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A Winnfield, LA., man has been arrested and charged with multiple crimes against children.
Scott Hebert, 39, is also charged with internet stalking of a child in Miller County, AR. He was picked up at his home in Winfield Tuesday and is waiting to be brought to Miller County.
In the meantime, Hebert was booked into the Winn Parish Correctional Facility. Hebert was charged with five counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Hebert was arrested after an investigation by the Miller County Sheriff's Office in conjunction with state and federal agencies.On March 20th, state police advised Miller County Sheriff's Office that Hebert made contact with several children in Arkansas, ranging in age from 10 to 12, via social media and that he sent pornographic images of himself to them. Hebert had also coerced one child into the production of child pornography, police said. State police conducted an undercover operation, posing as a girl. During that investigation, Hebert sent pornographic images to undercover agents, thinking he was sending them to a young girl.Hebert was also booked as a fugitive from Arkansas. State police were also assisted in the investigation by the Department of Homeland Security/ICE.
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AVON — John and Carrie Sprenger's newborn daughter was sipping formula and wetting her tiny diapers.
That's what newborns are supposed to do, but their daughter — whom they named Breanna — wasn't expected to do so.
While other couples spend their time readying for a baby by painting and decorating a nursery, the Sprengers instead were planning a funeral and picking out a casket. They hadn't even bought a car seat for their daughter's ride home because doctors had told them she likely wouldn't be going home.
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They certainly didn't expect doctors to tell them anything other than what they had been hearing for weeks and that was that their daughter was going to be born with no legs and just one arm and wasn't going to live long after birth.
But Breanna was doing what doctors said she wouldn't.
"They told us she needed more tests and an ultrasound so they could figure out what was going on with her," Carrie Sprenger says. "We didn't know what to think, and I don't think they knew either because no one was expecting her to be so stable. It was 'OK, she is here. What now?' "
John and Carrie Sprenger never took the time during their pregnancy to dream about Breanna swimming, dancing or telling jokes and then laughing at the corny punch lines like she does today.
They could not foresee the little girl who on a cold day this past December would be waiting at the French Creek YMCA in Avon for her swim lesson, just like dozens of other kids her age.
At that lesson, Breanna is wearing a navy blue swimsuit with green stripes on the side and she fidgets as her mother talks. The feisty 10-year-old girl is a ball of energy as she waits for the moment when she can get in the pool. She can barely sit still in her motorized wheel chair.
"People think we put some kind of floatation device on her or that she uses something, but this is all her. When people see her swim for the first time, they are truly amazed," John says.
Right on cue, swim instructor Kim Audibert walks into the small waiting room that is full of other parents and kids waiting for lessons. She walks over to Breanna and grabs the hot pink goggles from their perch atop her head of blond hair and places them over her eyes.
"OK, are you ready to go?" she said. "Today we are going to work on lap turns and your freestyle."
Breanna is all of 27 pounds and Kim carries her to the pool, heading for the farthest lane.
She places Breanna on the edge of the pool, kneels down to eye level and gives her student for the next 30 minutes a few more instructions.
"Stay off your back," she says. "No backstroke today."
Breanna giggles as she agrees to the game plan, and Kim places Breanna in the water.
This used to be the point where Carrie's heart would drop.
"She's not buoyant. She sinks right to the bottom," she says. "I used to jump every time they did that. You know that mother in me has to protect her."
But it's been several years since those first heart-stopping moments. Swimming was recommended by her physical therapist as a way to strengthen Breanna's small body. Now, it's so much a part of her life that Breanna dreams of being a U.S. Paralympic swimmer and one day winning a gold medal.
"It took her a year to stop going in circles," Carrie says. "We call it spin out. She would swim a little then go in circle after circle."
Now, Carrie sits on a bench by the foot of the pool like every other parent. Her heart doesn't stop as Breanna uses the only fingers she has — three on her small, but very strong left arm, with their nails painted a shade of bluish green — to grab the edge of the pool and steady her self.
In an almost fluid movement, Breanna dives deep into the water and uses her arm to propel herself through the water.
Flip, stroke and breathe.
Flip, stroke and breathe.
Audibert walks the length of the pool, never taking her eyes off Breanna.
"She's a ham. Most days she talks so much she can barely swim," Audibert says. "She just talks about everything going on in her life and she is always so full of energy."
Life going by in a blur
Carrie sits back as her daughter swims and continues to tell the story of how miracles have happened every day in their lives since Breanna arrived.
"The first surgery Breanna had, she was about two weeks old," she said. "We found out by then that she did have a stomach. You know that hole in her diaphragm? Well, her stomach had somehow pushed its way through that hole and was hiding behind her lungs. The doctors said it was like someone grabbed Breanna and shook her up because her insides were all over the place. They had to go in and fix everything."
Breanna has had 18 surgeries, including hernia repairs, the reopening of her stomach and a colon resection in which eight inches of her intestines were removed. Doctors took out a part of her lung and surgically separated her webbed fingers so she could write. She has had four hip surgeries and two eye surgeries.
Breanna can rattle off some of her medical history herself. She knows the Cleveland Clinic very well as it was the place where 16 of the 18 surgeries were performed.
"When I am there, I'm like the tour guide," she says. "People get lost, and I say, 'Come with me. Let me show you.' It is like my second home."
The first two years of Breanna's life were full of nearly endless trips to the doctor. She was almost 4 weeks old before she went home for the first time and then it was only for a short while.
"Those first two years are a blur. I think we blocked them out or we can't remember because we were on autopilot," Carrie says. "We were just focused on getting through each day. We were in school, working, waiting for Medicaid, trying not to lose our house and just focusing on Breanna. People we know have these stories to tell that we just can't remember even though they say we were there. I didn't even call to cancel the funeral arrangements. My mom had to do that."
John and Carrie quickly assembled a team of helpers and the hodgepodge group of family, friends and caregivers took on the moniker Team Breanna. The goal of the group was simple: to love Breanna and help her through life the best way they could.
Glenda Pendergrass, 70, says she remembers the first time she laid eyes on Breanna.
Days earlier, she had answered an ad for a home child care provider placed by the Sprengers. Breanna was 3-months-old and they needed help.
"I walked in the door of their house, back then they lived in a two-story home in Elyria," says the small woman with a grandmotherly demeanor. "Carrie was holding Breanna and she and I talked for a while. I didn't even know then that she didn't have any legs."
John gave Pendergrass a tour of their home and Breanna's nursery, and then he asked the most important question.
"John said, 'Do you want to hold her?' That was what I was waiting for," Pendergrass says. "He placed her in my arms and a tear come down my face. She was so precious. That's what I saw before I even realized she didn't have any legs."
The caregiver, who has five children and 18 grandchildren of her own and calls herself a professional at raising children, says she didn't see a disability then and doesn't see it now.
"Her and I have a very special bond," she says. "I have loved every minute of every day with her. I have always told her you can do anything. Don't say can't. You just have to stick with it."
The couple's church family at Calvary Baptist Church in Avon Lake also rallied around them, creating a protective cocoon of people who would cook meals, throw baby showers and hold fundraisers to get Breanna the things she needed.
Someone like her
A story about the church's efforts to raise funds for Breanna's needs gave them more than just financial assistance.
It was several years after Breanna's birth when John and Carrie learned of an older girl in Seattle who is built just like Breanna — right down to the same shade of blond hair.
"It was an article or news story or something about Breanna," Carrie said. "We were selling Breanna Bears through our church to raise money when I got this e-mail from this woman named Joyce who said my daughter was her daughter's twin. I responded back 'Where are you?' "
The e-mail came from Joyce Wheeler, the mother of Kayla Wheeler, who was born with the same congenital amputations as Breanna. Kayla is now 15 and is a gold-medal swimmer.
The resulting friendship between the families has proved valuable.
"Breanna learned how to hop from Kayla. She learned how to get up from Kayla," Carrie says. "All the physical therapy in the world and just three days with Kayla and Breanna learns so much. Kayla is Breanna's equal and she can do a lot. Looking at her is like looking at my daughter's future. We know she will end up doing whatever she wants. She just has to work at it and do it her way."
