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Allegheny County severs ties with property assessment official
Allegheny County on Friday fired its manager of property assessments, the latest move in Executive Rich Fitzgerald's shakeup of county government.
Assessments Manager Michael J. Suley, 63, became at least the 11th high-ranking county official to be let go since Fitzgerald took office in January.
"There was a desire to see a change in the leadership and direction of that office," county spokeswoman Amie Downs said. "As we have said numerous times in the past, there is a top-to-bottom review of the county departments and offices."
Suley could not be reached. Downs wouldn't say why Fitzgerald sought new leadership in the assessments office.
Suley became the second high-ranking county official to be fired in 10 days. Fitzgerald fired Public Works Director Joe Olczak on Oct. 31, replacing him with Deputy Director Phil LaMay.
Although the controversial countywide reassessment has been a high-profile issue, Suley kept a low profile. He rarely spoke or asked questions during reassessment status conferences before Common Pleas Senior Judge R. Stanton Wettick. The conferences played a critical role in plotting out the reassessment process, which was completed this year.
The county awarded a $9.3 million contract to a Texas firm to perform the reassessment. Appeals still are being accepted.
Downs said Suley handled the office's administrative duties, from scheduling assessment appeal hearings to overseeing the public information phone line.
Suley worked two tours with the county, first as a member of the assessment board from July 1997 to December 2000. He had been manager of the assessments office since April 2006. He made $85,000 a year, Downs said.
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New York Jets safety Ed Reed reportedly had $50,000 in cash stolen from his car, according to a report by Local 2 News in Houston.
Houston police are apparently looking for a suspect who smashed the window of Reed's car and stole a bag containing the cash, according to the report.
Police believe Reed was followed, according to the report. The article says Reed got the money from a bank down the street and then stopped at a Bank of America. It's unclear from the report why Reed had that much in cash or why he went to two different banks.
But what it does show is that not even a 5-foot-11, 205-pound, bonecrushing safety can ensure his cash isn't stolen.
And that's a good reminder for wary consumers who have been turning more to cash in the wake of all these data breaches.
A poll last month by The Associated Press and GfK Public Affairs & Corporate Communications found that 37 percent of consumers have tried to use cash instead of debit cards or credit cards as a result of data breaches like the one at Target.
People like McAfee's chief privacy officer have announced they're paying for things only with cash in light of the breaches.
But while cash may seem safer because you're not giving retailers any personal data, cash can open you up to risks, as Reed has demonstrated.
With credit cards and debit cards, there are safeguards to get your money back if it's stolen. But cash is more anonymous, meaning that it's a lot harder to get it back.
"I don't think the solution is carrying around large amounts of cash. It's dangerous and inconvenient," says Susan Grant, director of consumer protection at the Consumer Federation of America. "What's needed is better security for the consumer data that businesses retain."
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Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand Delivers 3.38 Million Vehicles In Period To July / +3.7 Per Cent
WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – Aug 15, 2013: The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 3.38 (January-July 2012: 3.26; +3.7 per cent) million vehicles worldwide from January to July. The brand handed over 466,100 (July 2012: 468,200; -0.5 per cent) vehicles to customers in the month of July. "The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has produced a solid performance so far in a market situation that remains challenging. Given that the uncertain economic conditions will continue over the coming months, we are keeping a very close eye on developments in global automotive markets," Christian Klingler, Board Member for Sales and Marketing for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, said in Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 0.98 (1.05; -6.8 per cent) million vehicles to customers on the overall European market in the first seven months. With the market situation in Western Europe (excluding Germany) remaining difficult, deliveries there fell by 6.8 per cent compared with the same period in 2012 to 492,400 (528,200) units. Deliveries in the home market of Germany were down 9.1 per cent to 328,400 (361,500) units. In Central and Eastern Europe, the company handed over 154,900 (157,100; -1.4 per cent) vehicles to customers, and 90,600 (95,600; -5.2 per cent) units were delivered in Russia.
In contrast, the brand grew deliveries by 17.0 per cent in the Asia-Pacific region from January to July, handing over 1.48 (1.27) million vehicles to customers there. 1.36 (1.14; +18.9 per cent) million vehicles were delivered in China (incl. Hong Kong) during the same period. In India, deliveries dropped to 36,900 (41,400; -11.1 per cent) units.
In the North America region, Volkswagen Passenger Cars grew deliveries by 3.6 per cent to 359,300 (346,700) units in the period to July, of which 242,600 (245,700; -1.3 per cent) models were handed over in the United States. Deliveries in the South America region from January to June dropped by 11.3 per cent to 419,100 (472,700) units, of which 314,900 (360,900; -12.8 per cent) vehicles were handed over in Brazil.


