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Though the Frozen soundtrack has been holding strong at the top of the charts, its golden position as No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart is being threatened by four unassuming lads from Down Under: the boy band 5 Seconds of Summer.
The band's four-song EP She Looks So Perfect sold 143,000 copies this week, just short of the Disney giant's 149,000 copies sold.
Still, it was a valiant effort and put them on the map. Here's a closer look at these photogenic Aussies:
1. They're teen phenoms.
The group consists of Luke Hemmings, 17, Michael Clifford, 18, Calum Hood, 18, and Ashton Irwin, 19. After meeting at school, Hemmings, Clifford and Hood formed a band, and they later found their drummer, Irwin, via Facebook.
2. They got their start on YouTube.
Theirs is a familiar story of Internet-bred stardom: The band's first brush with fame came when Hemmings began uploading videos to YouTube. Their game-changing cover? "Next 2 You" by Chris Brown and Justin Bieber, which quickly racked up thousands of views.
3. They're not just a "boy band."
While they have the good looks and stylishly mussed haircuts of your usual teen dream group, these boys have skill. They play their own instruments, don't dance and write their own material.
4. It hasn't been all screaming fans and private planes.
Their success has brought its share of haters. Irwin's car tires were slashed, and the boys "quickly found out who their real friends are," Irwin told Good Weekend.
5. They have some big-name fans.
When they were just starting out, One Direction's Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan were early supporters of the group, sharing 5 Seconds of Summer's music with their fans. And it's all come full circle: On Aug. 4, the Aussie boys will be joining One Direction again on their world tour! You can already feel the collective swooning.


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This is my attempt to copycat this delicious salad that's on the Bob Evans menu. From the kitchen of Tona Thornburg Court, Moberly MO
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- 2 cups iceberg lettuce (cut in bite size pieces)
- 2 cups romaine lettuce (torn in bite size pieces)
- 1⁄2 cup red cabbage (shredded)
- 2 cups chicken breasts, cut in bite-size pieces (probably poached, very tender)
- 1⁄2 cup bacon, crumbles
- 1⁄2 cup grated carrot
- 1⁄4 cup whole kernel corn (sparse amount)
- 1⁄2 cup dried cranberries
- 1⁄2 cup pecans (small pieces)
- Mix all ingredients.
- Toss with sweet Italian dressing.
- Top with Blue cheese crumbles (optional).
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This is one of the best salads I've ever made...beautiful to look at and definitely a wonderful hot weather main dish. I made it for the Think Pink cooking tag game and served it along with "Cranberry-Raspberry Bread". It's definitely a keeper, thanks for posting!
Many enthusiastic thumbs up from the fifteen teachers who enjoyed this salad at lunch today. Made as stated, except subbed craisins for the cranberries and walnuts for the pecans. I made Sweet Italian House Dressing for the dressing. DELICIOUS! I can see where blue cheese crumbles would be a great addition, too. Thanks for creating this recipe.

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A Lawrence man who heads a water utility in East Orange allegedly manipulated the agency's water supply to make it appear that contaminants in the drinking were below allowed levels, the state Attorney General said today.
Harry Mansmann, 58, the executive director of the East Orange Water Commission, was charged along with assistant executive director William Mowell, 51, of Wycoff.
They were indicted on charges of conspiracy, official misconduct, pattern of official misconduct, unlawful release of a toxic pollutant and tampering with public information or records, as well as multiple counts of violating the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act and the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act.
Investigators said the men conspired to falsify tests of the water supply by shutting down contaminated wells before they were tested, so that lower levels of the contaminants would be found in water supplied to customers. Mansmann and Mowell were allegedly trying to hide high levels of Tetrachlorethene or PERC, a solvent used in dry cleaning.
The indictment alleges that Mansmann and Mowell shut down a contaminated well or wells before sampling in November 2010, March 2011 and April 2011.
The case was referred to state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's compliance and enforcement program.
"It is absolutely unconscionable that the two top directors responsible for ensuring the quality and safety of drinking water supplied to tens of thousands of residents in East Orange and South Orange would deliberately manipulate sampling to hide the fact that the water supply contained elevated levels of a contaminant, as is alleged in this indictment," Chiesa said in a statement. "These defendants rightfully face serious criminal charges."
