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DETROIT - Joe Gentz has a new home at the Macomb Correctional Facility in New Haven.
Gentz, who was the Bashara family handyman, took a deal and pleaded guilty to second degree murder for his role in Jane Bashara's death. He recently was moved to the Level 4 security prison March 28. He is being kept in his own cell for his protection.
Read more: Gentz gets 17-28 years in prison for Bashara murder
It's not far from his family and friends who, as of now, are allowed to visit Gentz on specific days. However, that soon could change if the former handyman causes any more issues behind bars.
The Local 4 Defenders have learned that on March 12 Gentz, who at that time was being held at the Chippewa Correctional Facility in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, had an altercation with a prison guard.
The incident was written up and disciplinary action was taken. It was the first time Gentz has received a behavioral violation while he has been locked up. If he is written up again his security level could change. His opportunity to have visitors could be taken away.
This could also call into question his credibility as a potential witness against Bob Bashara, Jane's husband.
The Defenders are told from insiders that Gentz is extremely agitated in prison and has been having behavioral issues. They say if this continues Gentz may not be able to further help investigators as they work to tie up the case against Bob Bashara.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men's swimming and diving team rounded out a strong 2011 portion of the 2011-2012 season with a win against the University of Massachusetts Saturday. With the win, their second in dual meet competition, the Bulldogs head to the break with a perfect 3-0 record.
Yale's divers set the tone with a strong showing in both events. Junior Colton Staab took first in the 3-meter event with a score of 307.73, while sophomore Tyler Pramer was second with 288.45. Staab also grabbed second in the 1-meter.
Freshman Robby Harder continued his phenomenal freshman season with two victories, one in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:37.88) and the other in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.02). He also posted a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle, an event won by classmate Josh Ginsborg (1:40.17). Sophomore West Cuthbert gave the Bulldogs a clean sweep of the top three, taking third in 1:44.18, just ahead of sophomore Josh Rozner (1:45.09). Ginsborg also grabbed a win in the 500-yard freestyle, just ahead of Cuthbert, who finished second.
Another freshman, Dillon Thompson, also had a strong day, taking second in the 1000-yard freestyle behind Harder in 9:39.74, and classmate Mike Lazris grabbed a win in the 100-yard backstroke (51.43). Andrew Heymann continued the freshmen domination with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke (57.10), leading another Bulldog trifecta. Freshman Ronald Tsui was second (59.43), while sophomore Danny McDermott took third (59.52).
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Sophomore Pat Killian then won the 100-yard freestyle (47.05), just before Harder's win in the 200-yard backstroke. That was followed by the 200-yard breaststroke, and Yale swept the top three for the fourth time, thanks to a win by sophomore Danny McDermott (2:08.79), just ahead of Tsui (2:10.28) and captain Christopher Luu (2:11.98).
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It's ironic that Joshua Green's article The Tragedy of Sarah Palin came out just a few short days after the capture and killing of the 9/11 mastermind, Osama Bin Laden. While it is not obvious at first sight, the similarities between the 9/11 tragedies vs the American people and Sarah Palin vs the 2008 election, are quite mind boggling.
Green begins his post on how great Governor Palin was and how well she governed. He then goes off rambling inmultiple posts on how Palin changed and became this manipulating extremist, vengeance-seeker, thin skined cry baby. Of course most of Greens' sources are those who went out to destroy her and uses the book by Palin deranged ethicly challenged Frank Baily who Green fails to point out was produced by a bunch of Palin haters who used him to go after Palin.
In this post, I won't go into Green's entire article. This has already been well covered by others, here, here, here, and here. In this post, I'll focus on this paragraph:
What if history had written a different ending? What if she had tried to do for the nation what she did for Alaska? The possibility is tantalizing and not hard to imagine. The week after the Republican convention, Lehman Brothers collapsed, and the whole economy suddenly seemed poised to go down with it. Palin might have been the torchbearer of reform, a role that would have come naturally. Everything about her—the aggressiveness, the gift for articulating resentments, her record and even her old allies in Alaska—would once more have been channeled against a foe worth pursuing. Palin, not Obama, might ultimately have come to represent "Change We Can Believe In." What had he done that could possibly compare with how she had faced down special interests in Alaska?
And this one from John Podhoretz in commentary:
Palin came almost immediately to inhabit a different role in the American body politic—not the "maverick" she was chosen to be by the self-proclaimed maverick McCain, but rather as a populist villain-victim (depending on which side you were on). The fault here lay not with her attackers but within her. She embarrassed herself in two interviews, and decided the blame lay not with her own ill-preparedness but with the media that had come after her. Understandably enraged by the misogynistic and practically psychotic attacks on her, she came to embrace her status as a kind of martyr for the social-conservative views that had not been the truly distinguishing features of her meteoric political career up to that moment
First of all, both Green and Podhoretz (and of course Jennifer Rubin who couldn't resist taking another shot at Palin) make it sound as if Palin just woke up one morning and changed. As if the media had nothing to do with it. They make it appear that the attacks were just minor issues that every politician has to go through. In her convention speech that Green uses as the point of her change, Governor Palin noted that she learnt this week what the media can do. Palin was on the stage for less than 5 minutes and already her motherhood, kids, family and record were attacked. 150 lawyers were sent to Alaska just to dig dirt and when they couldn't find anything, they just made things up.
