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Hmm, interesting stuff. Here's what the official site has to say:
http://www.nba.com/pacers/history/pa...e_history.htmlThe Naming of the Pacers
When professional basketball came to Indianapolis in 1967, one of the key decisions would be what to call the new American Basketball Association franchise.
According to Indianapolis attorney, Richard D. Tinkham, the nickname Pacers was decided on through a collective decision of the original investors. Tinkham, one of those investors, recalled that the nickname was a combination of the states rich history with the harness racing pacers (investor Chuck Barnes was a horse racing enthusiast) and the pace car used for the running of the Indianapolis 500.
Tinkham said the Pacers decision was an easy one, but the real debate was whether the team should be called the Indiana Pacers or the Indianapolis Pacers. Since one of the original ideas for the team was to have it playing throughout the state with its base in Indianapolis, the official team name became the Indiana Pacers.
"Pelicans...in the lottery again"
This is the worst name in all professional sports. I will laugh at them when they are announced at BLF.
It's not that bad. New Orleans Pelicans. It rolls off the tongue well. It's unusual and there's a local connection, not the typical 1-2 syllables, i like it much better than "Thunder" and such.
Given that the Pacers are essentially referring to race horses, as Gnome and I have discussed before, if they ever decide to re-brand the team and get away from the famous Pacer "P", the obvious choice would be a new logo incorporating a race horse in some fashion. It could be done well, or it could be lousy depending on what they come up with, but it's a viable alternative if they ever decide to really change our brand one day.
Because nothing screams basketball like:
I'd rather see an Indy racecar used. Yes, it was originally for harness racing, but who associates Indiana with harness racing? Though the connection to horses might be a good connection to the Colts, I'm not sure I'd want that kind of overlap.
Just feed them alka seltzer and they will go away....or maybe that was for sea gulls?
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"The greatest thing you know Comes not from above but below" Danzig
What is wrong with Storm or Shock? And why are those somehow "worse" than Mystic?
Not sure what the supposed consensus criteria are for team nicknames - I mean, an animal should be somewhat feisty, but other than that what should be considered so bad about the Fever or the Liberty?
After all, I suppose none of them evoke the fear and awe of a Lake or a Nugget.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Or throw in a first-round pick and flip it for a max-level point guard...
Back to Bob Johnson and the name Bobcats. It was during the press conference when the name was introduced, Johnson mentioned he liked Bobcats because he felt like he was putting his name behind the success or failures of the team. Later in the press conference I remember him saying something to the effect of everyone knowing who the buck stops with in regards to the Bobcats.
So yes, that was a product of Bob Johnson's ego!
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Anthony Davis should be okay with it. Some once said he already looks like a real-life Angry Bird.
That's actually a pretty great logo. Is this official?
Brass. The New Orleans Brass. Is that not a clear winner?
Will Michael Jordan pickup the name Hornets for the Charlotte franchise? I could only hope so.
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Name That Team
Have the sports leagues run out of mascots?
By Sam Eifling|Posted Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003
The new NBA franchise in Charlotte needs a mascot, and the city fathers have uncapped the suggestion box for the public. One of the informal guidelines is no insect namesthe city had its heart broken by its last team, the sharply named Hornets, who blew town to play in New Orleans. So, what creature has emerged as the early front-runner? Some heretofore unused beast? Nope. The people have spoken, and they're clamoring for the Charlotte Cougars, the lamest idea they could have possibly come up with.
No, really. Cougars steadfastly conforms to every tried-and-staid rule for how to name your sports franchise. For one thing, the leagues long ago reached the saturation point for large felines. Major League Baseball puts up the Tigers, the NHL sports Panthers and Predators (tigers of the saber-toothed variety). The NFL fields Lions, Jaguars, Bengals (barely), and the Carolina Panthers, who play home games a wind-aided punt from the site of Charlotte's planned basketball arena. Twenty-five years ago, North Carolina supported an ABA team named the Cougars, and there's already a Women's Football League team in Greensboro that shares the same nickname.
More disheartening, though, is the mascot cul-de-sac that "Cougars" would signify. Two of the last four NFL expansion teams were cats, and another was the "Texans," hardly a revelation. The NBA's latest growth spurts brought the laudable Raptors and Timberwolves but also uninspiring singular nouns like Heat and Magic. Major League Soccer (10 teams, no animals) is big on these kinds of mascots, too, offering up the United, Burn, and Galaxy. The neophyte WNBA sports the Sun, Sting, Lynx, Mercury, Liberty, Storm, Shock, Fever, Fire, and Sol.
A proper mascot shouldn't be singular or adjectival (can United players exist separately?). Animals are usually a safer bet, but really, Cougars? Can't we as a civilization uncover mascots with more panache than another round of conspicuously plush animals?
Actually, we can. The Charlotte Regional Sports Commission has received more than 750 different name submissions thus far, mostly at its Web site. It has been passing along the realistic candidates to the team ownership, which is headed by Black Entertainment Television founder Robert Johnson. "Cougars" has lots of support, but some of the less obvious offerings are sheer delight. Sarcastically, perhaps, "Charlottans" has been proposed. E.B. White might have been flattered with "Spiders." Charlotte's per capita donation to its arts council is the highest in the nation, so there were artsy suggestions"Sculptors," for example.
The city also boasts the country's richest banking center outside of New York City, so someone chipped in "Bankers"and, hey, why not? Just as the Hornets' home court was known as the Hive, the Bankers could play in the Vault, and arena sponsorship would be a shoo-in. Bankers is a copy editor's dreamabundant financial puns, on down to the bank shot. There's also the ironic acknowledgement that the NBA isn't a league of fearsome predators so much as it is a league of somnambulant millionaires pushing the ball up the court like a loan application across a desk.
Regional animals are overrated, anyway. Just look at the latest baseball expansion teams. What kind of personality can you possibly ascribe to a Devil Ray? Would fewer than 95 percent of Diamondbacks fans run like hell if they encountered the real thing? "Hornets" worked because it was more legend than local fauna. When Charles Cornwallis led troops through downtown Charlotte in 1780, his boys were peppered with shots from militiamen hiding behind trees and bushes. He kvetched later that it was like walking into a nest of hornets. Charlotte residents still revel in the associationthough it should be noted that their first choice for that team was the singular and nauseatingly generic "Spirit." In one of its few laudable acts, team ownership overrode them.
Admittedly, the Hornets fit the city so marvelously, that nothing, not even "Bankers," could live up. But the healing won't begin by snaring yet another feline into mascot captivity, stuffed toy sales be damned. The Charlotte bosses still have time (the NBA wants a proposal by early April) and plenty of options. If all else fails, they could always just roll out "Wildcats."
This is the darkest timeline.
I actually like it for two reasons:
1) It's unique, and 2) It ends with an "s" (I hate names like Heat, Thunder, Storm, Shock, etc.).
...Still "flying casual"
Just something I saw on the interwebs and thought looked good.
I'm just glad they didn't go with another lame "it's plural, but it's also singular" name that was supposed to be all new and hip. I totally forgot to put the Heat in my earlier post. At least they have the little tail thing on their T which is kind of cool.
Besides, pelicans are ****ing mean.
"I had to take her down like Chris Brown."
