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When a disgraced judge is called as a "character witness" by another disgraced judge, it's probably safe to assume that his own character will be an issue too.
You'd think Ronald Bodenheimer would understand that. You would think he'd get that his testimony before a U.S. Senate committee about impeached federal judge Thomas Porteous would be viewed with some skepticism. That the senators on the impeachment committee would see him not as a seasoned jurist but as an ex-con who'd violated the public trust, pleaded guilty to three criminal counts and served nearly four years in prison.
Yet given the utter lack of contrition Bodenheimer showed, you've got to wonder whether he appreciated the lay of the land at all.
Bodenheimer's testimony about Porteous' cozy relationship with convicted bail bondsman Louis Marcotte -- with whom Bodenheimer admitted manipulating bonds in exchange for meals, campaign contributions, trips and home improvements -- was an exercise in self-serving revisionism.
Under extraordinarily gentle questioning by Porteous attorney Jonathan Turley, Bodenheimer relived his glory days before the Wrinkled Robe investigation upended his world. He shared his expertise about how business was done at the Gretna courthouse, explaining that all the judges had to deal with Marcotte because he'd cornered the bail bond market. He testified that the jail was so overcrowded back then that helping Marcotte spring his customers actually "served a public purpose," to use Turley's words.
A few times Porteous himself chuckled as his old friend shared stories from happier times, like when he told Bodenheimer that, as a judge, he'd never again have to pay for lunch. Bodenheimer testified that Porteous, a known cut-up, had made the statement at a party for Lawrence and Susan Chehardy, the brother-sister assessor-judge team, and that it "was meant as a quip."
Bodenheimer said he'd initially felt uneasy with Marcotte because he wore a "Steven Seagal type of ponytail" and was rumored to be on drugs, but Porteous assured him that Marcotte wouldn't lie about his clients' criminal records.
Turley wrapped up his questioning by asking whether Bodenheimer had known Porteous "to do anything immoral or inappropriate." No, the witness said.
By the time it was over, onlookers seemed a little stunned. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island asked whether Turley had offered Bodenheimer as a "credible witness."
The U.S. House attorney cross-examined Bodenheimer by recounting his plea agreement and damning comments he'd made about Porteous in FBI interviews.
Bodenheimer characterized some of those statements -- like his claim that, when certain lawyers appeared in Porteous' courtroom, victory was assured -- as things he'd heard, not what knew himself. Others he said he didn't recall.
But Bodenheimer wasn't finished. Before leaving the stand, he asked to address the senators directly.
"I understand I did what I did," he said. "The indictment says what it says, and I was convicted of three felonies and I went to prison 46 months." But prior to that, Bodenheimer continued, he was a prosecutor for 20 years, and sent more people to death row than any other Louisiana lawyer. He'd been voted outstanding prosecutor, and outstanding judge.
"I made mistakes and paid for my mistakes, but don't think it goes back through my whole career," he concluded. "My career before that was unblemished, and it was unblemished for a reason."
Once again, onlookers, seemed stunned.
Impeachment committee chair Sen. Claire McCaskill reminded Bodenheimer that she'd read his record and knew that, in addition to his illegal dealings with Marcotte, he'd also been caught on tape conspiring to "plant drugs on someone you disagreed with in order to cause them harm." Bodenheimer pushed back, admitting he "got angry and did something stupid," but said he'd called the scheme off.
Sen. James Risch of Idaho said he was even more troubled that Bodenheimer had preyed on "people of humble means" by conspiring with Marcotte to saddle them with the most expensive bonds they could afford. Bodenheimer argued that point too, to no avail.
In fact, Bodenheimer's entire attempt to reclaim a modicum of his former respectability proved futile. The senators clearly had no use for his excuses, his rationalizations. Finally, McCaskill cut off the proceedings, the last of a long day, by declaring "I think we're done."
They were certainly done with him.
Stephanie Grace is a staff columnist. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or 504.826.3383. Follow her at twitter.com/stephgracetp.


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RICHLAND COUNTY, SC (WACH) - The 13 year search for a man accused of multiple crimes in Richland County, including shooting at two deputies, is over.
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott says Rudolph Darby, a man who has been on the run since December 11, 1999, was arrested Tuesday in Waco, Texas.
According to Lott, Darby is accused of burglarizing a home, pointing a shotgun at the the homeowner, leading deputies on a chase, and shooting at two deputies.
He fled the area, and the 13 year manhunt began.
The McLennan County Sheriff's office took Darby into custody Tuesday saying Darby assaulted an officer. Darby was trying to use the name Joe Stewart.
Lott says Darby will be held in Texas for an extradition hearing before being brought back to South Carolina.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Here are some facts about the state of the Browns' pass rush as General Manager Tom Heckert and his staff head into their final days of preparation for the 2011 draft.
• The Browns ranked 22nd in sacks per pass play in 2010 after ranking seventh in 2009.
• Their switch to a four-man defensive front requires a minimum of three defensive ends -- two starters and at least one dependable backup. They currently don't have one under contract on their roster.
• The top two 4-3 end candidates in the draft each has just enough risk to scare away most teams picking in the Browns' No. 6 position in the first round.
• The NFL labor dispute has frozen all player transactions. Free agency may not begin until July -- if that early.
Given this set of circumstances, you'd think Heckert would be sweating bullets merely to find bodies, much less quality players, to play the end positions in coordinator Dick Jauron's defense. But he's not.
"We will find players," Heckert said, almost too casually, in his last pre-draft public appearance on Thursday.
In Heckert's nine seasons in Philadelphia starting in 2001, the Eagles drafted a defensive end in the first round one time. That was Jerome McDougle in 2003. It was a disaster, worsened by the fact the Eagles gave up a second-round pick to move up 15 spots to take McDougle. He never had a healthy season and was released in 2008.
Under Heckert, the Eagles took to finding pass rushers deep in the draft. They were overlooked by most teams because they generally fit a physical mold roughly of 6-2 and 250 pounds. Heckert said in February that you can find such players anywhere because the smaller ends are not in demand.
On Thursday, Heckert was asked what was the cutoff point, weight-wise, in what he looks for at defensive end.
"In Philly, it was 250 -- tops," Heckert said. "We had Trent Cole and Juqua Parker, and those guys."
Cole weighed 236 and timed 4.70 in the 40 prior to the 2005 draft. Heckert took him in the fifth round. In six seasons, Cole's 57 sacks rank third on the Eagles' all-time list.
Parker, listed as 6-2, 250, was undrafted out of Oklahoma State in 2001 and signed by Tennessee. The Eagles signed him in free agency in 2005. He has 30 sacks over the past five seasons -- more than all but two undrafted players over that period.
Another defensive end in this mold is Victor Abiami, a second-round pick of the Eagles in 2007. He had only four sacks in 29 career games before microfracture knee surgery put his career on hold.
So the two defensive ends Heckert took in the first and second rounds were not success stories and the one drafted late -- and in Parker's case, not at all -- were. Those kind of experiences tend to weigh on men whose living is based on making more correct guesses than flameouts.
Heckert feels he can get his type of ends anywhere in the draft. He said he doesn't gamble on projecting college linebackers with the preferred body type and converting them to end.
"In college, there are a bunch of defensive ends [who] are 250 pounds," he said. "I don't know if we have anyone on our defensive end board that stood up [as linebackers] in college."
Who, then, might be defensive end candidates for Heckert in the draft? If we look slightly over the 250-pound barrier, these players would seem to be on his radar screen.
First round
• Robert Quinn, North Carolina, 6-4 and 265 pounds: He's got that one-year layoff and a benign brain tumor. Otherwise, he might be taken in one of the top three picks.
• Aldon Smith, Missouri, 6-41/4, 263: He's been compared to Jason Pierre-Paul, the Giants' first-round pick a year ago.
• Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue, 6-4, 267: This is stretching the body type, but he is seen as a high-energy guy who should go in the middle of the round.
Second round
• Brooks Reed, Arizona, 6-21/2, 263: His pass-rushing skills, and playing resemblance to Clay Matthews III, are moving him closer to the bottom of the first round.
• Jabaal Sheard, Pittsburgh, 6-27/8, 264: A strong senior season as a dominant rusher earned him Big East defensive player of the year honors.
Third round
• Sam Acho, Texas, 6-1 5/8, 262: Scores high in intangibles such as work ethic and character and had a really fine Senior Bowl against Colorado first-round tackle Nate Solder.
• Chris Carter, Fresno State, 6-11/8, 248: Another high character guy whose pass-rush skills are countered by limitations against the run. Many see him as an outside linebacker but he earned Western Athletic Conference player of the year honors at defensive end.
Fourth round
• Greg Romeus, Pittsburgh, 6-47/8, 264: Another one stretching the body type. Suffered serious back and ACL injuries after deciding to return his senior year. Was an outstanding rusher as a junior, winning Big East defensive player of year honors.
Fifth round
• Ricky Elmore, Arizona, 6-41/2, 255: Had 21.5 sacks his last two years, leading the Pac-10 each season and easily surpassing teammate Reed. What he lacks in physical tools he makes up for in work ethic and intangibles. Coaches love him.
Sixth round
• Markus White, Florida State, 6-31/2, 266: Excellent hustle and outstanding character and work ethic offset his lack of polish. He won't step right in, but he can be coached up.


