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L.A. sheriff urged to staff cars with 2 deputies
One-person patrols are less effective, advocates say. Baca believes added vehicles thwart crime.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy David Rodriguez peered suspiciously at half a dozen suspected gang members loitering at Compton's Kelly Park. He thought they probably had drugs or weapons.
He slowed his patrol car to a crawl on Pauline Street but drove past the park. Like most deputies in Compton, Rodriguez works alone. And he learned early on that there are situations to avoid without a partner.
"You have to be a little more selective. Your main concern is to get home to your family," Rodriguez said during a night patrol shift earlier this month. "If I had a partner, we'd talk to them, do a quick pat-down search, run them to see if they had warrants."
Unlike the Los Angeles Police Department, which assigns two officers to more than 95% of its cars, the Sheriff's Department has most of its deputies patrol by themselves, even in such high-crime areas as Compton. Cities that pay for sheriff's services prefer to put more patrol cars on the streets, and that means having just one deputy per car, department executives said.
Compton's mayor and the union that represents Los Angeles sheriff's deputies have recently suggested that the department would do a better job if it assigned two deputies per car. In 2005, the Assn. for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs sponsored legislation that would have allocated state money to study the efficiency issue. The measure failed.
In the last 20 years, four sheriff's deputies have been killed while working patrol assignments, three of them alone.
"One-man cars are less productive, less likely to confront people," said Floyd Hayhurst, vice president of the deputies union. "Proactive law enforcement, not high visibility, reduces crime."
Sheriff Lee Baca said he believes that one-deputy patrol cars are effective, in part because the visibility of additional cars on the streets discourages crime.
"When you have more radio cars out there, there's a high belief they won't get away," Baca said.
Baca is familiar with the pros and cons of working alone. As a deputy, he patrolled East Los Angeles in the 1960s by himself. Deputies are trained not to handle potentially volatile calls alone; instead, they call for backup to arrive before acting.
According to a department analysis of deputies killed in action in the last 150 years, 27 deputies were killed while working with other deputies, 10 were killed by themselves and 33 were killed in transportation-related incidents. The numbers are a sign that the job is dangerous in any situation, the sheriff said.
"My deputies understand they're going to work one-person cars. They're courageous to accept those conditions, just as I was when I was a deputy," Baca said.
The sheriff declined to say whether he would change to two-deputy cars if money were not a factor. "I don't have a blank check," he said.
Capt. Edward Rogner, who supervises the department's contracts — worth $206 million — to police 40 Los Angeles County cities, said most cities can't afford to pay for two deputies per car.
"Two-deputy cars are twice as expensive," Rogner said. "For most cities, the public safety budget is a large item, and they really don't have the additional resources."
Compton Mayor Eric J. Perrodin said he thinks the city made a mistake in 2000 by disbanding its police force and contracting with the Sheriff's Department. A former Compton police officer himself, Perrodin said deputies working alone can't be as proactive.
"When I was working, that was a big issue for me. If my guys had to go out in one-person cars, especially at night, that was unacceptable," said Perrodin, who is now a deputy district attorney. "The sheriff should tell the contract cities, 'You're going to have to pay for two-man units.' If they did that, they wouldn't have as many contract cities."
Compton paid the Sheriff's Department $13 million to police the city this fiscal year. It would cost as much as $26 million if the city were to insist that two deputies be assigned to each car, Rogner said.
"Basically, they could either double their current cost, or they could put two-man cars out and have half as many cars on the streets," Rogner said. "In my opinion, neither option is feasible."
Many large police departments nationwide, including the LAPD, assign two officers to patrol cars. LAPD Cmdr. Kirk Albanese said the department believes that two-officer cars are more efficient because they can handle most calls without having to wait for backup.
"If I'm a citizen in the city of Los Angeles, I would like the officers providing service for me to be proactive. I wouldn't want an officer to shy away from a wanted parolee in a park where families are supposed to be because he's alone and intimidated," Albanese said. "There's a level of confidence that goes along with having a partner officer standing next to you."
Deputy Rodriguez, patrolling the streets of Compton last week, acted assertively throughout his shift. He spent the bulk of the night driving through narrow alleys looking for suspicious activity. In the first few hours, he searched for suspects in a purse snatching and in a drive-by shooting that injured two women and for a gang member who had barricaded himself in a backyard. Throughout the night, the buzz of a Sheriff's Department helicopter could be heard overhead.
"You don't want to handle a call like that alone. But at the same time, I don't know if she's being killed while I'm waiting," he said. Sheriff's Capt. William M. Ryan, who supervises the Compton station, said he would prefer two-person teams, but the financial reality is that won't happen. Deputies do a good job of working as teams and responding quickly when a colleague needs help, he said.
"It's always better on the law enforcement side if we have more people there, as opposed to a one-on-one scenario," Ryan said.
Rodriguez said he understands the contention that flooding the streets with one-deputy cars makes residents feel safe. But he's concerned that deputies are being placed at risk.
"Gang members, they look to see if you have a partner. They test you more if you don't," he said. "It's really sad. In a city like this, you should have a partner."
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Erving Walker scored 14 points in the
second half, including a jumper with 11 seconds left, to lift
Florida to a 66-65 victory over Alabama on Thursday night.
With the Gators (16-6, 5-3 Southeastern Conference) ahead 64-60
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on a three-point play. Mikhail Torrance's jumper gave the Crimson
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rebound. After a Florida timeout, Walker made next his shot to
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and Alabama rebounded the ball. After a Crimson Tide timeout, Dan
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Cage Side Seats describes him as an "American with twisted values on what his country should look like, complete with a xenophobic and slightly racist manager named Zeb Colter." The WWE website simply says he's "hell-bent on fixing everything about them that is 'broken.'"
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But to me it is just fine. At the resolution I use on my 15" LCD monitor (1024 by 768 pixels) the original ETA box is so small that it just doesn't bother me at all that it is there. And I place the new ETA box in a place that suits me personally even better than the bottom right corner.
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Cupping in coffee terminology means evaluating coffee quality. Like an expert wine taster judging a vintage Merlot, the professional coffee taster needs a keen knowledge of, and palate for, the beverage.
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Here's how cupping is done: a random sample of a specific batch of 100% Arabica coffee is roasted, ground and brewed. It is then sipped and held in the mouth long enough to savor the full extent of the taste, then spat out. The process, very similar to wine tasting, is used to determine the four distinct aspects of coffee – aroma, body, acidity and flavor.
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Wrestling icon Hulk Hogan was at Speaking Rock Casino and Entertainment Center Thursday night.
Hogan was present for the Micro Championship Wrestling event held at the venue.
Speaking Rock has pictures of Hogan at the event on its Facebook page. He was accompanied by the Nasty Boys, Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags, as well as Edward Leslie, known better as Brutus The Barber Beefcake.
Micro Championship Wrestling has a show promoted by Hogan on TruTV. The show, which displays what is known as midget wrestling, debuted in August.
Hogan is the most recognizable figure in professional wrestling from his success in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as his crossover into movies.
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He even had his own reality TV show called "Hogan Knows Best."
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Utah governor blames Obama's lack of leadership for shutdown
Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that President Barack Obama's failure to lead has brought about the federal government shutdown.
"There's a lack of leadership in Washington, D.C., and I place blame at the president's feet for the lack of leadership," Herbert said Thursday during his monthly news conference at KUED.
The GOP governor said that, as a president in his second term, Obama should be able to bring together Republicans and Democrats, lock the doors and resolve issues with Obamacare.
"Everyone admits it's flawed. Even those who support it admit it's flawed," Herbert said. "I would call on the president to get them in the same room and say, 'We won't leave, we'll bring in food, we'll have sandwiches and we will stay here until we find some kind of compromise going forward.' "
Instead, the governor said the Democratic president has not even been willing to talk to Republicans for the months leading up to the shutdown and Herbert suggested that is because the president is trying to exploit the shutdown for political gain.
Obama met with congressional leaders for several hours Wednesday, but it ended with House Speaker John Boehner saying the president "refuses to negotiate," and Obama saying Thursday that the Ohio Republican is the only thing standing in the way of reopening the federal government.
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker said people can have ideological objections to the Affordable Care Act, but it was passed by Congress, signed by the president and upheld by the courts, and now as a mayor he is eager to see his citizens one in four of whom lack health care get insurance coverage.
"Shutting down government is not the answer to solving the problems or our disagreements. I view it as childish, and there's a group that I see trying to hold government hostage to try to get their way and I don't think that serves our people," Becker said. "It harms our residents and businesses when the federal government shuts down over a disagreement and I think it's time for Congress to grow up and move forward and really try to work through issues."
Herbert said there are 40,000 federal employees in Utah, some 10,000 of whom are facing the possibility of furloughs. National Parks are closed, putting $1 billion of tourism dollars in jeopardy. And 66,000 women and children may lose their nutritional assistance, although a deal was struck with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to get an additional $2.5 million to extend the existing benefits.
For his part, Herbert said he would like to see members of Congress from both parties find some agreement to address the problems in the health care legislation.
"Compromise is not a dirty word," Herbert said. "I don't know why Republicans and Democrats can't understand the need in a country this divided on this Affordable Care Act to come together and find some compromise."
The governor was asked repeatedly if he supported the GOP strategy of shutting down government to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, but would not answer, only saying that the health-care law is connected to the overall federal budget.
Herbert said again that Obamacare has divided the country unlike anything he has seen since the Vietnam War, and the fact that Obama won the election "does not mean the country has come together."
"There's certainly disagreement on what is the right strategy from the Republican standpoint, but certainly this is being played by the Democracatic side also as a political opportunity for them," Herbert said. "The fact that they again are fencing off the World War II memorial to make it look as perjorative and as negative and in-your-face as possible, this shutdown, is certainly an area of politics on the Democrat side. Both sides are to blame."
Utah Democratic Party Chairman Jim Dabakis agreed that both parties shoulder some responsibility for the shutdown, calling it a "complete collapse of leadership on every side, and partisan namecalling doesn't help."
