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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Florida Highway Patrol troopers say they're trying to determine what entrance onto Interstate 275 a driver took to end up going the wrong way and crashing into a car carrying four University of South Florida students.
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All five died in the Sunday morning crash.
According to a report, 21-year-old Jobin Joy Kuriakose (pictured above) was driving down I-275 with passengers Ankeet Harshad Patel, 22, Dammie Yesudhas, 21, and Imityaz Ilias, 20. Another vehicle, driven by a man who has yet to be identified, collided head-on with Kuriakose's car in the center lane just north of the Busch Boulevard exit.
The vehicle driven by the unidentified man subsequently caught fire and became engulfed. That driver died at the scene of the crash and has not been identified.
Kuriakose, Patel, Ilias and Yesudhas, also sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene of the crash. They were all students at the University of South Florida.
"From our fraternity our prayers go out, these were great guys they meant a lot to us. Meant a lot to our chapter," said Jigar Patel, USF Sigma Beta Rho Fraternity Alumni Advisor.
Patel and Yesudhas were both from Melbourne and Kuriokose was from Orlando.
USF is offering grief counseling to students.
"Our hearts are heavy at the loss of such bright, energetic and optimistic young people who had promising futures ahead of them; to have their lives cut tragically short betrays our sense of fairness and security," said USF President Judy Genshaft. "Now is the time when our faith and the support of those closest to us can sustain us, and should in tribute to their spirit of friendship and brotherhood."
A call for donations for the families of the students raised nearly $50,000 in just two days.
The school's Sigma Beta Rho chapter will conduct an on-campus memorial service on Thursday.
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Like the monster in a horror movie, the issue of "competitive balance" in Ohio high school sports has refused to die for years.
It took four years of trying and some complicated formulas to do it, but the Ohio High School Athletic Association finally got a competitive balance measure passed in May.
OHSAA member high school principals voted 411-323 to approve the "adjusted enrollment counts" system. This vote passed by a much wider margin than the previous three referendums failed.
What's my take on the passage? I honestly believed there wasn't much wrong with Ohio's current system, which sets its divisions based on the total number of boys and girls attending a high school in grades 9 to 11.
However, if the choice was this hybrid system or the other option -- full separation of public and private schools -- call me a fan of adjustment enrollment counts.
The system is complicated, but here's the basic breakdown:
It starts with the current enrollment figures from each school to create an "initial enrollment count."
Before each football, volleyball, soccer, basketball, baseball and softball season, schools will submit an initial roster count for all participants in each sport in grades nine through 12. These counts will be due between week one and week three of the regular season.
Every participant will then be assigned a designation: Level 0, Level 1 or Level Sport Specific Factor.
Level 0 students' parents will have lived in the same school district since seventh grade. For private schools, the students will have attended designated feeder schools since seventh grade.
LEVEL 1 students attended the same school district since seventh grade, but either do not live in the school district or did not attend the private schools' feeder school continuously since seventh grade.
Level 2 students are those who have not attended the same school continuously since seventh grade. This factor will basically cover all transfers, move-ins and students who attended a public middle school before enrolling at a private school.
Level 2 students will be assigned a multiplier: Two for football, five for volleyball, basketball, baseball and softball and six for soccer. These numbers will be added to generate an "additional roster count."
Adding the initial enrollment count to the additional roster count will generate a school-adjusted enrollment count in each team sport. The adjusted count will determine the division in each sport.
Sound like a lot of accounting? It is, but there is a method to this madness.
The net effect of the system will be to bump private schools which draw students from a wide area into higher divisions. Walsh Jesuit is a local example.
However, this system also will force high-ranking public school programs to bump up if they draw students from other districts (or get private school students to transfer in).
I feel this system is an equitable way to handle athletic success rather than just automatically bumping up private schools' numbers.
What do I see as the biggest flaw in the athletic count system? The fact that it doesn't apply to more than half of OHSAA's sponsored sports.
The current divisional enrollment system will remain in place for cross country, golf, tennis, wrestling, bowling, swimming and track and field.
FIELD HOCKEY, ice hockey and gymnastics still have only one division in Ohio.
Is there less of competitive balance in swimming (St. Xavier with 32 state titles, Hawken girls with 24) or wrestling (St. Edward with 28 state titles) than the other sports?
It's a bit irksome that any imbalances in these sports aren't being addressed, but the ones in the "revenue sports" are.
One other effect is that we won't know which teams will play in which playoff division until midway through the season. This could wreak havoc with the computer points system used for football playoffs, but we'll see.
It's going to take time to get all of this in place. Thankfully, the new enrollment system won't become the standard until fall 2016.
And even when it goes live, how much will this system really change Ohio high school sports? I predict not much.
St. Ignatius, Walsh Jesuit and the Cincinnati-area Catholic schools are still going to draw in students from a wide area.
School districts in places like Hudson, Westlake and Upper Arlington will continue to have a socioeconomic advantage over inner-city schools.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: There will never be a competitive balance in high school sports. That's because the OHSAA isn't the NFL, nor should it be.
I wish the OHSAA would focus less on competitive balance and more on increasing participation numbers. High school athletes are the last true amateurs in America.
We need to concentrate on letting them be kids -- not the fairest way to help them win championships.
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How the mighty have fallen. There was a time when Mel Gibson was one of the most charming, successful and appealing movie stars in the world. As a gritty action star in two internationally successful action series (Mad Max, Lethal Weapon) and a proven dramatic actor and Oscar-winning filmmaker for Braveheart, Mel Gibson was born with the looks of a classic movie star and blessed with the talent to back it up.
Unfortunately, the fallout from two troubling incidents -- an anti-Semitic outburst during a DUI arrest in 2006 and several hate-filled audio conversations in 2010 -- have left permanent scars on a career that was once untouchable. If his fellow Hollywood bad seeds like Tom Cruise and Lindsay Lohan are only having bad career days, Mel Gibson is experiencing what you might call a living career nightmare. Can he wake up?
Unfortunately, the fallout from two troubling incidents -- an anti-Semitic outburst during a DUI arrest in 2006 and several hate-filled audio conversations in 2010 -- have left permanent scars on a career that was once untouchable. If his fellow Hollywood bad seeds like Tom Cruise and Lindsay Lohan are only having bad career days, Mel Gibson is experiencing what you might call a living career nightmare. Can he wake up?
