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North Central Sight Services offers a variety of support groups throughout the month for visually impaired residents of Lycoming and Clinton counties. Call Lori Love at 570-323-9401, ext. 123, for more information.
HAVEN of Tioga County offers free and confidential services for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, elder abuse and sexual abuse. For more information, call 800-550-0447, 24 hours a day.
Alcoholics Anonymous, several meetings every day in all areas of Lycoming County. Call 570-327-2860 for times and locations.
Narcotics Anonymous, call 570-327-2678 for times and locations.
Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Center offers individual and group counseling for military veterans. Call 570-327-5281 for more information.
Individual counseling for domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, and other violent crimes, adult and children, along with Community Safe Touch for Children, self-esteem and empowerment counseling available for children to protect themselves against sexual abuse. Call the YWCA's Wise Options at 570-322-4637 for more information. For domestic violence, sexual assault or other crisis services, call 800-326-8483.
Sex Addicts Anonymous, a 12-step-based support group for recovery from sexual addiction. For meeting time and location, call 800-477-8191.
Eating Disorder Support Group for females, affiliated with the national Association of Anorexia Nervosa and other Disorders (ANAD). Group is confidential and led by a master's level therapist. For more information, call 570-649-6855.
The local Al-Anon website is www.cpaafg.org. All contact information and inquiries are anonymous.
Christian-based sexual addiction-sexual anorexia support group. Call 570-419-2120.
Through the Blues Lycoming, a therapeutic support group for women and their loved ones affected by postpartum depression, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Meets weekly at Williamsport Regional Medical Center. For meeting time and location, call 570-377-0099.
Alcoholics Anonymous, noon to 1 p.m., Wood-Mode Conference Room, Evangelical Hospital, Lewisburg.
Co-Dependents Anonymous "One Day At a Time" support group, 5 to 6 p.m., St. Luke Lutheran Church, 1400 Market St., white house in rear of the church.
MOPS, a group that provides a caring, supportive atmosphere for mothers of preschoolers, 6 to 8 p.m., Muncy First United Methodist Church, 602 S. Market St. Child care provided. For more information or to register, call 570-546-8030 or visit www.first umcmuncy.org.
DivorceCare and DivorceCare For Kids recovery seminar and support groups, 6:30 p.m., First United Methodist Church, Evangelical Center, 2 Ross St. For more information and to register, call Lou Anne at 570-323-5146 or the church office at 570-322-3572.
Al-Anon, a support group for family and friends of alcoholics, 7 to 8 p.m., Bush Campus Center room 205, 1 College Ave., on the Pennsylvania College of Technology campus.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 1188, private weigh-in, 4:30 through 6:30 p.m., meeting, 6:30 p.m., Trinity United Methodist Church, 1971 Lycoming Creek Road.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) No. 1571, private weigh-in, 5 p.m., meeting to follow, New Covenant United Church of Christ, 202 E. Third St.
Pointman Montoursville for combat veterans of all wars, 6:30 p.m., Community Baptist Church, Route 87, Montoursville. For more information, call Frank Ritter at 570-447-0330.
Al-Anon, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 102 E. Third St. Child care provided.
Breast Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m., Susquehanna Cancer Center waiting room, Williamsport.
Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m., New Covenant United Church of Christ, 202 E. Church St., Williamsport.
Nar-Anon Family Group, 7 to 8 p.m., Newberry Church of Christ, 822 Diamond St.
Alateen, a support group for children of alcoholics and teens of alcoholic relatives and friends, 7 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 102 E. Third St., enter from the Mulberry Street side.
Adult Children of Alcoholics, 7:30 p.m., Light and Life Chapel, 1680 Four Mile Drive.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Chapter 1306, private weigh-in, 8:35 to 9:15 a.m., meeting, 9:30 to 10 a.m., Pennsdale Trinity United Methodist Church, Pennsdale.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), private weigh-in, 4:30 p.m., meeting, 5:30 p.m., Masonic Lodge, 28 Brummer Pond Road, Muncy.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), private weigh-in, 5:30 p.m., meeting, 6:30 p.m., Evangelical Friends Church, 137 S. Third St., Hughesville.
"Dare to Be Bald" empowerment group for women, 6:30 p.m., Virtuous Women, 230 W. Third St., Suite 101. For more information, call 570-321-0252 or 570-506-6139.
Alzheimer's Association Support Group meeting, 6:30 p.m., Muncy Valley Hospital's Skilled Nursing Unit, cafeteria. For more information, call Mark Britton, social services, at 570-546-4040.
Al-Anon for adult children, 7 p.m., Pine Street United Methodist Church.
A seminar offering support for those experiencing grief, 7 p.m., Muncy First United Methodist Church, 602 S. Market St, Muncy. "GriefShare" includes a video presentation featuring top experts on grief and recovery subjects, as well as real-life stories of people who have experienced loss. Featuring biblical teaching on grief, the group is non-denominational. Experienced facilitators guide the group discussion. Books are provided for a donation only. For more information or to register, contact the church office at 570-546-8030 or muncyumc@ windstream.net.
Mothers Time Out, 9 to 11 a.m., Buffalo Mennonite Church, Lewisburg. For more information, call Joanne at 570-922-4463 or Jenn at 570-546-5552.
West Branch Valley Healing Room, 10 a.m. to noon, City Church, 36 E. Fourth St.
Bereavement Support Group, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Susquehanna Health Home Care and Hospice, third floor, Divine Providence Hospital, near the Gatehouse. For more information, call Cherrie Serra or Pat Kiernan at 570-320-7691.
Diabetes Support Group, 5 p.m., Diabetes and Nutrition Care Center, Divine Providence Hospital. For more information, call 570-368-8739.
Mensa, support group for those with high IQs, 6 p.m., meeting, dinner on Fridays. Call 570-494-2299 for directions.
Prostate Cancer Support Group, 6 p.m., Divine Providence Hospital, Susquehanna Cancer Center. The group is open to men and their spouses who have faced or are facing a prostate cancer diagnosis. New members welcome. For more information, call 570-326-8470.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 6 p.m., Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, 40 S. Third St., Lewisburg.
Diabetes Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Bush basement conference rooms 1 and 2, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville.
Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 7 p.m., Agape Fellowship, 485 E. Third St.
Nar-Anon family group, "Seeking Our Serenity," 7 p.m., Greenview Alliance Church, 1955 Warrensville Road. Support group for family and friends of people with substance addictions.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Wood-Mode Conference Room, Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg.
Stroke Support Group, 7 to 9 p.m., Geisinger Rehabilitation Hospital, inpatient gym, Danville.