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Offensive woes continue as Braves no-hit by Phillies
Total of one run in last 27 innings after Hamels, 'pen combine on no-no
ATLANTA -- The Braves have experienced some disappointing Septembers over the past few years. But none of them have included the forgettable start that was experienced on Monday afternoon, when Cole Hamels and three relievers combined to throw a no-hitter in the Phillies' 7-0 win.
"It just feels like a loss," Braves third baseman Chris Johnson said. "No matter if we get 20 hits or zero hits, we lost one. Tomorrow, we'll come out and try to win one."
If the Braves are just trying to make steady progress, they might simply aim to tally multiple runs. This combined no-hit shutout extended a skid during which the Braves have totaled just one run over their past three games. That lone run came courtesy of Evan Gattis' solo shot in Sunday's win over the Marlins.
Fortunately, this latest offensive malaise has not wrecked Atlanta's postseason hopes. The Braves still sit 1 1/2 games back of the Brewers in the fluid battle to gain the National League's second Wild Card entry.
"The game of baseball is kind of funny," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "You feel like you're in a good stride and then you go through a stretch of scoring one run in 27 innings. We were lucky enough to win one of those games."
Once Hamels exited after totaling 108 pitches over six hitless innings, Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon combined to preserve the first combined no-hitter in Phillies history, and the first completed against the Braves. The 2012 Mariners had recorded the most recent of the 10 previous combined no-hitters in Major League history.
Gonzalez said he wasn't surprised the Phillies opted to bring their closer into the game to preserve history, despite the score being lopsided. Papelbon ended the game by getting Philadelphia-area native Phil Gosselin to line out to first base.
"It sums up the fight all year, even though it hasn't gone the way we wanted," Hamels said. "Seeing the talent next to me is something special. I know we won't be able to have this sort of opportunity ever again."
As Hamels' pitch count hit 60 through the first three innings and rose to 92 through five, there was reason to wonder when he would be lifted. That answer came in the seventh, when Philadelphia manager Ryne Sandberg opted to lift his veteran lefty after the Braves had intentionally walked Cody Asche to put two on with two outs.
Grady Sizemore replaced Hamels as a pinch-hitter and promptly drew a walk to load the bases for light-hitting Ben Revere. Julio Teheran got ahead of Revere with a 1-2 count and then hung a slider that the speedy center fielder sent over Jason Heyward's head for a three-run triple that highlighted his career-best five-RBI performance.
"I think the [slider] was the perfect pitch to him, but it wasn't the [right] location," Teheran said. "I tried to make my pitches, but I wasn't able to do it."
It looked like the Braves might have their way with Hamels when Heyward and Emilio Bonifacio drew consecutive walks to begin the bottom of the first inning. But Hamels responded with consecutive strikeouts of Freddie Freeman and Justin Upton before laboring through hot, humid conditions.
"I feel like we should have executed in that situation, but we didn't," Upton said. "It kind of steamrolled from there."
Hamels found himself in trouble yet again in the third inning, when he issued a leadoff walk to Heyward, who notched his third stolen base of the afternoon before Freeman drew a one-out walk. After Upton's weak groundout put runners at second and third base, Marlon Byrd made the defensive play of the day. His diving grab of Chris Johnson's liner in right field prevented two runs from scoring and ultimately enabled the Phillies to celebrate the no-hitter.
Teheran had allowed just three hits through the first six innings. After Asche doubled to begin the third, Hamels produced a sacrifice bunt that enabled Revere to follow with his first sacrifice fly of the season. Hamels helped himself again in the sixth inning when he singled and then scored on Jimmy Rollins' triple.
"I was trying to do the same thing I had been doing all year," Teheran said. "I made a couple mistakes that cost me a couple of runs. But I think everything was going their way today. So there is nothing we can do about it."
Mark Bowman is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Or not?
The Monday trade deadline is coming fast, and a lot of teams have jumped out ahead of the parade and made big deals. I still suspect there will be a massive number of trades Monday.
And we will be here, at Blog HQ with youse, from breakfast, through lunch and dinner, with the blow-by-blow of the frantic day's events, and with analysis of anything the Rangers might do and live transcripts of any conference calls they might have.
So how active will your heroes be?
Not sure. I'm not going to pretend that I know something I don't — unlike most of these other alleged experts, insiders and internet blowhards, and a few know-it-alls who stop by here once in a while.
Here's why, and I said this in the comments the other day. When is the last time a Glen Sather trade was leaked before it happened? The Jokinen-Prust deal got out only because it was done when Kotalik caused a delay by trying to invoke his no-trade clause. And even when it got out, nobody — nobody — had Prust in the deal until it was announced.
So nobody outside his office knows what Sather is going to do, and if they say they do, they're full of it.
That all said, I think the interesting part of the whole equation is John Tortorella, because I think he weilds more influence on Sather than any of his past coaches — and remember, Tortorella is the first non-crony, outside-the-organization coach Sather has ever hired.
And I think Tortorella has Sather's ear and his confidence, and that Sather believes in Tortorella's hope and plan to live with the youth of this team in order to build something that will last, something that will contend and then contend again and contend again.
So I believe that Sather's deal(s) on or before Monday will be low-key. I expect that anybody he trades away will be players the Rangers won't re-sign this summer anyway, or players who they don't feel they need going forward. Example: If the Rangers feel they might cut loose a Matt Gilroy — who must be qualified at over $2M this summer, or he becomes unrestricted — he might be bait for a deal. I'm not convinced they feel that way about him. Just using him as an example.
I think Monday will be a lot like the deals Sather made two years back, when he traded a pick, and a bunch of guys he wasn't going to keep anyway, for Nik Antropov and Derek Morris. And that the guys coming this way in the deals will be short-term contracts or two-month rentals.
That all changes, of course, if, for example, somebody offers the farm for Marian Gaborik, or if the Rangers feel they can get a Brad Richards and sign him to a new contract. Or if they can get a really good, relatively young player. Then they might deal one of their own youngsters or prospects.
Otherwise, in my opinion, no way a Michael Del Zotto or an Artem Anismov or a Michael Sauer, or even a Grachev, is going the other way for a rental. No way. Tortorella wouldn't do it, and I don't think Sather would do it, either.
And, boys and girls, let's not over-estimate the value of some of the guys like Prospal, or Eminger, or Christensen. Nobody's going to give up something of great value for those guys.


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Last night held a whole lot of mixed feelings for me.
I finally made it to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at the Dallas Museum of Art, thanks to a sort-of ticket-only pre-show viewing. The crowd wasn't so thick and I could soak in all the edgy, avant garde work by the designer, as well as the innovations used in the exhibit — mannequins with animated faces, two-level displays and an automated runway showed the museum really upping their game. It made me proud of the place. And the exhibit itself was full of energy.
But then came the reason we were there.
Fashioned Forward was billed as "a musical exploration of the creative spirit of fashion icon Jean Paul Gaultier." I was fascinated by the idea of pairing music with fashion, like wine with food. With punk rock skirts for men and ornate corsets made of straw, I could only imagine how the side-by-side would be.
I did not expect what happened.
A cast of four singers, a guitarist and a pianist made up the cast for the night, led by artistic director Ryan Taylor (not onstage). The Horchow Auditorium was packed with a diverse crowd and the show opened with Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" followed by John Duke's "Morning in Paris." Unfortunately, it started the show on the completely wrong stiletto. American standards aren't what I picture as augmenting the hard edges and spiky textures of Gaultier. Not. At. All. Foreign language songs like "Chiome d'Oro" disengaged the show even more, and poems about (or merely mentioning) fashion were peppered in without much effect while slides of fashions acted as backdrops for works intended to relate to that look.
That was the first half.


