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Reed and White Sox hang on to victory
CHICAGO – The word or words White Sox closer Addison Reed uttered when Boston's Will Middlebrooks made contact on a ninth-inning fastball Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field are not suitable for family viewers.
"I might have yelled a profanity," said Reed, who could laugh about the 2-2 pitch after the White Sox held on for a 6-4 victory.
"He did hit it pretty well," Reed continued. "I think it was the wind that kept it in. It was an out, and at the end of the day that's all that matters."
Middlebrooks' blast sounded like a homer upon contact. It looked like a homer as it took off for the center field fence. And with Mike Napoli on first base and severe thunderstorms on their way, it could have made for an extended evening into morning.
But Alejandro De Aza raced back near the wall in center and hauled in the drive for out No. 2. First baseman Paul Konerko made a diving stop and perfect toss to Reed on Stephen Drew's hard-hit grounder to finish things off, but the late story of this one was the homers that weren't.
During a seventh inning for Matt Thornton where the left-hander's streak of 11 straight appearances without allowing an earned run came to an end, the Red Sox scored twice and once again appeared to have the shot to tie it when Jarrod Saltalamacchia connected with Middlebrooks on second. This time, it was left fielder Dayan Viciedo who drifted near the wall in left-center and made the inning-ending, wind-aided grab.
"You know, the way the wind was blowing, it's not easy going to left or center when it cuts across like that," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "I said it earlier, this ballpark the flags are almost the opposite. Those are hard places when it's real windy like tonight."
So, while the flags made it look as if the wind was howling out to left as the night went on, it actually was knocking down fly balls in that direction. That misdirection is why Reed never looks at the flags when he takes the mound.
"There's balls that they hit that you think are pop ups and they fly over the wall," Reed said. "Then Middlebrooks got all of it and they stay in the park. The wind must be circling around the stadium. I don't know how it dictates like where it's blowing. He hit it and he hit it well, but at the end of the day it stayed in the park."
What started with a few terse curse words from Reed, ended in the 16th victory he had a hand in this season. And what was his reaction when the ball landed in De Aza's glove?
"Just kind of a little smirk on my face and glad it stayed in," Reed said. "A good feeling when I saw De Aza camp under it on the warning track."
Game 5: Sale's high standard
Round 1 goes to the Cubs, who claimed a 5-1 victory over the White Sox before 10,327 at Camelback Ranch on Friday. There will be seven more chances for the White Sox to get even, but here's a look at the highs and lows of this first battle.
WHAT WENT RIGHT: If Chris Sale gets this charged up over his first Cactus League start, one can only imagine the energy he'll bring to the rotation during the 2012 regular season. The raw stuff is there for Sale, probably the best raw stuff on the White Sox staff.
Like any other pitcher, he's working on location and building up arm strength as the regular season fast approaches. The endurance is especially important for Sale, who is moving from late-inning relief to the starting five.
And his anger over the two-out, nobody-on walk issued to Junior Lake in the second, which was followed by Edgar Gonzalez's two-run home run, is reminiscent of the same high personal standard for no free passes held by new staff ace John Danks. Sale felt as if he's figuring out his pregame routine as a starter, but wasn't making excuses even in his Spring Training debut.
"It was what it was. You're still working out kinks, but there's no excuse at all," Sale said. "You still got to pitch. But you're still finding some things out and figuring some things out along the way. But at the end of the day, you still got to be better than that."
Alejandro De Aza laid down a perfect bunt single in the first, while A.J. Pierzynski, back hitting in the two-hole, moved De Aza to third with a single to left in the first and sacrificed over two runners in the third. Matt Thornton and Jesse Crain, both strongly in the closer's mix, each pitched a scoreless frame.
WHAT WENT WRONG: Nate Jones, who pitched two scoreless innings during his Cactus League debut, gave up a Marlon Byrd homer in the sixth and a Steve Clevenger home run in the seventh. The White Sox also failed to score with the bases loaded and out in the third against Travis Wood and Randy Wells.
WHAT'S NEXT: It's a rare doubleheader for the White Sox on Saturday, with both games taking place at Camelback Ranch. Dylan Axelrod gets the start in Game 1 against the Rangers, which will be an exclusive whitesox.com webcast starting at 2:05 p.m. CT, and Philip Humber starts the nightcap against the Dodgers at 8:05 p.m. CT. Brent Lillibridge will be leading off and playing second base against the Rangers in the early game.
MOMENT TO REMEMBER: Adrian Cardenas' ninth-inning pop out to shortstop Ray Olmedo, as it completed two scoreless innings of relief for Nestor Molina. It was a tough first outing for Molina on Monday, allowing five runs on seven hits over 1 1/3 innings, but the right-hander gave up one hit and struck out two on Friday.
"You can hear him talk and doing things, taking charge, which is nice," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura of Molina. "To have that first outing and come back, with that impressive performance, it catches your eye."
MOMENT TO FORGET: Sale's 0-2 pitch to Gonzalez in the second. It got too much of the plate.


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Fellow Emericans, keep an eye out for Andrew Reynolds, Bryan Herman, Braydon Szafranski, Aaron Suski and Matt Allen* as they bring total skateboarding destruction to the GvR (Goofy vs. Regular) contest this coming Saturday and Sunday, October 21-22, 2006 at the Skatepark of Lake Forest, 20028 Lake Forest Drive, Lake Forest, California. Here's a map.
Emerica pool rippers and masters of disaster Chris Senn and Ben Krahn will also join in the havoc, as they enrapture tomorrow's bowl contest with 100% pure tranny skills.
Sanctifying it all, Emerica spiritual advisor and stone cold style icon The Bishop (Don "Magic" Juan) will also be on hand to cleanse you of all your sins while blessing you with the green and gold at the Emerica booth at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. Charge the camcorder and Stay Gold.
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Crab claws are favorites in many local restaurants, but they're simple to make at home.
Marinated crab claws
Makes 10 to 12 appetizer servings
1 pound shelled crab claws
1/3 cup fresh lime or lemon juice
1 ½ teaspoons salt
½ teaspoon onion powder
¼ cup red wine vinegar
½ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Louisiana hot sauce or ground cayenne pepper to taste
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
Place crab claws in a glass or plastic dish. In a small bowl, mix the remaining ingredients together, then pour over the crab claws, cover with a lid or foil and refrigerate overnight, stirring several times.


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I am pleased to present Juvenile Justice Reform Initiatives in the States: 1994-1996, an overview of recent State juvenile justice reform measures. This report, prepared under a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, represents the dedicated efforts of the staff of the National Criminal Justice Association, working in affiliation with the National Governors' Association.
State juvenile justice systems recently have undergone a paradigm shift in their approach to the problem of preventing and responding to juvenile crime. The consequences and future implications of heightened rates of juvenile violence during the past decade have spurred State policymakers to initiate new programs and State legislators to enact new legislation that places a greater emphasis on public safety, imposes greater penalties for violent juvenile offenders, and creates innovative sentencing options.
This shift from the rehabilitative focus developed in the 1960's and 1970's to a more balanced system has created a need for enhanced communication between Federal agencies, the States, and local jurisdictions to gauge and monitor the impact of new laws and programs. It has also necessitated the development of a greater understanding of the factors and conditions that foster juvenile crime, especially violent juvenile crime. But, most urgently, it has created a need to understand where we are now. Without a clear picture of the current state of juvenile justice, the other two objectives would be all but impossible to meet.
Juvenile Justice Reform Initiatives in the States: 1994-1996, which identifies and analyzes issues and trends associated with State juvenile reform initiatives, represents an effort to fill that need. The report explains some of the more punitive measures, such as new criminal court transfer authority and expanded juvenile court sentencing options. However, many States have balanced these steps with enhanced resources and new programs designed to interrupt the development of youth violence and victimization. This document includes selected case studies of four States' implementation of such balanced initiatives.
It is my belief that this report will help crystallize the key issues facing juvenile justice practitioners and State-level policymakers concerned about the future of juvenile justice and help guide them in formulating future laws and policies in this important field.


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Folks down on the island and over at Rose Hill are saying they felt this earthquake.
Did you? Where?
Let's hear it?
Actually I was reading a book and didn't feel it. But I have felt shocks before.
since we live near a fault located in Summerville, SC just north of Charleston, it does shift a little now and then , but the big one was in 1886 that destroyed many buildings in Charleston. You can link it below.
I was standing in my shop which has a wooden floor like a home and suddenly heard the rafters and the tin roof making noise and at the same time felt dizzy. It was because the floor was shaking. Two of my employees were standing facing me and one of them did lose his balance and start to fall, but caught himself.
The Charleston Southern University in North Charleston, about 10 miles from the fault has a seismograph and an earthquake department and they monitor earthquakes all over the world and help locate them.