Breanna beams when she talks about Kayla.
"I'm just like her," she says. "I'm going to be on the U.S. Paralympics team like her, too. I'm going to be on the swim team."
To be on a swim team with children who are just like her would be priceless for Breanna.
She loves her swim team at the Avon YMCA and competing against other kids, but she has never come in first place.
"Right now, I just want her to swim against other disabled children," Carrie says. "If you look on the swimming website that ranks swimmers, she is 289 out of 289."
John agrees.
"Every single time she swims, she gets a standing ovation, and people cheer her on, but it will be different when she gets to swim with other kids like her,'' he says.
Breanna's first opportunity to see what its like to swim with others like her will come next month when the family heads to Colorado so Breanna can participate in the Jimi Flowers Swim Classic, named after the well-known Paralympics coach who died in 2009.
"I'm too young to be a Paralympic swimmer because you have to be like 14, but this is where you get noticed," Breanna explains. "You don't decide you want to be a Paralympic swimmer. They have to ask you to join. That is what they did with Kayla."
Beyond gold medals, Breanna has other big dreams — goals that make her parents cringe because it includes leaving home.
"I'm going to move to Tennessee and help save cancer children," she announces as a matter of fact. "Tennessee is where the St. Jude Children's Hospital is, and I really want to go there. But I can't even go to visit until I am 14, so that is what we are going to do for my 14th birthday."
Breanna's career goal is a perfect fit for the nationally known hospital. She hopes to become a child life specialist so she can help kids in the hospital.
"You are there to keep their minds off being sick, all of the treatments and everything they are going through," she says. "You shift the focus from being sick to fun. Sometimes the kids have to go through a lot. I know."
Help out
Follow Breanna Sprenger on Facebook.com/teambreanna. Updates are posted regularly about her goals of becoming a U.S. Paralympic swimmer.
Team Breanna is looking for company sponsorship and/or company and individual donations.
Donations would need to be made out to "Team Breanna" and can be sent to Team Breanna, P.O. Box 422, Avon, OH 44011.
Donations are also accepted at any Huntington Bank. Checks need to be written out to "Team Breanna."
Team Breanna is holding a fundraiser noon to 8 p.m. Feb. 8 at Coleone's Pizza, 2424 Ridgeland Drive, Avon. Mention "Team Breanna" and she gets 25 percent of the sales that day.
Read more:
- Reporter Lisa Roberson's column about meeting Breanna
- Day 1: Ran yesterday
- Day 3: Coming tomorrow
- Day 4: Coming Wednesday
Contact Lisa Roberson at 329-7121 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Final: 49ers 41, Patriots 34
FOXBOROUGH — Despite coming back from a 31-3 deficit to tie the game, the Patriots couldn't come up with two yards when they needed it most.
On a 4th-and-1 with 2:24 left in the game, Tom Brady couldn't connect with a leaping Danny Woodhead to keep the team's drive alive and any chance to win Sunday's game.
The 49ers kicked an insurance field goal with 1:56 left, going on to win 41-34 and drop the Patriots to 10-4 on the season.
The Patriots had four turnovers in the game. Brady threw two interceptions — a rarity — and was sacked twice. He threw for 443 yards and a touchdown. He broke his record for pass attempts in a game with 65, completing 36.
Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick completed 14 of 25 passes for 216 yards and four touchdowns, including a hitch to Michael Crabtree that he turned into a 38-yard score, putting the 49ers up 38-31 with a little more than six minutes remaining in the game.
David Akers added a 28-yard field goal with less than two minutes to hold off the Patriots.
Danny Woodhead had 12 carries for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
0:38 4th quarter: 49ers 41, Patriots 34 — Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 41-yard field goal as the Patriots raced down field to keep the game within reach. An onside attempt is up next.
1:56 4th quarter: 49ers 41, Patriots 31 — David Akers seals it with a 28-yard field goal against the Patriots, putting the game out of reach.
2:45 4th quarter: 49ers 38, Patriots 31 — Tom Brady couldn't connect with Danny Woodhead on 4th-and-2 as the Patriots turned it over on downs.
If the 49ers even kick a field goal, they'll put the game out of reach.
3:09 4th quarter: 49ers 38, Patriots 31 — On three straight runs, the Patriots held the 49ers to only seven yards, forcing the punt and what will surely be the pivotal game-tying drive.
Stay in your seats for this one.
4:59 4th quarter: 49ers 38, Patriots 31 — Tom Brady was sacked two times in a row, once by a helmet-less Ray McDonald and then again by Ricky Jean Francois who replaced Justin Smith on the 49ers' defensive line. The Patriots were forced to punt.
6:25 4th quarter: 49ers 38, Patriots 31 — The 49ers' LaMichael James returned the kickoff 62 yards and on the very next play Colin Kaepernick threw a quick hitch to Michael Crabtree who turned it up field and ran away for a 38-yard touchdown with the Patriots' Kyle Arrington in pursuit.
The 49ers just wrested the lead right back. But the Patriots' offense seems to be clicking right now. This game is far from over.
6:43 4th quarter: Patriots 31, 49ers 31 — After being down 31-3, the Patriots have roared back to tie the game. Tom Brady hit Brandon Lloyd on a 53-yard pass to get into 49ers territory and Danny Woodhead ran in a 1-yard touchdown to even up the score.
This will be considered an epic collapse by the 49ers.
9:56 4th quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 24 — The Patriots defense held up again, helped in part by a self-destructing 49ers team. The 49ers were flagged for an illegal hands to the face by G Alex Boone, forcing the team into a desperate 3d-and-22 situation. They went four plays before punting.
The Patriots can now tie the game up.
12:13 4th quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 24 — Helped by a pass interference call on the 49ers' Tarrell Brown, Tom Brady threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Aaron Hernandez after driving 66 yards in 1:04.
Brady showed a little fire earlier, yelling at referee Ed Hochuli for allowing a 49ers timeout in the middle of his no-huddle offense.
It's now a one-touchdown game.
13:27 4th quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 17 — This could be the makings of a comeback. The Patriots held the 49ers to a three-and-out. Colin Kaepernick couldn't connect with LaMichael James on a third down pass as San Francisco was forced to punt.
The 49ers' Justin Smith has an elbow injury. His return is questionable.
14:58 4th quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 17 — The Patriots spread out the 49ers on the goal line and called a QB sneak for Tom Brady who dove in for a 1-yard touchdown.
The Patriots surely needed it. They're now down two touchdowns with a whole quarter of play left. The drive was 9 plays, 86 yards, in 3:41.
It was Brady's fourth rushing touchdown of the season, a career high.
End of the 3d quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 10 — A 41-yard pass by Tom Brady to Michael Hoomanawanui has the Patriots within the 49ers' 5-yard line.
They'll be attempting for a touchdown on fourth and goal at the 1.
Alfonzo Dennard is jogging on the sideline, trying to get ready to come back to the game. We'll see if he can.
The 49ers' Justin Smith just walked off to the locker room with an ailment.
3:39 3d quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 10 — The Patriots defense woke up. They held the 49ers to only four plays. It helped that Colin Kaepernick sailed a pass to Michael Crabtree on third down. But the Patriots will take whatever they can get at this point.
5:59 3d quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 10 — Danny Woodhead has taken over the rushing duties for the night. Woodhead touched the ball five times, including four rushes, before running in a 6-yard touchdown — the Patriots' first touchdown of the game.
The Patriots ran a harried 13-play, 73-yard drive in 4:22.
10:26 3d quarter: 49ers 31, Patriots 3 — Tom Brady threw an improbable interception to Aldon Smith after attempting a screen pass to Aaron Hernandez. The ball popped right out of Hernandez's hands after he was hit and right into the clutches of Smith, who returned it six yards.
On the very next play, Colin Kaepernick threw a 27-yard touchdown down the seam to Michael Crabtree.
10:44 3d quarter: 49ers 24, Patriots 3 — Another fumble by Stevan Ridley recovered by the 49ers' Dashon Goldson. On the very next play, Frank Gore runs in a 3-yard touchdown on a botched play.
