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A growing network of horse rescue operations, anti-slaughter policies at racetracks, and other industry equine welfare initiatives have taken root in Thoroughbred racing, but keeping track of where horses go when they're finished racing remains a serious challenge.
Volunteers do a lot of the work developing contacts at tracks and looking out for horses before they are shipped off the grounds, perhaps to local livestock auctions or kill pens. They said their efforts, however, can be stymied by weak regulation and penalty enforcement.
"We're just out there trying to help horsemen because we understand that racing is a business, and we understand that when a horse needs to leave the track, it needs to leave the track," said Ali Conrad of CANTER Mid Atlantic. "If they don't have an avenue by which to advertise or find the horse a new home, what do they do? They really get in a jam.
"What is most frustrating is that we have people that are willing to work at lots of tracks in this country, and we can't even get management to speak to us. You have to have a license to be on the backside, and we don't want to operate without the support of the track."
CANTER visits some tracks on at least a weekly basis. There are three to five leader volunteers per track per weekend, with 10-30 people assisting them periodically.
Through their network, the individuals can keep track of potential retirees. But once horses leave the stable area without proper documentation, they can be hard to find.
Case of the 'missing' horse
A case in point is the 6-year-old Distorted Humor gelding Contrary, who last raced at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in January.
Neil Parker, a central Pennsylvania Thoroughbred owner whose wife, Kathleen, trained Contrary as of July 2009, said he told he the owners last summer he would take the gelding when his racing career was over. Contrary was claimed by Wells last year and subsequently trained by Stephanie Beattie.
Parker said it turned out the horse wasn't sent to a riding school or to a farm in north central Pennsylvania, as he was told. As of early July, Contrary still hadn't been found, leading to speculation he ended up in a kill pen.
Beattie, one of the leading trainers at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course and president of the Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association, said she has been unable to determine where the horse was shipped. She offered a $1,000 reward for information on Contrary.
Messages left for Beattie through the Pennsylvania HBPA weren't returned.
Contrary, a Kentucky-bred out of the Dixieland Band mare Randy Nance, made 38 starts with seven wins, seven seconds, and seven thirds for earnings of $126,392. He was last owned by Beattie, according to equineline.com.
"Saying you don't remember or don't know where retired racehorses go shouldn't be an excuse for where retired horses go," Neil Parker said. "Currently, that seems to be acceptable. How can a trainer with a lifetime record of nearly 30% winners who is impeccable at taking care of her horses not know where they are going when they are retired?"
Parker, who works for a central Pennsylvania television station and has been called a rabble rouser by some because of his outspoken manner, said the practice of "don't ask, don't tell" must end. He claimed policies and protocol--of the track and Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission--aren't followed, with the end result being missing horses and mounting distrust on the backstretch.
How racetrack policies work
Penn National and other tracks owned by PNGI have on the books an anti-slaughter policy designed to protect horses that can no longer race. Those involved in horse rescue and retirement applaud the policy and similar ones at other tracks but claim they have no teeth.
The PNGI policy states: "Any horsemen stabled at a Penn National Gaming Inc.--owned or--operated horse racing facility who knowingly, or without conducting proper due diligence, sells a horse for slaughter, directly or indirectly, will have his or her stalls revoked and may, in addition, be barred from all of our racing properties."
PNGI vice president of racing Chris McErlean said policy enforcement requires documentation and hard facts before any action can be taken.
"The impetus (for the policy) was our trying to put horsemen on notice that we certainly aren't advocates of that type of end demise for racehorses," McErlean said. "As far as implementation, you have to start where you have credible evidence of that occurring. I' not sure Internet blogs are credible. You do need to have some facts to start with."
The story of Contrary became antagonistic and accusatory fodder for blogs and chat rooms. On the flip side, such Internet commentary is used to seek out horses and find them homes. It's hard, however, to separate fact from fiction.
"If information is credible, and the facts support it, we will follow up," McErlean said. "It's a difficult thing, no doubt. All tracks are struggling with enforcement (of anti-slaughter policies)."
Rose Mary Williams, director of racing at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort in West Virginia, said the track's anti-slaughter policy stemmed from reports of Thoroughbreds showing up at the Sugarcreek Livestock Auction in neighboring Ohio. Mountaineer works with CANTER to disseminate information on options for retired racehorses.
"There is a group of people out there actively pursuing this," Williams said. "They'll call me every once in a while. There were reports of a lot of horsemen sending horses to Sugarcreek. There are other (auctions) out there, but we haven't heard of horsemen here sending horses to those places."
Williams said CANTER "seems to have helped in educating horsemen there are other avenues for retiring horses." As for policy enforcement, Williams said: "If made aware of (horses being sent to slaughter), I can take away stalls. But ultimately, it's up to the horse owners."
Most racetracks are private property, so they can pull stalls. But the horses aren't their property, and that has raised questions as to how far they can legally go in enforcement.
A call for enforcement
Anne Russek, a Virginia horsewoman involved in Thoroughbred retirement, said enforcement shouldn't be difficult if protocol already in place is followed. She indicated numerous horses leave barn areas unchecked by security personnel.
"It all boils down to enforcement," Russek said. "I've been beating my head silly telling tracks they have the mechanism to enforce the policy. Ask the questions (at security gates). Who is the horse? Where is the horse going—the physical address? Where is the paperwork?
"This stuff isn't rocket science. The information all could be easily entered in a database."
There are other concerns, such as unchecked horses leaving tracks and possible spreading diseases, Russek said. She has contacted the United States Department of Agriculture and asked it to get involved because some horses cross state lines without Coggins papers.
