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Hoquiam Fire Fighters are Voicing their Concerns Over recent reductions in service. The city earlier this month laid off 4 firefighters, citing a decrease in ambulance billing and call volume. Local 315 Union President Doug Stankavich tells us recent policy changes have not only limited staffing, they are beginning to affect the departments ability to respond because the department cannot call in off duty firemen. The department issued the following press release yesterday.
The Hoquiam Fire Department, and more specifically its firefighters, have unfairly come under fire recently and it is time to set the record straight. The fact of the matter is the citizens of Hoquiam are not as safe as they used to be.
While all other city employees, both union and non-union, accepted a 1.5% raise beginning January 1, 2014, Hoquiam Fire Fighters have worked extremely hard on a contract proposal that will save the taxpayer money while maintaining all positions, including the four that have been irresponsibly laid off.
Hoquiam politicians cite a 10% reduction in revenue in the ambulance budget as the reason for the unwarranted layoffs, pointing to a decrease in call volume as the reason for the reduction. Hoquiam is no different than any other fire department in the nation in that call volumes have steadily increased over the last 10 years.
Through a series of press releases, the citizens of Hoquiam have been erroneously led to believe its fire fighters are refusing to go on calls. None of this is accurate. Fire fighters respond to ALL 911 calls and always treat every emergency with the care and attention that would be given to their own family members.
Due to policy changes even prior to these layoffs, fire fighter staffing has been dangerously and irresponsibly limited, affecting the city's ability to provide the emergency response taxpayers are led to believe they are funding. These recent policy changes have affected the functional operation of our department and have put the citizens and our personnel at an increased risk. These policy changes assure no off duty personnel are called in to cover the city when our department responds to fire or EMS calls in any of the surrounding districts, while transporting non-emergent patients to and from the hospital for MRI services and while transporting airlift crews to and from the hospital to Bowerman Airfield. This leaves the city with only three personnel while the other fire fighters Hoquiam pays for are either out of the city or occupied with non-emergent tasks.
Hoquiam Fire Fighters have filed a grievance regarding these policy changes that, when resolved, will hopefully bring a better level of safety back to its citizens and firefighters. We are still negotiating and can deliver a significant savings to the budget while maintaining the current staffing levels. Also in the discussions is the possible consolidation with the City of Aberdeen Fire Department.
These reasons alone are enough to cause us to wonder why the layoffs were so urgent. There are plenty more questions to be asked of your Councilperson(s), Mayor and the City Administrator.


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Long Beach State women's basketball vs. UC Irvine, 5 p.m.
In a Black & Blue doubleheader to open Big West Conference play, the 49ers (8-6) are looking to build on an 88-68 win over Denver in the Walter Pyramid on Sunday while the Anteaters (7-7) continue to be road warriors. They are 3-6 away from home this season and haven't won a road game since Dec. 6. UC Irvine is led by forward Camile Buckley and guard Jennifer Tsurumoto as the seniors have combined to score 366 of the 994 team points.
Buckley averaged a double-double 11.9 points and 11.5 rebounds a game as a junior and a second team All-Big West Selection. This season, the rangy LMU transfer is averaging 14.8 points and 9.2 rebounds a a game while shooting 48 percent from the field and racking up 21 assists and 21 steals. Tsurumoto is averaging 13.4 points a game and is shooting 30 percent from behind the arc while dishing out a team-high 42 assists.
Long Beach State men's basketball vs. UC Irvine, 8 p.m.
The defending Big West regular-season champion 49ers (4-10) host the coaches preseason conference poll favorite Anteaters (9-7) in the second half of this Walter Pyramid doubleheader. UC Irvine is averaging 77 points per game and closed out a tough four-game road trip with a 2-2 record last week, playing tough but eventually falling at Arizona State, 74-61, which was a fourth Pac-12 opponent on the road.
Junior Will Davis II is the Anteaters' leading scorer at 12.1 points per game. The five starters are averaging anywhere from nine to 12.0 points per game and they have accounted for 71.3 percent of UCI scoring. Freshman center Mamadou Ndiaye swatted four shots against Arizona State to increase his Big West leading total to 49 blocks. He is on pace to shatter the league's single season record of 89, held by UC Santa Barbara's Eric McArthur since the 1989-90 campaign.
Moore League wrestling, 3 p.m.
On the second full day of scheduled league duel meets, Wilson will visit Lakewood while the Compton/Cabrillo team travels to Jordan and Poly hosts Millikan. The Jackrabbit and Ram matchup is full of story lines after the forfeitures for Poly last season and recent domination by Millikan.
Moore League girls soccer, 3 p.m.
While Poly visits Lakewood and Compton hosts Cabrillo in the afternoon, Wilson will travel to Millikan for a 5 p.m. showdown. The last time the Jackrabbits and Lancers faced off, Poly came through with an impressive and dominant 6-0 victory. When the Bruins last visited the Rams, Katie Pratt-Thompson added a second-half free-kick goal that gave Wilson a win to keep late season momentum on the way to a CIF title.
Moore League boys soccer, 3 p.m.
On the third full day of league games this week, Lakewood will visit Wilson and Poly will host Compton while Jordan travels to Cabrillo to reignite the 710 Rivalry. Last season, the Jaguars were part of the reason the Panthers couldn't maintain momentum after finishing the first half of the Moore League season atop the standings.
Long Beach State men's basketball vs. UC Davis, 4 p.m.
The 49ers conclude this short homestand by taking on an Aggies (4-10) team that went on a seven-game non-conference losing streak in November and December, much like Long Beach State did. UC Davis is led by guard/forward Josh Ritchart and his team-high 17.3 points and 6.6 rebounds per game. The senior is shooting 63 percent from the floor and has 12 blocks.

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12 New York Restaurant Week Reservations To Make Right Now
ZagatSummer restaurant week hits New York from July 16 through August 10, and the reservations list just went live this week!
There are hundreds of eateries participating in the promotion, which will get you three-course meals for $24.07 during lunch and $35 during dinner. But how to choose?!
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Between 15 and 20 large, asymptomatic, cauliflowerlike condylomata had been present for several years on the penile shaft of a 52-year-old uncircumcised man. The patient and practitioner were concerned about the oncogenous potential of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes these warts. The likelihood of penile condyloma transformation to squamous cell carcinoma is much greater in uncircumcised men than in those who have been circumcised. In addition, the patient feared transmitting HPV to his female partners; HPV infection increases the risk of cervical cancer in affected women.
The warts were removed by shave excision and electrodesiccation, as shown in the photograph. Histopathologic examination of tissue ruled out cellular atypia; reactive plasma reagent test results were negative for condyloma latum.
The patient was counseled about the high probability of wart recurrence and the need to treat the condylomata with liquid nitrogen several times a year to control the disease.
