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OCEAN CITY – Ocean City police this week arrested a local man who was allegedly posing as a doctor and calling in fake prescriptions for painkillers to local pharmacies.
On June 11, the Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) narcotics unit conducted a pharmaceutical drug investigation involving a suspect, later identified as Shannon Sanders Alexander, 38, of Ocean City, who had been representing himself as a doctor from Laurel, Md. and calling in fraudulent Hydrocodone prescriptions to local pharmacies. Hydrocodone is a schedule 3 controlled dangerous substance often marketed under the brand name Vicodin, a strong, potentially addictive painkiller.
OCPD detectives were made aware of Alexander's alleged activity when they were contacted by the CVS pharmacy on 120th Street after the pharmacist became suspicious of the suspect's request for the drugs and the manner in which they were being prescribed. Detectives later learned the individual for whom the medication had been fraudulently prescribed had recently been discharged as a patient from a Laurel, Md. doctor's office.
During the investigation, detectives learned Alexander had been discharged as a patient from the doctor's office several months ago because of repeated attempts to phone in fraudulent prescriptions by posing as a doctor. Last week, detectives arrested Alexander at the CVS on 120th Street as he attempted to pick up a prescription for Hydrocodone he had called in by representing himself as a doctor.
During the arrest, OCPD officers also found marijuana in Alexander's possession. He has been charged with obtaining a CDS prescription by fraud, obtaining a CDS prescription by impersonation, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. He was taken before a District Court Commissioner and ordered held on a $5,000 bond before being transferred to the county jail.
Two Injured In Crash
BISHOPVILLE – Two people were hurt including one with life threatening injuries in an early morning crash on Route 113 near Bishopville last weekend.
Around 7:30 a.m. last Saturday, Maryland State Police along with the Bishopville and Selbyville Fire Departments and Showell Emergency Medical Services responded to a reported motor vehicle collision involving injuries on Route 113 near its intersection with Route 610 in Bishopville. The investigation revealed a 2006 box truck driven by Van Khuong Tran, 53, of Virginia Beach, collided with a 2001 Dodge truck driven by William Bruce Somers, 47, of Marion Station, Md.
Both vehicles then collided with a Delmarva Power utility pole and traffic light control box for the intersection. The accident reportedly knocked out power for much of the area for several hours on Saturday morning. Both drivers were taken to PRMC in Salisbury. Tran was taken to PRMC by the Showell Volunteer Fire Department, while Somers was transported to the hospital by MSP helicopter.
Somers' injuries were listed as life threatening by the MSP and as of mid-week, he was still listed in critical condition. The accident is currently under investigation by the MSP Crash Team. Anyone with information about the collision is urged to call the MSP Berlin barrack at 410-641-3101.
DNA Closes 18-year-old Rape Case
POCOMOKE – Thanks to DNA technology, the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation (WCBI) this week successfully identified a suspect in a brutal rape case in Pocomoke dating back to the summer of 1991.
Early in the summer of 1991, a Pocomoke woman was raped while asleep in her home. The attacker gained entry through a doorway while the victim was asleep and she was awakened by the man assaulting her. For roughly 18 years, the case was unsolved until a recent search in a national DNA database identified the assailant was Leslie Maize, now 68, of Gowanda, N.Y.
Armed with the positive DNA identification, WCBI detectives have secured a warrant for Maize charging him with first-degree rape and first-degree burglary. Maize is currently serving a jail sentence in New York and is expected to be released in 2014. Upon his release in New York, Maize will likely be extradited to Maryland to face the charges related to the 1991 attack in Pocomoke.
Conviction For Arson Threat
SNOW HILL – A Chestertown man arrested on assault and threat of arson charges after attacking his parents at a West Ocean City campground in May pleaded no contest to the arson threat charge this week and was sentenced to 33 days in jail.
Shortly after 4 p.m. on May 23, Maryland State Police troopers responded to Frontier Town in reference to a reported fight in progress. Upon arrival, troopers made contact with the victims who advised their son, later identified as Brian Keith Neal, 32, of Chestertown, assaulted them and became violent after an argument occurred.
The female victim told police Neal grabbed her and threw her to the ground. Her husband, Neal's father, then intervened, but was punched in the face by his son, according to police reports. Neal continued to use profanities toward his parents in the presence of his wife and children. At one point, Neal threatened to burn his parents' house down, a statement that was made in the presence of police officers.
Neal was ultimately arrested and charged with threat of arson, two counts of second-degree assault on both of his parents and disorderly conduct. The investigation revealed Neal is currently on probation for a first-degree arson conviction in another state. This week in District Court, Neal entered a plea of nolo contendere, or no contest, to the arson threat charge and was sentenced to 33 days in jail. He was also fined $200. The status of his arson case in another state is unknown.
Sign Language Fraud Sentence
OCEAN CITY – A Delaware woman arrested in May after fraudulently requesting the town of Ocean City provide a sign language interpreter for special events over the period of several months before getting hired to provide the service herself pleaded guilty this week in District Court to one count of theft under $500 and was placed on probation for a year and fined.
In May, OCPD detectives concluded a six-month fraud investigation involving a woman, later identified as Gail S. Garner, 51, of Greenwood, Del., who allegedly sent numerous fictitious requests to Ocean City's Recreation and Parks Department requesting a sign language interpreter for special events. According to police, Garner allegedly made false requests to the town for a sign language interpreter for various special events for personal gain in an effort to secure work for herself.
Ocean City first hired Garner, a sign language interpreter, to perform sign language at special events back in 2000 when the town first started receiving such requests for special events. The town of Ocean City hired Garner and used her on several occasions to perform sign language at special events. Late last year, an OCPD investigation revealed Garner allegedly sent numerous fictitious requests to the Recreation and Parks Department for a sign language interpreter for special events.
Part of Garner's scheme was to send fraudulent requests to the department via email posing as different persons requesting a sign language interpreter be provided for certain events. According to police, Garner accomplished her scheme by using various different names and email addresses. Investigators believe Garner was creating a false need for a sign language specialist for the purpose of defrauding the city by being financially compensated for her services.
During 2008, OCPD investigators determined the email requests received by the city were actually sent by Garner using various aliases and email addresses. The investigation revealed Garner had allegedly bilked the town of Ocean City out of an estimated $1,300.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) laws give deaf individuals or individuals with hearing disabilities the right to request a sign language interpreter for public special events such as stage performances, concerts and speeches, for example, and the governing jurisdiction has a responsibility to provide the service when and wherever possible. Garner allegedly utilized the ADA mandate for her own personal gain by making several such requests to the town of Ocean City.
Garner was originally charged with nine counts of theft less than $500 and one count of felony theft over $500. During the investigation, OCPD detectives determined Garner has also been involved in providing sign language services to the Wicomico Youth and Civic Center, Dover Downs, Midway Slots and the Delaware State Fair.
This week in District Court, Garner pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor theft and was placed on probation for one year and fined $500.
Cop Assaulter Guilty
OCEAN CITY – A Georgetown, Del. woman arrested in May on assault charges after striking an OCPD officer outside a mid-town nightclub pleaded guilty this week to second-degree assault and was placed on probation and fined.
Around 1:30 a.m. on May 10, an OCPD officer responded to Fager's Island for a report of disorderly subjects. Upon arrival, the officer observed several people being asked to leave the property by the management. While the officer was issuing trespassing warnings to the individuals, a woman, later identified as Kathy Pettyjohn, 24, of Georgetown, Del., started screaming. Pettyjohn was screaming the security staff of the nightclub was racist because they would not let her friends into the establishment.
