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Many of the comments in my articles have surprised me by asking what are relatively fundamental questions in regards to investing. It's taught me that the audience of this site is not only financial experts.
In my quest to provide alpha for all investors, novice to expert, this is a look into everything I've learned in over thirteen years of being involved with finance and investing, condensed into 17 concise points that all investors can hopefully benefit from. These are my definitive 17 cardinal rules for investing success.
1. Carry a Considerable Dividend & Cash Position
When managing any amount of money, two of the most conservative strategies that you can take are placing money into blue chip stocks that pay out handsome dividends and keeping cash available. Dividend stocks are generally reliable, but you want to make sure you're investing in companies that have been around for many years, are extremely stable, and are extremely low risk. Here are 19 things to love about dividends, if you're not sold on them yet.
Keeping a large cash position can be beneficial for a couple of reasons:
- If you're using an interest-bearing account, the money is accruing interest (albeit, probably a very small amount).
- You have money to invest with, should an opportunity arise. Nothing worse than getting a great strategy in place and then having to sell off another position you also like and aren't ready to sell to enter a new one -- you can throw that commission money directly down the toilet.
- If you're using an FDIC-Insured account especially, but even otherwise, it's almost completely risk free. One less chunk of money for you to have to worry about. That frees up space on your mind for due diligence and analysis of new ideas.
Other low risk items you can put into this category include commodities like gold & silver, bonds, and conservative mutual funds. You can buy these items directly, or through ETFs.
2. "Fade the Public"
"We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful."
- Warren Buffett
In sports betting, when one side of a game is overwhelmingly being bet on by the public, the line on the game moves. Similar is the way the price of a stock moves in accordance with the demand. More sells than buys, price moves down. More buys than sells, price moves up.
"Fading the public" simply means doing the opposite of what the public's doing. It's important to not blindly just do the opposite of what the public's doing; the public creates important trends that need to be respected and noticed. In the world of sports betting, the benefit is usually a couple extra points on a line; in finance, the benefit is usually a cheaper share price to buy at or a higher share price to sell at. Keeping your emotions in check is vital, as I'll discuss later. These strategies play off the emotional instability of the common investor.
Keeping yourself in this mindset of doing the opposite of the public is how big money makes money, and how you can, too. The sooner you start to think like one of the sharks, the less chance you have of becoming eaten alive.
3. Watch for "Coincidences"
In a previous article, I pointed out two "coincidences" on stocks I had been following; Celsion (NASDAQ:CLSN) and Knight Capital Group (NYSE:KCG).
In regards to Celsion, I spoke about how ahead of a binary event, I watched what appeared to be a massive sell-off and ignored my instincts, remaining long. It cost me. I commented:
A 900k share order goes off at market, destroying the bid and causing a halt. Could this have been someone wanting to make their exit quickly? With the pending class action investigation now taking place, I'd be interested to see the results of a full investigation of when the company actually had the data in hand in comparison to the analyst downgrades and "bear raid". I hate that I'm even writing that, as someone who truly believes in the integrity of the company and executives; and their mission. But sometimes, if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck...again, "there are no coincidences".
On Knight, I commented about the day of their fund-crippling algorithm error:
I knew something was wrong at Knight Capital the day of their algorithm error, because the stock was getting crushed down to $9 on massive volume almost an hour before the story ever even hit the newswire. After investing long enough, I've started to learn, "there are no coincidences". I was able to trade the Knight disaster accordingly just by watching the volume. I took my short position, they released the news, the rest is history. The pre-news trading tipped me off. If you don't think there were insiders that dumped into that news, then I have some real estate in rural Alaska to sell you.
As I state above, these were two massive signs; one I followed and made some substantial money, one I ignored and lost money on. The market is chaos, this is true, but there is a cause and an effect to everything that happens in the stock market. Pay attention to these "coincidences" and follow in the direction they lead you.
4. Always Hedge
In life, we hedge. We carry car insurance, homeowners insurance and life insurance. We want to be prepared for type of disaster that life may throw at us. It's important to take this concept and carry it over to your investing portfolio.
Methods of Hedging
There are countless numbers of ways to hedge, using ETFs, stock positions and options.
- Against a long position, one might acquire cheap premium put options to protect against the value of the equity that one is holding.
- Against a short position, one might buy vanilla calls or write puts.
- Ahead of a binary event, one might play an options strangle or straddle, even in conjunction with taking a position in the equity
- Sector-wise, diversification. Money spread across several sectors protects against an industry crippling event.
- Money-wise, more diversification. Utilize bonds, funds, stocks, options, futures and commodities to make sure your style doesn't get too aggressive or conservative. Maintain balance.
When hedging, it's important to understand your potential loss in each situation. There are no real situations where you're guaranteed to make money, unless you're already in the money on a position. Things like options spreads offer the feel of guaranteed wins sometimes, but the seductive nature of those positions often leads to people scratching their head when occasionally their entire position is wiped out. Do your research.
5. Beware of Binary Events
What is a binary event? A binary event is simple, it's an upcoming event that is going to have two possible outcomes: one potentially to the extreme upside and one potentially to the extreme downside.
Examples of Binary Events
- Heavily watched and sought after earnings report
- Biotech stock waiting on FDA approval of a drug
- Company awaiting a necessary financing to continue operations
- Awaiting the results of serious litigation
Two of these I touched on in an Instablog post recently. On coming up to Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) last earnings, I stated:
Volatility and emotion have never been more pronounced than in this past week following earnings. The stock is trading consistently well above it's 22 day and 100 day averages; the blogs and analysts are screaming bearish and bullish arguments at each other more so than pre-earnings, showing that the war over Apple is still waging on.
For equity traders, I like buying Apple shares long here with dividends coming up on 2/7/13 to the tune of $2.65/share. It's never been a better time to pick up cheap shares of Apple that you can write contracts against.
For options traders, I like a straddle with plenty of time value built in. Consider the March 13 $440 options. Options guru Dr. Terry Allen pointed out this strategy pre-earnings, but I think it holds value post-earnings as well. As of 1/28 pre-market, $440 puts are trading at $20.30 and calls are trading at $18.85. This puts your breakeven points at $479.15 and $400.85 with about seven weeks of trading to go. This is a great opportunity to pocket from both sides of this straddle due to the fact that Apple is heavily covered and moves quickly on news. (see: iPhone 5 supplier orders cut news before earnings that moved Apple down 6%).
I then discussed a massive binary event for Celsion :
What does this mean for traders? It means the implied volatility on the stock is massive (as are the option premiums accordingly), but with this being either a total success for the company as a whole or total implosion for the company as a whole, we can expect the $7 price tag on Celsion stock to not last through the end of this upcoming week. This investor thinks that price targets of either $1 or $20 depending on the news are not too farfetched.
There was money to be made on both of these binary events. Investors need to understand that binary events have an extreme effect on the price of a stock. If you don't know some of the smart ways to play binary events (this investor loves options spreads or writing options that have massive premiums due to volatility built into the intrinsic value), take your position off the table and get out of the way.
Binary events carry massive upside potential, but also massive risk. You need to know when these are going to occur for positions you hold so you can plan accordingly. You don't want to be on the long end of bad news or the short end of good news without ever having a clue that it was coming down the pipe.
6. Know Your Fundamentals & Be Vigilant
"Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing."
- Warren Buffett
Before you get into the investment game, you have to know your basics. Investing is a fun, lucrative and dynamic way to spend your time. For people that have the itch to gamble and the love of money, it's unrelenting, seductive, calculating and vicious in its appeal.
Having said that, it's a big boy & big girl adult game that is played. The losses are every bit as painstaking as the gains are amazing. One minute, you can feel like you're cheating the world with how much money you're making; the next, you could be wondering where it all went wrong. The market is an extremely unforgiving teacher.
Listen up, maggots. You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else.
- Fight Club
Even if you don't think you are, you are part of the mass pool of money that makes up retail investors USA. Everything that you're looking at has already been looked at fifty times over by some analyst somewhere at a fund or firm. You are one of the sheep. Your retirement accounts and your hard earned money that you've saved with your blood, sweat and tears are gambled with on a daily basis by banks.
It's probably what you don't want to hear, but you need to know this going into the game. You also need to know that if you don't understand what the fundamentals of the market are, you don't belong anywhere near it. Put your money in a savings account, and grow it the old fashioned way.
You need to have a super firm grasp on all of these, at bare minimum:
- Long vs. Short
- Bid vs. Ask
- Volume
- 52 week highs and lows
- What a derivative is
- Market Cap
- Price/Earnings
- Earnings per Share
- Share Structure and why stocks trade at the price they do
- Balance Sheets, Income & Cash Flow statements
- Regulatory filing requirements with the SEC (8-Ks, Form 4s, 10-Qs, 13-D, etc)
If you can't explain all of those to someone right now, simply, you don't belong with money in the market. The market is a destitute cesspool, full of dirty tricks like market manipulation, naked short selling, cellarboxing stocks, and derivatives.