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This one's for.....everybody!
This one's about coercion
Have you ever looked into a mirror and not seen what you were expecting to see?
This one's about people who spend their lives online
This is about a guy I briefly knew in the 80s. He was a bit of a nutter and completely unreliable
A song of surety. Well........occasional surety
One of my personal favourites
A song about hooliganism
Here's a song about a guy who suffers from violent mood swings
A song about a guy who wants to be left alone
This one's about feeling trapped
This one's about the pressures of modern life and how we're working ourselves into an early grave
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A guy is suffering from a terminal illness. He's accepted his fate and wonders what awaits him 'in paradise'. But then he looks at his young children, realises what he will be losing, and asks his God to let him live
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By FLORENCE M. CERTO, OAKWOOD
I have read, with great sadness and confusion, several of the attacks against Fran Huber, CEO of Snug Harbor.
First, shame on the Advance for even publishing this nonsense. I ask each of the letter-writers to explain their objectives.
They speak of the arts as having been somehow banished from the Harbor. I think not.
The visual arts are represented by the recent exhibits, from "Napoleon on the Nile," to the Annual Department of Education Student Art Exhibits.
The applied arts are exhibited in contemporary Venetian Glass, Italian Handicrafts and the George Way Collection.
The musical arts have had a recent concert of Italian Folk Music, which attracted more than 700 attendees, and last year's youth rock concerts, "Harbor Rocks," appealed to hundreds of teens who might otherwise never visit the Harbor.
The Chinese Scholars Garden and the newly constructed Tuscan Garden have more than added to the culture of Staten Island.
The critics call for the need of new leadership at Snug Harbor. The Harbor has strong, culturally farsighted leadership in Fran.
Without Fran Huber, Snug Harbor could return to the days of unmaintained, unkept facilities, with little community participation. Let's keep supporting Fran!


