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SYCAMORE - Hitting 11 shots and scoring 30 points would be an average night for a lot of high school girls teams. It would be a standard half of basketball for most college teams and would be a really good quarter for any NBA team.
When a girls varsity team can put those numbers up in a quarter, it's going be nearly impossible to beat.
When Mohawk coach Josh Fortney was told about his team's 30-point second quarter performance against Seneca East, the total even surprised him.
"I don't really worry about the scoreboard; I don't really worry about who scores the points or anything like that," he said. "As long as we play as a team and we communicate, that's the main thing. We're a team more than individuals. I just worry about the score at the end."
The score at the end reflected what was established during the second quarter, a dominating performance for Mohawk in a 72-42 Midland Athletic League win.
"We started off fine, then I don't know if they wore us down or our effort lagged. It was probably a combination of both," Seneca East coach Dave Stallings said. "Every time we made a little run, we let them score. We weren't ready to play, bottom line. Mohawk's a good team, well coached. We just weren't ready to play."
The way the first quarter went, it looked like it would be a back-and-forth affair all night. The lead changed hands four times in the period, but a small run in the final minutes left Mohawk with a 15-10 lead.
Seneca East's Brittany Brookes opened the second quarter with a 3-pointer to get her team within two. But from that point on, it was all Mohawk.
Sisters Kasey and Julie Adelsperger scored the game's next eight points, four by each, as the Warriors began to take control. Mohawk (12-3, 5-2) was excelling on all areas of the floor with the Adelspergers, along with Sarah Parker, dominating inside, while guards Sarah Runion and Lynsey Trusty were controlling things outside.
"Tonight I think we played great as a team," Kasey Adelsperger said. "We were looking at every position. we were kicking the ball in, and when that wasn't working, we passed it out. Have our guards shoot the ball and that ended up working out very well for us tonight."
"Some games we don't do that," Fortney admitted. "I can think of a couple games this season where we didn't shoot well from the outside and things didn't go our way on the inside. But when we click and were hitting on all cylinders, we're pretty fun to watch. We make some 3s, they got to step out and guard us, then we have some people inside that can make some plays."
Adelsperger said her team picked up the defensive intensity and it created more offensive opportunities.
"I think we stepped up on our defense a little bit," she said. "We were pressuring them more. And I think we were kicking the ball around, finding open spots."
As the quarter went on, Mohawk kept its foot on the gas. Runion knocked down three trifectas in the period, including one in the closing seconds that sent the Warriors into the locker room with a 45-27 lead.
"We just got away from the things that worked," Stallings said. "That's when I called a timeout I asked the girls, 'what are you doing?' We got away from the things we did well. They put some pressure on us at half court and we just melted. Mentally I don't think we were into it, and I'll take the blame for that."
Part of Seneca East's (9-6, 3-3) problem was that Mohawk shut down Ashton Daniel, who was leading the MAL in scoring with 18 points a game.
Daniel was held to seven points and was forced to sit out an extended period of the second quarter with foul trouble.
"I think we did a pretty good job on Ashton," Fortney said. "We did something special at the beginning. we kind of focused on her, matched up man to man. But as the game went on we became more aware of where she was at. Her getting in foul trouble, getting three fouls in the first half, her sitting on the bench, that definitely helped not having her in the game because she's a scorer."
While Daniel struggled, Brookes picked up the scoring slack for the Tigers. She led the team with 15 points, 13 coming in the first half.
"Brittany had a heck of a game," Stallings said. "Brittany's probably one of the more nervous girls you'll meet in your life, but she came out and played great in the first half. Jess Enders also played well coming of the bench. She played with no fear, despite being one of the smallest girls on the floor."
But they didn't have enough weapons to keep up with Mohawk. Kasey Adelsperger finished with 18 points and nine rebounds, Runion had with 12 points, and Parker, who Fortney said played one of her best games, ended with 10 points and nine rebounds.
Facilitating the Mohawk offense was Lynsey Trusty and her eight points and 11 assists.
"She's just an unselfish player," Fortney said. "Sometimes she drives in there and her only choice is to pass it ... she can get around her girl and either kick it out for a shot, or lob it in to either Kasey or Sarah. When they finish, that's good. I'm just happy with the way she plays. She doesn't worry about points or rebounds or anything like that. Her job is to take care of the ball."


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*The Predators acknowledged that they benefit from revenue sharing but would not disclose how much.
*The Predators would not disclose what percentage of the remaining $45 million was from operating losses.
*Cogen would not disclose the number of sponsors or how much revenue they generate.
But yet they take and take and take and a lot of people in and around Nashville don't see this as sustainable for much longer and next time they want money they WILL make them open their books it sure sounds like. Bad for the NHL.
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they looked up, rockets!
making smoke stripes would they crash?
planes on a journey.
there is so much more
to my soul my heart my life
I can't- I must go.
we could live out here
autumn afternoon your sun
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Oh man, Ivy's face in that first picture cracks me up. It's like she's having an old lady conversation with an invisible friend. "So then, I says, well I'll be darned! You better give me back my tupperware!"ReplyDelete
Sarah your comment wins.ReplyDelete
I would have to kiss that little red nose of Ivy's. So. Cute.ReplyDelete
Loving Sarah's comment!
Also love the rockets. I especially love when they make x's in the sky. My hubby's grandmother used to say that the x's were her husband sending her kisses from heaven.
These made x's, Heather!! :)
Hah! Sarah's comment is awesome. There's really nothing more to top that.
I had a car like that when I was Ivy's age. My mom still has it and is going to give it to me for Liv.
I. Can't. Wait.
Sweet, sweet pictures... Have a wonderful weekend!ReplyDelete
"your sun is like a sweater"- Love it!ReplyDelete
I am cracking up at Sarah's comment. I got a kick out of Ivy's expression too before I read her comment.ReplyDelete
Awesome! My favorite is the sun being a sweater! PERFECT description :)ReplyDelete
Looks like a fantastic day!
Beautiful afternoon!ReplyDelete
why does Fall last like 48 hours in Indiana? It's just not fair. Today was amazing!ReplyDelete


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Health care is in the news almost every day. Millions and millions of people are trying to learn better health care practices and how to take care of themselves. More and more health care professionals are being trained every year.
The need for them is tremendous and necessary. Great progress has been made in the last 50 years in the delivery of health care. It has been slow but continuous. We are the beneficiaries of that work in progress.
As you who have been following my columns know, I had a dramatic experience on June 21 of last year, which put me into the numbers referred to above. I had a lacunar stroke that did quite a bit of damage to the right side of my body. It affected my ability to speak, to write and to walk.
I am appreciative of the notes, emails and cards that have been sent to me. Recently, a letter was sent via email that included the titles of several books about stroke for me to read. I regret to admit that the names and authors of those books were lost in my email for unknown reasons. If the sender reads this and would care to send the titles again, I would greatly appreciate it.
I have been making slow but sure progress, and I expect to continue. It has meant a lot of practice and repetition over the months.
Lest anyone think that I did this all on my own, I will disabuse him of that thought. Many people have provided their professional knowledge. Others have given moral support, encouragement and love on a continuing basis. I hope they know I appreciate it and thank them very much. People are good.
There is one person more than all who I am indebted to for her love, patience and hard work. That person is Sally, my wife. Without her, I would not have made the progress that I have made.
Like my beloved wife, my two children, Richard and Alice, and my grandson, Alex, have been of tremendous help in dealing with this situation. Alice cannot be as readily available, as she lives in Philadelphia, but Richard lives in Johnston and has proven time and time again his resourcefulness, steadfast hard work and problem solving ability. Thank you.
This is a wonderful time of discovery and invention throughout the world. If this trauma had occurred to me 50 or even 25 years ago, it would have been a different story. I take 19 pills a day, about half in the morning and half in the evening. I suspect most of them were not available in years gone by.
Insurance now covers many situations for which there was no insurance a number of years ago. I have had four or five CT scans, MRIs and X-rays, all covered by insurance.
Thanks to such technology, diagnosis is much quicker and more accurate today.
Even more important than the development of medications, equipment and techniques has been the willingness of the people of the United States of America to organize the delivery of services. The genius of people who put together organizations, administration and financing is breathtaking.
Early in my career, I visited an elderly lady who spent most of the day by herself. She had multiple sclerosis and was bedridden. My agency was called to the scene because she had terrible bedsores, among other problems. The ulcers seemed to be big enough to put my fist into them.