The officer approached Pettyjohn and warned her to lower her voice or run the risk of a disorderly conduct arrest. According to police reports, Pettyjohn was yelling loudly enough to draw the attention of several other patrons in the parking lot. As the officer started to speak to Pettyjohn further, she allegedly struck the officer in the chest with an open right hand and turned her back and started to walk away. At that point, Pettyjohn was arrested for second-degree assault on a police officer.
This week in District Court, Pettyjohn pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was placed on probation for one year. She was also fined $300.
Probation In Pot Case
OCEAN CITY – The second of three suspects arrested on drug distribution charges in March after a month-long investigation by the OCPD's narcotics unit pleaded guilty last week to possession of marijuana and was placed on probation and fined.
Patrice Shelton, 18, of Ocean City, appeared in District Court last week to face possession and possession with intent to distribute marijuana charges following her arrest along with two co-defendants in March. Shelton pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana and was placed on probation for one year and fined $400. One of Shelton's co-defendants, Sara Morells, 19, also of Ocean City, pleaded guilty to a possession charge in May and was also fined and placed on probation.
The third suspect, Donnell Lamar Taylor, 27, of Ocean City, had his case forwarded to Circuit Court last month. Taylor is facing possession and possession with intent to distribute charges and is scheduled to appear for trial in Circuit Court on July 8.
No Show For Crack Case
OCEAN CITY – A Berlin man arrested in March on crack cocaine possession charges after failing to obey an OCPD officer's order not to drive on a suspended license failed to appear in court this week and had a warrant sworn out for his arrest.
Around 3:30 a.m. on March 17, an OCPD officer responded to a residence on Teal Drive for a report of a suspicious male banging on the door of the residence. The officer met with the suspect, later identified as Jonathan Chase Nichols, 23, of Berlin, and asked him if his license was suspended. Nichols told the officer his license was suspended, but that he had just finished the driver improvement program.
OCPD officers contacted the resident who said she did not know Nichols and did not want him on the property. Police communications, meanwhile, confirmed Nichols' license was suspended. Nichols told police he had driven to Teal Drive to look for a former employer from which he wanted to borrow money. Nichols was told to leave his vehicle, a gold GMC Envoy, and to not drive. Nichols then left the area on foot per the officer's instructions.
About three hours later, however, the same officer observed Nichols walking to his vehicle and driving off. The officer observed Nichols fail to come to a stop traveling east on 15th Street onto St. Louis Ave. The officer followed Nichols before pulling him over on St. Louis Ave. at 8th Street. When asked why he purposely drove on a suspended license when the officer had earlier warned him not to, Nichols allegedly responded "because man, it's so [expletive deleted] cold," according to police reports. Nichols was then arrested for driving on a suspended license.
During a search of the vehicle incident to the arrest, police found a burnt glass pipe in the center console and a burnt metal "Chore Boy" containing crack cocaine residue. The officer also located a Diet Coke can fashioned into a smoking device behind the passenger seat with burnt crack cocaine residue on it. Nichols was then also charged with possession of crack cocaine and possession of paraphernalia.
Nichols was scheduled to appear for trial in District Court on Wednesday, but he did not appear and a warrant was sworn out for his arrest. In addition, his bond was revoked and a new bond in the amount of $15,000 was applied.
Probation For Stealing Gas
SNOW HILL – A Worcester County Health Department employee arrested last November after a witness observed her filling her privately owned vehicle with gas from the State Highway Administration's facility in Berlin pleaded guilty last week to embezzlement and misappropriation charges and was placed on probation and fined.
Shortly after 1 p.m. last November 5, Maryland State Police troopers responded to SHA's facility in Berlin for a reported theft of gasoline. A witness told police Tasha Lynette Reed, an employee of the Worcester County Health Department, had been seen filling her privately owned vehicle from the state's gas pumps.
The investigation revealed Reed had stolen around 12 gallons of gasoline valued at $29.14. She was charged with embezzlement and theft under $100. Last week in District Court, Reed pleaded guilty to embezzlement and misappropriation and was placed on probation for two years. She was also fined a little over $200.


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Missing the exploitation films of the '60s and '70s? Wait no longer because BITCH SLAP is now available on DVD. This guilty-pleasure of a film pays homage to the films of the great Russ Meyers, throwing our three heroines into a ridiculous plot as long as their assets are the main focus. TV Director Rick Jacobson along with producing partner Eric Gruendemann (both of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess), tired of the Hollywood system decided to call the shots themselves and produced this outrageous film.
The story is centered around three bombshells: the leggy stripper Trixie (played by the gorgeous Julia Voth), the cunning Hel (Erin Cummings), and drug addicted Camaro (America Olivo) that venture into the desert to find some priceless goods. Only problem is, things are constantly going wrong whenever the girls aren't showing off their cleavage or making out with each other. Also along for the ride are some major background players that keep the story moving. Michael Hurst (Hercules) plays the slimy Gage perfectly as Ron Melendez plays the innocent desert cop, Deputy Fuchs (it's pronounced "fukes"). And since the director and producer are so connected to Hercules and Xena, Kevin Sorbo and Lucy Lawless (with Renée O'Connor) provide cameos.
What's interesting about Bitch Slap is the structure. You have an A-Story that is centered around the girls looking for some diamonds but you also encounter a B-Story that is going backwards in time, revealing more of the plot that leads up to the A-story.
And that's where my recommendation ends. Bitch Slap indeed is a throwback to the exploitation films and there is a plethora of cleavage, legs, gorgeous girls throwing buckets of water on each other and then beating the crap out of each other, but it doesn't go further than that. The opening credits are a highlight reel of many great exploitation films of the day but sadly the film doesn't quite live up to this set-up. There IS, I admit, nonsensical fun in seeing the senseless non-stop violence but it's all a tease. If it weren't for the language, this would be soft R. If you think it's unrated for the three girls, you were mislead and will be disappointed.
There is definitely a market for movies like Bitch Slap but I think we need more substance these days to really sink our teeth into. The story takes place in mostly one location but the flashbacks are shot mostly green screen and while it's passable, it can really be distracting. This movie certainly isn't for everyone but for you teenage boys out there, this might interest you.
The DVD comes with some pretty great extras though. The making of, I have to say, is actually more worth while than the film itself and if you're studying filmmaking, there's a lot to learn from the making of this film and I give them kudos for that. It shows how much work can go into a project but also the satisfaction as well.
If you're into exploitation flicks, give Bitch Slap a whirl. This may be right up your alley, especially if you're into long winded girl fights.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Relax, don't do it when you want to come unglued.If you own Apple ( AAPL), it's no sin to have sold somewhere along this recent plunge line, particularly if you were sitting on massive unrealized profits. Never a bad idea to take profits. At the same time, if you own AAPL, it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive. While doubling down, as a general strategy, can blow up a portfolio, it's a risk I would be willing to take with AAPL right now. I'm not sure I have ever seen a stock more "certain" (because nothing in life is ever certain, particularly on Wall Street) to make a more historic run in my lifetime. TheStreet contributor Jason Schwarz wrote an excellent article -- Apple Slingshot: Making Sense of the Apparently Irrational -- detailing the real reasons why the stock has tanked: Institutional selling as funds rebalance portfolios (bring AAPL allocations into more reasonable ranges) and the attendant year-end, capital gains tax-hike profit taking. Schwarz downplays the impact of recent noise -- everything from "MappleGate" to iPhone 5 supply constraint rumors to Steve Jobs's absence -- on the stock's steep fall. While I agree with Schwarz, this negativity certainly doesn't help. Plus, it could spook retail investors from taking advantage of the weakness. One size doesn't fit all, but, at these levels and at this point, the downside presents a life-size buying opportunity in AAPL. As the noise works itself out, I expect another parabolic run between now the end of January when Apple reports holiday quarter results. Here's why: A fiscal cliff deal. Apple will lead out that broad market rally. How soon we forget. Despite those supply constraints, Apple sold more iPhone 5 units in its first weekend of sales than it did iPhone 4S smartphones in the entire first month. comScore reported this in late September, yet investors largely ignored it in favor of the hysteria. As of this past weekend, you're looking at two to three weeks ship time on all iPhone 5 models. This spells pent-up demand in my world. Name another technology company selling smartphones and tablets to the consumer and enterprise facing this "problem." The verdict is in: I was right (link to recent CNBC appearance). iPad mini is kicking relative butt.