After allegations arose about Mansmann and Mowell falsifying tests, the DEP performed independent tests and found the levels of PERC were slightly above state and federal standards for safe drinking water. DEP has continued to monitor the water, according to the attorney general's office.
The water commission supplies drinking water to East Orange and South Orange. The water is pumped from fields in Morris and Essex counties through a pumping station in Millburn. The commission blends water from different wells at the treatment plant before it is pumped to customers.
There were elevated levels of PERC in several wells, according to the attorney general's office .
As a result of the criminal allegations, the DEP is requiring the water commission to send out information to the public about contamination levels in the system.


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Watch free daily video highlights from every LV= County Championship match here on ecb.co.uk this summer
Former South Africa all-rounder Andrew Hall struck his first century in two years on the second day of Division Two leaders Northamptonshire's LV= County Championship match against Leicestershire.
Hall's superb knock of 113 helped Northants to a total of 355 with Rob Newton contributing 81 from 150 deliveries.
Ollie Freckingham was easily the pick of Leicestershire's bowlers in taking 6-125 before the visitors closed on 89 for one having lost wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien.
Northants began the day on 91 for four with Newton resuming on 22 and ex-captain Hall 12.
The former comfortably went past 50 for the first time this season via a four smacked through backward point off Robbie Williams.
Hall also completed his first half-century of the campaign as the fifth-wicket pair reversed the damage done by the cheap wickets their side lost yesterday.
They eased Northants to 205 for four at lunch, but Newton was to depart in the second over of the afternoon when he was well taken at slip by Leicestershire captain Ramnaresh Sarwan off Jigar Naik.
That broke a terrific stand of 143, but it did not take Naik long to claim another victim when he trapped Rob Keogh lbw for eight.
Northants wicketkeeper Ben Duckett, who is making his first-class debut, then walked on five having edged Freckingham's wide delivery to West Indies international Sarwan at first slip.
But Hall went on to complete his 13th first-class ton and first since May 2011 against Kent at Canterbury.
There was still enough time before tea for David Willey to race to 50 off 51 deliveries with Northants well-placed at the break.
Hall's brilliant innings finally ended when he was bowled by Freckingham, who then completed the first five-wicket haul of his professional career as Steven Crook was taken by Naik at gully.
Freckingham then ended Northants' innings when Willey smashed him to Josh Cobb at mid-on after making a career-best 77 off just 76 balls.
O'Brien was given a reprieve having compiled eight when he was dropped by Duckett off Trent Copeland but, after a brief rain delay, the Australian got his revenge as the wicketkeeper atoned for that error.
Greg Smith and Ned Eckersley saw out the remaining seven overs, though, and will resume tomorrow on 36 and 16 respectively.
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SciTech High students found tissue boxes underneath chairs at the end of each aisle as they filed into an assembly Monday morning.
"This is going to be a very emotional presentation," said Craig LeCadre, Special Agent in the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office. "It's designed that way, just to let you guys understand that this is not a video game – this is real life. And sometimes, it's serious."
Accompanied by state Attorney General Kathleen Kane, LeCadre spoke to about 70 teenagers, teachers and administrators inside the auditorium facing Market Street in Harrisburg less than two miles away from – and a week since – the city's last shooting. That incident wasn't fatal, but five homicides have occurred so far this year in Harrisburg.
One victim was a middle-aged man who died after he and his roommate attacked one another with hammers.
The other four of them involved firearms. One victim Matthew L. Dyson was 30. The other victims – and all suspects arrested so far – are younger than 21 years old, and living in or very close to Harrisburg.
Of those, one was accidental, involving best friends who didn't realize the gun they were handling was loaded.
LeCadre's remarks led into a video intended to discourage straw purchases, or buying a gun for someone else. "We want you to recognize what it is," Kane said. "And we want you to say no. If you purchase a gun for someone else, ... you are responsible for those deaths because you provided the gun."
Kane and LeCadre, formerly a Harrisburg police sergeant, have been touring schools statewide to get information in hopes of improve educational and law enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence.
The film features victims' families, an emergency room doctor, police from departments statewide, and former Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham.
Abraham referred to any straw purchaser as a "fool, a liar and a bad person."
"You are responsible for all the death and carnage as the result of putting that gun in that person's hand," Abraham says in the video. "You are responsible for every death, every injury, every amputation and every funeral that follows from that gun. It's all on you."


