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on January 7, 2013 - 12:46 AM
Two words immediately came to mind Sunday morning when it became clear the lockout had ended: thank goodness. Thank goodness relief was coming for people who relied on the NHL for income, hard-working people who were buckling under grocery bills, insurance premiums and gasoline prices.
Some are people you see such as ticket-takers, ushers, popcorn vendors and members of cleanup crews. The financial strain ran much deeper, to restaurant employees and food suppliers and truck drivers, to hotel housekeepers, valet parking attendants, waiting staff, bartenders and beyond.
Thank goodness the lockout ended – for their sake.
Let me get this out of the way before anyone jumps to conclusions: Despite my job description, the only effect the NHL lockout had on my life was a positive one. It mattered little whether they played this season, next season or never. The NHL is a lousy league that grossly overrated its relevance.
For me, its absence was rejuvenating. Part of me wished players and owners would have kept fighting until another season was wiped out and both sides suffered severe consequences. Maybe they would have understood desperation as defined in the real world rather than a postgame cliche used to explain their fantasy existence.
For months, feelings of entitlement were revealed by both sides when bickering about the unfairness of the other. You want inequity? Ask fans who for years shaved a few bucks from necessities so they could take their kids to a game, only to see a half-hearted effort and hear half-baked excuses about bad bounces, tough breaks and, of course, injuries.
Steve Ott was acquired to pump much-needed leadership and professionalism into the Sabres. He's known as a quality player and person. Getting him was a good move, but for him to say the lockout was "nerve-wracking" should be an insult to anyone who has ever emptied the change jar to buy a quart of milk.
In the coming days, if not already, players and league leaders will apologize to fans for taking away their game. They'll plead for forgiveness and promise it will not happen again. They'll talk about the give-and-take of negotiating a fair deal. They'll talk about being happy for the fans.
Good heavens, get over yourselves.
Nothing is more revolting than rich people fighting over money, and nothing is more false than a second-rate league and its players claiming they care about fans. They don't care about fans. They care about what fans do for them. Fans fueled a $3.3 billion industry that led to billionaires and millionaires growing greedier than ever.
The NHL needs fans, but here's a better question: Do fans need the NHL?
It could take time, but my guess is fans will be back in full force when the league gets rolling again. Buffalo is a true, blue hockey town that filled First Niagara Center for the Amerks. Television ratings for Stanley Cup playoffs are always high in Buffalo no matter how many times the Sabres fail to reach them.
We'll see how they respond in non-traditional hockey markets that could take or leave hockey. Push fans away once, and they might return. Push them away three times in Gary Bettman's reign of error, and they could be gone for good. The NHL did such a good job of expanding its fan base before alienating the very customers it needed.
You know it's a mess when it takes 113 days for Bettman and NHLPA chief Donald Fehr to solve a problem that the average Joe could have fixed in 113 minutes. Bettman and Fehr weren't negotiating for four months so much as deciding whose chest was hairier.
Owners who collected 43 percent of revenue are now getting 50 percent. Players who were getting 57 percent are getting 50 percent. They split the sandwich down the middle.
They reached various points of absurdity while trying to share big money that was flushed away with every game lost, every event canceled, every day that passed. One of the final obstacles was about player pensions. Players shouldn't need a pension given their annual salaries. They need a financial adviser and half a brain.
Who won? Who lost?
Really, who cares?
They salvaged part of the season, which is now compromised. Owners walked away with a greater percentage of revenue than they had under the previous agreement and the long-term deal they wanted. The players kept their long-term contracts that still allow for salaries to skyrocket.
Owners had more time and money than players did. The extreme wealth of the owners could withstand another year getting tossed in the trash can. In some cases, killing the season was a better alternative than playing one. In the end, owners were going to get more than they did under the previous CBA. It was a matter of how much.
If you're looking for someone to blame for this rumble, start with the owners. In 2005, they all but drew up the last CBA and stuffed it down the collective throat of the NHLPA. Seven years later, they came back complaining about their own contract. They demanded a new agreement more suited to filling their coffers.
No, it wasn't fair.
It was business.
The new collective bargaining agreement, much like the last one, is largely designed to protect owners from themselves. They have lacked discipline for years and will in the years ahead. Nobody could blame players for signing massive deals when the money was there. Players take what they can while they can.
Under this deal, assuming revenues climb, franchise values will increase again. It's impossible to say whether they will rise at the same rate as they did in the previous years because there's no calculating the damage.
History suggests harm will be minimal when looking at revenues that soared by 83 percent between lockouts.
Keep that in mind when walking into First Niagara Center or running to the store for merchandise. I'm not here to tell people how to spend their money, but fans can punish players and owners if they feel it's necessary. They can skip the game and take their family out for dinner and a few drinks. If you need to see the game, by all means, buy tickets.
Just be sure to tip the popcorn vendors and support the people from the real world. They needed the NHL more than anyone.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Stetson University men's tennis team won its third match in a row, with a convincing 4-1 decision over Lipscomb, Friday afternoon. The Hatters and Bison completed just four of six singles matches as both teams switched to a clinch format because of the heavy rain forecasted for the Nashville area on Friday.
Stetson (9-8, 4-2) jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after taking two of three doubles matches. Simon Julin and Graham Ball were victorious on court No. 3 with an 8-4 decision, while Nathan Debut and partner Hans Adrian Riseng clinched the team point on court No. 2 by an 8-7(6) score,
The Hatters then extended their lead with wins by Cahit Kapukiran's (6-2, 6-2) on court No. 4 and Debut (6-4, 7-5) on court No. 1.
Laurynas Antropikas clinched the team victory for the Hatters with his (7-6(5), 6-3) win on court No. 2, leaving Ball and Chester Espie's matches unfinished on courts No. 5 and 6 respectively.
The Bison claimed their sole singles win on court No. 3, while they mustered one victory during doubles play at the No. 1 court.
"This was a very good win on the road," said Associate Head Coach Christophe Noblet. "The doubles point came down to the number two spot, where Hans and Nathan showed some great leadership to clinch the match."
Stetson's three match winning streak has come at the right time, as all three have been against A-Sun opponents.
"It is important to stay focused on the next task at hand," Noblet said. "NKU is a solid team and we need to be ready for another challenging road contest."
The Hatters will look for their fourth in row against a conference foe on Saturday as they have a quick turnaround from Friday's contest with Lipscomb. SU heads to Northern Kentucky overnight to take on the Norse in a Saturday match, scheduled for 2 p.m. in Highland Heights.
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Curling (have always wanted to, never tried it, think about trying it all the time)
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Stephane Auger, people who don't control their kids in public, stationary bikes, slow golfers (even though people tell me I am one), chocolates with nasty fillings
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Jane Espenson, Kristen Bell (yes!), Josh Lyman (we just met. And no, this doesn't mean Bradley Whitford) Lauren Graham, Joel McHale, Tina Fey AND Liz Lemon
Books about SATs/U.S. college admissions/private schools (Not American, didn't attend them, it's essentially science fiction to me)
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Bringing amusing things my dad says into everyday conversation. "I would like to be a vegetarian - but the problem is I don't like vegetables though."
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People who tell you the same story over and over again, dogs that sniff your privates, Babies and or toddlers that wear sunglasses.
Girls who call strangers 'babe' / 'honey' or 'sweetheart', Tara Reid because she's a bitch and was a bitch to me, and people who generalize that ALL Chinese people are bad drivers
Mariah Carey, Aaliyah (RIP), Amy Poehler, Kanye West
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Finding the best albacore tuna in any city I go to
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That family whose name starts with K, celebrities who name their fan bases, exhaustion
Charlize Theron, Beyonce, Amy Poehler, Ann Wintour
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Athletes who wear compression socks in public and who feel the need to wearall of their race merchandise at once, slow walkers and people who don't move out of your way when it's very obvious you're in a rush, dog owners who take their dogs for walks in a stroller
Entitlement, excuses, lazy people, assuming everything should be easy, complaining, 'poor me' syndrome, online dating...