The financial world is a dark world that exists on backstabbing, complex vocabularies and secret handshakes. These things all occur under the cloak of secrecy in the secret fraternity that is Wall Street, and if you don't have even the least bit of education on the fundamentals going in, you'll never understand the complexities; and your life savings will be systematically bilked from you and will go towards some billionaire's landscaping bill.
"Listen, here's the thing. If you can't spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker. "
- Rounders
7. Be Aware of Charting & A Couple of Basic Technical Indicators
I've laid out in a previous article exactly how I feel about charting:
Charting, as I often state, is a love/hate relationship. I dislike it because I don't like the notion of trading a company based on the chart without the fundamentals, but in the computerized algorithmic world of trading that exists nowadays, it's a necessary evil. You have to think like a machine in order to make moves that will preempt computerized runs and raids of stocks -- and that's why I think charting is a necessary evil.
I'll be frank. My use of charts is strictly supplemental to the way I trade. The most value I've found in charting is with these three technical indicators, as defined by Investopedia:
RSI (Relative Strength Indicator): A technical momentum indicator that compares the magnitude of recent gains to recent losses in an attempt to determine overbought and oversold conditions of an asset. It is calculated using the following formula:
*Where RS = Average of x days' up closes / Average of x days' down closes.
As you can see from the chart, the RSI ranges from 0 to 100. An asset is deemed to be overbought once the RSI approaches the 70 level, meaning that it may be getting overvalued and is a good candidate for a pullback. Likewise, if the RSI approaches 30, it is an indication that the asset may be getting oversold and therefore likely to become undervalued.
Stochastic Oscillators: A technical momentum indicator that compares a security's closing price to its price range over a given time period. The oscillator's sensitivity to market movements can be reduced by adjusting the time period or by taking a moving average of the result. This indicator is calculated with the following formula:
C = the most recent closing price
L14 = the low of the 14 previous trading sessions
H14 = the highest price traded during the same 14-day period.
%D = 3-period moving average of %K
Moving Averages: An indicator frequently used in technical analysis showing the average value of a security's price over a set period. Moving averages are generally used to measure momentum and define areas of possible support and resistance.
It's important to hammer home the sentiment that I use charting as a supplemental tool, and you should do the same, too. Never base decisions strictly on how a chart seems to look -- RSIs can stay oversold/bought, stochastics the same. There are no definites with charting and technical analysis, don't forget that.
8. Know When Not to "Chase" & 9. Know When to "Chase"
The saying is "never catch a falling knife" and there are tons of instances where companies take dives, find what appears to be a bottom, and then plunge even further into the abyss. Traders get crushed daily trying to play quick scalps on bounces after losing on a long position or trying to buy into rallies to cover a short position. Real investors make their money by frontloading or frontselling; buying or selling ahead of the market. Getting caught the wrong way in a trend can prove to be brutal for some traders who are too hardheaded to concede defeat in a position. There are times to cut losses and move on to prevent disaster or ruin.
Conversely, there are times to do just the opposite. If you're extremely long a position, meaning you believe in it long-term (and the company's fundamentals are sound -- like Apple), dollar cost averaging can be one of your finest resources as an investor, and can yield you serious profit from it.
Analysis of the fundamentals is the key here. If the fundamentals are concrete on a company that's just taken a loss, dollar cost averaging can be the right move. Again, on the other hand, you don't want to get caught trying to jump in the back end of a trend to make a quick buck without doing fundamental research and getting burned.
10. Apply Common Sense to Your Positions
"Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, 'Too much of a good thing can be wonderful'. "
- Warren Buffett
If you consider yourself a sensible, logical person who prides themselves on their common sense skills, this is a great segue into your portfolio.
Invest in the things you see everyday, have to purchase and like purchasing, and will be around for a while. The products you buy and use every day contribute to the wellbeing of the company that you're invested in. Help your own cause and go long on the items, companies and CEOs that you're comfortable with.
Almost all of my position and involvement in Sirius (NASDAQ:SIRI), was because I felt I had a good read on Mel Karmazin and someone who absolutely loathed failure and was constantly on overdrive for success. In an article about Sirius, I wrote:
I held long Sirius a long while ago, before the merger and before Liberty bailed them out. I was lucky to ride the stock from pennies to near the $2 region, where I exited. I was always long-term bullish on Sirius; I loved Mel Karmazin, the original merger man. There was an intangible about Karmazin that I supported -- he seemed hell-bent on success, stood his ground against media titan Sumner Redstone, and brought with him a track record of success in radio that started as early as the late 60s.
Karmazin and Liberty CEO Greg Maffei traded quips upon him leaving Sirius; Karmazin claiming he'd be too expensive for Liberty to keep him on and Maffei claiming that no CEO is irreplaceable. With the stock at a significant multi-bagger since my first long sentiments, the introduction of Pandora (NYSE:P) in recent years and the powerhouse CEO stepping down, I started to think about getting back into Sirius, only with a short position this time.
The point? Make your decisions based on the people and products that you like. Your instincts often lead you down the correct path in this regard.
11. Know How to Leverage and When
Investopedia defines leverage as:
Leverage helps both the investor and the firm to invest or operate. However, it comes with greater risk. If an investor uses leverage to make an investment and the investment moves against the investor, his or her loss is much greater than it would've been if the investment had not been leveraged - leverage magnifies both gains and losses. In the business world, a company can use leverage to try to generate shareholder wealth, but if it fails to do so, the interest expense and credit risk of default destroys shareholder value.
Leverage is extremely important if you're a small investor, like myself, looking to make moves. A classic example would be if you had $5,000 that you wanted to invest in Apple, you'd be able to purchase about 10 shares. On margin, about 20. Instead of purchasing the equity, you can purchase 20 options contracts, which carry substantially more risk but now give you control over 2,000 shares of Apple.
Use leverage responsibly to help continue to build your portfolio to a point where you hopefully no longer need the undue risk it carries.
12. Due Diligence is Your Right as an Investor
"If you don't study any companies, you have the same success buying stocks as you do in a poker game if you bet without looking at your cards."
- Peter Lynch
No matter what company you're invested in, remind yourself that by holding a position in that company you are taking ownership of a certain percentage of the company. Similarly, take ownership of your investment by doing as much due diligence as legally available.
Pride yourself on furious, unrelenting due diligence. Crunch the numbers, then crunch them again. Then again. Use the products the company makes, visit headquarters if they offer tours, and utilize investor relations to get editorialization on filings and things you may have questions about. Those resources are there for you as an investor, and being scared to use them results in you missing out on potentially important information.
13. Always Take Profits
You don't lose money any time you take profits. Read it again : You don't lose money ANY time you take a profit. Novice investors see profit in their account sometimes and proceed to just stare at it, allowing this unrealized gain to sit, gestate, and eventually disintegrate. Too many people wait fruitlessly for their profits in one position to make them their entire fortune. This almost never happens.
No matter what an investor or analyst tells you, we're all guilty of it. Starting out, with no basis in reality, you wait and wait and wait for stocks already in green to make even bigger percentage gains, never pulling the trigger to sell. When you see enough green to meet your preset caveats, pull the trigger and sell. Make your moves with discipline and precision; the investor with a plan makes money while the meek and unplanned are annihilated.
Emotion plays a part here, as I'll discuss later. People sometimes make the mistake of getting attached emotionally to companies, and, while there's sometimes exception to this rule, disciplined traders are cutthroat -- taking profits wherever, whenever, and however they can.
14. Aggressively Monitor Your Investments
The ever prolific and eloquent hip hop artist Snoop Dogg once thoughtfully quipped the following well thought out financial:
"I've got my mind on money and my money on my mind."
Though I'm not quite sure that Snoop Dogg has a firm grasp on how his 401k may be currently performing versus the Lipper average, he's got the general idea down.
As an investor, you need to be on top of what's happening with your positions every single day. Ever look at a trading desk picture and think that 15 monitors is a bit overdone? It's not. There's infinite sources of news and analysis on the positions you hold, and your job is to let that information all permeate your head on a daily basis. Know what your company's chart looks like, know the latest SEC filings inside and out. Know what their latest press release was, what their average volume is, and how they're trading in relation to all of that right now.
Know that as you sleep, things are taking place overseas that are going to shape the way that your investments react the following day. In other words, keep your mind on your money and your money on your mind.
