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Discovery Laboratories Inc. ( DSCO ) was a big mover last session, as the company saw its shares rise nearly 8% on the day. This rally higher can be attributable to solid volume with far more shares changing hands than in a normal session. This stock, trading in a volatile price range of $1.66 to $1.87 in the past one-month time frame, showed a pick-up yesterday at $1.79.
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The Beach House is a turn of the century Coastguard cottage 25 yards from the quiet beach of Broomhill Sands one mile from Camber. Shingle at high tide, with miles of beautiful sandy beach at mid to low tide. There is a pretty sheltered garden with table and chairs. The comfortably furnished house overlooks Rye Bay. With continuous sands to Rye Harbour at low tide. A 3 mile walk. Rye and Hastings are the nearest towns, with their own fishing fleets, castle and all the local amenities. Water sports are available nearby.
|Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
|3 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms
|Nearest beach
|Broomhill Sands
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|8 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Gatwick, Nearest railway: Rye
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|Log fire, Sea view
|TV, CD player
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron
|Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|Double beds (3), Cots (1), Dining seats for 8, Lounge seats for 6
|Private garden, BBQ
|Parking, Not suitable for wheelchair users
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Dining room seats 6-8. 3 double bedrooms. 1 bathroom with WC. Lounge seats 6.
Outside garden shower hot/cold for when coming off the beach.
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A secluded garden with table and chairs for dining outside.
The East Sussex region
On the edge Romney marsh and an an area of SS1. The Sustrans cycle route round the coast runs past the end of the road. Hastings is within easy reach as is Canterbury, Sissinghusrt Castle and the gardens of Great Dixter. The fishing fleet of Rye and Hastings sell there catch direct to the public. The miniature Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway starts at Dungeness and runs to Hythe.
Swimming in the sea. Sandy beach ideal for children. Wind surfing, Kite surfing and beach surfing tuition is available nearby. There is a golf course at Rye. A restaurant and local shops at Camber and a supermarket and plenty of restaurants in the historic Cinque Port of Rye.
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29 Dec 2012
"Great location, lovely character cottage with lots of space."
Had a great week at Jury's Gap. The weather was wild with loads of sea spray and sideways walks. With no firing on the shooting range we were able to make the most of walking up the beach towards Dungeness. The kite surfing was also amazing with 20 or so surfers out there at any one time. The cottage had plenty of space for us and the open fires were welcome. The owners have obviously spent some time putting in new carpets and decorating and everything was clean and just as we expected from other reviews. Would love to go back in the Summer to be able to sit on the beach.
28 Apr 2012
"Cosy artists' cottage"
This house has a fantastic location right next to the long sweeping sandy beach of Broomhill Sands which it is not unusual to have completely to yourselves, even in the middle of the school holidays. We have stayed there several times in the past couple of years and it is perfect for a relaxing coastal holiday with lovely long walks along the beach, whilst only a short drive from the picturesque Cinque Port town of Rye and the lovely Rye Harbour nature reserve. As the house is so close to the beach it is easy to pop back in to make a brew and take afternoon tea on the sands, and later in the day we loved taking our evening drinks down the beach and enjoying the sunset vista before returning to the house to enjoy dinner in the attractive dining room. The house itself is a warm and cosy haven when the wind whips up outside. It is full of character, having a sense of history as a coastguard cottage whilst at the same time clearly reflecting the profession of its current owners with its creatively designed interior and original artwork. The kitchen is very well equipped and even cleaning materials such as dishcloths and fairy liquid are provided. There are new carpets upstairs, the beds are very comfortable and it is lovely to hear the wind whistling outside at night whilst snuggling down under the Egyptian cotton sheets. The garden is well designed yet with an untamed natural look, featuring plenty of wildlife friendly plants which attract a colourful splash of bees and butterflies in the summer months. The table and chairs are situated in a sun trap which is perfect for enjoying a spot of lunch and sunbathing with a book on days when the beach is extra windswept. The MOD training area is situated at the back of the house and to be honest you completely forget it is there (excepting any boys in your party for whom it can represent a special point of interest!). A particular advantage is that due to the lack of civilisation along that part of the beach it is great for nature lovers and you can get some really good views of seabirds and waders whilst enjoying the maritime plants such as yellow horned poppies and sea-holly. In summary, a secluded coastal retreat for a completely relaxing holiday.
16 Apr 2012
"Great location"
We ignored the negative review for the location at Jury's Gap. Empty sandy beach for long walks on the doorstep. We took our morning tea on the sea wall. The Coastguard house was cosy with lots of books, guides and paintings. After a day out we lit the fire in the dining room and settled in to a relaxed dinner. We can report new carpets upstairs, and a well equipped kitchen, even down to a garlic crusher. Lots of restaurants in Rye and Hastings. We recommend trying the Tuscan Kitchen. Excellent and very good value.
24 Sep 2011
Whilst this cottage is in a good location for sightseeing it left a lot to be desired. It is right by a pebble beach but at the back is as the owner described on meeting us "little Kabul". It is an army training mock village from where you hear gunshots at various times of the day. We got away lightly but some comments in the guest book suggests 8 am starts at times. The kitchen was poorly equipped, no sharp knives, baking trays, scissors etc. The stair and main bedroom carpet was quite dirty and there is no shower just a rubber spray attachment to the bath taps of which the hot hose kept coming off. The lounge was fine though.
