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SB was once crushing on big booty white girl Jenna Shae, maybe? This guy…
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Black males are obsessed with the white cave beyotchs, well the joke is in him because the second he turns his back that white beytch shrivels up like a wet d*ck. Lol, the joke is on the black fool. Lol!!!!
Right been sippin on poor deck control that's why them mutha f'ss been fallen off bur want respect why?
none of them are obsessed. most of them does not date or even mess with white girlss. they might spit a line somewhere but they do not care.
for example both of guccis songs are called white girls and they have nothing to do with white women. its about c0caine!
bawsip wrote obsessed based on a couple of lines. come on now bawsip/wired are you guys desperate. none of them are actually obsessed. meek spit a line about rihanna then madonna and wired decided to make it seem like meek is obsessed with white women? really..this dude dates black women
black women are obsessed with weave and trying to be white . thats obsessed
Black males are obsessed with homosexuality and murdering each other.
BLACK WOMEN SHOULD DATE MORE NON BLACK MEN. Black men don't limit their dating/marring options neither should you Sista. BLACK love is always preferred expand your playing field. Black women are the most beautiful and regal women on the planet. Be happy
They most beautiful? With all that weave? Funny
Better than nappy chests and prison records.
lmfao nigg@ you sound mad fruity with that statement!
k000n alllert k00n alert.
you sound like a wh0re who hate herself
More non-black women wear weave. Sheep..
the ugliest women ever
When you try to find FIVE white female recent artists who EVER made a song about, alluding to, or starring BLACK MEN (silence………………………..) The love is just not reciprocated. Cöon on brothers cöon on lol.
none of these people have made a song about white women though.. get a grip with your hate.
They might have said a line but the song doesnt even revolve round women.
most of these brothers are not checking for white women either..
you bitter black women stay talking about pale women.
most of you are ugly. fine black women doesnt care or waste their time on brothers who date ugly white women
Shut up you nappy headed goat!
As much as you pvzzys cry when a bw dates out you should be slapped with your bitter a$$.
This is why i hate you ugly beasts to the core!
U mad….LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Nah ..I just want to eliminate you b@stards!
you mad and tragic smh who cares if bw date out . im good with my bw at home. who i treat right!. you just mad because most us aint c00nin or hate ourselfs like you you wh0re
also guccis songs about" white women" are not about women its about C0caine
BLACK WOMEN SHOULD DATE MORE NON BLACK MEN. Black men don't limit their dating/marring options neither should you Sista. BLACK love is always preferred expand your playing field. Black women are the most beautiful and regal women on the planet. Be in love
To many brothers these days are c00ns its sad!
just like your life. which is basically going on bawsip write illl about bm that does date out then big up women who do the same thing tragic. you are probably FAT n ugly
I can't believe that this is still even a concern in the 21st century. Everyone has their preferences and can be with whoever they want. It's funny that there's this much outrage over interracial dating, but not nearly as much over people who exclusively date one race/ethnicity.
White girls are overexposed and overhyped. White media keep white girls in the forefront because white girls looks, if they have any, is unsustainable.
Overexposed? There's 160 million of them in the US
Everytime i turn on the fcking tv, a white mutherf, ker is in my face. Sick of looking at their colorless boring azez. . Overhyped and overexposed. Like I said.
Ikr a bunch of hairy cave dwelling beast!
Nîggers hate being nîggers.
I love my black women. I love my black men.
White pedophiles (male and females) love ra,ping children and animals. They also LOVE drugs, heron in particular. White muther,fukers have fallen apart. Haha!!
BLACK WOMEN SHOULD DATE MORE NON BLACK MEN. Black men don't limit their dating/marring options neither should you Sista. BLACK love is always preferred expand your playing field. Black women are the most beautiful and regal women on the planet.
White cave bishes need to be overhyped and overexposed otherwise they wouldn't get noticed with their ugly wrinkled boring azez.
I don't see the hype but to each it's own. I'm a A A woman..Some white girls are cute to me but tend to look older and ordinary. Ultimately she is a woman but a white woman. I do find white men attractive though. I'm currently dating a Caucasian. I never thought Id touch a white person…until relocating and constantly being around them. I tend to attract other races because of my interests and they way that I look/dress etc. I see nothing wrong with dating outside of your race. I would still date a A A and do not glorify dating a white person. Men are the same..women are the same. Everybody just looks different.
When the circumstances revolve around love…nobody notices race!!
We only notice it now, "the swirl", because" the swirl" is fueled by hate….
I don't see anything attractive in a man who is obsessed with another women's insecurities…too pump someone up by knocking divine down based on features and attitude is wrong….
Stereotypes need to stop.
People seriously need to love. You will love.
I see so much wrong on interracial dating nnow.
I feel for you if you have to pass judgment on someone else to feel better.
I'll say about 1 out of every 10-15 interracial relationships is based on love. The rest is, I just don't know that the h e ll it is.
What's so wrong about interracial dating? It's still dating….isn't it?
Stupid ninjas are the only ones all up on these h0es
The black male white female relationship is based on lust, brainwashing and stereotypes which is why it doesn't last beyond the bedroom.
yeah and the black women date white men because of love….
or trying to reanact slavery.
Yuck black women with wm = yuck
black men with white women= YUCK
RAPPERS OBSESSED WITH WHITE GIRLS (STUPID). Its about money and not color. If you have the money you get what you want. Think about it, who wants to be with someone who has no money. Donald Sterling was obsessed with a blackmexican so what's the point. Stupid story!
What people are gonna steal the culture and take all these self hating coons out of business. Black men those dude aint loyal to their own race or anything else. You never see other races singing about other races.
I didn't click through. There was no need. Seeing that Baby aka Birdman signed Paris Hilton to his label after all the times she has been in the news for insulting minorities; especially Black men, made me ill. Anyway,what can be expected from an old fool who is still wearing grills and has all those tattoos on his head and face? I guess all that red ink on his head must have seeped into his brain. Imo
Moat of these men are ugly as hell. Regardless of race. Women need to find better looking men
Why should skin color define who we can or should love?


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on February 25, 2013 - 8:51 PM
People Inc. promoted Elysa Maurer and Crystal Ohnmeiss to senior program managers and Soyenia Gibson to program manager. Maurer, who has been with the agency since 2009, has held positions of ICF specialist, cook, team leader and primary program instructor/family care home liaison. Ohnmeiss, a Fredonia State College graduate, has been employed at the agency since 2006. She has held several positions, most recently program manager. Gibson, who has been with the agency since 2000, has previously served as instructor, treatment coordinator and primary instructor. She is a Buffalo State College graduate.
National Fire Adjustment President Ronald J. Papa testified before the Catastrophe Loss Committee with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The NFA is a family-owned and -operated public adjusting and loss consulting firm.
Bouvier Partnership special counsel John P. DePaolo spoke on the topic "Social Media and Pretrial Discovery" at the Buffalo Claims Association meeting recently.
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General Motors' Town of Tonawanda engine plant received the Green Globe Award from the Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda Chamber of Commerce for implementing and practicing a green and sustainable business philosophy. Through recycling its scrap metal and converting waste to energy, the plant saved enough electricity in 2012 to meet the annual usage needs of almost 10,300 homes. The plant landfills no waste, recycling, reusing or converting to energy all waste from daily operations since 2006. Last year, it recycled enough cardboard to save 8,900 trees and enough scrap metal to make nearly 5,000 automobiles.
The Williamsville/Clarence branch of Hunt Real Estate ERA received the Office of the Year award at the company's annual awards event recently. The award is given to the Hunt branch that meets its goals on overall performance relative to plan. The office has 72 real estate sales professionals. In addition, Barbara Baker was named agent of the year, and Joel Calabrese and Judy Ralabate were named the No. 1 team for the Buffalo region.
The DuPont Yerkes plant in the Town of Tonawanda awarded a $7,000 DuPont Community Fund grant to the Canisius College Academic Talent Search Program. The program serves about 600 young people recruited from Buffalo-area schools and service organizations. Eligible participants are from low-income households and are potential first-generation college students. DuPont will also sponsor Tanya Johnson, instructional specialist coach for science at Bennett High School, to attend the National Science Teachers Convention April 11 to 14 in San Antonio, Texas.
Title: Methods and systems for purifying gases
No.: 8,377,171
Inventors: Brown, Lloyd Anthony (East Amherst); Thompson, Thomas Justin (Grand Island)
Assignee: Praxair Technology (Danbury, Conn.)
Date issued: Feb. 19, 2013
Title: Azeotrope-like compositions of (Z)-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and hydrogen fluoride
No.: 8,378,158
Inventors: Hulse, Ryan (Getzville); Pham, Hang T. (Amherst)
Assignee: Honeywell International (Morristown, N.J.)
Date issued: Feb. 19, 2013

