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Reese continues to use his machine to try to rid the Bennett house of evil. His machine is going crazy. It is sucking up Hecuba at an amazing rate. Hecuba calls out to Kay to say her. If Hecuba gets sucked up, then Kay's soul will be gone forever. She will never have a boyfriend, experience love nor have children. Kay seems to grab at the machine. Charity asks Kay if she can feel the evil presence around her too? Charity wants to know what Kay was grabbing at ~ was it evil? Suddenly, Reese's machine shorts out. Hecuba is on the fly and she flies outside. She finds herself in the bushes outside the front of the house. She is angry and says it was too close, she has to eliminate Charity immediately. Charity again asks Kay if she felt the evil. Kay tells Charity not to carry on like that as Miguel worries about her. Charity agrees saying she does not want to be a burden to anyone. Reese packs up and leaves. He wants to go home and try to fix his machine. Hecuba enters the house and Charity wants to know what Kay is seeing. Kay tells Charity she does not see anything and suggests they go upstairs so they can listen to music until Miguel returns from the engagement party. As she approaches her room Charity tells Kay there is evil in her room. Kay goes to check things out to see if everything in Charity's room is all right. Hecuba wants Kay to get Charity in her room or her soul will burn in the fires of hell. Hecuba has the closet doors open and the souls of the damned are waiting to take Charity. Kay returns and tells Charity everything is o.k. in her bedroom; there is nothing wrong. Charity agrees that she has to face her fate one way or another. She goes to her bedroom and is about to enter...
TIMMY and TABITHA:
Timmy feels he is a true genius for having Tabitha's book published. Tabitha feels she can not celebrate, as she knows the nasty people of Harmony will kill them or Hecuba will end up making cattle feed out of them! Timmy wants to sit back and watch the movie Psycho. Norma, the man / woman is outside the motel sharpening her knife. Reading her book, Tabitha is really surprised at what Timmy put in it. They talk about the fact that Grace Bennett has no idea the Ethan is Sam's son. Ivy kept it a secret for all these years and suddenly she feels like the cat is really out of the bag. All of Harmony is set to explode. Norma tests her knife on a cushion and then she picks up an ax. Tabitha is reading the tarot cards. She wants to see what Hecuba is up to. When she turns the card over meaning evil, Tabitha knows that Charity is about to burn in the fires of hell. Timmy is upset by this revelation. Norma is sharpening an ax and she sneaks around the motel lot trying to see what Tabitha is doing. Timmy asks Tabitha to sign a copy of Hidden Passions. He wants to give a copy of the book to Norma's father, as he is a lonely old man. Timmy tells Tabitha of their future plans. They will not return to Harmony until all the heat is off of them. Tabitha wants to go take a nice hot shower to calm her nerves. Timmy leaves and goes to the main house. Tabitha wonders why all her surroundings seem to ring a bell to her...
Ethan is telling Theresa her happiness will not end at midnight as she feels it will. Julian turns the reporter away, as there are still more toasts to be made to the future bride and groom. Rebecca tries to get Julian to talk to the reporter, asking him to do the interview, as it would be good publicity. Rebecca is trying to keep Gwen calm. She tells her daughter everything is now up to the reporter to do his job and drop the bombshell. Ivy is blue and wants to tell Sam it is their son's engagement party. Sam wants to leave the party, but Grace does not want to leave. She wants to apologize to Ivy for being rude to her when they were talking about her first love and for asking if she had a baby with the man. Luis and Sheridan are happy. TC asks them if they know where Eve is. Julian asks the crowd if anyone else would like to say anything. Eve pleads with Alistair Crane. He can not destroy Sheridan's chance of happiness. Alistair tells her he can and he will. The tape of Sheridan's confession of murdering Martin Fitzgerald will be played tonight. Eve figures out what Alistair's master plan is. He is going to split up not only Luis and Sheridan but also Ethan and Theresa. Alistair wants Ethan to marry Gwen and he wants to pass his legacy on to a true Crane > Ethan. Alistair tells Eve she can not stop him or he will tell Whitney of her sorted past. TC walks in the solarium, and wants to know what is wrong with Eve. Chad proposes a toast to the couple saying Theresa and Ethan are "proof that if you believe in love, there are no obstacles you can't over come." Theresa and Ethan kiss as the crowd clap. Gwen wants to know what is taking so long. She hopes no one will figure out that her mother has orchestrated the whole disaster that is about to take place at the Crane mansion.
Grace can not get over Ivy's story. Her heart is breaking for her. Rebecca sees Julian has a copy of the tabloid and she asks him to read the headlines. TC feels bad and knows it is tough being under the Crane roof. TC tells Eve what Ivy told Grace. Eve asks TC if they can stay a bit longer so they can lend their support to Theresa. Julian tells the reporter to leave him alone. Grace apologizes to Ivy for being so forward with her earlier in the evening. Sam does not want Grace to start putting her nose where it does not belong. Ivy proposes a toast to the future bride and groom. Julian is upset as Ivy refers to Ethan as "my" son instead of "our" son. Sheridan wonders if her father will call and offer a toast to the future couple. Julian talks to the reporter and he takes the paper. Theresa has a strange feeling something bad is going to happen. Rebecca tells Gwen to brace herself; the bomb is about to explode. Grace tells Sam both he and Ivy lost their first love. Julian demands to know who the reporter is. He is not a society reporter. Ivy wants to know what is going on. Sheridan thanks Eve once again for clearing her mind about killing Martin Fitzgerald. Julian orders the reporter to leave and he wants Sam to arrest him. Sam does not want to arrest the reporter and tells Julian if any of his men touch him, then they will be arrested. Ivy demands that there be no arguing. After all, it is a party. Eve wants to out smart Alistair. She asks Chad to play a CD over the mansion's sound system. Alistair calls to play the tape over the sound system but it is in use. Ethan and Luis throw out the reporter. Theresa goes outside to get Ethan so they can dance to their song that Chad is playing. Gwen is visibly upset as Ethan and Theresa dance. Gwen asks Rebecca what they are going to do now that the reporter has been kicked out. Rebecca seems to search for an answer. Alistair tells his aid to wait until the music ends. He feels it won't be too much longer. He is excited by the fact that everyone at the party will be broken apart! Ivy is furious. She would really like Sam to know it is his son they are celebrating. Eve tells Sheridan she thinks she should leave. She really needs her rest. As they leave, Eve hopes Luis and Sheridan have fun while it lasts. Julian sees them preparing to leave and he asks where they are going. He thinks back on Alistair playing the tape for him and telling him Luis and Sheridan will be destroyed before the evening is over. Julian wonders why Alistair has not called and played the tape for Luis yet. The reporter sneaks in Julian's library, determined to break the story to Julian. Julian is on his way to his library to call Alistair to find out why he has not played that tape yet. Gwen asks her mother to kill her now. Nothing is going right. Rebecca decides she will go get Julian and tell him a Crane secret has been exposed in a tabloid. Eve and TC prepare to leave the mansion. Outside, Luis and Sheridan kiss and plan the rest of the evening. Sheridan realizes she forgot her bad and they return to the mansion to get it. Eve sees them coming in. Suddenly, we hear Alistair Crane's voice on the speaker system. Luis recognizes the voice as the one who called him earlier in the evening on his cell phone. Julian enters the library and sees the reporter. He is calling security to have the reporter removed once again, but the reporter hangs up the phone on Julian. He holds up the tabloid and asks Julian to read the headlines. Julian does a double take when he sees the headlines...