From the smell and sight of her environment, it was readily apparent to me that the quality of her life was nil. I immediately found another place for her to live and facilitated her move. As our population has grown, there are so many families who cannot take care of their sick, disabled and elderly members. Public and private organizations step in and do the best they can.
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The quickest way to turn extra produce into something special is to make refrigerator pickles, which is essentially adding chopped veggies to a jar of vinegar and spices, and popping them in the fridge for a week or two (that's the best way to keep probiotics in your food, too). But with just a little extra work, you can make some extra-special treats from things you might never have considered—even the weeds growing in your front yard.
photo: (cc) katerha/flickr
Here are six weird and wonderful pickles to try.
Not the tiny pickled onions your maiden aunt swilled in her martinis, these savory condiments are classic British pub fare, perfect on a burger with a slice of robust cheddar cheese or on all sorts of hearty sandwiches.
2 pounds large organic onions (I especially like sweet onions, but red onions are good, too)
3 cups malt vinegar (or your choice of vinegar)
1 1/2 teaspoons whole peppercorns
1 1/2 teaspoons whole mustard seeds
1 bay leaf
1. Simmer the spices in the vinegar for 20 minutes and strain them out.
2. Peel and slice the onions very thinly, then separate the slices into rings and blanch them in a pot of boiling water for just 20 seconds. Strain.
3. When the onions are cool enough to handle, pack them firmly into clean glass jars. Add the warm strained vinegar, using enough to completely cover the onions. Put lids on the jars and store them in the refrigerator for at least a week to develop their flavor. They'll keep for at least a year as long as the onions are completely covered with vinegar.
Nasturtiums are beautiful plants—and delicious, too. The spicy leaves add zip to salads, and the slightly milder flowers make cheerful garnishes or can be stuffed with savory fillings. But this workhorse of the edible garden has one more trick up its sleeve: If you don't pick the flowers, the young seedpods can be turned into a very close approximation of capers.
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1 handful young nasturtium pods
Put the salt and vinegar in a half-pint jar and add the buds (the liquid should cover them). Store in the fridge, adding more pods as you find them. Keep adding pods as long as there is room and enough vinegar to cover them. Scoop out as many pods as you need when a recipe calls for capers. These will store until next summer, when you can start a fresh batch.
Onion & nasturtium images: Rob Cardillo
Rhubarb is a star of the early-spring garden or market, offering a fruity flavor before any actual fruits ripen. It often fades from view when other fruits take over, but rhubarb continues to grow all summer. Its tart, lemony flavor can stand in for lemons or lemon juice in beverages, sauces, and even stir-fries. And it also makes a very interesting sweet-tart pickle that goes well with cheese, beer, and spicy foods such as curries.
2 cups vinegar
1 1/2 cups organic sugar or 3/4 cup organic honey
1 Tablespoon sea salt
1 thumb-size piece of organic gingerroot, grated
8 whole cloves
1 teaspoon allspice berries
1 pound organic rhubarb stalks, leaves discarded
1. Combine the first six ingredients. Simmer for about 20 minutes and strain.
2. Cut the rhubarb stalks into 3- to 4-inch lengths, pack them into clean jars, and cover with the warm spiced vinegar, using enough to completely cover the stalks. Put lids on the jars and store in the fridge for at least a week to develop the pickles' flavor. As long as the chunks are completely covered with vinegar, they will keep for at least a year.
If a recipe calls for just the green leafy parts of Swiss chard, don't waste the stalks! The crisp and often brightly colored stems are so good pickled you may find yourself looking for recipes to use up the leafy green parts. Crisp and spicy, these pickles have become a family favorite in my house.
1 bunch organic chard (brightly colored ones are pretty, but the white stems taste pretty much the same)
1 cup vinegar
2 cups water
3 Tablespoons organic sugar or 1 1/2 Tablespoons organic honey
3 Tablespoons Sriracha (a garlicky hot pepper chili sauce)
1. Trim all the green leafy parts off the chard and reserve for another use. Cut the stems into lengths up to an inch shorter than your jars are deep, and pack them tightly into the jars.
2. Combine the remaining ingredients and stir until the sugar or honey dissolves. Pour the mixture over the stalks, adding vinegar and water as needed to completely cover the stems.
3. Put lids on the jars and store them in the fridge for at least a week to develop the pickles' flavor. They'll keep for up to a year.
Image: Patrick Montero
Stuffed grape leaves are an exotic treat, but if you have a grapevine (even a wild one in your hedgerow), you can make your own grape leaf wrappers virtually for free.
30–40 young grape leaves about the size of your hand*
2 teaspoons sea salt
1 cup water
1/4 cup lemon juice
*They will be most tender in the late spring when they have just come up to size or from a shoot that is rapidly growing later in the season.
1. Bring a quart of water to a boil in a small pot and add the salt. Fill a large bowl with cold water.
2. Meanwhile, trim the grape leaf stems close to the leaves without tearing them and rinse the leaves if needed.
3. Dunk the grape leaves in the boiling water for 30 seconds, lift them out with a slotted spoon, and immediately submerge them in the cold water.
4. Take about six leaves at a time, make a stack, and roll up the stack edge-to-edge like a cigar. Stand it in a clean jar (a wide-mouth pint jar is good). Repeat for all leaves.
Combine 1 cup of water with the lemon juice, bring it to a boil, and pour it over the leaves, adding water as needed to cover the leaves. Cover the jar and store in the fridge for up to a week.
For the best flavor, eat these after a week, but if you want to store them for later, drain the rolls, freeze them, and store them in a tightly closed container in the freezer for up to a year.
Grapeleaves image: (cc) Wickenden/Flickr
As promised, here's the edible weed I mentioned earlier. Purslane leaves contain more omega-3 fatty acids than some fish oils and are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C, and a number of other antioxidants. The fleshy leaves and stems have a salty, lemony flavor, and pickles made from the weed are perfect on sandwiches.
1 pound purslane
1/2 cup vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon sea salt
2 Tablespoons spices of your choice*
1 clove of garlic
*Try one or a combination of the following: dill seed, coriander seed, peppercorns, crushed red pepper, mustard seed, or allspice.
1. Fill a jar with your purslane.
2. Mix the seasonings with the vinegar and pour that over the purslane, adding water if needed to cover all your green weeds.
3. Cover the jar and store in the fridge for at least a week, chilling fat stems for at least a couple of weeks, to develop flavor. As long as the purslane is completely covered with vinegar, it will keep for at least a year.
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Why saving money is for idiots
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These days it seems you can't surf the Web without running into some self-proclaimed "finance guru" peddling easy, painless answers for complex money problems. These shysters are always going on about "saving money" and "planning for the future" while your bank account gets drained buying their expensive ebooks and PDFs. Well, you can throw their books in the book trash, because I have discovered one really simple and weird old trick that will end all of your wallet woes:
Stop saving, and start wasting money.
These false gurus all like to give wasting money a bad rap. They will dazzle you with some showy song and dance number about how delaying gratification will help you save for the future. But what the gurus never seem to bring up is that if you delay gratification, that means you aren't being gratified right this second. And what's more important than being immediately gratified?
You only have so much time to enjoy the fruits of life before you die or turn 30. Imagine if you just up and died tomorrow. Who would spend the money that's in your pocket right now? Some lousy paramedic, that's who. Drinks are on him tonight! Now imagine instead if you had spent that money at the club. Your last day on Earth would have been that much sweeter. And who would deny a dying human being one last moment of bliss? Those bullshit gurus, that's who.
I want to tell you a story of two men. The rich man has a lot of money to spend. He throws lavish parties, huge bacchanalias with booze, drugs … the works. He owns three XBoxes. Meanwhile, the poor man works hard and saves his money, probably to put his kid through vet school or whatever. Out of these two men, which one do you think is more fun to hang out with? That's right: the rich man, because he actually spends his money and knows how to have a good time and has probably doesn't constantly scream at cashiers at the Safeway.
A big problem with planning for the future is that nobody knows what's going to happen in the future. It seems like just yesterday we were still using dollars to pay for goods and services. Now we're all using Bitcoins. Next week we'll be exchanging some sort of giant seashell currency. What's the point in saving your Bitcoins if that's going to happen? And what about that Marxist proletarian revolution we keep hearing so much about? The whole thing seems like a wash if you ask me.
