removed? Are you discovering that you don't have what it takes to lift them? There is One who is always available to us and willing to give us the strength we need. Isn't it funny how we try so hard to do things ourselves.
What's Prettier Than Freckles
An elderly woman and her little grandson, whose face was sprinkled with bright freckles, spent the day at the zoo. Lots of children were waiting in line to get their cheeks painted by a local artist who was decorating them with tiger paws. "You've got so many freckles, there's no place to paint!" a girl in the line said to the little fella. Embarrassed, the little boy dropped his head. His grandmother knelt down next to him.
"I love your freckles. When I was a little girl I always wanted freckles," she said, while tracing her finger across the child's cheek. "Freckles are beautiful." The boy looked up, "Really?" "Of course," said the grandmother. "Why just name me one thing that's prettier than freckles." The little boy thought for a moment, peered intensely into his grandma's face, and softly whispered, "Wrinkles."
Have a Great Day!
Happy Friday!
Finally got some rest and it was uninterupted. I recently had my insulins switched and I don't think the new one is working as well. I have taken a lot of it and my sugars were still over 200 yesterday. I notice when the sugars are up my eyes act up as well. Very blurry and can barely see. I am flying blind so to speak I need to do some research. I am on novalog and not sure how this is suppose to react. I thought it was fast act but now I am not sure. I got an old precrip filled of my humlin R. It has seemed like it is working. My long acting insulin I use is Lantus.
See when I was in the hospital in March they switched my meds and insulins around. I was taking an oral med that hinders weight loss. So I was excited. However when I got released from the hospital I needed to get a check up at the endocronologist. Which would be fine if I could get out of my house. The doctor that comes to see me said they had no endoc. in their service. When I showed her how much I was taking she had never heard of anyone taking as much as I am and it not working. Frustrating because the longer my sugar is out of range the more defects from the diabetis causes. So it sort of makes me feel like I am waiting on my next hospital visit. I don't know what else to do.
I am using a new meter and I am hoping it is working correctly. The other meters I am out of strips. It cost $54 dollars for 50 strips. No way I am paying that. I called Liberty and they are sending me some. They have a financial hardship program I am hoping to get on. I really don't want another bill I can't pay.
Since this is a "Woman" post ...sorry Onereallybigdog and Flyer99 maybe you will learn something ha! Anyway here are 2 questions for you.they both could probably be man problems.You never know.
1. This is for the very obese people. I have edema in my legs which over the last few years I am noticing it effecting my stomach. It was always lower. It makes my stomach feel like I have rock solid celulite. Hard to discribe. See I take my insulin in my stomach. My legs are too skinny at the thigh area. Over the couple of months this rock hard feeling has started moving up. I was thinking maybe that is what is causing the insulin not to work. Starting today I am going to inject on my arm and see if it makes a difference. Maybe if this starts moving more I will be known as "The Rock" ha!
2. Ok second question. With the edema on my legs they swell a lot and they are beat red a lot. Which gives me a lot of dry skin. I can never be in any water and have to spounge bath. So the dry skin is sort of builded up. My husband trys to rub but it never comes off and lotion we use on my legs and feet as well. I was wondering if there was a product that removes dead skin that I could use without the water part?
Ok enough of that.
Below is "One flaw in Women" I love it. It had no pictures in it though and I wanted pictures! darn it. haha! So I spent about 2 hours searching this morning and found some.
Sorry Graphic junking here for the win!
Have a great day!
**~**One Flaw In Women**~**
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness, love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
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They fight for what they believe in.
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Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
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The heart of a woman is what
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Carrot (Daucus carota)
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Alpha-carotene, anthocyanins, beta-carotene, carotenoid, carotenoids, carrot cake, carrot jam, carrot juice, carrot puree, carrot soup, Daucus carota, dietary fiber, grated carrots, lycopene, lycopene red carrots, myristicin, purple carrots, red carrots, Umbelliferae (family), vitamin A, white carrots.
Carrot (Daucus carota) is a well-known root vegetable. The thick tap root's color can range from white to orange to red or purple. This change in color represents the nutrients in the carrot because some pigments, such as beta-carotene and lycopene, are also nutrients.