"But for the governor to start talking about the president and a lack of leadership, he needs to look in the mirror," Dabakis said.
He said the governor is "dithering" over whether he will agree to expand Medicaid to cover about 133,000 low-income Utahns who make too much to qualify for the program now. The expansion would be paid for by the federal government initially, with the state picking up more of the bill over time until states pay 10 percent of the cost.
"You look at the complete and absolute lack of leadership on expanding Medicaid and you begin to understand the depth of the governor's lack of leadership," said Dabakis, who is also a state senator. "We still don't have a decision after more than a year. It's probably his most important decision as governor and he's completely abdicated."
Herbert said he is being cautious when it comes to Medicaid expansion because it will cost Utahns $3.2 billion in state and federal taxes over the next decade.
"We've tried to be and are being very methodical, because what we decide in Utah is going to be in place probably for generations to come," he said. "So we're going to be very careful we get it right on behalf of the taxpayers."
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CONYERS - Just hours after a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the new Rockdale County Jail, a woman drove her vehicle through the front of the new building."We had our ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. and a few hours later we had a grand opening," Sheriff Jeff Wigington said Tuesday with a tone of irony. According to the incident report filed by Rockdale County Sheriff's Office Deputy Matthew Munger, RCSO Deputy Timothy Wade called for backup just before midnight Monday as he attempted to pull over the driver of a blue 2000 Dodge Durango on Chambers Drive, near the sheriff's office. The driver turned onto Sigman Industrial Boulevard and finally stopped outside the work release building, next to the new jail. Wade and Munger approached the driver to ask her what was wrong and she said, "she was having some problems and she needed to go to the hospital," according to Munger's report. The woman then began to rev her engine and drove her vehicle toward Munger's patrol car and headed in the direction of the new jail, the report said. "(The woman) then turned right into the parking lot of the new Rockdale County Jail and traveled towards the front door. (She) then jumped the (curb), crashing through the front doors to the new Rockdale County Jail," Munger reported. Munger drew his service weapon and commanded the woman to get out of her truck. "(She) exited the vehicle with her hands up and stood with her back to me," he said. "After a brief struggle, (the woman) was taken into custody." She was transported to Rockdale Medical Center by ambulance where she was evaluated. The case has been turned over to the Georgia State Patrol. "All in all, it's probably as best as it could be in this situation," Wigington said. "There appears to be no structural damage and the major damage was to the glass and aluminum framing for the glass. ... It's significant damage but not structural." He said the county will acquire estimates of the damage and will likely pursue the woman's automobile insurance carrier to cover the cost. On Monday, the Sheriff's Office held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the 384-bed men's jail. The sales-tax funded expansion has undergone a number of revisions due to budget constraints. Voters approved a six-year special purpose local option sales tax in 2004 with $22.3 million to go toward the jail, but the county had designs that were almost eight years old. By the time construction began in 2007, the jail addition project was $5.5 million over budget. Reducing the number of beds from an original design for 400, opting for steel cells instead of concrete and using county and inmate labor were just some of the cost-saving measures used. The sheriff said the wreck should not delay the official opening of the jail. He said the Sheriff's Office is still hiring and training staff. Prisoners should move in by the end of January, he said. Aimee Jones can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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3650 Woodsong Drive: Fannie Mae to Akins, Donald and Jeanetta; $82,700.
Green Township
3216 Bellacre Court: Bibbo, Michael to Florea, Tiffany M.; $126,900.
5724 Biscayne Ave.: Fitzgerald, Sean C. and Robyn L. to Waltamath, Alex and Nicole M.; $109,000.
5444 Bluesky Drive: Lascu, Maria to Lascu, Mircea A.; $52,000.
Bridge Point Pass; Grand Communities Ltd. to Fischer Single Family Homes II LLC; $65,583.
4512 Clearwater Place: Carrico, Jeffrey to Thompson, Marietta; $107,000.
4512 Clearwater Place: Carrico, Jeffrey to Carrico, Jeffrey; $107,000.
3234 Diehl Road: Federal National Mortgage Association to McCarthy, Constance; $58,500.
5203 Eaglesnest Drive: Freedman, Jessica Lynn to Xie, Yong; $48,000.
2300 Ebenezer Road: American General Mortgage Loan Trust 2009-1 to Bielefield, Wayne; $32,500.
2310 Ebenezer Road: American General Mortgage Loan Trust 2009-1 to Bielefield, Wayne; $32,500.
3300 Emerald Lakes Drive: Schroeck, Gregory A. Tr. to Wetterer, Marylou C. and Lawrence A.; $119,000.
4350 Fearman Ave.: Rohr, Brett D. to McAlpin, Michael W.; $110,000.
3139 Goda Ave.: French, Eric M. and Sarah A. to Braun, Zachary B.; $119,000.
3184 Goda Ave.: Toelke, Christopher J. to Poland, Britney N.; $91,900.
3221 Greenway Ave.: Adm Housing Solutions LLC to Korte, Kristen N.; $86,500.
5393 Haft Road: Scholten, David V. and Terri A. to Rorick, Daniel A. and Abbigail M.; $230,000.
Harrison Ave.: Nathaniel Development Co to Two G. Holdings LLC; $20,000.
3302 Harwinton Lane: Greivenkamp, Kyle M. to Malicoat, Derek and Jennifer Drennan; $128,000.
5704 Haubner Road: WDWP Winn LLC to Greene, Lisa M.; $120,000.
7083 Jessicas Oak Court: Kessler, Richard J. and Taunya R. to Harper, Nicholas A. and April E.; $236,000.
5329 Julmar Drive: Shaw, William R. Tr. to Hyland, Jason R. and Gina; $170,000.
6789 Kildare Drive: Theilman, Barrie Sue to Hunt, Bradley J.; $224,000.
6257 Kingoak Drive: Farmer, David M. Jr. and Bobbi G. to Federal Home Loan Mortgag Corp.; $102,000.
3646 Lakewood Drive: Blust, Brian K. and Melissa C. to Federal National Mortgage Association; $36,000.
6067 Lawrence Road: Senske, David P. and Donald Johnson M. to Cobblestone Street LLC; $60,000.
5543 Leumas Drive: Strong, Jennifer to Epure, Justin L. and Danielle R.; $86,800.
5405 Lever Court: Kern Properties Ltd. to Sullivan, Kevin W. Jr.; $60,000.
5354 Meadow Walk Lane: Nusekabel, Laura to Gaston, Paul R. and Pamela W.; $62,000.
3717 Meadowview Drive: Wuest, Barbara L. Tr. to Davis, Michael and Nancy; $112,500.
5425 Michelles Oak Court: Abell, Betsy to Morgan, Erik and Rachel Hollin; $87,000.
1854 Neeb Road: Remke, Norma F. to Leonard, Jacob R.; $138,000.
3341 North Bend Road: Ofori-Sampong, Stella to Fannie Mae; $60,000.
5414 Philloret Drive: JD Smith Holdings LLC to Sorensen, Christine Tr.; $29,900.
4125 Quakerhill Drive: Klenk, Michael W. Tr. to Zieverink, William R.; $88,000.
3945 Race Road: Ihle, Beatrice to Pennymac Mortgage Invest; $34,000.
4898 Race Road: Boenitsch, Todd A. to Boenitsch, Rebecca; $144,000.
5592 Raceview Ave.: Harvey, Scott T. to Cheviot Savings Bank; $60,000.
6159 Ramblingridge Drive: Brockhaus, Andrew B. and Michelle L. to McCamey, Ronald D. and Patsy A.; $155,500.
4085 Reemelin Road: Mara, Timothy G. and Clifford P. Dase to Nugent, Timothy W. and Paige L.; $243,000.
3675 Ridgewood Ave.: Bonham, Robert and Linda to Rebholz, Bryan D.; $155,000.
2797 Roseann Lane: Brown, Michael K. and Anna M. to Haenning, Benjamin J.; $91,800.
6861 Ruwes Oak Drive: Meyer, Kenneth and Christa P. to Hoekstra, Scott and Hope; $225,000.
6057 Seiler Drive: Schmid, Norbert E. to Hartke, Christine Dianne; $113,500.
5458 Sidney Road: Minella, Catherine to Torbeck, Robert; $122,735.
5678 Sidney Road: Hubert, Benjamin G. to Abbott, Lisa; $188,000.
4085 Simca Lane: Garbsch, Margie to Bardua, Joseph C. and Melanie R. Hicks; $129,000.
7601 Skyview Circle: Fischer Attached Homes II LLC to Glasgow, Julie M.; $149,831.
3850 Stroschen Drive: Federal National Mortgage Association to Toelke, Christopher and Renee; $127,500.
5069 Sumter Ave.: Wallace, Ernest Scott to Fannie Mae; $48,000.
5625 Surrey Ave.: Lifer, Chad Eric and Williams Carrie to Sizemore, Donald and Christina; $84,900.
3048 Timberview Drive: Jennings, Robert W. Jr. Tr. to Johnson, Derek R.; $89,900.
4343 Turf Lane: Zupp, Jeffrey M. to Vickery, Joseph Herbert and Rebecca M.; $145,000.
6749 Verde Ridge Drive: Huser, Karen to Bailey, Stephanie W.; $102,000.
4213 Victorian Green Drive: Votel, Martin F. and Carol L. to Garbsch, Margie; $59,000.
4262 Victorian Green Drive: Schubert, Louis W. to Third Federal Savings and Loan Association; $32,000.
5344 Werk Road: Hageman, Katie M. to Daugherty, Terry J.; $50,000.
3081 Werkridge Drive: Romelli, Thomas J. and Diane R. to Finkbeiner, Rhonda and Michael Wagner; $189,000.
4976 West Fork Road: Dehler Family LLC to Dehler, Paul; $125,000.
5017 Western Hills Ave.: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to VBOH Annex LLC; $40,000.
Mount Airy
5705 Colerain Ave.: Fretwell, David to Williams, Anthony and Jessica; $69,500.
5341 Fox Road: Niehaus, Anthony V. to Citimortgage Inc.; $60,000.
5576 Goldenrod Drive: Mbs Partners LLC to Hardy, Corey A.; $74,900.
5537 Kirby Ave.: Stewart, Jason L. to Cannell, Jonathon M. and Amanda M. Myers; $116,000.
5539 Kirby Ave.: Stewart, Jason L. to Cannell, Jonathon M. and Amanda M. Myers; $116,000.
5270 Ponderosa Drive: Oliver, Catrina to Bank of New York Mellon T. The; $48,000.
5575 Regimental Place: Lindner, Kathe Hertel Trs. . and Dorothy Lou Clemons Trs. to Engle, Scott W. and Dorothy B.; $98,000.
2737 Robers Ave.: Fannie Mae to JD Smith Holdings LLC; $40,100.
2737 Robers Ave.: JD Smith Holdings LLC to Gloria Properties LLC; $44,900.
Mount Healthy
1720 Adams Road: U.S. Bank NA Tr. to Ulrich, Gay C.; $28,500.
7335 Bernard Ave.: Penklor Properties LLC to Verenda Properties LLC; $58,000.
7336 Harding Ave.: Williams, Barbara to Federal National Mortgage Association; $30,000.
7500 Hickman St.: Federal National Mortgage Association to Home Equity Corp.; $20,000.
Hoy Court: HSBC Bank USA NA to Wagner, Lea and Reginald Wagner Jr.; $62,899.
7838 Joseph St.: Bank of America NA to Bobinger, Joseph; $25,250.
1530 Kinney Ave.: Wilson, Vinnie to Federal National Mortgage Association; $60,851.
2089 Lexa Court: Schmidt, Kenneth W. and Mollie E. to Federal Home Loan Mortgag Corp.; $78,000.
1431 Rambler Place: HSBC Bank USA NA to Wagner, Lea and Reginald Wagner Jr.; $62,899.
Springfield Township
Address not available: Drees Co. The to Gill, Teresa A.; $140,000.
8406 Arundel Court: Giessl, Robert P. to Federal National Mortgage Association; $54,000.
441 Ballyclare Terrace: White, Sharon D. to U.S. Bank NA; $36,000.
1208 Bellune Drive: Israel, Michael D. and Yochebed M. to Bank of New York Mellon Trust Co. NA; $48,000.
8690 Bobolink Drive: Hilton Capital Group LLC to TD Premier Properties LLC; $15,200.
526 Clemray Drive: Dudley Angus C. and Barbara Anderson Dudley to Frith, John and Angela; $255,000.
787 Crowden Drive: Wiseman, Todd to Veal, Kila S.; $107,000.
8852 Daly Road: Herbon, Verner L. II and Ebony J. to U.S. Bank NA; $46,000.
11969 Deerhorn Drive: Graham, Rosalind to U.S. Bank NA Tr.; $86,000.
626 Doepke Lane: Wirtz, Warren Jr. Trs. and Phyllis G. Trs. to Rose, Tyler S.; $120,000.
1129 Eastgate Drive: Terry, Kenneth A. to Wildman, Anne G. and Martin B.; $135,500.
1912 Edgewater Drive: Stark, Damian Robert to Anderson, William M.; $126,000.
7947 Fairhope Court: Dawson, Erven K. and Clyde H. Pitts Jr. to Federal Home Loan Mortgag Corp.; $26,000.
1930 Fallbrook Lane: Kitchen, Kari L. to Pilco, Kathleen M.; $116,000.
12088 Freestone Court: Young, Sharon to Varney, Nicholas A. and Leah D.; $124,500.
2033 Highland Ave.: Norwood, Janet to U.S. Bank NA Tr.; $50,000.
2204 Lincoln Ave.: College Grove 1 2 and3A Condominium Association Inc. to Rettig, Raymond E.; $10,000.
1937 Lotushill Drive: Federal National Mortgage Association to Destefano, Daniel; $20,500.
343 Meadowcrest Road: Sinclair, Kenneth L. and Jennifer J. to Warden, Clare Shannon; $142,000.
1570 Meredith Drive: Bank of America NA to Skillcorn, Brian; $12,500.
2087 Miles Woods Drive: Barron, John H. to Ware, Terry Jr.; $122,900.
9123 Montoro Drive: Barnaby, Dorothy S. to Cronin, Dennis C.; $15,000.
751 Reynard Ave.: Scantland, Peggy Kral to Sapkota, Giri R. and Bhadra M.; $105,000.
257 Ridgeway Road: Price, William L. Jr. to Price, William L. Sr. and Marcia; $58,077.
893 Sabino Court: Cremisio, John Drew and Marilynn A. to Wells Fargo Bank NA; $68,000.
910 Sarbrook Drive: Vanover, Gary A. to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.; $40,000.
2038 Second Ave.: Johnson, Sonya N. to U.S. Bank NA; $30,000.
1137 Seymour Ave.: Goforth, Nathan A. to Popplewell, Bryan L.; $96,000.
890 Southmeadow Circle: Abbott, Helen M. to Yeazell, Bruce A. and Carol T.; $167,000.
10615 Stargate Lane: Brown, Sara K. to Tu, Katherine; $153,000.
6921 Terrylynn Court: Muse, William A. to HSBC Mortgage Services In; $93,000.
8270 Winton Road: Soulas, Angelo Tr. and Eleni Tr. to Winton Ventures LLC; $650,000.


