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Arrests have been made for vandalism and arson that happened Friday at Parkview Elementary School in Meridian.
Charred books, desks and office materials were still strewn on the property Monday.
At least two juveniles have been taken into custody, and investigators say more arrests are expected.
"We are already in the process of contacting their parents to have the juveniles brought in," said Capt. James Sharpe of the Meridian Police Department. "So, I do expect more arrests in this."
Sharpe the two currently in custody are ages 11 and 13. He says both attended either Parkview or nearby Magnolia Middle School. He said the other suspects range between the ages of 9 and 14, and attend or have attended one of the two schools.
The fire Friday was the last of a string of vandalism at Parkview. Within the seven days leading up to the fire, Parkview and Magnolia had been vandalized or burglarized at least four times.
According to investigators, at this point, it does not appear that the vandalism or burglaries were gang-related.
"In their words, they were just being stupid," said Sharpe. "They had nothing else to do and that's why they decided to do this."
Investigators say the Parkview damage is estimated to be well over $50,000. With all of the vandalism at the two schools thought to be related, officers say the suspects will likely face charges for felony vandalism, burglary and arson. Their cases will be handled in youth court.


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Inyokern Airport is set to lose its only commercial commuter airline service in November, according to airport officials.
Scott Seymour, General Manager of IYK, confirmed Tuesday that United Express, a partner with the regional company SkyWest Airlines, would suspend flights to and from the airport after Nov. 4.
"They told me that they were suspending the flights due to lower ridership numbers," Seymour said by phone.
United confirmed Tuesday that service would be suspended.
"We made the decision due to performance," Mary Clark, a spokesperson for United, said. "Services did not meet our expectations."
Clark could not provide additional details, but added that it was the decision of United Express to suspend services.
SkyWest is the Inyokern regional partner for Chicago-based United Airlines, which owns United Express, Clark said.
Seymour said he estimated that an average of between 350 and 400 passengers passed through the gates on SkyWest in an average month.
"The fare cost have been among the highest for the last few years," Seymour said.
Suspending service may impact 20 people working at the airport, including Transportation Security Administration employees and local United workers, Seymour said.
Cancellation of SkyWest services means a loss of revenue to IYK itself, Seymour said. Those losses include passenger fees, rental car services and book revenues.
"It's hard right now to get flights in, especially with our numbers," Seymour said.
However, he stressed that the airport would not be sitting by as United grounds all flights.
"I am actively pursuing other airlines to continue to bring service into Inyokern Airport," Seymour said.
SkyWest management at Inyokern declined to comment.
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As we continue to make improvements to Weewar, we decided it would be best to have updates and server downtime at a regular date and time so that there is less confusion about when it will happen. Thus, starting tomorrow, every Tuesday at 5pm PST (UTC-7), unless otherwise stated, we'll shut down the server for about half an hour to push out bug fixes and add some new features for you all. We'll post an announcement at the top of the main Weewar pages to remind you beforehand of the downtime.
This Tuesday, we'll be rolling out some internal improvements that will help us measure user activity so that we can see where the game needs improvement and how our future changes affect user numbers and activity levels on the site. There won't really be any noticeable changes for you all.
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First day:
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trial or its issues until after you have rendered a verdict. That means that
you cannot talk to members of your family about it. There are no exceptions.
Though your oath should be reason
enough to obey this instruction, let me suggest to you a further, practical
reason. If you were to violate your oath and discuss the case at home or with
others, they might give you ideas or details from some similar circumstances,
and then you would have the problem, when you start your deliberations, of
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heard somewhere else. Jurors often find deciding issues to be difficult enough
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obtained improperly and that was not part of the trial.
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location that has been mentioned. Do not look anything up, do any research or
perform any investigation. Remember that your obligation will be to decide the
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on that evidence.
If there is any media coverage of
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April 13, 2011
DOE Finalizes $1.6 Billion Solar Loan Guarantee, Offers another $1.1 Billion PV Loan Guarantee
DOE finalized $1.6 billion in loan guarantees to support the Ivanpah Solar Energy Generating System, which consists of three related utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in California, the agency said on April 11. A day later, DOE announced the conditional commitment for a $1.187 billion loan guarantee for the California Valley Solar Ranch photovoltaic (PV) project, sponsored by SunPower Corporation.
The Ivanpah project, which is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and is sponsored by BrightSource Energy, Inc., will be located on federally owned land in the Mojave Desert near the Nevada border. It will be one of the world's largest CSP complexes. The company estimates the project will create approximately 1,000 construction jobs as well as 86 operations and maintenance jobs. Ivanpah will generate approximately 392 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to power 85,000 homes. Such production will avoid more than 640,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually, equivalent to taking more than 120,000 cars off the road. The project includes solar fields containing more than 173,000 dual-mirror heliostats, which are programmed to follow the sun, and "power towers" to collect the energy. Electricity from the project will be sold under long-term power purchase agreements with Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison Company. See the DOE press release and this coverage in EERE Network News.
The California Valley Solar Ranch photovoltaic (PV) project, which is being built in San Luis Obispo County, California, includes the construction of a 250 MW alternating current photovoltaic (PV) solar generating facility. This will be the largest utility-scale PV project in the United States to use tracking technology combined with an innovative monitoring system. It is estimated that it will improve annual output by approximately 25% compared with traditional fixed PV installations. California Valley Solar Ranch is expected to create 350 jobs during construction and 10-15 permanent jobs, while avoiding 430,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. It will produce enough electricity to power nearly 60,000 homes served by Pacific Gas and Electric. DOE's Loan Programs Office has issued loan guarantees or offered conditional commitments for loan guarantees totaling $19 billion to support 21 clean energy projects. See the DOE press release and the Loan Programs Office website.