AppealA past selection by People as the Sexiest Man Alive, Mel Gibson's on-screen machismo and movie star looks made him major movie hunk material for a plethora of women. When he starred in his first romantic comedy, What Women Want, it gave even more women the chance to imagine dating him. Ironically, for the most of the duration of Mel's fame, he was married and unavailable, as per his 1980 nuptials to Robyn Moore, an Australian dental nurse with whom he had seven children. They divorced a little bit less than 30 years later.
The handsome, charming hunk -- and playful on-set prankster -- labels that were attached to Mel Gibson for so long have dissipated in the aftermath of his post-marriage relationship with Russian beauty Oksana Grigorieva. Restraining order filings, domestic violence investigations and damning dirty laundry (by way of taped phone arguments) have all but robbed Gibson of his sex symbol status. While every relationship -- especially in Hollywood -- has two stories to tell, what we know so far can't be good for Gibson's future relationship prospects or his image with female fans. If he once was What Women Want, he's now the new poster boy for What Women Hate.
SuccessFrom a straight-up entertainment and business standpoint, Mel Gibson has done just about everything right that a movie star and successful director can do. His movie roles -- typified by franchises like the Mad Max films, the Lethal Weapon series and individual blockbusters like Ransom and Signs -- have collectively grossed a staggering $2 billion in American box office receipts. His directing achievements like Braveheart and the self-financed The Passion of the Christ have garnered Oscar buzz, earned astounding financial returns and ignited controversy -- a dream combination for many directors.
In his personal life, Mel Gibson has done just about everything he can to sabotage his career -- which is why we can no longer deem him as successful as his achievements make him out to be. After appearing to successfully play down the religious controversy that accompanied the release of The Passion of the Christ, he was at the center of a nasty drunk driving arrest in 2006 that painted him with an uncomfortable racist brush and branded "sugar t*ts" as the new intoxicated celebrity catchphrase du jour. A stalled comeback in Edge of Darkness was followed by the release of recorded phone conversations that paint a disturbing portrait of a scary, angry man that Hollywood is afraid to touch and movie audiences may not wish to see on screen ever again.
Mel Gibson BiographyLong before he would become a hot box office commodity and then later the broken star of his own real-life melodrama, Mel Gibson spent the first 12 years of his life in New York City. With little family background in performance, except for his grandmother's history as an opera singer, Mel Gibson didn't enter the arts until after his family moved to Australia following his father's work accident and subsequent injury claim in 1968.
Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Art provided Mel Gibson with his classical acting training and theater exposure in Shakespearean plays like Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. His film debut would come in 1977 with a small role that netted him $250 in Summer City, a locally produced film that mixed Australian surfers with murder. From there, he would continue his acting education at Adelaide's State Theatre Company and take home the Australian Film Institute's Best Actor in a Leading Role honors for Tim, in which he portrayed the mentally challenged character of the title.
mel gibson stars in mad max and lethal weaponIf 1979's Tim brought Mel Gibson acting credibility, it was another effort that same year that would bring him box office clout and pave the way for international stardom. As the title hero in Mad Max, Mel Gibson became the face of a franchise that followed an enforcer enacting justice in a brutal post-apocalyptic vision of Australia. The film became one of the most popular films in Australian history and the appeal of its 1981 sequel, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, sped across international borders, establishing Mel Gibson as a global action star. At the same time, Mel Gibson would take on a series of well-received dramatic roles in Gallipoli and The Year of Living Dangerously for director Peter Weir.
Two years after the 1985 sequel, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mel Gibson jump-started another successful franchise -- this time in America. As Martin Riggs, the crazy loose cannon to Danny Glover's Roger Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson was instrumental in bringing big action and big business back to the buddy action-comedy genre. While no one would ever mistake Lethal Weapon and its three subsequent sequels for Oscar-caliber material, the franchise delivered top-notch escapist entertainment to fans who were craving it. Outside of Lethal Weapon, Mel Gibson's output ranged from formulaic (Bird on a Wire with Goldie Hawn) and curious (Hamlet as the title character) to fun (Maverick with Jodie Foster), often with strong box office returns.
mel gibson makes braveheart and the passion of the christAfter making his directorial debut with 1993's The Man Without a Face and the formation of his own film company, Icon Productions, Mel Gibson directed and starred in the 1995 historical epic, Braveheart. In reenacting the story of Scottish hero William Wallace, Gibson created his most critically acclaimed film to date and at the peak of awards season, he walked away with the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director. After becoming the talk of the Oscars, he returned to strictly acting projects like the kidnapping thriller Ransom for Ron Howard, the paranoia drama Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts, the historical drama The Patriot with Heath Ledger, and the sci-fi entry Signs with Joaquin Phoenix.
In 2004, Mel Gibson returned to directing for his most personal film, The Passion of the Christ. Bankrolled entirely from his own pocket, the intense cinematic portrait of Jesus Christ would become the highest-grossing film of Mel Gibson's career and it received three Academy Award nominations. Though the film was widely praised, it also brought with it a high degree of controversy for elements that more critical observers felt were anti-Semitic in nature.
mel gibson's dui arrest and attempted comeback in edge of darknessThe box office of The Passion of the Christ was louder than the controversy that came with it, but in 2006, his next PR hit became one of the year's biggest stories. Having battled problems with alcohol since his teen years, Mel Gibson fell off the wagon in Malibu and was pulled over by officers for driving at nearly twice the speed limit with an open container of tequila as his passenger.
Besides failing a Breathalyser test and providing a mugshot that rivaled Nick Nolte's, Mel Gibson was heard spouting a series of anti-Semitic remarks to the arresting officer. For his poor choices, he received three years of probation, and attempted to undo some of the damage through interviews with Diane Sawyer and apologies to Jewish organizations. He released his next directorial effort, Apocalypto, later that year before continuing his hiatus from acting for four more years.
