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My Sophisticated Rake
He's my sophisticated Rake,
He's my sophisticated Jake.
He stays in hotels,
Eats Morels,
And he dines on steak
He's my sophisticated Rake
He's my sophisticated Jake
I have a friend; he goes in and out with me. Many think he is my shadow, and in a way he is. As my protector and friend, his elegantly large black form is rarely far from my side as his piercing brown eyes stare down any and all oncomers; his black ears tipped sharply alert for sounds of danger. To strangers, his always-tense muscular body is a formidable reminder that he is serious about his job as my protector. He is my Jake, my sophisticated rake, my sophisticated Jake.
For the past 14 years, Jake has staked out his domain, our house on the mountain, and my car, and me. He cares for his domain well. He greets the morning with a deep bark at his squirrel friends and deer are allowed to roam freely. (Although I do wish Jake was a bit more protective of my roses!). He allows the peacocks, jays, mourning doves and miscellaneous critters to o eat in peace, but the peacocks are not allowed on the deck. Nor are the neighbors dogs allowed on the property. Skunks, raccoons, foxes, bobcats and cougars are definitely not allowed close to the house. He's my Jake, he's my protector, Jake
Jake is my traveling companion. On the coastal shores he has chased birds, wayward kites, and frolicked with the children. On mountain trails his long black form races back and forth from the front runners to the stragglers, as a good shepherd always does. In the eastern desert lands his long strides patrols his camp perimeter, always alert for dangers. He has been greeted by name at our favorite hotels and motels. In the legislative warrens, he has sat at my feet, his paws elegantly crossed, and eyed Directors and Legislators with a nonchalant gaze. He's my traveling Jake, my companion Jake.
Now that he is getting to be the elder statesman of his world, he still does all of these things. He goes in and out with me. His alert eyes scan for errant dogs and strangers approaching, --- and always watching me. His black coat shimmers in the sun and his ears pointed sharply for sounds of danger. But now --- now --- I watch out for him. No longer does he race to stretch that magnificent body to it's fullest. Now, less strenuous and more quiet are the games we play. Now -- I always watch for big dogs and strangers that might invade his territory. His fierce heart and unflagging loyalty is unaware that his once muscular body that leaped and ran with abandon no longer matches that great heart of his. He's my Jake, my sophisticated rake, My sophisticated Jake.
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We have to outscore them before their starters get back... JVG's damn right.
I guess the new strategy for the Knicks is let Novak shoot as much as possible?
That is really the only way we can beat these teams like the Heat and Bulls. If we can get him remotely open and he can nail them.
Word on the street is that Jordan will receive some significant minutes in this game starting in the third quarter.
We have to outscore them before their starters get back... JVG's damn right.
Really Baron, did you really think that was a good pass to Jean Shorts when there was 4 blue jerseys there....
Featuring Novak a little too much
hey yo!! just tuned in and see another Baron turnover .. let's go
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Another misconception, according to the CDC, is that certain lots of vaccinations are harmful, and people should try to avoid getting vaccinations from these lots.
The CDC says that this misconception is based on the number of side effects reported, that people think that more side effects are associated with a certain lot, the more harmful the entire lot is. The CDC says that side effects are not caused by the lot that vaccine came from. The CDC says that only some of the serious side effects that are reported are actually linked to the vaccines, and that most of the serious illnesses people think were associated with the vaccine are actually not. The CDC says some people fall ill after a vaccine by chance – that it wasn't caused by the vaccination but that it was a coincidence that they got sick after the injection.
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the food guide pyramid sucks.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
i'm a nutritionist. did you know that? hopefully you did since i write health related posts.
my formal name is rebecca baust, RD (registered dietitian). fancy i know. but who cares?
i worked as a nutritionist in a rehab center for the longest time. the affiliated hospital essentially tells you what to say to each patient. you know, milk is liquid gold, and follow the food guide pyramid.
guess what? the food guide pyramid sucks.
truth is, people are paid to tell you things that aren't true. if you've watched any food related documentary, you'll know the specifics. in fact, go watch food, inc. immediately.
i don't practice as a nutritionist in that setting anymore. over the past few years, i've kept my nutrition knowledge on the back burner and let my creative side take over. but why not merge the two?
i post a few health and wellness things on the blog, but i'm toying with the idea of making it a more regular thing. this doesn't mean the blog is taking a turn for the serious. i'm just hoping to find more focus.
hopefully you guys are with me.
44 comments:
- Vanda said...
I think I heat well myselfe(and my family)...I try not to follow the food guide pyramid, but at least to have a healthy way of life.I used to be vegetarian, now I am not. My father was vegetarian for 40 years and at the end he got stomach cancer! Life is full of irony and as you say..sometimes..sucks!
I would love to hear from you some ideas of health and welness, it would be great!!!!
- February 28, 2012 at 7:57 AM
- little t said...
Totally with you!
P.s I always suspected that was the case about that pyramid!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:09 AM
- Kathy said...
Go for it. Can't wait!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:21 AM
- Melissa said...
Sounds like great idea!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:35 AM
- Katie said...
yes, please!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Aly Casey said...
Do it!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:08 AM
- Patrice said...
Absolutely wonderful idea. Totally on board!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- Rob and Jen said...
The food pyramid was ousted this past summer...Welcome to the "Choose My Plate". Glad to see some of those nutrition roots coming out again. :)
- February 28, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- Ashley Faye - ourbklyn.com said...
This is perfect because I desperately need guidance in that department as I dedicate myself to a fitness routine (i'm trying!)
- February 28, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- Jackie Rice said...
as a creative with an ever growing interest in nutrition i'd love to see those elements merge on your blog.
- February 28, 2012 at 9:39 AM
Absolutely! Please do so!
Rebeca (1st time commenter)
- February 28, 2012 at 9:40 AM
- Ashton said...