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All brush must be out for pick-up on the First Day of the scheduled week for the section.
Absolutely no brush will be collected once a section is completed. Residents are advised that there will be no more than one pick-up per household. There will be No Exceptions to the published schedule.
Brush should be placed in neat piles at curbside with large diameter cut-ends towards the street. The largest size branches shall be limited to four inches in diameter. Short branches under two feet in length will not be accepted. Lumber, building materials, leaves, roots, stumps, briars, vines, decayed branches and other debris which can damage the chipper will not be accepted. Residents are advised to place at curbside only the wood items listed above. There have been instances where metal items such as posts, wire and metal bands were found mixed with the brush. This can cause severe injury to employees and damage to equipment. Should metal be found, the pile will be rejected.
Residents should note that the 2014 Spring Chipping Program will begin in Section 4 and terminate in Section 3. Branches should be placed at curbside prior to the first scheduled dated of pick-up.
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By Remo Vigano
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John Farmer Jr.'s piece "Divided we fall" (Aug. 7) continues the innuendo of your paper the past few months against Republicans in Washington for holding their ground. The political intransigence may actually be our politicians' response to their constituents demands and in the best long-term needs of our nation.
A varied segment of our population sent a message that enough is enough. This fact has conveniently been overlooked by the media in their criticism of the right and tea party activism. When rallies, demonstrations and marches of the left call for more or continued government handouts, spending or benefits, similar events by organizations and citizens on the right are described as a threat to democracy.
The media shares a large portion of blame for the agitation and hostility that we see in the public today by setting class against class and group against group.
There has been a groundswell the past few years by a broad coalition of citizens who oppose continuance of bigger and wasteful government, more business-constricting regulations and pandering to the squeaky social entitlement wheel of the left.
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NEW ORLEANS -- In one of their most discouraging and embarrassing performances of the season, the Trail Blazers dropped their seventh consecutive road game to the New Orleans Hornets ...
Wait, hold that thought ...
Chris Paul just left the game with a right groin injury. Jerryd Bayless is driving to the basket with reckless abandon. Travis Outlaw is hitting clutch shot after clutch shot. Joel Przybilla is playing stalwart defense on David West. ...
Let's try this again.
In one of the most improbable and exhilarating victories in recent memory, the Blazers erased a 20-point, third-quarter deficit to defeat the Hornets 97-89 on Monday night, rescuing the opening game of a pivotal three-game trip and stunning 14,781 at New Orleans Arena.
"No quit," Bayless said. "We had no quit. I think it just shows that this team is really starting to come together and we don't have any quit inside of us. If we continue to play like that, the sky's the limit."
The first sign of Blazers' life came with 1:30 remaining in the third quarter, when Paul, the Hornets' do-everything All-Star point guard, crumpled to the floor after tweaking his groin with New Orleans leading 72-55. Paul's exit seemed to simultaneously suck the life out of the Hornets and inject hope into the beleaguered Blazers.
"As soon as Paul went down, I said 'We're going to come back,'" Blazers All-Star guard Brandon Roy said.
Bayless, perhaps the most instrumental Blazer in the rally, started the momentum by scoring the first four points of the fourth quarter, including two on a soaring fast-break dunk after registering a steal. Then, after David West temporarily stopped the bleeding by hitting one of New Orleans' five fourth-quarter field goals, the Blazers took over.
Przybilla scored a layup on a pretty pass from Rudy Fernandez, Outlaw swished a 17-foot jumper and Bayless scored five points in a row, three on a scintillating fast-break layup and subsequent free throw, and two more on another fast-break dunk.
Aldridge hit a running hook shot, Bayless and Roy added driving layups, and Aldridge followed his own miss with a rebound tip to bring the Blazers within 79-78. Then they took their first lead since the game's opening seconds when Fernandez swished a three-pointer with 6:15 remaining, making the score 81-79.
Peja Stojakovic made two free throws and West added a layup to keep the Hornets close, but it wasn't enough as the Blazers took an 89-83 lead and effectively iced the game.
"Anything can happen in a 48-minute game," said Roy, who labored through his worst game of the season (2 of 10 shooting, six points, three turnovers). "Chris Paul got hurt and we took advantage of their misfortune. We didn't wait. We had an opportunity, guys stayed aggressive out there. We started to attack them and finally made some shots. Thirty-eight points in a quarter, especially in the fourth? That's big."
By the time the final buzzer sounded, these were the lopsided fourth-quarter statistics: The Blazers shot 66.7 percent from the field (14 of 21), out-rebounded New Orleans 16-5, held an 18-10 edge in the paint and transformed a 15-point disadvantage into an eight-point victory. The Hornets shot 26.3 percent in the fourth (5 of 19, including 0 of 6 from three-point range) and had just two assists without Paul, who had 12 points and 13 assists before his injury.
Blazers coach Nate McMillan spread the postgame praise around, pointing out Fernandez's energy off the bench (15 points, three three-pointers and eight rebounds), Aldridge's steady performance (22 points, 11 rebounds), Outlaw's late heroics (eight of his 16 points came in the fourth quarter) and Przybilla's rugged defense on West in the fourth.
But a healthy amount of the praise was bestowed upon Bayless, who had 11 points, two steals and two assists in the spectacular fourth quarter to finish with 19 points, six assists and one gigantic spark.
"Everybody was just dead out there," Bayless said of the Blazers. "I was just trying to be a spark for us and get us going. I needed to do something."
The victory moved the Blazers into sole possession of fourth place in the Western Conference, ahead of the Hornets (28-17), and delivered New Orleans its first three-game losing streak of the season. It also ended Portland's six-game road losing streak to the Hornets and improved the Blazers' road record to 12-12 heading into Wednesday night's matchup at Dallas.
"This (win) is about growing up, maturing and doing it amongst yourselves, the 12 players and the coaches, on the road," McMillan said. "We're still not there yet. There's a lot of room for improvement with our guys but ... tonight they didn't give in ... "
Notes: Starting point guard Steve Blake did not make the trip for the Blazers so that he could continue to rehabilitate his separated right shoulder. ... Paul is scheduled to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging test today to evaluate the extent of his groin injury. ... Przybilla had 10 rebounds for the Blazers. ... West finished with 25 points and eight rebounds but had just eight points in the fourth quarter. ... It was just the third time this season Roy has failed to reach double figures in scoring.
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By Lawrence "Shabu" Mwangi
Winner of IBM's The World is Our Lab – Africa Photo Competition
I was born and have lived in the Mukuru slums in Nairobi, Kenya, for most of my life. I have witnessed first-hand the challenges to mental, emotional well – being and all kinds of challenges – some of which I can't categorize.
I was strong enough to go through all that, but I had my weaknesses which overcame me at points. Still, I remained focused with whom I wanted to be. Though I was very good in school, I didn't take further steps with education due to my home situation and the insecure environment.
But I remained strong in my education path and still believe in education and I have been educating myself till now.
Despite all this I was able to hold on to whom I wanted to see in me – and this was an artist. Art was a tool which I knew since I was young and believed I could use as a medium to say something. In 2009 I got interested in photography and was involved in a photography workshop.
Later in 2011 I wanted to join a photography school but I didn't go through the interview. However, that was not the end of my interest in this tool. I decided to teach myself and signed myself up for a workshop offered by KUONA TRUST.
I took the picture "Digital Migration" to document the memory of an event which took place without any attention from society. The act means a lot and tells a lot about who we are. In these surroundings it is normal to come up with such role play of media presenters and this is a window in which these kids were sharing their thought and creativity.
I took it on December 24, 2013, around 11:00am outside our workshop where we offer classes for kids during school holidays and during weekends. The camera I used is a D3100 Nikon I bought myself in Germany. In the photograph, the kids are using the material around them to express themselves in a creative way.
It shows how kids can be innovative in finding ways to be happy. I found out about the contest through a friend of a friend who we happened to meet at a museum in Kenya in December. He asked me what I did and if I took photos.
What inspired me the most about the contest was that it was a platform for me to share my photos where they can be seen by others and give voice to my community through the pictures.
For me it was a way for a photographer who has no venue to start one, since it was very simple to participate. All that was needed was the creativity of the participant.
My message is that through photography the world can be seen in different perspectives of oneness and this is what IBM did: it created a platform which brought many thinkers together.
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no idea it is far better to think like the fish and not an angler first and truly give carp the
respect they deserve that will guarantee to give them the catches their strive so manically for.
You will catch red fish, spotted sea trout, pompano, snook, mangrove
snapper, Spanish mackerel, small black-tip sharks, small bonnet sharks, sheephead & in cooler weather the odd king mackerel.
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Residents sound off against Bi-County Parkway
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Residents sound off against Bi-County Parkway
© Gainesville TimesBefore a town hall meeting began on Monday night at Bull Run Middle School, Gainesville District Supervisor Peter Candland (R) appeared stunned by the turnout of local residents.
After shaking a few hands by the podium to the front-left side of the room when viewed from the back entrance, Candland made a quick joke about how happy he was to see so many people "interested" in the topic of the Bi-County Parkway.
"Interested" is one way of putting it.
Distrusting, angered, fearful and puzzled is another way.
The standing-room only crowd that filled the lunchroom auditorium at the school voiced unanimous opposition to any host of plans being considered by the Virginia Department of Transportation and other agencies regarding the route for the road designed to connect Gainesville to Dulles International Airport in Sterling as an alternate to Route 28.
No Democratic politicians from either the county or state governments attended the meeting, leaving Republicans as the sole speakers.
Candland joined fellow host Del. Tim Hugo (R-40th) along with Dels. Bob Marshall (R-13th) and Rich Anderson (R-51st) and state Sen. Dick Black (R-13th) up front while representatives from county Chairman Corey Stewart (R) and U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) also appeared in attendance.
The VDOT deputy secretary David Tyeryar also joined VDOT's project manager Nick Nies, Manassas National Battlefield Park superintendent Ed Clark, F. Gary Garczynski, a Northern Virginia representative on Commonwealth Transportation Board, Prince William Department of Transportation representative Rick Canizales, and local VDOT representative Maria Sinner all fielded questions from residents at various points.
Among relevant new information disclosed was that officials are hoping to have a preliminary master plan finalized by April so it can be presented in the spring.
Also, those planning the road are still in the developmental phase, such as conducting an environmental study; the state has not allocated money yet for the actual implementation of the road, so no offers for land acquisition are on the table yet.
Nies mentioned that he hopes the environmental study should be wrapped up in the next five months.
Once the parkway enters the design phase, it'll still be at least another four years before it's built, according to Tyeryar.
That said, no one could offer a definitive timeline about anything regarding long-range construction plans since alternatives are still being considered.
"No, it's not a truck route," said Tyeryar at one point, insisting that traffic using the road, which would be at least partially tolled, would be for airline freight instead of regular shipping freight.
As for what the road itself, the Bi-County Parkway is the western off-shoot of the previously proposed Tri-County Parkway, which has been on the books in Prince William for years under the county's comprehensive plan.
A common problem cited with developing a parkway that would also run through parts of Fairfax County as well as Loudoun and Prince William is that existing wetlands would require a bridge and run a price tag of several hundred million more dollars than the western Bi-County Route, which would include a bypass around the Manassas National Battlefield.
Instead, the Bi-County Parkway would start north of the Prince William County Parkway, run into Loudoun County and then hit a connector road that has not been built yet to the east linking to Dulles.
However, residents took particular issue with that route, especially those who live off of Pageland Lane.
A 600-foot-wide corridor is being studied in the local area to determine where a four-lane road with a width of 160 to 200 feet could run.
Residents say that road would require them to forfeit some of their property and that the uncertainty about it means it's harder for them to sell their homes.
That, they argued, causes their property values to plummet.
Others mentioned that they have farms and simply don't want to give up their land because they moved to the country side for the quiet.
The crowd jeered Tyeryar out of apparent disbelief when he told them there weren't any plans to claim anyone's front yards.
His presentation style did not always sit well with audience members, who occasionally booed him when he went to take the microphone.
He had laughed when one woman asked whether what she said she read online was true about the Bi-County Parkway really being a ploy for an outer-beltway that would include a bridge over the Potomac River north of Route 7.
Also, Haymarket Planning Commission shouted down Garczynski at one point about whether his the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority should even have authority to make spending decisions in the first place since it consists of officials who are not directly elected to their posts.
The argument made by Weir echoed the winning presentation Marshall made when he sued the Kaine administration in 2007 over the transportation plan "HB3202", which would have set up a regional body of officials that could raise and levy taxes for the purpose of funding transportation projects.
Marshall won his case as the Supreme Court agreed with him that even though elected officials from different localities would serve on the regional body, the fact that they would not have been elected directly to that particular board meant they did not have the constitutional authority to implement taxes.
As he sat near the podium next to his friend and ideologically conservative ally Black, Marshall said during a brief interview that while the heart of Weir's argument is identical to the one he made six years ago, the difference in this case is that none of the boards in question can raises and levy taxes; they are simply charged with spending taxpayer money.
That is a significant constitutional distinction as government-appointed agencies routinely spend taxpayer money they themselves do not raise but are instead granted to them by various governments.
Still, one particularly poignant moment from the meeting came when a woman in the crowd asked the presenters who among them was actually in a leadership role and would be accountable for making decisions.
Only Garczynski raised his hand.
Her point was that residents were not getting a chance to talk to the decision-makers themselves.
Concerns by residents ranged from the practical to the peculiar but most settled around access points for traffic, congestion on Interstate 66 if part of Route 234 or U.S. 29 is shut down to through traffic, property values and conservation.
One woman held us a cell phone to point to a picture of a bird she identified as a bald eagle that she said she saw in the area that is under consideration for the road.
More than one resident used the phrase "B.S." to describe their thoughts about the message coming from VDOT and other transportation representatives.
Hugo, however, said he planned to meet with VDOT Secretary Sean Connaughton, the former chairman of the Board of County Supervisors, Tuesday.
"I think it's fair to say that there's overwhelming opposition to the current alignment," said Hugo during an interview.
As for what happens next, "I think we contact the governor" and his lieutenants, Hugo replied.
"We let them know there are severe problems with this routing."