So what did happen? To understand this, we need to put it in context with something everyone can digest: The September 11 2001 terrorist attacks.
September 10 2001
Americans in general were happy. We had just came off a heavily contested election and the peaceful transition of power took place. A new president was in office, democrats and republicans came together to put their differences behind them and passed major legislation. Massive tax cuts and no child left behind passed in bi-partisan votes. The economy was recovering, there were no wars and in the eyes of most, the fear of terrorism was practically nil.
President Bush's agenda was largely focused on domestic issues. In fact in 2000, Bush ran as a isolationist and stuck mostly to domestic issues as foreign policy was not on Bush's short list of priorities.
Travel was pretty simple. Travellers headed for the airport, checked in, and boarded the plane. Shoes didn't have to be taken off, full body scans didn't exist, and cosmetics and bottle water were allowed on board. Video of that morning show President Bush jogging and in general Americans were happy and in good nature.
Then came Bin Laden and changed America for ever. With a mega terrorist attack everything changed: the course of America, the course of a nation and the course of a presidency. In a short few hours, 3000 people died and thousands upon thousands of peoples' lives were destroyed. America came together, but hate and resentment slowly began to kick in against the group who was behind it and the leader who ran it: Al Qaeda and Bin Laden.
Since that horrific day, pretty much everything that happened in America was put into context with those attacks. 9/11 and terrorism became the ultimate excuse for pretty much everything.
August 28 2008
Sarah Palin had just come away from the birth of a special needs child, the family came together to face the challnges such a child would bring. Governor Palin had just passed bi-partisan massive legislation, she took on big oil and beat the establishment. With approval ratings in the high eighties, her future looked bright and her career prospects promising. On the day McCain called her to ask her to join the ticket she was out and about at the state fair.
Then came August 29. With one word her entire life changed: Yes! By saying yes to John McCain, Governor Palin had hoped she would be able to bring to the entire nation the success she delivered in Alaska.
From the moment she set foot on the national stage, there was a coordinated attempt by the media and the left to destroy her. As Yuval Levin writes:
Her views on matters of cultural and social controversy very quickly became the chief focus of media attention, liberal criticism, and pundit analysis. Palin was assigned every view and position the Left considered unenlightened, and the response to her brought into the light all manner of implicit liberal assumptions about cultural conservatives. We were told that Palin was opposed to contraception, advocated teaching creationism in schools, and was inclined to ban books she disagreed with. She was described as a religious zealot, an anti-abortion extremist, a blind champion of abstinence-only sex education. She was said to have sought to make rape victims pay for their own medical exams, to have Alaska secede from the Union, and to get Pat Buchanan elected President. She was reported to believe that the Iraq war was mandated by God, that the end-times prophesied in the Book of Revelation were nearing and only Alaska would survive, and that global warming was purely a myth. None of this was true.
Her personal life came under withering assault as well. Palin's capacity to function as a senior elected official while raising five children was repeatedly questioned by liberal pundits who would never dare to express such views about a female candidate whose opinions were more congenial to them. Her teenage daughter's pregnancy was splattered all over the front pages (garnering three New York Times stories in a single day on September 2). Some bloggers even suggested her youngest child had not issued from her, but from her daughter instead, and that she had participated in a bizarre cover-up. I attended a gathering in Washington at which a prominent columnist wondered aloud how Palin could pursue her career when her religious beliefs denied women the right to work outside the home.
Palin became the embodiment of every dark fantasy the Left had ever held about the views of evangelical Christians and women who do not associate themselves with contemporary feminism, and all concern for clarity and truthfulness was left at the door.
Green asks:
WHAT HAPPENED TO Sarah Palin? How did someone who so effectively dealt with the two great issues vexing Alaska fall from grace so quickly? Anyone looking back at her record can't help but wonder: How did a popular, reformist governor beloved by Democrats come to embody right-wing resentment?
It's the media terrorist attacks that happened. Led by no other than Barack Obama and his media allies. That is what happened. I would ask Green. What did you expect would happen? When you take a successful women, mother and who Green admits was a pragmatic Governor and go out of your way to destroy her, it changes a person. No matter how thick someone's skin is, if you beat it long enough it cracks.
When your trusted advisors and friends stab you in the back simply to make a quick buck, why would you trust anyone again in the future? Sure resentment sinks in as it's human nature. I would ask anyone who questions Governor Palin's "resentment" how you would handle it if your life had been turned upside down by people who were downright out to destroy you and your family?