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A former Meriden policeman has been sentenced to 14 months in prison in federal court in New Haven.
Evan Cossette, son of the town's police chief, had been found guilty of use of force against a prisoner in the lockup, and of making false reports about the incident in his report. .
The prosecution had asked for a sentence of more than two years.
A video played in court showed Cossette pushing an intoxicated, handcuffed prisoner in a cell. The prisoner fell backwards and hit his head, causing a large gash
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So in order to root you will need to download a couple of files and store them in your Android SDK folder/platform-tools/. The link to download the files can be found at the wonderful XDA forums in this this thread regarding rooting a xoom. Please also refer to this thread for any detail that I left out as well as for assistance, it is an amazing and helpful community. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968342 So below I am going to list the text that I will be entering into the Terminal. These steps complement the video.
Steps to Enter into Terminal
1. adb reboot bootloader (You can skip the next 3 steps if you've unlocked with fastboot previously)
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. adb reboot bootloader
4. fastboot flash boot rootboot.img
5. fastboot reboot
6. adb remount
7. adb push su /system/bin/
8. adb shell (everything from here is within the shell, up to the exit)
9. ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
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12. adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
So there are now fireworks, bells, and whistles, after you finish rooting. So how do you know? Well there is an App called Root Check made by a great member from the XDA Community. With a simple press of the button you will know if you have rooted your device. Check it out!


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Pesky Flames winger Ville Nieminen could have flopped to the ice while being force-fed the blade of Sharks forward Niko Dimitrakos' stick.
After stealing the puck from Dimitrakos inside the Calgary blueline and racing into Sharks territory in Game 5 Monday night, Nieminen kept skating, kept digging, fighting off the blatant hook to his face.
Nieminen circled inside the Sharks blueline, whipping a cross-ice pass to a wide-open Marcus Nilson for the Flames' second goal.
"He got me in the mouth and I just about ate the whole blade," Nieminen recalled of Dimitrakos' infraction.
"I knew the penalty was coming, so I tried to make a play that you should not even be allowed to think about five-on-five.
"That pass across, stopping up inside the blueline to pass it across. Nobody picked up Marcus so he was wide open."
Nieminen said the delayed hooking penalty allowed him to attempt the dangerous pass, which Nilson blasted behind goalie Evgeni Nabokov for a 2-0 lead just two minutes after Jarome Iginla posted the all-important first goal of the game.
"When there's a delayed penalty coming you try that little mustard play when you can put some mustard on it," said Nieminen, knowing the play would be whistled dead had San Jose intercepted the puck.
Nieminen has three goals and three assists in 17 post-season contests, missing only the fifth game of the Detroit series while serving a suspension for running into Wings goalie Curtis Joseph.
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NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The North Miami Beach Police Department on Tuesday arrested 32-year-old Claude Alexis and 22-year-old Cierrah Raphael in the death of a 2-year-old boy.
Police were called to a home for a sick and unresponsive child on Thursday. The victim, Ezra Raphael, was transported to Jackson North Medical Center after he was found unconscious.
The boy was later pronounced dead. The medical examiner ruled he died from blunt force trauma.
According to the arrest report, Alexis, who lives with Raphael and the boy, hit him in the back after waking up to find water running in the bathroom. Alexis called 911 after the boy became unconscious.
Police charged Alexis with first-degree murder and child abuse.
The victim's mother, Cierrah Raphael, 22, who was at work at the time of the incident, was also arrested Tuesday and charged with child neglect.
Evidence showed that the child had been left home unattended and uncared for repeatedly by Cierrah, police said.
A woman who lives next door to Alexis, who asked not to be identified, said she heard a commotion late Thursday night.
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Vicki Plummer, 74, of Morenci, Mich., died March 5, 2010, at home.
She was born Nov. 13, 1935, in Grand Rapids, Mich., the daughter of Victor and Mary (Kelley) Middleton. On Sept. 2, 1957, in Grand Rapids, she married Howard Kiel Plummer, Jr., and he survives.
Vicki lived in Seneca Township, Mich., since May 27, 1999. Vicki earned her Bachelor in Science in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan in 1957. She was a fourth generation pharmacist working at South Gate and Taylor, retiring after 40 years of service. Vicki was a past member of the Dearborn Garden Club, a member of the Morenci Garden Club and a member of the Wednesday Afternoon Book Club.
Besides her husband, Howard "Kiel," she is survived by a son, Howard K. Plummer III of Knoxville, Tenn.; three sisters, Julie (and Phillip) Carroll of Ann Arbor, Mich., Laura (and Ed) Middleton of Vermont, and Jessie (and George) Schemm of Georgia; three brothers, Victor (and Maris) Middleton of Ohio, Grant (and Brenda) Middleton of Grand Rapids and Louis (and Erna) Middleton of Saline, Mich.; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Vicki was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Mary Lou Hodel.
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Arrangements were made through the Eagle Funeral Home-Charles Fink Chapel in Morenci.
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Taylor Swift was dressed like a typical New Yorker when performing the title track from her album 'Red' on 'Good Morning America' today (Oct. 23.) She was sported head-to-toe black, which shocked us, since she has been cloaked in crimson while promoting the album, which is expected to sell a million copies.
Taylor Swift's week-long TV media blitz for 'Red' began this morning (Oct. 22) with her interview on 'Good Morning America.' She will be back tomorrow AM to perform, making her the world's best alarm clock. She looked resplendent in a crimson dress paired with matching, matte scarlet lips while promoting the long-awaited 'Red,' which is finally out today!
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If you are frustrated or angry with someone and you know you can't be their friend anymore, you may consider ending the friendship. However, that person may be the friend of one of your friends. How can you handle this situation? Start by dealing with it slowly and letting the person know why you don't want to be their friend.
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Ending the Friendship
1Make sure you don't want to be their friend. Often times people will get into arguments and you may feel as if you are done with that person. However, these feelings aren't always permanent. Before you do anything drastic, evaluate your friendship and think of the good and bad things your friend has done to you.
2Let the person know. Avoid a scene or adding to the drama; try talking with them in private or even in writing over email. Handling the issues one-on-one in person is the best way to make sure you're both heard and understood.
- If it's a person who you know wants to be your friend and you don't want to be theirs, let them down gently. A good thing to say might be "I think we should have a distance for a while. I really need to focus on school right now. I know you want to be my friend, so I hope you understand." Say it nicely.
- If it's a person who does not want to be your friend and you want to be theirs, make sure you understand their reason. Sound sad, but not angry at them for their choice. "I understand," is a good way to put things across.
- If you have been through an argument and you both do not want to be friends, you should evaluate this, because the argument may fade and time may heal it. If you're sure you both want to move on from the friendship, the transition should be fairly easy; accept your feelings openly and decide to "cool it" together.