I added earthquake and land movement to my homeowners insurance since we have a risk for possible home damage. The premium is less than a hundred bucks a year. Imagine what the cost of repairing a foundation would be or a bricked up chimney.
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I am 4 stories up & didn't feel it here in Atlanta this time.
"It's like the president's not our boyfriend anymore," Joan McCarter, an editor at the Daily Kos website"
I thought that would be said by Markos Moulitsos
I didn't feel squat.
The people in Rose Hill must have been old. They probably passed gas and thought the house was falling down.
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Employees from Regions Bank visited three Birmingham-area schools on Thursday to talk about financial education and the banking profession.
The appearances are part of a larger effort: Regions refers to it as its "Share the Good" Week, during which time associates in 16 states set aside time to volunteer and engage with their communities. Employees across the southern U.S. will be collecting donations at local drop-off facilities, volunteering at food pantries and shelters, and participating in walks and drives for charitable organizations.
In the Birmingham area, roughly 750 students were visited by Regions employees on Thursday. Schools receiving visits were Midfield Elementary, Center Point Elementary, and Tarrant Middle/High School.
Roughly 20 Regions employees went out to visit the students, says Barbara Blackburn, part of Regions' commercial banking team. "I was really impressed with the kids," Blackburn says. Whenever a member of Regions' team posed a question, "They all wanted to answer," she says.
One of the schools Regions visited -- Center Point Elementary -- now operates out of a wing of Irwin High School, because the old school was destroyed by recent tornadoes. That disaster still sticks with the students; when asked about reasons why they should put aside money in savings, one student noted the importance of an emergency fund in case of a natural disaster, Blackburn says.


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A coalition of immigration advocates, including a Milwaukie man whose sudden deportation case caught attention in 2010, converged on Clackamas County Monday to try to stop the deportation of a 20-year-old Happy Valley man.
Edson Barrera Gonzalez, then a 19-year-old employee at Macy's department store, was arrested last year for giving unauthorized discounts and ringing up false returns to benefit his parents, whom, he said, were struggling financially.
However, his felony conviction triggered deportation proceedings before he could meet the requirements to reduce his conviction to a misdemeanor. Gonzalez and his family have since paid restitution, and his advocates contend that he never should have been treated as a felon.
In other Clackamas County news:
West Linn: Two West Linn high school students huddled together under a tree, using a backpacker's cookstove to stay warm during two unplanned nights in the woods southeast of Molalla.
Bradley Nelson, a 16-year-old junior, and Jackson Chandler, a 17-year-old senior, were found today on Forest Service Road 6310 by a passing driver. They were six or seven miles from where they left their pickup, where search teams, helicopters, dogs and horseback riders combed the rugged, heavily forest area.
Milwaukie: Police are searching for a medically endangered man who walked away from his group home Sunday. Officer Ulli Neitch, Milwaukie Police Department spokeswoman, said 40-year-old Kenneth Leroy Strine took a walk Sunday evening, leaving his group home in the Grove Loop neighborhood. Strine must take medications daily to treat medical conditions.
Canby: A 76-year-old Canby-area man died Sunday when he became stuck, upside-down, in an underground vault while trying to shut off water to his home. â¨â¨Edward Bilton-Smith was found by Canby Fire District firefighters shortly after 2:30 p.m. at his home in the 26100 block of South Laurel Avenue, south of Canby, said Sgt. Adam Phillips, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman.
Estacada: Fire badly damaged a large workshop southwest of Estacada on Monday morning. â¨â¨No injuries were reported. The residents' goats and horses were safely away from the building when it caught fire.
Sandy: The Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services' Sandy office will be closed Nov. 5 through 12 for repairs. DMV officials say the office, 37395 Highway 26, will be reopened for business, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13.
Oregon City: A California development company wants to build a retail center on an Oregon City landfill, but only if urban renewal funding is available. â¨â¨Donahue Schriber Realty Group has reached an agreement to purchase the property, a former gravel pit and garbage dump near Interstate 205 and Oregon 213.
Commentary: Five good reasons to vote "No" on Oregon City Measure 3-407
Molalla: A Molalla man is dead following a single car crash Sunday afternoon in Tillamook County. â¨William D. Stevens, 43, was pronounced dead at the scene. â¨â¨Douglas Chitwood, 48, of Sheridan is in critical condition in a Portland hospital.
Clackamas County: The bitterly fought race for Clackamas County chair has turned increasingly negative and personal, fueled largely by attack ads paid for by outside groups. The acrimony ramped up with just days left before the Nov. 6 election, where Chairwoman Charlotte Lehan faces former Wilsonville Mayor John Ludlow.
Voters: Who are you supporting for chair of Board of Commissioners? Lehan or Ludlow? (poll)
Our listing of Halloween events and other activities in Clackamas County:
Two homeownership nonprofits, one traditionally serving Portland and one serving Clackamas County, have agreed to merge and extend their services across the metro area.
Portland-based Proud Ground and Clackamas Community Land Trust agreed to join forces under the Proud Ground name. The organization will remain in Portland and add three new board members from newly served regions.
An Aurora man was arrested Monday after authorities said they spent two days searching for him in connection with a Clackamas County investigation and other charges. Jason Del Lee Anderson, 33, fled his home in the 22000 block of Carissa Avenue Sunday afternoon when Clackamas County deputies arrived to also arrest him on a felony warrant for methamphetamine possession and a state parole violation, the Marion County Sheriff's Office said.
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HUNTINGTON COUNTY, Ind. (21Alive) - One person is dead after an accident that shutdown Interstate 69 in both directions for hours.
Huntington County Dispatch says that a three vehicle crash has shut down both directions of I-69 around mile marker 285 near Markle.
The call first came in around 7 p.m., and both north and southbound lanes had shut down by 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Huntington County Sheriff's Department reports that two vehicles traveling northbound on I-69 made collided due to icy road conditions and stopped on the side of the road near the Wabash River Bridge. Both drivers got out of their vehicles when a third vehicle, also traveling northbound, lost control and struck the first vehicle, pushing it into the second vehicle.
The driver of the second vehicle was pinned between the two vehicles and sustained multiple traumatic injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Huntington deputies say the first vehicle caught fire following the collision. The first driver suffered minor injuries, and the third driver was not hurt.
As of 11:20 p.m. Saturday, Huntington County Dispatch said both lanes had finally opened.
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War of the Monsters
Bad boy King Kong, Godzilla and his squad, … all of them major movie stars in good old B-movies. Huge monsters smashing up an entire metropolis, you just gotta love the sight of that. Or perhaps it's even more enjoyable if you could cause such havoc yourself, right ? The recent PS2 game War of the Monsters is one of those "B-games" and your humble servant was gladly obliged to check out this baby.
War of the Monsters takes place on a fictive Earth. The world is suddenly being terrorised by an invasion of evil alien forces (wandering around in those typical flying saucers), but mankind gathers its strength in order to defeat those nasty invaders. Eventually, a new super weapon wipes out the alien fleet, but a strange radioactive substance seems to flow out of the crashed UFO's. Very quickly, some animals start growing bigger and bigger …
A rather simple, but irrellevant story if you ask me. The single player part of the game offers 3 modes: adventure, free-for-all and endurance. The last 2 modes are obvious, but "adventure" isn't really such an appropriate name for the other mode. You just play through a fixed selection of levels and once in a while you have to take care of some evil boss. In each level you deal with one or two "big" monsters, or a lot of "small" ones. Nothing much happens, but all in all, this mode remains the most entertaining one.
At the end of each level, or after some endurance, you earn points which let you unlock new levels, minigames, a new character and skins later on. Those skins arre really sweet when you want your monster to look more "flashy". 🙂
But let's take a closer look on the actual fighting. You get to visit cool places like the heart of a big city, airport, nuclear power plant and even the inside of a UFO. At first sight most locations seem very extensive, but they are all sealed off by force fields. They really aren't that big, which is a real shame.
Fortunately the level design (or should I say "arena design") is just marvelous. All of the buildings can come down and may even crush you or your opponent in the process. Your monster can also pick up and throw a large amount of objects, from poles to cars, trains, …
Each of the 10 characters (a monkey, a bug, some "living pile of stone", robots, …) has it's own beating and kicking abilities and even some special moves. Nevertheless, the amount of different moves or combos is rather small. A monster can also fire laser beams, elektricity, rocks, … at his nemesis. However, this isn't always a smart move, 'cause it'll knock your energy bar down. Once depleted, you need to retreive power-ups or just wait till it has automatically recharged. In the meantime you can't attack anymore. Something that causes serious damage to your energy bar as well, is flying, an ability that only some of the characters have. The other monsters need to count on their climbing and jumping skills to reach higher places.
