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In just the past week, point guard Jeremy Lin has given long-suffering Knicks fans something to cheer about. He scored 25 points against the Nets, then follwed that up with 28 points and seven assists in his first start against Utah and his first-double double in the team's third straight win against the Wizards. Lin has a story to back up his stats. He's a Harvard alum, came to the Knicks as an undrafted free agent, and is the first player of Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. Here's what you need to know about this NBA star-in-the-making.
How did Jeremy Lin suddenly become a star?
If his career ended today, Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni would be remembered for one thing: turning Steve Nash into a superstar. When he came to Phoenix from Dallas, Nash was a star. D'Antoni's unconventional offense system turned him into a two-time MVP.
D'Antoni's system is based on scoring quickly. The first means to that end is the fast break. The second is pick-and-roll half-court offensive sets, designed to take seven seconds or less off the shot clock. Unlike more conventional offenses, which rely on the point guard's athleticism to create a shot or passing opportunity in man-to-man isolation, D'Antoni's scheme places more emphasis on court vision and quick decision making.
The vision thing, that's what the plodding but prescient Nash was great at. And if these few games are an indication, Jeremy Lin may have a lot of those same skills.
Can he keep it up?
His run of success could be a small-sample gitch based on a few games against bad teams. But if Lin is for real, his continued growth will largely depend on his ability to play nice with Carmelo Anthony. When the injured Anthony, who has rarely seen a shot he doesn't like, returns to the Knicks lineup, Lin's scoring is likely to drop off. But that's okay, because scoring shouldn't be Lin's primary function. Anthony and Nash's former teammate Amare Stoudemire should make perfect pick-and-roll partners for Lin. Look for his points per game to decrease somewhat, his shooting percentage to increase a little, and a big bump in his assists per game.
Is Lin the first Ivy Leaguer to star in the NBA?
No, but it has been a while. Lin is the first Ivy Leaguer to play in the NBA since the 2003 season, when Yale's Chris Dudley ended his 16-year career and Matt Moloney, a guard from Penn, ended his six-season run. The best Ivy Leaguer ever? Lin will have an awfully long way to go to top Princeton's Bill Bradley who had a Hall of Fame career with the Knicks.
Who's the best undrafted player ever?
That's probably Ben Wallace, the lunchpail forward who led the Detroit Pistons to a title with his rebounding and defense. There are a number of veteran point guards on the best-undrafted players list including Avery Johnson, David Wesley, and Jose Calderon.
The best undrafted Knick? That would have to be John Starks, who played on the Pat Riley-led team that made the NBA Finals. The former supermarket bagger can take credit for one of the greatest dunks of all time, a playoff throwdown against Michael Jordan.
How does a player with Lin's talent take this long to get his chance?
In the NBA, teams draft and sign players on the basis of workouts. And while these sessions can highlight a player's shooting, they don't do a great job of measuring a player's court vision. "They're skill work, some shooting, and they're one on one or two on two or three on three, and that's not where I excel," Lin told the New York Times in 2010. "I've never played basketball like that." That said, Lin was very far under the radar, not even being mentioned in most of the stories highlighting the best undrafted players.
Is this the reason why point guards often slip in the draft?
Seems so. Nash, as noted earlier, was a two-time MVP, and by being selected 15th earned the distinction of being the lowest-drafted player to win that award. Hall of Famer John Stockton was drafted 16th. Tony Parker (28th) won three titles with the Spurs, while Derek Fisher (24th) collected five championship rings for the Lakers. Celtic All-Star Rajon Rondo slipped to 21st, while. second rounder Monta Ellis is considered one of the all-time great draft steals, his play earning him a six-year $67 million contract despite being drafted 40th overall. Teams make more mistakes when assessing point guards than players at any other position. Lin might be the latest.
What's Lin's future with the Knicks?
Former Knicks GM Donnie Walsh spent the better part of three seasons protecting both the Knicks most tradeable players and the team's remaining salary cap space, with an eye toward signing or dealing for player like elite point guard Chris Paul. Last spring Knicks owner Jim Dolan torpedoed Walsh's best-laid plans, insisting that he give up a number of attractive players in the process of overpaying for Carmelo Anthony. The Knicks' salary cap flexibility disappeared when the team signed center Tyson Chandler. And Paul himself disappeared when he was traded to the Clippers. The end result is that the often star-struck Knicks ownership has neither the players or the cap room to go after a superstar point guard. Which means that Lin will at least get an ample opportunity to prove himself in team's high-octane offense.


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REVIEW: Woods' vision at PSI Theater an amazing adventure
Andrea E. Woods pays homage to ancestors and storytelling in her multimedia show, "The Amazing Adventures of Grace May. B. Brown."
The masterful blending of music, movement, narration, costume and images projected on a screen, earned a standing ovation at the Friday premiere. The hour-long show continues through Sunday, May 4, at the Durham Arts Council's PSI Theater.
Kudos to the talented cast: dancers Jessica Burroughs, Chanelle Croxton, Aya Shabu and Kara Simpson; narrator Dorothy Clark; musicians/composers Shana Tucker and Julia Price and production team: costume designer Pamela Bond and lighting designer Kathy Perkins.
Woods has multiple roles. She plays "Nana," the aunt, who seeks to instruct her nieces (the dancers) in life lessons. She wrote the script and lyrics. She also plays the thumb piano, banjo as well as sings and dances in the show. And, she produced it — no small feat for this multi-faceted work.
This show touches the heart, stimulates the mind, uplifts the spirit. Audience members also literally experience good vibrations. Somehow, when dancers stomp, the vibrations are felt under the theater seats.
This "adventure" explores times of joy and sorrow. There's the playfulness of children as dancers shriek and run. In a beautiful sequence, they express sheer joy as they leap and twirl "quilts" above their heads. These "quilts" were made from fabric printed with photographic images of African narrative quilts made by Heather Williams. These images, also on costumes and pillows, add color and a sense of history to this production.
The show also addresses dark times past and present. Narrators recount the Civil Rights struggle that pitted people with sticks and stones against dogs and police.
Another section deals with violence against young black men. Woods voices a litany of excuses used by those who have shot and killed these young men. "I shot him because of what he was wearing … because of the music he was listening to … " This of course, reminds us of Trayvon Martin as well as others, who have been, and continue to be victims of such violence. Dancers repeatedly run, then stop suddenly as though shot.
Woods celebrates African American "sheroes" such as runner Wilma Rudolph, who won her first Olympic medal at age 16 and Bessie Coleman, the first black woman to earn an aviation pilot's license.
Woods also honors ancestors, including her great, great grandfather John William O'Bryan, who fought on the Union side in the Civil War. Woods, as Nana, says, that if it weren't for this ancestor and others, "I'd be carrying a passbook instead of carrying a passport."
There's also a sense of being supported and protected by ancestors and this imparts a sense of confidence as one moves through life. The wisdom of these ancestors is also expressed in words of wisdom woven throughout this work. These words serve as a primer for how to life a good life. To quote a few:
"Find the treasure in you and look for the treasure in others."