Terry Fox (if he was still alive), Clara Hughes, Taylor Swift, Lance Armstrong
Kite boarding - never tried it but that sport looks crazy and I will get out on a board one of these days.
Mountain biking - I'm not a risk taker and I get butterflies every time I'm forced to throw myself down a mountain with my shoes attached to the pedals but it's all worth it once you get to the bottom
Marine Biology - I always wanted to be a marine biologist. Why I ended up a trainer? Who knows but maybe in my next life I'll be jumping out of tanks with whales and dolphins
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Nick Cannon Says He Has Lupus-Like Autoimmune Disease
"The blood clot thing was probably the scariest because ... I've known people who have passed away from that," he told PEOPLE at New York's Teqa Restaurant and Tequila Bar, where he was deejaying an event Wednesday night.
"I thought I was getting better," said Cannon, 31, "and then that happened, so that kind of came out of nowhere."
Cannon, who stepped down from his New York-based radio show in February to continue his recovery, said doctors have told him his kidney condition is "something I'm going to be living with all my life."
"I'm just trying to make sure I put my health first," he told PEOPLE, adding that he tries to get six hours of sleep a night and has been taking it easy at home.
He also revealed that the kidney disease was a result of an "autoimmune disease that [doctors] found in my system," and his blood clots were directly connected to his kidney infection.
"It's a lot of stuff," said Cannon, "but it's all in order now."
When asked by PEOPLE if his condition was hereditary, Cannon said, "They kind of say [my] autoimmune [disease] is – like a lupus type of thing, but no one else in my family has it."
For now, Cannon is just focusing on getting better – as well as on his young family with wife Mariah Carey.
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quote: Because our economy is still dependent on oil for probably another 50 years at least. We're already drilling more but we don't want to use everything up in the next 20 years.


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Airline Workers' Federal Class-Action Suit Seeks to Ground Union Boss Forced Dues Powers
Relying on landmark Knox Supreme Court decision, workers seek to roll back union boss power to collect forced dues
Dallas, TX (June 27, 2013) – Six airline workers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit that seeks to expand workers' right to refrain from paying union dues in light of last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision in Knox v. SEIU Local 1000.
Five American Eagle Airlines baggage handlers from Texas and a Southwest Airlines flight attendant from Maryland filed the lawsuit with free legal assistance from National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.
The workers all are not members of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWUA). However, the workers must still accept the TWUA hierarchy as their monopoly bargaining representative even though they are prohibited from voting on the union's bargaining agreement or participating in union meetings. Additionally, federal labor law empowers union officials to extract union dues and fees from the workers as payment for their so-called "representation." If the workers refused to pay union dues or fees, they would be terminated from their jobs.
Last year, the Supreme Court suggested in its Foundation-won Knox v. SEIU ruling that it was ready to reassess whether union bosses' forced dues powers, which it called "something of an anomaly," violate workers' First Amendment rights. Responding to that suggestion, the workers' lawsuit seeks to eliminate forced unionism in America.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Stetson women's tennis team (9-8, 4-3) dropped its third consecutive Atlantic Sun Conference match, falling to North Florida by a score of 6-1 on Saturday afternoon in Jacksonville.
The match began with the Ospreys sweeping the doubles matches to secure an early 1-0 advantage. After UNF won the first doubles match, the duo of junior Diana Bukajeva and Jen Miller put up a strong fight at the number one doubles position, but ultimately fell 8-6.
In singles, the Ospreys won five of the six matches. After UNF won the first two matches in straight sets at the number four and five singles positions, the final four matches all went to three sets. Senior Sara Lazarevic was able to win her first set, but ultimately lost, falling to Lorena Aviles by a score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 to clinch the match for UNF.
The lone winner for Stetson was Bukajeva, who defeated Simona Weymar by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 at the number two position. Juniors Lindsey Cable and MayaBlue Stauffer-MacDowell both played three sets, but lost their matches to end the day.
"The way the team fought today was extremely positive," Stetson assistant coach Christophe Noblet said following the loss. "The overall score does not reflect how close the matches were. On the back side, we need to improve in our ability to close matches when we have the lead."
Stetson will return to action on Wednesday, when the team plays host to UCF at 2:30 p.m. The Hatters will then host Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. to close out the regular season.
"Our focus is now on next week," Noblet said. "Finishing the regular season on a positive note is important prior to the conference championships."


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on March 20, 2013 - 1:14 PM
James Lagona's fall from grace started with allegations of a Ponzi scheme that victimized dozens of people and culminated in a high-profile trial that found him guilty of fraud and conspiracy.
If that wasn't bad enough, Lagona compounded his woes by trying to influence the federal prosecutor overseeing his case.
Lagona's legal travails ended Wednesday when Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny sentenced him to 11 years in prison.
"You were aware of the scheme," Skretny said of Lagona's involvement in the fraud. "You could have stopped it, but you didn't."
Lagona's sentence stems from his two run-ins with the law.
He and fellow defendant Ian Campbell Gent were convicted of fraud and conspiracy in early 2011 for their role in an Amherst-based Ponzi scheme that cheated 90 victims, many of them retirees.
During the trial, Lagona and Gent portrayed themselves as victims and denied knowingly helping Guy Gane and his company, Watermark Financial Services of Amherst.
Lagona continued to maintain his innocence during his sentencing Wednesday.
"I had no idea the money was missing from the accounts," he told Skretny. "I had absolutely no idea money was being taken out."
Prosecutors say Gane cheated Watermark's customers by telling them he was investing their money in valuable waterfront real estate in Maine but never actually bought those properties.
Gane, who many believe was the mastermind behind the scheme, eventually pleaded guilty to fraud and money-laundering charges and agreed to testify against Lagona and Gent.
Gane was sentenced to 13 years in prison. Gent got eight years.
After his initial fraud conviction, Lagona tried to get the case overturned by influencing U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. through his wife, then-Rep. Kathleen Hochul.
In the days leading up to last year's November election, Lagona approached one of Kathleen C. Hochul's campaign aides and offered what prosecutors called a "quid pro quo."
He told the aide that he would campaign for the Hamburg Democrat and do his best to woo undecided Catholic voters – he's a self-described Christian mystic and psychic and a leader in the Western Rite Orthodox Catholic Church. In return, Lagona proposed that Hochul's husband would have to dismiss his upcoming sentencing for fraud.
A day later, he met with the campaign aide again and repeated his offer.
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One cooks in a laid-back smokehouse attached to a groovy midcentury modern motel-ish hotel. Another turns out polished yet soulful plates at a sceney hot spot. A third works his magic on buckwheat flour and recherché Japanese seafood in what feels like a Zen retreat.
This year's selection of the best chefs in Dallas-Fort Worth, which includes three first-timers, certainly covers a wide range of styles. All together they represent the most accomplished and inspired cooking in a city that continues its culinary ascendancy.
And yes, all 11 chefs are in one city — Dallas — despite the geographic spread of the endeavor. That four of them head up kitchens in Oak Cliff testifies to that district's growing influence as a gastronomic sizzle zone.
In order to make the list, a chef must currently be in charge of a restaurant and responsible for creating the dishes. Beyond that, he or she must be creative, original and exacting, with a kitchen that runs smoothly and menus that change with the seasons and the chef's flights of fancy. Consistent execution is important, too.
This year, our chefs have in common an uncanny ability to express themselves on the plate: Each brings tremendous individual personality to the table.
Naturally, we would love to hear your own choices for the best chefs in D-FW.
Here, in alphabetical order, are
The Best in DFW: Chefs.