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FORT EDWARD -- EPA and state officials came here Monday to announce the start of a fourth season of dredging PCBs from the Hudson River, with this year's goal of removing an additional 350,000 cubic yards of toxic river bottom.
"We're almost halfway to the total goal 2.65 million cubic yards of PCB contaminated sediment which runs through a 40-mile stretch of the Hudson River from Fort Edward to the Troy Dam," said Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith Enck at a press conference.
As many as six mechanical dredges will be working this summer to remove the sediments and lay down new layers of clean sand and gravel over dredged areas. Dredging was taking place Monday near Griffin Island south of Fort Edward, and will also be taking place in the main part of the river to Thompson Island Dam in Fort Miller and between Champlain Canal Lock 5 and 6 near Northumberland and Schuylerville.
Plans are on track to finish dredging by 2016, but even then the fish in the river will not be safe to eat because the toxic chemical accumulates in the body tissues of all animals and is poisonous, Enck said.
"PCBs are carcinogenic, they are neurotoxic, they affect the reproductive system, they also affect our endocrine system," she said, noting that commercial fishing has been banned in the river since the early 1970s. She said "it will be decades" before fish caught in the river can be safely eaten.
"Unfortunately, when this dredging project ends it doesn't mean the fish are going to be safe to consume, and I want to emphasize, particularly for pregnant women and women of child-bearing age, you should not be eating PCB contaminated fish," she added.
The entire Hudson River for 200 miles from Fort Edward to the Battery in Lower Manhattan is classified as a toxic waste Superfund site as the result of General Electric plants here and in neighboring Hudson Falls legally dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the water from 1947-1977. EPA says the river is one of the largest, most polluted Superfund sites in the U.S.
The Hudson has been extensively studied because of the extensive toxic pollution. Enck said the dredging now being carried out by General Electric under the supervision of state and federal regulators is being watched worldwide because of similar industrial pollution in other rivers used as dumping grounds.
RELATED: GE sues utility as dredging restarts on Hudson
She said data shows that removal of the chemicals from the river bottom has not resulted in pollution of river water. That has been a concern because the river is used for both recreation and drinking water far from the most contaminated sections.
Another concern has been when dredging will occur of PCB contaminated sediments in the state Canal system. The pollution there is not as bad as in the Hudson River, but the removal will be expensive. Joseph Maloney of the New York State Canal Corp. said there was no timetable on when the canal pollution will be remedied.
"We do have permits we have applied for with regulatory agencies," Maloney said. "Currently they are under review and we are waiting to see what comments we get back and we'll have to take it from there."


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A proposal for a three-story, mixed use project at Loyola Corners may be headed back to the drawing board.
During a Los Altos Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC) study session last week, some commissioners suggested that the proposed project's plan – which calls for approximately 1,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and six condominiums at the former Photo Drive-up site – should be scrapped and redone because the bulky design doesn't fit the area.
"I don't think there's a way to fix this design," said Commissioner Ken Lorell, who noted that the project was "completely out of character" for Loyola Corners and suggested project applicant Gregg Bunker rethink his design.
According to a city staff report, the study session was scheduled to provide "early design input" for Bunker, who has owned the triangular property for more than 20 years.
Bunker presented the PTC with two alternative building designs to consider – including one that called for a 30-foot tall building with 9-foot wall plates.
A second design called for a 33-foot tall structure – 3 feet above the city's height limit for the area – with a roof deck for tenants living in the building's six condominium units on the second and third levels.
Bunker told the commission that the building would be "simply unique" with "all-glass" condo units located at the corners.
"I think it'll be a delightful place for residents to live," he said.
Bunker's proposal includes 15 parking spaces – two short of the 17 required by city code. However, Bunker told the PTC that he would consider using parking lifts and vowed to exceed the amount of parking required by the city.
Still, the project drew criticism from a handful of neighbors who said both proposed building designs would be too large for the area. One Fremont Avenue resident told the PTC that the building's look and size was "inconsistent" with the rest of the Loyola Corners area, while another neighborhood resident called the proposal "extreme."
"It just feels to me like a lot of square footage for the lot size," added a second Fremont Avenue resident.
Some PTC members agreed with the assessments offered by the residents in attendance. Commissioner Jon Baer said that the building was too big for the neighborhood and called on Bunker to "rethink the project from scratch."
Commissioner Phoebe Bressack termed the volume of the structure "huge for the area," adding that the designs appeared to try to fill "every possible square inch" of the property.
"If it wasn't end-to-end-to-end-to-end everywhere, it would be better for the town," she said.
Commissioner Jerry Moison, however, offered a different take on the project. He said adding setbacks on the small property site would make the building "look like a pencil."
Moison added that the project was needed to help revitalize the area.
"I think Loyola Corners is in desperate need of something just like this," he said.


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"Clear, crisp, and intimate. Readers new to the subject will gain a clear perspective on Zen practice as it really is, and seasoned practitioners will find much here to support and clarify practice. This will also appeal to readers interested in the development of Buddhism in America and how the essentials of a tradition can adapt to the demands of the modern world."— Library Journal
"Genpo Roshi invites us in a direct, no-nonsense language to transform ourselves and the world around us. He makes the Zen way clear and accessible to anyone who is willing to engage it. A must for every Zen library."—John Daido Loori Roshi, Abbot of the Zen Mountain Monastery and author of The Eight Gates of Zen
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The Ohio State University
Michael Sypniak joins Ohio State for his first year as assistant athletic trainer responsible for both baseball and field hockey. Sypniak completed his athletic trainer certification for the National Athletic Trainers' Association in 2003. As an undergrad, he assisted with football, baseball, track and field, women's basketball, field hockey and swimming. In addition, Sypniak completed a one year internship with the sports medicine department at the University of Maryland where he worked extensively with the baseball program. While attending Syracuse University, Sypniak served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer with the football team in 2005. Before coming to Ohio State, Sypniak spent a year interning for the National Football League's Buffalo Bills athletic training staff.


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Iraqi teen's Eagle Scout ceremony part of the ongoing 'dream' of living in the U.S.
The silence and serenity inside St. Paul's Episcopal Church starkly contrasted Mohammed Al-Jumaili's life in Iraq.
In the not-so-distant past, Al-Jumaili, of Fallujah, Iraq, was living in a state of fear as the Iraq War waged on around him and his family. A state that was only exacerbated when, in 2006, he lost the lower half of his right leg in a car bomb explosion.
Since coming to the United States, though, Al-Jumaili's life has been looking up and begun to more closely mirror the Chestnut Hill building's peaceful atmosphere.
Still, as the Abington High School senior walked down the center aisle on Saturday to receive his Eagle Scout award from Boy Scout Troop 117, the life he left behind wasn't completely out of mind either.
An important connection
Al-Jumaili, 17, is believed to be the first Iraqi immigrant to earn the prestigious honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America.
But Al-Jumaili is used to accomplishing feats despite the odds.
Apart from his latest scout ranking, he's also led a high school robotics team and wrestles with one leg.
"Wrestling is all about how low you can be," he said, noting that he doesn't feel disadvantaged by his disability.