The graphics of this PS2 game are excellent. The arenas, characters, effects, … everything looks pretty detailed. You can even spot tiny people running their ass off on the streets. Combined with the frightening musical theme, this makes War of the Monsters a true B-game.
Too bad though the camera seems to lack discipline. It just follows your character around, without ever trying to turn immediately into the direction he's facing. Fortunately, you can lock on to an enemy, but with several monsters around, the camera can be a real pain in the ass.
Finally, let me just cover the coolest feature of the game: the multiplayer ! You can either compete in unlocked minigames, or just combat each other in simple free-for-all, maybe even joined by some CPU's. Since one can quickly master the easy controls, this game is excellent to play with some friends for a while … but still not too long. Too bad the game doesn't offer 4 player mode, so you can only play with 2 people at the same time.
In conclusion: War of the Monsters is a pretty decent action title, offering very interactive 3D arenas, which suit perfectly for some quick brainless fun. Unfortunately the single player mode is rather short, but as it is, you will certainly play it through a couple of times with different characters, in order to gain as much points as needed to unlock some cool stuff. Although it has little variety to offer, the multiplayer mode is fun to play with some friends. Most action fans will probably enjoy this fresh beat 'em up-alike game … along with those who have been holding their pets on steroids till now.
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'Jihad Jane' ally admits to Vilks murder plot
AFP/The Local · 9 Mar 2011, 07:16
Published: 09 Mar 2011 07:16 GMT+01:00
- Politician on trial for nude Muhammad poster (03 Mar 11)
- Al-Qaeda issues new Sweden threat: report (17 Feb 11)
- 'Jihad Jane' admits to Lars Vilks murder plot (02 Feb 11)
Jamie Paulin Ramirez, a US citizen and former resident of Colorado sometimes referred to as "Jihad Jamie", pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, the Justice Department said.
The 32-year-old faces up to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine at sentencing.
Officials alleged that Ramirez traveled with Colleen LaRose, who dubbed herself "Jihad Jane," to locations in Europe and elsewhere "to participate in and in support of violent jihad."
They were also said to have been involved in a plot to kill a Swedish cartoonist who made fun of the Prophet Muhammad.
LaRose, 47, pleaded guilty last month to related charges and could face life behind bars.
She was arrested in October 2009 for her role in a plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who unleashed a storm of protests from Muslims with his cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad seen as insulting to Islam.
LaRose sought to recruit men and women online, raise money and even agreed to carry out the murder of a Swedish resident, pledging "only death will stop me," the indictment charged.


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text: [Federal Register Volume 78, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 14230-14232] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2013-05068] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [Docket No. 121128658-3161-02] RIN 0648-BC72 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Framework Adjustment 7 AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NMFS is changing the butterfish mortality cap on the longfin squid fishery from a catch cap to a discard cap as a result of its approval of Framework Adjustment 7 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. This action also reduces the butterfish mortality cap for the 2013 fishing year by 13 percent (from 4,477 mt to 3,884 mt) to exclude butterfish landings that were previously included in the butterfish mortality cap allocation. The adjustment will maintain the intended function of the butterfish mortality cap by continuing to limit butterfish discards in the longfin squid fishery while accommodating a potential directed butterfish fishery during the 2013 fishing year. DATES: Effective March 5, 2013 through December 31, 2013. ADDRESSES: Copies of supporting documents used by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), including the Framework Document for Framework Adjustment 7, are available from: Dr. Christopher M. Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Suite 201, 800 N. State Street, Dover, DE 19901. The Framework Document is also accessible via the Internet at http://www.nero.noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Richardson, Policy Analyst, 978-675-2152, fax 978-281-9135. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background NMFS published a proposed rule for Framework Adjustment 7 on December 13, 2012 (77 FR 74159). The proposed rule included additional background information and detail on why and how the Council developed Framework Adjustment 7, which NMFS has not repeated in this rule. [[Page 14231]] NFMS implemented the butterfish mortality cap on the longfin squid fishery as part of Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (75 FR 11441, March 11, 2010) as a means of reducing fishing mortality to the butterfish stock. Butterfish discards in the longfin squid fishery account for the largest source of butterfish fishing mortality. The cap currently limits butterfish catch (both landings and discards) on directed longfin squid trips. The mortality cap accounts for fishery behavior in which fishermen discard most butterfish caught on a longfin squid trip and land only a small amount of butterfish, which has been the case since 2002. In response to new information that suggests increased butterfish abundance, the Council recommended and NMFS implemented on January 16, 2013, (78 FR 3346) a much higher butterfish quota for the 2013 fishing year. The increased quota will allow for a directed butterfish fishery for the first time in recent years. NMFS currently calculates the butterfish mortality cap by extrapolating the observed butterfish catch (landings and discards) on longfin squid trips with an observer aboard to determine the butterfish catch on all unobserved longfin squid trips. The butterfish mortality cap calculations currently include all trips that land greater than or equal to 2,501 lb of longfin squid. With directed butterfish fishing, an observed trip could land a very large amount of butterfish and just enough longfin squid to qualify as a longfin squid trip, and we would include it as a butterfish mortality cap trip. This means that the cap estimation would include a number of trips that are not truly targeting longfin squid. In order to accommodate the directed butterfish fishery, Framework Adjustment 7 changes the butterfish mortality cap on the longfin squid fishery from a catch cap to a discard cap. If the Council specifies a butterfish quota that does not accommodate a directed fishery in future fishing years, it can change the butterfish discard cap to a catch cap as part of the specifications process. This action also reduces the butterfish mortality cap for the 2013 fishing year by 13 percent (from 4,477 mt to 3,884 mt) to exclude butterfish landings that were previously included in the butterfish mortality cap allocation. NMFS has based this reduction on year-end butterfish mortality cap analyses for the 2011 fishing year, in which 13 percent of butterfish catch in the cap was retained, and 87 percent of butterfish catch in the cap was discarded. Although the total butterfish mortality allocation will decrease, NMFS expects the adjusted cap level to maintain overall butterfish mortality in the longfin squid fishery. Changes From the Proposed Rule At the time the proposed rule for Framework 7 published, NMFS had not yet finalized the butterfish mortality cap allocation for 2013. Final Research Set-Aside (RSA) allocations for a given year are typically not available until final specifications, and the exclusion of the final RSA allocation results in slight decreases in a number of the specified allocations for a given species. We have since finalized in the 2013 MSB Specifications and adjusted the butterfish mortality allocation from 4,500 mt to 4,477 mt to account for allocated butterfish RSA. The proposed rule included the 13-percent reduction to the mortality cap using the cap specified prior to final RSA allocation. For this final rule, we are adjusting the reduction of the mortality cap to include the RSA allocation. Thus, the final rule for Framework 7 applies the 13-percent discount to the butterfish mortality cap allocation presented in the final 2013 MSB Specifications (4,477 mt), which results in a 2013 butterfish mortality cap of 3,884 mt. Comments and Responses NMFS received one comment on the proposed rule for Framework Adjustment 7. The Garden State Seafood Association (GSSA), a New Jersey-based commercial fishing industry group, commented in support for the action and noted that it was consistent with the intent of Amendment 10 to limit butterfish discards and maintain the butterfish cap within the longfin fishery, while facilitating the directed butterfish fishery in 2013. Response: NMFS agrees that the measures in Framework 7 will still limit butterfish discards in the longfin squid fishery. The measures implemented in the 2013 MSB Specifications facilitate the directed butterfish fishery, but this measure does allow additional landings of butterfish while on a directed longfin squid trip. Classification Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the NMFS Assistant Administrator has determined that this final rule is consistent with the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish FMP, other provision of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable law. The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries finds that the need to implement these measures in a timely manner to avoid premature closure of the longfin squid fishery constitutes good cause under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in effective date. The 2013 MSB Specifications allocated a level of butterfish catch that may create enough butterfish market interest to cause a directed butterfish fishery for the first time in many years. This directed fishery is expected to be of the greatest value in late winter. If directed butterfish fishing increases without the measures included in this action, vessels that catch a high volume of butterfish on trips we determine to be longfin squid trips (i.e., those trips that also land more than 2,500 lb of longfin squid), will cause the butterfish mortality cap in the longfin squid fishery to be quickly harvested, resulting in a premature closure of the longfin squid fishery. Because the measures in this action remove landed butterfish from the calculation of the longfin squid butterfish mortality cap, these measures would prevent such an early closure of the longfin squid fishery. A premature closure of the longfin squid fishery would be contrary to the public interest because it would cause unnecessary and unjustifiable economic harm to fishery participants. Failure to implement this rule immediately will undermine NMFS' ability to accurately manage the butterfish resource by correctly estimating discards. This action has no other impacts on the fishing industry or other members of the public, and thus, the potential for closing the fishery during the normal 30-day delay in effectiveness would be contrary to public interest. Therefore, we are waiving the delay in effectiveness so that the final rule may be effective upon publication. Under MSA and other applicable law requirements, we have proceeded expeditiously with this action and factors out of our control resulted in the delay beyond the implementation of the 2013 MSB Specifications. This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866. The Chief Counsel for Regulation of the Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration during the proposed rule stage that this action would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. NMFS published the factual basis for this certification in the proposed rule and has not repeated it here. NMFS received no comments regarding this certification. As a result, NMFS was not required to prepare a [[Page 14232]] final regulatory flexibility analysis, and none has been prepared. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: February 27, 2013 Alan D. Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, performing the functions and duties of the Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2013-05068 Filed 3-4-13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P


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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (21 Alive) - IPFW hosted about 200 of its most ardent basketball fans Friday at the Annual Tip-Off Luncheon at Dan Hall's Guest House.