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President Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon Monday, and praised him for his courage to stand up to his country's drug cartels. But former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda tells host Michel Martin that his country's president has produced few results from a deadly war that has killed nearly 50,000 people.


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Conveniently located between Friends and Frasier, this new sitcom needn't be great to be successful. Lucky thing. Christina Applegate, who spent 11 years as sexy airhead Kelly Bundy on Married...with Children, here plays the more rounded part of Jesse Warner, a pretty, reasonably intelligent woman in her 20s. Her only obvious flaw is a preoccupation with her marital and parental status. First she told her handsome new neighbor (Bruno Campos) that she couldn't go out with him because she was too busy being a single mother. When she finally did date him, she couldn't help blabbing about her 10-year-old son (Eric Lloyd). Predictably, the guy was turned off. Jesse desperately needs to relax; otherwise, she's normal—so normal that the supporting cast must bear much of the comedy load. And therein lies a problem. Jesse's father (George Dzundza) is less a character than a bundle of prejudices. Her older brother (John Lehr) refuses to speak for no good reason. How often can he answer the phone with silence and expect us to laugh? Her ne'er-do-well younger sibling (David DeLuise) had better be full of funny schemes.
Bottom Line: Call this middling sitcom Unmarried...with Child
ABC (Wednesdays, 9:30 p.m. ET)
This new sitcom created by Susan Harris (Soap, The Golden Girls) walks a fine line between funny and annoying. In the episodes we've seen, humor just barely prevails. Three divorced males in their 30s hang out, play golf and kvetch. Michael (Peter Gallagher) is fairly likable, if a bit obtuse. Andy (Mitch Rouse) is goofy and phobic. Phil (Bradley Whitford) is sour and relentlessly negative. You wouldn't want him for a friend, but you can't ignore his corrosive wit. Some viewers will dig the rhythm of the constant banter; others will react with a simple "Shuddup!" Put us in the first group—tentatively.
Bottom Line: Tune in if guy talk grabs you
PBS (Mon.-Thurs., Oct. 19-22, 8 p.m. ET)
Show of the week
"In 1793, Thomas Jefferson was Secretary of State and the owner of over 130 human beings," says narrator Angela Bassett early in Part 3 of this compelling six-hour documentary. For viewers who can't bring themselves to think of the Sage of Monticello as a slaveholder, Africans in America provides a needed course in remedial history. But it's more than the story of American slavery. The program looks at America, from the early 1600s to the Civil War, through the eyes of the country's slaves. It juxtaposes the brutality of bondage with the prodigious growth of a nation whose economy was powered in part by unfree labor. It measures the meaningfulness of America's egalitarian ideals by the country's response to the slaves who struggled to throw off the yoke and the abolitionists who fought to end the owning of black human beings. "Who better to define freedom than a slave?" asks black writer John Edgar Wideman in Part 4. "Our sense of freedom was...like a fire inside of us." Africans in America burns with it.
Bottom Line: A vital, valuable documentary
NBC (Sun., Oct. 18, 8 p.m. ET; Mon., Oct. 19, 9 p.m. ET)
Employing textbook counterprogramming strategy against a Sunday World Series game on FOX and ABC's Monday Night Football, NBC is fielding this five-hour mini-series about six generations of a female-dominated family. Boy, they must think women viewers prefer any junk to jocks.
Some would consider Caroline in the City star Lea Thompson fortunate to look younger than her 37 years. But her girlish appearance gradually works against her in this drama, which requires her to simulate aging from 17 to 88. It doesn't help that Thompson's character, the socially conscious photo journalist at the center of the story, lacks credibility from the first snap of her shutter. She's at her most bogus in the France of World War I (voice-over: "I was an eyewitness to man's inhumanity to man"), where she comes upon a destroyed church and observes, "I guess nothing's sacred anymore." The Great War brings more disillusionment when Thompson learns that the dashing photographer (Dharma & Greg's Thomas Gibson) who got her pregnant is married to another. And the relationship gets no easier two decades later. "It hurts so much. Why does it still hurt?" the weepy Thompson asks a friend. "Because it's love," the woman replies. "Love hurts." Ouch.
