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EAST LIVERPOOL - Despite a warning to City Council Monday from Auditor Kim Woomer that the city is facing a deficit next year, Mayor Jim Swoger pledged to bring fire department levels up to four men per shift.
Faced with the 2015 tax budget, council learned from finance Chairman Sherrie Curtis that recent information from the tax office indicates tax revenue has decreased, resulting in an anticipated shortfall next year of about $106,558.
Woomer told council that when she took office she found a $325,000 deficit but that in 2012, 2013 and 2014 the city has ended in the black.
Although conceding that every department in the city needs more money, Woomer asked council, "If you want to go into the hole, that's up to you, but do you really want to do that?"
Woomer said although there are several levies being placed before voters in the fall, those will be up to the taxpayers to support.
Councilman Ray Perorazio, a retired city firefighter, said he had been advised that plans call for not replacing firefighter Jeff Zehnder when he retires next year, saying, "We need four men on a crew. This is not what we agreed to when we gave up some of that money."
He was referring to council recently taking a lower increase in its own salary in order to set aside $60,000 to hire a firefighter this year.
"The more you hire, the more you'll go into debt," Woomer warned.
Curtis noted there has been $100,000 encumbered in the budget for the recent retirement buy-out for assistant fire Chief Tim Walker but nothing for Zehnder's retirement.
Perorazio called it "another shell game," saying although council actually plans on hiring two firefighters this year - and, in fact took a unanimous voice vote to that effect Monday - if no one is hired to replace Zehnder, "We'll be right back where we were," with two crews of four men and one of three men.
Councilman Ryan Stovall said council actually needs to look at the possibility of cutting the health department and Municipal Court, saying, "Hard decisions have to be made."
Perorazio said cutting the court would be the last thing he would support and that what is needed is more revenue, which he said could be generated with a tonnage fee he has been pushing to have implemented for three years. He and Law Director Charles Payne are still working on that legislation.
Council came to no conclusion, but during his comments, Swoger said, "Right, wrong or in between, I will honor your wishes: four, four, four (on a shift). If Jeff (Zehnder) leaves, I'll hire another firefighter. I don't know how, but I will."
The tax budget was approved unanimously.
In other safety forces matters, council approved an ordinance extending the existing contract with the police dispatchers until Jan. 1, 2015. The contract with the Glass Molders, Pottery, Plastic and Allied Workers International Union Local 333 expired May 31.
Councilman Stovall abstained from the voting due to his brother being a member of the union.


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An otherwise healthy 42-year-old woman was involved in a minor motor vehicle crash and taken to a local hospital. On examination, she had right-sided tongue atrophy with visible fasciculations (Figure, A; video). On protrusion, the tongue deviated toward the right. There was no facial weakness, facial sensory impairment, or dysarthria, and the palate elevated symmetrically. There was no weakness of the sternocleidomastoid or trapezius muscles.
Figure. Examination, imaging, and pathologic findings. A, Right-sided tongue atrophy is visible. B, T1-weighted postcontrast magnetic resonance imaging of the brain demonstrates a homogeneously enhancing extra-axial mass (arrow). C, Hematoxylin-eosin staining of the tumor reveals a meningioma, World Health Organization grade I (original magnification ×10).
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This report was written by R.G. Ratcliffe of the Austin bureau. For the latest updates on the scramble for Kay Bailey Hutchison's Senate seat, check out the Texas Politics blog.
Former President George H.W. Bush today endorsed former Texas Secretary of State Roger Williams for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison.
Roger Williams lands another big endorsement.
Bush had endorsed Hutchison in her unsuccessful race to unseat Gov. Rick Perry in last year's Republican primary.
But while a Bush endorsement may not sway much of the GOP primary vote, it likely will help Williams in the fund-raising race by giving him greater legitimacy. Williams, a Weatherford car dealer, has been a major money raiser for the national Republican Party.
"We announced in January 2009, and regardless of who was in or not, we've never stopped campaigning since then," Williams told the Tribune on the day Hutchison revealed she would not be seeking re-election next year, leaving the seat open.
Meanwhile, as we reported earlier, Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams is expected to resign from office later this week to concentrate on his own campaign for the Hutchison seat. Williams is well-situated with the social conservative wing of the Republican Party.
As is former Texas Solicitor General Ted Cruz, who is considering joining the field.
Railroad Commissioner Elizabeth Ames Jones also is a candidate in the race. And Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has said he will consider joining the GOP contest.
Former Comptroller John Sharp is the only Democrat in the contest so far. Former Houston City Councilman Chris Bell said earlier today that he will watch the race and may consider it at a later date.


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COLUMBIA -- Many college football fans feel like they actually know their favorite team's recruits after the drawn-out recruiting process culminates on what has become something of an American sports holiday, complete with its own important-sounding title: National Signing Day.
