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Airhead Deluxe Aluminum Kayak Paddle with Curved Blade
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This Airhead® Deluxe Aluminum Kayak Paddle is 7' long and breaks down into 2 sections for convenient stowing. You can easily adjust the blade angle for standard or offset paddling. The lightweight and durable aluminum shaft has drip rings and foam hand grips for comfort and to ensure that the paddle will float if dropped. The large ABS blades are curved for greater paddling efficiency.
- Best use: Kayaking; best for touring and recreational use
- Lightweight and durable aluminum shaft construction
- Adjustable blade for standard or offset paddling
- Large, curved ABS blades for greater paddling efficiency
- Breaks down into 2 sections for storage
- Drip rings and foam handgrips
- Shaft material: Aluminum
- Length: 210 cm.
- Weight: 3 lbs.
- Style #: AHTK-P2
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Country of Origin: ChinaWeb ID: 12225416
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Rated 4.1 out of 5�by 12 reviewers.
Rated 3 out of 5�by Doc This is a good product I ordered a 21cm paddle, I received a 23cm paddle. I know that the product is good because I had used them at our Girl Scout amp. I was disappointed in the fact I received the wrong size and was had to get one made by another manufacturer. July 13, 2015
Rated 5 out of 5�by Rosie Great paddle at a reasonable price Especially like the blade angle and the scoop to the paddle. Appreciate that it separates into 2 pieces for carting to the lake. March 31, 2014
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Rated 5 out of 5�by Subarudrvr Great Quality excellent price!!! Wish they were longer though My wife and I got kayaks for early Christmas presents so after looking online and checking reviews I bought two of these paddles. They are excellent quality and take up little space in the back of my subaru forester when the paddles are taken apart. Only negative thing I can say is I wish they were a little longer. Our kayaks are sit in and fairly wide, if you have similar kayaks you will want a longer paddle. December 19, 2012
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Stir It Up: Go ahead, ham it up at EasterLuca Trovato Photo
Glazed ham makes a succulent centerpiece for Easter dinner. The photo and recipe are from "The Great Meat Cookbook" by Bruce Aidells.
"Someone defined eternity as a ham and two people," Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker wrote in the old "Joy of Cooking." That's bad news if you are one of the two people, good news if you are cooking for a crowd at Easter.
Buying a ham involves many choices. The most important tip comes from Bruce Aidells, a nationally known authority on meat. Look for meat labeled simply "ham" (no added water) or "ham with natural juices" (less than 10 percent added water), Aidells says. These superior hams are worth the extra money. Remember that when buying "ham, water added" or a "ham and water product" (up to 50 percent water), you are paying for water and getting spongy, inferior meat.
Even though most hams are already fully cooked, you still want to cook them. Baking not only warms the ham but also removes excess moisture, concentrates flavor, improves texture and allows you to add a glaze and sauce, Aidells notes.
Because bones add flavor and conduct heat more evenly, I prefer bone-in hams, but Aidells' recipe works for any type or size.
Baked Ham With Glaze and Sauce
Yield: Half ham serves 10 to 12; whole ham serves 15 to 20
1 fully cooked bone-in or boneless half or full ham, any size
Glaze (double the recipe for a whole ham):
3 cups apple cider or apple juice
Water as needed
½ cup pecans
1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons unsulfured molasses
1½ tablespoons dry mustard
¼ cup bourbon
Thickening (optional):
1 tablespoon cornstarch
¼ cup water
Position an oven rack in the lower third of the oven. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Trim any skin from the ham, and trim external fat to a thickness of about ¼ inch. Place fat-side-up on a work surface and score the fat to a depth of about ¼ inch in a 2-inch diamond pattern.
Place ham in a roasting pan. Insert a cable-type, continuous-read thermometer (if you have one) in the center of the ham and set it for 115 degrees. Add 2 cups of cider to the pan, plus water as needed, so at least ¼ inch of liquid covers the bottom of the pan. Place ham in the oven. If you have only an instant-read thermometer, use 10 minutes per pound as a rough estimate of when to begin checking the internal temperature. As ham bakes, continue to add water so the bottom of the pan is always covered to a depth of at least ¼ inch.
Meanwhile, make the glaze: Heat a skillet over medium. Add pecans and toast, shaking the skillet frequently, until pecans begin to color and give off a nutty aroma, about 5 minutes. Remove, let cool and coarsely chop. Place nuts in a small bowl and stir in brown sugar, 1 tablespoon molasses, mustard and 2 tablespoons bourbon. Set aside.
When the internal temperature of the ham reaches 115 degrees, remove it from the oven and increase heat to 425 degrees. Add more water to the pan, making sure there is now about ½ inch covering the bottom. Smear glaze generously over the top of the ham. You won't use it all; save the rest for the sauce. Return ham to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the glaze bubbles and begins to darken and the internal temperature reaches 130 degrees.
Remove ham from oven, transfer to a carving board and let rest, loosely covered with aluminum foil. It will continue to cook, and the temperature will reach the recommended 140 to 145 degrees in 20 to 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Pour pan juices into a heavy 2-quart saucepan and spoon off all grease. In a small saucepan, combine remaining 1 cup apple cider and remaining 2 tablespoons bourbon. Bring to a boil and cook to reduce by half, about 10 minutes. Pour this mixture into the saucepan with the pan juices and stir in the remaining 1 tablespoon molasses, along with any remaining glaze. Bring to a boil and cook 5 to 10 minutes to concentrate flavors. For an optional thicker sauce, combine cornstarch and water and whisk into the sauce about 30 seconds, until it reaches the consistency of maple syrup.
Carve ham and arrange the slices on a platter. Pour sauce into a small serving bowl or gravy boat and serve.
Excerpted from "The Great Meat Cookbook" (2012) by Bruce Aidells. Reproduced by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; all rights reserved.
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Action was offensiveJuly 25,2013
Action was offensive
Regarding the school administrators in Danville facing criminal charges for allegedly not reporting sexual abuse, your solid editorial on July 23 correctly notes that the administrators are mandated reporters under the law. But what your editorial does not say, and what has been missing from the reports on this incident, is that the law requires school administrators and other mandated reporters to make a report to the Department for Children and Families only when they have reasonable cause to believe that a child has been abused or neglected.
If there is not reasonable cause to believe the abuse or neglect occurred, then a report should not be made. In short, a school administrator ought to exercise judgment before filing a report willy-nilly. That is why charging these administrators with a crime for their discretionary decision not to file a report with DCF seems like an extraordinary reach by the prosecuting authorities, and why the publication by this newspaper of the administrators mug shots is so offensive.