Al-Jumaili got involved with the Boy Scouts in 2009 through the Affel family. Charles Affel was involved with Troop 177, based near their Wyndmoor home, and currently chairs the group.
The Affels hosted Al-Jumaili and his mother, Jinan, in their Wyndmoor, Pa. home for about two years through Hosts for Hospitals, a nonprofit.
After the attack that cost him his leg, national attention by CNN assisted Mohammed Al-Jumaili in finding a benefactor who would help him and his mother travel to America and allow him to walk again with a prosthetic leg.
The pair stayed with the Affel's following a return trip to America for a second round of medical procedures and Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia.
They've been able to stay in the United States through political asylum.
It was also through the Affels that Mohammed was introduced to the St. Paul's community It's why he decided to complete his service project – required to become an Eagle Scout – there.
He landscaped, cleaned and installed a new fence for its garden.
The project was completed in the spring
'Open doors, open minds'
Over the years, Mohammed Al-Jumaili has established a deep connection with the St. Paul's community, located at 22 E. Chestnut Hill Ave., even though he is a Muslim.
"One of the basic philosophies of this church is we have open doors, open minds and open hearts," said Emmanuel Mercer, an assistant rector at St. Paul's. "And I think that is what Mohammed has experienced as being a part of this community – that he's becoming welcomed and accepted and embraced, even though he says his Muslim prayers."
Al-Jumaili agreed.
"I don't feel any different," he said. "We're all human and I love them, they love me."
Bernard Homer, 83, recalled meeting Mohammed Al-Jumaili at a cookout. The two were introduced through Christine Kindler, an Affel family friend and Chestnut Hill resident.
"Sitting at that table with two Christians, a Maya boy, three Jews and a Muslim all hugging and kissing in the United States. That's a hell of a feeling," said Homer, who has since become a mentor of sorts for Al-Jumaili.
The "Maya boy" just so happened to become one of Al-Jumaili's best friends. Al-Jumaili met Franklin Morena, a refugee from Honduras, at a graduation party for one of the Affel's sons.
"Their friendship is bonded in, I think, their cultural differences," said Kindler, also a St. Paul's parishioner. "He and Mohammed then also had to endure the stress of the immigration process and kind of the uncertainty of 'Are you staying, are you going?' They couldn't really call it home."
Although Morena, 19, now attends Valley Forge Military Academy, he said he still keeps in touch with Mohammed. The two still play soccer together when possible.
"I'm very proud of him. He's very hard-working," Morena said.
The possibility of a future
The two can both find comfort in their current situations, too. They've both received green cards.
Jinan Al-Jumaili said she and her son had no future in Iraq.
"In my country, [there is] no future for my son because he [lost] his leg," said Jinan.
Disabilities and impairments are often paired with discrimination in the Middle East.
Jinan also remembers receiving threats from people in her country after she spoke highly of America during CNN interviews.
"We will kill you and kill your son," she recalled someone telling her.
Even though Mohammed Al-Jumaili said he considers himself an American, the idea of living in the country still feels surreal.
"I'm still living the dream until this moment," he said.
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At the Cedar Key City Commission
Tuesday night, Commissioner Heath Davis
reported that he had spoken to some of the
users of the Shell Pile boat ramp about the
ongoing garbage problem and he had "no
good news" to report.
The dumpsters at the site have been filled
with items that cannot go into the landfill with
the regular garbage — tires, construction
debris, etc. The tipping fees for those particular
dumpsters greatly exceeded what was budgeted
Everyone, the phrase for
the week is "Backcountry
Bonanza." I have been wearin'
it out, cause this is my second
most favorite fishing season.
I love to fish cooling temperatures.
This pre-winter
period of time is great for
those adventurous anglers that
aren't scared to dent a prop
Getting back to those
honey holes can make that
happen for ya'. This time of
the year the trout and redfish
By JESSI ROBINSON
Shark News Editor
Cedar Key's Junior class will hold their 18thAannual Pie
Auction this coming Tuesday, Nov. 23, in the school's auditorium.
The doors will be opening at 6 p.m. with the auction
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The Juniors and their sponsors Malinda Roland and
Tammy Bierman, are hoping for an attendance and sale such
as the auction two years ago when nearly $4,000 was raised.
Not only is the school group hoping for many pie-hungry
Last Wednesday night it became official:
the Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce is the
go-to place for a warm welcome and everything
you need to know about the island.
The crowd who attended the event under the
twinkling lights of the courtyard were the
first guests of the new and improved
Leading the welcome were Chamber
President Tina Ryan and Secretary Andrea
Dennison. A prayer was led by the Rev.
Daniel Carswell. The event was catered by
Peter and Gina Stefani, of the Island Room
Officials of Tarmac King Road Mine company
met with representatives of Cedar Key's clamming
industry on Monday afternoon at the Marine
Lab to discuss water quality issues.
Tarmac requested this meeting to address concerns
raised at a previous meeting in Cedar Key.
Al Townsend, director of real estate and environmental
services, and Jeff Harris, plant manager
for the mine near Inglis, were accompanied by
two consulting hydrologists.
Leslie Sturmer, UF/IFAS Shellfish
A well-attended sign ordinance workshop has opened the
process of revamping the city's confusing and barely
enforced sign ordinance.
The comments at the Tuesday gathering included:
"The quirky, artistic signs are what drew me to Cedar
"The cute and quirky signs have given way to cheap and
"Just because people have gotten away with signs that
didn't get enforced according to the current sign ordinance
The light was beautiful and the air was crisp Saturday afternoon at City Park, as roughly a dozen people gathered to participate in a flag retirement ceremony. Their ages spanned many decades but both the participants and onlookers all shared an appreciation for the importance of the event.
Saturday morning, approximately 15 walkers met and set out to prove to the world that Cedar Key's beaches are oil free. That was an easy task, considering that the beaches are as pristine as ever.
Mayor Pat O'Neal said the BeachWalk event, spearheaded by Visit Florida, went smoothly and everyone involved the brisk, clear weather — custom made for an early morning walk.
Cedar Key School was the scene of the annual Fall Festival on Friday and while nobody can remember exactly when it first started, the best guess is that the event is at least 30 years old.
It's also a successful event as approximately $3,000 was raised to help pay for field trips and school supplies that are not funded by the county or state.
Two community outreach events focused on connecting citizens with local health, nutrition and other resources will be held in Inglis and Rosewood on Saturday, Nov. 13, by the Levy County Community Outreach Team.
The team, which includes representatives from the Florida Department of Children and Families, the Levy County Health Department, The Children's Table and Elder Options, will be at the following locations and times:
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Slow start, mental lapse doom Rox against D-backs
Matzek allows three first-inning runs; catcher McKenry's gaffe costly
PHOENIX -- Catcher Michael McKenry unwittingly put the "kick us" sign on the Rockies during Friday night's 5-3 loss to the D-backs at Chase Field in front of 21,782.
With two out in the seventh and the D-backs' David Peralta occupying third base and Jordan Pacheco hitting, McKenry reached to his right for a Rex Brothers pitch. McKenry then casually flipped the ball back to the mound, only to rip off his mask and stare in horror and embarrassment as Peralta dashed in for a steal of home.
"Honestly, I messed up," McKenry said. "I was focused on keeping the ball in front of me and figuring out a way to get that guy [Pacheco] out.
"It's on me."
Peralta had delivered a run-scoring triple two batters earlier. McKenry said he considered picking Peralta off third, but abandoned the idea to concentrate on Pacheco. But McKenry's forgetting about Peralta meant a 5-1 lead for the D-backs, who have the Rockies to thank for keeping them out of last place in the National League West.