But the reality is, most players who signed letters of intent Wednesday will fade into roster obscurity for the next season or two. Some are never heard from again. The guys really worth knowing right now are the ones who could have an immediate impact come August, when teams gather for preseason practices and welcome the incoming freshmen.
USC had a "peaceful" signing day, as recruiting coordinator Steve Spurrier Jr. put it. The Gamecocks signed 25 players, in keeping with the Southeastern Conference's new cap on recruiting class sizes. The haul was ranked by Rivals.com as the nation's No. 18 class (the same ranking USC earned last year). All of the players who had given USC verbal commitments signed. There were no last-minute additions.
It's easy to get tangled up in all the names, numbers, star rankings and coach speak of signing day. In terms of recruiting's immediate impact on a program, the bottom line is this: Don't miss on talented players at positions that need filling. And USC certainly didn't.
The Gamecocks' three new wide receivers will have an opportunity to play immediately because Alshon Jeffery left early for the NFL. USC's second-leading receiver last season was Ace Sanders, a quick player. But he is a 5-7 slot receiver who lacks the stature to play the outside receiver spot the 6-4 Jeffery occupied. USC got the Nos. 10, 37 and 51 receivers in this class: 6-1 Shaq Roland, 5-11 Jody Fuller and 6-4 Kwinton Smith.
Spurrier Jr. said the coaches felt that receiver and defensive back "were our biggest needs," just as defensive line was last year, when the Gamecocks signed end Jadeveon Clowney, the nation's top-ranked recruit. This class includes three cornerbacks, two safeties and a spur linebacker who was listed by Rivals as a safety.
Rico McWilliams was rated No. 26 among corners, T.J. Gurley No. 44, though USC has him at safety. Jordan Diggs, listed as a spur, was rated No. 11 among safeties, while Chaz Elder was No. 15 and Kyle Fleetwood was No. 38. USC will let Elder give corner a shot -- a big reason why he chose the Gamecocks. The third corner is Chris Moody, ranked No. 64 among "athletes."
Grabbing a starting spot in the defensive backfield will be tough, because the two open spots, both at corner, likely will be filled by Victor Hampton and Akeem Auguste. But both safeties will be seniors. And Spurrier Jr. noted that defensive backs "are usually your best contributors" on special teams, so you could see the freshmen there this fall.
USC head coach Steve Spurrier said the two tight ends in this class, Kelvin Rainey and Jerell Adams, will have a chance to play immediately. Rainey graduated high school early to enroll in January and Adams originally signed last year, then went to prep school to improve his grades.
Wide receiver Shaq Roland, of Lexington, is the fourth consecutive South Carolina Mr. Football to choose the Gamecocks. He follows defensive end Jadeveon Clowney, running back Marcus Lattimore and cornerback Stephon Gilmore. Roland is rated No. 66 overall by Rivals.com.
USC would have had quite the receiver group if it landed Gaffney's Quinshad Davis, the state's No. 2 player, behind Roland. Clemson and USC both offered Davis, the No. 34 receiver and No. 223 overall recruit. But he picked North Carolina.
USC coach Steve Spurrier essentially said tight ends Kelvin Rainey and Jerell Adams will get on the field this fall. Adams is a physical specimen 6-6 and 224 pounds and is a year ahead of the other freshmen because he attended prep school to improve his grades.
Kicker Nick St. Germain. USC needs somebody to replace Jay Wooten, and the Gamecocks' coaches liked St. Germain enough to give him a scholarship. They hadn't recruited a kicker since 2005, when they brought in Ryan Succop.
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Church Point wedding ceremony unites couple
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point was the setting on Saturday, June 13, 2009 for a Nuptial Mass uniting in marriage Jessica Lynn Carrier of Church Point and William Wallace "Billy" Wynn, III of Rayne.
The six-thirty evening double-ring ceremony was celebrated by Deacon Jim Cormier.
The bride is the daughter of Jimmy and Jeanette Carrier of Church Point. Her grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Linus Duplechin, the late Tiny Duplechin, the late Milton Carrier, and Celise Carrier. She is a graduate of Church Point High School, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a degree in early childhood education, and is employed with the Acadia Parish School Board as a second grade teacher.
Parents of the groom are Bill and Mayme Wynn of Rayne. His grandparents are Virginia Wynn of Rayne, the late William Wallace Wynn, Sr., and the late Jack and Jeanette Bonin. He is a graduate of Rayne High School, Louisiana Technical College at Lafayette, and is employed by Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette as a licensed practical nurse.
Providing musical selections for the wedding ceremony were vocalist Brittany Saucier and organist Chase Ludeau.
Scriptures were recited by Sharen and Karen Wynn, aunts of the groom.
Traditional items selected by the bride for her wedding day included her grandmother's rosary as something old, her wedding dress as something new, her jewelry and veil as something borrowed, and her garter as something blue.