While everything changed after the 9/11 attacks, it was just a one-day event. The attacks were atrocious but the actual attacks only lasted a couple of hours. The aftermath was terrible but the healing began the next day. On the other hand, the attacks on Governor Palin never ended. It is still ongoing. Even when the candidate the media wanted to elect won, they were not satisfied and will not be until Governor Palin is completely destroyed. The 2008 campaign is still going on to this day. Books are still being written, movies are being made, and every little mistake Governor Palin made during the campaign is still used against her and the punches keep coming. Is it a wonder that Palin changed? We need go no further than Green's article itself as he uses the 2008 campaign to hammer her. And the recent release of her emails are also a result of an FOIA from back in the campaign.
Green wonders how Palin would Govern would she ever reach the White House:
The discrepancy between her record and her image make it nearly impossible to predict what Palin would do in national office.
Actually it's not impossible to predict, it's quite simple. A President Palin would govern in the same way Governor Palin did.
While Osama Bin Laden didn't actually carry out the 9/11 attacks himself, it is Bin Laden who is held responsible for them because it is he who led the organization that carried out the attacks and it is he who led the charge. For Governor Palin, the 2008 campaign is her personal 9/11. And while Barack Obama didn't personally carry out the attacks on Palin, it is he, willingly or unwillingly, who is leading the charge. In Governor Palin's mind, Barack Obama is her Bin Laden. Palin's conflict with Obama goes much deeper than just policy differences, it's personal in the same way the victims of the 9/11 attacks felt a personal conflict with Bin Laden.
Of course I'm not suggesting that Barack Obama is a terrorist like Bin Laden. Far from it. I disagree with Obama on pretty much everything but I wouldn't accuse him of being capable of murder, a benefit Obama and team did not apply to Governor Palin when she was accused of a murder she had nothing to do with.
When Osama Bin Laden was killed, many were wondering why Americans were celebrating. Why the excitement? why the emotion? In reality, nothing really changed. America will still be fighting terrorism, we're still at war. The economy is still in shambles, oil prices are sky rocketing, and and the debt is still climbing. So what are we celebrating?
In one word: Closure.
Friends and relatives of those who died felt a sigh of relief. They had their revenge. True, their loved ones didn't come back. But for all the hurt and suffering, the source of that suffering has now been taken out. People are now willing and ready to move on.
From the moment Palin joined the ticket, the campaign shifted from Obama vs. McCain to Obama vs. Palin. Palin was now considered the main target even though she wasn't the one running the show. It was not her campaign so the campaign wasn't a fair game. While the Obama campaign went one on one against Palin, Palin never got that chance to go one on one with Obama. All the punches from within the ring went her way and yet she never got to get into the ring.
When the election ended, it ended with Obama beating McCain and as a result Governor Palin never got to end her one on one fight with Obama. For better or for worse, Governor Palin to this day doesn't know how her one on one against Obama would have ended. And while people insist Governor Palin move on from the 2008 campaign, as we noted above, the 2008 campaign has never ended and it is still ongoing. Governor Palin needs the closure of knowing who wins and who loses in that battle.
If Governor Palin runs for president in 2012, she'll be entering the ring, it will be her fight. Whether Palin wins or loses, she'll have won and lost it on her grounds. For Palin to be Palin, whether it's her or some other republican beating Obama, Governor Palin will breath a sigh of relief. Governor Palin needs closure and two things need to happen: A) She needs to finish the fight that began in 2008; B) Obama needs to be defeated. When that happens, Sarah Palin will have closure and will be Sarah Palin once again. If she ultimately defeats Obama, President Palin will mirror the pre-campaign Governor Palin Green well describes.
For Governor Palin and her supporters, the 2012 race will be more than just wining an election; it'll be closure.


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USA's Bourne/Hyden win first World Tour gold in Berlin
Both teams came all the way from qualification, Bourne and Hyden even without losing a match. It was the first time in FIVB history two qualifying teams made it to the gold medal match of a Grand Slam.
"I don't know what happened here", said a stunned Bourne after the final. "We just ended up here." Both players had never even won a medal of any colour before on the World Tour.
The 25-year old blocker and his 41-year old partner took a big lead from 2-2 in the first set. At 19-13 Doherty and Lucena managed to come back to 19-16, but after that Bourne and Hyden took over again to claim the set.
Despite some great digs by Lucena, Bourne and Hyden even created a bigger gap in the second with solid block-defence play and cutting around Doherty's big block (2.14m). At 20-10 the ball bounced off Doherty's block and the gold was theirs.
"No words can describe this", said Hyden. "I have waited for this for a while. I had a great weekend. It rained a lot and I love playing in the rain. It's been a great tournament. As I said earlier we just took one at a time."
Hyden has played on the World Tour in 2002, 2011 and in 2013, but his best result so far was 17th place at the Long Beach Grand Slam in 2013 with Lucena.
Bourne's World Tour debut was the Durban Open at the end of last year with Derek Olson (5th), and this year he teamed up with veteran Hyden to finish 25th in Fuzhou, 9th in Shanghai and Puerto Vallarta and 17th in Moscow so far.
"He is the most coachable guy I met", Hyden said about his new partner. "He stuffed a lot of balls. I am really proud of him."
His former partner Lucena collected his fourth silver, he won the first three with his partner for three years Matt Fuerbringer. Doherty, who played with Todd Rogers in his maiden season last year, won his first medal ever.