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Mancat Mancave Will Tickle You Pink!
Hey evrybuddy, Skeezix heer.
Fred is on vacation this week, so I'm taking over Mancat Mancave Monday for him in his absense. I hope you like the manly mancat mancave that I picked.
This kyoot Designer Cat House in Tickled Pink is maybe the my faverite mancat mancave of all time! It's clean and modern, and you can configyer it any way you like! You can buy one cube for a modest getaway behind yer regular cat house, or you can buy a squillion of them for a McMansion! (Just don't try to refi this cat house cuz it's classified as a mobile home.)
It comes in five designer colors, but do you really need to know anything more than it comes in pink?
This mancat mancave is super strong and eco-friendly
It is super strong, rated for cats up to 20 pownds. (OFF LIMITS TO YOU, TRIPPER!) And it's Eco-Friendly – made of recycled, recyclable, soy-based inks and reyoozable hardware. It has minimal pakkijing.
What say you, mancats? Is this not the Cat's Meow????
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Here's where to buy the Tickled Pink Designer Cat House.
Category: 0 - Featured, Cat Furniture, Mancaves for Mancats, Skeezix the Cat
About the Author (Author Profile)Skeezix the Cat -- also known as the Feline Fashionista -- has been blogging daily since March of 2005 when he was six months old. His doppelganger, Flat Skeezix, has traveled to Ireland, England, Ohio, Michigan, the Chuck Erreca Rest Stop on I5, New York, Florida, Missouri, and has been a guest of Sarge Charlie and Auntie Bee on several Carribean cruises. Skeezix loves show tunes, and counts among his idols Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, Liza, Bernadette Peters, Jacqueline Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Liberace and Elton John. His "special" friend is Daisy the Curly Cat.
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This look like a lot of fun. You can't git lost inside, can you?
20 lb? Well, that let's me out. Too bad, 'cause it looks like a nice place.
Max S.
That's spiffy!


