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Eleven-year-old Pearl Raina is not unlike other girls her age who idolize the latest teen sensations--in this case Selena Gomez--except for the fact that she also holds a great admiration for Frida Kahlo.
Painting since she was 4 years old, Pearl has moved from medium to medium: pencil, oil pastel, watercolor, color pencil, charcoal, scratch boards and ink.
The student of Young at Art Studio in Cupertino has built quite the portfolio in little more than seven years and hopes to someday make a career out of art.
"At first I started with oil painting, and then I went to color pencils, then I did a lot of things, but then I kind of got used to oil pastels, and now I just do oil pastels," said the fifth-grader at Stevens Creek Elementary School. "I just like doing art; it's my thing. I hope someday I could have my own gallery."
Her mother, Archana, hopes to continue to foster her passion in any way she can. She took Pearl on a trip to The Louvre and also sets up venues to showcase her work at various school and community events.
Pearl has participated in several local art contests at her school and in the community and won first place in the Stevens Creek Elementary Walkathon 2013 T-shirt design contest, in which the entire staff and students wore the T-shirt with her design on the day of the walkathon.
She also has won art contests though the Indian American Organization from 2010 to 2012. Since last year, she has been the featured artist at these events.
More than 100 pieces of art feature the faces of Charlie Chaplin, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Indian actress Aishwarya Rai, and even Capt. Jack Sparrow.
Historical figures such as the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru and Gandhi have also been featured in her work. Pearl and her mother take turns coming up with possible subjects for her work, often teaching one another about different people from the past and the present. Her mother educates her about historical figures, while Pearl keeps her mother up on the latest stars in popular culture.
Pearl mostly enjoys doing portraits but has also experimented doing landscapes and still life. She hopes to inspire other girls to become artists, because, in her opinion, there aren't enough out there in the world.
"There is pretty much just Frida Kahlo," Pearl said. "There are so many boys: Picasso, Leonardo; thank God for her."
To check out more of Pearl's art, search for 'Pearl's Art Gallery' on facebook.com.


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NEW ORLEANS -- Distilled to its essence, Super Bowl XLVII isn't about the Harbaughs, Colin Kaepernick or Joe Flacco.
The 49ers and Baltimore Ravens aren't about subtlety and nuance.
"It's football at its finest," 49ers right guard Alex Boone said. "You get a lot of big guys in there, strong powerful guys going hard, and it's going to be a full game."
Kaepernick can't throw without time and can't run without room. Baltimore running back Ray Rice, absent a cutback lane, becomes ordinary if the Ravens can't successfully execute the stretch play against one of the NFL's top run defenses.
Both 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh and Ravens coach John Harbaugh have long been advocates of tough, physical football with a heavy emphasis on winning at the point of attack.
The Most Valuable Player trophy will probably to go to a skill position player Sunday at the Superdome. The Lombardi Trophy will end up with the team that wins the point of attack.
The last time the 49ers and Ravens played, on Thanksgiving in 2011, Baltimore had nine sacks of Alex Smith, whereas San Francisco never sacked Flacco. Neither team ran the ball effectively, with Baltimore having a 92-74 edge in yardage.
The end result was a 16-6 win by the Ravens and a decided edge in physical superiority.
Ravens outside linebacker Terrell Suggs, who is playing at less than 100 percent after recovering from a torn Achilles tendon, regards it as ancient history.
"A year ago is a long time ago," Suggs said. "These are two completely different teams. Last year is in the books."
Some of Suggs' teammates agreed, noting the 49ers offense under Kaepernick is different and that San Francisco's offensive line is playing much better.
Baltimore nose tackle Terrence Cody was the lone voice of dissent.
"That game means a lot because the last time we played 'em, it was a butt kicking," Cody said. "Physically, we beat 'em, and they kind of almost quit on us. We know they're going to come out with a different mentality, starting the game out trying to be physical. We're going to try and make it the same game it was last year."
Offensively, the 49ers' challenge at the line of scrimmage is successfully blocking a defense that is 3-4 in name only, running mostly even fronts. Suggs operates more as a defensive end than outside linebacker, with Baltimore setting the edge and funneling the action inside to linebacker Ray Lewis.
San Francisco left tackle Joe Staley said the Ravens are more of a "line up and play" defense this season as opposed to the variations in scheme they used a year ago.
"I don't think they do as much as they have in years past," Staley said. "I think we'll have a good idea about who our responsibilities are and who we'll be blocking. It's nothing we haven't seen as far as scheme. We've seen everything."
Rather than push the nine-sack disaster into the background, offensive line coach Mike Solari made it required viewing when the 49ers began to prepare for the Super Bowl.
"That's the first thing we showed them when they came back off our break after Atlanta," Solari said. "I wanted to make sure we saw that and remember what a miserable feeling we had after that game."
San Francisco's defensive front needs a stout effort to keep Rice in check and not allow Flacco time to pass. The break between the Super Bowl has allowed defensive lineman Justin Smith an additional week to rehabilitate his torn left triceps and outside linebacker Aldon Smith time to rest an injured shoulder.
Justin Smith said the Ravens have gone to more zone-scheme stretch runs with Jim Caldwell replacing Cam Cameron as offensive coordinator.
"They want to make the corners and safeties make tackles so they can throw it over your head on play-action pass so it's going to be important to shut the run down," Justin Smith said.
Ravens center Matt Birk said the 49ers, like his own team's defense, will not be relying on the element of surprise.
"You can have the best scheme in the world, and it really doesn't do you any good if you don't have the players," Birk said. "There are no weak links. There's no one guy where you can say, 'Here's a guy we can exploit.' They're simple, but sound, and they execute it very well."


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How I Got That Name is a poem written by poet, Marilyn Chin, and submitted to PRISM by Sera Chung. Sera is a vocal artist and middler at Princeton Theological Seminary from Binghamton, New York. How I Got That Name is an essay on assimilation and a creative submission from Sera as a beautifully thoughful offering to the community. Read below and enjoy...