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Share your experiences with the Phoenix Women's Half Marathon below Back to event details page.
This event was CANCELLED and it doesn't even state anywhere on the website or on active.com. I'm very disappointed and Ive been training for 11 weeks to participate. The only way I found out the event was cancelled was by making a direct phone call that I barely found on the website. They also do not respond to emails. How Rude! They even have their San Diego event postponed. Wow what kind of PR and organizers do they have working for them??
Absolutely awful service. I had to find out from the review above this event was cancelled. I was concerned there was no mention of the Phoenix Half Marathon in their website and even more concerned no course map was made available. When I visited this site today and saw the review, I figured as much. And when I called 619 208 5092, the event coordinator, she was defensive claiming information was posted online to advise participants that the event was cancelled. I informed her that no such information was made available. I explained that I had emailed and had to call Active.com for assistance. And now, instead of being refunding timely, I can expect a check in the mail at a later date...Very disappointing.
DID ANYONE RECEIVE A REFUND? I DID NOT. I think this race may have been a scam!
I have not recieved a refund from this race along with several others that I know of. I have contacted them several times only to be told each time that refunds were going out. The last message over 3wks ago said that the last refunds went out. This race is absolutely a scam and it is very sad that they are currently still scamming people. Last I heard San Diego was cancelled. I would stay clear of any of the women's half marathon series. I am currently contacting the local news in phoenix regarding this matter and I am also looking into a class action suit. Extremely disappointed in Active for continuing to post these races on it website!! I will not be purchasing anything through active again.
To this day NO REFUND and NO RESPONSE. Very disappointed in the organization that scammed us, but even more so with active.com. This is my go-to website for races as is for most everyone, and I'm extremely saddened to know that my money is not secure. Big thumbs down to race coordinators and to Active.com administrators. Very disappointed!
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Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) is a domesticated Macaw who never learned to fly. But he's happy living with his owner and best friend, Linda (Leslie Mann) in a small town in Minnesota. They have always thought Blu was the last of his kind, but when they hear about Jewel (Anne Hathaway), another Macaw living in Rio de Janeiro, they decide to visit her. Blu and the smart, feisty Jewel must find their way back to Linda when they are kidnapped by bird smugglers. On their adventures through the streets of Rio they encounter evil henchbirds, toucans who love to dance and a bulldog whose bark is worse than his bite. Blu makes many friends on his journey – but will he ever learn to fly?
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House Marija, Seget Gornji, near Trogir
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If you love nature and tranquility this is the place for you. House Marija is located in a quiet place Seget Gornji which is only 6 km away from the medieval town of Trogir, in the hinterland of the small fishing village of Seget Donji.
House rents as a whole, sheltered from outside view and offers complete privacy.
Surrounded by beautiful scenery and a terrace with a view on the olive grove and the surrounding hills where you can enjoy breakfast and romantic dinner.
It has an area of 75m2 and consists of two bedrooms, living room, kitchen, large bathroom and separate small toilet.
One room has a double bed, second bedroom two single beds and a sofa in the living room can be converted into one extra beds. The house is fully equipped with all appliances,air conditioning, satellite TV and wireless internet.
House in a special way adorned maintained garden with swimming pool, outside Jacuzzi where you can refresh and relax,outdoor shower with hot water, covered terrace with large wooden tables, benches, chairs, swings...
There is a separate cottage with a fireplace, a barbecue and a garage for two cars.
.Only 10 minutes drive to the small fishing village of Seget Donji where there are beautiful beaches, restaurants, cafes, shops and sports facilities, and to the popular hotel Medena can reach the seafront promenade.
Three beautiful city on the UNESCO world heritage list: Trogir 6 km, Split 35 km, 30 km Sibenik, Krka National Park is only 40 minutes drive from our house.
An ideal place for your holiday, away from the noise and close to all summer attraction.
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We had a wonderful stay in this house (four nights in july 2013). On arrival we were pleasantly surprised by the shere size of the house and the privacy it offers. The owners are very friendly and will do anything to make this a memorable stay. If necessary they will pick you up at the airport in Split. The jacuzi and garden shower make your stay even better especially when you have been heated by the sun on the lovely terrace and garden. If you come with your own car there is a garage where you can park your car. The bathroom and shower are excellent as well as the wifi. If you need them there are big TV screens for the kids. Within 10-15 minutes you are in the center of Trogir. It is also a very good place to plan a visit to Split, Sibenik and the Krka waterfalls. The only negative comment we can think of is the road that runs near the house that creates some noise as the result of cars passing by. It is not a motorway with constant traffic but it is there. For us this road is not a reason to stay away and we hope to rent this place again in the future. On departure the owners gave us some nice goodies that we will enjoy for some time. In short...wonderful and we wished we had booked some extra nights.
Ausgestattetets wonderful apartment with everything you could want, nice large covered terrace with views. And super nice and hospitable landlord! Definitely recommended!! Super value for money.
Wunderbar ausgestattetets Appartment mit allem was man sich wünschen kann, schöne große überdachte Terrasse mit Ausblick. Und: supernette, gastfreundliche Vermieter!!! Unbedingt weiter zu empfehlen!!!! Super Preis-Leistungsverhältnis.
We had five really nice days in the house. The landscape around the house is fantastic. Whirlpool, barbecue, olive trees and table tennis - It's a perfect place to relax. The rooms in the house were very clean and we found everything for the daily needs. trogir and the sea are only 15 minutes away. You can reach the airport gently in 25-30 minutes. Dirsi and Damir had been very friendly, uncomplicated and helpful. Thank you
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Hi there,
I recently bought the new Samsung ES8000, wich has the DLNA support (Allshare).
After a little search trough the internet, i was recommeded to install PS3 Media server on my laptop so i could stream my movies to my TV.
I installed the latest version from the PS3 Media server software. Everything is going well so far...
The software detects my tv, on my tv i can see all my movie maps and it can play .avi, .mkv files.
So that's pretty good. The only thing that isn't working are the subtitles. In all my movie maps are .srt files included that carries the same name as the .mkv or .avi file.
When i play them on my pc with VLC it plays the subtitles but when i start the movie on my samsung tv using the streaming software it won't play subtitles.
In some of the .mkv's i got, english subtitles are included. So the play the english subtitles. i recently discoverd that i need to extract those subtitles out of the .mkv
So that problem is also solved.
Then their is only one problem to solve and that the one of the .srt files that won't work. i'm using the latest config file from the first post.
Can someone give me advice?