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Aaron Carter Calls Hilary Duff 'The Love' of His Life on Twitter
Let's take things back to the early 2000s in honor of Throwback Thursday … that's what Aaron Carter seems to be doing, at least!
The 26-year-old singer got nostalgic on Twitter when he surprised his followers by declaring Hilary Duff to be the love of his life.
Don't be that stupid douche that loses the love of your life forever.. Like me…
— aaron carter (@aaroncarter) March 5, 2014
I'll spend the rest of my life trying to better myself to get back to her. I don't care what ANY of you think.
— aaron carter (@aaroncarter) March 5, 2014
When a fan replied asking whether Aaron was referring to the "Come Clean" singer he tweeted a simple, "sure am." The couple dated for over a year until 2002 before the "I Want Candy" singer reportedly began also seeing Lindsay Lohan on the side.
It looks like Aaron might just be trying to swoop in on the coattails of the news of Hilary's split with her husband of three years, Mike Comrie. So far, she hasn't responded to Aaron's proclamations.
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July 13, 2013 — By MARK MILLER
I would imagine that a number of people would say "pshaw, you're still a young'un," but I cannot help but feel that as I advance into my 60s, I get a bit more puzzled by what aging brings on.
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1989-07-09 Edwin Rosario w rsc 6 Anthony Jones, Showboat Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - WBA
1989-07-09 Edwin Rosario w rsc 6 Anthony Jones, Showboat Casino Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA - WBA. Referee: Tony Orlando. After Julio Cesar Chavez had won the WBC junior welterweight championship in May, Rosario (135) and Jones (135) were selected to decide the vacant WBA lightweight title, and it was the latter who made the better start when taking the fight to the former champion. By the fourth Jones had jumped into the lead. Although he was not seen as a big puncher he was certainly shaking Rosario up with solid lefts and rights from his southpaw stance even before the latter had his gumshield knocked out in the second. Having outpunched Rosario again in the fourth Jones was looking to move on, but in the next session the Puerto Rican at last began to show as he picked up the pace. Despite Jones starting the sixth strongly Rosario came back with some good punches of his own, immediately finding a big right hand that dropped the American flat on his face. After getting up at 'six' the referee allowed Jones to resume boxing following the mandatory 'eight', but when Rosario landed another right and a couple of left hooks the third man rescued the former with a minute left on the clock.