Grief Share Support study group (recent or non-recent loss) presented by Donna Hill, 7 to 9 p.m., Pine Street United Methodist Church Library, 441 Pine St. Registration requested and may be made by calling the church office at 570-323-4604.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., Muncy Baptist Church, corner of West Penn and South Market streets.
Grief Support Group, 2:30 to 4 p.m., SUN Home Health Services' Williamsport office, 1601 Sycamore Road, Montoursville. For more information, call James Taylor at 800-634-5232, ext. 6175.
Adult Survivors of Sexual Assault, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital conference room, Wellsboro. Call 570-724-3549 or 800-550-0447 for more information.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), Chapter No. 1628, private weigh-in, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.; meeting, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Faith Wesleyan Church, 1033 Tucker St.
Shades of a Rose Support Group, a nonprofit group for women of all ages to discuss social issues, self motivation, trust, relationship and health issues, 6 to 8 p.m., 345 Market St. Visit www.shadesofarose.org or call Tenice at 570-974-7038 for more information.
Organ Transplant Support Group (both pre- and post-transplant patients and supporters), 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Williamsport Regional Medical Center, conference room 1B (cafeteria). For more information, call 570-321-1000.
Bereavement Support Group of Community Nursing Service, 7 p.m., Susque-View Home, conference room B, Lock Haven.
Evangelical Community Hospital Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m., conference room 4, Professional Building, third floor, Lewisburg.
Al-Anon, 7:30 p.m., Messiah Lutheran Church, South Williamsport.
Friends and Family of Sexual Assault Victims, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital conference room, Wellsboro. Call 570-724-3549 or 800-550-0447 for more information.
Roads to Freedom Center for Independent Living weekly autism support group, led by an autistic adult and autism coordinator, 10:15 a.m., 24 E. Third St. Call Steve McAnnaney at 570-327-9070 to register. The group is confidential and open to all ages.
Reformers Unanimous addiction program, 7 to 9 p.m., Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1730 Four Mile Drive.
Overeaters Anonymous meeting, 8:30 a.m., New Covenant United Church of Christ, 202 E. Third St.
Sex Addicts Anonymous, a 12-step-based support group for recovery from sexual addiction, 6 p.m., Sojourner Truth Ministries, 501 High St. Use the Center Street entrance. For more information, call 800-477-8191.
Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., Beaver Memorial United Methodist Church, 40 S. Third St., Lewisburg.


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Linking Erie, Pittsburgh by rail encouraged: Letters to the editor
This letter is to show support for the editorial on All Aboard Erie's initiative to get some high-speed rail feasibility studies completed (Erie Times-News, July 13).
As a member of the board of All Aboard Erie, and also a "young person" and recent college graduate, I can't stress enough the importance of what high-speed rail will do for the economy.
The Lake Shore Limited Amtrak line (Buffalo to Chicago) is one of the most popular lines in the nation, but the Pittsburgh-Erie proposed route is an even more exciting line. There is no current rail service south from Erie, and Pittsburgh, of the three major metro areas within spitting distance of Erie, is also one of the fastest growing.
Linking the two cities together will undoubtedly help bring that prosperity north. Also, there is no lake in Pittsburgh (something Buffalo and Cleveland have the benefit of, obviously), so the region is Erie's main market for tourists. I write to urge the public to support our initiative and to write letters to back us.
Alec ItalianoErie
McClelland Park
deserves respect
For the benefit of parents of the kids who ride motorbikes and ATVs in McClelland Park: The park is clearly posted in several places "No motorized vehicles permitted." Before you bought those toys for your kids, perhaps you should have thought of where they were going to ride them.
One father famously said to me, "They're not hurting anything." I beg to differ. First of all, you are teaching your children that they don't have to obey laws that they don't agree with. How do you think this will work out for them when they are grown and get into trouble with law enforcement because they disagree with a law? How do you justify ruining things for the rest of the city residents? The park belongs to all of us, not just you and your kids.
And, yes, they are hurting things. There are animals living in the park that these ATVs and motorbikes disturb. There may also be endangered plants that they are running over. I know for a fact that a clump of snowbells was plowed under by the wheels of those toys.
The park is overdue for someone to go there and inventory the various species, but that's another story.
The point is, we don't know what's back there, and how important or endangered things may be. You and your children do not have the right to literally run roughshod over the environment in our city parks, or anywhere else that's posted.
The noise is also bothering everyone within earshot who enjoys the peace and quiet, which is the reason we bought property next to this wooded area. We walk our dogs or just go for a stroll in the park, and your noisy machines scare our pets and make it very unpleasant and hard for us to enjoy a quiet walk in a natural, unspoiled environment. Property values could even be affected.
Think of the consequences of your actions and the attitudes and lessons you pass down to your children, and take responsibility for what you are teaching them. Then do the right thing.
Pat TurkErie
Judge is victim
of witch hunt
Stephanie Domitrovich is passionate and takes her job to heart. But over the years she has stepped on the toes of the political good old boys down at the courthouse. Plenty of male judges slam their fist down and raise their voices and dish out their own personal opinions in court, but because she is not demure enough, they plan on burning her at the stake.
Nothing more than a witch hunt.
Gail Dotson-BrownErie
Dahlkemper gets
little sympathy
It's not surprising that Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, in linguini-spine fashion, is now begging for a "do over" on what appeared to be a fleeting example of her Christian faith.
If only we could have had her ask for a "do over" on her terrible vote for the Affordable Care Act. No apology would be needed on that.
Daniel J. DeCourseyMillcreek
Changing views
not welcome
Hmmm. Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper received respect from the majority for signing a letter to President Barack Obama. Her reasons made sense.
Flip-flop. Lot's wife turned around. Read the results.
Let your yes be yes and your no be no.
Ann M. FilutzeNorth East
Belief letter
In her letter "Belief in God hurts nobody," Victoria Weber makes a pragmatic argument (Erie Times-News, July 5). I am sure that the paper will receive a deluge of responses mocking her simple faith with a few classic accusations that will amount to Christopher Hitchens' pronouncement that religion poisons everything, and citing Christianity as the vilest of those poisons.
Of course, there have been atrocities committed in the name of Christ in clear violation of the principles he taught. There have been even greater atrocities committed in the name of nonreligious belief systems. Would those who hate religion be willing to be equally saddled with the responsibility of the actions of Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot, Lenin, Hitler and the others who made the 20th century the bloodiest in history?
There are other comparisons that are even more important. Those bent on excoriating Weber for her naivet� are just as naive. They assume that if the venom of religion were removed from history, that miraculously, everything would be heavenly. They seem to believe that all of the advances made in the Western world in human rights, education, health care and science would have taken place anyway, perhaps more quickly or more fully. I suggest to such people that if you are going to insist on religion taking the blame for the harm it has done, you should also insist on giving it credit for the good. Study history.
