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The movie "Saving Mr. Banks" already sounds like a sure fire Oscar-contender and a new player added to the mix sounds like it really will be.
Tom Hanks is in talks to play Walt Disney in the movie about Disney's 14-year courtship of P.L. Travers, the woman who wrote Mary Poppins, to sell him the rights to turn it into a movie. Emma Thompson is in talks to star as the Australian author who fought with Disney all the way through production, guarded about the property that was very close to her heart.
Unfortunately, she hated the animation sequences in the film and refused to sell any more rights over to Disney. A shame because the movie that starred Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and David Tomlinson (Mr. Banks) is now an instant Disney classic. I have a feeling this biopic about the events leading up to the movie's release will be as well.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In light of No. 1 Ohio State's 87-64 win over Purdue on Tuesday night, are the 21-0 Buckeyes really that much more difficult to defend than they were last year with national player of the year Evan Turner? With a true point guard, they might be.
Coach Thad Matta has said many times that point guard Mike Conley's departure for the NBA after one season, following the Final Four run of 2007, surprised the coaching staff and threw off their recruiting plans at the position. Turner was dangerous as a point guard last season, but he was a scorer first, and Purdue coach Matt Painter understood what Matta was saying.
"I think he finally got caught up to Mike Conley leaving, and he has that now in Aaron Craft," Painter said after Ohio State's win.
Throw in the passing ability of freshman big man Jared Sullinger, and Painter became the latest in a line of coaches unsure how to defend the Buckeyes.
"Evan was a guy who was going for his, and rightfully so. He was breaking people down, but I think they have a great mix of guys, though they had a great mix last year. But with Sullinger and his unselfishness, that is tough to defend," Painter said. "Jared Sullinger is a good player. I played with Glenn Robinson, and I saw a lot of guys throw things at him and we would just kind of laugh. I don't think there's just one way to defend a guy like that when you put shooters around him.
"Evan Turner was a tough guy to defend, Jared Sullinger is a tough guy to defend. But I think Thad has done a great job. He's had to adjust. He's had some guys leave after one year and he had to adjust."
Bound for Cleveland? For anyone particularly fired up and looking ahead to the NCAA Tournament, Quicken Loans Arena is a host site for the first two rounds of the tourney, March 18 and 20. Ohio State isn't guaranteed to be in Cleveland, but barring something unforeseen, it's hard to imagine the Buckeyes starting the tournament anywhere else.
Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at a price of $237 for all six games in the eight-team session -- four on Friday and two on Sunday.
Class of the Bucks: Ohio State senior and Cleveland native David Lighty is one of 10 national finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes excellence on and off the court. In fan voting among the finalists that began on Wednesday, Lighty was leading the way, comfortably ahead of Duke's Kyle Singler. You can vote online at Seniorclassaward.com/vote.
Boilermaker tribute: Craft's defense has, justifiably, drawn a lot of praise recently, and Painter finally dropped an inevitable comparison after the game to former Purdue defensive stopper Chris Kramer, a two-time Big Ten defensive player of the year in 2008 and 2010.
"He's tough and I talked to our guys and explained to them how he can move laterally and how he's like Chris Kramer defensively," Painter said. "He's better offensively, but he's similar to him in terms of moving his feet and his toughness."


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Heidel House Resort & Spa, Green Lake
- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 190 smoke-free guestrooms
- 3 restaurants and 3 bars/lounges
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available
- Fitness center
- 24-hour business center
- Childcare
- Terrace
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Garden
For families
- Babysitting or childcare
- Playground on site
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Television
- Garden
- Terrace
What's around
- Thrasher Opera House (1 mi / 1.7 km)
- Green Lake Town Square (1.1 mi / 1.8 km)
- Green Lake Marina (1.1 mi / 1.8 km)
- Golf Courses of Lawsonia (4.3 mi / 7 km)
- Little White School House (7.8 mi / 12.6 km)
- Milwaukee, WI (MKE-General Mitchell Intl.) 103-min drive; 99.7 miles/160.5 km
- Free self parking
Heidel House Resort & Spa, Green Lake
Hotel Info: 020 3027 9803from £118
- Deluxe Room, Multiple Beds, Lake View
- Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds
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Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 190 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 5 floors
- Check-in time starts at 4 PM
- Check-out time is 11 AM
Required at check in
- Credit card or cash deposit required
- Government-issued photo ID required
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Babysitting/childcare
- Pets not allowed
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Free self parking
Other information
- Smoke-free property
Nearby Three Star Green Lake hotels
In the hotel
- Cooked-to-order breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 3 restaurants
- 3 bars/lounges
- Coffee shop/café
- Poolside bar
- Room service (during limited hours)
- Indoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis on site
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Arcade/game room
- 24-hour business center
- Number of meeting rooms - 13
- Conference space
- Conference center
- Computer station
- 24-hour front desk
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Elevator/lift
- ATM/banking
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Garden
- Terrace
- Fireplace in lobby
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Iron/ironing board
- Hair dryer
- Cable TV channels
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
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Special features
Evensong Spa has 12 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, and reflexology. The spa is equipped with a spa tub and a steam room.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
DiningSunroom - This restaurant serves breakfast and lunch. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available.
Boathouse Pub - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Grey Rock - This fine-dining restaurant serves brunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Reservations are required.
On Site
- Fitness facilities
- Tennis on site
- Bicycle rentals on site
- Fishing on site
- Ice skating on site
- Kayaking on site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Playground on site
- Rowing or canoeing on site
- Cross-country skiing on site
- Snowshoeing on site
- Volleyball on site
- Water skiing on site
- Golfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Ski equipment rental shops nearby
- Sledding nearby
- Snow tubing nearby
- Snowmobiling nearby
Heidel House Resort & Spa, Green Lake's small print
Also known as
- Heidel House Resort Green Lake
- Heidel Resort Green Lake
- Heidel House Resort
- Heidel House Green Lake
- Heidel House
- Heidel House Hotel Green Lake
- Heidel Hotel Green Lake
- Heidel House Resort And Spa
- Heidel Resort Green Lake
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Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
Optional extras
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge of USD 30.00
Rollaway beds are available for USD 15.00 per night
We have included all charges provided to us by this hotel. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the room you book.
Recent reviews
Good 3.8 /5 from 70 reviews
We were there for a football game at Ripon College and enjoyed the Harvest Festival in Green Lake. Beautiful area and people.
This review pertains only to our one night stay in a standard room. We did not use any other part of the resort. Our room was dark, noisy and very tired looking. The one window faced a wall 6 feet away and an a/c unit. Our room a/c unit was noisy and created a buzzing noise every time it turned on. This drowned out the other, constant low-frequency buzz coming through the wall from some unidentified piece of machinery nearby. The carpeting looked quite old and the floor was uneven. Three of the five glasses were in the room were filthy. There were five glasses instead of the usual four because one was sitting on the edge of the bathtub with a bottle of shampoo, obviously left there from a previous guest and missed by housekeeping. The resort itself is very nicely located on the shore of Green Lake but it's overpriced for what we experienced and surely there must be better nearby. FWIW, my wife did enjoy the pitcher of infused water at the front desk during check in.
With central air the place would be perfect.
Your booking site stated 14.8 km from Spring Green WI, IT IS NOT, it is 99 miles!!!! Close to 2 hr drive! I had booked for 2 nights but did not have N extr 4hrs per day. To drive to and from the hotel and be able to make the activities I had booked in Spring Green. Had to give up my second booked night and find a hotel in Spring Green. I explained the mis-information to the Heidel House staff who seemed apologetic and understNding, but thus far I have not been credited back the over $200 for the second night room charge, in fact there is a pending affition $100 charge reflected on my card!!! An expensive and unending nightmare. Definitely put a damper on our Vacation costing unnecessary time, money and gasoline
I planned a solo Mom's getaway. After driving 4+hours, I checked in and went down to the restaurant to get a glass of wine. I was told I would need to purchase my wine at the bar and then carry it to the outside tables. I noticed others being served at their table while I had to walk inside for my second glass. The great night sleep I had hoped for was nonexistent. My room was right next to the noisy ice machine and pop machine. I was awoken 3x by the ice dispenser. When I mentioned it upon checkout, there was no apology. Just a "yeah, it is noisy". I felt it was too much $ for no service and no sleep.