Bruno and Alison win bronze against former partners
Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison Cerutti ended up on top in an all-Brazilian bronze medal match against their former partners Emanuel Rego and Pedro Solberg Salgado: 21-13, 21-12. It was their second medal since they teamed up this season, winning silver at the Fuzhou Open in April.
Bruno and Alison dominated the match and were leading all the way. The closest Emanuel and Pedro came was three points behind (14-11) in the middle of the second set.
Still, Brazil vs. Brazil is always though, said Bruno. "We have played against each other for ten years already. We knew we had to focus and play strong mentally, don't give them any chances, because Emanuel is a legend."
It was hard to regroup after losing the semi to USA's Doherty and Lucena. "A lot, but our team got us in the right direction again", said Bruno. "But for sure, it was not easy. We were very tired physically. But it is always good to finish winning."
Bruno had no problems playing against his old partner Pedro, with whom he won five medals last year. Alison played alongside Emanuel for four years, winning 11 medals, including the Berlin Grand Slam gold in 2012.
"We finished our partnership in a good way", said Bruno. "We are still friends, as are Alison and Emanuel."
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The kitchen is the very heart of the home and the hub of all the happenings. The family centres around the kitchen and many kitchen could tell wonderful stories if they could speak.
Your kids and their friends follow you into the kitchen to get involved with the cooking and learn about food. Wives sit in the kitchen with their galpals drinking wine, eating snacks and sharing wife and mother stories. Husbands and other men folk gather round the fridge and the beer, getting ice for their hardtack and eating the snacks produced for them from the kitchen. The guys are also the people most likely to raid the fridge for their midnight snacks when they've been out with the boys, or have a problem at the office and can't sleep.
Friends and relatives wander in and out of the kitchen whilst you're preparing the dinner party to which you've invited them. Colleagues secretly inspect your kitchen whilst they're enjoying the cocktail party at your home which they're attending. Likewise, in similar situations you find yourself almost furtively checking out other people's kitchens.
If that's not enough we're constantly reminded by Gordon Ramsay, Ina Garten, Masterchef and other TV programmes just how much of an important role the kitchen plays in everyone's lives.
You can be single with a cat, a plant and a can opener; or married with a family, friends, cookbooks, modern hi tech equipment and a desire for fine dining. You can fall asleep in your lounge and use a public toilet but your kitchen is the main part of your castle. It's personal, it's individual and it's yours.
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Hundreds of wise people told me before my son was born that having a child would change my life forever.
Hundreds of wise people told me before my son was born that having a child would change my life forever.
On the surface, I knew what they were saying. Of course having a child changes things. There are diapers to change and bottles to prepare and days where the only sleep you seem to get is the rest that lingers in your imagination. But those changes aren�t what they were talking about.
Having a child changes who you are at your core. Your outlook on life changes. Your priorities change. Your heart softens. Everything that used to matter before becoming a parent doesn�t any longer.
Game 7 of the World Series? Nope. March Madness? Hardly. The Masters? A few more diapers and I�ll be there. A social life? Does sending photos to grandparents on Facebook count?
I wrote in a column on March 27 � our son Colton�s birthday � about how the previous 12 months impacted the lives of my wife, Jaclyn, and I.
For those that read it, if you�ll recall, I shared with you the journey I�ve taken since I�ve lived in Kinston. And what a journey it has been.
I have written all of that to write this: My time in Kinston has drawn to a close.
Sunday will be my last day as an employee of The Free Press, for I am taking over the sports department at my hometown newspaper in Lincolnton called the Lincoln Times-News.
(No, I�m not headed to California as columnist Jon Dawson sillily suggested in his column in Tuesday�s edition. What I said to him was, �Is there anything I can do for ya?� not �I�m moving to California.� He needs to trim the hair around his ears.)
Perhaps not in terms of the number of years, but I�ve grown up here. I fell in love in Kinston, got married, and became a father, all in a handful of years. I�ve also grown a few waist sizes.
Like Dorothy once said, there�s no place like home.
A few things I won�t miss about Kinston are the utility price gouging, the lack of restaurants that serve a good steak and those who don�t know what the purpose of a turn singal is on an automobile.
But those things aren�t what make a city a city. It�s the inhabitants � the good ol� country folk � that make this place one of the best small towns in the U.S.
That�s what I will miss about Kinston the most � its people. Not the sports, not the job, but its people. You guys are some of the kindest, gentlest most caring people in the world.
You welcomed me, a Western North Carolina outsider, into your fold nearly five years ago like I had been here my entire life. You took me in, groomed me, and, whether you know it or not, had a large part in what has become of me today.
For that I thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
Kinston will always be known as a basketball city � a sports mecca. But to me, it will always be known as a great place to grow up.
I know it was for me.
Ryan Herman has been the sports editor of The Free Press since October 2008. He may be reached through Sunday at 252-559-1073 or email@example.com.


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The independent hotel is conveniently located in central Brighton just 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport, 1 hour from Central London and just a stone's throw away from the famous Lanes and Royal Pavilion. This luxury Brighton hotel is the perfect base from which to make the most of this exciting city by the sea.
