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GOURMET STEAKS, coolers that sing, customized grills and wine tutorials. This year's crop of Father's Day food gifts are off the charts, bringing the dad who loves to cook - and eat - that much closer to food nirvana. Here are our favorite picks that can be ordered now for fast delivery by Sunday, from affordable finds to splurges for the big guy. _ For the cowboy in every dad . . . there's the Beer Holster , a leather 12-ounce bottle or can holder that snaps onto a belt and let's dad grill or walk around the yard without misplacing his beloved brew.
Fathers Day weekend forecast
June 16, 2011
By Peter Mucha, Inquirer Staff Writer
Showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast tonight into Friday night, but Saturday and Sunday - Father's Day - are looking good. After a couple of days in the lows 80's, both weekend days should be sunny or mostly sunny in the mid to upper 80's, according to the National Weather Service. (Ninety-degree heat isn't likely to arise until possibly Wednesday.) The same pattern will be seen at the Shore except that temperatures should be cooler by 5 degrees or so. In the city, scattered showers and thunderstorms could arrive this evening after 8 p.m. But there's a 50-50 chance of no rain at all. Rain's more likely than not Friday, especially in the morning, with up to a half-inch possible during the day. The chances of storminess aren't expected to end until a couple hours after midnight.
Feed Your Dad This Fathers Day, Give The Old Man A Great Meal
June 12, 2008
By APRIL LISANTE For the Daily News
NECKTIES. Golf shirts. Nosebleed seats for a Phillies game. What do these items have in common? They're things we guarantee your dad is really sick of getting for Father's Day. This Sunday, get creative. Scrap the cruddy clothes and stale cigars and surprise the big guy with a meal he'll never forget. Spoil dad with a boat ride, a culinary journey to the Middle East, even a beer-lover's walking tour. Read on for these and other ideas. Unless otherwise noted, all events require reservations.
Fathers Days new kind of dads
June 20, 2010
By Michael Vitez, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Vincent Thompson is faithful about doing the family laundry every Sunday. But around noon, on the 100th anniversary of Father's Day, he said to his wife, "I'm wondering if I'm doing it today. " "Holy Moly," said his wife of 18 years, Pamela Bridgeforth. "He might actually take the day off. " Thompson, 43, is an organized man. He was laid off from his job as media manager with the Philadelphia School District in January, and he's had more time on his hands than usual. He organized the recent family celebration of a son's high school graduation - but organizing is putting it mildly.
James T. Mcdermott, Pa. Justice, Dies At 65 He Ran For Mayor In 1963. Last Fall, He Was Elected To His Second Supreme Court Term.
June 22, 1992
By Julia Cass, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice James T. McDermott, 65, was found dead yesterday in his home in Chestnut Hill after failing to appear at a Father's Day gathering. "He was sitting in a chair in his study, looking very much at peace," said his son, James McDermott Jr. McDermott Jr. said that his father, who was just beginning his second 10- year term on the high court, probably died of a heart attack. "The doctor who was here said that's most likely what happened. He said there were no signs of a stroke," said McDermott Jr., who added that his father seemed to be in excellent health and had been out on his bicycle yesterday afternoon.
After tearful farewell in North Philadelphia, an obedient priest moves to suburban parish
July 18, 2011
By Michael Vitez, Inquirer Staff Writer
When Ed Hallinan became a priest, he took a vow of obedience. In the last few weeks, he's come to appreciate "a whole new meaning" to that word. For the last 14 years, Father Ed dedicated himself to the city's poorest and neediest as pastor at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church at 23d Street and Lehigh Avenue in North Philadelphia. "I was always ecstatic, and I was always thrilled, and sometimes, being ecstatic and being thrilled, I talked to you for 40 minutes," Father Ed said in his final homily, on Father's Day. "The Lord was whispering in my ear, 'Ed, sit down.
Unconventional Wisdom | Science says: Girls close to dads have a head start
June 16, 2007
By Alfred Lubrano, Inquirer Columnist
I have witnessed female eye-rolls when it comes to the problem of daddy's little girls. "Oh, men and their daughters," fumed a woman I know. "They each think the other can do no wrong. " Well, yeah. I am not super-indulgent to my 3-year-old girl. But I will admit to being the Melting Man on occasion - a Popsicle in the Gobi when my baby needs something. Mom types and others decry the behavior, saying it leads to spoiled brats. But, just in time for Father's Day, I say back off, sisters.
Father's Day: Jay, Taylor, Colin and Reilly Wright
June 17, 2010
By MIKE KERN, email@example.com
JAY WRIGHT has guided the Villanova basketball program to two Final Eights and a Final Four in the last six seasons. "I can't complain," he said. Indeed, his life does not stink. On or off the court. Still, when it comes to highs, nothing really compares to being an assistant coach for one of his three children's teams. Come again? "I love it," he said. "As long as I'm not the person in charge. " Whether that means helping his father coach sons Taylor and Colin to a Little League title 5 years ago, or now getting fields ready for his 11-year-old daughter Reilly's softball games.
A love letter from Daddy's Girl
June 17, 2009
By ANDREA FERRY
FIVE years ago on Father's Day, my dad handed me the Daily News and asked me to read a letter he'd marked. I read it without question, as I did with many things he'd asked me to do over the years. At first, I thought one of my siblings had written it about my father. But as I got further into it, I realized it was my dad writing about my grandfather. There were many things in it about my grandfather that I never knew until that day. At that moment, I realized how my dad became the man he is today.
Community mourns Suzanne Detwiler Her daughter, Brittany, spoke at the service; sons A.J. and Corey were pallbearers. Trying to save his mother, Corey shot and killed his father.
June 24, 2005
By Tina Moore INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
In one snapshot, Suzanne Detwiler leans toward her oldest son, A.J., with a blue and white birthday cake in her hands. In another, she presses her cheek against the cheek of her smiling daughter, Brittany. A third shows her cradling her youngest son, Corey, then still a baby. The joyful photos that lined a path yesterday to the 40-year-old's open casket belied the tragedy that ripped the family apart Saturday. On the day before Father's Day, Andrew Detwiler loaded a shotgun, aimed at his wife and killed her in the backyard of their East Rockhill Township home.
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Adopt a pet free for Father's Day
June 18, 2016
By Mari A. Schaefer, STAFF WRITER
Still looking for a Father's Day gift? The Animal Care & Control Team of Philadelphia (ACCT) is waiving all adoption fees this weekend. The "Who's Your Daddy?" promotion for all pets will run this weekend from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 111 W. Hunting Park Ave, in North Philadelphia. "Summer is an extremely busy time of year for us," Vincent Medley, ACCT Philly executive director, said in a statement. "This event makes it fun and stress-free to come find a new best friend. " The regular screening procedures that include "meet and greets" with children and and other pets in the prospective household will apply, according to the shelter.
Newtown victim's father makes plea
March 1, 2013
By Alan Fram and Philip Elliott, Associated Press
WASHINGTON - After weeks of arguing constitutional fine points and citing rival statistics, senators wrangling over gun control saw and heard the anguish of a bereft father. Neil Heslin, whose 6-year-old son, Jesse, was among those cut down at a Connecticut school in December, asked the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday to ban assault weapons like the one that killed his child. "I'm not here for the sympathy or the pat on the back," Heslin, a 50-year-old construction worker, told the senators, weeping openly during much of his hushed 11-minute testimony.