Carrot probably originated around Afghanistan where there is the greatest variety of carrots today. Usually only the root is consumed, although the leaves are also edible. Although primarily used as a food source, carrots have also traditionally been used to treat infantile diarrhea. Carrot roots have been used to treat digestive problems, intestinal parasites, and tonsillitis. Other potential uses include vitamin A deficiency, antioxidant activity, constipation, and anemia. More research is need in all of these areas as the currently available research is of low quality.
EvidenceDISCLAIMER: These uses have been tested in humans or animals. Safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider.
Acute diarrhea:
A carrot-rice based rehydration solution may decrease the duration of diarrhea when compared to two conventional rehydration solutions. However, more research is needed.
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Carrot ingestion may have antioxidant activity, although more research is needed in this area.
Grade: C
Vitamin A deficiency:
Carrot jam may improve growth in young children with vitamin A deficiency. Although the results seem promising, more research is needed.
Grade: C
TraditionWARNING: DISCLAIMER: The below uses are based on tradition, scientific theories, or limited research. They often have not been thoroughly tested in humans, and safety and effectiveness have not always been proven. Some of these conditions are potentially serious, and should be evaluated by a qualified healthcare provider. There may be other proposed uses that are not listed below.
Anemia (red blood cell deficiency), cancer, constipation, deficiency (zinc), diabetes, fertility, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal disorders, immunomodulation, intestinal parasites, menopausal symptoms, tonsillitis, vitamin C deficiency.
Adults (over 18 years old)
There is no proven effective dose for carrots. However, 100 grams of grated carrots daily for 60 days has been used to improve vitamin A status in breastfeeding women in one study.
Children (under 18 years old)
There is no proven effective dose for carrots in children.
SafetyDISCLAIMER: Many complementary techniques are practiced by healthcare professionals with formal training, in accordance with the standards of national organizations. However, this is not universally the case, and adverse effects are possible. Due to limited research, in some cases only limited safety information is available.
Avoid in individuals with a known allergy or hypersensitivity to carrot. Carrot pollen contains an allergen that is similar to the birch pollen allergens. Because of this similarity, patients allergic to birch pollen may have allergic reactions to carrot as well. Several other plants also have similar allergens, including apples, stone fruits, celery, carrot, nuts, orange, lychee fruit, strawberry, persimmon, zucchini, mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), pear, potato, spices, nuts, mustard, Leguminoseae vegetables, and soybeans. Food allergy symptoms include hives, swelling, skin rashes, asthma, diarrhea, or anaphylactic reactions.
Side Effects and Warnings
Carrot is likely safe when taken in food amounts but, carrot products should not be used excessively in nursing bottles for small children as they are likely unsafe.
Carrot food allergy symptoms include hives, swelling, skin rashes, asthma, diarrhea, or anaphylactic reactions.
Compulsive carrot eating is a rare condition in which the patient craves carrots. Withdrawal symptoms include nervousness, cravings, insomnia, water brash, and irritability.
Use cautiously in patients with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar), diabetes, hormone-sensitive conditions, or bowel obstruction.
Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
Carrot, as an herbal medicine, in not recommended in pregnant or breastfeeding women due to a lack of scientific research. Carrot juice may alter the flavor of breast milk. Eating grated carrots may improve vitamin A and iron levels in the blood of breastfeeding mothers at risk of deficiency.
Interactions with Drugs
Consumption of processed and cooked carrots may alter blood sugar levels. Caution is advised in patients with diabetes or taking blood sugar-altering medications.
A carrot-rice based rehydration solution may cause diarrhea in children. Caution is advised in patients taking antidiarrheal medications due to conflicting effects.
Several studies in humans suggest that carrot juice may interact with antioxidants. Caution is advised in patients taking antioxidant medications due to possible additive effects.
Although not well studied in humans, carrot extracts may have hormonal effects. Caution is advised in patients taking hormones due to possible additive effects.
Preliminary evidence suggests that consumption of carrots may increase fecal bulking/weight and dry matter. Caution is advised in patients taking laxatives due to possible additive effects.