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Fans of the Feeldoe will love the Nexus Double Dildo! At last, a double dildo that really works! Each end of this sculpted toy is separately crafted: use it on its own (hands-on) or wear it in a harness and one end curves perfectly to fit you while the other stands poised for fumble-free penetration.
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Introduction to the Course (3:25)
About Your Instructor
Chapter 1: The Psychology of Blogging
How to Shift Into an Entrepreneurial Mindset
Key Points to Developing Your Brand
The Huge Difference Between Your Niche and Audience
Your Name Will Make (Or Break) You
The Biggest Mistake Lifestyle Bloggers Make
Chapter 2: Business Management For Bloggers and Influencers
Protect Your Business: Licenses, Paperwork and More
Tax Basics For Bloggers and Influencers
Tax Basics For Bloggers and Influencers: Part II
Worksheet: Tax-Deductible Business Expenses List
Accounting and Bookkeeping Tips
Worksheet: Business Management Checklist
Chapter 3: Technical Tips to Design and Create Your Blog
Secure Your Social Media Accounts
Picking the Right Host, Domain, and Web Building Software
Choosing the Perfect Theme
Assembling the Skeleton of Your Blog
The Plugins You Need
Creating Your Visual Aesthetic
How to Build Your Audience Before You Launch
The Calendar Method that Actually Works
Creating the Perfect Blog Post
Worksheet: The Perfect Blog Post
The HTML Codes You Need to Survive
How to Ace the SEO Game
Chapter 4: Game-Changing Tips for Beginner Photographers
Why You Don't Need an Expensive or "Professional" Camera
Creating Professional Photos with Natural Light
The One Easy Trick that Will Revolutionize Your Composition
The Props that Make a Huge Difference
Slay your #OOTD Without Modeling Experience
Worksheet: Photoshoot Checklist
The Best Phone Apps for Editing Pictures
The Legalities of Using Photos From the Internet
Chapter 5: Lucrative Ways to Monetize Your Blog
A Crash Course On Affiliate Marketing
The Affiliate Networks You Must Apply For
Worksheet: Affiliate Networks You Must Apply For
The How-To's, Do's and Don'ts of Affiliate Marketing
Making Money with Sponsored Posts
How to Find Sponsored Opportunities
How to Nail the Sponsored Pitch
The Media Kit that Seals the Deal Every Time
Worksheet: Sample Media Kit
The Best Influencer Networks You Must Join
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Turning Your Pageviews into Passive Income
How to Get Accepted into Google Adsense
Even More Popular Ad Networks to Join
Ad Placement that Actually Converts
Chapter 6: The Most Effective Marketing Strategies
Word-of-Mouth Is Stronger than You Think
The One (Important) Marketing Strategy that Bloggers Usually Forget About
The Best Strategies to Capture Email Leads
Is It Possible to Go Viral On Facebook?
How to Spark Conversations With Twitter
Chapter 6 Bonus: Pinspire Me - The Blogger Bible Pinterest Guide
The Power of Pinterest
The First Steps that Set Up for Pinterest Success
Worksheet: The First Steps
The Perfect Pin Formula that Increases Click-throughs and Repins
Worksheet: The Perfect Pin
How Often Should You Pin?
Pinterest is a Group Effort
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Pinterest is a Group Effort: Part II
How to Spend One Day a Month on Pinterest
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How to Make Your Profile Stand Out
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The 10 Commandments of the Blogger Bible
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Lofa Tatupu's pectoral injury left the Atlanta Falcons short-handed at linebacker. So they called up a familiar name.
The Falcons announced Monday that they signed middle linebacker Mike Peterson, a 14-year NFL veteran who started five games for Atlanta last season. The Falcons were hoping to get younger at the position, but Peterson will provide a steady presence for the team.
The severity of Tatupu's injury has yet to be announced, but we suspect he won't be playing for a while. Otherwise, why make the move to sign Peterson so quickly?
We never quite bought the offseason hype about Tatupu taking over as a starter for for the Falcons anyhow. He wasn't in the NFL last season, and it's rare a player returns from that sort of absence at a high level. The Falcons will count on second-year pro Akeem Dent to start. They don't really have a choice now.


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Skogman Realty is located in Iowa City - Cedar Rapids (ICR) and was founded in 1973 by Rick Skogman and since then has grown to become one of the largest locally owned real estate company in eastern Iowa. Rick retired in 2008 passing the reins over to his son, Chris, who is currently the President.
Skogman Realty is a division of Skogman Homes, which is justifiably proud of its heritage of "Five Generations of Home Building Pride". Skogman Homes is considered to be one of the finest home building organizations in the Midwest. It has deep roots in the Cedar Rapids community and has developed dozens of entire neighborhoods such as Bowman Woods, Stoney Point, Northbrook, Cedar Hills, Fox Trail and Willowood, along with several sizable condominium projects. At latest count, over 10,000 families live in a Skogman built home.