Some people lack a sense of humour (little kabul). My mistake! The army range is used occasionally and well away from the back of the house. We have owned the house for 30 years and not been troubled by the firing when it occurs in the distance. At mid/low tide the beach is miles of sand in both directions. It is possible to walk to Rye Harbour on the sand (3 miles). The kitchen is fully equipt and there is a full set of sharp kitchen knives, scissors, garlic crusher etc. New carpeting upstairs and an outside (summer) shower and a shower attachment for the bath.
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Former Councilman David Kappler lauded for environmental record
January 5, 2010
Issaquah claimed about 8,000 residents when David Kappler launched a successful City Council campaign in 1991.
Then, before the seismic shifts brought on by widespread growth, residents talked about still-unrealized plans to build urban villages on Cougar Mountain and Grand Ridge. Costco still maintained corporate headquarters in Kirkland.
Kappler, a tireless advocate for trails and open space preservation, won every election since his '91 victory. The former councilman, who shaped decisions for almost 20 years, led the push to conserve land and cast crucial votes to shape transportation and public safety in Issaquah and across the Eastside.
John Rittenhouse is proud of human services impact
January 5, 2010
During a single City Council term, John Rittenhouse advanced watershed legislation to reshape city elections and establish a human services campus in Issaquah.
The former councilman led the effort to cap city campaign contributions at $500 for cash and in-kind donations from a single party — a measure the council overwhelmingly approved in May.
Rittenhouse led the push to open a proposed human services campus, a clearinghouse where needy people can receive food, healthcare and employment. The council OK'd the first steps toward a campus — location scouting and business planning — in a unanimous vote last month.
Before Rittenhouse left the council last week, colleagues praised him as affable and effective. Read more
Developer: Park Pointe could break ground in 2011
December 22, 2009
The developer behind Park Pointe said ground could be broken for the embattled Tiger Mountain residential project as early as a year after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearings. But city officials, accustomed to long delays related to Park Pointe, described the timeline as ambitious. Read more
All-mail election could keep decision unknown on Nov. 3
October 27, 2009
When City Council candidate Joan Probala and her supporters gather at Gibson Hall on election night, the crowd could be cheated out of knowing how the months-long campaign culminates. Read more
Council candidates look toward future at forum
October 13, 2009
City Council candidates envisioned redevelopment of the commercial district, promised to protect crucial city services and looked beyond the defunct Southeast Bypass — the defining issue of the 2007 municipal election — at a campaign forum last week.
Organized by The Issaquah Press and moderated by Publisher Debbie Berto, the Oct. 8 forum drew Position 5 candidates Maureen McCarry and Joan Probala, and Position 7 hopefuls Tola Marts and Nathan Perea. The candidates, bedecked in campaign buttons, spent the hourlong forum fielding questions from Berto about issues including the economy, growth and transportation. Read more
Council incumbent withdraws
June 16, 2009
David Kappler announced June 11 he would not seek re-election to the City Council — less than a week after the longtime councilman filed with King County Elections to run for another term. Kappler withdrew his candidacy with the elections office a day before the withdrawal deadline.
As he announced his intention to withdraw, Kappler said he plans to spend more time with his family and take care of his 93-year-old parents in Seattle.
Kappler said his sucessor and other council members would be forced to make tough decisions as city officials grapple with the recession. Officials cut spending by $1.6 million as a result of a $1.5 million shortfall.
Despite the downturn, Kappler said he wants the next council to plan for future transportation projects and complete and implement the Central Issaquah Plan. The document will outline future development and redevelopment on 915 acres around Interstate 90.
"Dealing with the finances is going to be the nitty gritty, but I'd like to see some vision," he said.
Kappler, first elected to the seven-member council in 1991, is a staunch advocate for environmental preservation and a longtime member of the Issaquah Alps Trails Club. He said his post-council plans include devoting more time to the trails club. In 2006, he received the Ruth Kees Award for a Sustainable Community — the city's top honor for people who take steps to protect natural resources.
Kappler, 60, endorsed political newcomer Tola Marts in the race to succeed him. Marts will face another newcomer, Nathan Perea, in the contest for the Position 7 council seat. Kappler said he plans to campaign for Marts. Read more
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Mayor Ava Frisinger will run unopposed for a fourth term and seven City Council candidates will battle for four seats, according to unofficial King County Elections filings. Read more
Southeast Bypass decision will appear in Federal Register
May 22, 2009
NEW — 4:23 p.m. May 22, 2009
Federal officials agreed to publish a key Southeast Bypass document in the Federal Register, ending months of debate about where to publish the text and whether the city was responsible for doing so.
But only a slice of the 83-page record of decision will appear in the register. Instead, officials will include a portion of the document and link to read the unedited text on the city's Web site. The document details the city's efforts to plan the bypass. The text should be published in the register by early June.
Council members directed city staffers to push the Federal Highway Administration to include the record of decision in the register.
City Public Works Engineering Director Bob Brock said no further action by city officials is required. Publication in the register will be free for the city.
"This is really, at least in my view, the end of the road for what we need to do at a staff level," Brock said.
Plans to build the bypass took more than a decade of study and $4 million of city money before the City Council nixed the proposed 1.1-mile, four-lane roadway in February 2008. Officials worried about the environmental ramifications of the roadway, and said the bypass would do little to alleviate traffic congestion.
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City Council members recently approved a plan that outlines dozens of transportation projects — from construction of the Interstate 90 Undercrossing to improving sidewalks and streets.