It seemed the Rockies were resigned to their 10th loss in 12 games -- and 19th in the last 21 on the road. But Brandon Barnes delivered a pinch-hit triple in the ninth, and Corey Dickerson and DJ LeMahieu added RBI singles off reliever Addison Reed. But with two on, Charlie Blackmon took a third strike -- one he disputed -- to end the game.
About all that could be said for McKenry, a respected member of the club and the source of Colorado's first run (fifth-inning solo homer), was that the Rockies didn't score another run. That would have drawn more attention to McKenry's inattention.
"I guarantee you my entire career that'll never happen again," McKenry said.
Rockies manager Walt Weiss doesn't want to see it again, either.
"There are things I take care of with our club," Weiss said. "I'm not going to reveal that stuff. That's something we'll handle in-house. But we lost sight of the guy on third. That's all that happened there. Our awareness wasn't where it should've been."
Until the ninth, it was yet another weak Rockies loss on the road.
Rookie left-hander Tyler Matzek (2-7) served up a three-run homer to the D-backs' Miguel Montero with two out in the first inning, after a one-out walk to Cliff Pennington and Peralta's double. Although Matzek pitched through constant traffic for five innings, with four hits and four walks, he didn't allow any further scoring.
He had good fortune after walking the bases loaded in the fifth. Pacheco knocked a pitch off his own left leg. Umpires didn't see the ball hit him, and the Rockies ended up with an easy double play as Pacheco painfully limped around the batter's box.
Friday was better than Matzek's previous start, when he yielded eight runs and 10 hits in four innings at Detroit.
"I felt good," Matzek said. "The home run and the double before were sliders that backed up on me and I left them over the middle. After that I felt pretty good. I walked a few people, but overall felt pretty good."
Flashing a changeup he threw at any time, D-backs starter Chase Anderson (7-4) struck out six and held the Rockies to four hits in six innings.
"His pitch count got kind of high for six innings, but he's kind of been on a roll," D-backs manager Kirk Gibson said. "It's been five or six games in a row where he's thrown the ball very good, made good pitches when he had to, throwing all his pitches."
Three of Anderson's strikeouts came from Carlos Gonzalez, who left the game in a seventh-inning double-switch. The club announced that Gonzalez didn't feel good.
Peralta made the Rockies feel worse.
"It was my first time [stealing home]," Peralta said.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A Sacramento Valley developer has dropped plans to build the Cypress Knolls senior community in Marina because of potentially high labor costs on the Fort Ord reuse project.
Silverado Homes of Roseville notified the city last week it was canceling an exclusive negotiating agreement for the Cypress Knolls project. The city in April 2012 picked Silverado Homes to build the 400-home senior community on 90 acres of Fort Ord land owned by the city.
Mayor Bruce Delgado said it wasn't a surprise that Silverado pulled out of the project, which is Marina's final major reuse project on Fort Ord land.
The developer had suspended negotiations on a project agreement in July because of significant concerns over construction wage rates.
"It was kind of expected," Delgado said Monday. "We have known for many months the costs were way higher than revenues ... We expected to get to this point."
Silverado figured it would have to sell the senior homes for $800,000 — far above the market — to cover its costs, Delgado said. Even with several cost-cutting proposals, the house prices would still be about $550,000 —"at the cusp of being not saleable," Delgado said.
Marina has wrestled with the Cypress Knolls project for years. A senior community has been envisioned for the area from the start of Fort Ord reuse discussions in the 1990s.
One development group pulled out when it couldn't find a builder, and another competition between two development groups ended when the City Council decided to cut the project in half.
Interim City Manager Doug Yount said the issue of prevailing wages — wage rates set by the state for construction jobs typically on public works and commercial projects — bedeviled negotiations with Silverado Homes.
"It's not a matter of paying prevailing wages, but defining them for Monterey County," he said.
Prevailing wages are called for under current Fort Ord reuse policy, but the rates were too high for Silverado Homes, Yount said.
"The developer is saying for significant residential construction, it puts their property at a significant disadvantage," he said.
Last June, Silverado president Edward Johanson said applying commercial prevailing wages to the Cypress Knolls project would add more than $45 million to project costs.
In a Jan. 22 letter, Johanson cited "the inability to secure mutually satisfactory resolution of the prevailing wage issue" as the reason to pull out of negotiations.
Yount said the prevailing-wage issue may be one the Fort Ord Reuse Authority needs to consider as it reviews its base reuse plan.
"If in fact it's a key issue at Fort Ord ... what is the solution?" he said.
One of the problems is that there is very little data on which to base prevailing wage rates for residential construction in the county, Yount said.
The current prevailing base hourly wage for a journeyman carpenter on commercial or heavy construction jobs in Monterey County is $32.62, said the state Department of Industrial Relations website.
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St. Mary's High teammates Mikayla Cowling and Gabby Green helped the West beat the East team, which included Salesian's Mariya Moore 80-78 at the girls McDonald's All-American game in Chicago.
Cowling, who will remain teammates with Green at Cal next year, had 10 points, four rebounds plus a handful of steals, assists and blocks. The 6-foot-1 wing also forced a turnover with just over a minute left that set up the game-winning basket for the West. Green, a 6-foot-1 guard, had four rebounds to go with two points, two assists and two steals.
Moore, a 6-foot wing who played on the East squad as a Louisville commit, finished with six points and five rebounds.
Stanford's Kristian Ipsen, a Clayton native who attended De La Salle High, was voted the Pac-12 Men's Diver of the Year. Ipsen won diver of the year honors for the second-straight time after defending his 1-meter title at the Pac-12 Championships and finishing second in the 1-meter and third in the platform competitions. In national contention, the Olympian added to his All-America honors count after placing in the top 10 in all three events.
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Bethel College will hold its 21st annual World Christian Action Conference January 17-20. The conference includes chapel services with guest speaker George Verweras well as mission representatives, seminars and display booths.
George Verwer is the founder and former international director of Operation Mobilisation, a ministry of evangelism, discipleship training and church planting. Verwer led Operation Mobilisation for over 40 years before stepping down in August 2003. He and his wife, Drena, have three adult children, five grandchildren and they make their home in England.
For more information on the 2006 World Christian Action Conference, please call Bill Jones at 257-3539.
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Suburban mother and devout Catholic Eileen Cleary has always kept up appearances. When she runs for the Catholic Woman of the Year title at her local parish-an award she has coveted for years-her final test is introducing her family to the board for the seal of approval. Now she must finally face the nonconformist family she has been glossing over for years. Her gay daughter, Shannon, a successful lawyer, is about to marry her life partner Angela. Her unhappily married son Frank Jr. is cheating on his wife with the local manicurist. And Eileen's own marriage to a recovered alcoholic is pulling at the seams .


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ByNatalie Andrews
Can a cool D.C. be hotter with tourists?
An influx of younger residents, a residential construction boom and sharp growth in the city's restaurant scene has Washington tourism officials hoping that potential visitors see D.C. as more than monuments and museums. The official tourism body, Destination D.C., adopted "D.C. Cool" as its new slogan last year — well before the infamous Forbes article anointing Washington as America's coolest city — as the group tried to shake Washington's image as a decidedly less cool East Coast stop behind New York.
"'D.C. Cool' is our 'Virginia is for Lovers," says Destination D.C. President and CEO Elliott Ferguson.
So far, data show a pretty good picture. The number of domestic visitors climbed last year to 17.4 million, an all-time high, according to Destination D.C., with the overall total hitting 19 million, also a new high. But data on international visitors show a slight year-over-year decline, to 1.6 million, a figure that excludes visitors from Canada and Mexico. (Domestic data was released in May, while the international data was released last month.)
Put in national perspective, Washington was the eighth most-visited U.S. city in 2013, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The top city was New York, followed by Miami, Los Angeles, Orlando, San Francisco, Las Vegas and Honolulu.