Escorted by her father, the bride wore a curved one-piece strapless French tulle A-lined Mon Cheri designer bridal gown featuring a hand-beaded crystal neckline, and a delicately chevron pleated bodice with inverted Basque waistline. The back bodice was accented with jeweled crystal buttons. The creation was also enhanced with an all-over lace motif on the skirt and the gown flowed into a lace chapel train, accentuating the cathedral-length veil. She carried a hand-tied bouquet of ivory roses gathered with an ivory bow tied at the stems.
Attending the bride as maid of honor was a friend, Jennie Lyons, as the matron of honor was her sister, Julie Guidry. Bridesmaids were Andrea Melancon, Heather Quebodeaux and Laci Davenport, friends. Bridal attendants each wore a knee-length dress of black chiffon.
Serving as flower girls were Ava and Chloe LeJeune, family of the bride. Each wore an ivory smock dress and carried ivory roses.
Best men to the groom were his brothers, Joey and Andrew Wynn. Groomsmen were Bronson Yeager, friend of the groom, and Jared and Justin Carrier, brothers of the bride.
Ushering guests to their designated seats were Scott Broussard, Mitchel Shoffet and Kade Comeaux, friends of the groom, and Dustin Guidry, brother-in-law of the bride.
Male attendants each wore a traditional black tuxedo with ivory shirt and tie.
Immediately following the wedding ceremony, the newlyweds were honored during a reception held at the Church Point Community Center.
Among the refreshments provided for the guests was the bride's cake, a three-tier confection covered in white fondant topped with ivory roses. JoAnn Duplechin, the bride's godmother, served the cake.
The groom's cake, served by Margie Bonin, the groom's godmother, depicted a red fish for the groom's love of sport fishing.
The couple plans to reside in Church Point.
Prior to the wedding, a rehearsal dinner was held Thursday, June 11, at Chef Roy's Frog City Café in Rayne. Hosts for the 6:30 p.m. social were the groom's parents.


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To compare weekend atropine sulfate use augmented by a plano lens for the sound eye with weekend atropine use alone for moderate amblyopia in children aged 3 years to younger than 7 years.
In a multicenter clinical trial, 180 children with moderate amblyopia (visual acuities of 20/40-20/100) were randomized to weekend atropine use augmented by a plano lens or weekend atropine use alone.
Main Outcome Measure
Masked assessment of amblyopic eye visual acuity using the Amblyopia Treatment Study HOTV testing protocol at 18 weeks.
At 18 weeks, amblyopic eye improvement averaged 2.8 lines in the group that received atropine plus a plano lens and 2.4 lines in the group that received atropine alone (mean difference between groups adjusted for baseline acuity, 0.3 line; 95% confidence interval, −0.2 to 0.8 line). Amblyopic eye visual acuity was 20/25 or better in 24 patients (29%) in the group that received atropine only and 35 patients (40%) in the group that received atropine plus a plano lens (P = .03). More patients in the group that received atropine plus a plano lens had reduced sound eye visual acuity at 18 weeks; however, there were no cases of persistent reverse amblyopia.
As an initial treatment for moderate amblyopia, the augmentation of weekend atropine use with a plano lens does not substantially improve amblyopic eye visual acuity when compared with weekend atropine use alone.
Application to Clinical Practice
Treatment of children with unilateral amblyopia.
Trial Registration
clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT00315302
Flowchart showing study completion in each treatment group. Atropine was given as atropine sulfate.
Improvement in amblyopic eye visual acuity in each group at baseline, 5 weeks, 10 weeks, and 18 weeks. The point estimates and 95% confidence intervals for the mean change from baseline are shown. A log transformation for time (plus 0.5) was used to form a linear relationship between visual acuity and time. For the interaction term between time and treatment group, P = .10. Atropine was given as atropine sulfate.
Cumulative distribution of amblyopic eye visual acuity scores at the 18-week outcome examination according to treatment group. Atropine was given as atropine sulfate.
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Social, Environmental, Ethical and Trust (SEET) Issues in Banking: An Overview
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University of Reading - ICMA Centre; Stockholm School of Economics - Mistra Financial Systems (MFS)
John O. S. Wilson
University of St. Andrews
October 2, 2010
RESEARCH HANDBOOK FOR BANKING AND GOVERNANCE, J.R. Barth, C. Lin and C. Wihlborg, eds., Edward Elgar Publishing, Forthcoming
Interest in Social, Environmental, Ethical and Trust (SEET) in banking has experienced a rapid growth over the last decade. This paper provides the first overview of SEET issues in banking. The overview introduces international initiatives such as: the United Nations Environmental Programme Finance Initiative; the Equator Principles; and the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, which highlighted the importance of SEET issues to the financial services industry. Finally, we provide a structured review of the small, but important literature on SEET issues in banking. Our overview is timely given the increasing importance of trust and environmental phenomena to the financial services industry. Consequently, the material presented in this overview is of relevance to academics, policy makers and practitioners alike.