"Heal from the inside to be free."
"Live your life with all your might, be prepared to love and fight."
And, this brings us to "Grace," who turns out to be a quality instead of a person – a quality available to everyone. As the show's narrative puts it, "The way we live our lives makes grace."
Andrea E. Woods' "The Amazing Adventures of Grace May B. Brown" continues Sunday, May 4 at 3:30 p.m. at Durham Arts Council's PSI Theater, 120 Morris St., Durham. Tickets $12 adults; $6 children/seniors/students at the door; cash only.

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Why Does Klaus Hate Katherine? Vampire Diaries Fan Question of the Day
At first glance, Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Katherine (Nina Dobrev) seem to have a lot in common. They're both ancient vampires who have a proclivity for murder and turning humans into supernatural beings. Yet these two are like oil and water on The Vampire Diaries. Actually, they're more like sodium and water: Put them together, and things are bound to explode.
Yet, when they met in the 15th century, Klaus was all hand kissing and courting. How did things go so sour for them? Well, Klaus knew that Katherine was a Petrova doppelganger, an essential ingredient in the curse-breaking spell he'd been searching for over the past few centuries. It would unlock his true hybridism by giving him access to both his vampire and werewolf powers.
When Katherine learned about Klaus's supernatural side, she fled with the help of a vampire named Trevor. But she only truly escaped by committing suicide with Rose's vamp blood in her veins. This caused her to transition, rendering her doppelganger blood useless to Klaus. Not realizing Katherine had given birth to a child — a lineage which would eventually lead to Elena (Nina Dobrev) — Klaus murdered Katherine's entire family as revenge. He thought she'd squandered his final chance at breaking the curse, though Katherine's baby escaped because her parents had sent the child away shortly after being born.
As evidenced by Klaus's instructions that Katherine stab herself repeatedly in Season 2, Episode 18, "The Last Dance," the Original is still a little sore. "I searched for you for over 500 years. Your death is going to last at least half that long," he tells her.
Apparently immortal vampires can afford to hold grudges for a very, very long time.


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Eleven months a year, Bottom Shelf research coordinator Emily and I have a fair, precise, and effective labor agreement: I do the shopping and the cooking, and she does the everything elseing. This suits me fine because I like to cook. Or rather, I like to eat and drink things that have been prepared in my kitchen and to my specifications; that's the only way to ensure the Brussels sprouts get burned, the whiskey gets overpoured, and the mustard gets slathered on every edible surface. More
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"The economic challenges that began in 2007 continue to have a lasting effect on our society, and the education sector has been one of the hardest hit. In total, 85 percent of the country's 14,000 school districts have been forced to slash their operating expenses." (Innovation in Tough Times) This contraction has left many educators in a difficult position. Yes- there have been many negative outcomes that have resulted because of the downturn, but there is a silver lining.
Education has changed little to none in the past 150 years. I am a member of the millennial generation, and I have been a participant of the public education system for almost 14 years. Overall, I have had a decent experience. However, the experience that I had was nearly identical to the one that my parents had over two decades ago. For me, almost every school day was indistinguishable. Monday through Friday I'd reluctantly wake up at the unearthly hour of 7 AM, rush to school, sit through six hours of lecture, go to practice, come home and unload my 30 pound backpack stuffed with outdated textbooks, then read and prepare for yet another day of school that awaited me the next morning. Frankly, this monogamous chain of events caused me to disengage with the learning process.
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An electrical connector for electrically and mechanically attaching a leadless chip carrier to a printed circuit board. More particularly the connector includes a dielectric frame member having recess along the outwardly facing sides and contacts, received in the recesses, having contact sections extending above and below the frame member and outwardly therefrom for soldered engagement with respective chip carrier and circuit board. Projections extending outwardly from the recesses are received in holes in the contacts to retain the contacts in the recesses.
1. An electrical connector for surface mounting a leadless chip carrier to a printed circuit board, comprising:
a dielectric frame member;
recesses at spaced intervals along the sides of the frame member;
projections extending outwardly from each of said recesses;
a plurality of contacts having intermediate sections with each section having a hole therethrough, said contacts being secured along the sides of the frame member with the intermediate sections being disposed in respective recesses with said holes receiving said projections therethrough and said projections being upset to secure said contacts in said recesses;
first contact sections of said contacts connected to said intermediate section and extending below and outwardly of said frame for soldered electrical connection with respective conductive pads of the printed circuit board; and
second contact sections of said contacts connected to said intermediate section and extending above and outwardly of said frame for soldered electrical connection with respective conductive pads of the leadless chip carrier.
2. The electrical connector of claim 1 wherein a compliance gap is provided between the recess surface and the intermediate section.
3. The electrical connector of claim 2 further including locator means on said frame member for locating a leadless chip carrier thereon and for registering conductive pads on the chip carrier with respective said second contact sections.
4. The electrical connector of claim 3 wherein said locator means include outwardly extending first leg means positioned on adjacent sides of said frame member at each of two diagonally opposite corners and second leg means attached to each of said first leg means and extending therefrom in a direction parallel to the side of said frame member from which respective said first leg means extend.
This invention relates to electrical connectors and more particularly to a connector for surface mounting a leadless chip carrier to a printed circuit board.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,427,249 discloses a connector comprising a housing, a plurality of contact elements and a cover for electrically connecting a leadless chip carrier to a printed circuit board. The contact elements include pins or leads at the lower ends for being received in holes in the circuit board and for being electrically connected to the circuits thereon. Contact surfaces on the upper ends of the contact elements receive pads on the chip carrier. The cover removably biases the chip carrier against the contact surfaces.
A leadless chip carrier may be quickly and easily connected to and disconnected from the circuit board using the above described connector. However, some users, particularly the military, prefer to solder the chip carrier to the board. Chip carriers having depending leads thereon can be directly soldered to the board. Leadless chip carriers, however, require an intervening device. Accordingly, the invention disclosed herein is to an electrical connector having contact sections or solder feet for being soldered to the chip carrier (or other similar electronic component) and other solder feet for being soldered to the board. More particularly the connector includes a support frame of resilient thin walls defining a central opening, and a plurality of contacts attached to the outwardly facing side surface of each wall. The contacts have an elongated vertical section with solder feet at each end projecting away therefrom at right angles relative thereto.
For a better understanding of the invention, reference will now be made by way of example to the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an electrical connector constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the connector of FIG. 1 showing contact detail and a method of attaching the contacts to the support frame;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a corner of the connector of FIG. 1 showing details of a leadless chip carrier locating means; and
FIG. 4 is an enlarged, cross sectional view showing a contact soldered to a leadless chip carrier and a printed circuit board.
With reference now to FIG. 1, connector 10, constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, includes support frame 12 and contacts 14.