3Keep a distance. The best way to really cool a friendship is to stop hanging out. This may be more difficult if you have shared friends in common, or you attend the same school or workplace. But it's not impossible. Stop calling one another, texting, or hanging out one-on-one. In groups, stay cordial and friendly, but don't seek one another out. Just build a healthy distance, and your friendship will soon become less intense.
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1Don't be mean to the person when you're in a group. Don't launch into a deep conversation with that person, but there's no need to be rude. Talk with your other friends and talk to that person if he/she happens to join the conversation. Instead, stay polite and say hi in the hallways sometimes, as if he/she were just a classmate and not anything better or worse. Do not give the person the cold shoulder, or they may start to be mean to you too.
2Stay connected with your group. If the ex-friend is talking with one of your friends, therefore leaving you out, make sure you engage. Don't walk away just because the person you don't like is talking to someone else who you do like. Still, be polite so that your friend doesn't mention anything in public.Also you friend may question you about that person. Tell them slowly and calmly what happened, if your friend is a good one they will understand.
3Tell your other friends as needed. It's best to avoid making a big scene
4Deal with any jealousy in a mature way. If a friend of yours is starting to become closer to the person you don't like than you, you may feel jealous. This is okay. But do not be mean or cruel to your friend or that person. Instead try regaining the friendship with that person.
5Be prepared that one-on-one interactions with your ex-friend may be awkward. You'll both feel it, especially at first. Just try to be polite and talk normally as if you were talking to a friend.
6Let your friendship (or lack thereof) evolve over time. You may eventually choose to be friends again. Let the friendship evolve naturally, and if you find yourself wanting to talk or hang out more again, just go with it. You don't need to make big public announcements; just let it happen.
- If they want to be your friend but you don't want to be theirs, it is better to avoid making a big scene or saying "no". You can be nice to them, but you don't have to spend all your time with them. Don't feel bad. You can be polite without becoming best friends again; just keep the distance that you feel comfortable with, without being intentionally rude or off-putting.
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What if they start rumors about me and all my others friends start to believe it?wikiHow ContributorIgnore the rumors because you know they're not true. As for your other friends, try to explain it to them. If they don't believe you and it is truly awful enough for them to stop being your friend, then make new friends.
What if they say someone doesn't like me, like their parents or sister or something?wikiHow ContributorAsk them why. If a friend's parents or sister don't like you, they probably have some kind of wrong idea about who you are and what you're like. Maybe ask to meet up and discuss it all together and see if you can come to an understanding.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in hiding after losing big in a game of high stakes poker.
The flamboyant head of state lost out in what he called a "freak of nature" - after putting the deeds to Italy in the pot.
Gambling experts say the move was, "a rash decision" and "illogical" and completely out of character.
Earlier, Berlusconi had lost his entire media empire to Omar Sharif.
On the final hand of the night, with two pairs, he gambled the lot - including Sicily.
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'how it should feel': Emily and Brett Beugen with 5-year-old Sarah and 11-month-old David. In the weeks after Sarah was born, Ellen Beugen struggled with postpartum depression and was admitted to a hospital psychiatric ward.
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Emily Beugen struggled with postpartum depression after her first child Sarah was born. With no other options available, Beugen spent time in a psych ward that just compounded the issues she was facing. After searching and finding help to deal with her struggle Beugen's second pregnancy went much better. Here, Emily with her 11-month-old son David at their home in Minneapolis. The first program of its kind in Minnesota to treat mothers struggling with postpartum depression will open on April 15 at Hennepin County Medical Center. The mother-baby program will allow new mothers struggling with depression and other mental health issues to receive treatment during the day and not have to be admitted into the psych ward.
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To look at Emily Beugen cuddling her two small children, it's difficult to guess that her first pregnancy sent her spiraling into depression.
But nine weeks after Sarah, now 5, was born, the baby got the flu and was hospitalized. Then, Beugen got sick, too. Her milk production decreased. Her tension mounted.
"One morning I woke up … and suddenly I just felt a cold feeling come over me," she said. "I was laying in the bed and I had Sarah next to me … I looked at her and it was as if she had become an alien. I didn't know who she was."
After two attempts to get help, Beugen was diagnosed with postpartum depression and placed in a hospital psychiatric ward.
What happened to Beugen was "a nightmare come true" experienced by many women seeking help for moderate to severe symptoms, said Dr. Helen Kim, a psychiatrist at Hennepin County Medical Center. Treatment options have been limited for the one in 10 women who suffer from postpartum depression in Minnesota and most other states. Many were locked up with the chronically mentally ill and separated from their newborns.
That's why Kim, a national expert on postpartum depression, spearheaded an effort to establish an innovative treatment center allowing mothers to bring their babies with them. HCMC's Mother-Baby Program, which opens Monday, is the first of its kind in the state and one of only four in the country.
The short-term, outpatient mental health treatment center focuses on improving the emotional health of mothers and strengthening their bond with their babies.
Modeled after a program at Brown University in Rhode Island, the HCMC program also includes a triage phone line for mothers and their families to call for support and resources.
Housed in a suite on the fourth floor of HCMC's Parkside Professional Building in downtown Minneapolis, the day hospital is designed to feel more like home than a sterile hospital.
"We were very discouraged by the lack of options for women when they were struggling," said Kim, the program's medical director. "The mother-baby approach, [of] really letting women stay with their children and addressing their very unique needs, was very helpful — and often life saving."
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Treating any depression is difficult, but pregnancy-related depression poses special challenges.
Society paints a romanticized view of motherhood as a state of loving bliss and reinforces the notion that mothers are supposed to easily step into a demanding role, said Jesse Kuendig, the Mother-Baby Program's senior social worker. Postpartum depression disrupts the ability of many women to adapt to the demands, and occurs at even higher rates among low-income women, teenage moms and other high-risk groups.
The symptoms can be difficult to recognize. Moodiness and feeling heightened emotions are common for most women during and after pregnancy, said Kim. A mother's emotional state becomes a concern, however, when it starts to interfere with her ability to take care of herself and her baby.
In addition, a distressed mother's thinking can become distorted and her thoughts can quickly morph into feelings of unworthiness.
"She may start to think, 'Maybe baby is better off without me. Maybe family is better off without me,' " Kim said.
That thinking can affect how a mother interacts with her newborn. Depressed mothers make less eye contact and speak less to their babies, which can have a detrimental effect on the child's health.
"For a baby, their experience is of a mother who's there, but not fully there," she said.
Once a mother — or family member or friend — realizes there's a problem, help is not always easy to find.
"Part of our thinking was to create a one-stop place for people," said Kuendig.
Mothers helping mothers
A distinctive feature of the Mother-Baby Program is that it relies on group therapy to help mothers learn how to respond to their baby's needs. It also helps them build a support system.