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Pursuant to the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Information Held by Private Parties. [LFPD-Mexican acronym] and other applicable provisions, Palace Resorts, S.A. de C.V. (hereinafter generally referred to as "Grupo Palace Resorts®" or the "Person in Charge") Whose Address to Hear and Receive Notice Is the Property Located at Km. 21 of the Cancun-Puerto Morelos Highway facing the Moon Palace Hotel postal code 77500, Cancun, municipality of Benito Juarez, Quintana Roo hereby expressly informs you that:
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In order to achieve the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, we collect the following types of personal information:
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In specific cases, Grupo Palace Resorts® does not collect personal information of a sensitive nature for the purposes named in the following section.
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7. Security and monitoring of the facilities
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The Person in Charge will not transfer any information collected for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice to third parties.
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Your personal information will not be transferred to third parties without your consent, except under the exceptions described in article 37 of the LFPD, and in all cases in compliance with the conditions of article 17 of the LFPD Regulations.
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Whenever legally possible, you may exercise at any time your right to access, correct, cancel or oppose (ARCO rights) using the procedures we have implemented.
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You may obtain the requested information or personal information as plain copies, electronic documents in conventional formats (this Word, PDF, etc.) by using a restricted and authorized access to the personal data processing system (access) or through any other legal means that guarantees and validates the effective exercise of the requested right.
Alternatively, the Owner may direct their request to email@example.com , presenting all the above requisites and writing "ARCO Rights and/or Revoking Consent" as the Subject. The processing time will be the same as that mentioned in the immediately preceding paragraph. The use of electronic media in the exercise of ARCO rights authorizes the person in charge to answer the request in the same way, unless the owner indicates clearly and expressly that they wish to be contacted through a different media.
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You may revoke your consent for the processing of your personal information, without retroactive effect, in all cases in which said revocation does not suppose the impossibility of fulfilling obligations arising from a legal relation in force between you and the Person in Charge.
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The Person in Charge may modify, update, increase or in any other way change the content and scope of this Privacy Notice at any time at their complete discretion. In such cases, Grupo Palace Resorts® will publish such changes in the "Privacy Notice – Users" section of their website www.palaceresorts.com. Changes to this Privacy Notice may also be communicated to you by e-mail, when this form of communication has been agreed between you and the Person in Charge for the provision of services by Grupo Palace Resorts®.
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An 85-year-old Dubuque woman is proving it's never too late to learn.
The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports Lois Houselog accepted her high school diploma at a ceremony Wednesday night after she completed a general education development course known as the GED.
The newspaper reports the audience gave Houselog a standing ovation after a school official praised her dedication and perseverance.
Houselog's last formal education was the eighth grade. She then worked various jobs for the next 60 years. Between jobs she got married, raised two children and took care of sick family members.
Houselog says she decided to get her diploma after telling her son about her dream. Her daughter says that forced her to follow through with it.


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Teacher Quality Guide Supports Parents' Right to Know
"Teachable Moments"
Close-Up: No Child Left BehindMathematics and Science Partnerships
On the Horizon
New Resources at FREE Web Site
Teacher Quality Guide Supports Parents' Right to Know
The U.S. Education Department recently released an updated version of its guidance on the Improving Teacher Quality Program, including standards for highly qualified teachers, to help states and schools comply with the new provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. The updated guidance also clarifies the parents' right to know about the quality of their children's teachers.
The new teacher quality provisions, which took effect for new hires at the start of the school year, require all educators in core academic areas to be licensed by the state, hold a bachelor's degree, and demonstrate competence in their subject area by the end of the 2005-06 school year.
At the beginning of each school year, school districts must notify parents of children attending Title I schools that they can request information regarding their children's teachers, including, at a minimum, information on (1) completion of state requirements for licensure and certification; (2) emergency or other provisional status; (3) educational background; and (4) whether paraprofessionals are serving the child and, if so, the paraprofessionals' qualifications.
The law states that school districts must "notify the parents of each student" attending a Title I school of the parents' right to request such information, and that merely posting this information on the Internet does not suffice.
The guidance is available at www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SIP/TitleIIguidance2002.doc.
"Teachable Moments"
How can all parents, regardless of circumstances, help their children learn? This discussion was the focus of a recent broadcast of Education News Parents Can Use, the Education Department's monthly television series. The show, "Science and Mathematics: Gateway to the Future," which aired in November, included a roundtable discussion with Maria Santos, vice president of programs at Achieve, Inc., who is leading efforts to improve the teaching and testing of middle school math; Jose Hernandez, president of The Society of Mexican-American Engineers and Scientists; and Tory Bobo, a computer scientist working with school and community groups to increase minority student participation in math and science careers. An excerpt of their conversation follows:
Moderator:... How do achievement problems translate into low rates of college access and completion for minority students?
Santos: It is all about preparation and access to quality education. And as a student progresses through school with less access to quality educational programs, the doors start closing for those college preparatory courses that are so important to get kids into college. It is very important that parents get involved in monitoring what courses students are taking, the kind of homework kids are getting, and access to a rigorous curriculum so that they are well prepared to take the challenging academic courses which we heard about earlier that make a difference for kids....
Moderator: [Turning to Jose Hernandez] What was your personal experience with learning math and science subjects? After all, you are a rocket scientist....
Hernandez: That's an interesting story.... I'm a first-generation Mexican American and so our family was a traditional migrant farm-working family. My parents only had a first- and third-[grade] elementary school education. So the real role modelsthe real push that I received was from my teachers. I had several excellent teachers. Another thing that I want to credit my parents with was with respect to expectations. My parents set the expectationseven though they did not have the opportunity [to go to college]when conversations around the dinner table were with respect to our future. It wasn't, "If you go to college and you become this...." It was "when you go to college you will become this... and you will be able to help out the family."...
Moderator:... [I]n what ways can all parents, even if they weren't comfortable with math and science, support their child's efforts at school and with their homework?
Santos: I think parents can encourage questions and really promote inquiry and ask questions and encourage your child to ask why. And even if you don't know the answer, pursue those questions with your child. Let's go find out together. Let's go figure out how this works and what this means and what it means within our world....
|"... [T]he time for excuse-making has come to an end. With the No Child Left Behind Act, we have committed the nation to higher standards for every single public school. And we've committed the resources to help the students achieve those standards."
President George W. Bush, in his remarks at the one-year anniversary of the signing of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Hernandez: I think you also have to incorporate it in your everyday activities. When we go on short trips and we have the kids in the back of the car, usually my wife takes flashcardsand I have kids from third grade all the way to kindergarten... [E]ach one of them takes their turns in doing multiplication or addition and subtraction. When we go to the store, for example, and I'm with my son, and we are going to buy something that's $50 and the sales tax is 6 percent, I [ask] him, "Well, do I need $50 or do I need more?" Obviously, he says more. "How much more?" And then we play the game of let's see how close we are when we go and pay for it.