As for trying to save money, the strategies the gurus recommend do not even work. For example, the "extreme couponing" fad actually costs you money, since the amount you save for the amount of time you spend clipping coupons is less than the minimum wage. If you had spent that time mining coal or precious bauxite instead of listening to the gurus, you would have wound up with more money in your wallet. Likewise, the time you spend planning for retirement or drawing up a budget could be put to better use, such as imagining yourself winning the lottery or hoping really hard that you find a satchel full of Mafia gold in the woods.
As Oscar Wilde said, "Everything in moderation … including moderation oooh hoo hoo *devilish grin*." So ignore those sad sack gurus and start living large. Spend your money and stop worrying about the future. If you don't, you'll regret it when you're dead.
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Well, the weather has started to get warmer and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it stays like this. The last week has been a tough one and I figure that I would catch you up on what has been going on. Last week was a pretty standard week until Thursday cam around. After school on Thursday, I had a "Putt-Putt" Golf Tournament at school to raise money for a family that went to Calvert that sadly died in a horrific fire late last year. After the golf tourney, I had about an hour to get home, change and get my lax gear so that I could head up to New Jersey for practice at 11 pm. We had a pretty good practice and it was nice to see the team after a few weeks of not getting together with them. Practice went for about an hour and a half and at that time I got in the car, stopped at the Quick Check to pick up some food and Gatorade and hit the road back to Baltimore. I got in around 330 am and fianlly got to sleep around 4. After about two hours of uncomfortable sleep, I was off to school. I left school at 230 and hit the road again to meet up with the team at the hotel in Philadelphia. We headed over to the Wachovia Center in Philly a little after 5 and face-off was at 8.
We suffered a tough 16-10 loss in the game, but I want to give major props to Rory Smith one of our rookie defensemen who took on Geoff Snider, who is hands down the number 1 fighter in the league, in his first NLL fight.
After the game, we hung out at the Wachovia Center for a little before finally heading back to the hotel. Once we got back, I got in the car and headed back to Baltimore, finally getting in around 230 am.
Thoughts on the Face Off Classic? I went and thought that the Cuse/UVa game started off like a typical Hop/Princeton game, but surely didnt dissapoint any fan in the second half and OT. Than there is the Hop/Princeton game, that was ugly from the first 10 seconds and I think that is all I have to say about that one. Towson squeaked away a win against Denver so it is good to see them sitting at .500, but with the road that they have ahead of them, it could be tough.
Have a good one and I will catch you soon….


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Windows Phone Design Bootcamp 101: What is Design?
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Windows Phone Design 101 covers the philosophy, inspiration and visuals that are Windows Phone Design Language. Starting with the basic terminology of design, this boot camp will take you from its early origins to the Design Principles each screen in Windows Phone was measured against. From there, we will show you the design process that guided its creation. Lastly, we will discuss the larger Microsoft Design ecosystem including Windows 8.
In Windows Phone Design 201 focuses on the skills necessary to implement "pixel-perfect" Windows Phone UI. 201 will cover the "system" including basics of the phones navigation model, interaction with the shell and an overview of gesture system. Next it will cover "composition", which is about how to clearly define when it is appropriate to use a page template and when to use a particular animation or page transition or how to harness screen orientation. Lastly, we will cover, controls and APIs available for creating your own experiences and give tips on how to do simple prototyping.
Former Windows Phone Design Integration Lead for 3 years, Jared is now Principle Designer for SixThAveStudios.com. Jared's focus is to combine the most cutting edge design language, user experience and motion graphics into a complete mobile user experience. http://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredpotter
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Great talk! Thanks for posting...looking for more
Great presentation of design. Looking forward for coming sessions.
Great! Thanks!
Excellent. Excited to watch future installments.
Thanks guys!
I love the idea of having this videos available for save. I travel a lot and this is perfect time for me to watch them IF I HAVE THEM SAVED. I don't have fast mobile internet access so I found useless all websites with online-only videos.
great series, can we get the slides! PLz
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President Obama has thus far failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change. After successfully passing his green stimulus package, he did nothing to defend it when Congress decimated its funding....Without presidential leadership that focuses intensely on making the public aware of the reality we face, nothing will change.
Many political advisers assume that a president has to deal with the world of politics as he finds it, and that it is unwise to risk political capital on an effort to actually lead the country toward a new understanding of the real threats and real opportunities we face. Concentrate on the politics of re-election, they say. Don't take chances.All that might be completely understandable and make perfect sense in a world where the climate crisis wasn't "real." Those of us who support and admire President Obama understand how difficult the politics of this issue are in the context of the massive opposition to doing anything at all — or even to recognizing that there is a crisis. And assuming that the Republicans come to their senses and avoid nominating a clown, his re-election is likely to involve a hard-fought battle with high stakes for the country....But in this case, the President has reality on his side. The scientific consensus is far stronger today than at any time in the past. Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United States; and the climate crisis is real. It is time to act.
quote: Frankly I find your attitude highly deplorable. So you won't vote, or participate in Government, until everything just works the way you want it to? If everyone did that, things would NEVER be the they wanted it. Did our Forefathers just sit in England and say "well, sooner or later, things will be the way we want them to here". Change requires action or force.
quote: YOU and people like you are the reason things are the way they are. It's called "apathy", look it up.
quote: At least he is willing to symbolically take power from the gov't
quote: By the way, not that I have to explain myself the the lowly reclaimer77
quote: What? How is he doing that, exactly? By paying taxes and NOT voting, he's GIVING them more power.
quote: Personally, I think you should vote for Ron Paul or Nader or something just to make a statement, but even doing that kind of suggests you support the system, and are ok with the result of the vote. On the other hand, if only 15% of the country are still voting, it sends a message that the system is broken and not accepted by the populace.
quote: Personally, I think you should vote for John McCain or Obama or something just to make a statement, but even doing that kind of suggests you support the 2-party system, and are ok with the result of the vote. On the other hand, if only 15% of the country are still voting in the 2-party system , it sends a message that the 2-party system is broken and not accepted by the populace.


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Apartment Best Ramblas, 4 rooms.
Size140 m²
Floor No.1
- Towels
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Air conditioning
- Washer/dryer
- Smoking allowed
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The apartment is newly renovated Old style 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living - dining room, kitchen equipped.Te feel very relaxed and peaceful atmosphere with natural light and is very comfortable for large family or group of friends. The TV is a new game in high definition, so your viewing experience best. The kitchen is well equipped with a stove, oven, refrigerator and microwave. Pots, pans and cutlery are all available for use. You can even use the Internet WiFi ADSL provided to keep in touch with the rest of the world.
The 4 rooms are spacious and equipped with bedding and towels. If you have a family with children, are a group of friends, or if you are here for business or pleasure, this apartment is a perfect choice for an unforgettable stay in Barcelona.
Do not worry about transportation, being only minutes walk to almost anywhere you want to go. The most central neighborhood of Barcelona, this close to the beach and Plaça Catalunya. The architectuboilerre, the Cathedral and the Plaza Real with its sources of Gaudí, are some of the places you must, but the best way to see the Gothic charm is lost among its alleys, or better yet in a night of tapas and drinks.
Features include TV Set – WiFi – Microwave oven/Oven – Coffee machine – Fridge – Bed linen – Towels – Washing machine/Clothes dryer – Hair dryer – Kitchenware – DVD – Iron/Ironing board – – Toaster- Juicer .
Check out - 12:00
Refundable Security Deposit: €150
Check in later ( 21:00h): 30€
Towels, sheets are included in the price.
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In total the experiance was good. But the showers / bathrooms are wery small , pipes should be renovated - when showering it was water all over The bathroom floor. Everything else in The flat was old, but it worked out ok. The apartment had a good location, near La Rambla. We had to pay a touristtax directly to The Owner... This was not mentioned in The contract. So we still do not know if this was a legitim tax or just extra money in The owners pocket! Anyway we should have been informed about it before arriving!
Yulias Apartement was very Sweet and typical spanish. Enough space.
For sure next to las ramblas (very good Place!) and because of this loud outside.
There was a intern Problem but yulia did very fast her very best and solved the Problem!
The apartment is very large, suitable for large groups. Ubication is perfect, few steps from metro stop Liceu and La Rambla (although the street is very noisy during the night). Cleanness was acceptable but not perfect. The host is kind, but we had to wait a couple of hours before the anticipated check-in and could make no arrangement for that. Overall, the ratio quality/price is not bad.