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May 16, 2009
NEW — 3:27 p.m. May 16, 2009
City Council members recently approved a plan that outlines dozens of transportation projects — from construction of the Interstate 90 Undercrossing to improving sidewalks and streets.
On May 4, the council unanimously approved the Transportation Improvement Program, which outlines how transportation money will be spent in the next six years.
Listed in the TIP are projects ranging from an $8.39 million project to improve Newport Way from Maple Street to West Sunset Way to safety improvements, such as the construction of a traffic roundabout at the corner of East Lake Sammamish Parkway and Southeast 43rd Way, north of Lake Sammamish State Park and near Providence Point.
City Transportation Manager Gary Costa presented the TIP to council members. He explained the role of the TIP in securing dollars for transportation projects.
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255 Isle Rd., Butler, PA, 16001www.lakearthur.com
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Emma Stone FaceTimes With Spice Girls' Mel C AKA Sporty Spice: Watch the Adorable Clip Here!
One lucky super fan! After Emma Stone had an endearing moment with Scary Spice (aka Mel B) on an Australian talk show in March, the hosts of the British radio show "Capital Breakfast" arranged for the "Amazing Spider-Man 2" star, 25, to meet yet another Spice Girl.
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While promoting her new Marvel film with boyfriend and costar Andrew Garfield, the redheaded star was asked to do a sing off with the DJs on the girl group's popular tune "Stop" (even Garfield joined in!). To see how the American actress did, they FaceTimed Sporty Spice (aka Mel C), much to Stone's delight.
"First of all, I have to apologize for the Spice Girls hijacking all of your promos," Mel C, 40, said to Stone.
"I'm so happy about it, you have no idea. I wouldn't want to be hijacked by anybody else," she replied.
After learning that the "Easy A" star's favorite Spice Girl was, in fact, Baby Spice (aka Emma Bunton), Mel C spoke to the blonde mother of two about her excited super fan.
"I've got a message for you," Mel C (whose full name is Melanie Chisholm) said. "I spoke to Emma earlier. She says she still has all of her baby doll dresses if you ever want to pop by and try them on."
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"Yes! I would love to!" Stone gushed.
Garfield looked on, amused as his girlfriend geeked out, speaking to one of her idols.
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Sandra Cannon: GED diplomas just as important as high school diplomas
One in five Tennessee adults does not have a high school diploma. More than 12,000 Tennesseans will earn a GED diploma this year.
General Educational Development graduates are young, middle-aged, senior citizens, inmates, new mothers, preachers, congressmen, sheriffs and future Harvard graduates. Some older adults earn a GED to make their children proud. The GED diploma is not a throw-away. It is as meaningful to graduates, their families and the economic and social fabric of this country as the "regular" high school diploma.
Because of current economic conditions, more people earn diplomas to increase their chances for employment while waiting on a job opening. Many companies require that their employees have at least a high school or GED diploma. We should encourage relatives, church members, friends and co-workers to return to class and earn GED diplomas. When asked by potential employers if they have a high school diploma, many GED graduates say, "I just have a GED."
I was a GED instructor in Blount County. I taught students to never say they "just have a GED." They earned a GED diploma. Their "D" is as legitimate as other diplomas. GED graduates can read, write a short essay, calculate algebraic equations, solve geometry problems and sit for seven and a half hours to test.
Unfortunately, not all students enrolled in Knox County schools will graduate on time, regardless of the goals of Leave No Child Behind or Race to the Top. We must continue to fund alternative centers (Paul Kelley School and Richard Yoakley) for high school students; GED centers at community agencies and the Knox County Detention Center; or other alternative learning centers. Earning a high school diploma or its equivalent is necessary for survival. The average no-diploma earner makes $444 per week, while the high school/GED graduate makes $626 per week, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. That extra amount can add food to the table or pay for a pair of shoes for a child.
Some of my students were referred by juvenile court, welfare programs and employers. Some were stay-at-home moms or retired men. I asked my students why they dropped out of high school. Reasons included work to support their families, family problems, substance-abuse issues, pregnancy or adjudication problems. Some were social outcasts in school or had earned few high school credits. For some, the hours did not jibe with their social schedule. One student replied, "If real school had been like this (at our school), I would have stayed." We had individualized instruction. Students helped each other learn and solve life problems. We challenged their intelligence. When they mastered multiplying polynomials, they knew they could do anything. We were a family of learners.
One student who had substance-abuse issues kept dropping in and out of our dropout program. We did not give up on him. He went missing in action. The next time I saw him, he was getting out of a paddy wagon in shackles at the GED graduation. He smiled with pride as he walked across the stage in his cap and gown. In jail, he had time to study.
At our center, we sang our GED class song ("For He's/She's a Jolly Good Fellow") when someone passed their GED test. I took a class picture of each graduate and placed it on the Wall of Fame with their paper diploma. We had real graduations in caps and gowns with family present. The pride in that school was priceless. They entered to learn and exited to work.
GED graduates, like other graduates, are our hope for a better economy and society.
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Update on Las Marias GroupThe "Las Marías" communal bank has 10 members: Alma Lizeth, María Angélica, José María, Eugenia Estela, María Inés, Petrona Jannette, María Maribel, Paz Julia, Raquel Cristina, Donald Antonio and Mauda José. They are all hard-working, enterprising, and tenacious who very much want to get ahead.
María Angélica is the communal bank coordinator; she's in charge of the good coordination among bank members. María Angélica's economic activity is selling used clothes; she buys large bundles of children's and adults' clothes.