TABITHA and TIMMY:
Timmy is on his way to the main house with a copy of the book "HIDDEN PASSIONS". Tabitha is angry with Timmy for going public with her manuscript. She is going to have a nice long hot relaxing shower to relax and wash all the stress out of her hair. Norma is outside Tabitha's room with an ax in her hand. At the house, Timmy rings the doorbell and he also knocks on the door. When no one answers, Timmy starts to leave but the front door suddenly opens on its own. Timmy enters the house, wondering how the door opened. He calls out for Norma's father. He searches the house and he hopes there are no kitties present! Tabitha is in the shower. Norma enters the room with her ax in hand. As she goes toward the bathroom, Norma apologizes to Norm saying no one really has ever taken his place. Timmy is searching the house, opening one door after another. Timmy starts to believe that no one lives in the house except Norma. Suddenly, a door handle falls and Timmy enters the room where Norma's father is sitting in the rocking chair. Tabitha is enjoying her shower and says it reminds her of the shower in the Hitchcock movie. She is surprised she has the willies over an old motion picture. She hears a noise and believes it must be Timmy who has returned. Suddenly, Tabitha sees an ax coming at her. Timmy is talking to Norma's father, but he soon discovers that the old man is a skeleton. Timmy trips on the rocking chair and the corpse falls on top of him. Timmy calls out for his princess to save him but Norma is hacking away at Tabitha in the shower. Her ax is full of blood. Tabitha falls unconscious as the blood goes down the drain.
Hecuba wants Kay to bring Charity into her bedroom. As Charity enters her room, Hecuba and the damned souls in hell hide inside the closet. Charity does not know why she is freaking out. Kay sees Hecuba in the bedroom window. Charity looks around her room, examining it carefully. When she sees the closet, she remembers seeing the fires from hell and the souls of the damned calling out to her. Charity wants to believe she is all right and hopes that the visions she had of hell are all in her imagination. Charity is sure that Kay would notice the fires from hell if they were there. Charity is glad Kay is her cousin. If they were not cousins, she tells Kay she would want her for a friend as she feels safe and secure around her. Being inpatient, Hecuba knocks out all of the light bulbs in Charity's room. Charity becomes nervous and she lights candles. Charity is happy that Kay has decided to stay with her. Charity wants to start thinking more positively. She is going to march over to her closet to see if hell is really in there. Hecuba bids her goodbye. Charity says there is nothing to be afraid of and she goes to the closet doors. Kay yells at her not to open the door. An angry Hecuba pulls Kay down on Charity's bed. She tells her not to stop Charity again or she will go in the closet with Charity. Charity throws open the closet doors, and sees nothing. She really thought there would be something in the closet. Charity turns to talk to Kay and Hecuba brings back the fires and souls from hell. Charity asks Kay if she is all right, as Kay suddenly looks pale. Charity turns and she sees hell in her closet.
Alistair has everyone's attention as he is on the speaker system. He gives everyone a fair warning that what they re about to hear will change everyone's lives for good. Rebecca goes to the library and is glad to learn she is off the hook. The reporter is with Julian so all she has to do is sit back and watch the fire works begin. Gwen and Rebecca are gloating, as they know everything in the house will soon be theirs. Julian sees the headlines on the tabloid. Pilar wants Miguel to stay at the party, even though he is worried about Charity. Alistair tells the gathering he was shocked at what they are about to hear but he feels everyone should hear it. Theresa and Ethan wonder where Julian is. Julian reads the headlines and the reporter asks him what his reaction is. Julian takes out a gun and the reporter thinks Julian is going to kill Sam Bennett. Alistair asks everyone to listen carefully. Suddenly, Alistair's aid turns off the speaker system and shows him the tabloid. Everyone wonders what is going on. Luis does not understand why Sheridan cares about Alistair so much. Alistair returns and tells the crowd something requires his immediate attention so his announcement will have to wait for another time. Ivy can hear the shake in Alistair's voice. She knows something terrible must be happening. Julian tells the reporter he is not going to kill Sam Bennett. The reporter figures out it is him Julian is going to shoot. Julian calls the reporter a low life dirt bag. Julian loves Ethan more than live itself. The reporter convinces Julian he did not make up the story and he wants Julian to look at the information. Julian grabs the documents and wonders if this could be the big secret Ivy has kept from him. He reads the information with a look of revenge on his face. Eve tells Luis to stay close to Sheridan. He is the best medicine for her. Sheridan and Luis leave the party. Eve hopes they spend a great night together, as it may be their last night together. Chad asks Ethan if he can change the music to something a bit more happening. Whitney is reassuring Theresa that nothing bad is going to happen to her. Ethan comes and dances with his bride to be. Ivy is wondering where Julian is. Rebecca is watching Julian from the other side of the library door. Julian asks the reporter who sent him the information. The reporter tells him how he came about getting the story. Julian recognizes the stationary and the writing as Ivy's. Alistair calls and he vows he will destroy everyone if the story is true. Miguel wants to call to check on Charity. Ivy wants to dance with Sam. Sam is not too happy about the idea but Ivy tells him they have Grace's permission. Julian is telling his father this all has to be a mistake. Alistair calls Julian a bigger jackass than he ever thought he was. Alistair demands to be put on speakerphone to talk to the reporter. Rebecca and Gwen are all excited. They want to return to the party so they can act surprised when the news hits. The reporter leaves after Alistair Crane trashes him. Julian is in shock and he wonders if any of this can be true. Alistair thinks Ivy kept her secret very masterfully. He wants Julian to go back to the party and find out if any of this is true. He wants Julian to bring Ivy's treacherous head to him on a tray. Luis and Sheridan return to the cottage. They want to be alone and agree should anyone come to their door tonight, they will not answer it. Grace asks Pilar where the powder room is. She also asks Pilar about Ivy's first love. Grace believes Ivy will be reunited with her first love. Pilar asks Grace about the man's wife. Grace says someone is going to end up getting hurt but Grace is routing for Ivy. Grace says it does not matter to her, as she does not know the other woman from Adam. Grace leaves to go upstairs. She sees Julian and she tells him his son is wonderful. Julian sees Sam and Ivy dancing together. Rebecca thinks everything is happening at the right time. Theresa begs Ethan to try to get to know Sam Bennett. Ethan tells her that is impossible but he is happy his mother looks so happy and radiant in Sam's arms. Ethan sees the look on Julian's face and he is worried. Luis and Sheridan light candles and they share a passionate kiss. Miguel is on the phone in Ivy's bedroom. Grace enters and she talks Miguel into staying a bit longer at the party. Ethan wonders what is going on. Julian enters the main room and he begins yelling at Ivy. He calls her a tramp and a slut. Everyone is looking on in disbelief...