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CAMPAIGNERS hoping to change a "dangerous" roundabout in Worcester will be meeting again on July 23.
Following several crashes at the Whittington roundabout, just off junction seven of the M5, people have been campaigning to get the road layout changed to make it safer for drivers.
Lisa Ventura, who started the campaign and a petition directed at the Highways department at Worcestershire County Council after she was involved in a rear-end collision at the junction in September 2012, will chair a meeting for concerned citizens at The Swan at Whittington, Worcester, on Wednesday, July 23, at 7.30pm.
She said: "There are significant problems with Whittington roundabout, and this will be a great chance for the public to have their say about this junction and to suggest possible solutions before it is too late and lives are lost."
Representatives from the county council have been invited to attend, but Mrs Ventura said they did not attend, any feedback and comments made during the meeting would be sent to them.
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THE Royal Blackburn and Burnley General hospitals will tomorrow launch a 'public engagement' campaign to gather suggestions on how services can be improved.
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust has been in special measures since July, and the 'Tell Ellie' initiative is seen as a key part of the organisation's revival.
The scheme will see a trailer visiting major towns, making it easier for members of the public to give their views.
It will be launched outside the Town Hall in Blackburn tomorrow, from 10am to 2pm, with further events planned for Colne, Nelson, Accrington, Darwen, Rawtenstall, Clitheroe and Burnley.
Jim Birrell, interim chief executive, said: "We really want to instil a sense of ownership. The trust belongs to the people in the local area so we want to hear from you and we will respond to your suggestions and comments. Ellie, which stands for East Lancashire Listens, Involves and Engages, will make it much easier for the public to get involved.
"We wanted to make our engagement campaign as clear and accessible as possible so it is supported by a short film that people can watch online explaining what we are doing, why we are doing it, and how people can give us their views on the way services are run in their trust.
"People can phone, write or contact us through our website and social media platforms."
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Since it's apparent that any pitcher from a middle of the rotation innings eater to ace studs can throw a no-hitter this season, let's look at who could be next.
1. Adam Wainwright (St. Louis). One of two Cardinal aces, Wainwright has a 1.94 ERA (2nd best in baseball), and he's lights out at home. Odds of a no-hitter: 35%
2. C.C. Sabathia (New York). Big C.C. has motored along quietly in his second year in the Big Apple. He's grown stronger with the season. Plus, 9 innings are common outings for Sabathia. Odds: 19%
3. Carl Pavano (Minnesota). Yankee fans cringe at his inclusion, but Pavano has experienced a career resurrection in the Twin Cities. The likelihood of him grabbing a no-no seems considerably greater than other. Odds: 7%
4. Josh Johnson (Florida). The best pitcher in baseball has to be on the list. His 1.61 ERA and 8 games of 1 run or less make him a very likely candidate for a no-no. Odds: 41%
5. Clay Buchholz (Boston). Buchholz has one no-hitter in a previous season, but 2010 is becoming his breakout year (and it also shows why the Red Sox were reluctant to trade him so many times). His only problem? The short porches in Fenway Park. Odds: 23%
6. Tim Hudson (Atlanta). The Braves ace is also having a very solid season. When he keeps his sinker ball down, as he has the majority of the season, then he's very tough to hit. Odds: 16%
7. Matt Latos (San Diego). The All-Star snub has assumed the role of ace for the first place Padres during life without Jake Peavy. Can he continue the stellar season? Odds: 21%
8. John Danks (Chicago). It's not easy to have a quiet season in the second biggest media market, but when you pitch behind Jake Peavy and Mark Buehrle, it's a little easier. Odds: 11%
9. Roy Halladay (Philadelphia). He's gotten a perfect game once this season against the Marlins, but he also has 3 shutouts and 7 complete games. Doc Halladay has the goods for a second no-no. Odds: 27%
**Disclaimer – The author of this article has very little knowledge of statistics. All odds were made up in his head.**


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A judge has stopped the prosecution of a man accused of breaking into a woman's home and raping her, after hearing he had died.
Michael Unwin, 49, was due to face a retrial on the matter after the jury failed to reach a verdict on the allegation in March.
But after learning that Unwin had died in an apparent suicide a judge at Swindon Crown Court closed the case, ruling that the indictment was of no legal affect.
Charles Thomas, prosecuting, told the court on Friday: "He sadly committed suicide on May 11.
"It has been investigated. A copy of the death certificate has been obtained which I can hand to you."
Judge Douglas Field said being satisfied the defendant had died he ordered the indictment be endorsed accordingly and the file be closed.
The jury was discharged after they failed to reach verdicts following a five-day trial on charges of rape, attempted rape and threats to kill.
Unwin was said to have broken into the ground-floor flat, where the woman was living with her toddler, before carrying out the attack.
The woman said during her ordeal he told her he would kill her if she did not comply with his wishes.
Unwin, of Oak Road, Chippenham, insisted the woman had wanted him to come round and visit her in the early hours so they could have sex. He had denied all the charges.
The woman, who was 41 at the time of the alleged incident, sobbed as she recalled the alleged incident at her Chippenham flat on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at the hearing.
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By sixth grade, Miranda and her best friend, Sal, know how to navigate their New York City neighborhood. They know where it's safe to go, like the local grocery store, and they know whom to avoid, like the crazy guy on the corner.
But things start to unravel. Sal gets punched by a new kid for what seems like no reason, and he shuts Miranda out of his life. The apartment key that Miranda's mom keeps hidden for emergencies is stolen. And then Miranda finds a mysterious note scrawled on a tiny slip of paper:
I am coming to save your friend's life, and my own.
I must ask two favors. First, you must write me a letter.
The notes keep coming, and Miranda slowly realizes that whoever is leaving them knows all about her, including things that have not even happened yet. Each message brings her closer to believing that only she can prevent a tragic death - until the final note makes her think she's too late.
©2009 Rebecca Stead; (P)2009 Random House
"[W]hen all the sidewalk characters from Miranda's Manhattan world converge amid mind-blowing revelations and cunning details, teen readers will circle back to the beginning and say,'Wow... cool.'" (Kirkus Reviews)
"[T]he mental gymnastics required of readers are invigorating; and the characters, children, and adults are honest bits of humanity no matter in what place or time their souls rest." (Booklist)
"Simply fantastic!"
I've been recommending this book to everyone I can, adult and children alike. I've listened to it twice already and enjoyed it tremendously. My six year old daughter loved it too (though I'm sure she didn't understand all of it). This book is my absolute favorite kind of book. A tautly written, tightly plotted story in which all the pieces only make sense after you've read the story.
It was the best book I listened to (or read) last year!
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This is a very interesting and exciting book. Really holds your attention and interest from thebeginning to finish. I will listen to it again, I am sure!I already have my older sister listening to it..and I suspect my Nona will want to hear it too! So, in my home, interest in this story is across ages 10 to 70! Great !!
My 11 year old son and I were completely transfixed by the story. Tightly woven, engaging, and a brilliant thought exercise on time travel. Trippy in the best way and filled with lovable, imperfect characters. I was particularly happy with the adult characters who were crafted with uncommon respect and connectedness. We are ordering her new book right now!
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HAMISH Ogilvie, the new recruiting manager at Adelaide after six years at the side of Matt Rendell, could be forgiven for feeling he'd been dealt a dud hand at this year's draft.
With his club ceding its first and second-round picks as a ''gesture of good faith'' - a transparent attempt to mitigate any further punishment the AFL may yet deal the Crows over the Kurt Tippett affair - Ogilvie was reduced to the best available picks remaining at No. 62 and No. 81. But there was no bitterness, with Ogilvie saying the club had been watching its two choices - defender Sam Siggins and flanker/midfielder Rory Atkins, both South Australians - for some time.
He denied his club had to rethink its strategy. ''We planned for all these scenarios weeks ago,'' he said.
Ogilvie was warm in his praise for Siggins and Atkins. ''Two bargains,'' he said. ''You can't go past talent.''
"We even had a plan if we started at 101. You keep it simple, pick blokes with good character that can play footy. As long as they compete well, you're a chance aren't you?"
"I was a bit unhappy and disappointed yesterday, but you calm down and think about what's going to happen. Now something good's come out of it and you move on, you can't dwell on it.
"Sam Siggins is 195cm key defender who understands how to play defence, [and] we need to top up our defence a bit. Ben Rutten is not getting any younger, but it'll be great to have Sam there to learn from Ben and Daniel Talia, who's the ultimate professional."
Atkins was the wild card, a talented left-footer who'd slipped below his ranking on ability. "Rory Atkins is an AIS Academy [student], he's been ranked as one of the top 30 kids in Australia in his year and we've picked him up in the 80s," Ogilvie said. "He's a bubbly kid, enthusiastic, got a bit of cheek. He'll enjoy our club."
Again, character reared its head. "He's starting to learn what's required at the professional level of sport," Ogilvie said. "But [he's a] super talent, and a left footer, which we don't have many of. We need a left footer [with] a bit of class and outside run, which is hard to address that low in the draft, but maybe we've done that.
"These boys aren't going to play AFL round one. They might surprise us, but I don't think so. A 195cm defender is going to take a bit of time, but Rory will fit in at training. I'm really buoyed, very pleased."