Support frame 12 is preferably molded from a resilient polyphenylene sulfide. Other resilient, insulating materials would be as suitable. Two parallel walls 16 and two parallel walls 17 form the support frame 12 by being joined at their ends to form two corners 18, one being diagonally located from the other, two corners 20 located between corners 18 and to define central opening 22. Corners 18 include by an outwardly facing surface 24 which is at a forty-five degree angle relative to adjacent walls 16, 17.
Corners 20 include an outer shelf 28 with a curved outwardly facing surface 30 and an inner shelf 32 projecting into central opening 22. Chip carrier locators 34, 36, preferably molded as an integral part of support frame 12, extend upwardly from outer shelf 28. Locators 34, 36 are L-shaped, having a vertical first leg 38 and a horizontal second leg 40. Second legs 40 on locators 34 are parallel to walls 16 while second legs 40 on locators 36 are parallel to walls 17. Surfaces 42 on locators 34, 36 face in towards central opening 22 and preferably are convex to provide a one point engagement with leadless chip carrier 44.
A cylindrical pin 46 with a tapered free end 47 projects downwardly from inner shelf 32 on each corner 20 and are a molded part of support frame 12.
Outwardly facing side surfaces 26 of walls 16, 17 are identical with a short length of one such surface 26 being shown in larger scale in FIG. 2. With reference to the drawing in FIG. 2, surface 26 includes vertical recesses 48 spaced therealong. A stud 50 projects laterally outwardly from each recess 48.
Contacts 14, shown in large scale also in FIG. 2, are preferably stamped and formed from a fully hardened cupro-nickel material. Each contact 14 includes a vertical elongated section 52 and horizontal upper and lower contact sections, commonly referred to as solder feet 54, 56 respectively.
Section 52 may be subdivided into an intermediate portion 58 and straps 60 located on each end thereof. Straps 60 connect solder feet 54, 56 to and are thinner in width than intermediate portion 58. A hole 62 is provided in the center of elongated section 52.
As shown in FIG. 2, solder feet 54, 56 are formed at right angles to and project from section 52 in the same direction. With continuing reference to FIG. 2, connector 10 is formed by attaching contacts 14 to support frame 12 with solder feet 54, 56 projecting laterally outwardly therefrom. (Contacts 14 could be positioned so that solder feet 54,56 project inwardly.) The intermediate portion 58 of elongated section 52 is placed in recess 48 with stud 50 projecting through hole 62. Heat is applied to fuse free end 64 of stud 50 to form button 66 which stakes contact 14 to support frame 12. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the contact 14 so staked.
As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, straps 60 extend above and below walls 16, 17; i.e., only intermediate portions 58 are substantially within the confines of walls 16, 17.
With reference to FIG. 1, solder paste (not shown) is applied by silk-screening to conductive pads 68 on printed circuit board 70. Connector 10 is placed on the board 70 with proper location being provided by pins 46 on support frame 12 entering holes 72 in board 70. Lower solder feet 56 are thereby correctly positioned on pads 68. Preferably there is an interference fit between pins 46 and holes 72 to securely hold connector 10 on board 70.
With solder paste on conductive pads 74 (FIG. 4) on chip carrier 44, the carrier 44 is placed onto connector 10. Correct alignment or registration between carrier conductive pads 74 and upper solder feet 54 is obtained with carrier corners 76 being non-forcefully received between locators 34,36 on each corner 20 of support frame 12. FIG. 3 shows one carrier corner 76 within or bracketed by locators 34,36 on one corner 20. The assembly is now subjected to vapor phase solder reflowing to electrically and mechanically attach carrier 44 to board 70 via connector 10. The cross-sectional view in FIG. 4 shows the attachment with the reflowed solder joints being indicated by reference numeral 78.
After reflow, the board 70, connector 10 and carrier 44 are easily cleaned given the elongated vertical section 52 of contacts 14 which provides space between carrier 44 and board 70. Further, this space permits ventilation to take place between chip carrier 44 and board 70 to keep chip carrier 44 cool.
With reference to FIG. 4, a compliance gap 80 is observable between surface 82 of the recess 48 and contact 14. Gap 80 may be obtained by placing a removable spacer (not shown) between surface 82 and contact 14 during heat stacking. This gap 80, along with the method of staking contacts 14 to support frame 12 and with straps 60 of reduced width, and further with the resilience of support frame 12, provide an X-Y compliancy well suited to overcome thermal mismatch between carrier 44 and board 70. Further, contacts 14 as structured allow compliance in the Z axis as well.
With solder feet 54, 56 projecting outwardly, probe tests are easily and accurately performed. Further, visual checking of the solder joints 78 can be made accurately.
A connector 10 adapted to receive a sixty-eight position leadless chip carrier 44 is one inch (25.4 mm) square and has an overall height of 0.225 inches (5.715 mm) which includes depending pins 46 and locators 34, 36.
Walls 16-17 of support frame 12 have a thickness of 0.030 inches (0.762 mm). Spacing between adjacent studs 50 is 0.050 inches (1.27 mm). The width of recesses 48 is preferably 0.033 inches (0.8382 mm).
The overall length of contact 14 is 0.100 inches (2.54 mm) and has a thickness of 0.005 inches (0.127 mm). The length and width of the intermediate portion 58 is 0.030 inches (0.762 mm) and 0.032 inches (0.8128 mm) respectively. Straps 60 and solder feet 54, 56 have a width of 0.016 inches (0.4064 mm) and solder feet 54, 56 have a length of 0.040 inches (1.016 mm).
As noted above, the reduced width of straps 60 relative to intermediate portion 58 provides a degree of resiliency therebetween.
Compliance gap 80 is preferably about 0.0005 inches (0.0127 mm) wide.
Connector 10 has been described above as providing an interconnection between leadless chip carrier 44 and circuit board 70. It should be noted, however, that connector 10 may be used with other type leadless electronic components and circuit carrying devices; e.g., leadless pin grid array packages and flexible film (neither shown).
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Gleaners Food Bank says it has raised more than $12.2 million in the capital campaign it launched last April. The Campaign For Gleaners received nearly 8,500 pledges to the campaign including 16 pledges of $100,000 or more. With the funding, the nonprofit has relocated to a 297,000 square-foot food warehouse located near Indianapolis International Airport.
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Indianapolis Ind. -- In April 2010 Gleaners Food Bank publicly announced an ambitious $11.6 million capital campaign � only their second capital campaign since they were founded over 30 years ago. Today it was announced that they have raised $12,296,035 and are in the process of closing out their campaign.
The campaign total includes the latest gift of $250,000 from the Indiana Pacers and Herb Simon. Jim Morris, volunteer Campaign Chair and President of Pacers Sports and Entertainment announced this gift during a basketball game with the Dallas Mavericks.
�The Indiana Pacers and Herb Simon are delighted to support such an important charity like Gleaners Food Bank� Morris stated. �Last year they provided the equivalent of 19.5 million meals to help feed over 160,000 youngsters, families, and seniors in central Indiana. We believe in being a strong supporter of our community and are proud to make this gift to help improve the lives of so many people who are in need� he added.