15. Separate Emotion from Your Trades
Emotion is what prevents real success for many novice traders. Emotion is the catalyst behind making trades that make no sense on paper. Emotion is why people sell off positions after the crash and why they baghold buying at the tail end of rallies. Emotion makes idiotic things run through your head, like:
"This stock may never stop going up! Better get in no matter what cost!"
And conversely:
"This company is doomed! We are going to zero right here, right now, on this crash!"
This may seem like idiocy when you read it now, but even the savvy investors know this voice still comes out in their head when they're in the midst of a rally or crash.
Let's take the recent movement in Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) as an example. After their latest earnings, the stock had a two day rally of about 70%. In a recent article, I penned:
As an investor, I love playing the opposite trend of the public a lot of times and will often buy on bounce plays and short into a buying panic. While I consider the 40% increase to be alright and somewhat priced in correctly, today's buying is strictly on hysteria and mania. The ask is being systematically mowed down today as retail buyers watched the spike earlier in the week and want to be on the next Netflix gravy train to leave the station. At almost ten times its 22-day volume average right now, it's safe to say that the retail buying bubble is getting so big, it's not long before a correction.
To be fair, after a short correction, Netflix is still trading about where it was when I put this article down. The point, however, is to show that like anything else in the economy, stocks face bubbles of being overbought and oversold. Emotion creates these bubbles, and you need to be the one to realize when it's happening, so you can be on the upside. Times like these are the times to leave emotion at the door.
16. Realize that Analysts Always Have a Stake in the Game
As much as I hate (read: love) to bash Jim Cramer in two successive articles, he's the pinnacle example of this rule. Much of the public was absolutely flattened when they watched his interview a couple of years back on the Daily Show. In this interview, Jon Stewart played back for Cramer a YouTube video of himself openly admitting to making up and disseminating rumors about about companies when his hedge fund was short them. This was the public's first glance into the dirty work that goes on behind the scenes at hedge funds; if they knew the down and dirty details, jaws would drop all the way to the ground.
The lesson I hoped the public learned from this is that 95% of the people feeding you advice; whether it's here on Seeking Alpha, on CNBC, or in the Wall Street Journal all have agendas and positions that they're trying to make money on. Believing these people disclose these positions all the time is laughable. Take everything, including what I write, as a sales pitch. Go in as a skeptic and question motives. Again, finance is a lesson in cutthroat 101.
17. Trust Yourself and Your Decisions
This was the first and most devastating lesson I ever learned. The first time I ever made an investment was thirteen years ago when I walked into my local A.G. Edwards office with a pocket full of $1,700 in cash and asked a typical, middle aged, greasy looking broker to put all into a company that I picked. It was a company that I had loved and adored for years and even though it was going through hard times, it was a product I used and a CEO that I believed in. It was a company I would eventually go on to work for a couple of years later.
At this point in my life, I knew nothing of investing, and I let this broker talk me into putting my money into the QQQ index fund and two other companies aside from the one that I wanted in. He claimed the company that I wanted all of my money in was in turmoil and ruin, a terrible investment. I argued for the company, defending their recent product line and CEO change. But, knowing precisely nothing about the market aside from the fact that there was a company that I supported and wanted to help out, I listened to him. $200 in commission later, I walked out of the office, already down over 10% without even knowing it. I made barely any money on what I held and cashed out several years later.
Need a reminder to trust myself that I carry on an everyday basis? At the stock's 52 week split adjusted high, my $1,700, if left alone for 13 years would have been worth an astounding $470,000. That's 453,000 reasons that I remind myself to trust decisions. On the heels of that, I remind myself daily that no one knows what the market is going to do definitively. It's a mystery that we're all trying to decode, but what you should take from this story is this one simple fact:
If all of these people out there can find success in the market, you can too.
Go forward with confidence now. I hope this article has given you at least one or two new nuggets of information, and I look forward to hearing your feedback. Best of luck.
Disclosure: I am long CLSN. I hold Celsion puts and calls. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Shane McKenzie is one hell of a productive author. He's released two books in 2014 so far and has a comic available through Zenescope. Today we're pleased to announce that he's readying a hardcover release of The Oak, a follow-up to 2012's Infinity House. Find out how to pre-order this glorious deluxe edition here!
The Oak is seeing a limited edition release that will set you back $85. For this amount the folks at Sideshow Press have arranged a fantastic collector's set easily worth that much.
From Sideshow Press:
In July of 2012, the release of INFINITY HOUSE by Gallows Press introduced horror readers to the sick and talented new author Shane McKenzie and the twisted world in which a mysterious old house and its cursed owner terrorize teens in a poverty-ridden and cursed neighborhood.
In THE OAK McKenzie seeks to shed more light on the sinister goings-on in this crime-riddled hood as he peels back the maggot-ridden curtain hiding its many terrifying secrets. Through a serious of interconnected stories featuring five of The Oak's doomed citizens, McKenzie exposes the horrifying truth about Infinity House, its pedophilic owner, and its forsaken children.
And, yes…there are maggots…
This is the definitive way to experience INFINITY HOUSE, and fans of this book will be floored by the amount of material Shane has provided. With 40,000 words of new material, including four brand new tales that flesh out this terrifying world, those who loved the original novella will NOT be disappointed. And, of course, as a deluxe Sideshow Press hardcover, this collector's item will have all of the design bells and whistles our loyal customers have come to expect.
The pre-order period for this title will last for one month. The number of books bound will be determined by this pre-order period.
The edition includes:
– The original novella INFINITY HOUSE
– Three brand new stories featuring characters Federico, Jordy, and the mysterious and deadly Chauncey Jones
– A brand new interconnected narrative featuring Darious that ties it all together
Plus bonus materials:
– The story "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You"
– The original (and much different) ending for INFINITY HOUSE called "Fuck Room"
– The story that inspired it all, "Go to Your Room"
Features include:
– Signed and numbered
– 9" x 7" hand-bound hardcover
– 240 pages
– Hand-bound in Japanese fabric
– Handmade decorative endsheets
– Full color art inlaid on cover
– Fully illustrated throughout
You can preorder The Oak by heading over to Sideshow Press. If you're on the fence and would like to check out the prequel novella, Infinity House, you can snag a free copy for your eReader right here.
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Josephine Powell is Wanted by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office for failure to appear in Superior Court, Woodbury, on June 13 for a pre-arraignment interview on a charge of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Powell, 49, of 705 Glennside Drive, Deptford Township, is five feet, seven inches in height, weighs 125 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair. She has pierced ears, a scar on her abdomen and tattoos on her back and right shoulder.
On Jan. 25, a West Deptford Township police officer saw a car traveling southbound on Interstate 295 slow down to the point that other vehicles were changing lanes to avoid it. The slow-moving car also failed to maintain a lane, the officer reported.
The car was stopped and the driver was defendant Powell, who had no identification.. After she gave her name, the officer determined she had active warrants and arrested her. A search of her person found methadone and Oxycontin pills with no proof of a prescription.
A Gloucester County grand jury indicted Josephine Powell on May 30 on a charge of possession of a controlled dangerous substance.
Anyone who knows the whereabouts of the defendant should not attempt to apprehend her. Instead, contact the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office at 856-384-5643 or GCPO Sgt. Barry Johnson at 856-498-5485.
Other fugitives wanted by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office can be viewed at www.co.gloucester.nj.us/depts/p/prosoffice.
Information for Wanted in Gloucester County is provided by the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office.


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BLT Brunch Pie Recipe
- 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 can (4-1/2 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained
- 8 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
- 1 tablespoon chopped green pepper
- 1 tablespoon chopped onion
- 3 medium tomatoes, peeled and sliced
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients. Cut in shortening until crumbly. Stir in sour cream. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 2. Press pastry into a 9-in. pie plate; flute edges if desired. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes. Cool completely.
- 3. In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, cheddar cheese, mushrooms, bacon, green pepper and onion. Layer half of the tomatoes in crust; top with half of the mayonnaise mixture. Repeat layers.
- 4. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Refrigerate leftovers. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Nutritional Facts
1 piece: 464 calories, 39g fat (11g saturated fat), 38mg cholesterol, 618mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 1g fiber), 8g protein.
Reviews for BLT Brunch Pie
Average Rating
"This was sooo amazingly delicious! I made it in my 9" deep dish tart pan with removable bottom. The presentation was as wonderful as the taste. I did add garlic powder and did not peel tomatoes, used jalapenos because that's what i had on hand (I'm from south Texas). It took 20 minutes longer because of the deep dish pan i used. Got so many compliments! Will definitely make this again&again!"
"This is extremely delicious and I make it every summer! I do modify it a bit and use about 1/3 cup mayo and the rest sour cream as I don't like mayo. I find it takes me longer to make as well as I am not good at peeling tomatoes!"