Preliminary evidence suggests that consumption of carrots may increase gastrointestinal transit time. Caution is advised in patients taking any medications by mouth.
Interactions with Herbs and Dietary Supplements
A carrot-rice based solution may cause diarrhea in children and therefore, caution is advised in patients taking antidiarrheal herbs or supplements due to conflicting effects.
Several studies in humans suggest that carrot juice may interact with antioxidants. Caution is advised in patients taking other herbs or supplements with antioxidant activity due to possible additive effects.
Consumption of processed and cooked carrots may alter blood sugar levels. Caution is advised in patients taking blood sugar-altering herbs or supplements.
Preliminary evidence suggests that consumption of carrots may increase fecal bulking/weight and dry matter. Caution is advised in patients taking laxative herbs or supplements due to possible additive effects.
Ingestion of grated carrots may increase iron, zinc, vitamin A, and vitamin C levels in the blood. Combined use with iron supplements or multivitamins may have additive effects.
Preliminary evidence suggests that consumption of carrots may increase gastrointestinal transit time. Caution is advised in patients taking herbs or supplements by mouth.
Although not well studied in humans, carrot extracts may have hormonal effects. Caution is advised in patients on hormone therapy or taking hormonal supplements.
Based on a clinical study in breastfeeding women, ingestion of grated carrots may increase serum levels.
This information is based on a systematic review of scientific literature, and was peer-reviewed and edited by contributors to the Natural Standard Research Collaboration (www.naturalstandard.com): J. Kathryn Bryan, BA (Natural Standard Research Collaboration); Nicole Giese, MS (Natural Standard Research Collaboration); Julie Goodfriend, PharmD (Northeastern University); Shaina Tanguay-Colucci, BS (Natural Standard Research Collaboration); Catherine Ulbricht, PharmD (Massachusetts General Hospital); Wendy Weissner, BA (Natural Standard Research Collaboration).
BibliographyDISCLAIMER: Natural Standard developed the above evidence-based information based on a thorough systematic review of the available scientific articles. For comprehensive information about alternative and complementary therapies on the professional level, go to www.naturalstandard.com. Selected references are listed below.
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Briviba K, Schnabele K, Rechkemmer G, et al. Supplementation of a diet low in carotenoids with tomato or carrot juice does not affect lipid peroxidation in plasma and feces of healthy men. J Nutr 2004;134(5):1081-1083.
Bub A., Barth SW, Watzl B, et al. Paraoxonase 1 Q192R (PON1-192) polymorphism is associated with reduced lipid peroxidation in healthy young men on a low-carotenoid diet supplemented with tomato juice. Br J Nutr 2005;93(3):291-297.
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Donaldson MS, Speight N, Loomis S. Fibromyalgia syndrome improved using a mostly raw vegetarian diet: an observational study. BMC Complement Altern Med 2001;1:7.
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Ncube TN, Greiner T, Malaba LC, et al. Supplementing lactating women with pureed papaya and grated carrots improved vitamin A status in a placebo-controlled trial. J Nutr 2001;131(5):1497-1502.
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Jessica McGill says Sgt. John Holmon saved her life
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A Treasure Coast woman wants to thank a Port St. Lucie police officer for saving her life.
Jessica McGill was unconscious and slumped over the wheel of her 1999 gold Saturn on Saturday morning when she said Sgt. John Holman came to her rescue.
"He saved my life," McGill said.
McGill said she was traveling south on California Boulevard through the intersection of Crosstown Parkway when she suffered a seizure.
Holman feared for McGill's safety and that of other unsuspecting motorists, so he pulled his police cruiser in front of McGill's Saturn, allowing it to bump into the rear of his car to stop her.
"She looked at my face, focused on it and passed out again," Holman said.
McGill was taken to St. Lucie Medical Center for observation.
Holman was not injured.
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Be a Better Business Watchdog — CAR for Business Journalists: Self-guided training
The free workshop, "Be a Better Business Watchdog — CAR for Business Journalists," was originally held at the University of Washington, Sept. 13, 2011 in Seattle.