Moderator: Teachable moments.
Hernandez: Exactly.
Moderator: Tory?
Bobo: You live math and science every dayand exposure once again is the key to me: if you take them to science museums and these different places where they can get exposed to it. I love the home mathematics when you are clicking and measuring, teaching them fractions and various things like that. It's so important.... I don't want them to be spooked by the word "science" because [they] live it every day....
Education News airs the third Tuesday of each month during the school year. For more information about live and archived Web casts, as well as future topics, visit www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/index.html or call 1-800-USA-LEARN. For a VHS tape of the November 19 broadcast on science and math, visit http://edpubs.ed.gov or call 1-877-4ED-PUBS with item number EK0479V.
Close-Up On: No Child Left BehindMathematics and Science Partnerships
High-quality teaching is crucial to improving mathematics and science achievement for all students. Under the Title II provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001which focus on preparing, training and recruiting high quality educatorsthe Mathematics and Science Partnerships program (Part B of this section of the law) is designed to improve student achievement in mathematics and science through enhanced training for teachers and recruitment of high-quality math and science teachers. Grants are targeted to partnerships of high-need school districts and to science, mathematics and engineering schools within universities, giving districts and universities joint responsibility for training and educating math and science teachers.
According to the 1999 Third International Mathematics and Science Study-Repeata successor to the highly acclaimed 1995 studyU.S. 8th-grade students were less likely than their international peers to be taught math by teachers with a major or main area of study in math.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics.
This new discretionary grant program will support partnerships that:
- Bring together mathematics and science teachers with scientists, mathematicians and engineers to expand teachers' subject matter knowledge of and research in science and mathematics.
- Provide opportunities for advanced and ongoing professional development activities, such as workshops directly related to the curriculum and subject area in which teachers provide instruction.
- Use funds to recruit mathematics, engineering and science majors to teaching through the use of signing and performance incentives, stipends to teachers for certification through alternative routes, and scholarships for teachers to pursue advanced course work.
Each year that the program is funded for less than $100 million, the U.S. Department of Education will award competitive grants directly to eligible partnerships consisting of at least (1) a state education agency; (2) an engineering, mathematics or science department at an institution of higher education; and (3) a high-need local education agency. In years that the program receives more than $100 million in funding, the Department will allocate funds directly to states by formula so that they can award subgrants to eligible partnerships.
On the Horizon
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8:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. E.T.
Education News Parents Can Use monthly broadcast will focus on character, service and volunteerism, as well as the meaning of patriotism. Visit www.ed.gov/news/av/video/edtv/ or call 1-800-USA-LEARN.
Just Added! New Resources at FREE Web Site
The federal government's premiere Web site for free educational resourceswww.ed.gov/freerecently added to its online collection a few links to projects that will encourage students to further explore the sciences or hone their mathematical skills and that offer parents ideas for learning activities at home.
The following can be accessed from the "New Resources" selection on the home page:
- From the Global Change Research Information Office, Ask Dr. Global Change offers a searchable collection of answers to questions about global warming, ozone depletion, greenhouse gases and other issues related to climate change.
- The Department of Energy's Science Education at Jefferson Lab offers 16 hands-on activities to answer questions such as: How do scientists measure the size of an atom? What kind of coat will keep you the warmestone made from cotton, steel wool or air? Flash cards, matching games and crossword puzzles can help students learn the periodic table of elements and other science information.
- Create a Graph, a project of the Department of Education, invites students to illustrate complicated information by creating their own bar graph, line graph, area graph or pie chart.
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Kelly McMasters; Reader, writer, independent bookstore owner
KMcM: There are a few prizes that I keep my eye on every year. Writers will submit their manuscripts, maybe they've never been published…, but it's a juried prize and there are a few that are almost always outstanding without fail, and those have become some of my favorite sleeper hits that I never would have found out about otherwise. Also books that are [mentioned in] literary magazines or are out from small presses. Their books are always quiet; I mean you're not going to see them typically on the New York Times bestseller list. I hardly ever read what's on the bestseller list; it's just not where my interest lies. And then also I have a pretty decent network of people in New York who are publishing, and other independent book store owners who are saying what they're excited about, and reading series—I like to see who's reading where in a reading series and maybe I'll look at a book that I hadn't considered for the shop. And my mother. (Laughter). She's a huge book person, and almost every conversation we have, she's just read about some new book. I mean we're reading totally different lists, so I always listen to my mother.
TRR: I'm the crazy aunt who always buys books for Christmas and birthdays for my nieces and nephews and any other children I know. I'm determined to turn them into readers, but I also never know how to choose books for children. Do you have any advice?
KMcM: Well, there are some pretty great and reliable "best 100 books of the century" lists that are in the Moody Road cannon. I think the New York Review of Books has a good one; the New York Public Library has a really good one. Many of them would be classics, so maybe they've read them, but I'm a big believer in the classics. I mean, not that I don't believe in the new stuff, but for gifts, it's kind of nice to give something that isn't just out.


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This weekend my iPhone started to play Flash (AMVs,movies,etc) but around 6 they started disappearing and then not working at all (the AMVs that required flash)
So did anyone else experience this or anything similar?
I didn't
Maybe those AMV's updated their flash so that iPhone users wont be able to watch them. Lol.
I never have a smartphone,i intended to get one
Nope, but maybe it has something to do with the iOS6 upgrade? I just did mine tonight
it happened to me last week
Apple will not support Flash videos on its devices.
The only thing I can think of is if you encountered some videos in HTML 5.
Even the newest Android ( 4 ) has withdrawn support for Flash (a move I do not agree with). But, that's another story.
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it happened to me last week
I experienced something similar kinda. Flash never works on my Mac laptop. If the video is flash, it will not play. Even when they be like "download newer version" it doesn't work. Must be an Apple thing
Is any of this even related to Naruto.....?
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Is any of this even related to Naruto.....?
General discussion section bud.
Regardless of whether an OS supports flash or not doesn't mean you cannot install it. All you have to do is download a functional library for your device and place it in the appropriate locations. For flash libs I'd assume some place like /usr/local/lib/ or something, then just symlink it to your browser of choice's plugins folder.
Should work fine from there.
To symlink just run the command:
ln -s /usr/local/lib/flashlib.so /usr/local/bin/firefox/plug-ins/flashlib.so
Obviously replace flashlib.so with the appropriate filename/extension.
ln -s /usr/local/lib/flashlib.so /usr/local/bin/firefox/plug-ins/flashlib.so
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PRANZARONE, Carl E., 77, of Steubenville, died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at the Cleveland Clinic.
He was born May 9, 1935, in Steubenville, the son of the late James and Mary Parrish Pranzarone, Carl is also preceded in death by his wife, Dena M. Potenzini Pranzarone and one brother, Vincent.