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Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, Master of Education in Reading
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Start learning something new today. Start teaching it tomorrow.
As a teacher, you know that education never ends. Learning is a lifelong experience, for those you teach, as well as for yourself. But how do you meet the ever-changing needs of your students while keeping up with the demands of evolving educational technologies, curricula and trends?


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Amcu strikers sing songs as talks resumeComment on this story
Johannesburg - Striking mineworkers at Rustenburg platinum mines were gathering on Monday morning for a briefing, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said.
"We are gathering to brief workers about what transpired at the CCMA (Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration) meeting on Friday and the continuing talks," said Lazarus Khoza, branch shop steward at Amplats Khuselela mine.
He said the strike would continue until a resolution had been reached.
"Our demands have not changed," he said by phone.
Workers singing struggle songs could be heard on the background.
Members of Amcu went on strike at Impala, Lonmin and Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) on Thursday, demanding an entry level R12 500 monthly.
The union, employers, Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant and Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu met at the CCMA offices in Johannesburg on Friday, in a bid to resolve the strike.
The talks were set to continue in Pretoria from Monday to Wednesday.
Amplats chief executive Chris Griffith, Implats chief executive Terence Goodlace and Lonmin chief executive Ben Magara recently said a prolonged strike would probably further damage South Africa's reputation as an attractive business and investment destination. - Sapa
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Websites are exploding in the quantity of interactivity they contain: over the last few years, they have become fully-fledged applications with functionality and complexity at a level that was previously limited to desktop applications.
On top of the architectural changes, we enable compilation to native machine instructions to provide a performance boost at execution time, particularly with large codebases. (See also the session on IE9 performance by Jason Weber for further details on this.)
Chakra offers a hybrid approach, with both interpreter and designer built into the design. By having the interpreter running on the UI thread, we can stay responsive; but we still get the benefits of compilation through a background thread. It's not a simple task, however – challenges we had to solve included keeping a tight memory footprint and optimizing compilation for real-world patterns.
The diagram below shows an architectural view of Chakra:
We don't compile all code, instead, we keep a compilation queue; we speculatively compile some quantity of code, but use heuristics to prioritize the queue based on most frequently called functions, the size of the function etc.
We've spent time validating the design of Chakra against real-world websites. For page load times, we're seeing an average of 14-15% improvement performance improvement – not just for the engine but across the entire stack.
IE9 introduces a new type system for JavaScript. Dynamic languages in particular need an efficient type system – types are created at runtime and multiple objects often have the same set of property. By providing a type evolution model that shares types, we can be much more efficient in these scenarios.
One important property-based technique introduced in IE9 is inline caching. Since property access is the most widely used operation and the same key of a key-value pair is often accessed multiple times on a call site, we simply cache the value for each call site.
In a similar vein to tagged integer support, Chakra avoids conversion to UTF-16 where possible, retaining strings in UTF-8. This results in a gain of about 300-400K in working set and 3-4% load size wins for complex apps.
One piece of research which was particularly helpful in planning was done by Microsoft Research. The JSMeter project was conducted to measure real-world usage of JavaScript on top sites. One specific insight related to the percentage of code that sites load that is actually executed. For most large sites (including Amazon, Bing, CNN, eBay, Facebook etc.) only 40% of the code fetched is executed. Learning from this, Chakra uses a deferred parser, which reduces working set and increasing load times. (Note that you can also use the HTML <script defer> attribute to manually hint to the scripting engine that it needn't execute a certain block of code during page loading.)
New ECMAScript 5 Features
The relatively recent release of ECMAScript 5 introduces a number of new keywords and language features. For backward-compatibility reasons, these features are only enabled in IE9 when IE9 Standards Mode is enabled (by default for external sites unless an older compatibility mode has been selected).
There is a very detailed blog post on the ES5 features added to Internet Explorer 9 on the IE engineering blog (also see this update).
You can see a fun test of browser support for various DOM capabilities on the IE Test Drive site.
[Session CD08 | presented by Gaurav Seth]
(I would have posted this on Gaurav's web site, but he's neglected it severely it looks like).
Real world websites? Arrgh. Not that again. In all my tests, IE is faster than IE8, but not faster than Chrome, Safari, or FireFox. My super real world test is a large Ajax powered web application.
IE9 still is slower than the other major browser beta releases.
It's really too bad that Microsoft chooses to compete in a space that doesn't really need the competition anymore. Especially given that IE continues to be updated at a glacial pace. :(
Venting over. Need to go back and support and test multiple browsers, which we'll need to do forever. Long live the spirit of Silverlight and Flash (but not Java applets! Yuck!)!
I'm surprised that you're keen that rather than adopting open standards, you want everyone to coalesce around a single browser engine - it's an interesting viewpoint, but I think most people involved in the standards process would say that it would greatly stifle innovation and leave the HTML specification without any purpose other than to document WebKit. Presumably you're asking Mozilla to switch Firefox away from Gecko also?
Do you really feel the web doesn't need competition anymore? It's an unusual viewpoint: I wonder who you would anoint as the 'winner'?
Thank you for sharing your views.
Best wishes,
The line: "can also use the HTML script defer attribute to manually hint to the scripting engine that it shouldn't execute a certain block of code." is a bit misleading. It doesn't tell the scripting engine not to execute a certain block of code-- it tells the scripting engine not to block the parser, instead executing the code later. Hence the name "defer".
Also worth mentioning that IE only supports defer and not the new ASYNC attribute.
Thanks Eric - you're quite right, of course; I meant to say "needn't execute this code _during the page load_". I'll update the article - appreciate your correction.
Jeeze, Louise, with IE9 JavaScript is getting really complicated. I hope that my JavaScript artificial intelligence at www.scn.org/.../AiMind.html will continue to operate within IE9 and all future MSIE releases. I tried to code the AI Mind in Netscape Navigator years ago, but only Microsoft Internet Explorer would let me create the artificial intelligence in the way that I wanted. Now each new MSIE release fills me with trepidation, but so far, so good.


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Farm couple murder case postponedComment on this story
Belfast, Mpumalanga - The case against two men allegedly involved in the murder of an elderly couple was postponed in the Belfast Magistrate's Court, the Hawks said on Thursday.
The case was postponed to March 7 for a bail application, said spokesman Captain Paul Ramaloko.
Bongani Joseph Nconyane, 22, and Irvin Brown Nkosi, 19, from Siyathuthuka township outside Belfast, were charged with the murders of Rudolf and Elna van Heerden, both aged 79.
Their bodies were discovered in a freezer at their home in Belfast on January 9. They had been beaten over the head with a blunt object. Their hands and feet had been tied with cables.
The killers stole their 4x4 vehicle and two firearms. The vehicle was found abandoned on the N4 near Middelburg.
The two men face charges of murder, theft, housebreaking, armed robbery, and possession of an unlicensed firearm. - Sapa
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|Positron emission tomography in malignancies of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract - indications and potential pitfalls.
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|Abstract Malignancies of the hepato-pancreatico-biliary (HPB) system are relatively common and generally characterized by a dismal prognosis. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique that has emerged as an important modality in oncological decision-making. The principal radiopharmaceutical in PET imaging is the glucose analog (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose, which is able to detect altered glucose metabolism in malignant tissue. PET is typically used in conjunction with computed tomography (CT), and previous studies have supported several uses of PET/CT in HPB malignancies, including staging, differential diagnostics and monitoring of treatment response and progress of disease. A review of PET/CT in the context of HPB malignancies will be presented, including indications and potential pitfalls.
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|Killer Joe
William Friedkin (U.S., 2011)
In person/William Friedkin
To low-life dope peddler Chris Smith (Emile Hirsch), in deep to loan sharks, bumping off his mother for the insurance payout seems like a sure solution. Only problem: he's not a killer so he needs one. Enter Killer Joe (Matthew McConaughey), a gun-for-hire with more kinks than steel wool. Totally buggy playwright Tracy Letts, whose Bug was an earlier Friedkin hit, pulls out the stops for this grubby tribute to family values, few of which are on display. The Smith family—Chris, Dottie, Ansel, and Sharla—aren't so much Southern trash as they are base recyclables. When Joe catches sight of delectable Dottie, it's suddenly unsustainable.
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• Written by Tracy Letts, from his play. Photographed by Caleb Deschanel. With Matthew McConaughey, Juno Temple, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon. (102 mins, Color, DCP, From LD Entertainment)


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Nice build. Cant wait to see the Final finish on it.
hey guys ive almost got the PKM tutorial completed...
its lacking about 5 pictures and the test fire video, but that will be a little bit from now..
ive already fired it and ran a bunch thru, its more about getting the finish on it & so on.
its a fairly involved tutorial & ive got it hosted on WG & the pix are all on that set up.
if we get a lot of response here then i'll post up the entire build over here.
its just a lot of work to repost/host it all here.... if only 1 or 2 people can use it.
link: http://www.weaponsguild.com/forum/in...?topic=44153.0
Nice build. Cant wait to see the Final finish on it.
Pryotex is TEC Tactical, A Licensed 07/SOT
Looks good Sean.
Pull up your pants, turn off that damn rap and speak clear English, if you want to talk to me.
I do not know much about the PKM and not really interested in doing one myself, but I got to hand it to yah BUD ( isn't what you call me) I actually went over to WG check it out, we all have had bad experiences with rivets
keep up the good work
talent is talent oh I checked out the website too very interesting
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
Must login to see it?
And what's the motto on their forum to register? How can I discover this information?
Gunco Member #10
The "original" Boltcutter Rivet Squeezers:
Project Pink - the Pink and Blue AK-74:
Pookie i thought you were already a member there.....? i'll PM it to you.
if we have enough people here who actually still want to talk about building guns.... i'll do the work to post it here. its just a lot of work if only a couple people who are members both places want to see it.
thanks bud. LMAO i dont actually have any real "talent". my builds are always based around keeping it as simple as possible to where the build can be done with minimal tooling.
this is kinda like an upside down AK on steroids. :-)
finally got off my a$$ & went outside ... grabbed a pic and here it is... right now the finish is just duracoat on the receiver, still gotta get the whole thing to match in either duracoat or black oxide.
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click if you want to see it bigger...
I could just see you driving up I-95 and getting stopped by some local sheriff going WTF
still sweet
yes you have talent lets not be bashful of all the wannabe's over at WG you stand above them all ( except me )
Sprat and sprat1 are one and the same.
thanks for the compliment!
but i really have to give TRENCHES the huge pile of credit on this: as i used his FCG design with the AR group and just made a housing for it to all work....
as posted there: i DO have another option that im getting ready to run thru for those who cant make their own lower FCG or box set up. i should have it this week & then its just about making sure it all fits up and mounting it..
will get people into a complete, useable FCG for under $150 that they can just weld/rivet or screw on.. ready to go! :-)