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In 13 days Rutgers will kickoff its 2012 football season. The Scarlet Knights will travel down to New Orleans to play Tulane on Saturday, September 1st in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome at 8pm.
In this interactive series of polls, Rutgers fans will get to vote on the outcome of each game over the next 13 days. 13 days, 13 games. 13 games that is, if you vote this team to six or more victories and a bowl appearance.
Voters will also be given a choice to determine the margin of victory or defeat as well. This will help me determine where the Scarlet Knights will grade out in the polls each week as well. Each day at midnight, the voting will be closed and preparation for the next game will begin!
See where the Rutgers Football 2012 season ends up as chosen by you the fans!
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Saturday, September 1st, 8PM at Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Phil Steele Outlook:
Selected 6th in the Conference USA West division, and 12th of 12 teams in the conference.
Tulane beat Rutgers 17-14 on October 2, 2010 in Piscataway. Under unrelenting pressure Sophomore QB Tom Savage was knocked out of the game, paving way for QB Chas Dodd to later claim the starting role for the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers who led 7-0 early after a school-record 91-yard run on a wildcat play by Mohammed Sanu, was picked off with 48 seconds to derail a comeback bid.
Tulane is 4-7 in its last 11 home openers, including 0-7 vs. FBS competition in that span. The Scarlet Knights are 5-17 in road openers, but 4-2 over the last six years.
Rutgers is 2-0 in New Orleans, last winning 45-40 in 1995.
Tulane Players to Watch:
RB Orleans Darkwa and WR Ryan Grant will make the offense go. CBs John Flanders and Shakiel Smith are sturdy.
Please note that preseason Conference USA defensive player of the year favorite LB Trent Mackey has been suspended indefinitely after armed robbery charges last week.
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WEST MICHIGAN – The Muskegon area's two Republican lawmakers aren't happy with the Supreme Court's ruling on "Obamacare," but they're preparing to implement part of the law.
State Rep. Holly Hughes, of White River Township, is on the health policy committee, which had already begun discussing how to implement the state health exchanges required under the Affordable Care Act if the law was upheld, she said.
"People do need basic health care and the Supreme Court obviously has spoken, so we will be ready in Michigan," she said. "The court ruling is just one step in the process."
The Michigan Senate approved a bill that would help set up an Internet-based marketplace to assist small businesses and individuals with buying health insurance. The measure was sent to the House, which has not yet taken it in.
Republican State Sen. Goeff Hansen said in a statement he was "disappointed" in the Supreme Court's ruling and had supported Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's lawsuit over the health care law.
"I've always believed we have an obligation to protect Michigan job providers and residents from the federal Government's attempts to limit our health care options," he said.
Complete coverage of the Affordable Care Act ruling
Federal law requires each state to create an exchange where individuals and small businesses can buy health coverage by 2014. The federal government would create an exchange for states that don't comply.
Hansen said he voted for the insurance exchange bill last fall to "minimize" federal involvement in health care in Michigan.
"In the end, Michigan must still be in charge of its own destiny, and while I disagree with the court's decision, we as a state must move forward by instituting a health care plan that better manages health care costs and increases competition among insurers," he said.
Hughes said Michigan lawmakers don't want to be forced to accept the federal plan, whose details are not yet known, so they will come up with an exchange plan. The bigger question is how to pay for it, she said.
"We're going to have to find funding for it in these challenging economic times and I'm not sure exactly where that's going to come from," she said.
State Rep. Marcia Hovey-Wright, of Muskegon, said she was "relieved" by the ruling. She said some people have already benefited from the law, such as young people who have been able to stay on their parents' insurance until age 26.
"The Affordable Care Act will so much good for so many people," she said. "There's a lot of misinformation out there about it. We need to get the word out" about the positive items in the act.
Hovey-Wright said the current health care system is not good for everybody.
"It's been a concern of mine even before I became a legislator," she said.
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OAXACA, Mexico (Associated Press) — A hillside collapsed on hundreds of sleeping residents in a rural Mexican community early Tuesday, adding to the deadly toll that weeks of heavy rains have exacted on parts of Latin America.
Authorities in the town of Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec said seven people were killed in the mudslide and at least 100 were missing, but the leader of their state, Oaxaca Gov. Ulises Ruiz, reported four confirmed dead and 12 missing.
President Felipe Calderon reported on his Twitter account that an Army commander and 30 soldiers had reached the town by foot and that there was a lot of damage, but "perhaps not of the magnitude initially reported."
"We are very saddened by this tragedy, very sad but very determined to do everything in God's power to save the victims who are alive in this landslide and to help the people of Santa Maria," Calderon told reporters.
Read the full story: Rain hampers rescue efforts in Mexican mudslide
» Mudslide in Mexico buries homes (New York Times)
» Warning signs came before landslide in Oaxaca (Los Angeles Times)
What else is going on:
Student opens fire, hitting no one, then kills self at University of Texas (Dallas Morning News)
Kim Jong-un, son of North Korea's ailing leader, has been appointed to more high-powered posts, smoothing the way to his expected succession as the communist regime's next head of state. (Guardian)
Who is being considered by President Barack Obama to succeed Rahm Emanuel as his chief of staff? (Wall Street Journal)
FDA tells mouthwash makers to stop making unproven claims (Los Angeles Times)


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Letter-writers weigh in on retirement of Rep. James Walsh
To the Editor:
Dear Jim:
I want to thank and applaud you for your many years of dedicated service to the people of Central New York. You served the community with honesty, integrity, and a true desire to help those that you represented.
Although many have lost faith in our politicians, your career serves as an example that these virtues still exist in Washington. Walter Reuther once said: "There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow man. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well." Jim, you served Central New York very, very well!
I also want to thank you for all the sacrifices that you and Dede have made throughout your career. Sherry and I can only hope that you are truly able to spend the rest of your life enjoying them and doing all the things that you want to do.
But most of all, I truly appreciate the fact that despite your many accomplishments, you never changed as a person. I have seen many people of considerably less stature than you display unflattering vanity about their accomplishments.
Neil Falcone
Rep. Walsh ignored the people's will and the Constitution, too
To the Editor:
This letter is in response to the Jan. 27 Post-Standard article entitled, "When Walsh goes, the money goes with him." Note to media and local politicians: The responsibilities of a congressman go beyond "money" -- and with Walsh, boy, did we get shortchanged.
First, the local media should make up its mind on how much money Walsh allegedly brought into his district. The Jan. 25 Post-Standard editorial praising Walsh stated he's brought in more than $1 billion.
However, the Jan. 27 article stated he brought in $850 million. Did $250 million go missing in just a few days? Sounds like Iraq. But with all that money being brought in, one would think we would be thriving, and not just surviving, in Central New York.
Secondly, the congressional oath of office does not say, "I will bring as much pork barrel money to my district as possible." Instead it says, "I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States ..."
In that regard, Walsh -- like many in Congress -- has failed miserably.
So let's see. As long as a congressman brings money to his district, it's OK to ignore illegal wiretapping, torture, presidential abuse of constitutional power, sending our soldiers to war based on lies and the destruction of habeas corpus -- just to name a few.
Here is the bottom line: The Constitution does matter. When we get a congressional representative who understands and respects that idea, then, and only then, will we truly get our money's worth.