One worrisome D.C. data point was the drop in overseas visitors, who are typically each worth more to a city's economy. They spend more heavily compared with domestic travelers, who may just come for the day or opt for more budget-conscious options.
Among individual countries and regions, visits from Australia were down 32.7% from 2012, a drop Destination D.C.'s Mr. Ferguson attributed to tourists choosing other destinations closer to home. Tourism from Asia was up – in part because it's now easier for travelers to get to Washington through a new partnership with the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, Mr. Ferguson says.
In response to the overall international drop, representatives from Washington and New York are working together to bring more visitors back to the East Coast, Mr. Ferguson says.
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Wiltshire's 42,100 tax credits customers are being prompted to renew their claim now through an advertising campaign launched today.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is sending out 5.8 million tax credits renewals packs which will arrive by June 30.
More than three million of these claims need to be renewed before the deadline for claimants to continue receiving tax credits.
Last year about 650,000 claimants had their money stopped because they did not renew by the July 31 deadline.
Claimants must tell HMRC about any changes to their circumstances that they have not already reported, including changes to working hours, childcare costs and income, or if a partner has moved in.
This year, as well as being able to renew by post and by phone, claimants with no changes to report are also able to renew online, via GOV.UK
Nick Lodge, HMRC's director general of benefits and credits, said: "People in Wiltshire should check their details and renew early to make sure they get the right money.
"Don't leave it – people who don't renew on time risk losing their payments."
Before checking their form or calling HMRC's Tax Credit Helpline, claimants are urged to have the right documents to hand, for example, payslips, end of year P60 forms and childcare payment details.
The advertising campaign runs throughout June and July on radio, television, bus shelters, and via a mobile app, Spotify and video on demand.
There are 26,400 tax credit claimaints in the Wiltshire Council area, with about 15,700 living in Swindon Council's area.
Claimants can get help and information on tax credits renewals at gov.uk/browse/benefits/tax-credits or call 0345 300 3900.
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Paulsen wins re-election in Third U.S. Congressional District
Republican incumbent Erik Paulsen has won re-election in the Third U.S. Congressional District race against Democratic challenger Brian Barnes.
With all of the votes tallied Wednesday morning, Paulsen won with 58 percent of the 382,715 votes cast for the race.
Paulsen gave his victory speech Tuesday night when approximately 50 percent of precincts had reported their numbers, showing Paulsen with more than 60 percent of those votes.
The news was well received during the Republican's election party at the Hilton Minneapolis-Bloomington Hotel Tuesday night, since it came shortly after Kurt Bills gave his concession speech in his run against Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar.
The crowd cheered not only over Paulsen's win, but other expected results for the makeup of the U.S. House of Representatives.
"We got one win on the board, and look this is going to be a long night. … There are more wins to come, without any doubt. The good news is the House is going to stay in hands of the Republican majority," Paulsen said.
After 77 percent of precincts reported, Barnes called Paulsen to congratulate him on a victory and then released a statement to the press.
"Tonight didn't end as we would've liked, but this campaign has never been about just one election," Barnes said in the statement.
Despite a campaign where Barnes often said Paulsen's voting record reflected the partisanship divide in Congress, Barnes noted that despite their differences, Paulsen has set a good example.
"Erik Paulsen and I don't agree on much, but he's proven time and again that it's possible to disagree on policy without making it personal. Members of both parties in Washington could stand to be a little more like him in that regard."
The Barnes campaign was making calls within an hour of polls closing. High school-age volunteers – including a 17-year-old website master – were stationed in the basement of the campaign's main office in Maple Grove. They had already dialed 13,000 phone numbers up to that point.
Barnes had been up spreading the last-day word since 4:30 a.m., he said, starting with a high-traffic park-and-ride in Eden Prairie.
After stopping by the campaign headquarters, it was off to three state-level DFL "victory parties" before going to the Democratic Party's party in St. Paul for the evening.
Republicans were not too far away, in Bloomington.
Republican party goers were filing into the Hilton, where some individual state and federal candidates set up shop one floor above the main ballroom.
In the ballroom media lined the back wall; campaign signs plastered all four, garnished here and there with abandoned drinks.
Guests watched Fox News' Election Night coverage and booed or cheered as projections turned blue or red.
Guests milling and watching was sometimes interrupted by a costumed musical ensemble, "Da Band', that would slowly but energetically march into the center of the ballroom and play a tune or two.
That celebration ceased with a concession speech from Bills, but was later rejuvenated with Paulsen's victory proclamation.
During his speech, Paulsen did address issues he'd like to face in his next term.
"The truth is Washington has been on the wrong track for far too long, and our country faces some pretty significant challenges," Paulsen said. "Our economy needs a boost to help create and grow jobs.
"There's no doubt that small business needs the confidence and the stability and the predictability to know that they're not going to be buried under new taxes and regulations.
"And we got to work to avoid a debt crisis that is staring this country in the face, and we got to make Washington understand that you can't spend more money than you take in."
Democratic challenger Brian Barnes looks over final campaign points with Nikki Carlson at the Barnes' campaign office in Maple Grove shortly before polls closed on Election Night. (Photo by Paul Groessel – Sun Newspapers)
Da Band enters the ballroom inside Hilton Minneapolis-Bloomington Hotel during the Republican Party's Election Night party on Tuesday night. (Photo by Paul Groessel – Sun Newspapers)


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Marina Owner Offers Iraq Vets Free Fishing on Lake Fork
ATHENS, Texas—Joe Axton spent nine years in the U.S. Marine Corps, and he's heard stories of Vietnam veterans being treated poorly on their return home. Now the owner of Axton's Bass City on Lake Fork, Axton is doing what he can to see the same thing does not happen to military service men and women returning from duty in Iraq.
Axton is offering free accommodations and meals for two days at his motel and marina on Lake Fork for military personnel returning from Iraq and their families. In addition, he will secure the services of a fishing guide for the service member. He will even arrange to pick the party up at DFW Airport and return them after their stay—all at no charge.
Lake Fork is generally regarded as the Mecca of bass fishing, and a guided trip on the lake typically costs $300 a day.
"I have several guides who have already committed to taking the soldiers fishing at no charge, and a number of anglers who fish the lake regularly have also volunteered their services," Axton said. "Guides usually have openings throughout the year, and we will work with the soldiers and guides to book trips whenever they have dates available.
"A lot of people give lip service to supporting the troops, and I felt it was time to do something," Axton added. "My family has always been very patriotic, and we are just carrying on the tradition. I think it will be good for the veterans, and doing it makes me feel good."
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Fiesta Bowl Bound: On-Demand
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- On the eve of the Fiesta Bowl, Oregon Duck fans have plenty to talk about.
KVAL sent Sports Director Tom Ward and reporter Dirk Weishaar to Scottsdale to cover all things Oregon and Kansas State.
The sports team hosted "Fiesta Bowl Bound"; a live, half-hour special covering the Ducks journey to their fourth straight BCS Bowl Game.
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It's a tough job but sometimes being an editor can really pay off. Take, for example, the coming Saturday, Aug. 10, Tomato Festival being planned for the Woodland Farmer's Market in downtown at Heritage Plaza where I have been a food tasting judge for years.
It's a real sacrifice stuffing my face with excellent tomato-based dishes, but I've always thought something was missing. Now, Mojo's Lounge has supplied the answer: Bloody Mary's. It will be the first "Best of Yolo County Bloody Mary Competition." The event is planned from 2 to 4 p.m., at Mojo's Lounge, 428 First St., and part of my job will be to taste the creations of bartenders from throughout Yolo County. Patrons will also get to taste too.