I'm looking forward to seeing more health and wellness posts! Over the last year I've reworked my diet and exercise and I am always looking to learn more! :)
- February 28, 2012 at 9:46 AM
- Kim said...
Totally with you! I watched Food, Inc. and lately my husband and I are very conscious about the things we eat - at home we follow a vegan, no-added oil diet, but it's hard to stick to that it public or at friends' houses. It's crazy how the food pyramid has warped people's perceptions of how much protein and dairy they should be consuming!
- February 28, 2012 at 9:48 AM
That would be awesome!!
- February 28, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- jen said...
I think one day I'll become a nutritionist. It seems like a fun/satisfying job. Though, I never really thought about having to tell people to drink milk, eat animals, etc! We're also "at home vegans" since December. (Have you seen Forks Over Knives??) I'd love to see regular health related posts on here. I'm already following your skin care advice and my skin has never looked better. Maybe I'll just tell people you're my life coach. ha ha.
- February 28, 2012 at 10:44 AM
- TheBeautyFile said...
I like this idea. A whole bunch. I went to a nutritionist this year for the first time in my life because I still felt like a truck a year after my son was born. And you know what, on the days I don't eat healthy, I still feel like one. I know that habits are so hard to break, but a big part of my nutrition quest is about breaking the habit I have set up to eat unhealthy. Then I can probably move on with my non-truck-feeling existence. TMI??
- February 28, 2012 at 10:55 AM
- Heather Hands said...
I love this post. It's awesome knowing that I'm not the only one. I am also a RD, but have put it on the back burner for a couple of years, trying to focus on more creative things. Sometimes I have panic moments about the decision, but ultimately I am happier. Seems like you are as well :)
- February 28, 2012 at 11:33 AM
- Mel said...
Oh yes yes yes!!! I'd love to hear more on health and wellness! totally with you!
- February 28, 2012 at 12:10 PM
- I'm Pam said...
I think the combo would be great. DO it!
You must have loved when congress wanted to add pizza to the pyramid. I was shocked.
Here is a short interesting story: I was talking with a free range chicken farmer a month ago. He has a shop that he sells his eggs and USDA approved chicken from his farm. He told me a 50+ lady came into his shop 6mths ago and asked how to cook up a whole chicken and then asked where the nugget part of the chicken was located. People are paid to say things because the majority of people have no idea and are easily lead for all kinds of reasons.
- February 28, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- Notes from Holly St. said...
i would love to read more health related posts! please, enlighten me :)
- February 28, 2012 at 12:29 PM
- rebecca said...
rob and jen-
i am humbled to know the food guide pyramid doesn't even exist anymore.
another RD!!
you're the second person that has recommended forks over knives. i gotta jump on that.
that's hilarious and disheartening at the same time. thanks for sharing.
- February 28, 2012 at 12:32 PM
- Meagan Murtagh said...
i'm in! can't wait to see your healthy tips.
xo the egg out west.
- February 28, 2012 at 12:52 PM
- Kelsey said...
I am excited to learn from your new segments! It will be good to know the information is coming from a professional with no political or monetary agenda. It is crazy how misinformed people are about nutrition, and even crazier that it isn't *completely* their fault.
- February 28, 2012 at 1:12 PM
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- February 28, 2012 at 2:33 PM
- kitchu said...
excellent idea.
i am careful with these sort of documentaries as they will always "cater" (little food humor) to their own bias, but i loved that film. i also just watched forks over knives (excellent, though the science was way off- in terms of they left SO much out of the studies, so do your research after you see it kind of thing)- but still worth seeing.
- February 28, 2012 at 3:38 PM
- rebecca said...
good advice. everything with a grain of salt.
- February 28, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- Chessa! said...
I'm with you. I'd love to read more posts like this from you since what I've seen so far has even prompted me to do some more research. I'm playing around with eliminating red meat from my diet. It's not like we eat that much of it anyway and when we do I buy the grass-fed variety but still. I really need to make some changes in my habits and I need to just start with that one.
Aside from that, your posts in that area are always so optimistic and honest and I always learn something new. I love your attitude towards food and living, in general. big fan over here!
- February 28, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- rebecca said...
thanks so much for the feedback and encouragement guys.
- February 28, 2012 at 4:39 PM
- Holly said...
isnt that why "they" ditched the pyramid for the new plate style?
more veggies!
id love to see more health posts here, sign us up!
- February 28, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- Lonely Wife Project said...
I am all the way for more posts on nutritional information. I pretty much like to pack my brain with health-related information.
- February 28, 2012 at 4:55 PM
- rebecca said...
cause it sucked? yes. :)
- February 28, 2012 at 4:59 PM
- Shoko said...
I'm SO excited for this!
- February 28, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- Lena at A Crimson Kiss said...
Absolutely with you. On the food pyramid, and a new addition to the blog.
- February 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- in dreams said...
...so this means i can eat dessert for EVERY meal of the day now?! yummm.
i jest. though it would be delicious, i would also feel sick, and i love veggies just too darn much. i wasn't aware of the change in the food-chart stuff, though...so i'm definitely looking forward to some delicious+actually-good-for-me prods in the right direction. :)
- February 28, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- hbomb said...
I am so very with you. I am not an RD, but I take nutrition very seriously and LOVE the intersection creativity+healthful living as one of the focuses for The Daily Muse. Any recipes for family meals are most welcome, and I look forward to reading more health related posts.
- February 28, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- jillian m. said...
I'm behind you on this one. I'd love to hear what you have to say, especially with that RD that follows your name (haha). And when it comes to food and health, I'd definitely like to join in on the discussion!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:06 PM
- likeyourteeth.com said...
I always tell people to watch Food Inc, and read the Omnivore's Dilemma.
- February 29, 2012 at 7:59 AM
- House of Milk said...