Steve Laws
North Syracuse
Flawed or not, Walsh worked within the system to help
To the Editor:
I would like to respond to the cartoon that appeared in the Sunday paper depicting Congressman Walsh as the "King of Pork."
Mr. Walsh, I feel, has a far more significant legacy than how he was represented in that cartoon. His life has been a public one for these many years and not once, to my knowledge, has he brought any hint of the negatives that far too often invade public figures' lives. He represents values that should be embraced at the political, business and family levels.
Over the course of his tenure he has brought significant funding back to this area, he has represented his district. Is the system flawed? Greater minds than mine can argue that, but he has worked hard within the system for "his" people, the people he represents. I, personally, would like to thank Mr. Walsh for his hard work in bringing money back to "his/our" area.
Kevin O'Leary
Walsh had chance but failed to
level playing field for workers
To the Editor:
Jim Walsh is retiring and the community is thanking him for his years of service and wishing him well. What has he done for us? As I drive through his district I see boarded up factories and people in poverty, sons and daughters of people who used to work in those factories who had a good life and hope for the future. A hope that is no longer there.
Years ago, their fathers and grandfathers worked at places like GE, Smith-Corona, Carrier, GM, Crucible Steel, just to name a few. People worked hard and were rewarded with a decent wage to raise families and save for the future. All of this is now gone.
Jim Walsh, being a member of Congress could have introduced legislation to keep the playing field fair for our workers. He failed us in this respect. He failed us.
Henry Perone
'Cradle Democrat' admires
Walsh's dedication to the job
To the Editor:
I am a cradle Democrat who began in the 20s and being such, have written letters to the editor that were in disagreement with some of Jim Walsh's votes. Some of my letters were published and on one occasion Jim's wife De De sent me a letter and was quite upset at my remarks.
Now at this time I for one would like to wish Jim and his family well. It needs saying he devoted quite a section of his life for what he believed in.
After 20 years in the battle of government he sure looks like a young 60-year-old. God bless.
Walter Pawlina
Van Buren


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After a first-round playoff exit in 2011-12, the Hershey Bears headed into the offseason with question marks about their coaching staff and their affiliation with the Washington Capitals.
Both questions were answered on Wednesday.
The affiliation extension is locked in for next season and includes an option to continue it in 2013-14.
The 2012-13 season will be Hershey's 75th anniversary AHL season. The Bears will host an outdoor game at Hersheypark Stadium and also play a game at Washington's Verizon Center.
"It shows stability for us as we're preparing for multiple events during the 75th anniversary season," Yingst said. "The success that our coaches have had and the success of the affiliation, we're hoping it moves right on towards a very successful 75th anniversary season."
The highly successful Hershey-Washington affiliation, which began in 2005-06, produced Calder Cups in 2005-06, 2008-09 and 2009-10. The Bears also advanced to the Calder Cup finals in 2006-07.
"It's been a relationship that's served both parties very well," French said.
French, who ranks No. 5 in all-time Hershey coaching wins (144) after three seasons, was head coach of the 2009-10 club, which also won an AHL-record 60 games during the regular season, and assistant coach of the 2008-09 club. Mann has served as his assistant the past three seasons.
"I think, to a degree, we've become a bit of a package deal," French said. "It makes sense to keep it together. Speaking for me, I think we work very well together and we complement each other, and our friendship probably adds to that as well.
"I'm happy for myself and Troy. I think we've done a good job. I think we've been treated very well by Washington and by Hershey. There's certainly no other place at the American League level that you'd want to coach."
Hershey's club-record run of six straight 40-plus-win seasons ended in 2011-12 (38 wins), and it was eliminated in the opening round of the Calder Cup playoffs by the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. In 2010-11, the Charlotte Checkers eliminated Hershey in the first round.
"I think the body of work that Frenchy and I have done over the three years has been good," Mann said.
"There's certainly guys that are moving on and playing roles up there [in Washington]."
Nineteen players with Hershey ties played for the Caps in 2011-12.
French, who has averaged 48 wins per season, is 37 wins from tying No. 4 John Paddock (181) on Hershey's all-time list.
"I think each team's different," French said. "I think you have to be flexible as a coach. But at the same time, as a coach, you certainly have certain things that you want to see and you want to stand for something.
"And that's not going to change depending on the talent and the team you coach. I think flexibility is an important thing, especially coaching at this level."
The Caps currently are searching for a new head coach to replace Dale Hunter. French said he didn't know whether he and Mann would have to take a larger role at Washington's July development camp should the head coaching position still be vacant at that time.
"I think it will be a very interesting development camp," French said. "I think both myself and Troy are eager for it."
Graham Mink's wife, Cristina, gave birth to a baby girl, Livia, on Wednesday.
Former Bears defenseman Danny Richmond signed to play with Pelicans in Finland next season, according to EliteProspects.com.
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Fog restrictions are in effect yet again on the Causeway Bridge, according to Causeway Police.
Motorists heading to the North Shore can only travel in the right lane and must observe a speed limit of 35 miles per hour. Motorists heading to the south shore can only cross in convoys.
All cars must have working head and tail lights, Causeway Police said. Give yourself more time than usual to cross the bridge.
Other areas where motorists may need extra time to drive past are:
-- The Huey P. Long Bridge: Truss monitoring is expected to block the left lane of both spans from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday. An alternative is to use I-310 or the Crescent City Connection.
-- I-610 westbound, between I-10 East (exit No. 1B) and Franklin Avenue (exit No. 4): Constructions will intermittently block lanes between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
-- I-10 westbound, between Paris Road (exit 246) and I-610 (exit 230): Workers will install pavement markers and block lanes intermittently from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Dec. 23.
See the weather you can expect on your way in to work or school.
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Pennsylvania Laws and Incentives
Listed below are the summaries of all current Pennsylvania laws, incentives, regulations, funding opportunities, and other initiatives related to alternative fuels and vehicles, advanced technologies, or air quality. You can go directly to summaries of:
State Incentives
Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) and Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Funding
The Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) Program provides financial assistance for qualified projects; information on alternative fuels, AFVs, HEVs, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and advanced vehicle technology research, development, and demonstration. Projects that result in product commercialization and the expansion of Pennsylvania companies are favored in the selection process.
The AFIG Program also offers rebates to assist eligible residents with the incremental cost of the purchase of new AFVs, including electric vehicles (EVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), hydrogen or fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs), natural gas vehicles (NGVs), and propane vehicles. Rebates of $2,000 are available for qualified EVs and PHEVs until 250 rebates are disbursed or June 30, 2016, whichever occurs first. Rebates of $1,000 are available for FCEVs, NGVs and propane vehicles.
For more information, including forms and detailed requirements, see the AFIG Program and Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates websites. (Reference Title 73 Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 18E, Section 1647.3)
Point of Contact
David Althoff, Jr.
Program Manager
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Pollution Prevention & Energy Assistance Office
Phone: (717) 783-0542
Alternative Fuel and Idle Reduction Grants
The Small Business Advantage Grant Program provides matching grants of 50%, up to $9,500, to enable a Pennsylvania small business to adopt or acquire energy-efficient or pollution prevention equipment or processes. Pennsylvania trucking companies and independent truckers may use the funding to purchase auxiliary power units. Projects may not begin until after applications are approved. Funding is contingent upon annual legislative appropriations. The Fiscal Year 2015 application period is open until December 18, 2015, or until funds have been fully committed (verified November 2015). For more information, refer to the Small Business Advantage Grant Program website.
Alternative Fuel Development and Deployment Grants
The Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) provides grants of up to $1,000,000 for alternative energy projects and research related to deployment projects or manufacturing. PEDA funding is available for projects involving biomass, fuel cells, and clean and alternative fuels for transportation, and may be used for equipment purchases, construction, contractor expenses, and engineering design necessary for construction or installation. Pure research is not eligible for funding. The PEDA grant program is currently closed and no longer accepting applications, but interested applicants may sign up for notifications about the program status via the PEDA website (verified November 2015). For more information, refer to the PEDA website.