Carl was a retired from the City of Steubenville Fire Department and M&M Hardware where he worked in the electrical and plumbing departments.
Surviving are one son, Vincent (Donna) Pranzarone of Follansbee and one daughter, Carla (Timothy) Julian of Hillsboro, NC.; two grandchildren, Mara and Alicia.
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City of Beeville Litter Abatement Officer Kathleen Echevarria and Municipal Court Clerk Zenaida Silva recounted last week how Juan Perez ended up in the hoosegow after years of court efforts failed to get the man to comply with court orders to clean up his property.
Echevarria said the case actually began back in 2003, when Fred Garza was the municipal court judge. At the time, Perez was ordered numerous times to get rid of about 12 old cars, discarded lawn mowers, tires, building materials, leaves and car parts and to cut his grass and weeds on the property in the 1111 S. St. Mary's, Echevarria recalled.
She said Perez's family also owned property in the 507 block of West Powell Street and it eventually became obvious that he had been moving the items from the St. Mary's Street address to the West Powell Street address to avoid another citation.
Then, when city officers would warn a family member about the condition of the property on West Powell Street, the items would end up back at the South St. Mary's Street property, she explained.
Echevarria said the old cars, tires, mowers and other items provided breeding grounds for mosquitoes and other insects and made excellent nesting areas for rats and other vermin. Neighbors complained and city officials tried repeatedly to get the man to clean up the place, she said.
That went on until 2007, she added. By that time the city had hired Echevarria to work on cleaning up the city and former Police Chief Joe Salinas had been appointed municipal court judge.
The effort began again in April 2007, Echevarria said, when she sent Perez a letter asking him to clean up the property on St. Mary's Street. Another letter was sent to his son and asked that the property on West Powell be cleaned as well, Echevarria recalled.
That was followed up by a public notice that was published in the newspaper the next month and in August she sent another letter, she said.
"He kept saying he'd take care of it but he never did," she said. "So I gave him some more time. I just realized around January or February, I needed to take him to court because things weren't getting done."
A formal complaint was filed at the end of May and she went to court on the matter on July 13. Both properties, the one on St. Mary's and the one on West Powell, were on Salinas' docket, she said. The judge fined Perez and his son $194 each and gave both property owners 30 days to clean the properties, Echevarria said.
The judge also said that if the properties were not cleaned up by Sept. 13, he would fine both owners $100 a day for each day it took to get the problems rectified, she noted.
Shortly afterward, the lot on West Powell was cleaned. But nothing was done on St. Mary's Street, she said.
On Sept. 17, Echevarria returned to South St. Mary's Street with a camera. The yard was "virtually unchanged," she said.
The following Tuesday, Sept. 23, Salinas held a contempt of court hearing and at that meeting, Echevarria said the only difference she had noticed was that some of the weeds around the house had been cut. "But the stuff was still there."
Some of the Perez's family members then gathered to clean up the place but, Echevarria said, Perez would not let them.
By the time Salinas called the contempt hearing, Municipal Court Clerk Zenaida Silva had found the records of the 2003 court orders issued by Judge Garza. Apparently the defendant was supposed to pay a fine then or go to jail. "And he did neither," Silva said.
At the final hearing, Salinas ordered Perez to pay the 2003 fine and $194 he owed from this year's court appearances and a $200 contempt of court fee or spend two days in jail.
"He got off very lucky," Silva said.
City Attorney Frank Warner told the judge he could have fined the man at least $1,000, which would have covered court costs and fines.
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The Cardinal men's cross country team claimed its 14th national title on Nov. 19 at the Lake Breeze Golf Course in Wisconsin. Rallying from an early setback, the men returned to No. 1 in the nation for the second time in three years at the NCAA Division III National Championships.
For the second straight season the national title came down to a battle between the Midwest Region Champion Cardinals and the Haverford College (Pa.) Fords, champions of the Mideast Region. The Cardinals tallied 110 points with the runner-up Fords team finishing with a score of 172.
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May I Propose a Trade?
As has happened in years past, the trade deadline frenzy wore me out and left me for dead. With all the craziness around the league where names like Bay, Ramirez, Griffey, Teixeira, Rodriguez and Farnsworthless are changing into new uniforms, I'm not sure how I should feel. I know I don't feel good; but I suppose when it's all said and done, life could be a lot worse.
Take the Cubs for example. Having just swept the Brewers, they're sitting pretty right now atop the NL Central, owning what could be the best starting rotation — thanks to the acquisition of Rich Harden — in the league, yet their fans — frenzied to the max — are out beating up Brewers fans in Milwaukee, bludgeoning Sox fans at little kids' birthday parties, and writing me continuously obscene hate mail like this:
"…f***in cards s*** no trade no bullpen izzringnhausen is worhtless peace of s*** you f***ing s***hole who wont right me back but you prolly scared coz i put you inyour f***in place you b****. pujols willl prolly break his face from being on such a s****y team. you think ur so hot stuff wel ur not so you can eat a big fat d*** you f** b**** cubs rule sox s*** cards dead…"
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That sure is some way to express one's excitement regarding his team's chances as we get into the latter two months of the season. Now don't get me wrong, when the Cardinals or the Sox do well, there's nothing that makes me feel better than going out and beating the living snot out of a guy or better yet, writing incoherent expletive-ridden emails from the safe anonymity of my mom and dad's basement. The difference is: I'm way cool about it.
But the senseless beatings of non-Cub supporters are not that important in the grand scheme of the world. We US Americans have a decision to make soon; and the way things stand now, that decision won't be too difficult.
Recently, Senator John McCain, finally cognizant of the fact that he is about as camera-friendly as a seventy year old scab, hit the airwaves with a new attack ad relating Barack Obama's popularity of Hope politics to the flagrant shenanigans of infamous celebrities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Uh, yeah. They're like one in the same. I can hardly tell the difference. Shall we?
Yes, it's clearly obvious to all who have eyes that Obama's appeal carries the same sentiment and clamor that comes with these two lovely ladies and their raucous good looks.
Thank you, John McCain, for taking the time to educate me on this issue. I'm sure that there is nothing more important you or your campaign could be working on right now what with two wars and an economic crisis being such minor inconveniences.
Dear readers, this odd political angle of strategizing towards the completely ignorant is a bit tired. This cries out that McCain has lost whatever semblance of an edge he might've had at one time and therefore, his message has become stale, moot, boring.
May I propose a trade? Would anyone mind if the GOP pulled out a Manny-like deal and traded John McCain and Rick Davis for Ron Paul? Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Paul is a hard-lined Libertarian-rooted Republican who actually represents the conservative ideals of eradicating Big Government; he also uses the "R" word with conviction and is just as tired of the sickening state of US America as you and I are. He's a funny guy — even charming to some degree — and most of all, he would make this race (which, has already become more boring than Clinton v. Dole '96) an exciting one to watch.
