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There are new federal guidelines for school meals going into effect this year nationwide. But Columbia County schools have been following most of these guidelines for years. News 12 is on your side with why Columbia County is making sure schools have not only nutritious meals, but safe ones.
New federal guidelines to make sure cafeteria food is safe, but Columbia County Director of School Nutrition Dr. Jane Wiggins says they are used to them.
"We've always taken temperature of the foods on the lines, three times to make sure they are the right temperature," Wiggins said.
Recording temperatures is a daily task for Greenbrier Middle cafeteria manager Sweetie Hudson and her staff. She's a part of 75 percent of the school's food service workers who are Serv-Safe certified, which requires passing an exam given by the National Restaurant Association.
"The chicken have to be internal 165 and we have to hold it there for two hours," Hudson said.
And while it's safe, it's also healthy. A menu is created through a national analysis program. The oven-fried chicken is lightly floured and baked.
"Our lines are self-served so they have a choice to pick whatever they want," Hudson said.
"Over a week they average out so that they do not get more than 30 percent of the calories from fat, not more than 10 percent for saturated fat, that they meet the requirements for Vitamin A, Vitamin C, iron and calcium," Wiggins said.
The peanut butter and jelly sandwich's high fiber pieces of bread gives students the same amount of calcium as a side of milk.
Columbia County does not have vending or soda machines available during lunch.
"We've never had the vending machines in the elementary school and in the middle and high schools they are not open during the school day," Wiggins said.
And while the school is working hard to keep food safe, they need parents to help continue healthy eating at home.
"If you have good nutritious foods at home available for the children they will eat them," Wiggins said.
It is rare that Columbia County school cafeterias score below 100 percent on sanitation with the health department.
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I read The Ledger article regarding the city of Lakeland's intent to install 10 additional red-light cameras at various city intersections. I have a much more productive idea. Why not use that money to install the cameras in the back seats of the Lakeland Police Department's squad cars? I believe that would contribute to a more conscientious effort on behalf of some of the officers to devote their duty hours to their responsibilities for law enforcement and to resolving time management issues those recently in the news have exhibited. The taxpaying citizens deserve better than this. As a taxpaying citizen, I resent paying taxes and salaries to those who have condoned this behavior and especially to those who have exhibited this behavior.
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BIRTHPLACE: Banská Bystrica, SVK
DRAFTED: STL: 1995-101 overall
|Traded to Phoenix by St. Louis with Ladislav Nagy, Jeff Taffe and St. Louis' 1st round choice (Ben Eager) in 2002 Entry Draft for Keith Tkachuk, March 13, 2001. Traded to Philadelphia by Phoenix with Robert Esche for Brian Boucher and Nashville's 3rd round choice (previously acquired, Phoenix selected Joe Callahan) in 2002 Entry Draft, June 12, 2002. Signed as a free agent by Zvolen (Slovakia), October 27, 2004. Traded to Chicago by Philadelphia for Kyle Calder, August 4, 2006. Missed remainder of 2006-07 due to knee injury vs. St. Louis, October 21, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 2, 2007. Signed as a free agent by San Jose, July 1, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Banska Bystrica (Slovakia), November 13, 2012. Traded to Chicago by San Jose for Anaheim's 4th round choice (previously acquired, San Jose selected Fredrik Bergvik) in 2013 Entry Draft, April 2, 2013. Signed as a free agent by Banska Bystrica (Slovakia), December 9, 2014.
2012-13: Split the season between SJS and Chicago, posting eight points (2G, 6A) in 39 regular-season games … Recorded six points (1G, 5A) and a +7 plus/minus rating in 11 games with Chicago … Notched his first point for Chicago this season with an assist on April 6 at NSH … Equaled a career high with three assists on April 24 at EDM … Tallied two points (1G, 1A) in 28 regular-season games with SJS … Notched a career-high eight assists and 11 points in 23 postseason tilts en route to the 2013 Stanley Cup championship … Recorded a +7 rating … Ranked second on the club and sixth in the league with 156 faceoff wins … Posted a five-game point streak (2G, 3A) from May 25-June 2.
2011-12: Ranked 10th on SJS with 24 points (7G, 17A) and fifth on the club with a +9 rating at home … Played in his 900th career NHL game on Feb. 21 at CBJ ... Posted four shots on goal in two playoff games.
2010-11: Posted 30 points (12G, 18A) in 82 regular-season games with LAK … Shared 10th in the NHL with two game-deciding shootout goals … Played in his 800th NHL game on Jan. 1 vs. SJS.
2009-10: Recorded 42 points (20G, 22A) in 81 regular-season games with LAK … Shared 10th in NHL with a team-high six game-winning goals … Honored as the Kings' Best Defensive Player and Unsung Hero for the second consecutive season … Shared third in the NHL with a team-best 62.5 shootout percentage (5-for-8; min. 5 attempts) … Reached 20-goal mark for first time since 2003-04 (fourth time overall) … Earned his 400th NHL point on March 8 vs. CBJ … Played in 700th NHL game on Nov. 11 at CAR … Tallied five points (3G, 2A) in six postseason games with LAK … Registered three points, including two power-play goals, in Game 3 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals vs. VAN on April 19.
2008-09: Recorded 42 points (18G, 24A) in 82 regular-season games with LAK … Nominated for the 2009 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy … Shared second on the club with 4 GWG … Shared third in the NHL with a team-best two overtime goals … Equaled a career-high 7 PPG … Netted his second career hat trick (including the OT GWG) on March 5 vs. DAL … Earned his 200th NHL assist and played in his 600th NHL game on Oct. 11 at SJS.
2007-08: Tallied 21 points (7G, 14A) in 82 regular-season games with the Kings … Shared the team lead with three shorthanded goals.
2006-07: Recorded eight points (3G, 5A) in eight games with the Blackhawks before suffering a season-ending injury … Earned 300th NHL point on Oct. 21 vs. STL … Tied a career high with three assists on Oct. 7 vs. CBJ.
2005-06: Posted 44 points and ranked second on the team with 33 assists in 73 regular-season games with PHI … Led the club with a 53.2 faceoff winning percentage … Skated in his 500th NHL game on April 1 vs. NJD … Posted two assists in six postseason appearances.
2004-05: Tallied 38 points (14G, 24A) and 34 PIM in 33 games with Slovakia's HKM Zvolen.
2003-04: Ranked second on PHI with a career-high 38 assists and 58 points in 82 regular-season games … Shared second on the club with a +18 rating … Reached the 20-goal mark for second consecutive season (third time in his career) … Scored his 100th NHL goal on April 1 at MTL … Played in his 400th NHL game on Jan. 16 vs. TOR … Earned his 200th point on Nov. 13 vs. VAN … Registered 10 points (5G, 5A) and a +7 rating in 18 postseason games while helping PHI advance to the Eastern Conference Final.
2002-03: Tallied 44 points (23G, 21A) in 82 regular-season games with PHI … Shared fourth in the NHL with a team-high 9 GWG … Reached 20-goal mark for the second time in his career … Notched a career-high four points (1G, 3A) on Feb. 27 vs. CHI … Scored the OT GWG on a penalty shot on Dec. 5 vs. NYR, marking the first time in PHI history and second time in NHL history that a penalty shot goal was scored in a regular-season overtime session … Posted eight points (2G, 6A) in 13 postseason games while helping PHI advance to Eastern Conference Semifinals.
2001-02: Notched 45 points (15G, 30A) in 79 regular-season games with PHX.
2000-01: Posted 32 points (14G, 18A) in 46 regular-season games split between STL and PHX … Opened the season with STL, posting 24 points (10G, 14A) and a +11 rating in 36 games … Registered eight points (4G, 4A) and a +5 rating in 10 games with PHX … Earned his 100th NHL point on April 6 at ANA … Recorded his first career hat trick on Dec. 23 vs. ANA.