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How much money is in your bank account? Only about 17% of young adults, 18-34, check their bank account balances daily. Three times as many young people check their social accounts as check their bank accounts, according to a new survey. The American Institute of CPAs sponsored the survey for National Financial Literacy Month.
How often do you check your bank accounts? Here are four tips from the National CPA Financial Literacy Commission:
- "Financial Fridays" Check your bank accounts on Friday so you know how much money you can spend going into the weekend. Use the web, apps or an ATM to get the information.
- Check your financial status when you check in online
- Set up text alerts from banks & credit card companies to alert you about low balances
- Set up recurring reminders to make long-term financial planning payments or review retirement accounts
Learn more about the findings and these financial literacy suggestions from the American Institute of CPAs.


text: Courtroom 302 is the fascinating story of one year in Chicago's Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country. Here we see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judge's chambers, the spectators' gallery. From the daily grind of the court to the highest-profile case of the year, Steve Bogira's masterful investigation raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice in America. - amazon.com Lawyer Steven Drury is caught in an impossible dilemma when the man he identified as his attacker threatens to kill a young woman if he doesn't recant his statement. The two Minnesota towns couldn't be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that company's carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporation's president, is found shot dead--and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime. Olivia's father, Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, comes to defend his daughter and uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns. "A humid summer night in Gibraltar. Lawyer Spike Sanguinetti arrives home to find an old friend, Solomon Hassan, waiting on his doorstep. Solomon is on the run. A Spanish girl has been found with her throat cut on a beach in Tangiers and he is accused of her murder. He has managed to skip across the Straits but the Moroccan authorities want him back. Spike travels to Tangiers to try to delay Solomon's extradition, and there meets a beautiful Bedouin girl. Zahra is investigating the disappearance of her father, a trail which leads mysteriously back to Solomon. Questioning how well he really knows his friend, Spike finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of secrets, corruption and murderous lies" -- from publisher's web site. Sometimes small towns hold the biggest secrets. Attorney Tom Crane was about to become a partner in a high-profile law firm-- until they got "consolidated" and the job evaporated. He turns to closing his deceased father's law practice in Bethel, Georgia-- and runs into two million dollars stashed in a secret bank account that lead into a tangled web of lies, theft, and betrayal. Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife, Laurie, and son, Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award American Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries--memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched. Gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric, Snow Falling on Cedars is a masterpiece of suspense-- one that leaves us shaken and changed. Haunting. A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper. Dog-loving lawyer Andy Carpenter plunges into a high profile murder case in which a rogue German shepherd police dog may be the only hope for its owner, an Iraq war vet and former-cop-turned-thief accused of murder. A black lawyer is murdered in Los Angeles, bringing cheers from policemen whom he frequently sued for brutality. The case is given to detective Harry Bosch and right away he discovers tampering of evidence. By the author of Trunk Music. A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice. - MA Blog: asblog Adults's blog