Men's coach Tony Jasick and women's coach Chris Paul each briefed fans on their upcoming seasons and introduced their players, some of whom also spoke.
The women open their season at Wichita State this coming Friday,and the men open at Dayton a day later on Saturday.
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Yes, they played some baseball games last week and yesterday. But today is the official opening day in the majors. Portland author Larry Colton told his opening day stories in this morning's Oregonian.
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Q- Can you give us a brief description of your time with Hershey? How did you get hooked up with them in the first place? How was training camp? What was it like when you got called up during the season? etc...
Jeff- My time with Hershey was a lot of fun and a great experience. There was a great group of guys on the team and I had a lot of fun during my time there. I was sent up from Reading as an emergency the first time to play against Norfolk because both goalies where hurt. That was just for a weekend and the next time I was there for a month or two. Training camp was good, I knew a bunch of guys there and I thought it went really well. I was always excited when I got called up, especially to Hershey.
Q- After your time with Hershey and Reading you headed out west and played for Bakersfield and Texas. How was that different than playing hockey in the northeast? Were the conditions in the arenas the same? Did you have a favorite place to play out there?
Jeff- Bakersfield was very brief and I hated it there. There was a reason why they where in last. Texas was a lot of fun. We had a good group of guys and a very good team. Wasn't much different then the northeast except that I got to go golfing in January. Florida was always a fun place to play.
Q- I read you recently dressed for the Las Vegas Wranglers. How did that come about and what was it like playing hockey in Vegas?
Jeff- I was out in Vegas for business and I decided to stay the weekend with my buddy who plays for Vegas. One of their goalies got called up and another had to go home for a family emergency and they needed a backup goalie so they signed me to a contract. It was fun to strap on the gear again, makes me miss it a little.
Q- Are you still involved in hockey now or have you started a new career? If so, what are you doing?
Jeff- I now work and live in Boston and am done with professional hockey. I play men's league as a forward a couple times a week.


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Humane Society offering adoption discounts for military personnel
SILVERDALE — In honor of Veteran's Day, Kitsap Humane Society (KHS) is discounting adoption fees for all adult cats by 50 percent, including spay/neuter surgery and a microchip, for all veterans, active duty personnel and military families when showing their military I.D.
The Humane Society currently has many adult cats looking for forever homes- black cats, tortoise shell cats, orange cats and calico cats of all ages, personalities and sizes.
"Whether military personnel are former pet owners or ready to discover the enjoyment of pet ownership for the very first time, we want to provide an special opportunity for our military personnel and our homeless cats by offering a special adoption rate this Veteran's Day weekend, " said Eric Stevens, executive director of Kitsap Humane Society. "Be sure to ask to see the cats that are living in our business offices, too. These cats are enjoying kennel breaks and hanging out with our staff."
KHS is open for adoptions this Saturday and Sunday from 12-5:30 p.m. each day. KHS will closed Monday, Nov. 11 in observance of Veteran's Day.
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Product: About 950 Oregon replacement lawnmower blades manufactured by Blount International Inc., of Kansas City, Mo., and made in the U.S. The blades fit Ariens 48-inch lawnmowers and are sold under the Oregon brand name, which is printed on the surface of the blades.
Problem: The blades can break during normal use, posing a cut hazard to the user and bystanders. Blount has received seven reports of replacement blades breaking during use. No injuries have been reported.
Scope: They were sold at independent lawn and garden sales and service stores nationwide from January 2010 through September 2011.
Details: 866-685-5449; blount.com
Product: About 25,000 infant rattles imported by Lee Carter Co., of San Francisco, Calif., and made in Mexico. The rattles measure about 4 1/2 inches long, are made of multi-colored, woven plastic, and have a bell inside. "Made in Mexico" and "Lee Carter Company" are printed on a tag on a purple plastic loop at the end of the rattle's handle.
Problem: The rattle's handle is small enough to fit into a child's throat, posing a choking hazard and violating federal rattle standards. No incidents have been reported.
Scope: They were sold at various specialty craft stores nationwide from February 2001 through October 2011.
Details: 415-824-2004; leecartercompany.com
Bicycle handlebars
Product: About 2,000 Nitto aluminum bicycle handlebars imported by Euro Asia Imports, of La Crescenta, Calif., The Merry Sales Co., of South San Francisco, Calif., and Bicycle Technologies Intl., of Santa Fe, N.M., and manufactured by Nitto Co Ltd. of Japan. The handlebars were sold in red, blue, black, gold, green, pink and silver with "NITTO" and "B259" printed on them.
Problem: The handlebars can break while in use and cause the rider to lose control of the bike. Two incidents of the handlebars breaking have been reported, including one in which the cyclist fell and sustained a cut.
Scope: The product was sold at bicycle specialty stores and dealers nationwide from January 2008 through July 2011.
Details: 888-662-1814; euroasiaimports.com
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The Big Apple Circus is on City Hall Plaza in Boston.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow for Everlast at The Sinclair in Cambridge on 7/26.
The Amazing Jonathan will be at The Wilbur Theater in Boston tomorrow.
The "Band In Boston" One Fund Benefit Concert with the Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra will be at the Regent Theater in Arlington on Saturday.


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Investors just don't like Intel (Nasdaq: INTC ) .
The proof is all over the place, but really we don't have to look any further than the stock's current valuation. With a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of just 10, it's pretty obvious that this one-time tech darling is no longer loved by investors.
Why the lack of love? In a word: mobility. Intel hasn't kept up with ARM Holdings (Nasdaq: ARMH ) when it comes to chips for tablets or smartphones, and while it may be able to claw its way back if gadgets based on Microsoft's Windows platform gain traction, Microsoft hasn't done a great job keeping up with Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) and its stable of wireless products.
However, I think investors may have an overly bleak view of the future of more traditional computers and Intel's ability to compete in mobility, and so the pessimism that's kept Intel's stock down may be a significant opportunity.
Earnings expectations
As I outlined in a previous article, a good way to get a baseline for growth expectations is to check on what Wall Street analysts expect and how fast the company has actually grown in the past.
Annual Growth Rate
|Analysts' estimates
|10-year historical
|5-year historical
|3-year historical
|Last 12 months
Source: Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's company. Historical growth based on operating earnings.
Now comes the tougher part: How fast do we actually believe Intel can grow? Right away, I'm going to suggest that analysts' estimates are far too optimistic. Intel's business is cyclical, and right now it's much closer to the peak than the trough. And that's not to mention the feared impact that mobile products will have on traditional PC chips. More broadly though, demand for high-quality processors is only going to increase as global growth picks back up and technology plays an ever-larger part in our day-to-day lives.
The top end of my expectation is that Intel will grow its earnings at 7% per year over the next five years -- and I consider that a pretty optimistic view. At the midpoint, I see growth closer to the 10-year average of 4% per year. And on the bottom end, I've penciled in a 4% decline per year.
Pinning down valuation
Valuations are a moving target that can be tough to predict, but, as with growth above, using a range of values can give us a view of our potential returns without requiring a Miss Cleo-type prescience.
In creating our range, a good place to start is where the stock is trading right now and what its historical trading range has been. As I pointed out above, Intel is currently trading at a very low multiple. In fact, its average annual multiple of 10.5 over the past 12 months is the lowest it's been over the past decade. Excluding this past year, Intel's annual-average P/E has been as high as 80 and as low as 17.
For broader context we can also look at how similar companies trade.
Trailing P/E
Estimated Growth
|Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO )
|Communications equipment
|Texas Instruments
|Broadcom (Nasdaq: BRCM )
|NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA )
|National Semiconductor
Source: Capital IQ, a Standard & Poor's company.