1999-2000: Registered 53 points (25G, 28A) in 81 regular-season games with STL … Finished second in voting for the 2000 sFrank J. Selke Trophy … Shared third in the NHL with 4 SHG and six shorthanded points … Second player in franchise history to score 2 SHG in one game (Feb. 15 vs. ATL) … Tallied three assists in seven postseason games with STL.
1998-99: Tallied 16 points (4G, 12A) in 66 regular-season games with STL in his NHL debut … Shared the team lead among rookies in points and paced all first-years in assists … Notched two assists in 11 postseason appearances.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Has totaled 26 points (7G, 19A) in 38 World Championship appearances with Slovakia … Won a gold medal with Slovakia at the 2002 World Championship, in addition to two silver medals in 2012 and 2000 … Skated in seven 2010 Olympic games, posting six points (3G, 3A) with Slovakia … Notched one goal in two games with Slovakia during the 2002 Olympics.


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Most games now are built around the concept of player appeasement, regardless of whether the phrase itself is ever mentioned.
Some examples:
- little or no penalty for failing (eg infinite retries)
- no game over state at all (eg Facebook MMOs)
- eventual gamebreak abilities for the player (eg upgrade systems that let you become unstoppable)
Without these changes to the structure of games, many modern games would be far harder than games in the past, while the 'retro' games many people remember as being brutally difficult would be incredibly easy. Contra with infinite lives, checkpoints after every wave of enemies, and upgrades for regenerating health and a jetpack would be a breeze. Sonic is far easier to complete if you don't have to play the entire game in one go, with a limited number of retries. And Call of Duty would be incredibly difficult if getting shot twice meant you had to restart the entire game.
One approach gives us an unending stream of entertainment, which most people will continue with until they get bored of it – like watching a video, but with more interaction. This is the current preference of game designers, on the basis that relatively few people finish games anyway, and they play to be entertained rather than challenged.
On the other hand, games with genuine difficulty provided something that's missing from modern gaming. The feeling of accomplishment when you finally beat a game after countless attempts didn't come from unlocking an achievement, and it wasn't something that could be achieved solely by playing long enough. It was actual accomplishment, a point where your skill level finally exceeded everything the designers could throw at you. But this was what kept gaming niche, the fact that you had to be good at it to get much real enjoyment out of it.
Which do you prefer? Which is 'better'? Why?
PS: obviously there are exceptions. Please don't just pick out the one game out of thousands that defies the conventions :P


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Yarn Profile: Rowan Kidsilk Haze
First Impressions
The silk glimmers through the gentle mohair fuzz like San Francisco's city skyline through the fog. Did I mention I liked this yarn?
It's currently available in 10 colors, including a silvery blue, a hot orange, a pea green, and an enticing purple called "Poison," which is what I used for this review. Each skein holds a generous 227 yards.
Knitting Up
Although Kidsilk Haze has significantly less mohair fuzz, there's still enough to cause snagging if you're not careful. Even seemingly gentle snags appear as blotchy areas in the finished fabric, so you want to be patient.
Rowan designed Kidsilk Haze to be knit up at several different gauges, depending on the overall desired effect you want to achieve. For this review I knit two sets of swatches in fine and looser gauges. It fared equally well in both cases. Fibers stayed intact, with no sneeze-inducing mohair fluff flying into the air.
Blocking / Washing
My first surprise was that the rich color didn't bleed at all. I even tried hot water, but the color stayed true.
My second surprise was how well the swatches emerged from their baths. While many others look like drowned rats, these looked remarkably intact.
They resumed their shape almost immediately, with minimal prodding from me. The gauge remained true.
As for touch, Kidsilk Haze may likely be the softest brushed mohair you'll ever experience. There's no nylon or wool core, only two plies of buttery soft silk. Each ply is, in turn, made up of multiple plies of even finer silk, giving the yarn good strength at its core.
This softness makes Kidsilk Haze entirely appropriate for any next-to-the-skin wear. But here's the problem: Even at its finest given gauge, Kidsilk Haze produces see-through fabrics.
Scarves and hats notwithstanding, you'll need to wear something underneath your Kidsilk Haze garment -- at least when you leave the house.
Angora goats produce fiber this fine only once in a lifetime, prior to their very first shearing. And we all know the unfortunate end silkworms must meet.
I consider Kidsilk Haze a birthday, anniversary, thank-you, get-well, I-deserve-something-special yarn. Every moment in its company, whether knitting it up or wearing it, is sure to be a sensual delight.
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70% super kid mohair
30% silk
18 to 25 stitches and 23 to 34 rows per 4-inch square using US 3-8 (3.25-5mm) needles
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Weight/Yardage per Skein
25g./ 227 yards
Country of Origin
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I have a hunch NT might not be the round 1 pick. I'm thinking ILB, OLB or FS with the wild card being WR.
I have a hunch NT might not be the round 1 pick. I'm thinking ILB, OLB or FS with the wild card being WR.
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I have a hunch NT might not be the round 1 pick. I'm thinking ILB, OLB or FS with the wild card being WR.
fordfixer said: I'm hoping we draft a tall WR with hands like suction cups, without the prima donnas attitude any ideas?
Okay! As Dee Dub pointed out the Wallace situation could impact this rd1 pick. If so here is how GBN for one has these WR's ranked in their Top 100.
8. *Keenan Allen WR California
30*Cordarelle Patterson WR Tennessee
34 Tavon Austin WR West Virginia
37 Terrence Williams WR Baylor
40 *Robert Woods WR Southern California
42 *Justin Hunter WR Tennessee (X)
50 *DaRick Rogers WR Tennessee Tech (O)
53 *De'Andre Hopkins WR Clemson
64 *Stedman Bailey WR West Virginia
80 Quinton Patton WR Louisiana Tech
105 *Kenny Stills WR Oklahoma
Heres how DraftCountdown sees these WR's
1./19 Terrance Williams Baylor 6-2 205 4.50 2./21 Tavon Austin West Virginia 5-9 171 4.40 3./34 Aaron Dobson Marshall 6-3 200 4.55 4,/50 Cobi Hamilton Arkansas 6-3 209 4.50 5./52 Denard Robinson Michigan 6-0 197 4.40 6./70 Marcus Davis Virginia Tech 6-4 232 4.45 7./73 Aaron Mellette Elon 6-4 220 4.55 8./82 Tyrone Goard Eastern Kentucky 6-4 192 4.55 9./85 Quinton Patton Louisiana Tech 6-2 195 4.50 10./92 Markus Wheaton Oregon St. 6-1 182 4.45 11./98 Ryan Swope Texas A&M 6-0 206 4.55 12. ? Chris Harper Kansas St. 6-1 234 4.44 13. Tavarres King Georgia 6-1 200 4.50 14. Corey Fuller Virginia Tech 6-2 196 4.45 15. Erik Highsmith North Carolina 6-3 190 4.55
Frankly I would go with the ILB/OLB if that is the higher ranked player. Will check these out in a later post.
Usually, it is best to see how 5 or more of these top sites have these players ranked overall. But it is too early. Even nfldraftscout.com does not have these overall rankings. But, they do have the top players numbered in their category. But so what. The #1 in some groups might be the #25 overall. I suppose they need more time and maybe the combines to make their lists.
There were no FS/SS in the top 32 players listed on either of these sites. But there were 3 CB in GBN and 2 in DCD. Usually you can rule out a secondary player in rd1 for TS. But maybe not this year. Nah! It will probably be 1. LB[IorO]/WR 2 WR/LB[OorI/DB[CBorS 3 CB/LB/WR.
Coming soon: half full/half empty glass forecast for 2013. Don't lose any sleep breathlessly waiting. Oops! Better get this posted before I get that post too long and then it deletes thing. For sure it is not ever done over then.