Two inseparable spirits live on
February 14, 2013
By Seymour I. "Spence" Toll After my 48 years of blessed marriage to Jean Barth Toll, pancreatic cancer swept her away in 1999. For all those years, and ever since, I have been a one-woman man. At the core of it was the appeal of her warm, gentle, and unpretentious spirit, with its unfailing kindness, deep friendships, and boundless capacity for our singular love. She had another delightful self. Although she could dress as tastefully as a conservatively clad fashion model, she enjoyed clothing that was not only old but beat up. She often wore a sweater in which her elbows poked out of holes in the sleeves.
Dear Abby: Father and son reconciliation stalls after email exchange
January 4, 2013
DEAR ABBY: I cut my father out of my life years ago, after he declared he could not support my decision to adopt three children from a Russian orphanage with my longtime companion. The adoption announcement coincided with my "coming out" to Dad, who is now married to his third wife. This year on Father's Day, I sent him a card and he replied by email that he was glad to hear from me and he hoped for a reconciliation, but was not sure how to go about it. I responded by email that I was cautiously optimistic that we could reignite a respectful relationship.
Halladay and Buehrle, perfect together
August 15, 2012
Roy Halladay and Mark Buehrle are scheduled to start Wednesday's Phillies-Marlins series finale in Miami, marking the 10th time since 1990 that two authors of a perfect game will oppose one another. Halladay pitched his perfect game in 2010 against the Marlins. Buehrle tossed his while with the Chicago White Sox in 2009. The previous instances, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, are: Dallas Braden-Buehrle in 2011; Randy Johnson-David Wells in 2004, 2005, 2007; Kenny Rogers-Wells in 2000, 2001 (twice)
A mountain climber at 17, she's following in her father's footsteps
August 9, 2012
By Kathy Boccella, Inquirer Staff Writer
With a father who is a neonatologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, it isn't difficult to understand why Lauren Fox wants to go into medicine. But her father is also an adventurer who climbed the tallest mountains in Bolivia, first in the Peace Corps in the '60s and then with her two older brothers, so it was inevitable that the 17-year-old would one day follow in his crampon-print footsteps. That day came in June when Lauren Fox, 17, and her brother, James, 29, climbed Huayna Potosi in Bolivia's Cordillera Real, becoming, she believes, the second youngest woman - and youngest non-Bolivian female - to ascend the 20,000-foot peak near La Paz, a city surrounded by mountains.
Four families on Father's Day in Philadelphia
June 19, 2012
By Dara McBride and INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Eating a Greek brunch, visiting dinosaurs in a museum, going for a run — ways to celebrate Father's Day are as varied as fathers themselves. Despite occasional clouds on Sunday, area families took to parks, museums and restaurants with the fathers in their lives. Here are four families who marked Father's Day in Philadelphia. --- Sunday was no day for participants in the 10th Annual Gary Papa Run to sleep in. Tricia Ushler, 34, of Wilmington and her family began waking up at 5:30 a.m. to prepare for the 5K run/walk named for Papa, the longtime 6ABC Action News sports reporter and anchor who died of prostate cancer in June 2009.
A Father's Day in the park like none other
June 18, 2012
By Kathy Boccella and INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
At first glance, Doylestown Township's Central Park looked like an idyllic Norman Rockwell-style rendering of Father's Day afternoon in suburban America. Under a sunny blue sky and cottony clouds, a father with his son in a bike seat passed a mother pushing a stroller, as other families enjoyed the swings or hiked a trail across a stretch of meticulously maintained lawn. But Sunday's park crowd was swelled by evacuees from a nearby upscale neighborhood whose Father's Day had been jarred by frightening sights and sounds on Bittersweet Drive and surrounding streets.
Son offers a kidney for Father's Day
June 18, 2012
By Kathy Boccella and INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Many a son would give his right arm to have a relationship with his dad like 33-year-old Joe Berardoni Jr. has with his. After his wife died and he was left a single father, the elder Berardoni would skip out of work to catch his son's soccer and basketball games. They forged such a special bond that "young Joe" — who shares a quirky sense of humor with his father, if not his diminutive stature — didn't hesitate when his dad asked him more than a decade ago to work side by side, day after day, at Pun's Toys, his whimsical shop on Lancaster Avenue in Bryn Mawr.
Khodorkovsky spends Father's Day on the inside
June 17, 2012
Pavel Khodorkovsky is the son of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Yukos chief and an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, and is also president of the Institute of Modern Russia Scanning the Father's Day aisle at the local card store, I see quickly how hard it will be to pick out something fitting. My father isn't a golfer, and he isn't known for his prowess on the football field or interest in home-improvement projects. There is no card that says "Happy Father's Day … from the Outside.
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Wanted: Suspect for Robbery in the 7th District [VIDEO]
The Philadelphia Police Department is asking the public's assistance in identifying the suspect who robbed a WAWA in Bustleton.
On July 2, 2013, at 2:00am, the suspect entered a WAWA store located at 8900 Krewstown Road and approached the employee who was at the cash register and asked for a pack of cigarettes. When the employee was completing the transaction, the suspect placed his hand in a blue bag simulating he had a weapon demanding money. After the employee opened the cash register and gave the suspect an undetermined amount of cash, the suspect fled west on Bloomfield Avenue.
- Suspect Description: White male, 5'10″-6'0″, 20-30 years-of-age, brown t-shirt, dark colored cargo shorts, blue/white sneakers, white base ball cap with black lettering on front.
- To view the surveillance video: Visit The Philadelphia Police YouTube Channel or visit http://phillypolice.com/news
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BRIDGEPORT TOWNSHIP, MI — Bridgeport-Spaulding Schools Superintendent Gloria Rubis awaits two more votes before she can send the district's latest get-out-of-debt plan into the state.
The district must submit its deficit elimination plan by Monday, April 14, or the Michigan Department of Education will withhold its $1 million April state aid payment.
The Saginaw County district has a $2.2 million deficit and a $14.7 million general fund budget. Bridgeport is in year three of five of its deficit elimination plan.
The plan relies on $2.6 million in staff pay cuts.
"I'm optimistic," Rubis said. "We will have completed the tasks the state required of us and anticipate they will approve it."
The district is aiming to have the plan in a few days early.
The Bridgeport Board of Education likely will meet Friday afternoon to vote on the contracts and send the information to Lansing, she said.
Rubis doesn't yet know the time of the meeting, but anticipates a mid-afternoon time.
"I'd just as soon like it in their office on Friday afternoon if I can get it there," she said.


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NEW ORLEANS—They kiss him through the television screen, these loves of Trent Richardson's life. He's their superhero. He's the man who can do anything.
Richardson calls them his "two hearts." Five-year-old Taliyah was born when Richardson was only 16. Her sister, Elevera, is three.
Soon they'll have a life of comfort that Richardson has only been able to dream of. To provide them that, the best collegiate running back in America almost surely will forego his senior season at Alabama to enter the NFL draft. Barring the unforeseeable, he'll be a first-round pick.
"I do have mouths to feed," he said.
