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WILLIAMSTOWN - A carved bear statue, which greeted visitors to Williamstown for years, has gone missing.
Officials said the more-than five-foot-tall carving was reported stolen this week. Police are unsure when the bear was taken and are still investigating.
According to a police report, the Wood County Sheriff's Office was contacted Tuesday by David Ferguson, who has a chainsaw sculpture business near Parkersburg. Ferguson donated the bear to the state Department of Highways about four years ago, he said.
The sculpture weighed about 150 pounds and sat next to the northbound Interstate 77 exit ramp in Williamstown. Ferguson said the bear held an American flag in one paw and a "welcome" sign in the other.
"People have told me it was a very nice carving," he said. "I had tourists tell me they knew where they were as soon as they saw the bear. They used it as a landmark."
Ferguson said he realized the wood sculpture was missing when he drove through the area Sunday. He contacted WVDOH officials Tuesday who confirmed they had not removed the bear.
"Someone stole it," Ferguson said.
Officials said it is unclear when the sculpture was taken. Ferguson said he had seen it in early September but doesn't remember whether it was there afterward. Officials placed the date of the theft between Sept. 9 and Oct. 9.
Ferguson estimated the value of the bear around $600 and said he is still hopeful the sculpture will be found or returned.


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Houston Joins DOE's Better Buildings Challenge
February 08, 2012
DOE announced on January 26 that Houston, Texas, is joining DOE's Better Buildings Challenge. Houston is the latest community to join the challenge, a public-private partnership that seeks to improve energy efficiency by 20% in commercial, government, and school buildings across the country by 2020. The City of Houston is committing to improving energy efficiency across 30 million square feet of public and private buildings throughout the city.
Through its participation in the Better Buildings Challenge, Houston will work with local partners to implement initiatives that reduce emissions, protect air quality, and save taxpayers money. The Better Buildings Challenge is a national leadership initiative that calls on corporate chief executive officers, university presidents, and state and local leaders to make a significant commitment to energy efficiency. To date, more than 60 companies, cities, universities, hospitals, and other partners throughout the United States have committed to upgrading more than 1.6 billion square feet of building space nationwide. See the DOE press release and the Better Buildings Challenge website.

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Once a stripper, always a stripper?
If Julie Bush's 21 Jump Street PA friend is to be believed, the real-stripper-turned-movie-stripper is still in the habit of removing clothing articles extemporaneously and freaking out female crew members.
Oh, and also, he's totally "down to strip any time."
I'd love to take Julie Bush's 21 Jump Street PA friend's word for it, and I do.
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Highly-recruited defensive tackle Kahlil McKenzie announced his college commitment to Tennessee, where his father -- Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie-- once played.
McKenzie, who is transferring to Clayton Valley Charter from De La Salle for his senior year, announced his decision live on ESPNU on Thursday evening from The Opening, a summer showcase event for top recruits in Beaverton, Ore.
"It's just a second home," McKenzie said of Tennessee on the ESPNU broadcast. "Everything about it I love from top to bottom. Everything about it was just the perfect fit."
With schools from across the country in pursuit of the 6-foot-4, 341-pound lineman, McKenzie had trimmed his list of favorites to just Tennessee and Arizona about a month ago.
Ultimately, his family connection to Tennessee -- where his uncle, Raleigh, also had a successful career -- won out.
Rated as the No. 31 overall prospect in the nation and No. 4 defensive tackle by Rivals.com, McKenzie registered 74 tackles and a team-high 12 sacks as a junior for a De La Salle team that went 14-1 and reached the CIF Open Division state title game.
He was named defensive line MVP at The Opening and is considered a five-star recruit by Scout.com.
McKenzie is the third East Bay football player to commit on national television this week. On Tuesday's broadcast from The Opening, Foothill cornerback Isaiah Langley pledged to USC and San Leandro athlete Stephen Johnson picked UCLA.
The oral commitments aren't binding, however. Incoming seniors can't take official visits until the school year begins and can't sign a letter of intent until February.


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on the other side, in Gamehendge. It was fun. Two great dance tunes were nice for an end to a great set.
During the set break, my friend's pipe got taken by security, and this is the third time in four shows that we have been hassled by security. We should be more careful.
Anyway, set two was very nice indeed. Trey had a big grin on his face and Mike still had the hat. He tipped it to the crowd during My Sweet One, and then it disappeared soon after that. The highlight of the show for me was the You Enjoy Myself. The Mike/Fishman duet after Trey's solo was some of the most abstract rhythmic interplay that I have seen out of this band, and at one point Trey looked over at Page and said, "F*ck!" It was really amazing. The Page solo was really long as well. The vocal jam was moving along well, when all of the sudden they were singing Shaggy Dog! It was completely out of nowhere. After Chalk Dust, they switched so Henrietta could come out and do a song for us. They seemed to be confused about what they were playing for the intro, and it turned into Hold Your Head Up. The Vacuum jam was long in Terrapin, and at one point I swore he had the majority of his mouth in the vacuum. A woman turned to me at that point and said "Why?" and I had no answer for her. Carolina was beautiful, although the Detroit crowd was a little noisy. Good Times smoked and everyone seemed happy
with the show. There were rumors floating around last night that there is talk of a tour with Santana this summer.


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Preseason All-Southland 2nd Team Member
2008-09: Received a medical hardship due to a preseason injury that kept her out for the entire year...Returns to the court after a season away and looks to build on the success she enjoyed during her junior season, one which led to her being named to the Pre-season All-Southland First Team last year...A team leader and heart of the team who will lead by example and always give maximum effort while on the court.
2007-08: Started 29 games while playing in all 32 contests...Averaged a team-high 10.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game...Scored 328 points while grabbing 234 rebounds...Became the second-leading rebounder in Islander history with a total of 642...Scored in double digits 17 times...Pulled in double-digit rebounds nine times...Tallied six double-doubles to put her at 17 for her career...Recorded 21 assists, 25 blocks and 19 steals on the season...Scored a season-high 17 points against Southeastern Louisiana (2/16)...Grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds at UT Arlington (1/26)...shot 7-for-8 while scoring 16 points against Texas State in the Southland Conference Tournament (3/12)...named third team All-SLC.
2006-07: Appeared in all 31 games starting 26 times...Led the team in rebounding with 243 total rebounds for 7.8 boards a game which was ninth best in the Southland Conference...Her 3.6 offensive rebounds were fourth-best in the SLC...Rebound total was the third-best single-season total in school history...Finished with 11 games with double-digit rebounds...Recorded nine double-doubles tying Terra Andrews for most double-doubles in a season and now has 11 in her career...Had eight games with 15-or-more points and 17 with 10-or-more...Scored a career-high 24 against Texas State (2/15) on 9-of-15 shooting which was one of three games she made nine baskets...Dropped in 20 points at Stephen F. Austin (2/28)...Grabbed 10-or-more rebounds on 11 occasions...Snared a career-best 16 rebounds in the finals of the Flint Hills Resources Islander Invitational against Southern Miss (12/17)...Total was tied for the most by an Islander other than rebounding queen Jackie Ododa....Hit a career-best 48.4 percent of her shots to lead the Islanders and was fourth in the Southland.
2005-06: Started nine times in 28 appearances during her debut season...Tied Terra Andrews' record of 5.9 rebounds a game for a freshman and is fourth in career average...Finished with 165 total boards which is the 10th best all-time for an Islander and the best by a freshman...Grabbed 77 offensive rebounds which is the sixth-best for a single-season...Second in rebounding and sixth in scoring with 5.6 points a game for the Islanders...Was the team's top rebounder in six games including a season-best 14 rebounds against IPFW (2/6) which tied Andrews for the best by an Islander last season...Finished with double-digit boards on four occasions...Recorded the first double-double of her career with 12 points and 14 boards at IPFW (2/6)...Added a second double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds at Northern Colorado (2/18)...Had the top field-goal percentage amongst regulars hitting 45.5 percent of her attempts...Recorded a career-high four steals at Longwood (2/25) - fourth-best by an Islander last season.
In High School: Averaged 12 points and 12 rebounds as a senior for Angela Spurlock at Hightower High School where she lettered for four seasons...Led team to the second round of the state playoffs as a junior and senior...Named to the Greater Houston All-Area and Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-Star teams...District Offensive Player of the Year..Selected team captain as a senior and was honored as the MVP, Offensive Player of the and Defensive Player of the Year as a senior...Terry Tournament MVP...Also lettered for four years in track setting the school record in the shot put (47'6")...All-district, all-region, and all-state as a senior in the shot put...Six-year member of the Houston HotShots...Team finished second in the nation and won the BCI Tournament in Dallas...Member of the National Honor Society and selected to school honor roll multiple times.
Personal: Born Elisa Vickie King Beagle on Sept. 18, 1987 in Houston...Daughter of Henrietta King...Is an only child...Graduated with a psychology degree and is a graduate student in counseling.