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On April 10, Eagle Police received word that a resident with an outstanding active arrest warrant appeared to be moving from the area.
Two Eagle officers responded to the resident's address after learning that there was a moving van parked outside of her home. When the officers approached, they noted the moving van was outside and that a woman was inside, packing items. The officer gave the suspect's name and asked to speak with her. The woman replied that she was the person they wanted to speak to.
The woman asked if the officers were there to talk with her about her dog. She said the issue was the reason why she was moving to Chicago. The officers told the woman an arrest warrant had been issued because she did not appear in court that morning. The woman said she thought her case was scheduled for an April 17 hearing.
The officers told the woman she could bond out on the $1,300 bond, to which she replied she was not the woman they were looking for after all. She slammed the door and closed all her binds and refused to come outside.
The officers obtained a copy of woman's driver's license to confirm her identify and returned to the home around 10 p.m. At shortly after midnight, the suspect exited the house and got into the passenger seat of the moving van. The officers then approached and arrested her.
Eagle Police were called to City Market April 4 on a shoplifting report.
Store security reported seeing a shopper pick up an item and place it on top of her purse before continuing her shopping. The woman later placed the item inside her purse when she pulled out a cell phone.
The shopper did not bring out the item - which was a $6.79 package of mascara - when she paid for her groceries. She was detained when she walked outside.
When confronted, the woman denied deliberately taking the item. She said she was confused because she had just taken some pain medication. She became upset and said she just forgot to pay for the item.
She was issued a summons for petty theft.
Eagle Police were called to a local tavern April 17 when a group of four men walked out on their $167 bar tab.
The bartender said the men had been at the tavern during the evening and ran up the $167 bill buying 20 Vegas bomb shots at $7 each, six bottles of Bud Light at $3 each and three bottles of Coors Light at $3 each. They left the bar at around 10:30 p.m. but the bartender overheard one of the men say he was staying at a hotel in the Eagle Commercial Park.
Police canvassed the hotels located along Chambers Avenue, but did not locate the suspects.
On April 18, the bar called Eagle Police to reported that the men had come in to pay the bill.
A student at Eagle Valley Middle School reported a stolen bike on April 13.
The gray, 15-inch Marin mountain bike is valued at $400.
Anyone with information can contact the Eagle Police at 328-6351.


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Report: Lending Rules Could Have Cut Defaults in Half
Nearly half of all mortgage defaults from the housing bust might have been prevented by forthcoming consumer-protection regulations, but another 25% of loans that didn't default might not have been made, according to an analysis by economists at Goldman Sachs.
The Goldman analysis tries to quantify the impact of the forthcoming "qualified mortgage" regulations, which were part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-regulatory overhaul. The law changed lending rules so that mortgage lenders are legally responsible for ensuring a borrower can repay a loan. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was tasked with writing rules for a "qualified mortgage" that lenders could make that would automatically satisfy the new ability-to-repay mandate.
The "QM" rules don't take effect until next month. Lenders aren't barred from making loans that fall outside of the QM rules, though they could face greater legal liability on those loans. Tuesday's WSJ looked at how some banks have decided that they will offer some "non-QM" loans once the rules take effect next year, primarily by making loans to affluent customers (or potential customers) that will stay on banks' balance sheets.
The Goldman study assumes that any loan that wasn't a QM wouldn't have been made. Nontraditional loan products are excluded from the QM definition, meaning loans with interest-only terms, for example, which don't require immediate principal payments, wouldn't qualify.
For loans originated between 2005 and 2008, nearly 47% of loans that defaulted had at least one product feature that isn't allowed under the QM rule; around 59% of loans made in 2007 that ultimately defaulted had at least one nontraditional product feature that doesn't meet the QM standard. (And because many of those defaults led to foreclosures that sparked the broader housing meltdown, those defaults may have indirectly produced even more defaults of traditional mortgages.)
But the study shows that around 25% of mortgages made between 2005 and 2008 that didn't default might also have been excluded from the market, including 30% of loans made in 2007.
Loans with those nontraditional product features were concentrated in the "sand states"—Arizona, California, Florida and Nevada—that had some of the bubbliest housing markets. More than nine in 10 interest only loans in 2006 were in those states, along with nearly seven in 10 so-called "option" adjustable-rate mortgages, which require low minimum payments before resetting to sharply higher levels.
Many of those products have largely disappeared from the lending environment since 2008 and aren't expected to come back anytime soon. So what changes could consumers see as a result of the regulations?
In addition to restricting QM to fully amortizing mortgages, lenders must show that borrowers' total debt payments don't exceed 43% of their pretax income. (Loans that are eligible for purchase by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can have higher debt-to-income ratios for now.)
The debt-to-income cap could curtail lending for borrowers seeking "jumbo" mortgages that are too large for government backing and who have irregular incomes or harder-to-document incomes.
"Self-employment income is harder to underwrite than is wage income, and lenders may become incrementally less willing to make loans to such borrowers given new legal obligations," said the Goldman report. Borrowers that make a significant share of their earnings from volatile sources of income, such as bonuses, tips, commissions, and investment income, could also face greater difficulty.


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Nice Cup opener, but nothing too special to my ears. Foam was also in the just ok to good range. Guelah was nicely played and Trey had some kind of tease before "the Fly". Sparkle was ok, almost off the handle. Stash was alright and had a nice jam, but so far this seems to be an off night for Mike. Paul was good and dynamic. Sample was also just ok, not quite right yet. Reba was pretty good overall, except the ending with the special guest appearance. Sounds like Trey needed to tune before and during Punch, which was kind of rough through the Landlady sections. Jim was very lackluster and kind of flat sounding with no energy again mostly from Mike. Not sure if there is equipment troubles or what, but this is definitely not five star playing so far.
Ok, this is a huge bust out! Halley's...wooowooowooo... That being said it is also really sloppy with missing lyrics and I wonder why they picked this tonight? Kind of an abrupt ending jam going into one of the lamest Bowies I've heard in a while. Pretty weak in my opinion. Ok, again I don't know why but...Curtis is out of retirement! Another one to relearn for Mike, but Trey and Page do well on this one. YEM had a rough in, but turns out to be ok with lots of teases, a debut Spooky, and a fun jam. Lifeboy is a really weird call after all that, and Trey needs to tune up before something this mellow and exposed. Rift is way off on the timing again, really bad, they barely got through it. Then the Balls come out to jam and this one had an actual ending with Trey on guitar. Alright, now the ridiculous factor goes way up as Fish does the debut of Great Gig! What can I say? You either love him or hate him, and this one takes the cake! Coil is sloppy and Page is left to clean up the mess on the last night in Colorado.
The recording I heard had the barbershop section cut off, but I'm sure it was fine. Golgi was reasonably tight
If it wasn't for the two bust outs and the two debuts, this show would not even get near four stars, so I'm only giving it three to bring down the overall average.