Bottom Line: Summon the will to change the channel
UPN (Mondays, 9 p.m. ET)
We must label this new show "controversial" because African-American groups have condemned it for using the slavery era as sitcom fodder. But controversial does not imply thought-provoking. Desmond Pfeiffer is unabashedly dumb, farcical, tasteless and sophomoric (fresh-manic, in fact). The title character (Chi McBride), a black nobleman booted out of England along with his numskull manservant (Max Baker), becomes the butler-confidant of President Abraham Lincoln (Dann Florek), portrayed as having a clearly Clintonian obsession with sex. Need we add that Mary Todd Lincoln (Christine Estabrook) is a nutcase and Ulysses S. Grant (Kelly Connell) is a stumbling lush? Mel Brooks in his prime might have turned this concept into deliciously low comedy, but the laughs here are greatly outnumbered by groans.
Bottom Line: Another White House mess
>Sunday. Oct. 18 THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME ABC (7 p.m. ET) Dingdong. Quasimodo cavorts in the network premiere of Disney's 1996 animated musical.
Monday, Oct. 19 ALLY MCBEAL FOX (9 p.m. ET) This one features the premiere of singer Vonda Shepard's "Maryland" video. Who knows? There may be lawyer stuff, too.
Tuesday, Oct. 20 NYPD BLUE ABC (10 p.m. ET) The sixth season begins; so does the countdown to Jimmy Smits's departure.
Wednesday, Oct. 21 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN NBC (9 p.m. ET) He's off his beanie. Dick starts crazily collecting little stuffed animals.
Thursday, Oct. 22 U.S. PRO FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS ABC (9 p.m. ET) Not even winter and they're already ice bound.
Friday, Oct. 23 NASH BRIDGES CBS (10 p.m. ET) Bored with Don Johnson? Yasmine Bleeth, late of Baywatch, adds some pep to the regular cast.
Saturday, Oct. 24 EVE'S BAYOU HBO (8 p.m. ET) Samuel L. Jackson stars as a philandering physician in the cable premiere of this haunting 1997 drama.
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"There I am with all the eyeshadow and the Farrah hair," says Faith Ford, describing one of the high school photos she has plastered on the set of her new CBS sitcom Maggie Winters (Wednesdays, 8:30 p.m. ET). Since she began playing the show's title character, who was once voted Most Likely to Succeed and now is forced back to her hometown after being dumped by her husband, Ford, 34, has been drawing on her high school experience—she was voted Most Spirited—to play Maggie. But after her decade-long run on Murphy Brown and with a happy marriage to personal trainer Campion Murphy, 35, the similarities to luckless Maggie end right there. Indeed, she was offered the Winters part on the day that Murphy wrapped. "It would've been easy to do a small movie role," she says, "but I wanted more to do."
Now shooting 12 hours a day, Ford has met that challenge and still finds time to reminisce about high school and the day she discovered her comic chops as a student. "This guy whistled at me," she recalls. "I felt something around my ankles. It was my skirt. So I just kept walking with that I-meant-for-that-to-happen attitude."
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Golf Academy Drawing More Military Veterans
U.S. military veterans are increasingly turning to Golf Academy of America to begin a second career. Utilizing Golf Academy of America's comprehensive training in the golf industry and the availability of funds for educational training from the GI Bill, military veterans now make up an all-time high 23 percent of the student body at Golf Academy of America's five campuses around the country.
Military veterans have recognized Golf Academy of America's 82 percent job placement rate in the golf industry when pursuing a second career. Even military veterans with only a modest background in golf learn skills and work habits fundamental to success in the golf industry.
"Military veterans have ideal backgrounds to succeed at Golf Academy of America and in the golf industry in general," said Academy president Jim Hart. "They come here disciplined and ready for a new challenge."
Students receive hands-on training from an expert staff including PGA of America professionals, master craftsmen, business leaders and well-known instructors. The 16-month program, which offers a fully accredited Associates Degree in Golf Complex Operations and Management, includes free access to local golf courses. Veterans' organizations on campus help former military personnel adjust to student life.
The GI Bill not only provides all tuition costs, but also pays Golf Academy of America students a monthly stipend.
"Coming to Golf Academy of America is a great opportunity," said GAA graduate Chauncey Mitchell, who made 843 landings on aircraft careers as a Navy pilot during his military career. "I was fortunate to have the opportunity to do something I wanted to do after I retired. I was attracted by the zero-based training - just like the military."
Mitchell, manager of military partnerships for Golf Academy of America, improved his golf scores from the 120s to the low-80s as a student at the San Diego campus. Graduates have gone on to get jobs as pros at prestigious private clubs and top-100 public courses.