Skogman Realty is a highly valued, integral part of the Corridor's business community. Over 180 full time professional associates make up the Skogman Realty Team. Its agents maintain membership affiliation in over 100 community, charitable and service organizations.
In June, 2009 Skogman Realty opened their first real estate office in Coralville. In just a few years the office has grown to over 40 agents and over $175 million in annual sales volume. We have grown to be the second largest company in the Iowa City real estate market and have become ingrained in the community by serving on boards and volunteering with different organizations.
Skogman Realty prides itself on being an independent, locally owned and managed organization, and its mission is to remain the predominately recognized real estate company in the marketplace. With 4 office locations, it provides a full line of real estate services throughout Linn and Johnson County.
Annual sales exceed $780 million dollars in volume, which represents approximately 4200 satisfied sellers and buyers each year. Skogman Realty participates in approximately 60% of all of the sales which occur in the market. Skogman Realty maintains a sizeable full time closing staff, with all closings done "in house". The company is highly active in corporate relocation, is a member of large national referral service, and a number of prominent local corporations consistently select the firm to provide home finding or sales assistance. Skogman Realty has a lending partner with University of Iowa Community Credit Union to provide mortgage loans to home buyers, and insurance assistance is provided by Skogman Carlson Insurance Company.
The Skogman Commercial Real Estate Services Group is a dominant force in the sale and leasing of commercial properties, land development, income properties and businesses. The company has an architect, land surveyors, development experts and a certified public accountant. The commercial group publishes the area's premier commercial newsletter, "In-Sites".
The Skogman Realty name truly stands out when it comes to advertising and promotion. It has a weekly ad in the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Iowa City Press-Citizen, extensive web marketing and other print and direct mailing promotions. Internet marketing on their website, social networking sites and other listing syndication websites put Skogman Realty on the leading edge of Real Estate technology.
The company and its agents take great pride in being highly successful, for being thoroughly knowledgeable on all facets of the real estate industry, and for having a reputation for ethical conduct in all business dealings.
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Something For You Fence Sitters And Gold Panners To Ponder…
My clients just got shelled by 16 other offers on 1761 Hayes, a top floor 2 bed, 1 bath condo in NOPA asking $849,000. We offered $1,051,000, and they accepted an offer that was "barely higher". So here's a thought:
I'd say it's time for many of you long time residents sitting on the selling fence to pack it up, cash out, and head for greener pastures where the $$$ you make on your sale can buy you acres of space, money in the bank, and plenty of breathing room. I'd even suggest all of you gold panner techies flocking to SF looking to strike it rich consider building another hub for tech activity somewhere else. Don't get me wrong, I love all of you, many of you are my clients, we love what you're doing for the economy (for that matter, the world), and there is a reason everyone wants to be in San Francisco, but at some point, I'd think even you, the innovators, would get tired of throwing your money at sellers and it still not being enough. Surely, the internet works in other locales around the world, and surely companies can be built and go viral from anywhere. Perhaps the companies that are leading the innovation now should open satellite offices in markets where their talent can afford to live? I know Oregon, Seattle, and Salt Lake City have a reasonable real estate market, as well as hip scene. Makes perfect sense to me, and might ease the frenzy that is San Francisco real estate. What do you think?
On a side note (somewhat related to technology): in case you aren't on the VIP list, and you're stuck waiting in line for your real estate agent to send you stale data via snail mail about recent sales in your 'hood, comps that by the time they reach you are old news, I published yet another issue of sfnewsletter last week, and it's chock full of good real estate porn, including a few good overbids you'll want to share amongst friends, and a link to the stuff you really want: real time market data sortable by neighborhood and property type (courtesy of The Goods-SF).
Get on the list at sfnewsletter.com. Get out of town with money in the bank by giving me a shout (email@example.com, 415-254-5351).
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- Words by Mr Peter Henderson, Senior Fashion Writer, MR PORTER
Buying your first Rick Owens leather jacket is a rite of passage for fashion fans. Parting with the cash the first time can produce a sharp intake of breath but, by God, is it worth it. And it quickly becomes a habit. For there's something otherworldly about how the butter-soft leather hangs on the body, cut to absolute perfection in a way that elongates and flatters, fastened with heavy zippers which run as smoothly as a German auto. At once you're transported to the worlds of both sophisticated Paris couture, and to that of some anonymous grungy Goth kid, which is no mean feat; it can almost catch you off-guard when you slip on one of Mr Owens' jackets. That's the thing about Rick Owens clothes, though. They speak of culture and sub-culture in ways which you can't quite put your finger on - if you even look past their faultless technical quality and Italian production, that is.
The high-low tension in Rick Owens collections (which include a full range of clothes and accessories as well as leather jackets) is mirrored in the man himself. A California native who now lives and works in Paris, Mr Owens looks more like a rock god than a fashion designer, with his long, jet-black hair, gym-sculpted physique and impressive inking. His first job was in the Los Angeles garment industry making knock-off designer pieces, but now his own clothes are among the most sought-after in the world, and are imitated at every turn. He switches between talking about underground Chicago rappers and New York dealers of fine porcelain completely naturally. There's something refreshingly simple about what Mr Owens sets out do to. He's not into reinventing the wheel or pushing lofty concepts: he simply makes cool, infinitely wearable clothes in the best possible way. Recently he has moved into furniture design too, extending his focused, dark aesthetic to interiors as well. It's an attractive world of furniture constructed from concrete and animal antlers, with just the right amount of menace behind the minimalism to keep you on your toes.