Obviously, these companies aren't all exactly the same as Intel. AMD's business may be the closest, but even there its status as runner-up to Intel makes it -- at least if you ask me -- a less attractive business to own. And even though many of the others are similarly listed as semiconductor manufacturers, the product sets differ -- from graphics processors at NVIDIA, to analog and mixed signal chips at National Semiconductor. However, the group still gives us some insight into how we might value Intel.
Even after we throw out NVIDIA as an outlier, it still appears that Intel is sorely undervalued when it comes to its industry and comparable companies. If we look at it from the broader context of the S&P 500 index, it's even more apparent; on a trailing basis, the overall S&P trades at 16.8 times trailing earnings.
For my downside case, I assumed that investor faith in Intel doesn't recover and the stock continues to trade at 10 times earnings. In the more likely midcase scenario, I have the stock's trading multiple climbing to 13, while on the upside I could see it trading at 17 times earnings.
Dividends and share count
Our final stop is to consider how much we'll get paid through dividends and whether changes in share count will impact our bottom line.
My main concern with share count is that I'll end up with a company that has a history of significant dilution. That's far from ideal because big share issuances cut the portion of the profits that each share receives. Although Intel's share count crept up slightly last year, we don't have much to worry about here. Over the past decade, the share count, on average, has fallen by roughly 2% per year.
As for dividends, Intel currently pays a very attractive 3.6% dividend and has grown that payout nearly 15% per year over the past five years. Though I assumed above that earnings growth will be somewhat sluggish, thanks to ample cash flow, a low payout ratio, and a hefty cash balance on the balance sheet, I'm projecting that the company will grow dividends at a brisker pace. For my upside, midcase, and downside scenarios, respectively, I projected dividend growth of 12%, 8%, and 4%.
The verdict please!
The end result of all of this is the returns we can expect under the various scenarios. Here's what my three scenarios would look like.
Annual Earnings-per-Share Growth
Earnings Multiple
Annual Dividend Growth
Expected Annual Returns
Source: Author's calculations.
Let's now go back to that question that we started with: Can you double your money with Intel's stock? If the upside scenario holds, the answer is a definite "yes." Even in the more likely midcase scenario, the overall return of 88% is nothing to thumb your nose at. The risk, of course, is the downside scenario, where your money would basically do nothing over the next five years. I happen to think that's a pretty attractive risk/reward trade-off and I've put my money where my mouth is as I own Intel in my personal portfolio.
Of course, the future is an ever-changing picture, so you need to keep on top of what's going on at Intel to see which set of numbers the company and stock are able to live up to. And you can do just that by adding Intel to your Foolish watchlist.


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Community calendar | City's fall recycling event is Oct. 27
The City of Mercer Island Fall Recycling Event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Mercer Island Boat Launch, 3600 East Mercer Way. This community event is a chance to safely dispose of old equipment and household items cluttering basements and garages. For a list of acceptable and unacceptable items, go to the city's website at www.mercergov.org.
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2013 Mercer Island Directory Deadline: Oct. 19 is the deadline for sending in new items — phone numbers, sponsored ads, corrections, etc. — to be included in the 2013 phonebook. Questions or entries? Contact Molly Tyler at firstname.lastname@example.com or Janet McIntosh at email@example.com.
Sunday | 21
Walk With Friendship: 12:30-4:30 p.m., Oct. 21, Mercerdale Park, 77th Avenue S.E. and S.E. 32nd Street. Show support for children with special needs. The Friendship Circle is a nonprofit organization. www.FriendshipCircleWA.org.
Jewish Genealogy Research Essentials, Presentations and Workshop: 1-5 p.m., Oct. 21, Stroum Jewish Community Center, Auditorium, 3801 East Mercer Way. "Getting Started": 1:30-2:30 p.m. "Researching on the Internet": 3-4 p.m. Speaker: Nancy Adelson, Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State founding member, president and program chair. Admission: $5 (nonmembers), free for members. www.jgsws.org.
Tuesday | 23
Mercer Island Rotary Club Meeting: 12-1:30 p.m., Oct. 23, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. The club meets every Tuesday. Each meeting covers club activities and features a weekly guest speaker. The general public is welcome.
Cascade Lodge - Sons of Norway Meeting: 6:30 p.m., Oct. 23, Mercer Island United Methodist Church, 7070 S.E. 24th Street. After the potluck dinner, a documentary will be shown: "Under the Clouds of War: Growing Up in Occupied Denmark and Norway," by the Nordic Heritage Museum, about the World War II era. All are welcome. For more information, call (425) 957-7692.
Saturday | 27
MIPA Halloween Party: 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Oct. 27, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. A Halloween party designed for preschoolers with Halloween-themed crafts, games, activities and tricks or treats. Wear a costume for the costume show and dance party. www.mipreschoolassociation.org/events.
Alpenland Delicatessen Oktoberfest Celebration: 6-9 p.m., Oct. 27, 2707 78th Ave. S.E. Celebrate Oktoberfest and the addition of the deli's new beer and wine license. Dinner menu features house favorites, seasonal specialties and discounts on imported beer and wine. Come meet the owners and staff of Alpenland.
Monday | 29
Health Care Crisis Book Signing with Dr. Fredric Tobis: 7 p.m., Oct. 29, Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. S.E. Come discuss the health care issues and solutions with Dr. Fredric Tobis and his new book, "The Healthcare Crisis: The Urgent Need for Physician Leadership." Dr. Tobis is the founder of the Center for Physician Leadership Training and current chairman of one of Washington State's District Healthcare Advisory Committees. Free. www.mercerislandbooks.com.
Tuesday | 30
Debunking Marijuana Myths: 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Oct. 30, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. Learn about marijuana and its effects. This program is suitable for adults and high school students. Mercer Island Communities That Care, Mercer Island Youth and Family Services.
Thursday | 1
MIVAL Meeting: 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Nov. 1, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. Social hour starts at 11:30 a.m. Potluck lunch: 12-2 p.m. Board member election. www.mival.org.
Events | Upcoming
SJCC Jewish Touch Lecture Series: "Jewish Themes in Modern Dance," 2 p.m., Nov. 4, Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 East Mercer Way. Donald Byrd, Seattle's renowned contemporary dance choreographer, discusses "The Theater of Needless Talents," an award-winning work depicting his vision of the Holocaust. Tickets: $8 (members), $12 (nonmembers). www.sjcc.org.
Probus Club of Mercer Island Meeting: 10:30 a.m., Nov. 7, Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, 3605 84th Ave. S.E. Steven C. Marshall will present "Transforming Transportation in Century 21," a summary of highlights from the conference that he organized and formed as part of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair. The public is welcome.
Mercer Island Women's Club Meeting and Luncheon: 11 a.m., Nov. 13, Maplewood Golf Course, Renton. Members' and guests' registration deadline: Nov. 1. The program, CAbi (Carol Anderson by invitation) Fall Fashion Show, will be presented by Marcia Underwood, fashion consultant. Club members will model the latest in fall fashion.
Mercer Island Time Bank Meeting: 7-8 p.m., Nov. 15, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. A Time Bank is a service exchange where one hour of work counts for another hour of work. For the public. No charge. Sponsors: Eastside Time Bank, City of Mercer Island, TIMI.
Mercer Island Farmers Market: Harvest Market, Nov. 18, along S.E. 32nd Street at Mercerdale Park. A special farmers market is held before Thanksgiving. www.mifarmersmarket.org.
Mercer Island Historical Society Meeting: "Are You Prepared For An Emergency?" 1 p.m., Nov. 19, Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 S.E. 24th Street. Speaker: Officer Jennifer Franklin. www.mihistory.org.
Events | Ongoing
Little Champs Sports Sampler - Soccer: 11-11:45 a.m., Oct. 17-Nov. 14, Boys & Girls Club, PEAK, 4120 86th Ave. S.E. Learn dribbling, passing, shooting, heading. Ages 3-5.
'Senseless' - Mercer Island's 4th Annual Haunted Forest: ongoing through Oct. 28, Island Crest Park, 5500 Island Crest Way. Youth Theatre Northwest's 40-minute guided performance and tour through shadowy and frightening park trails. For ages 8+. Rain or shine event. Participants should wear suitable shoes. For younger children over age 3, "Once Upon A Halloween" will perform during the daytime on Sundays. Tickets may be purchased at www.mercerislandshauntedforest.com.
Figure Drawing: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays, ongoing through Nov. 28. Life drawing class is an open workshop that allows each participant, regardless of age or experience, to practice, learn and improve their skills. Unclothed models are employed. Two breaks between hours.
Thursday Night Music at Emmanuel Episcopal: 7-8:30 p.m., Thursdays, ongoing through the month of November, 4400 86th Ave. S.E. The community is invited for West African drumming and dancing.
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Computer Class: Email Level 1, 7 p.m., Oct. 18.