Is it too much to ask the GOP to make this necessary move? We can extend the deadline… push back the convention if we need to… just this once. Let's do it! I believe that US Americans deserve a good, entertaining political fight and just think of how fun it would be to see Ron Paul and Barack Obama debate the finer points of smoking weed. Heck, they might even end up agreeing on something!
And that, dear readers, would be a beautiful thing.
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Haha I don't know about the whole trade thing.
But I hate Cubs fans sometimes. I know I'm a Cubs fan and all but some people don't deserve to call themselves baseball fans. When you're going to get in a physical altercation with another person over a baseball team or write totally obscene things just because of someones baseball preference.. then you disgrace us true baseball fans. I hate it when I tell someone I'm a Cubs fan and automatically they're like "Oh, I hate Cubs fans." Really? Do you? Or do you hate the team and in turn hate the people who follow that team? Cause not all Cubs fans are that way. And people shouldn't generalize the entire Cubs fans population on the actions of select few.
That might have been a little of the topic of what I was trying to get at but oh well, haha.
Great blog! Love to read.
Stephanie — Thanks for the comment. As I've said before, I don't "hate" Cub fans. Not at all. They love their team like I love mine and I will never fault them for that. What I hate is the behavior of certain Cub fans who — though they shouldn't be seen as representative of the entire Cub fan base — end up being the only Cub fans the public knows because they're the only ones getting headlines in the Trib, Suntimes, and national news. Like the old cliche: One bad apple spoils the bunch. In this case, because the bad apples are the ones grabbing all the attention, it's hard not to generalize… and as an MLBlogger who is always looking for something to write about, I can't help but exploit certain newsworthy items😉
My fiancee and I dig Ron Paul. She's from Finland and, like much of the world, is no fan of G.W. Bush (for some reason, the rest of the Western world doesn't think he's all that bright). When Dr. Paul was on Meet the Press, she just closed her eyes and listened, sighing like she was in love. Should I be concerned?
Neither me nor my staff approve of the gratuitous use of scantily clad celebrities to increase web traffic. Shame on you!!
Russell — your staff suggested I put some more pretty ladies up on the blog. You should "punish" them.
Paul — Don't be concerned about her affection. I feel it too (surprisingly). See, if the Republicans stuck to those Libertarian ideals, I'd be more on board. It's obvious that Republicans and Democrats have switched ideologies several times over the last few hundred years. At this point in time, I've aligned to the left as I feel the left is more anti-government-all-up-in-my-grill politics… for now.
Politics go round and round When the Dems get in power and nothing changes you will hate them too. DON'T HATE ME CAUSE I AM RIGHT ON THIS ONE…………………


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CRYSTAL LAKE – Earlier this month, the Northwest Herald wrote a story about a Crystal Lake teen with the rare blood disorder Diamond Blackfan Anemia.
The story detailed Prairie Ridge senior Nick Romita's struggles with the rare disease, as he asked Facebook users to vote for the Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation to win grant money for research and awareness.
The results of the Chase Community Giving are in, and the DBA Foundation was one of the top winners. Chase had $5 million in donations to split among the top rated charities, picked by Facebook users.
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The DBA Foundation came in 11th place out of more than 7,000 charities. The top charity received $250,000, and the next 10 are awarded $100,000 each, followed by a slew of other charities that each will be granted $50,000. The DBA Foundation squeaked in a top spot thanks to last minute votes. They topped the next rated charity by only 721 votes.
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Chase Whetsel returned three punts for scores and made a circus catch for another touchdown on the night.
The Bobcat defense went right to work on the Freer offense with Jack Gumm and Marcus Thompson causing some mayhem. Jim LaFond also recorded one sack and tipped a Buckaroo pass to cause an incompletion.
Taking over, the Bobcat offense hit on all cylinders marching down the field and capping off their opening drive with an 18-yard touchdown pass from Travis Quintanilla to Marcus Thompson. Adolfo Cordero, who had a perfect night of extra point attempts, booted the ball through the uprights to make it 7-0.
After the defense stopped the Buckaroos cold, once again Quintanilla handed off to Draigon Silvas who romped 55 yards for the Bobcat's next score. Before the end of the first quarter Quintanilla hooked up with Cameron Loveday on a 22-yard TD reception to make the score 21-0 going into the second period. The Cats were even on rushing and passing yards for the first quarter with 88 yards in both categories.
The defense hindered any forward motion by the Buckaroos at the beginning of the second quarter and on Freer's punt, Chase Whetsel was off to the races returning the ball 60 yards for another Refugio touchdown.
On the ensuing kickoff Refugio tried an onside kick and recovered the loose ball on the Freer 41-yard line. Rumbling down to the 1-yard line, Silvas once again got the call, taking the direct snap for a one-yard score.
The Bobcat defense continued it's mauling of Buckaroo ball carriers and Freer punted again. Unfortunately for Freer, the ball found its way into Whetsel's hands again and he returned the ball 76 yards for yet another Bobcat score to make it 42-0 with 5:58 left to go in the first half.
After another four and out, the Bobcat offense plowed down to the Freer 6-yard line. Quintanilla targeted Silvas for a 6-yard touchdown reception to end the first half with Refugio leading 49-0.
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For many political and economic development leaders in rural N.C., the nonprofit Rural Center is an engine for economic growth, awarding millions of dollars in grants to towns and businesses for infrastructure and job creation. For others, however, the center is dressed-up government pork, a slush fund for the good ole boysŌĆÖ pet projects.
N.C. Sen. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, said he was supportive of the Rural Center until the state auditor released her findings, which demonstrated a lack of oversight when it came to how the state grant funding was spent and whether grantees met the benchmarks necessary to receive the money. The audit came out last month.
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ŌĆ£Evidently, the Rural Center has not been as diligent as it should have,ŌĆØ Davis said.
Although he applauded the Rural CenterŌĆÖs contributions to Western Norty Carolina during its 26 years, Davis said the state could no longer afford to hand out millions in taxpayer money to the center. He supports Republican Gov. Pat McCroryŌĆÖs plan to consolidate all the stateŌĆÖs economic development efforts under the N.C. Department of Commerce (see related story).
ŌĆ£That is the goal, to make (economic development) a lot more efficient and get more money into the community,ŌĆØ Davis said. ŌĆ£We canŌĆÖt keep doing the things weŌĆÖve been doing because we canŌĆÖt afford it.ŌĆØ
Although the state auditor and the News & Observer in Raleigh have scrutinized the Rural CenterŌĆÖs operations, some WNC officials are calling the movements toward closing the Rural Center a political vendetta lead by the governor.