Ryan Williams, a 21-year Army veteran and current student at Golf Academy of America's Dallas campus, said he immediately felt at home. "I was shocked to see all the military guys in the school," said the retired sergeant. "When I got back, I was frustrated doing jobs I didn't want to do. Now, I'm learning a skill that will allow me to work doing something I enjoy."
Some military veterans come to Golf Academy of America with a solid golf background, too. "The Golf Academy of America has been a great learning experience for me," said retired Army Col. John Lenk, who played on the Army Golf Team at Ft. Rucker, Ala. "Plus, I've enjoyed helping and advising some of the younger students. There's a great support system here for military veterans."
Khris Greene, a 26-year veteran of the Air National Guard, said attending Golf Academy of America is a great first step for veterans returning to civilian life. While studying at the Phoenix campus, the retired colonel developed "G-Spark," a 12-volt adapter utilizing the battery in golf carts to power cell phones and other electrical devices. Greene's device makes it easy for golfers to remained "plugged in" while on the course.
"A lot of veterans need to find a career when they leave the military," said Greene. "If you just sit at home, life will pass you by. Golf Academy is a structured way to gain the training needed to find good jobs in the golf industry."
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A local facility has received two donations that will make their service to the community easier.
The Tucker County Animal Shelter received a much-needed vehicle and a new building, giving the facility additional valuable space.
"We receive lots of donations from Zita MacInanti, a special investigator with the Washington, D.C., ASPCA, said Cathy Parsons, Tucker County Animal Shelter director. "She shares the overages. All we have to do is drive to Hagerstown to pick up the supplies."
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About 30 dogs come into the Tucker County Animal Shelter facility each month.
Cathy Parsons, the director of the Tucker County Animal Shelter, moves material out of the facility's new van. The shelter won the van from the Washington, D.C., ASPCA.
Parsons said on one of her trips to pick up some necessities, MacInanti said the ASPCA had a van to give away, and said Parsons should put the Tucker County Shelter's name into the running of those shelters who need a new vehicle.
"We were notified that we won the van," Parsons said. "Our old vans have many miles. This van, a 2003 all-wheel-drive Aerostar, is perfect for this area, since the shelter is located on a hill."
Parsons said the van is equipped with cages, and it is all steel in the back, making it easier to clean.
"All you have to do is clean it out and hose it out," Parsons said. "This van is better for the animals because it has a separate air conditioning unit in the back especially for the animals. The ease of cleaning this van also makes it more sanitary and better for the animals, and this donation saved the county thousands of dollars on replacing one of our well-used vans."
Students from the Kenneth "Honey" Rubenstein Center in Davis came to the center and helped get the grounds ready and set the building.
"We are grateful for their help," Parsons said.
Parsons said the shelter sees an average of about 30 dogs coming in each month.
"The good thing is, we usually have about 30 dogs going out each month, too," Parsons said. "The minute the dogs come in, we post photos of the dogs to help get them adopted. We are a small shelter, and space is tight. It is best to get the dogs matched up as quickly as possible."
Each animal taken into the Tucker County Animal Shelter is spayed or neutered before it moves out to its forever home. Workers at the shelter take notes to see how the animals socialize with one another to help place animals in the best situation.
"Some animals do not like being around children, and others do not like being around other animals," Parsons said. "These are key points to tell folks when they are choosing a pet to adopt."
Parsons said she is grateful to the Tucker County Commission for their support, especially Commissioner Lowell Moore.
"They are very generous and help us out so much," Parsons said. "I do not know what we would do without their support."
Items the shelter is always needing include dog and cat treats, dog and cat toys, bleach, Lysol, 32 gallon garbage bags, Dawn dishwashing detergent, scoopable cat litter, paper towels and laundry detergent. Parsons said the shelter also needs financial support and volunteers.
"We are looking for help walking the dogs," Parsons said. "Church groups, kids and other organizations are always welcome to come and help."
Each Wednesday, students from Q. and A. Associates in Canaan Valley help out at the shelter.
"This is not only good for me, but you help out the animals," said student Clayton Carpenter from Canaan. "Animals deserve to be treated kindly. They deserve to get outside and breathe the fresh air."
At the end of the tour through the shelter, Parsons was on the floor petting one of the newest additions to the Tucker County Animal Shelter, a very thin, quiet, tabby cat.