Totally with you. Can't wait to see what you have to say :)
- February 29, 2012 at 1:15 PM
- Jane said...
yes, please! I'd love to read your thoughts. :) I'm also down with the apple cider toner you suggested, and have taken it all to a new level with my hair. apple cider vinegar + baking soda = excellent hair treatment that allows you to wash 1-3x per week depending on your hair thickness. awesome!
- February 29, 2012 at 2:31 PM
- rebecca said...
awesome tip! thanks for sharing.
- February 29, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- Rebeka said...
Your nutrition tips are GOLD! Do it - give us tips. And if it sucks... then I'll tell you? Or something.
- March 1, 2012 at 12:42 AM
- ashley // chasing heartbeats said...
Food Inc has been on my must see list for quite a while now.... I would love to hear more of your thoughts on diet and nutrition! Surely something you can never have too much of :)
- March 1, 2012 at 4:07 AM
- The Remarkable Redhead said...
I haven't seen "Food, Inc" yet, but recently watched "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" which made me terrified to eat half the food in America, mainly processed stuff. It definitely makes you want to triple your veggie intake.
I like ready your health tips!
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Friday night against the Marlins
As I was typing "Marlins" in the thread, I am listening on the radio an infomercial about Omega3 Fish oil. It sounds like it does wonders, maybe I should order it.
Busy Friday. For one I was trying to meet Jane Heller but it did not work out. Sorry I missed you Jane. I took it for granted you were going to be sitting by Frank and Jamie McCourt seats so I sat in the first row of the field level behind those seats during BP and for the 1st 2 innings but only Tommy Lasorda passed by.
I could see Larry King sitting behind home plate instead of his regular seats. I should have walked that way and maybe I would have seen Jane. Oh well, I hope you will be back Jane!
While waiting for Jane, I noticed this sign. Actually I had noticed it before but did not take a picture until Friday. This sign was OK when there was no new dugout seats.
No way you can interfere with balls in play from this side of the wall. I know it was left from before those new dugout seats were built, but it should be on the other side.
Second, seven of my train buddies were also going to be there as part of a bigger group from the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. Four were arriving by train and 2 were carpooling. I was to meet them at the stadium.
Sonya who had never been to a baseball game, asked me when she saw a player was walking to first base "Emma, Emma, he is walking to the base but he did not hit the ball." so I started explaining the game and pointing out to the scoreboard explaining what the numbers meant. I did a little explanation as I did not want to give her too much information.
The two friends that carpooled had to leave early due to one of them getting an emergency call from one of their kids.
At the end of the game I asked them if they wanted to watch the fireworks from the field or from Top Deck. I told them Top Deck was a better view and one of the elevator workers agreed so up we went and I reunited with my Top Deck family.
Normally my brother Victor and I do not stay for Fireworks when we lose. Victor was telling me when we got home that he enjoys watching kids while they watch the fireworks because they get so excited. He said "your friends acted like little kids watching the fireworks and applauding thru the whole show. to which I replied "I know, I was smiling watching them and hearing their exitement."
Here are part of my Train friends. Note the fans on the field leaving after the fireworks.
Ok, so now that two of our friends had left because of an emergency, It was time to see how I was going to have 6 people in my Toyota Solara. ???? Hmmm. We put the four guys in the back with Sonya and in the front. Because of how the guys were packed as sardines, they had me in stiches all the way to Union Station. It all worked out and I was able to get them to the Station in time before the last train left. I drove Sonya to Pasadena and then Vic and I headed home.
We lost Friday but we had a good time at the stadium. . Kershaw pitched well and so did Johnson. Our overworked bullpen lost it but we can't win them all.
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Emma – It looks like you all have a great time at the game! And congrats on getting everyone into you car! lol!
It was not easy getting four guys in back of my car. One had to be carried and that is where the jokes started. I just felt bad for my friend Sonya who told me this morning that after I dropped her off, her car did not want to start and had to call the Auto Club. I should have waited until she actually pulled out of the parking lot.
Sorry I missed you, Emma. I wasn't sitting with the McCourts. I'm not that important. LOL. But the seats were great and I really enjoyed the game, despite the loss to the Marlins. The Dodgers are a great organization.
Glad you got to talk with don Newcombe. He is such a great personable person and so is Maury Wills. I went a couple of years ago when the golf club in Downey was dedicating a bridge to them. Whenever I ran into them at the stadium they always say hi to me.
your initials reminds me of my good friend Teresa who's last name start with a C so we call her TC. Thanks TC!
Wow that many people in one car….HEY it is possible…LOL! Well I always said the little drama (getting to game, packing the car..etc.) just makes a more interesting story to tell the kids…LOL! The game did not have a happy ending, but it was interesting. Well maybe next time you will meet Jane. And I am glad you all had a good time. Tonight will be a different story! GOOOOO DODGERS!
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Looking forward to the series with ST Louis. In the past they had our number but this is a different team. Go Dodgers!!
Emma, I look at the O's schedule before making any "social commitments" as well, so you're not alone!
LOL. See? that is why I love MLB blogs! I find more people like me, crazy about their team. My friends have learned to ask me first "Are the Dodgers playing at home on this day…? "
Now that we just traded George Sherrill to you guys I'll be pulling for the Dodgers in the playoffs. Well, I probably would have anyways because even though he managed the Yankees I love Joe Torre (I have to as a loyal Italian-America). Good luck to Sherrill and the Dodgers!


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Family-friendly, free, fun and educational, the eighth annual Festival of Wood will be held on August 4 and 5 at Grey Towers National Historic Site in Milford, PA. The popular event offers a variety of activities that demonstrate the many ways wood is used and enjoyed in our everyday lives. Activities, exhibits and programs are intended to heighten awareness of the many uses of this natural resource and of how sustainably managed forests can provide wood today while ensuring forests for the future.
This year's event will include a Sunday morning hike led by Leila Pinchot, of The Pinchot Institute, who is overseeing the 2012 chestnut reintroduction planting at the Milford Experimental Forest. The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was a dominant tree in the eastern forests of the United States until the non-native chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica) eliminated it as a dominant canopy tree species in the early 20th century.