"It's so important to have a unique program just for pregnant and postpartum women," said Kuendig, "just to know how common it is and to sit across from someone who is having a similar experience."
That's what Beugen discovered.
After she was released from the psychiatric ward, she was more willing to accept help from her husband, Brett, as well as from friends and family. Still, she realized she needed professional help. She took part in an outpatient treatment program and began seeing a psychiatrist, but neither specialized in postpartum depression. Finally, she was referred to Kim at HCMC.
Since then, Beugen has formed friendships with other mothers who struggled with depression. Her second pregnancy, with her son, David, now 11 months old, went much better, she said. Now she's enjoying motherhood.
"I was talking to someone about how great this has been — it's gone so fast — and they said 'This is what it's supposed to be like.' This is how it should feel."
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The Farmington School District has banned an app from students' iPads for the first time since putting the devices in the hands of every student earlier this year.
The app Snapchat now tops the list of programs students are restricted from using on their school-issued iPads. Notice of the restriction went out April 3, letting parents and students know the app had to be removed by Monday, April 8.
District 192 technology education coordinator Charles Duarte said the app was restricted because it has no educational value, and was being abused in classes.
Launched in 2011, Snapchat is a photo-sharing app that is popular among teens. It allows the user to take a picture and send it to friends. The recipient opens the image, views it, but then the photo disappears within 10 seconds.
"It has mostly been a case of kids making funny faces and sending them to each other," Duarte said, "but it has caused some distraction on the receiving end. After that, we made the decision to take it out."
Even the creators of Snapchat acknowledge the app has little use in the classroom. According to its website, over 50 million "snaps" are recorded every day.
"To get a better sense of how people were using Snapchat and what we could do to make it better, we reached out to some of our users. We were thrilled to hear that most of them were high school students who were using Snapchat as a new way to pass notes in class -- behind-the-back photos of teachers and funny faces were sent back and forth throughout the day. Server data supported this and we saw peaks of activity during the school day and dips on the weekends," Evan Spiegel, co-creator of Snapchat, wrote in a 2012 blog post.
That peak of activity during the school day is what District 192 plans to cut off, at least on the district-owned iPads, by restricting Snapchat.
School administrators are able to track what apps kids download on the district-issued iPads through a districtwide mobile device management system. While that means they can see what students are putting on their iPads, the management system does not allow them to look at personal files like the camera, email and other social media.
The management system also allows the school district to shut down certain functions of the iPads, if necessary.
With that in mind, students and parents were informed students would lose access to their iPad's camera function, access to Safari -- the main web browser used in Farmington schools -- and the app store if they did not have Snapchat removed from their iPads by Monday.
Students received messages on their iPads, and parents received emails. The information was also shared on several Facebook pages connected to the district.
"We wanted to make sure to give fair warning of what would take place. That way, it's not a surprise if they lose that functionality," Duarte said.
This is the first time District 192 has had to restrict an app, but it probably will not be the last. Duarte works with teachers, parents, and administrators to gauge the usefulness and effectiveness of certain apps in the classroom. When apps like Snapchat come along, Duarte expects the school district to react accordingly.
"If there was some educational value to (Snapchat) that we could determine, it would be likely we wouldn't have made that choice. But there are other apps out there that fulfill the same function without deleting the photo within a certain time frame on the other end. When they use apps like that, knowing it will exist on the other end, it's likely they will make a better choice," Duarte said.
For the most part, Duarte added, Farmington students have been responsible with the content and care they've used with the iPads.
"Ultimately, we're trying to work with the students so they learn to make appropriate choices, so they become strong digital citizens. For the most part, kids are making good choices. We want to make sure we're honoring that, and responding to that, just as much as when a student makes a poor choice," Duarte said.
The restriction does not extend to student-owned devices. That is between the student and his or her parents.
If parents are interested to learn more about Snapchat, a "parent guide" is available on the app's website, snapchat.com, under Frequently Asked Questions, or by going to www.snapchat.com/static_files/parents.pdf.


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The nearly three-week national phenomenon known as March Madness is fast approaching and along with all the usual suspects, hopeful middle-of-the-pack major conference contenders and mid-major wannabes are jostling for positioning as the regular season winds down. Every year reveals a handful of teams that no one had high hopes for early in the season, and conference tournaments always produce a few surprises; 2013 should be no different. Unlike in recent seasons, when even a novice could safely predict at least one Final Four participant, this year is shaping up to literally be a crapshoot, with at least a dozen teams having legitimate national title aspirations.
Defending champion Kentucky has been up-and-down, to be expected when relying on freshmen in key roles, and their repeat hopes were probably dashed when big man Nerlens Noel went down with a season-ending knee injury in mid-February, taking away the nation's leading shot-blocker. Definitely a "bubble team," John Calipari's Wildcats need at least a couple more wins to secure a spot. Kansas, runnerup to Kentucky in 2012, is safely in, but this Jayhawk squad isn't nearly as dominant as some of Bill Self's recent teams, and their best chance to obtain a No. 1 seed probably depends on how they fare in the Big 12 Tournament. The team that's spent more time than any other atop the polls, the Indiana Hoosiers, are about as safe a bet to be handed one of the four coveted top seedings as any team nationwide, but they've stumbled in some conference matchups lately and need to regain confidence (and wins) before they can punch their tournament ticket.
The other teams that have been among the top 10 in the polls for most of the season and can't be counted out for a deep run include Louisville, Syracuse, Georgetown, Gonzaga, Michigan, Michigan State, Duke, Miami, Florida and Arizona.
Rick Pitino's Cardinals don't have the can't miss All-Americans, but they are an excellent defensive team and score just enough to usually win. Syracuse, in their final Big East season before joining the ACC next year, have experience, elite athleticism and a top-notch PG in Michael Carter-Williams. Another Big East squad that is rounding into shape at just the right time are the Georgetown Hoyas. Otto Porter, Jr., just a sophomore, has been developing into one of the nation's top all-around players over the past month, and appears capable of carrying Georgetown well past the first couple of weekends. Gonzaga is a team that's been operating under the national radar (as they do almost annually), but coach Mark Few may have his best-ever team this year. Big men Kelly Olynyk and Elias Harris are as efficient a one-two front court tandem as any, while PGs Kevin Pangos and David Stockton keep the Zags offense humming like a well-oiled machine. PG Trey Burke heads up a star-studded Michigan Wolverine squad, with plenty of contributions from Tim Hardaway, Jr., Glenn Robinson III and freshman big man Mitch McGary. Tom Izzo's Michigan State Spartans seem to always play their best towards the end of the season, and this year follows the pattern. Guards Keith Appling and Gary Harris thrive on the perimeter while big men Branden Dawson and Adrien Payne take no prisoners in the paint. With Ryan Kelly's return, Duke presents an entirely new look for opposing defenses, while seniors Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry have plenty of experience and basketball smarts to carry most teams. The surprising Miami Hurricanes haven't hit the proverbial wall as many expected, and they might be the most experienced team in the country with a starting lineup averaging nearly 22 years of age. It's a sophomore however, PG Shane Larkin, who directs coach Jim Larranaga's over-achieving squad. Billy Donovan's Florida Gators are clearly the class of a watered-down SEC, and their guard triumvirate of Boynton, Rosario and Wilbekin fully capable of playing different styles and tempos, Florida presents a formidable matchup against anyone. The Arizona Wildcats are similar to Florida in versatility and experience, and coach Sean Miller is due for some national recognition.