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'Big Bass Splash' set for Sept. 28
Published: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at 11:56 p.m.
A "Big Bass Splash" fishing tournament will be held at Bayou Black Marina in Gibson on Sept. 28.
The tournament, which organizers said is the first of its kind in the area, will award hourly top three payouts of $50, $150 and $300 based on a field of 100 anglers. Overall winner will get a $500 bonus. Safelight is until 5 p.m.
The cost is $60 per angler. All payouts will be awarded after last hourly weigh-in.
For information, contact James Simmons at 870-0201 or Sam Cartozzo at 414-3976.
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I was born in Ireland, grew up in Ireland, love Ireland, and left Ireland. In this sequence, I am hardly alone.
"Most countries send out oil or iron, steel or gold, or some other crop," President John F. Kennedy said when he visited his ancestral homeland in June 1963, "but Ireland has had only one export and that is its people."
So it has been since the seventeenth century, and the rate today is 1,000 a week, amounting in 2012 to 50,000 plus emigrants from an island of 6.3 million - 4.58 in the Republic, 1.8 in Northern Ireland.
Like most who leave, I was forced - forced to leave to make a living. Unlike the great majority who left in the past, many of those who emigrate these days are entrepreneurs who give back to Ireland, bringing new businesses and investments throughout the country. I am among these.
I live today in Atlanta, Georgia, where I am chairman of the global recruitment firm I founded. But I invest in Ireland, I have set up businesses in Ireland, I pay Irish taxes, and I employ local people. Some of my countrymen know me as an investor panelist on RTE's Dragon's Den. I am by birth, by law, and by desire an Irish citizen. Yet I do not have a vote, not in America or Ireland.
As of 1998, Article 2 of the Irish constitution declares it "the entitlement and birthright of every person born in the island of Ireland, which includes its islands and seas, to be part of the Irish Nation." In addition, it is "also the entitlement of all persons otherwise qualified in accordance with law to be citizens of Ireland." Article 2 goes on to proclaim the nation's "special affinity with people of Irish ancestry living abroad who share its cultural identity and heritage."
Irish law essentially allows anyone with an Irish-born citizen grandparent to claim Irish citizenship. Great-grandchildren as well as descendants of Irish emigrants may also claim citizenship, provided the parent through whom they trace descent was registered in the Foreign Births Register before the descendant was born. Although the Irish diaspora is currently estimated at some 70 million persons, the number of those legally eligible to claim citizenship stands at about 3.1 million, of which at least 800,000 and possibly somewhat more than a million are emigrants Irish-born.
No right of citizenship is more fundamental than the right to vote. Yet these 3 million-plus Irish citizens are denied that right. This puts Ireland in a shrinking minority among nations, some 115 of which (according to the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) currently give the vote to some or all of their external citizens. And more countries, including Venezuela, Kenya, India, Egypt, Libya, and Lebanon, are moving toward this position as well.
Many of those who oppose Irish emigrant voting rights argue that emigrants neither deserve nor need the vote because they are not affected by decisions made in Ireland. On the contrary, they are profoundly affected in several ways.
A 2012 Irish Times survey reported that, while most emigrants have prospered abroad, 72% are eager to return to Ireland if and when economic circumstances permit. Without a vote, however, they have no voice in determining Irish economic policies, which may evolve to encourage, discourage, enable, or even prohibit their return. On such issues as spousal immigration laws and social welfare for returning emigrants, current emigrants are also without voice. While many of us currently pay taxes to Ireland (typically related to home ownership and rental income, as well as other business taxes), there are proposals afoot for emigrants to pay all taxes required of resident citizens under pain of losing their citizenship. Yet such proposals do not include any provision to extend the franchise and thus avoid "taxation without representation."
Finally, many emigrants are entitled to contributory pensions, payable to them regardless of residence. Yet they have no voice in national policy decisions affecting them.
More basically, emigrants are given no voice in the most profound constitutional decisions that shape Ireland. For example, in the October referendum plebiscite on the proposal to abolish the Seanad and thereby transform Ireland into a unicameral government, millions of citizens will have no say.
Admittedly, there is another - more compelling - argument against extending the franchise to emigrants. It is the fear that the nonresident vote will swamp the resident vote. Is this fear justified?
In 2011, a mock online election open to emigrants yielded results very similar to those officially returned in the emigrants' home constituencies. In fact, if the recent Mexican experience is any indication, Irish resident voters have little reason to be concerned. Mexicans fought very hard to get the right for Mexicans living in the USA to vote in the Mexican presidential election, yet of the 12 million who live in the State, only 42,000 voted. While it may be true that many undocumented residents probably feared that if they showed up to vote they would be deported, we can expect that comparatively few Irish expats would actually take advantage of the vote were it given to them.


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I have a number of drawings which all have lines set to thickness "by layer"
However, it does not appear to make any difference to the thickness of printouts - they all come out thick. I do have one drawing that appears to be fine (different thickness and styles without a problem). Am I missing something?


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futuristxen wrote: The reason no one is responding is because what is there to respond to?
futuristxen wrote: What are you waiting for?
Sage Francis wrote: futuristxen wrote: The reason no one is responding is because what is there to respond to?
I agree with the overall sentiment of your post, but I have no idea about what you say when you say "no one is responding." If you mean that the (FEW) high profile people he mentioned in the verse aren't responding, OK. But I don't remember the last time a rapper was able to get so many "response" songs ever. Let alone based on one relatively mediocre verse. So many responses that I'll never hear them all as it's hardly worth the time it would take to listen to them. I know that much.
Neuro wrote: futuristxen wrote: What are you waiting for?
the shoulder check is in place
the responses are happening but nothin worth while
there needs to be a shoulder check back
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BERKELEY -- The daily arrival of the mail isn't the anticipated event it once was. There are few letters and postcards these days but lots of junk mail and bills.
The postal carrier's arrival has continued to be a welcome part of the day for residents of a North Berkeley neighborhood, however.
Mack Paige has made more than his appointed rounds for the past 23 years, knowing who lives where, getting to know the residents he considers "my customers," and building relationships that grew into friendships.
When Paige let it be known that he was hanging up his mailbag for good, the residents in the 700 block of Peralta Avenue got together to make a delivery for Mack the mailman, planning a special send-off.
On July 18, neighbors decorated their block with a blue balloon in front of each house with the message "Happy Retirement Mack."
They set up an informal block party with snacks and refreshments, had Mack the mailman pose for a group photo and presented him with a custom photo book of the neighborhood.
"We started planning it, and it just kind of snowballed from there," said resident Regina Beatus, who helped put together the send-off.
"That was great," Paige said later that day. "They're just great people."
It was a fitting tribute to a man who went beyond his job description and became part of the lives of the neighborhoods he served.
Along with the mail, Paige delivered conversation on topics of the day, from national issues to what was happening in the next block.
"Mack was just telling us we're really his customers," Beatus said. "He wants not only to bring the mail; he knows people by name."
There isn't much secret to his popularity. "It's a combination of just being friendly and giving good service," said Paige, 65.
He said his approach came from his 15 years working for Safeway. "They always helped me appreciate the importance of the customer, because if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have a paycheck," Paige said. "I love carrying the mail, and I'm a people person. I'm more of a listener than a talker."
Neighbors, however, say Paige, who kept a portable radio tuned to a news station on his belt as he made his rounds, talks as well as he listens.
"He's a very polite and savvy man," said Connie Hempel, 89, a resident of the neighborhood since 1969. "We've pinched in every conversation we could without impinging on his route too much. He's quite accurate in his political assessments."
She said Paige "was a newsman in the neighborhood sense. He's a very fair-minded man. He understands human nature."
Paige said that after working for 50 years, he is looking forward to retirement but added that he will miss the many friends he has made. He has already committed to walking through the neighborhood twice a month to see everyone.
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A waterskiing accident sent two St. Joseph residents to the hospital Thursday evening. Lily Trammell, 12, was in the water near a 1994 Runabout when David Trammell, 44, jumped in the water to assist her. The boat, driven by 46-year-old Deidre Trammell was in gear at the time and both swimmers were struck by the propeller. Both were taken by ambulance to Lake Regional Hospital. David Trammell suffered serious injuries and Lily Trammell suffered moderate injuries.
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Pummel Nixel intruders out of the Rubberlands with BALK, one of three flexible and funny Flexers in LEGO® Mixels™ Series 2.
Crush intruders with the hammerhead of BALK!
BALK might be the slowest of the Flexers tribe, but this Mixel's mallet-like head can hit, pummel and crush whatever gets in the way. All that head-butting has bashed BALK's brain cells, so this hammer-headed Mixel can be forgetful and find it hard to spit out the right words. But there's no one better to defend the Rubberlands, where the Flexers live, from Nixel invasions.
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What's weird is that you are using Java 6, that shouldn't happen. You are also using 64bit OSX, is that the server version of OSX?
Mine is like this for instance:
[main] TRACE 15:58:03.747 Java 1.5.0_16-Apple Inc.
[main] TRACE 15:58:03.747 OS Mac OS X i386 10.5.6
Not sure if it's related, but pretty strange, since the app should be forcing Java 5.
I'll try to download some of those files and test for myself.


