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We have the location set for our tables for our Fun Fall fundraising event at the Highway 80 Garage Sale Saturday, October 16.
We will set up on the sidewalk in front of the Community Bank across the street from the Dairy Queen on Highway 80 in downtown Mineola.
For this to be a success, we need members to clean out closets, storage rooms, under beds, trunks of cars and every place else you are keeping goods you want to get rid of or will eventually want to get rid of.
We also need workers who want to come share in the fun to show up in the 7-7:30 a.m. time frame Saturday, Oct. 16 to help set up tables and put out items for sale. Then we need folks to stay around and help us with the sale and have fun all day.
We will probably finish about 4 p.m. Saturday, so if you can't come and stay all day, come when you can.
If you are bringing items to sell that day, try to have them there no later than 7:30 p.m. If you have items but can't get over there with them, call Deason Hunt at 903-769-0792 or send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com, and I'll arrange someone to pick them up.
Please put a price sticker or tape with price on your items. Remember that people are looking for bargains.
Also, be aware that we are planning to donate unsold items to a charitable group.
If you are planning to donate items for sale or will be available to work at the sale, let me know at firstname.lastname@example.com or 903-769-0792.
We are gonna have fun, fun, fun 'til daddy takes the T-bird away!
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Just a little bit more from Steve Kerr after I go through a few bits of idle thoughts on this Warriors transition . . .
I don't want to get too carried away, but these sports have an impact, I believe, in how each guy views competition, how each guy plots strategy and, yes, deals with others.
Boxing, at the highest levels, is mostly about will and force and there's little room for niceties and big-picture gravitas. There is somebody in front of you that you must conquer, or you're getting hurt.
The best fighters -- the ones Jackson studies and admires -- are at their best when they get a chip on their shoulders and make almost everybody else an enemy through an entire fight or a camp.
Golf, when it's played well, is about concentration, discipline and precision.
You don't go out to make enemies when you play golf because the course is your enemy, and you have 70 or more chances to screw up, so you can't go at it as combat.
Golf is also a very social game. Boxing . . . can be, but that's not it's core.
So maybe Jackson largely approached his Warriors coaching stint as a hit-or-be-hit challenge and he got his players to buy into that; and he eventually included the front office as "them" in an "us vs. them" universe.
And maybe Kerr sees a lot of this in a more linear way: How do you get from here all the way to the last minute (or 18th hole) rationally and strategically, making sure you always see the whole picture and what trouble lies ahead, and doing it while remaining comfortable with those making the trip with you?
Steve, how in the world did you end up with former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum -- who has no other major clients and is just starting -- as your agent?
Here's his answer:
"Mark Bartelstein has been my agent throughout my playing career; and last year, he wanted to open up a coaching division. Mark also does football, and so he had dealt with Mike many years of negotiations and he just loved Mike.
"Mike had been fired by the Jets as their GM. Mark hired Mike about a year ago. And that's how . . . Mark introduced me to him and Mark has been a grand slam for me throughout my career. And I trust him.
"So I went to lunch with Mike last year and immediately knew he's the kind of guy I wanted to represent me. He's a gentleman and he's thorough and prepared and work his tail off. He's fantastic."
Kerr on meeting and talking coaching with Bill Parcells, through Tannenbaum:
"He introduced me to Parcells. I went to New York last year and had lunch with Bill up in Saratoga and asked him a lot about coaching and philosophy. I've kind of done a lot of that the last few years to try to prepare for this.
"I sat in with the Spurs in their summer retreat, their coaching retreat in Chicago. Watched a couple days' worth of film and meetings with them. I've tried to do as much of that stuff as possible. Because I knew I wasn't getting a lot of the on-the-bench training that a lot of other guys were. So I tried to do whatever I could."
What did you get from Parcells?
"He was awesome. Talk about a man's man. But he shared with me a lot of thoughts on individual conversations with players and ways to approach them according to the circumstances that are present.
"I won't go into deal with them. But he's a really sharp guy and he's somebody that I'm going to lean on going forward. I won't hesitate going forward if I've got an issue that I need help with."


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Republicans in the Senate today introduced a bill to abolish FEMA, the agency of the federal government which coordinates responses to natural disasters.
The proposed legislation would immediately halt all the agency's work, lay off its employees, and use the money saved to finance a tax credit for oil and gas production in national parks.
In a speech on the Senate floor the bill's sponsor, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, argued that despite the recent spate of tragic tornado strikes in Oklahoma, disaster relief shouldn't be the federal government's business.
"FEMA is just one more example of Big Government run amok," he explained. "Sure it sounds good. Who wouldn't be against so-called disaster relief? But we're paying for this program with money borrowed from China, driving our country deeper into debt. That's the real disaster.
"I suppose people need help in times like these. And if individual states want to set up disaster relief agencies, that's fine. But why should taxpayers in other states be forced to pay? Kentucky doesn't have earthquakes. Kentucky doesn't have hurricanes. Kentucky doesn't have tornadoes, I don't think. So why are we footing the bill for this stuff?"
Hurricane Paul
Republicans have long had an interest in disbanding FEMA, an agency that most Americans believe fulfills a necessary role of government. Presidential nominee Mitt Romney famously said he wanted to "eliminate" the agency before reversing himself following a public furor.
Republican Rep. Ron Paul led a long crusade in Congress to do the same, once claiming that the agency was a "a system of bureaucratic central economic planning."
Rand Paul, who is Congressman Paul's son, has in the past said he doesn't believe FEMA is worth paying for with borrowed money. He went further today, arguing that the time had come for its complete dismantlement.
"It used to be that churches and volunteers handled natural disasters," he lamented. "Nowadays we have teams of so-called experts and scientists and professional disaster relief engineers.
"It's dangerous to stop depending on your friends and neighbors and start depending on the cold, long arm of the federal government. I can't think of anything my local pastor and a couple of strong young men can't handle. Can you?"
Although local first responders and volunteers have been essential, FEMA has largely been praised for its efforts in Oklahoma so far, with its urban search and rescue teams being credited with helping find survivors.
"Rand Paul is a f*****g idiot," says Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, whose tiny state sits astride a hurricane zone. "The federal government, by pooling resources and exploiting economies of scale, can do disaster relief more efficiently the the individual states alone.
"If this arrogant douchebag got his head out of Ayn Rand's ass long enough to see two feet in front of him, maybe he'd understand how important this work is."