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Motorist killed in Sunday crash
Published: Sunday, July 21, 2013 at 2:07 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 22, 2013 at 10:20 a.m.
A 27-year-old died Sunday after his pickup ran off La. 308 and hit a utility pole, police said.
Colby A. Charpentier of Golden Meadow was killed in the crash, which occurred about 7:30 a.m. near Raphael Project Road in Golden Meadow, State Police Troop C said.
Charpentier was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Silverado north when he veered off the road, hit a ditch, flipped several times and hit a pole.
Charpentier was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected, Troop C said. Driver impairment is not suspected, but toxicology tests are pending.
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BERKELEY -- As offensive coordinator for the Cal football team, Tony Franklin is the mastermind of the Bear Raid attack, notable for its ferocious tempo.
But there are times when Franklin takes his foot off the gas pedal.
He slows it down while savoring his daily walk through campus from BART to his office at Memorial Stadium. One day he stopped to listen at a rally protesting potential U.S. military intervention in Syria.
A 56-year-old native of Kentucky, Franklin has quickly adjusted to the campus often best-known for Telegraph Avenue and the birth of the Free Speech Movement. He's not concerned with what he wears or if he shaves daily.
Asked if anyone has suggested that he has a Berkeley vibe, Franklin said, "I know I do. The voice just doesn't reflect it. I absolutely love living here. I just love the openness of the young people."
Few on campus are younger and more open to change than freshman quarterback Jared Goff, 18, who has embraced Franklin's fast-paced offense, which is averaging 33.7 points, 556 yards and 95 plays as the Bears (1-2) head into Saturday night's game at No. 2 Oregon.
"He's probably the most unique coach I've ever had," Goff said.
Franklin spent 16 years teaching and coaching in high school until landing a job at Kentucky in 1997 as the running backs coach. He then spent five years in college football exile after NCAA investigators came after the Wildcats.
His problems started in 2000, when after four seasons under coach Hal Mumme, he left Kentucky just as the NCAA was beginning its probe of the Wildcats' program.
Convinced he was being made a scapegoat for the problems at Kentucky, Franklin in 2001 filed a lawsuit against the school and against Mumme, whom Franklin accused of engaging in a "smear campaign."
He also wrote and published "Fourth Down And Life To Go," in which he detailed much of what transpired while he was at Kentucky.
"When I wrote the book, I knew I might never coach again," Franklin said. "I was willing to do it to clear my name."
Mumme and Kentucky parted ways early in 2001 after an NCAA report revealed three dozen violations. The school was cited for lack of institutional control and hit with scholarship reductions and a bowl ban.
Franklin was not named in the NCAA report, but for five years he could not get even a sniff of a college job.
"You would call somebody," he recalled, "and they'd never return calls. Zero reaction."
As for his own lawsuit against Kentucky, that was settled when the university agreed to send a letter to every athletic director and head coach in the country stating that Franklin didn't cheat or sell out the program to the NCAA.
"That was all I wanted," Franklin said.
His problems weren't over yet. At one point, Franklin had to file for bankruptcy. "Lost everything," he said.
The coach stayed afloat by giving seminars on "The Tony Franklin System" and providing on-site consulting to high school and small college teams. Alabama's Hoover High used his approach to win six state championships, and a decade later his business lives on.
Finally, in 2006, Larry Blakeney of Troy (Ala.) University hired Franklin as his offensive coordinator.
"I was desperate to find somebody who could run this offense, be innovative and sound," Blakeney said. "Shoot, this guy was perfect for me. I loved him and still do."
By Franklin's second season, Troy had doubled its scoring output and won eight games. By his third season under coach Sonny Dykes at Louisiana Tech last fall, the Bulldogs led the nation in scoring at 51.5 points per game.
Franklin's offense has 15 basic concepts -- four in the run game, eight in the passing game and three for screen passes -- and countless variations off each of them. All of it is run as quickly as possible.
"We share the same philosophy of figuring out what players can do and letting them do it," Dykes said. "He doesn't care about statistics, how many points. He just wants us to win."
Franklin said he and Dykes have an ideal working relationship.
"He's smart, he knows what he's doing, he knows what I want to do and we come together and it works," Franklin said.


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Resident Power and its sister energy supplier PNE Energy Supply were spunky pioneer challengers to Public Service of New Hampshire, rolling along, buying energy off the spot market, eventually selling it to more than 8,500 households and small businesses across the Granite State.
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If I were asked to lump the majority of cases pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces into one category, child pornography is not one I would consider.
Naturally, then, I was shocked to read THIS:
Perhaps a little known reality is the overwhelming flow of child pornography appeals into the docket of the U.S. military's highest appellate court. About two-thirds of the docket in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces consists of child pornography appeals.
This fact shouldn't disparage the largely upstanding population of military personnel. Rather, it highlights many important ...Read more


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If Waterloo had a team, I'd be trying to get on it. Before the tryouts it looked like it would be possible for IC to not have enough people try out to form a full team, so I asked Kevin if I could try out.
I didn't make it anyway, so the controversy is moot, Corey.