We have stayed in many villas and apartments in numerous major cities throughout Europe. This was the most over represented dump I have ever been to. Washing machine broken, useless air conditioning, dirty and no instructions given other than how to light the gas stove. I had to give a deposit of 150 Euros for three sets of keys to be returned when we left. I specifically informed the woman acting on behalf of your "host", when we would be leaving. No one showed and I still have the keys. Don't want the keys, I would like the 150 Euro deposit returned. I will courier the keys after I have my money.
Appartamento un po' rustico ma molto funzionale e abbastanza spazioso. La proprietaria è gentile e disponibile. Anche se vicino a la Rambla è molto tranquillo. Perfetto per un gruppo di amici: noi ci siamo trovati benissimo!
Logement très bien situé, à 50 m des Rambas. Très ben équipé, 4 chambres, 2 petites sdb et acces wi fi.
Hôte très sympathique et ponctuelle. Appartement propre spacieux et fonctionnel parfait pour les grands groupes! Situé à côté des ramblas il est idéalement situé !
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NEW WASHINGTON - More than 300 petitioners have requested the resignation of Buckeye Central School District board president Susan Shealy because she allegedly violated Ohio's open meetings laws.
The civil action was filed in Crawford County Common Pleas Court in May after Beth Diesch approached the board in April requesting Shealy resign from her post.
"We gave her the option to remove herself or talk with us and work it out," Diesch said.
The petitioners allege Shealy has broken several open meetings laws under Ohio's Sunshine Laws, according to court documents.
The complaint alleges Shealy committed misconduct in office as stated in the Ohio Revised Code 3.07.
According to Diesch, the petition states Shealy committed malfeasance and nonfeasance as stated in the Ohio Revised Code, meaning she had not properly performed her duties as board president.
"There is not just one instance," Diesch said. "There is conclusive evidence of misconduct."
The complaint states that there are 24 allegations against Shealy.
"There are many defects in the complaint and overall we believe it is without merit," said Sandra McIntosh, Shealy's attorney. "The most glaring problem with the complaint is that the vast majority of those who signed the petition could not have been given accurate information about what they were signing because they signed the petition in March and April and there are allegations in the complaint that relate to things that occurred in May."
According to Crawford County Common Pleas Civil and Criminal Case Manager Donna Fox, McIntosh filed a motion to dismiss the case June 7.
"The petitioners have until June 26 to respond to the motion," Fox said.
"While I cannot speak to the motivation of the individuals behind this action at this time, I can tell you that if they thought a meritless lawsuit would force Mrs. Shealy to resign a position she has been elected to not once, but twice, they were mistaken," McIntosh said. "Those in the community who know Mrs. Shealy know that she has always conducted herself with integrity and honesty, working for the good of the school district and its students."
Diesch said the petitioners are working on a rebuttal. After that, Judge Russell Wiseman will decide what to do next.


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Oracle BPM and Open Data integration development
By drrwebber on Oct 21, 2013
Rapidly developing Oracle BPM application solutions with data source integration previously required significant Java and JDeveloper skills. Now using open source tools for open data development significantly reduces the coding needed. Key tasks can be performed with visual drag and drop designing combined with menu selections entry and automatic form generation directly from XSD schema definitions.
The architecture used is extremely lightweight, portable, open platform and scalable allowing integration with a variety of Oracle and non-Oracle data sources and systems.
Two videos available on YouTube walk through the process at both an introductory conceptual level and then a deep dive into the programming needed using JDeveloper, Oracle BPM composer and Oracle WLS (WebLogic Server) along with the CAM editor and Open-XDX open source tools.
Also available are coding samples and resources from the GitHub project page, along with working online demonstration resources on the VerifyXML site.
Combining Oracle BPM with these open source tools provides a comprehensive simple and elegant solution set. Development times are slashed and rapid prototyping is enabled. Also existing data sources can be integrated using open data formats with either XML or JSON along with CRUD accessing via the Open-XDX Java component. The Open-XDX tool is a code-free approach where data mapping is configured as templates using visual drag and drop in the CAM Editor open source tool. XML or JSON is then automatically generated or processed (output or input) and appropriate SQL statements created to support the data accessing.
Also included is the ability to integrate with fillable PDF forms via the XML templates and the Java PDF form filling library. Again minimal Java coding is needed to associate the XML source content with the PDF named fields.
The Oracle BPM forms can be automatically generated from XSD schema definitions that are built from the data mapping templates. This dramatically simplifies development work as all the integration artifacts needed are created by the open source editor toolset.
The developer level video is designed as a tutorial with segments, hands-on demonstrations and reviews. This allows developers to learn the techniques and approaches used in incremental steps. The intended audience ranges from data analysts to developers and assumes only entry level Java skills and knowledge. Most actions are menu driven while Java coding is limited to simply configuring values and parameters along with performing builds and deployments from JDeveloper and Oracle WLS.
Additional existing Oracle online training resources can be referenced on Oracle BPM and WLS that cover other normal delivery aspects such as user management and application deployment.


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Playing its third match in a 24-hour span, the Stetson volleyball team dropped a 3-0 decision to Rutgers Saturday morning on the final day of the Spartan Classic. The Scarlet Knights (9-1) won by scores of 25-19, 25-16, 25-15.
The Hatters (3-9) collected five aces in the match, but committed 26 attack errors and hit just -.019.
"Rutgers played well, they have a good team, they are well coached, and they executed better than we did today," Stetson head coach Tim Loesch said. "But what I was disappointed with was our unforced errors, not just attacking but blocking, ball handling, and some mental errors that didn't show up in the box score."
Set one was a tight battle early on, with the score tied at the 7, 8, 10, and 11 point marks. A 5-0 run by the Scarlet Knights put Rutgers in the driver's seat for the set, though Stetson did trim the lead to three at 18-15 and later at 22-19.
In set two, the Hatters held an early 2-0 advantage, but Rutgers used a 7-1 spurt to grab the lead. Back-to-back points by Stetson cut deficit to 7-5, but the Hatters would get no closer the rest of the set.
The Scarlet Knights opened the third set on a 7-0 run to take control of the game. Stetson responded with its best run of the match, scoring eight of the next 11 points, to cut the lead to 10-8. During that stretch the Hatters received two aces from Monique Russell, two kills from Morgan Pautsch, and a kill each from Kaley Melville and Catherine Coston.
But Rutgers answered back with a 10-1 run of their own and went on to complete the 3-0 victory.
Melville led Stetson with six kills, while Kelli Carneal and Pautsch added four kills apiece. Russell collected 13 digs and four aces, and Ellen Hawks picked up a pair of blocks. Pautsch posted a .273 attack percentage.
"Morgan Pautsch had a good day, but that was about the only real highlight we had," Loesch said.
Rutgers, a member of the Big East Conference, hit .243 for the match. It was the first volleyball meeting between the two schools.
Stetson will return home to face Florida Atlantic at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday night. The Owls defeated the Hatters in five sets back on Aug. 31.
Update: Kaley Melville was named to the Spartan Classic all-tournament team


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Broccoli Salad
1 pound fresh broccoli (about 2 bunches) cut into small florets
1 medium red onion
1 cup grated cheese
8 strips of bacon (cooked crisp and crumbled)
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup craisins
In a large bowl combine broccoli, onion, and grated cheese. Then add in bacon pieces, sunflower seeds, and craisins. Put in refrigerator while making the salad dressing below.
Broccoli Salad Dressing:
1 cup light mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
Mix well to dissolve sugar. Chill dressing for at least one hour before tossing with the salad. (You don't need to wait one hour, but the flavors combine better if you do.) Then pour dressing over broccoli salad and stir to coat.
Makes 6 servings
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quote: Respect other people's free will choices so long as they're not against the law.
quote: You seem to be suggesting it is unsound to have sex as if you are demonizing it.
quote: In countries where marijuana is legal or decriminalized, the prison systems have anywhere from an order of magnitude to 10 orders of magnitude less inmates. Imagine the reduced backpressure on the legal system as a whole from this very fact.


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The only way to describe this word would be to say your heart is literally in pain, it feels like someone is squezzing your heart and you cant breath. This pain comes from someone breaking your heart. ( Maybe from a past relationship that didnt end right or your gf/bf cheating on you and leaving you for some unknown reason ) One of those feelings that seem to never go away. Every single thing around you ends up reminding you of that person who once said they loved you. Apparently they dont anymore and your coming to reality that they probably never did. Its not just a mental feeling its also physical, because when it happens you feel this horrible pain right where your heart is. Its like your heart is actually breaking, and I honestly think it is.. Everytime your alone you just feel like breaking down, and when your out with friends if "that" persons name is mentioned you automatically just shutdown. You cant think strait and you feel so lost. All in all its probably one of the worse types of pain or hurt you can be in, because you know there is nothing you can do about it.