Two organizations, the American Chestnut Foundation (ACF) and the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES), currently are breeding blight-resistant American chestnut hybrids through a backcross breeding program and are very close to developing final products. In anticipation of the availability of blight-resistant chestnut, it is necessary to understand how to reintroduce the species to its former range.
"This experiment aims to look at how to reintroduce American chestnut into the forest, taking into consideration private landowner objectives," explained Pinchot. "Most forests in the Northeast are relatively old and don't let a lot of light onto the forest floor; thus, we will have to harvest some trees in locations selected for chestnut reintroduction. For this study, we have chosen to test the establishment success of chestnut hybrids under several silvicultural treatments."
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The project was funded largely by the Tennessee Tree Improvement Program, which also provided labor. Other partners include the Milford Experimental Forest, the Pinchot Institute, Grey Towers, USFS Northeast Research Station, USFS Northeastern State and Private and the Schocopee Hunt Club, which helped to plant the chestnuts.
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|History of the Peace Corps
|Since 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the University of Michigan to serve their country in the cause of peace by living and working in developing countries, more than 182,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have served in 138 countries all over the globe.
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Times have changed since the first lady of Honduras, Doña Alejandra Bermudez de Villeda Morales, accompanied the first training class of Peace Corps Volunteers to Honduras in 1962. Over the past 43 years, more than 5,000 Volunteers have served in Honduras in a wide range of project areas, including health, fisheries, beekeeping, animal husbandry, special education, vocational education, small business, and agriculture. Project areas and numbers of Volunteers have changed in response to the changing needs of the country. Projects such as fisheries, beekeeping, and education were phased out as Honduran people and institutions developed the capacity to continue the work on their own. Other projects, such as municipal development, HIV/AIDS prevention, and business development, have been initiated or have evolved with technological advances, increased globalization of world markets, and other developments.
In response to the crisis caused by Hurricane Mitch in 1998, the number of Volunteers in Honduras increased dramatically. Today an average of 200 Volunteers work in the western, eastern, and southern regions of Honduras. In 2003 Peace Corps/Honduras expanded its program to the north coast of Honduras.
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The Peace Corps/Honduras program has six primary projects: business, child survival and HIV/AIDS prevention, water and sanitation, protected areas management, youth development, and municipal development. We collaborate with the government of Honduras, Honduran and international nongovernmental organizations, and communities throughout the
country. Our program is very much in concert with the poverty reduction strategy developed by Honduras and the international donor community. This type of integrated community development program makes Peace Corps/Honduras a very traditional post in many ways. Community development and integrated rural development have been around conceptually for at least 40 years and were especially popular from the mid-1960s until about the late 1970s. We all have learned a lot since then about human capital, social capital, dependency and empowerment, and sustainability. We know that development takes a long time, with consistent work in an auspicious setting, which we do our best to provide through excellent site selection. Despite the traditional appearance, Peace Corps/Honduras' approach to and work in HIV/AIDS prevention, municipal development, business and information technology, protected areas management, and youth development put us very much in the vanguard of Peace Corps programming worldwide. Our objective as community development facilitators is not to teach the people of Honduras "American" values, but to help them help themselves within their own cultural framework.
The health project focuses on HIV/AIDS education and prevention, child survival, and reproductive health. The water and sanitation project provides technical assistance for constructing water supply and waste-management systems, while at the same time empowering communities to manage their water systems and protect their watersheds through the development of water boards and in conjunction with municipal environment committees. The protected areas management project focuses on agroforestry and natural resource management in buffer-zone communities. Business Volunteers apply basic business skills to help organizations and entrepreneurs better utilize local resources to increase income and opportunity. Municipal development Volunteers work with municipal employees and community leaders to improve public services, increase citizen participation, and enhance civic education. Finally, the youth development project builds on existing cross-project efforts, focusing on youth at risk, leadership development, gender equality, and increasing all types of opportunities for Honduran youth.
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Ohio Northern University's National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Business Plan Team won the Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA) third annual Innovative Student Business Plan competition at the 135th OPA Annual Conference and Trade Show in Columbus, Ohio, on April 13.
Bethany Cuiksa, a fourth-year pharmacy student from Terre Haute, Ind.; Holly Kearney, a fifth-year from Lucasville, Ohio; Ross Robison, a fifth-year from Fort Wayne, Ind.; and Nicole Sivak, a fifth-year from Cleveland, Ohio, presented their hypothetical business plan, "Fresh Air Pharmacy featuring Breathe Easy Services," in a head-to-head competition against Ohio State University and the University of Cincinnati in front of approximately 200 conference attendees.
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why not have a top 14 playoff.
It's all abitary. Made just for what ever seams to market the game the best.
It's not about a true test of a team but keeping up the interest.
Also it's not comparable to any American style playoff system as that is a true playoff system where the conferences don't give a true measure of the best team and have cross divisional games and stronger and weaker conferances. The playoffs then take the winners and runners up from the conferances and allow the top teams to compete.
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The past 5 days my supply has gone down and down and down.
My LO is 3.5 months. On the days I was off he was not making more than 3-4 not so wet diapers in 24hrs. He nursed ALL night last night from 11p to 5a and his diaper was BONE DRY!:cry
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BARRE A Granite City man has admitted he was drunk when he crashed a sport utility vehicle in 2012, seriously injuring a 17-year-old Barre girl also in the vehicle.
Derek Tucker, 24, pleaded guilty Thursday in Washington County criminal court to one felony count of driving under the influence with serious bodily injury resulting.
Under a plea agreement, the state is seeking a sentence of four to 12 years, all suspended, with one year to serve. Tuckers attorney, Dan Maguire, will argue for a lesser penalty when Tucker is sentenced after a pre-sentence investigation.