I am Marilyn Mei Ling Chin
Oh, how I love the resoluteness of that first person singular followed by that stalwart indicative of "be," without the uncertain i-n-g of "becoming." Of course, the name had been changed somewhere between Angel Island and the sea, when my father the paperson in the late 1950s obsessed with a bombshell blond transliterated "Mei Ling" to "Marilyn." And nobody dared question his initial impulse—for we all know lust drove men to greatness, not goodness, not decency. And there I was, a wayward pink baby, named after some tragic white woman swollen with gin and Nembutal. My mother couldn't pronounce the "r." She dubbed me "Numba one female offshoot" for brevity: henceforth, she will live and die in sublime ignorance, flanked by loving children and the "kitchen deity." While my father dithers, a tomcat in Hong Kong trash— a gambler, a petty thug, who bought a chain of chopsuey joints in Piss River, Oregon, with bootlegged Gucci cash. Nobody dared question his integrity given his nice, devout daughters and his bright, industrious sons as if filial piety were the standard by which all earthly men are measured. * Oh, how trustworthy our daughters, how thrifty our sons! How we've managed to fool the experts in education, statistic and demography— We're not very creative but not adverse to rote-learning. Indeed, they can use us. But the "Model Minority" is a tease. We know you are watching now, so we refuse to give you any! Oh, bamboo shoots, bamboo shoots! The further west we go, we'll hit east; the deeper down we dig, we'll find China. History has turned its stomach on a black polluted beach— where life doesn't hinge on that red, red wheelbarrow, but whether or not our new lover in the final episode of "Santa Barbara" will lean over a scented candle and call us a "bitch." Oh God, where have we gone wrong? We have no inner resources! * Then, one redolent spring morning the Great Patriarch Chin peered down from his kiosk in heaven and saw that his descendants were ugly. One had a squarish head and a nose without a bridge Another's profile—long and knobbed as a gourd. A third, the sad, brutish one may never, never marry. And I, his least favorite— "not quite boiled, not quite cooked," a plump pomfret simmering in my juices— too listless to fight for my people's destiny. "To kill without resistance is not slaughter" says the proverb. So, I wait for imminent death. The fact that this death is also metaphorical is testament to my lethargy. * So here lies Marilyn Mei Ling Chin, married once, twice to so-and-so, a Lee and a Wong, granddaughter of Jack "the patriarch" and the brooding Suilin Fong, daughter of the virtuous Yuet Kuen Wong and G.G. Chin the infamous, sister of a dozen, cousin of a million, survived by everbody and forgotten by all. She was neither black nor white, neither cherished nor vanquished, just another squatter in her own bamboo grove minding her poetry— when one day heaven was unmerciful, and a chasm opened where she stood. Like the jowls of a mighty white whale, or the jaws of a metaphysical Godzilla, it swallowed her whole. She did not flinch nor writhe, nor fret about the afterlife, but stayed! Solid as wood, happily a little gnawed, tattered, mesmerized by all that was lavished upon her and all that was taken away!
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I think that people are the same and that some guns, magazines and ammunition has changed. Also, this is a good example where the Constitution is a fluid document. If the capabilities of weapons were available at the time of the Constitution this would have been taken into consideration.
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"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."
George Washington
President, General and Founding Father George Washington knew that governments have a way of growing more powerful at the expense of the people, eventually enslaving them. Today we see an effort to move this country away from the fundamentals which have made this country great and to replace it with socialism. Socialism cannot work unless freedom is taken from the people.
If we can't lay down our party affiliations during the next few elections and begin voting for those who support the constitution, freedom, and liberty, then we will all be guilty of unspeakable shame. May God have mercy upon us and give us wisdom.
Over the years it has become so self evident that in areas where the population is armed, the crime rate diminishes. This is backed up by current FBI statistics. How plain can it be? Let me know when all the 'bad guys' are either in prison or converted to 'nice guys' and I'll gladly give up my weaponry.
It is not for any government to decide whether or not I - as a free man, can own or carry a gun (any type). It is a god given right. Our forefathers knew this.
Shame on the government and all groups who work diligently to suppress or deny or otherwise try to take away our god given rights.
You'd think they would spend the time instead trying to keep America strong & free and fix the real issues plaguing us,and stop wasting it on assaulting Americans rights.
You may have an opinion or belief about guns. That does not give you (or the government) the right to determine whether or not that is good or legal for FREE MEN.
also - criminals don't follow laws.
The 2nd Amendment exists to keep both the government and its armed might in check. When a government disarms its population, it can do whatever it pleases because only its "legal" army possesses firearms. History is filled with evidence of this. In our own history, King George ordered his standing army to confiscate all firearms in the colonies. By violating King George's law, colonists kept the means to resist. That armed population stood up against the tyrant king and his Redcoats, establishing this great nation. Alexander Hamilton reinforced the need for the armed citizen in 1788:"[I]f circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude[,] that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens." Could it be any clearer?
A machine gun is a weapon of mass destruction...amusing. Sounds like gun ban advocate to me. Hate all guns incrementally because we the people are to stupid to own anything as dangerous as a machine gun. Hello! A semi tractor trailer with a load of propane in the hands of a maniac is a weapon of mass destruction!!!! Machine guns are so regulated, legal ones are used more for investment purposes than as weapons. Illegal ones, don't matter. They're out there and will be used whether you ban them or not.
Get off the gun ban band wagon. Guns don't kill people, people kill people.
Did you actually serve in the military to protect and defend or are you here on this site to stir up the folks?
A definite yes,use your common sense people.We the people have had enough taken away from us.
When our forefathers created the Constitution, they had the insight to recognize that in time all government grows to be greater than the people it is supposed to represent. So they built safeguards to prevent the oppression they suffered under British rule, and made insurrection more viable. The Bill of Rights are those safeguards. The Constitution was written after the Revolutionary War and yes America did have a standing army(the U.S. Continental Army, Navy and Marines) at that time. Remember, they used them to defeat the British? The Second Amendment is about the right of the people to defend themselves individually or collectively from oppression be it foreign or domestic. A well regulated militia being NECESSARY to the SECURITY of a FREE state the RIGHT of the people to KEEP and BEAR arms shall NOT be infringed. An unarmed society is a victimized society, ask Hitler, Stalin, Mousilini and their ilk.
Long live the NRA promoting homeland security since 1871.
I am a Navy Veteran. I lived in the District of Criminals! The only people who had guns were the criminals! The crime rate in these kinds of cities is higher than those where guns are legal.
And, the right to bear arms shouldn't be up to the candy asses in Congress! If you start to modify our Constitutional Rights then where does it stop?
I've also lived in parts of the country where having guns was almost mandatory and no one would dare rob a liquor or convenience store because they would have gotten their asses shot off!
In addition to that, I'm a woman and have had a gun pointed at me...for no good reason. If I'd had a gun at the time that probably wouldn't have happened. That coward most likely would have thought twice.
And, it is true that guns don't kill people. People kill people.
If you want to ADD an amendment that actually protects us, ask your Congressmen/women to modify who can surveil our private lives. Better keep the guns!