"He has just come to us and he will go to the vet tomorrow for evaluation," Parsons said as she strokes the animal. "I am just keeping my paws crossed that he isn't leukemia or AIDs positive. His name is Charlie."
Parsons, once again, asked people to put her out of business.
"Please, spay and neuter your pets," Parsons said.


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EAST RUTHERFORD -- Just last week, the Giants were in much better shape at running back. Now, David Wilson's gone and Peyton Hillis is out for at least "a little while."
What are the Giants to do? Are they still fine at running back? Or do they need to add a free agent or scour the waiver wire over the next month or so?
Free-agent signing Rashad Jennings will be the Giants' feature back this season. But he still needs to prove capable of handing that role and has a pretty significant injury history.
Behind Jennings is rookie Andre Williams. He showed tremendous running ability in the preseason opener, but isn't good at catching the football and remains an unknown as a blocker. Can the Giants trust him in anything more than controlled situations, especially early in the season?
Kendall Gaskins and Michael Cox, two young players with good size and speed, are the other two tailbacks. Gaskins has shown some promise in practice while Cox has struggled, mostly because of his inability to catch the football.
Combined, the four healthy Giants tailbacks have 1,720 career rushing yards. Two of the four have never played in an NFL game.
As if the Giants didn't have any other weak spots on their roster, now they might have problems at running back as well. Depth is at the very least a minor concern.
What do you think? Are you OK with Jennings, Williams, Gaskins and Cox, with the fullback Henry Hynoski/John Conner as emergency options? Or do the Giants now need to do something to improve at the position?
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DT Kelcy Quarles was taken off the field on a cart
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Fears of underweight Dungeness crabs found in a November survey south of Gold Beach delayed the start of crabbing season by a month and a half.
Today, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Marine Resources program announced the wait is over -- crabbing season will begin on Sunday along the entire coast.
Fishery managers made the decision in December to delay the season from about Gold Beach south to the California border.
Testing before December showed the percentage of meat in the crab by weight was too low.
Commercial crabbers can start setting their gear out today.
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Pope Francis canonized Pope John the XXIII and Pope John Paul II, two 20th-century pontiffs who changed the course of the Catholic Church.
Sunday's historic ceremony drew hundreds of thousands of people to Vatican City.
"They were priests, bishops and popes of the 20th century," Francis told the crowd. "They lived through the tragic events of that century, but they were not overwhelmed by them."
"John XXIII and John Paul II cooperated with the Holy Spirit in renewing and updating the church in keeping with her pristine features, those features which the saints have given her throughout the centuries," Francis said.
Vatican observers believe that Pope Francis approved the two popes for simultaneous sainthood to signal that Catholics of different views are welcome in the church.
Pope John the XXIII, who served from 1958 to 1963, is known for his modernizing reforms.
Conversely, Pope John Paul II, who served from 1978 to 2005, is known for upholding orthodoxy and doctrine and putting some controls around the earlier pope's reforms.
From the moment he took office, Pope John Paul stood as a symbol of faith and freedom for his homeland of Poland, caught in the grip of communism.
Shortly after becoming pope, he returned there, where his anti-communist stance endeared him to the solidarity movement.
John Paul II always said he was not Superman who let communism fall.
"The tree was rotten. I just shook the tree," he said.
Many also remember John Paul as the first truly global pope. He visited more than 120 countries -- the most ever for a pope -- and held audiences with more than 17 million people.
But there remains a stain on his legacy: the sex abuse scandal that festered for years on his watch.
"Certainly he was against sex abuse. He was tough against sex abuse, but he should have opened an investigation about the founder of the Legionaries of Christ, Marcial Maciel," said Marco Politi, Vatican analyst and Vatican correspondent for the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano.
Despite this, many now call John Paul "the great" in honor of his efforts to fight communism and inspire a new generation of Catholics.
And in Poland this week, the government is supporting an exhibit entitled, "Pope of Freedom -- in Recognition of His Rise to Sainthood."
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To get combative intoxicated motorist Brandon James Beattie under control, not only did South Williamsport police Cpl. Carl Finnerty have to shock the man twice with a Taser gun, but paramedics had to inject him twice with strong sedatives - once at the scene and again at a hospital, according to court records.