The state has dropped a charge of gross negligent operation with serious bodily injury resulting and a charge of driving over the legal limit with serious bodily injury resulting, both felonies.
Tucker had been arraigned in October.
According to the police affidavit, officers went to a rollover crash on Prospect Street shortly before noon Oct. 18, 2012. Three people were in the vehicle: Tucker, Seth Perry and Emma Farina. All three were taken to Central Vermont Medical Center with injuries, and police say Farina was later taken to Fletcher Allen Health Care because she was in critical condition.
Police say the vehicle had been moving about 20 mph over the speed limit at the time of the crash. The vehicle also had bald tires and low brake fluid, and the left front brakes had no brake pads, police say.
While he was being treated at the hospital, police say, a sample of Tuckers blood was taken and it showed he had marijuana in his system and his blood alcohol content at the time of the crash was 0.113 percent, well over the legal limit of 0.08 percent.
Police spoke with the owner of the vehicle, Tammy Eaborn, who told them she had let Tucker use her vehicle but warned him the brakes werent good.
Police say Perry told them he had been in the back seat and went through the windshield when the vehicle rolled over. He told police the vehicle hit a pothole that caused it to roll.
Police say Farina suffered a traumatic brain injury and doesnt remember what happened or anything else from the two weeks before the crash. She had a broken right collar bone, broken tailbone, stitches in her foot, and multiple cuts and bruises, and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.
Tucker has prior convictions of disorderly conduct, with the last occurring in May 2013, and two other convictions in 2011.
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Me my brother and my dad all want to catch some steelhead this winter. We live in louisville kentucky and the biggest rods we have are 8'6'' 5wts. Would we absolutely have to have a bigger rod? Where is the closest place we can go and still catch fish?
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Kid - There are 7 or 8 rivers and several streams all around Cleveland that have great Steelhead fishing. Below are 3 sites to check out. The 3rd one is my local fly shop here in Columbus, but they are a great Steelie source and do guided trips. Although it would be possible to handle a Steelie with a 5 wt., it wouldn't be easy. Most of the time, the first run is like hooking a passing semi. You may hang on, but you ain't about to stop it. Any fish over 8 lbs. will be a hassle on a 5 wt. especially at only 8'6". My suggestion would be at least a 9' 7wt and an 8 wt. would be even better. Mad River's site also has a Steelhead Report, so you'll want to keep an eye out for when the run starts. It will go from Sept. to April. Try it if you want another addiction.
To Miss Nancy - she hated fishing, but loved a fisherman.
Salmon River nera Pulaski NY is about 12 hours from you. I hear the Kings are showing up. I am not big on salmon fishing but have friends and relatives that are. From my experience and their stories you definitely need to shelve the 5wt and get up to an 8. Never fished Ohio but have on the St Joe IN/MI line. Steelhead should be moving soon there as well. Can check on a web site put up by Chad Betts out of MI. Keeps updated pretty good from what I remember.
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The St Joseph in Northern Indiana is an excellent Steelhead fishery!
They have a website; www.rippleguideservice.com though it isn't working at the moment. Maybe they are updating. Try it later. It flows into Southbend IN, gets a huge steelhead run. You will need at least a 6 wt though, I would say with a 150 yards of backing. An 8 wt with at least 150 yards of backing would be preferable. From what I know the St. Joe is hard to wade (nearly impossible) The Dowagiac is a trib and wadeable I think. It is in Southern Michigan.
Dustan Harley owns Ripple Guides, he is very knowledgeable. Shoot him an email if you cant get the site to come up later.
Also the Muskegon is another option though 3 hours further. I have fished it a couple of times and had a ball with the kings. You may want to try them first, they are more of a sure thing. They aren't as fast as a steelhead, but incredibly powerful, they leap and they run. I have several times seen the bottom of the spool on 230 yards of backing (while the drag was tight enough to pluck!) They are a hoot! , ,
These are pictures from our first trip to the Muskegon. The guides question about fishing was; "Do you want to fish for Steelhead or do you want to catch Kings?" Kings in October a fun trip!
You had better have a warranty on that 5 wt. Check out this site and pick your state of interest and ask some questions Steelheadsite.com. I realize some of these guys are talking about Salmon and you would really be out gunned by these fish with a 5 wt. As to the backing issue - a lot of the rivers that are wadable will have so many bends in them that if you are more than 50 yards into your backing the fish is already around the next river bend.
Now ya'll have done gone and got my interest up in heading North. I had absolutely no intentions of leaving this fine state until ya'll had to go posting pics of kings and chromers. I can just hear the wife now.... gone for a week? I don't .....think so! A new fly rod? and a reel? This could be the end of the internet for me!
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You're in Nashville aren't you? From Louisville to the Saint Joe is about 4 hours, 6 for you? Not bad huh? Now if the Joe is slow, the Muskegon is another three. We have made the trip leaving on a Thursday, fishing Friday and Saturday, getting a late start Saturday and returning home Sunday. Well worth the trip (Muskegon). The first day I had landed 4 or 5 fish by lunch and lost 4 or 5 times that many! For Kings an 8 wt worked, but a 10 wt would have been good, alot of them were so strong they just left.
Hows the Caney looking?
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A little more info on your rod issue - 3 of my friends just fished the Little Manistee last weekend. 2 of them broke brand new poles. 1 broke a 8wt 4pc G Loomis, the other broke a 8wt 4pc Sage. Both rods were replaced with 2 pc rods because their rods failed at the ferrules. Feel free to PM me if want a fishing report.
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Jswitow: Yeah I'm an hour East of Nashville, which puts me right on the Caney, waist deep in 15 min or less. Caney is tough for wading with 1500 cfs around the clock 24/7. It's fishing pretty good from a canoe or yak with all the usual stuff (pheasant tails and Midges) but you gotta get em down deep. There's a group from Nashville on the Pere Marquette right now but they booked way in advance and I missed out. Baldwin, MI is about 710 miles or 10 hrs for me, but hey I'm game.