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T/Sgt Walter A Golec, 98th Bomb Group, B-24's WWII
1944 — Libia, North Africa
T/Sgt Walter Golec was a Radio/Gunner in the 98th Bomb Group, B-24 Liberators during WWII. 98th Bomb Group; HEAVY B-24 Liberators out of Libya, North Africa. The "Pyramiders" This famous 98th Bomb Group's Commanding Officer was Col. John Riley KILLER Kane.....
Walter was born to Domick and Eva in 1920, in 1930 Walter's sister Mary was 11, Walter was 10 and John was 8.
The B-24 "Sad Sack" was Walter's main Ship #42-40208 98 th BG, 344th BS. Detached Service/Intensive Training in North Africa to learn how to manuver a GIANT B-24 at just 50 feet off the ground! T/Sgt Walter Golec, Radio/Gunner was on the highly successful and extremely dangerous Ploesti Raid of 1 August, 1944.... he my also have flown into the extremely dangerous "Oil Field" Mission more than once. The losses were way-too high, greater than 70% on the Ploesti Missions alone, a sad loss but one of the most important targets of the War. MTO/ETO ... indeed a "Critical" Mission. At Ploesti, Romania were the major Oil Fields that supplied Hitler's German Army.
My father fly the Ploesti mission of August 1, 1943 on this aircraft. The pilot was Wiiliam Banks CP-Carl Root N-Theodore Stewart B-Joseph Souza WG-Earl Rice WG-Durward Carbury TG-Wilson Cain G-Floyd Pleasant TT-Walter Golec G-Henry Richotte This information came from the book Ploesti - Black Sunday by Michael Hill - he had the plane listed as the "Sad Back" but I know for sure it was the "Sad Sack" ( ? By daughter Dianne Schutz ?)
"OUT OF THE DESERT, a Story of Palestine, Ploesti and Beyond" ISBN 156311536-0 by John E Blundell... Pg. 107, "The SAD SACK" Ship # 208 ... ... Wm Banks, Carl Root, Theodore Stewart, Joseph Sousa, Earl Rice, Durward Carburry, Wilson Cane, Floyd Pleasant, Walter Golec and Henry Richotte. The Commanding Officer, Col. John "Killer" Kane trained his Men/Crew and ships, B-24 Liberators to fly at extremely low levels.... 50 feet above the ground.... in the desert of North Africa our "boys' learned the true meaning of teamwook. Holding a B-24 anyplace took strength and determination and a LOT of patience, one could not relax for even a second. At 50 feet, there was not one millimeter-room for error. These men trusted each other, it was going to be one of the worst Targets of the entire War... the most critical and certainly the greatest % of loss. "KILLER" Kane was made of steel and his men would follow him into hell, and into HELL is where Ploesti was. The Oil Fields of Ploesti, Romania. . . . Hitler's main source of fuel, probably by 95%. Col Kane would tell his men that their 1st objective was to blast them to hell, their 2nd was to come home safe. The Allied Forces suffered a 75 to 90 % loss. They did indeed distroy the entire thing!
T/Sgt Walter Golec was a trained Radio Operator and Aerial Gunner, a B-24 was a HEAVY Bomber and carried a usual Crew of 10 but there could be more.
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http://www.ploesti.com/roster.pdf WALTER A GOLEC, T/Sgt, Detroit, Mich. 98th BG
Barbara Connolly; WWII HIstorical Researcher, 57th Bomb Wing Researcher and Historian for the 319th and 321st Bomb Groups, B-25 Mitchell Medium Bombers. Barbara Ennis Connolly's Dad/Edward Ennis visited Arrowhead Ranch where Barbara and Paul lived at 10,000' on the Western Slope of the Colo. Rocky Mountains. Walter and Genevieve Golec were great friends as well as Dick and Joanne Tabin. Walter's Daughter Dianne visited a lot and we stayed at their beautiful Victorian Home on their Ranch watching the Horses, a dog and a passel of kitty-cats for a month. BEST vacation we ever had! A full MONTH of adventure, the "Time of our lives". . . Thank you Dianne and Patrick :) xo xo Barbara and Paul
Walter and my Dad/Ed Ennis would talk about the War, BOTH were Radio/Gunners in the MTO. Ed flew in B-25's that were MEDIUM, flew at medium altitude (10,000'), carried Med. Crew (5), flew a Med. range and carried about 5000 lbs of Bombs...., the B-24 Heavy that Walter flew in bombed from 18,000 to 23,000', carried 10 men or over, twice the Bomb Load and 3 times as far. We would laugh at having lunch at [B-25] Bombing Altitude! Barbara Ennis Connolly, firstname.lastname@example.com
Constituted as 98th Bombardment Group (HEAVY) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 3 Feb 1942. Trained with B-24's. Moved to the Mediterranean theater, Jul-Aug 1942, and served in that area until the end of the war. Assigned to Ninth AF in Nov 1942, to Twelfth AF in Sep 1943, and to Fifteenth AF in Nov 1943. Entered combat in Aug 1942. Bombed shipping and harbor installations in Libya, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Crete, and Greece to cut enemy supply lines to Africa. Also hit airdromes and rail facilities in Sicily and Italy. Received a DUC for action against the enemy in the Middle East, North Africa, and Sicily from Aug 1942 to Aug 1943. Awarded another DUC for participation in the low-level assault on oil refineries at Ploesti on 1 Aug 1943: although its target had already been attacked by another group, the 98th proceeded through dense smoke and intense flak to bomb its assigned objective. Col John R Kane, group commander, received the Medal of Honor for leading the 98th to complete this attack despite the hazards of oil fires, delayed-action bombs, and alerted defenses. Afterward the group flew many long-range missions to Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and the Balkans to bomb such strategic targets as industries, airdromes, harbors, and communications, and engaged primarily in such operations until Apr 1945. 1st Lt Donald D Pucket, one of the group's pilots, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action during a mission against oil refineries at Ploesti on 9 Jul 1944: just after bombing the target, Lt Pucket's plane was crippled by antiaircraft fire and crew members were wounded; he calmed the crew, administered first aid, surveyed the damage, and, realizing it was impossible to reach friendly territory, gave the order to abandon ship; refusing to desert three men who were unable to leave the bomber, Lt Pucket stayed with the plane that a few moments later crashed on a mountainside. In addition to strategic operations, the 98th also flew interdictory and support missions. Aided Allied forces at Anzio and Cassino. Participated in the invasion of Southern France. Assisted the Russian advance in the Balkans. Returned to the US, Apr-May 1945. Redesignated 98th Bombardment Group (Very Heavy) in May. Inactivated on 10 Nov 1945.
Activated on 1 Jul 1947. Assigned to Strategic Air Command. Trained with B-29's. Redesignated 98th Bombardment Group (Medium) in May 1948. Moved to Japan in Aug 1950 and attached to Far East Air Forces for duty in the Korean War. Engaged primarily in interdicting enemy communications but also operated in support of UN ground forces. Targets included marshalling yards, oil centers, rail facilities, bridges, roads, troop concentrations, airfields, and military installations. Inactivated on 16 Jun 1952 while on temporary duty in Japan.
Squadrons. 343d: 1942-1945; 1947-1952. 344th: 1942-1945; 1947-1952. 345th: 1942-1945; 1947-1952. 415th: 1942-1945.
Stations. MacDill Field, Fla, 3 Feb 1942; Barksdale Field, La, Feb 1942; Ft Myers, Fla, 30 Mar 1942; Drane Field, Fla, c. 15 May-c. Jul 1942; Ramat David, Palestine, 25 Jul 1942; Fayid, Egypt, c. 11 Nov 1942; Benina, Libya, c. 9 Feb 1943; Hergla, Tunisia, c. 21 Sep 1943; Brindisi, Italy, c. 18 Nov 1943; Manduria, Italy, 19 Dec 1943; Lecce, Italy, 17 Jan 1944-19 Apr 1945; Fairmont AAFld, Neb, c. 6 May 1945; McCook AAFld, Neb, 25 Jun-10 Nov 1945. Andrews Field, Md, 1 Jul 1947; Spokane AAFld, Wash, 24 Sep 1947-16 Jun 1952.
Commanders. Lt Col Frank H Robinson, c. Feb 1942; Col Hugo P Rush, 1942; Col John R Kane, c. 29 Dec 1942; Lt Col Julian M Bleyer, 1 Nov 1943; Col William E Karnes, 18 Nov 1943; Lt Col Marshall R Gray, 13 Jan 1944; Col Salvatore E Manzo, c. Jul 1944-unkn; Col John G Eriksen, 25 Jun-c. Sep 1945; unkn, Sep-Nov 1945. Unkn, Jul-Oct 1947; Lt Col Joseph D White, 20 Oct 1947; Col William D Cairnes, 12 Apr 1948; Col Richard D Dick, 20 Jan 1949; Col Richard H Carmichael, c. Apr 1950; Col David Wade, c. 31 Mar 1951; Col Edwin F Harding Jr, Sep 1951; Col Lewis A Curtis, Nov 1951; Col Winton R Close, May-16 Jun 1952.
Campaigns. World War II: Air Combat, EAME Theater; Egypt-Libya; Air Offensive, Europe; Tunisia; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; Normandy; Northern France; Southern France; North Apennines; Rhineland; Central Europe; Po Valley. Korean War: UN Defensive; UN Offensive; CCF Intervention; 1st UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea Summer-Fall, 1952.
Decorations. Distinguished Unit Citations: North Africa and Sicily, Aug 1942-17 Aug 1943; Ploesti, Rumania, 1 Aug 1943. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation: [Aug 1950-Jun 1952].
Insigne. Shield: Azure, a bend indented between a dexter mailed hand couped at the wrist, in bend, grasping a drop bomb and an olive wreath, all or. Motto: Force For Freedom. (Approved 29 Jul 1942.)
Data from Air Force Combat Units of World War II By Maurer, Maurer, Published 1986
Barbara Connolly; WWII HIstorical Researcher, 57th Bomb Wing Researcher and Historian for the 319th and 321st Bomb Groups, B-25 Mitchell Medium Bombers. Barbara Ennis Connolly's Dad/Edward Ennis visited Arrowhead Ranch where Barbara and Paul lived at 10,000' on the Western Slope of the Colo. Rocky Mountains. Walter and Genevieve Golec were great friends as well as Dick and Joanne Tabin. Walter's Daughter Dianne visited a lot and we stayed at their beautiful Victorian Home on their Ranch watching the Horses, a dog and a passel of kitty-cats for a month. BEST vacation we ever had!
Walter and my Dad/Ed would talk about the War, BOTH were Radio/Gunners in the MTO. B-25's were MEDIUM, flew at medium altitude (10,000'), carried Med. Crew (5), flew a Med. range and carried about 5000 lbs of Bombs...., the B-24 Heavy that Walter flew in bombed from 18,000 to 23,000', carried 10 men or over, twice the Bomb Load and 3 times as far. We would laugh at having lunch at [B-25] Bombing Altitude!
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28 Jun 2016 | 11.54 am
Newstalk Drafts In Paul Williams For Breakfast Show
George Hook to move from Drivetime to Lunchtime
28 Jun 2016 | 11.54 am
Newstalk 106-108FM has revised its presenter line-up for its breakfast show following the imminent departure of Ivan Yates. The new presenters are Shane Coleman, Colette Fitzpatrick, Paul Williams and Alan Quinlan, with Yates's sidekick Chris Donoghue moving to the evening Drivetime show. Vincent Wall will continue to do the business coverage.
The breakfast show is being clipped from three hours to two hours, with Pat Kenny filling three hours between 9am and midday.
George Hook is being moved to a two-hour lunchtime slot, replacing Jonathan Healy. Sean Moncrieff is left in place for two hours of early afternoon nattering, while Newstalk Drive will run from 4pm to 7pm, with Sarah McInerney co-presenting with Donoghue.
Tim Collins, Station CEO said: "Our strategy is to become the country's leading talk station for 25-55 year olds and our new schedule reflects the tastes and interests of this younger audience."
The latest radio ratings show that Newstalk reaches 700,000 listeners weekly, with 379,000 people listening daily. Nationally, in the 25-54yr/ABC1/urban cohort Newstalk has 23% of the audience and is neck and neck with RTE Radio 1 who are at 24% in this demographic.
In the younger 25-44yr/ABC1/urban category the station is market leader both nationally and in Dublin.
Garrett Harte, Station Editor-In-Chief, commented: "We're delighted to welcome Colette, Paul, Sarah and Alan on board. They bring energy, curiosity and the dynamism to complement the great team of presenters we already have at the station. We are particularly pleased that Colette Fitzpatrick has been able to join our breakfast team in addition to her ongoing commitments to TV3."
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by T.W. Budig
ECM Capitol reporter
Rep. Mike Freiberg lives three blocks away from Rose McGee in Golden Valley and was aware of his neighbor's plight.
"I feel like it's taken on a life of its own, which is wonderful," Freiberg said of his legislation to assist those confronting home foreclosure.
For McGee, the shadow of foreclosure fell over her as a result of a job layoff, she explained at a Capitol press conference on Wednesday (Jan. 16).
McGee thought she was involved in meaningful discussions with her mortgage company — she's listening, she's believing, McGee said — until one day she called to inquire about the status of her home to learn that it had been sold, she said.
"'You're kidding, right? You really don't mean that?'" she recalled saying in disbelief.
"But they did mean that," McGee said.
Freiberg, an attorney, believes his neighbor was a victim of dual tracking.
That is, the mortgage company, despite the conversations, continued the foreclosure process as if McGee had been silent.
In his bill, Freiberg, DFL-Golden Valley, seeks to change state law to give homeowners a better chance at fighting to save their homes.
A key provision in the bill addresses dual tracking.
Under the billl, mortgage companies, upon receiving a loan modification request from a homeowner, must defer beginning the foreclosure process for 60 days.
If the foreclosure process had already begun when a loan modification request comes in, the company again would need to stop for 60 days or until lender and borrower had reached agreement.
Borrowers who incur losses in cases of dual tracking may take civil actions under the bill.
Reasonable attorney fees would be covered.
Other provisions require mandatory mediation if requested by the borrower, lenders to provide homeowners with a single points of contact in their company, and provides extra protections for military veterans.
The foreclosure problem isn't unique to his neighborhood, Freiberg said.
When campaigning for office he noticed empty homes all over the legislative district.
Housing Finance and Policy Committee Chairwoman Karen Clark, DFL-Minneapolis, said there were more than 21,000 foreclosures in Minnesota in 2011.
Numbers are down, but still three times higher than in 2005, according to Clark.
"It's big," Clark said of the scope of the problem.
Clark is upbeat about the chances of Freiberg's bill.
"I think it's quite likely," she said of its passage.
McGee now has legal representation and is actively fighting the foreclosure process.
"What I discovered is that people don't know where to go to fight," said McGee, a poet with a fondness for quoting poet Langston Hughes.
"It's just ridiculous, is all I can say," she said of her dilemma.
Freiberg's bill had its first House committee hearing on Wednesday.
This is the freshman lawmaker's second piece of legislation.