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BOSTON -- Save for a blip in Game 1 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, the Boston Bruins are putting together an incredible defensive run against some of the top offensive teams in the NHL -- and it has them two victories from claiming the Cup for the second time in the past 24 months.
Boston goalie Tuukka Rask and the Bruins shut down the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3 on Monday night at TD Garden, using a pair of second-period goals and a potent combination of defense and goaltending to seize control of this series with a 2-0 victory.
"I think we're doing a good job coming back to the house and making teams work for their chances," Bruins forward Chris Kelly said. "All year long we've really stressed being a good defensive team. Tuukka has been there when we had breakdowns. ... Obviously there are aspects of the game you'd love to be a little bit better at, but on a whole I thought we played well. We moved our feet a little bit better than we did the last game, which opened up a little more for us."
Rask made 28 saves, but the dominant theme was the Blackhawks' inability to create quality offensive chances. Boston has yielded fewer than two goals in seven of its past eight playoff contests, dating back to Game 5 clincher of the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The lone exception was Chicago's 4-3 triple-overtime victory in Game 1 of the Final, a game that Boston led 3-1 in the third period.
The Blackhawks were dealt a surprising blow before the start of the game when star forward Marian Hossa was scratched, but they now have just one goal in the past two games against Rask and the Bruins. They will try again to solve the Bruins' defense in Game 4 on Wednesday night (8 p.m. ET, NBC, CBC, RDS).
"I thought we did a lot of things good tonight, I thought we had a lot of the play and pushed the pace, just for whatever reason we can't capitalize on a chance," Chicago defenseman Duncan Keith said. "But time's running out. We've got to get a goal. I think we just have to come up with a big game and find a way to win."
Chicago was the highest-scoring team in the Western Conference this season. The top scorers in the East, the Pittsburgh Penguins, also found it tough to break through against these Bruins, scoring twice in a four-game sweep.
Rask watched from the bench when the Bruins won the Cup in 2011 behind a transcendent goaltending performance from Tim Thomas. It has been Rask's show in 2013, and he now has three shutouts in his past seven games -- one fewer than Thomas had in 25 playoff contests two years ago.
"It's a broken record, but I'll continue to say Tuukka has been our most consistent player all year long and he seems to be getting better and better," Kelly said. "When you have that much confidence in an individual, it makes everyone's game that much more relaxed."
Daniel Paille scored his second goal of the series to give the Bruins the lead after a scoreless first period. Paille kept the puck in the Chicago zone along the left wall and found Tyler Seguin for a great chance in the slot that Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford got a piece of. The puck went into the right corner, and Chicago's Dave Bolland thought he was going to clear it out of danger -- but Paille lifted his stick to take the puck away, then turned and fired a shot past Crawford at 2:13.
Paille scored the Game 2 winner in overtime after setting up Boston's first goal of that contest for Kelly. Those two were put with Seguin for a new-look third line early in the second period of Game 2 and proceeded to score three straight goals for the team.
"I think we're just putting pucks on net and reading plays," Paille said. "I think we're managing the puck better. On my goal you saw [Kelly] go in and then I went in and then I shot. We're not giving them enough time to think with the puck and we're able to get it."
Patrice Bergeron ended the new third line's streak with a power-play goal at 14:05 of the second period.
The Bruins had a 5-on-3 for 11 seconds with Bolland and Niklas Hjalmarsson in the penalty box. Bergeron beat Chicago captain Jonathan Toews on the faceoff after Hjalmarsson's penalty, and after Bolland raced out of the penalty box to join the play but before he could get all the way, the Bruins' center scored his seventh goal of the 2013 playoffs. Jaromir Jagr threaded a pass through the Chicago crease to Bergeron before the Blackhawks could reset their penalty-killing triangle into a 4-on-5 box.
"We had 11 seconds on the 5-on-3 so we had to make something happen there quick," Bergeron said. "We talked about the play and it worked.
"It was a great pass [by Jagr]. I was expecting the puck to come, but it was a perfect play. I had to kind of settle it down a bit. It was a hard pass and it was a great pass. It was pretty. I just had to put it in, and thankfully I did that."
This game was off to a bizarre start before the puck was dropped for the opening faceoff with the Hossa scratch as well as when Boston captain Zdeno Chara and Milan Lucic collided near the end of the pregame skate; Chara declined to comment about the incident after the contest, but coach Claude Julien said Chara had "a little gash over his eye."
Hossa was tied for the team lead with 15 points in this postseason and has been Chicago's most consistent forward. Ben Smith, who played one game during the regular season for the Blackhawks, replaced him in the lineup, and coach Joel Quenneville scrambled his lines to offset the absence of Hossa.
"We've got a deep team and plenty of guys who can fill in," Blackhawks forward Patrick Sharp said. "I'm confident with the players we have on this team. We've had no problem scoring goals ever, really, since I've been here. We're in the Stanley Cup Final against a team that deserves to be here, that's here because of the way they play physically and check away from the puck, so it's just tough to score out there; we've got to find a way. We know what's on the line."
Chicago has dealt with losing a star player for a game earlier in this postseason. Defenseman Duncan Keith was suspended for Game 4 of the Western Conference Final, but the Blackhawks defeated the Los Angeles Kings anyway before closing the series out in five games.
There wasn't nearly as much time to plan for this loss. Hossa was out on the ice for warmups, and it appeared the only lineup change would be Viktor Stalberg in for Brandon Bollig before Hossa's surprising scratch.
With or without Hossa, the Blackhawks have struggled to generate offense since a blazing start to Game 2. Counting overtime in Game 2, Chicago hasn't scored a goal in six-plus periods.
"It's a low-chance game. It's a low-chance series," Quenneville said. "Scoring first is important, even though the winners of the last couple games prior to that didn't score first. It's hard to get A-plus chances. You have to manufacture the second, kind of ugly goals, tip screens, deflections."