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LANSING -- School districts are more likely to be successful when school board members are primarily focused on improving academic performance, regardless of demographics or financial issues, a new study from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute reveals.
The findings are based on a survey of members from more than 400 school boards in every state except Alaska, and come as the role of elected school boards is being questioned by prominent voices in the school reform debate.
School governance has been a hot topic in Michigan, with State Superintendent Mike Flanagan proposing giving local superintendents more authority to deal with financial problems as districts struggle with budget deficits and declining enrollment and encouraging struggling districts to consider consolidating.
Nationally, Netflix CEO and charter school supporter Reed Hastings recently told a California charter schools group that the "fundamental problem" with education was the use of elected school boards to govern schools.
"And so the fundamental problem with school districts is not their fault, the fundamental problem is that they don't get to control their boards and the importance of the charter school movement is to evolve America from a system where governance is constantly changing and you can't do long term planning to a system of large non-profits," Hastings said.
The Fordham report, by comparison, draws an opposite conclusion, arguing that school boards are an important part of American education.
"More than anything, what we take from this study is that school board members and their attitudes do matter - and therefore it's important to take seriously who gets elected and how that is done," the Fordham report states.
School district success appears to be linked to board members being elected on the same election cycle as other offices, the study found, but board members with experience in public education are less likely to have a clear picture of the problems their districts face.
"Those whose background is in public education are much more likely to say that school finances are a major barrier to academic achievement and that raising teacher pay is central to improving achievement in their district—regardless of the actual level
of funding or relative generosity of teacher pay in their districts. In contrast, board members without an occupational background in K–12 education display more accurate knowledge of actual district conditions when it comes to finance, teacher pay, and other areas," study authors Arnold Shober and Michael Hartney wrote.
The report also found that political moderates tended to have a better understanding of a district's financial and academic conditions than board members at either end of the political spectrum, and tended to be more focused on academic performance.
Brian Smith is the statewide education and courts reporter for MLive. Email him at email@example.com or follow him on Twitter or Facebook.


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Update: Passenger dies at hospital
SAGINAW, MI — A vehicle crashed through the ice on the Saginaw River about 5 p.m. Christmas Day after going over the guardrail on the eastbound side of the Center Street Bridge.
"The driver of the vehicle got out on his own and called 911," said Saginaw Police Lt. Robert Ruth. "The passenger of the vehicle was taken out a short time later by the Saginaw County Dive Team with assistance from the Saginaw Fire Department."
Ruth said there were two people in the vehicle, and the status of the passenger is unknown.
This post has been updated with the latest information, check back on mlive.com/saginaw for updates as they become available.