Idle Reduction Weight Exemption
A vehicle equipped with qualified idle reduction technology may exceed the state's gross weight and axle weight limits by up to 400 pounds to compensate for the additional weight of the idle reduction technology. (Reference Title 35 Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 23B, Section 4604)
Utility/Private Incentives
Plug-In Electric Vehicle (PEV) Rebate - PECO
PECO provides rebates of $50 to residential customers who purchase a new, qualified PEV. For more information, see the PECO Smart Driver Rebate website.
Laws and Regulations
Renewable Fuels Mandate
One year after in-state production has reached 350 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol and sustained this volume for three months, all gasoline sold in Pennsylvania must contain at least 10% cellulosic ethanol. All diesel fuel sold in Pennsylvania must contain at least 2% biodiesel (B2) one year after in-state production of biodiesel reaches 40 million gallons. The mandated biodiesel blend level will continue to increase according to the following schedule:
- 5% biodiesel (B5) one year after in-state production of biodiesel reaches 100 million gallons;
- 10% biodiesel (B10) one year after in-state production of biodiesel reaches 200 million gallons; and
- 20% biodiesel (B20) one year after in-state production of biodiesel reaches 400 million gallons.
(Reference Title 73 Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 18H, Sections 1650.3 and 1650.4)
Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) Standards
The Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program requires that all new passenger cars and light-duty trucks sold, leased, titled, or registered in the Commonwealth must meet California vehicle emissions and compliance requirements, as set forth in Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, with the exception of the Zero Emission Vehicle sales requirements and the emissions control system warranty statement. For more information, refer to the Pennsylvania Clean Vehicles Program website. (Reference Title 25 Pennsylvania Code 126.401-126.451)
Aftermarket Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Conversion Requirements
Conventional original equipment manufacturer vehicles altered to operate on propane, natural gas, methane, ethanol, or electricity are classified as aftermarket AFV conversions. All vehicle conversions must meet current applicable U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or California Air Resources Board standards for aftermarket conversions. (Reference Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Policy on Clean Alternative Fuel Conversion Systems)
Idle Reduction Requirement
Diesel vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating over 10,000 pounds may not idle for more than five minutes in any continuous 60 minute period. Exemptions include: uncontrollable traffic conditions; prevention of safety or health emergencies; emergency or law enforcement purposes; verification that a vehicle is safe to operate; vehicle maintenance; power work-related operations; sampling, weighing, or loading; bus passenger comfort; vehicles actively engaged in solid waste or recyclable material collection; vehicles complying with manufacturer specifications; and vehicles meeting California Air Resources Board nitrogen oxide idling emission standards. (Reference Title 35 Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 23B, Section 4603)
Alternative Fuels Tax
Alternative fuels used to propel vehicles of any kind on public highways are taxed at a rate determined on a gasoline gallon equivalent basis. For more information, including applicable tax rates, see the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue website. Certain exemptions apply. (Reference Title 75 Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 90, Section 9004)
Low-Speed Vehicle Definition
A low-speed vehicle is defined as a four-wheel electric vehicle that has a maximum speed greater than 20 miles per hour (mph) but not more than 25 mph. All vehicles must comply with the safety standards established in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, section 571.500. Drivers must maintain a defined level of insurance coverage for all registered vehicles. (Reference Title 75 Pennsylvania Statutes, Chapter 1, Section 102 and Chapter 17, Section 1788)


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The Doctors' Bill: Salary guarantee adds up for this recruit
"When Dr. Georgia Heisterkamp considered moving her general surgery practice from Ohio to Whidbey Island, Whidbeys wooded hills and quiet beaches were some of the factors she weighed.So was making a living.After 17 years spent learning and financing her profession eight years of college and med school, five years of residency and four establishing her own practice Heisterkamp knew the costs of operating a solo general surgery practice were considerable.Factoring in rent, state fees, licenses, insurance, equipment, staff payroll and other costs, the 35-year-old Colorado native figured running a practice cost about $110,000 to $120,000 a year in Ohio.Thats why Heisterkamp sought, and got, a salary guarantee before she decided to move to Whidbey.Heisterkamp, who opened her general surgery practice in Coupeville on July 1, exemplifies the reasons why Whidbey General Hospital has agreed to open its coffers to bring new doctors to the island.Since January 1999, the hospital has committed itself to spending up to $860,000 to subsidize the practice of eight new doctors.The goal, said hospital director Scott Rhine, is to attract more doctors, providing a more complete range of specialties to serve the islands residents.This has been one of our primary focuses this year, Rhine said. Filling in the slots, or gaps, in health care on the island.In Heisterkamps case, a salary guarantee was the key factor that influenced her decision to move to Whidbey.Without the guarantees, it would not have been possible for me to do this, she said recently. I could not afford it.Many doctors begin their professional careers deeply in debt, and only start making money after years of investing in their careers, Heisterkamp said.SCHOOLING & DEBTHeisterkamp said her medical school tuition was about $8,000 a year, excluding living expenses, for four years. She had classmates who were $90,000 to $100,000 in debt by the end of medical school.While some people may still believe that doctors simply graduate medical school, then start raking in the bucks in between afternoons on the golf course, Heisterkamp said the realty is different. For most, establishing a profitable medical practice is a long-term investment in which, for years, outlay exceeds income. Before new doctors can build a practice and a client base before the referrals come in and various health insurance plans start to reimburse them doctors like Heisterkamp have to pay for equipping and maintaining a practice. And keep current on the student loan payments for eight years of post-secondary schooling.This is not a field you go into to make money, Heisterkamp said. Because if you do, youll be disappointed. After medical school, Heisterkamp completed her five-year residency program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. There, she worked impressively long hours, staying over at the hospital every second or third night, for an unimpressive salary: In the mid-$20,000 to low $30,000-a-year range.One of my peers figured out their hourly wage there, she said. It worked out to a little over a dollar an hour. You have to laugh, but youre thankful youre getting paid.After residency, she said, doctors typically join a hospital staff, an existing practice or start a practice of their own, often with little preparation to run a business.My attendings (supervising physicians) were not real helpful in that area, she said. Theyd only known the academic side.They dont prepare you for the real world, she said. Dont teach you the business aspect of the practice of medicine. Heisterkamp opened her first general surgery practice in Lancaster, Ohio, and learned as she went.I didnt know how to run a practice, buy equipment, hire staff or even write up a contract, she said.So Heisterkamp contracted with a professional health care consultant, who helped her set up a practice in which she eventually prospered.LIFESTYLE CHANGEBut after three-and-a-half years in Ohio, she decided to leave. The hospital Heisterkamp worked at was undergoing changes - being negatively affected by changes in managed care and competition from other medical providers. Heisterkamp had also grown weary of the grind.Lifestyle became a priority, she said. I didnt want to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week anymore. I wanted a little more out of life and to be in a town where I could share being on call. I was also looking for other surgeons who were reliable, well-trained and easy to get along with.A recruiter pointed Heisterkamp toward Whidbey Island and Heisterkamp ended her search.This place seemed perfect, she said. Id visited the Northwest before and liked it. It seemed like a place where I could enjoy hiking and biking and gardening.Although the move to Whidbey has provided the quality of life she sought, Heisterkamp said it has also brought a whole new round of expenses. Among them: hiring a staff, furnishing the office, paying the various fees and licenses to practice in a different state and meeting payroll while she waits for her practice to build.Liability insurance alone costs the surgeon about $30,000 annually. As in Ohio, she figured the annual tab for operating her practice in Coupeville will range $110,000 and $120,000. You have to be able to bill twice that much, and youre lucky if you recoup twice that much, she said.Meanwhile, insurance compensation is more complicated and cumbersome, while less equitable.Most surgeons set their own fees based on standards in the areas they practice, she said. Regardless of those fees, when you agree to participate with an insurance plan, you agree to accept their fees. Fees that sometimes dont equal hers. Still, Heisterkamp is steadily building another practice and, thanks to the salary guarantee she negotiated with the hospital district, she has some time to let it build.She is now on call only 10 days a month, but she still work up to 14 hours some days. Being new to the island, she said she is working on making ends meet and making payroll and overhead.And the biking and hiking and gardening she came to do?Heisterkamp smiled.Not yet, she said. Not yet."