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A fire in rural Talent tore through a barn this morning, destroying farm equipment and vehicles.
Fire officials said the blaze was reported just before 1 a.m. in the 3000 block of Anderson Creek Road. Jackson County Fire District No. 5, Ashland Fire & Rescue, and Medford Fire-Rescue responded.
"When we arrived on scene, it was about 80 percent involved," said Fire District No. 5 Capt. Bryan Dorris. "It was a defensive fire from the very beginning."
Crews used the water tenders to put out the blaze. It took about 30 minutes to get the fire under control. No one was hurt.
Damage estimates were not available. The cause is still under investigation.
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In Their Own Words – Getting From There to Here
My son, Justin, is a child with a medical and an educational diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome.
My wife and I have struggled to obtain educational services that would allow him to go onto higher learning and/or independent living to the fullest extent possible. An ongoing denial of a Free and Appropriate Public Education resulted in the public school paying for a private school placement for my son's junior and senior years of high school.
We recently got my son's high school transcript and his class ranking is #9 out of 424 seniors in the public high school that he is administratively enrolled in.
My son is a living reminder to parents of kids on the spectrum that you can get there from here.
This "In Their Own Words" is written by David B. Cockrell.
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.
December 4, 2010 at 12:05 am
Very powerful.
February 16, 2011 at 11:35 am
Is there a book, article or anything else where I can read how they made his son's education possible? We are going through the same situation with our son. The school has declined services for our son and we are considering taking the school and the school district to court. Any help or guidance on navigating the system or tips on how to get the school to pay for his education will be GREATLY appreciated.
Thank you so much!
March 26, 2011 at 2:00 am
Thank you for the encouragement and hope…my son is 8 yrs..he was diagnosed since he was 18 months. He is in 3rd grade general ed with some inclusion…we have ARD meetings anually to work on his IEP for the following year and review his progress to date. He is a happy, positive, little boy but recently his teacher has been complaining about him getting to emotional and "refuses" to do his work. She says he is "rude" and has an "attitude". She went as far as telling me if he continued to lack certain skills he was not going to get far in life. Now, I am the type of parent that raises hell but i opted to keep my cool and consider all my options. I have spoken to his special ed teacher that goes in his classroom for inclusion and even she was disappointed with his general ed teachers comments. The weird thing is my son have good grades. I mean last year they were all A's. This year they are B's but i am sure that has to do with the fact that he is haveing diffuculty in class. I think the underlying problem is his teacher and her lack of acknowledgement or her ignorance towards autism. I even thought of taking him out of school and teaching him myself since i find that i do that anyway. Any suggestions?
May 18, 2011 at 11:57 pm
Thanks for your story. My 9 year old has high functioning autism and we are in the middle of a lawsuit with our school district. This is his second year in a private school. It is amazing the difference that an appropriate placement makes. Although at this moment it is painful to admit( due to financial and emotional burdens) it is worth every dime and every tear. God bless your son and all our children….


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- Jul 2:
- Santa Clara County same-sex couples celebrate marriages on Monday
- Jun 30:
- San Francisco Pride Parade: Downtown packed as marchers make their way up Market Street
- Gay marriage: Justice Kennedy denies request to stop California weddings
- San Francisco: Gay Pride parade turns into celebration on an epic scale
- Gay marriage opponents ask Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings
- Jun 29:
- Supreme Court rulings on same-sex unions place spotlight on the weathered institution of marriage
- Same-sex couples marry at San Francisco City Hall as city celebrates Pride weekend
- Jun 28:
- Prop. 8 stay lifted, same-sex weddings can resume immediately
- San Francisco: Huge crowds expected for this weekend's gay pride parade, festivities
- Jun 27:
- July 28 Readers' letters: The Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage
- Prop. 8 case was once seen as a Supreme Court long shot
- Jun 26:
- Same-sex marriage: Evening rallies unleash jubilation after court rulings
- Prop. 8: Bay Area's gay rights advocates celebrate same-sex marriage rulings
- Gay marriage: Proposition 8 appears doomed in California after Supreme Court ruling
- Cassidy: Twitter moved us toward the Supreme Court's DOMA and Proposition 8 rulings on same-sex marriage
- Prop. 8 ruling: Bay Area marriage license officials eager to serve same-sex couples
- Gay marriage: How TV helped nudge society on the issue
- Biz Break: Google, Apple celebrate Supreme Court's same-sex marriage rulings, markets rise again
- Prop. 8, DOMA: Q-and-A
- Bay Area lawmakers' reactions to marriage rulings
- Timeline: Key dates in the American gay rights movement
- Bay Area rallies planned for DOMA, Prop. 8 decisions
- Prop. 8: Supreme Court ends California ban on gay marriage but fight remains
- Obama on DOMA: 'Supreme Court has righted a wrong'
- Document: California Attorney General Kamala Harris addresses marriage licenses
- Document: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act
- Raw Video: Prop 8 Supreme Court decision reactions
- Document: U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Proposition 8 and gay marriage
- Prop. 8 and DOMA: Bay Area greets gay marriage rulings with joy
Let the wedding bells ring, and brace for a run on rice and Champagne. It's going to be a joyous season for marriage in California this summer.
Gov. Jerry Brown told counties to start issuing marriage licenses as soon as possible in response to the Supreme Court's Proposition 8 ruling Wednesday. It was a great day: California finally became an equal marriage state, nine years after newly elected Mayor Gavin Newsom performed the first same-sex marriages in San Francisco.
For those who see marriage equality as a civil right and an affirmation of American family values, as we have for decades, a court decree declaring it so would have been ideal. But for the Roberts court -- which couldn't even work up enthusiasm for protecting citizens' right to vote -- striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act and failing to reverse an appeals court's rejection of Proposition 8 was a good day's work.
The Defense of Marriage Act was indefensible. Denying federal rights to legally married couples was an abomination. That the justices' vote was 5-4 says more about this court than the issue.
Proposition 8's gay marriage ban fell because the court found its proponents lacked standing to argue the case, as many predicted. This leaves the matter of marriage equality to states, but it saves California from the ordeal of another ballot proposition to repeal the ban.
Thank Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris and their predecessors, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bill Lockyer, for declining on principle to defend the constitutionality of Proposition 8, which passed in 2008. It's unusual for elected officials to do this. Normally we would not expect them to refuse to defend voter-approved laws. But the nature of this proposition was unusual in that it enshrined discrimination in a constitution that had provided equal rights. Defending that precedent would not have been in California's interest.
Bay Area voters never favored the marriage ban, but polls today show the proposition easily would be rejected statewide. Support for gay marriage is rising across the country. Young people increasingly don't see what the fuss is about, and as more gays and lesbians are open about their relationships, friends and relatives increasingly understand and accept them.
Same-sex marriage now is legal in 12 states and the District of Columbia. The tide has turned. The only question is how long it will take to reach all 50.
It's hard to imagine, say, Alabama voters supporting gay rights. But countervailing forces may materialize. For example, will states that allow gay marriage attract businesses whose workers want the freedom to marry? Will places that resist equality become pariahs in the manner of some Southern states where overt racism was slowest to dissipate?
Perhaps one of those states will produce what Proposition 8 was not: a case that forces the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the right to marriage itself. We'd like to think that even the Roberts court, if it had to, would stand up for equal rights.