"Have made this several times and each time someone asks for the recipe. It is a favorite when we can pick the tomatoes from the garden."


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Posted by Contour Living on May 14, 2013
Makes a great gift! The BookWedge is a compact, inflatable book stand for use in bed, in a chair, on a desk or table, even flying. Perfect for iPads, e-readers, books of all sizes, even smart phones..
The BookWedge is an inflatable, simple stand that holds and positions any book, phone or small tablet. Use it in your lap in your favorite chair, in bed, on any desk or table, also perfect for airplane tray tables. Helps reduce neck strain by ergonomically positioning your reading material in front of you, hands free! Plus it's perfect for travel because it's inflatable, it is lightweight and collapses to a super compact size.


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The on-again, off-again, on-again brown bear hunt on the Kenai Peninsula will be back on for both drawing and registration permit holders beginning Thursday.
Fish and Game's area wildlife biologist Jeff Selinger said the season will run through the end of November – or until six adult sows are killed, according to the Peninsula Clarion.
Earlier this month, the season temporarily closed by emergency order when 11 adult female brown bears were reported killed by Oct. 10. That surpassed the department's management objective by one sow.
Most adult female brown bears — especially those pregnant or with cubs — will have denned before the hunt resumes Thursday. Consequently, biologists feel comfortable re-opening the hunt under the assumption that boars will be most hunters' target.
"It is a pretty safe time for taking males and not females," said Ted Spraker, acting chair of the Board of Game.


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Many of us respond to break-ups by taking to our beds with a gallon of Ben & Jerry's and the boxed set of Sex and the City, but Carmen Electra has come out swinging single and looking more gorgeous than ever! In the past few weeks, she has looked polished and sophisticated– a far cry from her past Pussycat Dolls getups . Wearing an array of charming printed dresses, like this Pucci mini in the Hamptons or this chinoiserie wrap dress with killer heels at Mr. Chow's, Carmen has shed the trappings of the rock star wife and seems to be embracing a sleeker, more grown-up style. I can't say this of too many former Prince proteges, but I think we have a fashionista in our midst! — Melissa Liebling-Goldberg
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Ayrshire Christian Radio Group broadcasts regularly on UWS Radio as part of the station's community broadcasting programme:
- on 87.7 FM to the University of the West of Scotland (Ayr Campus)
- on DAB
- online at http://www.uwsradio.scot
When the station was originally set up in 2004 and a local broadcasting licence was issued, ACRG (Ayrshire Christian Radio Group) was invited to play a part, along with other voluntary presenters, to help fulfil its community role. The Group is made up of volunteers with strong connections to Ayrshire and local churches.
As part of the spectrum of community interests, it presents music, features and comment from a Christian perspective. Currently, there are two regular programmes broadcast throughout the year:
8 – 10 am on Saturdays and 1 – 2 pm on Sundays
Seasonal programmes are broadcast at Easter, during the summer vacations (normally from 8 – 10 am) and at Christmas.


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On-line registration is now closed.
Please register in person
starting 8:00 a.m. on Feb 28.
Friday, February 28, 20148:00 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Prentice Women's Hospital
250 E Superior St
Conference Room L
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On Friday, February 28, 2014, the Lurie Cancer Center and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine will host ASH Updates: Current Trends in Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma. This symposium will provide updates on treatment options that can be integrated into the treatments of patients with various hematologic malignancies as well as enhance awareness of novel agents in development in order to increase the number of patients enrolled in clinical trials.
Conference Chair
Leo Gordon, MD
Abby and John Friend Professor of Oncology Research
Lurie Cancer Center
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
|8:00 a.m.
|Registration & Continental Breakfast
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|Welcome & Opening Remarks
Leo Gordon, MD
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|Lymphoma Update
Adam Petrich, MD
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|Leukemia Update
Jessica Altman, MD
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|Benign Hematologic Disorders Update
Brandon J McMahon, MD
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|Boxed Lunch & Exhibits
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|Myeloma Update
Jayesh Mehta, MD
|12:00 p.m.
|MDS and Myeloproliferative Disorders Update
Brady Stein, MD
* All speakers are members of Northwestern University.
Target AudienceMedical oncologists and hematologists interested in the treatment of patients with hematologic malignancies. Fellows, nurse practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, pharmacists, researchers, and other health care professionals.
Conference Objectives
- Outline new developments in the identification of predictive and prognostic biomarkers that provide the rationale for choosing specific treatment strategies in various hematologic malignancies
- Summarize new data that might influence current treatment and monitoring strategies for patients with newly diagnosed leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma
- Evaluate the safety and efficacy of recent clinical advances relative to standards of care in the management of patients with relapsed/refactory leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma
- Assess the efficacy and safety of emerging novel agents for the treatment of patients with leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma and benign hematologic disorders
- Evaluate the current role of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in outcomes for patients with hematologic malignancies
Accreditation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation Statement
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s). Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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Relax in the 8 person hot tub while enjoying the breath taking views of Mount Mitchell and the Blue Ridge Parkway. Located 5-8 miles from Chimney Rock/Lake Lure, 15 miles from Hendersonville and Black Mountain and 20 miles from Asheville, enjoy the isolation of being 3000+ feet above it all while still being close to area attractions. The luxury log home, built in 2010, has a fully equipped kitchen with granite countertops, a large deck with hot tub, gas grill and patio furniture, wood floors and tiled kitchen and bathrooms, and a jetted Jacuzzi bathtub. The house is also outfitted with an automatic generator which will power the entire house in the case of a power outage. There are 3 bedrooms (2 queen beds, 1 full bed)and a loft with a sofa sleeper. The property can accommodate 6 people. The 5 acre property is surrounded by hundreds of acres of forests where you can enjoy hiking and observing the local wildlife. WIFI access is available.
Keywords: log home, cabin, mountain home, house, log cabin
We LOVED your home! From a renter perpective, there wasn't anything to want for. Wife loved your decorations, accessories & motif. Thanks again! We'd love to rent from you again if the opportunity presents.
This home has everything you need. We had such a great time and it was fairly close to Asheville, so we could visit the Biltmore. The views from the deck are amazing; the mountains are gorgeous.
Great house with breathtaking views! Pictures don't do this house justice. It is 45 to 60 min away from Asheville because of the very windy mountain roads But well worth the drive!
We had a wonderful time in your beautiful log home. The accommodations are above and beyond what you generally find in rental homes. The views are even better than pictured online. Relaxing and calm are the words which best describe the home and location. You are away from it all but close to many adventures in the mountains. We visited Chimney Rock, Bat Cave, Hendersonville, the Biltmore, Asheville and enjoyed every second. There are so many more places to see, but we ran out of time. This means that we will have to return! Thank you, Lori.
My sister and I enjoyed one of the most relaxing vacations ever at this breathtakingly beautiful home with a view to match! Everything about this home is well done and everything is provided for cooking including an outdoor grill. We enjoyed the outdoor deck on both the back and front of the house. We spent 2 entire days just sitting, relaxing on the deck and in the hot tub, enjoying the view and peace & quiet! We drove the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway one day to Grandfather Mountain, visited the Biltmore Estate, downtown Asheville and Black Mountain and enjoyed authentic southern food are area restaurants. It was ALL spectacular. Lori was very helpful and replied to email questions quickly. The drive to and from is a little scary the first time. After that, it's an easy drive and we saw something different every time! One funny note, Lori provides great directions to get to the cabin. However, our GPS kept telling us to turn on other roads to get there. One day, a friend from SC came to visit and we decided to be adventurous and follow the GPS. DON'T EVER FOLLOW THE GPS! We ended up on many miles of dirt, one lane roads and on Bear Track Road, had to back up more than 1/2 mile because the SUV wouldn't/couldn't go any further. Wheels kept spinning because the gravel was so loose and the grade too steep. So follow only Lori's directions to the cabin!!! On the Blue Ridge Parkway, we saw a sign in front of a general store that said, "GPS Trauma Center" and had a good laugh!!! I've recommended this cabin to many of my friends and co-workers and would come back again myself! Thanks so much Lori for sharing your lovely cabin home with us!
Virginia B
My Husband and I just got home from 5 amazing nights in this luxurious Cabin! The home is CLEAN, nicely appointed, not cluttered and has everything you need!
The Bed was very comfortable (we only slept in the Master Bedroom), the Living Room furniture is comfortable and cozy. We loved our evenings in watching Movies with the Fireplace lit.
The TRUE HIGHLIGHT is the Hot Tub, overlooking nothing but mountains! We were in it every chance we could get! In the Morning, Afternoon and ESPECIALLY the evenings! Sitting in the Hot Tub, under an amazing Canopy of Stars! We saw shooting stars and during our last full day, we saw Rainbows for over an hour!