LROjunky: I'll take a fishing report anytime. I have met some good people online that help with the updates on the Pere Marquette and the Muskegon, one or two even offered to show me around. I hear the "flys only" water is heating up right now!
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john, you shouldn't have posted those pics, man. Ever since catching some twenty inch browns this summer, I've been ruined. after coming back to the smokies and catching some warpaint shiners, and being happy about it, I thought I was finally over my big fish obsession. those pics just distorted my whole sense of reality.
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The 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Mathematical Psychology will take place in Québec city, Canada, from July 18th to July 21st. The local hosts are Denis Cousineau (U of Ottawa), Sylvain Chartier (U of Ottawa), Sébastien Hélie (U of Purdue) and François Vachon (U Laval).
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The Europeans provides an intimate look at wealthy Europeans at home through the eyes of American photographer Tina Barney (b. 1945). Known for her large, lush and colorful photographs, Barney began capturing images of friends and family in 1975 and quickly gained art-world attention for her often candid, tableau-like images. To produce the works in the exhibition, Barney embarked on her own modern version of the Grand Tour of Europe between 1996 and 2004. She traveled to Austria, Italy, England, Spain, France, and Germany, photographing people of means who earlier would have commissioned painted portraits of themselves. The exhibition presents 20 works from that series including a 2010 Haggerty acquisition, The Daughters. The Haggerty exhibition of The Europeans is the first time a large selection from the series has been seen in an American museum.
Upon viewing The Europeans, one is drawn to the background of the images as much to the subjects. This is one of Barney's hallmarks, distinguishing her photographs from standard professional portraits with statically posed subjects in unremarkable settings. She redefines the photographic portrait through her use of selective focus to ensure that specific elements of the image are clear and pristine, directing our attention in subtle and not-so-subtle ways to the sumptuous surroundings. In the end, it is the patterns, texture, color, and composition surrounding the subjects that make her images distinctive.
Beyond the tableaux, Barney's portraits are not only about the setting of the photograph; they also mimic decisive moments of honesty. These images can be less-than-ideal takes on her subjects, often hinting at distanced social interactions and awkward dynamics among families and peers. The viewer may often be unsure about the authenticity, or spontaneity, of Barney's perfectly orchestrated moments of "real life." By creating a sense of both formality and intimacy in her photographs, she retains the spontaneity of snapshots while suggesting a more cinematic narrative, rich in its nuances. The mise-en-scène and scale of the photographs can distract the viewer from the relationships between the subjects and the narrative of the work. This clever blurring of the true subject of each photograph, encouraging active involvement from the viewer in finding it, is the remarkable signature of this series.
The Barney exhibition is funded with support from the Richard P. Herzfeld Endowment Fund, the Martha and Ray Smith, Jr. Endowment Fund, the Marquette University Women's Council Endowment Fund, the Friends of the Haggerty Museum of Art and the Wisconsin Arts Board.
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#1 Batter Has One of the Most Shocking Reactions08-09-2013, 06:41 PM
Batter Has One of the Most Shocking Reactions After Getting Hit by a Pitch
Aug. 9, 2013 9:46am Jonathon M. Seidl 34
When a batter is hit by a pitch, it's not odd to see a reaction. In fact, it's not even that surprising when said batter lets some expletives fly or even charges the mound. But when the batter takes his bat and hurls it at the pitcher, that's shocking. And that's what happened this past weekend during a baseball game featuring college players.
Michael Peterson of the California Warriors was facing Sergio Sanchez of the Humboldt Crabs during a college summer league game (the teams are not affiliated with a specific college, though). Peterson ended up hitting Sanchez with a pitch. That's when Sanchez lost it: He took his bat and chucked it at Peterson.
Read More>http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013...it-by-a-pitch/The difference between pigs and people is that when they tell you you're cured it isn't a good thing.
That kid should never be allowed to play baseball again and should be charged with a crime.The Obama Administration: Deny. Deflect. Blame.
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Arepa with Chicken and Avocado - Arepa Reina Pepiada
Venezuelan Chicken Salad SandwichReina Pepiada, the Venezuelan equivalent of chicken salad, is a rich and satisfying filing for these plump cornmeal patties. Other popular arepa fillings; white cheese; black beans and fried sweet plantains; ham and cheese; and butter. Have fun mixing and matching to find your favorite variety!
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2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 lb.)
˝ cup GOYA® Mayonnaise
˝ small yellow onion, finely chopped (about ˝ cup)
Ľ cup GOYA® Guacamole, thawed
1 tsp. GOYA® Minced Garlic
2 tsp. finely chopped fresh cilantro
GOYA® Adobo All-Purpose Seasoning with Pepper, to taste
1 avocado, finely chopped
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1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. GOYA® Extra Virgin Olive Oil
|In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add bouillon, stirring until dissolved. Add chicken; cook until cooked-thorough, about 20 minutes; transfer to refrigerator until cold. Shred chicken. In a medium bowl, stir together chicken, mayonnaise, onion, guacamole, garlic and cilantro. Season with adobo. Gently fold in avocado. Refrigerate until ready to use.
|In medium bowl, stir together masarepa and salt. Add 2 ˝ cups lukewarm water. Stir until combined; let sit 5 minutes. Using wet hand, knead dough until smooth. Divide dough into 8 portions. Form dough into small balls.
|Heat oil in large comal or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add balls, leaving at least 3" space between dough. Using palm of hand, flatten balls to ˝" thickness. Cook, flipping once, until golden brown on both sides, about 7 minutes total. Repeat with remaining dough.
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Athlete Year of Birth: 1979
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Athlete Weight: 67 kg
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One of six children who grew up in Wagga Wagga in country NSW. Parents have competed in over 30 marathons each and brothers are both national level aust. rules football players. Live on the Gold Coast for half the year then train/race in Europe the second half of the year.