The 2nd Amendment was writen at a time when the U.S. had no standing army. The way the amendment is writen show's that the purpose of the civilry to keep and bear arm's was for the defense of the colonies. The amendment is made out of a two part sentense - NOT two differnt sentences like a lot of people try to read it. There has to be a common-sence limit to the private keeping of firearms. I know several people who I would not like to see in posession of a firearm, yet there is no "legal" reason to prevent them from having one. Another thing that scares me about this is - Why does the National Rifal Association demand the right to keep and bear Machineguns? These are weapons of mass destruction and ment for military purposes only. Bolt-action, and pump-action weapons yes; but NO civilian has any need for automatic or semi-automatic weapons! These were ment for militatry operations and should not be in the hands of private citizens!!!
What most people are missing is that by citing the 14th Ammendment, the Supreme Court has ruled that any regulation the Federal Behemoth makes regarding gun control (i.e. ban on "assault weapons") trumps any state law. So, if the tyrannical fed says that a "well regulated militia" only applies to the national guard. Or that "shall not be infringed" could be "re-interpreted" to mean that anything over .33 caliber isn't really an infringement, the states can do nothing about it.
The ban on hand guns in Chicago is perfectly constitutional. It's wrong and immoral, but each state has the right to pass its own stupid laws. If you don't like it, you can move. If Chairman Maobama decides to make up laws, there's no way to get away shy of leaving the country.
Once again, the federal government has subtly and cleverly grasped more power, and we're none the wiser.
It seems to me that the constitution is the building the American people built our democracy on, and the Bill of Rights is the foundation of the building. So if we allow the foundation to be taken away from our building, then we are desiring our building to be torn down and thrown into the wind. As for me, well, I only have a few firearms that are still functional, and with me they will stay, cleaned, oiled, and polished....just like the Bill of Rights told me to keep them. Thank you and may God bless one and all of you children of God. your brother, David J. Mourey.


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A Hartford, Vt., man will be charged for failing to stop after allegedly running over a Dartmouth College student on Interstate 91 in October.
Police said Shane Harlow, 47, was cited to appear in Windsor Superior Court next month in relation to the Oct. 6 incident.
Mikhail Lomakin, 24, of Groton, Mass., had just begun a physics program at Dartmouth, when he was run over by at least two cars on the highway. Police said Harlow was driving one of the cars that hit Lomakin as he lay in the road.
Two drivers previously told police they were unable to avoid colliding with Lomakin's body, as they initially thought it was a dead animal in the road.
Investigators have not yet said why Lomakin was on the road late at night.


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SAN JOSE -- Do not ask me what Hasso Plattner is thinking about the Sharks' recent faceplant. Plattner is German. I do not think in German.
Also, I am not worth $7.2 billion, which is what Forbes magazine estimates as Plattner's assets.
I am not, therefore, able to get inside the head of Plattner, who on Jan. 30 purchased controlling interest in the Bay Area's NHL franchise.
We must assume, however, that Plattner is in an enttäuscht mood about the Sharks right now. That's the German word for "ticked off enough to grind up all the players into fetid sausage." Or at least I think that's what the word means. I might have read the translation incorrectly.
The question is, will Plattner contemplate any drastic moves after his new acquisition has spent February losing nine of 10 games? How safe are the jobs of general manager Doug Wilson and coach Todd McLellan?
Hockey is infamous for quick trigger-pulling. Already, less than two months into this lockout-shortened season, Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff and Columbus general manager Scott Howson have been dumped. Since the end of the 2010-11 season, more than half of the NHL's teams have fired head coaches.
So what is Plattner pondering? Monday, an email request for an interview or statement from the owner, submitted through the Sharks' office, received no response. That's no surprise. The same day Plattner took over the franchise, he told reporters that he would not be micromanaging or even micro-commenting on the team.
"It's not good if owners of sports teams are talking to sports journalists, bypassing the (general) manager," Plattner explained.
But what if there are issues raised about the general manager and the coach and their performances?
"Then I will say I am very happy with them," Plattner said. "We have some problems in the season, but we are working on those."
Of course, that was before the Sharks went south so strangely after winning their first seven games this season. Whatever the team is "working on," it's not working. The principal problem has been scoring goals. Or rather, not scoring goals. Over the 10-game slump, the Sharks have put just 12 pucks in the net.
Monday after practice, I peered into several players' lockers, looking for those missing goals. Were they on the shelf above the uniform hooks? Behind the helmets?
"You don't see them?" asked Joe Pavelski. "They're there."
Could have fooled me.
My gut feeling about Plattner, based on his time as a relatively patient minority owner of the Sharks before he assumed hegemony of the franchise, is that he will continue to show confidence in Wilson's ability to right the ship.
For one thing, I'm not certain that Plattner has spent enough time in NHL circles to identify a replacement if Wilson is dismissed. For another thing, Wilson's track record of producing playoff teams and playoff revenue -- the Sharks haven't missed the postseason since 2003 other than in the canceled 2004-05 lockout season -- earns him the right to fix the roster. If Plattner makes a general-managing change, it wouldn't be until season's end.
Also keep in mind that, for all of the Sharks' troubles, they remain on the playoff cutoff line. Yet after 17 games last season, the Sharks' record was 11-5-1 compared with their current 8-6-3. If the scoring drought continues through the next three games, all at home -- Colorado on Tuesday, Detroit on Thursday and Nashville on Saturday -- you can't expect Wilson to stand pat.
Would that place McLellan's job in jeopardy? After practice Monday, he was asked whether he felt as if he was on the hot seat.
"Since July 13 of 2008, I think I have been," McLellan said.
That's the day he was hired.
"There's always talk about whether you have 'lost the room,' " McLellan said. "You hear people use that phrase about losing your players' attention or about a team losing confidence, and I always wonder, where does that happen -- do you lose it at the mall? I've been in hockey a while. I think you know when you've lost the room. I don't think that's happened."
No, what has happened is pretty easy to diagnose. Just examine the raw numbers. The Sharks' primary scoring core -- Pavelski, Patrick Marleau, Joe Thornton, Logan Couture and Dan Boyle -- is holding up its end. A year ago after 17 games, those five players had accounted for 29 goals and 75 points. This season after 17 games, they have accumulated 30 goals and 72 points.
The issue is secondary scoring. It has been absent in a significant way, really, since the beginning of last season after Wilson sent forwards Dany Heatley and Devin Setoguchi to Minnesota -- and in return essentially received defenseman Brent Burns and winger Martin Havlat. Burns and Havlat haven't been terrible. They have just been either frequently mediocre or frequently injured.
In fact, let's look at another set of numbers. The Sharks have scored 39 goals in 2013. Last season after 17 games, they had scored 50 goals. What caused those other goals to vanish?