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The Spirit of Ecstasy, the Rolls Royce mascot, recently received a limited edition makeover for the New York Auto Show, and how we missed it, we just don't know. But anyway, it's a Rolls, so you expect it to cost a pretty penny, right? Well, how about 20,000,000 of them. Yes, this ornamental accessory for hood… »


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Higher sewage rates take effect next month
Manor residents will begin paying a higher sewage rate next year to help the borough pay off a 20-year $1.6 million loan for the sewage project.
Starting in January, most borough residents will pay a quarterly base rate of $108.54 for the first 3,000 gallons of water. That's an increase of $19.55.
Homeowners who are served by the Penn Township Sewage Authority pump station — including those in the Crimson Pointe plan and homes on Rowe Road — will pay $156.17 for the first 3,000 gallons, which is an increase of $21.80.
In those base rates, $20.04 will go toward the borough's debt service on the loan from the Pennsylvania Infrastructure and Investment Authority, or PENNVEST.
That amount will remain constant during the life of the loan.
Officials also adjusted the charges slightly after determining the borough's operational and maintenance costs and accounting for a decline in water consumption among sewage customers, borough manager Joe Lapia said.
Manor Council, which approved the new rates by a 6-0 vote last week, hired contractors this year for a state-mandated project that includes eliminating combined sanitary and storm-water lines and replacing other aging stormwater lines.
No tax increase
Council's $1.1 million budget for 2014 doesn't include an increase in the property-tax rate.
Council voted on Dec. 18 to keep the tax rate at 16.5 mills.
Grant application
Seeking to repair some of the worst roads in town, council agreed to apply for a $280,000 federal Community Development Block Grant, which is administered by Westmoreland County officials.
Engineer Ed Antonacci said the application would address Broadway Avenue, from Atlantic Avenue to Buster Avenue; Buster, from Race Street to Broadway; Race Street from Buster to Atlantic; and an 80-foot brick-lined portion of McElvey Street.
Lapia called the streets "the worst of the worst" and said they had been neglected for years because officials were waiting to work on the sewage project to begin rather than having to repair them twice.
"We just keep getting further and further behind," Lapia said.
The borough would be required to match 15 percent of whatever amount county officials would choose to award.
New hire
Council hired Alicia Lamanna to work 25 hours a week as an administrative assistant.
Lamanna, whose first day on the new job was Monday, will be paid $14 an hour.
Board appointee
Former councilwoman Megan Gutkowski is replacing Mayor-elect Jeremy "J.R." Dixon on the borough's civil service commission.
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text: Colectomy(Hemicolectomy, partial colectomy, or segmental resection)Procedure overviewA colectomy is a surgical procedure used to treat colon cancer. The surgery involves removing a portion of the colon, or large intestine, usually about one-third to one-fourth of it. The surgeon will typically remove the portion of the colon that appears cancerous, as well as another small portion on either side of the cancerous part and some nearby lymph nodes. The remaining parts of the colon are then attached to each other.A colectomy can be done in two ways. The traditional procedure is an open colectomy, in which a long incision is made on your abdomen to give the surgeon adequate access to the colon. The newer form of colectomy is a laparoscopic-assisted colectomy, in which only small incisions are made, and a tiny camera is inserted into one of the incisions to help the surgeon see the area being worked on. This may be an option for earlier stage cancers. Reasons for the procedureA colectomy is usually performed if colon cancer is caught in its earlier stages. Sometimes even when the cancer has progressed beyond the early stages, a more extensive colectomy can be an option.Your health care provider will recommend a colectomy if your medical team has been determined that this surgery will give you the best chance of survival.Risks of the procedureColectomy is generally regarded as a fairly safe procedure, and there are rarely any major complications from it. Still, as with any surgery, it carries some possible risks. Be sure to discuss any concerns with your health care provider before the procedure.Some possible risks of a colectomy include:Internal bleedingInfectionHerniaScar tissueBlockage of the intestinesA leak where the intestines are sewn togetherDamage to nearby organsBefore the procedureIt is important that the bowels be empty when the surgery is performed. You must follow your health care provider's instructions on dietary changes and liquid intake on the days leading up to surgery.A day or two before the procedure, your health care provider may give you a bowel preparation that includes laxatives and enemas.The day before the procedure, you may be instructed to only drink clear liquids or broth; you may be told not to have any food or beverages at all up to 12 hours before the procedure. Your health care provider may ask you to stop taking certain medications during the week leading up to the surgery.Based on your medical condition, your health care provider may request other specific preparations.During the procedureYou will receive general anesthesia before the surgery, and you will be completely asleep during the procedure.Your surgeon will make a long cut on your abdomen if performing an open colectomy or several smaller incisions for a laparoscopic-assisted colectomy.The surgeon will use surgical tools to remove the targeted portion of your colon.The two open ends of the colon will be attached.The lymph nodes near the site of the cancer will also be removed at this time. Surgeons often remove at least 12 of these lymph nodes.Once the surgery is complete, the abdominal incision is closed.After the procedureA colectomy is a major surgical procedure and you will probably be in the hospital for three to seven days. You'll likely need to take pain medication for two to three days, and you'll also receive nutrition from an IV drip. You may be allowed some limited liquids as the colon begins to recover.After a few days, you should be able to start on solid food again. Your doctor will schedule follow-up appointments to check on your progress. Most people who have a colectomy have a good prognosis and can expect to live a normal life after their recovery. Health Encyclopedia A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Search Health Library


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text: When we say "coasting," we don't mean a foot-off-the-gas-pedal glide (though with these prices it's not a bad idea), but rather, red sails in the sunset, sand dunes and crashing waves. John Shields, restaurateur, chef, food journalist and TV host, grew up on the Chesapeake Bay and early on fell in love with the bounty that coastal waters yield. Coastal Cooking with John Shields, the companion volume to his TV cooking series airing this September, took Shields on a coastal culinary whirlwind; he cooked his way through the Carolinas, Key West and the Gulf states, up the West Coast from San Diego to Seattle, then down the East Coast from Maine to Baltimore, his home base. He met fishermen, farmers, prominent chefs and local home cooks who shared their recipes and their love of their own coastal regions. The 125 recipes here are seasoned with full-color photos and travelogue vignettes that take you from Latin Miami to Tangier Island, Virginia, and from Provincetown, Massa-chusetts, to Willamette Valley, Oregon. You'll find old-time favorites such as Savannah She-Crab Soup (if you're not in she-crab country, just use lump crabmeat), classic New England Boiled Dinner, Boston Baked Beans and Bourbon Street Beignets (it's not all from the briny deep). You'll also find champagne-based Cantaloupe Soup, Mussels with Smoked Salmon Cream and Saffron-Braised Leeks new ideas to spice up your late summer menus.