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Texas couple completes bucket list with Maine trip
Published: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 7:45 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, June 10, 2013 at 7:45 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Texas couple has fulfilled a lifelong dream by visiting Maine to watch the state Legislature at work.
The Portland Press Herald (http://bit.ly/18mLCbP ) reports that 86-year-old Marcine Webb and his wife, 81-year-old Nita Lou Webb, were in Augusta last week to complete a quest to visit every state capitol. Maine's was the last one.
When House Speaker Mark Eves announced the reason for their visit, the state representatives stood and cheered.
The trip for the San Angelo, Texas couple was a 65th wedding anniversary present from their children. They celebrate in August.
They visited No. 49, Juneau, Alaska, five year ago, but then stopped traveling because of Marcine Webb's poor health. He's been feeling better lately.
Nita Lou Webb says the people of Maine are "honest and caring."
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This was my 3rd Half Marathon and it was scenic course. The only issues of concern were going over the bridge to get to the parking lots and the bag checkin was really disorganized. Other then that the staff and supporters along the course were great. The city of Long Beach did a great job. I will be back next year.
I like the course, and the flow of the whole event.
The only complaint I have is about the overall vibe of the event. My most memorable events I've attended are the one's where the community is very involved. I love to see the community out cheering the local business and Highschools out having a blast supporting all the runners. It makes the whole event just a little more awesome. I saw spectators but nothing like the Classic City Crescent or the San Antonio Rock N Roll. Miles 5-10 was very quiet :o(
Oh also the baggage claim thing... I too had a friend wait about an hour waiting for their bag.
It was my first 1/2 marathon. The was no way to get into the Wave that I wanted based on my projected finish time, especially after waiting 40 minutes to use the restrooms.
I thought all of the volunteers were great. I would have liked water to have been a little sooner in the first 3 miles but it didn't kill me. Honestly, I thought the first 6 miles were redundant. It was a bit of a downer to keep circling around the same area before we even got past where we started.
It was still awesome, it would have been nice to have had the music stations more evenly spaced through out the run, instead of mainly in the last 3 miles.
It was still an awesome experience and I can't wait to do it again next year and best my time.
This was my second half-marathon, and I was a little disappointed. There were several people with strollers on the course and some people with their dogs. That is very dangerous and rude. I never saw them pulled off the course.
Not much on-course entertainment.
The waves were very unorganized in the beginning and people were really pushing to get to their places.
It deserves 2 stars but I am giving it three only because it is a very nice course along the beach and down Ocean Blvd. Very flat and fast.
I don't even know where to start! The expo was sad and cramped. They could have easily made more room for the vendors. No one at the expo knew what was going on, information had no idea about drop bags. When I asked them how they would know the bag was mine, they told me to tape something on it. I told them I was staying in a hotel and didn't have any of that; they just looked at me blankly.
The start was insane. NO START CORRALS? Are you kidding me? With 20,000 runners, this was a HUGE mistake. People were in the front that should not have been. It was chaotic, hectic and just insane.
The water stops were well manned, but I was in the front of the pack, running a sub 1:40 half, I have no idea if it was still that well organized by the time the majority of runners got there. The course was okay, nothing spectacular.
The finish was AWFUL! Complete and utter chaos. It was cramped, no volunteers knew anything again. The map showed they would move our bags out to the finish area. WRONG! We had to go back to the place we dropped them off to retrieve them. And to get back over there, we had to wait in line to go over a foot bridge!!! Are you kidding me? One way in and one way out? With 20,000 people? This was irresponsible and not thought of at all. It was so cramped and crazy, people were getting angry.
I'm really sad how disorganized this race was. It was NOT cheap and talked a big game. I traveled down to the race over 350 miles and I have never been so disappointed in a race before. The race magazine that should have had the right info was awful. The map was TOO SMALL to even read - plus, again, it told us wrong info (i.e. the bag drop/pick-up). They even called the timing chips, "B"-tags - they are "D"-tags. Plus, lots of spelling errors in the magazine, it just showed that they did not pay attention to details, which also played out in the expo and race.
I can honestly say I will never run this race again. Which is sad, it has potential to be really nice. But I think RUN RACING is more interested in the bottom line then in putting on a great race.
Wow..Nothing but great things to say except one! KIDS FUN RUN...Totally disusted and INSULTED that there was not ONE type of snack and such a tiny bottle of watyer for the kids. My son came back to me with an orange that he paid $1.50 for!!! That is insulting. I know the race was free and the medals were amazing but honestly? Charging for the fruit? On the other hand, my half marathon was well done..It completely didnt match up with my Garmin though. almost off 3/4 mile by the end of the race (.77) not sure how that happens. Will do again and it was a great medal!
This was my first half marathon, and I enjoyed the scenery. It was great. Yeah there are some things that can be changed, but all in all, I'll be doing it again. I do have to say the volunteers did a great job!!! And one specific poster that stood out to me only because like I said this was my first half marathon was "You're legs will forgive you EVENTUALLY" that made me smile.
This was my first LB race (I ran the half) and I agree with a lot of the posts here. The course is just awesome, the volunteers were friendly, the crowds kept us motivated and you can't beat the scenery. On the downside: traffic getting into LB was awful, as were the porta potty lines pre-race (out of toilet paper at 7 a.m.? C'mon!) and the line to get over the bridge post-race. The bag check was a nightmare that we avoided completely. PowerAde (or some other electrolyte drink) at more of the water stations would be appreciated. It's a great race that needs some logistical improvements to handle the crowds.
This is really 2.5 stars. This is a great course in a great City, but there are a few adjustments that could make this much better. First, the bag drop was a fiasco. There was zero organization and it took forever to get our red Jet Blue bags after the run; when you're done the last thing you want is to wait in a long line to get your stuff. Second, the starting process leaves a lot to be desired, with people scrambling to get to certain waives. They should organize it so that each number has a wave associated with it and you are required to go with your wave, rather than letting everyone just muscle in there. Third, and most important, they need to create public transportation options to get in and out of the event. There should be dedicated shuttle busses getting people in and out there and running on a continual, every 15 minute basis. There are many other race models out there to follow, like the LA Triathlon, SF Bay to Breakers, etc. where public transport is key. Race organizers should prioritize the public transport options and create a path for buses to get in, out and through the roadblocks. Oh, and more gatorade on the first 12 k, please.
This is my thrid time doing this bike tour the weather was GREAT i liked that once you were thought you could get out and go home if you wanted to and i like the baraers at the end so the rides would slow down the fruit at the end was very good
This was my first half marathon and I was happy to have experienced it in Long Beach. I really enjoyed the course by being able to see some landmarks, run alongside the beach, the music, and people! The medal and shirts were nice as well. I just thought there were a lot of runners, which felt overcrowding at some points. Nonetheless, I loved my first half marathon experience!!! It was very rewarding.
Wishing that it was still held on Columbus day weekend, giving participants another day to tour Long Beach and travel to Catalina as my wife and I did in past years.
Having the bag check on the other side of the bridge from the expo was a disaster, having to stand in line to get dry clothing and then back in line to get back for results and awards and then back in line to check out of hotel. Have to do better next year or lose faithful runners...please make it clear that this has been corrected. Thanks for a great race otherwise.
A friend and I rode the bike marathon. Why not have waves like the runners; this would allow the hotshots to avoid weaving throught traffic to get to the front and avoid near accidents that require a lot of skill to avoid. There are several places where you are expected to make sharp turns; later in the marathon when the traffic is spread out this is a problem, but not a big problem, but early on you are forced to almost come to a complete stop to deal with the traffic and avoid an accident. The mix of experienced riders and newbees creates a difficult situationn. This is the second time I have participated and my friends and I experienced the same problems last year. We will be back in 2011; we hope some of these problems will be corrected. All in all we did have a good experience. These comments are meant to be constructive.
A friend and I rode the bike marathon. Why not have waves like the runners; this would allow the hotshots to avoid weaving throught traffic to get to the front and avoid near accidents that require a lot of skill to avoid. There are several places where you are expected to make sharp turns; later in the marathon when the traffic is spread out this is a problem, but not a big problem, but early on you are forced to almost come to a complete stop to deal with the traffic and avoid an accident. The mix of experienced riders and newbees creates a difficult situationn. This is the second time I have participated and my friends and I experienced the same problems last year. We will be back in 2011; we hope some of these problems will be corrected. All in all we did have a good experience. These comments are meant to be constructive.
The course was great but the organization and logistics was horrible! When they have 25,000 participants, they need to be more efficient. First of all, it was a pain in order to get to your respective wave since they only way in getting there is pushing past people from the slower waves...there is no passage way along the side. You can only imagine how annoying it was having to push pass 5 waves. There was a ridiculous line to get over to the other side in order to get your bags and exit the finish line area. Some people were saying they waited over an hour long! Luckily, I found another route but it?s absurd for people to stand in line that line. And speaking of absurd...guess how long I waited in line to get my bags? 1 hour and a half! That was the cherry on top of the sundae. I've run A LOT of races and that is the first time I've experienced anything like this. Unless this race becomes better organized, I don't plan on running it again.
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On the day the Minnesota Wild will shake up its line combinations, the club also will shake up its roster.
The Wild has acquired left wing Mike Rupp from the New York Rangers in exchange for forwards Darroll Powe and Nick Palmieri.
Rupp, 33 (1/13/80), has totaled 94 points (53-41=94) and 765 penalty minutes (PIM) in 565 NHL games during parts of 10 seasons with New Jersey, Phoenix, Columbus, Pittsburgh and the New York Rangers. He totaled 12 PIM in eight games with the Rangers this year after netting five points (4-1=5) and 97 PIM in 60 regular-season games with the Rangers last season. The 6-foot-5, 243-pound native of Brunswick, Ohio, was originally drafted by New Jersey in the third round (76th overall) of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft and helped the Devils win the Stanley Cup in 2003 - scoring the Cup-clinching goal.
Powe, 27, has posted a plus-1 rating and 9 PIM in eight games with the Wild this season. The 5-foot-11, 212-pound forward posted 13 points (6-7=13) and 57 PIM in 82 games with the Wild in 2011-12, his first season with the Wild. The native of Saskatoon, Sask., totaled 43 points (22-21=43) in 204 games during three seasons (2008-11) with the Flyers to start his NHL career.
Palmieri, 23, has totaled 21 points (10-11=21), a plus-12 rating and 35 PIM in 40 games with Houston (AHL) this season. The 6-foot-3, 220-pound native of Utica, N.Y., played in nine games with the Wild in 2011-12 after being acquired from New Jersey on Feb. 24, 2012. Palmieri has totaled 25 points (13-12=25) and 20 PIM in 87 career NHL games in parts of three seasons after originally being selected by the Devils in the third round (79th overall) of the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.
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This feature appears in Complex's February/March 2013 issue.
Rihanna opened up about fans, fearlessness, and how to take the perfect self-portrait on Instagram in her latest Complex cover story. But the Bajan beauty had a lot more to say during our one-on-one interview. Read on as she dishes about working with Future and Eminem, her love for strip club records, and what she's numb to.
Is there anything too private that you wouldn't want to share with your fans on Instagram?
Yeah, that's why I can't tell you. [Laughs.]
But you're pretty comfortable with connecting with your fans on social media.
Of course. They know who I am, that's why I feel comfortable being myself around them. Really, I want to encourage them to be that way. If you don't live your life, then who will?
You have a special connection with your fans. How did you and The Navy become so close?
Well, at first I didn't really use anything in the social network world. I was so anti-social network, which is kind of ironic. I actually first started on a chat room on my fan site. My fans didn't really believe it was me. They were asking all these questions and I was giving them real answers, but they wouldn't believe me. I was like, "Oh my gosh." So I said, You know what? This is the same thing as Twitter. Twitter is just like a giant chat room that you can text. Almost like you can text your fans.
Then I just started talking to them again. They would ask real questions and I would answer. I guess we started building a relationship like that and getting really close. They started to find out things about me, I started to find out a lot of things about them, and you realize how much you really have in common with people. They're definitely a fun group—they're really funny. It's hilarious even to just watch them. They're so entertaining. As much as they think I'm entertaining, they entertain me just as much, if not more.
Congratulations on your album. It's my favorite so far.
Thanks so much.
You have twelve No. 1 singles which is already a huge accomplishment, but how important was it for you to get that No. 1 U.S. album? Was that the goal?
You know what? I thought about it for the first few albums and then, after you don't get it, eventually it just goes out of your mind. Then, with the seventh one, I really was thinking to myself, "This album needs to be good enough to be a No. 1 album."
Not that the others weren't. I just want people to know that it's good enough. I put so much pressure on myself when I was making this album that Jay-Z actually spoke to me and said, "If you're making this to be a No. 1 album, then you're doing it for the wrong reason." It kind of snapped me right out of it. I said, "You're right. All I need to make is a great album." And that's where the pressure really laid for me.
I wanted this music to be so good because it's number seven and you don't get that back. It just had to be perfect for me. And I got worried that it wouldn't be finished in time. I knew I would be able to finish all the songs I had so far, but I didn't know for sure that that was the body of the album. All the songs were fantastic but sometimes you're like, "Maybe we need a little more this or a little less of that." So I was getting worried in the end, right up to the very last second, then it fell right into place.
One of the themes in the album seems to be about how people think they know your personal life, but they really don't know the half of it. Was that your intention when you made this record?
I had no intention when I was making this record, except the truth. That's all I wanted. So whatever is there is real, it's raw. It's all the elements that I am, that I've grown to become so far. That's why the album is called Unapologetic, because it's the truth.
So were you ever apologetic?
Not apologetic necessarily, just that I held back before. I didn't show a lot of myself. I was very guarded and it just didn't feel safe to be like that. I felt like I just needed to be open and free and really just fearless with who I am. Basically just say, "Fuck it. What's the worst that can happen? They'll hate me? They've done that before." I just felt like you have to stay close to the ground. You really have to.
Some of the songwriters and artists on the album you are working with for the first time. Do you reach out and pick these collaborators yourself or do these songwriters come to you?
Initially, when we start putting the album together and when we're trying to find the sound, I pick the people that I think can execute it. We put kind of a little camp together and we switch people in and out and put producers together, put writers together in a room and see where they go. That kind of lays a foundation and gets people started in a bit of a direction. When you get one that you love, then everybody knows, "OK, this is where we're going."
It was supposed to be me singing the hook on 'Loveeeeee Song,' but I really loved [Future's] tone on it. I said we're definitely keeping him on it. Because I love his demeanor on the record.
It was that way with "Diamonds." I mean we had some other songs before, but "Diamonds," when I heard that, I knew this is exactly what I want to feel. I want to feel this the whole time. Whether it's fun or whether it's mellow, I want to just have it here [puts hands on her stomach]. And you also have to spend time with the writers, you have to spend time with the producers and really go in the studio, allow them to really know me so it's really easy for them to help me get my story into words.
Then there's the other half, where the writers write the songs and then they send it to you, and we had a couple of those that kind of just blew our minds. Like the record with Future to be specific. For that one, I just called him and told him, "Just write me a song for you, don't write me a song for me. Just write a song you would love." Because I picked up that he had some songwriting skills that could kind of work for a female. A female could also achieve those melodies and it would work. And he sent me that record and the minute I heard it, I was like, "Oh my God. Oh my goodness." It was really shocking. And sometimes you get ones like that that you have nothing to do with. [Laughs.] It was perfect.
What did you hear from Future that made you want to work with him?
I heard a couple songs on his album that just had some unexpected melodies. I wanted him to just write something that people wouldn't really expect to come from him. But I didn't want to say that, because I didn't want to make him overthink it. I just wanted him to write something that he loves, because he already knew he was writing it for me. It was supposed to be me singing the hook on "Loveeeee Song," but I really loved his tone on it. I said we're definitely keeping him on it. Because I love his demeanor on the record.
I love it, because I love "Turn on the Lights." He's such a sensitive thug.
[Laughs.] Yeah, that one for sure. For sure. The melodies in that? Ugh, sick.