It has been a difficult road, with every step bringing more responsibility. But Richardson is built to shoulder a load.
He has been since his early days in an area of Pensacola, Fla., where life was hard. Outside his mother's house, life was "crazy," Richardson said. "A lot of deaths going on. A lot of drugs around me. That's where I was brought up at."
It was the backdrop for the emergence of one of the most hellacious ball-carriers the Florida Panhandle has ever seen. Escambia High was the home of Emmitt Smith, who would become the leading rusher in NFL history. But Richardson took it over. Jimmy Nichols was Smith's offensive coordinator and Richardson's head coach. Smith had the best vision and balance Nichols has ever seen. But Richardson was faster, stronger—more punishing.
"When you saw him as a ninth-grader, you said 'manchild,' " said Derrick Boyd, the former Escambia assistant coach who became Richardson's mentor, guided him through the college recruiting process and remains one of the closest people in the running back's life.
"But he was just a baby."
Soon, with an injury. Then, with a child on the way.
"It was too late to give advice," Boyd said, "because it was a done deal. You're having a baby, with the fear of that, you're on crutches, you just had surgery. And the thing you enjoyed the most—football—has just been taken away."
It turned out Richardson could handle it all. Not without difficulty, and not without endless help from his mother, Katrina Richardson, and many others in the family.
Said Richardson: "It got me to the point of, 'What are you going to do with your life?'
"I didn't want to be one of those guys on the corner who never sees his kids. Just like in football—I don't want to be one of those guys piled up on the (sideline) when somebody else makes a big play."
It's a fascinating analogy.
By now, many college football fans have heard Richardson speak with refreshing openness about the challenges of his youth. They may also have been impressed as he espoused patience while backing up Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram in 2009 and again in 2010, Richardson's sophomore season.
"To come in and be a big recruit, you would think that a guy like me would be selfish and be ready to play, transfer or something like that," Richardson said. "But it's not like that, man. When I got here, I knew there were running backs in front of me, but I didn't care."
That may not be entirely truthful.
"It ate him up," Boyd said. "Do I think he wanted more? No doubt. Do I think he'd speak up about it at Alabama or to the media? No chance."
On the field, Richardson has learned to run with more patience, but if he has a weakness, this is where you'll find it. In high school, he was no friend to his blockers, except in the sense that his final numbers made them look good. He ran the same way as a freshman at Alabama. Whereas Ingram was methodical, watching blocks develop with Smith-like vision, Richardson was a cannon shot.
Collide with me if you can, and if you dare.
Richardson craves contact. There was a play during his freshman season when a defender launched himself onto a pile of tacklers, then woofed at Richardson after they'd finally brought him to the ground.
"You had help," Richardson told him. "You brought friends."
As his legend grows, so does the determination of opponents to take him on. To stand up to him. To chop him down.
"In any SEC game that matters," Boyd said, "you look at Trent and you'll see five or six guys on his back. He's equipped for that because of his upbringing and the things he's had to endure as a young person."
No team has ever hit Richardson like LSU did in the second half of the teams' Nov. 5 meeting in Tuscaloosa. The Tigers kept him out of the end zone that night and held him under 100 yards rushing. Defensive coordinator John Chavis says, "I don't know that you ever can wear a guy like him down," but in more ways than one it was an epic victory for the team whose game plan begins with pounding Richardson harder than he pounds them on Monday night at the Superdome.
But Richardson also craves the ball.
Alabama might've won that game—twice, in a sense—had it continued to ride its superstar, rev its engine. With the game tied 6-6 early in the fourth quarter, on a night when a touchdown, any touchdown, likely would've sealed the deal, Richardson rumbled 24 yards to the LSU 28-yard line. It was his third carry in four plays; his massive shoulders were broadening. Then came the Wildcat pass on which receiver Marquis Maze was intercepted at the goal line by Eric Reid.
In overtime, the Tide got the ball first and never handed the ball off. Incompletion, incompletion, sack, and a fourth missed field goal.
"Trent will not speak on that," Boyd said, "but I know he agrees: In overtime, give it to him three straight times and see how close you are. Touchdown, first down or chip shot."
After the game, Richardson told his mentor: "I've got some unfinished business."
In New York as a Heisman finalist, Richardson was distracted, his mind already churning about the rematch. Impatience? Sure. And a desire for contact. The shoulders were already lowered.
"I know they're going to bring it to us," Richardson said, "and I know they're going to try to come to me."
That's not all that's motivating him. There's the championship he wants as the starting running back. And all the meaning of his powerful steps from Pensacola to the promised land of NFL riches. And also this:
"When I play with my girls on my mind, I feel like nobody can stop me."


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Surprisingly, eating Primal has not been too difficult. I miss eating pizza (my favorite!) but there are so many delicious things I can eat on PB, who can complain? The first few days I was using Fitday.com. I stopped because, well....logging all that stuff in sucks. At about day 6, I couldn't stand eating anymore meat so I started eating more yogurt, seafood and eggs. My typical day looks like this:
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Your secret weapon in emergency management: EMAC
Dan Jensen
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It's that time of the year again. The leaves are changing color, people are reflecting on their progress as the year draws to a close, and for those of you in Southern California, the temperature dipping into the ice-cold 60s brings with it a stark reminder that winter is coming! The days of autumn are upon us—that time in which we prepare for the harsh months ahead. These are the days when we move from national hurricane preparation to local ice storm preparation.
While we all know that disasters—big and small—can happen at any time and without warning, autumn is generally seen as a small break from the hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes and droughts of the summer, leaving us a small window of opportunity to take stock of our weapons in the fight against disasters. And in keeping in tune with this month's theme, it is a time for winter maintenance on those weapons—preparedness plans and disaster recovery options.
In the months following Hurricane Katrina, it was discovered that many communities (even those in disaster-prone areas) were unaware of a large, national program that was designed to help them literally "weather the storm." It is perhaps one of the greatest tools available in emergency management, and is called the Emergency Management Assistant Compact, or EMAC.
EMAC is a mutual aid agreement and partnership between states designed to help them protect against and recover from a wide variety of catastrophes. Examples include hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, toxic waste spills, terrorist attacks, biological and chemical incidents and countless other unnamed calamities. The need for such a system is apparent since all states share a common enemy: the threat of disaster.
Since being ratified by Congress and signed into law in 1996 (Public Law 104-321), all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands have enacted legislation to become members of EMAC. EMAC is the first national disaster-relief compact since the Civil Defense and Disaster Compact of 1950 to be ratified by Congress.
The strength of EMAC and the quality that distinguishes it from other plans and compacts lies in its governance structure, its relationship with federal organizations, states, counties, territories, regions and the ability to move just about any resource from one state to assist another state, including medical resources.
EMAC offers the following benefits:
EMAC, as a result of such findings, has taken steps to increase its profile both nationally and on the local level. One recent step has been the creation of an "EMAC Advisory Board," to which an APWA member has been appointed to serve. This presents APWA with new opportunities to directly communicate the unique needs of public works as they relate to the implementation of this mutual aid system. Additionally, the National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), which is tasked with managing EMAC, will be taking steps to increase education among localities—beginning with small communities in disaster-prone areas that often lack the native resources to cope with large-scale disasters. APWA will be coordinating education efforts in conjunction with NEMA in this regard.