"We have all this information at our fingertips and choose not to use it," Russek said. "Without fail it's nothing but lip service from the higher-ups. A lot has been done over the years, but my take on it is the racing industry has more addressed it from a public-relations aspect rather than figuring out how to solve the problem."
Russek credited Suffolk Downs and Sam Elliot, director of racing at the Massachusetts track, for taking action that led to the discovery of racehorses at a livestock auction in New Holland, Pa. In 2007, five trainers were banned from Suffolk--three were reinstated in 2009 after a review.
Suffolk officials, Russek said, followed the paper trail and found the horses. Suffolk now has standardized a bill of sale used in the stable area to avoid misunderstandings involving horse transactions; the document states horses can't be transported or caused to be transported to auctions or kill pens.
The track also has a retirement program that takes horses at the end of each meet.
Other options available
In the Bluegrass State, the Kentucky Equine Humane Center works with tracks and training centers to place horses. Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky a few years ago created a "surrender stall" in which horses can be placed with no questions asked.
Since July 2008, the KEHC has taken almost 70 horses from Turfway. Lori Neagle of the KEHC said the program is a success, in large part because it's monitored and there's documentation.
"If (the horses) go from one hand to another, it becomes hard to enforce," she said.
At the time it adopted its anti-slaughter policy, PNGI said it encourages horsemen participating at PNGI facilities and industry-wide to support rescue and adoption efforts and to seek humane means of dealing with horses unable to continue racing. There has been talk of opening a retirement program in central Pennsylvania similar to those in place in other states.
Russek said racetracks need in-house programs operated by "racetrackers" as well as humane euthanasia programs for horses that can't be transitioned to other careers. "It really does need to be a program with some oversight," she said.
Said Conrad: "We walk the shedrows talking to trainers, letting them know that we're an option to help them retire their horse, sell their horse, or retire their horse before they too damaged to find a second career. We're just trying to educate people and let them know we're there as a resource."
The Unwanted Horse Coalition, which falls under the American Horse Council umbrella, is studying ways it can expand its reach as a clearinghouse for such information and, if its members agree to after careful review, could form a clearinghouse for equine welfare funding.
Source: www.bloodhorse.com
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September 29, 2014
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie
by Mathis, Ayana
Go North was the cry for many African Americans in the south during the 1920's.
North offered freedom from the Jim Crow Laws; the Ku Klux Klan and all manners of racial hatred and segregation. Fifteen year old Hattie Shepherd seizes the opportunity to escape the south by marriage. This is Hattie's story as told through the lives of her eleven children and one grandchild. They are The Twelve Tribes of Hattie. Sickness; the death of her infant twins; insanity; infidelity, love; homosexuality and spirituality are the ingredients of a story of a mother's faith and courage. You, the reader, can decide if Hattie's life was one of success or failure.
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is also available as a downloadable e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and an audiobook on CD.
— Recommended by Millicent Jackson, recently retired from the E38th Street Library
September 22, 2014
The Yarn Whisperer: My Unexpected Life in Knitting
by Parkes, Clara
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We have dog whisperers and horse whisperers, so why not a yarn whisperer? Clara Parkes, one of the stars of the yarn world, has written a lovely collection of small essays stitching together the story of her life and her passion for knitting. Biographical in nature, each chapter reveals not only incidents in Parkes's life but different aspects of knitting, from casting on that first stitch to unraveling a great mess. In between we learn about brioche—both the bread and the stitch—sailing in Deadman's Bay, her unhappy childhood move to Tucson, and her love of mysteries. Parkes's writing style captivates the reader so that whatever the subject it is fresh and delightful. Known for her detailed works on yarn and knitting as well as a regular e-letter on knitting and a mostly food-oriented blog, Parkes here has demonstrated again her knitting knowledge and a beautiful grasp of the written language.
--Recommended by Miriam Guidero, Glendale Library
September 15, 2014
The Blue Cliff Record
by Cleary, Thomas and J.C. Cleary, translators
A monk asked Chao Chou: "'The Ultimate Path has no difficulties--just avoid picking and choosing'--isn't this just another cliché for people of these times?"
Chou said, "Once someone asked me, and I really couldn't explain for five years."
Got that? Any questions? That was the 58th Case from the Blue Cliff Record, a book of 100 Zen kōans. Let's tie up loose knots with the 59th Case:
A monk asked Chao Chou, "'the Ultimate Path has no difficulties--just avoid picking and choosing. As soon as there are words and speech, this is picking and choosing.' So how do you help people, Teacher?"
Chou said, "Why don't you quote this saying in full?" The monk said, "I only remember up to here."
Chou said, "It's just this: This Ultimate Path has no difficulties;just avoid picking and choosing."
A kōan is a "public case," and these cases are meant to knock their readers off their mental rails. When reading one of these very brief cases, if you give it what the author of the Forward calls "a reality reading," you might be joggled from your ordinary means of thinking, into enlightenment. "In this mode, you yourself become the case . . . " This may sound frightening to you, but I've always been a case.
Laughing at the kōans is a permissible response, at least in the East 10th Street School of Zen. In the late 1970's and early 1980's, I was working for the library, and on Sundays (this is probably a sad thing to admit) I would walk from Woodruff Place to Central Library, sometimes in the snow. I would laugh my head off (while keeping it warm), thinking about Chao Chou. It's okay to laugh because you think these cases are nonsensical, but some readers may be laughing because they've been moved to where Chao Chou wanted them to go.