We drove to Navitat Canopy Tours for a truly unique Zip Line experience. Had Dessert at the local Medina Cafe in Chimney Rock. We also saw Hickory Nut Falls, walked downtown Black Mountain (SO CUTE). We truly loved it and hated to leave. We WILL be back, for sure! I woke up this morning in my own house...longing for the view of the Mountains with my cup of coffee. There is just nothing like it! You won't regret booking this Luxury Cabin! 52 Little Mountain is certainly the most relaxing vacation that I've experienced!
My husband and I wanted a nice getaway from all the stress and hustle of the city life. We couldn't be more pleased with our choice in choosing this luxurious log cabin. The house is immaculate and all bed very comfy. It has everything you need including a back up generator (which we were so thankful for when the lights went out during a bad storm). The view from the hot tub deck has no words. It is simply incredibly beautiful. We couldn't stop staring at the mountains that went on into the clouds. We had some bad weather days, but didn't mind staying in as we made use of the indoor jacuzzi. We did take day trips to Asheville/downtown Asheville, Chimney Rock, Lake Lure and Hendersonville. The good thing is that the towns are near each other so you can get to them in about 1/2 hr to 40 min tops (for Asheville) but directions are straight forward on main rds so easy to get to without getting lost. Lori is very helpful with all questions, directions and recommendations. You will not be disappointed with your stay here. We truly felt "at home." The kitchen is a dream and so is the fireplace. The view from the hot tub is priceless. The only bad part to staying here is that you have to leave. Def take a drive along the Blue Ridge as well. We will definitely be coming back here in the future!
Area attractions include Chimney Rock State Park, Lake Lure, Biltmore House, the historic town of Hendersonville, Asheville, zip lines
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|Damage Deposit
We accept Visa and Mastercard as well as personal checks. A 350.00 deposit is required at the time of booking. It converts to a security deposit at the time of the rental. It will be returned within 7 days of your departure provided the house is left in good condition. THE DEPOSIT IS NOT PART OF THE RENTAL AMOUNT. Housekeeping is not included in the rate quote.


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Hi all
Just thought I would share this. I am not a long-term user of either Ubercart or Drupal Commerce, however I have recently installed both with a view to developing a production site, using Drupal 7.
In fairness, my new regard for Ubercart (not that I disliked it before) is partly due to Drupal Commerce being a bit of a monster at the moment. It seems to want to create endless database entries, was uninstallable for me (I ended up re-installing Drupal 7 after not being able to unistall Commerce), and is not as intuitive as Ubercart.
I am not sure what Commerce is supposed to be, but from the admin perspective it feels like an old / unfiinished and less user-friendly version of Ubercart. I'm sure there are reasons for how it is, but I couldn't see any advantages (although I didn't delve into the code).
It actually seems a shame that developers left to fork Ubercart, and then create something less likely to appeal to the masses, while pulling developers out of Ubercart. Never have been a fan of forking, and this experience doesn't change my view.
So, I guess all I really want to say is, whatever Ubercart are doing, keep doing it. With Drupal's growing popularity, this could be THE cart taken into account any system, not just the current leader for Drupal.


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Affiliation: University of Oslo
Country: Norway
Detail Information
- Benzo(a)pyrene shows low toxicity to three species of terrestrial plants, two soil invertebrates, and soil-nitrifying bacteriaLine E Sverdrup
Department of Biology, University of Oslo, PO Box 1050 Blindern, NO 0316 Oslo, Norway
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 66:362-8. 2007..Compared to a number of other polycyclic aromatic compounds previously tested in the same soil type, BaP is generally less toxic...
- Studies on the effect of soil aging on the toxicity of pyrene and phenanthrene to a soil-dwelling springtailLine E Sverdrup
University of Oslo, Department of Biology, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 21:489-92. 2002..6%) in the test soil...
- Effects of eight polycyclic aromatic compounds on the survival and reproduction of Enchytraeus crypticus (Oligochaeta, Clitellata)Line E Sverdrup
University of Oslo, Department of Biology, Blindern, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 21:109-14. 2002..When compared with literature ecotoxicity data for a springtail (Folsomia fimetaria) tested in the same soil type, enchytraeids generally seem less sensitive...
- Soil ecotoxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in relation to soil sorption, lipophilicity, and water solubilityLine E Sverdrup
Jordforsk Centre for Soil and Environmental Research, As, Norway
Environ Sci Technol 36:2429-35. 2002..The results provide important input to future model predictions of the ecological risk posed by PAH contaminated sites...
- Relative sensitivity of three terrestrial invertebrate tests to polycyclic aromatic compoundsLine E Sverdrup
Jordforsk Norwegian Centre for Soil and Environmental Research, As
Environ Toxicol Chem 21:1927-33. 2002..crypticus the least sensitive species. However, one substance (acridine) showed specific toxicity toward E. veneta, which was more sensitive than the two other species by more than one order of magnitude...
- Functional and community-level soil microbial responses to zinc addition may depend on test system biocomplexityLine E Sverdrup
Bioforsk Norwegian Centre for Soil and Environmental Research, NO 1432s, Norway
Chemosphere 65:1747-54. 2006..05). The effect of earthworm presence was not very large, but it does show that multispecies tests might give information about metal toxicity or bioavailability that cannot be predicted from single-species tests...
- Effects of the antibacterial agents tiamulin, olanquindox and metronidazole and the anthelmintic ivermectin on the soil invertebrate species Folsomia fimetaria (Collembola) and Enchytraeus crypticus (Enchytraeidae)John Jensen
Department of Terrestrial Ecology, National Environmental Research Institute, P O Box 314, Vejlsøvej 25, DK 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Chemosphere 50:437-43. 2003..However, indirect effects of antibacterial agents driven through changes in the food web cannot be abolished at this stage...
- Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ecotoxicity data for developing soil quality criteriaJohn Jensen
National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, P O Box 314, DK 8600 Silkeborg, Denmark
Rev Environ Contam Toxicol 179:73-97. 2003....
- Toxicity of the pesticide alpha-cypermethrin to four soil nontarget invertebrates and implications for risk assessmentThomas Hartnik
Biogorsk Soil and Evironment Division, As, Norway
Environ Toxicol Chem 27:1408-15. 2008..Mandatory incorporation of sublethal toxicity data will ensure that in regions with temperate climate, the effects of pesticides on populations of soil-living organisms are unlikely...


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(US "routing") /roo'ting/ The process, performed by a router, of selecting the correct interface and next hop for a packet being forwarded.
This is the British and international standard spelling.
See also Exterior Gateway Protocol, Interior Gateway Protocol.
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- Routeing domain
networking (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain. (1994-12-14)
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noun, plural routemen. 1. a person who works in a specified area or covers a specific route, as a mail carrier or truckdriver. 2. a supervisor who establishes a route for salespersons or the like, maintains office records, and handles customer relations for it. 3. a person who routes work among a group of employees, […]
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noun 1. (military) a long training march 2. (informal) any long exhausting walk verb 3. to go or send on a routemarch
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Can I just program the chip whilst it's in the Uno, then take the chip out, give the correct pins power, and have it work as it would if it was in the Uno?
Or do they leave the development board there?
can't see where the resistor goes
Quotecan't see where the resistor goesOh.. Hmmmm. The UNO schematic shows a 1 meg ohm resistor across the crystal:http://arduino.cc/en/uploads/Main/Arduino_Uno_Rev3-schematic.pdfAnyone have experience with this resistor + or - ??
Where could I find exactly which crystal and capacitors I would need? Being able to program the chip whilst it's sitting in the Uno board, and then just taking it out after that would be the most simple way I would think, at least until I get a better understanding of how the circuitry works.
What would I need a reset button for? Would that be as simple as adding a push button to pin 1 of the chip?


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"Is 'How To Train My Puppy' fast track system any good... or is it just a bunch of hype?"
Title: "How To Train My Puppy" Rating: Website:How To Train My Puppy
It happened!
I wasn't watching her and she peed all over my Berber carpet... And with a lab that's whole lot of mess to clean up… To say the least- I was upset. I smiled on the inside as I picked her up and took her outside... but inside I was fuming.
I knew I needed help but wasn't sure where to look. Wasn't this housebreaking supposed to come natural?I guess not.
So, I went on the hunt. Who could help me stop this before it got out of hand? I'd read a shocking statistic that the majority of the puppies that ended up in a shelter were because of potty training problems. I didn't want Sally to become a part of that frightening statistic.
I was so confused.
I wasn't sure whether I was supposed to potty train her by crate, paper, pad or to go outside. I was clueless. And I think Sally was as confused as I was. So I went to Google and searched 'housebreaking a puppy.'