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Can a chai-obsessed, meat-loving writer become a green juice-drinking vegan for 21 days in order to detox her body? Find out
The author, Kris Carr, has a fascinating story: In 2003, she was diagnosed with an extremely rare --and inoperable -- cancer. No surgery. No chemo. No cure.
"Second and third opinions, along with endless hours at the University of Google, followed," Carr says. "I quickly learned that illness was a business, and if I wanted to successfully navigate hurricane cancer, I needed to take my emotions out of it." So she kissed her dreams of making it big on Broadway good-bye and started learning everything she could about the factors she could control when it came to managing -- and possibly even reversing -- her cancer. She found that overhauling her diet (essentially, eating by the rules of this detox year-round) was her best shot at getting better.
Eight years later, Carr's cancer is in remission. Just as impressive? The girl is the picture of health. I had a chance to meet her a few months ago and can tell you first-hand, this lady has got it going on. Her skin is clear. The whites of her eyes couldn't be whiter. She literally bounces into a room with a ton of happy-making energy.
If Carr kicked cancer by following this plan, surely I can do it for 21 days in order to drop a few pounds and get clearer skin.
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I think I could do this, but the green juices? I just don't think they would go down!
by GigiSD Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 01:40PM Report as inappropriate
Loving this author! I did a 21-day detox along with mom in 2009. There were pills, juicing, and things to avoid. I had conferences scheduled during the beginning so I wasn't able to be as strict then. I stuck to veggies or the healthiest options available. My mom was busy in the middle when I was more at home! I've done smaller versions and weaned myself off meds since then. :-)
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Love It!
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This sounds like a great detox diet. I usually eat pretty healthy, but I'm a carnivore. I don't want to give up meat, but I may try this!
by WiccanLady Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 04:34PM Report as inappropriate
Love this!
by schien Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 06:53PM Report as inappropriate
Would love to find a detox buddy. I make my green drink night before and make enough for 2 or 3 days. Have lost 5 pounds and I do not need to lose weight but I feel great and my clothes feel great. I am heading for 80% raw as I type this. Lots of fresh veggies and fruits and greens.
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Interesting...I want to see "Hundry for Change". Thanks, nellyallen!
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I never considered the power of a detox buddy, good call!
by sportimonki13 Monday, May 28, 2012 at 11:49PM Report as inappropriate
My daughter and I eat healthy and this diet is not scary but a note of good things to come for me---like the loss of 40+ lbs thast I've wanted off for years!
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Here is some information on television coverage for the Texas A&M – Corpus Christi men's basketball game against the University of Houston on Sunday, Nov. 25, at 2 p.m. on Stripes Court at the American Bank Center. Tom Dore and Tom Penders will have the call of the game.
The game will be televised live on Comcast SportsNet-Houston and Comcast SportsNet-Mid Atlantic. To find out where you can view CSN-Houston click here. CSN-Mid Atlantic is available throughout the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. regions, and is also carried on DISH Network (Channel 424) and DirecTV (Channel 642) as well as Verizon FiOS (Channel 76/576).
If your television provider does not offer CSN-Houston, please visit IWantCSNHouston.com to let them know you want the channel. CSN-Houston is the home of Islanders Insider, a half-hour weekly show that brings fans inside the world of Islanders Athletics.
CSN-Houston is a new regional sports network that launched on Oct. 1, 2012, and will be the home of the Houston Rockets and Houston Astros. The network also has a strong commitment to high school and college sports in the greater Houston area, including the Southland Conference and Texas A&M – Corpus Christi.
The network is available to all local TV providers and is seeking full distribution across the Comcast SportsNet footprint as fast as possible. The network will be available to all Comcast Houston video customers and is in active discussions with providers across the five-state footprint. That includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas and New Mexico.


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Oracle Waveset to Oracle Identity Manager: A Case Study in Higher Education (Deloitte)
By Greg Jensen-Oracle on Jul 31, 2013
Deloitte is excited about the opportunity to introduce the first blog in a series of four blogs that will look at real world case studies involving Oracle Identity and Access Management (IAM). Our future blogs will expand on relevant IAM topics including: 1) Oracle Waveset to Oracle Identity Manager, 2) Oracle IAM in Telematics, 3) Oracle IAM with Governance Risk and Compliance, and 4) Oracle Identity & Access Governance with Database Security. Throughout this blog series, readers are encouraged to submit questions or comments which will feed into a roundtable type Q&A blog responding to selected comments and questions received.
In this edition of the Oracle IAM blog, we'll look at a case study for migration from Oracle Waveset to Oracle Identity Manager for a higher education statewide system of community colleges, state universities and technical colleges. This also highlights how the flexibility of Oracle's IAM product landscape contributed to creating a dynamic and sustainable solution for a public-facing system with nearly 500,000 users.
Current State Evaluation and Replication
The legacy Oracle Waveset instance connected to numerous institutional directories and provided end-user functionalities such as user self-service, account activation and password management as well as administrative help-desk functions with a highly customized interface and set of workflows.
As we analyzed these functions, we identified that a majority of these were available within Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) 11g R2 which simplified their replication. Further, the User Interface (UI) enhancements in OIM 11g R2 allowed for significant customization to the end-user pages, such as the 'My Information' page, with minimal custom code. Initial replication of the core functionalities was crucial to the overall project and allowed for the replacement of Waveset as an end-user facing solution on Day 1 of the OIM go-live. However, this did not cover the numerous resource integrations that Waveset had behind the scenes that would also need to be migrated. Several functionalities such as account activation and password reset/forgot password that required specific workflows and service integration were replicated in separate Oracle ADF-based applications that were split away from the OIM managed servers. This allowed for the highly used end-user functions to run separate of the OIM instances to provide for increased flexibility in load management and tuning.
Resource Migration Approach
As the numerous resources requiring migration would take significant time and effort, it was decided that these resources would be moved over in a phased manner requiring both OIM and Waveset to operate in parallel for a period of time. This approach reduced risk, as a single cutover would have been highly complex with multiple moving parts across colleges and campuses. To enable this to be possible, OIM and Waveset would need to operate together as we migrated each campus from the old Waveset platform to the new OIM platform. To help accomplish this, a custom connector between OIM and Waveset was built to synchronize certain user attributes so that Waveset could update and maintain those attributes on the resources that remained to be managed by it.
Overall, this approach turned out to be highly beneficial as it allowed the team time to ease into using the new identity solution, reduced the risks that would have been present in a single "big bang" cutover event and allowed for a quick win which displays critical progress and success to solution stakeholders.
Figure A – Oracle Waveset to Oracle Identity Manager resource migration approach
Additional Important Success Factors
Throughout the migration, we encountered a number of items that were deemed critical for meeting project goals that primarily focused on the following:
User Experience
As the solution's primary users were public individuals that would likely not have significant training or usage guidance, focusing on a refined and calculated user experience such as clear verbiage, font sizing and coloring as well as succinct and detailed error messages was important. While these items may seem minor or insignificant to some readers, they, as expected, ended up being extremely beneficial to end-users and reduced support needs.
Performance and Tuning
With our highly active user-base, performance of the solution was critical to success. Use of the existing Oracle Fusion Middleware Performance and Tuning Guide as well as the OIM 11g R2 Reconciliation Tuning Whitepaper were critical for maintaining performance and ongoing stability of a solution with this size. Also important were key architectural decisions around load balancing, managed server clustering, as well as database clustering (e.g. RAC). Providing enough horsepower behind the solution and conducting due diligence around performance testing will reduce the amount of performance-related issues encountered in production.
In Conclusion
The phased migration of Oracle Waveset to Oracle Identity Manager 11g R2 allowed for a quick win in the initial cutover of end-user functions, a lower risk migration path and well as constant stream of "good news" as various campuses were migrated from the old solution to the new one in a phased manner. A focus on user experience and performance tuning also helped to create an effective environment for end-user interaction and contributed to achieving the goals of the initiative. Finally, the new OIM architecture will provide a solid infrastructure for future enhancements and a greatly increased user base that the prior Waveset environment could no longer support.
About the Author
Derek Dahlen is a Manager in Deloitte & Touche LLP's Security & Privacy practice with over eight years of experience in information security. He specializes in managing, designing and architecting large-scale identity and access management projects with a focus on the Oracle product stack. He has worked with various clients across the financial services and state government sectors.


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In my previous post, Creating a basic C/C++ Program to Interact with MySQL and MariaDB, I ran into some errors along the way, so I wanted to share those and their resolutions.
1. fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
mysql1.c mysql1.c(2) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'mysql.h': No such file or directory
At this point, my cl command was:
cl /I "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\include" mysql1.c
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iPhoto Diet
iPhoto Diet is a utility that helps to slim down your iPhoto library by manipulating your photos in the following ways:
* eliminate duplicate photos created internally by iPhoto or imported by yourself
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I run this app every couple of months and smile at the saved disk space. I have to say I find all the checkboxes and whatnot a tad confusing. Perhaps would be a greater asset if it were built as an actual plugin to iPhoto (if that is indeed possible), or maybe Apple will have the foresight to have a 'keep unmodifed originals' option in the next version of iPhoto..
Unfortunately it lacks the one feature I do need... purge missing referenced files from the library. Hopefully iPhoto 7 has some proper housekeeping actions.
It now works with with iPhoto 6, as of version 3.1 (Sept '06).
Anything like this for iPhoto 6 then?
Be careful! It doesn't work with iPhoto 6.