-Lance Stephenson
People just don't like it because it's different. When there are posts like "What do pelicans have to do with basketball" it makes it really obvious. I hate singular names so I always disliked Krewe and Brass, but Brass would be the worst. When they are on a losing streak, what will they be called?
Since we're talking about the Hornets name going back to Charlotte, maybe some old-timers can answer this question: Why did the Charlotte Hornets trade Alonzo Mourning? I've never understood the trading of a young All-Star center who immediately made them a playoff team.
I was thinking about the tie in with the city being for Brass as the nickname. Never did think about the
Br*ss Factor of a losing team!
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I guess moving to Miami as a young millionaire can have that effect.....
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LAKEPORT -- The Lakeport City Council meeting lasted nearly three hours Tuesday night, with about half the time dedicated to a proposed marijuana cultivation ordinance. The council ultimately moved to send it back to the committee and involve two stakeholders, two committee members and two council members to draft another. The ordinance presented would have made it unlawful to grow medical marijuana inside a home or outdoors. Residents would only be allowed to cultivate marijuana in a detached accessory building equipped with security and ventilation systems. Council members agreed that the ordinance could lead to long and expensive legal battles with marijuana rights activists and did not want to go forward with it as it stood. For a full and detailed account of the council meeting, pick up Thursday's edition of the Record-Bee.
Berenice Quirino is a staff reporter for Lake County Publishing. She can be reached at 263-5636, ext. 36 or at email@example.com.

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JAZZ Carlin is celebrating her second gold medal of the European Swimming Championships after winning the women's 400m freestyle event.
The Swindon ace, 23, notched up a new personal best of 4:03.24 as she held off the challenge of the Netherlands' Sharon Rouwendaal and Spain's Maria Belmonte-Garcia.
Carlin completed a golden double at this summer's Commonwealth Games, becoming the first Welsh woman to win swimming gold in the competition for over 40 years, and has now followed that up by winning the same two events at the Euros.
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"Go heavy on the tea lights. Rather than 10, I would do 40," says designer Thom Filicia. He placed them generously around the dining room in a Designer Visions showhouse for a look that sparkles. Chairs and Bordino dining table, Thom Filicia Home for Vanguard Furniture. Karlin latern from DessinFournir.
Music is an essential part of a party atmosphere. "Play a mix, from bossa nova to big band to disco. Start mellow, build, bring it back down," says Filicia. In the showhouse's media room, James Street wing chairs from Thom Filicia Home for Vanguard flank a 24-inch Rosie Touch TV by Savant.
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Jo Anna "Jan" Mitchell, a North County ranch owner and fierce activist in county land-use circles for almost two decades, died Monday at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula from kidney failure, her husband said. She was 75.
Mrs. Mitchell, who regularly dressed down Monterey County supervisors over growth and transportation issues with barbed commentary, had battled heart and vascular disease "behind the scenes" for years, said Ed Mitchell, her husband of 31 years.
She underwent three open-heart surgeries in the past 33 years, the most recent about 15 months ago, Mitchell said.
"A lot of people who knew her were stunned because of her vigorous nature," Mitchell said. "She was a great spark for getting things done."
Mrs. Mitchell was a prime player in the land-use battle over the Rancho San Juan subdivision north of Salinas and in the county's laborious revision of its general plan.
"She was an incredible person in North County, one of the most dedicated in the political arena," said Julie Engell, a Monterey retiree who worked for years with Mrs. Mitchell. "She never lost faith in God or democracy."
Mrs. Mitchell and her husband received a large education in county land-use politics as she and her neighbors fought a proposed subdivision for 11 years. She co-founded the Prunedale Neighbors Group and Prunedale Preservation Alliance after serving on a North County land-use advisory committee.
"She had a big heart and was a fierce advocate," said Margie Kay, a fellow land-use activist from Elkhorn. "She may have rubbed people who didn't know her the wrong way, but if you knew her intentions, you knew she was strong with her convictions."
A native of Glen White, W.Va., Mrs. Mitchell grew up in Natchez, Miss., and attended Lamar State College of Technology in Beaumont, Texas.
She moved to Salinas in 1965 and became a licensed building contractor and real estate agent — winning a statewide award in 1979 as outstanding Realtor of the year.
She also loved off-road vehicle recreation and co-founded a state group for off-road vehicle enthusiasts.
Mrs. Mitchell's background in real estate and her later devotion to careful land-use planning were not incompatible.
"Frequently Jan was characterized as no-growth. She really bridled at that description," Engell said. "She thought you had to be smart about your growth."
She and her husband opened their 17-acre "Ranch Forgotten" in 2000 to make it a satellite stables and training center for Redwings Horse Sanctuary.
Mitchell said he met his wife in 1981 at a Monterey dance while he was in the Army. "She was out of my league, a stunning lady," he said.
After Mitchell retired from the Army in 1990, the couple returned to Monterey County to refurbish an old horse ranch in "one of the last undeveloped canyons in Prunedale," her husband said.
One day, he said, they were shocked to see survey stakes cutting across their pastures toward a water tank — the first sign of a proposed subdivision that turned her into a land-use watchdog.
"By that time on, we became a lot more active," said Ed Mitchell, who challenged North County's veteran county Supervisor Lou Calcagno in 2010.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Mitchell's survivors include her son, Jay Ancelet of Salinas; her stepson, Randy Ancelet of Prunedale; her stepson, Chester Ancelet of Arizona; her daughter, Karen Pemberton of Arizona; several grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Feb. 1 at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 18200 Damian Way. A celebration of Mrs. Mitchell's life will begin at noon the same day at the Prunedale Grange, 17890 Moro Road.
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If their last international evolves into a strength and fitness exam without interference from referee George Clancy, the All Blacks will pull away from their rivals England.
This is the Lamborghini against the Lada, sleek and honed against reliable and grunty, the sort of contest which makes top sport so intriguing. The clash of styles is part of the fascination as each side seeks to impose their strategic flow.
Often lustre does not suffocate steadfast so the All Blacks need to bring the focus which captain Richie McCaw will deliver in his last outing before his sabbatical, aided by his buddy Kieran Read.
A sapping 24 hour bug nailed Read but would be no excuse in the side's 14th and final test tomorrow.
The season's rating is all on the line at Twickenham. Playing on this side of the world in what has become a one-off match is all the motivation the All Blacks need. Pressure is never a burden, it is an incentive.
"The season has to be completed and the All Blacks need to win this week otherwise there will be questions asked," Read said calmly.
During Graham Henry's time in charge, the All Blacks had a motto about better people making better All Blacks.
They might have skipped past that because of a couple of judicial dings this tour and brought in a "better skills deliver better test players" dictum.
Throw in a clause about whatever it takes, which is not a reference to any thuggery but more an ability to deal with the physical combat as well as any other foibles like weather, a referee or opposition brilliance.
There has to be a bit of Muhammad Ali about the All Blacks' methods.
They need to absorb some big hits, know how to take some punishment and ride with it as Ali did in his classic duels with Joe Frazier before using his counterattack venom.
Even the Rope a Dope concept used against George Foreman, although that is an unkind notion to be firing at an England side which can look a touch one dimensional.