WR isn't a weak spot on our team, besides I would hate to waste a round #1 pick on another Limas Sweed.
We need help in that front seven first!
I understand about BAA but, what if the best available is someone we can't use ? If BAA is there and he has not chance of making an impact because he's not truly needed to help the team then I say, pick for need or trade your number on pick to another team.
hawaiiansteel said: "I agree, we need to address NT, ILB and OLB along with S early..."
I also agree. Something like 92, TS picked up Levon Kirkland and Joel Steel then replaced them with Casey Hampton and James Farrior. Does anyone see any replacement already here for Greg Lloyd, Joey Porter, or James Harrison?
This offseason could get even more complicated. Mendenhall may also leave. Then the RB situation is very thin. Heath hurt but I would guess with his makeup he will be back better than ever. But still? Too bad TS don't get to pick at #11. There would be a lot better chance to fill some of these perceived holes then. Several mocks have TS taking Ogletree an ILB from Georgia at 17. But it not often TS take a LB in rd1.


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There will be a variety of educational opportunities for families including a petting zoo courtesy of Heidi's Lil Ranch of Hunnewell, a jump house, bike safety seminars, water games hosted by the Perry Fire Department, face painting by the Children's Division staff, and free snow cones.
Although the theme is foster families the general public is welcome to attend.
The M.W. Boudreaux Memorial Visitor Center is located along Highway J just south of the Clarence Cannon Dam. For information contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com or call (573) 735-4097.
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A thymectomy is surgery to remove the thymus gland. This gland is located in the upper portion of the chest, behind the breastbone.
Thymus Gland
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The thymus gland helps immune cell growth. It is usually active when you are an infant, but its function reduces as you get older. The thymus acts abnormally when a person has myasthenia gravis. A thymectomy is used to treat myasthenia gravis.
A thymectomy may also be done if the thymus has a tumor, which is called thymoma. These types of tumors are associated with myasthenia gravis.
Problems from the procedure are rare, but all procedures have some risk. Your doctor will review potential problems, like:
Before your procedure, talk to your doctor about ways to manage factors that may increase your risk of complications such as:
General anesthesia will be given—you will be asleep during the procedure
There are 3 common methods:
You will be taken to a recovery room and monitored for any complications.
About 1-3 hours
Anesthesia will prevent pain during surgery. Pain and discomfort after the procedure can be managed with medications.
The usual length of stay is 1-3 days. Your doctor may choose to keep you longer if complications arise.
You will be given fluids and medication through an IV. You will be instructed to practice deep breathing, coughing, and frequent turning. Nurses will measure your muscle strength and breathing ability to determine the effectiveness of the surgery.
During your stay, the hospital staff will take steps to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
There are also steps you can take to reduce your chance of infection, such as:
The recovery time varies from person to person, depending on the surgical approach. It may take as little as 1-2 weeks or as long as three months before you can return to work or school. Follow instructions on wound care to prevent infection. Your doctor may advise medications to ease discomfort.
If the surgery was done for myasthenia gravis:
It is important for you to monitor your recovery after you leave the hospital. Alert your doctor to any problems right away. If any of the following occur, call your doctor:
If you think you have an emergency, call for medical help right away.
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General information about thymoma and thymic cancers. National Cancer Institute. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/thymoma/patient. Updated March 22, 2013. Accessed May 22, 2013.
Myasthenia gravis fact sheet. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke website. Available at: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/myasthenia_gravis/detail_myasthenia_gravis.htm#84053153. Updated December 4, 2012. Accessed May 22, 2013.
Shrager JB. Extended transcervical thymectomy: the ultimate minimally invasive approach. Ann Thorac Surg. 2010;89(6):S2128-2134.
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The Mountain View City Council has postponed a vote on a proposal to redevelop nearly 10 acres of the San Antonio Shopping Center.
In reaching the unanimous decision early Wednesday morning, council members said they wanted to wait until they receive a draft of a precise plan for the shopping center. Next week, the council is set to provide final input for a draft, which should be ready for review later this year.
The council also asked Merlone Geier Partners to consider swapping in housing for some of the office space in its proposal, the second phase of a project to overhaul the shopping center.
The proposal for 9.9 acres at 405 San Antonio Road calls for 360,000 square feet of office space; 107,835 square feet of commercial, retail and restaurant space; a 49,750-square-foot cinema; a 167-room hotel; a 25,000-square-foot plaza; and a parking structure with 1,400 spaces.
The council's decision came amid numerous calls from the public to address the city's jobs-housing imbalance.
"Mountain View is experiencing a new reality," Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View organizer Lenny Siegel said. "Part of that new reality is the explosive employment growth that is the envy of the world. But it's also threatening to destroy the fabric of our community."
Siegel and others said office space in Merlone Geier's proposal should be replaced with housing. The campaign had vowed to pursue a ballot referendum if the council approved the proposal ahead of the precise plan.
"Communities are being broken up by this jobs-housing imbalance," said Edie Keating, a resident of south Palo Alto. "It affects everyone, whether you're a homeowner or a renter."
The concern over housing appeared to surprise council members, who said it wasn't on the wish list when Merlone Geier first asked for input on what the second phase should include. But they were willing to explore the possibility after hearing from more than 45 members of the public.
"I've never been opposed to more housing here, and now that the community seems to be supportive of housing, I say, well, maybe we should consider that," Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga said.
Councilman Michael Kasperzak wasn't convinced that housing needed to be rolled into phase two. As part of phase one, Merlone Geier built 330 apartments, he said, and other housing projects are in the works nearby.
"Phase two is part of one big Merlone Geier project and I really see this as a major mixed-use project with the grocery store, the housing, the retail, the office," Kasperzak said. "It's an integrated development."
Councilman Jac Siegel was skeptical that adding housing would make a dent in the jobs-housing imbalance."I don't really believe that we can solve the jobs-housing imbalance in Mountain View, but we can change the trend," he said. "That is to say, we really need to build more housing and less office space."
Mayor Chris Clark urged members of the public who spoke Tuesday to throw their support behind future housing projects.
"Folks don't show up like this when we try and build housing," Clark said. "I hope that this isn't just a single project that folks turn out for, that if you really believe we need to solve the jobs-housing imbalance that you show up when we try to build housing in addition to this."
Councilman John Inks did not participate in the decision because he owns real estate in the area.
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Cherrie Burdeshaw bought a house to help women getting out of jail 12 years ago.
Now, she's running a successful nonprofit, long-term rehabilitation facility she calls a Christian discipleship program. She's never held a single fundraiser, and it hasn't cost taxpayers a dime.
Augusta leaders and even some judges want to know her secret. She has the one and only Potter's House, but she's helping them get the second in Augusta.
In this special assignment, News 12's Meredith Anderson got a special look inside the Potter's House in Milner, Ga. These stories are about the people she met inside -- and how the Potter's House has changed their lives.
MILNER, Ga. -- The Department of Justice estimates as many as 58 percent of women who are arrested will go back to jail within three years of their release.
It makes you wonder if our justice system is working. One woman who's been in and out of jail dozens of times believes it isn't, but she says the problem isn't what happens behind bars. Instead, she says it's what happens when you get out.
However, after years of arrests and rearrests, she says she's found the answer. It's called the Potter's House, and there's only one like it in the entire country.
"I don't have a clue who that is," laughed Lisa Hensley as she held up a mugshot of a person who looks nothing like her. The woman in the photo's dark eyes and emotionless expression are a sharp contrast to Hensley's energy and smile, but the woman in that picture is, in fact, Hensley.
Then again, the woman in that mugshot isn't Hensley at all. At least, it isn't who she is anymore.
"I never felt normal," she said. "I never felt like I had this banner off my head that said 'crack-headed prostitute, left your child, unclean, untouchable.'"