Goldson returned the fumble and raced 66 yards before being knocked out of bounds by Aaron Hernandez.
Donte Whitner forced the fumble.
11:37 3d quarter: 49ers 17, Patriots 3 — On a deep pass intended for Randy Moss, Devin McCourty stepped in and intercepted the pass from Colin Kaepernick to end the 49ers' second-half opening drive.
15:00 3d quarter: 49ers 17, Patriots 3 — The third quarter is about to get underway. The 49ers are receiving to start the half.
End of the 2d quarter: 49ers 17, Patriots 3 — 49ers kicker David Akers chipped in a 20-yard field goal s the first half came to a close.
The 49ers went 64 yards on 15 plays to close out the half.
This is a stunner for the Patriots. They're not used to such a poor offensive output in a half. This is the first time they've been held to 3 points in a first half this season.
Tom Brady is 10 of 19 for 76 yards and an interception, Shane Vereen fumbled on a screen pass, and the team has punted four times already.
Colin Kaepernick has led the 49ers on 8 of 15 passing for 107 yards and 2 touchdowns. He hit Randy Moss for a 24-yard TD and tight end Delanie Walker for a 34-yard score.
Niners running back Frank Gore has 15 carries for 73 yards.
6:04 2d quarter: 49ers 14, Patriots 3 — The Patriots went three-and-out with Tom Brady failing to connect on two passes to Brandon Lloyd. Lloyd dropped one and the other was too low.
On the punt, it looked like 49ers returner Ted Ginn Jr. had the ball hit his shin and was recovered by the Patriots. The officials spent a good amount of time discussing the play before ruling it was in fact not touched. The Patriots challenged the play and it was upheld.
6:59 2d quarter: 49ers 14, Patriots 3 — Colin Kaepernick hit a wide open Delanie Walker for a 34-yard touchdown.
The drive was spurred along in part by a questionable pass interference call on Patriots corner Aqib Talib that gifted the 49ers 35 yards. It went only three plays and covered 80 yards.
8:32 2d quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 3 — Stephen Gostkowski kicked a 32-yard field as the Patriots finally got on the board.
Tom Brady was sacked on third down at the 49ers' 7-yard line, finishing a the Patriots' most promising drive of the night so far. The Pats went 62 yards on 16 plays and converted on a fourth down to get into the 49ers' red zone. But Ray McDonald managed to get loose in the Patriots' backfield to take down Brady for a six-yard loss.
14:55 2d quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — On a fourth and 1, Colin Kaepernick's quarterback sneak went for no gain as the Patriots took over on downs.
The 49ers' Vernon Davis dropped a wide open touchdown in the end zone.
If the 49ers had elected to kick a field goal on fourth down, David Akers would've attempted a 43-yarder.
End of 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — The quarter comes to a close and I'm sure the Patriots already want to put it behind them. They've punted the ball three times and turned it over twice. The 49ers are driving, looking to add to their lead.
1:00 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — Shane Vereen fumbled a screen pass from Tom Brady. The fumble was forced by the 49ers' NaVorro Bowman and recovered by Chris Culliver at the sideline.
This is wacky game in which the Patriots haven't been able to get anything going. This 49ers defense is proving to be worth the hype.
2:14 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — A fake punt by the 49ers caught the Patriots by surprise. Safety Dashon Goldson rushed for 31 yards on fourth down. The 49ers weren't able to capitalize on it though. David Akers missed a 39-yard field goal in the drizzly weather at Gillette Stadium.
6:13 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — The Patriots take the gift of a fumble and go three-and-out. Tough start for the Tom Brady led offense.
7:15 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — Two plays into their new drive deep in the Patriots red zone, a Colin Kaepernick pass is fumbled by Delanie Walker after being forced by Steve Gregory. Aqib Talib recovers and the Patriots take over. What a frantic start to this game.
7:45 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — Tom Brady was intercepted by Carlos Rodgers on a deep pass to Wes Welker. Rodgers returned it 53 yards.
8:02 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — A fumble by Colin Kaepernick at the line of scrimmage on third down, helped the Patriots force a punt by the 49ers after three plays.
9:54 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — Aldon Smith got a hit on Tom Brady and hurried him on another play as the 49ers forced the Patriots to punt after four plays.
Brady did connect with Brandon Lloyd on a 23-yard pass down the sideline.
10:55 1st quarter: 49ers 7, Patriots 0 — 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Randy Moss after guiding his team down the field seamlessly. Kaepernick was 4 of 5 on the drive as the 49ers went 63 yards in six plays.
The 49ers did seem to get away with a fumble by LaMichael James. The play was not reviewed.
With the touchdown catch, Moss now has 15,219 yards in his career. That's the third most all-time in the league.
13:35 1st quarter: Patriots 0, 49ers 0 — Stevan Ridley was hit in the backfield for a 2-yard loss on third down by 49ers LB Navorro Bowman as the Patriots punted.
14:23 1st quarter: Patriots 0, 49ers 0 — On the Patriots' second play, Steven Ridley appeared to fumble after a gain of 2 yard. But upon further review, the ball had come loose after he had already hit the ground. It was a lucky review for the Patriots, because the 49ers would've taken over a little outside of the red zone.
14:53 1st quarter: Patriots 0, 49ers 0 — We're underway here with Devin McCourty returning the opening kick 13 yards to the 15-yard line.
15:00 1st quarter: Patriots 0, 49ers 0 — The 49ers won the coin toss and have elected to defer to the second half.
A moment of silence was held for the victims of Newtown, Conn.
Pregame: We're close to getting underway here at Gillette Stadium with the Patriots hosting the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football.
Because of the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama's remarks from tonight's vigil will be televised on NBC. The network will cut back to game coverage after his remarks.
It's 34 degrees out and there's a light rain. The elements will definitely be a factor. Niners quarterback Colin Kaepernick is not wearing gloves or sleeves. We'll see how that goes with a Patriots' defense that has an NFL best +24 in takeaways.
Stay here for game updates throughout.


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The Decline of Smoking Among Female Birth Cohorts in China in the 20th Century: A Case of Arrested Diffusion?
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CARSON, Calif. – There are a lot of things that have to go right for Chivas USA in the next two months if the team is going to make an appearance in the 2010 postseason.
With just nine regular season games left to play, the Red-and-White must salvage every possible point in order to climb out of the Western Conference cellar and challenge for a fifth consecutive playoff spot.
The Goats took a step in the right direction Sunday, thanks to a 1-0 win over visiting D.C. United at The Home Depot Center. A 13th-minute goal from in-form striker Justin Braun was the difference in a game that was largely dominated by the visitors.
"At the end of the day, it's a shutout and three points," Chivas USA head coach Martín Vásquez said. "It wasn't pretty at times, but we were solid defensively, especially in the last 10 minutes. There have been games in the past where we've given up a late result, so I'm happy with the effort. Every game for us means a lot."
The Red-and-White boasted a lineup on Sunday that was jam-packed with experience. Vásquez chose seven-year veteran Marcelo Saragosa over Ben Zemanski and Michael Lahoud to parntner Paulo Nagamura in central midfield, and Giancarlo Maldonado was preferred to Alan Gordon up top.
"If you look at our group tonight, we have experience," Vásquez said. "It's going to be important in these games. Marcelo played a very good game and so did Paulo. Ben and Michael are sharp and ready. We're lucky to have four midfielders that can play together. They're all doing very well for us."
On the other side of the field, D.C. United interim coach Ben Olson used a lineup that was largely composed of backups and reserves. Regulars Carey Talley, Clyde Simms, Chris Pontius, and Julius James all started on the bench for the visitors, perhaps resting ahead of the team's US Open Cup semifinal matchup with Columbus on Wednesday.
Chivas USA, too, will be competing in the semifinals of the Open Cup, travelling to Seattle on Wednesday. But Vásquez refused to concede Sunday's match without fight, and used his first team.
"We still have an opportunity in league play," he said. "We're not going to throw in the towel. We're going to keep taking it one game at a time. Playing at home – we needed to get a win and that will give us confidence for Wednesday's game."