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Greg Palast reports: In Ohio, African-American Turnout Threatened by Reduced Early Voting and Faulty Ballots
November 6, 2012
"Ohio will probably pick our president today" says investigative reporter and author of the NYT bestseller Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Greg Palast who is reporting now from Ohio.
As in all recent elections, Ohio again is a crucial state to win for either presidential candidate. And once again, Ohio is at the center of charges of systematic suppression of the African-American vote. In a report for Democracy Now!, investigative reporter Greg Palast discovers that some early voters in the Buckeye State have received the wrong ballots.
Greg reveals that some early voters in Dayton, OH, who have stood in line for hours, have received "applications for absentee ballots" and were told that early voting = absentee ballots. This is not always the case, as between 1 and 3 million absentee ballots will be discarded. As Greg says, is this early voting or early voting suppression?
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Home to the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera and Ballet Arizona, the 1972 Symphony Hall is huge, with 2,312 seats in orchestra, balcony and boxes. The seats are not the most comfortable, but with their red cushions and wooden backs after the 2004, $18.5 million renovation, they look spiffy.
Insider info: Some reports indicate that seating just under the balcony in the orchestra section isn't the best acoustic location.
Dress: Things have changed over the years in the classical world. Though some opera, symphony and ballet patrons dress up in gowns and suits, the majority of the audience dresses about how they dress for work - neat, but casual.
Parking: There is a parking garage underneath the Convention Center, which is part of the complex that includes Symphony Hall. Prices vary according to the desirability of the event, and whether there is a competing game at Chase Field or US Airways Center. Season parking spots are available through the presenting organizations. There also are nearby garages, such as Chase Garage, across Second Street to the west, but there are plenty of lots nearby. Be prepared to pay as much as $10.
Accessible seating: Symphony Hall has wheelchair space in various spots, just behind the main orchestra seating area, and there are elevators to upper and lower levels and to the parking garage.
Clint Eastwood connection: Phoenix Symphony Hall appears as a stand-in for City Hall in Clint Eastwood's 1977 film "The Gauntlet," when Eastwood's bus crashes onto the steps of Symphony Hall at the climax of the movie. That entire plaza is now gone, replaced by the Convention Center.
If the performance drives you to drink: Most events offer alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in the lobby during intermissions. Often, there is also a selection of baked goods.
Not on an empty stomach: Downtown Phoenix used to be a gustatory desert, but many good eateries have opened up in the area around the Convention Center and Symphony Hall, beginning at the Arizona Center at Third Street and Van Buren, and continuing to the blocks around the Wyndham and Hyatt Regency hotels, and down to the area surrounding Chase Field and the US Airways Center.
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Often likened to a pink wedding cake, the 1964 building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Built in 1975 and renovated in 2009, it hosts an eclectic array of music, dance and comedy.
Chandler Center for the Arts
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Built in 1972, it is home to the Phoenix Symphony, Arizona Opera and Ballet Arizona.
Herberger Theatre
Home to resident companies Arizona Theatre Company, Actors Theatre and Center Dance Ensemble.
Tempe Center for the Arts
Promoting local talent, such as the Tempe Symphony Orchestra, Sonoran Chamber Music, and A Ludwig Dance Theatre.
Mesa Arts Center
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The Sea Bear is a large piranha-like fish with claw-tipped fins and the head of a grizzly bear. Squidward did not believe in the sea bear's existence until he was attacked by one in The Camping Episode where it is featured as the main antagonist. However, SpongeBob and Patrick are fervent believers, having read about them in the Bikini Bottom Enquirer and Fake Science Monthly.
An exceptionally violent animal, the sea bear took an immediate dislike to Squidward and attacked him repeteadly throughout the episode. The beast is attracted when Squidward, in mockery of Spongebob and Patrick's belief in it's existence, performs all the things that supposedly provoke the animal to violence leading the terrified duo to draw a dirt circle to deter the sea bear, apparently the only successful method of doing so. After teasing them when the sea bear does not appear, the animal shows itself and readjusts Squidward's sombrero to the position that serves to enrage it. The sea bear then violently mauls him and repeats this five times after for differing reasons: running, limping, crawling, simple dislike for the octopus and for drawing an oval rather than a circle in the dirt when Squidward takes Spongebob's suggestion. Conceding, Squidward jumps in Spongebob and Patrick's circle to escape the bear. The animal prepares for another attack when it notices the dirt circle. The circle actually proves effective when the sea bear, despite being easily capable of bypassing this incredelous defense, seems to be put off by it and grudingly leaves after threatening Squidward with hostile gestures likely intending to attack him again when the chance arises. However the sea bear is never seen again.
Attracting a Sea Bear
There is a wide range of things that can attracting a Sea Bear and why.
- Playing the clarinet badly (they might hate the sound or it upsets them.)
- Waving a flashlight around (its their natural prey.)
- Eating or holding cubed cheese or possibly cheese in general (perhaps they hate it or the smell might set it off.)
- Stomping around (they take it as a challenge.)