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As many of us know, when foreign guests come to visit, a traditional-themed restaurant is in order. So when the time comes to go through the list, it is beneficial to have an additional option.
It is thus that we ended up at Manastirska Magernitsa earlier this summer, housed in the former home and garden of Bulgaria's first post-Liberation literary critic, Krustyo Krustev. I had first been at the restaurant three years ago, and found the atmosphere charming, the service better-than-decent and the food memorably good – not to mention the 31-paged menu, hilarious in its descriptions and tales of each dish. (Unfortunately, the English translations add another layer to the off-the-wall menu, though not in a good way.)
Inside the restaurant, seating is divided, given the house floor plan, which allows intimacy and a sense of being na gosti. Also, there is a nice spit that roasts meat over live coals.
Food is traditional, based on the monastery kitchen (which, by the way, is what "manastirska magernitsa" roughly means), with many dishes that would be uncommon elsewhere, including some with creative names like "male courgettes against divorce". We were scared to ask.
Reservations are recommended for evenings, particularly on the weekend. When I stopped by one morning to do so, and to look at the menu, the excellent reception by the waitstaff was a surprise: the waiter offered me a chair, set out the menu, asked if we wanted anything to drink...
That evening, it continued to be excellent, responsive, polite and cheery, but not acting like your best friend. Though it did seem, at times, that our waiter had disappeared.
To our table, as with the others, was presented a two-tiered wooden stand with incredibly tasty, tender, puffy chunks of white bread, and sharena sol (spiced salt for dipping, a Bulgarian tradition). Along with this was something the waiter later described as the chef's speciality: "gris", he called it, a homogenised mixture with the consistency of paste, white, with a hint of onion, like tarama, but without the fish.
Well, when this was all delivered, we were kind of surprised, so I asked my friends if anyone at the table had ordered it while I was away; the waiter said: "It's something we do for our special guests." Suspicions arose on my part, like, did he know that I wrote reviews?
It turns out that, at the end of the meal, this bread and gris was included in the bill, at 2.50 leva per person. We asked the waiter, out of curiosity, about it, and he said that he was new there, and that it seemed like a strange thing to him, but that was what his bosses had told him to do. He said that we were the second party during his shift that day to question the charge, and that it had been brought up by at least five or six other parties as well.
Anyway, the food that night was excellent. We each ordered a salad platter (about seven to nine leva each), good-sized with mixes of salads like shredded carrot and cabbage, cubed cucumbers and tomatoes, roasted sweet peppers, sweet peppers stuffed with katuk (feta cheese mixed with yoghurt) seasoned with raw garlic, izvara (ricotta cheese) seasoned with paprika (yum), and a sprig of fresh basil. Very nice.
By then rather full, we decided to share the "quail in the nest" (about 14 leva), braised pieces of quail surrounded by a ring of fresh vegetables: cucumber, olives, tomatoes, lettuce, with slices of lemon: the nest! It was so cute, and the quail was delicious.
While our waiter had recommended crème caramel for dessert, because it was fresh, we opted for the tiramisù.
We had Zagorka (bottle, only Kamenitza on draught), herbal rakiya and cherry rakiya (mini-sized, 1.50 leva each), and a large gin & tonic (about 9.40 leva), and left overall satisfied.
Folk music there was, and at a good, quiet volume, but I was a bit perturbed because it came from a folk TV channel, and not live musicians.
Recently there for a Friday lunch, the reception was a reverse of the previous visit: after waiting around in the pretty stone-paved garden for five minutes or so, during which we admired the artefacts, one of us went inside the house to find an employee: all the available tables had "reserved" signs on them. It turned that they were not reserved for lunch, and we took our seats.
And waited some more.
The (sole) waitress eventually returned with the menus and we eventually were able to order: a green salad with eggs (3.70 leva), a salad of cabbage and celeriac (2.80 leva), a Thracian salad (5.70 leva) and one of the mixed salad platters, the pastirska (8.50). To go with this were three large Troyanska Slivova rakiyas (3.80 each), an ayran (1.10 leva) and a glass of tap water, for which we got charged 39 stotinki.
The salads, copious, eventually arrived, and were nice and fresh, though the Thracian salad (ie, snezhanka, five scoops of thick yoghurt mixed with chopped cucumbers and plentiful amounts of dill) had been described as being abundant in garlic, and it was not.
When the main courses eventually arrived (notice a trend here?), the waitress had mixed up the order for grilled veal fillet (18.40 leva) and brought grilled chicken instead; she righted the mistake, but did not ask how the beef should be cooked. Otherwise, we had decent grilled pork liver (7.70 leva, described in the menu as being "peppery", which it was not), small juicy meatballs (11.60 leva), made with real beef and each served on its own mound of real mashed potatoes (the kyufte were pale, and could have been better grilled), and chicken in garlic sauce, which came with pan-fried slices of potato. Here again, the garlic was understated.
At least the waitress asked if we wanted the bread: no.
Something else: we were excited that there was Turkish coffee: do not order it. It is made with espresso-grind coffee and leaves grit in your teeth.
So. Personally, I like Manastirska Magernitsa, and find its food to be among the best when it comes to traditional restaurants, not to mention the fabulous menu. Again, though, with such variable levels of service, I would hesitate to take someone I really wanted to impress there.
Overall: 4/6
Service: 3/6
Atmosphere 4/6
Food 4/6
Price $$$ ($ up to 12 leva a person for three courses; $$ 12 to 20 leva pp; $$$ 20 to 35 pp; $$$$ 35 and over pp)
[[map:67 Khan Asparuh Str|67 хан аспарух, Sofia|]], Sofia
Tel: 02/ 980 38 83, 02/ 980 33 03; 089/ 994 94 00
Open: Mon-Sat, 11am-midnight
Credit cards: yes
This is the worst restaurant I have been in during my 10 days visiting Bulgaria.
The ambience is overloaded, the waiters try to make you choose dishes you do not really want, at the end they bring food you have not ordered, as a gentleness, but charge them in the bill...
Our invoice was double that usually paid at any restaurant in all Bulgaria, and we have been going out at different places for each eating during our holidays.
To be honest, I have to point this is one of the few lieus in [...]
Read the full comment which we were offered to ask for the deserts.
For us, this has been a forgetting experience we will not repeat, and, of course, we do not recomend in any way.
On my many 11-week trips to BG over the last 7 years, I have always found MM to offer delicious food. The service was almost always perfectively attentive. You see from the article other writers found otherwise.
Expensive? Yes, compared to perfectly ordinary, tasty neigborhood restaurants.
I regard subject restaurant as one of the best in Sofia, considering quality of food, service, atmosphere, and prices.


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The East Syracuse Minoa boys lacrosse team was 3-0 in one-goal games this season heading into Thursday's showdown at New Hartford.
Thanks to two Corey Haynes goals in the final minute of play the Spartans are now 4-0 in tight games with an 8-7 win over other Spartans.
"We seem to handle the pressure well," ESM head coach Jon McCoy said. "I would enjoy a little bit more margin of victory though."
After New Hartford took a 4-1 lead at the half, they went ahead 7-6 on a Jesse Ondrako goal with a minute left.
Haynes scored less than 10 seconds later to tie it and then scored the game winner with 18 seconds left off of a set play. He had three goals and an assist in the end while Andrew Rosso scored twice and added a pair of helpers.
"It is a testament to the boy believing in one another and being resilient," McCoy said. "It is important to develop the belief that we can do this. Eventually we will be here again and now they know if they execute they can do it."
Following a timeout, New Hartford just missed a chance to tie when Nick Cooke's bounce shot was just too high with about two seconds left.
Connor Nelson scored three goals in the loss, while both Joe Ondrako and Nick Cooke finished with a goal and two assists.
The win pushed ESM to 7-0 on the year, while New Hartford is 4-2.
East Syracuse Minoa has Syracuse East at 11 a.m. on Saturday, while New Hartford hosts Cortland on Tuesday.


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Two recent rabies cases can be added to the short list of such cases in Warren County this year.
In a rabies alert issued on Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced a sick raccoon was picked up by a dog while the dog was being walked by its owner on Hazeltine Hollow Road in Sugar Grove Township. After noticing the raccoon was alive, the owner contacted the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Once in possession of the animal, Game Commission personnel submitted it to the Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory. The raccoon tested positive for rabies.
No humans were exposed to the raccoon. The dog, which was exposed to it, had current vaccinations.
Still, the dog received a rabies booster and will be quarantined for 90 days.
In an earlier alert issued Wednesday, the department said another sick raccoon was found lying along Greene Avenue in Conewango Township on Aug. 31. Later in the morning, that same raccoon came to the glass door of a home and attempted to enter it.
A homeowner shot the raccoon and submitted it to the state veterinary laboratory. It also tested positive for rabies. No people or animals were exposed to it.
Pennsylvania law requires all dogs and non-feral cats three months of age and older to be vaccinated against rabies. Booster vaccinations must be administered periodically to maintain lifelong immunity. Failure to comply may result in a fine up to $300.
Nicole Bucher, deputy press secretary for the Department of Agriculture, said the most updated state rabies map for 2012 runs through July 31. For Warren County, there are two raccoons and one bat listed.
"That's quite a bit less than in other areas," Bucher said. "It seems concentrated in the southwest and southeast."
To report a rabies case, contact the Game Commission at 432-3189.