While the Red-and-White are glad to have moved within one point of Houston at the bottom of the conference, they aren't resting on their laurels just yet. The team knows it must continue to improve if there's any hope of a playoff spot.
"I'm happy with the effort that our guys gave to keep the zero and win the game," said Vásquez. "But we could have kept the ball better at times. If our last pass were better, we could have killed the game. That's what you hope to do when you go up in a game. We could have made it easier on ourselves."


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The pediatric gastroenterology program at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, will begin enrolling its first patients into the Improve Care Now (ICN) network in the first quarter of 2014, making it the only hospital in central and western Pennsylvania—and just the second in the state—to become part of this internationally recognized program. ICN is a network of more than fifty pediatric gastroenterology divisions throughout the United States, Canada, and Great Britain focused on the health of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. The network will celebrate its tenth anniversary later this year.
"Improving the quality of care for pediatric patients suffering from IBD always has been our goal," said Marc E. Schaefer, M.D., M.P.H., Penn State Hershey's physician leader for the ICN program. "By joining forces with Improve Care Now, our physicians and nurse practitioners have access to medical data to help us treat these children even more effectively."
Medical centers in the ICN program pool their information on drugs, treatment techniques, and success rates and routinely discuss strategies for specific conditions and anticipated results. Worldwide, patients who are treated by doctors in the ICN program exhibit a 77 percent remission rate with 47 percent of those patients sustaining their remission for at least one year. In addition, 90 percent show satisfactory nutrition and 92 percent have satisfactory growth.
"ICN makes it a priority to better understand what young patients with IBD are going through," Dr. Schaefer explained. "We involve families as a key part of improving the quality of care. Patients may not be compliant with taking their medications or may have sources of stress that are making them feel worse. We need to know the underlying reasons for any problems so we can offer education and strategies for improvement."
"There are two projects in which Penn State Hershey Pediatric Gastroenterology has already taken steps towards quality of care improvement," Dr. Schaefer said. One project involves monitoring vitamin D levels and providing supplementation when necessary, since bone health is an important part of maintenance of care in IBD. Another project has been implementing a transition clinic that will better prepare and educate our older patients for the transition to an adult gastroenterologist.
"The focus does not necessarily have to be on new medications," Dr. Schaefer explained, "but on ensuring that the current ones are being used as effectively as possible."
Dr. Schaefer underwent an intensive year-long orientation program, including a series of eight hour-long webinars and two ICN workshops in Chicago, to qualify Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital for ICN acceptance.
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To learn more about Penn State Hershey's involvement in ICN, contact Dr. Schaefer at 717-531-5901, or visit PennStateHershey.org/ibd.
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In his 13 years as executive vice president of the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association, Alan Lurie has seen the group grow from slightly more than 300 firms in the nadir days of the Resolution Trust Corp. to more than 650 member firms.
In doing so, Lurie, who recently announced his retirement from SAHBA, has played a major role in helping the local homebuilding industry change its strategies in areas ranging from strengthening its economic base to providing for affordable housing against a constant onslaught of environmental criticism.
Lurie said that people used to tell him of the successes local homebuilders once had in getting issues important to the industry passed simply by spending whatever it took and bulldozing their way through the political process.
"The money doesn't count for as much anymore," said Lurie during an interview recently in SAHBA's offices at 2840 N. Country Club Road. "Today it's the personal contacts that count. We continued to see that, as we got into arguments with other organizations and other individuals, we had to be more responsive to the needs of the community than we had been before because the community had much more to say as to what went on.
"I think everything we do now has as its opposition a much more educated and informed group of people, whether it be environmentalists or neighborhood activists or whatever. We have to do our homework and know what we're talking about in order to win the day."
Winning the day is something Lurie knows a good deal about.
Now a retired Air Force brigadier general, the 70-year-old Lurie survived 80 months in Vietnam as a prisoner of war after his F4C Phantom fighter was shot down in 1966. Paraded before angry crowds from village to village at the outset, he survived nearly seven years of torture and long periods of isolation before a cease-fire in 1973 led to freedom for him and hundreds of others.
By the time Lurie retired from the Air Force in 1987 with more than 5,000 hours of flying time, ending a 32-year career, his laurels included the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart and many other medals.
"No matter what other people think about the military, I think highly of it," Lurie said. "It's the discipline that helps a lot, not watching the clock and getting the job done. It's being courteous to people. You don't get down and holler at people and cuss them and expect to do business with them."
In a sense, Lurie, in taking the SAHBA job, merely switched battlefields to one certainly less life-threatening but one that has been almost as challenging in its own right.
"One thing being an Air Force pilot has taught me is teamwork in fulfilling a goal," Lurie said. "With SAHBA I thought our goal was to do the best job we could for the residential construction community within the bounds of being a good neighbor in the community. That's the premise I worked by."
Lurie's major disappointment, he said, was an inability to keep housing as affordable as possible to minimize the number of people who would be disqualified from home ownership.
"I think the thing I couldn't do as well as I wanted was to keep those prices low," he said. "A great deal of that has to do with the increased demand for money communities have, particularly during a time when the federal government has backed out of supporting the industry in the community as much as they had in the past.
"When the federal government says you're not going to get the subsidies you've been getting and the state is out of money, I think communities take the easy way out with the imposition of added costs "such as impact fees, construction fees, permit fees and other assessments, he said.
The problem of finding buildable land in this community if the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan is passed and open space is bought up and taken out of the mix could put an end to affordable housing in the community, he said.
"People who live in desirable areas downtown who can no longer pay their taxes are going to sell their properties at a pretty good rate but have to move out of town because they're not going to be able to replace them," Lurie said. "What they're going to do is race to the outskirts of the community and I imagine a lot of them are going to end up in communities south and east of us and commute to their jobs in Tucson. It won't take long.
"I think last year we had a 15-percent increase in the cost of housing. That isn't because the homebuilders are making money by any means. It's because of the basic, ground-floor reason that housing becomes more expensive because of the cost of land."
To conclude there is anything that would prevent this would be to assume there is going to be more cooperation from government and Lurie doesn't see that happening without a battle.
Last month, the Pima County Board of Supervisors advanced the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan by agreeing to put an open space bond issue before voters next May. No amount was set, but environmentalists had sought a $250 million bond issue for open space alone, a figure that may be hard to sell because of the possibility additional bond revenues might be sought for Kino Community Hospital, the Sheriff's Department, parks and affordable housing.
Lurie estimates a potential redesignation of critical habitat alone could add from $7,000 to $9,000 to the cost of a home.
"That's nothing," Lurie said. "That's just a drop in the bucket. If you think the redesignation of 1.2 million acres as critical habitat isn't going to cost people a lot of money, you don't understand the interrelationship of critical habitat, the recovery plan and the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan in its entirety and the conservation land system, which are all knitted together."
The Eastern Pima County conservation land system, which would require a landowner to leave 80 percent of his land as open space if it's in critical habitat, would cover more than 2 million acres and 3,134 square miles.
"I think what people have to understand is that this whole thing is going to cost them a hell of a lot of money," Lurie said. "What they have to do is arm themselves with information and educate themselves.
"They can say all they want that it's environmental and species protection, but this is a no-growth effort," he said. "This is to stop growth and development in the community.
"I don't know where these people are coming from," Lurie said of opponents who seek to turn Fort Huachuca into an animal preserve. "These are not the type of Americans I grew up with. Their god is mother nature. I've listened to environmentalists saying the only advocates the animal species have is us and I don't care if it hurts humans, the saving of the species is more important," Lurie said. "I don't think that's reasonable."
Lurie is also highly critical of the "instant gratification" approach local governments are taking with impact fees rather than being satisfied with the taxes paid over the time a home is occupied, the revenues taken in from goods and services bought and sold, and new businesses established, especially since the homebuilder builds 95 percent of what is needed to satisfy the construction of that home out of his own pocket.
"I'm not saying there is no profit derived from development," Lurie said. "I'm just saying there isn't as much of a burden as local politicians claim when they say growth doesn't pay its own way.