- Wearing a hoop skirt (it might disgust it.)
- Wearing clown shoes (ridicule)
- Wearing a sombrero in a goofy fashion (offensive, perhaps.)
- Screeching like a chimpanzee (may mimic the sound of a dying animal.)
- Running from a Sea Bear (might show cowardness.)
- Limping from a Sea Bear (might also show cowardness)
- Crawling away from a Sea Bear (might also show cowardness)
- Drawing ovals in the Dirt (dirt ovals can't protect against sea bears)
The only known thing that can prevent a sea bear attack is an Anti-Sea Bear circle (only a circle, not an oval, it has to be a circle). All the experts say its the only thing that can stop a seabear. It is also revealed that the sea bear is natural enemies with the Sea Rhinoceros (which is far more dangerous and can be attracted by the sound of a sea bear attack.)
- The sea bear ironically makes an appearance in the anime One Piece, under a different appearance with that of a polar bear and probably a different nautre. Many Spongebob fans and One Piece fans consider this a joke.
- The sea bear makes a cameo appeared in the episode, "Married to Money".


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The objective of this retreat is to help all our church members to understand the importance of Holy Lent and to prepare ourselves for leading a successful life.
Metropolitan Abraham Mar Ephiphanios who is in-charge of the Bangalore Diocese, will inaugurate the retreat. Sukhada Retreat Center, Kolencherry to lead the Retreat under the guidance of Fr. Geevarghese Vallikattil and Fr. Paulose Padavettil.
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A Midwest storm is causing problems for some Oklahoma fliers.
St. Louis, one of the hardest-hit areas, has seen up to a foot of snow in some places, canceling two Oklahoma City flights. Both flights were outbound from Oklahoma City, one was headed to Newark and the other to St. Louis.
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Laughter can transform your day, from a crumby start into dizzying heights, all from a good belly laugh.
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The world needs more laughter!
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liquor, false courage from drinking liquor(this use, like many derogatory uses of dutch, comes from a time when England was at war with Holland. However, dutch also means German, which can be confusing)
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Lives of Short Duration (1981) is the final book in David Adams Richards's first trilogy of novels about a fictionalized community living along New Brunswick's Miramichi river. Set during the late spring of 1980, this ambitious work uses a fragmented timeline to describe several generations of the Terri family, whose deterioration exemplifies the larger cultural and economic decay that has afflicted their community. Many of the primary characters have accepted, or succumbed to, the glamour of American materialism and pop culture at the expense of their Maritime identity and heritage. While they sense that something is gravely wrong in their lives, they continue to fill their spiritual void with alcohol, casual sex, and cheap c…
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The Jets are missing three of their top four wideouts for tonight's second preseason game against the Giants. Santonio Holmes, Jeremy Kerley and Chaz Schilens are all on tonight's 'will not play' list.
The Jets will also be without safety Eric Smith tonight against the Giants after he sprained his MCL against the Bengals last Friday.
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Backseat Killers & Ankle-Slashing Gangs
By David Emery
Netlore Archive: Viral warnings about escaped murderers hiding in the back seats of cars and ankle-slashing gang members lying in wait underneath cars for unsuspecting shoppers.
Description: Urban legends
Circulating since: 1999 (Internet version) / 1960s (word of mouth)
Status: False (see details below)
Example #1:
Email text contributed by Karen, Feb. 9, 2000:
A friend stopped at a pay-at-the-pump gas station to get gas. Once she filled her gas tank after paying at the pump and started to leave the attendant inside came over the speaker. He told her that something happened with her card and that she needed to come inside to pay. The lady was confused because the transaction showed complete and approved.
She told him that and was getting ready to leave but the attendant once again urged her to come in to pay or else. She proceeded to go inside and started arguing with the attendant about his threat. He told her to calm down and listen carefully: He told her that while she was pumping gas, a guy slipped into the back-seat of her car on the other side and he had called the police. She immediately became scared and looked out there in time to see her car door open and the guy slip out. (Whew)
The report is that the new gang initiation thing is to bring back a woman's body part. One way they are doing this is crawling under girls/women's cars while they're pumping gas or at grocery stores in the night time. Then they are cutting the lady's ankles to disable them in order to kidnap them, kill and dismember them. The other way is slipping into unattended cars and kidnapping the women to kill and dismember them.
Please pass this on to other women, young and old alike. BE extra careful going to and from your car at night. If at all possible, don't go alone! This is real!!
The message:
Send this to as many girls as you can so your friend will not be the next one.
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Email text contributed by C. Downing, Nov. 5, 1999:
I actually saw this on 20/20! Pretty scary.
Subject: Be Careful
I am passing along because I know of a incident similar to this. My girlfriend was getting some gas and when she attempted to return to her car the gas station attendant starting yelling at her and telling her she did not pay yet. When she went back in to argue about having already paid the attendant told her he just wanted to get her back in because he saw someone crawl in the backseat of her car, and that he had already called the police. So it's worth taking to heart.