The Notes and Commentaries and Pointers can be helpful, but don't expect them to be rational explanations.
--Recommended by Glenn Halberstadt, Information Technology
September 8, 2014
Slow Getting Up: A Story of NFL Survival from the Bottom of the Pile
by Jackson, Nate
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As the football season begins, we often think of some of the legendary players from yesterday and today – Jim Brown, "Mean" Joe Greene, Peyton Manning. However, we seldom think of some of their less-heralded teammates, some of the men who played, or sat on the bench, in relative anonymity. The men who were bruised and battered in practice at the bottoms of piles. The players who made all of the same sacrifices of their time, energy, and bodies that the superstars did, but with none of the glory.
Nate Jackson was one of those players. In his autobiography, Jackson recounts his six seasons in the NFL and takes us with him from small time football at Menlo College to becoming an undrafted rookie with the Denver Broncos to a stint in Germany for NFL Europe and finally through the deterioration of his body and career. On the journey, Jackson doesn't pull any punches about the realities of his gruesome injuries, the off-the-field perks of being a professional athlete, and the moral dilemmas of using performance enhancing drugs.
While so much of our focus is often spent on the goings-on of the best known athletes in football, it is interesting and refreshing to read a detailed and honest account of the not-so-famous athlete.
Slow Getting Up is also available as a downloadable e-book.
--Recommended by Adam Todd, Spades Park Library
September 1, 2014
by Leonard, Elmore
Elmore Leonard has been one of my favorite authors since I read my first Leonard book, Killshot, in 1991. In this fast paced action story, two brothers, known as drug dealers, decide to get into the "body parts" business, specifically Kidneys. U. S. Marshall Raylan Givens is the man assigned to stop them in their tracks.
The book has a lot of characters and action going on at the same time. Layla, the nurse, removes and collects kidneys for a cool 10 grand. The executive of a Kentucky coal mine will stop at nothing to get what she wants; and Jackie Nevada, a cool-handed cheat and expert poker player, finds herself being tracked by U.S. Marshals.
Even if you're not an Elmore Leonard fan, you will love this book!
Raylan is also available as a downloadable audiobook and an audiobook on CD.
--Recommended by Gregory Hill, Decatur Library

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Fighting continues in the civil war that is affecting the north of Myanmar, where the Burmese military and guerrillas of the Kachin Independent Army are battling throughout Kachin State. A source from the Catholic Diocese of Banmaw claimed that the Burmese government "does nothing to help civilian refugees. Among the 20,000 refugees, many are dying from disease and hunger, while the military threatens anyone who tries to help them." The local church has taken steps to set up refugee camps in the diocese. In the diocese of Banmaw, Caritas—the only humanitarian agency at work in the area—is providing food and medicine for at least two of the camps. In the Diocese of Myiktyina, Caritas has set up the St. Joseph Refugee Camp, which cares for 158 refugees, mostly children and young people.
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Relevance was fleeting for the USC basketball program.
The Trojans made NCAA tournament appearances in three consecutive years for the first time in school history and were attracting players capable of making them conference championship contenders.
Then the NCAA shined a light on the recruitment of one of those athletes, guard O.J. Mayo, and the foundation crumbled.
USC has a record of 50-80 in men's basketball the last four seasons, bottoming out this year with a last-place finish in the Pac-12 Conference.
"The sanctions do their job," former coach Kevin O'Neill said recently. "That's what they're meant to do."
Last season, their first under Coach Andy Enfield, the Trojans finished 11-21 overall, 2-16 in Pac-12 games, and played before mostly empty seats at their Galen Center home court.
"Clearly, our fans deserve better than that," Athletic Director Pat Haden said, "and Andy knows that."
Buoyed by a top-20-in-the-nation recruiting class, Enfield is hopeful that better days are directly ahead. "We had some young players get a lot of minutes last year," he said. "Our staff and our young players understand what it takes to get to that next level."
USC self-imposed sanctions against its basketball program in 2010 during the NCAA's investigation of allegations against Mayo, who played for the Trojans in 2007-08 and recently completed his sixth NBA season.
The NCAA found that from August 2006 through May 2008, Mayo and people close to him took cash, lodging, transportation, a cellphone, a television, watches, shoes and clothing from Rodney Guillory, who was representing a Northern California sports agent.
Trojans coach Tim Floyd resigned in June 2009 because he felt Mike Garrett, then USC's athletic director, had not supported him after a former Mayo confidant alleged the coach had delivered cash to Guillory.
Floyd, who led USC to an 85-50 record and three NCAA tournament appearances in four seasons, denied any wrongdoing and appeared before the NCAA's Committee on Infractions during USC's hearing. He was not penalized by the NCAA, and in March 2010 became coach at Texas El Paso.
Less than two weeks after Floyd's departure, Garrett hired O'Neill.
The new coach was in the middle of his first season when USC announced self-imposed sanctions that included a ban from the 2009-10 postseason, the loss of one scholarship in each of the next two seasons and recruiting restrictions on coaches. The Trojans also vacated their 21 victories from 2007-08 and returned to the NCAA a little more than $206,000, the money it received from its participation in the NCAA tournament.
In June 2010, the NCAA accepted USC's self-imposed penalties and ordered the school to "disassociate" from Mayo and Guillory, who were described but not named in the decree.
The sanctions didn't hurt the program as much as player defections. During the investigation, three returning players — DeMar DeRozan, Taj Gibson and Daniel Hackett — decided to turn pro. USC also lost five players from a stellar recruiting class.