"We have a policy at SAHBA that says we believe there are costs the growth community should stand in back of and pay," he said. "But we are concerned they be fair and reasonable. … We know what the fair share is and we offer to pay that and everybody thinks we're trying to get away with something."
Even in instances when impact fees are justified, communities are doing very little for their residents by virtue of that money, Lurie said.
The problem could be eased by allowing increased densities in some areas or two-story homes, topics that have always been major efforts of SAHBA for years, Lurie said.
"You hear a lot of lip service from government, but when it comes down to that meeting with the mayor and council or the Board of Supervisors and they have these activists coming out and saying we don't want our community to look like a ghetto or that lot across the street is where little Johnny plays baseball or that's where my husband washes the car and I take the dog out to, then it takes a very solid spine to be a government official.
"If your general plan or comprehensive plan says we can go to this density and multistory homes are authorized and you back away from that because of neighborhood concerns, all you've done is destroyed the yield power of that comprehensive plan because you've gone away from it," Lurie said.
On the other side, Carolyn Campbell, director of the Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection, said that while still keeping them at arms length over many issues, Lurie has earned the respect of environmentalists as "a gracious man, always open to meeting folks. That's really helped build relationships in the community."
"I must say Mr. Lurie sincerely believes in what he promotes and so that makes it a little tougher to get through because he believes so strongly about so many of the issues and he has for years," she said.
However, Campbell said, "Mr. Lurie has, more than some, kept SAHBA more in the mindset of the '50s in terms of antiregulation and some of the kinds of reactionary attitudes toward environmental protection and certain regulations, so it hasn't been all positive."
There is still an undercurrent in their newsletter of attacking environmental regulations and any issues related to the cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, she said.
More progress has been made with realtors, property rights activists and certain developers, "so it's a little disappointing" that more hasn't been accomplished with SAHBA leadership, she said.
Campbell characterized the progress made by environmentalists in dealing with Lurie and SAHBA as "baby steps," including a somewhat softer stance toward impact fees, but acknowledged more of a recognition during Lurie's tenure that times are changing, despite its court battles over pygmy owl habitat and other issues.
Still, there is great concern that SAHBA will attempt to water down the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan under the leadership of its new executive vice president, Ed Taczanowsky, Campbell said.
On the less controversial side, Lurie points with pride to the creation of a Green Builder group during his tenure that responds to problems homebuyers might have in terms of their hypersensitivity to certain products used in construction and special needs of the handicapped.
Lurie is also proud of the creation of a Builders of the Future program begun by SAHBA at Santa Rita High School several years ago.
In the program, students work with professionals and Habitat for Humanity to build homes for the poor, gathering self-esteem as they improve their skills. For those who won't go on to college, the program offers a valuable link to jobs in the homebuilding industry, Lurie said.
As far as retirement, Lurie said he plans to do "just what he wants to do." That most likely will include flyfishing for trout and salmon in the Northwest and maybe some consultant work as well.
And of course there will be the "honey do" projects from his wife, Mary, he adds.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio State Buckeyes (1-0) wanted to come out fast in the season opener against Buffalo and they accomplished it but after scoring 23 first quarter points things bogged down as Urban Meyer's team showed some obvious deficiencies. Braxton Miller started off hot and ended up 15-22 for 178 yards, two touchdowns and a pick-six via the air and 77 yards on the ground while Jordan Hall had a career high 159 yards on 21 carries and two touchdowns as Ohio State doubled up Buffalo (0-1), 40-20.
Suspensions and cramps kept the Buckeye bench thin as Bradley Roby, Carlos Hyde and Rod Smith all missed the game due to suspensions and C.J. Barnett did not play due to a sprained ankle that was a game time decision according to Meyer. The missing players gave Hall, Corey Brown and others a chance to step up. Add to the trouble cramps catching up with Braxton Miller, Ryan Shazier and Evan Spencer and there was some sweating going on at Ohio Stadium that had nothing to do with the 90-something degree temperatures.
"I preached all week about coming out fast and playing hard, and they did it. Two quick scores, the first quarter (went by the) script," Meyer said. "You can't play much better than our guys did. And then we rough a punter, and we have a fourth down [play] we don't make and then we throw a screen and it goes the other way. In a tight game, you're going to lose."
The Buckeyes were tested but passed the test.
"I like the fact that they fought," Meyer said after the game. "I like the fact they jumped out early and they like to play. And that's a positive. The negative is that you need to sustain consistent effort and intensity."
Buffalo linebacker Khalil Mack appeared to be every bit as good as advertised and ended the day with eight tackles, 2.5 sacks and an interception return for a touchdown.
"His presence was noticed, without a doubt and against quality opposition," Buffalo head coach Jeff Quinn said. "He did a great job, was very active and played a ton of snaps. I could not have been more proud of his play on such a big stage."
Everyone expected Miller to be the one launching his Heisman campaign on Saturday and while his numbers were not bad the cramps slowed him down and his hot start slowed down after coming out of the gate 7-8 for 117 yards and a pair of touchdowns after the first quarter.
"It feels like we went to overtime, that's how my body feel with all that heat, actually putting on pads, going full go for four quarters," Miller said after the game. "It's tough."
Ohio State came into the game with six new starters in the front seven on defense and two in the secondary before the loss of Shazier for a significant amount of time. At that point the Buckeyes were playing with 10 of 11 new players on the defense and the Bulls were able to gain some traction with the legs of Brandon Oliver and his 26 carries. Quarterback Joe Licata was 19-32 for 185 yards and a pair of touchdowns but after getting blitzed for 23 first quarter points the hole was too deep for the Mid-American Conference opponent.
"I give a lot of credit to Ohio State for coming out and putting us down 23-0 early," Quinn said. "I was proud of the way our kids responded. We were able to outscore them in the second, third and fourth quarters."
From the Ohio State side of things there will be a lot of film study and corrections before the team hosts San Diego State in a week.
"Momentum is an amazing thing in college football," Meyer said. "The more mature your team is, momentum's only about seven points, I consider it. But if you're immature, especially at certain areas, momentum is a 14-point shift."
Did the team perform like the No. 2 team in the nation?
"No, it didn't feel like it," Miller said after the game. "We just gotta keep working at it and, you know, come back strong in tomorrow, watch film and fix the mistakes."
Though at the start of the game it seemed as if the Buckeyes were just about unstoppable after a 47-yard TD pass to Devin Smith follow up by a 7-yard pass to Chris Fields and then a 49-yard Hall run. Couple that with a pair of two-point conversion makes and the Buckeyes seemed to have as potent of an offense as anyone in the game.
But then the lack of experience and depth on the defensive side of things started to show as Buffalo came back with a Matt Weiser 16-yarder from Licata to get on the board and Mack's 45-yard interception return of a Miller dump-off pass to freshman Dontre Wilson. After a missed two-point try the Buckeyes were only up by 10 and the natives were getting restless.
"We're supposedly the preseason No. 2 team in the nation," Shazier said. "Today we did a good job but we weren't playing to our potential."
It appeared that Hall was playing to his because he took a 37-yard run in on a one-play drive that was set up by a 51-yard Wilson punt return.
"Wherever they put me I'm going to do what I can to help the team win," Hall said. "It was a good win. We'll take it but we're not satisfied with it."
After halftime the Bulls would answer on their first drive and cut it to 10 with a Alex Neutz 10-yard TD reception. And then things seemed to go from bad to worse for Ohio State when Miller went down for a second time with cramps but backup quarterback Kenny Guiton came in prepared to fill the void.
Guiton hooked up with Fields on his second TD of the day, this time for 21 yards to put Ohio State up by 17 and the scoring ended with a 39-yard field goal by Drew Basil.
The Buckeyes have now run their win streak to a nation-high 13 straight wins and will look to get it to 14 with San Diego State coming to town, the former team of Michigan head coach Brady Hoke.


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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- A fire destroys a Sprint Mart gas station late last night.
It happened on Alabama Street Monday night shortly before 10:30pm.