Here's the answer: Let's check out five Sharks in that secondary scoring group -- Burns, Havlat, Ryane Clowe, Michal Handzus and Marc-Edouard Vlasic. In the first 17 games last season, those players combined for 13 goals and 41 points. In the first 17 games this season, they have combined for five goals and 17 points. I know it's a difference of only eight goals, but five of the Sharks' nine losses this month have been by one goal, either in regulation or in a shootout. Those eight goals would have helped.
"The ability to score at the right time hasn't been there," Clowe said, correctly.
Wilson could help McLellan and his players by making a move for more scoring before the trade deadline. But to get something good, you have to give up something good. And the more honest Sharks concede they are thinking about what might happen if the slump continues.
"It can affect you if you want it to," Boyle said. "But you fix that by winning hockey games. You've got to find a way to keep that negative stuff out."
McLellan thinks some of his players are squeezing their sticks too tightly and need to relax. He thinks the defensive effort has been there recently. He thinks one or two good goal-scoring games could swing back the positive momentum.
But of course, what McLellan thinks doesn't matter as much as what Wilson thinks -- and especially, what Plattner thinks. Anyone know the German phrase for "enough is enough?"
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The Sharks' recent slump is principally due to an offensive shortage. Through their first 17 games, the Sharks have scored 11 fewer goals than they did in their first 17 games last season. But it's not the fault of these five guys. Through 17 games, they have virtually identical totals as they did in 2011-12.
2011-12 2013
PLAYER G-A-Pts G-A-Pts
Patrick Marleau 6-10-16 12-6-18
Joe Thornton 5-12-17 4-14-18
Joe Pavelski 10-8-18 6-9-15
Logan Couture 7-6-13 6-6-12
Dan Boyle 1-10-11 2-7-9
So what happened to those missing 11 goals? Take a look at these five Sharks who have not yet produced on the same level as they did in 2011-12. Burns and Havlat have missed several games because of injuries and Clowe has missed a game because of a suspension -- but the end result is still that they have still accounted for 11 fewer goals than they did through 17 games a year ago. It is a coincidence that the numbers match?
2011-12 2013
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Brent Burns 4-3-7 0-0-0
Michal Handzus 2-3-5 1-1-2
Marc-Edouard Vlasic 2-6-8 1-3-4
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Hasso Plattner, top, the man atop the Sharks hierarchy, hasn't publicly said how he feels about the job done by coach Todd McLellan, left, and general manager Doug Wilson, right. But surely he can't be happy with the team's results the past month.


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Henderson County jobless rate increases to 6.4%
Published: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
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Henderson County followed a statewide trend with a May unemployment rate that increased 0.3 percent from April. The May jobless rate of 6.4 percent was still 0.7 percent lower than in May 2012, and Henderson County had the state's fourth lowest rate of unemployment.
Financial programs can offer help when it is needed most
United Way of Henderson County is offering resources for residents facing termination of unemployment benefits. The programs are NC 2-1-1 and FamilyWize.
Nearly 71,000 people in North Carolina could be facing new financial challenges this week as the emergency unemployment assistance they have been receiving ends. NC 2-1-1, a statewide network of more than 20,000 services, gives those seeking help a place to start. Individuals can either dial 2-1-1 or 1-866-401-6342 on their phones or search online at www.nc211.org to find community services that offer help.
United Way also offers another program to help those needing affordable prescription drugs. The FamilyWize card offers discounted prescriptions. Card carriers could see discounts of up to 75 percent off regularly priced prescription drugs at participating pharmacies. FamilyWize cards are free, and individuals do not have to complete any paperwork to qualify. The cards are available at www.liveunitedhc.org, by texting the word "family" to 700700 or by visiting United Way of Henderson County at 32 Smyth Ave., Suite 100, in Hendersonville.
The telephone number for the United Way of Henderson County office is 828-692-1636.
Joblessness rose in 87 North Carolina counties in May, decreased in 12 counties and remained the same in one, according to a news release from the N.C. Department of Commerce.
The state's unemployment rate for May, not seasonally adjusted, was 8.9 percent.
Polk County's jobless rate climbed 0.2 percent to 6.8 percent in May, compared to 7.8 percent in May of the previous year. Transylvania County's unemployment numbers went from 8.7 percent in April to 8.9 percent in May. The May 2012 rate for Transylvania was 9.3 percent.
Scotland County had the highest jobless rate at 16.2 percent, while Currituck County had the lowest at 5.7 percent. After Currituck County, the counties with the lowest jobless rates were Orange, Chatham, Henderson, Buncombe, Polk, Wake and Durham.
Of the 14 metropolitan areas included in the state Department of Commerce's unemployment report, Asheville had the lowest jobless rate for May at 6.9 percent. The Asheville MSA includes Henderson County.
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Baked Apples Stuffed With Wild Rice And Quinoa
Baked Apples Stuffed With Wild Rice And Quinoa (adapted from Vegetarian Times)
2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup wild rice
1/4 cup quinoa
2 TBSP olive oil
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1 cup finely chopped mushrooms
1 clove garlic, minced
1 TBSP chopped fresh sage
1/2 cup reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup dried cranberries, chopped
4 medium Red Delicious apples
1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Bring broth to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the rice, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 45 minutes. Stir in the quinoa and cook for another 15-20 minutes. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat oil in skillet over medium heat. Add onions and mushrooms and saute for 6-7 minutes. Add the garlic and sage and saute for another minute or two. Drain any remaining broth from rice/quinoa mixture and add mixture to the onions and mushrooms. Add the cream cheese and cranberries. Stir well to melt cheese and combine mixture.
Cut apples in half through stem and scoop out core and seeds, leaving a 1/4 inch wall around the sides. Fill apple halves with about 1/3 cup of rice mixture. Place in a 11X7 inch baking dish. Fill dish with one cup of water and cover tightly with foil. Bake for 45 minutes. Uncover dish and sprinkle apples with cheddar cheese. Return pan to oven for a few minutes, or until cheese is melted.
11 comments:
- The Mom Chef said...
That is crazy. Savory and sweet is awesome. Not being able to eat fruit without savory; crazy. Of course, I would expect nothing less!
- November 8, 2010 at 9:02 PM
- Natalie said...
i LOVE the sound and look of this dish and can't wait to try it! great recipe---I need to look into getting that magazine!
- November 8, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Julie said...
This looks delicious! What a great way to make a sweet and savory dish!
- November 8, 2010 at 9:37 PM
- scrambledhenfruit said...