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It sounds more like a sermon than a song. Sister Mary Lambert trills a sweet gospel melody: "I can't change, even if I wanted to'' and pastor Ben Haggerty pleads for equality: "It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference, live on and be yourself."
Lord be praised, it's a protest song, the like of which we haven't heard for decades.
It's called Same Love, and it has been No.1 on the Australian hit parade for the past two weeks, selling 70,000 downloads so far. The accompanying video shows a black boy falling in love with a white boy, marrying him and living happily until they farewell each other as octogenarians. It will drive half of America into a fury.
Haggerty is better known as the rapper Macklemore, whose previous hit, Thrift Shop, satirised dedicated followers of retro fashion. Singlehandedly Macklemore has brought meaning back to pop music, after a decade of lyrics notable for sexism, homophobia and inanity.
Macklemore attacks the language of recent hits in the second verse of Same Love: "If I was gay, I would think hip-hop hates me. Have you read the YouTube comments lately? 'Man, that's gay' gets dropped on a daily … A culture founded from oppression, Yet we don't have acceptance for them, Call each other faggots behind the keys of a message board. A word rooted in hate, yet our genre still ignores it."
The last time a protest song reached No.1 in Australia was 1992, when Julian Lennon offered a mild environmental message: "We climb the highest mountain, we'll make the desert bloom, we're so ingenious, we can walk on the moon. But when I hear of how the forests have died, Salt water wells in my eyes." (Saltwater.)
Two decades earlier, Julian's father, John, reached No.1 with a blast at fundamentalism: "Imagine there's no countries, It isn't hard to do. Nothing to kill or die for, And no religion too." (That was more controversial than his Give Peace a Chance, which had reached No.4 on the Australian charts 1n 1969.)
Between those Lennonist landmarks, Midnight Oil had a No.1 hit in 1985 with an EP called Species Deceases, on which Peter Garrett declared: "A tree that can grow no longer, a beach that has got no sand, I would pay out a king's ransom, if we could just understand. Got your last meal, filled up with pesticide. Hamburger chain third world infanticide."
In 1983, Redgum made the case for Vietnam veterans in I Was Only 19: "Can you tell me, doctor, why I still can't get to sleep? And why the Channel Seven chopper chills me to my feet? And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means?"
In 1986, John Farnham promised "We're not going to sit in silence, we're not going to live with fear" in You're The Voice. It sold a million copies around the world, but was less than specific on what we were supposed to be making a noise about.
The decade most associated with protest is the '60s, but the songs were rarely commercial hits. The one that started it all was Little Boxes, an attack on conformism written by Malvina Reynolds and sung by Pete Seeger, which reached No.28 in 1964: ''And they're doctors and they're lawyers and business executives, And they all play on the golf course and they all drink their martini dry … And they all get put in boxes and they all come out the same.''
The following year Donovan reached No.17 on the chart with Buffy Saint Marie's dissection of individual responsibility in the military: "He's the one who gives his body as a weapon of the war, and without him all this killing can't go on. He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame, his orders come from far way no more."
It's human rights for everybody, there is no difference, live on and be yourself.
The name most associated with protest songs is Bob Dylan, but he's never had a hit with one.
Dylan's biggest single was Like A Rolling Stone, which reached No.5 in 1965, but nothing in those lyrics would make anybody angry. Stevie Wonder released a version of Blowin' In The Wind in 1966, and that reached No.35 on the Australian chart.
The Dylan protest that came closest to commercial success (reaching No.13 in 1975) was Hurricane, part of a campaign to free the imprisoned boxer Rubin Carter: "Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise, While Rubin sits like Buddha in a 10-foot cell, An innocent man in a living hell."
If uncompromising lyrics that drive some listeners into a rage (as opposed to lyrics vaguely endorsing peace and love) are the test of a good protest song, then Hurricane scores pretty well. But on the toughness scale, Same Love is far ahead of the pack.
No doubt that's why Australia was the first country to make it number one. Unless it was Sister Mary's beautiful chorus.