The abuse lasted until she was 14.
She never told anyone.
"I got interested in drinking. Marijuana. Cocaine. Anything to numb. Anything to make me just not feel."
At just 16 years old, Hensley became a mom but couldn't give up the drugs.
"I had gotten my son out of his bed and put him in the back of a car to get a hit, and I remember thinking, 'What am I doing? What in the world am I doing?'"
To read more of Lisa's story, click here.
MILNER, Ga. -- Every 19 seconds, the FBI estimates someone is arrested for a drug crime. About a third are women, and chances are good that once they're released, they'll end up behind bars again. This life is destroying lives and families, but now there might be some hope coming to our area.
It's called the Potter's House. For years, it's been quietly saving lives two and a half hours away, but soon, it could open its doors here.
Ryan, 25, had all but given up on life before she got to the Potter's House, "like maybe my heart was like a clay pot that had been busted. And shattered. And it just seems like every day another piece gets put back together."
Ryan started falling apart before she was even in high school.
"When I was about 13, I started smoking weed, because you know, peer pressure. That's what a lot of kids are trying these days. And they say weed is like a gateway drug, and it is."
It introduced her to other drugs, but it also numbed the pain of her past, starting with her mother.
"I never knew nothing about her, didn't know her name. Didn't know anything," she said.
All Ryan knows is she was a prostitute who took off when Ryan was only 1 year old.
Then came the abuse.
Ryan says she was sexually molested until the time she was 7 years old. She says she remembers everything. She also claims a guy she dated when she was 16 beat her.
Tears stream down her face as she admits, "I allowed that to happen because I felt like I wasn't worth more than that."
As he hit her, she was thinking about her next drug hit. She needed to numb the pain.
"I just kind of gave up. I kind of said, well, I felt like nobody ever cared," she said.
That night, Ryan lit a candle, went to her grandfather's grave and surrendered.
"And I said, Papa, tonight, I'm fighting this battle, and I said you were a veteran of war and honored by many, and I'm fighting this battle tonight."
And the next day, Mrs. Cherrie called me from the Potter's House."
To read more of Ryan's story, click here.
MILNER, Ga. -- A drug addiction hurts more than just the person using. Often times, there are little victims.
Experts believe 80 to 90 percent of foster care placements have something to do with drug or alcohol abuse. That leaves mothers facing two battles: They fight to beat their addiction, and they fight to get their kids back. There's not a lot of help for mothers like this in our area, but soon, there could be.
They're my world, " beamed Casey Vanhouten as she held up pictures of her two sons.
She laughed as she pointed to her youngest son, explaining why his hair obvious isn't his natural color.
"This was the night before his 10th birthday, and he said, 'Mom, I want green hair.' I said, 'If you want green hair, it's green hair you got.' His grandmother almost had a fit."
Now his grandmother, and not his mother, is the one raising them.
"When the DFCS lady showed up, I had been awake for three or four days."
To read more of Casey's story, click here.
MILNER, Ga. -- This house knows hopelessness, but it also knows hope.
Linda will be your guide. We begin in her room, the house mom's room. Linda graduated from the Potter's House last August but stayed on to help other women like her.
"I have three grown girls, so I'm used to women," she said.
It's beautifully decorated and immaculate. It's also the most private room in the house. All the other rooms have multiple beds. This is the only bedroom with just one.
Linda's job as house mother is a busy one. More than a dozen women living under one roof takes some serious organization, and Linda handles all the logistics. For example, five women share one bathroom.
"You can only take 10-minute showers, so that's how we do it," Linda explained.
The house is usually full, and there always seems to be a waiting list. To come to the Potter's House, you first fill out an application and then have an interview. When invited to come live here, you make a seven-month commitment to change your life. The cost? Free.
To read more of Linda's story, click here.
MILNER, Ga. -- More than half of those arrested will be arrested again. Some are arrested a third, fourth, even fifth time. It's a problem that doesn't just overwhelm the jails and the courts. It overwhelms families, rips them apart and destroys lives.
It was born in a barn years ago, thanks to some wild kittens and a little girl who refused to give up on them, even when it hurt. Cherrie Burdeshaw remembers devising the plan that she believes planted the Potter's House seed. She would sit far away from the barn and throw food. The hungry kittens were happy to get it.
Each day, she would make sure the food landed closer and closer to her until eventually the kittens were close enough for her to grab. She says she'd hold them for hours, comforting them and petting them. After that, they were tame.
"Later on, the Lord showed me, I was training you from the time you were a child because you're going to get some women who are going to kick and are going to bite, and they are going to scratch," she said. "They're not going to want what you're trying to give them."
And all Cherrie is trying to give them is another chance at life.
For years, she's opened her doors to women who feel like the rest of the world has slammed one in their face. Drug addicts. Prostitutes. Criminals. She doesn't see them for what they've done.
She sees them for who they are.
To read more of Cherrie's story, click here.
Getting Closer to a Second Potter's House
Earlier this month, the woman behind the 7-month program some call a miracle opened her doors to News 12. It's the first time cameras have ever been inside, but soon, there might be another first.
Our area is now one step closer to having the second Potter's House, but it can't happen without your help.
"Lord, I am on the news, and it's not for being wanted?" Lisa Hensley can barely get those words out without laughing, but the reason for her trip to Augusta is very serious.
As she chuckles, you can see her spunk. Lisa has a lot of life in her for someone who says she wasn't alive for years.
"I was dead as far as most people were concerned, but here I sit," she said.
Lisa is sitting on the back sun room in a home in Evans, two and a half hours away from the Potter's House. It's also a world away from the person she used to be: a drug addict and a prostitute. Five years later, Lisa is returning to spread her light in a dark part of her own past.
We first introduced you to Lisa when News 12 traveled to Milner, Ga., but Lisa's story is scattered all over the country. She has more than 30 arrests on her record. Most of those are felonies.
"I ended up in Augusta, Ga., believe it or not, from Arkansas, " Lisa said. "That's where I did my first piece of crack -- Augusta, Ga. I will never forget that, all the days that I live."
For years, crack kept her behind bars.
"It's really sad when you see your release date coming and think, 'I don't want to go because I know what's going to happen to me when I leave here.' No one teaches us how to walk it."
It was only after Lisa crawled through the doors of the Potter's House that she learned to stand again. Cherrie Burdeshaw taught her and hundreds others how to put one foot in front of the other.
This is the Rebekah House. It is for those girls who have graduated from the Potter's House and want to stay for another five months or longer, depending on what they need. This is half a mile from the Potter's House.
This is the second house that was bought for the Potter's House. It had about 3,200 square feet. They were in this house from 2004 to 2007.
This is the Hannah House. It is the home where those who have graduated from the program and want to remain a part of the ministry live. Three of the ministry live in this house. It is 1 mile from the Potter's House.


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Definition of sting in English:
1A small sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of bees, wasps, ants, and scorpions, capable of inflicting a painful or dangerous wound by injecting poison.
Example sentences
- The poor fellow has neither the tusks of the elephant, nor the claws of the lion, nor even the horns or pointed teeth or stings and poison glands.
- It had a man's face with 3 rows of extremely sharp teeth in each jaw, a lion's body and a long tail with a sting like a scorpion's.
- She found the poison sting still in his body and from the odour, she knew that he had come to the child in the form of a scorpion.
1.1Any of a number of minute hairs or other organs of plants, jellyfishes, etc., that inject a poisonous or irritating fluid when touched.
Example sentences
- A new cream, which prevents the jellyfish from firing their stings when touched, recently became available - just in time for the seasonal invasion of millions of small, purple jellyfish.
- So they add defences - thistles have prickles and tough leaves, nettles have stings, other plants have toxins.