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You will not be able to install a basement master valve and have a good system when there are backflow preventers downstream of said master valve. If you have to have a master valve on a system with two supply outlets, then bite the bullet and install two master valves, one at each location, downstream of the backflow preventers, which is the only location where they belong.
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Friday, July 14th 2017, 10:22am
Pipe is plenty strong. Unless you are a horribly incompetent plumber, you don't worry about the supply plumbing of a sprinkler system you install yourself.
Much more to the point, is why all this indoor plumbing? Professionals minimize indoor plumbing. Bring the water outside and switch the plumbing material to plastic.
"Lack of willingness to trench" is why you hire this kind of work to be done. For the money, you get over your lack of willingness, and trench where and when needed.
If you are in a part of the country where outdoor underground sprinkler plumbing is by way of polyethylene tubing, you can hire someone with a machine to install the tubing without digging trenches.
By the way, if you have a few thousand dollars to throw around, you can install a single RPZ in the basement, in a specially constructed utility room with a floor drain or oversized basin for the RPZ to drain into. Sometimes, it isn't drainage, but rather full-pressure full-flow gushing water that an RPZ is capable of releasing, which is why indoor RPZ placements require special drainage. If you jumped through all those hoops, then you could install your lead-containing master valve downstream of the RPZ and be code-compliant. {P.S. No one in their right mind would ever do this, but it is do-able}
Saturday, July 15th 2017, 1:37pm
Saturday, July 15th 2017, 9:22pm
If a brass plumbing item is lead-free they will specifically tell you that in its description. I can read the Hunter product description of your valve and know that there is no claim of it being lead free, and I also note that there is no claim of it being suitable for contact with the potable water inside your house. Based on the clearly understood standards of professional sprinkler work, there would never be any such contact, and subsequently, no need to get into the matter. The RPZs are supposed to be under continuous pressure. Never should there be a master valve upstream of one. That would lead to water dumping from the RPZs and premature wearing out of internal parts.
The only possibility I can see as a source for your misconceptions about the Hunter valve is that some webpage might have claimed something about how the valve would not be harmed by potable water supplies, (and the chlorine/chloramine treatment chemicals they use.) This is actually a concern for rubber parts in a valve, and materials have changed over the years as water treatments have evolved.
Now that you will be properly locating master valves downstream of the RPZs, your only concerns will be about the pair of them presenting an overload to the controller. Since it's only the cheap controllers that instruct you to connect only one valve to the master valve terminal, I think you won't have problems there.
Sunday, July 16th 2017, 8:05am


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SEC hires Robert 'Jake' Bell to be coordinator of men's basketball officials
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Southeastern Conference has hired Dr. Robert "Jake" Bell as coordinator of men's basketball officials.
Commissioner Mike Slive announced the hiring of the veteran college basketball official and conference coordinator on Monday.
A longtime SEC official, Bell has officiated in several conference tournaments, the NCAA tournament and the NIT. He had served as coordinator of basketball officials for the Atlantic Sun Conference starting in 2006 and held that role in the Southern Atlantic Association last year.
He also worked as the coordinator of men's basketball officials for the Mid-South Conference from 1996-2000 and called this job "a dream opportunity for me."
Slive says Bell's hiring received support from each of the conference's 14 athletic directors and men's basketball coaches.
Bell replaces Gerald Boudreaux, whose contract was not renewed.


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The struggling Sparrows Point steel mill could be sold within the next six months, mill owner RG Steel said Monday.
"We're not going to be specific at this time," said Bette Kovach, an RG Steel spokeswoman, as she confirmed comments by two company executives that potential buyers were eyeing the Baltimore County plant, as well as others owned by the firm.
Speaking last week to the Baltimore chapter of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries, Jerry Nelson, RG Steel's chief commercial officer, said that "people have expressed interest" in acquiring some RG Steel plants and that "I think it's safe to say everything is on the table."
Continued Nelson, whose comments were reported by the Steel Business Briefing newsletter, "That may mean some of the facilities, six months from now, are not part of RG Steel."
Sparrows Point, which employs about 2,200 workers, has changed hands several times over the past decade.
RG Steel's parent, Renco Group, bought the mill and other plants in Wheeling, W. Va., and Warren, Ohio, in March 2011 from the Russian steelmaker Severstal, becoming the fourth-largest flat-rolled steel producer in the United States. The Russian company had idled much of the plant the previous fall, laying off nearly 1,000 workers.
RG Steel restarted the plant after a seven-month shutdown and needed to regain lost customers. It also faced weak demand, a result of the slow-to-improve economy, and high raw material prices.
