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Published on June 25 2012 9:33 pm
Last Updated on July 14 2013 12:07 pm
Written by Greg Sapp
Unit 40 students still have a few weeks of freedom before heading back to class in mid-August. Their teachers and administrators haven't had it that easy.
Unit 40 Curriculum Director Michelle Beck told the school board Monday that teachers and administrators have been working on adjusting instruction to comply with the new Common Core Standards implemented by the State, particularly as it affects English and Language Arts teaching.
Beck also shared that the District is revamping its mentoring of new teachers by experienced teachers, going from utilizing the Regional Office of Education methods to their own program. She also mentioned that administrators are going through instruction on evaluation of staff.
The Board adopted a revamped budget for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The changes include paying for $125,000 in parking lot improvements at the Early Learning Center from the Operations and Maintenance Fund rather than Workers' Compensation as had been discussed earlier; letting funds moved from the Tort Fund stay in those funds rather than repaying them to that fund; and including Early Retirement Incentive funds in the IMRF Fund.
Unit 40 Superintendent Mark Doan reported that the district's fund balance is down almost 5% from last year, but the balances in education, operations and maintenance and transportation are up more than 17% from last year. Doan said those are the funds that are utilized on a daily basis.
Doan reported that some technology upgrades are taking place. He said 200 computers at Effingham High School have been overhauled and another group is now being retrofitted from the junior high school.
Regardless of fund balances, all Illinois districts are monitoring Governor Quinn's efforts to shift the cost of covering teacher pensions to the school districts rather than the State. Doan said, "The Governor feels districts can take over those costs; I disagree." He said, regardless of what happens in the matter, litigation will follow.
The Board paid the monthly bills, including the District's contribution to the School Resource Officer program for the coming school year; heard that enrollment as of the end of the year is down 28 students from last year; and heard that the district is seeking a Kindergarten teacher due to expected enrollment of more than 200 students. Doan also said the District will begin the process of seeking two administrators since Early Learning Center Principal Kay Halford and Edgewood School Principal Wanda Brooks will be retiring at the end of the coming year. He hopes to make recommendations in September so the transition process can begin.
Board members awarded property casualty insurance coverage to Indiana Insurance through Weis Insurance Agency of Effingham again this year for $131,607, an 18% increase. Doan said it was just the second year with the firm and thinks that's not enough experience on which to base taking bids from other vendors. The Board also extended Doan's three-year contract by one more year and gave him the same percentage raise as district teachers will receive for this year. His contract now runs through the 2014-2015 school year.
The Board approved a two-year agreement with the Regional Office of Education to use space at West Side School including an in-school suspension room for students in Grades 6-12. Services will be relocated from the Lincolnland Building to West Side. Unit 40 will be paid $25,000 the first year for the West Side space and will be allotted up to 10 of the 15 seats in the classroom if needed.
Board members also awarded a contract to replace the roof on Central Grade School. The work will cost $421,460, a price that the District's architecture firm said is the lowest they've seen in a while. A portion of the roof was damaged by winds and the District received some insurance compensation. The District also plans to seek a State maintenance grant to help defray some of the cost.
In personnel moves, the Unit 40 Board accepted retirements from teachers LuAnn Field and Terry Harbaugh after the 2015-2016 school year, and from paraprofessional Shirley Moore effective this Friday.
Resignations were accepted from Chelsea Ruholl and Angela Dust as cafeteria monitors, and a leave of absence from Annette Schackmann.
The Board hired Tiffany Gould as a high school Language Arts and English teacher. Gould will replace Kurt Roberts who was recently named assistant principal at Effingham Junior High School. Also hired as Vivian Cain as Edgewood cafeteria monitor and new Unit 40 Business Manager Rem Woodruff as District Treasurer. Several people were hired as extended school year personnel, including paraprofessionals Kathryn Koester, Nancy Meyer and Lisa Miller; teachers Jennifer Castillo, Bernice Schabbing and Christine Killion; bus drivers Rhonda Tweedle and Janet Inman; and bus aides Lillie Stevens and Rita Bushue.
Doan reminded the Board that the District's mentoring program will be featured at the state school board convention in November.


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Briscoe County Historical Survey Committee, Footprints of Time in Briscoe County (Dallas: Taylor, 1976). Historical marker files, Texas Historical Commission, Austin (Gasoline Cotton Gin). Fred Tarpley, 1001 Texas Place Names (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1980).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.H. Allen Anderson, "GASOLINE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrg07), accessed October 10, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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You may have seen Karen Scott's recent blog post about the Chancery Stone ad which is currently running at the Smart Bitches blog. Katiebabs also blogged about this in Advertising Taboo Books and the Authors Who Write Them.
Basically, Chancery Stone writes stories about incestuous couples which she classifies as romance. I'm a pretty tolerant person and I'm generally of the opinion that consenting adults should do whatever they want and shouldn't be discriminated against because of it. However, it seems my tolerance has its limits and incest is definitely one. There is absolutely nothing romantic in the idea of incest. Yes, I read (and enjoyed) Virginia Andrews's Flowers in the Attic when I was a kid. But I would classify this as horror, not romance.
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Nullification – Our Constitutional Option
One of the two main criteria for nullification to work is passion and the sheer number of states involved. If enough states nullify ObamaCare there would be no way to enforce it.
The time to step up is now. We fight not just for our country, but for our families and for those not yet born. The information below a primer. Taking back our country requires understanding the contrast between state and federal power envisioned by our Founders, not a bunch of so-called "Constitutional Scholars" and despots who rely on the public's apathy and ignorance to rule in ways anathema to the Founding Document of this country. It requires we grasp the historical context of how the federal government absconded with powers the founders clearly never intended it to possess.
The realization that salvation exits with neither political party is an a priori and tacit argument the federal government is responsible for creating this mess and cannot, by design, be the architect of solutions to restoring fiscal responsibility and individual freedom. This is not to say principled politicians do not exist in Washington – I can think of a few – but most politicians are just that…politicians. Self-interested, disconnected, contemptuous elitists (think Harry Reid, John McCain, Nancy Pelosi and hundreds of others in DC and across this country).