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How could you NOT get caught up in that excitement? Even watching on TV you could feel the electricity and excitement from that game. What a GREAT first night game. I would expect a couple more too. I do so love being a Michigan fan. Especially when we make the baby Jesus smile and beat Notre Dame!
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Tom Cruise has been spotted out on the town with a new woman.
The New York Post reported that last week the Jack Reacher star, 50, spent a night out at New York hot spot Le Baron and hit the dance floor with Cynthia Jorge, a 26-year-old manager of Beauty & Essex.
"Cynthia told me they went out for drinks and it was nothing but a casual night out. She said he's a nice guy," a source told People.com.
Sources close to Jorge also tell the Post that she was simply "showing Tom some of the city's hot spots" and that the actor and Jorge are "just friends."
A source close to Cruise notes that the actor remains single following his divorce from Katie Holmes, but says he isn't dating anyone new.
"He's single and will be talking to women -- all of whom he won't be instantly dating," the source says.
So they're totally dating, then.
This isn't the first time Cruise has been linked to a new romantic interest since his split from Holmes. Earlier this month, he hung out with friends and well-wishers at a post-premiere party in Sweden, and breathless tabloid headlines quickly tried to link him to both Jennifer Akerman, his "Rock of Ages" co-star Malin Akerman's sister, and another unidentified brunette at the party.
BRITNEY SPEARS MAY BE OUT ON 'X FACTOR': Word around the ranch is that Britney Spears may not be long for the "The X Factor."
That's what she gets for not acting insane like we all thought she would.
Us Weekly quotes an anonymous "insider" as saying, "Britney will get the boot. Producers wanted her for the long haul, but it isn't working." A supposed second informant added, "They paid all that for her to say 'amazing' and offer half-claps." And just for the sake of piling on, Us tapped a third source who said "He wanted crazy Britney, but he got boring Britney."
DAVID LETTERMAN SAYS NICE THINGS ABOUT JAY LENO: David Letterman actually has some nice things to say about Jay Leno.
In a clip from a yet-to-be-aired interview with Oprah Winfrey, Letterman talks about his rocky relationship with "The Tonight Show" host Leno. While he definitely has some less than flattering things to say about his competition, he also gives his late-night rival some high praise.
"We were always friends before all of this happened," Letterman told Oprah, denying her assertion that their supposed rivalry was the result of Letterman being passed over for the "Tonight Show" gig, according to E! News. "He has a way ... he's an unusual fellow. I've never met anyone quite like Jay. And I will say -- and I'm happy to say -- that I think he is the funniest guy I've ever known. Just flat out, if you go to see him do his nightclub act, just the funniest, the smartest, a wonderful observationist and very appealing as a comic."
But ...
"Therefore, the fact that he is also maybe the most insecure person I have ever known -- I could never reconcile that."
The entire interview will air on "Oprah: The Next Chapter" on the Oprah Winfrey Network on Jan. 6.
MILEY CYRUS MAY BE AN HONEST WOMAN: The Internet is alive with the sound of Miley Cyrus getting married rumors.
So, as responsible celebrity journalists, we have a duty to repeat them and help them pick up some momentum, whether they're true or not.
So, as you know, Miley Cyrus, 20, is engaged to "The Hunger Games" actor Liam Hemsworth, 22.
According to TMZ, the couple posted a pair of cute Christmas spirit-laden photos on Tuesday. But the pics also featured something more noticeable than Santa hats and stockings: rings.
That's right, precious, rings!
Hemsworth, who popped the question to Miley earlier this year, can be seen wearing a dark band around his left ring finger. And while the bauble looks nothing like a traditional wedding ring, E! points out that Cyrus' left ring finger is also suddenly adorned -- with a ring that matches Liam's.
Was there a wedding? And, as young 20-somethings, would it even be possible for them not to talk about it via texting, on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and whatever else the kids use as excuses not to actually talk to each other anymore?
Reps for the couple have not yet commented.
LEO WALKS KATE DOWN THE AISLE: Leonardo DiCaprio reportedly walked Kate Winslet down the aisle during her secret wedding to Ned Rocknroll.
Right -- it's stunning. Someone named themselves "Rocknroll." And it wasn't Tom Cruise's character in "Rock of Ages."
A source told Us Weekly that the bride's longtime friend and co-star of "Titanic" and "Revolutionary Road" had the honor of giving her away at her wedding earlier this month.
Winslet's rep confirmed the secret wedding ceremony, telling People magazine:
"I can confirm that Kate Winslet married Ned Rocknroll in NY earlier this month in a private ceremony attended by her two children and a very few friends and family. The couple had been engaged since the summer."
However, reps have not yet confirmed reports that DiCaprio walked Winslet down the aisle. So let's just assume it happened.
A rep for DiCaprio would not confirm that the actor was at Winslet and Rocknroll's wedding.
This is the third marriage for Winslet, who was previously married to Jim Threapleton from 1998 to 2001 and to director Sam Mendes from 2003 to 2010.
Of course, Ned Rocknroll is not his real name. The 34-year-old businessman was born Abel Smith, and he is the nephew of Virgin Group founder Richard Branson. He currently works for his uncle's company Virgin Galactic, which is the space-travel division of the Branson empire. Before his relationship with Winslet, Rocknroll was married to British socialite Eliza Pearson for two years.
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Friday is Dec. 28, the 363rd day of 2012. There are three days left in the year.
1612: Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn't officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
1832: John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down because of differences with President Andrew Jackson.
1846: Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
1856: The 28th president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, was born in Staunton, Va.
1897: The play "Cyrano de Bergerac," by Edmond Rostand, premiered in Paris.
1912: San Francisco's Municipal Railway began operations with Mayor James Rolph Jr. at the controls of Streetcar No. 1 as 50,000 spectators looked on.
1945: Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
1972: Kim Il Sung, the premier of North Korea, was named the country's president under a new constitution.
1982: Nevell Johnson Jr., a black man, was mortally wounded by a police officer in a Miami video arcade, setting off three days of race-related disturbances that left another man dead.
1987: A mass killing came to light as the bodies of 14 relatives of Ronald Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, Ark., after Simmons shot and killed two other people in Russellville. (Simmons was executed in 1990.)
2002: The U.N. nuclear watchdog decided to pull its inspectors out of North Korea by New Year's Eve, a step demanded by the North. Mwai Kibaki and his opposition alliance won a landslide victory in Kenyan elections, breaking the ruling party's 39-year grip on power.
2007: President George W. Bush used a "pocket veto" to reject a sweeping defense bill because he objected to a provision that would have exposed the Iraqi government to expensive lawsuits seeking damages from the Saddam Hussein era. Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was laid to rest as the country's army tried to quell a frenzy of rioting in the wake of her assassination. Six French charity workers sentenced to eight years' forced labor in Chad for allegedly trying to kidnap 103 children were transferred to French custody. (The workers were later pardoned by Chad's president and set free.) David Letterman's production company reached an interim agreement with the Writers Guild allowing his talk show as well as Craig Ferguson's to return to the air.
2011: North Korea's new leader, Kim Jong Un, escorted his father's hearse in an elaborate state funeral, bowing somberly and saluting in front of tens of thousands of citizens who wailed and stamped their feet in grief for Kim Jong Il. Turkish warplanes mistakenly killed 35 smugglers and other villagers in an operation targeting Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
Comic book creator Stan Lee (90), actor Martin Milner (81), actress Nichelle Nichols (80), actress Dame Maggie Smith (78), rock singer-musician Edgar Winter (66), actor Denzel Washington (58), comedian Seth Meyers (39), rhythm-and-blues singer John Legend (34), actress Sienna Miller (31), pop singer David Archuleta (TV: "American Idol") (22).
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MARIETTA - Belpre resident John Coffman will make it to a lot more Ohio State football games this season than he has in recent years, but he's got to work to earn his spot.
Coffman, 61, is one of the newest members of the corps of hundreds of volunteer ushers working Buckeye home games to direct fans to their seats, answer questions, keep the aisles clear and assist with any issues that may arise. They may not be able to sit in the stands, but if they don't have any pressing duties, there's nothing to stop them from taking in the action as Coffman did during his first game on Saturday as Ohio State dismantled the Florida A&M Rattlers 76-0.
"It's a volunteer position, which, gosh, to get in the games for free, they give you a parking pass, you're there," Coffman said.
Article Photos
Photo courtesy of John Coffman
From left, Randy DePuy of Caldwell, Gary Secoy of Little Hocking and John Coffman of Belpre are shown with their team of ushers prior to the start of Saturday's Ohio State University football game against Florida A&M at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.
In addition to his orientation a couple weeks ago, Coffman has the benefit of carpooling to the games with two longtime ushers - Veto resident Carl Pryor and his stepbrother, Gary Secoy of Little Hocking.
It was Secoy, a former co-worker of Coffman's, who told him about the gig.
"I used to get there once or twice a year, but it's been harder to get tickets," Coffman said. "I was just an avid fan and that was just (a way) to be part of the atmosphere."
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* Applying to be an Ohio State usher or redcoat:
* The application for part-time event staff will be available online, and applications will be accepted throughout the year. The bulk of the hiring will be done in June and July as preparations are made for the start of a new academic school year.
* Availability of positions will depend on the number of returning staff from year to year.
* Applications should be submitted to James Ericson, assistant director of event management.
* Email - email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
* Fax - (614) 688-8412
* Mail - Fawcett Center 7th Floor, 2400 Olentangy River Road, Columbus, OH 43210
Source: www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ot/employment.html
All three men agree serving the fans is their first priority as ushers. Seeing some of the game is good, but being part of that atmosphere is the main perk.
"You get to enjoy the excitement of the crowd and the game, the atmosphere, the electricity running through the stadium," said Pryor, 62, who's been an usher for 13 years. "Unless you've been there and experienced the excitement, you don't know what you're missing."
In the decade Secoy, 67, has been an usher, the 2006 game in which the Buckeyes defeated the arch-rival Michigan Wolverines 42-39 to earn a berth in the BCS national title game stands out the most. He remembers fans flooding the field when the game ended.
"It was such a sight to see people my age, 60 and 70 and older, dancing," Secoy said.
The ushers work in crews of four or five to a "portal," the term used for the entrance to a section of seats. Each crew is headed by a supervisor, who unlike the other ushers, is paid minimum wage. Secoy and Pryor have been supervisors for sections that seat about 1,500 people since 2006.
"It seems like it's a gravy job, but it's really a lot of work," Pryor said.
As supervisors, he and Secoy are required to be at the stadium four hours ahead of time for a staff meeting. Sometimes they spend the night before in Columbus if there's a noon kickoff, but last week, they drove up the morning of, along with Coffman, starting before sunrise.
"And I was on my feet from probably about 8:30 on," Pryor said, noting they're required to stay until the end of the game.
But that's not to say Pryor doesn't enjoy the work.
On Saturday, he encountered two different fans whose fear of heights made it impossible for them to sit in his upper-deck section. He led them, and a couple other folks who were unable to make the climb to their seats, to ticket services, where they exchanged their tickets for seats lower in the stadium.
"That's rewarding to be able to help people," Pryor said.
Of course, there are the occasional unpleasant duties, like dealing with folks who have been drinking or are using foul language. But Secoy said if they get rid of their alcohol or put a stop to the inappropriate talk, they can stay, and most people usually comply.
"We haven't had too many problems," he said.
Coffman said he enjoyed his first game as an usher, but admitted to feeling a little bit of pressure.
"Being new, it was just more pressure as far as doing everything right," he said.
Coffman said he wasn't faced with any questions he couldn't answer and while the day was tiring, it wasn't as draining as he expected.
He was required to be in place two-and-a-half hours before kickoff, which wasn't that big a change for him. When he attended Buckeye games before, Coffman said he liked to arrive about two hours early, although he's in the minority among fans.
"The amazing thing about it is, everybody floods in about 15 minutes before game time," he said.
With the outcome of Saturday's game never in doubt, the mood was pretty laid back, Coffman said. He doesn't expect that to be the case this week, when the Wisconsin Badgers come to town.
"I'm sure playing Wisconsin this week, it's going to be hopping," he said.
Pryor said back when he started, there was a waiting list to be an usher, but that's not the case today. Information about applying to be an usher is available online at www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ot/employment.html.