Honorary Co-chair Senator Richard Lugar stated �I have been honored to help with this effort in a small way. Gleaners serves so many individuals and families in need. I am proud to have assisted them with this important effort� he added.
A large number of volunteers from throughout the community have been assisting with The Campaign For Gleaners. A �Blue Ribbon Committee� consisting of nearly four-dozen community leaders has been involved in planning and fundraising since 2008.
Members of this committee include:
Dennis Bassett H. Richard McFarland
Karen Bohn Bill McGowan
Michael E. Bosway Ted A. McKinney
James W. Browning Mark D. Miles
Lance Chrisman Kent Millard
Brent S. Claymon David Miner
Lori Efroymson-Aguilera Robert Moeder
Claudette Einhorn Dayton H. Molendorp
William G. Enright James T. Morris
Earl A. Goode Fred J. Nation
Brad Hastings Michael O'Connor
Robert R. Herzog Thomas J. O'Donnell
Rev. Dr. Ivan Douglas Hicks Gregory W. Porter
Rick Hurst George Rapp
Kris Kellam Jernstedt Rabbi Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Lacy M. Johnson Bren Simon
Catherine LaCrosse Joseph A. Slash
Michael J. Lee Robert L. Smith
Senator Richard G. Lugar Stewart A. Stockdale
PE MacAllister Ronald E. Talbot
Janie Maurer Jerry Williams
Carrie Petty, Gleaners Board Chair stated that �we are grateful for the leadership and support that we have received from Jim Morris as chair of the Capital Campaign and from a Blue Ribbon Committee that he recruited to help raise funds. They have given generously of their time, talents and precious financial resources. I know our new facility will allow Gleaners to fulfill its mission to bring food and hope into the lives of our neighbors everyday with the belief that one day we will eliminate hunger here in our community.�
The Campaign For Gleaners has received nearly 8,500 pledges to the campaign including 16 pledges of $100,000 or more. These large donors include: The R.B. Annis Educational Foundation, Chase Bank, Deem LLC, Defender Direct, Eli Lilly & Company, Efroymson Family Fund, The Indianapolis Foundation, IPL, The Kroger Company, Lilly Endowment Inc., MacAllister Machinery, M&I Bank, the Rotary Club of Indianapolis, Samerian Foundation, Second Presbyterian Church, Melvin and Bren Simon, Star Media, and the anonymous gifts from individuals.
The Campaign For Gleaners has allowed the agency to purchase and re-locate to a 297,000 square foot food warehouse located near the Indianapolis Airport. Their new facility has over three times the floor space of the antiquated and undersized former warehouse.
Located at 3737 Waldemere Avenue, the 17-acre site is just east of I-465 on the southwest side of Indianapolis and just north of Kentucky and Hanna Avenues. The site gives ready access and provides ample parking for employees and volunteers.
Hunger statistics show a continuing crisis in Indiana. One of every four children in Marion County is living in poverty. Eight out of ten students in Indianapolis Public Schools are receiving free or reduced-cost lunches.
Gleaners partners with over 350 charities including: emergency food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, shelters for battered women and children, day care centers, senior centers, residential care centers, and youth programs in a 21-county service area in Central and Southeastern Indiana.
Cindy Hubert, President and CEO of Gleaners stated, �We are in the process of wrapping up the campaign and plan to close out this effort within the next 60 days. We still have some major equipment needs, endowment goals, and other initiatives which have not been fully funded by The Campaign For Gleaners. We are humbly grateful for the support of so many individual donors, families, companies, service organizations, and foundations throughout the communities we serve, which will allow Gleaners to continue to serve hungry Hoosiers throughout central and southeastern Indiana for decades to come.�
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Went for lunch today at Totonnos. Got a plain small pie. The place looks great like nothing ever happened. The pie was solid. The crust had great flavor but the oven spring was inconsistent. One quarter had a nice end crust. Some of the slices were crunchy because there was much rise while cooking. Light charring on crust. Glad that they're back and can't wait for my next visit.
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I am currently watching Under The Dome! Read the book, can't wait to see what happens in the series.
Into the fifth season of The Dead Zone, and even back in season one, there were weaker and stronger episodes... I'm happily surprised by the continuing strong work being done... I find Revelations as good an episode as any in the first four seasons... at first I wasn't happy about the theme song change in season four, until I noticed it was done by Blues Saraceno, who is a great guitarist and he and Dweezil Zappa have even done some stuff together although I've never heard it....
Dexter, Breaking Bad (starts again Sunday), Under the Dome. Thanks to the DVR I was able to keep up with the few other shows during the year that are on my must-see list - Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, maybe a couple of others. When 'in season,' - The Walking Dead, Homeland.
Arrested Development. Watched seasons 1-3 on Netflix-hilarious!! On to season 4 (Netflix original). It'll be interesting to watch how they bridge the 8-or-so-years gap between seasons 3-4. Have to admit-I think I'm a little hot for Jason Bateman! :51_002:
I love Arrested Development.
I'm years behind, I know. But I have recently discovered how awesome Lost is. It's different and intriguing and.... woooooooo doggies is there some delicious eye-candy for the ladies on that show!
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On May 13 during Pomona College's 114th Commencement Exercises, President David W. Oxtoby celebrated the extraordinary leadership of Pomona students on environmental issues. "In my four years on campus, I have been struck that so much of the leadership at the College comes not from the top down but from you, the students," said Oxtoby.
"You took the issue of climate change and did not just watch movies and throw up your hands; instead, you analyzed College practices and proposed specific strategies to reduce our carbon footprint; you started a campus climate challenge that lowered dormitory electricity use. You laid the groundwork for other critical steps ranging from reducing water consumption to cutting the number of cars on campus through a Flexcar rental option," he noted.
Specific examples of the students' leadership on the environment included the following:
- The student-led Pomona Campus Climate Challenge, which started as a research class, prepared a remarkable 87-page report on Pomona College greenhouse gas emissions, as well as recommendations for changes. The group was led by seniors Praween Dayananda and Ada Aroneanu. Joining them were Kyle Edgerton, Class of '08; Stephen Conn, Class of '07; and Tara Ursell, Class of '08.
- Last fall, students organized the incredibly successful Dorm Green Cup Challenge, an information campaign and competition, which resulted in students reducing their consumption of electricity by over 5 percent. In response, the College purchased renewable energy credits from the Bonneville Energy Foundation, equal to the amount of electricity that would be required to support 1,065 households for a 30 day period, according to the Bonneville website.
- A student initiative, now in its second year, produced energy savings by having students replace incandescent light bulbs in their dorm rooms with fluorescent bulbs. In part in response to this successful project, Oxtoby created a $15,000 fund to support similar campus projects.
- Recognizing that food and sustainable agriculture are critical issues for the 21st century, a group of students continued work to build the organic farm, and student demand was instrumental in having a course on Farms and Gardens added to the curriculum.
- And, Femke Oldham, Class of '07, wrote a thesis in Public Policy Analysis on the subject of "Water at Pomona College: An Investigation of Policies and Practices."