In 2010, Mel Gibson attempted a career revival with a return to acting in the revenge thriller, Edge of Darkness. With a role that was well-suited to his acting style and a return to his rough-and-tumble characters of old, the film had the elements to be a career comeback, but audiences weren't buying what Mel Gibson was selling. The movie fizzled at the box office and it wasn't helped by combative media interviews where Gibson called one reporter an "a**hole" and mocked another one -- all for making reference to his 2006 DUI incident. It would only get worse from there.
when mel gibson met oksana grigorievaFollowing a messy separation and child custody dispute with his girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, Mel Gibson's career went into full crisis mode when tapes were leaked containing a series of hate-filled rants from the actor to his ex. While 2009's Stormy Celebrity Sound Byte champion Christian Bale was clearly caught up in the moment and not beyond a fair share of unintentional humor in his secret recording, Mel Gibson's rants were aggressively racist and sexist in nature, with a tone that veered between dead serious, extremely agitated and genuinely frightening. Between allegedly making violent threats, admitting to physical abuse and uttering racist comments that any race would find offensive, Mel Gibson managed to upset just about everyone with the rants. As the release of the tapes continued, so did a police investigation into the matter and a possible prosecution against Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva (for extortion) or both.
With two more films due for release -- The Beaver for former costar and director Jodie Foster and the crime drama How I Spent My Summer Vacation -- it remains to be seen whether these movies will ever see the light of day in theaters and whether Mel Gibson may be permanently entrenched in the depths of career failure and facing a prison sentence in due time.
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Inspired by Martin Dickie's ginger nuts (we were very hungover) I decided I wanted to brew an imperial stout with ginger. And chocolate. And then mature it in whisky casks for a year.You may say that's showing off. I say it was cruising for a fall. As I kept chucking handfuls of crystallised ginger and Belgian chocolate drops into the copper when Nick Otley wasn't looking (unaware that Nick was doing the same when I wasn't looking) I was genuinely worried it wouldn't work.
For ten months, some of this beer sat in bourbon barrels and some in mead barrels. Nick finally tasted it last weekend and after he stopped saying 'wow!' (which took a while) he said it was pitch black, and very warming.
Tomorrow you get a chance to see if we pulled it off or whether I should stick to writing rather than brewing. Odessa Imperial Stout is launching in four London pubs, and Nick and I are touring them to give it a try in each one. Each pub gets either the whisky or the mead finish, randomly chosen. So if you can, it's worth trying at least three pubs. The beer will of course be on sale all day until it runs out. But if you want to see me or Nick (save the difficult questions for him) our rough timetable is as follows:
I'll be tweeting events for as long as I can focus. Though after the first couple of pints of this stuff, I may well ask someone to take my phone off me.
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CAIRO (AP) -- A new eruption of political violence in Egypt over the weekend left more than 50 people dead, deepening the malaise as the Islamist president struggles to get a grip on enormous social and economic problems and the increasingly dangerous fault lines that divide this nation of 85 million.
In an ominous sign, a one-time jihadist group on Sunday blamed the secular opposition for the violence and threatened to set up vigilante militias to defend the government it supports.
The Mediterranean coastal city of Port Said, about 140 miles northeast of Cairo, saw some of the worst violence since Hosni Mubarak's ouster nearly two years ago. Clashes flared anew on Sunday, killing seven more people and pushing the two day death toll for riots in the city to 44.
Tens of thousands of mourners poured into the streets for a mass funeral for most of the 37 people who died on Saturday, the worst day of clashes. Mourners chanted against Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
"We are now dead against Morsi," said Port Said activist Amira Alfy. "We will not rest now until he goes and we will not take part in the next parliamentary elections. Port Said has risen and will not allow even a semblance of normalcy to come back," she said.�
Violence in the city erupted on Saturday after a court convicted and sentenced 21 defendants to death for their roles in a mass soccer riot in a Port Said stadium on Feb. 1, 2012 that left 74 dead. Most of those sentenced to death were local soccer fans from Port Said, deepening a sense of persecution that Port Said's residents have felt since the stadium disaster, the worst soccer violence ever in Egypt.
The riots there stemmed mostly from animosity between police and die-hard Egyptian soccer fans, known as Ultras, who have become highly politicized. The Ultras frequently confront police and were also part of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak's regime two years ago.
They were also at the forefront of protests against the military rulers who took over from Mubarak and are now again on the front lines of protests against the Morsi, the country's first freely elected leader.
At least 11 more people were killed in protests elsewhere in the country on Friday, when hundreds of thousands staged rallies across much of the country on the second anniversary of the popular uprising that toppled Mubarak. The violence in Port Said brought the toll for three days to 53 dead.
The violence flared only a month after a prolonged crisis -- punctuated by violence -- over the new constitution. Ten died in that round of unrest and hundreds were injured.
With each new crisis, the rifts in the country deepen and lay the ground for even more trouble ahead while a simmering economic crisis grows more dire.
A prominent Islamist leader delivered a thinly veiled warning that Islamist groups would set up militia-like vigilante groups to protect public and state property against attacks.
Addressing a news conference, Tareq el-Zomr of the once-jihadist Gamaa Islamiya, said:
"If Security forces don't achieve security, it will be the right of the Egyptian people and we at the forefront to set up popular committees to protect private and public property and counter the aggression on innocent citizens."
The threat by el-Zomr was accompanied by his charge that the mostly secular and liberal opposition was responsible for the deadly violence of the past few days, setting the stage for possible bloody clashes between protesters and Islamist militiamen. The opposition denies the charge.
Legal expert Hoda Nasrallah said the violence in Port Said over a court ruling, indicated a growing lack of confidence by Egyptians in the courts system at a time when Morsi and his Islamist supporters worked to undermine the judiciary. said
"There is the violence that has grown common after the revolution, but there is also Morsi's lack of respect for the independence of the judiciary which is feeding distrust of the judiciary," said Nasrallah.
Islamists in November and December laid siege to the country's highest court in anticipation of a ruling against the legality of the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament and a panel drafting a new constitution at the time. Before that, Islamists had repeatedly staged sit-ins outside courts and assaulted opposition lawyers when judges held hearings on political cases.
There was also a funeral in Cairo for two policemen killed in the Port Said violence a day earlier. Several policemen grieving for their colleagues heckled Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim, who is in charge of the force, when he arrived for their funeral, according to witnesses.