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LaVance Warren rushed for 250 yards on seven carries and scored two touchdowns for the host Warriors (6-2, 3-0 Oakland Athletic League). Lavon Washington added a 90-yard touchdown reception and a 95-yard kickoff return for a score. Randall Coleman was one of several Warriors who returned interceptions for touchdowns. Castlemont fell to 0-8 overall and 0-3 in OAL play with the loss.


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November 7, Thursday
7:00 PM Storytelling Wing
Affordable Care Act Informational Meeting
A tax expert will discuss basic rights and responsibilities of
taxpayers in relation to the Affordable Care Act with a simplified,
easy-to-learn presentation. A question and answer session
will follow the presentation. This class is presented by the Low
Income Taxpayer Clinic of Centro Hispano.
Take a break from endless apps, video games and texting, and fall in love with the oldest art there is--storytelling. Join us for an hour of interactive storytelling designed by Steffani Raff to entertain and inspire others to share their stories. Fun, fresh and engaging this program will increase your face time with loved ones by helping you discover the power of story (no electricity required).
November 16, Saturday
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Fireplace
Orem Stories Project
The first annual Orem Stories Project has invited local artists to
submit a portrait and share the story of an Orem resident. Entries
will be accepted at the library until November 11. For more information,
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anomaly wrote: El-P is butthurt Aesop is making his own beats now instead of buying his laserbeats.
Just my theory
I wonder if Aes still wants his ASR to go to El before he's buried w his mistakes? Hrmmmmmmm.
Captiv8 wrote: I definitely prefer Blockhead beats to Aesop's. Any word on who's production the new album? It would be amazing to hear Aesop Rock over some Ant tracks.
Captiv8 wrote: Still looking forward to this, despite the guest appearance of Kimya Dawson.
Captiv8 wrote: I suppose my beef isn't really with Dawson herself, as I find some of her songs palatable for their heart-on-the-sleeve idiosyncrasies. My issue is with every girl I see and then hear that thinks they are Kimya Dawson. College kids these days.


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What's Better for Your Résumé—Captain of the Debate Team or Playing College Sports?
Playing college sports could have a big payoff after graduation, as employers in one recent study appeared to value the leadership skills of athletes above many other students.
The study, whose results are to be presented at a conference this week at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, asked employers to rate the value of experiences of more than a dozen types of students, including debate-team captain, resident assistant, and editor of the campus newspaper.
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According to one of Kim Kardashian's friends, Kim's publicist has arranged for her to go on a date with Knicks demigod, Jeremy Lin. And while it's probable that there's no truth in this, it's kind of fun to imagine. Think of the Kimsane headlines. The Keeping Up With the KardashiLins reality show spin-offs. So much would stem from this coupling, it's almost too much to take Lin.
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In Their Own Words – Awe, Autism
We recently received this e-mail from a parent:
My son was diagnosed with PDD-NOS at the age of two and a half. He's had years of Skills Trainers and Autism Consultants who have helped him navigate his world. He's fully mainstreamed in a public school here in Hawaii (he's in the seventh grade) and is doing exceptionally well (scoring A's in his Advanced Placement math, etc.) Although his autism diagnosis is his "Big Secret" which he shares with a very select group of people, his English teacher encouraged him to write about his struggles for his English paper (she promised she wouldn't share it with the class). I wanted to share this story with the autism community because it can perhaps give others some perspective and inspiration with respect to their struggles.
Have you ever had a challenge that you had to overcome, but you did not want anybody to know about it? Hi, I am (name redacted), and I have been dealing with this challenge for as long as I ever lived. I was born with a disability called autism. Yes, I seem like I am functioning regularly in society, but appearances can actually be deceiving. I will explain later what autism is, how I dealt with this and what I have learned from this experience. Come and explore my deep secret of my life.
First, I will tell you the many things I experienced while I had autism. I sometimes had a hard time in school. I was disorganized and I also sometimes couldn't focus when I was young. I had a hard childhood and this struggle for my "survival" was hard to overcome. I sometimes ask my mom, "Why me? Why did God choose me to lack what other people have?" I felt like I was an alien in school and was I thought I was very different from other people. I felt so discouraged that I ran away from home and ran as fast as I could. I brought clothes, a toothbrush and toothpaste, money to survive and I also wrote a note to tell my mom that I was leaving. I finally came home within four hours of running away from home.
In addition, I will tell you how I solved this dilemma. I try to think positive and try hard in making friends, which was hard for me to do. I was actually good at the academics, but I was (and am still) struggling with planning and applying my strategies to the real world. There were many people out there to help me and I do give them credit to all of their accomplishments. I tried to follow their advice and sometimes failed, but yes they did help me out. I also stay on a special diet so that I can concentrate more. I find it does help.
Next, I shall tell you what I learned from this experience. I learned that I am not an alien and am normal. In fact, I think that this is actually a good experience. I am more grateful to what I can do. I had things that I could not do that other people could do, but now I can do those things, which I do not take in vain. I also finally learned that I have the strength inside of me to overcome challenges. Now, when I do face challenges like this, I can know inside that "I AM AN OVERCOMER!"
Overall, I have reflected on this challenge and I feel good that I could face this challenge and almost beat it. However, I am still facing with this challenge of autism. So far, I am doing well and I think that I have gone farther than I have ever thought I could go. This is a message to all of you: whatever challenge you are facing, find the real problem and solve the real problem. Believe in yourself and have inner strength to fight the problem if it's physically or mentally.
This "In Their Own Words" essay is written by a seventh grade student in Hawaii and was submitted by his mother.
"In Their Own Words" is a series within the Autism Speaks blog which shares the voices of people who have autism, as well as their loved ones. If you have a story you wish to share about your personal experience with autism, please send it to email@example.com. Autism Speaks reserves the right to edit contributions for space, style and content. Because of the volume of submissions, not all can be published on the site.
June 22, 2010 at 4:51 pm
this letter has brought me to tears..All i can think about is all the troubles he talks about over coming…my 11yr son was also diagnosed with the same this and what interested me the most was you said you had a special diet. I am having a hard time with my son and need as much info as possible….your ideas would help me tremendously.
June 22, 2010 at 6:22 pm
your letter brought me great joy, my grandsson has pdd-nos, and is 2 and a half.
You have given me great hope for my grandson. Thank you and here's hoping your struggles are few and your bumps in the road are small
June 22, 2010 at 6:55 pm
Amazing letter! Loved it! My son was dx with the same thing last summer. He is 9 now and going into 4th grade. He has been in school since he was 3. We havve struggled daily with him. I have health issues myself that seem to rip the life out of me. I refuse to quit. Thanks for writing this. I am always reading and trying to learn more. I also am a special ed parapro for a self contained class.
June 22, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Thank you for sharing this beautiful letter! My 6 year old adopted daughter from Korea was just diagnosed with PDDNOS. My husband and I are overwhelmed with the diagnosis and at the beginning stages of learning more as well as finding supposrt groups in our area. Your sons honesty was very uplifting and I can only pray my little finds the same success. In my heart I believe she will because she is such a hard worker. If you can pass on any information I would be forever grateful.
June 22, 2010 at 9:24 pm
Still desprately looking for sollutions and options to help my son whose turning 5 soon.
June 22, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I am a mom of 5 girls and my 3yr old was diagnosed with PDD low spectrum autism at the age of 2yrs. Reading this has truly given me strength to believe that my little girl will overcome this. I also have heard about the special diet avoiding wheat and dairy products. My Aubrey is so picky when it comes to food and their are very few things that she will eat and I am at my wits end on what to give her. We feed her all the wrong things just so that she will eat, we are at a loss with this and dont know what to do.
June 23, 2010 at 9:04 am
this letter gives me a lot of hope for my rising 7th grader. I would love to get more information on Autism Consultants. I will search the internet for more information where I live. Thanks for posting this article. It is so encouraging.