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The Obama administration this week offered a bushel of new advice that citizens across the country can use to better their lives.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has an entire website devoted to healthy eating called ChooseMyPlate.gov. That website's "tip of the day" encourages parents to love their children the right way.
"Reward your child with attention and kind words, not food," it says. "Show your love with hugs and kisses. Console with hugs and talks."
In a new post on healthy eating on a budget, the site encourages people to prepare healthy meals, and offers ways to save money that mostly revolve around using coupons.
"Search for coupons," it advises. Other advice includes "buy when foods are on sale," "find out if the store will match competitors' coupons," and "find a coupon buddy."
On Thursday, the Department of Education released a cache of advice for high school students who are thinking about college. But before making that big leap, the department said students need to "learn how to do your own laundry."
"Those whites can turn into some interesting colors and transform into a smaller size if you don't know your way around a washer and dryer," the department said.
Other advice from the Education Department included "craft a good resume," "learn how to network," and "learn how to keep you and your things safe."
The department also stole a page from USDA, by advising students to "embrace coupons."
This week was national hurricane preparedness week, and that prompted the Department of Health and Human Services to offer its own advice to stay safe from storms, but also bounce back from them faster.
"The first thing to do is exactly what many of us already do; getting the health care we need to stay healthy every day," HHS said. "People who are healthy before disasters are less likely to become ill or injured during the disaster, and are able to bounce back faster."
Finally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration offered some summer driving advice that it recommended for anyone driving a car. Among its recommendations were "buckle up," "don't drive after drinking," and "check your tire's air pressure."
"That's just a sampling of the potentially lifesaving guidance you'll find at NHTSA's interactive Summer Driving Tips web page," the agency said.


text: A little further up Route 60 from the Hvammur junction and about 2km west, LAUGAR in Sælingsdalur valley was the birthplace of Guðrún Ósvifsdóttir. Remains of the old baths where she had frequent meetings with Kjartan can still be seen at Laugar farm; follow the signs to it along Route 589. This valley is also where her husband Bolli was ambushed and murdered by Kjartan's brothers. In Guðrún's day, the geothermal springs here were an important landmark for travellers on the long journey to and from the West Fjords. Today they feed a wonderful outdoor swimming pool and small steam room which forms part of the Edda Laugar hotel. There's also a school nearby housing a small folk museum, with the usual displays on local history.


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EAST ORANGE -- After nearly 40 years of treating mentally ill patients in a scenic mansion, the only day treatment psychiatric facility in East Orange is moving to a more practical space where administrators hope to expand programming and increase efficiency.
The independent, non-profit Community Psychiatric Institute treats roughly 125 patients a day who battle schizophrenia, severe substance abuse and other forms of psychological illness. That task was difficult in the 6,000-square-foot Georgian mansion on South Munn Street, where the institute stood since 1972, according to executive director and co-founder Alan Furst.
"It was gorgeous," Furst said of the 160-year-old mansion. "But it was too small, it wasn't handicap-accessible, and it was old, so it always needed repairs."
On Monday, the institute will open for business in a modern, 22,000-square-foot building on Sanford Street. Furst hopes the space will improve morale, and will allow for future programming, including a specialized, licensed substance abuse program.
"This is a bright, clean, positive, modern place now," Furst said. "We have a commitment to quality, and now we have more space to show it."
Furst held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, where about 20 people greeted the new building, including Mayor Robert L. Bowser, whose brother Hamilton Bowser used to own the building for his construction company.
The Community Psychiatric Institute was founded on the premise that mentally ill patients can be integrated into society, Furst said, which is why it does not keep patients overnight. Instead, the institute offers on-staff nurses, doctors and psychiatrists who administer therapy, prescriptions and support groups during the day.
The patients, who typically survive on government disability money, are also free to take donated housewear from the institute's storage room. Patients, who are 18 or older, pay for the service with Medicaid.
Judy Jones, a Livingston resident, said her cousin has used the institute for 14 years to treat her schizophrenia. Jones, who was at the ceremony, was thrilled by the new facilities.
"Here, I know that she's safe and secure," Jones said. "I remember 14 years ago looking everywhere, and there's no place like this anywhere in the area."


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WASHINGTON — Award-winning actress Alfre Woodard has joined the cast of Copper, a Civil War-based BBC America series, for five episodes, starting on Sunday. She plays the part of former slave Hattie Lemaster, mother of Sara Freeman (Tessa Thompson) and wife of Dr. Matthew Freeman.
Copper centers on the melting pot of immigrants in the Five Points area of New York and its crime and social conflicts.
In March 1865, the always-changing social and political landscape of New York is already adapting to the anticipated end of the Civil War, although no one can anticipate what will happen a month later: the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
Woodard was on a human-rights mission in Zimbabwe for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights when she was asked to play the part. She hadn't seen the show, but "The people I trust most swore by it, the first season," she said.
"They said (producer) Tom Fontana's name. I said: 'OK, I will be there. What plane do I get on?' I worked with Fontana years ago; we remained friends. As well as being one of the best guys ever, he is a brilliant writer, and he's our executive producer."
Fontana, who has won three Emmy Awards, also produced Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz and St. Elsewhere.
Woodard was amazed at the Copper set, built in a giant warehouse in Toronto. "The entire thing is cobblestone streets, dirt; there are animals that live there," she said. "It's just amazing. You walk into a different world."


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A perfect picture on the wall
By Ed Londergan
Linda Sbrogna was inspired to begin her business as a result of something she overheard. While working as an administrative assistant at UMass Medical School, her manager asked if she would be interested in organizing an art gallery for one of the floors as part of a larger reception. An artist by hobby, she was very interested.
The day of the reception, a patient walked up to one of the art pieces and stood... Read More