As Charity is being pulled by the damned souls of hell, she sees Hecuba. She recognizes her from her nightmare that she had. Charity pleads for Kay to help her. Hecuba tells Charity her cousin cannot help her, and calls for the souls to reel her in. Charity wants to know why Hecuba is doing this to her? Hecuba tells her the complete story and the fact that evil will win and reign freely in Harmony after Charity is in hell. Hecuba tells Kay once Charity is in hell; she will get her soul back and have everything she has ever wanted. Hecuba demands the evil souls to incinerate Charity on the count of three. They pull and grab at her while Charity yells at Kay to help her. Hecuba tells Charity Kay is empty inside so she really does not care. Charity wants Kay to show her that she really does care. Charity pleads and begs with her cousin and asks her what would her parents do faced with the same situation? She wants Kay to listen to what something deep inside is saying to her. Hecuba demands that Charity shut up. Charity again pleads with Kay telling her if she lets her die, she will never have peace in her life. Charity yells out in God's name. Hecuba again calls for the damned to fry Charity. Charity wants Kay to save her. Finally, Kay gets up from the bed and runs to her cousin. Kay is pulling her cousin away from the damned souls and fires of hell. Hecuba is trying to convince Kay not to help. Kay will end up going to hell with her cousin. She tells Kay she can live again with her soul if she let's Charity go. Charity tells Kay not to listen to Hecuba, as she is pure evil.
Luis and Sheridan have turned the cottage into the cottage of love! They kiss and Luis tells Sheridan he has waited for this night for so long. Sheridan wants Luis badly. On the couch, their clothing slowly comes off. Luis wants to make love to Sheridan but he wants it to be romantic. He wants to show her how much he loves her. He does not want all Sheridan's hard work and planning of the romantic bath to go to waste! He can't wait to be with her in that warm water. Luis carries her into the bathroom. In the nice soapy water with rose petals all around the tub and the room, Sheridan can not wait for what is to come. They profess their love for each other. Luis tells Sheridan how beautiful she looks in the candlelight. The way the light hits her hair reminds him of something he saw when he was younger. He never thought he would see that color again and he was in awe of what a beautiful world God had created. Looking at Sheridan in the candlelight, he sees that color again. They kiss as an opera plays in the background.
TABITHA and TIMMY:
In the main house, the corpse falls on Timmy. He calls out for his princess to help him. Back in the motel room, Norma is hacking away at Tabitha in the shower with an ax. Timmy moves away from the stiff, but then he trips on the stiff's arm. Tabitha is out cold in the shower. Norma turns off the water and she smiles as she looks at the ax that chopped at Tabitha. Norma hopes Norm would be proud of her. Timmy wonders why Norma has a dead man in the house. He wants to go tell Tabitha what is going on, and then he thinks all of this could be Hecuba's doing. Norma washes off the ax. She plans on cleaning the shower later. Timmy has to get out of the house. He hears a noise and he thinks it is a cat. To be safe, he walks along the walls. He tells his feet to make tracks to get out of the house, but he sees a shadow of cats every where. Tabitha lies in the shower blood slowly going down the drain.
Julian is yelling at Ivy calling her a tramp and a slut. Rebecca expects Ivy's secret will be exposed at any minute. Ethan wants to know why his father is yelling at his mother like that. Rebecca and Gwen plan on being there to pick up the pieces for the men they love but for now they are happy just to watch the show. TC wants to know what is going on. No one knows. Julian is angry and he says it is time the whole world knows what he has learned. Ivy calls Julian a drunk and she will not put up with his behavior. She leaves but Julian grabs her saying she is not going anywhere especially after what she has done to him.
Ivy wants to know what is going on. She is furious and says Julian will pay for embarrassing her in front of everyone. Ethan asks his father to let his mother go. Julian says "you want me to let your mother go" and Ethan says "yes father I do". Julian is going on about Ethan calling him father. Again, Ivy says Julian is drunk. Pilar is worried. She has never seen Mr. Crane so upset. Sam tells TC he feels something is really wrong. Rebecca of course loves every minute of what is happening! She can't wait for the bomb to explode. Rebecca knows the house is going to shake, rattle and rocks. Julian tells Ivy she lied to him and he calls her a deceitful bitch. Julian goes off on a tantrum and he starts breaking things. Rebecca is sure if Julian does not rip Ivy apart, Sam will when he learns the truth. Ethan tries to take Julian out of the main room. Ivy calls Julian a drunken idiot. He embarrassed Ethan and she vows he is going to pay. Ivy wonders if Julian has a brain tumor and then says that is impossible, as Julian would need a brain first! Eve wonders if Julian has some how learned the truth of Ethan's parentage. Ivy says there is no way Julian could know unless Eve told him. Eve denies she told Julian, as she has to think about her best friend Grace. Ivy knows Pilar would never betray her. Pilar remembers watching Theresa destroy the file on Ethan's parentage on her laptop computer. The only thing Ivy can come up with is Julian is completely drunk. Whitney, Chad, Theresa and Pilar are talking. Theresa has no idea what is wrong with Mr. Crane. They can not imagine why Julian would be trashing his own house. Rebecca and Gwen are planning on becoming the queen and the princess of the Crane mansion. Ethan is alone with his father and he asks the waiter to bring his father some black coffee. Julian says he is not drunk. Ethan reminds his father he is not acting like a Crane. Julian tells Ethan it is Ivy who has destroyed the mood and soon the world is going to know all about it. TC wants to take his wife and leave but Sam wants to stay, as he is worried that Julian is going to turn violent. Chad says he may have come from the streets and he may not have much but he would never treat his wife the way Julian is treating Ivy. TC, Sam and Eve know Ivy was in a loveless marriage but did not think things could be this bad. The reporter from the tabloid wonders what is keeping Julian from blowing Ivy out of the water. Ethan asks his father what is wrong. He wants to know what has his father so upset. Ethan wants to help. Ethan tells Julian he loves him and Julian replies that he loves him too. He tells Ethan even though he loves him, his getting hurt in unavoidable. Julian hopes Ethan will enjoy his last few minutes of happiness he has left. He tells Ethan to remember he never wanted to see him hurt. Julian returns to the main room and he looks at the headlines on the tabloid once again. The reporter is busy snapping pictures for a follow up story. Julian wants to make an announcement. He says he is not drunk and he can justify his behavior. He begins by saying his bed-hopping wife of a tramp has kept a secret from him for years. Eve again asks Ivy if Julian knows Ethan is not his son. Ivy does not think there is any way Julian could know. Rebecca is excited. Theresa asks Ethan if he is all right. Julian is about to tell Ivy's entire secret. Rebecca is sure the truth will cause a tidal wave.