Tim Byres
Three years after the Oak Cliff restaurant opened, Byres has achieved a happy balance between the simpler (yet wonderful) barbecue dishes on the menu, like snappy sausages in three animal flavors, and his consistently outstanding cheffier dishes. Newish on the menu, one that mingles plump pieces of grilled quail with smoky jalapeños, turnip greens, chickpeas and a smooch of harissa, topped with a brilliant salad of parsley, cilantro and mint, is stunningly good. And Byres' pit-roasted cabrito (baby goat) enveloped in a flying saucer of masa and complemented with green apple salsa verde and goat's milk cajeta is one of the city's most original and craveworthy dishes.
The Belmont Hotel, 901 Fort Worth Ave., Dallas. 214-393-4141. smokerestaurant.com.
Bruno Davaillon
Engaged, elegant, pitch-perfect as ever, Davaillon's cooking remains some of the city's absolute best, even if the chef doesn't seem to take the risks he once did at the Mansion. Who's to argue with a summer corn soup cradling a perfectly poached egg, tender morsels of lobster mushrooms and sweet bits of candied chorizo? He can wow with richness, as in a foie gras custard layered with charred corn and Parmesan foam, or bowl you over with purity of flavor, as in slices of Wagyu strip with dreamy duck-fat fries, puréed daikon and a tomato-béarnaise reduction. If you're craving pheasant, Davaillon's your man. Lately he serves it with a wonderfully smoky charred eggplant purée, silken matsutake mushrooms and a beautiful foie gras-miso sauce.
2821 Turtle Creek Blvd. (entrance on Gillespie Street), Dallas. 214-443-4747. mansiononturtlecreek.com.
Tiffany Derry
You might suspect that a sceney Uptown spot could let quality slide a bit after a noteworthy debut, but a year after Private Social opened, Derry's exuberant cooking is better than ever. The Top Chef star has hung on to some favorites (duck-fat-fried chicken!). But she keeps things fresh with new dishes that are as sophisticated as they are soulful, such as suckling pig stuffed with boudinlike house-made sausage, garnished with yarnlike strands of fried pig's ear. She jazzes up tender slices of "Peking style" duck breast splayed over glass noodles with duck confit, and sets almost-rare slices of Australian lamb loin atop a mound of purple-hull peas, pickled hon shimeji mushrooms, bits of tender lamb neck and crushed toasted pistachios. Phenomenal.
3232 McKinney Ave., Dallas. 214-754-4744. privatesocial.com.
Omar Flores
In his first gig as an executive chef, this young El Paso native is making a mighty impressive show of it at 6-month-old Driftwood. Flores (shown on the Guide cover) approaches his subject with flair and finesse, good taste and superb technique. He knows his way around an octopus tentacle (perfect char, perfectly tender) and how to speak salmon, keeping it slippery and translucent and marrying it with a beautiful barigoule that celebrates the season (that was spring). A meticulous sourcer, he divines that grapefruit and Champagne are just the flavors to enhance wild Long Island oysters.
But Flores is just as brilliant with a rabbit duo or crisp-skinned, milk- poached, silky-fleshed chicken, always with vegetable garnishes that rock. Not convinced? He also happens to turn out some of the city's best desserts, from a laid-back, almondy blueberry buckle with sour cherry-brown butter sauce to a glamorously glossy chocolate terrine. This is Flores' first inclusion in The Best in DFW: Chefs.
642 W. Davis St., Dallas. 214-942-2530. driftwood-dallas.com.
Scott Gottlich
Gottlich's cooking style has loosened up a bit since he and his wife, Gina, redesigned their Inwood Plaza restaurant earlier this year, going to an a la carte menu. Still, his dishes, like a velvety corn chowder with scallion and bits of bacon, or seared scallops with English pea sauce, tomato fondue, hedgehog mushrooms, ramps and peas, have a striking purity of flavor. His technique is impeccable, an underlying elegance shines through, and his sauces are some of the finest in town. Meanwhile, his Chef's Room tasting menus (offered Friday and Saturday nights) show that some of his more formal and ambitious dishes — like a spectacular deconstructed bouillabaisse in salad form, or rosy squab breast with seared foie gras set off brilliantly by kimchi sauce — are more accomplished and original than ever.
5450 W. Lovers Lane at Inwood Road, Dallas. 214-350-6100. bijouxrestaurant.com.
Jeff Harris
The East Texas native who made his name as chef de cuisine at the erstwhile Craft Dallas (earning a spot in The Best in DFW: Chefs in 2010) has shown himself to be terrifically versatile. At Bolsa, with a relaxed and breezy style that perfectly suits the neighborhood's vibe, his dishes are deliciously approachable, yet absolutely sophisticated and personal. Harris' beautifully charred flatbread with house-made sausage and shishito peppers holds its own against the best pizza in town; his duck rillettes are nothing short of smashing. He changes his menu constantly, a risky proposition to be sure, but great for frequent diners; it requires great skill and imagination. I still dream of his superb chicken dish — the crisp-skinned breast atop a sauté of English peas and fiddlehead ferns with a peppery chicken jus — that was the talk of the town last spring.
614 W. Davis St., Dallas. 214-943-1883. bolsadallas.com.
Jason Maddy
The talented young chef at this wonderful 10-month-old Design District restaurant is another newcomer to the list. Maddy cooks with quiet power; his dishes are elegant, precise and, yes, delicious. His vegetable terrines are masterful, such as a recent one fashioned from matchstick-cut carrots and banded with horseradish cream; it came surrounded by baby beets of the purest flavor (each in a dab of beet foam), graceful quarters of glazed baby turnip and soft, rich rutabaga fries. Maddy's charcuterie (tête de veau croquette, pork rillettes) is superlative, and his main courses, like pink snapper on a bouillabaisse sauce with Manila clams and celery, continue to surprise and impress.
1628 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas. 214-712-9700. oakdallas.com.
André Natera
The Fairmont Dallas' outstanding chef uses Asian ingredients and accents so seamlessly in his sophisticated American- slash-French dishes that it doesn't come across as fusion cooking. Sometimes it's daring, like a velvety foie gras torchon served with salty, tart, lightly spicy yuzu kosho — a paste made from yuzu (a Japanese citrus) zest, chile and salt — and apple-ponzu gelée. (Yes, it works: delightfully.) Other times it's just straight-ahead fabulous, as in lobster dumplings, tender lobster medallions and enoki mushrooms in a rich dashi broth perfumed with Thai basil and brightened with scallion. Or slices of duck breast given the Chinese five-spice treatment, set on French green lentils, sauced with a terrific cardamom-duck jus and paired with a big duck-confit-filled raviolo.
The Fairmont Dallas hotel, 1717 N. Akard St., Dallas. 214-720-5249. pyramidrestaurant.com.
Teiichi Sakurai
The incomparable chef-owner of Dallas' five-star Japanese dining room excels at two things: elevating traditional dishes to their loftiest possible expression, and creating, within that idiom, something entirely new. An almost fanatical approach to sourcing is key; Sakurai's long list of specials changes daily. The result might be slabs of cured King mackerel with tiny cubes of delicate dashi gelée. Or a sublime take on okonomiyaki: a thick, almost omeletlike buckwheat pancake chock-full of tiny dried shrimp and tender squid, showered with ethereal bonito flakes. Oh, and Sakurai turns out some of the finest handmade soba in the country.
One Arts Plaza, 1722 Routh St., Dallas. 214-220-2828. tei-an.com.
David Uygur
Uygur's tiny Bishop Arts restaurant remains one of the toughest reservations to snag in Big D, and for good reason. The chef's cooking is all about synergy — the way chopped chicken livers commune with juicy, balsamic-macerated Black Mission figs on crostini, or fresh oregano heightens a very original lamb tartare topped with raw duck egg. Uygur is a genius of pasta, as demonstrated by, say, rye tagliatelle with a wonderfully nutty flavor sauced with a porky ragu with caraway, mint and rapini. Last summer, a gorgeously cooked, thick-cut veal chop simply done with herbs and served with fingerling potatoes and slender carrots blew away my entire table. Not only does his menu change constantly, but also Uygur turns out excellent desserts.