EMAC is but one tool in the arsenal available to emergency responders. Public works officials stand to greatly benefit from such a system, as long as their communities know what is available to them in case of emergency. Use this break before winter to familiarize yourself, your team and department with the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. Consider it a worthwhile part of your yearly winter maintenance efforts! To learn more about EMAC, how to participate and what is being done to improve the compact, please visit www.emacweb.org.
If you would like to get more involved with EMAC, or would simply like more information, please feel free to contact Dan Jensen at email@example.com.
APWA encourages lawmakers to amend language in water security bill
Becky Wickstrom
Manager of Media Affairs
APWA Washington Office
Proposed legislation in Congress could cause unintended risks to public health and the environmental protection of the nation's water supply and wastewater treatment facilities. APWA member expert Bruce Florquist, a public works professional with more than 40 years working with water, water resources, water law and water/wastewater management, discussed the implications of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act (HR 5695/S 2145) during a congressional staff briefing on August 22.
APWA member Bruce Florquist discussed the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act and its potential risk to water systems during a congressional staff briefing in August.
The proposed bills would require water and wastewater facilities to comply with already-established Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines in addition to new guidelines from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As written, the bill would result in an unfunded mandate to local governments who are already stretched thin financially and would allow DHS the discretion to make a new water security program mandatory.
"Unfunded mandates associated with this bill could impact the operation of water and wastewater systems and add a level of review not necessary for systems security," said Florquist. "APWA is encouraging lawmakers to include specific language in the bills exempting drinking water and wastewater system security and include direction for DHS to work with EPA to avoid duplicative, overlapping and conflicting guidance."
Florquist outlined the components of a water system, including potential vulnerabilities, and discussed the extensive training and certification process for plant operators.
"Only a certified operator can allow entry into a plant," he said. "If emergency management professionals have responsibility over water systems, how do we know they are trained to operate the plant? Plant operators regard public health as their number one priority."
APWA Congressional Briefings are one part of an awareness campaign to provide congressional staff with information about the role and needs of public works and infrastructure in local communities. APWA member experts brief staff members about issues ranging from transportation funding to emergency preparedness and clean water.
Becky Wickstrom can be reached at (202) 218-6736 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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March 12, 2007 | Five years ago, the inaugural issue of Bio•IT World featured a series of introductory interviews with the key executives and evangelists of 60 companies, enabling industry legends and rookie entrepreneurs alike to share their views on the bio-IT industry (see Champions of Bio-IT, March 2002). To mark our 5th anniversary, we offer the 2007 remix — Champions 2.0! We invited senior executives from 50 outstanding technology providers to answer a few simple questions. Here was their chance to reflect on their company's survival, their latest technology offerings, and their prospects looking ahead.
On the following pages, we feature the complete set of unedited answers for all our Champions.We use the term "Champions" as much in the sense of "advocate, fighter, and defender" as "winner." And for good reason, since of the companies featured in our first issue, 25 percent (and many more faces) have disappeared or changed. Several others are struggling to overcome ongoing challenges facing platform and tool providers.
A marked change in 2007 is the appearance of a number of eClinical companies, a field Bio•IT World now covers in depth, and key partners in expediting the passage of safe drugs. Microsoft, absent five years ago, not only appears but also is cited by several other executives for the expanding influence of its BioIT Alliance.
A couple of caveats: first and foremost, we do not claim this to be a scientific survey, merely illustrative of companies that are succeeding in their respective sectors, or that appear poised to do so. We should also note that a handful of companies we approached declined to participate, citing time constraints or other factors.
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Tying up the loose ends on immigraton raids:
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Who's accountable and what the hell is going on?
"There are three things, as I see it, behind these immigration raids," Travis Thompson, staff attorney for Centro Legal, Inc. in St. Paul said earlier this week: "To force the conversation on immigration debate, to satisfy a 'messianic' zeal among immigration law enforcement officials to rid the country of what they see as an undesirable element and just to drive up law enforcement budgets."
"This push is certainly coming from the heads of Homeland Security, and certainly goes as high up as their field operation directors," said Thompson.
Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Michael Chertoff made his course clear when he took office in 2005.
"Today I am announcing this goal for DHS: eliminate completely the 'catch and release' enforcement problem. Return every single illegal entrant--no exceptions," Chertoff said in his first address to the Senate.
"What we're seeing now is that the infrastructure and budget have finally grown to the point that the administration can carry out this strategy, which has torn apart families and disrupted the lives of thousands," said Scott Chamberlain, communications coordinator, Resource Center of the Americas.
"Let's be clear: This means expelling roughly 12 million people," said an op-ed piece in the Boston Globe at the end of March this year. Written by Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts and Communications Director Christopher Ott, the article addressed a "a frighteningly ambitious plan" by the DHS called "Endgame" that aspired to "track down and deport all the immigrants to the United States who are living and working here without proper documentation, by the year 2012."
"When you get this aggressive you see a lot of mistakes occurring," said Thompson. Thompson was referring to the large number of legal residents that his office has seen being caught up-- detained and questioned, sometimes at length--during the execution of recent raids on illegals.
"Most of our clients have some sort of reliable, legal document proving their right to be here," said Thompson. "Sixty percent of the complainants in the Willmar raid action were U.S. citizens," he said.
"Each of these actions concerned an entirely different set of laws dealing with specific investigations," said Tim Counts, spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the investigative arm of the DHS.
ICE agents knocked on doors during a recent raid in Austin, Minn., and were given permission to enter residences thought to be housing targeted offenders, Counts said. Of the eight arrests make in Austin, five were for previous drunk driving charges, two were for previous immigration violations and one was for identity theft in Iowa
"It's purely, simply outrageous," said Thompson. "When you get involved in racial profiling or home invasion and you get called out on it in court, you use this 'compliance' excuse," he said.
"We target specific individuals," said Counts. "We don't roam around randomly making raids. We do prioritize for people that have been involved in criminal activity," he said.
Counts said the ICE does not keep track of the number of individuals who are detained for questioning who are able to prove legal residence.
When asked about public safety priority of arresting people for drunk driving offenses, Counts countered, "Except that these were people who were in the country illegally."
"My office has deported 200,000 people. Of those, about half had committed some sort of criminal offense," Counts said.
"I read all these reports after we've gone in and made arrests that 'only Latinos were questioned and everyone else just went on their way.' That's just not so," said Counts. When we conduct an operation, everyone on the scene gets questioned," he said.
"All the evidence that we've collected after their raids pretty single-handedly shows there is no criteria for detaining or questioning people except for race," said Thompson. "The evidence of their [ICE's] behaviors completely contradicts what they've said about not targeting Latinos on the scene."
"Our arrests rely on widely accepted law enforcement standards," Counts said. "We use 'articulable, reasonable suspicion based on the totality of circumstances' in order to detain suspects," he said.
"That's incorrect," said Thompson, "Counts left out a key ingredient--the standard is 'articulable, reasonable individualized suspicion,'" he said.
According to a review of case law, the "articulable, reasonable suspicion" standard used for police searches and seizures only trumps an individual's rights under the Fourth Amendment when there is reason to believe a suspect poses potential harm to the arresting officer or to the public. Flight from a police officer generally does not constitute "reasonable suspicion," and when police do find reason to detain someone under reasonable suspicion, they can only be detained for a short period of time.