While Oxtoby noted that it's been hard to keep up with the students this year, the College has taken separate steps towards sustainability as well.
- The College opened its second and third buildings, the new Edmunds and Lincoln buildings, built to the U.S. Green Building Council's silver standards.
- In April, Oxtoby signed the President's Climate Commitment, pledging the College to take serious steps to reduce production of greenhouse gases.
- The President's Sustainability Committee was established to help coordinate and connect activities, monitor critical indicators of environmental performance, develop new approaches and ideas to improve the College's sustainable use of resources.
- And this summer with the goal of reducing student cars on campus, Pomona will begin negotiations with FlexCars, a car-sharing company that provides low-emission, fuel-efficient vehicles at an hourly rate.
In addition, The Claremont Colleges have jointly set up a fund of $50,000 per year for three years to spark ideas for environmental projects from faculty, students, and staff that cross campus boundaries. Three projects have already been approved, including one led by Pomona Professor Richard Hazlett.
Led by students, Pomona College has made major strides during the last few years to be a wiser consumer of natural resources, further develop a campus ethos of resource sustainability, and incorporate environmentally sound practices in its operations.
Despite these accomplishments, Oxtoby noted that, "Much work remains to be done, not only on environmental sustainability but more broadly on social sustainability: building a society in which difference is respected and welcomed, in which everyone has the opportunity to use their talents to succeed and in turn to give back to the world, in which income is not the prerequisite for success."


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Not a bad pass by Brees at all. This story was a fumble by Jeff Duncan!
So...what are the "details of the fraud"? I suppose we have to wait for the forthcoming book by either this attorney or Madoff.
I like Saban even though he left LSU for Miami and then accepted a good job in the SEC, but not the best job. We all know if he could change the past, he would NOT have gone to the NFL and would be much happier in Baton Rouge, LA. Purple & Gold is better looking than Red & White.
I am in the business and I hate to say it, but we told you so. Greed drives all of these people to these clowns like Stanford & Maddoff. Some well educated investors really do think that they are special and can find a 10%+ "safe" return without risk-NOT. You get what you deserve in life. Trust your current broker-he can't pull a rabbit out of a hat. Or go to Stanford & Maddoff-they can-lol.
I'm a #6 wit a Barq's Longneck! Can't find a Bud's nowhere here in Nashville. Can't find a shrimp poboy either.
BTW. I loved Saban when he was an LSU coach. He brought our team back from the brink of disaster. Remember, Archer, DeNardo etc. They left too. I too hated Saban for leaving and going to an SEC West team, but hey, love the guy for who he is...A great hard working coach who still speaks highly of the State of LA. I got over it. You should too. I just hope our coach, "Houdy Doody" comes around and stays consistent with the program. Good recruiter, coaching is still suspect.
Fear the Hat. Pass it on.
Andre' Smith would have helped the BAMA cause. Why punish the entire team for an infraction? Make the guy run laps or up & down the stadium steps. Fans, boosters, State, team, coaches should not be punished for one team members errors. BTW... I am a Tiger Fan. Love the SEC too.
Oh, lets cut Ryan Perielloux and crash our season. That works well. SC, Steve Spurierrer had a QB on his team that was a mess, but he didn't cut him. I guess the team was more important. Coaches need to rethink punishment by suspension.
I have never really understood this type of punishment. If Andre Smith was in error for his actions, then why punish the entire team, State of AL, and every Fan of AL? Make the guy run laps or run up & down the stadium steps. The players did nothing to deserve this.
It's like cutting Ryan Perioueux of The LSU.
Bye the way...I am no Alabama Fan either.
Do what's right Nick.
A smaller City of New Orleans would be a better city. Hey let's be honest, forty plus years of ineffective city government, a srinking population due to a poor ecomony and the ultimate act of God through Hur. Katrina, deserves a smaller footprint. Al Gore will be proud of us. Call a spade a spade.
Of course it has always been that way on a local level. If you are white, you can't say anything negative to or about a black person without being called a racist. And now, wait until it begins on the Presidential level!
Oh, I now realize that you are just stupid. You are playing on LSU-ellis shoe. I get it. You just cannot call the team LSU. I hope it makes you feel superior. I am impressed as I am sure that the other LSU fans are of you.
Whould you mind explaining to most of us what are you talking about with this "ellis shoe" stuff?
For the record LSUmullet1 and TP online editors: The Miami Sports Press referred to Nick Saban as "Nick Satan". My earlier post that was deleted by the TP editors was tounge and cheek. That's all. Have some guys TP. I do have great respect for Nick, wish he were still LSU's hard working no playing around coach and not Alabama's. Hey this guy wins the National Championship and goes to work at 10:00am the next morning. Talk about hard working. I would not want to go fishing or hunting with the guy, but a coach he is.
Beat Bama. And beat them real good Tigers!
Can you say analogy? You probally do have a mullet haircut. I bet you are from Tuscalusa, AL. Our loss is your gain. Why are you so bitter?
A hole.
wakeupfriend has a great point. If a politically connected business cannot get a bond, for whatever reason, then why not be directed go to Moyo and get a fraudlent bond so that this business can get a "sweet government contract". Then the kickbacks begin. ie. Shepard, Bill etc. What an angle. Um, do you think that Letten is on to something?
A twice-convicted "unlicenced bond broker". Hey TP. Quit referring to this woman as a bond broker. She is on trial for stealing and selling fradulent paper. She is not an insurance agent or a bond broker Insurance and Bond brokers do not need any more reason for us to distrust them. The Times Pic RAG should get it right. Or is it a newspaper?
Se Levi (not spelled correctly, but in French it means "Such is Life"
KKK ? Do you mean "Kenner Killer Kids"...a gang in Kenner in the 70's? How do they fit into this story?
Micheal Moore does not believe in GOD!
Michael Moore is a A-Hole!
Riley is a clown. He must dislike Guidry and this was his way of kicking the guy on the way out the door.


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LATHAM - New York State Police in the Capital Region were busy cracking down on speeders and un-safe drivers last week.
On Tuesday, they released results of their Speed and Move Over crackdown week.
Troopers issued 801 speeding tickets, 38 tickets to people who did not move out of the way of emergency vehicles, and 79 people were ticketed for using hand held cell phones, or texting.
Troopers say they're trying to get drivers to pay better attention, because April is the start of road construction season, and there are typically more crashes in the spring and summer.