You made me lol with your "whack the vegetarian out of it." :)This looks fabulous, vegetarian or not. I love the savory with fruit as well.
- November 8, 2010 at 10:05 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
I'm sure I'd love the sausage version best - lol. Although I think I'd rather have sweet fruit than savory fruit.
- November 8, 2010 at 11:00 PM
- Mary said...
Okay, this sounds lovely! What a great combo of flavors! Can't wait to try this one!
Mary xo
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- November 8, 2010 at 11:48 PM
- Design Wine and Dine said...
I love it, "whack the vegetarian out of it!" Funny!
I am always trying to think of creative ways to use quinoa, these apples look awesome. Bet they smelled great cooking!
- November 9, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- June said...
Sure looks good to me, particularly with the addition of sausage. Great idea Mags and oh so pretty on the plate!
- November 9, 2010 at 10:38 AM
- Nanan said...
I know Junebug would definately put some pork sausage in these! And it does not surprise me that you found a fruit to stuff in a savory way!!!! Go Mags, Go!!!
I received my Coaches Oats in the mail yesterday!!! I will try a recipe with them tomorrow!
- November 9, 2010 at 11:43 AM
- stephchows said...
meating up the veggie dishes... love it :)
- November 9, 2010 at 3:28 PM
- Jen @ My Kitchen Addiction said...
These look great! I usually don't go the savory route with fruit, but I really should. Love apples with cheddar!
- November 11, 2010 at 6:17 AM


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Upon first glance, the living room of Barb and Glenn Johnson looks like many others here in Summit County - cozy, clean, still decorated with holiday trimmings. A closer inspection, however, reveals the amazing background of this calm, unassuming couple. Baskets woven in all shapes, patterns and sizes adorn the corners and shelves. Next to them are bowls, statues and various other curios gathered from all corners of the world. What's most amazing about these souvenirs isn't that the Johnsons have been in all these places, but what brought them there - volunteer work, 56 missions in all.
Gathered around the dining room table, the two poured out the rich tapestry of memories and anecdotes that have made up the past 50 years of their lives.
The Johnsons began their experience with other cultures and volunteerism during the 1960s while living in the sleepy town of Hemlock, Mich.. Eager for their three children to gain a wider world view they got involved with the International Host program at University of Michigan and Michigan State University. When the universities closed down for the holidays, the Johnsons welcomed international exchange students into their home, offering a glimpse of American family life while learning about other cultures abroad.
The family hosted students from Venezuela, Japan, Okinawa, Saudi Arabia and Iran, among others. They shared Christmas traditions with other religions and insights about ways of life with people from locations very different from the Michigan forests.
Their interest in other cultures did not dampen their enthusiasm for their native country, however, and they worked just as hard to help others around them. When their youngest child was a senior in high school they took in three other foster children, ages 4, 6 and 8. Though this certainly had its difficulties, they still think warmly on their memories of that time.
Once all the children had left the nest, Barb and Glenn took on a new project. Their jobs as teachers, second grade and high school math, respectively, gave them summers free, which they used as an opportunity for more volunteering. They joined Nomad, a Methodist church group that travels the country in RVs to do charity and volunteer work. Each summer they visited two or three locations within the United States and spent three weeks living in their motor home and helping.
One particular memory came from a place in the Appalachian Mountains in Kentucky, where they helped an 80-year-old woman install running water in her house for the first time.
"So we piped the water in and when she turned on the faucet, she cried," Barb said. "You just can't forget those types of things."
Throughout their American travels, the couple said they learned a lot about the country and the people within it.
"We found that people are wonderful all over, regardless of their culture or background or whatever," Barb said. "If you treat them nicely, it doesn't matter. It does not matter."
"The world around," Glenn added.
"But there are a lot of differences," Barb continued. "There are the haves and the have-nots. There shouldn't be have-nots."
Retiring from teaching in 1993 opened up an entire new realm of possibilities for Barb and Glenn. They became involved with the Volunteers in Mission (VIM) program, again through a Methodist church, and took their volunteering efforts overseas.
Their very first trip was to help restore a 500-year-old Russian Orthodox convent in southwestern Russia. The structure had been used and damaged during World War II and 13 nuns were attempting to restore it. Tension was a bit high in the beginning because the help the nuns had received from other religious groups came with evangelizing, so they were wary of these newcomers.
"Well, we do not go on a mission trip that evangelizes," said Barb sternly. "We feel the best way that you can evangelize is by your actions and your love."
Once the nuns realized that the group was truly there to help and nothing else, "all the walls fell down," Barb said.
The Johnsons have traveled to more than 50 countries and almost all of those for volunteering missions. They've brought medical supplies to Africa, fixed orphanages in Russia, fed poor children in India and built schools and houses in many more. In discussion, they list off countries in Asia, South America and Africa as easily and casually as someone might mention cities they'd visited in Colorado.
Their most recent trip was to Peru in 2010, a location they'd visited three times previously, which they did through the Lord of the Mountains Lutheran Church in Dillon.
"I'd like ... to say how wonderful the Lord of the Mountain church is," Barb said. "It's given us the opportunity to do trips in Peru and Haiti. They are the most mission-minded church that we have ever belonged to."
Like most of their volunteering trips, this one required a lot of hard physical work, such as mixing cement and hauling supplies up steep mountainsides. Though they greatly enjoy the relationships they've built there, at nearly 80 years of age, they feel they are not as able to assist with such heavy manual labor enough to make the cost and effort of the trip worthwhile.
The cost of these volunteering missions is extensive, because the Johnsons pay for everything out of their own pockets.
"It's not cheap. None of these have been cheap," Barb said. "You pay for your way over there, you pay for your lodging while you're there and your food, and then you also pay for the materials that you're using."
Though the monetary cost may be high, what the Johnsons have received from these experiences has been invaluable.
"Our thoughts are a lot different," said Glenn, about how his experiences have affected them in day-to-day life.
"From what we have dealt with, we feel we are very blessed," Barb said. "And if I ever complained I would turn around and have him (Glenn) give me a swift kick in the you-know-what, because we have nothing to complain about. We have warmth, we have food."
The Johnsons have also shared their experiences with their grandchildren, taking them with them on volunteer trips to Mexico, Belize and Peru.
"It opened their eyes," Barb said.
Grandchildren were the reason Barb and Glenn moved to Summit County in 2002 - to be closer to them, who are scattered throughout the Denver area.
Barb and Glenn drive up to Denver every Monday, not to see their grandchildren, but to volunteer at the Grant Avenue Street Reach program, where they prepare food and serve it to those in need. Barb estimates they see from 900 to 1,200 people each week.