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New Study Reveals Fewer Calories in Almondsby Toby Amidor in Food News & Trends, August 30, 2012
Calling all almond lovers! A new study found that almonds have fewer calories than originally thought. We've got the inside scoop on this news.
The Study
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that almonds have 20% fewer calories than originally thought. The results found that a one-ounce serving of almonds (about 23 nuts) has 129 calories as opposed to 160 that's currently listed on the Nutrition Facts Panel.
Interestingly, it has nothing to do with the composition of the almond—rather, the way we metabolize it. Although it sounds nutty (pun intended), I had the pleasure to speak with Jenny Heap, MS, RD Manager, Healthy Professional Marketing for Almond Board of California to help decipher these findings.
Q: A recent 2012 study by the American Society for Nutrition concluded that almonds have about 20% fewer calories than originally thought. Was this a surprise to you?
A: Yes and no . . . several studies published over the past 10 years have suggested that when people eat almonds, not all of the fat is digested and absorbed. Some of the fat remains intact within the almonds' rigid cell walls. Recognizing that this could affect the number of calories actually available from almonds, researchers at USDA's Agricultural Research Service decided to specifically determine the calories absorbed. We were not at all surprised to learn from Dr. Baer's work that fewer calories from almonds are available for absorption. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the magnitude of the difference. In 2011, Dr. Baer conducted research using the same methodology to find out available calories from pistachios and found that the number was only 5% lower than previously thought, while the number for almonds was 20% lower.
Q: Do you feel this study (with only 18 subjects) really substantiates the new calorie count in almonds?
A: This study is larger than the studies originally conducted to develop the factors currently used to calculate calories in foods (Atwater Factors). Dr. Baer and his colleagues ensured that the number of subjects in their study provided more than adequate statistical power to detect a difference between the two approaches. The research that led to the Atwater factors used a significantly smaller number of subjects.
Q: What does this new information mean for the future of almonds?
A: We feel the future of almonds is always bright—in fact, we expect this year's harvest to bring in more than two billion pounds! Thankfully there are also endless delicious ways to enjoy them and we hope news like this provides consumers another reason to feel good about choosing almonds. We are also currently working with government agencies to determine what these study results might mean for future consumer education about almonds, such as Nutrition Facts panels.
Recipe to Try:
Honey and Fennel Glazed Almonds
Created by: Almond Board of California
servings 10
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon water
1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt or sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
2 cups whole blanched or natural almonds
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
Cooking spray
Preheat oven to 300°F. Melt butter in a large skillet on medium heat. Stir in honey, water, salt and ginger. Stir in almonds and fennel, and remove from heat. Line a baking sheet with foil, and coat with cooking spray. Spread almonds onto foil, and bake 25 to 35 minutes, stirring once, until almonds are golden (cut one open to test). Transfer almonds on foil to a rack and cool completely. Loosen with a spatula and serve, or store airtight for up to 2 days.
Nutrition Information (per serving):
Calories: 205
Total Fat: 17 grams
Saturated Fat: 2.6 grams
Protein: 6 grams
Carbohydrates: 11 grams
Fiber: 4 grams
Cholesterol: 6 milligrams
Sodium: 292 milligrams


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CONSPIRACY theorists might believe otherwise, but AFL boss Andrew Demetriou stresses that the AFL did not attempt to scupper efforts to bring the major football code in the world Down Under.
It could be equated to Daniel stepping into the lions' den but Demetriou did not bat an eyelid as he took centre stage at a Melbourne Victory In Business lunch at Crown, in which he fronted more than 900 corporate supporters of the FFA's biggest club.
And he moved quickly to assure some of his biggest critics that the AFL had not schemed to undermine Australia's bid to bring the World Cup to these shores as it recognised the sporting and economic value of hosting the world's biggest event.
''We were not popping champagne corks. We were as disappointed as everyone else that this country and this state was not going to be able to host games,'' he said.
Demetriou said that as a young man he had always tuned in to television coverage of the English game, marvelling at the intensity of the Liverpool-Manchester United clashes.
Demetriou praised Victory for the inroads it had made on the social, business and sporting landscape and suggested that competition - from within and from rival codes - was good for a sport.
And purists in the room would have been delighted to note that the AFL supremo referred to his own code as ''Aussie rules'' and the round ball game as football.


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Elena Radionova
Completed 3Lz+3T. Could exit out of the 3F. Step-out of 2A (ah, silly mistake). Great Bielmann spin. I like that she expresses two different moods in the piece, though I like the choreography of the first half better than the slightly sloppy second half. However, this should go into first place.