Saturday Matinee Film Series - Occupied With Wall Street: "The Pursuit of Happiness," 1 p.m., Oct. 20. "Floored," 1 p.m., Oct. 27.
Drop-In to Learn about eBooks: 7 p.m., Oct. 24. Get started with KCLS eBooks. Bring your eReader, tablet or phone for an introduction to downloading from our growing catalog of titles.
Art Preview: A Century of Women Artists, presented by Susan Olds, through January 2013. The Seattle Art Museum presents another blockbuster exhibit from Europe, "Elles: Women Artists" from the Centre Pompidou, Paris. SAM is the only U.S. venue in the exhibition's world tour.
Children & Families
Baby and Me Story Times: 10 a.m., Tuesdays. Ages 3 to 12 months with caregiver.
Preschool Story Times: 11 a.m., Tuesdays. Ages 3 to 5 with adult.
Wonderful Ones Story Times: 10 a.m., Wednesdays. Ages 12 to 24 months with adult.
Terrific Twos and Threes Story Times: 11 a.m., Wednesdays. Ages 2 to 3 with adult.
Planes, Rockets and Other Things that Fly: 2:30 p.m., Oct. 17. Ages 8 to 12. Presented by Cascades Science Center Foundation. Hands-on workshop. Learn about the parts and movement of a plane as you build a model airplane. Join in a paper airplane competition. Registration required.
Life After High School Series: Series ends with "Transitioning to College: Twin Perspectives," 7 p.m., Oct. 30. The Brown Brothers, Jonathan and James, will offer insight to students and families preparing to move from high school to college.
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Authorities said a teen involved in a chase that triggered a school lockdown has been acquitted.
Blythe Eversole, 16, was acquitted of the charges after the Jefferson County clerk said there wasn't enough evidence to convict him.
Police said the chase in November of last year reached speeds of 135 mph.
The chase was called off as it entered town and ended with two teens bailing out of the car and running. Eversole was found in a home nearby.
The chase caused a school lockdown at the Jefferson Elementary School that lasted about an hour. No one was hurt in the chase.
You can see dash camera video of the chase here.


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Got a mad urge to combine all knowledge I've gathered in my miniscule life to create something to help people less fortunate than myself.
Last night my girlfriend had an epileptic fit which resulted in a massive bruise on her head after doing a zidane on the bath. Today I basically looked at the benefits of my long term friend, mj, to see if there were any benefits.
Turns out, as I expected, there are. This sent me off on a mission as I know a lot of asthmatics, and one of my friends wives has Crohns disease. I put some of my aromatherapy knowledge, as well other knowledge into the following.
Just looking for it to be checked over to make sure its all correct.
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By Jane Gervasoni, U.S. Army Public Health CommandDecember 2, 2011
The U.S. Army Public Health Command has a new weapon in its arsenal to keep Soldiers and retirees, their families, and Army civilians safe from airborne environmental hazards. Environmental health experts at the USAPHC have equipped a Mobile Ambient Air Monitoring System capable of rapid deployments to locations affected by air quality hazards such as Arizona, which experienced heavy smoke from recent wild fires.
"We deployed the MAAMS at the request of the Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center Preventive Medicine Department to monitor air quality for the Fort Huachuca community," explained Terry Meade, MAAMS project manager in USAPHC's Deployment Environment Surveillance Program.
"Our job was to determine if the air quality in the Fort Huachuca community was affected by the particulate matter and gasses produced by the wild fires," he said.
Contaminants like sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone and carbon monoxide are found in the air we breathe, but high concentrations of these compounds along with high amounts of particulate matter (dust) can cause breathing problems. The equipment in the MAAMS monitors meteorological conditions including temperature, air pressure, wind speed and wind direction, as well as these contaminants.
"People on the installation were fortunate the winds were in their favor and kept most of the smoke to the south," Meade explained.
The equipment is designed to support environmental assessments like this. The USAPHC also has three trailer-mounted MAAMS, but the Fort Huachuca deployment was the first for the truck-enclosed system.
The system is a self-contained, environmentally-controlled vehicle housing a suite of instruments that continuously monitors for pollutants. USAPHC uses Environmental Protection Agency criteria in determining air quality.
"Our work at Fort Huachuca provided us with a better overall picture of the community's air quality. From a public health standpoint, having a complete picture during a situation like this enables us to identify potential health effects and give information to commanders so they can provide necessary warnings appropriate for the conditions," explained Lt. Col. Sheryl Kennedy, DESP program manager.
"We learned a lot on this deployment," said Meade. "We learned to be aware of logistical considerations including locations of power sources and Internet connections to ensure data transfer back to our headquarters. It gave us the opportunity to anticipate problems so we can prepare in advance for contingencies to ensure mission success. The science behind what we do is unique--being able to provide important health surveillance data rapidly will help commanders make science-based decisions to keep their people safe."
"We hope to raise awareness in the military community of the capabilities of the Mobile Ambient Air Monitoring System," said Kennedy. "We want commanders to be aware that this tool is available to them to provide real-time air-quality monitoring."
"The USAPHC is looking at other locations that may benefit from the mobile monitoring capabilities of the MAAMS equipment," said Meade. "We are discussing the feasibility of deploying this type of monitoring platform in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to help assess air quality issues within Afghanistan."
"The rapid deployment capability of the system and its ability to collect real-time data is a real asset that commanders can resource during serious incidents where air quality is a concern," said Brig. Gen. Gregg Potter, commanding general, U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence, Fort Huachuca, during his observation of the vehicle's performance.
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A mass of ice and snow of considerable thickness, defined as covering an area of more than 50,000 square kilometres.
The edge of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet in Princess Elizabeth Land, marked by an ice cliff abutting sea ice at left and bedrock lower. Photo M. J. Hambrey, 1994.


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I was a long time dish subscriber before my last move. I was one of the original E2000 customers (still own 2 of them) and purchased a used E6000 for HD after getting a new HD set over a year ago. Right after receiving the E6000, I moved and never activated it due to a deal that was going on local cable. I've now moved again and want to go back to Dish.
I understand that Dish has had some kind of card swapout and all of my equipment still has the original blue cards (and was never hacked). So, is any of this equipment still usable? There's no mention of it on the website but I'd think that at least the E6000 would still work. My old account if Dish keeps records back more than a year or two would only have the E2000's on it and at a different address. Should I just have them create a new account and transfer the E6000 on it (assuming it still works) or am I forced into getting a new HD receiver.
It appears that I'd be better off just dumping all of the old equipment, pretending that I've never subscribed to Dish, and sign up as a new subscriber. I could then get a new 811 with the Digital Home Plan and a 12 mo commitment. If I read the offer right, that's no installation or equipment charges. Any reason not to do that or would Dish's historical database still flag me as a returning customer even with a different address?
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Dish -- older equipment -- what to do?
Started by mlcarson , Jul 16 2005 01:57 PM
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Posted 16 July 2005 - 01:57 PM
Posted 16 July 2005 - 07:53 PM
I'm not sure but your E2000 receivers may not work period with the new smart cards. Some of the 2000 series (I think) are simply not compatible with the new smart cards and in order to get the programming that requires those cards folks have to get newer model receivers. The E6000 receiver should work fine however once you get a new yellow smart card from Dish for it.
Posted 17 July 2005 - 09:45 AM
As long as you have been gone at least 6mos, didn't leave w/ an outstanding balance, qualify for the credit criteria again and you sign up for a two year agreement. You'll get all new equipment, free installation and whatever the latest deal is just as if you were a first time customer.
Posted 17 July 2005 - 01:19 PM
I would try signing up as a new customer as long as you have a new address and phone number and you never gave DISH your social security number you will probably pass as a new customer. The software on the 6000 maybe so old that it won't work. If the software on the 6000 will update it will work withn the new cards.


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- tanksoldierJuly 15, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Brigid for President.ReplyDelete
Regarding the point about DC and semi-auto firearms.ReplyDelete
DC has re-titled semi-auto's as 'Machine Guns' for legal purposes. This is the moral equivalent to calling a a mule a cow and demanding it give milk.
By DC's definition all their police officers are carrying a city issued machine gun on the belt every day.
There will soon come a day in that districts appeals court where the police chief of DC will be called to testify why her officers need machine guns on a daily basis.
Of course, this all comes from a city that lives off hand outs and elects convicted crack dealers to the office of mayor, TWICE.