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Building a rain barrel is a worthwhile do-it-yourself project.
Rain barrels help conserve water and have a number of other beneficial purposes. Perhaps their best known use is for watering plants, whether for gardening or landscaping, but don't forget about indoor plants that also thrive on natural rainwater. Rain barrels also can be used to help control flooding in your yard, and water released slowly from rain barrels can help recharge local groundwater resources (rather than the stormwater simply running off in a downpour). But don't stop there; water you collect in a rain barrel is also good for washing your car. Rainwater does have some limitations, however; it's important not to use rain barrel water for drinking, cooking or bathing. Finally, and this is a big plus: if you live in a town with municipal water, using water that doesn't come from the tap can help save on your water bill.
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So let's say you want to build a rain barrel. Where to start? First ,get the lay of the land. Determine where the runoff from your roof goes now. Overflow from your rain barrel should also be discharged to this same location. Based on where you will use the rainwater you collect and where the current stormwater discharge point is, choose the location of your rain barrel, locating it at the base of a downspout from your roof gutter. Keep in mind that you can move the downspout if necessary to suit conditions.
All rainwater collection systems must have a disposal location for rainwater overflow. While the average rain barrel holds 55 gallons, runoff from a 1,000-square-foot roof yields 623 gallons of water. Depending on roof area, a rain barrel will fill up with as little a 1/10th inch of rain. Even if you have multiple rain barrels, you must have an overflow to a safe discharge location. (Note: If the downspout to be connected to your rain barrel currently drains to an infiltration area in your yard, the overflow from your rain barrel should also discharge to that location.)
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• Your rain barrel must be secured on a firm, level surface. A full 55-gallon rain barrel weighs over 400 pounds, and tipping is a risk if it's unsecured or on uneven ground.
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• Your rain barrel must have an overflow to a safe discharge point.
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More complex rainwater collection systems have a much larger storage container (a cistern). For rainwater collection projects of this scale, you should consult a professional to review design, construction and safety considerations.
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Last month on the seventh, I was on my way to Tucson to spend a week hanging out and doing touristy things with friends. This month, I want to talk about one of those touristy things, namely the town of Tombstone, Arizona, and the questions that Tombstone made me think about.
Tombstone is famous for the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral–and that right there is an example of the thing that fascinates me about Tombstone, because, in fact, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral did not happen at the O.K. Corral. It happened half a block away, in the vacant lot next to Fly's Boarding House. Now, on one level, this is only a detail: why get worked up over whether it was the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral or only the Gunfight near the O.K. Corral? But, from a different perspective, the place a gunfight happened is kind of an important detail about that gunfight. And, in the larger picture, this piece of misinformation, trivial though it may seem, is symptomatic. Nearly every detail about the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is subject to this kind of uncertainty, from the exact events of the fight itself, to the motives of the participants, to that simplest and yet most difficult of questions, the question fundamental and beloved of the Western (a genre one of whose taproots is sunk deep in the clusterfuck of October 26, 1881): who are the good guys and who are the bad guys?
The important thing to remember about the Gunfight at (or near) the O.K. Corral is that it breeds misinformation like stagnant water breeds mosquitoes. Some of this is due to deliberate lies, like the farrago of nonsense Ike Clanton produced in court; some of it is due to the fact that Billy Clanton and Frank and Tom McLaury were hardly dead before they, and the Earps, became symbols and pawns in the vicious political fighting between the Democrats and Republicans of the Arizona Territory; some of it is due to the inevitable erosion which the passing of time causes to the human memory. Wyatt Earp didn't try to tell anyone his version until he was in his seventies, and other participants or near-participants likewise didn't commit their stories to paper, or an interviewer's tape recorder, until so much time had passed that it would be miraculous if there weren't mistakes, conflations, narrative splices, and all the rest of the changes, subtle and otherwise, that go towards turning a historical event into first a story and then a legend. And even those witnesses who testified before Judge Spicer–and who were doing their best to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth–could give only partial views. And they contradicted each other just as much as they contradicted the versions presented by the participants. The truism about the untrustworthiness of eyewitness testimony is amply proven by the evidence of Tombstone. The entire thing is an object lesson in the action of the unreliable narrator.
We all know Han Solo shot first, but did Wyatt Earp?
It's difficult, if not impossible, to condense the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral into a manageable precis. I can tell you, for instance that Virgil, Wyatt, and Morgan Earp, along with Doc Holliday, confronted Ike and Billy Clanton and Frank and Tom McLaury in the vacant lot next to Fly's Boarding House; that when the dust cleared, Frank was dead, Tom and Billy were dying, Virgil and Morgan were wounded, Doc has been creased along the hip, Ike had fled, and Wyatt was unharmed. But that's not a story. I can tell you that there's no agreement on who shot first, or on how many of the Clanton/McLaury party were armed, or on whether they tried to surrender. But the story is in the why and the why of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is . . . It's partial and complicated and I think it's one reason why so many stories have been told about this gunfight.
Fiction likes actions to have comprehensible, consistent and, insofar as possible, singular motives; furthermore it wants the motives and the actions to belong to the same people. But that's not how real history and real people work. From a fiction-writer's perspective, the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral doesn't work. It's too messy. Ike Clanton, who'd spent the previous twelve to twenty-four hours telling everyone who would listen that he wanted a showdown with the Earps, was clearly unprepared when he actually got one: he was unarmed. The McLaurys and Ike's brother Billy may not ever have understood why they were fighting. (Nobody else was entirely clear on that either.) The Earps and Holliday were responding to Ike's threats, but they were also acting on a piece of spectacular miscommunication by John Behan, the Sheriff of Cochise County, who led them to believe he had disarmed the Clantons and the McLaurys when in fact he had not. They weren't ready for the gunfight, either. And as for Ike's motivations in stirring up the hornet's nest, from what we know, they don't even make sense. About the most useful thing a historian can say about Ike Clanton's inner workings on October 25-6 is, "Well, he was drunk."