The first ad I saw was titled 'How To Train My Puppy In 7 Days'...
That had ME written all over it. So I clicked…
The first thing that hit me was the similarities between their story and mine. I don't know about you but I like having a face behind a website. After getting their system, I was literally blown away. This was not just a course on how to housebreak your puppy as the title would have us believe. It is the most complete puppy training tutorial I've ever seen. You're shown how to use the dog's natural behavior...NOW I know the importance of beating the bad habits *before* they sink in.
Here's the good news:
Implementing these tactics had my lab housetrained in 5 days! 5 DAYS!
Some books tell you to -figuratively speaking - go boil a pot of water. This system assumes nothing. Trey tells you what a pot is, where the kitchen is, what water is, how to put the water in the pot, then put it on the stove, how to turn on the stove and when to turn it off. That's the kind of attention to detail we're talking about here.
The focus of the system is training your puppy, specifically BEFORE bad habits are molded... and then he gives you step-by-step instructions to housebreak your puppy... and finally he gives some controversial information that goes against the grain of most of today's trainers.
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'Don't drink the water': Rust-colored water plagues North Raleigh residents
Posted November 2, 2015
Updated November 3, 2015
Raleigh, N.C. — For Joe and Patsy Booth, turning on their water is always an adventure. Joe Booth remembers a time he was taking a shower and discolored water began flowing out of his shower head.
"It went from reasonably clear to almost brown," he said.
Discolored water has become a way of life for thousands of people in Raleigh who get their water from Aqua North Carolina, a private well company that serves 51 counties from the mountains to the coast.
More than a quarter million people depend on Aqua for clean drinking water, but homeowners in a troublesome pocket of North Raleigh say that's not what they're getting. Many refused to drink the rust-colored water and say it has ruined appliances, corroded fixtures and stained toilets and sinks with black sediment.
The homeowners say they blame not just the company but state regulators for not demanding a fix. WRAL Investigates found that help is on the way, but it comes with a cost.
The Booths say their water started looking bad more frequently last fall. It's so unappealing, they say, they won't even give it to their dog.
"I don't think anybody would like to get a clean glass of water out of their faucet and it looks like a cup of tea that's been steeping for a couple of days and say, 'Oh, this is clean,'" said Patsy Booth.
The Booths' home, which is on the Coachman's Trail well system, where they've lived for 30 years, is hooked up to the Bayleaf Master System, which includes approximately 112 active wells that serve thousands of customers in North Raleigh.
"It's kind of like you never know what you're going to get," Patsy Booth said.
The Booths, like many other homeowners on the Bayleaf system, won't drink the water they pay for.
WRAL Investigates sat down with the head of Aqua to see if he would drink what's coming from the wells he oversees.
"I get asked that pretty regularly, and my answer is, 'No, I wouldn't,'" said Aqua President Tom Roberts.
Aqua North Carolina began operating in 2004 after purchasing existing utilities. Roberts says he understands the frustration, but says his company's first focus is providing water that passes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water standards.
"Our number one priority is primary water quality (and) health-related issues," Roberts said.
Under current standards, the discolored water is not a primary violation. Instead, it's caused by high levels of iron and manganese in the groundwater, which is a secondary violation, something state law says Aqua does not have to fix unless the levels are deemed to be extreme. However, the state water quality rules are not clear on the solution to fix the problem.
After hearing years of complaints and state filings that show iron and manganese levels are, at times, 10 to 15 times too high, Aqua is finally installing special filters at well sites that will remove the iron and manganese.
"We heard them loud and clear, and that's why we went to the legislature and worked with them to educate them as for the need for the surcharge that would incentivize us to do these kinds of projects," Roberts said.
What that means is Aqua will make the necessary upgrades, but customers are footing the bill. Aqua can charge more because of a new state law that allows utilities to hike rates for water system improvements without going through the normal, lengthy hearing process.
North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper fought the new state law.
"I think good, decent water is a necessity and not a luxury," he said. "It ought to be more difficult to get a rate increase if the performance hasn't been there."
Cooper says the law benefits Aqua, while silencing customers about water concerns.
"I think the frustration you've seen is that you've seen over the years a number of substantial rate hikes without improvement in the quality of water," Cooper said.
Of Bayleaf's 121 wells, four are now equipped with the new filters, paid for by the new rate hike.
"We're going to spend, and we're going to try to fix these problems," Roberts said.
Homeowners like Joe and Patsy Booth will soon see some relief. Aqua is installing a $4 million filter on the well that serves their home. But until the tap runs clear, Patsy Booth says there's no way that water is going in her body.
"Is it a matter of life or death? Probably not, but who knows. I'm not going to drink that water," she said. "You know that old saying, if you go out of the country, don't drink the water? You come to North Raleigh, don't drink the water."
Under the new state law, Aqua can raise rates system wide as much as 5 percent to cover the cost of the improvements. The rate hikes for improvements are on top of regular rate increases that Aqua requests every three or four years.
The full North Carolina Utilities Commission hears those rate hike cases. It appears the customers themselves are partly to blame for Aqua's continued growth and the rate hikes approved by the commission. During the last two rate hike cases in Raleigh, only five customers showed up to testify to the commission about their concerns with the water quality.


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Maybe you caught the talk by the Kickstarter cofounder at the Walker Art Center the other night? If so, perhaps you ran into one of the team members of Minneapolis-based startup QFO Labs — the latest Minnesota product gurus to launch an ambitious project on Kickstarter. The trio seeks to raise $230,000 on the site by November 13. And it's off to a great start, with backers including Chris Anderson, Editor in Chief of WIRED, and the very successful Kickstarter projects Pebble (which has now raised $10.2M) and SmartThings (our coverage here), along with WIRED's Geek Dad, who published an awesome post about QFO Labs recently.
What's it all about? QFO Labs describes its project as "real-life aerial gaming with a flick of the wrist." The product combines a single-handed controller that makes a palm-sized quadcopter mimic your movements. But this is no ordinary copter. I had the opportunity to meet one of the team members, COO Jim Fairman, and learned this group has been developing and perfecting its remote control quadcopters for more than five years.
The three-member team has skills that include electrical engineering, software development, estimation and control systems, material science, product management, and intellectual property management. The three first met through a new product development course at the University of Minnesota in 2007. "We have a broad range of experience in areas such as unmanned aircraft systems, manufacturing process improvement, medical device design, and even running a science museum," said Fairman.
The controller, called "Mimix," was designed to provide an intuitive experience. And what it also means is no more two-handed flying! As it is tilted forward, back, left, or right, the "NanoQ" copter responds "just like you think it should, so you feel engaged and in control," says the Kickstarter page. QFO Labs says the ergonomic design of the Mimix controller is based on U.S. Air Force Human Factors data for aircraft controls. "By using the latest sensors, radios, and processors, Mimix puts you in command with precise, crisp control … so simple that flying becomes second nature." The other cool description QFO uses is this: "Now you can fly by feeling instead of thinking."
QFO says its product will enable real-life, multi-player aerial games – indoors or out. Think multi-team dogfighting. You select your team through the Mimix controller, and the LEDs then display your team colors on both the NanoQ and the Mimix. With a pull of the trigger, you unleash a photon burst at your opponent. If you hit their sensor pod, you score.
Here's the video the team posted on Kickstarter:
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QFO Labs says this first product is just the beginning. Ship date is projected to be March 2013. The company plans to introduce a series of products for real-life 3D gaming, and wants suggestions from its Kickstarter backers on what they'd like to see for future games. Beyond gaming, "our team has many more ideas about what to do with the technology behind the Mimix and NanoQ," it says.
Hackers Take Note!
The NanoQ uses an open communications protocol. You can connect your computer to the Mimix through the USB port or optional USB RF dongle and communicate wirelessly with the NanoQ to:
• Tweak the control parameters
• Update the NanoQ firmware
• Send control commands directly from a laptop
• Send customized signals out of the IR transmitter
• Receive craft telemetry such as attitude, control commands, and even raw sensor data
You can even connect your own electronics payload, like an Arduino, camera, or home-brewed project to the auxiliary serial (UART + power) port on the NanoQ. And QFO promises a Developers Forum on its web site where everyone can share in their achievements.
How to Back the QFO Labs Project
Just go to the Kickstarter page here and select your Reward Level. I did — I'm a backer! And I encourage the Minnesota tech community to do the same…
Help support more awesome Minnesota tech innovation — help the QFO Labs team reach their goal on Kickstarter. Their deadline of November 13 is only 16 days away!


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Mumbai: US markets fell after Federal Reserve minutes suggested that there would be sooner-than expected end to $85 billion per month bond buying program, offsetting upbeat private sector jobs data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, S&P 500 index also lost 0.2% while Nasdaq Composite was down 0.4%.