Please Note: The CAR PowerPoint, along with the general CAR guide and Excel Filters and Pivot Tables handouts, below were all updated for the "CAR for Business Journalist" workshop, which was held at SABEW's annual conference on March 15, 2012. A new handout, "Importing HTML to Excel," was provided following the free, pre-conference workshop.
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- How to use Excel spreadsheets to analyze that information. No previous experience with Excel is expected.
- How to translate that analysis into business stories.
Jaimi Dowdell joined IRE as a training director in October 2008. She taught this workshop in Atlanta and Milwaukee in 2010. Before joining IRE, she was computer-assisted reporting editor at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for more than three years. Her duties included obtaining and analyzing data for daily and long-term stories; training staff on CAR and investigative techniques; and maintaining the newspaper's online data center. In addition to her work at the Post-Dispatch, she taught a CAR course for Washington University in St. Louis.
Take a look through the workshop session recording and resources below. At your own pace, you can walk through the self-guided lesson on how to best utilize online databases and tools for business journalism investigations.


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From ''Mork and Mindy'' to Oscar nominations, remembering the late actor-comedian's best
Robin Williams was an unknown stand-up comedian when Garry Marshall cast him as the alien manchild from Planet Ork on an episode of Happy Days, a guest spot that quickly transformed into a spin-off (not to mention a 1979 Golden Globe win and Emmy nomination). It's the first great demonstration of Williams' utterly unique blend of childlike enthusiasm and aggressive absurditynot to mention his gift for spouting a Zeitgeist-defining catchphrase. Na-Nu Na-Nu!
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Election Day is Tuesday, and if you still haven't decided which candidate for Spokane County prosecutor or sheriff you're supporting, these televised debates that aired last night on KSPS-TV may help you decide.
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Leslie Brockman, a crime analyst with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, says she and her coworkers have been pulled into a political spat by members of a political action committee critical of Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, Knezovich appeared on several area television newscasts blasting as politically motivated efforts of Integrity First, a group made up of former sheriff's department employees, to obtain public records related to residential burglaries occurring in rural Spokane County during the first half of 2012.
Brockman said Thursday the requests imply that crime analysts somehow cooked the books, a charge she called "insulting."
"They're insulting the whole department," Brockman said.
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A chosen tactic of outgoing leaders in the Spokane Police Department: talk highly about the sheriff's plan for regionalizing police forces.
Documents recently released from last December's investigation into reports that former Assistant Police Chief Scott Stephens had threatened to go "postal" after hearing of his impending demotion contain a line from a "confidante and friend" of Stephens describing the tactic.
In her account of Stephens' behavior the day he's alleged to have made the threats, Officer Jennifer DeRuwe said Stephens told her he "wanted to talk to Sheriff Knezovich about becoming his undersheriff. [Stephens] said he would push the sheriff for a regional agency and be a part of that team. (This was very similar to previous Chief Kirkpatrick's 'threats' when she was leaving her position a year ago.)"
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich, however, said it's news to him.
"I never had those conversations," Knezovich said Thursday. "I feel honored that they felt that way, that they wouldn't mind working for me. But I didn't talk to them."
For her part, former Chief Anne Kirkpatrick said in an email Thursday that as the department continued to lose credibility with the public over various misbehavior, she told officers that "if they did not start taking control of themselves … then a good argument could be made for the Sheriff's Office to take over the police department and become a regionalized force under the Sheriff and I would advocate for it."
Kirkpatrick, now working as the chief deputy sheriff in King County, said she assumed this potential advocacy for regionalization "is the 'threat' Officer DeRuwe is referencing."
A confidential informant led Spokane County Sheriff's Office detectives to a married couple dealing meth out of a Spokane apartment, according to criminal complaint filed in United States District Court Tuesday.
Spokane County Sheriff's detectives arrested Mark W. Bush (pictured left) and Crystal K. Peterson on the morning of April 4 after serving a search warrant to their apartment at 1717 E. Mallon Avenue.
Court documents describe the informant as a felon with several convictions including theft, burglary, and lying to authorities. The informant was compensated financially for the information leading to the arrest of Bush and Peterson, documents show.