For those in the Tea Party, it is a calculated risk that your candidate somehow is cut from a different cloth. In reality, you will fare no better than the average citizen. Marco Rubio joined with the likes of John "build the darn fence" McCain and Chuck Schumer to push amnesty for those who broke the law in a bill over 1200 pages long. Can you say ObamaCare redux? Let's pass the bill to see what's in it? And let's not forget Rubio was a Tea Party darling. Goes to show you that trusting Preparation H to rid yourself of that hemorrhoid is a better bet than relying on a politician to actually be principled. Rubio, once a hardliner on immigration suddenly flips about and suddenly we're surprised? Sounds like the jokes on us. Fool me once…
As I write these words, salivating, power hungry impostors wait to prey on the wishes and dreams of Tea Party members everywhere. I am your candidate, they will say. Even those with honest designs are not immune to the corrupting influence of Washington, for the system is fundamentally broken and it is impossible to remove a sitting member of Congress. It is not, however, impossible to recall a governor or a state legislator in some states and it is here that Tea Parties, nullification, and real power collide in the perfect storm of the restoration of constitutional governance.
The Tenth Amendment Center describes nullification as follows:
First, nullification has, in fact, been somewhat successful in the past and more recently as well. Second, as President Obama loves to say, "Let me be clear": "Official" nullification has ALREADY HAPPENED.
Before I explain why "official" nullification has already happened, let me briefly give some examples of what nullification is NOT.
Nullification is not secession or insurrection, but neither is it unconditional or unlimited submission. Nullification is not something that requires any decision, statement or action from any branch of the federal government. Nullification is not the result of obtaining a favorable court ruling. Nullification is not the petitioning of the federal government to start doing or to stop doing anything. Nullification doesn't depend on any federal law being repealed. Nullification does not require permission from any person or institution outside of one's own state.
So just what IS "official" nullification you might be asking?
Nullification begins with a decision made in your state legislature to resist a federal law deemed to be unconstitutional. It usually involves a bill, which is passed by both houses and is signed by your governor. In some cases, it might be approved by the voters of your state directly, in a referendum. It may change your state's statutory law or it might even amend your state constitution. It is a refusal on the part of your state government to cooperate with, or enforce any federal law it deems to be unconstitutional.
Nullification carries with it the force of state law. It cannot be legally repealed by Congress without amending the US Constitution. It cannot be lawfully abolished by an executive order. It cannot be overruled by the Supreme Court. It is the people of a state asserting their constitutional rights by acting as a political society in their highest sovereign capacity. It is the moderate, middle way that wisely avoids harsh remedies like secession on the one hand and slavish, unlimited submission on the other. It is the constitutional remedy for unconstitutional federal laws.
With the exception of a Constitutional amendment, the federal government cannot oppose (except perhaps rhetorically), a state's decision to nullify an unconstitutional federal law without resorting to extra-legal measures. But such measures would more than likely backfire, since most Americans still affirm that might does not make right.
There is no question as to whether or when "official" nullification will happen: It has ALREADY HAPPENED. In fact, not only has it happened recently, it has been a success! Perhaps this is why the federal government hopes you will never hear about it. According to the Tenth Amendment Center:\r\n\r\n
25 states over the past 2 years have passed resolutions and binding laws denouncing and refusing to implement the Bush-era law [REAL ID Act]..While the law is still on the books in D.C., its implementation has been "delayed" numerous times in response to this massive state resistance, and in practice, is virtually null and void…
…There are a whole host of peaceful actions that a state government can adopt if that day comes or appears to be just over the horizon. These measures range from county sheriffs requiring that federal agents receive written permission from the sheriff before acting in their county, to setting up a Federal Tax escrow account, which could potentially de-fund unconstitutional federal activities by requiring that all federal taxes come first to the state's Department of Revenue.
Besides state interposition, the other thing Washington would have to consider, is whether enough of their agents would actually obey orders to punish people for exercising their constitutional rights. There is a significant chance that enough of them would either publicly or privately decide in advance to ignore such orders. As the probability of this increases, it becomes more likely that Washington will not risk overplaying its hand. The reality is that Washington just doesn't have the manpower to enforce all their unconstitutional laws if enough states choose to defy them.
For more information about nullification I strongly encourage the reader to visit the Tenth Amendment Center (TAC) and type in nullification in the search bar. Lots of very interesting reading. Additional information can be found at the Social Security Institute.
The TAC also writes Our Goal is Federalism, not "States' Rights":
Foundationally, states don't have rights as a government, states have power. Power at the federal and state level is derived from the consent of the governed, the people, who do have rights our governing agreements were designed to protect. Inspired by careful historical study, years of debate, considerations, and the declarations of colonies, towns, and associations (prior to July of 1776) the fundamental rights of the people were articulated in the preamble of our Declaration of Independence…
…Let every member of every organization supporting state sovereignty and federalism cleanse the language so our opponents cannot easily attack the wrong target. Should they target federalism and the original meaning we can defeat them with truth. Freedom is not outdated, federal government is an agreement among the people of different sovereign states, the 10th Amendment has never been repealed, and virtue is still necessary for securing our posterity's future rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
So if I were to ask you to identify the final arbiter of the U.S. Constitution, the correct answer is not the U.S. Supreme Court, but rather the states themselves. Allowing the U.S. Supreme Court – part of the judicial branch of the federal government – to rule on federal powers presents a problem. Larry Watkins, Jr. informs us (emphasis mine):
The resolution explicitly disclaimed that the national government was the judge of its own powers. Allowing it to judge its own powers would be akin to permitting an agent, rather than the principal, to determine the breadth of the agent's authority. The law of agency at its most basic level recognizes that an agent can act as such only subject to the consent and control of the principal to whom the agent owes a fiduciary duty (see Restatement [Second] of Agency, sec. 1). Just as A, B, and C, the partners in a business firm, decide what authority to give their agent Z, so the parties to the Constitution decide the powers of the national government. In light of such logic, Jefferson proclaimed in the resolution that "each party [to the federal compact] has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measures of redress" (Virginia Commission 1964, 144). For Jefferson, the people acting through their states — the authentic organs of government — were the final arbiters of constitutional interpretation. Jefferson feared that giving the federal government the exclusive power to interpret the Constitution through the Supreme Court would lead to arbitrary government. As John Taylor later wrote in his Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated, "a jurisdiction, limited by its own will, is an unlimited jurisdiction" ([1820] 1970, 131). With the states stripped of the power to construe the Constitution, the enforcement of constitutional limitations on the central government would be chimerical. Thus, it is not surprising that none of the convictions under the Sedition Act were appealed to the Federalist-dominated Supreme Court. The Republicans did not want to give the Court an opportunity to set a dangerous precedent.