The angry officers screamed at the minister that he was only at the funeral for the TV cameras -- a highly unusual show of dissent in Egypt, where the police force maintains military-like discipline.
Ibrahim hurriedly left and the funeral proceeded without him, a sign that the prestige of the state and its top executives were diminishing.
In Port Said, mourners chanted "There is no God but Allah," and "Morsi is God's enemy" as the funeral procession made its way through the city after prayers for the dead at the city's Mariam Mosque. Women clad in black led the chants, which were quickly picked up by the rest of the mourners.
There were no police or army troops in sight. But the funeral procession briefly halted after gunfire rang out. Security officials said the gunfire came from several mourners who opened fire at the Police Club next to the cemetery.
Activists, however, said the gunfire first came from inside the army club, which is also close to the cemetery. Some of the mourners returned fire, which drew more shots as well as tear gas, according to witnesses. They, together with the officials, spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation in the city on the Mediterranean at the northern tip of the Suez Canal.
The seven were killed when police exchanged fire with gunmen trying to storm two police stations and the local prison, according to the city's director of hospitals, Abdel-Rahman Farah. A total of 630 people were injured, some of them with gunshot wounds, he said.
Survivors and witnesses of the Port Said soccer melee blame Mubarak loyalists for the violence, saying they had a hand in instigating the killings. The troubles erupted after Port Said's home team Al-Masry beat Cairo's Al-Ahly 3-1. Some witnesses said "hired thugs" wearing green T-shirts and posing as Al-Masry fans led the attacks.
Other witnesses said at the very least, police were responsible for gross negligence in the soccer violence, which killed 74 people, most of them Al-Ahly fans.
Anger at police was evident in Port Said, home to most of the 73 men accused of involvement in the bloodshed. Of those, 21 were convicted of murder charges on Saturday and the court is to rule on the remainder of the defendants in March.
In Port Said on Sunday, army troops backed by armored vehicles staked out positions at key government facilities to protect state interests and try to restore order.
The military issued a statement urging Port Said residents to exercise restraint and protect public property, but also warning that troops would deal "firmly" with anyone who "terrorizes" citizens or infringes upon the nation's security and stability.
Rioters on Saturday attacked the prison where the defendants were being held and tried to storm police stations and government offices around the city. Health officials say at least 37 people were killed, including two policemen, in rioting on Saturday.
In Cairo, clashes broke out for the fourth straight day on Sunday, with protesters and police outside two landmark, Nile-side hotels near central Tahrir Square, birthplace of the 2011 uprising. Police fired tear gas while protesters pelted them with rocks.
The clashes show how turmoil was deepening in Egypt nearly seven months after Morsi took office. Critics say Morsi has failed to carry out promised reforms of the judiciary and police, and claim little has improved in the two years since the uprising.
At the heart of the rising opposition toward Morsi's government is a newly adopted constitution, which was ratified in a nationwide referendum.
Opponents claim the document has an Islamist slant. It was drafted hurriedly by the president's allies without the participation of representatives of liberals and minority Christians on the panel that wrote the charter.
Protesters on the streets this past week demanded the formation of a national unity government, early presidential elections and amendments to disputed clauses in the constitution.
Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist group from which he hails, counter that the opposition was seeking to overturn the results of democratic and free elections. The Brotherhood, a well-organized and established political group in Egypt for decades, has emerged as by far the most powerful force in post-Mubarak Egypt.


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How to cope with Valentine's Day
Chris Harrison and Patti Stanger give their thoughts on how to deal with the holiday.
Harrison: "They've made it such an expensive, ridiculous holiday, so I don't appreciate that, but I still appreciate the holiday and I think, sure it should be celebrated, but I think you can do it simple and still keep it just as special and meaningful whether its cooking at home, you know flowers, a little gift, a little token. I don't think it has to be this insanely big deal. I like simple, but that's just me, that's how I like my relationships anyway."
Stanger: "If you forget Valentine's Day, be prepared to be dumped. ... Just think of the things you like to do and then add food and alcohol, and if you can add a setting like an outdoor experience, or a fun place if you like dancing, go for it. ... If you're single, you need to get the hell out. It's Friday night, it's hunting night and everyone's going to be out. Just make sure where you're going is not a couples hangout."
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It's Valentine's Day and love is on the air.
It's high season for reality dating shows "The Bachelor" and "The Millionaire Matchmaker," where the lonely hearts are lovely and the rendezvous extravagant.
And now, after years of playing Cupid in Southern California, the hosts of the two popular shows are sharing their secrets to help would-be Valentines put down the remote and get into a relationship.
With more than 10 years under his belt hosting ABC's "The Bachelor," Chris Harrison has seen four contestants walk down the aisle — not to mention countless breakups. Through it all, he's been paying attention.
"The people that come on the show and are successful — and it doesn't mean the relationship will be successful, but the people that are successful in looking for one, anyway — first and foremost know themselves. They are at a point in their lives where they understand who they are, where they are and what they're looking for," Harrison says.
"I think Sean (Season 17's bachelor) is a perfect example of that... he knew exactly what he was looking for and he found his perfect match in Catherine. Whereas some of those other girls seemed like a good option, really they weren't for his life."
Love, L.A. Style
Harrison, who lives in the Los Angeles area and films part of the show here, says the city's dating scene is the toughest he's ever experienced, in part because of its sprawling borders and multiple events that make it seem less personable than other cities.
Which is why he says it's important for people on and off screen to put themselves out there.
"Being able to put yourself out there and be open to not just what you're usually looking for, but be open to meeting everyone," Harrison says.
"That's something I see a lot on our show, someone will come in and on a basic level say 'I usually date Southern blondes,' or whatever, and inevitably they thank us for introducing them to people that they normally wouldn't have dated."
Unlike Harrison, Patti Stanger, the host of "Millionaire Matchmaker" considers L.A. as one of the better dating scenes thanks to demographics — equal numbers of men and women. While there may be an ample number of people looking for love, Stanger believes people in L.A. tend to be more reluctant to commit than in places like New York.
"We have that sense of no urgency here and there's also the sense of, you know, 'If I get married it's a hassle'," Stanger says. "With celebrities not getting married and just living together, it's kind of like, 'Oh, we'll be like them.' But it's very transient, I mean, we definitely are constantly changing our partners and there's always hope in the air."