John Torres, Director of the Office of Detention and Removal Operations for ICE, testified before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security this year in March that, "the average daily population [of detainees] has risen from approximately 18,000 in July 2006 to approximately 28,000 today."
"The 2008 Budget includes $2.2 billion in detention and removal resources to continue this success," is what you get when you google "U.S. government current budget, immigration and customs enforcement."
Yesterday, Minnesota's Senator Norm Coleman voted against moving the much-debated national immigration reform bill forward, according to his website.
Coleman cited "still too many problems with this bill and not enough time to correct them." His amendment to the bill that would have abolished the practice of cities using "separation" ordinances to keep their police out of federal immigration law enforcement, had failed by one vote earlier in the session, according to Coleman's communications director, Tom Steward.
"It's ironic that Coleman wants this [nullification of separation ordinances] as he used to be mayor of St. Paul," said Minneapolis Assistant Police Chief Sharon Lubinski.
St. Paul passed a separation ordinance in 2004 almost identical to the one in passed a year earlier in Minneapolis. Police chiefs in both Minneapolis and St. Paul had said that the use of their officers as agents of federal immigration policy would both aggravate the difficulty in getting immigrants to report crime and to work with the police and would add a large burden to already strained resources.
"We [the police] need to have the trust of the immigrants," Lubinski said. "We want them to be able to approach us," she said.
"During one of these raids, immigrants all clear the streets because they're afraid and then we're left to deal with the aftermath," Lubinski said.
According to Minneapolis' separation ordinance, police may not join forces with immigration agents except "in the investigation of criminal activity involving individuals present in the United States who may also be in violation of federal civil immigration laws" or when "responding to a properly issued subpoena."
In order for Minneapolis police to aid federal agents in arresting anyone involved in immigration violations, the department would have to be formally notified and then a decision would have to be made by "someone up the chain of command," according to Lubinski.
"Because of the sensitive nature of the immigration debate in the country," Lubinski said.
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WAILUKU - A defendant described as a "one-man tidal wave" was sentenced Friday to a five-year prison term for a series of burglaries, thefts and firearms violations two years ago.
As a repeat offender, Nathan Sales, 26, was ordered to serve at least three years and four months of the prison term before being eligible for parole.
"There are crime waves and there are tidal waves, and you are a one-man tidal wave," 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo told Sales. "From the houses in Kula you burglarized to the people you hit with guns and threatened in Kahului, all the way to Lahaina, you created havoc everywhere you went. And what a pattern of destruction you caused."
Sales had pleaded no contest to three counts of second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal property damage, five counts of second-degree theft, second-degree terroristic threatening, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, fourth-degree promotion of a harmful drug, two counts of prohibited possession of a firearm, two counts of keeping an unloaded firearm in an improper place, attempted second-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, attempted unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and third-degree assault.
Some of the charges were reduced as part of a plea agreement.
According to court records, Sales was implicated in three burglaries of Kula homes, where firearms, jewelry and other valuables were reported stolen Sept. 13 to 22, 2010. On the evening of Sept. 17, 2010, in a Kahului parking lot, witnesses reported that Sales displayed a gun, punched a woman and struck her twice on the forehead with the butt of a revolver.
The woman had confronted Sales' girlfriend about money and was grabbing the girlfriend by the hair and pulling her head down when Sales pointed the gun and told another person to have the woman let go of Sales' girlfriend, according to police. After his girlfriend was released, Sales kicked the other woman once in the head and she fell to the ground, where Sales kicked her, according to court records.
In another incident on Sept. 27, 2010, police said Sales brandished a 9 mm semiautomatic gun at a man at North Market and Vineyard streets in Wailuku.
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Thomas Figueroa had pleaded no contest to the firearms charges, with the prosecution agreeing to dismiss a DUI charge.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - U.S. Rep. J.C. Watts said Wednesday he would announce in January whether he will run for a fourth term in Congress and quickly denounced reports that he was resigning from Congress.
Watts said in a short statement that he planned to finish out his two-year term as chairman of the House Republican Conference.
CBS News quoted sources as saying Watts was stepping down from Congress. The report gave no timetable or reason.
CBS News stands by its report that J.C. Watts will retire from Congress at the end of his term, spokeswoman Kelli Edwards said.
Watts' third term in Congress expires in January 2001.
"As I do every two years, I will announce my plans after the first of the year as to whether I will seek re-election as representative of the 4th Congressional District in Oklaoma," Watts said.
"I haven't seen any indications that he wouldn't do it again," spokesman Bill Shapard said. "That's a personal decision for him. He needs to make that decision on what he personally wants to do and nothing else."
When he first was elected in 1994, Watts made a pledge that he would serve only three terms.
This year, he said he would consult with constituents before deciding on another race.
Watts said he had a full agenda as conference chairman and expected to work with his colleagues to complete it.
Shapard said Watts told CBS he hadn't made any decision on future plans, which Shapard said was his standard response.
Watts threatened this year to resign his leadership post in a squabble with Rep. Tom DeLay of Texas, according to leadership officials familiar with the incident.
Watts then described the brouhaha as a "family" matter.
There have been reports of grumblings from some in Congress about Watts' work as chairman. Shapard dismissed those.
"I haven't met a congressman that has said we are not doing the kind of job that is anything but exemplary," Shapard said, noting that Watts was supported by two-thirds of the Republicans in the House.
"We have done an exemplary job in conference. We intend to do it for the next year," he said.
If Watts does run for a fourth term, he already has competition.
Susan Ducey of Moore announced in October that she would seek the Republican nomination and promised to serve only three terms if elected.
Ducey is a registered nurse.
She said term limits and campaign finance reform would be two of her key issues.
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T-shirt fundraiser to help with expenses for Wall
By Kenneth Fine
Published in News on March 25, 2013 1:46 PM
This graphic will appear on the back of the T-shirts being sold by the Wayne County Veterans and Patriots Coalition to help offset the cost associated with the Wall That Heals' stay in Goldsboro the third week of April. The red box at the bottom will appear on the front of the shirts.
They have already secured the funds necessary to bring the Wall That Heals to Goldsboro, but members of the Wayne County Veterans and Patriots Coalition want to ensure that the other expenses associated with what they consider one of the...
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on October 12, 2012 - 12:01 AM
When you go to the Facebook page for the "The Dead English," the new musical that premieres Thursday in a co-production between the American Repertory Theater of WNY and Theatre Jugend, you find the normal posts you'd see on such a site: updates from the director from rehearsals, information about tickets and the venue, that kind of thing.
But you'll also see videos of a highly coveted workshop process, a luxury for a company premiering a piece. Director Drew McCabe and the show's co-writers, Justin Karcher and Steven E. Sitzman, along with A.R.T. director Matthew LaChiusa, used the extra time to shepherd a show that has been in development for a year now.
The fortune of this extra incubation is not lost on McCabe.
"We all have a lot of love for the source material. We edited it and workshopped it," says McCabe. "If we didn't workshop it, it would not be in its current place. We did so much ahead of time, that right now, at this point, we're good. That said, it's been a long process."