They bring danger because of their power and a growing belief, despite close losses to the Wallabies and Springboks, that they are on the right path towards finding a style to suit them and their players in the march to the 2015 World Cup.
And depending on next week's tournament draw, the All Blacks and England may be seeded in the same group.
About 81,000 will file in good voice into the Old Cabbage Patch tomorrow, an arena which has a perfect rugby surface if the predicted fine and cold weather stays.
Hopefully the diarrhoea and vomiting bug which swept the All Blacks has been well flushed away so there are no side effects or side issues to detract from the test.
Rugby men such as former All Blacks skipper Sean Fitzpatrick who has watched England play a great deal, sees their ambition but feel they will be some points adrift of the visitors at fulltime.
He is enthused by the All Blacks progress since their World Cup success as they have been integrated a number of new players into the squad. "This group is up there with other All Black sides who dominated their eras," he said.
Since England's World Cup triumph in 2003 when they began that march with a narrow 15-13 win against the All Blacks in foul weather in Wellington, the All Blacks have not lost another of those contests.
Nine times the All Blacks have prospered with a 23-19 margin in 2005 at Twickenham, the sides' closest tussle.
The All Blacks are purring and England are growling for this stoush in just the right sort of heavyweight chess contest to close the year.
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Maybelline New York Superstay Silky Foundation Reviews
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Reliever Smith gets first call to big leagues
OAKLAND -- While six of the seven players called up by the Mariners on Monday were familiar with the Major League routine, right-handed reliever Carson Smith could be excused for asking directions and where he was headed every time he turned around in the visiting clubhouse at O.co Coliseum.
Smith, 24, made his Major League debut when he got Josh Donaldson to ground out for the final out in the eighth inning of Monday's 6-1 loss to the A's after being called up earlier in the day to help fill out an already-stocked bullpen for the final month of the season.
"It's exciting. It's something I've dreamed about my whole life," Smith said. "For it to come true, I don't know if words can express. It's good to be here."
The 6-foot-6 Dallas native was Seattle's eighth-round Draft pick in 2011 out of Texas State University. He's worked as a closer at Class A Advanced High Desert in 2012 and Double-A Jackson in 2013 and then this year for Triple-A Tacoma, where he saved 10 games and put up a 2.90 ERA in 39 appearances with 45 strikeouts and 13 walks.
"He's a big, powerful arm, a lot like the rest of the guys in that bullpen," manager Lloyd McClendon said. "We can use him early [in games], probably against right-handers. I don't think righties will have much fun against him. That's why he's here."
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A STAR of the future is one step closer to her dream after an evening of song and dance raised funds for her university studies.
Imogen Johnson organised a cabaret performance of classic Broadway songs at Barton Peveril College to fund her foundation musical theatre course at Guildford School of Acting.
She was joined on stage by members of Centrestage Productions Youth Theatre for the evening of high-energy entertainment, dazzling the audience with hits from Les Miserables, Rent and Guys and Dolls.
The 19-year-old said the evening raised more than £1,000 towards her course.
She said: "It was a really successful evening.
"Everyone seemed to have a really good time and there were about 120 people in the audience.
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Former Labour MP Margaret Moran received £53,000 by making false expenses claims, a court has been told.
The 57-year-old, of Ivy Road, St Denys, Southampton, is accused of 15 charges of false accounting and six of using a false instrument over the claims for parliamentary expenses.
Prosecutor Peter Wright QC told the jury her claims made between 2004 and 2008 totalled around £60,000, and that Moran received around £53,000 to which she was not entitled.
The former politician was found unfit to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court due to mental health issues, so the proceedings are taking place in her absence.
Rather than finding her guilty, jurors have to decide whether Moran did commit the acts alleged in the charges, and whether they amount to the offences with which she is charged.
Mr Justice Saunders told them: "It would be unfair for you to be able to find her guilty when she has had no opportunity to give her side of the story. Doctors have said to require her to attend court could have serious consequences for her physical health."
It is alleged that the former MP for Luton South, who stood down at the last election, "flipped" her designated second home, making claims for properties in London, Luton and Southampton. One of the 21 charges she is facing relates to a claim for £22,500 to treat dry rot at her Southampton home.
Moran's health began to deteriorate after allegations about MPs' expenses claims came to light in 2010, the jury heard. Mr Wright said: "Eventually her health deteriorated such that in April this year the court determined she was unfit to stand trial."
He told the jury that Moran, who had been an MP since 1997, was "entirely familiar" with the constraints of the system for claiming expenses. Rules governing MPs' expenses at the time meant bills and invoices were not needed for claims under £250, the court heard.
But Mr Wright said MPs were made aware "this was not some private pot you can dip into if you choose". "The underlying responsibility of each MP is to conduct their financial affairs with the utmost probity," he said.


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Fall TV's winners and losers so far: Grey's Anatomy and The Voice vs Mindy Project and Animal Practice
Before you get too far into this column, I'm going to start with an admission: Some people in the TV business won't think it's very fair.
After all, they'll say, the fall TV season has been disrupted by everything from the presidential debates to baseball playoffs, the World Series and Hurricane-turned-Superstorm Sandy. And though the season officially started Sept. 24, some network shows didn't debut until last week.
No matter. It's time to start proclaiming the winners and losers of this latest TV season, five weeks after it started.
Keep in mind: Success or failure is judged by each show's ratings with the viewers that advertisers like (usually the 18-to-49 demographic) or some other moneymaking method, like syndication sales or Netflix.
Marc Berman of TVMediaInsights.com said the biggest problem is most new shows this fall aren't big hits or big failures.
"Nothing has broken out," said Berman, noting highly hyped series such as Nashville, Last Resort and Vegas haven't caught fire, while widely snubbed shows such as The Neighbors and Revolution haven't bottomed out. "A lot of new shows are just sitting there. So you show some patience."
Not me. I'm picking Fall TV's winners and losers right here, right now.
NBC and The Voice - Good news for the formerly last-place network: NBC is the only broadcaster to grow ratings among viewers ages 18 to 49 from last season, now No. 1 over the season's first three weeks. That's mostly thanks to NFL football on Sundays and The Voice on Mondays and Tuesdays. "This proves one series can ignite a network," said Berman, who wondered if moderately successful shows such as Ryan Murphy's The New Normal and Matthew Perry's Go On could survive long without The Voice's lead-in audience. I'm thinking, um, not.
NFL games - Speaking of pro football, a look at the first four weeks of ratings shows six of the Top 10 shows among key viewers are football broadcasts on NBC, CBS and Fox. It may be the last place TV still draws a big crowd.
Grey's Anatomy - Surprise! It's the highest-rated drama among the 18-to-49 crowd in its ninth season. Small wonder ABC is letting creator Shonda Rhimes put anything else on air she wants; it sorely needs whatever lightning Grey's has caught in a bottle.
Comedy - The only scripted shows in the Top 10 for the 18-to-49 viewers so far are comedies: Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. Look at the Top 20, and there are just two dramas (Grey's and NCIS) among comedies such as 2 Broke Girls, The Simpsons and Two and a Half Men. Young people, it seems, would rather laugh than cry.
Cable TV - What are the shows people are buzzing about this fall? Cable series: The Walking Dead (AMC). Sons of Anarchy (FX). Here's Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC).