Stanger's show, which is aired on Bravo, aims to pair millionaires with their romantic matches. While she knows how to help those looking to snag a rich man — hint: they like smart, engaging, attractive women who look expensive, have a "girl next door" vibe and absolutely do not smoke — she has plenty of advice for non-millionaire seekers as well.
While singles might think they have to hit a bar to meet someone, Stanger says online dating is her first recommendation. Whether it be Match.com, Plenty Of Fish, or a niche site like Farmers Only, she says online dating is growing in popularity.
She also recommends people do athletic activities like hiking, kayaking, paddle boarding or heading to the mountains for some snow activities. While it may sound cliched, Stranger says "men love athletic girls." And if you don't want to actually do an activity, you can head to a Lakers game or a restaurant that will have the game playing on TV, she added.
For men to meet women, Stanger recommends yoga studios or athletic clubs. But she also says finding someone isn't necessarily the problem — it's getting the nerve to actually approach someone, which she says is easier than men think.
"It's simple: 'Hi, my name is Sean.' If you're in a bar: 'Can I buy you a drink?' 'Can I refresh your drink?' 'Would you like an hors d'oeuvre?' We'll know that A: You're chivalrous; B: You're not cheap; and C: You're interested," Stanger says.
The key, she says, is to not be passive.
"After the date, how about you call and see if she got home OK?" she continues. "It's so simple. At the end of the date, if you like her, you give her a little peck on the cheek and say 'How about we do this again Tuesday?'"
And while on the date, neither the man nor the woman should ever talk about their exes or past dates because it will end up making the other person feel not special; and it can also feel a tad narcissistic, she says.
Red flag warnings
Stanger offers common sense tips, like noting if a person pays only with cash, a possible sign they have poor credit. She also warns to be alert if a person speaks negatively about their parents because it could mean they have underlying issues with the opposite sex, Harrison, on the other hand, says red flags are based on each individual and that listening and paying attention to body language is key.
"Sharleen, who is on the show right now, has given (Juan Pablo) a million red flags with her body language, for sure, but also just things she said. I mean, he has a daughter and last week they had a conversation when we were in Vietnam and she flat out told him 'Yeah, the last person I dated was a single dad and I couldn't handle it, I'm not ready for that,'" Harrison says.
"You have to listen. And I know we all get caught up sometimes in chemistry and beauty and all that, so you kind of quit listening and you think whatever they say is fine and you can fix it, but if you're a single dad and someone said 'I can't handle that,' you're not going to go anywhere. So I think a lot of people need to make it simple and listen and pay attention."
Harrison's advice isn't just for singles. He says those in committed relationships, married or otherwise, need to continue dating and not let their busy lives get in the way of remembering the things they used to enjoy doing together. Continuing to do those fun and exciting activities will help keep the relationship fresh.
Putting too much pressure on yourself to find a relationship can set you up for failure, he says. Instead, he suggests stepping back and living your life doing the things you love to do.
"I always find you'll run into people, obviously, with similar likes and dislikes and the same feelings you have, if you put yourself out into your own life a little more and quit worrying about 'Where can I meet Mr. or Mrs. Right?'" Harrison explains.
"If you're not in your scene, you're not going to meet someone you find interesting. So I think you kind of have to really, again, realize who you are, live your life, put yourself out there into your life and then I feel like that will come."


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America Trades conference scheduled
The second annual America Trades Produce Conference is set for March 21-23 in Nogales, Ariz. The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas and the Texas Produce Association offer the event.
Experts from industry and government from both sides of the Mexico border are scheduled to address topics such as food safety, traceability, truck security, protected agriculture, production and shipping practices, port congestion, infrastructure investment and more.
Additional information is available here.
Farmer's Best hires salesman for fruit
Mario Cardenas has joined Farmer's Best International, Nogales, Ariz., as a salesman.
He comes to the company from McAllen, Texas-based RCF Produce.
A McAllen native, Cardenas has 12 years of produce experience, including stints at L&M Cos. and Coast Tropical.
"He'll be concentrating on the fruit side but he's already sold a lot of veg," said Jerry Wagner, director of sales and marketing.
Cardenas joins Farmer's Best as it plans to launch its mango season, with shipments expected to start Feb. 15.
The company distributes from warehouses in McAllen and Nogales. Farmer's Best announced Cardenas' hiring Jan. 18.
Oppenheimer adds orange organic bells
Vancouver, British Columbia-based produce marketer The Oppenheimer Group is offering organic bell peppers from Divemex in orange for the first time, greenhouse category director Aaron Quon said Jan. 31.
Oppenheimer and Guadalajara-based Divemex have long sourced conventional and organic bells in red, yellow and green.
Orange was previously available only in conventional.
Divemex provides a Fair Trade-certified label on its peppers, sending a portion of proceeds on each 11-pound box to a fund controlled by employees. Green pepper volume is expected to surpass last year's, Quon said.
Through May, Oppenheimer's Mexico-sourced lineup also includes tomatoes on the vine, romas and slicer cucumbers. Beefsteak tomatoes and long English cucumbers go through June.
Produce Exchange expands in Nogales
Livermore, Calif.-based The Produce Exchange is adding 25,000 square feet of cold rooms to its 50,000-square-foot facility in Nogales, Ariz.
Company founder Marty Mazzanti planned to join a staff celebration of its completion Feb. 29.
"We've been doing business all through construction, and I want to thank them for all they've put up with," he said.
Mazzanti expected the site to be fully operational by March 1.
"When you count the number of Nogales shippers we do business with plus our own stuff coming up from Mexico and multiply that by commodities and sizes, it takes a lot to accommodate the business coming in," he said.


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In another recall linked to Agricola Daniella brand mangoes, Portland, Ore.-based United Salad Co., has issued a precautionary recall on various products distributed to supermarkets in the Northwest U.S.
The products were distributed by United Salad to supermarkets in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington from Sept. 1 to Sept. 17, according to the Sept. 17 release.
The Agricola Daniella brand mangoes, supplied to United Salad by Food Source, had the potential to be contaminated with salmonella, according to the release.