At the foundation of and interwoven through human rights, education, health care, science and all that they hold dear you will find Christians leading the way. Examples would require many books. Weber is correct in her conclusion that without Christianity, this world would be in a far worse state than it is now.
Karen KeilErie


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I am a Senior Lecturer in Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University, England. In recent years my research has been primarily in developing and emerging countries of Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America, where I have developed experience of a range of social and cultural contexts.
My teaching focuses on housing and settlements, planning regulation and policy and stakeholder engagement, particularly in developing countries. In recent years my research interests have diversified to include research on the role of urban planning in enhancing food security in developing countries. To this end I have been working with OAU, Ile Ife in Nigeria exploring the way in which planning acts as a barrier to urban agriculture. I am the co-ordinator of a multi-national research hub on food security within the UN Habitat Partnership Universities Initiative.
I also undertake consultancy and training work for external agencies on behalf of the University. I have experience of developing and delivering continuing professional development for policy makers and planners in North Africa and the Middle East and have undertaken consultancy work for a number of governments as well as for the UN. I was part of a team of people who undertook a study on the state of Iraq cities in 2006 and have since updated that study.
I am the Director of two internationally focused taught post graduate degree programmes (MSc International Spatial Planning and Master of Architecture, Planning and Landscape). I run modules on: Housing and Settlements; Regulatory Frameworks in Developing Countries and Stakeholders and Public Engagement, I contribute an international dimension to modules on Sustainable Development, Reflexive Practitioner (Ethics)
I currently supervise 5 international PhD students (Nigeria (2), Iran (1), India (1) Romaia (1) and have seen 3 through to completion. I contribute annually to the School and Faculty Post Graduate Research Student Research Training Programme.
The majority of my teaching is at post graduate level and grows directly out of my research interests and expertise. In particular my teaching focuses on issues of development and urban planning in the developing world. I have developed and teach modules on Housing and Settlements, Regulatory Frameworks in the Developing World and Stakeholders and Participation and Planning in Developing Countries. This last module includes a very successful field trip to India which has now run for 8 years.
Following the success of that module and field trip I developed and introduced a taught post graduate MSc. Degree Programme in Planning for Developing Countries, for which I am the Director. I am also the Director of the Master of Architecture, Planning and Landscape (non-Design) programme. This has attracted considerable interest from international students wanting to undertake non-accredited architecture and planning study.
To support the diverse needs of needs of international students I run extra curricula sessions on Social Science study skills, essay writing and studying in UK.
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I currently supervise 5 international PhD students. Their subjects are:
· Master Planning in Nigeria
· Livelihoods and informal settlements in Nigeria
· Transport and Environment in Tehran
· Securitisation of space in Gare du Nord, Paris
· Community networking in informal settlements in India
I am a qualitative researcher. My research focuses on poverty and inequity in the Global South. In particular I am interested in housing, homelessness and migration and the way these interface with access to the city. I am increasingly interested in the way in which dominant groups lay down perceived acceptable urban(e) behaviour within cities and how this conflicts with the survival strategies and rationales of the urban poor. This has led to a growing interest in urban agriculture and in the way in which the poor are prevented from addressing their most basic needs for food and shelter. As well as continuing my interlinked interests in homelessness, informal settlements and access to the city, I am also working with OAU in Ile Ife, studying the relationship between urban agriculture and urban planning.
I am a member of the United Nations Habitat Partnership Universities Initiative, within which I am co-ordinating a research 'Hub' on Food Security and Urban Agriculture.
I have worked in a range of countries of the Global South (most recently: India, Bangladesh, Egypt, China, Bolivia, Peru, Nigeria). I am interested in exploring the way in which the minutiae of everyday life is influenced by urban policy and planning practice. To that end, over the last 20 years of my career, I have developed a range of participatory, qualitative approaches to field work and data collection.
I deliver lectures annually at Punjab University in Chandigarh on social science research methods. I have also taught at School of Planning and Architecture in Delhi.
Through 3rd strand activity I have built up a sound range of experience in evaluations of Government regeneration programmes, such as SRB or New Deal for Communities. This is transferable to other evaluation based research and underpins much of the 3rd strand work I get
I am working towards further research funding to extend the study on the relationship between urban agriculture and urban planning. I am collaborating with OAU Nigeria, RUAF, in Netherlands and colleagues in SAPL at Newcastle to develop a multi-disciplinary methodology to support such a bid.
I currently supervise 6 PhD students and generally supervise around five other post graduate (MSc) dissertation students each year as well as three or four undergraduate students.
I have been involved in a number of projects for UN Habitat. I was joint moderator of the UN Habitat e-dialogue on 'right to the city in 2009. I was part of a team which undertook the State of Iraqi Cities report for the Iraqi Government in 2006.
2009 British Council Project with Abafemi Owolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria, Exploring the relationship between Urban Agriculture and Urban planning
2008/9 Development of a programme of training and professional development on sustainable development. Commissioned by Middlesbrough Borough council and One North East. £18,000
2008 Health Impact Assessment of Trinity Square Development Proposal – Gateshead. For Spenhill Plc, £11,000
2007 State of Iraqi Cities Project £17,500. For UN-Habitat and Ministry of Municipalities, Iraq
2007 Hosting of Ministerial Fact Finding Mission to UK for Minister of Municipalities and senior Urban Professionals for Iraqi Government
2004/5 Evaluation of 3 SRB Programmes in Middlesbrough, Loftus and Skelton. For Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. 5 months. Joint applicant with Banks of the Wear Community Projects Project value £42,000.
2004 A review of the Cities Alliance approach to community-led, pro-poor upgrading settlement upgrading. £9,000 For UN-Habitat.