ŌĆ£This is nothing but petty politics on the part of McCrory,ŌĆØ said N.C. Rep. Joe Sam Queen, D-Waynesville.
Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown agreed that the dismantling of the Rural Center is more about politics than the audit results.
ŌĆ£I didnŌĆÖt see all that much wrong (with the Rural Center),ŌĆØ he said.
In QueenŌĆÖs mind, the governor is trying to collect power underneath his office by bringing economic development efforts under the N.C. Department of Commerce. Queen added that the state could have fixed the problems with the Rural Center, but ŌĆ£they had no intention of fixing anything.ŌĆØ
However, Davis said the nonprofit entity should have taken action prior to all the recent turmoil.
ŌĆ£I think the Rural Center should have fixed themselves before the audit,ŌĆØ he said.
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The centerŌĆÖs financials are audited annually by an outside firm and it sends quarterly reports to the N.C. Department of Commerce. However, a separate November 2012 audit found that the Department of Commerce did not adequately watch over the state money given to the Rural Center. This summer was the first time the state auditorŌĆÖs office has looked at the centerŌĆÖs operations.
Although past audits identified problems, none have had this drastic of an outcome, said Cece Hipps, a member of the Rural Center board and the executive director of the Haywood County Chamber of Commerce.
ŌĆ£Every year, something comes back ŌĆō something that we need to change or do differently,ŌĆØ she said, adding that the center then works to remedy any problems.
Prior to the results of the recent state audit, The News & Observer in Raleigh wrote a two-part series in mid-June critiquing the lack of oversight on the part of the Rural Center. The story cited examples of times the center claimed to create jobs but did not.
Three days after part two of the newspaper series was published, the Rural Center announced it would conduct its own thorough review of its grant oversight procedures. Hipps was named to an eight-person committee that was tasked with reviewing and recommending changes to the centerŌĆÖs oversight procedures.
About a month after the News & Observer articles, the stateŌĆÖs audit came out. The same day, the governor froze the Rural CenterŌĆÖs funds and began calling for the resignation of Rural CenterŌĆÖs only president, Billy Ray Hall, and Board Chairwoman Valeria Lee. The eight-person committee charged with reviewing the Rural CenterŌĆÖs internal processes never met.
ŌĆ£Before we could even get to Raleigh to start looking at this, all this happened,ŌĆØ Hipps said.
Hall and Lee both eventually resigned.
Brown said he believes state legislators were trying to drum up a reason to close the Rural Center, so they attacked its president, Hall, and itŌĆÖs work.
ŌĆ£They needed a scapegoat and found one,ŌĆØ Brown said.
The state audit questioned HallŌĆÖs six-figure salary of $221,070, saying it was more than twice what economic development CEOs and executive directors in the state typically earn.
Although the amount is high, Hipps said, she trusts the board did its due diligence when considering his compensation and compared his resume to those in similar positions.
ŌĆ£He basically started the organization from scratch. He has about 50 people in the office that report to him. ItŌĆÖs probably not that much out of line,ŌĆØ she said.
Up in the air
The governorŌĆÖs decision to freeze the Rural CenterŌĆÖs accounts has prohibited the nonprofit from allocating any money for the time being. It has also prevented the center from, at least temporarily, following through on delivering already promised funds.
Just last week, the Office of State Budget and Management announced that it would pay out about $740,000 to 14 different organizations to which the Rural Center had awarded money. It is still reviewing other grant awards to determine whether to follow through with the payments.
ŌĆ£Hopefully more grants will be realized,ŌĆØ Hipps said.
Entities in Haywood County may still see that money, but it is unclear when the state budget office will make that decision. LifeSpan Creative Campus, an organization that works with the disabled, was awarded a $43,000 matching grant, but the money is now stalled.
LifeSpan was counting on the grant to help renovate a vacant building in Waynesville. The new office will allow the nonprofit to serves 60 people in Haywood County, rather than its current 45, and create 11 jobs. Although the money may never come, LifeSpan will go ahead with the project.
ŌĆ£We will continue on with our plans. It will certainly be a hardship for us, but we will continue with our plans,ŌĆØ said Lori Avery, senior director of development at LifeSpan.
It is unknown exactly how much money Haywood and other counties have received in the last decade. The Smoky Mountain News requested documents from the Rural Center regarding projects funded by the nonprofit in Haywood and Jackson counties, two weeks ago. However, the Office of State Budget and Management is currently inspecting all the centerŌĆÖs records, and a spokesman for the Rural Center said he is unable to access any records until the state completes its review.
What is known, though, is that the benefit translates to more than $2 million during the last four years. Projects include money for the growth of Sonoco Plastics, the nonprofit entity Haywood Vocational Opportunities, Haywood Community College, the renovation of the Imperial Hotel in Canton, the expansion of sewer systems in Canton and Jackson County, and the renovations of the MedWest Haywood psychiatric wing, among others.
ŌĆ£I donŌĆÖt think you can argue these are bad projects done by good ole boy slush funds,ŌĆØ Hipps said.
The audit, which looked at funds granted during fiscal year 2012, did not specifically address any projects in Haywood, Jackson, Macon or Swain counties. Although, that does not necessarily mean every project was properly overseen or met its grant guidelines.
Hipps defended the funds sent into Haywood County.
ŌĆ£The money we received was put to good use,ŌĆØ she said.
Those who support the Rural Center said some have repeatedly benefited from its largesse because they had quality projects and bothered to apply for the funding. If you donŌĆÖt apply for funding, you cannot be upset when you donŌĆÖt receive it.
Hipps said she was appointed to the board four years ago to give Haywood County a voice at the Rural Center and up the countyŌĆÖs numbers.
ŌĆ£The intent was for more recognition for Haywood County,ŌĆØ Hipps said. ŌĆ£In the past, we were very low. We were not asking for grants.ŌĆØ
The Rural Center has a map with pins for different places it awards money to. When she started on the board, Hipps said that Haywood County was on the low end of receivers. However, now, the county is now littered with pushpins.
ŌĆ£A lot of it was about education because grants are complicated,ŌĆØ Hipps said.
Looking forward
The Rural Center board will meet next on Aug. 28 to decide whether Hall will receive his severance package and whether the center will disintegrate completely.
ŌĆ£Does the Rural Center go on in another form or does the Rural Center dissolve?ŌĆØ Hipps said. ŌĆ£I think right now the board does not have enough information to know if we are going to dissolve.ŌĆØ
Whether it continues or not, the Rural Center will no longer receive its average $25 million annual allocation from the state. In the recently passed state biennial budget, funding for the nonprofit was cut completely ŌĆö a move by the state seemingly aimed at forcing the Rural Center to close without physically shutting the doors itself.