Luis tells Sheridan he is hers forever. Sheridan is so scared that what is happening to her is not real. Someone finally really loves her. Luis tells her he has wanted her all night. Sheridan too feels the same as Luis. She has waited all night for Luis to come to her. In the tub, Luis talks of the many neglected spots on Sheridan's body. He is going to pay attention to each and every spot he feels is a neglected spot. Sheridan soaps up Luis. They both hope that Theresa and Ethan are having a good time but they realize they would not be having as much fun as they are having now. Sheridan asks Luis to turn around. She is going to bath every single inch of his body. Luis then shampoos her hair. He cannot imagine ever being with any other woman but her. Sheridan thanks Luis for all of this. He really makes her feels special. They look forward to many nights like this. They decide they are turning into prunes so they have to get out of the tub. Luis gets a towel and wraps Sheridan. As they kiss, their towels hit the floor.
The party for Theresa and Ethan has suddenly turned sour. Julian tells Ivy the cat is now out of the bag. Ivy again thinks Julian is drunk and accuses him of ruining the party for everybody. Julian remembers reading the headlines in the tabloid. The reporter is ready to snap a picture of Ivy; the minute Julian shows her the headlines. Rebecca hopes Julian will soon let the secret out. Ethan is confused and does not know why any of this is happening. Julian addressing the crowd says his wife has not been in his bed for years. Rebecca and Gwen are enjoying watching Ivy squirm. Gwen is feeling bad for Ethan however but Rebecca tells her to keep her eye on the final prize. Sam wonders if Julian knows about his past with Ivy. No one can explain Julian's bizarre behavior. Ivy says only Eve, Pilar and she know about Sam being Ethan's father and none of them ever told the secret. Pilar remembers that Theresa erased the secret file she had on Ethan's parentage off her computer. Ethan is thankful Theresa is with him. With hatred in his eyes, Julian asks Ivy if she is ready to have her secret come out. Sam asks Pilar if Julian has ever been this rude to Ivy before. Ivy demands that Julian shut up. Ivy says he is acting like a fool and she will call Alistair and tell him. Julian tells her to go ahead and call father dear. Ivy says Julian has gone mad, had a brain tumor or is drunk. She wants to know what is wrong with him. He tells her he knows her secret. Ethan wants to know what secret. Rebecca is excited as everything she has worked so hard for is about to happen. Pilar asks Theresa if she ever told anyone about Ivy's secret. She wants to know if anyone could have seen the secret file on her computer. Theresa assures Pilar that no one could have seen her computer. Ivy tells Julian to say what it is that he has to say. Julian says he only tempted her before with the secret but he has proof tonight. TC is wondering what secret Julian has. Sam is worried about Grace and he is glad she is in the powder room and not here to witness this spectacle. Eve asks Pilar if Julian knows Ethan is Sam's son. Whitney and Chad are worried about Theresa. Grabbing Ivy, Julian whispers in her ear that he knows the truth about her lover and the letter she wrote him and never sent. He knows everything. Theresa hears this and she gasps. Sam wants to put a stop to this but TC tells him to back off. Ethan wants to know the truth. Julian tells him to ask his mother. He wants Ivy to tell Ethan how she ran into the arms of another man; her lover's arms. Sam remembers making love to Ivy on her wedding night. Ivy begs Julian not to do this. Julian tells her he does not want to embarrass HER son ... always HER son. Ivy figures out that Julian really knows her secret and she faints. Ethan runs to his mother. Eve fans Ivy, trying to revive her. The reporter wants to get the pictures he took back to the paper for a follow up edition. Whitney asks Theresa if she knows what Julian is talking about. Theresa is babbling something about a file. Ethan wonders why Julian is making his mother suffer over an old lover. What difference does it make? Julian screams at Ivy to wake up and face her son when he hears the news. TC tells Sam Julian knows about him and Ivy. Sam says the secret has something to do with Ethan so it cannot possibly have anything to do with him. Julian tells Ethan he is sorry and asks him not to be angry for what he tells him. Rebecca says she is having too much fun watching the show. Julian is looking at Sam with distain hatred in his face as he talks.
Charity is yelling out for help. Hecuba is telling Kay not to bother helping her and to forget about Charity. She wants Kay to stop being an idiot or she will burn in hell with her. Hecuba demands that Kay let Charity go and Hecuba gets in on the action. Hecuba manages to throw Charity into the fires of hell. Charity is finally destroyed. We can hear Charity screaming as the fires of hell engulf her. Hecuba tells Kay she did the right thing and she is now going to get her soul back.