On Christmas Eve, Street Reach was understaffed for the holidays, so Barb put out a call to the Johnson clan to come and help - and they did.
"Grandma went to them and said, 'Hey, we need your help,'" said Glenn, chuckling.
"I twisted their arm," Barb joked.
The influence of their altruistic parents/grandparents brought six more workers to help on Christmas Eve.
Leading such an unusual, experience-rich life comes easily to Barb and Glenn. They don't cite any one particular person or instance that inspired their extreme volunteerism.
"It just kinda grew on us, that we were gonna go and do it," Glenn said.
Barb agreed, adding, "My feeling was always that, there has to be a real purpose in life. Teaching was great. And our family is number one. But there has to be more than that than just your little circle. And we just started doing it. It just gets contagious."


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BELMONT, Mass. (November 6, 2012)--After all the flights, all the speeches, the debates, hand-shakes, nods, gestures and smiles, it was time for GOP challenger Mitt Romney to vote Tuesday.
He then took off to hold curtain-closing campaign rallies in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
His wife, Ann, was at his side Tuesday morning when Romney voted near the couple's Belmont, Mass. home a little before 9 a.m. EST.
The Republican presidential candidate will return to Boston Tuesday night for an Election Day reception at the Boston Convention Center.
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I am really excited to be introducing this sew-along! Like you, I was thrilled when Sarai told us that her marvellous book, the Colette Sewing Handbook, was being published. I was especially thrilled to have had the opportunity to review here it prior to its publication. Within minutes of opening it, I knew it was something special and unique. Every page was a feast for the senses and the patterns included in the book are just what we've come to expect from Colette Patterns: timeless, feminine, and a dream to sew!
One of my projects this year is to sew all of these lovely patterns and it could not be more serendipitous that Erin of Miss Crayola Creepy has the same plans! After a flurry of emails, we decided to throw our hats in the ring and go for it! Thus, Sew Colette was hatched.
The plan is to sew one garment per month in the order they appear in the book. Along the way, we'll be delving into the sewing techniques taught by Sarai and, yes, that includes making our own croquis. Participants can sew all of the garments or only a few - the choice is entirely yours!
The sew-along kicks off today - Monday, January 9th - and our first project is the Meringue Skirt. Our sew-along schedule for this month is as follows:
January 12 - Taking measurements and sewing the muslin.
January 19 - Fitting the muslin.
January 26 - Sewing the final garment.
January 31 - Meringue Parade - show off your finished garments.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Labor scored a victory Tuesday when union leaders and Raley's struck a tentative agreement, ending a nine-day strike at the Northern California grocery chain and closing the deal on the third major grocery contract that keeps health benefits under union control.
The announcement of a tentative deal came after a marathon negotiating session in San Francisco that began Sunday and went into early Tuesday morning. United Food and Commercial Workers Union leaders said they were preparing to submit the settlement to union members for a ratification vote in the next two to three weeks. The proposed agreement also will be given to workers at Raley's Bel Air chain, which was not part of the strike.
Picket lines quickly dispersed outside Raley's and Nob Hill Foods by midday as news of the tentative agreement trickled down to union members. About 7,000 striking workers headed back to their jobs and freshly trained replacement workers packed up to head home.
"Some stay, some leave, some are coming back," said Lynne Drews, working a bakery shift at Nob Hill Foods in Walnut Creek. "People are stepping over each other." Drews said she was one of about eight store employees who resigned from the union to work through the strike.
On her way home from the Walnut Creek store was Carla Page, a replacement worker who had filled in for five days of the strike. Page, who traveled from Fairfield, said the shifts gave her a break from her full-time job as a stay-at-home mom with six kids.
"It was a chance to make some extra money," she said. "It was well worth it."
The company hired about 500 replacement workers to cover vacancies at all stores.
The employee moves were done quietly, though, and shoppers strolled the aisles unfazed; more obvious was the absence of the picket line that for more than a week had successfully deterred some customers and blocked deliveries.
Ron Lind, president of UFCW Local 5, said the union had prevailed in preserving the union-funded health plan, a major sticking point in negotiations that had dragged on for 15 months.
In a UFCW news release, labor leaders called the agreement "an important accomplishment for our members and retirees."
Raley's would not comment on details of the contract, but spokesman John Segale said the agreement "gives us the cost savings we were looking for."
Segale said the company has to lower costs to compete with the 240 or so nonunion grocery retailers that have opened in California and Nevada since 2008. Raley's operates about 120 stores in the two states.
Union workers went on strike Nov. 4 after the grocer attempted to impose wage cuts, restructure the employee health care plan and eliminate some retiree benefits. A federal mediator intervened to try to patch together an eleventh-hour agreement, but talks broke down again, leading to the first strike in the history of the 77-year-old company.
Union workers didn't go completely without a week's income; Local 5 spokesman Mike Henneberry said they received up to about $300 in strike pay.
Last week's deal with Safeway, UFCW's largest employer, may have spurred the Raley's agreement. Safeway and union leaders struck an agreement after 15 months of negotiations that also preserved the union health plan. The recent Save Mart contract similarly keeps union benefits in tact.
"Obviously, that creates some momentum," Lind said.
With the biggest labor battles behind them, Lind said he expected negotiations to go smoothly with the region's smaller grocers, such as Mollie Stone's and Draeger's.
"We think they will fall in line," he said.
But in the face of mounting competition from nonunion grocers, labor's victory may be short-lived. Supermarket industry expert David Livingston said Raley's workers will enjoy robust benefits for the next few years, but "the price that they pay for getting the benefits today is that their job will be eliminated some day down the road, because the overhead is too much."
With the pressure on full-bore from big-box food sellers like Walmart, which relies on low-wage and part-time workers, grocery stores have to continue finding ways to cut costs to stay competitive.
"It's a delicate balancing act," Livingston said. "The unions realize that these companies can't continue to pay these lavish benefits, or the inevitable will happen, and the inevitable is store closings."
Some employees, recognizing Raley's precarious situation, resigned from the union and worked through the strike. Candace Cole, a clerk at the Walnut Creek store, said she quit the union to help train replacement workers and keep the store running.
Cole, 23, pointed to the Safeway just around the corner, which probably scooped up many of the customers turned away by the picket line.
"I just want to keep this store alive," she said. "We have problems."
Contact Heather Somerville at 925-977-8418. Follow her at Twitter.com/heathersomervil.