ABC's The Neighbors and Fox's Ben and Kate? Not so much.
ABC, CBS and Fox - These networks saw declines in their 18-to-49 audience, with ABC dipping 11 percent, CBS down 18 percent and Fox sinking 25 percent, according to Bill Gorman of TVbytheNumbers.com. Their bets aren't paying off.
Comedy - Though established comedies are doing well, new comedies aren't working as well as advertised. Fox's The Mindy Project and Ben and Kate have struggled with a situation made worse by baseball pre-emptions; ABC's The Neighbors sits in the middle of ratings, despite airing just before the highest-rated scripted show on TV, Modern Family. And the less said about dreck like NBC's Guys With Kids, the better.
Cancellations - In a season where networks are showing unheard-of patience, two shows which managed to get cut anyway occupy a special level of unfortunate: CBS's walking Italian joke Made in Jersey, and NBC's trained- monkey showcase, Animal Practice.
Shows older people like - By this, I mean shows that draw big audiences, but less than 25 percent of their viewers are in that 18 to 49 sweet spot: Dancing With the Stars, Castle, Person of Interest and CBS's Vegas.
That means Vegas, for example, has drawn an average 12.5 million viewers each night over the past four weeks, but just 2.5 million among the 18-to-49 demo. Analyst Brad Adgate of Horizon Media said its viewers' median age is 61. So if there's a few denture cream ads in between scenes with Dennis Quaid and Michael Chiklis, don't say I didn't warn you.
New York-based analyst Brad Adgate provided many of the ratings figures used in this column.


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The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department. To anonymously report crime information, call 463-6205.
TRANSIENTS -- Caller in the 200 block of East Gobbi Street reported at 12:57 a.m. Tuesday that someone was sleeping under the covered area. An officer responded and the person left upon request. At 12:58 a.m., a caller in the 200 block of North Orchard Avenue reported that someone was sleeping in front of the location. An officer responded and the person left upon request.
TRANSIENT THREATENING CUSTOMERS -- Caller in the 700 block of East Perkins Street reported at 8:47 a.m. Tuesday that a transient was threatening customers. The person left prior to the officer's arrival.
LOCK CUT ON GARAGE -- Caller on Betty Street reported at 11:10 a.m. Tuesday that the lock had been cut on a garage and items had been moved to the rear of the house. An officer responded and took a report.
PEOPLE UNDER BRIDGE -- Caller in the 600 block of North Orchard Avenue reported at 7:31 p.m. Tuesday that a man ran toward her car, then back under the bridge. An officer responded and the four people under the bridge left upon request.
CAR DOOR OPEN, BIKE BY CAR -- Caller on Betty Street reported at 8:07 a.m. Wednesday that she possibly interrupted a theft from her car, saying she found the car door standing open and an unknown bike left next to it. Nothing was missing from the vehicle, and police took a report for found property.
BIKE RETURNED TO OWNER -- Caller in the 700 block of East Gobbi Street reported at 9:52 p.m. Wednesday that a blue, three-wheeled bike was stolen the night before. Police determined the bike matched the description of the one left on Betty Street and returned it to its owner.
VEHICLE RANSACKED -- A citizen in the 700 block of East Gobbi Street flagged down an officer at 10:28 a.m. Wednesday and reported that a vehicle had been ransacked or rifled through. Police determined nothing was taken.
MEN PEEING IN DUMPSTER -- Caller in the 1100 block of Airport Park Boulevard reported at 11:06 a.m. Wednesday that five male transients were using the dumpster as a urinal. Police issued citations.
LOUD BANG, KIDS RUNNING -- Caller in the 300 block of North Orchard Avenue reported at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday hearing a loud bang behind Home Depot, and seeing a group of children, ages 10 to 15, running from the area toward Clara Avenue. No damage was seen, and police didn't find the group.
KIDS SETTING OFF FIREWORKS -- Caller in the 600 block of Myron Street reported at 4:47 p.m. Wednesday that a group of five boys, ages 14 to 15, with dark hair were setting off fireworks in the alley. Police didn't find the boys.
FOOT RUN OVER -- A patient at Ukiah Valley Medical Center reported at 7:35 p.m. Wednesday that a someone in a vehicle ran over his foot in front of the Ukiah Brewery about 15 minutes ago and wanted to describe the vehicle directly to a police officer.
DUI ARREST -- Police stopped David Grivette, 29, of Nice at 9:56 p.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of North Orchard Avenue and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence.
NOT FIGHT -- Caller in the 300 block of North Main Street reported at 10:58 p.m. hearing a verbal fight. Police determined the husband was hard of hearing and the wife has to speak loudly, and nothing was wrong.
DUI ARREST -- Police stopped Lain Chamberlain, 49, of Ukiah, at 11:54 p.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Clara Avenue and arrested him on suspicion of driving under the influence and violating his probation.
The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department regarding calls handled by the Fort Bragg Police Department.
POSSIBLE MURDER CONSPIRACY -- Caller in the 200 block of East Cypress Street reported at 9:16 a.m. Wednesday a possible conspiracy to commit murder.
NOT TRANSIENT -- Caller on Noyo Bridge reported at 11:22 a.m. Wednesday that a transient was sleeping near the Harbor Lite Lodge. Police determined the person wasn't a transient but had just gotten out of a hospital, and gave him/her a ride home.
DOGS IN PURSUIT --Caller in the 100 block of Susie Court reported at 11:38 a.m. Wednesday that two dogs followed him/her home.
Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once their case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the information is in error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases reported by law enforcement agencies are reported by the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes no exceptions.
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Hearing Birds reminds me why I am a Pacers fan at the first place.
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Hearing Birds reminds me why I am a Pacers fan at the first place.
That interview was very interesting. I loved the West signing and wanted him more than Nene. Reading that he was trying hard to come here made me appreciate the signing even more. Learning what happens behind the closed doors is so interesting. I'd love to be an NBA GM.
What I like about this team is that they seem to care about one another and try hard every day whether its a game or practice and still have fun with it.
Learning how all Hibbert's agent had to do was tell the other teams not to draft him so he could come here is really interesting and threw me off because I didn't know agents had that kind of power.
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Why you Grimpin?
The written word is a wonder to behold at times. These three sentences can be viewed by several different people and we can have several different interpretations of what they mean.After Donnie left, the first thing I did was trade Jermaine O'Neal. I thought that was huge. Even getting the 17th pick really helped us.
I just find it funny he chose to point this out.
Great read!!
That is definitely the best Bird interview I have ever read. He seemed to know Leonard would be good. Pretty sure Paul would be good. But not so much Roy?...and that he felt he got lucky? I think the entire known basketball world would have to agree.
The quote on Lance being a PG was interesting:
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
He later says, once Lance becomes more mature and slow the game down, he will become better. For now the coaches are waiting until that happens.
If memory serves the closest guy Bird ever played with who was a "pure" point guard was an aging Nate Archibald. DJ, Gerald Henderson, Dee Brown etc. were all versatile guys who could play off the ball and were comfortable letting the offense funnel through Bird on the wing and through McHale/Parrish in the post.
He isn't going to look at point guards like most basketball coaches or fans. I'm sure he sees Lance as a guy who can thrive much like those guys operating next to elite wing player and playing off a good post game.