If we remain sheep, apathy lays the foundation for us and our descendants to exist at the pleasure of a capricious few, enslaved to the whims unprincipled men and women. Nullification begins with the state legislative and executive bodies, when the previously lorded over sheep transform into self-reliant wolves. It requires of us and our state leaders great strength of character and leadership. If they are not up to the task – we can replace them. At times, we must be prepared to stand with them shoulder-to-shoulder – literally and figuratively. The goal of any nullification movement is critical mass. Using ObamaCare as an example, if enough states nullify the law and governors coordinate the effort with the will and strength of the people at their backs, ObamaCare will collapse. Federal repercussions will be swift:
When I talk to people about these principles – most agree, like Martin Luther King Jr. said in his famous "Letter from Birmingham jail," that there is a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. But, they'll often ask, even if states pass laws to nullify unjust and unconstitutional federal acts, the feds will still continue to tax us and punish our states financially for not complying – so what can we REALLY do?\r\n\r\nOne idea, which will take a great deal of courage on the part of the People and their state governments, is to establish what's being called a "Federal Tax Escrow Account" or a "State Authority and Federal Tax Funds Act."
Already introduced in Georgia (HB877), Oklahoma (HB2810), and Washington (HB2712), such laws would require that all federal taxes come first to the state's Department of Revenue. A panel of legislators would assay the Constitutional appropriateness of the Federal Budget, and then forward to the federal government a percentage of the federal tax dollars that are delineated as legal and Constitutionally justified. The remainder of those dollars would be assigned to budgetary items that are currently funded through federal allocations and grants or returned to the people.
I am not aware of the fates of the Georgia and Washington bills, but Oklahoma made good on its promise and now the first "Tenth With Teeth" bill exists in this country.
Naturally, the U.S. Supreme Court would label such an act unconstitutional, but as stated above, such an action by the Supreme Court amounts to empty words and rhetoric. The natural progression of such actions, given enough states and a determined populace, will be the nonviolent return of federalism. While it is possible events unfold in such a manner leading to a showdown between, for example, national guard troops and/or civilians and the U.S. military, it is highly unlikely the U.S. Military will follow orders that are obviously unconstitutional. After the forceful removal of guns from citizens in the aftermath of Katrina, many in law enforcement and the military began a serious a deliberate debate on the issue. Oath Keepers states the following on their site:
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their Houses, and Farms, are to be pillaged and destroyed, and they consigned to a State of Wretchedness from which no human efforts will probably deliver them. The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army" — Gen. George Washington, to his troops before the battle of Long Island.
Such a time is near at hand again. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this Army — and this Marine Corps, This Air Force, This Navy and the National Guard and police units of these sovereign states.
Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, peace officers, fire-fighters, and veterans who swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic … and meant it. We won't "just follow orders.
Included in the link is a list of orders member will not obey.
We can take great lessons from Martin Luther King, Jr. and his approach to the civil rights movement, as well as Gandhi and the issue of British colonialism in India. A passive-aggressive approach can work if executed correctly.
It is no longer the case that most of us sacrifice for our freedoms. We know of those who did so in the past and do so even today. We honor them on special holidays and then go about our business. Lately, some find themselves prone to attend rallies, send faxes, call and email their federal representatives, only to sit back and watch Washington arrogance ignore our calls for sanity.
It is now clear to many the way forward – the only way forward – is through the states. We may slow our slide into fiscal disaster and European style socialism with leveraged federal pressure, but inaction at the state level – read nullification – we only delay the inevitable. So now is the time to begin. Now is the time to transform.
The sovereignty of the British at the time of the War of Independence was in the Parliament. The founders knew this and ensured the constitution would not allow for concentration in a centralized power for a few to lord over the many. The final arbiter of the constitution is not the Supreme Court, but rather the states. This is something rarely taught in law school and constitutional courses concentrate on case law and not on the historical context of the founding document itself. When the historical context is reviewed, it is clear, as Jefferson warned, that allowing a federal judicial system to check the federal powers was patently absurd.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798, written in secret by Jefferson and Madison in response to the Alien and Sedition Act, which would have jailed them for speaking out against the government, clearly made the above case and the case for nullification. Nullification is not secession – it is a state saying the federal powers have no right to execute a law within the borders of that state. Now look back to the context of the War of Independence. A tiny island off the coast of France has now been replaced by a city in DC. We are back where we started.
Perish as sheep, or thrive as a wolves.
Highly Recommended Reading:
The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to the Constitution (Politically Incorrect Guides)
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History
The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers (The Politically Incorrect Guides)
Listen to Judge Napolitano as he talks about nullification and secession.


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On a stretch of the Mississippi River, the U.S. Coast Guard has been reduced to playing traffic cop.
For eight hours a day, shipping is allowed to move one way in the 180 miles of river between St. Louis, Mo., and Cairo, Ill., depending on the hour. For the other 16 hours, boats go nowhere, because the river is closed to traffic.
The mighty Mississippi, parched by the historic summer drought, is on the verge of reaching a new low. That could mean that tugboats pushing barges loaded with billions of dollars worth of cargo — enough to fill half a million 18-wheelers — would not be able to make their way up and down the river.