- I began to bleed at impact and quickly drew my finger away from the sting of the sharp plant.
1.2A wound from the sting of an insect or plant: a wasp or bee sting
More example sentences
- Most scorpion stings are merely painful, leading to swelling in the immediate region of the sting, but some scorpions of northern Africa and the American southwest can be deadly.
- What the books often don't tell you is that there are another set of spikes on the side of the gill plates, which can also inflict a painful sting.
- Although scorpion stings can be devastatingly painful, they are not usually lethal to humans.
prick, wound, injury, puncture
1.3A sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation: I felt the sting of the cold, bitter air
More example sentences
- Before any of the women could speak, Gale felt the sting of something sharp, and willed herself not to look at the doctor's work.
- He crushed the tracking device in his hand, ignoring the sting of sharp metal on his palm.
- The only sensation is the sting of the wind, cold and laced with salt.
smart, pricking;
pain, soreness, hurt, irritation
1.4 [in singular] A hurtful quality or effect: she smiled to take the sting out of her words
More example sentences
- But speaking out regularly in a structured environment will take the sting out of shyness on the social scene.
- Let all those who dare to cross you feel the power of your cannons, the bite of rapier, and the sting of your razor sharp wit.
- In 1996, Kentucky was smarting from the sting of its regional final collapse against North Carolina the previous season.
heartache, heartbreak, agony, torture, torment, hurt, pain, anguish
sharpness, severity, bite, edge, pointedness, asperity;
sarcasm, acrimony, malice, spite, venom
2 informal A carefully planned operation, typically one involving deception: five blackmailers were jailed last week after they were snared in a police sting
More example sentences
- Swindon's Operation Delta burglary squad has been working closely with the Metropolitan Police on an undercover sting operation.
- It was the FBI doing a sting on a State Police officer.
- The 12 men were arrested on Wednesday in a sting operation as police and army officials sought to crack down on illegal quarrying.
swindle, fraud, deception;
trickery, sharp practice
informal rip-off, con, fiddle, bunco
verb (past and past participle stung /stəNG/)
1 [with object] Wound or pierce with a sting: he was stung by a jellyfish [no object]: a nettle stings if you brush it lightly
More example sentences
- My bare legs were instantly stung by nettles, and a swarm of wasps gathered around the fake flower-reeds I had to drape myself in to become Titania.
- Hopefully we won't be maimed by saltwater crocodiles, eaten by sharks, or stung by poisonous jellyfish.
- One evening we labored, stung by nettles and mosquitoes, to set up Sewell's camera blind on Otter Pond in the great marsh.
prick, wound, bite;
2Feel or cause to feel a sharp tingling or burning pain or sensation: [no object]: her eyes stung [with object]: the brandy stung his throat (as adjective stinging) a stinging pain
More example sentences
- A sharp pain stung his neck, and he lifted a hand to explore the area, grimly satisfied when he found a small dart, about as long as a joint of his index finger.
- A sharp burning sensation stung just below his shoulder, thrusting his slim frame forward in the saddle.
- The cuts stung with burning pain, and I was tempted to stop, but I couldn't.
smart, burn, hurt, be irritated, be sore
2.1 [with object] (Typically of something said) hurt or upset (someone): stung by her mockery, Frank hung his head
More example sentences
- The words hurt, stinging me because there was some truth to them.
- Finally announcing pricing details for its broadband satellite service, BTopenworld has stung Internet users just where it hurts the most.
- Her words were meant to sting and hurt, to make him feel equally as bad as he had made her now feel.
upset, wound, cut to the quick, sear, grieve, hurt, pain, torment, mortify
2.2 (sting someone into) Provoke someone to do (something) by causing annoyance or offense: he was stung into action by an article in the paper
More example sentences
- This score stung St. Forcherns into action and from the kick-out the ball reached Ailish who took on the MLR backline and crashed home a good goal to give her side a two point advantage.
- The meeting came after the Selby Labour MP stung her into action by in effect accusing her of preparing to give Yorkshire miners even worse treatment than Lady Thatcher had meted out.
- That score stung Edinburgh into raising the pace once more and they briefly rediscovered the all-action style that had been so evident during the first half, earning a penalty which Laney converted to narrow the gap to a single point.
provoke, goad, incite, spur, prick, prod, rouse, drive, galvanize
3 [with object] informal Swindle or exorbitantly overcharge (someone): an elaborate fraud that stung a bank for thousands
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- If we add it all up, we find that the taxpayer could be stung for up to $44 million, and that is without looking at possible appeals.
- So if you sold the rental property within the first 3 years you could benefit from the rental income, and then sell without being stung for CGT.
- Otherwise, you may be stung for as much as a fiver.
swindle, defraud, cheat, fleece, gull
informal rip off, screw, shaft, bilk, do, rook, diddle, take for a ride, chisel, gouge
sting in the tail
- An unexpected, typically unpleasant or problematic end to something: the Budget comes with a sting in the tail—future tax increasesMore example sentences
- But there could be a sting in the tail, with the unexpected surge in jobs putting another interest rate hike back on the RBA's agenda.
- While he extended the current venture capital trust schemes, research and development tax credits and capital allowances, there was a surprise sting in the tail for those running some of Britain's smallest enterprises.
- If the benchmarking body does not deliver parity of pay, then we will deliver the sting in the tail.
stingingly adverb
- Example sentences
- The pride in insularity, the lip service paid to children and spouses, the hypocrisies soothed by a Sunday church service, the celebration of the auto, and the shallow dismissal of politics couldn't be more stingingly apt then or now.
- In their bitter recriminations Lear, Gloucester and Edgar are vindicating Lear's Fool, who has been stingingly indicting his master's folly and society's hypocrisies from the play's first scene.
- What is clear is that the old guard had little time for him, and he stingingly concludes by pointing out that his own Test average with the bat is almost identical to that of his captain's.
- Example sentences
- He leads us to the log hives of stingless black bees, which produce Chardonnay-colored honey - a highlight of the Maya diet that is harvested only during full-moon ceremonies.
- Although Panama's native bees - mostly small, stingless varieties - helped coffee growers a little, he says their virtual replacement by Africanized bees has begun stabilizing coffee yields in the country at near-optimal levels.
- We are testing several species of tiny, stingless wasps, the sharpshooters' natural enemies, to see whether they can quash expanding sharpshooter populations.
Old English sting (noun), stingan (verb), of Germanic origin.
Words that rhyme with stingBeijing, bing, bring, Chungking, cling, ding, dingaling, fling, I Ching, king, Kunming, ling, Ming, Nanjing, Peking, ping, ring, sing, Singh, sling, spring, string, swing, Synge, thing, ting, wing, wring, Xining, zing
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New article on hearths and hearth extensionsJuly 1st, 2009
Inspectors who wish to inspect fireplaces should know how large the hearth and hearth extensions need to be. Feel free to read our new article on hearths and hearth extensions to find some specifics about inspecting these fireplace components. Important IRC code can be found there too.
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News 12 at 6 o'clock / Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012
AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Soldiers often spend years in war zones defending our country, but coming back home to a stable environment can be extremely difficult. That's where Oktoberfest can help.
"When you've been in a deployment where there's combat, it's a combat environment, it is a different world," said Fort Gordon Commanding General, Maj. Gen. LaWarren Patterson.
Deployed soldiers endure a world of stress, adrenaline and danger that can make coming home to a settled environment incredibly hard.
"When you're in a war zone, you're on an adrenaline rush for months on end, and it's dangerous if you don't come back and transition yourself back to a normal state," said Director of Family Morale, Welfare and Recreation James Green.
What better way to integrate back into the community than to bring the community to the soldiers?
Add beer, schnitzel and rides, and you've got a recipe for re-integration.
"Having these type of events here getting them out of their units, out of their barracks, gets them back integrated," Green said.