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SANTA CLARA -- There are no bronze busts here.
The Hall of Fame exhibit at the 49ers' new museum instead features what resemble life-size action figures.
Dwight Clark leaps skyward to make "The Catch." The "Million Dollar Backfield" gathers in an eternal huddle. Joe Montana and Bill Walsh savor a sideline meeting of the minds.
The museum, which will be open seven days a week starting Friday at Levi's Stadium, clearly decided to skip the stoic plaques.
Instead, designers mostly let players choose the pose in which to spend eternity -- Roger Craig, forever caught in a high-step -- and artists got busy creating steel skeletons and bodies made from a resin composite. Designers even dressed the statues in real clothes, calling in a seamstress in some cases to make it fit.
The exhibit, early in the tour at the 49ers Museum, sets the tone for 20,000 square feet that emphasize motion. Interactive exhibits allow visitors to superimpose themselves into team photos, record a play-call from the radio booth and participate in a scouting combine.
Even the walls move. Guy McIntyre, an offensive lineman from 1984 to 1993, served as one of the tour-group leaders during a sneak peek Tuesday and said his favorite part was the so-called "Star Wars" wall.
On a space-colored video screen, the names of every player to suit up for the 49ers emerge from the darkness and twinkle briefly onto a video screen. To qualify for the wall, a player needed to be on the active roster only once.
It took only a few seconds of watching to see the names of Montana (a three-time Super Bowl MVP) and linebacker Jason Kyle (two games in 2000).
"Football is the ultimate team sport. It takes so many people to be successful," said McIntyre, now a team executive. "There were guys in practice, they didn't start, but they gave you that effort. They worked out just as hard in the offseason.
"They played their part in this."
The tour concludes with the five Lombardi Trophies, one for each Super Bowl victory. Everything leading up to that finale shows, in essence, how the team got there.
Some of the team's founding documents from 1945-46 are on display. There's also a slightly deflated ball from the first touchdown scored in Walsh's West Coast Offense. (Freddie Solomon hauled in a 44-yard pass from Steve DeBerg on Sept. 2, 1979).
There are color-coded playbooks from the 1950s, Clark's shoulder pads and a Montana player contract (alas, without the salary figures). Overhead in one hallway, 208 footballs hang like brown clouds -- each one representing a touchdown scored by Jerry Rice.
For those with more modern tastes, there is the letter quarterback Colin Kaepernick wrote as a fourth-grader predicting he would play for the 49ers.
And, of course, there are Jim Harbaugh's khakis.
"Walking through this space is going to give you chills," Paraag Marathe, the team president, said.
In one of the more lavish displays, Walsh's office gets re-created in full from the way it looked when the team was headquartered in Redwood City.
It looks as if the coach just stepped away. His coffee cup sits to the left of his desk while a red binder bursting with plays from 1988 is to the right.
A few feet away, a movie projector that suggests Walsh was reviewing his greatest hits. One of the canisters is marked "End Zone. 49ers-vs-Cowboys. 1-10-82." That's a pretty good view of "The Catch."
Craig Walsh, the coach's son, donated many of the items in what's called the "Bill Walsh Innovation" gallery. Other items came from fans, collectors, family members and the players themselves.
"It was amazing," McIntyre said. "Once we sent out the word, it just started coming."
This museum is the second-to-last part of the stadium to open. (Michael Mina's new restaurant opens by Monday.)
The stadium struggled with the onslaught of crowds and traffic Saturday when the Earthquakes hosted a soccer game in the first sporting event at the new place.
But Jesse Lovejoy, the director of the 49ers' museum, said his staff is prepared for visitors this weekend. He said he's been given a fire-code maximum capacity of 1,632 and figures that a steady "flow-through" will keep things manageable.
Lovejoy said the average fan visit will last 60 to 90 minutes.
McIntyre, who was part of the team that created the museum, said he was proud to see the place come to fruition. "It's the first time for me being on the ground floor of something this big, this large," he said.
Wait, what about the 49ers' dynasty itself?
"Well, that too," McIntyre said. "I guess I was part of the actual history."
Staff writer Michael Rosenberg contributed to this report. Follow Daniel Brown on Twitter at twitter.com/mercbrownie.


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Hino expects layoffs this month
Officials say number is yet to be determined
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WILLIAMSTOWN — Hino Motors Manufacturing USA is expecting to make employee cuts to the Williamstown plant following lower than expected sales, an official said Monday....
Looks like they will be closing thier doors about the same time as the BPD and AMP Power. This area is toast!!
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Hino has a contracted security guard service. Maybe some of the soon to be laid off employees would like the opportunity to provide these guard services instead of the high price being paid to the present contracted security guard company. The duties of the guards at Hino are pretty simple and would not require much training at all. Just a thought...
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Wow, didn't see that one coming.....so much for Hino tooting their horn about creating jobs. Oh well, maybe they can go to work at McDonalds.
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Countering Hewlett-Packard's (HPQ) claim that it wrote off $8.8 billion of its purchase of Autonomy after discovering it had been misled about the British firm's finances, a shareholder lawsuit claims the real reason was that HP failed to develop a product it had promised from the deal.
Accusing HP's leadership of corporate waste and breaching their fiduciary duty to investors, the suit filed late Wednesday in U.S. District Court in San Jose seeks unspecified damages and the removal of the Palo Alto company's board.
"HP continues to misrepresent the truth about what is really happening at HP and what the real issues with the Autonomy acquisition are," according to the suit by Stanley Morrical, who owns 1,200 HP shares. "In an effort to conceal their own gross mismanagement, fraudulent conduct and potential exposure to securities claims, HP's officers and directors have blamed the entirety of the $8.8 billion write-down on accounting issues."
Asked about the allegations, HP spokesman Michael Thacker said, "We are reviewing the complaint and have no further comment at this time."
The lawsuit is the latest of several filed by shareholders after HP's stunning announcement Nov. 20 that it was tricked into grossly overpaying for Autonomy, which it bought for $11 billion last year.
HP contends that more than $5 billion of its $8.8 billion write-down was due to "serious accounting improprieties, misrepresentation and disclosure failures" by Autonomy's former managers, which HP said it discovered only this year. It has asked U.S. and British regulators to investigate the matter for possible criminal violations.
But Morrical's suit claims HP leveled the accounting allegation merely to cover-up its inability to upgrade Autonomy's Idol 7 software, which companies use to sort through mountains of data. In a Nov. 29, 2011, news release, HP had promised to offer a much-improved version of the software, Idol 10, the following month. But the suit claims that upgrade still isn't being offered to HP's customers.
HP's spokesman Thacker declined to comment on the status of Idol 10.
Contact Steve Johnson at 408-920-5043. Follow him at Twitter.com/steveatmercnews.


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The car that starts first in a nascar (or other) race.
"And car nr 21 has pole and nr 5 is starting second"
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The exact position a mans cock is currently located. Whether it be inside a womans meat curtains , or just hanging there with the breeze in his pants. Pole positions are very important in terms of pleasure and comfort.
(Wife) Honey could you adjust your Pole Position ? Its a little too far up there !!!
(Man) Sure hon , didn't mean to pierce your abdominal region.
(Man) Sure hon , didn't mean to pierce your abdominal region.
by Jimmny Crickett November 06, 2006
One of the best racing games ever made. Released by the company, 'Namco' back in 1982, it introduced the concept of having a chase camera view, as well as the challenge of having to qualify for the main race. In 1983, it was released in the United States by Atari under license from Namco. It would go on to become the video game of 1983, and to this day, is still a great racing game.
I just beat my old score in Pole Position!
by Mr. X-106 December 08, 2003
getting the best booth at a club or restaurant or just having the advantage on anything aka the VIP treatment
*comes from car racing, having the most favorable position at the start of a race
*comes from car racing, having the most favorable position at the start of a race
*while sitting at a pimp corner booth at a club you got the "pole position"
*a good parking spot
*a good parking spot
by SuperThought October 01, 2003
first car to arrive to a red light (sarcastic)
Driver exclaimed, "F@!#, pole position again!", as he caught the fifth red light in a row.
by James_Hunt February 14, 2008
Having sex with females on top and in front, while the male is on the bottom or at the back.
Women divorcing husbands and having abortions just to get "Pole position" by the Devil for his money... 👎🏿 WATO (what a turn off)!
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SAN JOSE -- After settling a bitter dispute with activist investor Carl Icahn on Thursday, eBay has some relief from scrutiny of its business decisions, which intensified just as the tech company is aiming for its most profitable year ever.
But the relief may be fleeting, some analysts say, because the agreement with Icahn doesn't resolve questions about whether two eBay board members have a conflict of interest, and if PayPal should become an independent company.
"Just because Carl Icahn struck this agreement doesn't mean the issue won't continue and someone else won't carry the mantle," said Scott Kessler, an analyst with S&P Capital IQ. "The situation is not completely over."
The two sides announced a deal Thursday that requires Icahn to retract his proposal to split PayPal from eBay, and in return eBay has agreed to Icahn's suggestion to appoint business executive David Dorman to the board of directors, expanding the number of independent directors to 10 on the 12-member board. Dorman, 60, is a founding partner of San Francisco-based Centerview Capital Technology and chairman of the board of CVS Caremark. Icahn will also withdraw his two nominees to the company's board, which eBay hotly rejected last month.
"As a result of our conversations, it became clear that Carl and I strongly agree on the potential of PayPal and our company," eBay President and CEO John Donahoe said in a statement.
Icahn tweeted that he was "extremely pleased about agreement with eBay. Believe it's a win-win for ALL shareholders."
Since January, Icahn has demanded that eBay sell PayPal, lobbed insults at Donahoe and called for new board members. The agreement ends a nasty feud that had begun to consume more resources and attention than eBay could afford, analysts say.
"At a time when eBay doesn't need to be distracted, Icahn can be a massive distraction," said tech analyst Rob Enderle of San Jose-based Enderle Group. "He's a disaster and they needed to stop him."
eBay should be focused on its annual shareholders meeting next month and the approaching deadline to hit certain lofty financial goals, not battling Icahn, analysts pointed out. The company wants to hit $18 billion in annual revenue by the end of 2014, which would mark a 12 percent increase over 2013, and investors will be looking for progress.
Dealing with Icahn is "probably consuming way more of their resources than they'd like," said Wedbush Securities analyst Gil Luria. "Anything that takes away from the CEO's time is a negative impact."
The eBay-Icahn duel is so far the biggest spat of 2014 between a tech company and a hedge-fund manager, but such contentious sagas are familiar territory to Icahn, who at age 78 is worth about $23 billion. The corporate swashbuckler has battled executives at movie-rental company Blockbuster, attempted to break up Time Warner and pressured Yahoo to sell to Microsoft in 2008. Some of his efforts have been more successful than others: Last year he took a 9 percent stake in Netflix, then sold half his shares after 15 months to make more than $700 million in profit. He spent six months pushing Apple to spend $50 billion on buying back its own stock, only to drop the proposal in February.
"He's kind of the gift that keeps on giving, and not in a good way," Enderle said.
Icahn first proposed that eBay spin off its PayPal payments business into a separate entity. He later called on eBay to release just part of PayPal in an initial public offering. He argued eBay was stifling PayPal's growth and hurting its competitiveness against rivals such as Google and Apple; eBay promptly rejected both proposals. Icahn has about 2 percent of eBay shares.
PayPal is the fastest-growing division of San Jose-based eBay, with revenue from the payments platform growing 19 percent from 2012 to 2013. Over the last decade, PayPal has seen year-over-year growth of between 14 and 47 percent.
"PayPal has been quite a powerful growth driver within the organization and I totally get why they don't want it separated," said Leslie Hand, research director of e-commerce at IDC Retail Insights.
But other big names in the tech and investing world have sided with Icahn. PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, former PayPal Chief Operating Officer David Sacks and Leon Cooperman, chief executive of hedge fund Omega Advisors, have also called for a PayPal spin-off. And, just hours after announcing the agreement with eBay, Icahn told CNBC he still desired to see PayPal split "at some point in the near future and (I) intend to continue to press my case."
Questions also loom about board members Marc Andreessen and Scott Cook, whom Icahn accused of having a conflict of interest. In 2005, eBay bought the video-chat service Skype for $2.6 billion, only to divest it four years later for about $2 billion to an investor group that included Andreessen's venture capital firm. Icahn has also accused Cook of conflict of interest because he founded Intuit, which Icahn says is a direct competitor of PayPal.
"Some legitimate points were made, and just saying that those two are amazing entrepreneurs and investors doesn't address all the questions people have about them pertaining to the board," Kessler said.
Contact Heather Somerville at 510-208-6413. Follow her at Twitter.com/heathersomervil.