Beattie became unruly and began yelling obscenities at Finnerty within minutes after the officer found him slumped over in the driver's seat of a car that was partially out in the road with its engine running.
The incident occurred about 1 a.m. May 6 when Finnerty was called to the 1100 block of West Central Avenue in the borough to investigate a report of loud music coming from a vehicle.
The music was coming from Beattie's car, Finnerty said. The officer, who recognized the driver from previous contacts, knocked on the driver's window several times in order to wake him.
Once Beattie was awake and the driver's door was opened, Finnerty "immediately noted a very strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from Beattie's breath," the officer said in an affidavit.
Beattie, a resident of the borough, became "agitated" and started making numerous obscene statements, Finnerty said.
"This is Southside, not Boston. I'm not the Boston Bomber," Beattie told the officer, who asked for assistance from Old Lycoming Township police Sgt. Joseph Hope.
The situation quickly deteriorated as Beattie, who is over 6 feet tall and weighs 230 pounds, continued "with a barrage of degrading statements" when Finnerty and Hope attempted to take him into custody on the suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Finnerty repeatedly warned the man that a Taser would be used if he kept fighting.
"Go ahead and Taser me," Beattie yelled at the officers.
Finnerty used the Taser twice, but it had little impact on the combative man, who kicked Finnerty two dozen times and spat in Hope's face, the affidavit states.
Officers had to use a set of shackles on Beattie's legs. Paramedics were dispatched to the scene because there was concern that Beattie might be under the influence of unknown narcotics as well as alcohol.
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MILWAUKEE -- Whether he liked it or not, John Beilein was taking center stage inside Michigan's locker room Saturday night.
Typically a backstage coach in a sport completely dominated by coaching egos, personalities and feet stomping, Beilein generally likes to deflect all attention onto his teams after positive results.
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The win was the 700th of Beilein's now 36-year college coaching career. And so when the time came for the Wolverines to sing "The Victors," as they do after every win, Beilein's players forced him into the middle to lead the team in its celebratory tradition.
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"Seven hundred is a big number, but I swear to everyone, I had no idea," Beilein said. "I'm a day-to-day guy. But I'm happy for all those teams who helped us get to this point, and for (my wife) Kathleen, who has put up with all of this."
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Metropolitan Park is a 32-acre (130,000 m2),[1] urban waterfront park located on the north bank of the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida.[2] It is projected to be the eastern terminus of the northbank Jacksonville Riverwalk.[3]
The multi-purpose facility contains an exhibition mall for art, crafts and boat shows, a family picnic and playground area, and an earthen "bowl" with a performance pavilion which has a capacity of 10,000 persons and is home to many annual events, including The Jacksonville Jazz Festival, World of Nations Celebration, Spring Music Festival, Freedom, Fanfare & Fireworks on July 4th, Planetfest and many more. The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra occasionally performs there, as have many nationally known entertainers.[2][4]
The primary facility is a 2,400-square-foot (220 m2) reversible stage with seating for 3,000 under the large canopy. There is a green room, production office and dressing rooms for performers. The park has full boat docking facilities with 78 boat slips. There are 6 covered picnic shelters and 43 picnic tables, 3 permanent restroom facilities and water fountains, a children's play area, grills, benches & bicycle racks, and security lighting for night use.[2][4]
The park is located on what was once a landfill, purchased in May, 1972 for $1 million by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The present park size is the result of several additions since the initial acquisition in 1972.[2]
Development funding was provided by the City of Jacksonville, the State of Florida-Department of Natural Resources, and public broadcasting station WJCT (TV). The project was planned to be completed in two phases. The first phase included an exhibition mall, family picnic area, playgrounds, and the Performance Pavilion. Florida Governor Bob Graham attended the groundbreaking for the first phase, begun on December 8, 1982 by Mayor Jake Godbold. Work on Phase 1 was completed in 1984 at a cost of $1 million. Metropolitan Park was the winner of the 1986 Governor's Design Award.[2]
Phase 2, which included paved walkways, lighting, landscaping, parking, and the entrance, cost another $1 million. Mayor Tommy Hazouri began the enhancements on May 10, 1990 and construction lasted several months.[2] The Catherine Street Fire Museum was moved to Metro Park property in 1993 but did not open to the public until 2001.