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Ryne Sandberg's smile shines brightly here for the Topps photographers, as he is coming off his Most Valuable Player run in 1984. A year later, Sandberg hit .305 with 26 home runs, 83 RBIs and 113 runs scored.
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Former teacher to use insanity plea against charges of sex with student
ABC Action News | November 30, 2004
TAMPA - When a young Hillsborough County teacher was accused this summer of having a sexual affair with a 14-year-old student, many people's first reaction to the notorious case was, 'She's crazy.' Tuesday, Debra Lafave's attorney announced that his client would indeed be using an insanity defense.
Lafave, 24, is facing charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, stemming from accusations that the former Greco Middle School teacher had sex with the student both at school and in a car driven by the student's cousin in Ocala.
The case has garnered international attention, but since turning herself in to police in June, Lafave has kept a low profile. She was ordered to appear at Tuesday's pre-trial hearing, but did not say anything.
In her place, attorney John Fitzgibbons asked the court for a delay because of a shift in his defense tactics.
"To give the court a sense of the case, I anticipate that in the near future, I will be filing a notice of insanity defense. There is some work being done by a doctor…we have accumulated medical records," he told the judge.
Lafave's trial was originally scheduled for December 6. Prosecutors had been forewarned of the new defense tactic, but still said it should push the trial back "a couple months," into next spring.
According to prosecutor Mike Sinacore, the burden is on the defense to prove insanity by meeting two standards.
"The person suffered from mental illness at the time of the offense, and the second prong is to prove that either they did not know what they were doing, or that they did know what they were doing but did not know that it was wrong," he explained.
Given that, it was not clear from either Fitzgibbons' comments or court documents what the reasoning behind the new defense was.
John Fitzgibbons discusses the case as Lafave and her family look on.
"Debbie has some profound emotional issues that are not her fault. I think once anyone reads what the doctors have to say, they will understand a lot more about what happened here," Fitzgibbons said outside court, as Lafave stood silently next to him.
That reasoning may become more clear as the prosecution releases evidence in the case later this week. That is expected to include phone conversations between Lafave and the teen, and store surveillance photos showing them shopping together.
One factor the defense might use to invoke an insanity defense is the recent trauma Lafave's family has been through. Her pregnant sister was killed in a high-profile drunk driving accident three years ago, and Lafave was in court for that trial alongside the rest of her family, who also turned out for Tuesday's hearing.
Her soon-to-be former husband, Owen Lafave, was not there, however. Owen filed for divorce in August and told Action News previously that the case has been like "living a nightmare" for him.
Debbie Lafave also faces similar charges in Marion County.


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SPRINGFIELD - Antonio Jiminez, tenant, took a big step toward becoming Antonio Jiminez, landlord, during a real estate auction at City Hall Tuesday night.
The owner of Tropical Food Mart and Deli at 341-343 Wilbraham Ave. jumped into the bidding for the building housing his business, matching offers by several others as auctioneer Daniel J. Flynn called out higher and higher figures.
"Sixty thousand dollars, do I hear $70,000 ... do I hear $80,000," Flynn barked, lending the event an atmosphere somewhere between Bingo and speed dating.
Finally, when the market owner offered $125,000, his rivals dropped out.
"One hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars - congratulations sir," Flynn said, as the crowd cheered and two people hugged the winning bidder.
Jiminez, 41, of Springfield, was one of dozens of would-be buyers bidding during the auction in the City Council chambers.
The event - sponsored by the city to unload tax delinquent or abandoned real estate - drew a large crowd, with several hundred people jamming the council chambers or milling around in the second floor hallway.
Some of the properties were specialty items - small tracts of land between two larger ones, or empty lots zoned for parking or other limited uses. But even the more attractive properties, including a three-family home on Albemarle Street valued at $147,300, went far below market value.
"Sixty-five thousand - it's beautiful; sixty-five thousand, going once, it's a great deal," Flynn announced, before settling for $65,000.
Another hot property was 39 Parkwood, which sold several years ago for $200,000, but went for $62,500 Tuesday night.
"Look at it," said Phil Levesque, of Springfield, pointing a picture of the house in an advertising flier. After submitting a losing bid, Levesque wondered why a bank would even put the house up for auction.
"That is a very good deal," he said.
Reinaldo Gonzalez, legal counsel for the Massachusetts Latino Chamber of Commerce, said winning the auction does not guarantee ownership of the property, and several legal hurdles remain.
But Gonzalez, who attended the auction with Jiminez, said the market owner was far closer to becoming his own landlord now than before the auction.
"He's taken a very big step," Gonzalez said, after shaking Jiminez's hand.


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text: Incumbents Laura Mihalick and Steven Velk were re-elected to the Minot Public School Board during Tuesday's election. With 11 precincts reporting, Mihalick had 1,609 votes, and Velk had 1,553 votes. They defeated Chris Baker, who had 592 votes, or 16 percent of the vote, and Lachelle Smith, who had 524 votes, or 15 percent of the vote.


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It's tough sledding for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEX: ^DJI ) today. As of 2:20 p.m. EST, the Dow has incurred minor losses of 0.29%. With the results of Hurricane Sandy's damages being felt among Wall Street, about half of the index's stocks are in the red -- led by one major retailer's earnings flop. It's a day where the Dow can't seem to decide if it wants to go up or down, but let's go around the markets to see who's gaining and who's losing.
Hurricane hits retail, communications
The Dow ended yesterday's bearish session in poor fashion, closing at its lowest point in months. Things aren't looking a whole lot better today as both the much-debated fiscal cliff and the impact of the recent hurricane weigh on the economy. Lazard Capital Markets market strategist Art Hogan summed things up succinctly, remarking, "To the extent we are continuing to see weakness in this marketplace, we're clearly focused on the storm damage to economic data and businesses."
The storm had pushed Home Depot (NYSE: HD ) higher in the immediate aftermath of its impact, but the home improvement giant is only up a fraction of a percent today. The hurricane's effects hit other retailers much harder, although today's big retail losses come primarily from an earnings miss. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT ) fell short on revenue expectations despite beating earnings projections, and with the retail industry painting a gloomy picture of this year's fourth quarter, the stock has dropped 3.7% so far today.
Telecoms didn't fare much better, as both AT&T (NYSE: T ) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ ) rank among the worst Dow laggards with losses of about 1% each. Both companies saw large sections of their networks temporarily knocked out by the hurricane, and though these areas are back online, shares have continued to sag.
Good day for the tech sector
Some of the Dow's members are reporting a brighter Thursday, however. The tech sector has had a good day so far, led higher by Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO ) and its 2%-plus gains. The company reported strong earnings that crushed expectations yesterday, and with a similar positive quarterly report from competitor NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP ) , it's been a good few days for Cisco.
Fellow tech company Intel (Nasdaq: INTC ) has also seen a decent day so far, as shares have risen 0.5%. Concerns have been mounting around the future of Intel's competitor AMD (NYSE: AMD ) , and the chip maker has hit a new 52-week low. Even though the PC market continues to decline, Intel looks good compared to its waning rival.
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The provincial government indicated that it has embraced its coyote "pelt-incentive program" wholeheartedly when it announced back in October that it's extending the questionable incentive by three years.
"People deserve to feel safe in their communities whether they are out walking trails or just enjoying their own backyards," said Natural Resources Minister Charlie Parker in an associated news release. "Our four-part plan is helping families better understand the dangers of coyotes, how to avoid them, and what to do if they come into contact with one."
The pelt-incentive program — by which trappers are paid $20 per coyote pelt — is one part of the plan. The other parts include staffing a "wildlife conflict" biologist, distributing information on how to deal with coyotes, and maintaining a list of 13 specially trained trappers to target aggressive coyotes in specific areas.
The four-part plan was introduced prior to the 2010-11 trapping season, during which the province paid 366 trappers a total of $52,860 for 2,643 coyotes killed. During the 2011-12 season, 403 trappers were paid $66,800 for 3,340 prepared pelts.
But, as the CBC reported on Wednesday, anecdotal evidence from trappers indicates that "coyote-human interactions" persist, in large part, said Mark Wood of the Nova Scotia Trappers Association, because people are careless about leaving potential coyote food around their properties, not to mention allowing pets to roam free.
"Take a walk down the street, there's so much food-smelling material around whether it be actual food or garbage — that draws wildlife — it doesn't matter whether it's a coyote, or a squirrel or a raccoon," Wood told the CBC.
That specific problem indicates that the educational aspect of the province's four-part plan is necessary, though it won't eliminate the problem. Indeed, potential food sources for coyotes run the gamut from compost piles to old apple orchards.
Education will only accomplish so much, and human encounters with coyotes are almost inevitable. The province does provide information on how to deal with coyote encounters, but any encounter that involves aggression warrants one of the 13 specially trained trappers stepping in to kill the problem animal or animals. And it also makes sense to have a biologist on staff to monitor interactions between humans and coyotes.
But the general pelt-incentive program — which doesn't target specific animals — continues to smack of a political non-solution based on poor science.
There's little evidence that culls work to significantly decrease encounters between humans and a particular species, unless you eliminate the species entirely (which, when it comes to coyotes, might satisfy some people).
And coyotes are "compensatory" breeders — that is, when their population is under pressure, they simply produce larger litters.
The pelt-incentive program may be putting money in trappers' pockets, but its effectiveness in questionable at best.