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The show the previous night wasn't quite the scorcher some were expecting in the wake of the blizzard that canceled so many people's flights.. but then again, the blizzard wasn't what people expected either. Nevertheless expectations were high on this night especially considering the positive signs the band left on 12/27 in the form of a great Seven Below->What's the Use and some interesting deviations adventures in Cool It Down and Roggae.
12/28 took things up a notch and delivered on that promise and then some. Things started getting interesting when Trey busted out a Sarah Palin noise box as a way of introducing Alaska (ala Beavis and Butthead and the 12/9/95 Wilson for those of you keeping score). They rode the bluesy vibe through this set and to great effect. They had soundchecked She Caught the Katy and this was well played and probably benefited from the boys having recently donned the Little Feat costume. Wolfman's was the first proper take off of the night though, building out of the blues into proper funk (Phish was groooovy on this night at times, let me tell you) and then into Trey lead peaks through a big finale that somehow still worked in the Wolfman's theme. Reminded me a bit of the cathartic and overlooked version from 12/1/03 in Albany. Stash was played to similar and even greater (if significantly darker) effect, always flirting with going into major territory but never quite going over to the other side. Great dark but focused tension work and one of 3.0s best versions of a song that's been strong in the era (again if you're keeping track, the last three performances of Stash, which also includes 10/31 and 10/24, have all been serious keepers.)
The second set was all about pace, performance and detail. Though neither Carini nor Backwards Down the Number Line really went out there in terms of what those songs have been capable of this year, both were really tight and felt like they building towards something. The Back on the Train->Limb by Limb>Wedge segment was flawless, including some really intricate rhythmic stuff that would set the stage for bigger things to come. The Wedge is full of extra fills.
And put me in the camp who don't mind mid-second set chillouts if they're going to be of the Frankie Says->Albuquerque variety. It helps that I'm a fan of both songs, for different reasons, but you can't really find fault with either performance. One is full of lush ambience, and the other is as soulful as you can get (Phish doing Neil Young is always good, and Trey was very convincing on this one; he hits a couple notes that elicited some serious props/jaw-drops from Page).
But the Hood is the highlight, no question. You haven't heard a Hood like this before, I'll promise you that. Though the song has been somewhat rejuvenated in the 3.0 years after a bit of stagnation post-97 and through 2.0 (93-95 was its real heyday), nothing in the modern era touches this one, because it goes in a completely different direction. Trey plucks some amazing licks out of the sky, delivers them with that delicate staccato and all of a sudden there's room for Mike to respond. The end result is a kind of calypso-groove hose. The crowd erupts in dancey approval more than once spontaneously in this jam and for good reason. If this jam a sign of what happens when you mix the Little Feat grooves with the band's attention-to-detail ambience then good things are in store for the MSG run and 2011. Felt for a moment we were getting down in the Everglades again for a second there...


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An abbreviated shower or bath that just takes care of the basic essentials ("Pits, tits, and ass"), taken when time or clean water is limited.
"I slept right through my alarm clock...I barely had time to brush my teeth and take a PTA before running out of the house."
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PTA typically stands for "Parent teacher association". They help plan school activities. If you can't remember this or what they do, try "(P)arents (T)hat (A)re Bored"
Mom: Hey daughter! Instead of getting a job and being actually useful to my family, I'm going to not supply any income and join the PTA so I can pretend I'm actually doing something with my life!
Daughter: *kills self*
Daughter: *kills self*
Por sasucks 02 de octubre de 2012
A short yet efficient "wash-up" or mini-bath in which a woman washes her Pussy, Tits, and Armpits, usually after sex-on-the-go or when rushing out to breakfast after a night of partying.
After her night of sex with Dude in the Blue Suit, she woke up in his apartment, took a quick P-T-A, and hopped in a cab home.
Por noyoudidnt 12 de octubre de 2005
Pussy, Tits and Armpits. A hasty bath taken by a woman in a great hurry.
Oh man, I'm so late I only have time for a PTA before my boyfriend picks me up!
Por Eric Peterson 07 de julio de 2005
The acronym for a quick shower, where someone only washes their Pits, Tits, and Ass(hence the letters in the acronym, hurff durff).
Girl1: Jenny looks like she hasn't showered in days!
Girl2: Ohh No she did a PTA this morning!
Girl2: Ohh No she did a PTA this morning!
Por Bamfthony 26 de septiembre de 2009
Pussy, Tits and Armpits - Female Airplane Bath
A quick and nasty wash usually not effective
A quick and nasty wash usually not effective
Man - `` Dude, that chick was wearing those same clothes at the Club last night``
Dude - `` Man she probably was partying all night and day in those clothes, Hope she gave herself a P.T.A. before she went Clubbing tonight. ``
Dude - `` Man she probably was partying all night and day in those clothes, Hope she gave herself a P.T.A. before she went Clubbing tonight. ``
Por King Bariteke 15 de enero de 2014
Poor Tight Ass who happens to be the mom of one of the popular girls.
Dude, who's that?
That's Chaela's mom, she one of the PTA's.
That's Chaela's mom, she one of the PTA's.
Por Schmello! 27 de septiembre de 2014