Previous Loan DetailsThe Communal Bank "Las Marías" is made up of 10 enterprisers that are from the same town. Each one of them has a business in which they offer ideas to improve in their businesses. This group has already had a loan with Fundación León 2000, and they have demonstrated that they are responsible pe... More from Las Marias Group's previous loan »
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Fundación Leon 2000This loan is administered by Fundación Leon 2000. Fundación Leon 2000 began operations in 1993 as the first microfinance institution to serve the western part of Nicaragua, a country which continues to be one of the poorest in the western hemisphere. Fundación Leon 2000 works to further the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises through credit services and management, applying the best credit industry practices and technical expertise. Additionally, Fundación Leon manages several business and financial education programs in the community, specifically for young entrepreneurs and at-risk youth. Fundación Leon 2000's group of experienced and dedicated employees works in 7 offices in Leon, Chinandega, Chichigalpa, Somotillo, Jinotepe, El Sauce, and Nagarote and serves several thousand clients (the majority of whom are women).
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Obama Call to Use War Savings on Roads May Fail in Congress
President Barack Obama's call to rebuild U.S. infrastructure with money saved by bringing troops home may not resolve Congress's struggles to set aside more money for roads and bridges, two analysts said.
"I'm not entirely convinced that reallocation of war funds will necessarily pick up enough momentum to gain traction in Congress," Patrick Hughes, an analyst with Washington-based research firm Height Analytics, said in a telephone interview yesterday after Obama's State of the Union address.
Obama is seeking to use half of the savings created by withdrawing troops from Afghanistan and Iraq to rebuild U.S. infrastructure, helping companies ship goods more efficiently, the White House said in a fact sheet yesterday. The plan would fix existing roads and invest more in high-speed rail, according to the fact sheet.
"Take the money we're no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home," Obama said yesterday. He didn't specify how much the government expects to save.
The Highway Trust Fund, which pays for highway, bridge and mass-transit projects, will run out of money in early 2013, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The U.S. hasn't passed new legislation to pay for surface-transportation projects since 2005. Funding has continued through a series of extensions since 2009. The current deadline expires March 31.
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Obama also said he plans to issue an executive order that would reduce regulations that slow down construction projects. The average U.S. transportation project takes 11 years to complete, according to the CBO.
Vulcan Materials Co. and Martin Marietta Materials Inc., the two largest U.S. producers of sand, gravel and crushed stone, and cement maker Texas Industries Inc. are among companies that could benefit if war savings were used to fund a highway bill, said Keith Johnson, an analyst with Morgan Keegan & Co. in Memphis, Tennessee.
"Infrastructure spending could employ a lot of people quickly, but it's a matter of getting a bill through Congress," Johnson said in a telephone interview. Johnson has a "market perform" rating on Vulcan and Texas Industries and an "outperform" on Martin Marietta.
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The U.S. needs $2.2 trillion to repair its infrastructure, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Proposals for new highway bills by House and Senate committees don't increase funding beyond the current legislation. Neither addresses funding for the highway fund's shortfall.
The federal fuel tax, which finances the Highway Trust Fund, has been 18.4 cents a gallon since 1993. Obama has opposed increasing the fuel tax.
In last year's State of the Union address, Obama outlined a goal to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail within 25 years. Obama's administration has allotted $10.1 billion for high-speed and intercity rail since 2009. Congress eliminated funding for high-speed rail in the 2012 budget.
The House and Senate committees both seek to expand the Transportation and Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act to $1 billion a year from the current $122 million. The program provides low-interest loans to fund transportation projects.
Mica Proposal
"America needs to rebuild its infrastructure, but I do not support what appears to be the president's plan to finance that effort by downsizing the military," Representative John Mica, the Florida Republican who is chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said in an e-mailed statement.
Mica's committee will introduce a proposal for a five-year, $260 billion surface-transportation bill on Feb. 2, Justin Harclerode, a spokesman, said by phone. Mica said yesterday his committee's transportation measure would be partially financed through increased U.S. energy production.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, headed by California democrat Barbara Boxer, has approved a two-year plan with funding at current levels. With that version, the Highway Trust Fund's projected expenditure would exceed its incoming revenue by about $12 billion.


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August 31, 2012 - by Jerry Shulman
When Deb Turner asked me to speak at Shabbat Services on the topic "What Temple Emanu-El Means to Me", I of course said that I would. After giving some thought as to how I would approach this topic, I decided to begin with the journey that led us to Temple Emanu-El. This journey began for Micki, Sammy and myself about five years ago.
Micki and I came to Tucson to visit friends over 30 years ago. We fell in love at first sight and decided that this would be an ideal place to settle after retirement.
We soon bought a home in Tucson, which we used as a vacation getaway until we were ready to retire. Our plan was to someday become "snowbirds", sharing time between New York and Tucson.
After we both retired we soon discovered the truth of the statement, "Life is what happens when you're making other plans." Micki and I were called upon to raise our 2 year old granddaughter, Samantha. Sammy was then and remains to this day our unexpected blessing.


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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
|David Simon
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|Houghton Mifflin
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Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets is a 1991 book written by Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon describing a year spent with detectives from the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit. The book received the 1992 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category.[1]
The book was subsequently fictionalized as the NBC television drama Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–99), on which Simon served as a writer and producer. Many of the key detectives and incidents portrayed in the book provided inspiration for the first two seasons of the show, with other elements surfacing in later seasons as well. It later also provided inspiration for the HBO television series The Wire.