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Nice Jim to open up with even though it sounds like they almost forgot to sing the last verse before the jam. Ice has really improved tonight. Well done. Pen was also pretty good. Stash had some off spots, but otherwise good. Lizards almost fell apart during Page's solo section, but Fish got them right back on. Chalkdust was rocking as usual. Guelah was well played and featured lots of announcements as per the show notes. Sparkle was good. My Friend has also improved quite a bit. They must have really been working on these although the sound check doesn't reflect that. Memories was good and included the usual shushing. Bowie again has so much foolishness in the intro that Fish messes up the actual start of the song. It's a good Bowie though, and a great way to end the set.
Hey Dinner is back! I know it's only been ten days, but it seems this one is getting rarer. This one is well played. Mike's Song was good, followed by a brief Vibration segment before an ok Hydrogen. Weekapaug was also well done as was Esther, the new Axilla, and Bouncing. Paul and Silas was very soft in the middle and featured the Big Ball Jam, which seemed to take forever. Waiting for the crowd to shoot baskets I suppose. Coil was missing from the recording. Faht was it's usual funny self with Fishman plucking away while the crowd cracks jokes and makes animal noises with the backing track. Possum was rocking and seemed to have Flat Fee teases from Trey during his solo section. Great closer to a good solid second set.
Hey Contact is also back! This one is ok with some funny interplay of words at the end from Mike. A rocking GTBT sends everyone home in style with Page tearing through the vocal jam at the end. Well played.
This was a really good show to listen to. A minimal amount of mistakes were made, improved new material, secret language, and funny stuff from Mike and Fishman. On to Canada!


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AUSTIN (October 6, 2012)--The winner of the race to represent western Tarrant County in the Texas Senate could set the tone for politics in the upcoming Legislative session in 2013.
The race pits Democratic Sen. Wendy Davis against challenger Rep. Mark Shelton.
Republicans hope a win would put Republicans within one seat of a two-thirds supermajority capable of passing any laws they want.
Democrats now hold 12 of the state Senate's 31 seats, giving them just enough leverage to block some laws.
If Shelton wins, then Republicans will only need to court one Democrat defector to accomplish their goals.
The race appears very tight, and both sides are claiming advantages going into Nov. 6.


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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- The Augusta medical community is grieving after losing five of their own to a plane crash Wednesday night.
Many considered Dr. Steven Roth and his team lifesavers.
Family, friends and total strangers sought comfort, praying with bowed heads and heavy hearts on Thursday.
Henry Partridge, a patient , said Roth saved his life.
"My blood wasn't circulating and flowing like it should be. I had some blood clots. He had to dissolve those before he did the surgery," Partridge said.
Partridge and family and friends of the victims are heartbroken to hear about the plane crash that killed Roth and four of his employees at the Thomson-McDuffie County Regional Airport.
"The biggest thing would be the close-knit relationship that the Vein Guys have with everyone in their office," he said. "When you talked to them, it just seems to be the right place to work."
Pastor Jason Mitchem and the Revivify Church family are in mourning as well. A mother killed in the crash sent her children to his church.
"Casting all of our cares on Him and in His hands is where it really comes into play. That's what gets us through this, regardless of the questions," Mitchem said.
Revivify Church is holding a service for plane crash victims this Sunday at 11:15 a.m. at the Columbia County Library in Evans.


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MONTE SERENO -- Prosecutors are unfazed about the strength of their case against the suspects in the killing of millionaire tech investor Raveesh Kumra even as charges have now been dropped against two of the five people arrested after the homicide that shocked this normally placid upscale community.
"We're very confident in the strength of the case against the three remaining defendants," deputy district attorney Kevin Smith said Thursday. "It was always with these three that we had the strongest case. DNA evidence, cellphone records, their knowledge of the home and Kumra gave them motive, means and opportunity."
But the dismissals of two of the original suspects could give the defendants' lawyers fuel to cast doubt on the investigation, said Steven Clark, a legal analyst, criminal defense attorney and former Santa Clara County prosecutor.
"The D.A.'s office is taking the position that they're not here just to get a conviction, but are seeking the truth. It's to their credit," Clark said. "The flip side is two people were in jail for several months for a crime they didn't commit. The defense can argue that the case is in disarray, and make hay with the fact that two innocent people were arrested."
Attorneys for the three remaining defendants, DeAngelo Austin, Javier R. Garcia and Katrina Marie Fritz, could not be reached for comment Thursday. The three are accused of casing Kumra's posh estate and orchestrating a Nov. 30 home invasion that ended with the homeowner suffocating after being gagged and bound. Kumra's wife was also assaulted. It was the first homicide in the city in three decades.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped against Lukis Anderson, a homeless San Jose man. Then this week the D.A.'s office cleared Raven Dixon of an accessory-to-murder charge in exchange for guilty pleas to a felony drug and a prostitution charge. Andrew Dosa, Dixon's Alameda-based attorney, welcomed the turn in the case but lamented the lengthy jail stint his client served before being cleared.
"I appreciate he reached this conclusion, but I wonder why they thought there was a connection in the first place," Dosa said.
Dixon is scheduled to be released July 18. None of the three defendants has entered a plea, leaving a potential trial still months away.
Smith said streamlining the case will help because it means the prosecution won't have to explain elements that could potentially confuse a jury, including Dixon's passing connection to the remaining suspects and why Anderson was the only one not to be charged with a gang enhancement.
Dixon was the first person to be tied to the crime when she was arrested Dec. 18 in Mountain View on an unrelated prostitution allegation and after police questioning was charged as an accessory to murder based on her having posted online photos of the inside of Kumra's home.
Dixon, along with Fritz, were among three "main girls" Kumra frequently hired to come to his house as part of a hedonistic lifestyle that came to light after his death, according to police records. Authorities initially believed the photos Dixon posted were to help Fritz and Austin, who are siblings, and Garcia plan the heist, which is alleged to have been part of a broader string of home invasions by a team of Oakland street gangs that targeted Asian and East Indian families.
But after Dixon spent more than half a year in jail, investigators determined the timing of the posting of the house photos and the home invasion was coincidental.
"While it initially appeared she was broadcasting them to people involved in murder, we didn't find any other connections with the information she had or that she communicated them to anyone," Smith said. "Without that we weren't comfortable to move forward."
The development was vindication for Dixon's family, particularly her mother, Sandra Mitchell, who was outspoken about questioning the evidence against her daughter. Dosa said he hopes Dixon, a single mother, can recover from the experience and move on.
"I'd like her to rise up and take the challenge of her life and make the most of it," he said.
Anderson was cleared at the beginning of June after deputy public defender Kelley Kullick offered accounts from the San Jose Fire Department, an ambulance provider and Valley Medical Center to show he was passed-out drunk in the hospital when Kumra was killed.
But how his DNA was found on Kumra's body remained a mystery until this week, when it was learned that the paramedic who pronounced Kumra dead had also taken Anderson to the hospital hours before.
"The incredible amount of contact paramedics had with Lukis given his condition, and the fact he doesn't have access to clean clothes, make it an unusual circumstance," Smith said.
Clark said the week's developments show that the prosecution's case rests heavily on forensics rather than eyewitness accounts.
"The further a jury trial is away, the memory of these dismissals will fade away. They'll base their decision on evidence they hear in court," Clark said. "It's going to boil down to forensics. If they can show this is a fluke, as opposed to sloppy investigative work, that's the key for the prosecution."
Contact Robert Salonga at 408-920-5002. Follow him at Twitter.com/robertsalonga.