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Thomas L. Young, 60
Published: Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 3:02 p.m.
HENDERSONVILLE — Thomas L. Young, 60, of Hendersonville, died on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 at his home.
Thos. Shepherd & Son will announce the arrangements.
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FREMONT -- Medical marijuana growers will have to move inside now that the City Council has banned all outdoor pot gardens and restricted indoor cultivation to plants not visible from outside a building or home.
The council's unanimous decision Tuesday night contrasts with last month's Planning Commission's 4-3 vote to reject the ban. It also had asked city staffers for alternatives that would ease the fire dangers associated with indoor cultivation.
Staffers recommended the new regulation -- which prohibits outdoor cultivation of medical pot or indoors where visible from streets, sidewalks and other public places -- in response to increasing complaints of large marijuana plants in neighbors' backyards.
Two large yards next to homes on Thane Street -- in the Cherry-Guardino neighborhood, between Alameda Creek and Fremont's BART station -- were "filled entirely with pot plants" growing as high as 15 feet, resident Cathy Keebaugh told the council.
The pot gardens stoked neighbors' fears because burglaries and vehicle break-ins increased as the plants grew more conspicuous, Keebaugh said. "What we thought was a safe neighborhood was safe no more," she said.
Officers last year responded to complaints at 16 Fremont residences with marijuana growing inside, police said, triple the five homes reported in 2012, police Capt. Kimberly Petersen said.
The city's goal is to permit medical marijuana cultivation while reducing nuisances such as odors and crime, Petersen said.
"This is an attempt to take a reasonable middle ground," she said.
But some patients, such as Irvington district resident Carol Jacquez, who takes marijuana for chronic pain, said that forcing growers inside will weaken public safety. "The use of grow lights in an enclosed area increases the possibility of a fire, thus endangering my family and neighbors," she said.
Jacquez, 56, said her dislike for indoor growing might prevent her from growing at all, which would stretch her budget dangerously thin. "I can't afford the prices charged by dispensaries for the medical marijuana I need," she said.
Mayor Bill Harrison, echoing the comments of fellow council members, said he wanted to balance public safety with the needs of patients.
"I've had friends who benefitted from medical marijuana, but I also know cases where it's been abused," he said. "We're going to protect neighborhood safety and integrity, while still allowing personal use."
The new regulation likely will take effect in early April, said Fremont assistant city attorney Debra Margolis.
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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Lottery ticket wins $70,000
Published: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 12:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, July 19, 2013 at 12:52 p.m.
One ticket purchased in Grand Coteau won the $70,000 Easy 5 drawing Wednesday night, Louisiana Lottery officials say.
The multistate Powerball jackpot goes to an estimated $141 million for Saturday night's drawing.
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Food and Drug Administration
For over 50 years, PhRMA and the FDA have worked together to ensure the safety and integrity of medicines
For more than 50 years, PhRMA and its member companies have partnered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ensure the safety and integrity of medicines before and after they are approved for patient use.
In the pharmaceutical industry, drug safety is paramount. The FDA's role in reviewing new medicines is crucial as is its work in restricting counterfeit drugs and educating the public about prescription drug abuse.
Due to the vital nature of the FDA's public health oversight, we stand behind an empowered agency that is adequately resourced through enhanced congressional appropriations.
From Past to Present
Over the last half century, new medicines, medical technologies, and increased pharmaceutical research have revolutionized health care and helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. And the pace of innovation has steadily increased.
America is on the brink of a new era of biopharmaceuticals and personalized medicine. The regulatory environment needed to transform this promise into reality has its foundation in a few key principles:
- science-based decision-making
- innovation
- collaboration
- transparency
- accountability
PhRMA applauds FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg's focus on science-driven decision-making and clear focus on helping to ensure the safety and effectiveness of medicines in the U.S. supply chain.
We continue working to help advocate for robust congressional appropriations to assist the Agency in strengthening its scientific base.
The recent authorization of Prescription Drug User Fee Act V (PDUFA V) means new drug reviews will be performed in a way that is more efficient, predictable and well-coordinated within the FDA, increasing timely patient access to safe and effective medicines.
About 97 percent of the medicines approved by the FDA over the past two decades are still on the market and considered safe. While this is a solid collective track record, America's biopharmaceutical companies continuously strive to make a good system even better, and we look forward to working with FDA leadership in helping patients continue to have access to a steady supply of new and innovative medicines in the future.


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POSITION: Goaltender
CATCHES: Left
BIRTHPLACE: Sorel, QC, CAN
DRAFTED: PIT: 2003-1 overall
Shots faced: 51, 1/28/06 at NYR
Saves: 47, 10/11/08 vs NJ
Shutouts: 16, last 3/18/10 at Bos
Win streak: 8, 10/2/09-10/20/09
Shutout streak: 136:33, 10/20/07-10/25/07
|Agile, quick and athletic goaltender that performs well under pressure.
Nickname - "Flower"
Backstopped Penguins to Stanley Cup championship in 2009, coming up with clutch saves throughout the postseason.
Ranks 2nd in franchise history with 184 wins (Tom Barrasso, 226), 41 playoff wins (Barrasso, 56), 19 shutouts, (Barrasso, 22) and 5 playoff shutouts (Barrasso, 6).
Played 7 NHL seasons with Pittsburgh.
Recorded at least 35 wins in 4 of last 5 seasons (only year he didn't was 2007-08 when he was limited to only 35 games played due to a high ankle sprain).
Produced a Hart Trophy-caliber season in 2010-11 with 36 wins, .918 save percentage and 2.32 goals-against average, carrying an injury-riddled team (350 man-games lost) down the stretch and tying for the division crown. Named Team MVP.
Recorded an 11-game winning streak from Nov. 17 to Dec. 11, 2010. Also tied career high with a 14-game unbeaten streak (13-0-1) from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11, 2010.
Owns franchise record for longest shutout streak of 150:14 from March 24 to 27, 2011.
Voted by the fans to his first All-Star Game in 2011.
Became 7th-youngest goaltender to 150 wins (25 years, 349 days) Nov. 12, 2010 vs. Tampa Bay.
Led Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances (2008 and '09), winning 30 postseason games over that span.
Stopped 55 of 58 shots in triple overtime win over Red Wings in Game 5 of 2008 Stanley Cup Final in Detroit.
Won 100th career game March 1, 2009 at Dallas.
Recorded 40 wins in 2006-07, the 2nd-highest single-season total in team history (Tom Barrasso, 43, 1992-93).
Made NHL debut as 18-year-old in 2003. Played in season opener Oct. 10 vs. Los Angeles, stopping 46 of 48 shots, including a penalty shot.
Earned a gold medal as a member of Team Canada at 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Played for Team Canada in World Junior Championships (2003, '04), earning
2 silver medals.
Played 3 seasons for Cape Breton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and part of a 4th season from 2000-04.
Martin Brodeur and Patrick Roy are his hockey idols.
Tennis is favorite sport other than hockey.
Engaged to long-time girlfriend Veronique.
Signed through 2014-15 season.