Through the night, contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remove rocks from a stretch near Thebes, Ill., that threaten to cut boats to shreds. The corps has assured state officials, farmers and coal barons who rely on the shipping that it can maintain the nine-foot level it says makes navigation safe.
But those who rely on the river say they are worried nevertheless.
As of Friday, National Weather Service hydrologists forecast that the river near Thebes could drop below a point that would allow barges to safely navigate with heavy cargo, forcing the Coast Guard to restrict weight and effectively shutting down commerce late this week, according to reports by the Associated Press.
But the Army Corps and Coast Guard assured state officials that the Mississippi will remain open. Recent rains and water releases from the corps' Carlyle Lake in Illinois improved water levels for the Middle Mississippi River, the corps said.
"There's nothing pretty about this," Coast Guard Lt. Colin Fogarty said Friday. "We are facing a historic drought. River levels are at record lows we haven't seen since 1941. Over six weeks the Army Corps has dredged record amounts of the river."
But, Fogarty said, reports that the Mississippi will close are as reliable as doomsday projections "based on the Mayan calendar." Tamara Nelson, senior director of commodities for the Illinois Farm Bureau, has faith in the corps, but is worried by the long Midwest dry spell.
"Not being able to move anything on that river will be critical, a big hit," she said. "It affects tax revenues for the federal government, it affects jobs."
Iowa, Missouri and Louisiana are also heavily dependent on the Mississippi. In 2010, the Port of Metropolitan St. Louis shipped and received more than 30 million tons of cargo worth about $7.5 billion, making it the nation's third-busiest inland port, according to the Waterways Council.


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The Spring semester always seems to creep up on us. Just a week ago, classes began. Tomorrow, we will enter the month of February – the shortest month of the year! Afterwards we enter the month of March, which brings us to Spring Break just nine days into the month! Following the break, we will have six weeks of classes. The last day of class is May 1!
Before you know it finals will have come and gone. Another graduating class will crossover into the realm of "Life after Fairfield." Everyone else will have 2-3 months to think about what to do for the Fall semester. Before long all of today's students will be tomorrow's alums. What will that mean? What you choose to do with your time at Fairfield today will help provide the answer to that question.


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Shell's Kulluk Drill Rig Aground Near Kodiak
Tuesday, January 01 2013
After days of failed rescue efforts, Shell's Kulluk drill rig has run aground near Kodiak Island. The conical rig hit bottom in shallow offshore waters Monday night around 9pm. So far there are no reports of an oil spill, although the vessel is carrying 140,000 gallons of diesel and 12,000 gallons of other lubricants. Susan Childs, the incident commander and Shell's venture support integrator, told reporters at a press conference Monday night that the vessel's tanks are isolated in the interior of the vessel and encased in heavy steel.
"When the weather subsides and it is safe to do so, we will dispatch crews to the location and begin a complete assessment of the Kulluk. We hope to ultimately recover the Kulluk with minimal or no damage to the environment," Childs says.
The Coast Guard is currently attempting to conduct overflights of the grounded rig to determine its condition and options for salvage, but extreme weather conditions in the area have kept oil spill response crews from making it to the site.
The Kulluk's troubles started on Thursday while it was being towed from Unalaska to Seattle. The line connecting the rig to the 360-foot icebreaking tug Aiviq failed. The Aiviq then temporarily lost power in all four of its engines. The Kulluk doesn't have its own propulsion system and multiple efforts to restore the tow with various tugs over the following days were unsuccessful.
On Monday afternoon, two tugs – the Aiviq and the Alert – had the rig under tow and were moving towards safe harbor when the towline to the Aiviq parted in 70 mile per hour winds and 40-foot seas. For the safety of the Alert's crew, the tug released the Kulluk's tow around 8pm. The crew of the Kulluk had already been evacuated on Saturday.
The rig is currently on a mixed gravel-and-sand bottom in 30 to 40 feet of water off the coast of Sitkalidak Island. The island is uninhabited, but is considered critical habitat for several marine species, including the endangered Southwest sea otter, and Steller sea lions.
Environmental groups have been quick to criticize the grounding, saying it shows that Shell isn't prepared to drill in the Arctic. In a statement, Michael Levine of the ocean conservation group Oceana condemned the accident as just the latest in a series of missteps by the oil giant.
"We are fortunate that this latest incident happened close to the Coast Guard station in Kodiak. If this had happened in the Arctic Ocean, Shell could have been on its own, 1,000 miles from the help it needed."
Shell has promised a full internal investigation of the incident. The Coast Guard will also conduct its own investigation. Initial reports from the Coast Guard suggested contaminated fuel was responsible for the engine failure aboard the Aiviq, but that fuel was isolated and the Aiviq is currently running under its own power. Shell's spokesperson Curtis Smith says reports of contaminated fuel are purely speculative at this point.
Weather conditions in the area around Sitkalidak Island are currently 60 mile per hour winds and 30 foot seas, but are expected to subside this afternoon.
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Contributed By Marissa Bognanno, Professional Chef and Zumba Instructor, and Author of The Boot Blog
In Italy, Sundays are all about the family lunch. We get to Manu's parents' at one, and for a brief 20 minutes, there's chaos: everyone's helping in the kitchen, little Giuseppe is probably breaking something and we're all trying to get to the stove for a little spoonful of the Sunday sauce. Manu's mom corrals us all, "a tavola!" and we obey, taking the same seats we always do, Manu at the head of the table. (His sisters call him "the prince" for a reason.) Sunday sauce is a ragù with bits of meat, likebolognese sauce, but sometimes we'll just have it simple; crushed tomatoes delicately cooked down atop penne rigate with a generous sprinkling of parmigiano reggiano. Pure poetry.