TABITHA and TIMMY:
Timmy remembers finding the corpse in Norma's house as he tries to escape from the house. He hears cats everywhere. He calls out for his princess to come and save him but she is lying in the tub. Norma returns to the bathroom and she lifts Tabitha's arm. She remembers how she hacked away at her with an ax. She sees Tabitha's blood going down the drain. At the house, the cats are growling and hissing. Timmy is scared and knows he has to get out. He returns to the room where the corpse is. He wonders where Tabitha is and why she is not helping him. Timmy screams when he sees the corpse once again. Norma hears Timmy's scream from the main house. She leaves to save her father. On the couch, Timmy sees the room door open. The cat comes in and Timmy sees Fluffy everywhere. He looks out the window and sees Norma coming to save him. He thinks he is going to have to save himself. He is going to have to jump from the window. Making the sign of the cross he jumps. After accessing the damage, he heads to the motel. Norma runs in the house and makes the cats scatter and she sees her father on the floor. Timmy calls out for Tabitha. He smells an odor coming from the bathroom and then he sees bloody footprints on the carpet. Norma is apologizing to her father and knows he must be cold. Father tells Norma she is going to have to punish the little man for doing this to him. Norma assures her father she will not let the little man get away with this and he will never be able to hurt her father again. She grabs an ax. Timmy is yelling out for his princess but she is not answering. He opens the bathroom door and sees Tabitha in the tub with blood going down the drain. He lets out a scream.
Timmy frantically begs Tabitha to wake up but is horrified to discover that his princess is dead. Meanwhile, up at the house, Norma promises her "father" she'll make the little man pay. As Charity is dragged screaming into the depths of hell, Kay reminds Hecuba to make good on her promise and return the soul she stole. Back at the party, Miguel sadly confides to Grace his fear that he and Charity will be separated by fate. Theresa privately admits to a stunned Whitney how she stumbled over the facts surrounding Ethan's true paternity. Timmy bids a tearful farewell to Tabitha, who later begins to show some signs of life. Jessica returns home early, forcing her nervous sister to invent a story to cover for their cousin's absence. After coming to, Tabitha explains to a relieved Timmy how she managed to dodge Norma's ax attack. Hecuba imitates Charity's voice to reassure Miguel when he phones. In private, Julian rips into Ivy for playing him like a fool for so many years. Returning to the party, Julian informs a startled Ethan that he is not a Crane.


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The United States will not be left out of this weekend's series of grand openings, with debuts at the Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall (Alaska) and at Fashion Place in Murray (Utah). Stores are also opening in Australia and Italy on Saturday. The four openings are part of a strong push to open 30 new stores before September 30th, mentioned by CFO Peter Oppenheimer during a July 19th conference call with financial analysts. The Anchorage store is the state's first, and given Apple's focus on international locations, could be its only store for several years. The long official name of the store differentiates it from the existing Fifth Avenue high-profile store in New York City. The Murray store is located along a corridor of cities south of Salt Lake City, where the state's only other store is located. The Apple store will be the first to open in a new "luxury" section of the mall, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Both stores will open at 10 a.m. Based on Oppenheimer's statements, 24 more stores will open after this weekend, including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Berkeley (N. Calif.), London (UK), Little Rock (Ark.), Glasgow (Scotland), Hamburg (Germany) and a temporary store in New York City. Trivia: Among this weekend's grand openings, the 5th Avenue Mall store will be the chain's most north store (61°N.), while the Southland (Australia) store will be the most south (38°S.)
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Waiting for the store in Little Rock, AR with great anticipation. Wish I lived closer, I'd apply for a job!
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Ms. Gonzales you make a very valid point but you might as well be preaching to a brick wall. These Republicans are so cold hearted they don't even care that people worked for these benefits and saved up for these benefits.
Anyone who would privatize social security so that it is gambled with in the market has no clue.
Privatization is not being discussed at this time, so why bring up something that was a topic 7-8 years ago. No one supported it so it died. RIP.
Social Security has a problem and putting your head in the sand will not make it go away. In 20-22 years the trust fund will be gone (by design). At that time, only about 75% of the benefits promised will be supported by the payroll tax. That is roughly the current projection.
The GOP is trying to address this issue before if becomes another "cliff" issue. Smaller changes now will prevent larger changes at a later time. How easy it is for you to throw around the term "cold shouldered" to those who recognize an issue and propose some solutions.
As to the letter writers assertion that she earned her current benefits - well, yes by SS rules in effect, but technically no based on her contributions. She earned her benefits but not her husbands. Calling it charity is probably not the right way to broach the topic, but it is one of the quirks of SS that does not exist in private pension plans. In most private pension plans, a payout selection of 100% to a surviving spouse would result in a lower initial benefit payment which in actuarial terms, pays for the potential extended payout.
That is what the original 1/20 letter was addressing.
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jb writes:
in response to foshizzle:
"I'd agree that the Obamacare was a bit of a distraction - that seemed to have slowed the growth of our deficit - saving trillions for years to come. Not that I care one way or the other, but as an independent (with a lean one direction that isn't liberal)."
Please. If you leaned any more left, I'd swear that you're a race car driver.
And not sure if you're aware, but those early projections as to the cost of Obamacare have been revised up significantly...by the very same organization (CBO) making the claims in the first place. Not only that, but after closer examination, they've determined that it will cover far fewer people than first thought, and could well end up causing 4 million Americans to lose their employer-sponsored health plans by 2016.
Big picture thoughts vs. small. Remember - medicare and medicaid would have to fund many who are not exercising what they should - the purchase of healthcare and it falls back on us who do have healthcare.
If being in the middle means I lean left - maybe it is because you lean so right? Just a thought...
And if 4 million loose their healthcare - I bet 4 million will change professions to ensure they have it..
And since our politicians now have to adhere to the same methods as the common man for healthcare as part of the AHCA - I like the thought more and more each day..