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei Stock Average played catch up and rallied 2.5% while China's Shanghai Composite gained 0.5%. Profit booking was seen elsewhere, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.6% tracking losses on Wall Street.
In India, Sahara Group companies will be under pressure after the market regulator widened scrutiny of transactions related to optionally fully convertible debentures, reports Mint. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has sent notices to find out information on the transfer of money raised through the OFCDs.
Reliance Industries will be under pressure after Sebi rejected the company's consent plea in the insider trading case in shares of Reliance Petroleum. Through the dealings in RPL, RIL received revenue of Rs.4,023 cr and profit from the transaction in the futures segment was Rs.513 cr.
Bad times continue for Kingfisher Airlines. The Airports Authority of India has warned the troubled airline that it will start taking away space allotted at airports across the country if it fails to submit a functional plan by mid-January, reports Mint. Lenders will meet Kingfisher management in Bangalore today.
Infosys will see some action following an Economic Times report that it is sacking around 5000 employees at the bottom of the performance pile to reduce costs because of slow business growth.
Infrastructure companies - L&T IDPL, Gammon Infra, IL&FS Transportation, GMR Infra and CAF South Africa are in the race for the Rs.21,147 crore, 60 km Mumbai elevated rail corridor from Churchgate to Virar, reports Business Standard.
Gold loans NBFCs - Muthoot and Manappuram Finance may continue to remain in the limelight after Reserve Bank of India in a working paper admitted the need to increase monetisation of idle gold stocks for productive purposes and suggested a higher loan-to-value ratio for gold loan companies (75% versus 60%).
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During Summer vacation 2016, PCs in Social Studies Cafe, Theatre Studies and Avon Multimedia Centre have been updraded to the latest addition of HP computers with solid state hard disks and Intel i7 processors for swift loading and processing.
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All workarea locations have had carpets deep cleaned, latest Help Desk information leaflets made available and notice boards updated with relevant information.
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Over the 2014 summer vacation IT Services have replaced every single work area computer on campus with a new, faster machine. Over 450 machines have been installed in the 15 different work areas, all with advanced components and an eco-friendly setup to help reduce campus carbon emissions.
The new computers are very fast with an average login time of under 10 seconds, and solid state hard disks and Intel i7 processors for quick loading and processing. They all come with a 23 inch screen supporting a 1920 x 1080 resolution.
As well as the new computers, we've also refurbished the work areas themselves. We've given the carpets in all areas a deep clean, re-painted areas that needed it, and replaced the furniture in some locations.
A program of work to make the new student image with Microsoft Office 2013 on all ITS workareas PCs and other key departmental locations with high student footfall was conducted during September.
Due to the high demand for the service we have been looking at opportunities to expand the service in locations with high user footfall such as cafes and foyers and departments offering dedicated space for additional workarea PCs.
In order to enhance the workarea service, we piloted a new netbook loan service in conjunction with the Library in 2010. The pilot demonstrated constant demand for this service and during summer 2013 the netbooks were replaced by 30 Toshiba laptops with 3rd generation Intel® Core™ i3-3120M Processor, HD non-reflective High Brightness display with 16 : 9 aspect ratio and LED backlighting and 320 GB hard disk.
We have continued to use some software called 'deep freeze' to help maintain the security of the laptops and reduce the requirement for constant support and maintenance. The laptops allow access to a web browser, Microsoft Office and wireless printing.
We looked at variety of support models and tools to assist us with the ongoing support and maintenance of our workareas as even small service outages e.g. a row of PCs unavailable can have a disproportionately large impact on the perception of the service as a whole. Labstats monitoring tool was selected and implemented during the first quarter of 2012. This has greatly reduced the dependency on customers reporting issues to us and overall support efficiency has improved as the tool has enabled us to be more proactive and resolve issues in advance of them being highlighted by the user.
The new SEATS service was launched to help users locate free machines in our workareas. The service displays information embedded in a sitebuilder page with a graphical list of computer rooms with the most free seats, summary of the top 5 locations by availability and links to the interactive map showing location of all workareas.


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Kylie Minogue has conquered diva Mariah Carey and turned talk-show king Jay Leno into a panting puppy during a promotional tour of the United States.
Minogue, dressed in a sexy gold evening gown, performed a Marilyn Monroe-esque rendition of the Christmas carol, Santa Baby, on Leno's high-rating TV show at the weekend.
After her performance, a flustered Leno turned to his live audience and the 7 million TV viewers watching the show and said: "Is that a sexy song or what?"
When Minogue joined Leno and his other guest, Hollywood actress Cameron Diaz, on a couch for a chat Leno was still shaking his head.
"It was so much fun to sing that song," Minogue said.
"It's fun to watch you sing that song," Leno beamed.
A day earlier, Minogue shared a stage with Carey, Destiny's Child, Justin Timberlake, Avril Lavigne, Kelly Osbourne and the Goo Goo Dolls at Los Angeles' biggest concert of the year, the Jingle Ball.
And according to the Los Angeles Times, Minogue stole the show, with the newspaper voting her the No 1 act.
The newspaper said Minogue's show-closing performance "recalled '80s-era Madonna".
"Troubled songbird Carey couldn't compete with that, and she didn't even try," LA Times reviewer Natalie Nichols wrote.
"After whipping up the crowd by entering from the back of the arena, she (Carey) spent barely 10 minutes on stage."
LA's annual Jingle Ball is considered the most important date on the US west coast for pop acts. The concert is heavily promoted by top LA pop radio station KIIS-FM and this year the 19,000 tickets for the event sold out in less than 30 minutes.
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Treatment of Thymus Cancers by Extent and Type of Tumor
Whether or not a thymus cancer is considered resectable (removable by surgery) is one of the most important factors in determining treatment options. The type of tumor is also important. Thymic carcinomas are more likely to grow and spread quickly than thymomas and often require more aggressive treatment.
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For patients with resectable cancers (almost all stage I and II thymus cancers, most stage III cancers, and small number of stage IV cancers), surgery offers the best chance for long-term survival if it can be tolerated. This typically includes removal of the entire thymus and, depending on the extent of the disease, maybe parts of nearby organs or blood vessels as well.
Early stage thymomas (such as stage I and II) do not usually require further treatment after surgery as long as the tumor was removed completely. For early thymomas, radiation therapy may be considered if there is concern that any tumor was left behind.
Patients with more advanced stage thymomas (such as stages III and IV) may be treated with radiation after surgery, even if all of the tumor was removed. If the tumor couldn't be removed completely, radiation therapy is usually given after surgery. Depending on how much cancer was left behind, chemotherapy (chemo) may be added as well.
Thymic carcinomas are more likely to come back after treatment. Patients with stage I tumors may not need further treatment if the tumor was removed completely. If the tumor is more advanced, or some might have been left behind, patients are typically treated with radiation after surgery. The radiation may be given with chemo as well, especially if some of the cancer is left behind after surgery.
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Unresectable cancers are those that cannot be removed with surgery. This group includes cancers that are too close to vital structures or that have spread too far to be removed completely (which includes many stage III and most stage IV cancers), as well as cancers in people who are too ill for surgery.
In some cases, doctors may advise giving chemo, radiation therapy, or both first to try to make the tumor resectable. If it shrinks enough, surgery is done. This is then followed by further treatment with chemo or radiation therapy.
Surgery may be the first treatment for some unresectable cancers, to try to remove as much of the tumor as possible. This is known as debulking. Radiation therapy and/or chemo are then given. The hope is that the surgery may help the other treatments work better and may help people live longer, even if it doesn't cure the cancer. Studies of this approach have had mixed results.
For patients who can't have surgery, either because the cancer has spread too far or because they are too sick from other serious medical conditions, chemo and radiation therapy are the main treatment options.
Because unresectable cancers can be hard to treat, taking part in a clinical trial of a newer form of treatment may be a reasonable option.
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When cancer comes back after treatment it is called recurrent. Recurrence can be local (in or near the same place it started) or distant (spread to organs such as the liver or bone).
Thymomas most often come back locally. Thymic carcinomas can also come back locally and in nearby lymph nodes, but they may also spread to liver, lungs, and bone.
Treatment for thymus cancer that has recurred (come back) after initial treatment depends on the location of the recurrence and on what the original treatment was. If the recurrence is not too widespread, surgery may be an option and would offer the best chance for long-term survival. But in most cases, the treatment options may be limited to radiation therapy and/or chemo. These treatments can often be effective in controlling the cancer for a time, although they are very unlikely to result in a cure.
Because recurrent cancers can often be hard to treat, clinical trials of new types of treatment may be a good option.