"The atmosphere of, for lack of a better word, frivolity, the carnival atmosphere, I mean, it brings out joy, it brings out fun, it brings out love," Patterson explains. "It allows you to put yourself for a moment, a day or two, in an environment that you can enjoy without the stresses of work and the demands of the military lifestyle."
While deploying and leaving your family is hard, Staff Sgt. Christy Eichelberger admits coming back home to your loved ones can present challenges, too.
"The bonding with your family, especially if you have small children at the house. You know, trying to get to know them again, trying to get used to knowing you. So when you come out and have a good time with your family, you can build that bond again with them," Eichelberger said.
"It's just a perfect atmosphere to be amongst and around those who you share a commonality with, a professional love with, and a family love with and a community love with," Patterson said.
But perhaps the greatest value of Oktoberfest is when a civilian goes out of his way to say thank you.
"That's the best medicine they could ever receive," Green said.
"We get civilians come to say thank you all the time, and it just brings such an emotional joy to us when they come and see the hard work that we're doing just to fight for this country," Eichelberger said.
Green says the increased number of soldier accidents and deaths after they come back home is why the Army is placing such a focus on transitioning soldiers back into daily life.


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11 Things That Mean More to Men Than "I Love You"
Big acts of charity like donating money, volunteering or helping someone in danger are all important ways you can better the lives of others. But sometimes all it takes is a simple gesture to improve another person's day. Read on for seven ways you can make someone's day just a little brighter.
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WASHINGTON (November 28, 2012)--The White House says President Barack Obama will meet privately Thursday with his former rival Mitt Romney in what will be their first face-to-face encounter since the election.
Mr. Obama promised in his victory speech on Nov. 6 to engage with Romney and consider his ideas.
The meeting comes as Mr. Obama and congressional Republicans negotiate a way out of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that have come to be known as the fiscal cliff.
Mr. Obama and Romney differed sharply during the campaign on how revive the economy.
Mr. Obama called for higher taxes on the rich while Romney called for lower taxes on all.
The White House says the two men will meet in the White House's private dining room.
There will be no press coverage.
In the days after his loss, Romney told top donors that the president was re-elected because of the "gifts" Mr. Obama had provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters.
Many Republican officials, eager to move on quickly after the loss, disputed Romney's comments and urged the party to focus on being more inclusive.
While he's in Washington, according to a former campaign aide, Romney will also meet with former running mate Paul Ryan who's back on Capitol Hill, involved in negotiations to avert the automatic spending cuts and tax increases set to take effect in January.


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Man Pours Gas on Boy After He Is Caught Siphoning It, Police Say
Published: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8:58 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 8:58 a.m.
TARPON SPRINGS | A man who was trying to siphon fuel from a parked car early Friday morning is facing a child abuse charge after he poured some of the stolen gasoline on a child's head, according to Tarpon Springs police.
Kirk Wayne Ludlow, Jr., was trying to siphon the fuel from a car into two gasoline cans when the juvenile caught him just before 1:30 a.m., according to an arrest report. The juvenile, whose age and identity were excluded from the report, tried to grab the cans and a fight ensued, police said.
Ludlow, 42, knocked the juvenile to the ground and then poured the gasoline, police said. The juvenile was taken to the emergency room at Florida Hospital North Pinellas, where officers were later called to investigate.
The juvenile told police that Ludlow, who runs a small auto repair shop, uses his customer's cars to purchase crack cocaine, according to the report.
Officers later arrested Ludlow, who denied the allegations, at his Tarpon Springs home, police said.
Officers also found two crack pipes on a bedroom dresser in Ludlow's home, police said. He faces drug charges in addition to the child abuse charge.
Ludlow was booked in the Pinellas County Jail and held on $12,150 bail.
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Norman 1
Words that rhyme with NormanBormann, doorman, doormen, foreman, foremen, Mormon, storeman, storemen
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- In the 12th century the Normans from Sicily held some towns, until the Almohads expelled them.
- Europe was dominated under the power of the Normans.
- In the south, the Lombards claimed sovereignty, where they established a separate government, until they were replaced by the Normans in the eleventh century.
- No-one is quite sure how many motte and bailey castles were built in England by the Normans.
- After early invasions comes the Norman Conquest (the Normans soon found that the France they left became alien, and so they became rooted in England).
- As for the new conquerors and settlers, unlike the Normans in England, they did not succeed in appropriating the native past, and, as far as we know, made no attempt to do so.
- Instead, he gave Dermot permission to recruit mercenaries from among his Norman knights.
- The lands were held before the Norman invasion by Edwin, earl of Mercia, who seems to have retained them until 1068 when he rose in revolt.
- The main consequence for London of the Norman invasion was the construction by William I of the White Tower in what is now the Tower of London.
- In the mid-C11 Edward the Confessor began to rebuild it in the Norman style, but this project was incomplete at his death in 1065.
- Windsor castle was founded by William the Conqueror, who adopted the typical Norman design of motte and bailey, and was first used as a royal residence by Henry I.
- In 1067-8 an impressive Norman castle was built on the hilltop east of the River Ouse.
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- When Atkins won the much coveted contract for the design of Songjiang, it was Sylvester whom they commissioned to design the city's focal point, the Normanesque castle-cum-art-gallery, traditional in theme, contemporary in feel.
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- The Conqueror - backed by the pope - purged and Normanized the Church and imposed a systematic pyramid of feudal obligation, from Cornwall to the Tyne.
- He and his advisers continued to implement David I's Normanizing policies, despite mounting native opposition led by Fergus of Galloway and Somerled of Argyll.
- These anti-democratic sentiments drew little response in the early career of the Normanized South, since they seemed aimed primarily at the Northern 'rabble.'
Middle English: from Old French Normans, plural of Normant, from Old Norse Northmathr 'Northman'.
The Normans who invaded England in 1066 were not simply Frenchmen. They were a people of mixed Germanic and Scandinavian origin who settled in Normandy from about ad 910 under their chief Rollo, and became dominant in western Europe and the Mediterranean. Their name is a form of Northman, which was first used in Old English in reference to Scandinavians, especially Norwegians (the related form Norseman (early 19th century) comes from the Dutch word for 'north'). The form Norman was in use by the 13th century, by which time it referred specifically to the people from Normandy.
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A book launch gone wrong Jul 07 2011
Author Alex Shakar shares the story of the sale of his first book. It went for low-to-mid six figures to a great editor, the marketing was tight, reviews were rave, and then...well, I won't spoil it for you.
I would have felt blessed to work with any of editors I'd met that week, but Robert was my first choice, and Bill's as well. Robert, though, left nothing to chance. He was the highest bidder at auction, consenting to be turned upside-down and shaken for change. At day's end, after Bill told me the final figure on the phone, I wandered numb out of the special ed teacher's apartment and up St. Marks to the subway. I was having dinner with two of my closest friends from college, also aspiring writers, one of whom had been gifted by a grandparent a coupon good for two free entrees at a Ruth's Chris steakhouse, our plan being to split the cost of the third. I couldn't bring myself to tell them how much money I'd just made. I said it was a lot. Then I kind of laughed. Then I said it was a whole lot. There was an uncomfortable silence as we all realized I wasn't going to get more specific.
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From iPad to launch pad: Consumer technologies in defense contractingDec. 06, 2011
Need helicopter back-up during a firefight in Afghanistan? There's an app for that.
No, seriously. In September, U.S. Marine Corps pilots started testing iPads to coordinate close-air missions, cutting the time required to pinpoint troop and enemy locations from minutes to seconds. According to the Los Angeles Times, iPads, iPhones and other consumer devices could soon become as common on the battlefield as "helmets, canteens and rifles."
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- Foothill 31, Las Lomas 6
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STOCKTON -- With a national audience watching, the De La Salle High football team played its best game of the season.