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Houma teen killed, another injured, after car flips several times
Published: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 8:11 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at 8:11 a.m.
An 18-year-old driver was killed and a 16-year-old passenger injured Monday evening after his car veered off La. 182 In Bayou Blue and flipped several times, police said.
Billy Tyson, 18, of Houma, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Lafourche Parish Coroner's Office, State Police said. His passenger was taken to Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Mathews with what police described as minor injuries.
About 5:30 p.m., Tyson was driving a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse east on La. 182 just east of the Prospect Street extension. He was traveling at high speed when his car left the left side of the road and entered the rocky median, where it flipped, State Police Troop C said. The Eclipse rolled into the westbound lanes of La, 182, where it came to rest on its roof.
Tyson and his passenger, who is also from Houma, were both wearing seat belts, police said.
Alcohol use was not immediately known, and toxicology tests, required in all fatal crashes, were pending, police said. Speed is suspected to be a factor, and the crash remains under investigation.
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Top Definition
i love seeing chicks with high beams!
by archtop December 02, 2002
Trending Now
Can you define these popular missing words?
hard, protruding, erect, very visible nipples as seen through blouse or top
Man, did you see that hot bitch? She had her high beams on!
by spiderbesideher December 05, 2008
Hard nipples protruding through a shirt
"Your Highbeams are on!!"
by pooh_bear10 April 29, 2006
This term is used when the nipples of a woman can be obviously seen through her clothing. The larger the protrusion the brighter the beam.
I was over at the frozen food section and I noticed alot of High Beams.
by Rawhide January 12, 2006
visibly erect or aroused nipples on a woman's breasts. Usually seen through an article of clothing, such as a t-shirt.
She must be cold... her high-beams are on.
by joespagg February 18, 2006
When ones nipples become erect, often in cold weather, and sometimes producing an adequate visible result.
As Ashleigh and Anthea walked alongside the highway on a damp cold night, Ashleigh was warned that she was high beaming. "Oh" she said looking down, a wave of embarrassment passing through her, "should have worn a padded bra, its a bit nippy" *insert laughing of both parties here*
by pok-pok March 07, 2009
It's what you say to a woman whose nipples are enlarged and hard.
You're beautiful when you got your high beams on.
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Yarn Profile:
Kollage Yarns Cornucopia
First Impressions
Cornucopia is made of 100% corn fiber. Corn has a naturally high amount of starch in it. When these starches are broken down into sugars and fermented and separated into polymers, the resulting paste-like substance is extruded into fine, delicate strands that are cut, carded, combed, and spun into yarn. Unless you're a chemist, all you really need to know is that this natural fiber was originally derived from corn.
Is it just another marketing ploy, or does this new fiber really add value for knitters? That's what I hoped to find out when I started this review.
Knitting Up
As with any flat yarn (especially with wider ribbon yarns), the immediate question was whether or not to go to the trouble of trying to keep the yarn perfectly flat as I knit with it. I decided to let go and see how it looked when allowed to twist in different directions. Otherwise, I would've had to stop every two rows or so and dangle my work to untwist the yarn.
Although the yarn was created with a fine strand of fiber, the knitted stitches of the tube are relatively large and open. Hold it up to the light and you have a beautiful, almost honeycomb-like effect. As I knit, my dull-tipped needles occasionally poked through the yarn. The good news is that the yarn bounced right back into perfect shape—there was no sign of damage, which you'll sometimes see in other similarly constructed yarns.
Because I was letting the yarn twist, the stitches had a somewhat lumpy, irregular appearance to them. But it was so consistently this way, and so enhanced by the natural texture and depth of the yarn, that the resulting fabric looked wonderfully casual and wearable.
Blocking / Washing
My swatches stayed firm and perky throughout the entire wash cycle, never relaxing into that wet-dishrag phase that can require extensive reblocking. In fact, they needed no blocking whatsoever.
The yarn is also machine-washable, which makes Cornucopia a great option for children's clothes. I would be careful about washing it with other items that have zippers or hooks, however, as they may snag and break the fine fibers.
Traditional spun yarns have the benefit of a thick layer of fibers all stacked together for security, but knitted tube yarns rely on the continuity of a single, much finer strand of fibers to hold the yarn together. I snipped just one strand in the knitted tube to see what happened—would the whole thing unravel? The other stitches absorbed the loss, and after a little more friction you couldn't even see where I'd made the cut.
In all the washing tests, my swatches dried very quickly and the gauge was unchanged.
The hollow, airy tubelike structure enhanced the ventilation and evaporation qualities, making Cornucopia a good option for hot-weather wear.
The yarn doesn't mind stitchwork, either, although truly elaborate cables may be a bit lost within the innate texture of the fabric. I tried some simple k1/p1 ribbing and it looked snug and comfortable.
I should note that Cornucopia isn't the only corn-based yarn on the market. In fact, South West Trading Company has a new 100% corn yarn called A-MAIZing that has a similar knitted-tube structure to Cornucopia.
As for applicable uses, I see this yarn working very well as a women's short-sleeved top (simple styling and a medium women's size would run you about $62) or, even better, a simple child's top. Sure, other kids may be able to brag that their mother made their sweater, but imagine the fun they'll have adding, "And it's made of corn!"
Yarn name
Kollage Yarns
Fiber content
100% corn
20 stitches and 26 rows per 4 inch square on US 8 (5mm) needles
Average retail price
Where to buy online
Yarn Market
Weight/yardage per skein
34 g. / 100 yards
Country of origin
Made in USA from imported fibers
Manufacturer's suggested wash method
Hand or machine wash.
Review date
Color used in review
Cool Melon
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The Corning-Painted Post Civic Music Association will host the Manuel Barrueco and the Cuarteto Casals concert at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Corning Museum of Glass Auditorium, 1 Museum Way.
The concert features a live classical guitar and strings performance by Manuel Barreuco and the Cuarteto Casals.
Tickets are $40 and the public is invited to attend. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 866-463-6264 or visit www.corningcivicmusic.org.
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ROLLINSFORD — The Budget Committee has scheduled a public hearing Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the Rollinsford Grade School regarding the School District's proposed budget.
Both the School Board and the Budget Committee will propose a budget recommendation for the Rollinsford School District fiscal year 2013-2104, while the public will be able to provide crucial feedback. A Budget Committee meeting will follow the public hearing and move forward with a deliberative session of Feb. 2 at 9 a.m. at the Rollinsford Grade School.
The Budget committee has proposed a Regular Education figure around 3,058,767 for the 2014 fiscal year, a 2.27% increase from the fiscal year 2013. The public hearing will address all areas of the Rollinsford School Districts budget. A scheduled snow date will be Jan. 15, at 7 p.m., at the Rollinsford Grade School.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Lockdown
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Caught on camera: Egyptian ambassador slaps Cyprus airport officer
Egyptian ambassador to Cyprus, Menha Mahrous Bakhoum, has appeared in a video swearing at and slapping a police officer at Larnaca airport, claiming she was subject to verbal and physical humiliation by airport security despite her diplomatic standing.
The incident reportedly took place on Saturday. A day later Cyprus Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou Marcoullis officially apologized to the Egyptian ambassador, according to Cyprus Mail.
Ambassador Bakhoum was at the airport to see off her family and she wanted to escort them beyond the passport control. A female police officer then asked her to remove her boots, but the Egyptian diplomat refused, prompting a dispute.
Ambassador Bakhoum then acted by slapping the police officer, resulting in her being manhandled by a group of male officers. They dragged her to a separate room in a bid to calm tempers.
Efforts to contain the situation, however, failed when ambassador Bakhoum reportedly grabbed the wig of a senior officer in protest at her detention, according to Cyprus Mail.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses publicly and sincerely its regrets and apologies for the treatment of the ambassador, which was not in conformity with the principle of inviolability of the person and respect of diplomatic representatives," Cyprus Foreign Minister Marcoullis said in a statement.
The EU's airport regulations allow only a few heads of states and governments to pass beyond security checks. Diplomats and evens Cabinet ministers have to go through regular security scrutinies.
Were security officers right to treat the diplomat as they would anyone else? Did Bakhoum go too far by responding with physical violence? Let us know what you think.