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Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder in humans constituting a major health concern today whose prevalence has continuously increased worldwide over the past few decades. Production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and disturbed capacity of antioxidant defense in diabetic subjects have been reported. It has been suggested that enhanced production of free radicals and oxidative stress is the central event for the development of diabetic complications. Antioxidants can play an important role in the improvement of diabetes. There are many reports on the effects of antioxidants in the management of diabetes. This study aimed at evaluating the effect of antioxidant extract and purified sweet and sour Cherries on hyperglycemia, microalbumin and creatinine level in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Thirty six adult Male Wistar rats were divided equally into six groups. Diabetes was induced in the rats by an intraperitoneal injection with 120 mg/kg body weight of alloxan. Oral administration of cherry extract at a concentration of 200 mg/kg body weight for 30 days significantly reduced the levels of blood glucose, and urinary microalbumin. Also an increase in the creatinine secretion level in urine was observed in the diabetic rats treated with the cherry extract as compared to untreated diabetic rats. In this paper, the most recent patent on the identification and treatment of diabetes is used. In conclusion, cherry antioxidant extract proved to have a beneficial effect on the diabetic rats in this study. In light of these advantageous results, it is advisable to broaden the scale of use of sweet and sour cherries extract in a trial to alleviate the adverse effects of diabetes.
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Duke University faculty over Memorial Day weekend celebrated the grand opening of the new Duke Faculty Club.
The new facility got started in September 2013. The old clubhouse building was demolished, replaced by more spacious amenities including a game room, snack bar, fitness room, offices and locker rooms. The pool deck was expanded for infants and toddlers, plus a family restroom accessible from the main courtyard. The club, designed by Durham-based Duda | Paine Architects, now also includes a new event lawn space and tennis courts.


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CONTROVERSIAL benefit cuts have been approved by councillors as they battle to plug a predicted shortfall of up to £867,000.
The Conservative majority on East Staffordshire Borough Council voted in favour of the new local council tax support scheme.
Labour opposition members, however, described the new system as 'mean-spirited, despicable and wicked', and claimed it would hit the poorest people hardest.
Under changes due to come into effect next spring, responsibility for council tax benefits will be transferred from central government to local councils.
The amount of money available to give out in council tax subsidies will also be cut by a tenth, leaving the borough council with a shortfall of between £740,000 and £867,000 a year.
Bernard Peters, the Tory councillor with responsibility for benefit payments, said: "We are doing everything we can to protect the most vulnerable and we are being fair across the patch."
To make up the predicted shortfall, the borough council's Conservative chiefs asked members to vote in favour of a series of measures, including abolishing 100 per cent council tax subsidies, chopping up to £10 a week off each claimant's entitlement for every working, nondependent cohabitant, and removing council tax benefit rebates for the second adult in each household.
Labour's Dennis Fletcher said: "This is the result of one of the most mean-spirited, despicable and even wicked acts of this Government because it hits out at those least able to pay. This hits the working poor hardest, adding to the disincentives to work."
He said the scheme was 'shameful and obscene'.
Councillor Peters, however, said Councillor Fletcher's claims were 'complete drivel' and said a public consultation process, which included a letter sent to every household in East Staffordshire, showed there was support for the measures being introduced.
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Lake gaining water, citizens turn to clean-up mode
Saying Monday evening's storm blew through or washed through Abilene is an understatement.
Police and fire dispatchers were flooded with call. Trees, big trees, toppled. Almost 25,000 homes in Abilene were without power, and some continue to be today. Streets were flooded, and the wind-aided rain blew into homes and businesses.
Tuesday was spent by many in clean-up mode, something that is likely to continue for days to come.
The city's main water supply, Lake Fort Phantom Hill is up three-quarters of a foot from the record-breaking precipitation.
Recycling center swamped with limbs
A steady stream of pickups pulled into the Abilene Environmental Recycling Center Tuesday. Shortly after noon, about 50 trucks were in line at the center at 2209 Oak St., waiting to unload branches and stumps.
Some only have a pickup bed's worth, some have several trailers' worth left to go. All of them, though, have to wait in line for at least half an hour to dump their newly downed tree branches.
Bob Ervin, manager of the center, said the constant inflow of debris dumpers began early Tuesday and he expects it to stay just as busy through Wednesday, then start to trail off on Thursday.
"It'll probably be busier than normal for the next couple weeks," Ervin said.
Many of those waiting in line knew though they'd already spent several hours cleaning up, they still had plenty more to come.
Fortunately for some, like Boyd Hall of Abilene, the remaining power outages helped with the cleanup process.
"Where I work, the power's out," Hall said.
The center is open from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 8:30-4 Saturday. Erwin advised to be prepared to wait.
A skylight above the sanctuary at the Holy Family Catholic Church, 5410 Buffalo Gap Road, was shattered during Monday's storm, said Gail Wheeler, the church's business manager.
"The force of the wind and the volume of rain finally collapsed the skylight," Wheeler said. "It broke it into a jillion pieces."
The ceiling of the church's nursery was also damaged, along with the carport in front of the pastor's home.
Wheeler said the church's custodian saw the damage when he came into work at 7 a.m. Tuesday.
"It's a major cleanup job," she said.
And at the Mall of Abilene, a shopper suffered minor cuts after glass from a broken skylight fell on her, said General Manager Alice Church. The shopper was treated at the scene "and left of her own accord," Church said.
"Other shoppers and employees in the area were moved to hallways for their safety," she said.
The mall closed early Monday due to a power outage but opened for its regular hours Tuesday.
Wrecker services busy
Business was booming like the thunder Monday evening for wrecker services, but high water limited the number of calls to which tow trucks could respond.
At Sudden Impact Towing and Recovery, calls poured in one after another, said employee Marisa Tate.
"The volume of requests we got was overwhelming," she said, but the company was able to assist only one vehicle.
"With the severe conditions, it's dangerous for us to go out in the storm, too," she said.
Johnny Flores, owner of Flores Wrecking Service, said his business received about 20 calls, but only managed to service nine vehicles because of the high water.
"I, at least, make the effort to go out there, but if you can't see you can't know how deep the water is, that puts us at risk," he said.
An employee at AA Towing & Recovery said the company received 22 calls Monday evening, compared to three or four calls it normally gets during storms. Its drivers towed cars from mud and waters until midnight.
Dyess Air Force Base officials reported no damage to aircraft or major structural damage. Broken tree branches, dislodged gutters and roof tiles blown off homes were reported in the base housing area.
There was a general power outage that AEP Texas addressed and had resolved by daybreak.
According to Capt. Trisha R. Guillebeau, chief of Public Affairs, the air base "remained operational throughout the power outage. Our command and control and security forces elements were fully functional and backup generators provided power for numerous facilities."
The base's civil engineering squadron was assisting Tuesday in post-storm efforts.
Abilene ISD facilities damaged
Cooper High School appeared to receive the brunt of the storm damage, while 13 other Abilene Independent School District locations suffered roof leaks, shingles being detached and ceiling damage.
Scott McLean, the district's associate superintendent of operations, said Cooper's storage shed at the baseball field was destroyed by the wind, and roof damage and leakage was reported at the cafeteria, gym, auditorium and band hall.
McLean said a portion of the perimeter fencing at the corner of South 41st Street and Sayles Boulevard was flattened by debris from the baseball shed. Windscreens were torn by the high wind at the tennis courts and baseball field. Additional damage included rain gutters blown away from multiple buildings and evaporative coolers torn away from the vocational building.