Recently ran into keys far away from locked gun box, and it was only about shooting for practice - but I didn't like that it was all my fault. Either I go to combination locks on all, or do like I do with the rifles and shotgun - no locks. I went without for reasons of getting older and older. Can only live life once, like it with more access and freedom than less. Thanks for the post.ReplyDelete
Excellent post, lady.ReplyDelete
Why get a gun if I have to take it apart, lock it up unloaded, ammo in a separate place? An unloaded gun that is not readily accessible is about as useful as no gun at all. My sincerest hope is that one of the Brady folks need an armed citizen to save their butts.ReplyDelete
And why should I not be allowed to have a high powered rifle, "an evil black gun" as they say? I say I can have whatever I want to hunt and defend myself, the founding fathers agree with me, and God giveth me that right for a reason.
Great commentary!
Gun safety for children? Heh. My Gracie got her first firearm - a Chipmunk .22 - for Christmas the year she turned 7, and shoots very well with it. She's also a fair shot with the .22 Bearcat I got to teach my kids with, and she'll likely be stepping up to my XD shortly.ReplyDelete
responsible parenting is the keyReplyDelete
teach them to respect and care for all tools, saws, steak knives, electrical outlets, hot skillets, firearms etc.
kids learn bad habits and good habits in the home.. its time the parents accept the responsibility that goes with parenting.
"He cut the phone lines to the house, broke in, and began chasing down and stabbing the children in their bedrooms."ReplyDelete
As someone who gets to pick the brains of DE State Prosecutors I can say that this happens ALOT. Way more than people think, at least around here.
If only we could make the Brady Bunch understand this.ReplyDelete
Sarah Brady has a California concealed weapons permit. You can be sure that her pistol is not at home, unloaded and with a trigger lock. "Do as I say, not as I do!"ReplyDelete
Regarding parenting and teaching about the world's dangers... one of my 2 yr old twins recently climbed up one of our gates and reached for the hot wire before I could pull her away...ReplyDelete
I felt a little bad that she had to experience that, but sometimes experience is a better teacher than a parent can ever be... when the experience is non-lethal anyway...
I don't know Brigid well enough to vote her for president. Might I suggest Donald Trump. A man who knows how to make deals in the interests of his share holders. I think Charles Schumer et al needs to realize who HIS share holders are.ReplyDelete
I started this blog so the child I gave up for adoption could get to know me, and in turn, her children, as well as share stories for a family that lives too far away. So please keep it friendly and kid safe. Posts that are only a link or include an ad for an unknown business automatically to to SPAM..


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I'm sorry about that, I couldn't find the burial info and just put him where his parents were. I'm not any kin just hate for people to be forgotten. I'll delete mine as you have much more info than I do. Thank you for the heads up and if I can help you on any other memorials just holler !
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I've been doing some research on a family that I believe involves your Thomas Tibbitts.
Specifically, you have listed on his bio here that he married for the third time to a Mrs. Bertha Williams, from Neillsville, Wisconsin. I believe that is incorrect.
However, there is a marriage record dated 29 Apr 1866, to a Bertha Birch. Bertha has an interesting history. Her married name would have been Bertha Wheeler. Except she may not actually have been married...because her "husband" may have still been married to his first wife. Her husband was Moses Stowell Wheeler. Calling him a rascal is an understatement! He was born in Massachusetts, and married a New Hampshire gal in 1848 in Vermont, Lucy Ann Hartwell. He then "disappeared", leaving her with a child to raise. Lucy Ann Wheeler died in 1879.
In the meantime, Moses Wheeler married Bertha - and I have still to determine her actual last name - either Bjerke/Birch/Burch - who was from Norway. Together they had 5 children. In the 1860 U.S. Census they were living in Knox County, Illinois - and the census has him incorrectly identified as Chas. Wheeler- either deliberately or by mistake, I do not know.
Bertha must have found out that Moses was lying to her, perhaps she found out he was still married, I don't know, but Moses went to New York to enlist in the military. He ended up deserting twice, and then re-enlisting under the name Henry A Lampkinson, and serving in Texas until the end of the war. He later was arrested on arson charges and spent 8 years in prison, and wrote a book about his "wrongful" imprisonment. He would go on to marry two more times.
Meanwhile, Bertha married Thomas H. Tibbitts on 29 Apr 1866, in Jackson County, Wisconsin. After he died, she stayed in Wisconsin and ran a restaurant for a few years, and then moved with her sister and bro-in-law to South Dakota, and finally to Everett, Snohomish, Washington to live with one of her sons from her "marriage" to Moses Wheeler. She died there in 1912.
I have to say, this is one of the more interesting families I've ever researched!
But, I can find no record whatsoever of a marriage between Thomas Hillard Tibbitts and a Bertha Williams. And the only marriages for a Bertha Williams are after 1870, so they are ruled out if Thomas Tibbitts died in 1868.
You are welcome to go the Limpert Family Tree on ancestry.com if you would like to look at the research I've posted thus far...it's a public tree.
Anyway, if you are related to Thomas Tibbitts, I thought you might want this information. I hope you'll make the correction in his bio...although I don't know how you would put it! I guess I would say he married Bertha Birch Wheeler? The official marriage record says Bertha Birch, which is the English version of Bjerke, perhaps....and might indicate that she knew of Moses Wheeler's deception and reverted to her maiden name for legal purposes. That's a guess on my part, but it is fairly unusual for married women to use their maiden name when they remarry, although it could be a transcription error. I have not seen the original marriage document.
Here's the link to the info on the Wis Historical Society site:
If you scroll down, you can click on the "possible spouses" link, which will take you to Berth Birch.
I've done quite a bit of research on this family and I'm 99.9% convinced it is correct. However, if you have supporting evidence to the contrary, please do let me know. It is possible there is another Thomas H Tibbitts in the same area, although I have not found him thus far.
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Sorry for the delay in my reply. I believe you are probably right. I have found several errors in the Harper Cemetery and I am slowly working on fixing them. I will check into this in more detail as I have time and see what I can do to correct them. Thanks for making me aware of this one.
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This species is suspected to have a small to moderately small and declining population and as a result it is considered Near Threatened.
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Sibley, C. G.; Monroe, B. L. 1990. Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. Yale University Press, New Haven, USA.
BirdLife International. 2001. Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
Brazil, M. 2009. Birds of East Asia: eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, eastern Russia. Christopher Helm, London.
Byers, C.; Olsson, U.; Curson, J. 1995. Buntings and sparrows: a guide to the buntings and North American sparrows. Pica Press, Robertsbridge, U.K.
Further web sources of information
Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).
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BirdLife International (2016) Species factsheet: Emberiza yessoensis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/10/2016. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2016) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 20/10/2016.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
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|Emberizidae (Buntings, American sparrows and allies)
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Is there a conspiracy against Herman Cain?
An Atlanta woman, Ginger White, has now come forward to claim a 13 year adulterous relationship, most commonly known as an affair, with Herman Cain. Cain admits to knowing Ms. White for 13 years, but claims that they are just friends. As we all know, four other women have previously come forward to claim sexual misconduct against Mr. Cain. Two of those four have come out and made public statements.
So, can this all be a huge conspiracy against Herman Cain? Are these five women all being paid off by David Axelrod and the Chicago Daley
machine mob?
It is now being reported that Harman Cain is now "reassessing" whether he should stay in the Republican presidential race. In other words, Herman Cain will soon be dropping out. He'll probably claim that he needs to spend time with his family in order to heal. Another way of putting that is that he now has to try talking his wife out of divorcing him and walking away with half of his assets.
If this is a well organized left-wing conspiracy, and if these women are all lying, and their lies ultimately succeed in destroying Mr. Cain's presidential aspirations, then why not do the same thing to perennial frontrunner Mitt Romney? Why only Herman Cain? Obama and his cronies have millions upon millions of dollars to throw around. And God knows that these people would stop at nothing in pursuit of their Marxist goals.
A rational person can only come to the conclusion that some, if not all, of these allegations probably have some truth to them. Can some of the claims by the accusers be a bit exaggerated? Sure they can, but a pattern seems to have been established.
If all of these women are lying about their relationships and interactions with Herman Cain, he should stay in the race. Would the Herman Cain that we've all come to know quit and give up that easily due to baseless allegations – lies?
Short of taking and passing a public polygraph test administered by a recognized expert, or experts, Mr. Cain will surely lose whatever trust and support he has left.
It's sad, but this looks like the end of the line for Mr. Cain. I hope for the sake of his wife and family that all of these allegations are bald-faced lies. But my rational mind tells me otherwise.
P.S. All political candidates should take a cue from Newt Gingrich. Mr. Gingrich doesn't have affairs; he just divorces his wives and gets new ones.


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By JIM KINNEY
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BOSTON - Professors at the famed Harvard Business School will use the saga of Friendly Ice Cream Corp. as a case study in corporate governance.
The story starts with Friendly's co-founder S. Prestley Blake's nearly eight-year successful legal fight to wrest control of the company he calls "my baby" away from former Friendly's CEO Donald N. Smith.