This is a true story. it has been "ritual" of gang members to take one body part from women as an initiation into gangs. The rule is that is has to be in a well lit area and at a gas station, so be careful. They tend to lay under the car, and slash the female's ankles when she goes to get into her car, causing her to fall and then they cut off a body part and roll and run. They are known to hide behind the gas pumps too, so be careful. It might sound bizarre and gross, but the bigger the body part the higher the initiation they receive.
This information was communicated by a female law enforcement person that works in the South. She has investigated and been called to a number of these scenes. She has also confirmed the following statement below as true and not an internet "hoax."
Please pass these on to as many people you know, mothers, sisters, grandparents, daughters, nieces and friends. The world it seems has become a crazy place to live in, but let's be careful out there and make stuff like this known so we are better protected.
Here is an example of a true case: A gas station attendant yelled at a lady to come back and pay for her gas. If she did not he would call the cops if she tried to drive away (this was right after she had been in and paid for the gas). She returned into the station upset and angry at the attendant, only to realize that he had called the cops after spotting a man roll under her car. She was about be a victim of the above initiation.
It sounds like many gas stations have been informed of this as well and the attendants are on the watch for such activity. You might want to make a copy of this and hand it to the gas stations you frequent.
Analysis: If you saw the 1998 horror film Urban Legend, you ought to recognize both of these tall tales even though they're much less impactful in text form.
"The Killer in the Backseat" is at least three decades old. Folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand reported a variant of it in his first volume of urban legends, The Vanishing Hitchhiker (W.W. Norton, 1981), in which he classified the story as "a teenage horror fiction." As it's typically told, the would-be victim is horrified to find herself being chased by an unknown motorist who, unbeknownst to her, has glimpsed a madman with a knife hiding in the backseat of her car and is actually trying to rescue her.
The "ankle slasher" legend has been grossly embellished in the email version above. To my knowledge, the bit about gang members cutting off women's body parts as an "initiation rite" was never associated with this story until it began circulating on the Internet during the late '90s. Folklorists have tracked the basic scenario criminals hiding under cars and slashing the legs of female shoppers before robbing them back to the 1950s. Until recently, the story was usually set in a shopping mall parking lot.
Like most online versions of urban legends, both tales lack the immediacy of a personal recounting while benefiting from the urgency of a "WARNING TO ALL WOMEN, SEND THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!" format.
See also:
• The 13 SCARIEST Urban Legends We Know!


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U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is heading to China on Wednesday as part of a federal fact-finding delegation to look at that nation's growing focus on infrastructure.
Of particular interest will be Shanghai's port operation and airport, he said.
Sanford, R-S.C., said the visit was organized and funded by the House Transportation Committee. Sanford is a member of the body.
About eight members of the committee are going, including S.C. Rep. Tom Rice of Myrtle Beach, he said.
The Chinese are putting a lot of money into infrastructure spending, said Sanford, who also pointed to the country's bullet train and road development emphasis.
And unlike U.S. concerns, Chinese projects are less restrictive in terms of land use or claims for public projects.
"They have a completely different system," he said.
The trip will run Wednesday through Thursday.
While other members are taking their spouses, Sanford said he is taking along his son, Bolton.
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Rain Postpones Dick's Sporting Goods Open
Heavy rains canceled the opening round of the Dick's Sporting Goods Open. The $1.8 million, 54-hole Champions Tour event started Friday at En-Joie Golf Club in Endicott, N.Y.
Over an inch and a half of rain fell Tuesday, drenching the course. More rains Friday made the course unplayable, so officials canceled play until Saturday morning. "We have several fairways out there that are totally under water. If a player was trying to take relief from casual water, he would probably have to go about 40 yards from where the ball is on the fairway," said Gene Smith, assistant tournament director for the Champions Tour. "We're not going to play that way."
Bernhard Langer, who won the last tournament on the over-50 circuit, the 3M Championship two weeks ago, was at 7-under through 15 holes before play was halted. "I played pretty solid. I drove the ball very well. I hit a lot of fairways to give myself opportunities with my iron shots," Langer said.
"I'm disappointed we had to stop because I was going well, feeling good, but hopefully we'll continue tomorrow."
Willie Wood posted a 5-under 67. Also at 5-under were defending champion John Huston (through 15 holes) and Chien Soon Lu (nine holes).
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February 15, 2013
"I made aliyah at 16 with my family. It was a huge upheaval but then I loved it. When I was ill, the waves of blackness swamp you, you leave everything else behind. Religion took a back seat. Now everything I do is Jewish, my work, social and home life."
Cindy Collick, 52, from Edgware, suffered with severe post-natal depression after the birth of her first son. She later trained as a counsellor and works for the Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service.
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KALAMAZOO, MI -- Several hundred people attended a reception Thursday to honor Ron Fuller, who is retiring July 1 as superintendent of the Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency.