Other district damage included:
High winds blew the roof off the tennis hut at Clack Middle School.
The basketball backboards were torn away by the wind on the playground at Bowie Elementary.
Trees toppled by the wind damaged fences at Bowie and Martinez elementary schools
An air conditioning unit was blow off Ag Barn's office window and the room flooded.
Windscreens were ripped away from the tennis courts at Mann Middle.
"As of right now, we don't have any estimate," McLean said of what it will cost to fix the storm damage. "We're just identifying things and fixing them as we can."
Salvation army, Love & Care Ministries mobilize
Abilene's Salvation Army waived its normal $8-a-night fee to help those needing shelter from the storm, also providing them with a free meal.
According to the group, 45 people stayed the night, more than Pastor Mark Hewitt of Love & Care Ministries in Abilene said in an email that the rain brought in those seeking "lodging in motels, blankets or sleeping bags, and dry clothes."
Reporters Christopher Collins, Ethan Fowler, Greg Jaklewicz, Gabrielle Powell, Mark Smith and Larry Zelisko contributed to this report.
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Here's just a quick example for why a pay freeze for public workers is about the stupidest policy you could put together right now. If you're Barack Obama, you believe have engineered two signature victories through the Congress. You have a health care bill where the regulation that is key to the bill has been outsourced to state insurance regulatory shops (which is a problem), meaning that the relative effectiveness of the regulations are contingent on states allocating resources to those departments. In this time of budget cuts at the state level, that's shaky.
Then you have a financial regulatory reform bill which is incredibly dependent on effective regulation at the federal level. There's even a new agency, housed inside the Federal Reserve, charged with consumer financial protection. In order to stay a step ahead of the bankers and to comply with the law, this agency and the others overseeing the financial sector must hire more people (the SEC wants to hire 800 more employees to meet the requirements of Dodd-Frank), and be populated with the brightest and most incorruptible minds we can find, who know the tricks and traps that the bank lobbyists will seek as cover from the law. One of the problems we had in the past was that the regulators who weren't captured by the finance lobby actually didn't have the smarts to keep up with them as they ran their Wall Street casino. So you have to attract new talent which can narrow that gap.
And as Barney Frank says, by instituting this pay freeze right now, you're hamstringing the regulatory agencies which necessarily must get beefed up if the financial reform will take.
Frank said on Thursday he would support providing exemptions to the pay freeze if regulatory agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CTFC), can show they are needed to hire the appropriate talent.
Frank is the outgoing Financial Services panel chairman who crafted what has become known as the Dodd-Frank bill.
"I would make some exceptions if you're talking about high level people there," Frank said.
He also offered a way around the White House's proposal. If the plan goes forward, Frank pointed out, federal employees' pay will be frozen. But Frank noted, "We're creating a number of new positions [at the SEC]," an indication that some employees frozen out could get a new, higher paying job.
These are essentially legal jobs at SEC, CFTC and CFPB. The talent is out there for these agencies, given the economic downturn, but when faced with a job that will have no salary advancement in the near term and one in the private sector that will, who do you think will win out?
The pay freeze, therefore, limits the talent pool for one of the two signature reforms passed by the Obama Presidency. It's like setting up a lemonade stand and then mandating that a straw siphon off all the lemonade during business hours.


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Advocates prep for Kentington Heights hearing
With a hearing coming up Monday night, City Council members are hearing from supporters and opponents of a planned car dealership in the Kentington Heights neighborhood near The Streets at Southpoint mall.
The project got an endorsement this week from Steve Bocckino, a longtime critic of the city's approach to development in south Durham.
Bocckino said approval of the proposed Rick Hendrick dealership would allow property owners in Kentington Heights to turn the page after years of waiting for a project to come together. The neighborhood suffers from septic-system problems; the City Council at the request of property owners there in 2002 labeled it suitable for commercial development.
Since then, "few improvements have been made to the residences, many now rentals," said Bocckino, who lives in an adjoining subdivision. "As a result, Kentington Heights isn't really a viable neighborhood any more. Water and sewer problems still plague the residents, and crime has started to be a problem. A few years back, a body was dumped on Kentington Road, and a rash of daylight burglaries has victimized my neighborhood — the thieves parked in sparsely populated Kentington Heights."
Bocckino said a car dealership is "better for us in many ways than alternative commercial uses," as its traffic impact would be "minuscule" and there would be no more runoff-shedding pavement than in a "comparable mall development."
But he urged council members to make sure they address the effects the project could have on a family that lives nearby and has signed a formal protest against the rezoning developers need.
The project has had opponents within Kentington Heights who are upset because the it doesn't include all the property in the neighborhood. Durham landscape architect George Stanziale has also been lobbying against it, arguing that a dealership more properly belongs in the Southpoint Auto Park north of Interstate 40.
Durham Planning Commission member Charlie Gibbs wrote council members to support Stanziale's argument.
Gibbs, a county delegate on the Planning Commission, said he would prefer a mixed-use development at Kentington Heights. He also believes its septic problems "should and could be dealt with in another way."
But City Councilman Don Moffitt, a former Planning Commission chairman, is leaning toward approving the project.
"It's a land use for that area I can accept," Moffitt said; "it's not one I would promote but it's it's one I would accept and it's really important we do what we can to move all those landowners in Kentington Heights out of purgatory. They've just been on hold for so long. They can't get loans to improve their houses. It's time to see that change."


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Like several other investors, Detmer says he now sits on the brink of financial ruin, with his bank loans far exceeding the value of the properties. But in some ways, he says, he's lucky. He knows some investors who are out millions of dollars. Detmer estimates he's just $1.5 million in the hole.
Last month Detmer filed two lawsuits against Krempasky. The first accuses her of breach of contract after she allegedly agreed last fall to take over Detmer's debt and liabilities but failed to do so. The second alleges forgery, with Detmer's name attached to a notarized deed that he insists he never signed. The document provided him with $17,000 from the Charles Norman Trust.
"I never signed that document, and I never received any money," Detmer says.
Others tied to Hartmann and Krempasky allege that their signatures were also forged on loan documents. Coincidentally, several beneficiaries of the Charles Norman Trust believe documents involved in Norman's estate show evidence of forgery. Probate records show that a document examiner hired last year to review the public amendments to the trust concluded that several of Norman's signatures appeared inconsistent.
In a suit filed July 31 against both Hartmann and Krempasky, Reliance Bank alleges that the pair worked in tandem to deceive investors by delaying the recording of deeds. "Upon information and belief, Krempasky and Hartmann, acting as agents of DHP and on its behalf, conspired and agreed with each other and with other person whose names are unknown to commit fraud against Reliance," the suit states. "Krempasky and Hartmann acted deliberately and intentionally in furtherance of a conspiracy by and between them for the purpose of inducing Reliance to approve the loan."
Clayton attorney William Sauerwein makes similar claims in suits he's filed on behalf of a half-dozen local banks. The attorney alleges that Hartmann and Krempasky directed title closers to refrain from filing deeds on real estate so that the properties appeared free of liens when Hartmann's investors went to banks to take out additional loans.