- 1 Background
- 2 Content
- 3 Editions
- 4 Detectives
- 5 The slang
- 6 Reception
- 7 See also
- 8 External links
- 9 References
David Simon, a reporter for The Baltimore Sun, spent four years on the police beat before taking a leave of absence to write this book. He had persuaded the Baltimore Police Department to allow him unlimited access to the city's Homicide Unit for calendar year 1988, and throughout that year he shadowed one shift of detectives as they traveled from interrogations to autopsies, from crime scenes to hospital emergency rooms. Baltimore recorded 274 murders during the year Simon spent with the Homicide Unit.[2]
During the two years he spent writing Homicide, an additional 567 murders occurred. The year "Homicide" was published saw a record 353 murders. Simon said he was particularly interested in the demythification of the American detective. Although detectives are typically portrayed as noble characters who care deeply about their victims, Simon believed real detectives regarded violence as a normal aspect of their jobs.[2]
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets provides a sympathetic but unromantic portrait of crime fighting in a major American city at the height of the late 1980s crime epidemic. The book is notable for the detailed look it gives into the professional lives of police detectives and the mix of quirky, absurd, and sometimes tragic cases they investigated.[citation needed]
Notable cases[edit]
The Angel of Reservoir Hill[edit]
The case of Latonya Kim Wallace, a young girl who was sexually assaulted and murdered, is perhaps the most notable case in the book. Tom Pellegrini was the primary detective on the case, which remains unsolved. The Adena Watson case in Homicide: Life on the Street was based on this case, and the travails on it of new Detective Tim Bayliss were based on Pellegrini's experiences. Simon described it as "the spine of the book".[citation needed]
The Black Widow[edit]
The case of Geraldine Parrish, a woman who took out insurance policies on her five husbands (two of whose bodies she kept in the same house) and relatives, and then arranged for them to be murdered. One would-be victim was her three-year-old niece. The Black Widow was convicted of three murders and received concurrent life sentences.
The primary detective on the case was Donald Waltemeyer, and his experiences would involve a memorable exhumation scene, with two attempts resulting in the wrong man being dug up. The character of Calpurnia Church in Homicide: Life on the Street was based on Geraldine Parrish.[citation needed]
The Shooting of Gene Cassidy[edit]
Cassidy, a patrolman and close friend of detective sergeant Terry McLarney, was shot in the head at point blank range with a .357 Magnum handgun. Although initially expected to die of his injuries, Cassidy made a partial recovery but was left blind and without his sense of smell or taste. A drug dealer named Butchie Frazier was eventually convicted of attempted murder in the first degree. The case inspired the character of Blind Butchie on The Wire, a blind Baltimore drug dealer.
The Cassidy story was worked into the first season of Homicide: Life on the Street and was the largest storyline for the Det. Steve Crosetti character. Cassidy, in McLarney's opinion, was wronged by the department, leading to a certain amount of disillusionment. The jury's actions became the basis for a Season 4 storyline where Bruce Campbell played a cop whose father, a retired officer, was strangled to death by a suspect who was acquitted by a jury that didn't care at all about the case.[citation needed]
The Slaying of John Randolph Scott[edit]
A young car thief fleeing officers was fatally shot in the back. Of the officers in pursuit, only one had fired a round from his weapon, and this accidental shot was found embedded in the asphalt. With no clear murder weapon and facing silence from the uniforms on the scene, detective Donald Worden was unable to close the case, making it the only unsolved police-related shooting in the Department's history. The book notes several officers, including a primary suspect, were reassigned to other positions.
Minor friction results between Worden and his sergeant on this case. A civilian suspect was a possibility, but the exposition of this development by a reporter shut down that investigative alley, and infuriated Worden and Rick James, his partner, as they knew that information could only have come from a police officer.
This story was worked into a Homicide: Life on the Street story where Det. Frank Pembleton investigated a police-involved shooting. Unlike the real case, the fictional story ended with a police officer's being arrested and charged with the shooting.[citation needed]
The "Homicide Lexicon" and its rules[edit]
Throughout the book, Simon frequently refers to a set of 10 informal rules that apply in the majority of homicide cases, as detectives soon learn. They are as follows:
- Everyone lies. Murderers lie because they have to; witnesses and other participants lie because they think they have to; everyone else lies for the sheer joy of it, and to uphold a general principle that under no circumstances do you provide accurate information to a cop.
- The victim is killed once, but a crime scene can be murdered a thousand times.
- The initial 10 or 12 hours after a murder are the most critical to the success of an investigation.
- An innocent man left alone in an interrogation room will remain fully awake, rubbing his eyes, staring at the cubicle walls, and scratching himself in dark, forbidden places. A guilty man left alone in an interrogation room goes to sleep.
- It's good to be good; it's better to be lucky.
- When a suspect is immediately identified in an assault case, the victim is sure to live. When no suspect has been identified, the victim will surely die.
- First, they're red. Then, they're green. Then, they're black. (Referring to the color of an open case on the board, the money that must be spent to investigate the case, and the color of the solved murder as it is listed on the board)
- In any case where there is no apparent suspect, the crime lab will produce no valuable evidence. In those cases where a suspect has already confessed and been identified by at least two eyewitnesses, the lab will give you print hits, fiber evidence, blood typings, and a ballistic match.
- To a jury, any doubt is reasonable; the better the case, the worse the jury; a good man is hard to find, but 12 of them, gathered together in one place, is a miracle.