The event was held at Western Michigan University's Fetzer Center, and drew a who's who of the Kalamazoo area, including the mayors of Kalamazoo and Portage, state lawmakers and Kalamazoo County school superintendents, board members and other administrators.
Also in attendance were Fuller's wife, Gail, a retired special education teacher for Portage Public Schools, and his children, Tony and Casey. The latter is a special education teacher at Schoolcraft Community Schools.
Fuller, 61, has been KRESA superintendent since 2008, but has been part of the southwest Michigan education community for almost 40 years.
A graduate of Grand Valley State University, Fuller began his career as a teacher in 1974 with the Grand Rapids Public Schools.
In 1985, he took a position as assistant principal/athletic director at Vicksburg Community Schools. A year later, he was named Vicksburg High School principal. He was promoted to Vicksburg assistant superintendent for business and operations in 1993.
Fuller also spent four years as superintendent of Parchment School District and three years as superintendent of Allegan Area Educational Service Agency before he succeeded Craig Misner as KRESA superintendent in January 2008.
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For Market Street merchant Barry Newton, Fridays ceremony kicking off the next phase of the citys 160,000-gallon-per-minute drainage project was great news, including financially.
The losses from the rain that inundates the Market area during one of those floods is probably into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, he said of the storms known to regularly close shops, eateries and other businesses for hours and sometimes days.
That also includes sales and property damage, said Newton, who owns an art store and represents other businesses as head of the City Market Preservation Trust.
The ceremony detailed the next step in Charlestons mega-million-dollar plan to combat flooding citywide.
This latest phase consists of excavating a vertical shaft 20 feet in diameter and 80 feet deep near the intersection of Market and Concord streets adjacent to where the cruise ships embark.
Below ground, the shaft will connect to a more than 4,000-foot-long linear tunnel that, with the aid of pumps, will help push tens of thousands of gallons of rainwater into Charleston Harbor.
Mayor Joe Riley said the drainage should be able to keep up the 160,000-gallon-per-minute pace, even at high tide.
While flooding is a problem all around low-lying parts of Charleston, the Market is particularly troublesome. A creek used to flow in the area before it was covered by landfill.
Because most of the work will be done below ground, the construction is not expected to greatly inconvenience traffic and pedestrians at street level.
Completion is expected by 2014. By 2020, more than $250 million will have been spent combating flooding in the city.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551.
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Construction plans and photos detail the drainage improvements that will be done to the City Market and also make City Market Assistant General Manager Lee Gilliard, left, and Elmer Rogers excited about the prospect of having a flood free City Market Friday October 5, 2012. "It's very important to the market folks", said Rogers who's wife works in the market. (Grace Beahm/postandcourier.com)×


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Leslie "Glen" Terry, 82, of Amarillo died Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.
Memorial services will be at
2 p.m. Tuesday in First Baptist Chapel with Dr. Howard Batson officiating. Arrangements are by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Glen was born Dec. 19, 1929, in Shamrock to Robert and Carmon Terry. He graduated from Shamrock High School in 1948 and Texas Tech University in 1952 with a degree in agriculture engineering. He married Eura Lee "Dink" Burns on Dec. 19, 1951, in Lela.
Glen was in the wholesale paint business. After his retirement, he moved to Angel Fire, N.M., where he volunteered with Angel Fire Search and Rescue and Guadalupita Fire Department. He enjoyed RC model airplanes, dirt-biking competitions, snowmobiling, snow-skiing, water-skiing and racquetball and was a ham radio operator. Glen was a member of First Baptist Church of Amarillo.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Bobby Terry and wife Jo; and three nephews, Wade Kidwell, Miles Henderson and Tom Buckley.
Survivors include his wife, Eura Lee "Dink" Terry; two daughters, Tomi Kerns and husband Ross of Amarillo and Cristi VanLandingham and husband Jeffrey of
Marietta, Ga.; two sons, Micheal Glen Terry of Spearman and John Leslie Terry of Amarillo; a sister, Paula Jean Lambert and husband Don of Greenville, Miss.; a brother, Jimmy Terry and wife Clara of Colfax, La.; seven grandchildren, Victoria Glyn, Kristen and husband Josh, Adam and wife Cassie, Amy, Tyler, Michael and Alexandra; a great-grandson, Lawson; 10 nieces; and 15 nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Alzheimer's Association, 401 W. Eighth Ave., Suite 300, Amarillo, TX 79101; or Olivia's Angels, in care of Baptist St. Anthony's Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79105.
Sign the online guest book at www.schoolerfuneralhome.com.
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Of interest to: History of science (earth sciences, meteorology, space science); arctic and antarctic history; history of government & international politics.