408 W. Eighth St., Dallas. 214-948-4998. luciadallas.com.
Tre Wilcox
At a dinner several months ago, the kitchen at this clubby, 18-month-old Highland Park Village spot was absolutely slammed — two sous-chefs were apparently out sick, and several other staffers were missing besides. The cooks worked at a feverish pace, as we could see thanks to the open kitchen. Plates went out smoothly to the tables, no one yelled, and our dinner impressed from A to Z. That's a real testament to Top Chef favorite Wilcox's skill and talent. Excellent Beeman Ranch steaks slathered with foie gras butter may draw the crowds, but dishes like smoked hamachi tartare layered with sweet crabmeat and pico de gallo, set atop swirls of avocado sauce, or a rabbit tenderloin rubbed with coffee and ancho chile and served with trembly discs of chocolate panna cotta and tiny hills of pumpkin-seed powder land this chef a spot for the first time along with the rest of D-FW's best.
33 Highland Park Village, Dallas. 214-522-6035. marqueegrill.com.
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TELL US YOUR PICKS We'd love to hear your choices for the best chefs in D-FW. Go to eatsblog.dallasnews.com, look for the Best in DFW: Chefs post and tell us who your favorite chef is and why in a comment. Or send an email, including your full (real) name and city of residence to lbrenner@ dallasnews.com. We'll publish highlights, focusing on chefs not mentioned in this story, in the Oct. 26 issue of Guide.


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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Have you ever wondered how all the library materials get back on the shelves and in proper order? More likely, youve never given it a thought. Which brings me to the librarys unsung heroes our pages.
Page is the job title given to staff who shelve library materials. A recent job posting also notes these duties and qualifications: Basic maintenance of the collection and premises. Other duties as assigned. Must have the stamina for periods of walking, standing, reaching, bending, stooping and kneeling. Must be able to lift book crates weighing up to approximately 50 pounds and push book carts weighing up to approximately 100 pounds. Weekend work included.
It is not a job for the faint of heart, especially at Mount Pleasant Regional. Our pages work very hard to reshelve more than 50,000 items each month. They get some help from our wonderful volunteers and occasionally from other staff when things get backed up, but the pages do the bulk of this work.
For 15 hours each week, our pages lift, bend and stoop. They push those heavy book carts around. They empty the book drop in all kinds of weather and push packed carts over the rough surface of the parking lot. Then they strain their eyes and necks reading spine labels to put the items in the correct shelf order.
We are fortunate to have four fantastic pages at Mount Pleasant Regional: Carol, Cheryl, Christopher and James. They are definitely our library heroes.
Library programs
Mount Pleasant Reel Club A book/movie discussion group (adults)
Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m.
Read the book, come watch the movie with us, and then participate in a lively discussion.
Book: Emma by Jane Austen
Movie: Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Alan Cumming, and Ewan McGregor. (121 minutes, Rated PG)
Do-It-Yourself Arts and Crafts with Ms. Grace (all ages)
Saturday, Dec. 14 from 1:30-3 p.m.
As the weather grows colder, come inside and create a craft with Ms. Grace.
Second Saturday Writing Critique Group (adults and teens ages 16+)
Saturday, Dec. 14 from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Open to all writers. For more information, call the Reference Desk at 843-849-6161 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Monday Book Discussion (adults)
Monday, Dec. 16 at 10:30 a.m.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Mount Pleasant Cribbage Club (adults)
Tuesday, Dec. 17 at 2 p.m.
Learn to play the classic game of cribbage or come for a challenging match. No experience necessary.
Kids Movie Day at the Library (all ages)
Friday, Dec. 20
Celebrate your first day of winter break with movie day at the library.
11 a.m. How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966), 30 minutes.
1:30 p.m. Elf (2003), rated PG, 90 minutes.
3:30 p.m. Despicable Me 2 (2013), rated PG, 98 minutes.
PLAY: STAR Therapy Dogs (all ages)
Saturday, Dec. 21 from 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Practice your reading with canine friends the best listeners in the world.
Porkchop Productions: Holly and the Snowman (all ages)
Saturday, Dec. 21 at 1:30 p.m.
When a letter arrives at the North Pole from a child wanting a snowman for Christmas, it shouldnt be a problem for the elves in Santas Workshop. But it is. The letter comes from a tropical island where it never, ever snows.
Susan Frohnsdorff is the assistant branch manager of the Mount Pleasant Regional Library, 1133 Mathis Ferry Road (843-849-6161; www.ccpl.org; email@example.com; www.mtplibrary.blogspot.com).
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Adults with Autism Task Force Releases Its Findings and Recommendations
Author: NJ Department of Human Services
Written On: Thu, 08 Oct 2009
The New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force today released its report describing the needs of adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and presenting both short and long-term recommendations designed to address these needs to Governor Jon S. Corzine and the New Jersey Legislature.
The New Jersey Adults with Autism Task Force, created by legislation (A4057/S2559) signed on September 12, 2007 by Governor Jon Corzine (PL 2007, c. 173), charged the task force with studying, evaluating and making recommendations intended to meet the needs of adults associated with the significant challenges presented by autism.
"The work of this task force will serve the future of our state as we seek to support the efforts of adults with autism in living as independently as possible and achieving their own personal best," said Governor Corzine. "New Jersey will continue working with individuals with autism and their families in an effort to meet this challenge."
This legislation created a 13 member task force comprised of an adult with autism, family members of individuals with autism, advocates and professionals in the field of autism, representatives from Autism New Jersey, formerly The New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC); Autism Speaks; and the Asperger Syndrome Education Network (ASPEN). The members also include representatives of the Governor's Council for Medical Research and Treatment of Autism and the state Departments of Human Services, Health and Senior Services, Education, and Labor and Workforce Development.
Deborah Cohen, Ph.D., Director of the Governor's Council on the Prevention of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, served as chair of the task force on behalf of Department of Human Services (DHS) Commissioner Jennifer Velez. "I would like to thank the Adults with Autism Task Force for dedicating their time and experience to this important effort," said Commissioner Velez. "This report provides an opportunity for renewed focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders as well as the broad range of issues that surround the entire disabilities community. The task force members will be a wonderful partner in this effort."
The Adults with Autism Task Force report includes, among its many findings, that adults with autism require individualized support in transitioning from the educational system into adulthood, life-skills training, day programs to attend or job training and placement, health care, housing, transportation and assistance with legal issues. Primary among these is establishing a centralized Office of Autism Services to oversee services for adults with ASD and their families. View the report on the DHS website.
"As an adult on the autism spectrum from New Jersey, I'm proud that my state is recognizing that autism supports are a lifespan issue," said Ari Ne'eman, the President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the task force's vice chair. "This report recognizes that Autistic adults are not some new phenomenon. We deserve to be seen as full members of our local communities and more effort must be undertaken to ensure our civil and human rights are realized."
Autism is a lifelong disability and is the most common condition in a group of developmental disorders known as ASDs. Other ASDs include Asperger Syndrome, Rett Syndrome, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder and Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. These disorders are characterized by limits in social interaction, verbal and nonverbal communication and unusual repetitive activities or severely limited interests.
"The release of this report signifies not only the recognition that New Jersey has identified the need to focus on the fact that 1 in 94 individuals are affected by ASD, but that there is now a framework for the Legislature and administrators to address the lifelong challenges they face," said Linda Walder Fiddle, Executive Director of The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation, a national organization focusing on adults with ASD. "I have been working on a legislative package with Speaker Roberts to address key issues identified by the task force aimed at improving the administrative and service systems so that individuals with ASD and their families can attain the support they need throughout the lifespan," added Walder Fiddle.