Me = Brokenhearted
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How you feel when the person that you love just wakes up one day and decides that "Hey, I'm gonna dump her/him today." And you just can't help but think that it's your fault, even when it really isn't, and you feel depressed and mad at the world. Therefore, you turn to any person around you for support. And since you're not over the person you love, you expect the "Oh, he'll go back out with you" speech. But NO! They think you're over him like that, and they go to the "He's an asshole, you deserve better" speech. But you want them back so badly, its not even funny.
I fell in love with him, but now, I'm just broken hearted. It feels like that relationship was worth nothing to him.
โดย glassxrose 29 พฤษภาคม 2007
To be overwhelmed with disappointment and grief from a boyfriend,girlfriend,friend,etc.
Sally was broken hearted when she found out John cheated on her.
โดย Gerard Irick 08 สิงหาคม 2007
The feeling one feels after being rejected. Almost like "heartbroken", but not. Heartbroken is when the other loved you back, at one point or another.
"I feel so brokenhearted because he never loved me."
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As South Korean and U.S. officials believe North Korea is prepared to test fire a long-range missile, North Korean officials have announced the nation is looking forward to developing a space program in the near future.
"The DPRK's policy of advancing to space for peaceful purposes is a justifiable aim that fits the global trend of the times," government officials said in a state-run newspaper. "There is no power in the world that can stop it. As long as developing and using space are aimed at peaceful purposes and such efforts contribute to enhancing human beings' happiness, no one in the world can find fault with them."
Despite international concern, North Korea has been involved in space research and development, but hasn't launched its own satellites or rockets into space. Several nations -- and possibly NASA in the near future -- fuel their space programs through military funding, and there is a concern North Korea would use its satellite launch technology to develop more sophisticated rocket technology for missiles and weapons of war.
During a launch in 1998, North Korea launched a missile that sailed over Japan and splashed into the Pacific Ocean, with government officials saying the missile helped put a satellite into orbit.
Along with a possible entrance into space, North Korea is almost ready to test launch the Taepodong-2 missile, which has an estimated range of 4,100 miles. Pyongyang would like to test launch the missile to garner international attention, especially from new U.S. President Barack Obama.
North Korea first tried to launch Taepodong-2 in 2006, but the missile failed 40 seconds after launch, U.S. security officials said.
The United States and numerous other western nations have become increasingly concerned by a growing number of nations looking to develop space programs.
Iran recently launched a satellite into orbit despite international concern its space program could be used for military purposes.
quote: As long as developing and using space are aimed at peaceful purposes and such efforts contribute to enhancing human beings hapiness...
quote: Where do you suppose Japan would get its nuclear weapon from?
quote: they ALL know if one leaves the ground, that country will cease to exist.
quote: I HOPE you are absolutely correct, but do you think it is wise to cede that type of power to a dictator that starves and tortures his own citizens.
quote: I guess that 'shoot from the hip' talk is fine is you're living way out in the cornfields somewhere but if you are one of the 84 percent of Americans living in and around a major metropolitan area
quote: if we lost DC, NYC, Boston, San Fran or LA, America would be devestated
quote: (Perhaps a bit thick in rhetoric, but make no mistake, a return nuclear exchange would piss off too many Nuclear armed states, and the United States would not be able to handle a massive rescue / rebuilding event such as the torching of one of her cities, and taking NK. As clearly evidenced by her inability to rebuild New Orleans, while fighting two small conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The question being, could China actually diplomatically stop the US from launching, and would the sacking of Pyongyang be enough for those wanting direct retribution in the US?)
quote: would deal with NK itself
quote: I say, let them have it. They nor anyone else will ever launch one because they'll be instantly pounded back into the Paleolithic age. The US and its allies still have more nukes than all of the crazy countries cubed and they ALL know if one leaves the ground, that country will cease to exist.
quote: Well, it won't be the US that pounds them... don't forget our current administration wants the US to rid themselves of all nukes.


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its when you take a shit in the ocean. Usually after the doing the big brown water snake floats up next to you.
dude i was at the beach yesterday, and that mexican food fuckin' got to me. Thank god i was wearing bord shorts cuz i took the fattest fucking aqua turd in the world.
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A turd that is in composition at least 60% liquid.
Ol' BJ killed my grass with his aqua turd.
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Penn State's "NASCAR" no-huddle offense might be stalled in the pits Saturday against Northwestern because Bill O'Brien knows he has to keep the ball away from the Wildcats' similarly-paced fast offense.
"When you play a team like Northwestern, you have to be careful about going NASCAR because they're a NASCAR team," O'Brien said Thursday night on his weekly radio show. "If you go NASCAR on three plays and don't gain anything, then your defense is right back on the field."
The Nittany Lions have had great offensive success in recent years against Northwestern, scoring 34, 35, 34, 33, and 34 points in the past five games -- all wins.
In those five games, PSU has outscored the Wildcats by a mind-boggling total of 96-6 in the second half.
The previous coaching staff certainly found a good formula for beating Northwestern, and now O'Brien and defensive coordinator Ted Roof will get their chance.
Roof said Northwestern's offense makes teams "defend the entire width of the football field" while also stretching things horizontally. Like the Lions, the Wildcats try to get their receivers open in space and let them run after the catch.
One result often is that linebackers are alone in coverage against Northwestern's receivers. Roof said his linebackers have "done a good job overall" in pass coverage but added they've got to get "a lot better."
"Sometimes there's some matchup concerns, but at the same time, from a team defense concept, that's when you need your pass rush to help you right there," Roof said.
It will be very difficult to stop the Wildcats altogether on offense, but in the past Penn State's defense has done a good job in the red zone.
"That's a critical, critical element because what the goal is, is to try and force them to attempt a field goal so when they get down there, you're not giving up seven, you're giving up attempts for three," Roof said. "That's a big deal, especially when we don't have a lot of margin for error."
One thing Roof has tried in recent weeks has been moving cornerback Adrian Amos to safety and getting linebacker Mike Hull on the field. He calls it "a big nickel or a little linebacker" package, and the goal is to "put our most athletic people out there."
That should be the idea facing such a versatile player like Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter and an offense that amassed 704 yards last week against Indiana.
"It presents a lot of problems, a lot of challenges, and it's certainly unique," Roof said. "They're doing a good job with their system."


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Sept. 10, 1926 - March 3, 2013
Robert Will Fesler passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving daughter and her family in Miami, Florida on March 3rd, 2013. "Bob" had come to live with his daughter, Lisa North and family, after his wife of 57 years, Virginia Fesler, passed away, on July 9, 2011. Bob was born in St Paul, Minnesota on September 10, 1926. He served in the US Army in 1945-1946, returned to the States and earned his B.A degree in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota. Bob and Virginia moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1959, where Bob soon became an integral part of the South Lake Tahoe community, starting the Fesler Insurance Agency which he ran until he retired in 1986. Bob also served four terms as an elected director of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, including 8 years as President of the Board. Fesler was also a longtime member of the South Tahoe Rotary Club serving as President 1976-77. Bob and Virginia also lived in Palm Desert, California, and most recently, 10 years in Boynton Beach, Florida to be near their daughter. Bob loved his many friends, playing golf, enjoyed humor, and loved his family. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa North and her husband, Mark North, grandsons, Michael Fesler North and Zack Robert North, and granddaughter, Hannah North. A family service was held in Miami, Florida.


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BASICALLY, chucky egg is a boiled egg in a mug chopped up into tiny pieces then butter, salt and pepper is added.
OH MAN, i could really do with some chucky egg right about now.
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O'Brien addresses future at PSU - sort of
UNIVERSITY PARK - A big story line last week was Bill O'Brien's name coming up for potential NFL openings after the season, and the coach was asked a direct yes-or-no question Saturday about whether he will be back at Penn State next year.
O'Brien got a little testy that the question was asked, but he didn't provide a yes or no answer.