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Maya Trabin
Maya Trabin has been a member of the Bay Area City Team since December 2007. She currently works at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, which seeks to promote equal rights and opportunities for all people.
What motivated you to join the City Team?
My involvement started with a chance reunion with Heidi Winig [former Bay Area program officer]. I was recently back in the Bay Area after studying development in grad school, and the City Team was just about to start. Somebody in the Jewish community connected the two of us. The City Team was this perfect convergence of all the things I was interested in, wanting to connect my experiences abroad with local community building and organizing.
The thing that really drew me in was a chance to be part of building something in a community I care about and with organizations that really speak to my values. Being a part of the AVODAH-AJWS Partnership is a way to be engaged that forces me to reflect both internally and on the work itself – not only what the work is about, but also what we bring to it and how we are changed by it.
What has City Team worked on over the past year, and what are your expectations for it in the coming year?
We're definitely still in the learning and growing stage. We're from the Bay Area, so, as you know, we love our start-ups. This is a community-wide experiment. We're figuring out what works and what doesn't, and how we can bring together people that wouldn't necessarily connect otherwise but have similar values. A special part of the City Team experience is figuring out what we—as individuals, as a team, and across the larger community—are passionate about and then setting up our dominoes in a way that supports the pursuit of social justice in multiple directions.
This last year was really about starting to understand our role and our potential. For me, I found that the smallest event actually had the most lasting impact. I had a Shabbat dinner in my backyard as a follow-up to the "Story of Stuff" screening event. I invited other friends who were not connected or who were from different activist or Jewish communities. There are people who met that night who, almost a year later, are still connected, through the friendships that began that evening, or through their social justice work. You start to see community growing right before your eyes, and it can be very powerful.
How does your Judaism connect to this work?
It's definitely connected. I was doing Jewish stuff and activist stuff before and it was separate for me. When I came back to the Bay Area, I started working with a few organizations, and found that something was missing for me. I didn't know what it was until I started working with the Partnership: that I can explore the values behind my social justice work. The work actually looks different when I bring that spiritual, or reflective, element to it. I don't think it's the same conclusion that everyone comes to, and I actually find if helpful to bring those different perspectives together in our community. In the last year, one of the big pieces I've focused on is bringing people into the community that haven't always identified or don't identify with the Jewish community, or vice versa, people who are in the Jewish community and haven't always seen their role as social change agents. My connection between the two has definitely grown through this work.
What are you working on right now with the City Team?
I am going to be working with other City Team members on the Shabbat dinner series, which I'm so excited about. I'm also very interested in human rights and new media.
What do you do when you're not at City Team meetings?
Professionally, I work for a foundation that works on gay and lesbian rights, immigrant rights, education opportunities—like closing the racial and economic achievement gap, leadership work for nonprofits who are also working towards equality, and community projects in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have a background and interest in using participatory media in social justice work to help amplify people's voices—for both personal transformation and also as an advocacy or policy tool.
I live in a really beautiful place that I love to explore, usually on foot. After moving around, it's nice to keep a curious mindset, especially in the place you feel most at home. After being away for a long time it's also exciting to be near friends and family and to be a part of this very special community doing the kind of work that touches on the things I'm so passionate about. I have a lot to be grateful for.
Contact Maya and the SF City Team at [email protected].
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PORT JERVIS — After several weeks of waiting and many communications by phone and email with New York state Department of Health officials, last week community activists Anne Horsham, Jim McMahon and their colleagues began getting calls and emails with a clear response.
They had requested a hearing with health department officials on the proposal by Bon Secours Community Hospital administrators to close the hospital's maternity ward.
The opposition group now has a date, March 9 at 10:30 a.m., to present their case against the closure to 10 health department officials, including Richard Cook, deputy commissioner of the Office of Health Systems Management; Charles Abel, acting director of the Division of Health Facility Planning; and Karen Madden, acting director of the Bureau of Health Facility Planning.
The health department asked the group to send 20 people who will be representative of the community. Horsham said that attendees will include William Onofry, school board chairman; Caren Fairweather, executive director of the Maternal Infant Services Network; obstetrician Fred Nichols; Councilman-at-large Kelly Decker; and former councilman John Wortmann, among others.
A bus will be provided by the Democratic Alliance, whose founder, civil rights lawyer Michael Sussman, will attend.
Mayor Russell Potter, who sent a letter to the health department, was also given that date to make his case.
"When people decide where to move their families, they consider medical facilities as well as jobs and education," Potter said. "If we don't have young families here to replace old ones, the city will die. Pregnant women can't have a helicopter in their yards to take them to a hospital 30 miles away when their time comes."
McMahon said health department officials suggested having each person speak for no more than five minutes, so everyone could be heard.
"We'll tell them they cannot leave us without maternity services in Port Jervis," Horsham said. "One in three pregnant women in our area do not receive prenatal care now, with these services in place. This is nothing new. We have the third highest teen pregnancy rate in the county, which is nothing new either. So how is it that all of a sudden we do not require maternity services? Has that mountain that cuts us off from the rest of the county been moved, so we do not have to be concerned anymore about getting over it through a terrible snow or ice storm?"
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Kenneth Anderson was one of the first performers at Mosaic Youth Theatre 14 years ago.Today, at 29, he's vice president and artistic director of the organization that he said changed his life."The experience stuck out so much to me; it was my first interaction with suburban kids," Anderson said.He had planned to go to New York City to pursue a career as a singer, but said his experiences at Mosaic brought him back to Detroit.After seeing a rehearsal of Mosaic's young actors, Anderson was disappointed with the minimal effort they were putting into it and asked Mosaic founder Rick Sperling to let him work with them.His work led to the formation of the Mosaic Singers, and Anderson becoming their music director. The choir grew from about eight youths then to nearly 85 today.


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Every decade, the U.S. Census is mailed to households nationwide. It helps the government make important decisions. But this time around, it's causing some controversy.
The roads you drive on are just one of the services that census dollars can fund. And as the clock counts down to census day, it ought to be an accurate count.
There's controversy brewing over who the census counts.
"I am completely opposed to counting illegal immigrants, illegal aliens in our census," said Sen. Roger Wicker.
Wicker said he fears that including illegal immigrants in a population count will skew political representation and federal money that states like Mississippi receive.
"If they broke the law to get here, they should not be counted," Wicker said.
Only the long form version of the census asks about citizenship. But only the short form version will be sent out in 2010.
The Census Bureau says it's required by law to count all everyone living in the United States.
"We need to know who people are, where they are living," said Bill Chandler of the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance thinks it's important to count undocumented immigrants.
"They are working here. They pay payroll taxes. They pay sales taxes," said Chandler. "They do all the same things we do to contribute to the public funds."
You can expect to see a census form in your mailbox in February or March 2010. Sen. Wicker said he hopes Congress addresses the issue.