I don't know who else will be serving as a celebrity judge, but it should be a fun event. It should be a fulfilling day overall. Fortunately, I've never met a tomato I didn't like, even if it's mixed with vodka.
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Bruce Maiman is a former radio show host who now writes an occasional column for the Sacramento Bee. On Tuesday, Maiman wrote about former UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike's seeking workers' compensation over the now infamous pepper-spraying of UCDavis students and staff in 2011. My e-mail in-box has been deluged with stories about Pike's claim, which is about compensation for psychiatric injury he says he suffered after the spraying where he was threatened, and then losing his job.
Maiman makes some excellent arguments about why, basically, Pike should simply go out and get a job. Pike made the decision to violate orders from his superiors and used a pepper-spray for which he had no training against those who posed no threat.
"Whether you think Pike was right or wrong, or whether you think the students were right or wrong, it's irrelevant," writes Maiman. "This is about someone making a workers' comp claim. All that matters in assessing the merits of that claim at next month's settlement conference in Sacramento is the official record, not your opinion."
Maiman poses the question of whether a person should get workers' comp if he's been fired for insubordination? That also raises the question of accepting personal responsibility and the consequences of one's actions. There are a number of other arguments he makes, but it comes down to paying a person for violating orders would set a precedent because "You'd no longer have an inducement to do the right thing. It's a precedent that says you can do the wrong thing on the job - any job - and still be compensated. Anyone think that's a good idea?"
I'm one of those agree with Maiman, who say it would be a bad idea, a very bad idea.
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It was nice seeing those Korean War veterans honored by the Sacramento River Cats baseball team last week in West Sacramento. It was a great gesture.
What I didn't know until recently, however, is that the River Cats are the country's most valuable minor league team.
According to Forbes magazine, the AAA team tops a 2013 list in terms of value: $38 million. The top 20 list also notes the Oakland Athletic-affiliated team's revenue is $14 million and operating income is $7.1 million. Taking second is the Pacific Coast League team, Round Rock Express, which is partly owned by Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. The Round Rock team is valued at $35 million.
"The River Cats command some of (minor league baseball's) highest-priced ticket options, helping them lead all minor league teams in ticket revenue despite attendance being down last year," according to Forbes. "The team gets $750,000 per year for the naming rights to Raley Field."


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Low Plains season opened Sept. 9, High Plains Sept. 16
What a difference a few days can make. A few weeks ago, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reported that wetlands in central and northwest Kansas were in dire straits due to lack of rainfall. One of the agency's premier wetlands -- Cheyenne Bottoms , near Great Bend -- was nearly dry.
All that changed in mid-August when up to 8 inches of rain fell in the rainwater basin west of Cheyenne Bottoms, filling the wetland and making the prospects for the opening of early teal season bright. As the Bottoms fills, the outlook is good, and improving as more water enters the basin through the inlet canal.
Nearby Quivira National Wildlife Refuge , in Stafford County, also received good rainfall and is reporting that all pools now have water. However, the rainfall was spotty. Wetland conditions at most areas in northcentral and northwestern Kansas remain dry. Consult the KDWP website for weekly updated waterfowl reports on these and other areas of the state.
The September early teal season is Sept. 9 - 24 in the Low Plains (east of U. S. 283), and Sept. 16 - 23 in the High Plains (west of U. S. 283).
Hunters who plan to hunt public waterfowl areas should consult the waterfowl reports on the KDWP webite, or phone the KDWP office nearest the area they plan to hunt to check water conditions before going afield.


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For all practical intents and purposes, being a Buddhist means that one will quite likely be a loser in worldly terms. Not necessarily a doormat, but quite likely a loser.
There is a real, visible, measurable worldly price that one has to be willing to pay for practicing Buddhism.
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In honor of Veteran's Day, Realtors® gathered today at an educational session during the 2012 Realtors® Conference and Expo to learn about valuable tools and resources to assist active duty military and veterans with their housing transitions and help them achieve and sustain homeownership.
2013 will mark the 100th year members of the National Association of Realtors® have subscribed to a strict Code of Ethics. Though the real estate industry itself has evolved over the past century, NAR's core values and commitment to excellence have remained constant.
All-cash buyers have surged since the housing downturn while the typical amount of time it takes to sell a home is shrinking, revealing the changing dynamics of today's home buyers and sellers.
As more home buyers, sellers and investors rely on social media and online resources for real estate information, Realtors® understand the importance of engaging in this space. To that end, Realtors® at today's Raise your Social Media Marketing to the Next Level session at the 2012 Realtors® Conference and Expo learned strategies to enhance their social business and digital engagement and methods to incorporate new outlets into their marketing mix.
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Dual income households are comprising a greater portion of the housing market and helping sales recover, according to an annual study released today.
The commercial real estate market continues to recover at a sluggish pace. However, commercial real estate remains a solid investment, according to NAR.
Government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remain focused on supporting the ongoing housing market recovery while laying the groundwork for a better future housing finance system.
The last Realtors® Conference and Expo in Orlando took place in 2008. Four years later, the housing market is on the road to recovery, but obstacles remain.
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Yesterday I visited a meditationgroup nearby. I was there two or three times before. The owner of the house where the group meets is a satipatthana-vipassana "fan". He gave me a text about the 16 Stufen der Einsicht (16 Stages of Insight). It's from a german handout called "Lotusblätter". In general is quite similar.
Is there any refrence of such stages in the nikayas or is it completely the experience of vipassana meditation teachers?
I wonder about it, because I find it strange that I've never read about those stages.
What did the Buddha say about it? And if he didn't say something about it, why?
What do you think?
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Zunino's big blast clinches series for Mariners
Ackley hits two-run bomb of his own in see-saw finale
CLEVELAND -- Lloyd McClendon is learning something about his Mariners these days -- learning they can take a punch and fight back.
This time it was catcher Mike Zunino supplying the retaliatory blow with a two-run homer in the eighth inning as Seattle topped the Indians, 6-5, to win Thursday's series finale at Progressive Field.
"We've done that all year," McClendon said. "We've been knocked down time and time again and we seem to keep getting up. Tonight's effort didn't surprise me at all."
A night after getting shut out on three hits and just 85 pitches by Indians ace Corey Kluber, the Mariners knocked right-hander Zach McAllister out after 3 1/3 innings in taking a 4-1 lead, then had to bounce back late after Cleveland regained the lead.
But McClendon said his hitters had the same approach, just better success, after running into one of the American League's hottest pitchers a night earlier.
"The guy last night had Cy Young stuff. That's what people don't understand," McClendon said. "Sometimes it's not the hitters. The guys on the mound, they drive Mercedes Benzes, too. He was good. This guy left some pitches in the middle of the plate and we took advantage of them."
Seattle had lost six straight at Progressive Field coming into the series, but it took two of three and stayed three games back of the Blue Jays in the race for the final AL Wild Card spot.
"Especially after we took the lead and then got down again and were able to come back and get the win, that's huge," said left fielder Dustin Ackley, who contributed his own two-run home run in the third inning. "For our offense to come out showing we can score and put some runs up, it's a good win."
Ackley got the Mariners started with his shot to right field in a three-run third inning, and Zunino lifted Seattle back into the lead with his own blast to left in the eighth, which moved him into first on the team with 17 homers for the season.
Zunino has three home runs in his last four games, including a pair that just cleared the 18-foot high fence down the left-field line at Progressive Field.
"It is a nice little porch over there in left," Zunino said with a smile, "but I'm just getting enough to get 'em over. That's all I'm trying to do."
The Mariners spotted veteran right-hander Chris Young a 4-1 lead, but the Indians pulled back into a tie as Young lasted just 5 1/3 innings while allowing four runs on seven hits. Young was shooting for his 10th win of the season, a level he hasn't hit since 2006 with the Padres, but instead took a no-decision to remain 9-6 with a 3.19 ERA.