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High winds may have been the cause of a wreck that killed two people on Tuesday. It happened at Telfair Street near 2nd Street in downtown Augusta. Witnesses say the car was heading west when the tree came crashing down. A divorced couple, 39-year-old Rhonda West and 41-year-old Kenneth West were pronounced dead at the scene.
On Wednesday the families of the two people killed in that accident spent the day making funeral arrangements and figuring out what to do next. News 12 spoke with Rhonda West's parents, who now have her two children to take care of.
The life of a mother and father was taken in seconds yesterday when the oak tree fell. Left behind are a seven-year-old daughter and a 16-year-old son.
It's an emotional day for Rhonda West's parents. They lost their daughter Tuesday when a tree fell on her SUV. Around the time of the accident, they were trying to reach her on the phone.
"I kept calling her phone number and I couldn't get no answer," said Jack Wheelis, Rhonda's father.
Then, they saw Rhonda's Suzuki on the news, under a tree. They drove to the scene and found out their fears were correct.
"It's rough. It's so sudden. It's unexpected," Jack said.
Rhonda West and her ex-husband Ken West were killed in the freak accident. Though divorced, the two got along. Rhonda was driving Ken home after taking him to cash his check when the tree hit.
"She loved her mom and dad. She loved her kids and there just ain't nothing she wouldn't do for any of us," Jack said.
Now Rhonda's parents are left with the job of caring for the divorced couple's 7-year-old daughter Chelsea and 16-year-old son Brandon.
"They're good kids and we'll take good care of them," Jack said.
Rhonda worked in the billing department at University Hospital. Ken was an electrician.


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A Santa Clara teenager's weekend scramble over a fence at Mineta San Jose International Airport and into the wheel well of a Maui-bound airliner is raising concerns about airport security nationwide.
There have been several breaches of airport perimeter fences across the country in recent years, but perhaps none have been as dramatic as the incident Sunday in which the teenager survived a 5½-hour, nonstop flight to Maui.
"If somebody can come onto an airport and get to the wheel well of an airplane, then someone else can plant a bomb or do something else to sabotage an aircraft," Brian Jenkins, a senior adviser to the president of the RAND Corp., said Monday.
San Jose's sprawling airport is surrounded by 6-foot fences, some sections with barbed wire on top, according to airport spokeswoman Rosemary Barnes. At least some of the tarmac area is monitored by cameras, but airport officials were unaware of the perimeter breach.
"We have 1,050 acres," Barnes said. "That's a lot of fence line. He could have scaled the fence line really through any area here at the airport. It's very easy to do so under the cover of darkness, and it appears that's what he did."
Barnes said there is surveillance footage of "an unidentified person walking on the airport ramp and approaching" the plane. That footage, however, was not discovered until after the Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767 landed in Maui.
"If there is video of him going over the fence, why was there no response?" asked Jenkins, who also directs the National Transportation Security Center at the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State.
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said he's waiting for a review of the incident by the Transportation Security Administration.
"We haven't had a chance to talk with the TSA," Reed said. "We have protocols that are set by the federal government that we follow. Whether or not we need to change those or do anything will depend on the review."
TSA sets the standards for airport perimeter security, but airports are responsible for implementing them, which can vary from airport to airport, with their different geographies and proximity to urban areas. But the breach has raised questions about the procedures in place at San Jose.
The embarrassing incident adds to a string of airport perimeter intrusions over the past few years that has stirred concern in Congress.
"People shouldn't be able to just access a runway or airliner without getting through pretty tight security," said Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Hayward, who sits on the transportation subcommittee of the House Homeland Security Committee.
The subcommittee is drafting a request that the Government Accountability Office update its 2009 report on airport perimeter security needs.
Since that report:
Some airports use infrared or radar perimeter sensing systems while others rely on video cameras or even guard dogs and police patrols. No matter how sophisticated the security systems, they ultimately depend on individuals watching monitors, experts said, citing studies that found the attention span of someone watching a bank of 30 monitors is half an hour at best.
Airport spokeswoman Barnes said Mineta's security program "involves many components, including outer perimeter fencing, surveillance video equipment and more than 2,800 badge employees" trained to report security concerns to law enforcement and airport operations.
But those measures weren't enough to deter a teenager.
"Lots of airports around the U.S. depend on visible technology" or video cameras, said Roy Malmberg of FLIR, an Oregon company that makes night-viewing thermal imaging and radar detection systems that some airports have adopted.
But these and other advanced systems are "pricey," noted John Hernandez, an aerospace and defense analyst at Frost and Sullivan, a global consulting firm that works with government contractors.
Airports in general don't place a high priority on perimeter security, he said.
Even in the wake of the latest incident, "I don't see them spending much money on any enhancements other than the basics -- maybe some new cameras, some new key cards, better gates, better fences," he said.
A perimeter for a large airport can be miles. "I suspect that if you put all of the airport perimeters together you'd have something that's longer than the Mexican border," Hernandez said.
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The horse racing season in Fargo is getting shorter.
Officials say the North Dakota Horse Park track will hold racing on three days this year, over the weekend of July 19-21.
The facility had four days of racing over two weekends last summer.
Wes Heinert, vice president of Horse Race North Dakota, which operates the horse park, says the state Racing Commission granted the track a third of its requested funds.
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30-year old Dr. Maurice Wallace, a teacher at Sego Middle School, was arrested June 7 on a grand jury arrest warrant. He is currently out on bond.
Some students say Wallace encouraged bigger kids to physically abuse others in a school closet.
News 12 is on your side with where investigators are in this case...and why Wallace was allowed to finish out the year.
From the classroom to the courtroom.
Former Sego Middle School teacher Maurice Wallace now faces charges of cruelty to children.
"This is actually the first time I've had anything even close to resembling this type of incident," says investigator Greg Newsome, who was originally assigned the case.
At least two seventh grade students accuse Wallace of allowing--even suggesting--that eighth grade students use physical force to discipline them.
It was news that sparked a rally at the board of education last week in which parents protested the manner in which the school system handled the allegations.
Several offices have had their hands in this case: the Richmond County sheriff's office, the school administration and now the District Attorney.
Newsome admits the DA became involved due to the sensitive nature of the case.
"Because it's a school teacher, we just can't go apply for a warrant through the warrant office like we could if it was just a citizen," Inv. Newsome says.
But while Wallace remains behind bars, parents continue to wonder: why was he allowed to finish out the year? After all, the allegations surfaced before the last day of school.
"I guess that's a judgment call that the administration made," says board member A.K. Hasan. "I'm not going to second guess it at this point since it is something that's behind us."
Perhaps in chronological terms it is, but the impact of such stories is long lasting.
We spoke with one of the victims' mothers on the phone June 8. She said she could not comment on the arrest because the case is ongoing.