The Spartans rolled past host St. Mary's-Stockton 40-13 on Friday in a game televised by ESPNU. The result came just a week after De La Salle (3-0) put its legendary unbeaten streak against Northern California competition in jeopardy in a narrow win over Serra-San Mateo.
"We were a soulless, gutless team last week, to be honest, and in a lot of ways the week before, too," De La Salle coach Justin Alumbaugh said.
"The reason why is we didn't practice well and we weren't coming together as a team. Serra woke us up and made our guys realize we're only as good as we practice.
"We have a lot of potential, but if we don't practice well, we can be taken down by any of the teams that we're playing on our schedule."
The Spartans brought the intensity early against the Rams (2-1).
John Velasco scored on a 6-yard run on De La Salle's opening drive, and Jerek Rosales had three interceptions in the second quarter, helping the Spartans (3-0) cruise to a 26-0 halftime lead and run its unbeaten streak to 239 games.
Velasco rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns. Sophomore Antoine Custer added 117 yards on the ground and had one touchdown rushing and one receiving.
"Everyone was shouting, everyone was having a good time, and we played better because of it," team captain Sumner Houston said.
De La Salle quarterback Chris Williams attempted just one pass in the first half, but it went to Marquis Morris, a state champion in the hurdles, for a 60-yard touchdown that gave the Spartans a 14-0 lead in the second quarter.
Rosales' first pick came on St. Mary's best scoring chance. He caught the ball on his own 7-yard line and returned it for a score. His second interception set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Velasco.
Though De La Salle lost three fumbles and had a pass intercepted, it didn't let St. Mary's into the end zone until eight minutes remained the game.
On paper, this game looked to be a potential upset. St. Mary's gave De La Salle one of its toughest games of 2012 before losing 21-13. The Rams also beat defending Division IV state champion Central Catholic-Modesto last week.
In its first two games, De La Salle wasn't the dominant machine that many have come to expect.
The defense struggled at times to hold down Clayton Valley Charter in DLS's season opener, and the offense was out of sync last week when the Spartans squeaked by Serra in San Mateo.


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SAN JOSE -- Consumers across the Bay Area are trying to wring one last gift from their iPhones: a little bit of cash.
With rumors swirling that Apple will soon release a new iPhone or two, some users are racing to sell theirs before the latest device hits shelves, tanking the value of older models. The electronics trade-in business picks up around the holiday season and other companies' product launches, said Alyssa Voorhis, a senior tech analyst at Gazelle, which buys used electronics online. But nothing matches the traffic triggered by whispers of a new iPhone.
"The level of hype really impacts trade-in volume," Voorhis said. "It's astonishing."
Analysts roundly predict that Apple will debut new iPhones with larger screens at an event Tuesday at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino. Apple steadfastly refuses to confirm or deny the rumors, but that doesn't seem to have fazed consumers. Over the past month, Gazelle has seen a 157 percent increase in iPhone trade-ins. EcoATM, a San Diego-based company that operates kiosks where consumers can trade their phones for cash on the spot, said traffic at its locations in San Jose shot up 141 percent last week.
eBay is promising users $100 coupons if their phones don't sell by Oct. 24. Amazon is also touting its trade-in program, where the iPhone 5S, released last year, was fetching up to $400 this week, according to the company.
But prices across the resale marketplace are falling steadily, giving some consumers a sense of urgency. The value of older iPhone models typically falls 20 percent over the month before and after a product launch, Voorhis said.
Devices that cannot run iOS 8, the latest version of iPhone software, will absorb a bigger blow, said EcoATM Chief Marketing Officer Mark Bowles. But many consumers are willing to take in vintage phones, he said, noting that one device -- an iPhone 3GS -- has now passed through the company's kiosks three times.
"There are iPhone enthusiasts in the Bay Area who would never be caught dead with a last-generation iPhone," Bowles said. "Most of the world is not like that."
Lindsey Datta, who works in human resources for McKesson, plans to deposit her iPhone 4S at an ecoATM kiosk early next week to recoup as much as possible. She'll probably have to go without a phone for at least a few days until the rumored iPhone arrives in stores, but it's a sacrifice she's willing to make.
Datta, a 33-year-old San Francisco resident, said she was tempted to buy a new phone with a sharper camera before her 3-month-old son arrived. But a friend who works at Apple advised her to hold off.
"Without giving us insider information, our friend was like, 'You might want to wait,' " she said.
To avoid leaving users off the grid, Gazelle is letting consumers lock in the price of their phone until Oct. 9.
"We don't advocate for people to live without a phone," Voorhis said. "I couldn't do it myself."
Brandon Foreman, a 20-year-old product specialist at Tesla who lives in Cupertino, is familiar with the resale market dynamics, having scrambled to unload his old Xbox before that product was refreshed. Now he's trying to sell his iPhone 4 in time.
"I'm pretty much trying to get rid of the old phone to pay bills and stuff," he said.
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"Homeland" launched its third season on Showtime tonight, but where the heck is Brody?
Fifty-eight days after America's "Second 9/11," the POW-turned-suspected-bomber still hasn't been apprehended. The CIA has no idea where he might be and neither do we. Throughout this first episode, "Tin Man Is Down," there's no trace of him. We don't even get a quick teaser shot of Brody lurking in the shadows somewhere. For all we know, he could be throwing down mai-tais in the Bahamas.
Next week it will be the same thing. We've already screened the second episode and there's no Brody in that one either.
Can this show hold our attention without Brody's (Damian Lewis) commanding presence. We'll see.
Initially, I was perplexed by the producers' decision not to include the character in these early episodes. Was it a creative move, or a logistical/contractural one? Why couldn't they at least film some quick scenes of him on the run?
But as the episode unfolded, I grew more supportive of the set-up from a writer's point of view. By leaving Brody off screen, they've lined us up with Carrie (Claire Danes) and Saul (Mandy Patinkin), which is to say we're completely in the dark just like them. And just like them, our minds are abuzz with questions: Where is he? What is up to? The sense of frustration and futility heightens -- along with the mystery.
Meanwhile, we're left to deal with the horrendous fallout from the Langley bombing. The death toll is 219, including former agency chief David Estes. Saul is now in charge -- but of what? Post-bombing reconstruction has yet to proceed at Langley and there is even talk that the agency might be shut down. After all, how can the CIA be expected to protect the country when it can't even protect itself?
All the while, a rather hostile Senate Intelligence Committee inquiry is under way and its leader -- Senator Andrew Lockhart -- clearly wants heads to roll. His target for now is Carrie, who is off her meds and whose testimony is doing her no favors. It certainly doesn't help her cause that she professes her belief in Brody's innocence when he's Public Enemy No. 1.
Lockhart is particularly interested in the 14-hour time span immediately following the bombing. Carrie has claimed that she was knocked unconscious in the restroom, but there are witnesses who claim they saw her leaving the scene with Brody (And we know she helped him flee to Canada).
"You have done great harm to your country," the bombastic Lockhart snarls.
But the real bombshell comes when Saul arrives for questioning -- immediately after six terrorists believed connected to the bombing are taken down in a high-risk counter strike that he OK'd. A newspaper story has already leaked the fact that an unnamed female CIA operative had an affair with Brody.
And Saul does nothing to discredit the story. In the public hearing, the man who was Carrie's mentor -- her most loyal backer -- tells Lockhart that this unnamed agent has had a history of "erratic" behavior, that she concealed the fact that she was bipolar for more than 10 years, and that, yes, she was sleeping with Brody.
As she watches all of this go down on her television, Carrie is devastated -- a picture of utter disbelief and heartbreak.
Some random observations:
-- After a season in which "Homeland" was slammed by many fans and critics for some cartoonish plot twists, this episode was a welcome change of pace. More grounded. More contemplative. We'll see how long that lasts.