They're not the only ones who love the source material � Bram Stoker's "Dracula" � so much. The gothic vampire novel has been subject to cyclical waves of revival since it was published in 1897. The Dracula tale, and the broader vampire genre, has remained relevant with audiences along the way. In its many incarnations, from Hollywood films, to TV romance-dramas, to the musical stage, Dracula has endured as resolutely as its titular character.
"To me it has always been the appeal of two things: man and monster," says McCabe. "He's that tragic character. He's immortal and eternally young. And what's more appealing than the idea of eternal youth?"
In writing an original score, Sitzman found influences in a number of rock-pop genres, and used their tropes in molding the characters. When it came to casting Anthony Alcocer as Dracula, Sitzman said they were looking to show a new side of the well-tread vampire.
"We've created a different Dracula," says Sitzman. "He doesn't have fangs or a Transylvania accent. Our Dracula is like Sebastian Bach from Skid Row," the late-'80s heavy metal hair band. McCabe adds a few classic layers to that sketch.
"He's your semi-1970s grindhouse version of Vlad the Impaler, but he's also a chameleon," says McCabe. "When he goes to seduce Lucy, he's Freddie Mercury. When he goes to seduce Nina, who's more virginal, he has to be Fred Astaire. He looks at each of the characters [closely], and his seduction is different for everybody."
The reinterpretation of these characters as something out of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is not uncommon; the Gothic mystique of its Transylvania backdrop is ripe for electric guitar and permed hair (which is not exactly how the show's production design has been described, but it's in the vicinity). If the show's creators feel a sense of duty, it is to both expand the work, and honor it.
"I feel like for every single type of Dracula fan, we've tried to give them some sort of homage to pull them in and enjoy our piece," says McCabe, who has directed many new plays locally, and worked as a screenplay editor in Los Angeles. "You learn to do everything quick," says McCabe of his work there.
In crafting the skeleton and textures of the show � which borrows liberally from Stoker's epistolary text of letters, diary entries and other documents � relying on the input of their workshop and production casts was crucial for the show's formative development. In some cases, actors helped to fine-tune their characters, while the on-stage band helped guide the diverging musical genres within.
"I've assembled a team of nonmusical theater people for this band," says Sitzman, a songwriter who did the club thing in New York City before moving back to Buffalo. "They're all sort of learning, as we all are, about creating a brand new musical. It's nice to have the influences of these indie musicians. Even hearing people sing [my] songs and give it their little extra [something], it's just such a compliment."
The cast's enthusiasm for this particular creative process mirrors the pride in the creators' words.
"Our problem with the actors is, they love it so much, they come to rehearsal on days they're not scheduled," says McCabe. "That's blown our minds. It's flattering."
This unique process, from writing to workshop to rehearsal to premiere production, is not a short or easy one, but it is a worthwhile one, especially here.
"We could do this, if we wanted to be in New York or L.A., for 10 years," says McCabe. "But by being here it gives us the ability to still be young and do something that we enjoy doing. And by creating something a lot faster than we would have created anywhere else."
"The Dead English"
When: Opens Thursday? through Nov. 10
Where: American Repertory Theater of WNY, 16 Linwood Ave.
Tickets: $20 general,? $15 students, veteransInfo: www.artofwny.org


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It's time we put economics into some sort of physical scientific context that makes sense. Economists have drifted off into a disconnected world where, blinded by massive amounts of money and mystery, they see themselves as a kind of high priesthood calling the shots for practically everything, then saying they were blindsided by the debacle in the real estate world and the up-trading in wildly irresponsible and, strictly honest to say, greedy derivatives. READ MORE
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Affleck as Agent
Ben Affleck, 28, is about to step into shoes previously filled by Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford, those of CIA analyst Jack Ryan. The actor, reports the Associated Press, will soon start shooting the starring role in "The Sum of All Fears," about a terrorist attack on the Super Bowl. It is due to open in 2002 and is the fourth film adaptation of novelist Tom Clancy's series about the spy hero. (Baldwin originated the role of Ryan in 1990's "The Hunt for Red October," with Ford stepping in for 1992's "Patriot Games" and "Clear and Present Danger" two years later.) Also in the cast with Affleck are Morgan Freeman, Bridget Moynahan and Liev Schreiber.


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Young People Turn to Digital Platforms for News, But TV Hangs In: Social networks and smartphones hold a key role in the media and communications habits of young consumers, but traditional channels like TV still have a place, says a study by Credit Suisse.
The financial services company polled 3,000 people aged 16–25 years old in three countries, and found that 73% from the U.S. look to TV to stay informed about daily events, versus 63% in Switzerland and 62% in Brazil. Other findings include:
Facebook, Twitter, Orkut and MySpace recorded an average of 56%, with 73% staying informed by these platforms in the U.S., 58% in Brazil and 37% in Switzerland.
On average, 39% stay informed by smartphone apps, which beat blogs and web message boards, both with 32%.
Reliance on radio for news was at 43% and free newspapers on 45%—just 30% rely on paid-for daily newspapers.
90% of the Swiss panel have Facebook profiles, 85% in Brazil and 75% in America. Some 36% use social media to keep in touch with friends, growing to 45% in Brazil. PRN
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Lawrence Joseph Robertson Jr.
St. Martinville — Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, July 26, at Notre Dame Catholic Church for Lawrence Joseph RobertsonJr., 71, who passed away on Monday, July 21, 2008 at his residence.
Interment followed at Mallalieu Methodist Cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Phyllis Alexander Robertson, of St. Martinville; two sons, Derwin Robertson, of Spring, Texas, and Ramon Robertson of Katy, Texas; two daughters, Winnifer Stubblefield and Jacinda Fontenette, both of Richmond, Texas; 10 brothers, Patrick, Roland, Jackie, Perry, Ricky and Edward Robertson, all of St. Martinville, John Paul Robertson and Jimmy Robertson of Richmond, Calif., Daniel Robertson of Fairfield, Calif., and Collins Robertson of New Iberia; his sisters, Sharlene Horton of St. Martinville, Theresa Nelson of Orlando, Fla., and Jacqueline Thomas of Lafayette; and five grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence and Edna Prade Robertson; four infant siblings, Patricia, Anthony, Johnny, and Mary Robertson.
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Letters to the editor: Lottery questions left unanswered
I, too, have been watching the unfolding of the Camelot Global Services LLC vs. Pennsylvania Lottery drama.
Gov. Tom Corbett contracted an acquaintance to advise him as to which entity would best administer the Pennsylvania Lottery. This person is projected to be paid between $30 million and $50 million.
In a hearing on Jan. 23, it was revealed that Camelot will be paying this contractor, but that did not clarify the amount. Will this be the first installment of losses our senior benefits will see resulting from this contract with Camelot?
Has anyone demonstrated to us the cost benefits to Pennsylvania seniors? Or how the awarding of this contract to a foreign company helps the Pennsylvania citizens who no longer have a job administering the lottery? Our lottery has been operated for 42 years generating more than $20 billion in profits, with only 2 percent in administrative costs, and currently employs more than 270 people.
Here's the bottom line. With a private, for-profit company, every dollar that goes to Camelot "expenses" is a dollar not going to seniors. Right now, 100 percent of the lottery profits go to fund senior programs. According to Camelot, up to 5 percent of profits could go to Camelot.