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Stripper well
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A stripper well or marginal well is an oil or gas well that is nearing the end of its economically useful life. In the United States a "stripper" gas well is defined by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission as one that produces 60,000 cubic feet (1,700 m3) or less of gas per day at its maximum flow rate; the Internal Revenue Service, for tax purposes, uses a threshold of 75,000 cubic feet (2,100 m3) per day. Oil wells are generally classified as stripper wells when they produce ten barrels per day or less for any twelve-month period.
Economical importance[edit]
In the United States, one out of every six barrels of crude oil produced comes from a marginal oil well, and over 85 percent of the total number of U.S. oil wells are now classified as such. There are over 420,000 of these wells in the United States, and together they produce nearly 915,000 barrels (145,500 m3) of oil per day, 18 percent of U.S. production.
Additionally, as of 2006, there are more than 296,000 natural gas stripper wells in the lower 48 states. Together they account for over 1.7 trillion cubic feet (4.8×1010 m3) of natural gas, or about 9 percent of the natural gas produced in the lower 48 states. Stripper wells are more common in older oil and gas producing regions, most notably in Appalachia, Texas and Oklahoma.
Premature abandonment[edit]
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Many of these wells are marginally economic and at risk of being prematurely abandoned. When world oil prices were in the low tens in the late 1990s, the oil that flowed from marginal wells often cost more to produce than the price it brought on the market. From 1994 to 2006, approximately 177,000 marginal wells were plugged and abandoned, representing a number equal to 42 percent of all operating wells in 2006, costing the U.S. more than $3.8 billion in lost oil revenue at the EIA 2004 average world oil price.[citation needed]
When marginal wells are prematurely abandoned, significant quantities of oil remain behind. In most instances, the remaining reserves are not easily accessible when oil prices subsequently rise again: when marginal fields are abandoned, the surface infrastructure – the pumps, piping, storage vessels, and other processing equipment – is removed and the lease forfeited. Since much of this equipment was probably installed over many years, replacing it over a short period should oil prices jump upward is cost prohibitive. Oil prices would have to rise beyond their historic highs and remain at elevated levels for many years before there would be sufficient economic justification to bring many marginal fields back into production.


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The Parapsychology Foundation began, fittingly, as a dream or rather, to be more precise, as hypnogogic revelation.
Eileen J. Garrett
, in her 1968 autobiography,
Many Voices
, vividly recalls the circumstances:
On the periphery of sleep, she writes, I heard a voice telling me that I must get well and build an edifice that would honor the subject to which I had devoted my life (parapsychology). I awoke with a feeling of deep conviction that I must begin to build a new structure containing the best elements of my own work.
She conceived of this vision, as falling into three distinct areas. First, I envisaged the necessity of finding resources that could provide grants to those who sought after a wider horizon in reading. Second, this would involve a library and public relations setup to answer the demands for literature and eventual study for those who might be ready to work in a parapsychological atmosphere. Finally, there would be the need to bring scholars together from different countries for discussion, as well as the need to keep contacts alive if eventual advancement of the theoretical discussion were to result in action.
The first of these would logically be the hardest finding funds but luck or good fortune clairvoyance? call it what you will was with Garrett. She was already, herself, by this time, internationally-renowned and respected. Her unique position and her experience within the parapsychological community put her in extremely good stead. However, the
(of establishing and, most importantly, maintaining the Foundation); the
of the dream, was not and could not have been simply hers alone.
It was another extraordinary woman, the Honorable
Frances P. Bolton
, who generously supplied the funds and who, in a solid, practical, way, allowed for the Foundations creation and continued existence. Mrs. Bolton, in her own way, every bit as visionary and far-sighted as Garrett, alongside a smorgasbord of other interests, possessed a life-long interest in the subject of parapsychology. Shed already even prior to the establishment of the Foundation made significant contributions to the field. It was she, for example, who'd been responsible for setting up the McDougall Research Fund at Duke University, during William McDougalls lifetime. (
was one of the founding figures of parapsychology). Shed also continued her support of his successor,
Dr. J. B. Rhine
, helping him during the early days and indeed, throughout his career assisting with funds for the upkeep of his famous Parapsychology Laboratory.
Garrett and Bolton the Clairvoyant and the Congresswoman (Bolton served with distinction as United States Congresswoman from Ohio for 28 years) both, singularly, were formidable. Together, they proved to be an unbeatable duo.
The Parapsychology Foundation became a reality on December 14, 1951. Its stated aims were the furtherance of knowledge of human responses to psychologically recognized stimuli transmitted by human beings by means other than sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, notably, the brief goes on, in those fields of scientific inquiry known as parapsychology, electrobiology and extra-sensory perception. As Garrett herself put it, several years later, the Foundation was established as a non-profit educational organization to support impartial scientific inquiry into the total working of the human mind, and to make available the results of such inquiry. (To download an article on the Foundation's first fifty years, click
Initially, the Foundations area(s) of interest seemed pretty easy to define. Increasingly, however, given the nature of its research, the scope of its inquiries, the definition of parapsychology widened. Relevant work in psychology in general, in psychiatry, physiology, physics, medicine, anthropology, religion just to cite some fields entered the purview. Indeed, the inter-disciplinary understanding of the inter-relation between all these fields, became a fundamental understanding.
All this soon became evident at Utrecht. Utrecht was the landmark conference, (the first of what were to be many), an international gathering at a prestigious university. From July 30 to August 5 1953, less than two years into the Foundations history, 63 members, drawn from 14 nationalities and comprised largely of physicists, chemists, biologists, psychologists, engineers and mathematicians, met to discuss and present the latest insights and pool and exchange ideas. While many of the participants were already known to each other through the appearance of their work in technical journals, the opportunity to meet for a week under University auspicies to keep the contact alive as Garrett had put it marked a crucial step.
Parapsychology itself, was re-defined at Utrecht and would continue to be re-defined in the Conferences to come, most recently again
Utrecht II: Charting the Future of Parapsychology
.) The old split between quantitative and qualitative research, laboratory work and spontaneous phenomena, was both recognized and, to some significant degree, transcended. The extraordinary range of perspectives presented was matched with detailed resolutions and plans to give fuller attention to what had not been sufficiently addressed. The next two Conferences an International Philosophic Symposium and an International Study Group on Unorthodox Healing, both meeting the following year in the Foundations then regional headquarters, St. Paul de Vence, in the south of France, were direct results of resolutions made at the Conference.
In retrospect, the 1953 Conference at Utrecht set the agenda for the years ahead. Subsequent Conferences both built on it and, as new areas of research opened up, permitted forums for state-of-the-art (state-of-the-sciences!) address. The eminent novelist, Aldous Huxley, for example, one of the most active and valued research advisors for the Foundation, was a prime mover in establishing the Foundations front-line research, during the 1950s, in the field of Parapsychology and Pharmacology (a Conference in 1958 in New York City on Parapsychology and Psychedelics was followed by one on Parapsychology and Pharmacology, the following year, in St Paul de Vence). Similarly, the Foundation was, very early, on the cutting-edge of research involving Parapsychology and Quantum Physics (Quantum Physics and Parapsychology, a two-day international Conference held in Geneva 1974, stands as another of the Foundation's landmark Conferences). Conferences have continued on into the 1980s and 1990s. Forty, so far, to date. Mention should be made, perhaps, of two of the most recent Women and Parapsychology, held in Dublin, Ireland (Mrs Garretts home turf!) in 1991 the first such Conference of its kind, wherein all Conference participants were women and, Parapsychology and Thanatology, 1993, a groundbreaking multi-perspective look at death and dying, up-dating and amplifying the earlier concerns of the precursors of parapsychology, the pioneers of psychic research.