ŌĆ£They have thrown the baby out with the bathwater,ŌĆØ said Waynesville Mayor Gavin Brown, questioning the stateŌĆÖs decision. ŌĆ£To just at the end of the day throw everything out, I just donŌĆÖt know about that.ŌĆØ
While there is potentially other funding available, no one source can replace the amount lost in state funding. If it survives, the Rural Center will need to look for grants, donations and other forms of revenue to keep it going. It will likely operate on a considerably smaller scale.
One Rural Center beneficiary said the centerŌĆÖs employees have consistently followed up with him.
ŌĆ£I think the oversight has been there,ŌĆØ said Pat Smathers, owner of the Imperial Hotel in Canton and a prominent Democratic politician. And if he forgot to file a progress report, ŌĆ£they reminded me.ŌĆØ
Just a few weeks ago, Rural Center representatives stopped by for an on-site inspection, he said.
ŌĆ£I thought the process was pretty good,ŌĆØ Smathers said.
Smathers received a $25,000 pre-development grant for architectural and engineering plans and another $90,000 for construction to renovate the old Imperial Hotel in downtown Canton. With the money, he refurbished the first floor, which contains a restaurant space that he leases out. In exchange for the Rural Center funding, Smathers pledged to create 15 full-time jobs and pay at least minimum wage.
Now some three years later ŌĆö more than a year and a half after opening ŌĆö Smathers said he is a month away from filing his final report, which will show the hotelŌĆÖs performance for the first six months of this year. According to his calculations, the business employed roughly 12 people full-time during that period, Smathers said. However, he noted that the number of jobs the Rural Center now required of him had decreased to eight or nine.
ŌĆ£I donŌĆÖt think 15 is the number now,ŌĆØ Smathers said.
In reality, Smathers only directly employs one person ŌĆö a maintenance man. All the other jobs at the Imperial Hotel were created by SidŌĆÖs On Main, the restaurant that leases the first floor of the building.
In total, Smathers calculated that up to 30 people worked at the Imperial Hotel both full-time and part-time. However, Smathers said he was unsure of how the Rural Center would tally his employment numbers. Still, he is confident that the requirements of his grant were fulfilled.
ŌĆ£According to how I look at the figures, we are over the limit of what is required,ŌĆØ Smathers said.


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Independence Day Fireworks at Dodger Stadium
John Ely did not have a good night. He could not get out of the 3rd inning. The good news was the bullpen. Jeff Weaver and Belisario pitched scoreless innings. The Dodgers made it close with Rafael Furcal extending his hitting streak by belting a two run homerun. Final score Marlins 6, Dodgers 5.
Here are some pictures from the game:
I like this picture of father and son. He is wearing a Bobby Welch jersey and the kid a Jackie Robinson.
My friend James with his kids, wish his dad was sitting here too to get alll three generations.
fans on the field to watch the fireworks. I prefer to watch them from above
fireworks at Dodger Stadium.
After the fireworks, Victor and I stopped at the Music Center to see the Dodger Mickey. i wanted Victor to see how beautiful it is.
I love our Dodger Mickey Mouse! Is is beautiful!
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Emma: Lovely pics! Considering how bad your starting pitcher was, the Dodgers didn't do too bad.
Yeah, considering that in 2 2/3 innings, John Ely gave up 6 runs. But he will be OK. Young Ely is a favorite of mine. One of many of my favorites!
OMG a Welch jersey!!!! AHHHH!
I love that picture of the fans on the field, that is really cool! We had some nice fireworks in Boston, but it would have been amazing to watch them from the Fenway outfield grass. Maybe someday…
-Fenway Bleacher Creature
the Welch jersey also has a 1981 patch! I want that jersey! Bobby used be a favorite of mine. I told my brother "Let's jump the guy in the parking lot! He has a shirt underneath anyway." 😉
Yeah fans like to go on the field. Prior to lights bein turned off you see fans playing catch there. Is nice.
i seriously love the mickeys! They are so creative and as adorable as can be! I'm glad you enjoyed your 4th of july at the stadium!
Congrats on a great night! And posing by that awesome Mickey! I went to a soccer game that night, hoping for some fireworks, but the whole thing pretty much got rained out. Stunk. So I had to settle with watching explosions around the neighborhoods. Not as fun as what you did!!
Beautiful fireworks, and an unbelievable scene of a ballpark with the OF grass almost filled up with so many people!! I never imagined such a great number of people down on the field of a ballpark at one time. Mickey in Dodger blue looks just cute. Is this related to the All-Star Game held at Anaheim?
You and me Mimi! I seriously LOVE the Mickeys! I took pictures of the All-STar Mickey since it is at the Anaheim Convention where the FanFest will be.
Haha RFB. Wish the Dodger bats would have expoloded last night but Josh was unhitable. I hope he pitches that good at the All-Star.
Only during Fireworks can they go on the field and do that. People bring their blankets, practice tossing a baseball, kids run while they wait for the fireworks to start. YES Nao! The Mickeys are related to the All-Star. I'll put pictures of the All-STar Mickey on my next post. I just been so busy.
You are so right. That is one cool Mickey.
Love how they did the Dodger name from the cap to his right ear…Disney and MLB made osme impressive mice for the All-Star game.
BTW, looks like I will not be facing anyone in the MLBlogger's league in the Playoff.
Seems the divisional leaders will get those spots, not the four top teams by records. I have the fourth best record, and even top a Divisional leader, and will be in the Consolation Round….
Could be worse….Could be raining.
Rays Renegade
You are welcome Lil.
While the Marlins were in town, I was remembering how I snatched Mike Stanton before someone else got him. He was wondering how come it was not working when he claimed him but I had already snatched him🙂.
They did a wonderful job with all the Mickeys! My Dodger hat off to the designers!
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This week, WISC TV and our partner Dean Clinic kick off our new, year-long Time for Kids project. Time For Kids is one of those places where news and editorial collaborate and we're looking forward to working with the news folks to draw attention to the issue of bullying. Because it's serious stuff.
Bullying is a health issue, a safety issue and a community issue. It can be rough and out in the open and it can be insidious and hidden. It can cause kids tremendous pain, both emotional and physical. And at its worst of course – and we all have too many examples of it at its worst – it can be deadly.
We ask you to join us in this year long effort to make a difference in creating bully-free environments. We'll highlight positive efforts to prevent bullying and the people behind those efforts, and ways to be a buddy, not a bully. Like always, it'll take all of us making some time for kids.


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Skidmore-Tynan High School students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement course work and exams. The AP participation rate at Skidmore-Tynan is 52 percent. The student body makeup is 51 percent male and 49 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 62 percent. Skidmore-Tynan High School competes with or exceeds region schools such as Calallen and Gregory-Portland.