Solomon Hill and Renardo Sidney of Fairfax High recanted oral commitments and signed with Arizona and Mississippi State, respectively. Noel Johnson from Atlanta was released from the USC scholarship he accepted; he enrolled at Clemson.
Forward Derrick Williams of La Mirada High and point guard Lamont Jones of Mouth of Wilson (Va.) Oak Hill Academy also were released from the their letters of intent, and both signed with Arizona.
Williams, Hill and Jones played key roles in helping Arizona win 30 games and advance to the 2011 West Regional final. Williams became the second overall pick in the NBA draft.
"It took away a really good recruiting class, which really left you with two blank classes," O'Neill said.
USC had a record of 16-14 in O'Neill's first season, 2009-10, and was 19-15 and made the NCAA tournament the following year. But, ravaged by injuries in 2011-12, the Trojans finished 6-26 and O'Neill was fired 17 games into the next season.
Enfield was hired after leading unheralded Florida Gulf Coast to two victories in the 2013 NCAA tournament. But his first season at USC did not portend a turnaround, and the Trojans got more bad news when it was over.
In April, senior guard Byron Wesley, USC's leading scorer, announced that he would graduate and transfer to play his final season elsewhere. Wesley said in May he planned to enroll at Gonzaga.
USC will welcome a recruiting class that includes forward Elijah Stewart, the Los Angeles City Section player of the year from Westchester High, point guard Jordan McLaughlin, center Jabari Craig, forward Malik Price-Martin and wing Malik Marquetti.
"We're going to be probably playing a lot of young guys next year," Haden said. "But we'll be more talented and I think in a couple years we'll be a pretty good basketball program."


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Now this is not to try and convert a dedicated ground dweller. For one thing, if forced to, I will go back to ground when ever needed. But this is for any body who camps away from designated campsites, and has to find camp sites in the middle of the woods. And for that same person who currently Ultra lights it EDIT: on the ground with maybe a tarp,pad and ground cloth. Or heck, even a tent. (EDIT: Oh, and who also has been considering trying hammocks but is not sure of what the possible advantages might be).
I day hiked today to do a little more stove testing in the wet woods(it has rained all week until today), which went fine. But this would naturally call for taking a break. You can't quite tell very well in these pics, but I am on a pretty good slope. A ridge sloping to the right of these pics and to the valley in the background. There is very little ground any where that is not sloping. I am over a log and thick weeds and very damp ground. I probably could have hung a half dozen other hammocks with in 20 yards of me in this same inhospitable area. Just happened to be a fair number of usable trees.
I am quite comfortable, and the ants ( and whatever else) are a couple of feet down below me. Where they belong.
Yes, I probably could have found a place( with MUCH searching) without a root or log or reasonably dry and maybe even all of that plus on even ground. I probably could not have found a place without a lot of brush. And in the end, I would have to be laying down there on the ground in water moccasin/copperhead country, with all of the ants and such.
But it could be done. I suppose. If you wanted to or needed to.
Then again, I'm just sayin...... To each his own, AKA HYOH!


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I am taking Methotrexate, NSAID, Prednisone and Orencia for my rheumatoid arthritis. I normally get the flu shot every year. If there is a pandemic will there be a vaccine and would I be considered a high risk and be one of the first people to get the shot?
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Band leader Louis Lester, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, wants to know who killed Jesse (Angel Coulby), the singer in his band. The murder has nearly halted the band's gigs and thrown suspicion on Lester.
In this exclusive clip below from the fourth episode, Lester listens has his love interest, photographer Sarah (Janet Montgomery), suggests one of Jesse's fans Sarah has photographed attacked the singer.
The episode airs at 8 p.m. CT Nov. 9 on Starz.
Ejiofor is getting Oscar buzz for his role in the film "12 Years a Slave," while Montgomery was recently cast in WGN-America's first scripted series, "Salem." The 13-episode series is set at the time of the 17th century witch trials in Massachusetts and co-stars Shane West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant and Xander Berkeley.
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I bought both the right and the left of this paper, I will be using them to do an 8x8 scrapbook of my little grandson for a Christmas present for my daughter, she loves scrapbooking but never has the time with a 1 yr old and a full time job as well as having gone back to college!
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Common Core talk is pointed in EppingBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
October 25. 2013 1:28AM
EPPING — Critics of national Common Core education standards urged residents to make their voices heard by bringing their concerns over the effort to improve academics to local school boards and legislators.
The message delivered at a two-hour forum hosted by the Greater Epping Republican Town Committee Thursday night followed the Manchester Board of School Committee's recent vote against adopting Common Core, opting to create the district's own education standards for students in the state's largest city.
"Manchester rose up and they said no to Common Core and they wanted to develop their own standards," said Ann Marie Banfield, a mother of three and an education liaison at Cornerstone Action, a Manchester-based nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that aims to preserve the state's traditional values, limited government and free markets.
About 50 people attended the forum, which included a panel of four guest speakers who criticized the Common Core standards adopted by the state Board of Education in 2010.
The goal was to establish one set of clear educational expectations for English language arts/literacy and mathematics that states can share and voluntarily adopt.
"The problem with this is that American education was at its best when left to individual states at the control of school boards. … American education needs to be fixed, but top-down national control through national standards and national testing is not the way to do it," said Jason Antosz, a former state representative from Epping who chairs the Republican Town Committee.
The panel of speakers took some audience questions written on notecards toward the end of the forum. Some asked how the standards would affect home-schooled children and those in private schools while others wanted to know what questions they should be asking their school boards.