2004 Study of the barriers to the take up of health and social care services by black and minority ethnic people in Gateshead, for Gateshead Health Improvement Group, 4 months. Joint applicant with Banks of the Wear Community Projects Project value £7000,
2003 Study of Community Cohesion in Sunderland, for Sunderland City Council, 5 months. With Banks of the Wear Community Projects Project value £5,500
2002 Evaluation of the environmental and social implications of intensification of shrimp farming in the Sunderbans, Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. In collaboration with Kulna University. Funded by British Council
2001 - 03 Evaluation of the environmental implications of work undertaken through the 'Golden Jubilee Poverty Alleviation Programme' India. In collaboration with the University of Punjab. Funded by British Council
2000 Development and provision of capacity building for urban regeneration for Egyptian and North African Planners. Housing and Urban Studies Institute, Cairo
2000 Evaluation of the Standards Fund Grant for Teenage Pregnancy. DFES, with Department of Sociology and Social Policy University of Newcastle upon Tyne. £107,000 21 months
2002 Best approaches in the education of pregnant young women and young mothers of statutory school age. Teenage Pregnancy Unit. with Department of Sociology and Social Policy University of Newcastle upon Tyne. £127,000 – 18 months
1999 Evaluation of 'Fit for Work' Single Regeneration Budget Programme in Newham, East London - £35,000 12 months (Sole applicant)
1998 'Planning for a Healthy Environment' - Children and young people's participation in neighbourhood and community development in Newham and Southwark. Commissioned by The King's Fund, London. £50,000 - 2 years (sole applicant)
1997 Marginalised neighbourhoods and business disinvestment in essential services - Joseph Rowntree Foundation Area Regeneration Programme £56,000 - 2 years (Joint applicant with S. Graham)


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by jamesminu, 24 Sep 2010
We finally found this "Dutch Colour Cafe" when we were not looking for it. We happen to be in The Cut for a dinner in another place. My husband and I happen to be looking at a menu at an Asian restaurant and by curiosity looked into this cafe that was shut next door. Voila! it was this "Dutch Colour Cafe" we went looking for two months ago where we went up and down the street several times.
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What are you most proud of? I am most proud of just successfully doing it because this is only the third cake I have ever done. I usually do cupcakes and people have been asking for me to do cakes.
What advice would you give someone starting this project? If you can do any fondant dcor ahead of time, you should do it. All the strawberries, leaves, and flowers were done two days in advance. This helps the 3d objects get hard and it makes it easier to arrange on the cake. I always make extra of everything and give it to the customer. If something or someone (like a child who can't help but touch it! lol) knocks off or falls off the cake they always have extra to replace it and fix.


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New Orleans eagerly welcomed back professional baseball when the Zephyrs moved from Denver and began playing at Privateer Park in 1993. In 1997, the team moved into a new stadium, Zephyr Field, on Airline Highway.
That season and the next, the Zephyrs drew more than 500,000 fans. In 1998, the Zephyrs won the Pacific Coast League title and the first Triple-A World Series. Future big-league star Lance Berkman, undoubtedly the Zephyrs' greatest player, hit three homers in the deciding game against Buffalo.
In 2001, the Zephyrs were named PCL co-champions with Tacoma when the playoffs were cut short after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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Before the Zephyrs came to town, New Orleanians were Pelicans fans. In 1947, the New Orleans Pelicans drew 400,036 fans to Pelican Stadium, at the intersection of Tulane and South Carrollton avenues.
The Pelicans played in the first pro game in New Orleans in 1887. They won 10 Southern League pennants from 1901 to 1938.
From 1939 to 1956, the team went through 12 managers, including Danny Murtaugh from 1952 to 1954. The Pelicans were a Pittsburgh affiliate from 1948 to 1956, and Murtaugh went on to win two World Series titles with the Pirates. Infielder Gene Freese, relief pitcher Elroy Face, starting pitcher Vern Law, first baseman Dale Long and outfielder Frank Thomas were solid big-leaguers who had spent time with the Pittsburgh-system Pelicans. Earl Weaver, a Pelicans infielder in the mid-1950s, never played in the majors, but he made the Hall of Fame as a Baltimore Orioles manager.
In 1957, the Pelicans became a Yankees affiliate. After the 1957 season, Pelican Stadium was torn down to make space for the Fountainebleau Hotel. The Pelicans moved to City Park Stadium in 1958. They played the 1959 season as an independent team.
Pro baseball then disappeared from New Orleans until 1977, when the Triple-A Tulsa team moved to town. That version of the Pelicans, which played in the Superdome, lasted for one season, finishing last in their division in the American Association. Future big-league managers Tony LaRussa and Jim Riggleman played on the team.
New Orleans also has a history of Negro League baseball, going back to the late 1880s. The Black Pelicans played in the Negro Southern League from the early 1920s until 1951, and their home was Pelican Stadium. The African-American standouts who played for New Orleans include Hall of Famer Satchel Paige, who pitched briefly for the Black Pelicans in 1926. Wesley Barrow Stadium is named for a manager of the Black Pelicans.


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Russian energy companies have intensified their efforts to boost their presence in Central Europe, giving cause for concern that Moscow plans to continue using energy as a foreign policy tool to tighten its grip over the region. Just prior to the last energy crisis in January, when Moscow and Kyiv were busy blaming each another for the gas cut-off, the Russian state-owned gas giant Gazprom signed a deal with the private Czech gas and oil company Moravske Naftove Doly (MND) to construct a new gas storage facility in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The memorandum, signed on December 17, 2008, by Gazprom CEO Alexander Medvedev and MND Gas Storage representatives Radek Lucky and Frantisek Komarek, calls for the construction of a five million cubic meter underground gas storage facility, the Czech online daily Aktualne.cz reported (www.aktualne.centrum.cz, December 17, 2008).
The Komarek family has enjoyed an amiable long-term relationship with Gazprom and its European partner RWE. Lucky told the media that through the deal, Gazprom and MND hope to compete with E.ON which is a leader in the Czech retail gas market. The memorandum follows the signing of another document between MND and the Czech-based Gazprom subsidiary Vemex on April 17, 2008, which calls for the Russian company to purchase all the gas extracted by MND in its drilling operations in the Czech Republic (www.mnd.cz, April 17, 2008).
According to the Vemex corporate website, the company was established in 2001. Its activities blossomed in 2006 when the Czech government deregulated the retail gas market. In the relatively short time since then, Vemex has managed to capture 12 percent of the Czech retail gas market, supplying the Prague gas utility Prazska Plynarenska, as well as the Spolana chemical producer (owned by the Polish petrochemical giant PKN-Orlen) and the steel manufacturer Vitkovice (www.vemex.cz). The Czech Justice Ministry's registry of companies indicates that Vemex is owned by the Vienna-based Centrex Europe Energy & Gas AG; the Berlin-based Gazprom subsidiary ZMB GmbH; and EW East-West Consult AG, an opaque Swiss-based company registered in Appenzell (www.justice.cz).
Russia currently supplies the Czech Republic with 80 percent of its total gas imports via Ukraine and Slovakia. On January 23, 2009 when the gas crisis and plummeting temperatures brought many countries in Central and Eastern Europe to the freezing point, Gazprom officials approached Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico about the possibility of establishing a joint venture in the gas sector. It should be noted that Slovakia is 100 percent dependent on Russian gas supplies.
"Gazprom already has experience. I do not see why we could not cooperate with Slovakia," said Alexander Medvedev, adding that the new joint venture could give Slovak customers a choice of suppliers. Currently, the Slovak retail gas market is dominated by SPP, of which the Slovak government is the largest shareholder. Fico's predecessor, Mikulas Dzurinda, however, sold stakes to E.ON Ruhrgas and GDF Suez, which together controls a majority of SPP. Fico has been an outspoken critic of this arrangement since the initial sale was reported by the Czech daily Lidove Noviny (www.lidovky.cz, January 23).