He speaks from experience. He knows a good PG when he sees one...because his arch rival was Magic Johnson. Magic wasn't a prototypical PG either being 6'9". But as Bird said about Lance, he can make plays. That is what Magic Johnson did. He could get the ball in the hands of players who could easily score with it. THAT is Lance's greatest natural basketball gift. Legend sees that in Lance and recognizes it. Not saying Lance Stephenson is Magic Johnson, but there are some similarities. Lance is really a poor man's LeBron James if he's anything and LeBron has a fair amount of Magic in him.
Lance is finally home. Whether he becomes our starting PG or he's 6th man, he's getting big minutes and he's here to stay. #llortontnia
It makes it seem like he would have tried to trade J.O. years earlier if it had been up to him.
Could you imagine if we drafted Ed Davis instead of PG?
I try my best not even imagine about it! I never cared for Ed Davis in the draft. I was a draft Paul George person, even over Butler's Indiana grown Gordon H.
If I remember right there was a poll on here that heavily favored the Pacers drafting Paul. That outcome was due mostly to Thunderbird's draft breakdown.
I still think Larry wants Jamal Crawford, OJ Mayo, and a few other players. LA won't trade Crawford now, but he's a FA next Summer. Mayo I am pretty sure wants out of Milwaukee. But his contract is yeesh.
Another thing I thought was interesting was his critique of the offense. Seems to me that if he wanted to see a change made, he could walk into practice or call Vogel into the office and fix it. I know he always says he doesn't want to interfere in that way, but I've never heard him openly critique the team or schemes or anything like that.
It's a new day for Pacers Basketball.
This space for rent.
Pacer fans owe "Herbie" a huge thanks.
Worth repeating. Actually the whole thing is. Great interview. Love the candidness of it.What if someone from a school of business or management school were to ask, How did you do this? How did you get the Pacers turned around? Is there a general approach you've taken that can be summarized?
Yeah, patience.
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. ― Ricky Gervais.
Was reading this article again. This explains why David Morway was let go in 2012 in favor of Pritchard.Donnie told me one time, 'Bird, I'm glad you're here.' I thought he was just saying that to be nice. He said, 'I'm glad you're here, because I really have nobody to talk basketball with.' I know what he meant. I've been through it. Donnie's been through it. It's been our life. That's the same way I felt when Donnie left. I had nobody. So I called him up one day in New York, I said, 'Donnie, I finally get it. I have no one here that I can talk basketball with.' That's tough. Then when Kevin came on board, he's an old basketball player and he understands the game inside and out, it made it so much easier. It was so easy. Then Peter, he's never really played it, but he's very sharp. Peter's the guy who comes in here (to talk about a trade) and says, 'What about this and this for this?' You're sitting there going, 'Wow! Pretty good.' Then we've got to make it happen. But having Kevin Pritchard here has been a godsend for me. He's been in basketball all his life. He's been the head of a team. He turned a team around. Then you go next door on the other side and you've got Donnie Walsh.
Morway was probably good at what he did, but Bird wanted a basketball mind as his right hand man.
Yes, I know that most of this board was ready to explode in 2010 because of the lack of improvement on the court, but the smartest thing Bird ever did was patiently let the contracts of Dunleavy and Ford expire in 2011. That, combined with the fact that we no longer owed Tinsley any money and were able to amnesty Posey, meant that we had cap space in 2011 to sign West. Also, it gave us some flexibility when we had to re-sign Hibbert and Hill in 2012. Bird was able to get a great deal for Murphy, but obviously no such deal ever came along for Dunleavy and Ford. I'm so glad that he didn't panic and trade them for an average player with a long contract.
When Bird took complete control in 2008, the goal was to draft well for a three year period before getting to 2011 when the franchise would finally be free of the hideous Murphy/Dunleavy contracts that were weighing us down. He hit a few out of the park (Hibbert, PG, Lance), drafted reasonably "OK" players with other picks (Rush, Hansbrough), and flipped a first rounder for a vet who could show the young guys a few things about professionalism (Hill). The icing on the cake was using the new cap space on a strong veteran in D-West who showed the young guys a thing or two about professionalism, toughness, and winning. We obviously got lucky that guys like Hibbert and PG fell to us, but the overall plan was a brilliantly executed patient strategic vision.
Bird could write the book on how a team can rescue itself with patience and draft picks. I like his way far better than that of the Knicks or Nets. Those two franchises treat draft picks as if they are some sort of rare disease. They throw future picks away for the likes of freaking Andrea Bargani. Screw that. Yes, the Pacers traded a first rounder for Scola, but we are 100% certain that will be an end of the round pick. The Knicks OTOH traded a 2016 for Bagani, something that could wind up being pretty high.
Completely nuking your team to create cap space works if you are able to lure Lebron and Bosh to play with Wade, but that's not going to happen much. The Knicks nuked their team over that same time period, but how has it worked out for them? It turned them around at first with Amar'e as he helped them win a lot of games, but he's a fossil at this point. Then they traded for Melo and signed Chandler, which again helped them win games, but how did their strategy work as far as playoff success is concerned?
Give more. He tried to add Brandon Rush, and Memphis was trying to dump salary.
These are my favorite quotes (all Larry's):
Lance falls on the court and acts like he's been shot. Guys will walk by and tell him to get up. So this is the best environment for Lance.
I was set to come back. Once I told him that, he called back the next day and said, 'I want you in the office next week.' And I'm not going to start paying you until July 1. (laughs)
I said you guys are killing these charities around here. I get a call the other day about a player who was late two times in a month. I said, 'Come on, man, if that's all you're worried about, don't call up here.' It's amazing.


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PAUL HANAGAN, who will be back in familiar territory riding at York this week, can maintain his excellent run of form at Doncaster this afternoon.
The former Malton champion has been firing in winners left, right and centre lately and even chalked up a five-timer at Warwick a week ago. He has three winning chances today, beginning with nap selection Muhaarar in the Betdaq Maiden Stakes on behalf of trainer Charlie Hills.
Although nothing is known about this unraced juvenile, he has the pedigree to do well being a son of Oasis Dream out of a useful mare. It would be no surprise to see him make a winning debut in which one of his main dangers might come from another debutante in Oud Malakiy, trained by Hanagan's former boss Richard Fahey.
In the Betdaq No Premium Charge Maiden Stakes, Hanagan will be aboard Ehtifaal, trained by William Haggas.
The colt had two outings last season at Newbury and Haydock and, despite failing to trouble the judge unduly, he showed definite promise for the future. He looks the type to come into his own this year.
Tanqeya is another of Hanagan's mounts with solid claims in the Cash Out on The Betdaq + App Handicap.
A winner for Richard Hannon at Lingfield last October, the colt promises to have more to offer this term. A similar comment can be made about Token Of Love, a winner at Leicester on her only outing last season, who has an identical profile as Taqeya and who will have Frankie Dettori in the saddle.
Dettori can win the Betdaq The Sports Betting Exchange Fillies' Handicap aboard Push Me for Borders trainer Iain Jardine.
It is doubtful whether Dettori has ever ridden previously for Jardine, a small trainer, but Push Me has solid claims judged on her latest narrow defeat at Yarmouth where she failed to get the run of the race.