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EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) - Fourteen Southern California lifeguards fired for making a parody video in uniform and at the pool will get their jobs back.
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports the El Monte City Council voted Tuesday to rehire the workers pending a review of center management, policies and procedures.
The lifeguards were fired last month after making a parody of the "Gangnam Style" video by Korean rapper PSY.
The video showed lifeguards in their city-issued swimsuits dancing underwater and on diving boards at the Aquatic Center. City officials say the workers violated employee conduct standards and prohibitions on use of city property.
The lifeguards say they were off the clock when they made the spoof.
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Health Disparities Subcontract - Recipients
2006-2011 Contract
Years Four and Five- May 2009 to April 2011
The Health Disparities Subcontract is not available for Years Four and Five.
Year Three - May 2008 to April 2009
No Health Disparities Subcontracts were awarded Year Three.
Year Two - May 2007 to April 2008
Recipient: Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Project Director: Jane Blumenthal
Project Title: Michigan Health Literacy Awareness Training Program
Amount: $35,000
Start/End Date: February 2008 to July 2009
Phone: 734-936-1403
Description: The Michigan Health Literacy Awareness Training Program (MHLATP) is a collaborative project between the University of Michigan Health Sciences Libraries and Washtenaw Literacy. The goal of this project is to raise awareness among health professionals of the issue of low literacy and poor health literacy among their patients, and to provide communication techniques and resources to improve patient care. Building on an established curriculum developed by Washtenaw Literacy; (WL) on raising awareness of low literacy, the collaborators will expand the current curriculum to address poor health literacy as well as low literacy. Classes will be offered to health providers in a variety of settings, particularly in neighborhood-based health clinics. Additional collaboration between the partners and the health clinic providers will enable MHLATP to develop a comprehensive health awareness toolkit. The final outcome will include the development of a project website to disseminate the toolkit and provide a networking mechanism for continuation of activities.
Recipient: Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago, IL, and University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of the Health Sciences Library, Chicago, IL
Project Director: Celine Woznica
Project Title: New Americans Health Information Access Project
Amount: $35,000
Start/End Date: April 2008 to July 2009
Phone: 773-751-4166
Description: The purpose of the New Americans Health Information Access Project is to build upon the success of an earlier NN/LM GMR-funded project Multi-Lingual Health Information Access for Immigrants and Refugees) that provided access to quality health information to non-English speaking refugee and immigrant populations in the Chicago area. Eight dedicated health education computers were purchased and installed in seven mutual aid associations and one refugee resettlement agency Health promoters working for those agencies and part of an ongoing health promoter formation program coordinated by Heartland Health Outreach received training on computer skills and health information website evaluation techniques. As a result of this project, literally thousands of health information documents were located on the Internet in the more than fifteen languages spoken collectively by the collaborating agencies. With the help of a student intern, the documents were organized by website, language, name, and hyperlink. The unanticipated level of success of this project gave rise to a call to share these resources with other agencies in a manner that can be easily accessed and updated. With the technical support of the partnering library institution and the assistance of the collaborating ethnic community-based organizations, Heartland Health Outreach proposes to continue researching and evaluating multi-lingual health information that can be then accessed through a webpage portal designed, managed, and hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Recipient: Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Project Director: Sue Coenen
Project Title: Empowering Patients with Accurate Health Information at Holy Redeemer Church and Clinic
Amount: $20,000
Start/End Date: April 2008 to July 2009
Phone: 414-456-8323
Description: To help improve access to accurate health information to community members and to health care providers who serve them in a free health clinic in a Medically Underserved Area of Milwaukee, the Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries (MCWL) plans to work with the nurse who coordinates the free clinic and serves as the parish nurse at Holy Redeemer Church of God in Christ as she provides health information and develops a health education component at the clinic. By providing training, equipment, MCWL resources, and ongoing support to this nurse and clinic volunteers, the parishioners and community members served by the parish nurse and clinic will receive accurate health information. The MCWL Outreach Librarian will coordinate this project and provide training to the nurse and volunteers in using MedlinePlus, PubMed, and other quality online resources and offer classes to parishioners and community members on MedlinePlus. In addition, the clinic will receive two computers and multiple printers and printing supplies, and the nurse will receive a laptop, printer, and LCD projector to help facilitate the dissemination of information to the parishioners and clinic patients. A budget will be available for the parish nurse to purchase consumer health books for her church, and materials from MCWL collection will be available free of charge as will interlibrary loan requests that can be obtained from other Reciprocal Libraries in the GMR network. The MCWL Outreach Librarian will create two online tutorials, one for the clinic patients and one for the health care volunteers, in how to find accurate, online health information and will help facilitate retrieval of information from MedlinePlus and other sources by organizing patient information and handouts into folders by health topic saved to the computer desktops. By improving access to reliable health information to the parish members of Holy Redeemer and those in the surrounding community served by the parish nurse and clinic, the goals of this project are consistent with the GMR Health Disparities Subcontract.
Year One - May 2006 to April 2007
Recipient: Medical College of Wisconsin Libraries, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Project Director: Mary Blackwelder
Project Title: Making Connections: Partnering with Parish Nurses to Improve Access to Health Information in Milwaukee's Central City
Amount: $12,000
Start/End Date: February 2007 to January 2008
Phone: 414-456-8323
Description: Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Libraries will train parish nurses in using MedlinePlus® and PubMed® to help them provide reliable, authoritative, and relevant health information to members of their parish communities. Laptop computers, printers, and computer maintenance agreements will be provided to the neediest of parishes to facilitate the parish nurses' dissemination of information to their parish communities. Free reference service for the public will be promoted. Materials from MCW Libraries' collection will be available for the parish nurses to use free of charge, as will interlibrary loan requests that can be obtained from other Reciprocal Libraries in the GMR network. Lastly, onsite training sessions on using MedlinePlus will be offered to parishes with adequate meeting facilities.
Recipient: Heartland Health Outreach, Chicago, IL, and Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Library,
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL
Project Director: Celine Woznica
Project Title: Multi-lingual Health Information Access for Immigrants and Refugees
Amount: $12,000
Start/End Date: February 2007 to January 2008
Phone: 773-751-4166
Description: The purpose of the Multi-lingual Health Information Access for Immigrants and Refugees project is to enhance access to health information on the Internet for immigrant and refugee populations in the greater Chicago area. Through collaboration with the Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Library and representative community-based mutual aid associations, Heartland Health Outreach (HHO) plans to provide the technical support and equipment necessary for health promoters working in eight distinct immigrant communities to research and download culturally and linguistically appropriate health information. This health information, in audio, print, and multi-media format, will be stored on dedicated computers purchased for each agency for its ethnic community's use. In addition, health information will be downloaded onto portable formats for individual distribution and/or viewing in community settings.
Recipient: Hmong Health Education Network, Wausau Area Hmong Mutual Association (WAHMA), Wausau, WI
Project Director: Margaret Allen
Project Title: Networking for Hmong and Immigrant Health
Amount: $40,000
Start/End Date: November 2006 to April 2008
Phone: 715-842-8390
Description: The goal of this project is to continue develop the Hmong Health Education Network as a model resource for refugees and immigrants and their health providers in the Midwest and beyond. This includes:
- enhancing the Hmonghealth.org website as a bilingual prototype for culture-specific websites;
- promotion of access to culturally and linguistically appropriate health information online and at professional conferences; and
- developing educational resources for librarians to work with health educators and bilingual staff to promote health literacy and access to health information for English language learners.


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The countdown starts now....T-Minus 58 hours - Leaving on Sunday morning with my son on our second annual "Cat's in the Cradle" fathers day trip.
Sunday - Chattanooga TN - Got a $179 room downtown (Sheraton Read House Hotel)
for $40 on Priceline, located in between two local micro breweries
Monday - Bryson City, NC - Whitewater in the a.m. and mountain biking at TSALI in the late afternoon - Monday evening at Nantahala Brewing Company
Tuesday - More TSALI single track trail riding - Tuesday evening in Asheville, NC ($190 room for $45 for Tue & Wed) - French Broad Brewing Company tour.
Wednesday - In the a.m. Blue Ridge Parkway and a hike to the top of the highest point east of the rocky mountains, Mt. Mitchell (6,684 ft) - The afternoon and evening, I have arranged a tour that includes transportation from our hotel to Highland Brewing Co., Pisgah Brewing Co., and finally, Asheville Brewery and Pizza for dinner and then a return to the hotel.
Come on, admit it guys (and gals), you want to go too
I am hoping for no more than a 5 lb weight gain for this trip Pictures to follow. I am actually going to rent my bike for this trip. Too much city for me to want to have to worry about our bikes getting stolen.