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Respekt also claims that Lukoil is said to be interested in acquiring a 16 percent stake in Ceska Rafinerska, which is currently owned by Shell. The magazine wrote that Lukoil may be pressuring PKN Orlen to relinquish its options on Ceska Rafinerska (if Shell decides to opt out) in exchange for granting the Polish company access to drilling operations in Russia. Lukoil has already secured a lucrative contract to supply jet fuel to Prague International Airport, which, according to Respekt, was facilitated by former communist party apparatchik turned lobbyist Miroslav Slouf through his company Slavia Consulting (www.respekt.cz, March 2).
The Czech media have been documenting the behind-the-scenes activities of Slouf, long considered to be the "Cardinal Richelieu of Czech politics." These include his secret meetings with Klaus's aide Jiri Weigl who reportedly asked Slouf to exert his influence within the Social Democratic Party to back the incumbent's bid for re-election in February 2008 (www.novinky.cz, March 2, 2008).
Slouf has also been filmed on numerous occasions entering and leaving buildings belonging to the Russian embassy complex in the Prague 6 district. Although Slouf has attempted to downplay the visits, claiming that they occurred in 2006, footage released by the Czech online publication Aktualne.cz indicates that Slouf was in the complex as recently as January 2008, that is, around the time of Klaus's re-election campaign (www.aktualne.centrum.cz, November 24, 2008).
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Mr MATHESON (Macarthur) (18:42): I rise today to speak on these appropriation bills because I believe the people of Macarthur are worse off as a result of this Labor budget. This year's budget delivers more debt, more deficits, more taxes, more broken promises and more uncertainty. It was a cruel blow to families, pensioners and small-business owners in my electorate. Sadly, our country is in more debt than ever before, with the total gross debt set to have reached $300 billion within the forward estimates. It is Labor's fifth record deficit in five years and there are at least two more deficits to come. Over the past five years the government has spent $191 billion more than it has raised.
Australia cannot afford to keep running up record debt and deficits. This government needs to start living within its means, just like every family and every business across the country. I hold great concern for the people of Macarthur, who are struggling to make ends meet as a result of this government's reckless spending and waste since it was elected in 2007. It is a big concern but no surprise that Labor's budget has failed to address the cost of living pressures for all Australians. Since elected, this Labor government has done nothing to ease the cost of living pressures for families in Macarthur. Since 2007, the cost of electricity has increased by 93.8 per cent, water and sewage costs have increased by 63.1 per cent, the cost of gas has increased by 61.8 per cent, the cost of medical and health services is up by 40.9 per cent, and rents have increased by 30.2 per cent. The rising cost of living has had a huge impact on quality of life for many families in Macarthur. People in my electorate are working hard to pay off their mortgage and balance the family budget. They are trying to decrease their own debt and reduce their credit limits. So you can imagine how frustrating it would be to see their own government's wasteful spending result in almost $300 billion of debt, reaching record national debt interest payments of $7.8 billion per year. That is almost $50 million per day in borrowings. This government does not have a revenue problem; it has a spending problems. Labor's interest payments are now at almost $35 million a day. This budget delivers more than $25 billion in higher taxes over the next four years. And to make matters worse, this budget includes an extra $100 million spending on government advertising. How can this government justify $100 million on advertising when there are people in Macarthur who are struggling to pay their bills and put food on the table for their families? I have spoken in this House recently about families in Macarthur who cannot afford to sign their children up for sports teams and after-school activities. The cost of living is so high that there is no money left after one income covers the mortgage and the other income barely covers the electricity bills, water bills, grocery bills and the council rates—all of which have gone up thanks to this Labor government's record debt and their toxic carbon tax. There are pensioners in my electorate who shower once every two days and have cut down on the number of meals they eat each day because of the rising cost of electricity.
The budget revealed that Labor's carbon tax projections are again wildly off the mark. The collapse of the European carbon price means that Labor is now covering up a further black hole of $6 billion. But relief is in sight for Macarthur families under a coalition government. We will abolish the carbon tax and provide immediate and substantial relief on electricity and gas prices. On day one of the new government, we will instruct the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to draft legislation to repeal the carbon tax. We will instruct the department to start implementing the coalition's Direct Action plan on climate change and carbon emissions. We will ensure that households get the full benefit of the abolition of the carbon tax by requiring the ACCC to make sure companies do the right thing.
Under the government's budget, families in Macarthur will be worse off. They are being forced to bear the brunt of the government's failed mining tax and carbon tax—and that is not fair. The government has extended the pause on income thresholds for family payments, the family tax benefit supplement payments, until 2017. This decision will impact the 1.5 million families who receive Family Tax Benefit A and 1.3 million families who receive Family Tax Benefit B, as these supplement payments fail to keep pace with the rising cost of living. The Labor government's decision to scrap these planned family tax benefits will impact 12,261 families in Macarthur. This benefit would have provided up to $300 to eligible families with one child and up to $600 to families with two or more children.
In May 2012, the Prime Minister promised a $1.8 billion boost to family payments, new tax relief for business and lump sum allowances for struggling Australians as part of a new 'benefits of the boom' package to spread the benefits of the resources boom to all corners of our country. This is just another broken promise for the people of Macarthur. At the last election, Labor also promised company tax cuts for businesses and then took them away last year, saying that the money would go towards family payments instead. Now those family payments have been taken away before they were even meant to start. Families across the country are literally paying the price for this government's reckless spending and waste. I can tell you now that more than 12,000 Macarthur families have taken a clear message away from this decision, and that is that Labor cannot be trusted to keep its promises or honour its word. Labor promised 'no carbon tax', a budget surplus, 500,000 new jobs and increased family payments—and every one of these promises has been broken.
Macarthur families will also suffer as a result of this budget's broken promise on child care. At a time when childcare costs are increasing, Labor has broken its promise that the indexation of the childcare rebate would recommence in 2014. The coalition will ensure that child care is more accessible, affordable and flexible by getting the Productivity Commission to urgently undertake a major inquiry into the childcare system. There are thousands of families across Macarthur relying on child care to allow both parents to work, to stay on top of the mortgage and to pay all the bills. It is imperative that these families can access affordable and flexible child care to fit in with their employment.