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Washington County under flood warning
January 31, 2013
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for Washington County and surrounding areas through 6:30 p.m. today. Among the waterways expected to flood is Duck Creek....
I think the people of washington county have gotten to soft resalently. I remember having to swim thru flooded areas with youngins to get my welfare checks i hope the children of today can learn something from that and quit being lazy
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RedHead Diabetic Comfort Merino Wool Crew Socks for Men
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Sunday, 04/05/1998
Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI
Set 1: Oh Kee PaThe Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > YEMYou Enjoy Myself, ThemeTheme From the Bottom > McGruppMcGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters > GinBathtub Gin -> Cities > Sparkle > SOAMeltSplit Open and Melt
Set 2: DwDDown with Disease[1], Ya Mar -> CaspianPrince Caspian > Maze[1] -> Shafty[2] -> Possum[1] -> Jam -> Cavern[3]
Encore: Bold As Love
[1] Unfinished.
[2] Debut.
[3] Slow, funky version with original lyrics.
· Shafty tease in Possum
· Shafty tease in Bathtub Gin
Noteworthy Jams: You Enjoy Myself, McGrupp and the Watchful Hosemasters (highly recommended), Bathtub Gin, Cities, Ya Mar (highly recommended), Prince Caspian (highly recommended), Maze, Shafty, Jam (highly recommended), Cavern
Average Song Gap: 10.88
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: This show included the debut of Shafty, which was then briefly teased by Mike and Trey in Possum. Disease, Maze, and Possum were unfinished. The funky jam in between Possum and Cavern featured some stage banter from Trey about the funk jams the band had been playing. Accordingly, Cavern was played in a slower, funkier manner than usual and included some of the older, alternate lyrics. This show is available as an archival release on LivePhish.com.
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Song Distribution:
4 Stash
3 Lawn Boy
2 Billy Breathes
2 Rift
1 The Story of the Ghost
1 Hoist
1 A Picture of Nectar
1 Junta
1 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
1 The White Tape
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This show was part of the "1998 Island Tour."
initially, it seems that they might be doing their first "standard opener" of the island tour, but wait, here comes a smoking hot yem 2 songs in following oh kee pah. very nice version. the composed part is played well, and fishman and page come out of the "tramps section" with a very nice groove built up. when trey finally gets back in, they are on fire. good jam. theme works very nicely out of the vocal jam, and mcgrupp, with a nice dark page solo, is a very pleasant first set surprise. speaking of 1st set surprises, this nice gin>cities combo is golden. this is the first gin in a year of full of bad ass gins. page and trey are in sync hear, and gordon and fishman really lay down a nice foundation. the cities jam leans a little toward the nasty great went version. very nice slow funky jam. sparkle is nice and snappy, and then melt rocks in the closing slot.
down with disease is nice and exploratory. they tack a nice cohesive ride through this jam before drifting into a very cool yamar. this one jams out prety far before prince caspian. this is one of my least favorite phish songs, but it works well here, especially since the rest of the set helps you forget about it. maze starts out typically, but page really soars on his solo, then the whole band just takes off. after a quick run through shafty, they find themselves in a funk nasty possum. it starts out in its typically bluesy fashion, but then it really turns a corner into a funkier realm. trey tells people that they are free to leave but if you like funk music and dancing you better stay. pretty funny stuff....who's leaving this shit. they are mired in one of the thickest funky jams i've heard them play, and eventually, they delve head first into cavern. they spare no punches on this cavern either. on paper, a possum>cavern looks like a decently solid way to close a show, but on this night, it was a remarkable, jaw dropping closing sequence. bold as love does the job in the encore slot.
this show really has it all. i think i like the first night best, but this show has the nice tight funk jams, good strong funk jams, and some very nice and tight compositional work. both sets are littered with highlights and very strong inspired playing.
high lights:
set 1:
oh kee>yem, mcgrupp, gin>cities
set 2:
dwd>yamar, maze>shafty>possum>cavern (gotta hear the possum>cavern!!)
Sunday 4/5 -
Oh Kee Pah! Yes! This means Suzy Greenburg...the horns must surely be
coming out right now...
I don't think I'd ever been more disappointed at the starting notes of You
Enjoy Myself. That feeling quickly went away, though, and my only
frustration was that resulting from the fact that I felt like I'd been
"had" by the band. Ah well...this show would prove to be as awesome as the
other three.
The Gin -> Cities was not expected, and they pulled it off nicely. To
tell the truth, I don't remember anything really stellar in any of the
songs, except solid jamming and typically excellent playing. The
sloppiness of the first two nights was all but gone as they gracefully
flew over the old composed pieces like YEM and McGrupp. The Melt and Maze
jams I remember being particularly intense, and the segues from the second
set were all very nicely done. DwD->YaMar especially.
The second set ended kind of weirdly, with a song segueing out of Maze
that I'd never heard...probably a reworked version of Oblivious Fool (for
the new album?) and then a Possum that raged as usual, into a Cavern that
was incredibly funky and had the same alternate lyrics (whatever the heck
they were) as from Hartford last fall.
The Axis: Bold as Love encore was a bit of a letdown after the previous
night's all having jaw-dropping encores, but one can't complain. There
was really nothing left for them to play. To tell the truth, I'm having a
hard time coming up with songs that would have fit better in that
spot...Fluffhead is really the only thing we didn't hear. (Although AC/DC
Bag, Forbins>Mockingbird, Ice and Harpua all would have been nice to hear
at some point on the run...) But there were alot of worse things they
could have put there. All in all, there's no complaints from this Markah.
Well, sorry I took up so much bandwith and stole so much money from my
University since I typed this while I was supposed to be working, but I
hope you enjoyed it either way, if you even read this entire monstrosity.
Take care everybody, and I'll see you in 92 days at Portland!


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A Brownville mother of 13, accused of hiring someone to kill her husband, is expected to enter a plea this morning. Wendy Farley was arrested back in September on charges of solicitation for murder.
Court papers say she offered a family friend several thousand dollars to kill her husband of 30 years and make it look like a hunting accident. That person alerted police.
Officers say they recorded Farley asking the friend to carry out the killing and then arrested her. Police say Farley told them she was looking for a way out of what she called her husband's "religious strictness."
Back in October, a judge allowed Farley visitation of her 13 children in the presence of the older children. Farley is due in Piscataquis Superior Court at 8:30 a.m.