October 31-November 1, 2007
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This NSF-supported conference examines the impetus for (and the impact upon) science, society, and culture of the International Polar Years (IPYs) of 1882-83 and 1932-33, and the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58, as well as how historical perspectives might be useful for those involved in the current IPY in 2007-2008. Speakers will explore the origins of these efforts, their political dimensions, and their consequences. The conference will overlap with the annual meeting of the History of Science Society, which starts in Washington on November 1. The oral paper sessions for the conference are set, but we do have room for related poster papers. For the details (including speakers and abstracts) and how to register for this meeting (free, but required) go to:


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Douglas Hodge is all teeth in Joe Penhall's latest play, "Dumb Show," which only redoubles the wish for more bite in the writing. Playing Barry, a down-on-his-luck comic entertainer and TV name, Hodge projects the forced bonhomie of a public figure who knows his time is up.
Douglas Hodge is all teeth in Joe Penhall's latest play, "Dumb Show," which only redoubles the wish for more bite in the writing. Playing Barry, a down-on-his-luck comic entertainer and TV name who sounds suspiciously like disgraced British personality Michael Barrymore, Hodge projects the forced bonhomie of a public figure who knows his time is up — which Barry's is about to be, thanks to the U.K.'s tabloid press.
Not, of course, that Barry thinks the apparently solicitous Liz (Anna Maxwell Martin) and Greg (Rupert Graves) are actually sleaze merchants from the start. For a considerable amount of their first encounter at a five-star hotel (all anonymous glassed-in chic in Es Devlin's design), Barry takes the pair at face value, assuming them to be private bankers there to offer him a profitable speaking engagement. After all, how else would they casually slide into the cocaine-fueled sphere that unites those at the top of the professional tree?
Barry, then, is in for a shock and then some when Penhall springs his surprise. (Spoiler-minded readers should stop reading now.) In barely the time required to turn the page, "Jane" and "John" reveal their true colors as a wily reporter (Liz) and something rather sinisterly referred to as "investigations editor" (Greg). And now they have the scoop of the week in the druggy, womanizing, drink-happy "real" life of TV's "Mr. Saturday Night," a talent whose misdeeds — once exposed — will make the journalists' careers.
That's really all there is to "Dumb Show," I'm sorry to say, though more single-minded moralists may think this more than enough. Whereas David Mamet (to cite one example among many) might well have taken the plot a step or two further, applying some sort of twist, Penhall revels in a supposed expose of the debased tendencies of the press that, frankly, is scarcely news at all.
Penhall, who penned upcoming pic "Enduring Love," is best known in the theater for his National Theater success "Blue/Orange," about a young black schizophrenic. This play, one could argue, shifts his interest in mental illness into a different, undoubtedly more upmarket arena: What sort of sick society allows — no, depends upon — the shenanigans perpetrated by Liz and Greg?
Perhaps they are just cogs in an ethics-crushing machine that's bigger than they are: "Fame is a cancer, a plague," intones Greg, whom even Graves, a fine actor, can't make a singular flesh-and-blood presence. "It's fucking everywhere, and it's destroying us."
Well, maybe if Penhall, a onetime journalist himself, got out more and obsessed over the papers less, his writing would seem less smug. As it is, the various scripted rhymes and verbal eccentricities come off as so much window-dressing attempting to buttress the play's shallow, self-evident theme.
And though Hodge — a revelation in the West End "Three Sisters" with Kristin Scott Thomas last season — gives one of those all-stops-out performances that tends to win awards, he's not in the least bit likable, flailing away in desperate confrontation with two of Fleet Street's not-so-finest.
The result is there's very little affectively at stake once Barry is threatened with the loss and/or defection of his wife, his agent and his fans. On some level, one can't help but feel that Penhall's contempt is spilling over from the tabloid hacks toward their prey, who, if Barry were truly a good and decent citizen, wouldn't have become ensnared in the so-called fame game to begin with.
Director Terry Johnson could use something of a tabloid writer's cut and thrust: Too few of the scenes land as woundingly as they should, and it simply isn't enough for Bruno Poet's lighting scheme to go all red and lurid as the revelations mount.
Even Barry is over time shown to have his own price, but that's yesterday's headlines, too, especially in the country that more or less owns the patent on checkbook journalism.
Amid the cumulative posturing, one seeks what pleasures exist on the periphery. I'll fondly remember the play for one priceless remark from Renee Zellweger look-alike Maxwell Martin, when she drops her sweet-faced viperishness to let slip that she really would like to have been a music critic.
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Index, ETF option volumes near midday
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The SPDR S&P 500 Fund (SPY) has 855,000 options traded, 495,000 of which are puts. Next up are the SPDR Financial Fund (XLF) contracts at 231,000, dominated by 217,000 calls.
The S&P 500 Index (SPX) options have turned over 176,000 times, with 101,000 puts. The iShares Russell 2000 Fund (IWM) has 123,000 contracts changing hands, with a put/call ratio of almost 3 to 1.
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) options have traded 90,000 times, with calls outpacing puts by 2 to 1. The PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ) has seen 74,000 options move, evenly split between calls and puts.