Several teams started out the season with big expectations, both from the experts and themselves, only to fall short and forced to scramble to get back to their once lofty level. Kentucky could be included among that group, but there are many others that also fall into that category. The N.C. State Wolfpack shocked everyone by advancing to 2012′s Sweet 16 and as a result, entered this season as ACC favorites. Several buzzer-beater losses and a healthy dose of humility later finds the 'Pack once again underrated as tournament time nears, but with an experienced starting five and as much motivation as most teams, they may be ready to pull off a repeat of last season.
Once March Madness kicks in, all bets are essentially off. Heroes will be created in the time it takes a ball to go through the hoop while once-revered superstars will just as suddenly discover how the other half lives. Some small school will throw a huge scare into a major power and a little-known head coach will be inundated with media requests whereas before he was merely another face in the crowd. About the only sure-fire prediction about March Madness is that one team will call the season a success while 327 others will have to wait 'til next year.


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Captain Robert Scott has had a poor press. He is denounced by many as an incompetent whose poor planning led to the deaths of himself and his team in Antarctica in 1912. Susan Solomon disagrees. She believes he was undone by freak weather. Solomon knows a thing or two about the Antarctic atmosphere: she has studied it for 15 years. In the 1980s she discovered the cause of the ozone hole. She even has a glacier named after her. But her first book is about Scott. Gabrielle Walker asks why she felt the need to rehabilitate him.
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I'm actually asking this for my sister...but is there any workouts to help slim down the calf muscle...I really have no clue...Not exactly concern with slimming down...but any help would be much appreciated
So your asking for an exercise that makes muslces smaller? :06: I dont think any of them do that.
diet and cardio will slim down any muscle part. Targeting one specific muscle I don't think you can do that without site injections. Not 100% on that, but I think if it's a slim down then everything should come down with diet and cardio.
If a person has genetically large calves (muscle wise) then they're probably going to continue to have large calves. If there is fat on there then like Talo said diet and cardio is the only thing that has a chance.
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but i know many girls that have large calves(alot have bigger ones that guys :) ) anyway there are surgeries to shave the muscle down but other than that if they werent working out to begin with and have large calves its most likely genetic build and theres not really much of a way to slim them down
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I had seen Annette for 2 yrs before Dr. Turley. This dr. NEVER performed a physical examination; I saw him monthly for 1yr. (I'd have switched sooner if I hadn't lost insurance during this period and getting a new pain Dr. takes time.) He was condescending and arrogant; once telling me and my young teen what a pain it was when someone they treated died of an overdose because he had to fill out the paperwork and there had been three that month alone. (How horribly inconvenient for HIM!!) I also found it odd that the last question on the monthly status update was regarding exposure to HIV/STD's. Until doing research (public records) and discovering that the HIV/STD testing center 2 office spaces down from The Pain Center is owned by Dr. Turley. I also never waited less then an hour to be seen and STILL have not been able to get my records. My last request (3rd written) earned a phone call after 2 weeks saying it would be $2 per page and each visit AVERAGED 5 pages. So $120/yr. Average.
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Wednesday night. The 28th episode in America's long-running television series — the presidential debates — in which two men go on stage and face off with the ever-present possibility of getting trounced or humiliated. In presidential politics, a debate — a real debate — is a test like no other.
That's why none of us has ever seen one. A true debate is just too risky. From 1960 onward, the events called presidential debates have delivered not clashes of rhetorical greatness but the spectacle of two people engaged in dueling job interviews. The skill needed to land the position is much the same as the one eighth-graders rely on to win spelling bees: the ability to memorize the answers to the questions ahead of time, then repeat them, precisely as learned. Debates? Modern politicians don't partake in debates. Not real ones.
Now, I serve on real debates. I know real debates. Real debaters are friends of mine. And these campaign-season sessions are not real debates. In fact, I would argue in the affirmative for the following proposition: We must change the format of the presidential debates.
Because the format is the problem. While the Commission on Presidential Debates, which stages these events, was criticized this year for booking too few female and minority moderators, and perennially for excluding third-party candidates, the more entrenched issue is the structure of the debates themselves. They are designed to keep the candidates from getting into trouble or embarrassing themselves by looking mean, uninformed or scared. That is a backward priority. A debate is a contest, a competition, a battle. The rules should be calibrated to produce the best contest possible, not to protect the contestants from themselves.
When candidates debate each other, they should debate each other. In a real debate, the participants engage, they grapple, they get into each other's hair (metaphorically, of course). Without that clash of ideas and personalities, there's no point in getting the two sides together on one stage.
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In fact, I know I'm dreaming on this, but might there come a day when the presidential candidates would risk taking part in the style of debates I have moderated? About 45 times now, I have witnessed the beauty and the electricity of the Oxford Union-style debate, in a broadcast and live-streamed series called Intelligence Squared U.S. We've modified the classic format but preserved its essence: a full debate devoted to a single topic. Imagine what Wednesday night could be like if, instead of working through a bunch of small-bore questions, Obama and Romney had to take sides on a single motion: "Government Is the Problem." Or "The Wealthy Should Shoulder More of the Burden." Or "Marriage Is Between a Man and a Woman."
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The additives are not chemically bonded to the PVC polymer but are merely mixed into the plastic during its formulation. Over time, they leach out of vinyl products, entering the air, water or other liquids with which the product comes in contact.
Studies show that some toxins in plastics are building up in humans and that some of us may be experiencing serious health effects as a result.
Besides that, toxic manufacturing byproducts like dioxin (the most potent carcinogen known to science), hydrochloric acid and vinyl chloride are unavoidably created in the production of PVC and can cause severe health problems like cancer, endometriosis, neurological damage, immune system damage, respiratory problems, liver and kidney failure, and birth defects.
The chemical substances produced by PVC during its entire lifecycle are already present in global, local, and workplace environments at unacceptably high levels. Yet there is little public awareness of its adverse health and environmental effects.
PVC is an unnecessary toxic plastic. Although found in a wide variety of products — from food packaging to children's toys, plumbing and building materials to medical devices — in every case alternatives to it exist.