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Review: 'Mystery of Irma Vep' is biting humor
Thick British accents, fast pace sometimes strain Southern ears
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 4:49 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 4:49 p.m.
It was a not-so-dark and sultry night in the shadowy streets of downtown Hendersonville when a werewolf, vampire, mummy, and a couple of quick-change actors breathed life into "The Mystery of Irma Vep," the current play at Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown.
Want to go?
What: "The Mystery of Irma Vep"
Where: Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown, 125 S. Main St., Hendersonville.
When: 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and 2 p.m. Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays through Sept. 14
Tickets: $40
Info: Call 693-0731, toll-free 866-732-8008 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org
With that many supernatural creatures running about the English-proper premises of wealthy Egyptologist Lord Edgar Hillcrest and his second wife, Lady Enid Hillcrest, an actress of questionable talent, this could be the making a popular Syfy hit TV series — such as Being Human. But this campy mock-horror story is more like A Penny Dreadful, another popular horror-based TV series, turned upside down and found to be an absurd parody of itself and all such tales in the genre that both Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allen Poe more than dabbled in.
Indeed "A Penny Dreadful" is the subtitle of the play, and for those not schooled in historically important European periodicals, A Penny Dreadful was an on-going lurid tale of the grotesque printed on cheap paper and sold for a penny a piece, mostly to the young men of the mid-1800s in London. Cheap entertainment at its best.
As if the multiple over-the-top characters (nine or 10, depending if you count the iffy appearance of the title character) haunting each other in every sense of the word weren't enough, all the characters are played by just two actors: Vagabond veterans Scott Treadway and Preston Dyar.
Each actor has to play both men and women (and monster) parts, sometimes having to change character and costume in full view of the audience. But consistently, each actor would exit the stage by one door as one character and reappear less than 15 seconds later through another door in a complete change of clothing and personality.
Pay no attention to the streams of sweat running down their breathless faces.
It is a zany and entertaining romp through just about every mode of telling scary stories (novel, legend, cinema, television), reanimated by playwright Charles Ludlam.
"Irma" was first produced in 1984 in the very off-Broadway Ridiculous Theatrical Company in New York City's Greenwich Village. Before his death in 1987 from AIDS-related illness, Ludlam had built a sound reputation for writing and producing cutting-edge contemporary plays for his founding playhouse.
As off-center as his work might have been, it was still — like "Irma" — based on solid literary and theatrical underpinnings. Today, "Irma," though laced with double entendres (no four-letter words), is considered an appropriate production for high school, seasoned, amateur and professional thespians alike.
Irma is the first and presumed dead wife of Lord Edgar, who has remarried and is attempting unsuccessfully to get on with his life in rural England during the brief time between the World Wars. His new wife is a ditzy insomniac, and the two of them are catered to by the opinionated maid, Jane Twisden, and the peg-legged groundskeeper Nicodemus Underwood.
All the while, wolves howl, portraits bleed, and things go bump in the night. The situation presents many questions to be pondered, but at the core is the mystery "Is Irma really dead, and, if so, how did she die? If not, where is she?"
To answer these basic inquiries, you might consider re-arranging the letters of her name (hint: Irma Vep = vampire).
Kudos to Flat Rock Playhouse's production staff for creating a most authentic looking English parlor and for aiding and abetting the actors' rapid-fire changing of the clothes.
Costuming by Ashli Arnold was wonderful, especially the carefully placed tossing tassels that adorned the awakened Egyptian mummy princess, played briefly and unforgettably by Treadway. The princess's dialogue was purposely gibberish, adding to the humor of the scene.
Unfortunately, understanding the heavily British accented dialog throughout the play was a challenge for many patrons. Director Kenneth Kay is commended for bringing such a delightful and unorthodox play to the Carolina foothills, but more attention and fine tuning are much needed in the delivery of the jam-packed script.
It was disappointing that both nuances and outright meanings were lost in translation as Treadway portrayed Nicodemus. Adding just a bit more frustration to the listening audience was the fact that the script is complex and requires precise timing. Unfortunately, Southern ears are accustomed to slow drawls and comfortable pauses. When too much is delivered too quickly, bewilderment sets in.
"The Mystery of Irma Vep" runs through Sept. 14. Go with your tongue in cheek. Check reality at the door. And let yourself laugh at the things that normally scare us.
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Simple is pleasant, but I struggled to pick up the teases mentioned in the notes -- if they're there, they're really subtle.
The Bowie is yet another outstanding version, with the Take Me to the River jam rising naturally out of the first jam section. It's more of a brief tease with some lyrics than a full on "debut", but the short interlude only helps the momentum -- the remainder of Bowie continues furiously, building to a blistering frenzy before the final notes.
Ya-Mar is better than usual, with a nice percussive segment that makes this version stand out. The other high point of the second set is a beautiful jam at the end of Mike's song that bleeds into Keyboard Army.
The crowd loved the Suspicious Minds and obligatory Carolina, but nothing musically rises above the ordinary for the rest of the show.


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Elegant personal task management.
Task management has never been this easy. Organize your tasks in an elegant and intuitive way. Things combines powerful features with simplicity through the use of tags and its intelligent filter bar. A Leopard style source list allows for quick and easy focusing. Together with a beautiful user interface, Things aims at the seemingly impossible: making task management both easy and fun.
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Tags: productivity , tasks , gtd , notes , organization
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Good news on the cloud sync front: http://culturedcode.com/things/blog/2010/12/state-of-sync-part-1.html
When⦠just when, oh, when will it get cloud sync??
By far my favorite to do manager for any OS. One of my favorite all time Mac apps (I've been using the Mac since 1990). Like the best Mac apps, it's effective, simple, and elegant. Let's you focus on what you're using the app for rather than the app itself.
A cheap app to how much work it can do. The GTD-like way to look at my tasks is much easier than everything else.
Highly recommended app.
Mmmm... finally a GTD-application that's simple and elegant to use! Coupled with an iPhone Things really shine and it has become an indispensable part of both my professional and personal life. Well done Cultured Code!
Man, I really, really want to use Things but the lack of OTA sync keeps me using OmniFocus. It's 2010. I can't be bothered to remember to sync on a regular basis. It became a chore and, to me, defeated the whole purpose of using Things. If you are ok with remembering to sync or are just using Things for Mac then it is at the top of the list of to to apps.
Great app, suits me perfectly for both projects and the day-to-day stuff. Keeps everything neat and tidy and isn't loaded with overcomplicated features none of us will ever use.
I hate to say it but I do think it's overpriced. It's gorgeous and it never fails but it's still just a to-do list. The same goes for the iPhone version.
Also, for some reason items in my Scheduled folder don't show on iPhone, although they appear on their due dates.
Can't say how much I love this app!
Excellent application, has helped me with my projects and a nice interface. Using the trial now, a bit overpriced... I think it should be 30 or 20 dollars but... Really difficult to resist the temptation to not buy it... Awesome app!
This lovely application is very mac-like; Looks beautiful and works like a charm.
I know it's a productivity app but seriously, 49 bucks? This should be 20!
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Area briefs: Spartans slip to second at Monterey Bay
Published: Monday, March 18, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 1:07 a.m.
In Monterey, Calif., despite turning in the third-best score on the day, the USC Upstate women's golf team slid one position on the leaderboard and stands second after the second of three rounds in the Monterey Bay Invitational on Monday afternoon.
Upstate began the day in the lead, but shot a 332 in the second round as Northern Colorado jumped to the top of the leaderboard heading into Tuesday's final round. The Spartans trail the Bears by 10 strokes heading into the final round.
Northern Colorado owns a 644 36-hole total and leads Upstate (654). Western Illinois is third at 659 and is followed by Drake (668), Cal State Bakersfield (671) and South Dakota (679).
Taylor Barnes (Dorman) continues to lead Upstate in the tournament. She stands second heading into the final round Tuesday with a 160 total after shooting an 83 on Monday.
SOUTH CAROLINA: In Columbia, the Gamecock Club will be hosting its annual Kickoff FanFest before and after the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game, to be held Saturday, April 14. The pre-game FanFest activities will begin at 9 a.m. and will be located in the Gamecock Village at the front of the Farmers Market, across the street from the stadium.
A Gamecock fan favorite, Patrick Davis, will hold a free concert from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Farmer's Market amphitheater lawn prior to the game.
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James bell says he's in Florida to buy a lottery ticket and he means business.
"I'm gonna win whatever it is. 2-hundred and…What is it? 250 million?"
Actually the Powerball jackpot is now estimated to be worth around 325-million dollars after no one was able to match the numbers on Wednesday.
And with the stakes being so high, many people want in on the action.
"I decided to come down and play a little lottery because I wanted to get rich. I don't play it that often, but this time it went up to 325- million so I decided I would play."
Daimon pope says he doesn't mind sharing the winnings, just as longs as he gets something.
"I just want a piece of the pie. You know, I'm just like everyone else, I'm just trying to get a piece of the pie. I don't want it all. I'll share it, I'll share it with you!"
"Not greedy at all!"
But to win, you must first choose the lucky numbers...
Some are superstitious...
"It's our birthdays naturally."
"My birthday, my age, my mom's birthday, something like that."
While others just let "the quick pick selection" do its thing...
"Oh, I took the quick pick."
"I let them pick it, quick pick. It's the luck of the draw."
And what does anybody do with all of that money?
"If I win I'm gonna bless the churches!"
"Give it to the family and hope to have a prosperous life from then on."
"You know, retire, retire early."
"We just want to travel."
"I would give a portion to my church and share the wealth with a lot of other people as well."
As for James, he says he would give it to his grandchildren because....
"When you get to be 74 years old, there ain't a whole lot you can do with it!"