Childs play[edit]
Community leaders created the Metropolitan Park Kids Kampus Task Force in the 1990s to provide input for a new children's play area with physical, intellectual and social benefits. Educators were utilized to design structures and activities that allow children to be curious, explore and manipulate their physical environment.[5]
Construction began on Kids Kampus March 8, 2000, and the 10-acre facility, located beside Metro Park, opened March 6, 2001.[6] The park included a soccer field with bleachers, 10 Picnic shelters and individual picnic tables, grills, playground equipment, benches, bike racks, security lighting and a restroom. The largest attraction was a bicycle/tricycle driving range, modeled after downtown Jacksonville, including street signs, traffic signals and buildings.[5][7] The seasonal water park at Kids Kampus featured "Three Friends", a boat-shaped structure with water cannons and a slide; and "Bayou, Bogs & Frogs" for children under six.[8]
On May 5, 2010, JaxParks announced that the Splash Water Park at Kids Kampus would not open for 2010 due to impending demolition as part of Metropolitan Park renovations.[9] That announcement did not explicitly state that Kids Kampus would not return, but the Metro Jacksonville website noted that the Metropolitan Park Concept Plan included a small "Children's Discovery" area and the "Green" where the Kids Kampus was previously located.[10]
On November 15, 2008, 40 citizens from Jacksonville were joined by landscape architects and professional urban planners in a Charrette, a community visioning exercise for the future direction of Metropolitan Park. JaxPride, a nonprofit citizen coalition, sponsored the workshop, and the process was used previously on the Hemming Park to Hemming Plaza transition and several others. The director of the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission told the participants how his agency viewed the park and afterwards, Mayor John Peyton shared his thoughts:[11]
"I am not proud of the quality of this City-owned facility. What we currently have is a grade-A space with grade-D facilities. There's more chain-link fence in that park than anywhere in Jacksonville. People in Seattle would give their right arm to have a riverfront park. I'm going to do everything in my power in the next 31 months until I leave office to make Metropolitan Park a better place for all of us."[11]
The City of Jacksonville contracted with consulting firm HDR, Inc. to submit a preliminary Metropolitan Park Improvement Project Master Plan to the City by the end of January, 2009. HDR staff collected hundreds of pages of suggestions, comments, sketches, drawings and ideas from the charrette to review and use in the plan.[11]
A meeting was held in January, 2010 between Mayor Peyton and several city councilmen to discuss progress on three major downtown improvement projects, including redevelopment of Metropolitan Park. Legislation was filed to fund these three projects with a price tag of $23 million. $8.2 million was allocated to phase one of the Metropolitan Park redevelopment which included replacing the Kidz Kampus children's play area with better water features and access to the Fire Museum; removing fencing and other barriers to river access; and creating a 4-acre public lawn for a wide array of activities, and to include more picnic pavilions and shade trees.[12][13] On February 9, 2010 the city council passed the three bills without debate, providing final approval for all three projects.[14]
As of September 9, 2011, all traces of Kids Kampus had been removed and the area was a grassy field.[10]
Gallery of Performances and Events[edit]
The Black Keys at The Big Ticket in 2010
Avenged Sevenfold at Welcome To Rockville in 2014
The annual World of Nations Celebration
Jacksonville Fire Museum is adjacent to Metropolitan Park.
- ^ "Metropolitan Park Concept Plan Development". March 2009. Jacksonville Economic Development Council. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "Metropolitan Park History". City of Jacksonville. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ Littlepage, Ron (November 3, 2011). "Great Jacksonville Parks: The Northbank Riverwalk". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Metropolitan Park". Office of Special Events. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Kids Kampus" (PDF). City of Jacksonville. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ City of Jacksonville website: Kids Kampus
- ^ "Kids Kampus - Jacksonville". North Florida Family Fun Guide. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ Stuart, Devon. "Kids Kampus". About.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "JaxParks Announces Changes to Kids Kampus". May 5, 2010. City of Jacksonville. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Kids Kampus Vanishes". September 9, 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c Marbut, Max. "Creating an action plan for the future of Metropolitan Park". November 20, 2008. Jax Daily Record. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Mayor and City Council Members Discuss Implementation of Key Downtown Projects". January 8, 2010. City of Jacksonville. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Mayor Pitches Downtown Parks Overhaul". News4Jax. January 8, 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ Mitchell, Tia (February 9, 2010). "Jacksonville council OKs downtown projects". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 11 July 2012.


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