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"You guys [in the media] gave legs to a story last week that there's no story there," he said. "There's no story there. I'm focused on one game at a time. I'm focused on this football team, and that's not something that I even think about. I think about - I'm the head football coach at Penn State, and I'm looking forward to getting this team ready for Wisconsin. You gave legs to a story that's not even there. It's not even there."
The reporter who asked then followed up by saying it's a yes-or-no question.
O'Brien again didn't answer yes or no and said, "For me it's Wisconsin and this football team and this senior class. That's where I think the questions should be directed - Indiana, the senior class, getting ready for Wisconsin. ... I'm the head football coach at Penn State, I love coaching here, and I can't wait to get back to work on Monday and get ready for Wisconsin."
McGloin doesn't regret comments
Another big story from last week was quarterback Matt McGloin saying of Penn State, "We're not going to get that call here" when speaking of the controversial play that took at TD away from the Lions at Nebraska. McGloin was asked Saturday if he regretted making those remarks.
"No," he said. "I don't think I regret anything I ever say."
No teammates made similar comments to McGloin's, but secretly they may have appreciated him sticking his neck out and making them.
"I'm sure," McGloin said. "But those guys, we do a great job of sticking behind each other, and we do a great job of fighting for each other and playing together."
McGloin made a joke when asked why it's always him being the most outspoken member of the team.
"Quarterback, we love the spotlight, we like dealing with you guys [in the media] every day," he joked. "No, it's just the way I am. I'm an outspoken guy, I'm a very emotional guy when it comes to the game of football. I'm a very competitive person, I love to win, I hate to lose. I say what I feel, and everybody knows that."
Big fourth downs propel Lions
Two of the biggest plays Saturday came on fourth down, and of course, O'Brien didn't hesitate going for it either time.
Penn State took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter when, on fourth-and-3 from the Hoosier 26, McGloin hit Allen Robinson down the left sideline for a TD. An even bigger play came in the third quarter with PSU up 28-22 and with Indiana having rallied to capture a lot of momentum.
The Lions faced fourth-and-9 from the Hoosier 32, and McGloin tossed a big 11-yard completion over the middle to Brandon Moseby-Felder. The duo connected again three plays later for 14 yards down to the 1, setting up a Zach Zwinak TD that helped PSU start to pull away.
"That sprung a touchdown for us," Moseby-Felder said of his fourth-down grab. "My teammates called on me to make a play, I made a play, moved the chains."
Penn State is now 18-of-33 on fourth down this season, and going for it so frequently has become second nature to the offense.
"Coach O'Brien will go for it on fourth down, and Matt expects that," quarterbacks coach Charlie Fisher said. "We expect that, hey, there's a good chance we're going to go for it here. And when you convert fourth downs, that's a big part of any game because it really hurts the defense. They're thinking, hey, we've got a stop, we're going to get off the field and then bang, four more plays."
Students show up
Classes at Penn State concluded Friday afternoon, which sent the majority of students back to their hometowns to begin the week-long Thanksgiving break. Still, a large number of students stayed in State College for the weekend to attend the game. Although the student section was rather empty at kickoff, it filled in nicely as the first quarter progressed.
"It was great to see the students stick around," quarterback Matt McGloin said. "I know it is hard for them being Thanksgiving break and all."
The university kept the residence halls open until Sunday morning to encourage students to stay for the game. O'Brien admitted after the game that he did not know what to expect from the crowd, but he said he was very pleased with the atmosphere.
"I can't say enough about our fans," O'Brien said. "We have great fans here, and they support this team. This team really appreciates it."
The announced attendance was 90,358, the smallest home crowd since the 1995 "snow bowl" against Michigan.
Hoosiers air it out but struggle to score
Indiana's Cameron Coffman threw for a whopping 454 yards, completing 33-of-59, but his offense still could only manage 22 points. He threw two TDs, including a screen that went for a 79-yard TD to Stephen Houston, and was picked off twice.
"I couldn't care less if it doesn't result in a win," Coffman said of his career-high total.
He said he threw for more than 500 yards a couple of times in high school but added, "I got a win, so it felt a lot better."
The Hoosiers were one-dimensional as they rushed for only 24 yards on 26 carries. That meant Coffman had to be the entire offense, and he put up gaudy numbers, except for on the scoreboard.
"I thought he left a bunch," Indiana coach Kevin Wilson said when asked if Coffman left plays on the field. "One of the key components of him, he has to make some plays, some tight windows and tight throws.
Indiana needed a win Saturday and one next week to become bowl-eligible, but instead the Hoosiers will be shut out of the bowl picture once again. Their defense is the biggest culprit as it has been shredded numerous times this season.
"We are not at a point right now where we can play shutdown defense," Wilson said.
News and notes
PSU's game captains were FB Andre Dupree, G Frank Figueroa, CB Patrick Flanagan and WR Christian Kuntz. ... LB Gerald Hodges suffered a minor leg injury in the second quarter, but he missed only one play, and then three plays after the injury he had a spectacular effort on an interception. Hodges tipped a pass from Coffman and then dove to catch the ball just before it hit the ground. ... PSU was called for a rare sideline interference penalty for a second straight week. O'Brien said it was his fault as he was in the wrong position when an official ran into him. ... S Malcolm Willis (knee) didn't play for PSU. Jake Fagnano replaced him. ... DT Jordan Hill played the entire game and didn't show any ill effects from his knee sprain two weeks ago.
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October 17, 2013
President Barack Obama has rightly come under fire for his practice of bypassing Congress on critical issues that should be decided by the legislative branch of government. Now, it appears Ohio Gov....
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Drugs have become a war for law enforcement
April 8, 2013
When Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum took office in January, he set about keeping a campaign promise: Crum intended to crack down on the illegal drug trade, especially on prescription pain pills....
It's amusing that you call it a 'war' when calls to Elkins Police about suspicious drug activity in town are never followed up on; or they do show up when we call the Mayor and complain.
It's meth and pills, but more importantly, it's the lack of options for many people to spend their time doing something useful.
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"Several Incidents"? There has been two in WV. One in a county which has a massive set of problems, of which drug abuse is an effect and not a cause.
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Bwahahaha....liberals......funnier than 5 year olds. Oh....they are...at least in mentality. LOLOLOL.
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It's going to get worse. The Governor wants to put everyone on "community corrections" which doesn't work.
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Carter, get your shoes off of your ears.
Yes, he found a way to hang them from his ears after I told him to pick his shoes up off the playroom floor. Must. Be. More. Specific. Next. Time.
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Woolrich Retreat, set on historic five-acre woodlands you will find two luxury retreats where you will enjoy the very best bed and breakfast accommodation available in the Dandenong Ranges.The perfect Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges getaway offers privacy, an open fire, spa to soak in or relax on the decks with a barbecue overlooking the gardens and free entry to Cloudehill Gardens next door.Built in the 1920s,Woolrich Cottage's Art Deco features have been retained and restored to create this elegant accommodation. Fine furniture complements the period architectural features such as the Art Deco leadlight windows.The cottage includes two bedrooms with large ensuites, so two couples can enjoy equal luxury as well as an indoor, four person Jacuzzi hot tub under a glass skylight. The lounge room has an open fire, and a bay window with dining table. The kitchen has granite bench tops and a farmhouse sink. French doors open up onto a deck with a barbecue and outdoor furniture for alfresco dining with garden and mountain views.In French Provence style, the Garden Retreat is perfect for one couple with its king-size bed and double spa (separate shower). Miele appliances in the kitchen, leadlight windows, in the bathroom and bedroom, television with Foxtel and DVD and a lovely open wood fire in the cosy lounge room makes this an experience to remember.Outside, the balcony is complete with barbecue and art deco table and chairs sits at the edge of a canopy of trees. Walk down the steps next to your retreat and open the gate to Cloudehill Gardens or go the other way into the Woolrich Woodlands with its meandering paths, lyrebirds, azalea maze and the dell.
The Garden Retreat is suitable for a couple. It has a bedroom with king size bed; a lounge room with open fire and kitchen; a bathroom with shower and spa bath; and a balcony with barbecue overlooking the garden. Generous breakfast provisions, a bottle of bubbly are provided and there is free entry to Cloudehill Gardens.
Woolrich Cottage is a cottage with two bedrooms each with an ensuite. It is always let to one set of guests whether it is one couple or two. Breakfast provisions, a bottle of bubbly, and lots of little extras are provided plus free entry to Cloudehill Gardens. Extra fees apply for an additional couple or person staying. Contact for more information.