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SANTA CLARA -- Strong safety Donte Whitner, who played against New England frequently while with the Buffalo Bills, knows the perils of trying to match wits with Bill Belichick and Tom Brady.
During one forgettable matchup, the Bills spent all week concocting a look in which they'd drop nine defenders into pass coverage, figuring the nutty scheme would throw Brady for a loop.
"Yeah, we tried that one time," Whitner said, ruing the day. "We felt like it was going to work all week. And then we went out there, rushed two, dropped nine -- and Brady threw a 70-yard touchdown. So it didn't work too well."
It wasn't quite as bad as Whitner remembered: It was merely a 43-yard touchdown pass (as part of a Patriots' 56-10 victory). But the memory demonstrates the daunting task the 49ers are up against Sunday night: Make a mistake and the Patriots will make you pay. Play merely well instead of excellent and the Patriots will make you pay.
"If you slack in any given area, you know Tom Brady will eat it up," defensive lineman Ricky Jean Francois said.
Luckily for Whitner, these 49ers (9-3-1) are clearly better equipped to take on the challenge of the red-hot Patriots (10-3) at ice-cold Gillette Stadium. When the 49ers hopped on the plane Friday, they packed the league's top scoring defense (14.2 points per game), second-ranked passing defense (184.7) and leading sack artist (Aldon Smith, 191/2).
At best: This prime-time showdown could be a Super Bowl preview.
At worst: "It's a measuring stick for all of us," cornerback Tarell Brown said. "I think we'll all be tested and challenged throughout the game. And that's the good thing about it."
Here are the matchups that could decide the much-hyped showdown:
Aldon Smith vs. Nate Solder
While Smith was chatting with Boston-area writers this week, a reporter mentioned there are those who would argue that sacks are overrated. The 49ers linebacker stopped him cold. "I don't know who said that," Smith said, "but I think they're wrong."
The Patriots ought to know. Their ability to dominate is almost directly correlated to their ability to keep Brady upright. Consider that in the six games New England has won by more than 10 points, Brady has been sacked a total of three times.
In New England's other seven games, the Patriots are 4-3 and Brady has been sacked 17 times.
That's what makes the matchup between Smith and the Patriots left tackle so pivotal. It's also a rematch of a meeting Smith and Solder had as college players, when Smith smoked the Colorado lineman for three sacks in Missouri's 36-17 win.
"I haven't watched that game in a long time," Smith said this week. "That was a long time ago. I was able to get past him and create pressure back there ... I'm sure (Solder) has improved. He's made it this far. He's starting."
Smith has at least one sack in seven consecutive games and 14 sacks over his past six games.
Vince Wilfork vs. Mike Iupati
Chess pieces don't come much bigger than Wilfork. The Patriots list the Pro Bowl defensive tackle at 325 pounds, but 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Iupati described him as closer to 350-plus.
Whatever he weighs, Wilfork's freakish blend of power and speed create matchup nightmares for opponents. At various points Sunday night, Wilfork will line up over right guard Alex Boone -- and, on the next play, shift in front of left guard against Iupati.
"Everybody in the league is a great player, but there's something special about Wilfork," said Iupati, who was watching the "Monday Night Football" game last week.
Against the Houston Texans, Wilfork's forced fumble on a sack of Matt Schaub set up the Patriots' third touchdown.
Iupati, no pushover at 6-foot-5, 331 pounds, has never faced Wilfork. Instead, he pointed to the educational experience of taking on the Baltimore Ravens' 335-pound Haloti Ngata, who had two sacks against the 49ers in a Thanksgiving night meeting last season.
"We need to go out there and bring our 'A' game," Iupati said.
Carlos Rogers vs. Wes Welker
The old line about cornerbacks is that they're alone on an island. Not this time. Rogers acknowledged he'll need a village to help slow down slot receiver Wes Welker, who leads the NFL in receptions since 2007
Rogers will line up against him a lot, but he has no delusions about handling Welker one-on-one. He'll be counting on safety help from Dashon Goldson and from a pass rush that needs to get to Brady so that "he's not just sitting back there baking a cake and picking us apart."
Welker is poised to lead the NFL in receptions for a fourth time. The only other players to do that are Don Hutson, who did it eight times, and Lionel Taylor, five. (Nope, not Jerry Rice, who did it twice.)
Welker also leads the NFL with 3,884 yards after the catch since 2007. That puts him 1,099 yards ahead of the next closest guy: Baltimore's Ray Rice (2,785).
49ers defense vs. The no-huddle
Late in the Patriots' 42-14 victory over the Texans on Monday night, ESPN cameras caught Houston defensive end J.J. Watt struggling to catch his breath. That's what can happen against an offense that rarely eases up on the gas pedal. The Patriots' no-huddle offense can be maddening for opponents, who never know when it's coming -- or when it will stop.
"They'll try and speed it up. Try to get you confused to where a play will be over and -- bam! -- they'll try to get up and run the next play immediately," 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said.
It isn't just a strategic challenge. It's also a cardiovascular test. By snapping the ball quickly, the Patriots can prevent opponents from making substitutions, which means lots of gasping defenders.
"We'll have to have all our guys in shape," Francois said. "You've got Ahmad Brooks, Patrick Willis, NaVorro Bowman. You've got guys who can play it. That won't give us no problem."
The hurry-up Patriots average 36.3 points and 425.7 yards per game, both tops in the NFL. Twice this season, the Patriots have scored 35 points -- in one quarter.
Brady vs. 49ers safeties
Because the 49ers front seven are so solid against the run, even while in the nickel packages, Goldson and Whitner can focus on Brady's passing targets. "I wouldn't call it an advantage, though," Whitner said. "I would say that it just evens things out."
The 49ers safeties still must contend with an unpredictable scheme directed by a thinking-man's quarterback. On any given play, Welker and shifty tight end Aaron Hernandez will run different routes based on whether they're getting man-to-man or zone coverage -- yet Brady always knows where to find them.
"You have to understand that (Brady) wants to read us," Whitner said. "He wants to get the information from the defensive backs and the linebackers based on presnap alignments and things that we do. When we play a quarterback like this, we really have to study ourselves as much as we study him. We have to know what he's looking for out there on the football field."
If all else fails with the brains, the 49ers must resort to brawn. The Patriots specialize in yards after the catch because Brady specializes on getting the ball to his receivers in space.
How many threats do the 49ers need to stop? In a game against the Bills this year, New England had two 100-yard rushers (Brandon Bolden and Stevan Ridley), two 100-yard receivers (Welker and Rob Gronkowski) and a 300-yard passer (Brady).
Still, Brown is undaunted.
"Big-time players show up in big-time games," he said. "I think we're used to the pressure. Us as a team, we'll be ready. We'll prepare. We'll put our best foot forward and go out there and plan on getting a win."


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DANVILLE -- The opposition to changes proposed for the town's general plan shows no sign of letting up.
A fourth Planning Commission meeting on the subject, held Tuesday, again drew more than 200 people. They spoke late into the night and often passionately against the plan and its provisions to increase low-income, high-density housing and allow for clustered housing developments on agricultural land.
Due to the public response, a fifth meeting on 2030 General Plan Update has been scheduled for Feb. 12. If that isn't enough, a sixth meeting could take place on Feb. 26.
The commission is trying to put together its recommendations for the plan to be considered by the Town Council, which will vote to approve a final version that will guide town policies and development for the next two decades.
On Tuesday, resident Jenny Lyons told the commission that Danville reminded her of the fictional Bedford Falls in the Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life," and that it was a place where she felt her children could wander the streets safely after a football game.
"Oakland used to be a really nice town," she said. "They brought in a lot of low-income housing and lots of high-density housing, and it really changed the character of the town. ... I'm just speaking from the heart as a mom who feels like I'm really scared that our town is going to change. And if we lose Danville, where do we go from here?"
"Texas!" called out one man in the audience at the Danville Community Center.
Several residents at the meeting spoke out against the Association of Bay Area Governments' regional housing needs allocation, which requires the town to zone at least 9.6 acres for high-density, affordable housing.
Others spoke in opposition to clustering housing on agricultural land and in favor of Measure S, a growth-control measure Danville voters passed in 2000.
Some voiced opposition to designating an area around the downtown as a priority development area, which focuses new development closer to transportation corridors and enables the town to compete for federal, state and local funds for road maintenance and improvements.
The town's sustainability action plan, a companion document to the general plan, also came under fire. It outlines policies related to environmental preservation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Resident Terry Thompson said that plan is "full of eco-babble."
"We don't need this in Danville," he said. "Even if you believe the greenhouse gas story, we're not going to solve it in Danville."
Of 20 speakers who spoke Tuesday, only Bob Nisbet, assistant general manager for the East Bay Regional Park District, spoke well of the plan, because it keeps development off hillsides.
Before taking public comment, the commission deliberated for several hours and asked the town staff to make some changes to the draft plan before the next meeting. Commissioners asked for more clarity on zoning that allows clustering of development within a larger property and also for more clarity on some agricultural zoning designations and how they relate to the Williamson Act, which provides property tax relief to owners who do not develop their land.
The commission also recommended the Danville Bowl be taken from a list of sites to be rezoned to allow high-density housing uses.
It recommended a separate section in the plan that defines Measure S and how it applies to a public vote on land use changes.
Acknowledging residents' concerns, Chairwoman Lynn Overcashier said: "People are passionate. Obviously, I wouldn't have volunteered for 22 years on the Planning Commission if I didn't care passionately about our community. I live here, too."
Contact Jason Sweeney at 925-847-2123. Follow him at Twitter.com/Jason_Sweeney.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. — Who knew when Measure C, the Hospital Bond , was voted upon, that the hospital board could unilaterally raise the rates we taxpayers are liable for. Not only raise them, but raise them from $21 per $100,000 assessed valuation to $30.67 per $100,000 assessed valuation, or some 66 percent. They cite a drop in assessed valuation due to the recession. Was there really a 66 percent drop in revenue? When the measure was voted upon in 2007, we were told that we would pay between $8 and $17 per $100,000.
Were we informed when they were trying to get us to vote for the measure that they could, at their discretion, raise the rate? I do not have any memory of that. I believe we were told that it would cost us in the range of $8 to $17. When the hospital board was considering the raise, did they advertise and publicize what was in the works that would significantly impact the homeowner?
Sure, one can search and find out when the board meetings are held and what the agenda will be. Beyond that, did the board make any effort to offer public meetings, present facts and figures and, in general, show a sensitivity to the community regarding what they were up to? Not in my awareness. It feels to me like the board was totally insensitive to the community which had wholeheartedly voted for Measure C.
To add insult to injury, the hospital CEO and members of the board, when interviewed, respond with platitudes and generalities such as, "We want to have great fire services ... and you need to have great hospitals," as stated in the recent Sierra Sun article (9-5-12). Is that type of response supposed to have us just sigh and go away? Probably so.
This is also the type of response quoted in the comprehensive investigative report on hospital administrative salaries recently reported by Moonshine Ink. In my reading, this was a very well done investigative report with a neutral bias. Again, board members just blandly justified the high administrative salaries along with additional high salaries paid to administrator spouses. Not a bit of factual data was presented by board members, just statements along the lines of having to pay that much for good administrators.
The point is that I end up feeling like a steer being goaded down a long chute to my inevitable demise. I feel disrespected, minimized and dismissed. It is not so much the fact of the huge tax increase as it is the way it was done. Our community is bright, involved, very caring and willing to sacrifice for the greater good. Yet we get treated as if we were in a developing country.
I invite the hospital board and CEO to embark on a campaign to regain the trust of this wonderful community. To embark on a series of town meetings where actual facts and data are presented and alternative ideas are embraced. We do have a great hospital, albeit expensive. Repair work is required in order for the community to once again embrace it.
Beware when deciding to vote on upcoming bonds. Don't just believe the hype and spin that the highly paid PR consultants throw out. The Recreation Board can, at their discretion, just as was the case with the hospital board, choose to raise the tax rate on Measure J, which will appear on our November ballot.
Rolf Godon is a Truckee resident.