Here's what you should know about PVC, a largely unrealised public health menace.
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EVER wondered why your new car; plastic shower cap, curtain or tote bag; or your baby's new toy has an offensive smell for days, even months? There's more to that "new" smell than you think. That whiff of bad air you get is from PVC (polyvinyl chloride) — one of the most hazardous consumer products ever created on earth — which is present in these and many other consumer products we use daily.
PVC products stink because they contain volatile organic compounds (VOCs). These are poisonous carbon-containing chemicals that are volatile enough to evaporate at room temperature. This process, called outgassing, is also a problem with building products such as plywood, particleboard, carpet and pads, paints, stains and glues.
Outgassing odours are most noticeable when products are new, but diminish over time until they finally disappear. A shower curtain can outgas for a month or longer, for example, depending on conditions. High temperature and humidity will speed up the release of VOCs.
VOCs can be toxic. Most commonly they irritate eyes, noses and throats, causing coughing, headaches, dizziness and nausea. The symptoms go away when outgassing ceases.
But the danger doesn't stop there. Did you know: From the time it is manufactured right up to its disposal, PVC keeps on releasing dangerous chemicals that can cause cancer, making it the worst plastic for our health and the environment.
What is PVC?
Polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as PVC or vinyl, is one of the most common synthetic materials. It's widely used in construction materials (eg: pipes and fittings, windows, flooring, fencing, decking, roofing, wall coverings, wire and cable products), transport and packaging materials, medical supplies, and consumer products (eg: credit cards and toys).
PVC use has grown rapidly since World War II, when it gained popularity as a rubber substitute. PVC is presently the second most widely used plastic in the world. And it's one of today's most dangerous toxic offenders. It cannot be recycled, and it is considered by many experts to be the most dangerous, carcinogenic plastic ever created by man.
Why It's Dangerous
PVC is dangerous to human health and the environment throughout its entire life cycle — at the factory, in our homes, and in the trash.? Its manufacture, product life and disposal all pose great environmental and health hazards.
The dangers of PVC are from the persistent pollutants it releases and the toxic additives used to produce PVC products.
What it contains: PVC is the only common plastic that contains chlorine. Although the plastics industry likes to point out that chlorine comes from ordinary salt, chlorine is actually listed by the US federal government as an "extremely hazardous substance". Vinyl chloride, the building block of PVC, can cause cancer in humans, according to the US government's National Toxicology Program.
PVC products also often contain dangerous toxic additives such as mercury, dioxins, lead and phthalates (used as softeners) which can leach out and pose dangers to consumers.
Lead, for example, can damage the brain and nervous system and cause behaviour, learning and developmental disabilities.
Phthalates are additives widely used in the production of PVC to make it soft and flexible. Phthalates have been associated with an increased risk of cancer and kidney and liver damage.
Exposure to phthalates has also been linked with premature births, early puberty in girls, impaired sperm quality and sperm damage in men, genital defects, and reduced testosterone production in boys.
Many of the chemicals are thought to interfere with the reproductive system and development.
When produced or burned, PVC plastic releases dioxins, a group of the most potent synthetic chemicals ever tested, which can cause cancer (dioxin is the most potent carcinogen known to science) and harm the immune and reproductive systems.
Dioxins are extremely long-lived in the environment, and, because they are fat-soluble, they concentrate in the tissues of humans and other species.
When used, PVC products pose health risks. Many of the toxic additives in PVC can be released from PVC products when they are used or handled by consumers. PVC products also release toxic fumes if they catch fire.
Widely Used
The vast majority of PVC manufactured is used in the production of building materials, however it's also used in many other consumer products such as children's toys, baby's shampoo bottles, office supplies and packaging and thousands of other products, including medical products.
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PVC harms all who come in contact with it — from workers making the products, communities located near PVC manufacturing plants, and consumers purchasing them, and to those living near landfills and incinerators where the products are discarded.
PVC uses and releases highly hazardous chemicals including vinyl chloride, dioxins, mercury, phthalates, and other chemicals that have been linked to deterioration of the central nervous system, liver damage, reproductive harm, and certain cancers.
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Who are some players that you totally forgot played for certain teams??
Some examples:
Patrick Ewing playing for the Seattle Supersonics.
Robert Parish playing for, and winning a championship with, MJ's Bulls.
Scottie Pippen's forgettable year with Hakeem and the Rockets.
Walt Frazier ending his career with the the Cavs
Gary Payton with the Celtics.
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With the arrival of Jay-Z and Beyonce's first child, one of the most anticipated pop tots in years, comes one noodle-scratcher of a name: Blue Ivy. The hitmaking couple reportedly chose Blue in deference to Jay's signature color, (he has released three albums with "Blueprint" in the title and has been working on a GM hue titled "Jay-Z Blue") while Ivy represents the Roman numerals IV, or four, a highly significant number for the couple (He was born Dec. 4, she Sept. 4, they married on April 4, and her latest album is titled "4."). Jayonce is far from the only celebrity couple fond of unique monikers. Check out some of the stars' singular baby names.


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"We might call ourselves pirates," Tom Kennedy says, "but public safety and food safety is of the utmost importance to us."
Tom Kennedy is owner of the Pirate Point Oyster Bar in Stanley and the managing director of Tasmanian Wilderness Oysters which produces juvenile oysters at Circular Head.
But at Big Bay in Tasmania's far north west, bacteria in the water stops mature oyster harvesting for months at a time.
Tom Kennedy's oyster leases have been closed since July 2013, but that isn't a barrier to growing and selling millions of juvenile oysters to farmers who need to restock oyster leases in other areas.
"We're in a massive time of growth at the moment," he said.
"We've just finished the major sales season, so there's a lot of empty [oyster] farms in Tassie at the moment.
"It is my job to fill them back up, so we have lots more oysters for next year.
"The Tasmanian Shellfish Quality Assurance Program has been monitoring all the oyster growing areas, all the zones for 30-plus years.
"Over time, you can actually watch how the coliform [bacteria] spikes come with rainfall.
"So in Big Bay, if we get an inch of rain in seven days, we know we're going to be shut.
"That inch of rain translates to 'x' amount of flow down the rivers, which means there will be 'x' amount of coliforms coming into our bay, which will shut us down.
"So over the years you can trend that data and find a shut off point
"Of course we always err on the side of caution.
"Dairying is huge in Circular Head and getting bigger, which is something I love.
"I think it's great, and good on them.
"We're in great dairy country.
"I haven't seen any data that actually indicates that we're getting any more [manure] down our streams.
"We are seeing longer shut downs, but that's because we're getting more rain.
"Cows still have a crap in the paddocks and that will wash into our systems.