As part of their study and evaluation of the needs of adults with autism, the task force conducted six public forums in March 2009. The forums were held at Bergen Community College, Paramus; Monmouth County Library, Manalapan; Burlington County Human Services, Mount Holly; Hudson Community College, Jersey City; Cumberland County Library, Bridgeton; and the Historic Courthouse in Flemington. Testimony from the forums, as well as communications submitted to the task force, was used in the development of these findings and recommendations.
DHS provides a variety of services and supports to people with ASD as well as other types of disabilities. The Division of Disability Services' Office of Information and Assistance Services is a single point of entry for callers to access information regarding the state human services system. Certified Information and referral Specialists assist New Jersey residents with any disability-related need by calling 888-285-3036 or 609-292-7800 or (TTY) 609-292-1210.
The DHS' Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) provides day services, residential programs and other services and supports to adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. DDD estimates that 23 percent of the almost 40,000 people to whom the division currently provides services have an ASD diagnosis. DDD makes determinations for eligibility for its services. DDD information is available by calling 800-832-9173.
Governor Corzine will be attending Autism New Jersey's 27th Annual Conference on Friday, October 9th at the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, to make an announcement regarding the recommendations offered in this Task Force report. His remarks will begin at 12:45 p.m.


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Downed power lines block Orange Blossom Trail
Vehicle hits power pole, leaving homes in dark
UPDATED 9:36 AM EST Feb 14, 2013
A power pole was hit by a vehicle early Thursday, forcing crews to work on restoring electricity to several homes.
The crash happened at the intersection of North Orange Blossom Trail and Clarcona-Ocoee Road and knocked down several power lines.
Troopers said the fallen lines blocked traffic in the busy area.
Florida Highway Patrol said no one was injured when the vehicle struck the pole.
Progress Energy crews were called to fix the down lines. It was not immediately clear when the power would be restored.
The driver of the car, 29-year-old Marcy Roebuck, was arrested on charges of DUI and ticketed for speeding too fast for the conditions. She was taken to the Orange County Jail.


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CUPECOY, ST. MAARTEN — The scream echoed through the gated community, sending an icy chill through Topper Daboul's gut as he stood helpless outside his close friend's beachfront home.
About this story
This story was compiled from courtroom testimony, official accounts and dozens of interviews. The story references statements the main suspect, Meyshane Johnson, provided to police and confirmed on four occasions afterward. Johnson now claims to have no recollection of the killings.
Daboul and his wife had been in daily contact with Mike King in the months since the two men made plans to open a rum factory on the island.
The Kings
Ages: Michael, 53; Thelma, 57Residences: Toler's Cove in Mount Pleasant and a second home on St. MaartenBackground: Michael was an entrepreneur who had worked in insurance and had co-owned a label printing company in Blythewood. He was a partner in a St. Maarten rum factory at the time of his death.Thelma was a retired banking official.The Columbia natives had been married since April 1990.
But for more than a day now, King and his wife Thelma had been off the grid completely. They didn't answer their phones, didn't return emails.
St. Maarten facts
History: Claimed for Spain by Christopher Columbus in 1493. In 1648, the island was divided between Holland and France.Population: 41,000 on the Dutch sideSize: Dutch side is 16 square milesLocation: Northern end of Lesser Antilles, about 150 miles southeast of Puerto Rico.
Daboul, a Boston native who owns a pair of island restaurants, initially resisted his wife's prodding to pay a visit to the Kings' villa in this seaside enclave. He knew Mike had friends visiting from Charleston. Maybe they were just out having fun.
But as the hours passed with no word, that scenario seemed less and less likely.
A shipping container full of equipment for the factory was due to arrive on the island that day. King had packed the shipment himself before leaving his Mount Pleasant home to visit the island. He'd been so jazzed about getting the plant up and running. It didn't seem likely he'd blow off the delivery, no matter who was in town.
Daboul rapped on the door of the Kings' tan, three-story villa again and again, eyeing his friend's car parked in the driveway. No answer. He needed to get a look inside. But at age 74, the scrappy former boxer had doubts about his ability to scale the back balcony, where a set of sliding glass doors offered a clear view of the downstairs area.
Daboul called out to a nearby landscaper and had the limber young man scamper up a wall beside a leafy banana tree to peer inside.
That's when the scream sounded, reverberating off the compound's cement walls.
"What is it?" Daboul called out, an eerie feeling settling in.
"A man with white hair is on the floor," the shaken worker replied.
There was blood, the worker added.
So much blood.
A grisly scene
As sun-dappled vacationers snorkeled, sipped rum and sunbathed under a crisp blue sky on Sept. 21, police raced to the Kings' villa in the Ocean Club Resort, located near the dividing line between the Dutch and French sides of the island.
Prosecutors Dounia Benammar and Georges van den Eshof got the call as well. Under the Dutch justice system, prosecutors oversee crime scene investigations and the collection of evidence. That way, they know each crime firsthand, not as a two-dimensional narrative from a report. They see what the police see, and they carry those images with them as they prepare for trial.
They would not soon forget the scene that greeted them at the Kings' villa.
Michael King, a 53-year-old retired insurance executive, lay partially on the floor, slumped against a striped easy chair near a living room entertainment center. A fire extinguisher lay on the cushion by his head. His throat had been slit, and stab wounds peppered his back and neck. One slice had severed a main artery, spilling his blood onto the stone floor.
Several feet away, between a dining room table and a granite kitchen bar, Thelma King, 57, lay dead in an overturned, high-back chair. Torn strips from a green beach towel had been used to bind her hands, tie her body to the wicker chair and keep her gagged and blindfolded. Her throat had been slashed twice with such severity the blade scarred her spine.
As they looked around, the prosecutors spotted a steak knife lying on the floor with the tip of its blade broken off. They quickly had the knife placed in a box and removed from the room without discussion. They told no one about it, unwilling to take a chance someone might leak the information and compromise the most promising clue they had.
What to expect?
Todd King's mind raced as he and his brother, Finley, tried to envision what awaited them when their plane touched down in St. Maarten.
It had been less than 24 hours since they had learned their elder brother and his wife had been killed on this small island where the couple had kept a second home. Todd and Finley left South Carolina on the first flight they could find, accompanied by Thelma's sister, Lois, and her husband, Mac Swain.
They knew next to nothing about St. Maarten's customs and legal system.
Did the island have a U.S. embassy? Where was the morgue? How would they get there? How did the Dutch legal system work? Did the police really care about the killings? Could they trust the police? Could they trust anyone? Where should they go first when they got off the plane?
At an immigration checkpoint, a worker held up her hand when she saw Todd King's passport. A tall woman with an athletic build came over and introduced herself as Dientje Muller, a police officer assigned to serve as the Kings' family detective.
Island authorities typically assign an officer to work with a violent-crime victim's family and help them navigate St. Maarten's legal system. Muller got the assignment while dropping off her children at swimming lessons less than a half-hour before the Kings' plane touched down. She knew nothing about the case. In fact, this was the first time the 20-year veteran had served as a family liaison.
Muller decided she would follow one guiding principle: "I will treat them the way I would want to be treated if I was in their shoes."
That began with a trip to the morgue.
Meanwhile, Muller's colleagues beat the streets in search of leads.
Among them was Claudius Rogers, an island cop who used to run into Mike and Thelma at the popular Sunset Bar, where people gather to watch passenger planes swoop in over Maho Beach.
Mike always made him laugh, kidding Rogers about the low-hanging holster the officer kept strapped to his leg. When Rogers heard Mike had been killed, he volunteered to work without sleep to find the persons responsible.
"That smile," he said, shaking his head. "It was like a piece of the sunset was gone."
Rumors and support
As police built their case, word of the killings quickly spread around the island, where many folks knew the Kings as a kind, generous couple.
A husky man with a big personality to match, Mike could strike up a conversation with anybody or pop into an island grill and help with the cooking just for the fun of it.