Aside from the
, The Foundation has actively supported, for close to half a century now, the work of both individual scientists and variously accredited groups of scientists. A list of all who have been, at one time or another, recipients of the Foundations largesse would be daunting. It is probably safe to say that almost all the major figures of contemporary parapsychology (and a good few others besides) have at one time been, in some way, connected. For a current list of awardees visit the
Grant Section.
What remains striking is the extraordinary
of the Foundations involvement from anthropology and sociology to neuroscience, from in-field exploration of poltergeists and hauntings to the most detailed statistical and methodological work. The invaluable assistance given to experiments, in the 1960s and early 1970s, conducted by
Montague Ullman
Stanley Krippner
, and others at Maimonides Medical Center, on Dream Telepathy, stands as a classic testament (the experiments first began in-house at the Foundations then-quarters on 57th Street). Out of such research developed the all-important Ganzfeld approach to ESP phenomena (the late Charles Honorton, pioneer of Ganzfeld research, was, it should be noted, a central figure in the Maimonides team).
Similarly, work on various technological apparatus (engineering) aimed at assisting (and expanding) laboratory experiment Helmut Schmidts breakthrough Random Number Generator, for example (precursor of more sophisticated computer-based systems), which allowed for more unequivocable, more reliable, statistical data; numerous experiments with plethysmographs (measuring blood flow) and electroencephalographs (measuring brain waves) (surprisingly or maybe not so surprisingly a paper on
Electro-Encephalography of Metapsychical States
was delivered as early as 1953 in Utrecht).
Mention of drug research and drug experiments has already been made, but mention should also be made of the extraordinary widening of the field in the past 30 to 40 years, the recognition of the drug-induced state as being one (but only one) of a number of so-called altered states of consciousness.
Pioneering work in this field has been done by
Allan Angoff
, in his biography of Garrett,
Eileen Garrett And The World Beyond the Senses,
) fondly recalls the Foundations founders unbridled enthusiasm: You never know, she (Garrett) used to say, there
be something, and we musnt miss it, must we? Eileen Garrett died in 1970 (Frances Bolton, in 1977) but the Foundation lives on, indeed flourishes, under the capable hands of its current President, Garretts daughter,
Eileen Coly
, and her grand-daughter, the current Executive Director,
Lisette Coly
. The fourth generation - Garrett's Great Grandchildren are presently serving their apprencticeship dedicated to the continuation of the goals of the Parapsychology Foundation as set by Eileen J. Garrett and the Honorable Frances P. Bolton.
Parapsychology Foundation | PO Box 1562 | New York, NY, 10021 | Phone (212)-628-1550 | Fax (212)-628-1559
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Marshawn Lynch is Pure Comedy
- Updated: August 13, 2007
I've been saving this one for a rainy day and figured now is as good a time as any.
A few months back, I got to spend some time with a number of the NFL rookies at a photo shoot down in Orlando.
This video was by far my favorite content produced from that trip.
Gaines Adams and Marshawn Lynch were pretty much inseparable and insisted to do a bunch of interviews together. As you can see, they are a formidable duo.
That this video hasn't made it around a bit more seems entirely unjust. Hopefully, others will recognize the entertainment value herein.
My favorite quotes? Oh, there are so many great ones to choose from…but I'll have to go with the following top five:
5. "TOO solid"
4. "Stupid fast"
3. "Beast mode!" (I'm sorry Marshawn, I'm not familiar with that term. Perhaps, you could elaborate?)
2. "He used to go stupid in Madden…off that edge…come with that rip…"
1. "You said past? Like he can't still be there?"
Correct, Marshawn. That would be the definition of past.
Public speaking prowess aside, Marshawn is going to do very good things for the Bills. This may come as a shock, I know, but he's got a lot of energy. Can't seem to stand still for two seconds. The Bills should feed him the ball early and often. He's shifty. Good hands coming out of the backfield. Tough enough to run inside, and still has a burst.
We'll see what kind of highlights Lynch brings in 2007 – both on and off the field.


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Two arrested in raid
WARREN – "Good riddance" said the man across the street as he watched law enforcement board up the house at the corner of Wick and Rogers S.E. Thursday morning after two men were escorted out in handcuffs.
"I'm glad to see them go," said Travis Diekmann, 27, of Wick Avenue. "I'm not surprised at all. You could tell what was going on over there. They didn't try to hide it."
Officials from at least three agencies said they found heroin, guns and security cameras inside the house, which was also declared a public nuisance. An undisclosed amount of cash was found there as well.
Convicted drug dealer Carl Foster, 57, 2345 Wick Ave. S.E., and Antonio Stubbs, 27, were each charged with felony heroin possession, but additional charges could be added. They were both taken to the Trumbull County Jail, but released later Thursday after posting $3,500 bond each.
A woman who was at the house was not arrested. However, officials said she could face charges at some point.
The raid began about 7 a.m. and officials remained at the scene until close to noon. Officers used force to burst through the barricaded steel front door.
Incoming Warren police chief, Capt. Eric Merkel explained the raid was part of a collaborative effort among his department, the city prosecutor's office, Trumbull County Sheriff's Office and Trumbull Ashtabula Group Law Enforcement Task Force.
Merkel said it's also a practice he hopes to continue.
"This is the start of a citywide drug and crime cleanup," Merkel said. "We're very serious about cleaning up these problems."
Assistant Warren prosecutor Traci Timko Rose said a TAG officer approached her several months ago regarding concerns about activity at the house, which was identified by law enforcement as a drug house. The house was also raided in 2010.
"I think what we have here today is a combination of an exceptional problem here in Warren, a sore spot, and a strategy we hope to use in the future to address problems like this, basically, to get these houses that are identified as drug houses closed and boarded up. None of us wants to see more boarded up houses in the city by any means. But it is better than the alternative when it comes to something like this."
Confidential informants purchased heroin several times since the investigation started in April, officials said.
Also on Thursday, Trumbull County Common Pleas Court Judge W. Wyatt McKay signed a temporary restraining order declaring the house a public nuisance, and a board-up order was issued.
Rose said prosecutors spoke with the homeowner, Foster's mother, Annie Foster, before the May 2010 raid and again in April about drug activity at the house but the issue was never resolved. Carl and Annie Foster are each named on the nuisance claim. Annie Foster arrived at the house a couple of hours into the raid, but declined to comment.
A hearing on the city's nuisance complaint is scheduled for 9 a.m. June 17.
The raid drew several spectators throughout the morning, with several passersby stopping to take pictures with their cell phones and others clapping and cheering law enforcement on.
"It's like they don't even care that people know what they're doing," said Trevor Dotson, 17, whose aunt lives across the street. "They do it right out in front of us. It's crazy."
Foster was sentenced to one year in prison after the 2010 raid on drug trafficking and weapons charges. He also served six months in jail in 2005 for heroin trafficking.
Stubbs has had several brushes with the law. However, court records show felonious assault charges and other complaints against him the past few several years were dropped.
Diekmann said he doesn't know the Fosters or Stubbs personally.
"I hope this takes care of the problem once and for all," he said. "I don't want to see houses boarded up either. But it's better than what's been going on over there. You see it all the time. One guy handed another money and getting something in his hand for it. My wife and I have kids here. You just don't want something like this going on, so out in the open like that, around your kids."