Up at Musselburgh, North Yorkshire trainer Alan Swinbank, who sent out a sensational four winners at Thirsk on Saturday night, has every chance of striking again with Fly Solo in the Exclusive Free Bets At MonsterBet.co.uk Handicap.
Kieren Fallon takes the mount on Fly Solo, who failed by only half a length to beat Brigadoon at Catterick on his latest outing. The five-year-old can go one better for his red-hot trainer.
Interestingly, Fallon has also been booked to ride a previously unraced two-year-old for Kevin Ryan in the British Stallion Studs Auction Stakes. Dominic Cork is a son of first-season sire Zebedee and it would be foolish to underestimate his chances.
Westow trainer Paul Midgley has an excellent chance of winning the opening William Hill Handicap for amateur riders with Frosty Berry.
Midgley produced the mare to win at the first time of asking at Newcastle last month when Frosty Berry benefited from a superb waiting ride from Graham Lee. The inexperienced Alex French has a tough task to replicate that level of riding this afternoon, but Frosty Berry plainly has sound prospects.
Echo Of Lightning, a winner on this course over a mile two outings ago when making all the running, has since finished fourth over seven furlongs at the same East Lothian venue.
Back over a mile in the CMS Handicap, Echo Of Lightning may well be able to bounce back to winning form, especially if able to get rolling along in front soon after the start.
Doncaster today
1.40 Lightning Shower, 2.10 Push Me, 2.40 Muhaarar (NAP), 3.15 Ehtifaal, 3.50 Personal Touch, 4.25 Tanqeya, 5.00 Mariners Moon, 5.35 Trillian Astra.
Musselburgh today
2.00 Frosty Berry, 2.30 Dominic Cork, 3.05 Echo Of Lightning, 3.45 Fly Solo, 4.15 Noble Asset, 4.50 Sir Guy Porteous, 5.20 Graceful Act.
Today's other meetings: Lingfield, Towcester and Windsor.
Tomorrow's meetings: Beverley, Ffos Las, Sedgefield, Southwell and Wincanton.


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Killing people with stampede is no different than a mage killing someone in a single deep freeze.
Just because something is "bugged" doesn't mean it is so broken no one can counter it. Starship's team got rank 1 farming KFCs. Stampede does so little damage after the "fix", it could never be intended to be that week.
Stampede pre-nerf was good against high rated teams to force enough pressure that they could never recover. We never lost to stampede, minus Ecliptium and Rambo's team once or twice.
It was also a good defensive CD, considering when you popped it, it forced the enemy to stop attacking for a little bit while they dealt with it.
There were certain classes we could just train with stampede, rogues and dks, but their problems are bigger than stampede.
If it was "sooo broken *tear*" then the ladder would be full of them. There is more warriors and spriests/mages, are they all bugged too?
Blizzard has even said that warriors and mages are OP, and are getting nerfed. So every mage and warrior playing arena now is also a scumbag? 90 percent of glads from s11 were scumbags because they didn't play the entire season? Reckful, Talb are scumbags for sitting team s9? I don't understand the double standard. I guess that is how things on AJ work, when the game is boring, people just start drama.
And I am sure every single one of you played every single week of every season you got a title on.
did you ever read the tooltip of stampede ? summon 4 pets that do 1/4 of a regular one => dmg of one regular pet.


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With nearly 1.2 million registered voters in the state of New Mexico, it would take a statewide candidate 833 days working around the clock to spend a personal minute with each one of them.
And you wonder why candidates are announcing more than a year (and in some cases, more than two) ahead of the 2010 election.
Of course, no candidate expects face time with every voter, nor is it needed. Approximately 42 percent of registered New Mexico voters cast ballots in the 2006 midterm general election—the last comparable, non-presidential gubernatorial election.
But in a large, spread-out state, reaching voters—even indirectly—takes time and money, and the money takes time to raise. A candidate can have a recognizable name, an impressive record and unchappable baby-kissing lips, but unless he (or this time, more likely "she") builds momentum early, the candidate won't cross the finish line with enough of a percentage to hold his or her head high.
In fact, one early bird candidate already dropped out: former New Mexico National Guard Brig. Gen. and Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Zanetti, who told the press his decision was based on "family concerns."
Zanetti likely won't be the first candidate to come and go in the next year, proving that the top quality a successful public official needs to finish the race is endurance.
That's where you, the voter, come in. Like the friends and family of runners who stand by the sidelines along the marathon route with paper cups of Gatorade outstretched, only supporters can keep their candidates from collapsing, whether that's through fundraising, block walking or simply by signing up for Facebook updates.
Here's the skinny on the candidates who are trying to recruit you early for their teams.
How to Read this Guide
Status: This guide covers the top three races in which there is currently competition and an expected primary race in both major parties: US representative for the 3rd Congressional District, governor and lieutenant governor. The candidates evaluated in this guide have either announced their intentions to run, formed exploratory committees (a technical term for testing the waters), begun hiring staff, are more than 75 percent certain they are running or are incumbents. Although the political sphere is filled with other rumored candidates, these are not included—with one exception: Former US Rep. Heather Wilson, a Republican, has expressed strong interest in a bid for governor but has taken no official action. She is, nonetheless, generally considered the frontrunner in the Republican primary.
War Chest: A combination of the candidates' cash on hand, according to the most recent campaign finance statements, as well as any money the candidates claim to have raised thus far for the race.
The Political Scale: SFR identified five Republican and five Democratic wonks to weigh in on how conservative or progressive each of the candidates is on a scale of 1 to 5. SFR granted the panel anonymity in order to elicit candid responses.
1. Democrat in Name Only/Republican in Name Only
2. Moderate or "Bluedog" Democrat/Moderate Republican
3. Straight Party Line
4. True Progressive/True Conservative
5. Too Far Left/Right to Be Electable
Shadiness Percentile: SFR polled seven political journalists and editors from around the state for their impressions of the perceived integrity of each candidate. Journalists considered the candidates' records on ethics reform, their campaign donors and close associates, conflicts of interest, and any scandals with which they may have been involved or implicated. The journalists graded each candidate on a scale of 1 to 100, which SFR then averaged. The journalists in this poll would only participate on condition of anonymity.
Pollster Prediction: Veteran political analyst Brian Sanderoff, president of Albuquerque-based Research & Polling Inc., hasn't polled any of the races yet, but he does have some strong inclinations about the directions they might take and provides his early predictions for each race. Research & Polling Inc. regularly conducts polls on politics and public policy for the Albuquerque Journal, and Sanderoff is a political analyst for KOAT TV Channel 7.
US House of Representatives, 3rd Congressional District
There are nearly 350,000 voters in New Mexico's 3rd District, which includes the northernmost third of the state (minus most of Bernalillo County), plus a sliver of eastern New Mexico. Sixty percent of those voters are Democrats, which explains why both the state and national Republican Party invested very little money in the 2008 race.
With the exception of Republican Bill Redmond (1997-1999), who won the seat in a three-way race in a special election, 3rd District congressmen tend to hold on to their seats—Richardson (1983-1997), Tom Udall (1999-2008)—before moving up the political ladder. Former Public Regulation Commissioner Ben Ray Luján won the seat, which became open when Udall ran for the US Senate last year, after besting five other candidates in the Democratic primary and crushing Republican Dan East (who is considering a second run) in the general election. Congressmen are paid $174,000 per year.