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Michigan health officials have announced two confirmed and five suspected E. coli cases in the state.
The state departments of Community Health and Agriculture and Rural Development said Friday they're issuing a public health alert as a result. They say those who were sickened ate raw clover sprouts at sandwich shops in mid-Michigan and southeast Michigan.
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Despite these claims, businesses have expressed their support for the ordinance. The Jacksonville Civic Council, composed of 55 corporations and about 41,000 employees in the city, took out a full-page ad in the Florida Times-Union in support of the bill and commented that the provision will create a "business-friendly" environment in Jacksonville. Also, 87-percent of Fortune 500 companies have policies which ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, and 46-percent also prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. Major businesses seem to agree that anti-discrimination policies increase productivity and foster economic growth. Jacksonville remains the largest city in Florida without an anti-discrimination ordinance that includes protections on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, and people are worried that this will hinder economic investment.
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The Nashville Nighthawks99 will be hosting it's tryouts on August 2nd 2014 at Goodpasture Christian School in Madison Tennessee from 10am to 6pm.
Nashville Nighthawks is the oldest youth fast pitch travel team organization in Tennessee.They have a rich history in building quality teams in middle Tennessee, getting player recruited and having top finisher in Colorado Fireworks Showcase; ASA, NSA National Tournaments in all age groups.
Our objective is to use our years of experience to train and develop players to play at a high level. Building personal character,memories and friendships that will last a lift time. We have many contacts with college coaches and former players to help get our team exposure. We also play in some of the biggest showcases in the country from the Colorado Sparkler showcase to the Atlanta Legacy Showcase. If your serious about playing at the next level and have what it takes to play a high level of competition every tournament then this is the team for you.
This tryout will be like no other. This is a all day event and former college coaches and players as well as current players will be helping with this tryout. These coaches and players are going to help evaluate the players and we are going to choose the best players for this team. The players we are looking for will compete at the highest level and be competitive every game. The players must be hard working and have a great positive attitude. The player's we choose are serious about playing at the next level and should know what it takes to achieve that goal. If you are a player just looking to play on a good travel team but no desire to play at the next level then this team is probably not for you. This is for the athletes that want to be seen by college coaches and play in the biggest and best tournaments in the country.
Former College Coach and Owner of Focus Softball Andrea Mangrum will be evaluating and running the girls through several drills. Coaches Profile-http://www.leaguelineup.com/directorinfo.asp?url=focussoftball&sid=679889622&id=479803http://
Former Lipscomb standout and National Gatorade Player of the Year 2009 Kelsey Cartwright. Player Profile-http://www.lipscombsports.com/softball/roster/2011-12/2550/kelsey-cartwright/#.U8UtIOk45O4.gmailhttp://
Current players from local colleges will also be on hand to instruct and evaluate.
This is a great opportunity for any player wanting to part of a team that is going to help you get to the next level. This is basically a free all day camp where the girls will be put thru drills and workouts that college's go thru on a daily basis. The morning session will consist of drills where we will separate pitchers, catchers, infielders and outfielders and we will have a hour break for lunch at the field and The Coaches and Players will talk to the girls and tell them there stories about what it takes to reach the next level. Then the afternoon session will be a live scrimmage giving the girls a game type situation to perform.
At this point this is the tentative date if a date change happens I will update as soon as possible. I need every player planning on attending to rsvp please with the players Name, D.O.B, Positions, High School, Phone number, and Address. This tryout is open to any player who believes she can play at the next level. No player will be turned away for tryout's. We are looking for 99 and 00's birth dates and possibly a select few 98's. This is going to be a team that will stay together until every player is signed and gone to play college ball.
If you have any questions or plan on attending please contact Coach Jason Littlejohn
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SAN JOSE -- It turns out that there is a free lunch after all.
That is, if you are 18 or younger, if you can get to the lunch line and if you don't mind cafeteria food. Uncle Sam subsidizes lunches throughout the area.
While child advocates worry about poor children going hungry in the summer, free lunch programs have meals going uneaten. By law, they are required to offer meals to the community and serve any youth who shows up. But not many kids do.
A study by the California Food Policy Advocates of Oakland shows that the number of federally paid lunches for California youth fell by about 40 percent from 2006 to 2012.
That's because in that time budget-squeezed schools have cut summer school. "One major cause of the decrease that we've seen in California over the last several years is that there is much less summer academic and enrichment programming happening across the state," said Tia Shimada of the nonprofit group.
But if they serve mostly low-income students, schools still can get federal funding for lunches. They mostly offer meals on campuses where summer programs -- limited offerings required by law or enrichment classes provided by outside groups -- take place.
"We welcome hungry kids," said Jan Kaay, superintendent of the Luther Burbank School District in San Jose, where 30 students eat breakfast or lunch daily. But the school has the capacity to feed 100.
Burbank will serve meals until school resumes Aug. 26. Other programs are winding down.
The East Side Union High School District has advertised its summer free lunch program on school marquees and banners, and staff is spreading the word. This summer, it's feeding up to 2,050 youngsters daily on five of its campuses. But, said Julie Kasberger's, East Side's director of general services, "we can always feed more."
Most of the diners are already on campus for summer programs. At three of the schools, lunch is at 10 a.m. -- really more of a brunch -- and the schools then offer an afternoon snack. The idea is that if you've got a captive audience, the kids will eat. But get up early for breakfast on campus? C'mon, these are teenagers.
The 5 percent of the diners who are drop-ins are mostly young neighborhood children brought by their parents, or elementary-age campers at nearby summer programs.
It's an excellent arrangement for the Alum Rock Youth Center, whose 130 summer camp students trek next door to James Lick High School for lunch every day.
On Friday, campers were happy because it was spicy chicken day. It's so good that camper Gabriella Ponce, 8, said she would eat lunch at James Lick even if she weren't at camp.
And, said Hinun Tran, 8, "They let us eat Jello-O too!"
Older students agreed the food is tasty -- in contrast to middle school food, "It doesn't taste like something died in it," said Manuel Gamboa, 14 -- but they said no one would venture onto campus just to eat.
A nonstudent might be nervous, said Adriana Fraga, 14, one of 150 incoming ninth-graders attending a six-week program to introduce them to high school. "People would say, 'What are you doing here?' "
Nearby, the Alum Rock Union School District feeds about 900 students Monday through Thursday at three of its schools and also at the Boys and Girls Club of Silicon Valley.
The San Jose Unified School District has provided more than 4,350 meals a day this summer. If that sounds like a lot, during the school year the cafeterias served 15,000 meals, including free, reduced-price and fully paid ones, said district spokeswoman Traci Cook.
The question is what's happening to other low-income children not showing up. California Food Policy Advocates found that about 83 percent of California's low-income children -- 2.1 million kids who participated in the federally funded lunch program during the school year -- went without those lunches last summer.
Schools and cafeteria managers are discussing how to attract some of those children.
"We've had a couple of big kids wander by, but not many, which is a shame," said Kaay. She considered opening the gym for recreational sports, but lacked the staff for security and maintenance.
Cook said, she's considering other ways to promote the free lunches next year. "Of course, we want everybody in the community to take advantage of it if they need it."
Richard Halstead of the Marin Independent Journal contributed to this report. Contact Sharon Noguchi at 408-271-3775. Follow her at Twitter.com/NoguchiOnK12.
Federally funded meal programs are open free of charge to youth ages 18 and younger. Lunch hours vary by site; some start as early as 10 a.m. For a searchable nationwide database of summer meal programs, including phone numbers, duration and addresses, go to http://networks.whyhunger.org/.
In San Jose, lunch, and sometimes breakfast, is served weekdays at the schools through the following dates:
Monday : Sylvandale Middle
Tuesday : Kennedy Elementary
Thursday: Andrew Hill, Mt. Pleasant, Overfelt and Yerba Buena high schools; Boys and Girls Club, Fischer Middle, Lyndale Elementary and Ocala Middle schools
Friday : Downtown College Preparatory.
July 30: Bridges Academy
Aug. 2: James Lick High
Aug. 9: Almaden, Galarza, Gardner elementary schools
Aug. 13: American Indian Education Center, Anderson Elementary
Aug. 23: Luther Burbank School
Source: Why Hunger