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BIC is celebrating its iconic BIC Lighter's 40th birthday. To celebrate this milestone, the company has launched a series of 40th birthday "Flicktacular" consumer promotions, including its "Best of You" contest that asked consumers to create their own lighter designs.
BIC officially kicked off the Lighter's 40th Birthday Flicktacular celebration by having consumers vote online for their favorite designs from two of its top-selling Special Edition design series: Tattoos and Flick My BIC. The lighters that consumers selected as their favorites became part of the BIC 40th birthday Special Edition Series Birthday Lighters, which feature a golden-hood and a 40th birthday emblem.
Next, the BIC "Best of You" contest invited consumers to create their own BIC Lighter designs. The company received more than a thousand entries, from which the top eleven (11) designs were selected and are also part of the BIC 40th birthday Special Edition Series Birthday Lighters featuring the golden-hood and 40th birthday emblem.
"Best of You" contest winners, who were from all over the U.S., were flown into New York City for the weekend and had the opportunity to visit BIC's Milford, Connecticut lighter manufacturing facility to see their lighter designs actually being applied to BIC Lighters. These designs are available at retail through August 2013.
Until August 2013, BIC 40th birthday Special Edition Series Birthday Lighters will have a game code that consumers can enter online through www.facebook.com/bicflickers for a chance to win instant-win prizes and the ultimate birthday bash, an upscale three-day, two-night trip to Las Vegas for four people.


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Hopefully, the participants in this two-car accident that took place March 7 in Westwood were residents of Ohio or Indiana, not Kentucky.
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Ohio and Indiana drivers will pay about $500 to $600 less to insure their cars this year than drivers in Kentucky.
Costs were compared Monday in Insure.com's annual rankings of auto insurance premiums.
Kentucky ranked 10th highest in the nation, while Indiana was 44th and Ohio was 48th. ...


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The Spartan Nation is a family. The 2015 version of that family expanded to two recently. Tom Izzo's Spartans form a particularly close, and highly successful, branch of that family.
Kyle Ahrens couldn't resist the chance to become a part of this tightknit group.
The prized shooting guard from Versailles, Ohio committed to Michigan State on Friday, becoming the second member of Izzo's 2015 recruiting class.
Ahrens spoke with Hondo S. Carpenter, Sr. on Spartan Nation Radio, talking about his skillset, how he overcame a major injury, and his family.
Some basketball players don't realize their potential until high school, or even in college. This wasn't the case for Kyle Ahrens.
"I started playing AAU at a really young age," Ahrens said. "I'm thankful that my uncle John, who's a really, really close uncle of mine, got me on this team, and that's when this all started. I had a passion for the game that not many other kids have and I always wanted to go into the gym to work."
Ahrens exploded onto the recruiting scene with a strong showing in his sophomore season at Versailles High School. Ahrens scored 549 points in 2012-13, good for third-best in school history and just 35 points from the school record.
Offers flowed in from big basketball programs such as Butler, Xavier, and Michigan State. Ahrens also received interest from major programs such as Michigan and Ohio State.
A major injury in December nearly brought his plans to a halt.
"I went up for an alley oop and it was a short pass, and I came down wrong," Ahrens said. "I couldn't feel up my leg and I just felt two snaps and I knew I broke my leg instantly. Going through my head, I didn't know what to think going in the ambulance.
"My mom was in the car right behind me, and she was constantly sending me texts, 'God has a plan, this is God's way of showing you a new path, a new way of getting to the person you want to be."
Ahrens received a great deal of support from his parents during a long recovery that lasted well into the spring.
"My mom is the most supportive person you could ever ask for. When I went down with my leg injury, she sent Bible quotes every single day I was out because I had to sit out and watch. I couldn't do anything," Ahrens said. "My dad was on the coaching staff, he was there to help me every single day. He always said, 'Pick up a ball and do some ball handling.' He's always encouraged me to work harder and harder."
Ahrens also relied heavily on his faith to make it through the long days and nights he was unable to pursue his passion.
"I'm really close to God. All of my supporters, we're all close to Him, and I just want to play for Him," Ahrens said.
The 6'5" prospect returned to his AAU team (the King James Shooting Stars) in late April. He tabbed 5.1 points per game in 14 appearances. He's still on the comeback trail, though.
"I'm about 85% right now. I start a skiing clinic next week and I hope to get my vertical up better than ever," Ahrens said. "My leg is feeling great. I have aches here and there, but the therapist told me that's going to happen for a little longer."
Even after the injury, the Spartan coaching staff was undeterred in its pursuit of Ahrens. Izzo and his staff invited Ahrens for an official visit, an invitation he gladly accepted.
Prior to the visit, Ahrens had some familiarity with MSU. He played with Travis Trice's younger brother for a time and still has a sweatshirt he got after Trice committed to the Spartans.
Matt Costello hosted Ahrens, showing him the ropes and introducing him to many of the players.
"I got to know Matt and Denzel [Valentine] really well, they're such great guys. They work so hard and they always like to have fun," Ahrens said. "I got to know the whole team. When I went in the morning to watch them work out in the weight room with the strength coach, they were all there working. I can't wait to play with them one day."
Ahrens loves watching this team's play, as he identifies closely with its style.
"They're freaks on defense: they work so hard. They're all so disciplined by Coach Izzo and the whole coaching staff," Ahrens said. "If you play hard on D, your shots will come back on offense. They all share the ball really well. Playing in open gym with those guys was awesome. I got to play with Denzel and Matt Costello."
The Ohio visitor also had a chance to get to talk with the coaching staff at length. Ahrens would not be disappointed.
"I love their staff," he said. "They all have jokes, they're all having fun, but they're there to work hard and help you be the best person you can be, on and off the court."
Ahrens loved the school, players, and coaches so much that he decided to commit that day.
"I just got finished with open gym and I walked up to his office. I wanted all the coaches to be in there, and they were," Ahrens said. "Coach Izzo talked, and right after him I said, 'Coach, this is home for me. I want to commit to Michigan State. He got out of his chair and went nuts."
"It shows me that they really want me. They really want me to be a winner at Michigan State."
Ahrens fits in perfectly at Michigan State. His desire to give back mirrors that of many other Spartans.
"I'm just always here to help. I'm always in the community helping others," he said. "With the way I was as a kid, I always wanted kids to help me, especially the older kids on the varsity team. Now I'm going to be that guy to help the little kids."
Having been generously granted this outstanding opportunity, Ahrens hopes to return the favor by achieving his life-long goals.
"My dream has always been to go to the NBA and become a pro, and I know Coach Izzo can get me there," Ahrens said. "But I will always have a [business] degree to fall back on and I will work hard in the classroom to get that degree. If my dreams don't come true, I still have that dream of becoming successful in business."
Ahrens picked the right place to pursue his dreams. He belongs in East Lansing.
"I'm so thankful for this opportunity to play for Coach Izzo and the whole Spartan Nation. I can't thank God enough," Ahrens said. "Every night I went to bed, I knew right away that Michigan State was the place for me. I'm just so blessed."


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This neat side table combines function with aesthetic appeal. Dovetail joints provide attractive craft detail whilst brushed brass hardware and feet give subtle material interest. All the drawers in the Sleep Series use traditional wooden runners for an authentic construction and the Bedside Table is no different. The single drawer unit sits onto of slender legs and a small upright on the table top is an attractive reworking of a practical traditional furniture detail.
Finishes: White oil
Materials: Solid ash with brushed brass handles and feet.
- Width: 400mm / 15 3/4"
- Height: 350mm / 13 3/4"
- Depth: 540mm / 21 1/4"
- Product: Bedside Table Two
- Brand: Another Country
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- Color: Light Wood
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Looking for holiday inspiration? Our Advent and Christmas devotionals are here.
35:18 Ben-oni. See text note. Rachel's weeping for her child portended an anguished future for the nation (Jer. 31:15–17; Matt. 2:17, 18).
Benjamin. See text note. The Hebrew word yamin can refer both to the right hand and to the south (the Hebrews often described directions in terms of a person facing the east—the right hand thus pointed to the south). Jacob's other sons were born in Padan Aram, northeast of Canaan.


text: Skills USA is a national organization serving trade, industrial and technical education students. The CTHS chapter of Skills USA incorporates leadership, citizenship, character development programs, and activities into the skill training offered at the vocational school. As a local affiliated club, members are eligible to participate in state and national competition related to their specific vocational or technical program.