The informant bought meth from Bush three times during the investigation, they told detectives, but Peterson was only present during a deal on one occasion.
Investigators seized 11 ounces of meth from the home during the search including four small bags inside a box of Nilla Wafers. Additional bags of meth were found in the bedroom in a black bag, a dresser drawer and in the kitchen freezer.
Investigators also found a purse under a mattress in the master bedroom with a cell phone and a spiral notebook with a variety of names and phone numbers.
Although the Drug Enforcement Administration was not present at the time of the search warrant last week, a special agent is filing the complaint against Bush and Peterson after Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich pushed for federal charges to give him a longer prison sentence if convicted.
Knezovich compared Bush's criminal record to convict Eddie Ray Hall who was sentenced to a 16 years in a federal prison last year. Bush is in custody at Spokane County Jail for his 39th arrest in Washington state.
Pursuing federal charges against a repeat offender is a common tactic, Knezovich said, because it can give them a longer prison sentence and keep them off the streets.
Knezovich described this drug ring as localized and the meth was most likely not produced in Spokane.
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Special Olympics Washington honored Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich for his support of the program.
Knezovich received the 2012 Special Olympics Washington Law Enforcement Torch Run Campaign, Sheriff of the Year Award. Special Olympics Washington gives the award to one Washington sheriff and police chief each year.
Sheriff Knezovich was awarded, in part, for serving with the Law Enforcement Torch Run Campaign for more than eight years. He also participates in Special Olympics Washington events such as Tip a Cop, the Polar Bear Plunge, Cops on Roof Top and the Plane Pull.
"It's a privilege to be involved with Special Olympics Washington and have the opportunity to meet and support such great athletes," Knezovich in a Wednesday news release from the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.
Knezovich has "remained supportive of the movement and most specifically the campaign," said Tukwila Police Officer Ted Rutt, who presented Knezovich with the award.
"He has lead by example though his active involvement in every Special Olympics related event community wide and has continued to make a difference in lending any assistance available to him," Rutt said.
Two men arrested after a SWAT team standoff in Otis Orchards Wednesday have been identified as Michael Francis Hicks, 55, and David Ray Galland, 58.
A sheriff's detective was driving east on Interstate 90 near Sullivan Road when he saw a red truck in front of him with what appeared to be an invalid or modified license plate. The detective advised dispatchers, who confirmed there was no record of the plate.
A sheriff's deputy and a Liberty Lake police officer, both in uniforms and riving marked patrol cars, responded to assist the detective in stopping the vehicle. They followed it northbound on Harvard Road in Liberty Lake, then eastbound to the 25600 block of East Kildea Road in Otis Orchards where they attempted to stop the vehicle.
The truck pulled into a circular driveway "in an attempt to return westbound on Kildea Road," according to a news release, but the patrol cars blocked it. Hicks, the driver, and Galland refused to exit the vehicle. The deputy, detective and officer didn't approach the truck because of its sovereign license plate and the occupant's refusal to cooperate. The SWAT team was called because law enforcement believed "there was a high probability the occupants may be armed," according to a news release.
The men's truck had stickers and signs indicating they were part of a growing "sovereign" movement that questions government authority
Hicks and Galland were eventually cut from their seat belts and taken into custody, ending the three-hour standoff. Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich joined SWAT team negotiators because self-proclaimed sovereigns typically recognize the sheriff as the highest law enforcement authority, he said.
"They were, thank goodness, nonviolent and it ended very well," Knezovich said.
Neither man spoke with police. They were booked into jail for obstructing a public servant and refusal to cooperate. Hicks also is charged with third-degree driving while license suspended.
A Spokane County sheriff's deputy who was fired after he damaged a suspect's car and mishandled drugs from a crime scene has been rehired following a state arbitrator's ruling.
Deputy Travis Smith was terminated last January for what Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich called a "pattern" of poor work performance, but he was rehired after the arbitrator found that while there was just cause for disciplining him, he should keep his job.
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The search to replace Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick hasn't even begun, but there's already a high-profile candidate: Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich.