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The Santaland Diaries. Where: What Exit? Theatre Company, Toro Loco restaurant, Loco Lounge, 23 Valley St., South Orange. When: Through Dec. 15. Thursdays and Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. How much: $25 ($20 seniors, $15 students). Call (973) 763-4029 or www.whatexittheatre.com.
There have been many studies on those who work in factories, on farms, and among schoolchildren. But what about a person who's employed as an elf in Santa's Village at Macy's?
In 1992, David Sedaris wrote "The Santaland Diaries," about the experiences he had one December, long before he became a household-name author and radio commentator. Four years later, Joe Mantello adapted the essay for the stage. Now the What Exit? Theatre Company is doing the hour-long, one-man show, not in its usual Maplewood home, but at the Toro Loco restaurant in South Orange.
No one in the New Jersey theater community is more perfect than Harry Patrick Christian for the role of The Man Who Would Be Elf. This versatile actor is the state's best at being sardonic, which is all that Sedaris and Mantello could want from an actor taking the part.
Christian has a seen-it-all body language, a moon-shaped face and a generous-sized mouth that suggests he'll soon come out with a complaint. Does he ever. While sitting on Santa's throne and slurping one cherry martini after another, Christian tells of his time as "Crumpet," and lets us know in no uncertain terms that a Macy's elf does more than just stand around and look merry. Many customers glare at him in his green velvet jacket and red-and-white striped tights and tell him, "Boy, do you look stupid."
Christian is hilarious in relating the scenes of parents and children who come to see Santa Claus, aghast to discover that the line snakes along like the Raritan River. Dealing with the parents is much more difficult than coping with the kids, who have such New Age names as Vanity and Damascus. Crumpet isn't above a bit of name-dropping, too, because many a celebrity shows up at Macy's with kids; no matter how big the star, they still must stand in Santa's reception line.
Once the kids reach the jolly guy, the worst isn't necessarily over. Some Santas give the children the bum's rush when the line is unmercifully long. Other Santas aren't too generous of spirit when parents take photo after photo. Meanwhile, it's Crumpet's job to smooth over any hard feelings.
Matters become exponentially worse the closer time gets to Christmas Eve, when Crumpet is happily out of work. Christian expertly and consistently accelerates his lickety-split delivery to describe the snowballing chaos. (This almost makes up for the couple of times that Sedaris and Mantello are downright insensitive to children with special needs.)
Yet, despite all the hilarity, the script suddenly changes direction and offers a genuine, emotional moment. When playwrights try this now-I'm-serious maneuver, they usually fail utterly. "The Santaland Diaries" is all the more miraculous for pulling it off, and Christian is up to the challenge.
There are 24 shopping days until Christmas -- but only 14 days before "The Santaland Diaries" ends its run. Its brief length gives theatergoers enough time to squeeze it in between holiday shopping and taking the kids to see Santa at the mall.
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Kiernan will be honored at the ACF chapter's annual awards dinner June 28 at Mohegan Manor in Baldwinsville. Among other award winners are Katie Garofalo, the pastry chef at the Century Club of Syracuse, who has been named "Aspiring Chef" for 2010.
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Here's a look at some recent Syracuse "Chef of the Year" winners (with the place they worked at the time of the award):
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When John starts feeling a sense of built-up anxiety in Bay and Daphne, he suggests that a trip to Chicago to find Bay's second cousin is a perfect opportunity for her to become more in touch with her roots and give Daphne a chance to tour prospective colleges. But the trip goes south when Daphne uses the opportunity to act out, and Bay discovers alarming news about Angelo's family past.
Meanwhile, Kathryn tries to kindle a spark between two love-seeking candidates looking for something missing in their lives.
"Girl with Death Mask (She Plays Alone)" was written by Lizzy Weiss & Bekah Brunstetter and directed by Joanna Kerns.
"Switched at Birth," currently in its third season, is executive-produced by Lizzy Weiss ("Blue Crush"), Paul Stupin ("Make It or Break It"), and John Ziffren ("Melissa & Joey," "Make It or Break It"). The series stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez; Vanessa Marano ("Gilmore Girls") as Bay Kennish; Constance Marie ("George Lopez") as Regina Vasquez; D.W. Moffett ("Friday Night Lights") as John Kennish; Lea Thompson ("Back to the Future," "Caroline in the City") as Kathryn Kennish; Lucas Grabeel ("High School Musical") as Toby Kennish; Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe; and Gilles Marini ("Brothers and Sisters") as Angelo Sorrento with guest star Marlee Matlin ("The West Wing").
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From a hospital in Tucson, Arizona, former North Korean prisoner Robert Park prays for the release of his friend Aijalon Mahli Gomes.
On Christmas Eve, Park crossed into North Korea in hopes of drawing attention to the Communist nation's human rights violations and persecution of Christians. Park was arrested and imprisoned in North Korea and released after six weeks.
Gomes, 31, an English teacher turned Christian activist who attended the same church as Park in Seoul, followed in Park's footsteps, crossing into North Korea on January 25. In April, the North Korean government sentenced the Boston native to eight years in a hard labor camp and fined him $700,000.
Park, who has been hospitalized several times since his February release, has not spoken about his imprisonment.
"I didn't want to cause anything to happen to Aijalon," Park told ChristianityToday in an exclusive interview. "I want him to come out first."
Amid carefully selected answers during the phone interview from the behavioral health center where he has been since making suicidal statements in July, Park prayed several times, not for himself, but for Gomes's return home.
"Father, restore Aijalon to his loved ones in America," Park prayed, his voice laced with urgency. "Show us great and mighty things through the deliverance of Aijalon Gomes."
Park's prayers may finally have been answered.
Former President Jimmy Carter arrived in Pyongyang on Wednesday, according to the government-controlled Korean Central News Agency. North Korean officials agreed to release Gomes to Carter, 85. The two are expected to return to the United States by Friday.
Carter's humanitarian visit to negotiate Gomes's release came a year after former President Bill Clinton's August 2009 visit to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to negotiate the release of two U.S. journalists, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, who were held captive for five months after illegally entering the country in March 2009.
While Lee and Ling have written books about their North Korean imprisonments, Park is still reluctant to draw attention to himself or reveal details about his imprisonment.
Park says his concern for Gomes and frustration over the lack of media coverage and response to his friend's imprisonment have led him to speak out—and were the cause of his plans for a July 16 suicide demonstration.
Park said he was ready to end his life because nothing was being done, "but God stopped it through the intervention of a friend."
"I was planning to kill myself with a suicide note to bring attention to Aijalon—I feel responsible for him being there," Park said. "He is one of my best friends, and I prayed for my life to be taken and not his."
Park said he feels a burden and responsibility for his friend's release. He was told that Gomes was very emotional when attending several demonstrations for Park's release.
"He wept and prayed fervently and intensely, but he did not say much—I don't think he told his plan to anyone," Park said. "I think he went in, in part, because he was my friend and he wanted to help me."
Park met Gomes, who was teaching English in Seoul, during an overnight prayer meeting. The two attended Every Nation Church of Korea in Seoul.
Simon Suh, pastor of Every Nation Church, told NPR that neither he nor the church encourages members to go to North Korea.
Suh said Park and Gomes may have been drawn to North Korea because of "passionate prayers by defectors now living in the South," many of whom attend their church.


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There's no other vehicle like that," says Arthur Wing,
president of Little Giant Ladder Systems, a DRTV
marketer. "And even as we surround ourselves with social, I still want to meet the first person that says they
can monetize that. DRTV is probably the most measurable gut-check reaction you can get from an audience."