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Description: In North America, two subspecies of brant are recognized, mostly due to differences in plumage characteristics. Atlantic or Pacific (black) brant are separated into subpopulations inhabiting distinct ranges and having genetic variation. Brant are small, dark geese that have large wings, which give them their characteristic strong flight.
Brant have short necks, small heads and bills. All subspecies have a black head, bill, breast, primaries, tail and legs. The otherwise black neck has a series of white striations, called a necklace, near the middle. The color of the belly varies according to subspecies and subpopulation. Both sexes are identical in plumage, except that the male's white necklace is larger than the female's.
Breeding: Brant often nest in loose colonies in arctic North America and Russia. They breed on the coastal tundra, on low and barren terrain; on islands, deltas, lakes, and sandy areas among puddles and shallows and in vegetated uplands. To avoid predation, brant often build nests on small offshore islands, on islands in small ponds or on gravel spits. Parents are bonded for life and both tend to nests and young. Female brant lay an average of 5 eggs.
Migrating and Wintering: In North America, brant winter along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California and mainland Mexico, and along the Atlantic coast from Massachusetts to North Carolina (mainly from New Jersey to North Carolina). Since the mid-1960s, more than 80 percent of the counted winter population from Russia, Japan and North America has occurred in Baja California and other parts of northwest Mexico. Brant winter primarily in marine habitats that are marshy, along lagoons and estuaries and on shallow bays. Habitat use is often limited by the availability of eelgrass, a staple of the brant diet.
Population: There are currently two populations of brant recognized in North America: Pacific and Atlantic. The Pacific (or black) brant have exhibited a significant downward trend from 1964 to 1992 and appear to be below historic population levels. Brant are strongly dependent upon certain foods and thus the population is vulnerable to losses due to starvation and temporary breeding failure.
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PIKEVILLE, Ky. – For the second year in a row, sophomore Grayson Quick has been named both first-team and honorable mention All-Mid-South Conference East Division.
In a vote of coaches within the division, Quick was selected as the first-team placekicker and was named to the honorable mention list as a punter.
He was joined on the honorable-mention list by offensive linemen Brandon Ball and Johnny Brown as well as linebacker John Dudley Hilton.
In addition, a record nine Bears were named to Mid-South Conference Scholar-Athletes thanks to their efforts in the classroom.
Quick is a 5-11, 175-pound sophomore from Lugoff, S.C. He averaged 51.6 yards per kickoff and had five touchbacks this season. He was also 8-of-12 on fiels goal tries, hitting 2-of-4 from beyond 40 yards including a season-best 45-yard effort against Georgetown College.
But what set Quick apart this season was his extra-point kicks. He was 32-of-32 and became the first kicker in the history of Pikeville football to successfully hit all of his PAT tries for a season. As a result, he led the Bears in scoring with 56 points in 2012.
Hilton is a 5-11, 230-pound sophomore from Pineville. He led the Bears with 74 tackles this season, 52 of which were solos. He had four tackles for loss from his linebacker position and one sack. He intercepted two passes and forced one fumble.
Ball is a 6-3, 314-pound freshman from East Burnstadt who played at North Laurel High School, while Brown is a 6-1, 311-pound sophomore from Bethlehem, Ga., who played high school football at Apalachee. While both played multiple positions, by season's end, Ball was starting at right tackle was Brown was the starter at left guard.
The nine players who were named to the scholar-athlete list were: Demitri Curry, a junior from Stockbridge, Ga., who majors in criminal justice; Dontevius Daniel, a sophomore from Hogansville, Ga., majoring in communication; Tanner Gilbert, a sophomore from Manchester who majors in biology; Hilton, a sophomore from Pineville majoring in biology; Seth Millar, a sophomore from Waynesboro, Ohio, majoring in English; Tanner Napier, a sophomore from Lexington who majors in business administration emphasizing management; Donovan Schwalbach, a senior from Batavia, Ohio, majoring in criminal justice; Martin Williams, a sophomore from Lawrenceville, Ga., who majors in mathematics; and Youphin Yeurn, a redshirt freshman from Bowling Green who is undecided.
In order to be nominated by an institution, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved at least sophomore academic status.