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Brought to you by and the .Vail official report: 1" new snowVail daily field report: 1" soft and slippery snowLiftline status: Nothing at Chair 6, Vail Village was looking crowded from Devo traffic, though.Weather: Cloudy with a crisp breeze in the airRun of the day: Ruder's Run, in honor of the late Leonard Ruder's birthday. He would have been 93 today.Breakdown: Last night's snowflakes were just a dusting, but we'll take it. The inch of fresh snow layered very nicely over the existing surface at Vail this morning -- the groomers have an inch of ego dust on top for you to really carve into some turns and kick up some snow behind you. Visibility wasn't the best, wear a pink lens if you have one. "With a bit of extra snow and the corduroy underneath, it's a pretty sweet run this morning," Vail native Bob Ruder said of the terrain on Golden Peak today.Snowcast: Looks like the snow's going to fall today and tonight.
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Home health workers now face more frequent and strenuous background checks due to a recent change in Ohio law.
The regulations are aimed at keeping patients who receive in-home care safer and providing a consistent standard for agencies to follow.
Not enough screening in an industry such as this is a huge concern, said Ohio Rep. Andy Thompson, R-Marietta, who voted for the change.
"You don't want to make it impossible to hire employees for a rapidly growing field, but you also can't take any chances," he said.
The most significant change from previous requirements is that home health workers are now required to have a background check every five years of employment.
Current employees hired prior to Jan. 1, 2008 must be rechecked within 30 days of the anniversary of their date of hire, meaning those hired in 2008 will be checked this year, those in 2009 will be checked in 2014 and so on. Employees hired on or after Jan. 1, 2008 must be rechecked within 30 days of the five-year anniversary of their date of hire. Employers are also now required to review certain free databases for disqualifying information before conducting a criminal background check on potential employees.
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Establishes a required review of various free databases for disqualifying information regarding an applicant or employee prior to conducting a criminal record check of an applicant or employee.
Exempts from database reviews and criminal record checks those individuals who are subject to criminal record check requirements in accordance with section 3701.881 or section 173.394 of the Revised Code.
Establishes a uniform list of disqualifying offenses against which OMA, ODH, ODA and DODD will conduct criminal record checks.
Phases-in required criminal records re-check every five years.
Revises record keeping requirements pertaining to the criminal records check.
Sets forth to whom the records check may be disclosed.
Source: Ohio Department of Health.
Prior to these changes the Ohio Department of Health only required checks of individuals who were providing care to children under 18 and adults over 60. There was no requirement for ongoing checks of employees after they were hired. There was also no requirement in place requiring the use of free databases.
The process has definitely gotten more intense, according to Sheree Stanley, the office manager for Cambridge Home Health Care in Marietta.
The company policy already in place was to have current and potential employees be required to pass both a background check and a motor vehicle report.
"We run a fingerprint background check through the Ohio Valley Educational Service Center and submit our employees' information into a website called LexisNexis," Stanley said. "It runs a social security verification, processes the motor vehicle report and also performs a background check."
Employees that have nothing to hide have nothing to fear from this change, said Amy Wriston, the scheduling supervisor for Cambridge Home Health Care.
Wriston served as a home health aide for more than a year and said she believes patients need to know about who they are letting into their homes.
"A lot can change in a person's life in five years. You never know what they might get involved in during that amount of time," she said.
The added security won't come without a price, though.
"We understand these checks are necessary but the added costs are going to have a negative impact on our budget," said Connie Huntsman, the operations director of the O'Neill Center in Marietta.
"We are an organization that is dedicated to providing a quality service with safety being the main priority," Huntsman said. "We felt like we were accomplishing that without these rules in place, but regardless we will adhere to this new policy."
Prior to the legislation the O'Neill Center required a background check for new employees, but didn't re-check current employees once they were hired.
"We had a policy that was in place prior to the new legislation, that required our employees to report any transgressions directly to us," Huntsman said.
Laura Bowling, of Beverly, has had a home care service provider for the last 10 years. She said she believes that more frequent background checks for workers will help protect people like her.
"When you have strangers coming into your house you don't know who you can trust and who you can't," Bowling said. "I think with more background checks you can help keep everyone honest."
Joanie Yeomans, owner of Comfort Keepers in Marietta, said she thinks this is something the industry desperately needed.
"We definitely applaud these changes because not all background checks are created equal," Yeomans said. "The FBI fingerprint background check isn't always what it's made out to be, as important information is sometimes not included for various reasons."
These new regulations may be a huge step forward for the industry, but it isn't going to be anything new for Comfort Keepers.
According to Yeomans, Comfort Keepers has had the most stringent background checks in the industry for the nine years they've been in business.
"We do a background check on each of our 115 employees every single year," Yeomans said. "We run a social security trace to identify where each person has operated geographically and then send a physical runner to check for a criminal records at each location."
Yeomans said she isn't concerned about the costs these frequent background checks pose to her company.
"We aren't worried about this being something that will cost us money," she said. "We don't go cheap on this. Our patients are very vulnerable and anything we can do to protect them is a step in the right direction."


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Li Hua Huang, who lives in San Francisco with her husband and two kids, came into the local lottery office to claim her prize after purchasing four $10 Scratchers tickets at a store near her home, lotto officials said.
She had won a free ticket on the fourth and the fifth ticket was a winner -- worth $1 million.
Huang, who runs two nail salons, claimed her winnings with friends who told lottery officials she is always smiling now.
Her daughter turns 3 years old Saturday and might be expecting some additional presents following her mother's big win.
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Need to deposit a check quickly? With Mobile Deposit – available for eligible customers – it's easy to make your deposit wherever you are. Plus, the service is FREE!*
First Tennessee checking customers are subject to approval. To use Mobile Deposit, you must be an iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ smartphone or tablet, or Kindle™ Fire user and enrolled in Mobile Banking. If you are eligible for the service, the Mobile Deposit option will be available to you after logging into the Mobile Banking app.
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July 21, 2015
JenniferFrom: KNOXVILLE, TNAge: 19-24Customer Length: 1-3 Years
Despite taking photos of the check in good lighting on a dark surface, the check will not deposit and says the corners are bent. The check is brand new and has no bends.
I currently live in another state and will not be able to deposit these funds, which I need currently, until almost a month from now.
App is useless for depositing checks. I am switching banks upon my return to Tennessee.
January 2, 2015
JKFrom: GERMANTOWN, TNAge: 45-54Customer Length: Over 15 Years
Really need to develop a Windows Phone app. Not too many have it, but with Windows tablets and phones it would be nice.