Brands involved with the mangoes and mango products recalled by United Salad include Mary's Select, Zupan's, United Salad Co, Garden Highway and Trader Joe's and a full list of the UPC codes for the recalled products — whole, diced, peeled halved and fruit salad packs — are listed on the recall news release.
Consumer questions about the recall can be directed to the phone number 800-547-5536.
No reported illnesses have been attributed to the recalled items, according to the release.


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rusch_bag wrote:got to be something up in highbridge for wisconsin.
mickas wrote:don't kid yourself, red arrow 4life
Chuck Kennedy wrote:Best popular course might be Acorn since it has something for everyone.
mickas wrote:Highbridge Gold, blueberry and granite ridge are all fantastic.
Keep in mind that winter park and sandy point are up there for sure too.
My personal favorite is blueberry hills, that course compresses all of highbridge into one fantastic course in my opinion.
Ricker112 wrote:In Georgia.....Flyboy Aviation.....end of disscusion
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Sean40474 wrote:Alaska - Kincaid....but we're building a mountain course this June where the longest hole will be over 1000' down hill. I think this will surpass Kincaid. I believe our State Champions in 2011 will be held at Kincaid 2x18 and 2x18 at Hilltop.
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Policy Statement 80-06
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These policy supplements were recommended by the Academic Senate
in its meeting of March 26, 1987, and received the concurrence of
the President on April 20, 1987.
Supplement #2.
Subject: INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES -- ENGLISH 100 PREREQUISITE
English 100 or its equivalent must be a stated prerequisite of
every Interdisciplinary Course.
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Listeria contamination is confirmed at the Burch Farms melon packing facility in Faison, N.C., according to the Food and Drug Administration.
In an update posted on its website late Aug. 13, FDA officials said the listeria finding spurred Burch to expand its recall to include all cantaloupe and honeydew melons shipped this season. No illnesses have been reported in relation to the recalled melons.
"This recall expansion is based on the FDA's finding of Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono) on a honeydew melon grown and packed by Burch Farms. The recall expansion is also a result of the agency's finding of L. mono in the environment of the firm's packing facility," according to the notice.
Burch Equipment LLC, doing business as Burch Farms, originally recalled about 5,200 cantaloupes July 28 after the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Microbiological Data Program found listeria on one melon at retail during a random sampling.
The grower expanded the recall to include 188,900 cantaloupes Aug. 3 and corrected the variety from athena to caribbean golds. That expansion came after the FDA revealed it had found "unsanitary conditions" at the Burch packing shed.
Owner Jimmy Burch Sr. did not respond immediately to calls for comment on Aug. 14.
On Aug. 13, Burch told The Packer that FDA inspectors had apparently completed their work at his farm and packing facility, but had not provided him with results of samples taken there. He had previously said he uses the sanitizer SaniDate in his packing facility's water.
Burch said he planted only about 10 acres of honeydews for this season. The entire crop went to wholesalers. He said his farm has not had food safety issues in the past.
"We shipped 3,000 loads of produce last year with no problems," Burch said.
According to Burch and the FDA, the recalled honeydews do not have any identifying stickers. They were packed in cartons labeled "melons."
In its latest recall notice the company reminded consumers that the listeria incubation period "can be one to three weeks, but may be in the range of three to 70 days."
Complete distribution details on the melons are not available, according to the FDA.
The Burch cantaloupes and honeydew melons were sold to distributors between June 23 and July 27, in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia, Vermont and West Virginia, the Aug. 10 recall states.
"The melons may have further been distributed to retail stores, restaurants and food service facilities in other states," according to the recall.


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CONGRATS to this season's final winner - KAMETRIA STEPHENS - Enjoy your complimentary stay with us! - We thank everyone for their submissions!
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Lake Lanier Islands Resort presents its first annual BBQ, Boots, & Blues Festival on Sunday, November 3, 2013 from 11 am – 5 pm at Peachtree Pointe Amphitheater!
This food festival will showcase the most delicious BBQ of the South and other handpicked restaurants and caterers in the North Georgia area. Peachtree Pointe Amphitheater at Lake Lanier Islands Resort provides a unique space with its large event field, pavilion and amphitheater overlooking beautiful Lake Lanier. Experience a day filled with live music, food tastings from 20 handpicked restaurants, food trucks, artist tents, Kid's Corner, Atlanta Braves and Hawks Fan Zones, and most importantly, a Backyard BBQ contest with great prizes! Live entertainment ALL DAY!
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I like using all of the above, but I don't normally have access to a studio.
What flash system or setup do you use, and why?
What flash system or setup do you use, and why?
Ambient light (daylight or using no artificial light)
59% (19 votes)
Built-in flash (perhaps as fill with ambient)
0% (0 votes)
Auxiliary flash (hot shoe or bracket mounted flash)
28% (9 votes)
Studio strobes (power packs or monolights)
13% (4 votes)
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 32
Submitted by John T. (not verified) on June 5, 2011 - 4:30pm
Because, you can control the lighting... although, natural is very good too. But, do you get them there early in the morning or late afternoon? Easier said than done...With studio, it doesnt matter if its 2:00am or 12:00pm in the noon sun. You control the shadows and back lighting. But, it really depends on what I or they want for a final portrait, and when you can get them to your location.
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For portraits I prefer Natural light on an overcast day, or a soft ambient light with very little direct lighting. I find it produces an excellent overall tonal quality and reduces the appearance of minor blemishes, wrinkles, etc.
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Oh man you guys need to follow this link. Hollinger's analysis of Augustin, Rose, and Westbrook.
Trade Augustin to Memphis!
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Oh man you guys need to follow this link. Hollinger's analysis of Augustin, Rose, and Westbrook.
Trade Augustin to Memphis!
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Sure, we can just let him expire at the end of the season. But, we may have to sacrifice a possible trade at the trade deadline as a result. Which is better? To get a player we want or perhaps the player on a short rental and the rights to him after the season if he becomes RFA, or to just wait until the end of the year because we didn't want to give up a pick or whatever to dump Augustin?
P.S.... But I have always been of the opinion that DJ is a much better player than he shows here in Indy. He just doesn't fit with our team within our offense.