To produce the 2013 U.S. News & World Report Best High Schools rankings, U.S. News teamed up with the Washington, D.C., based American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world.
The ranking methodology is based on the key principle that a great high school must serve all of its students well, not just those who are college-bound. To make the list, schools must be able to produce measurable academic outcomes to show the school is successfully educating its student body across a range of academic indicators.
For more information on how a school is selected for this honor or to read the actual article for the award, visit the Bee-Picayune website at www.mySouTex.com and click on the link in the story.


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By Tim Korte: The Associated Press
ALBUQUERQUE — The White House billed it as a backyard visit in Albuquerque's south valley, a chance for a disabled Marine Corps veteran, his family and their neighbors to pull up a lawn chair and share concerns with President Barack Obama.
But it sure sounded like a campaign stop to prop up New Mexico Democrats.
Obama addressed about 40 people at the stucco-sided home of Andy and Etta Cavalier, speaking on the importance of education in ensuring America's economic future before taking questions from the group on matters ranging from immigration reform and veterans issues to why he is a Christian.
In the audience were Gov. Bill Richardson, Lt. Gov. Diane Denish and Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., who suggested to Obama that he visit the semi-rural south valley, where a breeze smelled of alfalfa from an adjacent pasture and two horses grazed while the president spoke.
"When you get in the airport and see downtown, that's all great, but I wanted him to see a piece of New Mexico that's not going to look like the places he sees in Ohio and Virginia," Heinrich said afterward. "We're very proud of that. It's not like Anywhere, USA."
Heinrich is a first-term Democrat seeking re-election this fall, locked in a tight race to defend his Albuquerque-area seat against Republican Jon Barela.
Unlike some Democrats who have avoided appearing in public with Obama on their home turf, Heinrich said he was proud to have the president visit his district.
"Absolutely, I am. No question," Heinrich said.
During his remarks, Obama kept hitting a central theme — Republicans are trying to thwart his administration's efforts at reform and voters who propelled him win the presidency two years ago should consider helping Democrats finish the job.
"When you're making choices for governor, your choices for Senate and Congress, these choices mean something," Obama said.
If there was any remaining suspicion that Democrats hoped to build on Obama's trip, it was erased after the event when the presidential motorcade made an unannounced visit to the Barelas Coffee House, a popular Mexican food restaurant, and Denish worked the lunchtime crowd with Obama.
Denish trailed Republican Susana Martinez in a recent Albuquerque Journal poll in the New Mexico governor's race, but Obama's visit could help Denish if it can energize Democrats.
Obama was enormously popular in New Mexico two years ago during his election victory, carrying the state with a decisive 57 percent of votes compared with 43 percent for Republican John McCain.
Obama's keys to victory in the state — strong support from Hispanics and his ability to carry the Albuquerque area. Given those factors, it's not surprising Heinrich hoped to stage the visit in the mostly Hispanic south valley.
The event also played into themes that Heinrich, a former Albuquerque city councilor, has embraced during his first two years in Congress — helping students, small businesses and veterans.
Cavalier, who rose to staff sergeant during his 13-year career in the Marines, said he has endured 25 surgeries for problems with his feet, ankles, knees and sinuses, as well as receiving treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Heinrich said the Democratic controlled Congress deserves credit for changing Veterans Administration appropriations from a one-year to a two-year cycle. It helped insulate the agency from political maneuvering as funding bills approached completion, he said, helping veterans like Cavalier.
"He's a great example of somebody who should not have to be fighting for the treatment he has earned," Heinrich said.


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My uncle's home health aide is there to assist him with "ADL"—activities of daily living. It was a term I was blithely ignorant of before my aunt had a stroke earlier this month. He is in his mid-80s with multiple health problems. She is younger and not the one we were worried about. But the toll of caring for an older spouse—or a younger one who is infirm—is dear. She lost 60 pounds in a year and a half, and she never was a candidate for one of those reality shows about obesity.
Now, she is the one who needs care. She is entering the second week of a three-week maximum stay in an acute stroke rehab facility in Manhattan. What to do next is the question my relatives and I are struggling with now. In the course of our deliberations it has become clear how relevant the question may be for all of us sooner or later, as we need help with the activities of daily living.
Age is only one factor of predicting who will need help, or how soon. Just this weekend, in rehearsal for a play, I was pushed in an improvisation and fell, breaking my arm. I now need help with bathing, cooking, opening jars and typing. I can dress myself as long as there are no zippers involved. I can't drive (or haven't tried). Fortunately, I have an able husband in residence and I can still walk Aengus, our dog.
My cousins and I have toured some lovely assisted-living facilities both in Manhattan and New England, which is nearer to them. But I can't imagine my still-youthful aunt living there, among the aged and infirm, even in her present condition. She is a licensed psychoanalyst with a roster of patients, a gourmet cook who lives in a townhouse and entertains a large family gathering every Christmas. She is used to speaking at conferences and traveling to her beach house in the summer. She is also a bit of a food snob and the fare I have sampled at even the best facility fails the taste test my aunt would apply to it. Potato chips as a garnish, really?
The night of her stroke she and her husband had finished dinner together and were watching television in the family room. Asked to recall the event, my uncle said she "flew through the pass-through and flopped around like a fish on the floor." A hopeful sign of my aunt's condition is that she and I both laughed through our tears at the image his uncertain mind had conjured. But he was helpless. Unable to dial 911, he had the presence of mind to open the front door until a neighbor appeared.
A dispassionate observer would say he needs to be in a nursing home until his wife is able to care for him again. And what about her? We're not sure what kind of progress the next few weeks will bring, but is moving out of the home you have curated and enjoyed for 35 years the healing thing to do? We are leaning toward trying to find a way for them to stay at home with live-in help, but without her income, even long-term care insurance won't cover their expenses for long.
My children see this as a cautionary tale. They ask, "Is there a plan for you, Mom and Dad?" I tell them there is, with my fingers slyly crossed, but it is hard enough to plan activities of daily living, let alone the hazards of aging.


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The cars at this body shop get buffed, polished, and shined, then drive away sparkly, like new. Can you get the same results at home?
Consumer Reports put 19 car waxes through some tough tests to find out. Included in the tests - liquids and pastes from companies like Nu Finish and Turtle Wax to higher-end ones from Zymol and Auto Glym.
Rik Paul Consumer Reports "We rated the waxes on several factors. Among them - how well each wax improved the shine of a painted surface and how long it protected the paint's finish."
To assess how long a wax protects, testers applied the waxes to these pre-weathered panels and left them outside, exposed to the elements. Using this machine, testers inspected the panels weekly. With a good wax, the water beads up like this. With this one, the bead is flatter, which means the wax is wearing off.
Testers then move to real cars to see how easy the waxes are to use. Some were tough to remove.
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