Ben Ray Luján (D)
Status: Incumbent
If there's a disconnect between New Mexico's traditional "patron" politics of cronyism and Obama's politics of change, Luján may be the missing link. He is his father's son, and his father, House Speaker Ben Luján, is still one of the most powerful and old-school fixtures of New Mexico politics. By most standards, northern New Mexico's freshman congressman has exceeded liberal expectations, particularly on renewable energy, through his seat on the House Committee on Science and Technology. And no one is complaining about New Mexico not receiving enough federal money (he claims $240 million in July alone for military and economic stimulus), though his opponents may use such figures against him as the nation's debt swells.
The War Chest: $159,965 cash on hand as of June 30. In the first six months of 2009, Luján pulled in $289,000 in contributions, of which 56 percent came from political action committees, including those representing telecommunications, energy and labor interests. The rest were from individuals. Luján also has $127,000 in campaign debt.
The Political Scale: 3.6 = True Progressive. Based on his loud support for clean energy, health care reform and general loyalty to the Obama dogma, Democrats say Luján is emerging as a flag bearer for the new, true progressive movement.
Shady Percentile: 46.7% shady. While Luján has generally kept his nose clean in DC, his bloodline connection to old-school New Mexico politics keeps journalists wary. For example, they still wonder what deals went down behind-the-scenes that helped Luján win the Democratic primary. And while Luján has followed Obama's lead and sworn off lobbyist contributions (though he still takes PAC money), Luján Sr. continues to accept thousands of dollars from lobbyists, corporations and interest groups, particularly those representing labor, casinos, energy and telecommunications.
On the Web: Facebook, Twitter (@repbenraylujan), benrlujan.com
Adam Kokesh (R)
Status: Announced
If Ron Paul were 50 years younger, ripped, handsome and a Marine veteran of the Fallujah campaign in Iraq, he'd be Adam Kokesh. In other words, Kokesh is positioned to seize the netroots national support of the Libertarian, Tea Party and 9.11 Truth movements. Horses don't get much darker, but winning for Kokesh isn't necessarily defined as an electoral victory. Paul will soon retire and Kokesh is well positioned to assume the Libertarian mantle. An anti-war activist, Kokesh says his main beef with Luján is the incumbent's vote to continue funding the war, but ultimately Luján's support for Obama's economic strategy may motivate an already agitated Republican base.
The War Chest: $60,000 according to his website, one-third of which was raised during his Independence Day "money bomb." Small donors, many from out of state, fuel his campaign.
The Political Scale: 4.2 = True Conservative. Kokesh' rating as a true conservative illustrates the extent to which the anti-tax "Tea Party" movement is coming to dominate Republican philosophy. A year ago, he might have been rated too Libertarian to be elected due to his extreme anti-war stance.
Shady Percentile: 24.3% shady. Only half of the journalists polled felt familiar enough with Kokesh to evaluate his shadiness, but those that did expressed the opinion that, as a political outsider, Kokesh is free of the ethical baggage associated with New Mexico politics.
On the Web: Facebook, Twitter (@adamkokesh), kokeshforcongress.com, iPhone app
Pollster Prediction: "The 3rd Congressional District heavily favors the Democrat and when there's a Democratic incumbent, that further amplifies the lopsided nature of the race," Sanderoff says. "As far as I can tell, [Luján] is staying out of trouble and working the district and, to boot, we're still in a situation where the Republicans haven't unified their message…Great odds in favor of Ben Luján."


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The beautiful spring garden at the 15th Century moated manor house will be open to visitors from 2pm to 4pm. Admission is £4, and tea and home-made cakes will be served in the barn.
Visitors are advised to approach Great Chalfield from the north, via Atworth and Stonar crossroads, or Broughton Gifford, to avoid congestion in the narrow lanes.
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The oldest Amish Mennonite meetinghouse in America was erected near Malvern in Chester County in 1795, and was called Goshen or Chester Valley. The bishop oversight was in charge of Jacob Mast (1738-1808), who had become a bishop in 1788. The congregation became extinct some time after his death, and the building was accidentally burned in 1895; the walls, however, were still standing in 1950. The Amish had settled in Chester County in 1760, led by Jacob Mast, coming to Chester from Bern Township, Berks County. Although the Goshen group died out, the Amish flourished in both the Conestoga and Pequea valleys; most of their members now resided in Lancaster County, however. From 1869 until 1877 there was some dissension among the Amish of the area which resulted in the formation of two separate groups: the Amish Mennonites who built the Conestoga Amish Mennonite Church in Berks County in 1882, and the Old Order Amish who clung more tenaciously to the discipline and piety of their elders. The Maple Grove Amish Mennonite Church in Chester County near Atglen was built in 1909, and was originally an outpost of the Millwood A.M. congregation of Lancaster County. The Conestoga and Maple Grove congregations belonged to the Ohio and Eastern A.M. Conference, whereas Millwood, which formerly belonged to the same conference joined the Lancaster Conference. A considerable number of the members of all three congregations lived in Chester County.
There were two Christian day schools in the county in 1950: West Fallowfield Mennonite School, and Parkesburg Mennonite School, with a total enrollment (1948-49) of 73 pupils.
Wenger, J. C. History of the Mennonites of the Franconia Conference. Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Pub. House, 1938. Reprinted Lititz, PA?: Publication Board of the Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonite Church], 1985.
Mast, C. Z. Annals of the Conestoga Valley in Lancaster, Berks and Chester Counties. Scottdale, PA, 1942.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Several major corporations in Central Florida were fined for breaking child labor laws, according to reports released to Local 6 by Florida's Department of Business and Professional Regulations.
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State law requires minors get a 30-minute, uninterrupted break during a four-hour shift. The Hollister store at Orlando's Florida Mall was fined $1,200 after an investigation by the state found that minor teens did not get that required break on 127 occasions. Other violations included working a teen past 11 p.m. on a school night and minor teens being scheduled to work during school hours, according to the investigative report.
Harmony High School senior Alexander Britton worked at Hollister during the state's investigation.
"It definitely gets kind of crazy between having football workouts and practices, even over the summer, and working at Hollister," Britton said.
And while he never felt mistreated by Hollister, Britton admitted balancing school while working there was tough.
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He wasn't surprised when we told him how the state found violations.
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Local fast food restaurants also got in trouble, including the Panera Bread on Sand Lake Rd. that was fined $750 for violations including not giving minor teens required breaks.
In Central Florida, three Steak N Shake stores have been cited by the state for violating child labor laws in the past three years.
Lauren Hoffmeyer worked at the Steak N Shake on South Semoran Blvd. and says she didn't get her breaks.
"I would remind them, and be like, hey it's almost the fourth hour, I need to go on break, and they'd be like, just keep doing what you're doing," Hoffmeyer said.
The Steak N Shake on Orange Blossom Trail was by far the worst. According to the state's investigative report, the store employed six minors at the time of the audit, and all six minors' rights had been violated. Again, violations included failing to provide full breaks and working minor teens after 11 p.m. and during school hours.