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Sylvia Delores Johnson (Thompson), 89, of Minneapolis passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013.
Funeral service at Wooddale Lutheran Church, 4003 Wooddale Ave S., St Louis Park. Call (952) 924-4100 for service details. Interment at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery.
Sylvia was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin; son, Mark; a sister and a brother.
She is survived by daughters Patricia (James) Hanson, Constance Anderson, Ramona Johnson and Cynthia Johnson; three grandsons; four brothers; and two sisters.
An R.N., Sylvia spent much of her forty-plus year nursing career working in the Montevideo hospital and raising her family with her husband while residing in Granite Falls. She and Marvin lived in St. Cloud in their retirement; Sylvia lived her last several years in the Metro area, near many of her family.
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Good Samaritan Center honors director
January 11, 2013
VIENNA — In her 14 years as director of the Good Samaritan Center, Sue Rhymer has seen dramatic changes in the number of people the center assists....
Those are great people;almost to a fault. I personally know someone that went there every month because she sold her food stamps. That was done because she always knew they were there to help. They are great people and I know deep inside they would have helped even knowing what seh did. Ms.Rhymer will be missed.
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—Philadelphia Inquirer
"Women should listen to Steve Harvey when it comes to what a good man is about. Steve Harvey dispenses a lot of fabulous information about men."
—Aretha Franklin
The #1 New York Times bestseller from the new guru of relationship advice, Steve Harvey's Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is an invaluable self-help book that can empower women everywhere to take control of their relationships. The host of a top-rated radio show listened to by millions daily—and of cable TV's The Steve Harvey Project—Harvey knows what men really think about love, intimacy, and commitment. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, the author, media personality, and stand-up comedian gets serious, sharing his wealth of knowledge, insight, and no-nonsense advice for every good woman who wants to find a good man or make her current love last.
Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the "Strawberry Letters" segment of his program or while on tour for his comedy shows. These are women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure out what makes men tick. Why? According to Steve it's because they're asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them how to find and keep a man. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the mindset of a man and sheds lights on concepts and questions such as:
—The Ninety Day Rule: Ford requires it of its employees. Should you require it of your man?
—How to spot a mama's boy and what if anything you can do about it.
—When to introduce the kids. And what to read into the first interaction between your date and your kids.
—The five questions every woman should ask a man to determine how serious he is.
— And more...
Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships.
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Critical Praise
"Harvey's must-have guide to unlocking the male mind, understanding his game, anticipating his moves and countering with unstoppable offense and defense." — Los Angeles Sentinel
"Women should listen to Steve Harvey when it comes to what a good man is about. Steve Harvey dispenses a lot of fabulous information about men. It's more than the average man will usually tell you. Steve Harvey will give it up." — Aretha Franklin
"A thorough, witty guide to the modern man....those in need of tough (but ticklish) love advice should check it out (especially the hysterical last-chapter Q&A)." — Publishers Weekly
"Filled with practical principles, rules and tips, and illustrated with humorous and warm-hearted anecdotes from Harvey's life and friendships, ACT LIKE A LADY, THINK LIKE A MAN gives readers the real deal about the differences between the sexes and how to bridge them for a mutually rewarding partnership." — New York Beacon
"Harvey offers surprising insights into the male mentality and gives women strategies for taming that unruly beast." — The Philadelphia Inquirer
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STANFORD -- Coach Tara VanDerveer announced the signing of four players Thursday in another big recruiting class for the fourth-ranked Cardinal women's basketball team.
The class of 2013, ranked fifth nationally by one recruiting website, features 6-foot-3 forward Erica McCall of Bakersfield-Ridgeview High. Joining McCall are Kailee Johnson of Portland, Ore., Karlie Samuelson of Huntington Beach and point guard Khaliyah "Lili" Thompson of Mansfield, Texas. Guard Briana Roberson of Fullerton has said she plans to walk-on next season.
"Some words that I think really describe this class are versatile, athletic and competitive," VanDerveer said in a statement. "Our players are coming out of high school very skilled, and we will continue to have good team speed."
Johnson and McCall will add depth to a frontcourt that will lose two-year starter Joslyn Tinkle to graduation. Johnson, a 6-3 forward, excels in playing defense and rebounding. She averaged 13.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game for Central Catholic High last season.
"Aside from the obvious excellent program and academic opportunities, I really enjoyed the girls on the team and the three other girls that I came on my visit with." Johnson said in a statement.
McCall is a two-time gold medalist with the USA Basketball. In 2011, McCall was part of the under-16 squad that captured gold at the FIBA Americas Championship, qualifying the Americans for the under-17 World Championship that the Americans also won.
"What is a better accomplishment that includes an NCAA championship and a Stanford degree?" McCall said.
Karlie Samuelson, a 5-11 wing player, will join older sister Bonnie next season. Samuelson averaged 18 points per game for Edison High and was named to the Cal-Hi Sports All-Junior Fifth Team. She is playing for Mater Dei this season.
New swim coach Greg Meehan's first class also includes Grace Carlson, Nicole Stafford, Tara Halsted and Bridget Boushka.
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Constance Baker from Lincoln Christian School in Tulsa, Okla., has signed a letter of intent to join the softball program at Central Christian College.
Baker played high school softball for Lincoln head coach Jason Brown, earning numerous accolades including Honorable Mention All-Metro, and All-Region honors.
To date she has lettered all three years as a third baseman, outfielder, and designated hitter.
Central coach Chad Kerr believes Constance will push the players on his current roster and battle for a starting spot in next season's line up.
"Constance should come in as a Freshman and compete immediately for time as DP or in the Outfield," Kerr said. "She comes from a very solid program and knows how to win."
Baker is the daughter of John and Brandi Baker of Tulsa, Okla. She currently holds a 4.3 cumulative GPA and plans on pursuing a psychology degree at Central.
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Larry Lee Doan Shrock, of Ardmore, was born on March 23, 1970, in Midwest City, Oklahoma, to Bobby Ray Shrock Sr. and Sybil Marie (Ruffett) Shrock. He passed away Saturday, October 6, at his Ardmore, Oklahoma, residence at the age of 42 years, 6 months and 13 days.
The family will gather at 11 a.m. Thursday, October 11, at the Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home to memorialize Larry.
Larry has lived in Ardmore the past year, moving here from Anderson, Indiana. He had worked at Hogan's Jiffy Lube as a service technician.
Larry is survived by the mother of his child, Rikki-Don Shrock of Noblesville, Indiana; companion, Laura Osborn of Ardmore, Oklahoma; daughter, Rayanna Shrock of Noblesville, Indiana; granddaughter, Rylea Prince of Noblesville, Indiana; mother, Sybil Shrock of the home; sisters, Lynn Shrock Magee of Austin, Texas, and Sherrie Shrock Ballard and her husband, Bobby of Ardmore, Oklahoma; brother, Bobby Ray Shrock Jr. of Wesley Chapel, Florida; nephew, Ryan Heath and fiancée, Dianna Denham of Ardmore, Oklahoma; nieces, Savannah Ballard and Alexis Ballard, both of Ardmore, Oklahoma; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father.
Memorial contributions may be made in memory of Larry Shrock to the Mercy Memorial Health Center, 1011 14th. Avenue NW, Ardmore, OK 73401.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hdouglasfuneralhome.com.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock, April 8, 2010
AUGUSTA,Ga---The annual Red Carpet Tour brought 24 company executives to Augusta. The city hopes they will leave with a desire to come back and bring new business and jobs.
"You can't find too many better stops than Augusta," said Scott Scriven who is president of Weber Inc.
Scriven was one of 24 executives who was greeted with applause.
Scriven insisted the event was more than a fun outing.
"I think if you are serious about business that you have to be serious about looking at Georgia," said Scriven. "You've got an extremely business friendly state here."
Scriven admits he has a sweet spot for Augusta.
"Yes," said Scriven as he pointed to his Masters apparel. "I do."
"I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to it," said Scriven about entering Augusta National.
He was part of a diverse group that included members from Argentina and Canada. Keep in mind the Masters brings in $100 million a year for the local economy.
"I don't think you can overstate the impact that having the Masters every year in Augusta has on our city," said Augusta mayor Deke Copenhaver who spoke about Augusta in a live interview on Bloomberg TV.
"There is no other city in the world that hosts a golf major each and every year," said Copenhaver. "I'm leveraging that to bring in new business not just this week, but every week."
The Red Carpet Tour recently attracted companies like T. Mobile and Teleperformance who brought as many as 350 jobs to Augusta.
The latest group spent Thursday in Augusta and will return Saturday.


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Brave souls in the area and around the country are gearing up for the chill of a lifetime as polar bear plunge season gets under way....
I think it sounds like a fun thing to do. You won't get the flu from jumping in cold water, you get the flu from people not practicing good hygiene. Every time you touch an atm machine, shopping cart, door handle. People spread flu.
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The 2014 Grammy Awards show opened with Jay Z and Beyonce performing an intoxicating version of "Drunk in Love," the top 10 hit from Queen B's recently released fifth album. Yet, it's not the husband and wife team's performance that is likely to generate the most watercolor talk -- rather, it's what Beyonce was wearing at the show.
Just ask Jamie Foxx. The Oscar-winning actor was in the house to present the award for best rap/sung collaboration, but ended up spending much of his time onstage admiring Beyonce's dress, which appeared to reveal more than it actually did. Jay Z ended up winning that category -- for his collaborative effort with Justin Timberlake, "Holy Grail" -- but didn't use the podium to respond to Foxx's comments about his wife.
Best Grammy line: A nominee for best line of Grammy night 2014 came courtesy of Steve Coogan.
The great British comedian, who starred in the fantastic music film "24 Hour Party People," was talking to the crowd at the Staples Center in Los Angeles about Beatles Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney, who performed together at the show.
"The Grammys had the choice of reuniting two of the Beatles or all of the Jonas Brothers," Coogan said. "That was a tough one."
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CONCORD -- The perfect illustration of how much girls lacrosse has grown in the East Bay in recent years came inside a room at Carondelet High in the morning of Nov. 14.
There, seven members of the Cougars' lacrosse team officially declared where they will be playing at the NCAA Division I level.
Considering the North Coast Section has only crowned champions in lacrosse since 2004, and the sport is still in its nascent stages in Northern California compared to recruiting hotbeds in the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S., it was an impressive affair.
The Carondelet players were Hofstra-bound Erin Jeffery -- the Bay Area News Group's 2012 East Bay Player of the Year -- Morgan Castelein (Ohio State), Katie Merritt (San Diego State), Danielle Sanchez (Fresno State), Molly Kuptz (Saint Mary's), Cali Castagnola (Colorado) and Kerianne Hunt (Brown).
"This is what we all wanted, and we've been working for a long time," Jeffery said. "It's so impressive that all of us are going to Division I schools. We're all excited."
Jeffery said she began playing lacrosse in the fourth grade, and several of her teammates started to play during their junior high years.
"At that point," said Carondelet coach Rick Jeffery, "it's something different for the girls to try other than soccer or basketball."
All of Carondelet's players are with BearLax, an East Bay club team that has 19 players committed to play college lacrosse next year at either a Division I, II, or III program.
Nov. 14 was also signing day for a number of other sports, including basketball, baseball, boys lacrosse and boys and girls swimming.
Four De La Salle baseball players signed letters of intent: Andrew Buckley (Cal), Justin Flatt (UC San Diego), Hunter Mercado-Hood (San Diego) and Austin Puckett (Pepperdine).
In boys lacrosse, the Spartans' Will Montero signed with Bryant University in Rhode Island and Jackson Teague signed with Mercer University in Georgia.
In basketball, De La Salle's Elliott Pitts signed with Arizona and Carondelet's Lauren Nicolosi signed with Hawaii Pacific. Golfer Justin Pagila signed with Army.
"He's a great passer and a very skilled shooter who is going to continue to grow and develop physically," Arizona coach Sean Miller said in a school press release. "As he develops, his skill level and incredible work ethic will allow him to contribute at a number of positions for us."
Carondelet swimming teammates Chelsea Chenault and Madison White will be Pac-12 rivals in college. Chenault signed with USC and White signed with UCLA.