When he learned the local bars didn't have his favorite bourbon, Maker's Mark, King brought down some bottles from South Carolina, handed them to bartenders and told them to sell it back to him at a profit if they liked. Soon, the bars started stocking his brand. But it would be henceforth known as "Maker's Mike" on the island.
Thelma, a retired banking official, was more reserved than her outgoing husband of 22 years. Friends spoke of her quiet kindness, poise and her distaste of speaking ill of others. They called her a quintessential Southern belle.
How could this have happened to them?
The island recorded 10 killings in 2012, a high-water mark in recent years. Still, tourist murders remain rare. Tourism is St. Maarten's lifeblood, as evidenced by the flotilla of hulking cruise ships that crowd the harbor in the capital city of Philipsburg.
Sarah Wescot Williams, St. Maarten's prime minister, made a point to quickly reach out to the Kings' family to express the island's condolences. Privately, she worried about rumors and fear spreading to fill the information vacuum in the immediate aftermath of the slayings.
It didn't take long. Bloggers soon speculated that the killings stemmed from a dispute over the rum business. Others suggested the Kings were killed in a murder-for-hire plot. No proof of either scenario was offered.
Detective Muller worked to keep the family grounded and in the loop. She took them to breakfast, to the police station, to the prosecutors' office. She introduced them to investigators, showed them around the island, helped them arrange to ship the bodies home.
At each stop, the Kings seemed to find someone with a story about Mike and Thelma. They met the bartender who'd been surprised by the gift of a new car from the couple after her old ride broke down. They learned how Mike had bought a refrigerator for another needy resident, and how Thelma had been a rock for a friend struggling with breast cancer.
These stories helped ease the pain. But the family still needed justice to feel whole.
Crucial clues
As is turned out, police had come across two key clues before they even realized the Kings were dead. Officers had located a black Hyundai that had been used in a robbery at the island's Happy Star Chinese restaurant on the night of Sept. 19. Inside the car, police found Mike King's cell phone and credit card.
Investigators scrolled through the numbers on King's phone and reached out to his relatives in South Carolina on the morning of Sept. 21. While family and friends tried to reach Mike and Thelma, Daboul's visit to the villa led to the discovery of their bodies. Daboul's wife, Melanie, then rushed to the police station to make sure investigators were aware of a possible link between the restaurant robbery and the killings.
Investigators traced the abandoned Hyundai to an island man who told police he had lent it to a friend that night. The friend turned out to be Meyshane Johnson, a 29-year-old security guard, who had been drinking at Happy Star hours before the holdup.
A short, compact man with a vampire-like widow's peak and a perpetual smirk, Johnson had been a hard drinker since the age of 12 and was known for his rather odd behavior. He once claimed to have talks with a giant frog. And he'd been deported to his native Jamaica in 2010 after threatening to leap from the roof of a friend's house.
Johnson snuck back onto St. Maarten, leaving his three kids behind in Jamaica while he tried to build a new life on the Dutch island with a girlfriend he kept on the side. That life, however, was about to implode.
A police SWAT team swarmed the house where Johnson was staying and found him hiding under a bed.
Other evidence led police to Johnson's younger cousin, Jeremiah Mills, a lanky, hard-luck kid with a nest of dreadlocks atop his head. Mills' parents had both tried to walk away from him at an early age and he turned to drugs and misbehavior. By age 17, he had been to jail for theft and robbery.
Investigators caught up with Mills on Oct. 1 in Cole Bay, not far from the rum factory. Four days later, authorities in St. Thomas grabbed the third suspect, 20-year-old Jamal Woolford, after he stepped off a plane from St. Maarten.
By then, Johnson had broken his silence and started talking to police, offering them a detailed account of a night of greed and larceny that had ended with innocent blood spilled.
A suspect's tale
After borrowing his friend's Hyundai on the night of Sept. 19, Johnson picked up his cousin and Woolford, an old schoolmate of Mills' who had spent most of the day at home smoking pot.
Woolford was known as a polite, normal kid who worked as a crew member on a charter boat. But the tourist season had slacked off of late, and he wasn't getting many hours at work. That made him anxious. The rent was due and his girlfriend was pregnant.
He badly needed cash, and the trio decided to rectify that by robbing Happy Star shortly before 8 p.m.
While Johnson waited behind the wheel of the idling car with tinted windows and a pin-up girl sticker, Mills and Woolford stormed inside with pistols in hand. Mills, wearing a Halloween mask, demanded money while Woolford stuck a gun to the side of a customer's head.
They barely escaped with a handful of cash after the Happy Star's owner alerted police. Officers blasted several shots at the fleeing Hyundai, with one round lodging in the trunk.
Sighting a target
Johnson hit the gas and veered down side streets until he reached the French side of the island, a common criminal ploy to evade the local authorities.
They switched license plates and drove through the darkness until they arrived in Cupecoy, an area of Dutch territory known for its picturesque beaches and cliffs.
Johnson pulled into a vacant lot beside by a dense maritime forest filled with twisted, gnarled trees and snaking paths that led to the beach. There, they left the car and set off on foot across the sand, taking advantage of receding waves to get around a security wall at the perimeter of Ocean Club Resort.
The three robbers spotted lights on at one villa perched on a bluff, surrounded by unoccupied homes. They moved silently up a staircase from the beach to take a closer look.
Inside, Mike King slept soundly in an easy chair with the television flickering before him.
He made a habit of locking up every night and closing the retractable hurricane shutters over the windows and doors for added security. This night, however, he nodded off before taking his usual precautions.
Caught by surprise
King had spent the entire day working with Melanie Daboul on the rum factory preparations in an industrial corner of Cole Bay. After a few drinks with friends on Maho Beach and a light dinner at a local cantina, he and Thelma decided to call it an early night. They were bushed.
King didn't hear the three men scamper up a gas cylinder alongside the back balcony that offered unobstructed views of the Caribbean Sea. Nor did he hear the sliding glass door open as they slipped inside.
He didn't realize they were there until Woolford tapped his face with the barrel of a pistol. He started to protest, but Woolford buried a fist in his gut. Johnson came from behind, grabbed him in a headlock and placed a knife to his neck.
They demanded to know where the money was, and King told them it was upstairs in a bedroom where Thelma lay sleeping unclothed in a four-post bed.
While Johnson held King, Woolford and Mills tromped up the tiled stairway and across the landing where a bucket of paint and brushes lay on a crumpled Miami Herald, the remnants of Thelma's afternoon home improvement project.
They stepped into the bedroom and woke Thelma, who came awake in a full panic. Mills told her to put some clothes on and help them open the small safe the Kings kept in a nearby walk-in closet. "I promise we won't hurt you," he told her.
Shaken, Thelma fumbled with the combination, and couldn't get the safe open on the first couple of tries. But when the steel door finally popped, Mills and Woolford helped themselves to a pile of $100 bills and a sack of jewelry with an estimated worth of about $70,000.
They then marched her downstairs, gagged her and tied her to a chair to keep her from screaming or running for help.
Mills turned and grabbed a cold Heineken from the Kings' refrigerator to slake his thirst and keep his buzz going. He offered a brew to Mike and Thelma as well, thinking it might calm their nerves. They declined.
Then, the knife came down.
More arrests
As prosecutors listened to Johnson's tale, the details rang true. But it was one crucial statement that convinced them they had the right man.
Johnson explained that Mike King had tried to come to his wife's aid after she was tied up, resulting in the cut on his neck. As King rose bleeding from his seat, Johnson plunged the steak knife into his back with such force that it snapped the tip of the blade in the process.
Johnson told police he killed King with a second knife so he wouldn't suffer and then Thelma to spare her the pain of a life without her husband.
Benammar and van den Eshof looked at each other. They had kept the broken knife a secret. No one knew about the tip lodged in Mike King's back until it was found during the autopsy. The only way Johnson could have known was if he was there that night.