Gov. Corbett has a lot of explaining to do. The Legislature has complained about the lack of transparency and would like the opportunity to vote on this contract. My sources assure me that it would be voted down. How much of our benefits will yet again be compromised? Who is the real beneficiary of the Pennsylvania Lottery -- Camelot or Pennsylvania seniors?
Judith Jobes|Alliance for Retired Americans, Millcreek Township
Will women need to register?
Now that women will be allowed to be on the front line in combat, will they also be required to register for the Selective Service draft?
David Wiest|Erie
Let's never forget innocent children
I implore you to call U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly at (202) 225-5406 and ask him how he plans to vote on the assault-weapons ban, the large clip magazine ban and universal background checks (this one has 92 percent public support.)
Remind him that if he votes no, we can also vote no on Election Day. We sent him to represent us, not the special interests and the National Rifle Association.
While I was in high school, I was a member of the rifle club. I can still hear our teacher telling us, "We bury our mistakes." They seem like profound words that have application today. So why does it seem that common sense about guns is so desperately missing? I simply cannot grasp why anyone other than the military needs to possess military-style weapons with large clip magazines.
Let's resolve to never forget those 20 innocent first-graders riddled with bullets -- put yourself in place of those parents. This is our wake-up call! You or yours could be the next victim. In fact, as people gathered recently to protest gun control regulations, there were eight accidental shootings at gun shows during the same period.
Yes, this problem has many faces to it. We desperately need to address mental-health issues, but the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Let us begin by controlling weapons of war.
Caroline L. DaCosta|Mercer
Store bargain turns sour
Several weeks ago, my college-age children and I went shopping at one of the stores in the Millcreek Mall. I had received in the mail a coupon for $50 off a $100 purchase.
My son needed a new winter coat this year so we decided to browse the men's coats and we found one he liked. I took the coat along with the coupon up to the register and the cashier started to ring me out and said my transaction would not go through because this coat was an "incredible value" and I could not use this coupon.
I proceeded to tell her there was no such sign above the coats, so I asked to speak to the manager. He went over to where the coats were and saw that I was correct, that there was not a sign, but said he couldn't do anything for me because once their computers have the "incredible value" programmed in, that's it.
He did nothing to try and right the wrong and, needless to say, they have lost a good customer. I will not be shopping there again. I have also heard complaints from others who have come across "incredible value" or "bonus buy," for which they can't use their coupons. It gets very frustrating.
B. Jacobs|Edinboro
McDowell plan questioned
Please consider these buildings: Wren Building (1695-1700), at the College of William and Mary; Massachusetts Hall (1720), at Harvard University; University Hall (1770), at Brown University; West Hall (1790), at Williams College; Old North (1809), at Georgetown University; Old Queens (1809), at Rutgers University.
All of these college buildings are more than 200 years old and still in use by their highly respected universities. Connecticut Hall at Yale University, built in 1753, has been refitted and is now a computer lab.
So why is it necessary to spend $100 million to demolish and rebuild McDowell High School when much less money would be much more productive if spent on the things that truly make schools great, such as teachers, books and information systems?
Thomas Falasca|Millcreek Township
More debt lessons offered
In response to David Fresch's debt lessons, allow me to offer some of my own (Erie Times-News, Jan. 25). First, the federal government shouldn't be run like a typical household. What should happen if we have another Superstorm Sandy? Do we say, "Sorry folks, we don't have the money to help you"?
Lesson 1: You come home from work and find there's been a sewer backup in your neighborhood and your yard and basement are covered in waste. You call a remediation company so it can clean up the mess. Do you pay their bill or not? The debt ceiling is about paying for the bills you've already accumulated.
Lesson 2: The problem with our fiscal crisis is spending and low revenues. To solve this mess, I propose we start at the top with spending cuts, instead of cutting services to the needy. Cut off subsidies to big oil interests that are making record profits. Trim the Department of Defense back to reasonable levels, stop the fleecing of American taxpayers by defense contractors and end nation building.
The debt limit was raised numerous times during the Bush administration yet no one ever asked for spending cuts to offset them. Raising the debt limit does not authorize an increase in spending. It's about being responsible and paying your bills on time.
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BERKELEY SPRINGS -Zach Wise is the all-time goal-scoring leader in West Virginia high school soccer after he drilled Frankfort's net four times on Thursday in leading Berkeley Springs to a 7-0 win.
Wise moved his career goal total to 122.
The AAA record of 120 was previously held by Bryan Runyon of Parkersburg, while the Class AA of 119 was previously held by Liberty-Harrison's Brandon Franklin. Both of those marks were set last season.
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Wise, a senior, has about two-thirds of a season left to increase his goal total.
Cain Ooten added two goals and two assists for the Indians (3-3). Chase Spielman scored first career goal. Brandon McCumbee had two assists, and Dalton Redick and Lian Khuen had an assist apiece.
Hedgesville 3,
St. Maria Goretti 1
HEDGESVILLE -For the second time in five games, Hedgesville played down a player for some 60 minutes after a red card was issued.
The Eagles (4-0-1) scored all of their goals playing with 10 athletes.
Sebeey Chi scored the first goal off a corner kick by Teddy Michon.
Michon added a goal, as did Dion Taylor.
Goalkeeper Ethan Waters made 10 saves for the Eagles.
Martinsburg 5, St. James 2
ST. JAMES, Md. -Tristan Reid scored three goals to lead undefeated Martinsburg to a win over St. James, Md.
Kemar Mitchell and Tyler Tumblin also scored goals for the Bulldogs (2-0-3).
Gage Hurlburt had an assist.
Musselman 10, Keyser 0
INWOOD - Jordan Schultz scored two goals and led a barrage on the net as Musselman won its first game in overwhelming fashion.
Musselman attempted 36 shots in improving to 1-5.
Zach Alvarez, Brandon Sandy, Jason Crouthers, Ever Revis, Michael Martin, Jonathan Paxson, Eric Sensindiver and Mackenzi Bachtell also scored goals.
Hampshire 2, Washington 2
ROMNEY - Kaleigh Pierce scored a goal with five minutes remaining to help Washington forge a tie with Hampshire.
Pierce scored both goals for Washington, as did Jayden Ware for Hampshire.
Washington outshot Hampshire 9-5, but Tori Veach was stout in goal for the Trojans (3-2-2).
Musselman 11, Keyser 0
INWOOD - Mary Casto scored four goals and one assist to lead the Applemen to a rout of visiting Keyser.
Rachel Piepenbrink had three goals, Madison LaPole two goals and three assists and Michaela Marchese and Molly Adams one goal each.
Musselman is 2-3-1.
Musselman 3, J. Wood 1
WINCHESTER - Taylor Lord and Corisha Smith had 19 kills apiece to spark Musselman to a season-opening 25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 25-15 victory over host James Wood, Va.
Lord added 17 digs and Smith five aces.
Autumn Bartles had 41 assists, nine digs and two aces for Musselman, while Casey Dove had 15 digs and Jolyn Jurich five kills and 10 digs.