And so people make motives. Ike did it in his testimony, although he made them all Wyatt's motives, not his own. Wyatt himself was prone to conspiracy theories, especially as an old man. Witnesses, gossip-mongers, story-tellers, historians, novelists (and on this particular subject, the dividing line between those latter two categories is not nearly as clear as one might like): everyone provides a different framework in which to place the gunfight, some plausible, some ludicrous. Although it's nonsense on the face of it to think the Earps were involved in robbing stage-coaches, the idea persists, and it persists because it provides that singular, comprehensible motive that fiction wants, and it gives the motive to the men who acted.
Human beings are pattern-making animals. History and fiction are two of the ways in which we seek to pattern our lives, and the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral shows the deep permability of the boundary where one leaves off and the other takes over. Because that boundary is where the discourse about the gunfight always has and always will take place.


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Home List of Titles Applying tennis match statistics to increase serving performance during a match in progress
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- Applying tennis match statistics to increase serving performance during a match in progress
- Author(s)
- Pollard, Geoff; Pollard, Graham; Barnett, Tristan; Zeleznikow, John
- Abstract
- Analyzing risk-taking strategies in tennis is complicated. There has been a tendency to analyze risk-taking on the serve more often than other shots. This seems reasonable as the serve is the first shot to be played and therefore simplifies the analysis by not having to consider previous shots in the rally. Early research in tennis serving strategies includes Gale, Norman, George, Gillman and Hannan. More recently, Barnett et al. analyzed the situation where players may choose to serve two fast serves by taking into account the type of court surface, and the serving and receiving capabilities of both players. Pollard et al analyzed the situation where there is a continuum amount of risk that players can take on their serve. They concluded that in most practical situations it was optimal for a player to serve a higher risk first serve and a lower risk second serve. He also analysed the typical situation in which a medium risk serve has a quadratic outcome rather than a linear one; one which gives greater weighting to the outcome of serving a high risk serve rather than the outcome of a low risk serve. In this article, we analyse the situation where a player takes a high level of risk on the first serve, and either a high or a low level of risk on the second serve. Similar analyses could be carried out for when a player takes a medium or low level of risk on either serve (although the risk on the second serve should always be no greater than that taken on the first serve). A player may deviate from the strategy of taking a high level of risk on the first serve as a surprise strategy, but this problem is not considered in this paper. The model considered here allows serving strategies that are dependent on the type of court surface and the serving and receiving capabilities of any two top players. The model is extended to allow for the possibility of players changing serving strategies throughout the match in progress. Practical suggestions are given for the use of these methods by elite players in order to increase their performance. In particular, match statistics are displayed on the scoreboard for the players to view, and these statistics can assist the players as to whether to use two high risk serves or a typical high risk first serve and low risk second serve. Given that coaching intervention is allowed in team competition, this creates even more opportunities for the use of technology to assist players in determining serving strategies.
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- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology
- Source
- Journal of Medicine and Science in Tennis, Vol. 14, no. 3 (Oct 2009), pp.16-19
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 010404 Probability Theory
- Keyword(s)
- International Tennis Federation; Tennis match statistics; Serving strategies; Sports statistics
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- Society for Tennis Medicine
- 1567-2352
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- Copyright © 2009 Society of Tennis Medicine and Science. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the copyright holder.
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Suspended Levy County Commissioner Tony Parker was sentenced to six months house arrest, five years probation and 500 hours of community service on Wednesday afternoon by Federal Chief District Judge Stephan P. Mickle.
Parker, along with Commission Chair Sammy Yearty was convicted of soliciting and accepting a $10,000 bribe from an undercover FBI agent posing as a developer. Yearty was also convicted of lying to the FBI during an interview and will be sentenced on May 5.
The news was good for job seekers in Levy County in March as the jobless rate dropped to 13.5 percent, down from February's rate of 14.2 percent.
That means out of 16,633 people in the civilian labor force, 14,390 were employed and 2,243 were unemployed.
It's the first good news on the county's job front since October 2009 when the rate was 12.4 percent. The county's unemployment rate has sat stubbornly above 12 percent since July 2009.
New business openings and business expansions in Cedar Key mark a trend that defies the current climate of recession, giving the island community more variety for consumers and a dose of economic hope. In this multi-part series, the Beacon examines more than a dozen businesses located on the major arteries of State Road 24, 2nd Street and Dock Street that have opened or expanded on the island since last summer. The Cedar Closet, a clothing store located on SR24, opened in November and has been steadily increasing its inventory ever since.
By executive order, Governor Charlie Crist added 13 counties this morning to the original six included in Florida's State of Emergency due to the Deepwater Horizon Incident.
The coastal counties of Franklin, Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota join already declared Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Bay and Gulf.
"Due to operational changes in the trajectory of the oil spill, we have decided not to activate the Levy EOC at this time," Levy County Director of Emergency Management Mark Johnson said. "We are ready to go to a Level 2 activation at a moments notice."
Johnson said the decision came late Wednesday afternoon, after the announcement was made that the EOC would activate earlier that morning.
Monday Governor Charlie Crist declared a State of Emergency in Levy and 12 additional counties in response to the to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. So far Crist has declared a State of Emergency in 19 coastal counties along the panhandle and the west coast of Florida.
U.S. Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite has dropped out of her GOP primary campaign to seek re-election citing health reasons and endorsed Hernando County Sheriff Richard B. Nugent in the race for the 5th Congressional District.
Brown-Waite's Washington, D.C., office confirmed the email sent out this morning was authentic and that the congresswoman would serve out her term until January 2011.
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The Cedar Key Water and Sewer District will meet in special session Tuesday to decide whether it will accept a combination grant/loan offer from the USDA to fund the Streets and Utilities Phase III project.
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