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Thorntons Vanilla Fudge Bar Reviews
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Newest Review: ... which have even more of a non-chocolate filling than these, but for some reason the fudge in the Thorntons bar and I really ... more
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Thorntons is a peculiar shop. I go there with some regularity, but always tend to buy the same thing. Occasionally I'll branch out into a limited edition seasonal range, but it's very rare that I try something new from their standard collection, preferring to stick with what I know and love. That's why I'd not tried these bars before, but with the shop at work currently stocking them, I was tempted into trying one. The Vanilla Fudge Bar is 'luxurious milk and dark chocolate with a ribbon of caramel encased in a deliciously creamy fudge centre' which is a bit of a strange thing to get your head around, in particular how something can be encased in a centre - ... Read the complete review
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One of my many weaknesses on the confectionery front is fudge. Not just any fudge though. I can't stand the cheap grainy sort. It has to be the creamy luxurious variety that is usually a little more expensive. A perfect example of this is Thorntons fudge bar with fresh clotted cream. This ticks all the boxes for me and is currently part of their five for £3 offer, so I have the handy excuse to buy a handful at a time. You only save 45p on this multi buy but still, 45p is better than nothing. In the small print on the back of the wrapper is the description "vanilla and clotted cream fudge bar" and there can be no mistaking the mouth ... Read the complete review
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After my Weight Watchers meeting last week I decided I deserved a treat, I had to nip into Thorntons anyway to buy a birthday present for someone and while browsing their range of toffee and fudge I opted for a bar of Vanilla Fudge which looked absolutely delicious judging by the wrapper. And yes, it was delicious. The fudge is pure and unadulterated, it's not coated in chocolate as most of the Thorntons range is which to be honest was a relief for me as I tend to go against the general consensus when it comes to Thorntons chocolate and believe it's not actually as good as people think it is. Anyway, back to the fudge! It's a soft creamy colour ... Read the complete review
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American soul singer/songwriter Eugene (aka Gene) McDaniels passed away July 29. He was revered by hiphop producers and other crate-diggers for his classic LPs Outlaw and Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse (from 1970 and 1971, respectively). A powerful vocalist with a tendency for quirkily over-the-top emoting, he scored a hit single in 1961 with "A Hundred Pounds of Clay" and also wrote "Feel Like Makin' Love," which reached no. 1 on the charts for Roberta Flack in 1974. McDaniels reportedly died in his sleep in his Maine home. He was 76.
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Thrash/"dance punk" trio Footwork are among my favorite local bands (or, "bands I won't shut the fuck up about"). Their new six-song EP is online now at their bandcamp page. I recommend giving "Get Lost" a spin—it's got a barbed, post-Flexions grooviness and a serious sense of momentum. The second half of this track is a rager; let's "get lost" together in it's swarming mosquito-storm of hard-edged decibels:
Unfortunately, the band's not around to be high-fived on behalf of a grateful city—at the moment, they're touring the west coast with cassette copies of the EP. To follow their "tour twitter," check them out here.
I think watching a bunch of 8-year old girls play on the Neumo's stage—fighting back stage fright, nervousness, and insecurity was one of the top ten neatest things I've ever seen. And when the group "Another Name For Awesome" got everybody to chant "GIRLS ROCK! GIRLS ROCK!"—I got a little teary eyed—and I don't even have kids!
Find out more Rain City Rock Camp For Girls right here. My great-biggest high-fives to all the girls who played today. YOU. ARE. AWESOME.
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When I listen to Ty Segall on record, I hear garage-rock in the vein of the Troggs, but the live experience is something else altogether. The Bay Area multi-instrumentalist likes Seattle, and vice versa, but I've missed every one of his shows until last night at the Crocodile, where all the tracks I knew became harder, faster, louder. It's a mixed blessing, because the guy can write a song.
Oh, and he can also play, but I didn't feel as if his guitar strumming got short shrift. It's more that I wanted more from each selection. Not more energy, just more build-up and release. There was a lot of the former, but not a lot of the latter, which kept things humming along, and the crowd ate it up. It's an interesting dichotomy, because the 24-year-old sounds wise beyond his years in the recorded context, but in the live arena, he plays up the bratty punk angle. I'm not suggesting that it's an act: the man contains multitudes.
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Hans Grüsel's Krankenkabinet came in from the Bay Area to drop a ton of weirdness on the Rendezvous' Jewelbox Theatre last night. A husband/wife duo, HGK crouched over a mind-boggling array of effects units and a Korg keyboard while wearing odd headgear shaped like a house. It looked very uncomfortable. Thus outfitted, HGK proceeded to unleash a grotesque stream of mutated electronics, something akin to '80s/'90s Nurse With Wound gone gangrenous. At its most chaotic, the set sounded like a busy day at the abattoir or like a crisis at the chicken-rendering factory. The performance concluded with a guy (Sean Curley from the Midget and the Druggies) dressed in a tree-stump costume, getting into the faces of people in the audience, and singing a cantankerous version of Black Flag's "Rise Above." It was a baffling end to a uniquely perverse show. Please come back soon, Hans Grüsel's Krankenkabinet.
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They play this Sunday, and Cult of Youth, Grave Babies, and King Dude are also on the bill—tickets are available here.
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We have an extra pair of tickets that we would just love to give to you. All you have to do is e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com with Iceage in the subject line. A winner will be chosen at 5 pm tonight! And then notified by e-mail.
Good luck!
Anders Behring Breivik sprawling 1500-page manifesto European Declaration of Independence has a section that expresses his thoughts on the culture of hiphop, a culture he participated in as a teen in the mid 90s. His opinion? What will his pure Europe, the Europe without Arabs and other brown people, do with hiphop? Surprisingly, It's nothing like the Nazi's "entartete kunst" (degenerate art). It's in fact the kind of opinion you'd expect from an underground head: "separate the good stuff from the junk."
As for the fate of the hiphop industry; banning it altogether is not the optimal solution as it would cause overwhelming short term outcry and it would eliminate positive aspects as well. However, I believe significant restrictions in the rights of media companies which will include censoring negative and destructive lifestyles. An alternative is to limit such marketing to future "liberal zones". Certain positive aspects of the hiphop movement should be allowed to survive such as break dance and positive genres of the music as long as it positively influences the self confidence of European youths and only if it can be re-defined as a European tradition and not portrayed as a ghetto/ethnic/multiculturalist lifestyle.Many of us also want the positive aspects of the culture to build the confidence of our inner city youths. This murderer is one strange fish.
"You Make the Sun Fry"
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Brendan Kiley on the sad death of Amy Winehouse.
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Some idiot on four Danish teens who comprise Iceage!
Iceage - New Brigade by What's Your Rupture?
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And, Willie Nelson's publicist won't talk to Brendan Kiley about weed!
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Jesse Lortz upcoming solo debut as Case Studies, The World Is Just a Shape to Fill the Night, drops August 16 on Sacred Bones. Individual tracks have been appearing on the internet since last last year, which isn't surprising. The record is a collection of new material, demos, and unused material from previous projects. In an interview we did with Lortz way back in September of 2010, he had this to say about Case Studies, "we had just put out a D/D record, so if I wanted to do anything with it, it had to be a solo thing. Now it has turned into a crazy project that is integrating lots of parts of my life and skills that I wasn't really exercising Turning into an art project." Read the whole thing here.
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No ticket link as of yet. Stay tuned.
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Best quote: "Of course there's a lot of sex online... welcome to the human race."—Guy with Lazy Eye.