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EAGLE COUNTY Brad Fanger constantly washes magnesium chloride what he sometimes calls a thick "espresso mix" from his vans.He runs the taxi service Vail Coach and winter storms mean three to five washes per day to stop corrosion and keep the vans looking good, Fanger said."Obviously mag chloride is not a pretty thing," Fanger said. "I can tell you I've been in the transportation business a long while and I can tell you it eats brakes."The Colorado Department of Transportation spreads magnesium chloride a salt compound on state roads such as Interstate 70 to melt ice and snow. Some mechanics and others say the substance corrodes vehicle components, making them unsafe.Dr. Jacob Stiglich, a Breckenridge-based corrosion consultant for several industries, said mag chloride is both good and bad. The substance melts snow and ice effectively, but an added adhesive makes the mag chloride stick to the road and also cars, he said."That's where the danger comes in," Stiglich said.The adhesive makes mag chloride difficult to remove from a vehicle. The only way to eliminate the substance is a thorough cleaning with a pressure washer, which Stiglich said he has done every two months at a detail shop. Otherwise, the substance begins to corrode components essential to safe operation of vehicles, such as brakes, he said."If we spend the extra time and money ... then you have prevented your corrosion problems," Stiglich said. "The bottom line is you just can't drive your automobile the way you used to."
The result of mag chloride and failing to remove it from vehicles might result in serious accidents involving cars or even school buses, Stiglich said.Soap and hot waterThe Colorado Department of Transportation buys mag chloride from EnviroTech Services, a Greeley-based company. There are no bonding agents in EnviroTech's mag chloride and hot water or soap usually remove the substance from vehicles, said Steve Bytnar, research director for EnviroTech.The state requires mag chloride be 70 percent less corrosive than rock salt, Bytnar said. The effect mag chloride has on vehicles depends on the composition of metal parts - and anything metal is susceptible to corrosion, Bytnar said.George Brodin, who owns Leadfoot Linda's Ethics Automotive in Eagle-Vail, said mag chloride is corroding rubber car parts faster than in the past, he said."We see the windshield wipers lasting half as long as they used to," he said. "We see all kinds of corrosion underneath the car."Electrical components, covered in plastic, often corrode and trip check engine lights. Brodin then has to check the electrical system to determine what's going on. If the plastic wire covers are gone, Brodin sprays a sealer on the wires to prevent further electrical problems.
The Colorado Department of Transportation hasn't found mag chloride corrosive to rubber and plastic, although it can ruin chrome trim, department spokeswoman Nancy Shanks said.Beyond rubber and plastic parts, the mag chloride rusts wheels and hubs together, Brodin said."It takes a hammer to get the wheel off the hub," he said.However, the tradeoff for clear and safe roads is more than fair, Brodin said."I'm sure it's saved lives," he said. "In this regard it is a good trade off."Gary Bergman used to collect various car parts damaged by mag chloride for demonstration. He owns vehicle repair shops in Eagle-Vail and Frisco, where he has monitored the effect of the substance on cars. A year after the Department of Transportation applied mag chloride to roadways, Bergman said he saw rubber components disintegrating, brakes rusting and other effects.The most common brake corrosion occurs on passenger-side brakes, where the tires hit pools of mag chloride along the right side of roads, Bergman said. Bergman said he hardly ever fixes brake rotors by grinding anymore, because the mag chloride so effectively rusts them.
Leave the snowBergman and Brodin have different solutions. Brodin says people should clean their cars frequently, especially the undercarriage.If the long lines at area car washes following snowstorms is any indication, people are doing just that. People do wash their cars more often in the winter, said The Spa Car Wash manager Chris Dudar."It's more compelling - there's a lot more stuff on the roads," Dudar said.But like Stiglich, Bergman said mag chloride sticks to vehicles and water reactivates its corrosive qualities."You can't wash it off because it has a bonding agent so it sticks to the road," he said.Instead, Bergman recommends the state do as Finland does and leave the snow, sprinkle cinder on top and make people use snow tires."If they left the snow on the roads people would slow down," Bergman said.


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About EMS
Currently there are about 140 students attending Eastern Mennonite Seminary. About 100 are on the Harrisonburg campus; the rest are taking classes either at EMS at Lancaster or online through our distance learning courses. See more fast facts about our campus.
Location and facilities
Eastern Mennonite Seminary is located in Harrisonburg, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley. Learn more about our location and directions. EMS shares facilities and history with Eastern Mennonite University. This gives seminary students a unique opportunity to participate in the wider campus community.
Mission, faith and values
Eastern Mennonite Seminary's mission statement says that "EMS prepares men and women to serve and lead in a global context." As part of Mennonite Church USA we adhere to the Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective. To learn more about the history, beliefs and practices of the Mennonites view this video.
Our theological framework guides our thinking about identity and vocation. Even though we are a seminary linked with Mennonite Church USA, we welcome various faith traditions and denominations in our classes. Learn more about our special relationship with The United Methodist Church.
Meet the Deans
Michael King, seminary dean, has been an editor and publisher for Herald Press and more recently as owner and publisher, Cascadia Publishing House LLC . He has been pastor in congregational settings ranging from Germantown Mennonite Church, Spring Mount Mennonite Church, and more.
Lonnie Yoder, associate dean, has been professor of pastoral care and counseling at EMS since 1991. Prior to doctoral studies he was youth pastor at East Union Mennonite Church, in rural southeast Iowa.
Statement of Educational Effectiveness
EMS is committed to comprehensive assessment of both its programs and students. Among the multiple measures of assessment, two of them measure degree completion rate and percentage of graduates who are employed in ministry-related positions. The most recent statistics for these two measures are:
- 76% of students who begin a program at EMS finish that program 1
- 80% of students (2011-2014) are employed in a ministry setting after graduation
Faculty and administration
Eastern Mennonite Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools.
1. calculated by EMU Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness for students enrolled 2005-2014