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METAIRIE, La. -- Rookie cornerback Malcolm Jenkins and the New Orleans Saints agreed to terms Sunday night on a five-year contract, opening the way for the Piscataway native and former Ohio State standout to report to training camp.
Jenkins was the Saints' first-round draft pick, taken 14th overall, and has missed the first 10 days of camp, including the club's scrimmage on Saturday.
"We're glad to have agreed to this five-year deal with Malcolm and look forward to seeing him at practice with his teammates" on Monday, general manager Mickey Loomis said. "He is an intelligent young man and given what we saw from him on the field during the offseason, I'm confident that he will get up to speed sooner rather than later."
The Saints open their preseason schedule on Friday night against the Cincinnati Bengals in the Louisiana Superdome. Jenkins could have an opportunity to play in all four exhibition games as he attempts to work his way into the Saints lineup.
"Finally we can get this ball rolling," Jenkins announced on his Twitter Web site Sunday night. "Sorry for making you guys wait ..."
Currently, Jenkins is slotted as a backup, with Jabari Greer and Tracy Porter the expected starters at corner. Randall Gay also has rotated in to work with the first-team cornerbacks during camp, but missed a couple practices late last week with an inflamed bursa at the base of his heel.
Jenkins started 45 games in a four-year career at Ohio State that earned him first-team All-America honors and the Jim Thorpe Award as a senior. He was an Associated Press first-team All-Big Ten choice as a junior and senior.
He had 11 career interceptions, returning two for touchdowns. He also had 196 tackles and one sack, deflected 18 passes and forced four fumbles. Also playing on special teams, he blocked three punts, two during his senior season.
Last season, Jenkins made a career-high 57 tackles, including one sack, intercepted three passes and forced three fumbles.
The Saints did not release financial terms of Jenkins' contract.
With the signing of Jenkins, five first-round picks remain unsigned, two of which, B.J. Raji and Eugene Monroe, are New Jersey natives.


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By MICHAEL MULGREW
Every day when I pick up the newspapers, I feel like I am stepping through a looking glass into an alternate reality.
Everyone agrees that improving education is one of our nation's top priorities, that our future depends on it. But I never read anything about curriculum, classroom instruction or class sizes, nothing about figuring out what resources and supports will help educators or how to address the needs of struggling students or school communities.
Instead, I read about people and organizations scapegoating and demonizing educators. They prefer to talk about things such as how principals must be able to lay off whatever teachers they want, tenure ought to be abolished, teacher evaluations made more punitive, collective-bargaining rights eliminated and benefits for educators slashed.
In short, a wholesale attack on the teaching profession.
And I wonder how in the world are we going to improve education if these critics won't engage in the issues that really matter?
Take the issue of layoffs. Mayor Michael Bloomberg is determined to lay off teachers. The city has a $3-billion surplus, the Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said layoffs are not necessary, and sensible revenue-generating plans are on the table in Albany. And keep in mind we have lost 5,000 teachers through attrition just in the last two years.
But the mayor wants to do layoffs anyway, just so he can force the issue of changing seniority rules. How does this help education?
This isn't just happening in New York. The fight that we see our colleagues engaging in around the country is in places like Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, Indiana, Tennessee and elsewhere is a brazen attack on teachers.
None of the proposals being debated in any of these states will do anything to help education and, in fact, will harm it.
And in Denver last week, a conference convened by U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan that was supposed to be about developing collaborative ways to improve education centered instead on developing punitive measures against educators.
Where is the discussion in any of these places about helping teachers be more effective, about reducing class sizes, about what schools and communities and government can do to help children overcome challenges they face?
We don't hear discussion about any of these issues, except by educators themselves.
Across the country, educators are under attack by people who eagerly demonize those who teach. If these critics really want to help improve education, they need to stop hand-wringing and engage in the issues that really matter.


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DaveCast #29
First of all, my podcast schedule is off and I really hope to get back on track this week. In fact, spitballing a little her, I may actually do a podcast while I drive home from Indy Friday night.
But, this week I was hit with some ideas after seeing some blunders in others online and social media strategy. I am not saying I am perfect any or all of the above, but I am doing pretty darn well. I am either making changes or willing to make changes.
Yeah, I never heard of you and neither has Google
You don't have a blog. You don't know how to blog and you do not have your site set up to be found. I know blogging and being on social media is not easy, setting your blog is not easy, it will cost money and it takes time. Staying up to day on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Google + is not a set it and forget it, and if anyone ever tries to tell you that they do not know what the hell they are talking about.
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Hey he was funny on the Gong Show, but I am sure you own a digital camera or someone you know owns one, take pic and put one up on your profile. What I have done is create folder on desktop that has all my social media platform pics, my "about" and other pertinent items in an easy to grab, no excuse for me not to fill out a profile format.
Lurking Stalker
You are on all of the major social platforms, but you are not branding yourself there. You do no t engage with others either in your field or anyone that would benefit from your expertise. Do not be afraid to engage, they are not going to bite you.
Create lists – I do my best to add every new follower or friend in a list on Twitter and Facebook. It makes them easy to track and engage down the road.
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- cookie cutter website (hello real estate and mortgage people)
- never an update on your blog or socially
- nothing is every "FREE"
- you buy content and you do not rewrite and make it SEO friendly
Ads and Social
You do a PPC campaign and or facebook ad and you send people back to your main part of your site – Think Landing Page
Break the Rules of Engagement
- don't follow back or acknowledge anyone
- don't engage
- little to no follow-up of any bloody kind
- you never return a call or an email in a timely fashion at all
GeekEstate Build 2012 I am working with some other agents and the guys from GeekEstate to build my real estate website for my ne real estate venture in NW Indiana. More information to come soon
90Dave, I started my 2nd 90 Day Challenge for more information check out my 90 Day Challenge page.
Tool of the week – Noom
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The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks have never played each other, but the matchup has already become one of the best rivalries in the NBA.
The Nets and Knicks will square off for the first time since the Nets moved to Brooklyn on Wednesday night in what will be the last preseason game for both squads.
You may not be buying into the rivalry just yet, but as the New York Post's Paul Schwartz tweets, others are.
You want to go see the Knicks-Nets season opener in Brooklyn? You got $800 to spend per ticket? Read on: sulia.com/c/basketball/f…— Paul Schwartz (@NYPost_Schwartz) October 23, 2012
With so many storylines to follow, here are three things to watch for Nets fans on Wednesday night.