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Employment rate
Updated: 26.11.2013 - Next update: 20.12.2013 |
In October 2013, the number of employed persons was 2,426,000, which was 41,000 less than a year earlier (margin of error ±31,000). There were 15,000 fewer employed men and 26,000 fewer employed women than in October 2012. The number of employed persons increased in the public sector but decreased in the private sector compared with October 2012.
In October, the employment rate , that is, the proportion of the employed among persons aged 15 to 64, stood at 68.1 per cent, which was 0.6 percentage points lower than one year before. From last years October, mens employment rate fell by 0.3 percentage points to 69.2 per cent and womens by 0.8 percentage points to 66.9 per cent. Adjusted for seasonal and random variation, the trend of the employment rate was 68.3 per cent.
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Statistics Finland / Labour force survey
Description of indicator
Employment rate is the ratio of employed persons to the population of the same age. The employment rate of the total population is calculated as the ratio of 15 to 64-year-old employed persons to the population of the same age.
A person is employed if he/she has during the survey week been in gainful employment at least one hour against wages or salary or fringe benefits, or to make profit, or has been temporarily absent from work. A person absent from work in the survey week is counted as employed if the reason for absence is maternity or paternity leave, own illness or if the absence has lasted under three months. Employed persons can be employees, self-employed or members of the same household working without actual pay in an enterprise owned by a family member.


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Flood update: Tuesday 27 November – 16:30
The Environment Agency is warning of a continued risk of flooding across England, even though rainfall is set to ease in the coming days.
Rivers across the country continue to rise, and further property flooding and disruption is possible in locations such as Gloucester, Salisbury, Oxford, Sunbury, Abingdon and York. Large, slow responding rivers, including the Thames, Trent and the Severn, are particularly at risk. Teams from the Environment Agency continue to work around the clock to shore up defences, monitor river levels and clear blockages from watercourses. Mobile flood defences have also been erected in locations such as Oxford, Shrewsbury and Bewdley to protect communities from flooding.
Latest figures show that approximately 1100 properties have flooded since Wednesday, while flood defences have protected over 51,000 homes. Over 106,000 properties have been sent a flood warning. John Curtin, Environment Agency Head of Incident Management said: 'Our thoughts remain with those that have been affected by flooding. Further flooding is expected in the next few days and communities across the country, particularly in northeast England, north Wales, Northamptonshire, are urged to remain especially vigilant. 'Environment Agency flood defences have protected some 51,000 homes and our teams are continuing to work around the clock with local emergency services to keep communities safe. People should sign up for free flood warnings, keep up to date with the latest situation on our website, and stay away from dangerous flood water.'
Those in areas at risk should check the Environment Agency website for the latest information and sign up for free flood warnings on the Environment Agency's website or by calling the Environment Agency Flood Line on 0845 988 1188.


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Now that Canine Cove is in the works perhaps the council should revisit this decision to allow our canine friends access to our parks. This dog was on a leash and a child was injured, lets not waite until someone is more seriously injured. These parks were designed for people/children.
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Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.
The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that this ...
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Originally published on Sat November 16, 2013 5:39 pm
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Save the Mentor!
T-34 owners are the latest to prove the value of good old-fashioned American ingenuity.
- By Peter Garrison
- Air & Space magazine, January 2005
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As more and more airplanes underwent eddy-current testing and emerged with clean bills of health, and as more and more of the spars removed and inspected by the Nogle and Parks organizations proved free of cracks, owners and maintainers increasingly complained that the whole business was, as Earle Parks put it, a "fool's errand."
Then, on November 19, 2003, a second wing failed, in nearly a carbon copy of the first: The airplane, operated by Texas Air Aces of Houston, shed its right wing while maneuvering. The failure occurred at the same point as the failure on the first airplane. Both pilots died. The airplane's spars had not been modified, and it seemed probable that the airplane had been operating beyond the 2.5-G, 175 mph limits imposed by the AD.
Now the FAA raised new concerns. It had found cracks in the rear spar of the accident airplane. Owners became frantic, worrying over rumors of a new AD and possible cancellations of the existing AMOC authorizations. In the meantime, stung by suggestions that the local office had looked the other way while Texas Air Aces continued to operate its non-AMOC'ed airplane in violation of the 1999 flight restrictions, the FAA ordered a fine-tooth-comb inspection of all T-34 logbooks, paperwork, and service and maintenance histories.
The resentment many owners felt toward the air combat schools rose sharply. Was there not some way to differentiate between ordinary users and those who routinely applied high stresses to their airplanes?
The difference was not as great as all that, countered Robert Gold, owner of Sky Fighters, a Denver T-34 operator specializing in mock dogfighting and upset training. His company, Gold said, specifically discourages pulling lots of Gs during air combat maneuvering; in fact, it has a "strict and absolute limit of four Gs" and usually pulls no more than 3.5 on a simulated combat mission. Gold summed up the bottom line with an earthily persuasive argument: "It's not that much fun cleaning vomit out of the airplanes." In fact, said Gold, upset training occasionally involves higher G loadings than the "very choreographed" dogfighting does. Other operators of air combat schools flying different aircraft types, such as Siai-Marchetti 260s and Extra 300s, back Gold up. They don't pull lots of Gs because most customers don't like it.
The FAA had already turned a cold shoulder to the proposal that combat school airplanes be treated differently, arguing that because parts of airplanes often get exchanged without detailed record-keeping, it is impossible to know the service history of, say, a given set of wings. Nevertheless, it began to categorize T-34s as Type 1, those used in aggressive air combat or upset training, and Type 2-all others.
Early in March, the FAA published the latest revision of the T-34 AD. Citing new cracks found in the vicinity of the landing gear pivot fitting on the rear spars of several aircraft, it cancelled all the existing AMOCs and grounded, as of March 15, all T-34s that were not in compliance with the original 80-hour-interval Raytheon inspection requirement.
T-34 owners were furious. "Great news, guys!" announced one sarcastic posting on http://www.T-34.com . "Scrap aluminum hit .71 a pound today!" Another presented a sketch of a T-34 mounted atop a house as a weathercock, labeling it the FAA's "final AMOC." A new wave of resentment against combat schools arose, with the same arguments pro and con.
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I put many hours on T-34 15MC and 75MC at Quantico virginia decades ago. They were fun airplanes in every respect. Docile, maneuverable, and easy to land and fly. I am happy to see a few are still flying.
Posted by Tom on December 28,2008 | 06:40 PM
In 1977, I was in charge to prepare 25 T34B that were in DMAFB Tucson Az. to send to Uruguay. After the mission was acomplished, I was in charge to prepare and supervise the overhaul of these 25 airplanes and (of course), to fly the flight-test of every one of them.