"He didn't have his best stuff," McClendon said. "It wasn't coming out the greatest tonight. But I'll tell you what, he's gutsy and he battled. He gave us everything he had, he just ran out of gas."
"We won the game and the guys picked me up," Young said. "I wasn't sharp tonight, I fell behind too many hitters. But the guys showed the character of our club and kept battling. Zunino had the big swing late. It was a great win for us, a great series. Hopefully we'll build some momentum from this."
Ackley's home run was his first since May 11 -- and fifth of the season. The 359-foot poke gave Seattle a 3-1 lead, and Robinson Cano added another run moments later with his 400th career double, driving in rookie shortstop Chris Taylor.
Taylor lifted his average to .353 after five games with a 2-for-5 night while also making an excellent diving stop in the sixth on an infield single by David Murphy to keep a runner at second before reliever Dominic Leone finished off that frame.
Seattle used six relievers, with Joe Beimel getting the win to improve to 3-1 as he finished off the seventh inning. Fernando Rodney cleaned up in the ninth for his AL-leading 30th save.
Kendrys Morales doubled to lead off the second inning -- his first extra-base hit since being acquired by trade from the Twins last week -- and scored the game's first run.
The Mariners added two more players -- outfielders Austin Jackson and Chris Denorfia -- just prior to Thursday's non-waiver Trade Deadline, and the intent is clear. The club is pushing for a playoff berth, and the players know what's at stake.
"There are a couple guys in this clubhouse we'll lose, and I love everybody in here and appreciate the work everyone has done," Young said. "Hopefully we'll see those guys again. But I'm also extremely excited about the two guys we got. I played with Chris Denorfia in San Diego and he's a great guy, a great teammate and will be a great addition. And Austin Jackson is a fantastic player. So it's in our hands. We have to go out and make this work and get the job done."
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The International Museum of the Horse presents a new concept in special exhibitions with its opening of Equine Treasures of the Bluegrass. Utilizing the museum's permanent exhibits and collections as its framework, as well as art and artifacts from some of the Commonwealth's leading museums, libraries and private collectors, the exhibit is the most comprehensive exhibition ever produced telling the fascinating story of the mystical bond between Kentuckians and their horses.
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It looks like Snooki's son Lorenzo is about to have a new friend. That's because her best friend Jenni "JWoww" Farley is pregnant!
JWoww, 27, announced the happy news that she and fiancé Roger Matthews, 37, are expecting on her personal website on Christmas Day, posting a message to her fans along with a greeting card that contained her ultrasound. She then tweeted out a link to the exciting news.
Santa brought Roger and I the best gift of all... http://t.co/7MENFiXxIl ???— JWOWW (@JENNIWOWW) December 25, 2013
"Merry Christmas from within!" JWoww's note began. "Roger and I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas gift this year! We wanted to share this exciting news with you all first because you have been a part of our lives these past few years and seen the love between Roger and me develop and blossom. We are so excited to share this new chapter of our lives with you as we become parents and create more memories with a new addition to our family! Thank you for all your love and support and for being there for us throughout the years! We are extremely happy and cannot wait for our bundle of joy to arrive!"
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Snooki was quick to tweet her reaction:
IM SO EXCITED MY BEST FRIEND @JENNIWOWW IS PREGNANT! Finally we can be MOMS together ?????? love you boo! I got you ?— Nicole Polizzi (@snooki) December 25, 2013
JWoww and Roger have been engaged since September 2012. Following the end of their hit MTV show, "Jersey Shore," JWoww has starred in the successful spin-off show "JWoww and Snooki," which is currently airing its third season.
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gendun wrote:I hardly think that the struggle that women have mounted to be seen as autominous functioning citizens in their own right, able to choose their own roles and life styles and vocations, amounts to " conventions "..
If this really represents the position that the Theravada is seriously proposing to import into the west then it is doomed to remain a small self enclosed cult. Like the Shakers or Mennonites
Maybe thats OK with you.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:If you want to practice the Dhamma as taught by the Lord Buddha you are free to do so. If you choose to practice your own beliefs you are free to do so. Just be clear about what you're doing.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:This is what I would say Gendun:
If you want to practice the Dhamma as taught by the Lord Buddha you are free to do so. If you choose to practice your own beliefs you are free to do so. Just be clear about what you're doing.
gendun wrote:But the socio/political position of gay and lesbian Buddhists..or single parent Buddhists, or Buddhists married to non Buddhists are not covered by the Buddha's injunctions Khalil Bodhi.
So in regard to these specifics social mores in relationship terms.... neither conventional interpretations of Dhamma nor subjective ideas are of use.
These lifestyle variations are evolving as we speak.there is no precedent.
yawares wrote:Dear Members,
Buddha's advice/dhamma truly work for my family, my husband/daughter love me so very much. We love/trust each other. We have happy family-life. That's why we so love the Buddhas/Dhamma
Husband and Wife
According to Buddhist teaching, in a marriage, the husband can expect the following qualities from his wife:
— love
— attentiveness
— family obligations
— faithfulness
— child-care
— thrift
— the provision of meals
— to calm him down when he is upset
— sweetness in everything
In return, the wife's expectation from husband is:
— tenderness
— courtesy
— sociability
— security
— fairness
— loyalty
— honesty
— good companionship
— moral support
Apart from these emotional and sensual aspects, the couple will have to take care of day-to-day living conditions, family budget and social obligations. Thus, mutual consultations between the husband and wife on all family problems would help to create an atmosphere of trust and understanding in resolving whatever issues that may arise.
The Husband
The Buddha, in reply to a householder as to how a husband should minister to his wife declared that the husband should always honor and respect his wife, by being faithful to her, by giving her the requisite authority to manage domestic affairs and by giving her befitting ornaments. This advice, given over twenty five centuries ago, still stands good for today.
Knowing the psychology of the man who tends to consider himself superior, the Buddha made a remarkable change and uplifted the status of a woman by a simple suggestion that a husband should honor and respect his wife. A husband should be faithful to his wife, which means that a husband should fulfill and maintain his marital obligations to his wife thus sustaining the confidence in the marital relationship in every sense of the word. The husband, being a bread-winner, would invariably stay away from home, hence he should entrust the domestic or household duties to the wife who should be considered as the keeper and the distributor of the property and the home economic-administrator. The provision of befitting ornaments to the wife should be symbolic of the husband's love, care and attention showered on the wife. This symbolic practice has been carried out from time immemorial in Buddhist communities.
Love Buddha's dhamma
gendun wrote:Even if we view it as a way to somehow improve samsara how do fixed gender roles enforced by threat of hell for naughty women aid that ?
Please tell me that the Theravada view of social roles is not in a state of arrested development circa 1960. " Sweetness in all things " yuk yuk yuk.
A hundred years of feminism is not about to be set aside in order to incorporate the conventions of an obsolete culture.
Do none of you actually know any western women ?
"In five ways, young householder, should a wife as the West be ministered to by a husband:
(i) by being courteous to her, (ii) by not despising her, (iii) by being faithful to her, (iv) by handing over authority to her, (v) by providing her with adornments.
"The wife thus ministered to as the West by her husband shows her compassion to her husband in five ways:
(i) she performs her duties well, (ii) she is hospitable to relations and attendants[10] (iii) she is faithful, (iv) she protects what he brings, (v) she is skilled and industrious in discharging her duties.
"In these five ways does the wife show her compassion to her husband who ministers to her as the West. Thus is the West covered by him and made safe and secure.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:If you want to practice the Dhamma as taught by the Lord Buddha you are free to do so. If you choose to practice your own beliefs you are free to do so. Just be clear about what you're doing.
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