The coalition is also committed to its strong and effective paid parental leave scheme, which has been our policy now for three years. We want to ensure that Australian families are able to afford to take time off work for the birth of their children. This policy will ensure that they are able to spend these formative months with their newborn, before returning to the workforce. The beneficiaries of this policy in Macarthur will be teachers, police officers, nurses and retail workers who earn more than the minimum wage but are in no way rich. Paid parental leave should be viewed as a workplace entitlement, not a welfare entitlement. To this end, it makes sense for the amount paid to be based on an actual wage. Labor's scheme, on the other hand, puts families who earn above the minimum wage at a real financial disadvantage when starting a family. Our parental leave scheme is a genuine economic reform because, if we want a stronger economy, it is vital that we encourage skilled people to stay connected to the workforce.
Increases to the Medicare levy under this budget will also hit Macarthur families, with an average Australian family who earns $70,000 a year, $350 per year worse off. Under this government, it is going to cost Macarthur residents more to visit the GP and other health professionals as a result of this budget. The government has cut more than $1.8 billion from Medicare rebates, the Extended Medicare Safety Net and the net medical expenses tax offset. These cuts will hit the sickest and most vulnerable members of my community the hardest. There will be no increase to Medicare rebates between November 2012 and July 2014, despite continued growth in the cost of delivering health care. This means the costs are likely to be passed on to patients directly, particularly in general practice, where there is a high volume of pensioners and concession card holders. These cuts follow Labor's previous attacks that have forced up the cost of private health insurance and cut Medicare funding for dental services.
The government has failed to deliver on key promises in health. It has forced up the cost of health care for millions of Australians and has diverted much-needed resources to building bureaucracy. The coalition will restore good economic management so that sensible investments can be made in frontline health services that actually benefit patients.
Families caring for a loved one with a disability can be sure that a coalition government will keep the announced spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We will also ensure that the scheme reflects the Productivity Commission's recommendations, rather than just becoming another government bureaucracy. I believe that the NDIS is the most important piece of legislation ever to go through this parliament. There are many families in my electorate which will benefit, but the scheme must reflect the Productivity Commission's recommendations to make sure nobody falls through the cracks.
It is my strong belief that the financial support and assistance for these people living with a disability should not be the responsibility of parents and carers who have already provided hands-on support to their loved ones 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The coalition believes that the NDIS can be delivered in the time frame recommended by the Productivity Commission by a sensible government that manages it well. We are ready to work with the government to see an NDIS delivered as soon as possible and believe that we must get this right the first time around, with a very high level of consultation and attention to detail from now until its full implementation.
The federal budget has revealed that Labor is actually reducing school education funding by $325 million over the forward estimates. This is despite the claims of extra spending. Labor claims that they are putting $2.8 billion into schools over the next four years. But they are discontinuing national partnership funding for lower socio-economic schools, reward payments to teachers, cash bonus payments to schools and literacy and numeracy funding to the value of $2.1 billion. On top of these discontinued programs, there is a third of a billion dollars reduction in ongoing funding set aside for non-government schools when comparing last year's budget figures to this year's figures. This means that schools in New South Wales will not see any of the promised federal funding until 2017—two federal elections away. Labor has also cut funding to universities, student income support, apprenticeships and training and tax deductions for self-education expenses.
The coalition certainly supports additional funding for schools. We have always suggested that at least the same amount of funds indexed each year to meet rising costs must be a basic starting point arising as a result of any new school-funding model. Unlike this government, if elected, we will focus on areas which are linked to improved student outcomes. We will introduce reforms and improve teacher quality, implementing a robust national curriculum and principal and school autonomy, and encouraging more parental engagement.
We believe that improving teacher quality is the most effective way to improve student outcomes. We also recognise that quality professional development for teachers has to be at the top of the education agenda. In Macarthur we have many fantastic teachers dedicated to the education of their students. These teachers know and understand how important it is that they receive professional development training to ensure that their students succeed in the classroom.
The coalition will also oppose Labor's plan to introduce a means test on parents of children in non-government schools. The Labor Party calls it an 'individual parental capacity to pay'—this is just another term for 'means test'. Under Labor's school funding changes, parents will have to reveal their individual income when enrolling their child at a non-government school from 2017.
The lack of infrastructure promised for the people of Macarthur in this budget was no surprise. Even the government's NBN was slashed. Budget figures reveal that plant investment in the NBN Co. this year and the next two years has been slashed by $3.5 billion. Less investment in the NBN Co. will clearly lead to a reduction in the number of households and businesses in Macarthur which actually receive access to the NBN fibre network. This number will be substantially lower in the period between now and June 2016 than forecast in the revised NBN 2012-2015 Corporate Plan.
The budget confirms what the coalition has warned of for some time: Labor's NBN is unaffordable within the currently claimed budget, and undeliverable on the currently claimed schedule. The gutting of NBN funding is a clear admission that the rollout is extremely behind the schedule unveiled by the government only nine months ago. After almost six years of Labor, fewer than 20,000 households and businesses are connected to the fibre network, while 2 million are still unable to obtain fixed broadband that supports viewing a YouTube video. If elected, the coalition will complete the NBN sooner, more affordably and at less cost to Australian taxpayers.
We will aim to ensure all households and businesses in Australia have access to broadband, providing a download data rate of at least 25 megabits per second by 2016. Within three years, the coalition's NBN will deliver broadband speeds at least five times faster than the current average for $60 billion less than Labor's version.
The coalition will help Macarthur families, households, retirees and pensioners get ahead and plan their futures with confidence. We will do this by scrapping the carbon tax and ensuring that tax cuts and fortnightly pension and benefit increases are kept. This is good news for Macarthur families. We will redirect savings from wasteful government spending to provide cost-of-living relief to families and benefit recipients in Macarthur, including pensioners, while also improving the budget bottom line.
By making savings across a range of programs the coalition will generate sufficient savings to retain in full the personal tax cuts which commenced last year, including the increase in the tax-free threshold to $18,200. We will also retain all of the fortnightly pension and benefit increases provided as part of Labor's carbon tax compensation package. This means people will continue to receive these tax cuts and fortnightly benefit increases—but without the carbon tax—giving Australians genuine cost of living relief.
Everything we do will be to build a stronger economy. We believe that this is the key to almost everything we wish for as a nation. It means more jobs, higher wages, greater government revenue, better services and, ultimately, stronger and more cohesive communities. The coalition has the experience and discipline to return the budget to sustainable surpluses. We will reduce debt and provide real support to Macarthur families to help them get ahead again.
A coalition government would give businesses in Macarthur the certainty they need to prosper. We will create stronger jobs growth by building a diverse, world-class, five-pillar economy and we will generate one million new jobs over the next five years. This budget has little to offer the people of Macarthur aside from pain and empty promises.
I am proud to be a member of the coalition. Our Real Solutions Plan will take pressure off families in Macarthur and strengthen our economy. This will ensure that over time there will be more wealth to go around for everybody. The people of Macarthur deserve much better than this government and its reckless spending and broken promises. Through responsible savings and strong economic management the coalition will provide hope, reward and opportunity for all Australians, and that is something the people of Macarthur can get excited about.