-- Claire Danes is already well on her way toward another Emmy nomination. No one does gut wrenching anger and betrayal and anguish quite like her.
-- Talk about a whiplash-inducing change of direction. We spent most of Season 1 watching Carrie trying to prove that Brody was a terrorist. Looks like she'll spend much of this season trying to prove that he's not.
-- Love F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal, Saul's adviser. So creepy. So mysterious. What does this guy have up his sleeve?
-- I appreciate the fact that "Homeland" isn't giving short shrift to the tumult being experienced by Brody's family in the wake of his going on the lam and Dana's suicide attempt. Nice work by Morgan Saylor and all the actors. You feel their pain and sense of abandonment.
-- Dana has a boyfriend. Uh oh. The last time that happened, it didn't go so well.
-- So, Saul's wife is back, but things are still awkward. Apparently, he's not in the mood for sex.
What did you think of the episode, "Homeland" fans? Did you miss Brody? Or do you feel the show is off to a good start without him? And what do you think Saul's end game is with his damaging testimony?
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Maine restaurant to serve up $40K cocktail
Published: Monday, April 15, 2013 at 10:59 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 15, 2013 at 10:59 a.m.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An upscale Maine restaurant is offering the ultimate cocktail at the ultimate price.
Beginning June 1, The White Barn Inn in Kennebunk will start selling the Ruby Rose cocktail, a concoction with a 4-carat ruby and a $40,000 price tag.
Matthew Swinford, the maître d'hotel, tells the Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/10WwYzQ ) that the inn is marking its 40th anniversary, and ruby is the gemstone for a 40th wedding anniversary. Swinford says for certain guests, price isn't an issue — it's the experience that counts.
Besides the ruby, the drink is made with Hangar 1 Vodka, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice, pomegranate and a spoonful of rosewater. For those who want the drink without a precious stone, it'll cost $18.
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I saw this article on the team page at nfl.com. This is of course a topic that has really been talked about a lot this off season but there were some surprising facts thrown in that might be of interest to some fans. I especially liked the one about Mr. [not quite as accurate as Kordell Stewart]'s team leading the league in RZ scoring.
Pittsburgh Steelers could use red-zone makeover
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- Published: July 8, 2012 at 08:28 p.m.
- Updated: July 9, 2012 at 02:14 p.m.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have great tools on offense. It's the execution that wasn't always stellar in 2011.
In an NFL season defined by explosive offensive production, the Steelers were merely adequate, averaging 20.3 points per game (21st in the league) and scoring more than 30 points on just three occasions.
This can be explained, at least partly, by struggles in the red zone. As Jamison Hensley at ESPN's AFC North blog points out, Pittsburgh ranked 18th in red-zone efficiency last season. The Steelers recorded 27 touchdowns on 53 red-zone possessions, a 50.9 percent success rate. With talented players like Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, Mike Wallace and Rashard Mendenhall, that wasn't nearly good enough.
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Improved play from Roethlisberger inside the 20 would help. Last season, the quarterback's completion percentage dropped nearly 15 percentage points once he got inside the 20 (64.7 to 50). Roethlisberger was sacked 22 times in the red zone, second-most in the NFL. The Steelers are counting on a revamped offensive line to help matters in this department.
It's worth noting some oddities in the above statistics as well. The Jets -- 8-8 last season and nobody's example of an offense to envy -- led the league in red-zone efficiency at 65.5 percent. And the man who took the most red-zone sacks in 2011? Aaron Rodgers, who might have produced the greatest season ever for a quarterback.
What does it mean? We're not entirely sure, but perhaps new Steelers offensive coordinator Todd Haley has a theory of his own. We know he won't be afraid to share it.
----Usually, I have been ragging on that site, but I must admit that the Steeler team pages are really loaded with a compilation of informative articles. Plus the site now seems to have added dozens of newer writers and it is not such a bad idea to see how some outsiders view the home club.


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SAN FRANCISCO -- He's not the same pitcher he once was, but Tim Lincecum continued his best run in at least four years with seven scoreless innings Friday in a 5-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Lincecum allowed three hits and walked two in his fourth straight dominant outing. Beginning with his no-hitter June 25 against the San Diego Padres, Lincecum is 4-0 with a 0.30 ERA, allowing just one run in 301/3 innings pitched.
"He finished up on a nice roll here in the first half," manager Bruce Bochy said. "That's pretty much how he's been pitching lately. Good command, using all his pitches, just is in a good rhythm out there and is throwing with a lot of confidence right now."
Lincecum suddenly is looking like the Giants' ace again, even if he hasn't rediscovered his mid- to high-90s fastball. In the past four games, he's lowered his ERA from 4.90 to 3.66. His 9-5 record is the best on the starting staff, and he's tied with All-Star Madison Bumgarner for the team lead in wins. This is the first time Lincecum has won four straight outings since the start of the 2010 season.
"I'm not afraid to throw any of my pitches in any situation," Lincecum said. "I think that confidence has carried me through these outings."
The team is still scuffling overall, but the Giants did move back into a tie for first place with Friday's win. The victory was only their sixth in their past 18 games, with Lincecum accounting for four of those.
"Timmy really has been a shot in the arm for us," Bochy said. "He's been the stopper here through these tough times. He's gone out there -- and it started with the no-hitter and his other starts -- he's kind of gotten us back on track it seems like every start. It's nice to have a guy in the rotation doing that for you."
Pablo Sandoval also provided a jolt with some rare early offense when he connected on a two-run home run in the first inning.
"That was nice to see. I'm not going to lie," Bochy said of the homer. "To get some early run support, it makes life a lot easier."
The Giants added two more in the second thanks to the bottom of the order. Brandon Crawford singled home Tyler Colvin, and Linceum drove in Joe Panik with a safety squeeze bunt.
Friday's game had a positive vibe early, starting with Lincecum retiring nemesis Paul Goldschmidt to end the first inning. Goldschmidt entered the night with seven home runs and 15 hits in 26 career at bats against Lincecum but went 0 for 2 with a walk Friday night.
Brandon Hicks was designated for assignment to make room on the 25- and 40-man rosters for Scutaro's activation from the 60-day disabled list.
Scutaro, who has been out all season with a sore back, still isn't 100 percent and seems resigned that he'll never be.
"My back is better, but it's not the way it used to be a couple years ago," Scutaro, 38, said. "Pain is still there a little bit. Sometimes I have good days or bad days. I'm just going to try to go day by day. There's going to be days I'm going to be really sore and not going to be able to play."
"Everything's just happening really fast," Beede said of his first official day with the organization. "I was just out in the dugout getting a few interviews done, and this was the first time I've ever been to the stadium so I was simultaneously looking around, taking in the sights, being a tourist here for a little bit. It's very exciting to be here, and I couldn't be happier for sure."
Beede will report to Arizona to begin a throwing program and eventually join the Giants' Rookie League team. He compared his pitching style to those of Matt Cain and Ryan Vogelsong, as well as the St. Louis Cardinals' Michael Wacha. He throws a fastball that can reach the mid-90s along with a changeup and curveball.


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When will I know how my PSEO credits have been evaluated, etc.?
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When will PSEO credits appear on my records?
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Why do my AP & IB credits appear on my schedule and not my PSEO credits?
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Do all PSEO credits transfer?
An official transcript is required from a recognized accredited institution. A course by course evaluation is done to determine if courses fulfill common curriculum (general) or elective credits. Any courses for a major or minor need approval from the department chair.
Do the grades for my PSEO credits count on my CSB/SJU GPA?
No, a grade of C or better is required to transfer the credits but the grades are not reflected on your CSB/SJU transcript.
How are AP & IB credits determined?
AP & IB credits are determined by the specific departments. Based on the obtained score, credit may be given.