[the table set for Sunday lunch at Cinzia's house]
(makes about 2 cups)
1 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes (San Marzano is the best)
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 clove garlic
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh basil
In a 3-quart saucepan heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Lightly press down on the garlic clove with the side of a chef's knife, and add it to the oil with the chopped onion. Cook, stirring frequently, until soft but not brown. Add the tomatoes and bring to boil. Lower the heat to a simmer and cover. Cook for 45 minutes more, stirring to avoid burning the bottom. At the end, add enough salt to taste and the fresh chopped basil.
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It felt so good to smell the sauce simmering yesterday - it almost brought me back to the good old days when my Nana used to make it and we'd all get together at her house for a Sunday feast of meatballs and pasta.
Do you do anything special for Sunday dinner?
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Video: WZZM sweeps pasta contest
GRANDVILLE, Mich. (WZZM) - In a charity pasta eating contest Wednesday morning, WZZM swept the top 3 spots taking home the big prize for Toys for Tots.
Peter Ross, the WZZM ringer for competitive eating contests, took 1st Place. Derek Francis took 2nd Place, narrowly edging out Take Five and Company producer Denise Pritchard who took 3rd.
The team takes home $2,000 which will go to Toys for Tots. The contest was sponsored by Spartan Stores.
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Change project from within search results list
I have repeatedly run into the following situation. I search for something and notice that a task is assigned to the wrong project. (Usually because I forgot to pick the right one in the Ctrl-Q popup.) Now in order to amend the project I have to click the project label and then drag the task to the correct project.
I would like to be able to directly drag tasks from within the search results view to a project. Also, this would improve consistency of the interface.
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Hi Alex,
We might consider adding this ability in future updates and you can add this to our votebox if you'd like : http://todoist.com/Vote/
Please note, you can also right click on a task, and choose "move to another project" from within the search results.
Brendon, thanks for the hint with the right click. However, it think it's too many interactions: right click, click again, click again. It feels too slow with the mouse or the trackpad.
I will add this to the votebox.


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The Kids Are Alright…Are We?
Once a year, our kids take a vacation to get away from us.
Well, that's not entirely true…
You see, every year during the first week in July, since our sons were toddlers, my parents take them to the beach…without us! Time on the beach, boat rides, water slides, bumper cars and junk food…the whole nine yards for one entire week.
With all of the day-to-day commotion that takes place in our house – the kids, the dog, the laptops, television, video games and constant tomfoolery – it's hard enough to hear what we're saying to each other, let alone hearing yourself think.
It's funny, though: my wife and I start out excited to have some alone time, but by mid-week we miss them like crazy! Nevertheless, Kristi and I do, in fact, get to spend some quality time together, which includes having more time to try new wines!
One of the most intriguing wines that we sampled, when the kids were away, was the 2008 M Trignon White (MSRP: $23.99 US). This wine is from Chateau Du Trignon, which is nestled at the foot of the Dentelles de Montmirail in Gigondas, France. The 2008 M Trignon White is made up of 100% Muscat, and it packs one heck of a concentrated sweet/dessert wine punch! Right off the bat, you might think you're drinking a French Sauterne. Fermented in stainless steel and cold stabilized to preserve freshness, this wine just oozes in sweet honey, honeysuckle, apricots, lemon and peach flavors.
3 Stars out of 4 for the 2008 M Trignon White. It's crazy-syrupy-sweet, cheaper than most Sauternes, and it comes in a rather interesting, perfumey-looking bottle. It's perfect for those who would rather drink dessert than eat it.
Another wine, which was a bit off the beaten path for us, was the 2010 Domaine Houchart Rosé (Sample, MSRP: $12 US) from Domaine Houchart which is owned by the Quiot family from France's famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape. The thing that drew me to this wine was its interesting blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault. This summer sipper possesses a lot of nice acidity that makes it a pair well with many different food combinations.
I paired it with a thinly sliced spicy grilled chicken breast topped with fresh bruschetta and shaved parmesan cheese. The soft strawberry, lavender and minerally finish paired nicely with this dish, however it wasn't quite enough to give it 2 big thumbs up.
2 Stars out of 4 for the 2010 Domaine Houchart Rosé. This Rosé definitely shows its best characteristics around foods with a little gusto and spice: it's a no-brainer with barbecue.
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About that pan-seared salmon I was mentioning the other day…
Well, we just had to have it…on top of a mound of broccoli rabe.
Whoo-wee!! That broccoli rabe was fully loaded with garlic and red pepper flakes! It lit our mouths on fire, I tell you!
We definitely needed a wine to cool things down, so I grabbed for the 2011 Calcu Rosé from Chile (Sample, MSRP: $13 US).
This Chilean rosé made up of 55% Malbec, 35% Syrah and 10% Petit Verdot is slightly sweet, with hints of cherry and strawberry.
2 Stars out of 4. For some reason, thoughts of creamsicles entered my mind, but it's perfect for extinguishing mouth-fires on contact.
Don't Call It A Comeback
Well, how you doin'? I know, I know…it's been forever since my last post. I could provide you with a host of excuses for my mysterious disappearance - some interesting and others not so interesting – but what's the point? Let's move on and talk about LOVE! What about it, you ask??
The simple truth of the matter is that I've fallen in L-O-V-E: not with one, but with 2 very special things since the start of 2012.
I'll describe my first love of 2012 as restoration from devastation. After 15 years with our beloved cats, they both passed away within weeks of one another at the end of 2011. Noodle, our terrific alley cat who loved Fancy Dinner Friday and a big old plate of spaghetti and meatballs, passed away just before Thanksgiving. Then to our complete shock (just a few weeks later) Noodle's housemate and our soft and cuddly roomie, Church (who bore a striking resemblance to the cat from Pet Sematery), also passed away. We bawled and then bawled some more all the way through the holidays.
Shortly after the first of the year, my kids pulled me aside to ask the question, "Dad, can we have another pet?" "What do you have in mind…a kitten…a litter of kittens?" I asked. "No. Can we have a DOG this time?" I did what every good father would do in this instance: I turned to them and said, "Umm…I dunno, talk to your mother."