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Earlier today on The Whitney Johnson Experience,?Outback Bowl President/CEO Jim McVay talked about the renewal which will go through the January 2020 game.
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Every visitor to Japan must have a valid passport. Visas are often required depending on the nationality and purpose of the visit. Check with your travel arranger or the nearest Japanese consulate.
As Entry Requirements and Customs Regulations are subject to change without notice, always check with your travel arranger and/or the proper authorities before traveling internationally. It is the responsibility of each passenger to carry the proper travel documentation and to meet the entry conditions of each country to be flown from, into or over (in transit).


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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - As the PIAA state track and field championships approached, Pennridge junior Tori Gerlach wasn't feeling right.
She felt sluggish, her workouts were lackluster, and her body was tired.
Physical issues aside, Gerlach, going for a state title in the Class AAA girls' 3,200 meters after winning the District 1 crown, was up against Pennsbury's Sara Sargent, who as a freshman last season won the state title in the event and set a PIAA record of 10 minutes, 21.06 seconds.


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Donald "Don" E Francis
08/22/1928 - 04/23/2006
Donald E. "Don" Francis, 77, of Kewanee, Il. died at 7:35 P.M. Sunday, April 23, 2006 at Royal Oaks Care Center in Kewanee. He was born August 22, 1928 in Kewanee the son of Lester and Audrey (Nuding) Francis. He graduated from Kewanee High School in 1946. He married Ann Cokich on September 17, 1950 in Kewanee. She survives along with two sons Brett Francis of Chino Valley, Az and Kirk (Donna) Francis of Hawthorn Woods, Il., five grandchildren Ashley and Brittany of Prescott Valley, Az., Austin and Mackenzie of Arlington Heights, Il. and Greta of Hawthorn Woods, Il., one sister Pat Lowden of Oceanside, Ca., three nephews and several cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and several aunts and uncles.
He served in the US Navy from 1946-1949. He retired after twenty years from the Kewanee Fire Department having served as Fire Chief during his tenure with the department. He was a member of the Kewanee VFW Post 8078, Kewanee Moose Lodge and Kewanee Masonic Lodge #159 A.F. & A.M. He enjoyed Harley Davidson motorcycles and old cars.
Private graveside services will be held on Friday, April 28th in Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee. Rev. Jerry Rafalko will officiate. There will be no visitation. Military honors will be accorded by the Kewanee Veterans Council and an honor guard will be provided by the Kewanee Fire Dept.
Memorials may be directed to the Kewanee Fire Dept. The Schueneman-Tumbleson Funeral Home, Kewanee, Il. is in charge of arrangements.


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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
God Bless the Porn
Update: Very kindly linked by Ted Bronson, who takes Broun to task in no uncertain terms. Rightly so.
I'm not a person who believes that there is anything wrong with a little healthy porn and, while I won't be publishing pictures of nekkid ladies here on ResurrectionSong, I've seen a centerfold or two in my life. Which is why this bugs me no end:
Firstly, I'd like to see some proof of his assertions of harm. Second, it's nice of him to be working so hard to be protecting Military Honor and Decency, but I'm thinking that our men and women in uniform do a pretty good job of that themselves. Third, if those men and women who are serving our country in various capacities throughout the world want to relax with a few aesthetically pleasing pictures of nekkid folks, is that really such a crime?
The answer is no, of course. It might be a sin (I'll leave that up to individuals to decide), but it most certainly isn't a crime.
So, Congressman Broun, perhaps you could find something better to do with your time. Might I suggest bowling?
With a tip of the hat to Stuttaford.
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Thursday, August 07, 2003
Hitachi's new PDA/Phone Will you look at this thing? It runs Windows CE; it's a cell phone; it's an MP3 player; it's a digital camera; it plays back video; and it fits in the palm of your hand.
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I AM, FIRST and foremost, a lover of all things Italian. But even I must acknowledge this: There are too damn many Italian restaurants in this city. Whenever I hear that a new trattoria or ristorante is about to open, the question immediately springs to mind: Does Philadelphia really need another Italian place? And yet — like seemingly everyone else — I always find myself anxiously awaiting the next one.
Ah, la dolce vita, we never tire of you. But after waves of rustic BYOBs and old-school red-sauce joints and upscale pizzerias and fancy northern Italian spots, another question nagged at me: Are we running out of fresh Italian concepts?


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When is surgery necessary for diverticulitis?
If symptoms of diverticulitis are frequent, or the patient does not respond to antibiotics and resting the colon, the doctor may advise surgery. The surgeon removes the affected part of the colon and joins the remaining sections. This type of surgery—called colon resection—aims to prevent complications and future diverticulitis. The doctor may also recommend surgery for complications such as a fistula or partial intestinal obstruction.
Immediate surgery may be necessary when the patient has other complications, such as perforation, a large abscess, peritonitis, complete intestinal obstruction, or severe bleeding. In these cases, two surgeries may be needed because it is not safe to rejoin the colon right away. During the first surgery, the surgeon cleans the infected abdominal cavity, removes the portion of the affected colon, and performs a temporary colostomy, creating an opening, or stoma, in the abdomen. The end of the colon is connected to the opening to allow normal eating while healing occurs. Stool is collected in a pouch attached to the stoma. In the second surgery several months later, the surgeon rejoins the ends of the colon and closes the stoma.


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Lionfish Range
Fast Facts
- Type:
- Fish
- Diet:
- Carnivore
- Average life span in the wild:
- Up to 15 years
- Size:
- 11.8 to 15 in (30 to 38 cm)
- Weight:
- Up to 2.6 lbs (1.2 kg)
- Group name:
- School
- Did you know?
- A lionfish will often spread its feathery pectoral fins and herd small fish into a confined space where it can more easily swallow them.
- Relative:
- Size relative to a tea cup
Please add a "relative" entry to your dictionary.
Pretty much everything about the venomous lionfish—its red-and-white zebra stripes, long, showy pectoral fins, and generally cantankerous demeanor—says, "Don't touch!"
The venom of the lionfish, delivered via an array of up to 18 needle-like dorsal fins, is purely defensive. It relies on camouflage and lightning-fast reflexes to capture prey, mainly fish and shrimp. A sting from a lionfish is extremely painful to humans and can cause nausea and breathing difficulties, but is rarely fatal.
Lionfish, also called turkey fish, dragon fish and scorpion fish, are native to the reefs and rocky crevices of the Indo-Pacific, although they've found their way to warm ocean habitats worldwide.