Authorities believe the fire started somewhere in a back room.
3 units from Columbus Fire & Rescue were called to the scene. Police also directed traffic away from the area.
Employees managed to get out safely, but officials say the building suffered major damage.
"We got a call around 10:30 that they had a fire in here. We're still not sure what caused the fire. There's going to be extensive damage. They had to pull the ceiling and all so there's going to be extensive damage to the building," says Battalion Chief Bobby Barksdale.
Authorities credit the employees' quick thinking for shutting off the emergency values. Workers shut it off before exiting the building, which turned off the station's gas pumps.


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Oregon Bankers Association Celebrates Small Business Week with Tips on Obtaining Loans from Oregon Banks
May 25, 2012, 12:23 ET from Oregon Bankers Association
SALEM, Ore., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In honor of National Small Business Week (May 20-26), the Oregon Bankers Association (OBA) has issued tips to help small business acquire a loan from Oregon banks. The OBA has also developed a small business lending resource center on its website, www.oregonbankers.com/smallbiz, which provides a listing of Oregon banks and additional small business resources.
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When it comes to accessing credit, Oregon businesses have the benefit of a highly competitive marketplace that includes 50 regulated, insured banks. Lending capacity is very high within the banking industry today. In 2010 alone, banks made more than 65,000 new loans to small business throughout Oregon. The industry hopes to grow that number significantly in 2012.
The following tips will help small business owners best position themselves to qualify for a bank loan before applying:
OBA's Five Tips to Maximize the Chance of Getting a Small Business Bank Loan
1) Get to know bankers at a number of financial institutions.
Before requesting a loan, find out which banks in your market make loans to businesses similar to yours. Not all banks specialize in every type of business loan. Some specialize in lending to firms in certain industries. Others lend to those in certain stages of the business life cycle (no startups, for example). Work with bankers who understand your industry.
2) Be able to articulate your company's "value proposition" to its target markets.
If you can't clearly articulate why other companies or customers should do business with your company, the chances of getting a loan are slim. Outline your sources of competitive advantage and value proposition to your target markets.
3) Think like a banker.
Understand the risks of operating in your industry. Have a plan for mitigating those risks, and share it with your banker. Bankers are going to do a risk analysis anyway, so it's important to help them. Perhaps you can provide a perspective that the banker has not thought about. It's important for the banker to know that you recognize the risks and have a plan for dealing with them.
4) Develop at least two ways to get the loan repaid.
Bankers look for both "primary" and "secondary" loan repayment sources. Smart business owners plan for contingencies and share these plans with their banker.
5) Don't ask for loans that should be funded with equity injections.
Bankers don't get paid to take equity risks; they get paid to make loans that will be repaid on time. Ask your banker how much equity a typical company in your industry needs to operate effectively.
*Federal Reserve data from financial institutions subject to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Small business loan amounts are rounded to the thousands.
About The Oregon Bankers Association
Established in 1905, the Oregon Bankers Association is Oregon's only full-service trade association representing state and national commercial and savings banks chartered to do business in Oregon. More information is available at www.oregonbankers.com.
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The folks at Sirius XM have been trying to get me to listen to The Highway channel by telling me all about this new sensation named Chase Rice. What they don't seem to understand is, if I wanted to listen to The Highway I wouldn't have Outlaw Country as one of my presets. Get it folks?
Anyway, they are selling this guy Rice as one of the co-writers on Florida Georgia Line's song "Cruise."
By the way, shouldn't Florida Georgia Line have a hyphen? I guess I'm just too much of a city boy to get it.
What struck me is not that they are crediting Rice with writing one of the most stereotypical recent examples of the vacuous and growing "Bro Country" genre as if it is some sort of creative accomplishment, but that he was a co-writer. That's right. Nashville is so creatively bankrupt these days that it takes a team (in this case, five people) to come up with hackneyed, dull Bro Country nothingness.
Waylon, when you coming back?
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Growing together: Rosenbergs family turns garden hobby into business
WORTHINGTON -- "One, two, three, four ..." Three-year-old Callie Rosenberg sits on a picnic table, counting miniature pumpkins as she moves them from one container to another. She heeds Mom Lori's directive to be careful with the improvised toys, which will soon decorate someone else's home.
It's coming to the end of a busy season of growing and selling produce for the Rosenberg family -- Lori and Scott and their daughters, Ashlyn, 10, Brigette, 6, and Callie, They market their homegrown wares at three weekly farmers markets as well as the upcoming Fall Marketplace at the Historic Dayton House in Worthington. What started as a hobby for Lori has become a family business enterprise.
"This is my ninth year," said Lori about Lori's Country Garden, the nursery business she operates at their home located five miles west of Worthington. "Next year will be my 10-year anniversary. It's been good."
Lori, a native of Fairmont, and Scott, who grew up on a farm between Ceylon and Fairmont, first met at the Fairmont Hy-Vee store.
"We went our separate ways for college," explained Lori, who attended Mankato State University for a degree in elementary education while Scott went to South Dakota State University in Brookings, "then we got back together later on."
They were married a year after Scott took the job of park supervisor and city forester in Worthington and moved to their rural home 13 years ago. Initially Lori didn't have any aspirations of running her own nursery.
"My dad had always liked flower stuff, but I didn't know that I did," she recalled. "When we had Ashlyn, I started staying home, and Scott built the greenhouse as a hobby greenhouse. The next year, it became Lori's Country Garden. We started out with the 8- by 8- little greenhouse; now we have the 8- by 8- and an 8- by 32-foot one. We started out with a little bit of garden; now we have three acres of garden."
Lori's grandparents came up with the Country Garden name and provided some of her earliest inventory.
"When I started out, I had my grandma's green ribbon grass, variegated hostas and green leaf hostas," she said about her perennial stock. "Then I just had a whole bunch of different annuals. I found out that people wanted to stick with the tried and true, the things they know well. So I had lots of different vegetables, petunias, geraniums, spikes -- all the ornamental stuff."
While she likes to experiment with new things, Lori continues to grow those basic garden items, and she's expanded her own gardens to display the perennials so people can get an idea of how they will look in their own flower beds.
Not all potential customers find their way out to the Country Garden, so the Rosenbergs bring their goods to three weekly farmers markets: Tuesday afternoon-evening in downtown Worthington; Thursday evening in Luverne; and Saturday morning at W-2's on Oxford Street in Worthington.
The family enterprise has transformed the Rosenberg girls into businesswomen at an early age. Ashlyn and Brigette earn money picking beans; they have to save half of their earnings and get to spend the other half.
"Ashlyn used hers to get an iPod touch, and Brigette is saving for a laptop computer," Lori noted. "They learn to save money and earn money. If they work to earn it, they appreciate it more."
Even the youngest member of the family gets in on the act. Callie picks and sells gladiolus; consequently, they are her favorite. The girls also help out at the weekly markets.
"Usually Scott and Ashlyn go to Luverne" for the farmers market, Lori detailed. "The girls and I do the Tuesday one, Scott comes to help after work, and Saturday is an everybody one.
"They learn young," Lori added. "It's funny watching them, just trying to be like us and sell stuff."
And because they've grown up growing vegetables, the girls are willing to sample all their wares.
"Callie doesn't eat meat, and neither does Brigette," said Lori. "But they love all the vegetables. She (Callie) will go out in the garden and start picking peas off the vine and eat them. They'll pick lettuce and bring it in and say, 'Make me a salad.'
"Here, we have so many things to try, and I've learned to make a lot of stuff," with produce out of the garden, Lori continued. "When I make pumpkin bars, I use our own pumpkin, and they're a lot moister. I do stir fry, cut up whatever we have and put it in there. I make cheesy potatoes with our own Yukon gold potatoes."
Lori enjoys the anticipation of spring and watching her perennials emerge. However, fall is her favorite time of year.
"I look forward to the pumpkins in the fall, and it's so cozy, and there is so much to decorate with," she said.
Last year's pumpkin crop was disappointing, but this fall the Rosenbergs have an abundance of pumpkins, gourds and squashes to bring to the markets.