- There is too such a thing as a perfect murder. Always has been, and anyone who tries to prove otherwise merely proves himself naive and romantic, a fool who is ignorant of Rules 1 through 9.
- David Simon (1991). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-48829-X (Hardcover)
- David Simon (1992). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-449-90808-9 (Paperback)
- David Simon (1993). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-8041-0999-0 (Hardcover)
- David Simon (2006). Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Henry Holt and Company (Owl Books). ISBN 0-8050-8075-9 (Paperback)
David Simon joined the Baltimore Police Department as a "police intern" in January 1988 and spent 12 months following the homicide detectives of Lieutenant Gary D'Addario's shift. This is a list of the detectives on D'Addario's squad:
- Lieutenant Gary D'Addario – Shift Commander
- Detective Sergeant Terrence McLarney – Squad Supervisor
- Detective Donald Worden ("The Big Man")
- Detective Rick James
- Detective Edward Brown
- Detective Donald Waltemeyer
- Detective David John Brown
- Detective Sergeant Roger Nolan – Squad Supervisor
- Detective Harry Edgerton
- Detective Richard Garvey
- Detective Robert Bowman
- Detective Donald Kincaid
- Detective Robert McAllister
- Detective Sergeant Jay Landsman – Squad Supervisor
- Detective Tom Pellegrini
- Detective Oscar "Rick" Requer ("The Bunk")
- Detective Gary Dunnigan
- Detective Richard Fahlteich
- Detective Fred Ceruti
- Detective Sergeant Terrence McLarney – Squad Supervisor
Fahlteich and Ceruti both transferred out of the unit during the year; they were replaced by Detectives Vernon Holley and Chris Graul.
The Wire[edit]
Several of the detectives described in the book served as the basis for characters on the Baltimore-based HBO drama The Wire:
- Jay Landsman spawned a character of the same name, and the real-life Landsman portrayed a character named Dennis Mello.
- Rick "The Bunk" Requer was the basis for Detective Bunk Moreland in the series, and in episode four of season five Roscoe Orman played a veteran named Oscar "Rick" Requer.
- Gary D'Addario appears as a Prosecuting Attorney Gary DiPasquale on the show, who assists Detective Moreland with various grand jury summonses.
- Roger Nolan, Terry McLarney and Donald Worden are briefly mentioned as officers in the department on various episodes, and Worden makes a cameo appearance as himself in the fifth season.
- A 1970s contract killer named Dennis Wise is also briefly mentioned, and Dennis "Cutty" Wise is a major character in the series.
- Another name that was used for a character was Roger Twigg, a police reporter who, in the book, is characterized as a major pain in the backside of law enforcement. When the Monroe Street investigation yielded a potential civilian lead, Twigg published an article calling the civilian a potential suspect, which was technically true but police believed he was probably just a witness. Nevertheless, it closed down that avenue because it caused the man to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse to testify.
Additionally, several traits of various officers can be viewed amongst the characters on the show, and a lot of similar slang is used on the show such as the words "Dunker", "Redball", and "Stone Whodunit" to describe the various cases. Moreover, the police department as shown on the show has the same red/black case clearance and marking criteria.
Finally, a number of small anecdotes that were used in Homicide: Life on the Street worked their way into The Wire:
- Most notably, the tale of "Snot Boogie", a small-time thief who was shot down after a craps game, was used in the cold open of the series' first episode, providing the "This America, man" quote.
- When listing the detectives whom he sees himself and the rest of the VCU as being on a par with, McNulty mentions Worden, Ed Burns (who was a homicide detective but was detailed with the FBI for the year), and Gary Childs, a detective on the other shift in the book.
Where are they now?[edit]
- Gary D'Addario
Lieutenant Gary D'Addario rose to the rank of Major commanding the Northeastern District of the Baltimore Police Department. The 37-year veteran of the department was forced to retire by new Commissioner Kevin Clark in 2004, as part of Clark's unpopular turnover of veteran command staff.[3] D'Addario had guest appearances as QRT Lieutenant Jasper in Homicide: Life on the Street, as a Desk Sergeant in HBO mini-series The Corner, and as a Grand Jury States Attorney on the HBO drama The Wire.[4]
- Jay Landsman
Sergeant Jay Landsman retired from the Baltimore Police Department and joined the Baltimore County Police Department. Landsman worked as an actor playing Lieutenant Dennis Mello in HBO's The Wire.[5] The actor Delaney Williams plays a character called Sergeant Jay Landsman in the same show.[6] Landsman's son Jay Jr. also works as a county homicide detective working out of precinct 4 in Pikesville, Maryland.
- Donald Waltemeyer
Detective Donald Waltemeyer retired from the Baltimore Police Department and joined the Aberdeen Police Department. He died of cancer in 2005 and was posthumously promoted to Detective Sergeant.[citation needed]
- Roger Nolan
Detective Sergeant Roger Nolan became the founder and longtime supervisor of the department's Cold Case Squad and retired a day before his 70th birthday in 2009.[citation needed]
- Donald Worden
Detective Donald Worden retired from police work in 1995 but was subsequently re-hired as a civilian contractor to work with the squad.[citation needed]
- Tom Pellegrini
Detective Tom Pellegrini joined the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) police in Kosovo, in 2000. Pellegrini is currently a private investigator with Sherwood Investigators based in Severn, Maryland.[citation needed]
- Richard Fahlteich
Detective Richard Fahlteich rose to the rank of Major and was named commander of the Baltimore Police Department Homicide Unit. He retired in 2006.[citation needed]
- Terry McLarney
Detective Sergeant Terry McLarney is still in the Baltimore Police Department, now holding the rank of Major in the Homicide Section. He spent years of exile in the Western, "where he was banished after his shift commander [not D'Addario, whom he considered a friend] politely declined an invitation to fisticuffs". McLarney began to serve as acting commander of the Homicide Section in May 2008 and was officially named to the post that July.[7] In June 2011, McLarney was replaced as commander.[8]
The slang[edit]
The book details a number of slang terms used by the city's homicide detectives.