A few mornings later, as we were waking up, my wife asked, "Can we get the kids a dog?"
I couldn't believe it?! They got to her. The person who said that we would NEVER have another pet. BRAINWASHED. My immediate response: "Are YOU going to get up at 4:30 in the morning to take it out?" As far as she was concerned, that was the end of the conversation.
Later that day, something came over me and I thought to myself that it wouldn't hurt to check out some cute dogs on Petfinder.com. I sent my wife a couple links of some cute dogs, and that was the end of it: A Mom's love for her boys kicked into full gear.
It sure didn't take her very long to track down the cutest, sweetest little doggie in the whole wide world to join our family and fill that open void in our hearts. Nothing like gushing and being a proud new daddy (and all it took was a little coaxing )…
Meet the newest addition to our family, Billie.
Look at that cutie!
We adopted Billie from Paula's Dog House, a dog rescue in Mount Olive, NJ. She was aptly named by the people at the rescue: she has the cutest underbite that sort of makes her look like a little billy goat. We're not quite sure what breed she is, but whatever she is there might be some bunny rabbit mixed in since she loves to hop up and down the stairs! What else can I say – she's adorable, super friendly, and a great new addition to our family! Something tells me that you'll be seeing and hearing a lot more about Billie.
Not a pet person? Well I have another true love that has recently entered my life. The second love is a kitchen super-tool that every aspiring master or top chef needs: a pressure cooker!!
After watching countless episodes of cooking shows last year, I decided that I needed to take my Poor Man's Chef Creations to a whole new level. I became infatuated with pressure cookers and begged my wife and friends for one of these nifty kitchen devices. So what makes a pressure cooker so damn great you ask? Well, imagine cooking something in an hour (or less!) that would take a crockpot/slow cooker all day.
Ask and you shall receive! The pressure cooker that I received as a gift was the Fagor Futuro 10-Qt. Stovetop Pressure Cooker. One word for you – AMAZING!!
It's even inspired my wife to get down, MasterChef Style! It's dishes like this one that make us want to use it nearly every night of the week. Chicken Adobo!
Here's a link to the recipe.
I decided to give our chicken adobo dish a go with two different wines: the 2010 Morro Bay Split Oak Vineyard Sur Lie Chardonnay from California (Sample, MSRP: $11 US) and the 2009 Los Vascos Grande Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile (Sample, MSRP: $16 US). I figured the sweetness of the molasses would be a good fit for a Chardonnay. Why the Cabernet Sauvignon? Well…just because I was feelin' Cabernet.
Brimming with tropical fruits such as fig, papaya and pineapples, the 2010 Morro Bay Split Oak Vineyard Sur Lie Chardonnay had bright acidity with a touch of sweet spices that was a perfect complement to this chicken adobo recipe.
3 Stars out of 4 for the 2010 Morro Bay Split Oak Vineyard Sur Lie Chardonnay. Not oaky in the least – it worked perfectly with this chicken dish, but would have been just as enjoyable all by itself.
For the red wine, I opted for the 2009 Los Vascos Grande Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon for no other reason besides wanting a Cabernet – you know how that goes.
I've reviewed several Los Vascos wines before and have found them to be reliable, go-to wines. However, there was something different about the 2009 Los Vascos Grande Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. It was the first Cabernet Sauvignon that I've tasted from Los Vascos that teetered a little too much (for me) into that juicy-sweet New World style. The 2009 Los Vascos Grande Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon delivers a sweet flow of cherries, blackberries, cinnamon and chocolate flavors from start to finish.
2 Stars out of 4 for the 2009 Los Vascos Grande Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon. I tasted this Cab over the course of three days with similar results: it made me want to search through cabinets looking for the half-eaten Whitman's Sampler that was leftover from the holidays.
Here's to great new beginnings!
At some point in this lifetime, I see myself falling head over heels in love with South African wines. I want to love them – I really do – but it sure is difficult when you feel like you've been shot out of a hookah pipe when tasting them. However, I'll be damned to write off an entire varietal, let alone the wines from an entire country! My tastes have evolved over the years, so I won't let my reservations – most notably towards smoky South African wine - stand in the way of finding some exciting South African wines to share with you.
Last night…
There we were, the two of us in our little bat cave in the basement, enjoying a stack of burritos topped with charred and fried sweet corn niblets (I've been dying to use the word niblets in a post ), green chilies, spicy salsa and a mound of sour cream. Not a pretty sight for a Kodak moment, so I'll spare you the picture.
I grabbed two South African wines from Partnership Vineyards. Partnership Vineyards is the result of a partnership between farmers and Riebeek Cellars in South Africa's Riebeek Valley. Since 2004, they have planted nearly 60 hectares; 15 hectares dedicated to Sauvignon Blanc plantings on the farm they aptly named Partnership Vineyards. This fair trade venture is divvied up 40% farm and cellar workers, 40% farmers and 20% Riebeek Cellars. Riebeek Cellars serves as the marketing and production arm of this unique, empowering initiative.
Our first wine was the 2009 Partnership Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc (Sample, MSRP: $13). I'll sum this wine up in a few words: a mouthful of fresh pineapple laced with an herbaceous smoky undertone. A piece of advice: don't over-chill this Sauvignon Blanc like I did. Once it warmed up, the flavors really shined and paired well with those spicy burritos.
2 Stars out of 4 for the 2009 Partnership Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc.
The second wine of the night was the 2008 Partnership Vineyards Shiraz (Sample, MSRP: $13). Unfortunately, this red gave me flashbacks of my less than stellar encounters with other South African reds. Right off the bat, its savory smokiness had me gasping for air. The combination of Slim-Jim, tobacco, vanilla, menthol and a slight hint of plum was all a bit much for me at first. This wine needs a lot of time out of the bottle to let off some smoke before consuming. It was much more approachable and appealing on the second day.
2 Stars out of 4 for the 2008 Partnership Vineyards Shiraz.


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St. Louis (KSDK) -- The Pujols Family Foundation is expanding its mission and going national to help children and adults living with Down Syndrome.