After the state gave Steak N Shake time to correct the violations, many continued. The company was fined $1,500.
So what can parents do to fight back?
"What's really going to make sure that the law is being followed is making sure parents, children and other people who know of these violations actually report them," Felce said. "Because unless they're being enforced, then it doesn't really matter what the law says."
Alex's mom believes talking with teens about their work day can help uncover violations to report, and keep teens on track.
"The advice I would give is communicate," Lydia Britton said. "Sit down with them and set terms. Set the terms, be realistic, set the priorities - straight. What are the priorities? What can be done first before work can happen?"
Local 6 reached out to all the companies cited by the state and asked them to give their side of the story. Panera and Steak N Shake didn't want to comment. Hollister never called us back.
Parents can report violations of Florida's child labor laws by calling DBPR at 850-487-1395 or submitting a complaint online at www.myfloridalicense.com.
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Effect of Cocoa Flavanols on Vascular Function (Cocoa)
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University of California, Davis
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Endothelial dysfunction is associated with a higher incidence of adverse cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD patients also show impaired function and number of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs, adult stem cells) which circulate in adult blood and contribute to endothelial repair. Clinical studies suggest that endothelial function can be improved in CAD patients by consumption of flavanol-rich cocoa. Yet, the mechanism is not known. It is also not known whether flavanol-rich cocoa provides an additive, positive effect in patients who are already receiving the maximal recommended therapies for risk factor modification. Therefore, the researchers propose to perform an investigator-initiated, randomized controlled cross-over study administering flavanol-rich cocoa or a placebo for two months in CAD patients on optimal medical therapy. An improvement of endothelial function as measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) will be the primary endpoint of this study. The researchers propose to also measure determinants of FMD such as microvascular response, inflammatory markers, metabolites of nitric oxide, as well as the number and function of EPCs in the blood. Importantly, detailed food questionnaires and plasma flavanols/metabolites will help to further support a causal link between flavanol-intake and improved vascular function.
|Coronary Artery Disease
|Dietary Supplement: Cocoa Flavanols Other: Placebo
|Phase 1
|Study Type:
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
|Official Title:
|Effect of Cocoa Flavanols on Vascular Function in Optimally Treated Coronary Artery Disease Patients: Interaction Between Endothelial Progenitor Cells, Reactivity of Micro- and Macrocirculation
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- An improvement of endothelial function as measured by flow-mediated dilation (FMD) [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
|Study Start Date:
|March 2007
|Study Completion Date:
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Cocoa Flavanol
Dietary Supplement: Cocoa Flavanols
Cocoa Flavanols (BD for 21 - 28 days)
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
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Placebo (BD 21 - 28 Days)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00553774
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|University of California
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University of California, San Francisco
University of California, Davis
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|Yerem Yeghiazarians, MD
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Heiss C, Jahn S, Taylor M, Real WM, Angeli FS, Wong ML, Amabile N, Prasad M, Rassaf T, Ottaviani JI, Mihardja S, Keen CL, Springer ML, Boyle A, Grossman W, Glantz SA, Schroeter H, Yeghiazarians Y. Improvement of endothelial function with dietary flavanols is associated with mobilization of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010 Jul 13;56(3):218-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.03.039.
|Responsible Party:
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CAD Patients on Optimal Treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
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Boy, 11, killed in school bus crash: 'Today's a sad day for Idaho'
NAMPA, Idaho (KBOI) -- An 11-year-old boy has been killed in a school bus crash south of Nampa, officials say.
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"Although this was a low-speed crash, there was a lot of weight involved, and any impact to little bodies is going to do a lot of damage," Idaho State Police Master Cpl. Tim Davidson said.
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The bus is from the Kuna School District and was transporting children from Crimson Point Elementary. | Watch Full KBOI-2News report
ISP says the parents of the deceased child have been notified.
"We love them (the family) and we feel their loss and they're certainly in our thoughts," one neighbor told KBOI 2News.
The intersection of Happy Valley and Deer Flat was closed for several hours while police investigated the crash. St. Alphonsus says the children who were taken to the hospital in Nampa have been treated and released. Those taken to St. Al's in Boise are no longer at the facility, but it's unclear whether they are receiving treatment elsewhere.
The school bus and dump truck driver were not injured in the crash, however, ISP said in a news conference, that both are described as being distraught.
"I'm very sad, and I want to cry," Davidson said.
Although the crash is still in the early stages of the investigation, Davidson said charges are likely to be issued.
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter took to Twitter to send his condolences.
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Wendy Johnson, Kuna School superintendent, sent a letter home to parents.
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Pimentel impresses Hurdle in latest start
BRADENTON, Fla. -- If Jeanmar Gomez and Stolmy Pimentel indeed are competing for the same slot on the Pirates' staff -- right-handed long man and occasional starter -- Pimentel moved a stride ahead of his buddy Saturday.
Soon after completing his five-inning start against the Phillies, Pimentel was in the clubhouse, enthusiastically talking up Gomez, sharing an occasional laugh.
Pimentel, who had allowed three solo home runs, but little else while walking none and fanning three, tries to not think about being in competition with a friend.
"That's stuff I can't control," he said. "I'm just pitching for the opportunity, and the decision has to be theirs. Even if you think about it, there's nothing you can do.
Pimentel has somewhat been the Bucs' "secret project." Prior to taking the McKechnie Field mound on Saturday, he had pitched only two conspicuous innings, working two frames in the March 2 game in Clearwater against the Phillies. In-between, however, he has totaled seven innings in simulated, "B" and Minor League games.
Still, this was by far Pimentel's longest outing of the spring, and the fact he finished it strong -- retiring 11 of his last 12 men -- elated manager Clint Hurdle.
"I thought he had a good day. Nice sequences in later innings, four and five in particular," Hurdle said. "Three long balls ... but all solos. He doesn't get dinged, he keeps the game in check and got better as the game went along."
Pimentel has issued two walks in a total of 12 innings, and managers love guys who come out of the bullpen throwing strikes. There is much more that Hurdle likes about him, of course.
"When he got on top of his pitches," the manager said of the 6-foot-3 pitcher, "and got the ball down, he had a good downhill angle. The split started to come into play, and so did the breaking ball."
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Due regard for these potent realities, however, was doomed by the word "behind." The idea was ill-named and ill-explained, and the foreign-policy gods descended with lethal fury. They likened the phrase to a military officer commanding his troops to charge while he sipped tea at headquarters. "Behind," they intoned, reeked of weakness and indecision, of fear to wield American power in a world still quietly craving U.S. leadership. Unsurprisingly, the slogan's originator remains anonymous, surely trembling that Bob Woodward might soon unmask him or her.
Here are the useful insights hidden within "leading from behind," and here's how they can be put together to fashion a new strategy for using international power in the 21st century. First, the "behind" must be banished. If foreign-policy hands the world over agree on anything, it is that only Washington can lead on major international issues for some time to come. Americans shouldn't shrink from this; it's still the best way to protect U.S. interests. If Washington is to lead effectively, however, it must do so in a new way — through genuine partnerships. Unless others are treated as actual partners, they won't follow, and any resulting coalition will lack the power to prevail. From time to time, Obama has suggested that this is indeed his approach to foreign policy, but as in so many matters he has never proved the point.
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