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Rep. Brian Higgins is calling on state and federal education officials to audit the Buffalo Public Schools' use of anti-poverty funds.
In a recent letter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and State Education Commissioner John B. King Jr., Higgins, D-Buffalo, asked for an audit to investigate the more than $330,000 that former Assistant Superintendent Debbie Buckley had directed to friends, relatives and business associates.
"There's been a lack of transparency and oversight over this program that was intended to assist low-income students living in the City of Buffalo," he said. "The blatant abuse of federal dollars has to be fixed so it doesn't happen again."
A story last month on a report on Buckley revealed that several people and entities close to her, including her son, former stepsister and a tutoring business that Buckley started with her mother, benefited from contracts she directed to them.
That report, which the School Board commissioned, triggered Buckley's termination last June. District officials withheld the report from The Buffalo News for several months, until the newspaper filed a lawsuit seeking its release.
Representatives from the District Parent Coordinating Council met recently with members of Higgins' staff to ask him to push for an audit. The group for more than a year has been questioning district officials about their use of federal Title I funds, which are intended to help students in poverty.
Higgins said he is requesting an audit that focuses on questionable expenditures of funds under Buckley's direction but added that such an audit would likely lead to better oversight in the grants department as a whole. "One is a symptom of the other," he said. "The more quickly we can get the audit done, the more quickly we can get corrective action."
A spokesman for the state education commissioner said King is reviewing Higgins' letter and plans to release a copy of his response once it has been written. A spokesman from the federal Department of Education said several factors play into deciding whether the Office of the Inspector General will audit a particular program, including "allegations or reports of possible waste, fraud, or abuse involving a particular program or entity that we may have received."
"Per our policy, we neither confirm nor deny investigative activity and we do not discuss details of any ongoing audit," Catherine Grant, a spokesperson for the federal Department of Education's Office of Inspector General, wrote in an email. "This longstanding policy is in place to protect and maintain the integrity of any effort we may have underway, and the privacy of any individual(s) that may be involved in our work."
Superintendent Pamela C. Brown released a statement in response to an inquiry from The News. "We share Congressman Higgins' view that Title I funds should be used to benefit the students of the Buffalo Public Schools," she said. "As is well known, an independent investigation was conducted, the results of which are helping to inform our future actions so that they will be accountable and in compliance with federal and state standards."
While Buckley served as assistant superintendent for state and federal programs in 2010 and 2011, she oversaw an annual budget of more than $100 million in grant money, much of it Title I money intended to serve disadvantaged students.
In an extensive interview with the district's investigators last year, Buckley said she never received any training to be an assistant superintendent and was doing the best she could. She also attributed some of her problems to a flare-up in her rheumatoid arthritis, which she said made it difficult for her to function at work.
"Those entrusted with the public's confidence, particularly those directly involved in schooling our children, must meet a higher standard," Higgins wrote. "More rigorous inquiry into this matter is the only way to maintain the public's confidence in our education system."
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Urban medical term more commonly known as blackout drunk. This is when some is in a state of being awake but not realizing or remembering what he/she did or was doing. This can be mistaken as someone being an asshole as in most cases that is the only symptom.
Dude why is that guy being an asshole? Oh wait he's just clinically unconcious.
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on September 15, 2012 - 11:55 AM
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Buffalo police arrested a 23-year-old woman Friday on a charge of offering a bribe to two people who reported a Black Rock home invasion.
Nicole Ward offered each $1,000 for the false testimony to help burglary defendant Lonnie A. Spears, according to a police report.
Ward also allegedly threatened the two, saying they know what would happen if they testified truthfully, according to the police report. Both have repeatedly received death threats by defendants in the trial, the police report said.
Police arrested Ward at the Erie County Courthouse.
In October, the two people told police that two intruders entered their apartment on the 1900 block of Niagara Street shortly before 2 a.m., put a gun to their heads and demanded money.
Charged in the case are Lonnie Spears, 28, of Park Avenue, City of Tonawanda, and Andrew Spears, 25, who are now on trial for burglary charges in State Supreme Court in Buffalo.
The two victims, a man and a woman, said the robbers took three cellphones and $700 in cash from the man and one of them hit him in the face with the handgun, causing a quarter-inch cut to his forehead. The other intruder fired several shots over the man's head, according to a police report at the time.


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Each test is over seen by an independent group of users of systems under test during both test phases. The group is called the Test Review Group (TRG). The TRG adjudicates problems found during the test phases. After the completion of a test, the TRG presents a recommendation to NWS management whether the new system or changes to an existing system should be nationally deployed into NWS service operations.
OPS24 is one of four branches in the Field Systems Operations Center (FSOC) of the Office of Operational Systems(OOS).
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geez, I just don't know about that. Obviously there will bea bigadvancementamd they can still make money because of technological advancement. I guess what I mean by 3.5/2.5 is that they will be using current technology or maybe a little better than what PC's can do but they won't be pushing the envelope much. I would expect better graphics and all games to run at 60FPS in 1080P. That's it, I don't expect the graphics to completely blow me away when compared to what PC's can do right now. Better? Yes. Lots better? No.
We'll see. Huge mistake to launch before they can make a big improvement IMO. Games are still selling like hotcakes on the 360 and PS3, so it would be stupid of them to put out new hardware that they'll take a loss on if it doesn't really advance things.
They can just continue dragging out this generation now that they're making profits. Not like Nintendo is going to move the graphics envelop forward and put any pressure on them.
If they drag it out until 2013 or 2014 and still don't make a big step forward in graphics, then I may well just take a generation off from gaming if not quitting completely. I'm not going to drop $400 on a new console that's a marginal improvement over the 360 giving my current (and declining) interest in gaming in general.


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On Monday, March 15, American Guernsey Association executive secretary, Seth Johnson, was at the Hoard's Dairyman Farm to appraise the Hoard Guernsey herd. Scoring began at 6 a.m. and continued during the ensuing day, Johnson evaluated 64 2-year-olds that received their first-ever score. The 64 first-score cows averaged 79.03 for final score, 80.56 on udders, and 80.17 on feet and legs.
Of those 64 first score cows, there were 11 1GU418 Idle Gold E Challenge-ET daughters that were evaluated for the first time. These moderate-framed cows were 2 years, 9 months of age (on average) on appraisal day and had an 82.2 final score, 83.7 udders, and 81.4 feet and legs. When it comes to production, the 11-cow-Challenge group calved at 2 years, 1 month and have actual 305-day projections of 17,059M 5.2 880F 3.3 571P.
When looking at all cows on the farm, averages included:
• First lactation, 126 cows: 78.9 points, 79.9 udders, and 80.1 feet and legs
• Second lactation, 87 cows: 80.4 points, 79.5 udders, and 81.6 feet and legs
• Third and greater lactation (4.31 lactations), 124 cows: 83.8 points, 82.7 udders, and 83 feet and legs
• All cows, 337 cows: 81.1 points, 80.7 udders, 81.5 feet and legs.
The Hoard Farm had three new Excellent cows including:
• Rutter Bros Goliaths Ruby, EX-90, VG-88 MS, EX-90 F&L. Ruby's has 151,123 M, 8623 F, and 5,370 P of lifetime credits to date. She is due for the tenth time this September. Her dam, Ruthie EX-91 has 194,399 M, 10.130 F, and 7130 P, in her lifetime and counting.
• Lavon Farms Mountains Molly, EX-90 and EX-91 MS. Molly is completing a 8-1 record of 303 days, 20,721 M 4.2 875 F, 3.2 658 P.
• Rolling Prairie P King Pansy (shown above), EX-90, EX-90 MS, and EX-90 F&L. Pansy recently completed a 5-1 record of 365 days, 25,098 M, 4.5 1,120 F, 3.3 and 819 P. She has a Trotacre Enhancer Lewis-ET daughter that is VG-85 in the second lactation. Click for more on Pansy
After reviewing the data, the Hoard Farm ended up with:
• 20 Excellents (90 points or higher)
• 196 Very Goods (80 to 89 points)
• 111 Desirable (70 to 79 points)
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The Leadership Challenge, the most trusted source on becoming a better leader, has been thoroughly updated and revised for a new generation of leaders living and working in a global environment. Building on the knowledge base of the previous books, this fourth edition is grounded in research and presents extensive interviews with a diverse group of leaders at all levels in a wide variety of organizations from around the world. The authors emphasize that the fundamentals of leadership are not a fad. While the context of leadership has changed dramatically, the content of leadership has endured the test of time.