The sluggish economic recovery has also helped
DRTV's reputation in some ways. As brand-name companies have moved into the space to save money and
to demonstrate their ROI to corporate executives, the
quality of products in the DRTV space has improved,
notes George Leon, SVP for media and account management at agency Hawthorne Direct.
"It has brought a new advertising space to the DRplatform. We are now seeing more insurance com-panies, more automotive companies and more of thetraditional, general-rate advertisers looking at directresponse as a more cost-effective way to reach a con-sumer," he says. "You don't see the same number of$19.99 products out there. It's become a more suitableoption for brand advertisers and those who are doinghybrid direct response and brand marketing."Put more bluntly, French explains that DRTV is "notas sexy and budgets are not as big" as traditional adver-tising, but marketers will embrace it when they need toprove that their ad spending works.
"The underlying thing is that the economic downturn
hurt businesses, and they have less money to invest and
they need a return. It's not like the boom times, and
there's not a lot of discretionary spending — and they
need the maximum return from their money," he says.
"Direct marketing is measurable, and it tends to be way
more efficient than brand advertising."
Driven by the need to prove ROI, marketers are also
using DRTV to improve brand awareness, while also
taking advantage of its ability to drive consumers to
retail or e-commerce purchases. In the process, brands
are quickly blending their DRTV efforts with other
marketing tools.
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AT&T is hoping to encourage developers to use HTML5 with the release of a new API platform.
RIM delays new phone launch, takes a hit on tablets
Research In Motion said it won't start selling phones with its new software platform until the "later part" of 2012 and had to take a $485 million inventory-related charge on its PlayBook tablet as part of another poor earnings report for the struggling smartphone maker.
Galaxy Nexus comes to Verizon Thursday
The Galaxy Nexus, the first phone to run the latest version of Android, will finally go on sale Thursday from Verizon.
Did HP just give webOS 'a death sentence'?
As an open-source project with uncertain backing, webOS has a tough road ahead of it, analysts say.
German court issues injunction against iOS devices, Apple to appeal
A German court on Friday ruled that Apple's iPhone and iPad devices infringe a Motorola patent and issued an injunction against sales of the products in Germany.
Lawmaker asks FTC to investigate Carrier IQ
The outcry over Carrier IQ's mobile-phone tracking software continued Friday, with a U.S. congressman asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the company.
Twitter scoops up mobile security developer Whisper Systems
Twitter may be planning to boost mobile security with the acquisition of Whisper Systems, a company that offers security products for Android phones.
Google closes Knol, Friend Connect and other services
Google continues to shut down underperforming services, announcing Tuesday that Friend Connect, Knol and a few other services will soon go the way of Google Buzz.
NPD: HP beats Samsung in non-iPad tablet sales
Hewlett-Packard, which recently discontinued its TouchPad tablets, took the top spot among tablet vendors behind Apple's iPad this year through October, market research firm NPD says.
Spike in mobile lawsuits spurs changes in courts, business models
The dramatic increase in the number of mobile industry lawsuits is forcing changes in the legal system and spurring new business models around patent licensing.
Venture capitalist: Jobs wanted own network with unlicensed spectrum
Steve Jobs initially hoped to create his own network with the unlicensed spectrum that Wi-Fi uses rather than work with the mobile operators, according to wireless industry legend John Stanton.
Lawyer: Regulators sniffing around mobile privacy issues
Regulators are starting to investigate what kind of oversight is in place to make sure that mobile applications don't encroach on user privacy rights, Microsoft attorney Mary Newcomer Williams said at a conference about legal issues in mobile broadband.
Judge says no to posters, stickers in cell retailers
The city of San Francisco can't make retailers display signs and stickers with information about cellphone health risks, but it can require retailers to provide an information sheet, according to a federal judge.
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KINGSFORD - Forest Park's girls' basketball team knows Thursday's Class D regional title matchup against North Central will not be as easy as its stroll through the postseason up to this point.
"The Jets are tough, so we have to come out and play physical," said Lady Trojans junior Lexi Gussert, who dropped a cool 39 points in eliminating Lake Linden Hubbell 65-25, Tuesday night in regional semifinal action at Kingsford High School.
"We went to their house and won by two, and I know the girls were a bit shook up but we're ready to play now, ready to play more physical," Gussert said. "These (North Central) girls are good and I think they're going to come out ready too."
Surging North Central stunned U.P. No. 2 Superior Central 53-48 in Tuesday's early semifinal, clawing back from a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit.
Against the Lakes, Gussert reached double figures less than five minutes into the game and totaled 32 by halftime - once again playing in front of multiple interested eyes from NCAA Division I schools.
"I definitely know who's out there, but right now it's tournament time and I'm way more more focused on the team," Gussert said.
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Forest Park 22 26 11 6 - 65
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Forest Park - Gussert 39, Issacson 6, Campbell 5, Nylund 5, Robarge 3, Grandahl 3, Bawyn 2, Stankewicz 2; FG: 26-59. FT: 6-12. F: 15; 3-point field goals: Gussert 4, Campbell 1, Robarge 1.
Lake Linden-Hubbell - E. Gast 5, Corrigan 4, Kisul 4, Audette 4, Sutherland 4, Goodell 2, Hendrickson 2. FG: 10-40. FT: 4-12. F: 11; 3-point field goals: E. Gast 1.
A Gussert jumper at the opening of the third quarter pumped the Trojans' lead to 40 and brought on a running clock for the rest of the game.
"We knew what we were getting into to," LL-H head coach Timm Gast said.
"Tough team, tough kid in Lexi to stop. We did what we were able to do and that's all I can ask them to do."
The Lakes finished 12-11, appearing in a regional for the first time since 1984.
"This was such a great group of kids to coach this year," Gast said. "They did a lot of things nobody though they could do. We hit a lot of milestones this year. That's what we have to think about."
Gussert's 39 came on 15-of-27 shooting, including 4-of-11 from three-point range. She also pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds and had at least three blocks. Like the district final Friday, she opened with a three and went on to score seven of her team's first 10 points.
"You watch her play, and we're so used to it, but if you see her for the first time, you're like, 'Oh my God,'" Syrjanen said. "I watch her every day in practice, and last night in practice she was lighting them up like crazy. I couldn't wait to get here."
Gussert said she felt good coming out Tuesday, but also credited her coaches.
"Our coaches do a great job of getting us pumped up," she said. "And when we start well, we usually end well."
Adel Issacson added six points for Forest Park. Kendra Campbell and Samantha Nylund each scored five.
"The whole group came out nice and scrappy," Syrjanen said. "I know Lexi is our leader but we can't do it with just one person. Our defense has been really good, been our motto all the way through, and we're playing it, playing hard.
"Holding a team to 10 points in the first half of a regional, that's pretty good."
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HUMMELSTOWN — A vacant warehouse and empty single family house at the intersection of East Second Street and Laurel Alley were approved for demolition Thursday night by borough council.
The unanimous decision was in keeping with a borough ordinance requiring council approval for demolition of property located in an area designated as an "historic demolition overlay district."
Second Street Realty Associates LP submitted the proposal.
Jamie Brubaker, President of Lawson Development and Construction Corporation, will be in charge of the project. He said the property would be used for residential development, but that plans have not been finalized.
"Work will commence after the property is transferred from Verdelli Realty Associates to Second Street Realty Associates," he said.


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I would like to recognize and send my family's appreciation to the unsung heroes (employees and supervisors) who keep the Pittsfield Cemetery neat, clean and exceptionally well manicured, no matter what the weather. Their dedication, work ethic and thoughtfulness are to be commended!! They also go out of their way to assist the veterans organizations place the U.S. flags on the graves of our fallen veterans from Memorial Day through Independence Day and beyond.
Their work does not go unnoticed, but is rarely recognized. Special thanks to all of you and keep up the excellent work!
The writer is an SMSgt, USAF, retired.