The PFF will include St. Louis, Southern California, Kansas City and Nashville by the end of 2012. The foundation's headquarters will stay in St. Louis.
Albert and Deidre Pujols started the foundation seven years ago in honor of their daughter Bella.
The goal of the foundationis to raise awareness, provide hope, as well as create supportive, memorable experiences for individuals and families living with Down syndrome.
The PFF also announced St. Louis Cardinals World Series Champion Matt Holliday will be this year's host for the Celebrity Golf Classic in St. Louis, which is the annual fundraiser for the foundation.
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Aatrix offers demo of Top Pay v16
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Demo of Aatrix Top Pay v16
Aatrix has released a demo of Top Pay v16, its payroll solution for Mac that links directly with QuickBooks Pro for Mac. QuickBooks Pro for Mac customers can access a free 90-day trial of the software from a link within QuickBooks, while others looking for a payroll solution that will run on the Mac platform can download a free trial from the Web. Aatrix Top Pay is powerful payroll software designed by Mac users for Mac users. It combines an easy-to-use interface with features perfect for small businesses as well as more advanced features for larger companies. Top Pay v16 features a update function that automatically updates each time it is launched, new eFiling features for more than 250 approved state and federal payroll reports, an updated set of over 80 small business management forms available for human resources, and a simplified interface tool bar.


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British Association of Head and Neck Oncology Nurses
Welcome to the British Association of Head and Neck Oncology Nurses web site. We hope you like it!
BAHNON exists to facilitate networking between nurses working within the field of head and neck cancer, in order to share ideas and promote good practice.
It is run by a committee of ten nurses who do this in addition to their own full time jobs.
To get started, you can download our Vision, Objectives and Strategy guide. (PDF file)
On this site we aim to help nurses and AHPs share information on best practice, for example guidelines and patient information ideas. These are provided by members who generously wish to share with others. Please feel free to download these and use as you see fit, but in return, please share your own work. We add new documents and news nearly every week so add this site to your Favourites list so you can check it regularly.
The BAHNON Conference
2013 sees another BAHNON conference which will take place in Manchester on June 14th. The will be an exciting speaker programme which will look all areas of the head and neck cancer pathway with an emphasis on survivorship issues. The conference has gone from strength to strength over the years and is a fabulous opportunity to hear about novel innovations in head and neck cancer nursing as well as providing an opportunity to network with your peers.
The committee is very aware that study leave is fast becoming a luxury for nurses across the UK and that funding is equally difficult to come by but if there is one conference that you attend in 2014, let if be the BAHNON one. There are grants available from BAHNON, Macmillan and often the medical reps can assist with funding so think creatively about how to fund your application and enjoy a day of learning.
As usual we welcome abstracts for posters and presentations from our members. Keep an eye on the website for abstract templates which will be uploaded imminently but also look out for them in your newsletter which is on its way. You may want to present work from your Masters, a recent audit or a service evaluation that you have completed - the committee will look at all applications on an individual basis.
For further information on the conference please contact our Conference Secretary Annette on firstname.lastname@example.com
Education Grants available to members
BAHNON offers 6 education grants each year, up to a maximum of £250 each, for members wishing to attend an educational event. This could be for used for regisration fees or travel expenses. Applicants must be paid up members of BAHNON, must submit an application form which will be reviewed by the committee and provide a review of their learning for the newsletter or conference.
Looking forward to reviewing your applications
Download an application form - Education grant application form.pdf
(Some people have reported difficulty inserting text onto this form, until we can resolve this please, select all, copy and save as a word document and you should then be able to insert text and email)
Research Grants
BAHNON is committed to increasing the profile of research in head and neck cancer nursing and to this effect has established research grants of up to £500 to help with the cost of research. To apply for the grant you should email the chairperson directly or contact through the website with an abstract of your research proposal which will be presented to the committee for approval.
BAHNO Conference
Friday 26th April Royal College of Physicians London
The Scientific Basis for Symptom Control in Head and Neck Cancer
BAHNON will be represented by the Chair, Sarah Patt, at the 2013 conference on the Case based panel discussion : Palliative Care in Head and Neck Cancer so do lend your support.
See website for information www.bahno.org.uk
Best Wishes
Sarah (Chair)
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I believe the 1994 Cabernet Sauvignon Backus Vineyard is the finest wine this vineyard has yet produced. Sadly, only 600 cases are produced. The 6.75-acre Backus Vineyard is situated in a high rent neighborhood - the Dalla Valle, Plumpjack, Groth, Venge Family Reserve, and Screaming Eagle vineyards surround it! Phelps' 1994 Backus exhibits an opaque black/purple color, and huge, sweet aromatics consisting of jammy black cherry and cassis fruit, minerals, smoke, and a hickory-like barbecue spice. The wine is thick and super-extracted, with huge proportions of fruit, extract, and tannin. A gargantuan Cabernet Sauvignon, it demands 5-6 years of cellaring, and should last for 20-25 years. In spite of Phelps' worthy efforts with respect to its Mistral portfolio and excellent Chardonnays and sweet wines, this winery's international reputation is built on their Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon. The 1997s Cabernet Sauvignons I tasted were amazingly extracted and rich. About a half dozen of the top wineries even admitted they added water to the fermenting vats because the wines were so high in alcohol and thickly textured! So much for vintage character and terroir! Joseph Phelps was not one of those wineries, but I did have a chance to taste some extraordinary lots of 1997 Cabernets at Phelps that left me shaking my head at what continues to happen during the decade of the nineties for California's best wineries. Stay tuned.Drink Dates: 2002-2022
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Recap: Alain Vigneault's Comments Today (On Needing His Top Players)
Alain Vigneault, via the Rangers, met with the media today:
- Is it odd that there has been very few OT games this year, "that is a good question. Usually when you are nearing the 30 game mark you have played some tight games and you go into OT and we haven't had, other than the Detroit game, one of those."