Moorefield 3,
Berkeley Springs 0
BERKELEY SPRINGS -Berkeley Springs opened the season by dropping a 25-23, 25-17, 25-28 decision to visiting Moorefield.
Natalie Redick had 10 assists and Courtney Smith seven. Casey Solomon had three points, three aces, eight kills and nine digs. Tiffany Michael had eight digs.
In the JV match, Moorefield won 25-13, 25-3.
Jefferson 2, Handley 1
WINCHESTER -Jefferson improved to 2-2 with a 25-21, 22-25, 15-13 victory.
Ailee Hoffman had two blocks and five kills, Ellie Williams had five assists and five aces and Jenifer Barbot had five aces for the Cougars (2-0).
Jefferson did not report a varsity result.
Shepherd 0, Lock Haven 0
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Shepherd University and Lock Haven battled to a scoreless tie in the season-opener for both.
Shepherd had a 15-8 advantage in shots and an 8-6 edge in corner kicks.
Freshman goalkeeper Alex Aleshire had four saves in a shutout effort in his collegiate debut. Chris Frederick had seven saves for Lock Haven.


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Ceremony today for start of 9/11 memorial
A groundbreaking will be held at 10 a.m. today for a new Palm Harbor 9/11 memorial to be erected at Curlew Hills Memory Gardens, 1750 Curlew Road. The focal point will be a 150-pound rusted steel beam recovered from the debris of the World Trade Center. The program will include remarks by Palm Harbor fire Chief James Angle, Palm Harbor fire Commissioner Julie Peluso, and Greg Amira, retired U.S. Army special operations captain, Iraq war veteran and 9/11 survivor. For more information, call (727) 784-0454.
Oldsmar Cares to hold open house
Oldsmar Cares is hosting an open house celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. today in its new location at 163 State Road 580 W, former headquarters for the Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce. The city is leasing the site to Oldsmar Cares, which was previously based at Community United Methodist Church. Besides giving food and clothing to people in the greater Oldsmar area, Oldsmar Cares also provides rent and utility assistance to people who live specifically in the 34677 zip code. For more information, visitoldsmarcares.org, call (813) 415-7373 or email email@example.com.
Man accused of molesting girl, 6
Detectives have arrested an Oldsmar man on suspicion of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl. Fizul Karim, 56, who was arrested Thursday, faces one count of sexual battery on a child under 12. The investigation began on March 21, after the parents of the child contacted deputies to report the abuse, said detectives with the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Crimes Against Children unit. The parents told detectives their daughter was in Karim's care on Feb. 11 and Feb. 12. The child hadn't been with Karim since, authorities said, but when the parents recently arranged for the suspect to care for the victim again, the girl told another family member she did not like Karim touching her. She then disclosed details about past sexual abuse, according to reports.
Potato vines target of cleanup effort
Local student groups will fight back against an invasive species Saturday morning by removing air potato vines from along the Ream Wilson Trail. Students from St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, People to People Student Ambassadors and several Pinellas County middle schools will help pick the vines, which decimate native plants. Students will work behind four softball fields at the Eddie C. Moore Complex at 3050 Drew St., starting at 9 a.m. For information, call city volunteer specialist Krystie Schmidt at (727) 562-4803.


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PARSIPPANY – The schools superintendent yesterday corrected a district statistic that revealed how many township students live in the Tivoli Gardens apartment complex.
The count, announced last week in an open records request, sparked renewed vows by some council members to crack down on overcrowded residences, and some residents used it to question the effectiveness of the township's so-called "stacking" laws.
Superintendent LeRoy Seitz said the number of students living in the apartments is far lower than the 521 originally reported. A new investigation found that only 129 actually call the Parsippany Boulevard complex home, he said.
The original "number, upon reflection, appeared to be too high and possibly incorrect," Seitz said.


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African Student Union Bake Sale
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The African Student Union will be having a bake sale on Tuesday, November 13 from 12-5pm, in the Student Center Lobby. This bake sale is to promote our annual Black Tie Affair. Students, faculty, and staff will have a chance to win a free ticket to the Black Tie Affair.
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Knitting on 3-5 needles, yarn going every which way, making sure the round isn't twisting into a mobius... sounds like a knitters nightmare. But don't fear, it's just knitting in the round!
Knitting a tubular shape across multiple double pointed needles or one circular needle, without having to go back and forth, is what's called knitting in the round or circular knitting. This knitting technique is used to knit hats, socks, sweaters, toys and much more! The alternative is to knit across straight needles and seam it. This can take more time, depending on your skill level.
To knit in the round using a circular needle, cast on the number of stitches you need and keep them close to the tip of the needle on the left side. Place a stitch marker on the right side of the needle.
Make sure not to twist your stitches. If you knit the cast on while twisted you create a mobius shape versus a tube. Next, hold the right side needle and join the round by knitting into each stitch. Move the stitch marker as you reach a new round.
When you are knitting in the round, you are always working on the "right side" of the fabric. Flat knit patterns may need to be altered to achieve the same results. If the pattern calls to purl the "wrong side," you would knit these instead. To knit in stockinette on circular needles, you are knitting every round.
To begin knitting in the round with double pointed needles, cast on the number of stitches you need onto one needle. Slip one third of the stitches purlwise onto a second double pointed needle. Repeat with the third double pointed needle, leaving the stitches divided across the three needles.
Join the stitches, being careful not to twist them. Make sure the cast on edge is pointing down on all needles. Push the stitches on the lefthand needle down to the tip closest to you. These are the stitches you will be knitting first.
Insert the fourth needle into the first stitch on the lefthand needle. Knit one and place a marker to note the beginning of the round. Now you have joined in the round on double pointed needles. Continue to knit across each of the needles, moving the marker as you reach a new round.
Some people prefer to knit with four needles, three with the stitches on and a fourth to work the stitches, and some prefer five needles, four with a fifth to work the stitches. Sometimes your project will dictate how many needles you will need to use.
This technique was developed by Sarah Hauschka and Bev Galeskas. It allows you to create a small tube on one circular needle by using the more of the needle and less of the cable.
First you need a 32" cable needle. Next, cast on the number of stitches needed and slide them down onto the cable. Bend the cable so the stitches are divided in half and slide them back onto the needles. You should have roughly an even number of stitches on each needle.
With the needle tips pointing right and parallel, your yarn will hang in the back of the stitches. Pull on the needle that is holding the back stitches and draw up enough slack on the cable to allow you to use that needle tip to work the stitches on the front needle.
Knit all of the stitches on the front needle, being careful that you haven't twisted the stitches around on either needle. (The cast on edge should be visible all around the bottom.) Continue around. Each time the working yarn ends up to the right of your stitches, it is a new round.
As with all new techniques, knitting in the round takes some time to get used to. With a lot of practice, these should become just as natural for you to knit as on straight needles, with the added bonus of no pesky seams!
Hats are a great project to practice knitting in the round. We even have a class just for that: Hats Four Ways with Stefanie Japel. In this class, you will learn how to make hats using four different circular knitting techniques. Learn how to increase and decrease in the round, blocking, making jogless joins, and adding fun embellishments like embroidery to your custom-fit hats. Even if you have never knit a hat before, this class is the perfect place to start!
For more great knitting tips, check out our Knitter's Handbook or our knitting page!