Mills and Woolford eventually gave statements to police as well. Though some details varied, key points became abundantly clear. This had not been a contract killing. There were no links to the rum business. The crime had been random and senseless. And while the Kings lay dying, the suspects went out to blow their money on prostitutes and booze at a brothel.
Tug of war
On a sunny April morning, Mike and Thelma's relatives gathered in the belly of Topper's Rhum factory and watched as workers on the production line hand-filled bottles with Melanie Daboul's flavored concoctions. Mike's mother, Sally Gripkey, teared up when she saw her son's curling signature had been added to the label of each bottle.
The day before, the trial of the three murder suspects had come to an end, with prosecutors recommending life for Johnson and dozens of years behind bars for Mills and Woolford. A verdict and sentencing are expected next month.
The family's wait for justice is nearly over, but the Kings insisted they would return to St. Maarten and would encourage their friends to visit as well. The rum factory is one draw, of course. But it's more than that, Todd King told an island radio audience.
"We look at it like a tug of war. These guys took everything in the world from us that night. Every day since, we have tried to pull back on that rope. Every day, we try to get another inch," he said. "If we're scared to come to the island, if we're scared to talk about Mike and Thelma, if we're too scared to deal with it, then they've won. And we're not going to allow that to happen."
Reach Glenn Smith at 937-5556 or Twitter.com/glennsmith5.
A view of the home of Michael and Thelma King in the Ocean Club Resort in the Cupecoy section of St. Maarten. The Mount Pleasant couple was fatally stabbed in the home on Sept. 19, 2012.×
View of Mike and Thelma King's villa from the ocean.×
A barstool in the Ocean Club Resort cantina named in honor of Mike King.×
St. Maarten Prosecutor Georges van den Eshof×
Vicki Cline, left, a friend of Michael and Thelma King, and Finley King, Michael´s brother, light a sky lantern to release in memory of the couple, who were stabbed to death in their St. Maarten home on Sept. 19, 2012. Photo was taken on the roof of Cline's home in St. Maarten on 4/10/2013, the day the murder trial concluded for the three men charged in the Kings´ death×
Vicki Cline (left), a friend of Michael and Thelma King, and Finley King, Michael´s brother, light a sky lantern to release in memory of the couple.×
Rear view of the home of Michael and Thelma King in the Ocean Club Resort in the Cupecoy section of St. Maarten. The Mount Pleasant couple was fatally stabbed in the home on Sept. 19. The killers scaled the back balcony of the home to gain access to the interior.×
Michael and Thelma King×
Prosecutors have asked for a life prison sentence for Meyshane Kemar Johnson, 29.×
Jamal Jefferson Woolford, 21, faces a recommended sentence of 24 years in prison.×
Prosecutors have recommended 28 years in prison for Jeremiah Chevon Mills, now 18.×
Finley King, brother of Michael King, stands in front of the courthouse in Philipsburg where three men were tried in the killing of his brother and his sister-in-law, Thelma King.×


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DENVER (AP) — Baltimore's Justin Tucker kicked a 47-yard field goal 1:42 into the second overtime Saturday, ending the NFL's longest game in 26 years and giving the Ravens a 38-35 win over the Denve......
The Ravens have few fans arounf here. Too many Skins, Steelewrs, and even Dallas fans for my taste. The Ravens's line and receivers helped make Flacco look like Unitas yesterday. Peyton and Eli? Done. Rodgers? Done. Flacco? Alive and well.
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Wow! What a game! Even though I'm a Ravens fan, I have to admit they received the benefit of some questionable calls today. Just when you thought he couldn't get the job done, Joe Flacco has another great game. Uncharistic mistakes by Manning cost the Broncos dearly.
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As high temperatures hovered in the 90s Monday, work continued in Lewis and Upshur counties to restore power to residents following Friday's violent storm and high winds.
As of Monday afternoon, 65 to 70 percent of Upshur County residents still were without power, while 82 percent of Lewis County residents were still without electricity.
Bill Rowan, the director of emergency services in Lewis County, said the county does have drinkable water and there are no plans to turn off water service. He also said as power continues to be restored, residents may encounter temporary outages.
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"Please be patient and don't panic," Rowan said, adding that ice is being brought in from Louisiana.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin toured Lewis County on Monday afternoon, meeting with Rowan and other county officials to discuss the situation. Tomblin said 53 of the state's 55 counties are facing difficulties from Friday's storms.
He also said in these types of emergency cases, the first call normally goes to neighboring states for help. But Tomblin said those same states were all hit by these storms.
In a press release Monday, Tomblin said he understood the hardships state residents were going through, and assured them that emergency officials and the power companies were doing all they could to restore electrical service.
"I'd ask that all West Virginians continue to check on their friends and family, stay off the roads as much as possible, and most important, that everyone remain calm," Tomblin said.
The National Guard is assisting with resources in Lewis County. E-911 and all emergency services are operational in the county, and Rowan said medical facilities are up and operating.
Weston Transfer is operating this week, though it is serving commercial customers first in an effort to remove spoiled food and other waste to ensure no public health hazards. The company will resume residential pickup later this week.
Rowan said residents can tune in to 980 AM for local announcements and updates.
In Lewis County, Walmart opened back up at 1 p.m. Monday. CVS Pharmacy was open, as was the Pricetown Stop-N-Shop, along with other businesses that tried to stay open to help residents get needed items.
Jim Farry, the director of office of emergency management in Upshur County, said power had been restored to the north end of Buckhannon, and several businesses and restaurants were open in the Lowe's area Monday. He also said some gas stations were open.
St. Joseph's Hospital was up and running, Farry said. After sanitizing the surgical areas, the hospital was accepting patients.
"The hospital is currently going through a comprehensive recovery process to ensure the safety of its patients and the operational integrity of all departments, their equipment and supplies," St. Joseph's spokesperson Lisa Wharton Turner said. "The emergency department, laboratory and radiology are open with St. Joseph's Physicians' offices resuming normal hours on Tuesday."
In Buckhannon, Chapel Hill United Methodist Church was operating as an American Red Cross cooling station, and the Parish House was providing free hot meals.
There also were cooling stations at the Banks District Volunteer Fire Department in Rock Cave and the Ellamore Volunteer Fire Department.
Farry said there is a water buffalo set up at Banks District, and all cooling stations will remain open until power is completely restored.
Farry noted that the county had received a truckload of water that will be distributed at the area cooling stations.
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Position: Quarterback
School: Tennessee
Measurements: 6-foot-6, 232 pounds
40 time: 5.05 seconds Broad jump: 9 feet, 2 inches 20-yard shuttle: 4.51 seconds
2012 stats: 268 of 451, 3,612 yards, 59.4 completion percentage, 34 TDs, 12 INTs
Draft projection: Second-fourth round
Lowdown: Generally regarded as having the most natural arm talent of any quarterback in the class. … Has the confidence to throw into tight windows, and puts up a beautiful deep ball. … Better when driving the ball rather than touch throws. … Has prototypical height for the position, which allows him to see over his line. … More accurate than his percentage would suggest, as his receivers struggled with drops at times. … Added 24 pounds of muscle to his frame before the combine, where he threw a ball clocked at 59 mph.
Didn't win enough in college, going just 5-7 as a junior with the Vols. Decided to leave school a year early when coach Derek Dooley was fired, even though it's clear he could have used another season in college to develop. … Does not have the athleticism to add anything as a runner. …Maddeningly inconsistent player who relies on his arm strength too much at times and takes unnecessary risks with the ball. … Has not worked under center much at Tennessee, taking most of his snaps in the shotgun.
Maybe the biggest question about Bray is his attitude. He's done some dumb things in college, like throwing beer bottles off his apartment balcony onto parked cars and taking shots at the Tennessee fans on Twitter. His biggest challenge in the pre-draft process will be showing teams that he has matured and is capable of stepping into an NFL locker room and being a leader.