- Does that even out, "I'm not sure those things even out. If you work hard bounces and calls and stuff like that even out…I'm not sure. I have never played this amount of few games of 1 goal games where we aren't going into OT. It's the lowest amount for one of my teams.
- What is keeping this team from staying over .500, "I feel that we are exactly like all the NHL teams in the sense that teams that get over…it's a real competitive league and every night you need to put your best game on the ice for a chance to win, we are no different than any other team in the NHL. If we are going to get some traction and get past the .500 level we need our top players to play consistently like our top players. Not a period in and a period out, a game in and a game out. We need the core leaders of this group to perform accordingly and we have not done that on a consistent basis. Look at our lineup, our core group and our key guys and that is the answer."
- On Henrik developing a rhythm, "Hank is getting more than a decent share of games to find his rhythm. He, like the rest of our top guys are getting the ice time that players need to find a groove, to find timing to find execution. Those guys need to put it together and they need to do it consistently."
- If they don't…(AV interrupts) "If they don't we aren't going to get in."
- Will you sit someone to send a message, "that is always a possibility. I'm not at that point yet. I'm hoping that with the experience that the players I am talking about have, that the sense of accountability and responsibility that they should have, that I won't need to get to that. If we are going to get some traction they need to figure it out."
- On the leadership group (AV interrupts) "I feel that we are all being tested right now. The leadership group, the coaches and we need to find a way to get some traction and respond consistently."
- Have you seen stretches where you think you are getting over the hump, "that is a lovely part of coaching. Sometimes you think that you are taking a couple of strides and moving forward and you start to feel good about where you are going and where you are headed. There is always a curve ball in there. That is part of an 82 game schedule. That is going to happen. You just hope that those curves and bumps are short and then you get right back at it. Ours, we haven't had that traction. We have had a lot of curves both ways, we just haven't had that uphill traction that I think we can have."
- On the lineup, "today is the day after a very disappointing game. Spent a lot of time analyzing what happened. Showed some stuff to the players and will take the rest of the day to see what we have to do against Buffalo and come up with a decision tomorrow."


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This lesson will be about how to make and play the minor pentatonic scale. This is a really important lesson for guitar players because the minor pentatonic scale is used quite often on the guitar in all different styles of music. We will be in the key of G minor for this lesson. We have provided you with the scale diagram, tab and notation for the G minor pentatonic scale.
If you know your G minor scale, making your G minor pentatonic scale is very easy.
The G minor scale is spelled G, A, Bb, C, D, Eb, and F. The definition of a pentatonic scale is simply any scale with five notes in it. In order to make our G minor scale into a G minor pentatonic scale, we need to take two notes out. Those two notes are the 2nd and 6th notes of the G minor scale. Let's spell the G minor scale again but leave out the 2nd and 6th note. G, Bb, C, D and F. That leaves us with a G minor pentatonic scale. If this seems a little complicated for you just focus on learning the shape of the minor pentatonic scale for now.
Now it is time to learn the most common shape for the minor pentatonic scale. Remember to keep your hands relaxed and use alternate picking throughout the entire scale. We will be playing a G minor pentatonic scale starting with a downstroke on a G note on the 3rd fret of the 6th string with the 1st finger. Now play the 6th fret of the 6th string with your 4th finger. Play the 3rd fret of the 5th string with your 1st finger and the 5th fret of the 5th string with your 3rd finger. Repeat this pattern on the 4th and 3rd strings. The last two strings have the same pattern as the very first string. Play the 3rd fret of the 2nd string with your 1st finger and the 6th fret of the 2nd string with your 4th finger. Repeat this pattern on the 1st string.
Try to be aware of the fingerings for the scale. The fingerings presented on the scale diagram are more suggestions than rules. There are a lot of great players out there that don't use their 4th finger at all when playing this scale shape. Practice this scale going up and coming down. Don't forget to use a metronome and start out slowly. Once you have the shape memorized and can play it cleanly and in time, increase the speed of the metronome a bit.
Make sure to keep your fingers in a good fretting position right behind the frets and your thumb behind the fretboard on the back of the neck.
Try moving this scale around all over the fretboard. Just remember that the root of the scale will be the lowest note on the 6th string. For example, if you started the scale on the 5th fret of the 6th string you would be playing an A minor pentatonic scale.
Have fun with this scale and practice it quite often. You can use this with just about any song that is in a minor key or any blues song. Every one from Metallica to B.B.King uses the minor pentatonic scale and it always sounds great.


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A man with a bucket truck for his tree-trimming company showed up Tuesday morning to rescue the cat, at 1st Avenue and Newton Street in southwest Denver. The animal had been stuck in the tree for five days. Matt Slaby had placed an ad on the popular classified Web site after failed attempts from several agencies to help him out. That prompted an article in The Denver Post, and cat lover Julia Morgan responded. She called Matt's Maintenance in Parker, and Matt Steppuhn drove 30 miles to rescue the cat."He brought his climbing gear, and it took the climbing gear to get all the way to the top of the tree," said Morgan. "He did a spectacular job!" "It wasn't really that hard, because I've been climbing trees professionally for 12 years," said Steppuhn. "I couldn't get all the way there with my bucket, so I just climbed out." Steppuhn said the cat started to back away from him, so he had to grab the kitty quickly.Morgan said the little blue-eyed cat had no tags and nobody has claimed it. She planned to take it to a veterinary service to be treated and neutered, and then return it to one of the neighborhood kids who asked to keep it.Slaby said, over the last week he had called Animal Control, Alley Cat Rescue, the Fire Department, and other tree services. He said they either charge a fee or can't do it. Morgan said she only paid Steppuhn for the gasoline he burned driving to and from Parker.Denver Fire Department, Public Information Officer Phil Champagne said they don't necessarily have a written policy against getting cats down from a tree, but it does represent a safety issue for their crews. "We generally have left it up to an officer's discretion," said Champagne. "When we go to help a cat out of a tree. Two things happen, they get spooked and climb higher into the tree or they get combative." The Craigslist posting created a stir and 9NEWS received several news tips.
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