Fans tend to think a lot that certain players have minimal or even negative value when that's not the case most of the time. It's quite natural because said fans watch these players night in and night out and know their weaknesses (although, often times they blow them way out of proportions).
But anyone else around the league does not watch them as often. So, they'll often try to rationalize why a player struggles. "He doesn't fit the system", they'll say. "He's having a bad stretch of games", they'll say. "The talent around him does not complement him", they'll say. That's also natural as there are several reasons why a player could struggle. Sucking is not the only answer.
Back to the point now. DJ Augustin is a proven NBA player. His years in Charlotte proved that he belongs in this league. He has the talent. For whatever reason, he is sucking here. But don't be fooled. There are still teams that are willing to give him a shot as a back-up PG.
Here are some teams that would be willing to give DJ a shot as their back-up PG:
76ers: Their back-up PG is Maalik Wayns. He is averaging 2.5 PPG and 0.7 APG in 7.2 MPG. With Jrue Holiday out, Maalik only logged in 11 minutes as Evan Turner handled the PG duties for the majority of our game against them. Royal Ivey played more minutes earlier in the season but he went down with strep and has only played 2 minutes this month.
Magic: Ish Smith is averaging 0.8 PPG in 16.7% shooting and 1.5 APG in 10.7 MPG. The Magic are currently using E'Twaun Moore as a back-up point but my guess is that they'd love a real point in order for Moore to slide back at his natural position.
Blazers: Ronnie Price is averaging 2.8 PPG and 1.9 APG in 14.6 MPG. He is shooting 32.6% so he's not terrible. But an upgrade would be nice for them as Ronnie Price has never shown the talent that DJ did when he was in Charlotte.
Personally, I believe that we can certainly deal DJ.
Too bad that we cannot necro those threads
There has to be a team with a combo-guard they want to trade for a PG.
There was a great and long article about Clark in the Star today.
I wouldn't be surprised if they are also shopping Green an his horrible contract, I expect to hear rumors of him in the next 3 years.
"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."
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We're not using Green to his potential either. So, essentially we're flipping up two bench players that we don't use right. I see no reason for a pick to be included there.
As for Augustin being shopped, I'm sue we'll find a taker if we're willing to take back a longer contract. Say one of Minny's extra PGs (Barea or Ridnour).
I'd love to have Marshon Brooks, but that trade scenario won't work due to salaries not working. Nets would have to add 2 mil in matching salary in another player. The Pacers taking back 2 players would be over the 15 limit roster. They'd either have to cut Ben or cut the salary filler player.
I looked at trying to create a trade scenario last week where the Pacers could end up with Brooks, but had no luck.
What is Barea paid? Could be a good fit. Haven't followed him much, but it seemed like despite Hus size. He plays pretty decent defense. Wrong?
If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
Alexie shved has really impressed me from minny. Hes more of a combo guard, but does have good vision. Wonder if we can pull off a trade for him since Rubio is now back.
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I like both of these possibilities. It'll cost us something in addition to DJ: cash, a pick, Pendy, that new scoreboard but I feel like either one of those guys would fit in great with our second unit. Especially Ridnour.
I did a check last night and I think there are 3 teams with trade exceptions big enough to take DJ without sending back a player. Denver, Chicago and Orlando. Maybe one of them has draft picks they'd want to send our way.
Andre milker sounds nice
If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
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If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
I asked this earlier.....it's been often said that PGs come to Indy to kill their careers. Both Ridnour and Barea seem to be pretty solid in Adelman's offense and one that is more "up tempo"....but how would they do under our "slow it down" offense?
Despite DJ's ineptitude on the offensive end running the point.....you have to wonder if he'd do much better if we were running a much quicker tempo offense.
GH seems to be doing well enough running our half-court offense.....but what PGs that are available are well suited to run a half-court offense?
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Found a trade where we get MarShon Brooks, Nets get D.J. Augustin, and Sam Young plus first round pick Pacers get Brooks, Jerry Stackhouse, and Keith Bogans
Now they might be able to get more elsewhere, but DJ/Tyler gives them players that they can still use a little and then a healthy cap reduction next year. They might want a pick too, but I wouldn't do that because the Pacers can afford to not deal and just let contracts expire too.
But Ben playing was part of the DJ shopping IMO. Certainly Vogel wanted to shake things up but I also think there was exploration of life without DJ OR an attempt to prevent DJ from getting hurt while shopping him.
One thing with a Denver deal, plenty of teams can look at DJ and think he's having trouble because of the situation. This makes them see DJ as a potential steal when his play improves after leaving Indy, and they might not be wrong about that. If he doesn't work out he's still an expiring and if he does then Indy gets robbed (except they don't because he's clearly not working out here).
I would think the Spurs would want a more experienced backup and trade Cory Joseph or Nando de Colo.
Then give them Hans for Splitter.
If only for once someone could get the best of Spurs management.
First time in a long time, I've been happy with the team that was constructed, and now they struggle. I blame the coach.
They aren't throwing Stackhouse in any trade he is there leader. (and no im not kidding)
and he actually isnt playing bad at all a lot better than a lot he would be at this stage of his career. But it's clear that Stackhouse is vital to that team in watching the yes network and the show on NBA tv.
Spurs have much better options in house IMO Patty Mills is much better than DJ. But in the Spurs system I could see DJ playing good but money wise I dont see the fit in terms of trade assets.


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TEENAGE parents in Dudley borough can take part in a free 12 week programme that will show them how to work together for the benefit of their child.
Spurgeons are offering practical and emotional support to young parents, who are no longer in a relationship, through a mixture of group and couples-based sessions.
Sessions, which will culminate in a parenting plan, aim to resolve a range of issues, including roles and responsibilities, contact and financial arrangements.
Additional sessions are also offered for grandparents to help them support parenting arrangements made.
Rebecca Unitt, aged 21, and ex-partner, Duane Middleton, aged 19, both from Dudley, said the programme helped them open up communication channels for the sake of their eight month-old daughter.
Miss Unitt said: "My partner and I would just argue all the time, but after completing the full programme we are now able to speak to each other and sort things out. It's all been for the benefit of my daughter and we can all move on with our lives."