Sauerwein, however, feels little sympathy for the bulk of the private individuals caught up in the scheme. Lured by the fantastic profits to be made with Hartmann, Sauerwein maintains, the investors became victims of their own greed, playing fast and loose with the rules in order to further profit from their investments.
"These hard-money lenders did not function in any customary way," says Sauerwein. "They did not attend closings, and they gave money to Hartmann to do what he wanted. They allowed him to roll over the loans into different properties. They were investing in Doug Hartmann, not real estate."
Cindy Rees, a rehabber currently renovating several properties tied to DHP Investments, puts it another way: "They thought they were investing in gold mines," she says. "But all they got was dirt."
On July 21 Lisa Krempasky failed to appear before the probate court for a scheduled hearing involving the Charles Norman estate and, as a result, was temporarily removed as its personal representative. But the removal was little more than a technicality.
Thomas Glick, Krempasky's attorney for matters involving the trust, says he's to blame for the missed court date, and within a week he successfully petitioned the court to reinstate his client. Yet for Krempasky's growing number of detractors, her failure to show in court only completes her disappearing act.
They say dozens of phone calls to Krempasky remain unreturned and that she now uses a P.O. box as the return address for her law practice. This past spring, Krempasky removed herself as the registered agent for the many of the limited-liability corporations she established between Hartmann and his many investors. In total, according to the Missouri Secretary of State's office, Krempasky resigned from at least six companies between February and April.
She severed ties as Hartmann's registered agent with DHP Investments in late March. On July 24 the Secretary of State's office administratively dissolved DHP Investments for failing to find a replacement. The action prohibits Hartmann from conducting further business in the state under the company banner.
In recent months city residents and politicians have taken Hartmann to task, claiming that his defunct properties have pockmarked large sections of south St. Louis with unfinished and derelict buildings. Since December 2004 St. Louis City has slapped DHP Investments with nineteen nuisance and housing violations, according to records in the St. Louis City Municipal Court.
Hartmann, too, is rarely seen anymore by his many investors, his home in O'Fallon now owned by one of the lenders to whom he owes money. Gary Detmer saw Hartmann for the first time in nearly a year at a deposition last month. Dressed in shorts and a T-shirt, Hartmann provided few clues as to what happened to his real estate investments.
"He pleaded the Fifth Amendment to everything," Detmer recalls.
While there's no record of Krempasky investing the trust funds in real estate ventures in recent months, the attorney continues to wheel and deal as a member of ITEX Corporation, the trading exchange through which she first met Chuck Norman. In recent weeks Krempasky has offered up for barter a pair of Rams football tickets, two cemetery plots in Atlanta, property in Texas and a home in Pine Lawn, according to Herb Speck, the co-owner of local ITEX affiliate the St. Louis Trade Exchange. As is the case with all of his clients, Speck says, he never asks how Krempasky obtains the items she barters.
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Severed Head In Hollywood: Maya Rudolph's Connection
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What does a severed head found by the Hollywood sign have to do with Maya Rudolph?
The actress knows the dog that first discovered the gruesome evidence. In an interview this week on Conan, the Up All Night star told host Conan O'Brien that the dog belongs to a friend who has, since the incident, been going through a "really bizarre, horrific ordeal."
Golden retriever Ollie was exploring Runyon Canyon with his dog walker when he happened upon what appeared to be a toy. "He likes balls – soccer balls." Rudolph, 39, explains. "I think he's a digger. He was digging, and he came out all proud with this bag, and something fell out, and it was the head."
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David Filner on Classical Music
David Filner assumed the administrative leadership of the San Antonio Symphony in November, 2012. Led by Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 73rd year this season.
Monthly Archive for January, 2011
Parade of Piano Performances
I wrote (click here) last week about the number of extraordinary piano events in January in San Antonio. Today (Sunday, January 16) is the second of six concerts, as Andrea Lam performs a free concert at Coker United Methodist Church at 3 pm. The first event was Lang Lang's performance with the San Antonio Symphony […] [Read More]
Free piano recital Sunday
Arts at Coker presents pianist Andrea Lam on Sunday, January 16 at 3 p.m. in a FREE performance. Coker United Methodist Church is located at 231 E. North Loop Road. She was the Silver Medalist in the 2009 San Antonio International Piano Competition. She has also recorded with Sebastian Lang-Lessing's Australian orchestra. Here is a […] [Read More]
YouTube Orchestra
Congratulations are due to San Antonio Symphony double bassist David Milburn! David has just won the audition to be in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra! David will travel to Australia to perform with them in March. Here is a link to David's page on the Symphony web site. I sat down with David two days ago […] [Read More]
Lang Lang in rehearsal
This morning (Wednesday, January 12) superstar pianist Lang Lang rehearsed with the San Antonio Symphony and Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing for tonight's concert. The Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 was thrilling to hear, even with all the stops and starts of the rehearsal. Here are a few photos from the Majestic stage this morning. After […] [Read More]
SLL on January 28 & 29
After tomorrow night's (Wednesday, January 12) sold out performance with Lang Lang, Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing's next concerts are on January 28 and 29. The program will be: January 28 & 29, 2011 at 8 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre Shostakovich 5 Vitality, lyricism and sarcastic wit are on dazzling display with three blockbusters and […] [Read More]
Piano news
January is quite the month for piano fans. It all starts this Wednesday with Lang Lang and the San Antonio Symphony. That performance is sold out. But, piano fans have lots of other great options to enjoy world-class pianists over the next few weeks. Sunday, January 16, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. Australian pianist Andrea Lam, Silver […] [Read More]
Really cool music
It looks like the temperature will drop in San Antonio this week, but I doubt it will be cold enough for ICE MUSIC. What is Ice Music? Well, it seems that a Norwegian group founded by percussionist/composer Terje Isungset is playing on handmade instruments made out of ice, including ice harps, ice percussion and an […] [Read More]
SLL talks about Beethoven
Wednesday's Symphony concert with Lang Lang features the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 on the second half. But on the first half the orchestra plays Beethoven Symphony No. 4. Here is Sebastian Lang-Lessing talking about the Beethoven and why he selected it for this program. Jack Fishman www.sasymphony.org Email: email@example.com For more blogs by Jack […] [Read More]
SLL talks about Lang Lang
Before turning to today's topic, I'd like to quote from David Hendricks' Express-News review of last night's Classical series debut of Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing: So this is how it is going to be with new Music Director Lang-Lessing — programs of bold, vivid, purpose-driven and audience-pleasing music. It is one thing to schedule such […] [Read More]
She won Lang Lang, Part II
Ruth Ann Chincanchan, age 10, wrote this essay to win the opportunity to attend the San Antonio Symphony's performance with piano superstar Lang Lang and join him at the post-concert dinner. She will be joined by her piano teacher, Wynne W. Wong. Ruth Ann has studied piano with Ms. Wong for five years. Dear Selection […] [Read More]
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