Knezovich confirmed Thursday that he's willing to serve as the city's interim chief, an administrative role he believes he could fill while continuing to run the sheriff's office.
"It wouldn't be any different than leading a bigger force," Knezovich said.
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Deputies were prepared for the worst as they stood by in a Spokane County courtroom earlier this month during routine hearings for mostly low-level felonies.
Their focus was on one of the more benign cases – possession and distribution of marijuana.
But it wasn't the nature of the allegations that got their attention. It was the defendant, a self-proclaimed "sovereign" who doesn't consider himself a citizen of the United States even though he was born and raised here.
Adrian B. Shannon, 30, is among a growing number of people who question the legitimacy of federal, state and local government agencies and employ a series of legal maneuvers they believe exempt them from driver's licenses and birth certificates, paying taxes, or even criminal charges.
"People call it a movement, but it's individuals, literally sovereigns, that are all learning, 'Hey we don't have to put up with these ridiculous laws, because we are the government,' " Shannon said.
"I'm 4," says Aidan Cameron to Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick at the YWCA Thursday. Kirkpatrick, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and County Prosecutor Steve Tucker read to children at the YWCA to support continued federal and state funding for early childhood programs.
Education experts describe children as sponges of learning, soaking up language and information from those around them.
"They, like adults, learn languages best in an environment where learning enhances their self-esteem and reinforces their sense of who they are and who they are becoming," according to the International Children's Education.
A revelation Thursday by largely inaccessible Spokane County Prosecutor Steve Tucker could serve as Exhibit A in that theory.
Tucker, who joined Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick and Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich to support early childhood learning programs at the YMCA, shared a humorous vignette about his 3-year-old grandson's impressive vocabulary, including the toddler's unprompted uttering of this all-too-familiar phrase: "I am not availabe to answer that question at this time."
For police agencies, cameras that record officer encounters with the public can help prove suspects are guilty and set the record straight if officers are wrongly accused of misconduct.
"It tells you the facts," Post Falls police Capt. Pat Knight said. "It keeps us out of trouble."
Over the years, law enforcement officials in Spokane County have largely dismissed cameras as not worth the cost. But as agencies deal with high-profile cases of alleged misconduct, the cameras are getting a new look.
Spokane police Ombudsman Tim Burns recommended in his annual report to City Council earlier this month that cameras be installed in police cars to provide definitive evidence in cases that otherwise would be mostly the officer's word against the accuser's.
A Spokane County sheriff's deputy was fired recently after multiple investigations into allegations of criminal misconduct and poor work performance revealed a pattern of bad behavior.
"If you're a law enforcement officer, you shouldn't be committing crimes," said Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich.
The latest internal investigation of former Deputy Travis Smith's behavior began last year after Smith stuck a knife into someone's seat while searching their vehicle.
He had initiated a routine traffic stop and, after finding some marijuana, obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and seized it. A search the next day turned up brass knuckles with a three- to four-inch knife blade attached and a bandanna with a swastika on it.
Longtime Spokane County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan is being transferred to the office's internal affairs staff.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said today that he wants to hire a civilian to handle spokesman duties because he needs to fill a sergeant's position in the division that typically undertakes internal investigations into deputy actions.
Reagan's transfer won't be completed until the sheriff hires someone to replace him. The position is being advertised as having an annual salary of $55,000, Knezovich said.
The sheriff hopes to have the move completed by mid-February to mid-March, he said.
Two Spokane County sheriff's employees have been honored for saving the life of a suicidal man after he was shot by officers.
Deputy Walter Loucks and Sgt. Dale Golman rushed to Michael E. Young after he was shot Dec. 27 and kept him breathing while medics arrived.
Although the move was later criticized as too risky in an internal investigation, Loucks and Golman were honored for their bravery this week during the annual SCOPE (Sheriff's Community Oriented Policing Effort) and Law Enforcement Appreciation Dinner.
Investigators probing officer-involved shootings will no longer be required to wait at least 72 hours before interviewing Spokane County Sheriff's Office employees.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich (pictured) announced the change Thursday, ending a departmental practice common at many law enforcement agencies but seen as contradictory and confusing outside of police circles.