- Billygoat – derogatory term for whites, specifically those with roots in Appalachia, and their descendants. As with blacks, "billies" do not include those with decent jobs, such as Worden or Kincaid, and Simon suggests that the two discriminations are more class-based. One typical description is that "Billies do not reside in Baltimore, they live in Bawlmer."
- Billyland – area of South Baltimore inhabited by "billies" (hillbillies), the city's "white trash redneck" population.
- Board, The – A dry erase board kept in the squad room. Every squad sergeant's name is listed in columns on the top. Below their names are the names of the cases their detectives are investigating, and a letter indicating which detective is the "primary" on the case. Open cases are listed in red. Closed cases are listed in black. This allowed supervisors to quickly assess how productive each detective/squad was and acted as motivation for detectives. Use of "The Board" was discontinued in 1998 due to public relations and morale concerns, but was restored in 2000 at the detectives' request. Closed cases from previous years are written in blue ink, as noted briefly in the afterword regarding Worden's current work on cold cases, "putting blue names on the Board".[citation needed] The show followed this convention as well, though the layout of "the Board" was different: each shift used one full side, with a separate column for every detective on the shift in alphabetical order.
- Bunk/Bunky – A term of affection (short for "bunk mate") typically applied to friends and co-workers. McLarney regards McAllister as "my bunky", while Requer is known as "the Bunk". The veteran cops in the Southern District think of Waltemeyer in this way and readily help him find a car used by a murder suspect. The term is also used sarcastically towards suspects.
- Citizen or Taxpayer – A "real" murder victim, as opposed to a drug dealer or gang member murdered in the course of criminal activity.
- Dunker – An easily cleared case (from the basketball term slam dunk). An example from the book: a husband who is arrested while standing over his wife's dead body, covered in her blood, telling cops he killed her and would do so again if he got the chance.
- Dying declaration – A statement made by a dying person who is able to speak and identify their attacker, and definitely knows they are dying. However, useful declarations are rare; instead, they tend to become the stuff of homicide legend. For example, one man, dying from a gunshot, "assured detectives that he would take care of the matter himself". Garvey solves a case using a dying declaration during the book.
- Eyefuck – To look at someone disrespectfully or in anger. A ceremonial eyefuck takes place in the book when an unrepentant criminal is convicted. Garvey is disappointed when one criminal, convicted for two brutal murders, does not follow this tradition, describing him as "no fun at all".
- Jake – A semi-derogatory term for a Jamaican-American.
- Number One Male – Police radio description for an African American male suspect. Number Two is for a White suspect, Number Three is for a suspect of another race. Numerical order is most likely based on either Baltimore's African American majority or on African Americans' being the most commonly targeted criminal suspects in Baltimore, in the eyes of the BPD.[citation needed]
- Polygraph-by-Copier – A folk tale in police circles in which detectives use a photocopier as a faux-polygraph machine on a particularly dumb suspect; pages are loaded into the machine with "TRUE" or "LIE" on them, and questions are asked to match them ("What is your name? Truth. And where do you live? Truth again. And did you or did you not kill Tater, shooting him down like a dog in the 1200 block of North Durham Street? Lie. Well, well: You lying motherfucker."). This was used in one episode of Homicide: Life on the Street, and in a Season 5 episode of The Wire. A story from the book notes that several cops in Detroit were punished for using this technique during interrogations.
- Put down/Clear – To close a case, either by arresting a suspect or by establishing that the perpetrator is dead.
- Red ball – A high-profile case that draws media and political attention. Red ball cases are investigated by all detectives on a shift and take precedence over existing active cases. They can and often do make or break a detective's career. They are also known as "shitstorms" and "clusterfucks". Examples during the book include the Latonya Wallace case (Pellegrini's first assignment as primary detective) and the Scott police-involved shooting. Red balls also include major cases that usually fall outside Homicide's jurisdiction, such as nonfatal police shootings.
- Secretaries with guns – Derogatory term typically used by less reconstructed veterans for incompetent female detectives. There are some exceptions to this rule, e.g., Jenny Wehr and Bertina "Bert" Silver.
- Smokehound - Derogatory term for a drunk.
- Squirrel – A criminal, a suspect, a rodent. Typically too cooperative during interrogations.
- Stone Whodunit – A difficult case.
- Ten Seven – police radio code for "out of service"; may be applied to a homicide victim.
- Ten Seventy-Eight – police radio code invented by McAllister to refer to "your basic blowjob-in-progress interrupted by police gunfire". This occurs twice in the course of the year, though only one is described in detail.
- Toad – A derogatory term for blacks, specifically those who have or had a criminal history. Not usually applied to Black policemen such as Sgt. Nolan or Detectives Brown, Edgerton, or Requer, or Blacks in other legitimate jobs. If you earn a legal wage and do not have a BOI photograph in the system, the book explains, "then you are a black man".