Facing a cash crunch, RG Steel had to idle the main furnace right before Christmas. It wasn't able to restart until late January, when it received a $125 million infusion from Cerberus Capital, a New York-based private equity firm.
The company has spent the spring reorganizing its operations and trimming costs. In April, it temporarily shut down the tin mill because of low bookings. At the beginning of May, it cut the salaries of managers and executives.
Earlier this month, the mill also shut down its "L" blast furnace for routine maintenance, restarting it after a few days. On Friday, the blast furnace was "hot idled" due to a shortage of raw materials, but it was placed back in operation on Saturday, Kovach said.
RG Steel's chief operating officer, Mark Whalen, who also addressed the local chapter of the business group, said the company had made significant progress in cutting costs since the acquisition.
Whalen added that the company had "some decisions to make in the next few weeks about what we are and how we want to run," Steel Business Briefing reported.
Officials with the United Steelworkers of America, which represents workers at the plant, did not return calls seeking comment Monday.
One analyst said he would be surprised if a single buyer acquired all of RG Steel's plants, saying the company would be more likely to sell off plants separately.
Rick de los Reyes, a portfolio manager with Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price who follows the steel industry, said RG Steel took over the mill at a difficult time.
"The steel industry globally has been weak and even in the U.S. has suffered from overcapacity," he said, adding that German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp Steel has been marketing a recently built steel mill in Alabama. "It's a tough industry to be in. There's a reason why Sparrows Point changed hands so many times; it's because it's a difficult operation to run. It's a difficult operation to run profitably."
A likely suitor for Sparrows Point might be a firm such as CSN, a Brazilian steel company with access to raw materials that could supply a mill, de los Reyes said.
"Sparrows Point is disadvantaged compared to other mills from a raw materials standpoint" because steel mills in the Midwest are located closer to iron ore mines, de los Reyes said. "That's always been the challenge for Sparrows Point, particularly in an environment of high iron ore prices."
But with Sparrows Point, an integrated plant that makes steel and runs various production lines, the company has alternatives to selling the plant outright, experts said. RG Steel could decide to bring in an independent contractor to run specific lines, sell only specific functions at the plant, or sell equipment that could be reassembled elsewhere, experts suggested.
"There are a lot of individual processes within that plant that could be stand-alone processes," said Marc Liebman, president of AIM Market Research, a Pittsburgh firm that provides research for steel companies and their suppliers.
And even if the plant is producing less than its 4 million-ton capacity, it still has to cover fixed costs, including the high maintenance expenses that come with an older facility, analysts said.
"Their role has waned over the years," Liebman said of Sparrows Point. "It's the lack of sustained production, and of course you lose customers. You're shut down, and you have problems and people go elsewhere and you lose business."
Sparrows Point timeline
1889 Pennsylvania Steel pours first pig iron at Sparrows Point
1916 Bethlehem Steel buys the plant and announces $50 million expansion
1959 Steel plant reaches peak employment of 30,920 after major expansion launched in 1957
2001 Bethlehem Steel files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, seeks to reorganize
2003 Financier Wilbur Ross founds International Steel Group and buys Bethlehem in $1.5 billion deal, creating nation's largest steel producer
2005 India-born billionaire Lakshmi N. Mittal merges his growing steel empire with ISG and forms Mittal Steel Co. NV, the largest steelmaker in the world
2006 Mittal announces a hostile bid for rival Arcelor SA in January, a $33 billion acquisition that would create a global giant
2006 The Department of Justice files suit in August to block the sale for antitrust reasons unless Mittal sells Arcelor's Canadian company, Dofasco Inc. But that sale is blocked by a Dutch trust that controls it. Mittal later offers to sell a Weirton, W.Va., facility instead.
2007 The Justice Department tells Mittal to sell Sparrows Point to maintain competition in the tin-plated steel market in the United States
2008 Russian steelmaker OAO Severstal completes $810 million acquisition of Sparrows Point with plans to invest significantly in the plant and rev up production.
2010 Severstal idles main part of Sparrows Point and temporarily lays off nearly 1,000 workers because of weak economy and demand for steel
2011 Severstal announces it is selling Sparrows Point and two other mills to Renco Group
2012 Reports emerge that Renco has put Sparrows Point on the selling block
Source: The Baltimore Sun archives


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|Mission and Goals
Lancaster County Sheriff
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is committed to seek and find ways to affirmatively promote and preserve a feeling of security and safety in members of the community.
Statement of Values
General Duties
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is responsible for a full range of law enforcement and court-related duties. The Sheriff's Office is staffed by 101 employees including 76 commissioned deputies. The majority of deputies are assigned to the Patrol Division and respond to emergency and routine calls for service in addition to conducting self-initiated prevention and detection of law violations, investigate criminal activity and traffic accidents, and perform coroner's duties. The rest perform more specialized duties such as major crime investigation, service of civil process, drug offense investigation, crime prevention and education, training, court security, and the extradition of prisoners from other states.
Although primarily handling calls for service to the people outside the city of Lincoln, the Sheriff's Office also works cooperatively with the Lincoln Police Department, Nebraska State Patrol, University of Nebraska Police, and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.