Sandra Stotsky, a retired professor from the University of Arkansas who served on the Common Core Validation Committee, was among the speakers.
Stotsky said she was one of five members who refused to sign off on the standards, arguing there are many flaws. Among other things, she said the college readiness standards and others were not developed using "real world experience" and won't prepare students for "authentic" college coursework.
She also complained that the Common Core writing standards are developmentally inappropriate at different grade levels.
Stotsky also said the standards themselves are poorly written and "approach gibberish."
She has offered to help Manchester school officials write their standards free of charge.
"Common core really is a path to nowhere when it comes to mathematics," said Jamie Gass, director of the Center for School Reform at the Pioneer Institute in Boston, Speaker Greg Hill, who formerly served on the House Education Committee, reiterated comments made by others who called Common Core an "experiment" on children.
He said people need to tell their school boards that they "can't experiment with our children."
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Review Yakuza 4 manages to pack so many disparate gaming elements into the one package that it's hard to know where to start. Part soap opera, part noire, undoubtedly a kung-fu fighter, but with fleeting resource management and a reasonable-sized city to explore, this is the JRPG, at its most offbeat.
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Take the first playable character you're introduced to, Shun Akiyama (there are four main characters all told). He's a chain-smoking philanthropist of his own design, and also the owner of Sky Finance – a money lending outfit that will loan any amount of Yen, interest free and with zero collateral, so long as the recipient is able to pass one of his concocted 'tests'.
Fair enough you might think, a good policy for such a charitable institution to instigate. The thing is, when Lily – a beautiful, mysterious dame looking for a huge amount of money – walks into his office, the test he asks of her is to become a 'hostess' in one of his clubs – an odd way to run a charity.
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Yakuza 4's plot is full of such eccentricities, but then that's always been part and parcel of the franchise's charm. Newcomers might find they're initially bewildered but soon the strange ebb and flow of it all settles down, and you find yourself micro-managing your hostess' outfits (ensuring maximum turnover) without so much as a second thought; it turns out being a pimp is fun, who knew?


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Please read Zora's story, take a pledge and help her find a loving home. Zora is a female dog that was found all alone in an abandoned area of Novi Sad, Serbia, called Klisa, where Mariana Culum is taking care of dumped strays. She has hind legs that are in X position and her back left leg is atrophied. It is not in use for walk, it is in a crossed position over back right leg, to which is relied. When she was taken to the Vet, prognosis was that her condition is a consequence of crushed pelvis and that is a miracle how Zora can even walk at all! :/ There is nothing that can be fixed, everything is fused. It will remain like permanent handicap.
Read more about Marijana's animals and Zora in Better Place Project https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/10857-help-mariana-care-for-desperate-strays-in-serbia
But beside this Zora is a healthy dog without health problems. She is a dog with great temper, socialized, quiet and extremely tame, loves to cuddle, committed to people and get along with other dogs. She is a bigger size dog, weighs round 25 kg (~61 pounds), about 4 years old, lovely spirit, constantly running around, loves to bark on birds …quickly adjust to new environment and isn't demanding dog for keeping. She is cleaned from external and internal parasites vaccinated against infectious diseases and rabies, sterilized.
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Namaste bag. I had a fun swap with Scout back in February. I got to choose something from her shop, and with so many great things it took me a while to decide. I finally chose the Namaste Bag, and am I ever happy! I am in LOVE with this bag! It has a lot of pockets for all of your "stuff". I especially love the fabric inside. Not only will I love using this bag for my everyday knitting bag, I think it will be a great travel bag. I can't wait to "stuff" it! Thanks Scout!
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Those wallets are adorable!ReplyDelete
I remember being super jealous of Scout's aprons...I think that may be how I found your fun adorable blog.
These definitely are a "few great things"!! The bag from Scout is great . . I can never do without enough of those organizer-type bags with all the pockets and stuff. Love the Old Navy bag as a little project bag! And lastly . . I'm definitely getting myself one of those Juicy Wallets!! They're just too cute and a definite convo starter. :)ReplyDelete
You always have such neat stuff to share. I love your posts!
how is this for serindipity - I was looking at a new Flickr group for UK recycling and they have instructions for making tetrapak wallets. A bit different from yours but it would be fun to try with the kids.ReplyDelete
Your namaste bag is perfect for travel, knitting, weekend, everyday! Those wallets are so cute and thanks for the idea about buttonholes to substitute for grommets - I've tucked it in my head for future reference.ReplyDelete
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Writing professionally for more than 30 years, Delia Ephron has published 10 books, many of which appeal to children or young adults. She recently channeled her talents to an off-Broadway comedy, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, a collaboration for the stage with her sister, writer and director Nora Ephron. The play is based on a book by Ilene Beckerman. Her latest effort is the soon-to-be-released The Girl With the Mermaid Hair for readers 12 and up.
Is age important? Without missing a beat, Ephron answers, "It's very meaningful." There's no avoiding or denying it, she says. Some of us might hide it a little better than others, but it's there, and it determines an awful lot in our lives. The question of age is a fitting one given the themes in Mermaid. The protagonist, Sukie Jamieson, is a 16-year-old girl struggling with the things that most teenage girls struggle with—her looks, her crushes, and changing relationships with herself and those around her. (That's the oneline description; the real story goes deeper, and, in parts, makes you wonder whether you're reading about troubled adolescence or troubled middle age.)