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An elephant holds a Christmas tree at the Berlin Zoo at the launch of the annual feeding of Christmas trees in Berlin, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. Keeper Dr. Ragnar Kuehne told reporters that today was the first day the elephants and some other zoo animals were fed with Christmas trees after the holiday period. The trees have not been used and were not sold, they were donated by the vendors in the area. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)


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KISS finally made it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April, after years of being passed over for membership in one of popular music's most exclusive clubs.
That has to give some hope to Def Leppard, another act with phenomenal stats that has long been snubbed by Hall of Fame voters.
The two mega-popular bands -- each of which has sold over 100 million records worldwide -- are currently on tour together.
KISS and Def Leppard perform Wednesday at the Concord Pavilion.
Show time is 7 p.m. and tickets are $36-$175, www.livenation.com.
More a decade after she embarked on her so-called Farewell Tour, Cher is still going strong.
The famed "Goddess of Pop" is currently thrilling fans with her eighth solo trek -- the Dressed to Kill Tour -- which touches down Wednesday at the SAP Center in San Jose.
Cyndi Lauper, of "Girls Just Want to Have Fun," "Time After Time" and "She Bop" fame, opens.
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OAKLAND -- If there is a game plan to minimize the impact of losing opening day starting pitcher Brett Anderson for an indefinite time thanks to a stress fracture in his right foot, the A's used it as the outline for their 2-1 win over Kansas City on Friday night.
A's starter Jarrod Parker, matched up against veteran James Shields, threw seven innings of one-run ball, keeping Oakland in the game even with Shields close to the top of his game.
When Shields finally missed with a pitch in the seventh inning, Josh Donaldson cranked out a game-tying home run. When Shields missed for a second time, Adam Rosales delivered a game-winning homer in the eighth.
And with reliever Sean Doolittle and closer Grant Balfour both dominant, the A's emerged with a win in a game that would have been very easy to lose.
After losing Anderson, who was already on the 15-day disabled list but who had been tentatively scheduled to start Friday before his latest health issue cropped up, the A's couldn't afford another loss.
"I don't think there's a need (for the members of the starting rotation) to press with the news about Brett," Parker said. "We went through something like this last year, and it won't be the last time this group goes through something like this.
"Obviously, it's a big blow. But we've got to keep making pitches and stay within ourselves."
Parker did that in a way that reminded Donaldson of someone else.
"I've always felt that Jarrod has the capability to be a front line starter, similar to the guy they threw tonight, Shields," the A's third baseman said. "They both have a great change, know how to use the fastball and can mix in the curve and slider or whatever. They can pitch."
A's pitching coach Curt Young has watched Parker struggle through the early part of the season. The 24-year-old right-hander came into the game with far-from-dominating numbers -- 2-5, 6.86 ERA -- and yet there was something Young saw that the casual observer wouldn't have seen.
"Jarrod's last three or four starts have been getting better," Young said. "They've been the way we were used to seeing him throw last year. I felt this game coming."
Young said he doesn't want to see Parker or any of the starters take on extra weight on their shoulders with the news about Anderson. It wouldn't be helpful.
"I don't think there should be extra pressure now," Young said. "No matter what, they've got a job to do. That doesn't change. This is a young group, and they know it's time to step it up."
Shields took a 1-0 lead into the seventh, but Donaldson opened the inning with a line shot to left field. Rosales, who had a memorable homer denied by bad umpiring decisions in Cleveland on May 8, stepped up and did the same leading off the eighth.
"I knew I hit this one hard enough," Rosales said. "And this time I knew I hit it high enough. It was great to hear the energy from the roar of the fans."
There was also a sense of satisfaction for Rosales, who said he'd seen the same pitch, a slider, from Shields in the second inning with men on first and third and grounded into an inning-ending force out.
"I missed the first one," he said. "I didn't want that to happen again."


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Remember what it was like to get up and walk to the TV to change channels? It sounds old-fashioned but this is reality for a truck driver when loading. Until now. With wireless remote control a lot of unnecessary climbing in and out of the cab can be avoided.
Press a button and the vehicle adjusts itself to the height of the loading bay. Down goes the tail lift and loading begins – the display confirms it's being distributed evenly without exceeding maximum axle weight. Once loaded, close the tailgate, jump in and drive.
"You can back up closer to low objects"
The remote control saves time regardless if it's the driver or somebody else doing the loading. Since the display shows a range of data from the load indicator, it's easy to avoid overloading and uneven loading without having to run in and out of the cab to check the indicator all the time.
"A few years ago we let drivers begin testing the first remote control. Reactions to the prototype were very positive, so we continued to develop the real thing," says Markus Olsson, component specialist working with the remote control at Volvo. Assisted by the remote it's possible to raise and lower the suspension, roll the truck to one side, operate the rear tail lift, control loading lighting, start, stop and rev the engine – and lock the vehicle.
"Just imagine, by raising and lowering the suspension on each side of the truck the trailer can be rolled to one side – so it can come in close even when the loading bay isn't straight," explains Markus Olsson. "Together with the possibility of raising and lowering front or rear suspension, this makes the trailer highly versatile.''
The remote has three different modes: loading, equipment and swap body. The functions available in each mode are largely decided by the driver.
There's even a fixed setting for loading. The driver can save four different heights so the truck automatically adjusts to the preset height at the press of a button: a shortcut for drivers who often return to the same or similar loading bays.
Changeover between swap bodies is now also simpler. The two fixed positions have become three, which can all be saved. This means the driver can save the three standard heights for swap bodies and adjust the vehicle height with the press of a button, instead of gauging the height manually every time.
"Being able to stand outside the truck and see it from the side makes the work much simpler. I'm convinced this little gadget is going to help in countless ways," says Markus Olsson.


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Aaron Gordon had a career like no other in the annals of Central Coast Section boys basketball.
The Archbishop Mitty star led his teams to four CCS, three West Catholic Athletic League, three Northern California and two state championships, finishing his career as the section's all-time leader in points and rebounds.
He also is the Mercury News player of the year for the third consecutive season.
But for everything the 6-foot-8, Arizona-bound Gordon accomplished in a Mitty uniform -- the records, the championships, the straight-to-YouTube dunks -- he still feels he came up a little short.
Gordon propelled an entirely new supporting cast to a championship in the inaugural CCS Open Division playoffs this season, then to the first NorCal Open Division title. He averaged 21.6 points and 15.7 rebounds per game, the latter a school record.
But when Gordon looks back at his senior season, he said, he'll always think, "I wish I would have prepared better for that last game."
In an interview five days after that last game, a 50-45 loss to Mater Dei in the Open Division state final, Gordon was still thinking about the outcome that prevented him from ending his storied high school career with the third consecutive state championship he so badly wanted.
"I know that if I ever get a golden opportunity like that, I guarantee that I will prepare myself 100 percent better," said Gordon, who had 22 points and 20 rebounds in the March 23 game.
That loss aside, Gordon built a résumé unparalleled in the CCS as he finished with section records of 2,386 points and 1,666 rebounds.
"I think he's the best player ever from the CCS," said Mark Tennis, longtime editor of CalHiSports.com, while acknowledging area standouts such as Jeremy Lin, Mark McNamara, Kurt Rambis and Dennis Awtrey. "Losing to Mater Dei is no slouch."
Gordon's passion for greatness and distain for losing are no act. "He loves the game so much that he takes it hard," Mitty coach Tim Kennedy said.
The love is so sincere that Gordon's father, Ed, believes his son will coach once his playing career ends. "His basketball IQ is extremely high for his age," said Ed Gordon, who played at San Diego State.
Gordon used his IQ and talent to excel even higher as the competition stiffened. In his final six high school games, Gordon averaged 22.3 points and 20.8 rebounds.
And he did it with a joy reminiscent of the smile his idol, Magic Johnson, brought to the court.
Gordon considers himself a regular high school student, but few high school athletes experience the celebrity treatment Gordon receives. After games, the basketball court at Mitty became a portrait studio as Gordon accepted all requests for pictures.
It was a perfect frame for Gordon until the closing act against Mater Dei.
"I wish I could go back," he said. "If I had played a little bit better, I strongly believe we would have won that game."
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For more on Gordon's record-setting high school career, go to mercurynews.com/high-school-sports
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