"We plant a whole pumpkin patch," Lori said. "This year we have a great crop -- last year was horrible, this year is wonderful. I guess it's the luck of the draw. You just hope the vines come up, there aren't any bugs and the wind isn't too bad because it will break them off the vines."
The pumpkin array varies from the tiny white and orange varieties that Callie played with to ones weighing 75 pounds.
"We have white ones and blue ones -- I love the white ones, because they look almost painted," Lori detailed. "The Cinderellas are the flatter dark orange ones. We save each of the girls a real big one to carve; each one gets to pick their own special pumpkin from the patch."
For the upcoming Dayton House Fall Marketplace, Lori will decorate the Historic Dayton House's porch with her wares, including pumpkins, gourds, ornamental corn, squashes and broom corn, all of which will be for sale.
"I love it there. I get to see everybody as they come in and visit with them," she said, although adding that the weather hasn't always been ideal. "Two different years when they've had it, it's been snowing or raining. You just dress warm. Things still sold really well; it always sells fast there. People hit me on their way out."
Lori anticipates attending farmers markets for a couple of weeks after the Dayton House event, then the season will come to a close. While she's ready to get her greenhouses winterized, the garden patches cleaned out and everything put away, the end of the season is always bittersweet.
"We spend lots of time together," she said about the benefits of her family's business. "And we get to be outside all the time, which is wonderful."


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I also tend to think that there is a trade of Ryan Anderson at least in heavy consideration at the Hornets HQ. The true stretch four is incredibly valuable, and unheard of for this price outside of rookie deals. But unlike Michael, I don't see him at the three. If Van Gundy couldn't make it work, Monty won't either. Do you think the Hornets want to push their franchise (AD, obviously) to play out of position so young (he won't have the weight or post play until Ryan's next contract, we know that) or perhaps would be willing to take calls for one of the premier contracts in the league. They have the cap space to really, really exploit that situation. I love Anderson, he is the complete package. I would be real interested if we loaded up with speed and defense at 1 and 3 and try a running team with those two on the court. But has Monty shown he is willing to push pace, let alone go small or post-positional?
I agree with your assessment that Anderson could be traded, though I would dread that day. I think we all would, as he's a rare commodity: humble, talented, hard-working, and an underpaid quasi-star. I'm not sure that AD's lack of post game is a real issue, as improved guard play would make that a much smaller issue. I also think Davis is closer to a post game than people think. He really does have a phenomenal touch around the rim, and could see some cross-screens being drawn up to help him get deep post position.


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The Nike Free Woven has seen a resurgence ever since adopting the free sole to create an even more barefoot feel that's certainly garnered the pair some clambering fans. Today we get a preview of an upcoming collaboration with Japanese retailer Mita Sneakers that sees the pair adopt a rather US-centric patriotic look with the woven adopting a navy base while interweaving white and red patches mark an X on the toe. This NSW release also features a cork-like lining with a chain link fence printed on top – a familiar sight if you've ever been to mita sneakers in-store. Continue on to see the latest Nike Free Woven 4.0 offering and stay tuned to Sneaker News for release info.
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The Press-Enterprise, December 12, 2012
Workers at three Kaiser Permanente hospitals in the Inland area will picket the facilities later this week and next to protest the upcoming layoffs of more than 500 medical professionals across Southern California. Union leaders say they were informed by the medical provider several weeks ago that 530 positions will be eliminated. The layoffs could include more than 150 nurses and other workers at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in Riverside, Fontana and Ontario, union officials said. Union members will get the word out at all-day informational picket lines Thursday, Dec. 13, at Kaiser?s Riverside hospital, Friday, Dec. 14, in Ontario and Tuesday, Dec. 18, in Fontana, leaders said. The protests began Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the South Bay Medical Center in Harbor City.


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Amazing application icons set
This amazing icon set features cool application and website logos like Skype, WordPress, Dribbble, Android, iOS, Google+, Grooveshark and many more, all free for download!
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MelonJS is a game engine library which helps you create awesome HTML5 games. It integrates a tiled map format and editor, with an easy way to create levels for your games. Give it a try!
25 free high quality HTML templates
This incredible list by the friends of Creative Overflow features 25 stylish HTML templates to use in emails and websites. They are mainly focus on photography, with awesome images and pics. Check them out!
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Another creation from the designers of IconShock for Hongkiat, with 10 of the most beautiful high resolution vintage radio icons in Ai and PNG formats. Download them here!
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This awesome tool helps you visualize cool infographics posted by people all around the world. the good part is the labs, where there will be able an infographics creator tool for you to create nice, organized and beautiful graphics.
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This month freebie from Pixeden for DesingModo is a cool set of UI Elements, with all kinds of search, tabs thumbnails and social buttons. you need to tweet to activate the download.
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This tutorial will help you create rounded corner tables in an quick way resulting in a user-friendly and easy to read and update table with no need of extra CSS classes. The code works perfectly in every browser, so you don't have to worry if they will look well in one and bad in the others. you can check the tutorial here!
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This video by Brad Frost is a talk about the need for a future-friendly way of designing websites because of the rise of all kinds of devices.
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Legal Question in Business Law in California
Verizon charged me Restocking fee for a socalled landline, which turned out to be wireless device. I must have a landline, and I want my restocking fee and taxes back!
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If Verizon made the mistake and you had nothing to do with installation of the wrong equipment, then they have wronged you. Their should be no restocking fee for their mistake. Contact the manager at the store and if that doesn't work, consider small claims court.
The problem with small claims court is there IS a small fee usually. Check the Superior Court website for your city/county and see what the fees are.
If you are unwilling to do that, contact Verizon corporate. They are on the internet. Contact the main office and explain the situation and the fact that you are ready for small claims court if they can't help you.
It must have been Verizon's mistake only though. Not a mutual mistake.
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The Greater Seacoast Permaculture Group is holding a Spring Gardening Swap in Durham on Tuesday, April 3rd. Space is limited, please reserve online:
Spring Gardening Swap
Greater Seacoast Permaculture Group
Saint George's Episcopal Church, 1 Park Court, Durham, NH
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
7–8:30 p.m.
**This is the rescheduled Late Winter Seed Exchange**
Do you have more seeds than you need? Are you excited about trying new plants this year? Then join us for our next SWAP event, when we focus on plants (seeds, seedlings, divisions or other propagated friends)!
Inspired by the the Portland Trading Post, let's further build our community by sharing our bounty and talents with each other – outside the cash economy.
Plants, seeds, divisions, tools, amendments, hand-made items, preserved foods, fermented items – if you have something to share, it's welcome at our swap event!
The rules are simple:
• No cash changes hands.
• You can swap with someone or simply "gift" things to each other.
• Make sure you've found a home for all your stuff before you leave (or take home what hasn't been gifted).
Please use the comments area below to talk about what you might bring or what you're looking for, especially if it's not plant related.
The swap event is free and open to everyone. Please arrive promptly at 7pm so everyone can see what is available. Swapping will finish by 8:30 pm. Please take your RSVP seriously, as space is limited.
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Hi,June. I never realised there were so many pedants around!! Better see the Doc. LOL. Good to hear from you.
Yes, Kate, I'm not very exact. I hope that you are still getting better. Nice to get your comment
quarter of a face to be even more pedantic:)
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Mary Lou Volk (nee Schmitz), 91, of Elyria, died Saturday, July 20, 2013, at New Life Hospice Center of St. Joseph, in Lorain, following a short illness. She was born December 12, 1921 in Lincoln, Nebraska and lived in Elyria for most of her life.
She was Deputy Clerk for Lorain County Clerk of Courts for many years. A graduate of Brookside High School, she was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church, and the Auxiliary of the VFW Post 1079. Mary Lou enjoyed playing cards, was an avid reader and loved gardening. Mary Lou enjoyed being with her family, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Surviving her are two sons, David (Karen) Volk of Elyria and Richard (Carol) Volk of Arlington, Texas; six grandchildren, Heather (Neil) O'Connor, Ashley (Chad) Edel, Michael, Mathew (Alexis), Allison, and Kailey (fiance, Matt Klauenberg); and four great grandchildren, Camden, Dean, Carson and Lucas. Two brothers also survive, Ted and James Schmitz, both of Avon.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Bruno (Butch) Volk in 1970; one son, Dale in 1988; two brothers, John and Donald Schmitz; one sister, Jean Dowdell; and her parents, Theodore A. and Katherine Ann (nee Walsh) Schmitz.