"I've written many things, but I always come back to writing kids," Ephron says. "I am in my comfort zone with children." That discovery was purely accidental. Her first book How to Eat Like a Child: And Other Lessons in Not Being a Grownup first appeared as an essay in The New York Times Magazine in 1978. The article was so well received that soon after its publication, an offer to expand the article into a book landed in her lap. "Overnight I had a career," says Ephron. And overnight, the budding writer discovered her calling. "It came out of my own childhood … it comes from there, what you understand about childhood and how you've held onto it in some way."
That explains why the experience of writing for a young audience—children or teens—hasn't changed much for Ephron over the years. The trappings and appearance of adolescence change over time; the emotional truths remain constant. And as we discover in this latest book—and in much of her other work—those emotional truths stay with you and evolve throughout your life. "I think about age a lot," Ephron says. "You go to the movies, and you see what people have done to themselves…. There's that sort of glancing as you go down the street, and you catch a reflection of yourself and think, 'God, is that me now?'"
Reflections in mirrors feature prominently in Mermaid. Much of Sukie's inner life plays out in front of one, given to her by her mother, "There was so much fantasy [in mirrors] when I was younger." The teen also is obsessive about photographing herself with her cell phone—"selfies" she calls the portraits— in a constant quest to assess and adjust her look.
Sukie's struggles extend to her 40-something mother, a woman as consumed with appearance as herdaughter is. "I regret every frown," Felice Jamieson says to Sukie at one point. "You can't cut out smiles, that's not practical, but it's better to smile only when you mean it. I regret how polite I am, I really do…." The obsession is severe enough that it leads Felice to undergo a transformation that further confuses Sukie. And for Felice, the question remains: Will the transformation really make life better?
So, the struggles don't necessarily go away after our teen years. It's more likely that all the complicated feelings and issues with self-esteem evolve; they might even resurface. At best they're faced in the context of our lives at any given moment.
"You finally accept your body when you're 30," says Ephron. "Then you hit 50 and you have to struggle with it all over again. It's like a second adolescence. When you get older, the mirror does become an enemy," she says. And the body becomes something of an enemy, too. "I went to play ping-pong yesterday, and [afterwards] my back was killingme, just from picking up the ping-pong paddle," says the author. "I got home and said to my husband, 'I can't move.'"
The obsession with appearance that Ephron observes in her work—and the degree to which cosmetic and reconstructive surgery has permeated our society—both distresses and baffles her. Still, Ephron isn't unwilling to accept the natural course of things. "No matter how much yoga you do, life is either kind to you or not."
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The 18th annual conference on Section 1983 Civil Rights Litigation
On Thursday and Friday, March 22-23, 2001, the law school will host
Professor Sheldon Nahmod's 18th annual Section 1983 conference. The
conference features nationally prominent law professors and practitioners
who offer instruction on both the fundamentals and the more advanced aspects
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Another anomaly of these results is that temperature fluctuations are not uniform across the sky map. There are more variations in one direction than in another."Perhaps we could say that our universe has thrown us a curve ball, and it rarely fails to surprise us," said Krzysztof Gorski, Planck scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


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Scott's Chris Darrington drives against Central Catholic's Jermiah Braswell in Saturday night's game. The Bulldogs won in three overtimes, improving to 4-4. The Irish fell to 8-1.
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Central Catholic and Scott engaged in a triple-overtime thriller Saturday night at the Sullivan Center.
In the end, the visiting Bulldogs outlasted the Irish for a 66-60 victory before an enthusiastic crowd.
Chris Darrington scored four of his game-high 24 points during the third overtime to help the Bulldogs (4-4) hand the Irish (8-1) their first defeat.
"I felt like I had to take charge and be a leader with Chris [Harris] not out there," Darrington said, referring to his injured teammate who was unable to play.
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Larry Green added 10 points while Chance Hawkins, Lahtif Easter, and Jay Wells finished with eight points apiece for Scott.
"It was guts and heart," Scott coach Chris Dames said. "I think they just played their butts off."
Thomas Vetter paced the Irish with a team-high 19 points, while Marcus Winters added 16, including four 3-pointers. DeShone Kizer finished with nine points on three 3-pointers.
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Both teams had chances to win.
However, the Bulldogs, who have played only one home game this season, showed a little more resiliency by the time the teams had reached the third four-minute extra period.
Dames credited Darrington, a 6-foot junior, for providing a sense of steadiness throughout the contest.
"He was a leader tonight," Dames said of Darrington. "He was active and talking on the floor, and if he's getting to the basket there's no one better."
Neither team scored during the first overtime after Central held the ball for the final three minutes of the extra period to take one last shot. Scott sat back in a zone and was also content with the Irish taking time off the clock.
Central got the shot it wanted — a baseline jumper from 3-point territory by Winters — but the shot rattled out of the rim. A last-second heave by Darrington from behind the halfcourt line banked off the glass and bounced off the rim as time expired.
Both teams found ways to score in the second overtime, which finished tied at 56.
Scott opened the third overtime with a 6-1 run and held the lead the rest of the way.
Playing without Harris, a 6-foot senior point guard, didn't stop the Bulldogs from their up-tempo approach.
With sophomore Larry Green playing in Harris' starting spot, Scott was able to jump out to an 8-2 lead in the first quarter. The Bulldogs closed out the period holding on to a 11-8 lead.
Scott maintained the lead through the second quarter and took a 25-22 lead into halftime.
Darrington carried the Bulldogs in the first half, scoring 10 points before the break, including eight during the second quarter.
The Irish trailed by as much as six points in the first half. Winters provided a lift by scoring nine points in the second quarter, knocking down three 3-pointers. Vetter kept the Irish close early by scoring six of his seven points in the first half during the opening period.