"So I haven't seen an increase with the increased traffic of cows and cattle across the north west, but I'm not the expert."


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Why Is Lorenzo Martone Already Back in New York?
>> Last time we checked in on Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone in their post-engagement bliss, they were hang gliding in Rio de Janeiro, shopping in Ipanema, and planning to hop around Brazil for the better part of the month. A week and a half or so into that month, however, Lorenzo Martone seems to be back in New York — he was snapped at Nylon's 10th Anniversary party last night, sans Marc.
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Haren, Diamondbacks overpower Padres
Dan Haren allowed only one run over seven innings to earn the win, as the Arizona Diamondbacks doubled the San Diego Padres 6-3 on Monday.
Arizona won as -200 home favorites, while the teams played OVER the 8.5-run total set by oddsmakers.
Miguel Montero was 2-for-3 with two runs batted in for the Diamondbacks, who got two-run homers from both Mark Reynolds and Stephen Drew in the win.
Adrian Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a solo drive for San Diego, while losing pitcher Jon Garland gave up two earned runs over four innings for the Padres.


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One of the motorcyclists involved in Wednesday's crash on Roddfield has passed away.
You may remember, around 10:30 Wednesday night, 37 year old Brian Barrera and another biker--who is expected to recover-- slammed into the back of a car after it turned in front of them and cut them off.
Barrera was taken to the hospital, but never woke up. His family has decided to donate his organs to others in need. Saturday, his loved ones held a memorial service in his honor. Our Annayelli Ruiz was there and has the story.


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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced yesterday that Bruce Nichols has been appointed senior vice president and publisher of adult trade and reference, filling a position left vacant since Rebecca Saletan resigned last December. Nichols, formerly of HarperCollins, will oversee HMH's entire adult trade group, which includes trade hardcover, cookbooks, reference, and field guides, as well as trade paperback imprint Mariner Books.
"Nichols is widely recognized in the industry for his leadership, innovation and keen editorial judgment, and his ability to find topics and writers that attract national attention," said Gary Gentel, president of HMH's trade and reference division, in a press release. "We want to build on our legacy, but also look to the future, and I'm thrilled to have Bruce guide our adult and reference programs."
At HarperCollins, Nichols spent two years as publisher of the Collins imprint before it was shuttered in a February shakeup. Bestsellers released under his direction there include My Booky Wook by Russell Brand, Alex and Me by Irene Pepperberg, and Bill Russell's Red and Me. Before that, Nichols worked at the Free Press for fifteen years, where his authors included Richard Clarke and Lee Eisenberg. Despite the prominence of nonfiction and business titles on Nichols' resumé, Publishers Weekly reports that the balance between fiction and nonfiction at HMH is not expected to change.
"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's list, from front to back, is distinguished, significant and literary," said Nichols in a statement. "I am tremendously excited by the chance to work with the talented team there, and with such wonderful authors."
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Here's the political roundup for Tuesday, from the Carson City bureau.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his wife, Cindy, are in Sparks this morning to hold a town hall meeting.
Hundreds of folks waited this morning to get into the high school. The Reno Gazette-Journal had a live video feed of the event, which started at 10:15 a.m. today.
Anjeanette Damon of the Gazette-Journal has a story today looking at vice presidential options, and notes that former foe Mitt Romney could help swing Nevada to McCain. Romney was the only Republican besides Ron Paul to spend a significant amount of time building an organization here and won the caucus handily.
In state news, the fallout from the Nevada Supreme Court's decision last week on term limits continues. Emily Richmond has this story on the effect on the Clark County School District, with veterans Ruth Johnson and Mary Beth Scow set to get the boot.
She weighs the benefits of experience that Johnson and Scow have with the advantages a new set of eyes can bring.
But wait. University system Regent Howard Rosenberg is pondering bringing the fight over term limits to the feds. Unhappy with the state Supreme Court's decision last week, he is looking at asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the matter. It would be a longshot, and take some money, but Rosenberg and others who can't run again are still upset with the decision.
In other news:
The Associated Press has its take on the Politico story last week about Rep. Dean Heller's late taxes.
According to the story: "Penalties and fees have been imposed 13 times on Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., for late property tax payments on a home he bought in Nevada's capital city in 2007, according to records obtained from the local assessor's office. The fees and penalties, adding up to $887, include four imposed since word of late property tax payments circulated during Heller's successful bid in 2006 for his first term in Congress."
Still no explanation from Heller's office.
-- The Sun's Marshall Allen reports on an effort to streamline the state's various licensing agencies.
-- Colleague Michael Mishak breaks down the Titus/Porter race for Congress. State Sen. Dina Titus moderated the rhetoric yesterday as she laid out her energy plan. Rep. Jon Porter, meanwhile, still hasn't held a campaign event this year.


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Three men and one woman were arrested Thursday in Dallas on federal drug charges after allegedly employing a popular border smuggling technique: storing liquid methamphetamine inside vehicle gas tanks.
Officers with a federal task force used an informant to track the Ford F-250 with two fuel tanks to a home in Pleasant Grove. Agents recovered about 20 gallons of methamphetamine from the secondary tank.
Methamphetamine is flooding into the U.S. from Mexico to fill the void created by police crackdowns on domestic manufacturing operations. Federal authorities have caught on to the gas tank trick while making recent arrests across Texas and other states. They have found liquid methamphetamine not only concealed in gas tanks but also in tequila bottles and other containers.
Special Agent Tim Davis, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration in Dallas, said smugglers are always looking for new ways to conceal drugs.
"It's an adaptive culture, and it's always been that way," he said. "They do something for a while, and if it gets compromised they'll go to something else."
Last summer, for example, officers at a border crossing in California noticed liquid methamphetamine leaking from underneath a car, near the gas tank. They removed the gas tank and found two compartments, one for gasoline and the other containing meth.
Arrested in Dallas were Blas Hernandez-Andrade, Abraham Plancarte, Ignacio Hernandez and Myra Sanchez-Rodriguez, a federal complaint said. To make the bust, officers with a DEA task force used the cooperation of a defendant in another drug case who was hoping for a lighter sentence, the complaint said.
The complaint described the following series of events:
The informant received a phone call Tuesday from Mexico to say a pickup truck in Waco would be used to smuggle the drug to Dallas. The informant was told to meet the truck at the McDonald's restaurant in downtown Dallas.
The informant drove the pickup to Dallas police's southeast patrol station, where a police dog confirmed the presence of the drug. The informant then drove to a Home Depot store to buy buckets to drain the methamphetamine from the tank.
The informant and a relative drained the methamphetamine into the buckets at the informant's home. Later that night, someone in Mexico called the informant with instructions to deliver the drug the next day to a house. The drug was taken to a house on the 8800 block of Woodcastle Drive.