The move comes amid continuing public outcry over the nine-day lapse between the Aug. 25 shooting of Spokane Valley pastor and businessman Wayne Scott Creach by Deputy Brian Hirzel, who was allowed to take a scheduled vacation to Montana and Las Vegas before being interviewed by detectives investigating the fatal encounter.
Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich is frustrated and caught off-guard by the public reaction to the decision to allow Deputy Brian Hirzel to leave for vacation just hours after he shot and killed a Spokane Valley pastor late last month.
Knezovich acknowledges that everything with his department ultimately is his responsibility. But he believes he's been unfairly portrayed in the decision to allow Hirzel to leave town before explaining the encounter that resulted in the death of 74-year-old Wayne Scott Creach.
Hirzel "was already on vacation when I found out he was on vacation," Knezovich said. "How do I un-ring that bell? I could have said bring him back in. But I would have just countermanded everything that the (investigative) team had done. That was not my role in the investigation. My role was to stay out of it and not influence it."
The interview that should finally explain why a deputy shot and killed a Spokane Valley pastor will come Friday morning – after the deputy returns from a week-long vacation approved by Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich.
Deputy Brian Hirzel left town the day after an Aug. 25 encounter with Pastor Wayne Scott Creach at his sprawling nursery business, the Plant Farm at 14208 E. 4th Ave.
Officials have only said that Hirzel and Creach had some sort of "confrontation" that ended when Hirzel shot Creach moments after the shirtless 74-year-old grabbed his pistol and went outside to investigate what he may have thought was a prowler.
Knezovich said at a hastily called news conference Wednesday that he approved Hirzel's vacation partly because the county would have been on the hook to pay for the plane tickets and travel costs for Hirzel and his wife.
But the sheriff said his greatest concern was that he didn't want to "taint" the investigation by making it appear he was forcing Hirzel to submit to the interview.
"This case is more important" than a vacation, Knezovich said. "We have to ensure the integrity of this investigation and I'm not about to do anything that looks coercive that would jeopardize this investigation."
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On Tuesday, Alan Creach said his mother heard a shout and what sounded like three shots. But a deputy kept Imogene Creach from approaching her husband and she didn't see anyone providing medical aid, her son said.
Read more in this story: Son offers insight into pastor's fatal encounter
Aug. 31: Officer involved in fatal shooting identified
Aug. 31: Mourners note 'good example' set by slain clergyman
Aug. 28: Sheriff offers condolences, withholds details
A testament to the popularity of Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich may be the level to which candidates for Spokane County prosecutor are seeking his support.
The situation came to a head last week when incumbent Steve Tucker announced during a debate that he had the support of Knezovich (pictured).
Asked to clarify that support, Tucker made it clear that the sheriff has not endorsed his candidacy.
But Tucker's opponents – fellow Republicans Chris Bugbee and Dave Stevens, Democrat Frank Malone and unaffiliated candidate Jim Reierson – all said they believe the average voter may not know the difference between support and an official endorsement.
Read the rest of Tom Clouse's story here.
A Spokane County Jail corrections deputy is challenging his dismissal in March for alleged failure to discover an inmate's death and then lying about it.
The deputy, Kenneth Downey, is one of four who were implicated in the Nov. 11 incident, in which an inmate lay dead in his cell for eight hours before his death from natural causes was discovered.
Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich said an autopsy revealed that 59-year-old Fredrick James Juhnke had been dead about 8 hours before deputies discovered his death when they came to serve his dinner about 5 p.m.
Read the rest of John Craig's story here.
Former Spokane County Sheriff Mark Sterk may give his successor, Ozzie Knezovich, a run for his money.
It's a daunting prospect, Sterk acknowledges, because state Public Disclosure Commission records show Knezovich already has raised $38,778 and spent $17,959.
"That's one of the things we will look at very carefully, as to whether we can win it or not," Sterk said Wednesday after registering his potential candidacy with the state Public Disclosure Commission.
Also Wednesday, Knezovich announced he will kick off his re-election campaign with a $35-a-plate breakfast at the Red Lion River Inn today at 7:30 a.m.
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