To honor Mary Lou's request, there will be no visitation. A Memorial Mass is scheduled at St. Mary Catholic Church, 320 Middle Avenue, Elyria, Monday, July 29, 2013 at 11 A.M., with the Reverend Father Charles Diedrick, Pastor, officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Elyria Catholic Dad's Boosters or the Autism Speaks Foundation.
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With no one from the public addressing the matter and almost no discussion among its members, the Eureka City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend a moratorium on the permitting of medical marijuana dispensaries for another 10 months.
On an ever-changing legal landscape, the moratorium is designed to allow the city to further evaluate the "legal parameters" of the city's medical marijuana ordinance, which the city has been informed is in violation of the federal Controlled Substances Act.
"I think pretty much our hands are tied at this point," said Councilwoman Melinda Ciarabellini, the only council member to comment on the item Tuesday.
The city's medical cannabis ordinance -- passed by a previous council in August 2010 and modified in May -- regulates personal residential marijuana grows on a land-use basis and allows for the permitting of four medical marijuana dispensaries. The council has left the portion of the ordinance governing residential grows in place, but the dispensary portion of the ordinance came into question after city staff solicited input on the ordinance from the U.S. Attorney's Office in September.
In response, Melinda Haag, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, wrote the city a sternly worded letter warning Eureka that her office felt the city's "licensing scheme" was in violation of federal law and could expose the city -- as well as its employees and officials -- to legal action.
The one dispensary that had submitted an application to open a facility within the city -- Humboldt Bay Wellness -- has abandoned its lease for a property on Fourth Street in which it had hoped to open a 6,600-square-foot facility to serve some 2,000 patients. While the dispensaries backers had threatened the city with litigation -- claiming they had spent more than $100,000 in the past year getting the facility ready to open -- they have since stepped back and pledged to work with the city in the hope that the moratorium can be lifted sooner rather than later.
The city council could opt to lift the moratorium before it sunsets in 10 months and 15 days if it desires, and Councilwoman Linda Atkins indicated Tuesday that could be a possibility if some of the legal issues surrounding dispensaries in the state are clarified.
In other matters, the council voted unanimously to approve its 2011 strategic visioning document, which outlines the council's priorities -- complete with timelines for implementation -- for the coming years. The document, which is a kind of road map for the council and city staff, can be viewed on the city's website, www. ci.eureka.ca.gov.
Also Tuesday, the council postponed a decision on where to place a 15-foot tall sculpture donated to the city by Rick Kistler. The sculpture has been housed in the city's C Street Market Square promenade for the last year, but is now being moved to make way for another installation.
Three possible locations were discussed for the sculpture -- at Broadway and Fourth and Fifth streets, at the corner of Fourth and Little Fourth streets and in Halvorsen Park near the Sacco Amphitheater. After some discussion, the council asked city staff to come back at its next meeting with artistic renderings of the three potential sites to better choose the sculpture's future home.
The council also heard a presentation Tuesday from proponents of a east-to-west rail corridor. Bill Barnum explained that the group is looking for support for the commissioning of a feasibility study for the new rail line, which he said could lead to the development of a modern port in Humboldt Bay and have a huge economic impact.
However, Barnum said, the idea is in its infancy, and it's unclear if it's even possible. But the first step, he said, is to look at doing a feasibility study to answer that basic question.
"We don't know who's going to do it, and we don't know who's going to pay for it, but we'd like the idea positively identified for a look," he said.
The idea, as explained by Barnum, is that the east-to-west rail line might be more feasible than the north-to-south corridor, which is plagued by geology in the Eel River canyon. The east-to-west line, Barnum said, would serve to connect Humboldt County with rail shipping lines heading north to Seattle, south to Long Beach and east to Chicago.
He estimated the ultimate cost of a 130-mile, east-to-west line would be "something along the lines of $500 million," and said the feasibility study could cost about $250,000.
Council members issued tentative support for the idea of passing a resolution in favor of the study and asked that the matter be agendized for a future meeting for further discussion.
The council also voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize Mayor Frank Jager to send a letter strongly opposing the U.S. Postal Service's proposed consolidation of the Eureka processing plant with one in Medford, Ore. Council members voiced a host of concerns over the proposal, all of which centered around potential delays in mail service for the local area.
In a unanimous vote, the council also elected Ciarabellini as the city's mayor pro tem, a position she will take over from Councilman Lance Madsen, who was physically in attendance Tuesday for the first time in more than two months.
Having been down in the San Francisco Bay Area receiving medical treatment and teleconferencing in for meetings, Madsen received a warm welcome-home Tuesday, with numerous speakers thanking him for his service and voicing their pleasure at seeing him back in council chambers.
Humboldt County Fourth District Supervisor Virginia Bass addressed the council during its public comment period and praised Madsen's dedication.
"I just wanted to let you know you are just the cream of the crop," she said in a comment that was echoed by Humboldt County First District Supervisor Jimmy Smith.
During its public comment period, the council also heard from six speakers who were critical of the Eureka Police Department's enforcement actions taken on the Occupy Eureka group that has been stationed in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse for several months. Speakers said they felt the police were infringing on their rights to assembly, free speech and protest.
Sylvia Scott noted that her west side neighborhood has been having problems with vehicle thefts, fighting in the streets and open drug deals.
"I would much rather my police officers be out there solving crimes than violating these people's 1st Amendment rights," she said.
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JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – The Medlock Bridge Elementary Foundation is giving the school the 21st century tools its students need to be successful.
Medlock Bridge Foundation recently donated 15 netbooks to the school along with seven Mimio interactive boards to complete a three-year project.
The foundation now has outfitted every classroom with cutting-edge teaching technology, Medlock Foundation announced. To make these purchases possible, the foundation successfully raised more than $17,000 through a large sponsorship drive and fall fundraising season. This included a silent auction and a holiday bazaar as well as direct donations from corporate sponsors and parents.
The netbooks will be housed in the school's award-winning media center.
"Students will use them every day to build information literacy skills and become technology savvy, 21st century learners," said Medlock Bridge media specialist Leigh Martin.
The Medlock Bridge Elementary Foundation was created in 2007, in response to continuing funding cuts from the state and county level to continue to make capital improvements for the school.
Since that time, the foundation has raised more than $200,000.
"The foundation's success rests solely on the shoulders of the volunteers who give so generously of their time, and to area businesses who never cease to amaze me with their support of our school," said Lisa Beckett, Medlock Bridge Elementary Foundation president.
Johns Creek area businesses have helped with sponsorships with the Medlock Bridge Elementary Foundation, including cash and in-kind donations.
The organization's summer sponsorship drive for the 2013-2014 school year kicks off soon with unique opportunities for companies to advertise on student agendas and homework folders. For information, visit http://www.mbepta-found.net/.


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Hello Mike & thanks for this plugin! Been using it for years w/o issue, along with your contact form.
Been getting reports from readers over the passed couple of months that they can't comment as they are being flagged as spam after they enter the captcha & submit. The sites' author also experienced the same when testing, then later that day, I tried commenting from the same ip & did so w/o issue.
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With Every Breath
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With Every Breath
Kate Livingston holds a respectable position as a government statistician when she encounters a rival from her past, the insufferable Trevor McDonough. Despite her misgivings, Kate agrees to Trevor's risky proposal to join him to find a cure for tuberculosis. However, a shadowy enemy lies in wait, and Trevor's closely guarded secrets are darker than she ever suspected. When the truth of the past comes out, threatening to destroy everything they hold dear, how will Trevor and Kate ever overcome all that stands in their way?
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With Every Breath
- Publication Date: August 5, 2014
- Genres: Christian, Christian Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance
- Paperback: 368 pages
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