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He killed people but he had charisma, and a talent for publicity. Now, it's Al Capone's former mansion in Miami Beach that is stirring up headlines.
The oceanfront residence on the private Palm Island is on the market for $8.45 million, reports NBC5 in the bootlegger's old stomping grounds, Chicago.
Capone paid $40,000 for the place in 1928 (it was built in 1922 by Clarence Busch, of the Anheuser-Busch brewing family), and is reputed to have plotted the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre, in which he rubbed out rival Windy City liquor dispensers, there.
Capone also died in the house in 1947 – of a heart attack and stroke, though his mental condition had been long diminished on account of syphilis. He was 48. His death followed his release from Alcatraz prison, where he had served from 1931-39 on tax evasion charges when the government couldn't quite pin his bloodier crimes on him.
At 10,000 square feet, the baby blue mansion was turned into a fortress by Capone, who added heavy wooden doors throughout and a guard house. It reportedly has been extensively renovated since then, after falling into heavy disrepair after the Capone family sold it to a swinging bachelor airline pilot in the 1970s.
According to the property's current Sotheby's International Realty listing, the "charming home consists of a main house, a two story guest house, an oversized pool, a gorgeous two story cabana house, and a private sand beach overlooking the bay. 7 bedrooms, 5 full baths, and 2 powder rooms in total. Classic architectural."
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March 17. 2013 10:17PM
New Hampshire drivers, road crews grapple with mud season
By NANCY BEAN FOSTER
Union Leader Correspondent
Crews in Mont Vernon try to ease some of the pain of traveling on the town's dirt roads by filling potholes with crushed stone. (NANCY BEAN FOSTER)
NEW BOSTON -- AS ANYONE WHO travels the dirt roads that stretch across the Granite State knows, mud season is upon us.
Not quite winter and not quite spring, mud season occurs when the snow and surface ice are melting, but the ice lurking deep underground is still comfortably cold.
According to Dick Perusse, New Boston's road agent, that ice keeps the water on the surface from draining properly and allows it to pool near the surface, turning roads to thick puddles of muck.
"When we plow dirt roads, the machines just pound that frost into the ground and it stays there until it melts," he said.
But Perusse said what really causes the worst mud is not the ice.
"In New Hampshire, a lot of our dirt roads started out as horse paths and were just widened a bit to accommodate automobiles later on," he said. "When mud season hit, the folks just used to lay pine boughs across the roads and drive over them. In really bad spots, they used logs and laid them horizontally across, creating corduroy roads." Though our forefathers made travel easier for themselves using these methods, they made roads a mess for us, said Perusse. All that organic material eventually rotted over time, creating a rich topsoil.
"Topsoil doesn't drain well," said Perusse. "It holds the water."
And of course, water plus dirt equals mud.
Potholes galore
Further complicating things are the potholes that form when those muddy, rutted roads freeze, creating miles of bone-rattling bumps that take out undercarriages and pry loose hubcaps.
On Friday, crews from the Mont Vernon Department of Public Works were out with a loader and a dump truck full of gravel filling in the worst spots. Road Agent Mike Ypya said there wasn't much else they could do.
"We can't grade the roads yet because there's still ice under there and it will tear up our machines," he said.
And grading a road that can't drain properly can exacerbate the mud problem because the loose soil provides lots of places for water to hide, said Bruce Berry, director of the Amherst Department of Public Works. Berry said he learned that lesson the hard way years ago running a grader in the town of Mason.
"Getting out too early with a grader on a gravel road can create six inches of mud the full width and length of a road," he said.
Berry compared a road that's graded too soon to a kid making a mud pie in a bucket.
"It's the same thing, only worse," he said.
To help drivers navigate particularly muddy areas, Ypya said the crews will put down crushed stone to provide a firmer base for cars to drive over. But for the most part, mud season is like a cold - you just have to let it run its course.
Paving problems
Those who live on paved roads have their own share of headaches as potholes suddenly seem to come out of nowhere, flattening tires and snapping axles. As the frost heaves melt and settle back into place, cracks form in the asphalt and weaken certain spots in the road. All it takes is a car going a bit too fast to hit that compromised area, and a large chuck of the roadway can flip out of place. Each subsequent strike on and around the hole by another tire just makes it deeper and wider. Within a day or two, a small pothole can become a big monster.
It's still too cold to put down asphalt to fill the holes, said Cathy Willmott of the Goffstown Highway Department. Instead, crews fill the gaps with crushed stone, a temporary fix.
"They fill them as they pop up, but they just seem to pop up everywhere," said Willmott. "It's a never-ending job."
In the summer, Willmott said the crews will have a chance to patch the potholes with asphalt.
"The asphalt is the sticky stuff," she said. "That does the trick."
Slow it down
If Perusse could have just one wish as road agent during mud season, he'd ask folks to reduce speed to make his life, and their lives, easier.
"What people don't understand is the faster a car goes, the harder it hits the ground, and the more potholes you get," he said. "If there are potholes on a dirt road, I can guarantee you people are driving fast on that road."


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Recall Details
A circular retention clip at the quick-release fuel line coupling was inadvertently not installed. In the event of a severe frontal crash, the quick release coupling could separate, causing fuel leakage. Any fuel leak always increases the risk of a fire. Dealers will install a retention clip at the quick-release coupling on the fuel supply line. The recall began on July 5, 2004.
Our Quick Take
One of the quick release fuel lines could separate in the event of a severe frontal crash.
What Should You Do?