- Yo – An insulting term for a black youth; often used as shorthand for black criminals along with "toad".
- Yoette – A young black female. Unlike "yo", the term doesn't refer to the individuals as criminals.
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime book.[1] The Associated Press called it "a true-crime classic".[9] The Library Journal also highly recommended it, and Newsday described it as "one of the most engrossing police procedural mystery books ever written".[9] In 2010, it was announced that Simon had been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes called a "genius award."[10][11]
See also[edit]
- The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood, also by David Simon
- Cop in the Hood: My Year Policing Baltimore's Eastern District, by Peter Moskos
External links[edit]
- David Simon on Homicide, Truth and Journalism (1998 interview)
- NY Times: Baltimore Gladly Breaks 10-Year Homicide Streak (2001)
- FBI: Baltimore Ranks High For Violent Crime, Homicide (2003) wbalchannel.com
- Press Release 2004 Crime Statistics
- Baltimore Police Department
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- ^ a b Simon, David (1998-11-04). Anatomy of "Homicide: Life on the Street" (Documentary). Baltimore, Maryland: Public Broadcasting Service.
- ^ Source: Baltimore Sun, July 16, 2003.
- ^ "Gary D'Addario". IMDb.
- ^ "Character profile – Lieutenant Dennis Mello". HBO. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-22.
- ^ "Character profile – Sergeant Jay Landsman". HBO. 2004. Retrieved 2006-07-22.
- ^ "McLarney to head homicide unit". The Baltimore Sun. July 15, 2008.
- ^ "Baltimore Homicide Icon, Terrence McLarney Replaced as Head of Murder Police"., baltimoreboy.wordpress.com (June 17, 2011)
- ^ a b Kalat, David P. (1998). Homicide: Life on the Street: The Unofficial Companion. Los Angeles, California: Renaissance Books. p. 101. ISBN 1-58063-021-9.
- ^ Mary Carole McCauley (2010-09-28). "Writer David Simon, creator of 'The Wire' and 'Homicide,' wins 2010 MacArthur 'genius' award". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
- ^ Dan Zak (2010-09-28). "'The Wire' writer David Simon among MacArthur genius grant winners". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-09-28.


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According to the Surgeon General, the average adult gains one to three pounds per year by consuming as little as an extra 100 calories per day.
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WSoF 5 headliner Anthony Johnson has pulled out of his Sept. 14 fight against Mike Kyle due to an injury suffered in training. As a result, Andrei Arlovski has agreed to replace "Rumble" against Kyle in Atlantic City, N.J. The fight will now be contested at heavyweight.
Interestingly enough, it was Johnson who last defeated Arlovski via unanimous decision in March at WSOF 2. The loss snapped Arlovski's five-fight unbeaten streak, and he hasn't fought since then.
WSOF 5 will take place at the Revel Resort & Casino. The event, which will air on NBC Sports Network, will also feature the semi-finals of the promotion's first middleweight tournament.
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8/9/13 9:25 AM by sparkuri
Throw him a fundraiser
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8/9/13 7:26 AM by MysteriousNinjaFromMars
I believe in Andrei Arlovski...
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Oh shit, yeah, forgot that happened.
8/8/13 9:58 PM by Hikikomori
be nice if Rumble got called up to UFC...
8/8/13 9:04 PM by ILoveJohnson'sJohnson
This holy shit man it was bad. Kyle is def putting hands on Arlovski and if he loses again by KO or tko he better retire because damn.
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8/8/13 9:00 PM by man meets fate
Well there goes what little bit of strength arlovskis chin had.
8/8/13 8:58 PM by huggy bear
This really sucks that was the best fight for him outside the ufc and i think this is rumbles last fight and he would of most likely been in the UFC again by early next year.
8/8/13 8:42 PM by DARTHHOGAN
Interesting fight....Kyle hits hard and we all know about Andrei's questionable chin, hopfully he can pull this one off without taking to much damage, would hate to see him get his lights turned off again especially to a guy like Mike Kyle.


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|Artistic productivity and creative thinking in Parkinson's disease.
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|Background and purpose: Creative drive and enhanced artistic-like production may emerge in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) during dopaminergic therapy. However, it has not been described to date whether this artistic-like production results from dopaminergic drugs triggering innate skills or it could be considered as a repeated behavior possibly associated with impulse control disorders (ICDs). Methods: We investigated creative drive in a cohort of cognitively preserved patients with PD by means of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking (TTCT). We also investigated a putative association between creative drive and ICDs in 36 PD patients with (PD-c) or without (PD-nc) increased artistic-like production and 36 healthy controls (HC). We considered artistic-like productivity to be enhanced if patients reported working on any form of art more than 2 h per day after the introduction of dopaminergic treatment. The TTCT, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11A), the Minnesota Impulsive Disorders Interview (MIDI), and the Punding Rating Scale were applied. Results: Mean TTCT score of PD-c was found to be similar to HC (169.4 ± 51.6 vs. 170.2 ± 69.7, respectively), and both PD-c and HC had significantly higher TTCT scores than patients with PD-nc (125.4 ± 46.1 P < 0.05). TTCT did not correlate with any demographic or clinical data in both PD subgroups. No correlation was found between TTCT, BIS-11A, and MIDI. Conclusions: Our study suggests that newly acquired artistic-like production in patients with PD is not associated with impulsivity or ICDs. Artistic-like production might represent the emerging of innate skills in a subset of predisposed patients with PD on dopaminergic therapy.
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