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USA Today Coaches' Poll: The True Fallacy Is the AFCA's Belief in the PollAugust 17, 2012
The Coaches' Poll has been in the news more this week than when they officially announced their preseason rankings.
First, it was Lane Kiffin and the entire ordeal surrounding him saying he wouldn't vote USC No. 1 but actually voting them in top spot. Then came the fall out, where Kiffin decided to give up his vote in the poll. Next came USC being appalled at USA Today and the AFCA for somehow leaking Kiffin's vote to the media from what was expected to be a confidential vote.
As we said this week, Lane Kiffin did what every coach ought to do, get rid of the vote, even if he arrived at the decision by embarrassing means. Larry Scott echoed that sentiment, calling the poll a fallacy, as reported by ESPN.
"I think it's an unfair position to put the coaches in, to supposedly vote objectively when they've got a very natural conflict of interest, No. 1, and, No. 2, I think most coaches are focused on their own games -- let alone breaking down tape afterwards and all that," Scott said. "So to expect that coaches could have a good, balanced, well-researched perspective on who the best teams are in any given week is a fallacy."
Larry Scott is spot and he's got an opinion that we most fully support. Not only is the commissioner hitting a home run with his media deals, he actually understands why the Coaches' Poll is a joke.
However, everyone doesn't see it that way. Especially not the AFCA, the folks who have administered the poll since its inception in 1950. In a video with ESPN.com, AFCA Executive Director Grant Teaff makes an effort to stand up for the poll.
In listening to his rhetoric there are two clear points that are most certainly head scratchers:
"It is an insult to our coaches to say that they can't do it"
"We should keep all votes confidential because that is the best way to get the most accurate polling because that's the way Gallup does it"
For one thing, coaches don't need Grant Teaff, or anyone else, standing up for them. They're the ones who tell us they only focus on their next opponent. They don't look ahead. They don't read the newspapers. They don't watch ESPN. They spend 20 hours a day working on their own game plan.
That's what coaches tell us. So it isn't an insult to believe that they don't have the time to watch every other team play. It is merely a fact.
Secondly, for those of you not aware, Gallup is one of the world's most respected and trusted polling entities. They do conduct their polls confidentially, in an effort to get straight-line results. Teaff is not incorrect on that point.
However, what Teaff does not point out is that there is a tremendous chasm between what Gallup does in their polls, and what the AFCA is asking the coaches to do in the USA Today Coaches' Poll.
Gallup is getting opinions on issues; healthcare, presidents, political talking points and the like. The Coaches' Poll is attempting to rank teams 1-25 as the best in the country and, unlike Gallup, it actually counts in the final decision.
This isn't just an apples to oranges comparison; this is an apples to orangutan parallel that Teaff is attempting to draw. Gallup polls don't need transparency. They rely on a wide sample size to get a "general feel" from the public about an issue. The Coaches' Poll relies on a pool of 59 voters to get a very specific designation on 25 teams in order to use the results as a third of the championship picture.
That does not even include the incentive coaches have to rank their team, league or friends highly. Teaff references how not ranking in-state teams could affect donors; what he doesn't reference is the bonuses coaches have tied to final finishing spot or the cash schools rake in for one of their highly-ranked conference-mates getting that extra BCS bid.
If Grant Teaff and others have bought into this idea that the Coaches' Poll is a legitimate, accurate practice in slotting teams, then he, and they, have bought into the fallacy. It's a joke, and the quicker it gets out of college football, the better.


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SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fairchild Semiconductor (Nasdaq:FCS) a leading global supplier of power semiconductors, today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 ended December 29, 2013. Fairchild reported fourth quarter sales of $341.1 million, down 6 percent from the prior quarter and up 2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2012. Fairchild reported fourth quarter net income of $0.9 million or $0.01 per diluted share compared to $12.1 million or $0.09 per diluted share in the prior quarter and a loss of $13.6 million or $0.11 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012. Gross margin was 30.9 percent compared to 31.5 percent in the prior quarter and 29.8 percent in the year-ago quarter. Fairchild reported fourth quarter adjusted gross margin of 31.3 percent, down 80 basis points from the prior quarter and 150 basis points higher than the fourth quarter of 2012. Adjusted gross margin excludes accelerated depreciation related to a line closure. Adjusted net income was $13.5 million or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to $21.4 million or $0.17 per diluted share in the prior quarter and $12.3 million or $0.10 per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2012. See the Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income exhibit included in this press release for more details on the other adjustment items. Full year revenue for 2013 was flat compared to 2012 at $1.4 billion. Fairchild reported net income of $5 million or $0.04 per diluted share in 2013, compared to net income of $25 million or $0.19 per diluted share in 2012. Adjusted net income for 2013 was $35 million or $0.27 per diluted share, compared to $71 million or $0.55 per diluted share in 2012. "Incoming order volume increased noticeably in December and so far in January," said Mark Thompson, Fairchild's chairman and CEO. "We enter 2014 with solid demand momentum, short lead times and an excellent inventory position. Looking at our results by end market, sales into the industrial and appliance markets remained solid in the fourth quarter and were up 11 percent in 2013. Automotive sector demand was seasonally lower in the fourth quarter but we grew our sales into this market by 8 percent in 2013. We expect sales into these end markets to be seasonally higher in the first quarter. As expected, demand from the mobile end market was sequentially lower as customers adjusted inventories and responded to changes in demand. We expect mobile demand to remain soft in the first quarter and improve as new models launch later in the year."
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Nellore Congress leader Anam Vijayakumar Reddy, a member of the politically powerful Anam family, joined the YSR Congress Party on Wednesday in presence of party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at Lotus pond in Hyderabad. His son Karthik Reddy and few other followers also joined the party. Addressing on the occasion, Anam Vijayakumar Reddy said that, he will work hard for further strengthening the party in the district.


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The Vinteuil Sonata--Where Music and Literature Collide
Composer John Adams gives the Third Annual Presidential Lecture on how French 19th-century writer Marcel Proust describes the act of listening to music, referring also to novelist Thomas Mann. Adams is introduced by Art Institute President and Director James Cuno.
Pulitzer Prize–winner John Adams is one of America's most admired and respected composers. His operatic works - including Nixon in China, The Death of Klinghoffer, and Doctor Atomica - are epics that push the boundaries of modern composition. His best known orchestral piece, On the Transmigration of Souls, commemorated the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
This annual lecture is presented by President and Eloise W. Martin Director of The Art Institute James Cuno.
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Beef and dairy cattle, goats, hogs, poultry and sheep will be on display at the Ascension Parish 4-H Livestock Show on Saturday.
Judging will start at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales.
In addition to the parish livestock show, the Ascension Parish 4-H annual Stick Horse Rodeo will be held Friday at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center's 4-H building. Registration is at 6 p.m. and the show begins at 6:30 p.m. The show is open to youths 11 and younger. The stick horse rodeo has a $5 entry fee.
Blood drive Saturday
The St. Amant Volunteer Fire Department is holding a blood drive and jambalaya lunch sale Saturday to benefit Addison Englade, who was born Nov. 9 with neuroblastoma, a news release from the department states.
The drive will collect blood to replace that used by Addison, the daughter of St. Amant head basketball coach Kristy Englade and Fritz Englade Jr., during the child's monthlong stay at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans, Fire Chief James LeBlanc said.
The blood drive is set from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the department's main meeting room at the Stringer Bridge Road station in St. Amant.
Residents donating blood at the drive or the Ochsner Donor Center by Jan. 30 will be entered in a drawing to win two tickets to the Super Bowl, he said.
Jambalaya plate lunches will be sold for $6 and proceeds will be donated to Addison's family to help pay medical expenses, he said.
Call LeBlanc at (225) 717-5436 or email email@example.com.
'Treasures' clothing sale
Treasures of the Arc, a resale shop operated by Community Opportunities — The ARC of East Ascension, is having its first sale since opening in October.
The sale will be held through Saturday.
ARC spokeswoman Cheryl Rice said most clothing will be 50 percent off the regular price.
Proceeds from the store, at 108 E. Ascension St. in Gonzales, are used for programs to help residents with developmental disabilities.
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King service planned
Hopeful Triumph Baptist Church, 38542 La. 22, Darrow, will hold a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Sunday. The service starts at 9:30 a.m.
The church is led by the Rev. Sidney Tobias.
Free-throw meet set
Boys and girls ages 10 to 14 are invited to compete in the 2013 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship on Jan. 27 in Gonzales.
The competition will be held at 1 p.m. at the St. Theresa Catholic School gym on Burnside Avenue.
All participants must provide proof of age and written parental consent.
Entry forms can be obtained the day of the event.
Call Larry Gainey at (225) 931-1446.
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