Mr Middleton added: "We both agreed to do the course for our daughter because we never got along after we broke up, and it was affecting our daughter. "Being in a controlled environment with someone who knows what they're doing has greatly helped us get along and talk to each other properly.
"We can now talk about our little girl together and have regular contact on the phone."
Diana Jagpal, who leads the programme, said sessions would be held at children's centres across the borough and added: "The feedback from teens using the programme themselves and other professionals working with them has been overwhelmingly positive. Parents tell us that the programme has really helped them to communicate without arguing and that the whole process has been an enjoyable experience.
"It's wonderful to see the progress that is made in the three months we work with the parents. All the young parents we work with leave the programme with a greater understanding of the benefits of healthier communication and how that can help them and their child."
The two-year initiative is funded through the Department for Work and Pensions' Innovation Fund.
Free crèche facilities are available for attendees.
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City worker's 6-year crime spree costs Philly $1.3 million; how many more are stealing?
We have trouble, folks.
• Last week, federal authorities charged a Philadelphia Water Department employee with ordering thousands of extra printer and toner cartridges and selling them to contacts in Arkansas for six years, costing taxpayer $1.3 million.
• A few days before that, a court employee was sentenced for stealing for 10 years, in ways that are truly impressive: ordering plasma TVs, buying cell phones and paying for monthly cell phone contracts for his friends, all on our dime.
• And, in August, a city records department employee was sentenced for selling police reports on the side and pocketing the money, costing taxpayers about $600,000. She ran that scam for four years.
There are other cases. Which makes me wonder: If controls in city offices are so lax that these employees felt comfortable stealing with impunity for years, how many other employees are out there right now, quietly draining the city treasury?
Looking for answers
It's not an easy question to answer since, to paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, sometimes you don't know what you don't know.
I know one reason we're seeing more of these cases is that Mayor Michael Nutter appointed a tough, experienced prosecutor, Amy Kurland, as the city's inspector general, and gave her the staff to get something done.
Just in the past year, her investigations have resulted in 37 terminations, 13 suspensions and two demotions among Philadelphia employees. A lot of the cases begin with tips from other employees.
There's presumably a deterrent effect when people see their fellow employees getting fired, going to jail and losing their pensions. But I wondered whether anybody goes back after one of these things is uncovered, to ask why the miscreant was able to steal undetected and impose new controls.
I spoke to Kurland last week, and she said that's one thing she likes about her current gig as opposed to her days as a U.S. attorney, when she'd prosecute public employees and send them to jail.
Now, she told me, "We try to go into the department and figure out how in the world could this have happened. How could somebody have ordered over a million dollars worth of ink and toner over all these years and not have anybody notice it?"
Kurland said it takes time to go over a department's procedures and make changes, but that it actually happens. She gave me a couple of examples of places where they've made some simple changes that will help to prevent theft.
"It's really the same issues," she said. "Lack of controls, lack of separation of responsibilities, and how you handle cash."
She noted that letting the same guy order supplies, make payments, keep the records and manage inventory, it's kind of like putting up a "Nobody's watching -- help yourself" sign.
What about the auditor?
I also wanted to get the city controller's take on this, since his department's job is to keep an eye on payments and to audit city departments. Can't his auditors tell if a Water Department clerk is ordering twice as much toner as the department needs?
Actually no, Alan Butkovitz said. Their audits don't get into that kind of granular detail. What they do is look at systems and accountability, and he said they're constantly criticizing departments for a lack of financial control.
"Our audits are like a broken record," he told me. "Simple things like reconciliation of checking accounts ... the person who deals with the orders shouldn't be the same person who pays the bills."
Such weaknesses are regularly included in audits, he said, but city managers have other concerns.
"Their position is that we're busy doing the work, and in a time of tight budgets we can't do all this back office stuff," Butkovitz said. "But virtually every audit has a complaint about the weakness of systems."
I looked up the last audit of the Water Department, and noted this:
"Duties for the PWD's $15 million supplies and inventory were not adequately segregated, with store workers receiving and issuing inventory, maintaining the records, and conducting the physical inventory."
What now?
I spoke to Water Department spokeswoman Joanne Dahme, who said procedures have been tightened since the clerk's theft was uncovered.
And Kurland told me it's her impression that the investigations and followup with departments are making a difference.
"I think that we're really seeing a lot of changes," she said. "I mean, I'm not seeing the same cases out of the same departments again and again."
This could be overly optimistic, but there's no question a revived and energetic inspector general's office has been breaking up some scams and saving taxpayers money.
And one thing City Council could and should do is to enact city charter reform legislation that would make the office an independent entity. As it now stands, the inspector general works for the mayor, and that's not a good arrangement.
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It helps to make normal healthy bone and to slow bone loss in people with Paget's disease and osteoporosis
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What is this medicine?ALENDRONATE (a LEN droe nate) slows calcium loss from bones. It helps to make normal healthy bone and to slow bone loss in people with Paget's disease and osteoporosis. It may be used in others at risk for bone loss.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?You must take this medicine exactly as directed or you will lower the amount of the medicine you absorb into your body or you may cause yourself harm. Take this medicine by mouth first thing in the morning, after you are up for the day. Do not eat or drink anything before you take your medicine. Swallow the tablet with a full glass (6 to 8 fluid ounces) of plain water. Do not take this medicine with any other drink. Do not chew or crush the tablet. After taking this medicine, do not eat breakfast, drink, or take any medicines or vitamins for at least 30 minutes. Sit or stand up for at least 30 minutes after you take this medicine; do not lie down. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?If you miss a dose, do not take it later in the day. Continue your normal schedule starting the next morning. Do not take double or extra doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks ups. It may be some time before you see benefit from this medicine. Do not stop taking your medicine except on your doctor's advice. Your doctor or health care professional may order blood tests and other tests to see how you are doing.
You should make sure you get enough calcium and vitamin D while you are taking this medicine, unless your doctor tells you not to. Discuss the foods you eat and the vitamins you take with your health care professional.
Some people who take this medicine have severe bone, joint, and/or muscle pain. This medicine may also increase your risk for a broken thigh bone. Tell your doctor right away if you have pain in your upper leg or groin. Tell your doctor if you have any pain that does not go away or that gets worse.
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