When officers arrived at the home to search it, one of them smelled liquid methamphetamine and diesel fuel. When they got inside, officers found liquid methamphetamine in the bathtub along with buckets containing the drug from the pickup.
Two small children were in the house along with the four defendants, who were renting it. Hernandez was found hiding underneath the home's crawl space.
Agents also found numerous baggies containing crystal methamphetamine in kitchen cabinets, as well as large amounts of cash and four handguns. When an agent walked by with a bag of methamphetamine, Plancarte said about the drugs, "That's what we take care of."
Hernandez told agents Sanchez-Rodriguez is his wife and Hernandez-Andrade is his brother, according to the complaint. He said he and his wife moved into the house two months ago and he helped purify the methamphetamine by "washing" it with the household chemical acetone.
Sanchez-Rodriguez told agents she counted the money and had counted about half a million dollars of drug money in the last three months.


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- 3x Hunted Horror
- 1x Phage the Untouchable
- 4x Phyrexian Dreadnought
- 1x Prince of Thralls
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If you're on a budget, Trickbind can be used in addition to Torpor Orb as the enters the battlefield abilities of your creatures are triggered abilities. Some quick mana acceleration artifacts couldn't hurt either. Also if you run 4 tutors or early card draw you can probably take the Tezzerets out entirely.
September 8, 2012 11:57 p.m.
Yeah, the other one that works wonders is Stifle though that one is ridiculously expensive. As of yet, I've been able to get Torpor Orb out consistently turn 2 or 3 so I don't think I need it at the moment though that may change later.
As for the Tezzerets, I'm considering taking two of them out to put in a couple more tutors but I've always been a sucker for planeswalkers haha. The more card search the better though, as getting a Prototype Portal imprinted with Phyrexian Dreadnought is just hilarious.
Either way, I'll mix the deck around a bit and play test your suggestions. Hopefully we see some good results :D
September 9, 2012 1:52 a.m.
I built a standard version, deck:i-hope-they-serve-torpor-in-hell. Always wanted to try the dreadnought version but I told my friend about it and he built one first. He uses Dark Ritual and hopes for the turn 1 dreadnought.
September 9, 2012 4:47 a.m.
Yeah, Dark Ritual would be great fun but it focuses the play only on that mechanic. I'm trying to go slightly hybrid here with destruction control. Still, it would allow me to get Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker out two turns earlier (or even less if you have multiple Dark Ritual s so I'm definitely going to have to play test that one too!
September 9, 2012 5:09 a.m.
Almost forgot since you run blue, Academy Ruins can be your best friend.
September 9, 2012 6:42 a.m.
Oh true! Thanks for that, I'll take out a Crumbling Necropolis for it. Hopefully it won't effect the mana too much.
Cheers again :)
September 9, 2012 8:32 a.m.
SplodyCopter says... #7
Leveler could do well here.
October 3, 2012 7:53 a.m.
Yeah, I've had a think about Leveler . The main thing that keeps putting me off him though is the fact that it's lacking as a 5 drop for a 10/10 with no other effects when compared to Phyrexian Dreadnought is a 1 drop for a 12/12 with trample.
October 3, 2012 8:07 a.m.
radek_macha says... #9
I'm not sure about how you think to control the game with this decklist. It'd sure be nice to drop a nicol bolas, but with the lack of early-game control cards, you just won't get to play it. At that point, I would consider removing creatures that don't interact with torpor orb and the unplayable stuff (Prototype Portal , Cruel Ultimatum ).You might want to drop in some removal cards (like Damnation or card:Black Sun's Zenith) and maybe some cool chump-blockers (Augury Owl , Augur of Bolas ).You might also want to play Tinker , which can help you find your orb or put a dreadnought in play if your orb is in place already.
October 8, 2012 10:37 a.m.
Most of the cards you're referring to merely just come down to personal preference.
Prototype Portal works far too well in this deck to be removed. It makes a constant stream of Phyrexian Dreadnought s for just 1 mana!
Cruel Ultimatum has been amazing on several occasions and it's just such a fun card.
Damnation or card:Black Sun's Zenith would be great though. I did have Pyroclasm in a earlier build and I'm still tossing up between that and the Terminate s.
The chump blockers aren't that necessary, I haven't had to worry about being swung when I have a 12/12 trample on the field.
And lastly, and sadly, Tinker is banned in our playgroud. Though it would be cool to turn an artifact land into a Phyrexian Dreadnought .
Cheers for the suggestions my man, I'll see if I can get my hands on some Damnation s.
October 8, 2012 11 a.m.
Also, I should add that I've played over 50 games with this deck and easily 3/4's of them I've got out the big 8 drops like Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker .
October 8, 2012 11:02 a.m.
If Tinker is banned, what about Transmute Artifact , Trinket Mage , or Fabricate instead?
October 8, 2012 1:47 p.m.
Fabricate was in to begin with but the other tutors allow me to skip it. Thanks for the suggestions but as far as actually getting a torpor orb into my hand, it's fine as it is.
October 8, 2012 5:09 p.m.
for more ridiculus artifact madness run Mox Jet, Mox Sapphire and Mox Ruby
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Mission Viejo (Calif.) defensive back Alex Mascarenas has been one of the state's top defensive backs since his sophomore season. The athlete will take a few unofficial visits over Spring Break and could make his college choice before the end of the month.
Mascarenas, 5-10, 175 pounds burst on to the scene as a sophomore when he picked off eight passes and earned all-state underclass honors. Diablo coach Bob Johnson told us at the time that Mascarenas was the best athlete he has ever coached and continues to feel the same way now.
"He's a tremendous talent," Johnson said. "He can do it all and I think it's going to be interesting to see where he ends up playing in college. He plays corner now but could easily play safety and some schools even like him at receiver because he has great hands.
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"He's definitely fast enough to play corner but I really like him as a safety because he has such good instincts and I think he the frame to play at about 195 pounds or so in a few years."
On the recruiting front, Mascarenas picked up offers from Colorado and Utah following his sophomore season and has since been joined by UCLA and Arizona.
"He has more than that but I really don't remember all of them to be honest. Alex isn't one of those kids who wants to see how many offers he can rack up. He has a small list of schools and those are the ones he's really concerned with.
"He went to UCLA's Junior Day last week and they offered him there. Arizona has offered and both Cal and Arizona State told them they want to offer him this week. Those are his top four schools and really the only schools he's looking at right now.
"We have Spring Break next week and he's going to visit Arizona and ASU. I know he wants to commit early and he could do something by the end of the month or early in April.
"Right now, I think UCLA looks good. He had a great time on the visit there and I really like Rick (Neuheisal) and Norm (Chow) a lot. Those are two great guys and great coaches and I think they have the personality, especially Rick, to really compete with Pete (Carroll) for players for the first time in a long time."


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