They said it: "I was really surprised he came out. I thought he should have come back and refined his name a little more," said Mike Mayock, NFL Network analyst. "If you ask me who are the quarterbacks with the most arm talent in this draft, he'd certainly be in the top three. He can wing it. There's no doubt about that. However, the ball's all over the place. He's inconsistent from an accuracy perspective, and you also have to get comfortable with the kid. What kind of kid is he? What kind of work ethic does he have? There are some concerns there."
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After much debate and continuous advice from my wife and family, I decided to add a new addition to our family in the form of a female liver-and-white English springer spaniel puppy. We call her Molly.
She came to us at seven weeks old from Liberty Kennels in Grove City, Pa., on June 20. She is very well marked in her colors and a pretty pooch. She is now 16 weeks old.
We have all heard of the saying "leading a dog's life." In this piece, I will try to unravel some comparisons and the many differences between humans and canines, especially Molly.
Being a puppy, Molly doesn't have too many requirements for everyday living. She requires a good home within the house, love and affection, lots of understanding - which she has, for, as a puppy, she will have many accidents, if you know what I mean.
She is fed twice daily, with fresh, cool water and has a nice display of toys she just loves to chew. Treats are given when she is good, which sometimes is not too often.
Her puppy teeth make her similar to a piranha, as she enjoys chewing on everything, including her toys, trees, all vegetation, some furniture and, of course, my old legs and arms.
New words are being thrown at her, and she tries to digest them like her favorite treat. Words like "stay" and "down" are most common.
When she doesn't behave, a few curse words may be intermingled, which I won't repeat here.
She loves chasing rabbits and squirrels and birds that pass frequently in our backyard. I wonder, if she would ever catch one, what would she do with it?
She knows her name really well by now, and waits for our return when we leave for a few hours of shopping or a night out for dinner. She knows we are home just by the sound of the car. She greets us at the door as if we were gone for months.
She doesn't know much about the weather, but when she is outside and it begins to rain, she rushes to come into the house with wet and dirty feet. Thunder and lightning don't seem to bother her.
Sports are a subject she cannot comprehend other than playing with an old football, fetching it and then refusing to give me the ball.
She wasn't elated over Youngstown State University beating Pitt at their first football game, or the Browns or Steelers or Pirates and Indians, or Ohio State, despite much talk at the dinner table.
In politics, she is neither conservative nor liberal, and never heard of Romney or Obama or even Clint Eastwood, and couldn't care less.
She didn't go to the Canfield Fair and doesn't have a favorite restaurant, and she will not dabble in gambling when the new race track casino arrives in Austintown.
Her knowledge on taxes and insurance are mute. She doesn't know Afghanistan from Ohio, and is that all wrong?
She loves going to the vet, for that means a treat or two. She never will go on a real vacation, only to the kennels when we take ours. Does this sound really cruel?
She has no idea about unemployment or religion. She will be contained to our house and backyard and never will take a flight beyond our Valley in a huge silver jet, or set sail to parts unknown on a sailing ship, or relax on some tropical isle.
All in all, Molly will be a good homebody, giving love and affection and receiving it all back gracefully, and serving as a greeter and watch dog while enjoying her much satisfied different life.
I wonder, as humans, whether we can also be happy giving up so many things that Molly will never see or hear about. In our dear, pampered life, could we ever stay at home most of our time and shut off the bad and also the good things in life that we are constantly reminded of and read of?
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The Seawolves, coming off an 18-9 season and their third straight NCAA Tournament berth, will play 13 regular-season home matches next season, beginning with the 16th edition of their annual tourney, Sept. 7-8. Visiting for the 2012 UAA Invite will be West Regional foe Dixie State (Utah), along with former league rival Western New Mexico and fellow 2011 NCAA qualifier Adelphi (N.Y.). After being played as non-tournament format in 2010 and canceled last year due to NCAA scheduling restrictions, the Invitational will again feature a round-robin format, followed by consolation and championship matches.
Prior to that, the Seawolves open Aug. 25 with their annual home exhibition contest against an alumni squad. The regular season then starts with a trip to Seaside, Calif., for the Cal State Monterey Bay Invitational, Aug. 30-Sept. 1, where UAA will take on Dominican (N.Y.), Minnesota State and West Region rivals San Francisco State and CSUMB.
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quote: I wonder if the language you use is perhaps a greater signifier of a threat to the Republic than the ACA decision could ever be...
quote: but I'm not sure the ACA decision is the signal event on that train ride (which has been building up steam for quite some time).
quote: Simply put, this gives the Government unlimited mandate power over the citizens of this country. I think you understand this and that the Constitution was against that, your problem is you don't see this as a bad thing.
quote: Would not civil war be a greater threat to the republic than a government mandate power?
quote: I wonder why a decision by the Supreme Court on matters of health care would be seen as a greater violation of the guarantees of the constitution by you and your cohort when Obama claims the power of Kings to draw up secret kill lists which include the names of American citizens.
quote: Oh wait I forgot who I'm talking to: the guy who would put Justice Roberts at the top of his kill list!
quote: Go ahead and worry about fascism then...
quote: What he did was hand the decision on this legislation back to the people where it belongs so that the legislative branch is forced to do the peoples bidding fi that's what they really want and repeal the bill properly.


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can someone start a list of competitors? please
can someone start a list of competitors? please
here), as was for the other events.
I know...I just wanted to get a preliminary list
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3 Shaquille DAVIS CAN
4 Andrei ROGOZINE CAN
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27 Kiri BAGA USA
28 Christina GAO USA
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2 Kelly OLIVEIRA / Jordan HOCKLEY CAN
3 Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU CHN
4 Geraldine BOTT / Neil BROWN FRA
5 Myriam GASSOUMI / Clement LE MOLAIRE FRA
6 Dominique DIECK / Michael ZENKNER GER
7 Misato KOMATSUBARA / Kokoro MIZUTANI JPN
8 Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI KAZ
9 Ayesha YIGIT / Shane SPEDEN NZL
10 Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS
11 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS
12 Lolita YERMAK / Alexander LIUBCHENKO UKR
13 Charlotte LICHTMAN / Dean COPELY USA
14 Anastasia OLSON / Jordan COWAN USA
I had wondered about Pushkash & Guerreiro.Their bio is not yet updated, though.
Based on the JGP in Courchevel, France, I highly doubt that Skate Canada will be sending Grenier who finished 12th there. Most likely one of the substitutes will go.
I also don't think that Carolyn MACCUISH / Tyler MORRIS will be there either. They struggled just like in Minto with the short dance finishing 10th of 12 teams with the lowest TES scores of the field.
Hmmm. Christina Gao is skating in Graz the week before and then is listed for Japan. Back to back competitions. Significant travel distance and not much time for recovery. Wonder if there is a method to this madness, or if her camp requested this scheduling. As of today, USFS website does not have assignments for this competition posted, but I guess they can switch to a substitute by some pre-determined deadline date.
Anybody know what is the deadline for a country wishing to substitute an entrant for a specific competition?
Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS USA
Joylyn YANG / Jean-Luc BAKER
Were added for USA
Both the ISU site and USFS' International Assignments page now list the official Team USA entries as Baga (her 1st JGP assignment this season), Angela Wang (her 1st-ever JGP), Jason Brown (silver in FRA), Max Aaron (bronze in FRA), Cannuscio/McManus (silver in FRA), and Yang/Baker (their 1st-ever JGP).
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Nikol Gosviani will replace Sofya Biryukova
I am just wondering why there is no event/results page yet. Doesn't the competition start today or later today?
Competitions start tomorrow. The result page will be ready around 14:30 JST (6 hours from now).
Ah, Thanks for the info and link!


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Scale it up, and mine is just a bit higher.
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- Imported
- Brand: Majestic
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Manufacturer direct items are shipped directly from the manufacturer. These items are not available for international or expedited shipping.
Customized items can be personalized with options such as your name, your favorite number, and/or designs. Some options may be limited by league rules.