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A Camdenton school board candidate is fending off allegations of plagiarism after answers to a round of questions were published in the Lake Sun and on LakeNewsOnline.com.
Shortly after the responses to the latest weekly question-and-answer feature running in the daily newspaper were published in the Wednesday edition of the Lake Sun and LakeNewsOnline.com, questions surfaced about Darin Keim's responses through a Facebook post.
The question from the Lake Sun asked candidates to answer in 250 words or less "how would you describe what an effective board member's role in the school district is?"
The Facebook post alleged Keim plagiarized his answers, using information obtained on the Internet. The post referred to an article published on the website of the Alabama Association of School Boards, written by Susan Rountree Salter titled "7 Habits of Highly Effective Board Members."
In a response to the allegations of plagiarism, Keim wrote, "I read an article about the 'seven traits of an effective board member' and I used the article to guide my answers to a question about effective board members without giving reference to the author of the article. I have read dozens of them in the last two months. I have talked to board members, staff and other leaders in our community and have used their words, wisdom and guidance to guide me, my life and my campaign," he said.
Keim admitted it was plagiarism but said it was not intentional. He said the article "resounded with me and spoke to how I feel."
Keim said from now on when he uses a quote or words that are not his, he will make sure to cite the source.
"I apologize to anyone who felt I was trying to mislead them," he said.
Camdenton resident Eric Miller, who originally posted on Facebook and LakeNewsOnline.com asking for an explanation from Keim, said he appreciated that Keim did not ignore what he feels "is a very important issue," but the response fell short of clearing the plagiarism question up.
Miller said if Keim actually remembered the article and knowingly plagiarized from it, "then that is not setting the kind of example we want our school board members to set for our children."
Miller said that if Keim had put anywhere in his answer or on the website something that acknowledged where the information came from, that would have been fine.
"A student who did this on a paper would suffer consequences. My question is what consequence should a school board candidate have to face? Again, I do appreciate [Keim's] addressing this situation. Some may find it a small issue, but for me, it is very important, as it speaks to the character of a person," Miller said.
Page 2 of 3 - Plagiarism as defined by the policies of Missouri State University includes, but is not limited to, the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work or sections of a work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment (whether intentional or not). This includes any material copied directly or paraphrased from the Internet. The unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials, including material taken from or ordered through the Internet, also constitutes plagiarism.
Several key words and sentences used in Keim's response turned up identical or near identical matches to the article after an Internet search by Lake Sun staff.
The Lake Sun staff also ran Internet searches on the answers submitted by incumbents Nancy Masterson, Jim Besancenez, as well as candidates Tom Williams and Bill Moulder. None of those searches turned up any evidence of plagiarism.
Comparing Rountree's article to Keim's answer:
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"each member must see the board as a team and respect the varying skills and perspectives..."
Keim's answer...
"board member must view the board as a team and respect the varying skills and perspectives..."
•The article...
"operate from the belief that their peers have the best interest of the students, parents, staff, system and community at hear [sic] — even when they have radically differing opinions about how to address a problem."
Keim's answer...
"operate with the belief that their peers have the best interests of the students, staff, system and community at heart, even when they have differing opinions on how to address a problem."
•The article...
"Focus on the 'we,' not 'me.'
Keim's answer...
"...focus on the 'we' and not the 'me.' "
•The article...
"the board's job is to decide what should be done, while the superintendent is responsible for determining how it gets done."
Keim's answer...
"The effective board member knows that the board's job is to make policy and it's the administrations job to determine how it gets done."
•The article...
"Every board member has his or her own strengths they bring to the board..."
Keim's answer...
"As every board member has their own strengths they bring to the table."
Darin Keim's response in its entirety:
I am writing this in response to accusations of plagiarism against me. I read an article about the "seven traits of an effective board member" and I used the article to guide my answers to a question about effective board members without giving reference to the author of the article. I have read dozens of them in the last two months. I have talked to board members, staff and other leaders in our community and have used their words, wisdom and guidance to guide me, my life and my campaign. Was it plagiarism, yes. Was it intended, no. I read the article; it resounded with me and spoke to how I feel. I will tell anyone that I don't have all the answers and ideas to make this school perfect but I will work, read, listen and do my best. From now on when I use a quote or words that are not mine I will make sure to cite the source. I apologize to anyone who felt I was trying to mislead them. When I make a mistake either as a husband, father or school board member, I own up to it, take my lumps and learn from it. I will have to let the community judge my character and God judge my soul.
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Locals gather food, supplies for Sandy victims
Published: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:13 p.m.
After the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in late October, many locals have been organizing efforts to help the victims.
Trey Ledbetter, a shop foreman for Arabie Trucking in Thibodaux, has been in charge of the efforts at his company. He said the motivation to help comes from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"The idea was to give back to a small community. After Katrina, it was New Orleans this, New Orleans that. It was almost like they forgot about us. They forgot about the small town on the bayou. We wanted to give back to a town that we feel has been forgotten," Ledbetter said.
Arabie's efforts started out small with only its staff gathering boxes of goods. Then Arabie got all the schools in Assumption and St. James parishes, all the fraternities and sororities at Nicholls State University and the Bayou Country Cyclists involved. The effort will also continue at the Thibodeauxville Fall Festival.
"We got the schools to do a canned food drive. Whoever raises the most canned goods at each school will win a pizza party. ... The fraternities and sororities that raise the most money will be getting a big barbecue party thrown for them," Ledbetter said.
The Thibodaux Chamber of Commerce donated a booth to Arabie for the festival. Festival goers will be able to drop off donations from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
"People could also drop off donations at 163 Lincoln Lane (Arabie's location) in Thibodaux. We are accepting can goods, dry goods, dog food, cat food, baby supplies and warm blankets," Ledbetter said.
Arabie will be accepting donations until Nov. 17.
"We have well exceeded our expectations," Ledbetter said. "Like I said, it went from something small to something that exploded. The response from down here has been incredible."
Ronald Adams, owner-operator of Acme Truck Line in Houma, has also been a part of recovery efforts since Oct. 27.
Broussard-based Macro Oil Co. "hired us to go to New Jersey. We drove, like, 130-something trucks up here," Adams said.
Adams and his team has been servicing the public, law enforcement, and emergency and business personnel with diesel fuel and gasoline. The date of when they will return is uncertain.
"We could be here a month to two months. We could be here until January. We just moved to a new location," Adams said.
Big Mike's BBQ and Grace Lutheran Church in Houma are also raising money for the victims.
Big Mike's is hosting a fundraiser at 11 a.m. Saturday at Coastal Commerce Bank, 1300 West Tunnel Blvd. in Houma. There will be live music by Joe Show and The Vibe as well as food.
Grace Lutheran Church has been working with the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod to take up collections in the coming weeks.
"We've gotten so much help from churches for Katrina. We just thought it was our turn to help out," said secretary Donna Boeger.
Information about the collection can be found in an insert in the church bulletin.
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Glen Downing, co-owner of Bond's Cleaners, Brookfield, suffered a fracture of the right heel Friday night when he fell from a scaffold at Downing's new grocery store in Marceline on North Kansas Avenue. Mr. Downing was helping put up a new sign at the store when he fell.
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