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Your home on the Mac, Finder gives you lots of options for locating, displaying and organizing all your files and folders. From the power of Spotlight search technology to the flexibility of customizable item views, Mac OS X Finder truly shows your Mac at a glance.
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Ahahah! How silly we are we didn't think to thiis before! But now I really like to know if there's an alternative (even if it would not make sense at all)
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AT&T vs. Verizon: Portrait of a Telecom Duopoly?
Now that Sprint has decided to shelve its effort to acquire T-Mobile, the nation's third-largest carrier by subscribers has a big hill to climb by itself.
Verizon and AT&T are maintaining a commanding lead over their smaller rivals, Sprint and T-Mobile, according to the latest report from RootMetrics.
The report measures service quality across six categories: call, data, text, reliability, speed and overall. While T-Mobile and Sprint have made strides in the past year, they still have a long way to go. Verizon won every category except for texting reliability, which it narrowly lost to AT&T.
T-Mobile made the biggest improvement in the past year. In the second half of 2013, T-Mobile had wins or ties in 60 markets. During the first half of 2014, that total had grown to 169.
Sprint's gains were much smaller. In the second half of 2013, Sprint tied in 13 markets. In the first half of 2014, it tied in 27. The carrier had no wins in either period.
Verizon, by comparison, had 542 wins or ties. The country's biggest wireless carrier by customers retook the crown from AT&T on data speed, which AT&T held in 2013.
The report also looked at competition on a state-by-state basis, which can be important given the strengths and weaknesses of each network in different regions. Here's how many states each network either won or tied in each category–Verizon in red, AT&T in blue, Sprint in yellow and T-Mobile in pink:
Network quality isn't the area only where AT&T and Verizon have an advantage. The carriers have more than two thirds of the nation's lucrative postpaid subscribers, and in 2013 each company collected more than twice as much revenue in 2013 than Sprint and T-Mobile combined.
Here's how the numbers break down by network:
Number of postpaid subscribers, as of June 30 (data via the companies):
Verizon: 95.6 million
AT&T: 74.3 million
Sprint: 30.2 million
T-Mobile: 24.5 million
2013 revenue (data via Thomson One):
AT&T: $128.8 billion
Verizon: $120.5 billion
Sprint: $35.5 billion
T-Mobile: $24.4 billion


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Want to make a difference in a young man's life? Man in the Mirror's Patrick Morley explains how. read more
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4 Opportunities to Cut Your Wife Some Slack
There are times when our spouses need us to motivate them. But find out why we also need to give them the benefit of the doubt. read more
10 Bible Verses for Comfort When You're Hurting
The right word at the right time can help us when we need comfort in our suffering. Here are some Bible verses with words that have the power to give that comfort. read more
Idolatry: What or Who Do You Worship?
Can you honestly say God is more important that your favorite sports team or your golf outings with your buddies? Where does your time go? read more
Manturity: Your Wife Still Has It
What are some ways you let your spouse know she hasn't lost her appeal? read more
How to Talk to Your Children When Christian Leaders Fall
When Christian leaders go astray, don't sugarcoat the situation for your children. Here's how to break it to them. read more
How to Disarm the Profanity Sting
According to Scripture, words reflect what is in your heart. Does it point to major insecurity? read more
Getting More Involved as a Dad Brings Change
When fathers become more engaged, it often leads to significant breakthrough. Find out how. read more
3 Ways to Get to the Root of Anger
Do you ever wonder why you get so angry sometimes? Here's how to get to the root—and chop it off. read more
Never Discipline Whom You've Not Discipled
Chastising a child for doing something before teaching them it is wrong is not only counterproductive, but backwards thinking. Find out why discipleship is crucial. read more


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Spring really HAS sprung! We have apple blossoms outside our bedroom window and as I stand at our kitchen sink to wash the dishes and prepare our meals, I can look out over several back yards filled with the bobbing yellow heads of dandelions AKA "daisylions." Another feature of spring are the cheery purple blooms greeting me as I make my way to the clothesline. Oh, yes-a neighbor graciously shared some fresh asparagus from their garden! It was tender and DELISH an very much a piece of SPRING!
Different names are given to those purple hued posies. I think they are violets but we had a landlady once who called them Johnny Jump Ups. The Normanator calls them weeds.
In any case, they are some of my favorite blooms. They spring up all over peoples' yards and their purple "faces" seem to smile that they have succeeded in survival. Makes me think of how some of us struggle to survive as we manage our grocery budgets, perhaps assisted by SNAP, food stamps, commodities and community food pantries.
When my mom lived with us I would pluck the sweet little purple blooms from the front yard and garnish her breakfast fruit with them. She always delcared she was living in a Five Star Hotel with room service that paid attention to detail. She really raved when I had pansies for her plate; she truly enjoyed the peppery flavor of pansy blooms. She also liked nasturtiums. She said they made her feel more alive. These are delightful memories of my mother and as Mother's Day approaches I find great comfort in the sweet memories of my mom.
Today I cooked some brown rice and scattered some bright, honey-sweet "daisylion" blossoms over the dish. Then I placed some violets on the mound just to give it a little boost of style. I can't honestly say I cooked like a rock star-although I FELT like one, but there was an encouraging "ooh" from The Normanator, which indicates his approval.
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Teens, Adult Accused in Haven Man's Shooting
Winter Haven man, 53, hospitalized, may be paralyzed.
Published: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 3:26 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 3:26 p.m.
WINTER HAVEN | Polk County Sheriff's deputies have arrested four Winter Haven teenagers and a 21-year-old man in the robbery and shooting of a 53-year-old man in Winter Haven on Monday afternoon.
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a sixth individual, 21-year-old Terrance Drayton, also of Winter Haven, who the teens say pulled the trigger.
Deputies say the six suspects met up before the crime and worked out a plan.
A PCSO arrest report says two young women — Labrittany Brotherton, 18, and Nalesha Hicks, 16 — set out around Inman Drive to find a target for the robbery, while the four young men — Johnny Glenn, 18, Bruce Washington, 16, Katoya Martin, 21, and Drayton — waited nearby for them to call.
Brotherton and Hicks went inside a house at 1773 Inman Drive with a group of men, the report says. Hicks gave the victim something (it is unclear what) in exchange for money, the report says, and then the two left to meet with the other four suspects.
The young women returned to the house, closely followed by Glenn, Washington, Martin and Drayton, who deputies say was armed.
Deputies say a single shot was fired, striking the 53-year-old man in the neck. He fell to the concrete, sustaining further injuries.
The 53-year-old remains hospitalized at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where he has undergone surgery.
As of Tuesday, he had not regained movement from his chest down, officials said.
All the suspects are being held without bail, charged with conspiracy to commit a robbery and robbery with a firearm.
Brotherton, Glenn and Martin are all being held at the Polk County jail.
Washington and Hicks are being held at the PCSO Juvenile Detention Facility.
The warrant issued for Drayton charges attempted murder, conspiracy to commit robbery, and robbery with a firearm.
Anyone with information, is asked to call Detective Kevin Loder at 863-298-6200.
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Jeannine Harkleroad incorporates stories and objects—from Greek mythology to hand-crafted props—into the medium of video, which she uses as a narrative extension of her sculptural work. For her DCCA exhibition Gust, Harkleroad specifically focuses on ideas of human relationships and the significance of ordinary objects. In The Felt Field (2008), the artist mowed a 300 x 600 foot loveseat into open land, suggesting that a piece of furniture or even a public field can be experienced as private, emotional space. The Loveseat (2009) is a video reenactment of The Felt Field, featuring a miniature wooden tractor prop that Harkleroad and another performer push and pull along a small stage made of green lentils. Regarding the role of object and performer in her work, the artist states, "The objects are both facilitator and obstacle. The objects upstage the performers, ultimately diluting the performers and fortifying the sculpture. The performers are the mechanism. They are the psychological stage curtains these thoughts and events take place between." In Wind Gods, Harkleroad references the Greek deities of Boreas and Zephyrus who bring the winter and spring, respectively. Each God in Harkleroad's video appears as a masked performer who blows both a male and female prop figure into one another. A parable of relationship collision and fusion, Harkleroad visualizes these and other ideas as playful, staged vignettes evocative of fine art and folk traditions. Both analytical and physical in her approach to art-making, Harkleroad's whimsical aesthetic shifts directions capriciously, not unlike the way the wind blows.
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Average retail gasoline prices in Lincoln have fallen 5.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.15/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 146 gas outlets in Lincoln. This compares with the national average that has increased 3.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.27/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Lincoln during the past week, prices Sunday were 4.8 cents per gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 20.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 13.2 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 1.7 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
"2012 was a year that focused the spotlight on our nation's oil refineries; it showed us the vulnerability of our infrastructure and what can happen to prices at the pump when infrastructure is compromised. We began the year with a BP refinery fire in Cherry Point, WA that caused massive spikes on the west coast. The spring delivered challenges for Great Lakes refineries and pushed Chicago gas prices to a record high. Similarly, the California summer saw major refinery outages there and new record high prices," said Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst.
"Hurricane Sandy delivered a punishing blow to the East Coast causing refinery shutdowns, flooding and power outages. The resulting fuel shortage triggered mile-long lines for gas. NY gasoline spiked to a price level exceeding Honolulu and Anchorage as the highest in the U.S. GasBuddy is proud to have been called in by NY officials to provide counsel and data identifying the most current retail gasoline price updates and trends throughout the NY metro area," said Gregg Laskoski, GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst.
With elevated prices across much of the country for prolonged periods, 2012 brought the highest average price ever for U.S. consumers: $3.60 per gallon. For a closer look at the GasBuddy Year in Review, please visit http://www.scribd.com/GasBuddy or view the document directly: http://www.scribd.com/doc/117521912/GasBuddyYIR