The 29-page case study also covers San Antonio-based investor Sardar Biglari's purchase of Friendly's stock and demands for two seats on the board and the company's sale in August 2007 to Sun Capital Partners, a privately held Florida firm.
"All that in a setting of a company that is nice to talk about because it's ice cream," said Fabrizio Ferri, Harvard Business School assistant professor of accounting and management. "It lends itself to a very interesting discussion."
The school, which marks its centennial this year, pioneered its "case method" of study in the 1920s, bringing what it describes as "slices of business reality into the classroom in order to breathe life and instill greater meaning into the lessons of management education." More than 80 percent of the school's classes are built on this method of study, according to the school.
Ferri, along with Harvard Business School Professor V. G. Narayanan and researcher James Weber, spent four months meeting with Blake and Biglari and researching the case using publicly available documents before publishing the case in April. Teachers started using it in second-year master's of business administration degree courses this month . Harvard is selling copies for $6.95 each.
Ferri said he'll also use the case in classes he teaches to members of corporate boards of directors.
"They may be more sympathetic to the way the board dealt with the situation," he said.
S. Prestley Blake, now 93, said he's happy the case is getting more attention. He believes more people in the business world need to know the dangers of "poison pills," provisions in corporate structure that make it difficult to buy enough shares to take over a company. Blake said the pills are not there to protect shareholders or longtime employees, only executives.
"I succeeded in getting rid of Smith," Blake said. "It took me seven and a half years. It's a darn good thing I stuck with it as long as I did. No one else would have done it."
Smith and the people who ran Friendly's at the time said Blake's lawsuit was expensive to defend and diverted management's attention from running the company, according to the Harvard study.
Blake and his brother Curtis L. Blake, founded Friendly in Springfield in 1935. They sold the company to Hershey Foods in 1979 for $164 million. Hershey sold it to Smith's company in 1988 for $375 million and in 1997 Smith took the company public.
"(Prestley) Blake is kind of a symbol of American capitalism in the '30s, '40s," Ferri said. "Coming out of the Depression they were very risk-averse. They didn't believe in a lot of debt."
He contrasts that mind-set with Smith.
"Then you have a CEO who is a symbol of the CEOs of the '80s and '90s," Ferri said. "The way you build wealth is by leveraging into debt. Then," - in Biglari - " you have this avant garde of the hedge-fund activist," Ferri said.
But Prestley Blake didn't like the debt Friendly's had and Smith's strategy of closing and selling restaurants in order to pay down that debt. Blake also didn't like the relationship between Friendly's and Perkins, another restaurant company Smith controlled, and Smith's use of a corporate jet.
The stock dipped as low as $2 a share before Biglari started buying it with an eye toward rejuvenating the firm under new management.
"Essentially the goal is to clean up the balance seat," he said.
The fight continued until August 2007 when Sun Capital Partners, a privately held firm that doesn't have publicly traded stock, bought the company for $337.2 million.
Sun paid $15.50 a share, 30 percent more than what Friendly's stock was trading for at the time, ensuring a profit for all the stockholders including Prestley Blake and Smith.
"In the end, everyone was happy," Ferri said. Converting public companies into privately held firms that have less pressure to show short-term results is a trend in corporate America, Ferri said.
"I can ask students 'Why take a company private?,'" he said.
George R. Weldon is vice president of marketing at Friendly now. He came on board just as the sale was completed last year.
"We've seen the case study," Weldon said. "We really didn't see it as any new news. We're glad it's behind us, and we're terribly excited about the new ownership."
Curtis Blake read the Harvard case study after Prestley sent him a copy through Prestley's son. The two men, partners in business for more than 50 years, are no longer friendly with each other.
"I wasn't sure what the moral of the story is," Curtis Blake said. "The only moral that I could draw was that it pays to be an activist investor and raise hell."
Ferri met with Biglari and with Prestley Blake, but didn't interview Curtis Blake. Curtis Blake, 91, is mentioned briefly in the report during an outline of the company's history.
Curtis Blake said his brother had a personal vendetta against Smith while Curtis Blake credits Smith with rescuing the company from poor management at Hershey and giving it 19 more years of life.
"I thought Biglari was the guy who got the business sold," Curtis Blake said.
It was only when it looked like Prestley Blake and Biglari were going to work together and take control of the company that Smith found a buyer in Sun Capital. It turned out to be an excellent buyer at the 30 percent premium, Curtis Blake said.
"Its wonderful," Blake said "That's why I was so happy to hear it."
Curtis Blake said his brother is playing up his role, though. Prestley Blake did a wonderful job managing Friendly's in the early years, Curtis Blake said. "I've always given him credit for that," he said. "I never could have done it alone. Then as the company grew, he just couldn't think big enough."
Business writer Jim Kinney can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Old Town Scottsdale hotels have all been renovated and renewed and are so popular you'll be lucky to get a reservation certain times of the year. The Scottsdale Art Walk is one of the most popular draws in town and you better go well before the 7:00 hour if you want to find parking. There are over 100 art galleries to lure you in. You'll enjoy free wine and food as you stroll along Marshall Way and other downtown streets catering to artists. All the famous and not-yet famous artists are on display for your perusal. Thursday night is a fun time for all as you do the "art walk". We would like to bring to your attention a special boutique gallery and one of our favorites. We like to think of it as "small but mighty". Lynne's Fine Art Ltd offers a super selection of avant garde artists, offering contemporary art pieces that will work for your home or office. Visit them on a Thursday evening or online, and don't forget our other wonderful downtown galleries as well!
Scottsdale is not very old, as it just celebrated it's 50th birthday a year or so ago, so Old Town is about as old as it gets around these parts. However, even though it's not so "old" by many standards, it has all the charm of the earlier western days in Scottsdale, but quickly becoming the most "in" hip and happening place to be. Especially with the advent of the Scottsdale Watrerfront. (and you thought "buying waterfront property" in Arizona was all a joke) - not anymore. Check out the Scottsdale Waterfront as a growing part of Scottsdale Old Town.
Pictured at left is probably one of our historic buildings in Old Town (actually downtown) Scottsdale. Dating from about 1908. But as you can see you're in for a treat when viewing the old time buildings.
There are many interesting small shops downtown Scottsdale, as well as being lots of fun to wander around the streets and experience Scottsdale as it was before all our phenomenal growth. You'll find shops for just about everything. Native American jewelry is at its finest in Old Town. If you want to buy some to take home, this is the place.
Everyone should stay in Old Town at least once, otherwise you will miss what the town is all about. If you want to stay downtown, we have also provided a list of hotels. The Scottsdale Culinary Institute is in Old Town at 5th Avenue & Scottsdale Road in the Galleria. It's a special dining treat, plus there are cafes and bistros and famous restaurants there as well. Many people won't stay anywhere else. check out our favorite Old Town hotels the next time.
Browse our list of Hip hotels:
The Mondrian Hotel (formerly James Hotel) is hipper and better that ever. The new "urban resort" for more that just a good night's sleep. You'll find everything you need to make your stay at the Mondrian a top experience. Two great pools, a great daytime party spot and super food poolside. Try the wood-fired pizza.
Hotel Valley Ho - a remodeled goodie from the 50's and in fact the new decor harks back to that era as well, I love the Cafe TuTu as you can read on another page. And if you just want to indulge in poolside fun without staying at the hotel, rent a cabana and join right in fun in the sun.
Caleo Resort (now FireSky) has just gotten it's second major makeover in the past two years and a new name in the process. It's a totally different hotel in it's reincarnation. Beds in the lobby, in-room spa treatments, nightly wine hour and pet-friendly are just some of the Kimpton amenties. A new restaurant "Taggia" and a spa join the changes and improvments to lobby and guest rooms. If you want to stay at newest addition to "hip hotel" downtown Scottsdale, book it here. You'll love it.
And more excitement yet for Old Town Scottsdale - Waterfront properties. Hyatt Place makes it's debut. The former Amerisuites after a total redo now has bigger rooms, a signature Hyatt Grand Bed, a walk-in shower and 42 inch flat panel TV. A select hotel experience with a beautifully redone lobby, self registration kiosks, coffee and wine cafe and everything to make your stay memorable. Look for the new H
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AZ 88, The Bar offers American food, 7353 Scottsdale Mall, 480-994-5576
Cowboy Ciao, Western bistro offers a "different" American food, try the Mushroom Stir Fry, 7133 E. Stetson Drive, 480-946-3111
Atlas Bistro, international favorites, 2515 N. Scottsdale Road, 489-990-2433
Medizona, blending Mediterranean and Southwest flavors for a different taste. 7217 E. 4th Ave, 480-947-9500
Old Town Tortilla Factory, Charming, great food, 6910 E. Main Street 480-945-4567
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