November 9, 2014
SamFrom: WARWICK, NYAge: 55-64Customer Length: 1-3 Years
I recently opened an account that I am using for property management purposes on my rental properties in TN, I currently live full time in NY. I use several other banks who also have mobile deposit and have no problem depositing up to $2500 a day or a total of $5000.00 a month. I just went to use FTB's mobile deposit and find out it is limited to $250.00 per check and can take several days to have use of my funds. At my other banks there is a confirmation of deposit and access to partial funds either the same day or all funds by the next day. in this day & age of online banking and bill pay thru the Federal Reserve which is all electronic and virtually instantly, it is unacceptable to have this extremely poor level of service.I was going to open several more accounts for other properties I am purchasing plus trust accounts to hold securiety deposits for my tenents but will probably have to look elsewhere for my banking needs if this is any indication of future service.
October 2, 2014
kpow63From: GERMANTOWN, TNAge: 45-54Customer Length: 10-15 Years
This used to be a great feature with my college kids who are out of state - enabled them to deposit their paychecks by mobile deposit since they don't have a branch close by. Unfortuantely the policies have changed and it now can take 2-5 business days before the money post to their accounts where before it was posted the next day. Not sure there is any benefit to this feature now if the funds can't be available faster. My son depsoited a check on a Thursday before the 9pm deadline and it was not in his account the next day. Customer service told him about the change and it didn't show up in his account until the following Wednesday. He could have mailed me the check and I could have taken it to a branch quicker than using mobile deposit.
September 16, 2014
iamhappyFrom: DULUTH, GAAge: 45-54Customer Length: 10-15 Years
I've been using the mobile app in an iPhone since it first came out and make deposits several times a week. It works perfectly as long as the light is good and the surface is dark.
My question and grip is why I can I only view images from mobile deposits for a 30-day period -- and online they don't show either. Let me self-service my account rather than require me to take up your associates time by finding that information. The information is obviously there, just let me access.
August 30, 2014
Not impressedFrom: JOHNSON CITY, TNAge: 25-34Customer Length: 10-15 Years
I love this app for depositing personal checks but for whatever reason, this app struggles depositing my employers checks. And when I called either help support number in my email, all I got was an answering machine. Thanks for screwing me out of my paycheck for the holiday weekend.
July 31, 2014
smimageryFrom: DICKSON, TNAge: 45-54Customer Length: Over 15 Years
After the last update almost a year ago, the app still force closes at the splash screen. Well known problem and no fix. Been with First Tennessee almost 20 years and am now thinking of changing banks, especially since they closed the branch that was closest to me. Now its a 40 mile drive. So mobile banking was great.....till now.....FIX IT!!!!!
July 30, 2014
DebbieFrom: KNOXVILLE, TNAge: 55-64Customer Length: 10-15 Years
Just tried mobile deposit and am very disappointed. Endorsed the check and took pictures of front & back of the check. Went through all the hoops only to get a message that the check could not be accepted because it was folded or had bent corners. WHAT? The check is in pristine condition, just came out of an envelope. Sad excuse for a service, FTB, you really missed the mark on this one.
July 22, 2014
YuriYFrom: GERMANTOWN, TNAge: 45-54Customer Length: Over 15 Years
When you deposit a check via mobile banking you can never be sure that teh check does not get rejected. Unfortunately, the bank does not tell you this right away, but you rathre find out about this the next day. That means that if you rely on this deposit for being able to pay your bills, then you bills will bounce and you will incur a large fee. I stopped using mobile banking ofr any checks above $500. It's crazy that FTN cannot figure out how to make this work!
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Marco Scutaro can once again straighten the pinkie on his left hand, thanks to a pin that was inserted for several weeks over the offseason. An emphasis on winter core workouts has his back feeling fine for the first time in a year.
But as he enters his 19th season as a professional, Scutaro knows that there's a big difference between health on reporting day and health in the middle of May.
"The back, it's frustrating," Scutaro said. "It's hard to figure out. You go to bed feeling good and you wake up tight. It seems like, when you have a bad back, your whole body feels like crap."
The back tightness was just one of Scutaro's problems last season, although it was the primary reason he played just 127 games in the first year of a three-year contract. Another big factor: In a loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 11, Scutaro was hit on the hand by a Tony Watson pitch. The Giants feared he might miss months; instead, Scutaro was in the lineup a week later after deciding to play through "mallet" finger, a condition that left him with a curled pinkie.
On Tuesday, Scutaro said he had no regrets about playing through the injury.
"I think I made the right decision," he said. "I'm one of those guys that's going to show up to the field and try my best. I feel happy with what I did. I can look myself in the mirror and say I tried my best."
While compensating for the injured pinkie, Scutaro ended up hurting a tendon on his left ring finger. He was still able to hit a team-leading .297, although his power numbers, never high in the first place, took a dip.
Scutaro's biggest issues came defensively. He had the fourth-most errors (13) among National League second basemen and often had trouble with routine plays.
"I don't want to use the back as an excuse defensively," Scutaro said. "I don't think I played defense the way I want to. I want to defensively improve this year. That's how you win games, pitching and defense."
Scutaro, 38, said he didn't take many swings over the offseason, focusing instead on getting healthy. He has a simple swing that won't take much maintenance, and he said that he hasn't thought about his injured back during the few cage sessions he has had. The Giants, however, have spent plenty of time worrying about Scutaro's back.
"We'll ease him into it," manager Bruce Bochy said. "I don't see him participating in a lot of (Cactus League) games."
Bochy said Scutaro will get more scheduled days off this season but wouldn't put a set number on how many starts he would like Scutaro to make. The veteran talked his way into the lineup a handful of times last season, but on Tuesday, Scutaro was focused on rest. It will be about two weeks before he joins full workouts.
"There's no reason to rush right now. I'll get ready for 162 games. It sounds easy ..." Scutaro said, his quiet voice trailing off. "I'll go day by day."
Or morning by morning.
Belt had flown to Florida for Wednesday's scheduled hearing and was about eight hours away from becoming the Giants' first arbitration case to be heard since A.J. Pierzynski in 2004.
General manager Brian Sabean said the two sides spoke several times Tuesday, but a resolution wasn't reached at that point. The teams were quite a bit apart -- the Giants offered $2.05 million and Belt was asking for $3.6 million.
Sabean indicated that these negotiations might open the door for a multiyear pact later this spring.
"We like the player," Sabean said. "We think he's one of the up-and-coming players in the National League. We'd like to keep him around a long time."
For more on the Giants, see Alex Pavlovic's Giants Extra blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/Giants. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/AlexPavlovic.
A look at Marco Scutaro's two seasons with the Giants:
Year G Avg. HR RBI
2012* 61 .362 3 44
2013 127 .297 2 31
Career 1,386 .278 77 509
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