With scores of new case studies and a timeless and inspiring message, The Leadership Challenge is a "personal coach in a book", guiding listeners through the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership. When leaders understand that leadership is a relationship and they begin to engage in the Five Practices (Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart), they are better able to embark on a lifetime of success and significance.
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"An inspirational and practical handbook, this expanded revision of a best-selling manual originally published in 1987 offers sound advice....This new edition has been substantially updated to reflect the challenges of shrinking work forces, rising cynicism and expanded telecommunications." (Publishers Weekly)
Marty Jacobs consults in the areas of strategic planning, board governance, leadership development, and community engagement.
"Great Book for Leadership Peer Groups"
This book discusses in depth the five practices of exemplary leadership: 1) model the way, 2) inspire a shared vision, 3) challenge the process, 4) enable others to act, and 5) encourage the heart. The authors devote two chapters to each of these practices, with helpful summaries of key points at the end of each chapter. Although the book is chock full of great ideas, it is rather dense and can be hard to work through. Those who could benefit the most from the pearls of wisdom in this book are unlikely to have the kind of time it takes to really digest and absorb the practices outlined in this book. It would be a great book for a leadership peer group to use to help each other build and strengthen their leadership practice.
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I have both the book and audio. At times I followed along in the book from the audio. I had this for a college class and multiple homework assignments from it. I could read the chapters by audio and study for tests and/or homework with the book. It's excellent information.
No way. Information and concepts are too detailed.
I had to read this for work and thought the audio copy might be easier to get through. It was like listening to paint dry.
Too repetitive! Too straight forward. So you created a survey about the leadership traits and called it the Leadership Traits Survey? How original.
Too dry. Needed more inflection in the voice, more passion, more enthusiasm.
I guess it's supposed to be a book for business leaders, but I would have liked more non-business examples of good leadership. Politics? Religion? Education? Family? Come on, mix it up.
I was disappointed because someone raved about the book and told me how great it was, but I feel like I only got a few nuggets of wisdom and a few "take aways." It probably would have been much easier to read as an article rather than an entire book.
"Read the Table of Contents"
Read the table of contents, and then imagine what you would think was important about these things. That's it, you just saved yourself 10 hours of listening to horrible narration of simple ideas.
Their primary method of determining good leadership is by taking results of surveys of what people think good leadership skills are. Maybe this type of analysis held up 20 years ago when this was first published, but it comes off as amateurish and lacking in concrete evidence today (not saying they are wrong, just their methodology is questionable).
don't waste your time with this one.
"Some good best practices"
The authors did a mostly good job. I was disappointed though with their citing correlational studies as evidence of cause. Similarly, they use self-report, opinion studies to justify claims of a particular business practice's efficacy. Also distracting is the abundance of platitude.
All of this said, as a business manager myself, I highly recommend the book. In fact, I am encouraging my peers to also give the book a read. I say this because Kouzes and Pozner offer several pragmatic ideas and ways of conceptualizing the leadership role.
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Aaren Soriano's life changed forever five years ago when he saw his father beat his mother at the Haiku Park and Community Center.
Her bruised and bloodied face left him with images that would "scar me for the rest of my life," he said.
After a lifetime of psychological abuse from his father, Soriano, now 16, became "painfully shy" and began to build emotional walls around himself.
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"However," he said, "one of those walls had a door, and that door was the Boys & Girls Club."
For his compelling life story and excellence in character, Soriano was named the Hawaii Boys & Girls Club Youth of the Year earlier this month. The Kamehameha Schools Maui junior was one of four finalists from clubs across the state.
The selection weighed two written and orally presented essays, with one about post-high school plans and the other, which for Soriano was difficult to express, about what the club means to the member.
"That was tough," said staff member and mentor Cathy Rudow. "It gets very personal, and it's very draining . . . a lot of slow breathing and lots of listening."
The topic of his father's abuse is still difficult for Soriano to talk about, but his mother, Mandi Soriano, said the Haiku incident occurred when she met with the father to pick up Aaren and his two siblings.
During the exchange, the father, who she divorced a year earlier, told her he wanted to move to Oregon with their children.
When she declined, "it escalated from an argument," she said.
"I don't think any woman or any child should go through that," she said. "That event changed our whole life."
Aaren Soriano said he has not seen or spoken to his father since the incident, but he remembers suffering verbal and psychological abuse from his father since he was 3 years old.
After his parents' divorce, Soriano said he had to take care of his younger brother, now 14, and sister, now 12, when they stayed with their father.
"We had to figure out how to get food on our own," he said. "Personally, I wouldn't know how they felt, but I know they experienced sorrow and pain as much as I did."
Mandi Soriano filed an order of protection against the father, and applied for sole custody of the three children. Upon winning the case, she moved Upcountry and enrolled the children in the club's Makawao branch.
"My mom told me I needed a place to go after school," said Soriano, whose mother works as lead custodian at his high school. "So I just had to go . . . but over time I wanted to go."
The result of his father's abuse caused Soriano to become a "painfully shy" person, he said, which is something Rudow saw on the first day Soriano walked into the club.
"He was pretty quiet and would just observe the other kids," she said. "You could tell he had sort of an inner strength, but it took quite some time for him to break out. There was some serious dysfunction in his life."
Jill Delos Santos, another staff member who mentored Soriano, said he began to socialize and become active in the club about two years ago.
"First of all, he needed to find out who he was," she said. "He just had no confidence, but lots of brains. Once he could trust (the staff), now we have this bond.
"He has grown into one of the most popular boys at the club . . . Other kids look up to him a lot. He's just a great all-around kid."
Soriano said he attends the club every day after school, including breaks and holidays.
"That's what makes my day," he said. "It's mostly the atmosphere, and everybody cares for each other. Everybody is a family."
Some of the activities he enjoys playing are ping pong, chess, billiards, basketball, dodgeball and even lifting weights.
A 4.0 grade-point-average student and member of the National Honor Society of Hawaii, Soriano also helps younger members with their schoolwork.
When asked why he never sought help for himself during his father's period of abuse, he said "I guess, there was a part of me that was afraid.
"I try to learn from the hard times in my life," he said. "Learn from it and move on."
He said the experience has taught him how to be a "real man," not governed by "physical strength," but through "love" and "responsibility."
The junior aspires to attend Stanford or Yale and become a lawyer.
"I want to help people with their legal problems and protect the community," he said.
In July, Soriano will travel to California for a regional selection and vie for the national Youth of the Year honor.
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on November 30, 2012 - 8:16 AM
Two men forced their way into a University Heights home early Friday and stole several possessions before fleeing without injuring the occupants, police said.
The home invasion occurred at about 2:45 a.m. on the first block of Tyler Street, according to detectives.
The residents said the men threatened to harm them, claiming to have a gun.
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DENVER � Colorado�s economy stands on a knife edge between good times and another recession, and Congress can push it one way or the other, a state economist said Thursday.
The state and national economies are losing momentum, said Natalie Mullis, chief economist for the Legislature. But fundamentals are good: Housing prices are recovering, banks have improved their balance sheets, and people are carrying less debt.
�All of these things seem to point to an economy that�s ready to move forward, but it isn�t yet, and the reason it isn�t is that economic and political uncertainty is high,� Mullis said.
She cited the risk of economic collapse in Europe and the upcoming debates of a number of budget issues in Washington. The last time Congress had an extended and dramatic budget debate, the economy slowed nearly to a halt, Mullis said.
Despite the dire warnings, Colorado�s budget appears to be ready to handle bad news.
The state finished its budget year in June with a $582 million surplus � its largest in a decade and a dramatic change from recent years, when legislators talked about scraping nickels out of the couch cushions to keep the books in balance.
Henry Sobanet, head of Gov. John Hickenlooper�s budget office, said the governor is still preparing his budget, but it looks like the state will have more money to handle growth in school enrollment next year. Since Hickenlooper took office, his budgets have cut or frozen school spending.
Sobanet credited an increase in revenue from capital-gains taxes from an increase in the stock market, plus more jobs among natural-gas and oil companies.
�It�s always good to get positive news with the state revenue forecast,� Hickenlooper said in a news release. �But we know many households are still struggling and different sectors of the economy are still fragile. We remain committed to supporting business and local communities, promoting innovation and helping the state�s most vulnerable residents.�
Hickenlooper is scheduled to release his budget in early November, shortly before Congress returns to try to reach a grand bargain on federal spending.