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The Live Feed reports that Black-themed cable network TV One plans to break from its usual entertainment programming to provide extensive coverage of the Democratic National Convention in August. And the Republican convention? No coverage at all.
I wonder how deep I would have to dig to find a public statement by TV One President & CEO Johnathan Rodgers regarding Nancy Pelosi's treasured Fairness Doctrine, which tramples wholesale over the First Amendment and would require TV One to provide equal time for the Right?


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New At The Movies
This weekend there are 3 new movie waiting for you to check out! I'm saving you some time because I've posted all the previews here - that way you won't have to go and search Google or YouTube for them!
New this weekend are:
- Battle: Los Angeles
- Mars Needs Moms
- Red Riding Hood
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Gas Pains
Tom grew up in Milwaukee, bartended in Wauwatosa in the '70s and moved here in 1984.
Commentary, observations and musings about the outdoors, life in general and maybe Tosa politics and personalities will be the order of the day. He savors a lively debate as much as terrific cooking.
The Garden Chronicles
I have a suspicion that the Tosa Food Pantry is going to be the beneficiary of some surplus garden produce this week. It has been a busy harvest so far.
Broccoli, pole beans, cabbages,cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers, beets and spinach.
Nice still-life, eh?
Last night friends and I did a couple of awesome beer can chickens on the Weber and at the end we tossed some fresh-picked beans and a chopped garden onion in olive oil and threw the whole mess in the grill wok.
Not only is the flare spectacular...
But the results are spectacular too.
Then this morning we pulled another onion, picked fresh spinach and made a smoked pheasant quiche topped with a sliced tomato.
So far - so good.
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Me and Jingjing went to meet up with Director and his team. Before the shoot, we had our lunch at a neighbourhood kopitiam. You may be wondering whey we ate in ta-pao packets. Because we thought Director was in rush for the shoot, but after we ta-pao....he said,"Let's eat here lah!"
Aiyo, say so mah! (Hee!)
Can you see Director at background? The table too small so he sat on another table.
After lunch, we drove to some highway....I'm not sure where, but it's located at east side. We will told to alight at the highway. ALIGHT AT HIGHWAY? ARE YOU KIDDING? Yes we did. Me and Jingjing did some photo shoot in the middle of HIGHWAY! It was so scary!Very dangerous lah, but we finally did some nice shots.***BEWARE: PLEASE DO NOT GO TO HIGHWAY TO TAKE PHOTOS YOURSELF, WE HAVE LOTS OF PROFESSIONAL WORKERS WITH US BUT YOU DO NOT. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THE RISK! IT'S DANGEROUS!It was very hot, you know lah...highway where got shade for us?
After that, we proceeded to our next location for another shoot.
That's all for Part One, to know more....visit me again. Ha Ha!


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Seattle Campus
Examination of current substantive topics in sociology. Content varies according to recent developments in the field and the interests of the instructor. Topics covered in courses with this number lie outside those covered by other special topics courses numbered SOC 581 through SOC 589.
Class description
This course is a new attempt (perhaps the first of its kind) designed to offer students critical ways of thinking about social and institutional change in late industrialization. By suggesting ways to discover alternative ways of looking at social and economic phenomena, the course aims to enhance students' ability to think critically. More concretely this course will focus on how to derive implications of economic and other institutional actions for social change in contrast to the past approaches where the link is not clear. The role of the state in social change will be an important angle to understand the linkage between economic and social changes in late industrialization. Students will learn how economic changes are concretely linked to other institutional developments, such as civil society and democratization.
Student learning goals
Interdisciplinary understanding of social changes through the analysis of the patterns of linkage between economic development and social change and gaining knowledge on recent trends in macro sociology
comparative methods and understanding the linkage between micro economic actions and macro social changes
the role of the state in social change: How are economic and social changes linked and understood in the current literature on social changes?: Whether, to what extent and how the role of the state is understood in the current literature on economic development and social changes? How to think about the linkage between micro economic actions and macro social changes?
distinct psychological dispositions of lateness and catching up
the meaning and the role of tradition in late development
Critical comments on the current literature on civil society and democratization based on the understanding of the institutional and social ironies of economic success
General method of instruction
lecture, discussion, writing critical reviews and research paper
Recommended preparation
No specific requirement is necessary but some background in sociology and political economy will be helpful
Class assignments and grading
Reading assigned materials Presentation in class and participation in discussion Writing critical reviews(2) Final research paper
Attendance and class participation(20%) Critical review(30%) Research paper(50%)


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Anal fistula is the medical term for an infected tunnel that develops between the skin and the muscular opening at the end of the digestive tract (anus).
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Re: [Teacher-TalkNovel] Fact VS Fiction
Date: Tue Apr 25 2006 - 15:32:54 EDT
Hi class,
Reviewing my notes on the student interviews from video 6 (and some of the other videos), it seems that some of the students interviewed intrepreted what they read (in fictional novels) as historical fact. I can't remember which student, but remember her making a statement that all people in the 1930's acted a certain way based upon a character portrayed in To Kill a Mockingbird. This video in particular led me to a classroom activity where students did Internet research allowing them to put a novel (fiction) they were reading in a factual, historical context.
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Boot MEPIS from the Windows MBR
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
Dual-boot: Booting MEPIS from the Windows MBR
(Assuming MEPIS Grub is installed at "Root" and Windows is installed on the first partition)
1. Boot Windows
2. Obtain bootpart.exe ( http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm )
(Requires a zip utility to open)
3. Extract bootpart to C:\
4. Open a command prompt, type:
5. Note the number that corresponds to Linux (Usually 1 or 2)
6. At the command prompt, type:
bootpart n bootsect.lnx MEPIS Linux
(Replace the n with the appropriate partition number noted in step 5)
7. Reboot, you're done. Boot options will display at next boot.
(If boot options do not display, reboot and press the Space bar once or twice after the bios post test completes & before the Windows splash screen. This "should" show your boot options.)
Tested on Win2K. Should apply to XP.
Bootpart (Gilles Vollant Software) is a "free" (as in "Cardware"), Windows utility for adjusting the Windows Boot.ini file. Changes are easily reversible using the same utility (cmd: bootpart /? for help).
No changes are made to the Windows MBR itself.


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Is it time to already discuss the September box? Apparently so! Birchbox tweeted this spoiler video today:
Omg i'm so excited. I didn't know Ruffian had a nail line. I've always admired their manicures! That moon mani with the matte black and metallic gold underneath is ICONIC.
Oh, apparently subscribers voted on the colors in February, and there will be a trio. I wonder which ones will be in the trio.
I'm hoping for Venus in Fur, Lady Alabaster, and Delirium. Those three colors would look fab together, although a lot of them would pair nicely. So many lovely combinations. Excited to see what the formula is like.