The largest of lionfish can grow to about 15 inches (0.4 meters) in length, but the average is closer to 1 foot (0.3 meters).
Lionfish are popular in some parts of the world as food, but are far more prized in the aquarium trade. Their population numbers are healthy and their distribution is growing, causing some concerned in the United States, where some feel the success of this non-indigenous species presents human and environmental dangers.
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FedEx expects delivery volume to surge on Mondays
Retailers' holiday promotions and a shift in consumer buying habits generates heavy demand for Monday deliveries by FedEx.
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Retailers' holiday promotions and a shift in consumer buying habits generates heavy demand for Monday deliveries by FedEx.
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Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris has signed on as co-counsel for a voting rights lawsuit brought against his city's high-desert neighbor Palmdale, he announced Monday.
Though the lawsuit he is joining alleges at-large city council elections in Palmdale deny minorities an equal vote — and Lancaster uses the same at-large city council election system as Palmdale — the flamboyant attorney says the city just to the south is in violation of voting rights laws, and his own city isn't.
The lawsuit, filed last April by Palmdale resident Juan Jauregui, is scheduled for trial in May. It alleges Palmdale violated the California Voting Rights Act by using an election format that dilutes the influence of minority voters.
Both cities — and Santa Clarita, as well — employ at-large voting for city council, which means all residents have a say in selecting all council members, rather than residents casing votes by districts. The system usually employs a city manager, rather than an elected mayor, and is favored by both mid-sized and small cities throughout California.
The California Voting Rights Act has been used to sue several cities over at-large elections since it was adopted in 2002. One was Modesto, which switched to district voting as a result.
Parris, who grew up in Palmdale and has a high school there named for him, claimed his hometown's method of electing City Council members is keeping black and Hispanic candidates out of office.
"Despite a Latino population of approximately 54.4 percent and an African-American population of 14.8 percent in the city of Palmdale, only one Latino and not a single African-American has ever been elected to Palmdale's City Council," Parris said in a statement.
Parris said the Lancaster City Council, of which he is a member, has a Hispanic member and had a black member, whom he replaced.
He also indicated during an interview there is no love lost between Lancaster and Palmdale, calling the latter a neighboring city, not a sister city.
"To say it's our sister city might imply that we're friends," he added with a laugh.
Palmdale City Attorney William Matthew Ditzhazy said his city believes residents should decide how they want to elect their local officials. When Palmdale put the issue to a vote in 2001, he said, residents favored the at-large system.
"While perhaps not true in every community, in Palmdale the citizens tell the City Council what is best for them, not the other way around," Ditzhazy said.
The two municipalities north of the Santa Clarita Valley have competed for years to attract business while promoting themselves as desirable places to live and sometimes exchanging barbs.
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TAMPA — The first shuttle pulled out of the lot at Meridian Pointe Apartments about five minutes before 7 a.m., just as 16-year-old Elijah Collins came jogging behind it.
A security guard yelled for the shuttle to stop. But Collins said it was okay, he would catch the next one in a few minutes.
For Collins, a ninth-grader at Middleton High School, the new shuttle makes getting to school on time much easier than having to brave the traffic on Hillsborough Avenue.
"In my eyes, it's a lot safer," he said. "You don't have to keep looking back and forth everywhere you go."
The shuttle began moving students between the apartment complex to Middleton this week in the wake of a series of student pedestrian deaths and injuries.
For Collins, the change makes getting to school on time less of a headache. And it's more comfortable than a regular school bus, with cushioned seats and speakers that play popular music.
Since it began operating Monday, about a dozen kids from the complex have taken the shuttle to and from school, Collins said. That's about half of the total number of students who live there.
The shuttle costs the Hillsborough County School District about $250 a day, for a total of $8,000 through the end of the school year. The district also spoke with the Florida Department of Transportation and Tampa. There are plans now to add a crosswalk and a traffic signal near the apartment complex. And the city says it will improve signs and reset the timing on traffic signals to allow pedestrians more time to cross Hillsborough.


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Serra Catholic girls' basketball team's hopes renewed in PIAA playoffs
No one likes to lose in a championship game. But for the Serra Catholic High girls basketball team, a second chance awaits the Eagles as they begin the PIAA Class A tournament with a 3 p.m. game on Saturday at Gateway High School against District 10-A runner-up Cochranton.
It's a classic match-up featuring two teams experiencing profound disappointment. While the Eagles fell to Vincentian 54-46 in the WPIAL Class A championship game, Cochranton squandered an early nine-point lead before falling to Kennedy Catholic 67-45 at Farrell High's E.J. McCluskey Gymnasium.
Serra began Saturday's game with a 6-0 run against Vincentian. But the Royals -- who have won three WPIAL championships in the past four seasons -- had runs of 8-0 and 10-0 to take control of the game. A late Serra rally twice cut the margin to five points in the game's final minute.
Katie Sieg and Megan Sieg led the 23-3 Eagles with 13 and 12 points, respectively.
"They were knocking down their free throws," Serra coach Bill Cleary said about the Royals. "But (Maia Joiner) found her range (at the free-throw line). Their other kids stepped up, but the big deal was (Brenna) Wise's 20 rebounds and 18 points. That's quite a performance. She makes big plays for them. When they need a big play, she makes it. That's what great players do."
Kendall Dickson led the Lady Redbirds with 12 points -- all coming on four 3-point goals -- in the loss to Kennedy Catholic. Cochranton lost its lead and any momentum it had from the first quarter when the Lady Redbirds were outscored 40-11 in the middle two quarters.
Cleary said the team already had adjusted its focus to the PIAA playoffs.
"We're done (with the WPIAL playoffs), and I was proud of them," he said. "We made it (to the WPIAL championship game), and now our sights are set on the Giant Center (in Hershey for the PIAA championship game). It's another tournament, and we're going to play different people. I'm proud of this team. We got beat in the first round of the WPIAL tournament last year with the same kids. All of them grew up. We didn't win the game but I'm pretty proud of them."


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WESTAMPTON TWP. — Police responding to a burglar alarm at the Burlington County Animal Shelter arrested a man behind the facility.
Officers checked the shelter and were doing a check of the perimeter at about 6:27 p.m. Friday when they found Nicholas Guarino, 20, of Hillsborough, hiding next to a shed, police said.
Guarino allegedly climbed over the rear fence and entered the building through a dog door, said police.
Guarino was charged with burglary and theft and lodged in the Burlington County Jail in default of an unspecified bail.


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Police said one person was injured in a shooting in Kansas City Monday evening.
Officers said the shooting happened in the area of 38th and Central streets just before 8 p.m.
Police said they are looking for two people in connection with the shooting. No arrests have been made.
Additional information about the victim and the extent of the victim's injuries was not immediately available.
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