The FAU (Uruguayan Air Force or Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya) bought 1 T34A in USA to Mentor Aviation, plus another 4 in Miami,plus another 25 in DMAFB, 5 more in Chile and another 18 in Spain
About the T34B, I flew many hours in this plane (part of more than 7000 that I flew in FAU), and this plane, like the Texan T6 and the incredible C47, are planes that I will never forget.
Thanks for let me remember the T34
Bets regards
Col.(FAU) Walter J. Dopazo
Posted by Col. (FAU) Walter J. Dopazo on September 17,2010 | 11:45 PM


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As Sacramento County's real-estate market starts to pick up, some tiny animals could put the brakes on development plans, including the just-approved Cordova Hills project.
Five of the largest development proposals in the county are planned for its southeast side, where large swaths of land are dotted with vernal pools, seasonal wetlands that house threatened species such as the fairy and tadpole shrimp.
Developers will need to get federal permits before filling in vernal pools. The permitting process is time-consuming and raises the prospect of lawsuits from environmental groups challenging the adequacy of plans to mitigate lost habitat.
"As a practical matter, this is going to take years," said Carol Witham of the California Native Plant Society.
The owners of Cordova Hills have applied for a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fill in 40 acres of vernal pools, wetlands and other federally regulated waterways on the property, which is just east of Rancho Cordova, right up against the county growth boundary.
Approved by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors by a 4-1 vote Tuesday, the 2,700-acre Cordova Hills development would include up to 8,000 housing units, commercial development and a town square.
The Cordova Hills development team applied for its permits in 2007 and can't expect to receive a mitigation plan until 2014, said Lisa Gibson, a project manager at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which has responsibility for federal waters under the Clean Water Act.
Developers who applied for permits to fill vernal pools for Rancho Cordova projects in 2004 did not receive final approval until 2011.
A federal lawsuit filed by the California Native Plant Society and other organizations forced the Corps of Engineers to come up with a new mitigation plan for vernal pools.
A U.S. District Court judge issued an preliminary injunction in the case in 2007, bringing work on the projects to a halt. As a result of the lawsuit, the Corps of Engineers issued a decision in 2011 requiring mitigation of the loss of vernal pools in what is called the Mather Core Recovery Area.
The area runs on both sides of Jackson Highway and covers thousands of acres. That area and a larger area to the south, called the Cosumnes/Rancho Seco Core Area, have been designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as vernal pool recovery areas.
Vernal pools, depressions in the ground that fill with water in winter and explode with bloom in spring, once stretched along much of the Central Valley's eastern edge. What remains in the Sacramento area is just a remnant.
Estimates place the amount of lost vernal pools at 87 percent to 93 percent, said Witham, a biologist. Much of the recent loss has come because of urban development, although agriculture historically has played a major role.
A majority of supervisors supported the Cordova Hills project, saying it represents smart growth and citing the developer's pledge to attract a private university to the site. It also received support from business and construction groups.
In addition to Cordova Hills, the county is considering four other master-planned communities in areas with vernal pools. Those projects are expected to bring up to 30,000 housing units to the area.
Environmentalists are weighing whether to file a court challenge to Sacramento County's decision to approve Cordova Hills, according to Witham and Rob Burness of the Environmental Council of Sacramento. They declined to discuss what the grounds for such a lawsuit might be.
In addition to concerns about the vernal pools, critics say the development will contribute to urban sprawl and isn't needed to meet the region's housing demand. The Sacramento Area Council of Governments says the development will make it harder for the region to achieve the state's goals for reducing greenhouse gases.
Witham said she would like to see the property's vernal pools preserved in a new state park because they are of particularly good quality. "The pools in Cordova Hills are right up there with the best I've ever seen," she said.
The property's vernal pools are diverse in size, which means they attract a greater diversity of species than most others. In addition to fairy and tadpole shrimp, the pools have Sacramento Orcutt grass, which grows only in Sacramento County, she said.
Gregory Thatch, an attorney representing Cordova Hills developers Ron Alvarado and Mark Hanson, said it's too early to say exactly what will be done to mitigate the loss of vernal pools. However, at the county's request, the developers agreed to double an on-site preserve to more than 500 acres, he said. The project will require off-site mitigation, too, he said.
Part of the reason the permitting process for building in vernal pool territory takes so long is that Sacramento County has failed to complete a habitat conservation plan that would cover the entire county south of the American River. Such a plan governs building in Sacramento city's portion of North Natomas, where developers devote a set amount of money to buy habitat land for each acre they develop.
The South Sacramento Habitat Conservation Plan in the works since the 1990s eventually will earmark what habitat is most important to preserve. In some cases, that would involve buying land and in others protecting land on planned developments. The idea is to make habitat protection a smoother process for developers and environmentalists, said Sacramento County Planning Director Leighann Moffitt.
The plan has taken a long time to complete because it involves complex issues and a number of agencies, Moffitt said. Sacramento County is the lead agency on the plan, which also includes Rancho Cordova, Elk Grove, Galt, the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District and the joint powers authority planning the Capital SouthEast Connector road.
The county submitted a proposal to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2010, but the federal agency rejected it as insufficient, in part because of its treatment of vernal pools, Moffitt said.
The county hopes to have a final plan approved within two years, Moffitt said.
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Would-be burglar takes police on a chase
BOCA RATON, Fla. (WHDH) -- High speeds and wild ride on the road for police and deputies.
Police chased a would-be burglar who refused to hit the brakes.
A quiet Sunday morning turned on its head after a break in leads to an interstate chase and this one was caught on camera.
Broward sheriff's deputies and Boca Raton police raced north on I-95 after a man suspected of trying to break into a house.
It all started when a neighbor saw the man outside 3951 Northwest 45th Terrace in Lauderdale Lakes at around 8:45 in the morning.
Initial attempts to stop him failed. "As our deputies were arriving they saw the vehicle and a man fleeing from the neighborhood."
The driver took off, slamming a deputy's cruiser into a pole, and that's when police said the chase began. The suspect was heading up I-95 when deputies finally stopped the car around Palmetto Parkway, but the would-be burglar kept going. "The suspect still was trying to flee; he got out of the car, started running. He had a bite mark from the dog."
The Saturday morning chase ended with no other injuries. No other drivers were hurt, but one would-be burglar who tried to run, ultimately just couldn't get away.


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