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Garnish: blueberries
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ASA Newsroom > Which Industries Employ Statisticians?
Insurance and Actuarial Sciences
Insurance is a data-driven industry, and thus employs a large number of analysts to continuously monitor and analyze data. Analysts in the insurance industry have formal education in a variety of disciplines, including statistics, finance, economics, business, mathematics, and computer science.
Entry-level analysts require a bachelor's degree in one of these quantitative disciplines. Senior analysts may possess an advanced degree. In addition to technical skills, career success requires good project management skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both management and information technology specialists. Qualified individuals have opportunities to move into management roles.
There is much overlap between insurance statisticians and insurance actuaries. For instance, in Progressive Insurance Company, statisticians play a major role in setting the insurance rates, which is traditionally done by actuaries. Being an actuary consistently ranks among the most desirable jobs.
Functions requiring varying levels of statistical skills include the following:
- Pricing and product design
- Multivariate statistical models are used to predict average losses versus driver characteristics (e.g., driver age, gender, marital status, driving record), vehicle characteristics, and geographic location.
- Multivariate models are necessary to separate the contribution of each of these inter-related variables. Such models are used to accurately set the relative price to charge particular segments of customers.
To accurately forecast trends in losses over time, moving averages, linear regression, log-linear regression methods, or time series analysis may be employed.
Does fast response have an impact on the magnitude of claims payments? If a claims adjuster can get right out to the scene of an accident, inspect the vehicle, and meet with the insured and claimants, does that help control the total amount an insurer will pay? A statistical test is used to answer this question.
A new claims adjuster needs to figure out how much to pay for a herniated disk and fractured leg. A number of insurance industry vendors offer models that take into account 20-30 variables (e.g., doctor's diagnoses, type of impact, location of impact, attorney representation) and generate an estimate of how much is typically paid for a particular type of claim feature. These benchmarks are only guidelines, but they provide additional data for adjusters to consider in making an offer.
In marketing, statistical methods are used to model response to advertising campaigns to, for example, target advertising to market segments most likely to respond to the campaigns. Designed experiments also may be used to efficiently test different strategies for increasing sales.
Customer Retention
Statistical methods such as logistic regression or survival analysis may be used to identify variables that are predictive of how long a customer stays with the company. For example, such models are used to determine the impact of premium increases on whether a customer renews his policy.
Designed experiments also may be used to efficiently test different strategies for retaining more customers. The results of such customer retention experiments may be used as the basis for actions implemented to increase customer retention.
In operations, computer simulation may be used to model call volume to optimize staffing levels. Quality control statistics may be used to monitor and improve quantitative and qualitative measures of service performance.
Insurance companies invest heavily in information technology to capture and store transactional data in data warehouses in a form suitable for analysis. Thus, analysts have at their disposal massive volumes of data. It is not unusual to work with several hundred thousand, or even millions, of observations and several dozen to hundreds of variables.
As with any data originating from customer transactions, care must be used to recognize possible data errors and understand the limitations of the data. One also must understand the dynamic changes in the data over time.
Knowledge of basic statistics is essential to properly analyze and interpret insurance data. Knowledge of advanced statistics is helpful to implement multivariate methods and develop better methodologies of data modeling. For example, advanced methods such as cluster analysis, regression and classification trees, logistic regression, and survival analysis can be useful to more effectively identify segments of customers for pricing or marketing purposes.
The insurance industry provides many technical challenges to a statistician and opportunities for career growth and advancement.


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Welcome to the Office of Admission
The Office of Admission welcomes applications for first-year and transfer admission. The University seeks students destined to become future leaders in their chosen professions, whether in the arts, business, education, engineering, health, journalism, law, medicine or the sciences. In addition, the University welcomes students who believe in honesty, integrity, respect for self and others, take responsibility for their actions and are seeking opportunities to enhance the development of their character. In reviewing applications for the right fit, the University takes a holistic approach focusing on overall academic achievement, characteristics that demonstrate leadership potential and personal qualities indicative of the highest ethical values.
High School students must complete at least four units of English, three units of college-preparatory mathematics, two units of foreign language, two units of social science, and two units in the natural sciences. The University recommends that candidates take the most rigorous academic program available in their schools, including at least five academic courses each year and AP, IB, and honors courses whenever possible.
Test Optional Admission Policy
Students with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.3 or rank in the top 10 percent of their class, have the option to choose whether or not to submit standardized test scores (SAT or ACT).
Applicants choosing not to submit standardized test scores are strongly encouraged to submit at least one recommendation from a teacher in a core subject area. Home-schooled applicants, students attending schools outside the United States, and students wishing to be considered for merit based scholarships must submit standardized test scores.
If you submit both the ACT and SAT, the University uses the most favorable score. Your SAT is based on a mix and match of your highest Critical Reading and Math scores. Your ACT score is based on your highest composite.
How to Apply
Students interested in attending Hampton University can apply online. All students must submit for admission consideration the following:
- The signed and completed application form for admission;
- Application fee of $35.00 (non-refundable). Only cashier's check or money order accepted;
- A copy of your social security card (for Federal Financial Aid verification);
- OFFICIAL high school transcript;
- Standardized test scores if requested;
- One letter of recommendation from your high school guidance counselor or a high school teacher.
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Workers in Riskier Jobs Save Less Money
Americans in high-risk jobs like construction and mining tend to save less money than other workers despite facing a higher risk of becoming disabled, according to a new analysis from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
One possible explanation: "If some people put a relatively higher value on their current welfare, they will save less of their income than those with more interest in future rewards," wrote economists Amanda Michaud and David Wiczer. "Interestingly, this same difference in preferences might explain why some people take on riskier jobs, in which they trade higher pay today for potentially greater problems later in life."
Ms. Michaud, a professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, and Mr. Wiczer, an economist at the St. Louis Fed, analyzed people in what they considered high-risk jobs, like machine operators, truck drivers, farmers and construction workers. Those workers accounted for 46% of Social Security Disability Insurance recipients in their sample, more than their roughly 33% share of the working population. "To put this another way, 21 percent of workers in the riskier occupations received benefits from SSDI, whereas only 12 percent from the rest of the occupations did," they wrote.
People in riskier jobs "were less-educated than those in safer occupations," Ms. Michaud and Mr. Wiczer wrote, but "were paid relatively well. Though the average earnings were lower among this group, that was partly an effect of educational differences. When we controlled for their education and other demographics, they made just about the same as their counterparts and, compared with workers with similar education and demographic characteristics, workers in risky occupations made $5,000 more a year."
Still, the economists found, "those in riskier occupations also had lower savings than those in safer occupations," with a ratio of household wealth to earnings of 1.23 for those in risky jobs compared with 1.4 for those in safe jobs.
"Understanding the motives and constraints that push some people into riskier occupations is quite important for the design and assessment of the SSDI program," Ms. Michaud and Mr. Wiczer concluded. "People's underlying differences may be enough to allow them to efficiently choose their occupations. On the other hand, SSDI transfers money to riskier occupations, and this may alter people's calculus when they decide. To what extent does disability insurance encourage people to work in riskier occupations, and is that desirable?"


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COAST looks to towns to cover increased cost of ADA mandate
The ADA door-to-door service cost COAST about $180,000 in 2009. In the current 2013 fiscal year, the cost is estimated at about $850,000, Nichols said.
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Images from the massive May 2013 tornado in Moore, Okla., show the extensive damage caused by the monster storm.
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