Please contact your BMW dealer. They will check to see if your specific vehicle is affected and advise you on what to do next. Always have your vehicle identification number (VIN) handy when you call.


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BiologyNene have the longest nesting season of any wild goose species; eggs are laid in the winter months from August to April, although most eggs are laid during November-January (2). Females lay eggs in hollows in the ground amongst vegetation; these nests are often found in a 'kipuka' (an island of vegetation surrounded by barren lava) (8). Hens incubate their clutch (usually three eggs) for 30 days (9). Goslings remain flightless for three months, making them particularly vulnerable to predation (4). Adults feed on grasses and fruits of native and introduced plants and give similar calls to Canada geese (4). Unlike other geese, nene do not require open water although they will swim if there is water near to their nest (8).


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Previously owned U.S. home sales declined for the third consecutive month in November to the lowest level of the year as rising mortgage rates and a limited supply of properties discouraged buyers.
Purchases dropped 4.3% to a 4.9 million annual rate, the National Association of Realtors reported today in Washington. The median forecast of economists in a Bloomberg survey called for the pace to slow to 5.02 million. The group still projects 2013 will be the best year for the industry in seven years, with an estimated 5.1 million properties sold.
Rising prices and borrowing costs have put homes out of reach for some first-time buyers, indicating faster job and income growth are needed to give residential real estate a bigger push. At the same time, the Federal Reserve's decision yesterday to begin scaling back record stimulus may encourage purchases before rates head even higher.
"We've seen a trend of low numbers but I'm still not worried," Anika Khan, a senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities LLC in Charlotte, North Carolina, said before the report. "If buyers expect rates to increase, which we do expect at some point, those would-be buyers that have access to credit are going to jump into the market."
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey of 75 economists ranged from 4.9 million to 5.21 million.
Another report today showed applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week to an almost nine-month high, showing fluctuation in the filings that typically occurs around the year-end holidays.
Jobless claims climbed by 10,000 to 379,000 in the period ended Dec. 14, the most since the end of March, the Labor Department said.
Median Price
The median price of an existing home rose 9.4% to $196,300 in November from $179,400 a year earlier, today's report showed.
The number of existing properties for sale dropped 0.9% from October to a 2.09 million rate, the fewest since March. At the current pace, it would take 5.1 months to sell those houses, compared to 4.9 months in the previous three months. Inventory was up 5% from a year earlier.
Purchases of single-family homes decreased 3.8% to an annual rate of 4.32 million. The sales pace of multifamily properties including condominiums dropped 7.9% to 580,000.
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Death toll in Que. retirement home fire rises to 5
CTVNews.ca Staff
Published Thursday, January 23, 2014 6:06AM EST
Last Updated Thursday, January 23, 2014 11:09PM EST
Five people are now confirmed dead following a devastating fire at a seniors' home in Quebec.
Quebec provincial police said late Thursday that about 30 residents are still missing after an overnight fire at the Residence du Havre in the town of L'Isle-Verte, around 230 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Police received a call about the fire at around 12:35 a.m. ET. The fire quickly spread, destroying the residence, before it was brought under control at around 5 a.m. ET.
A number of residents were taken to hospital, including 13 people who had carbon monoxide poisoning or fell ill, paramedics said. Among the first responders, two police officers were hospitalized, authorities said.
The town's acting mayor Ginette Caron said only five residents who lived at the Residence du Havre were fully autonomous.
She told reporters Thursday morning that most of the residents could not get around on their own and are dependent on wheelchairs and walkers. Some of them also had Alzheimer's disease, she said.
Bilodeau said about 20 residents were taken away from the residence in L'Isle-Verte. The residents were taken to a local school and the injured were taken to nearby hospitals, she said.
Bilodeau said that police are hoping that some of the home's residents were staying with relatives for the night or were away on holiday. Police are asking for family members who know of a resident's whereabouts to contact them at 1-800-659-4264.
Emergency officials are now trying to sift through the charred seniors' home, but a thick coating of ice has formed on the site in bitterly cold temperatures. Lt. Guy Lapointe of the Surete Du Quebec said efforts are underway to remove the ice.
Robert Berube told CTV Montreal that his mother lived at the Residence du Havre and is one of the residents who is still missing. Berube drove from Montreal to L'Isle-Verte as soon as he heard the news.
"My mother, she's blind," he said. "She's still there… I can't believe it… I don't know how to handle it."
Witnesses told CTV Montreal that one of the home's residents went to a balcony and called for help, but rescuers couldn't reach her.
Caron, the acting mayor, later said that she's in "constant communication" with the town's mayor, who is away on vacation and expected to return Friday. She also asked for patience as rescue and emergency crews do their work.
Firefighters from four nearby municipalities were called to the scene to help. Quebec provincial police have since taken over the investigation. They are likening the fire to the Lac-Megantic train rail disaster, and say they'll be working with many different partners as the investigation proceeds.
Built in 1997, the residence also contained a social agency, pharmacy and a hair salon.
Condolences pour in for L'Isle-Verte
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois addressed the tragedy in Davos, Switzerland, where she is attending the World Economic Summit.
"I want to extend my condolences to all the families affected by this terrible fire," she said. "I have been in touch with my office and we are doing everything we can to support the community and families.
"It's a private centre but we're talking about human beings, so we'll do whatever we can. I am deeply saddened by this event."
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who was travelling in Jordan on Thursday, told reporters that all levels of government were sending their condolences to the small community.
"Obviously in a community like that it's going to touch just about every single family," he said. "All members of our government want to express our condolences for this terrible loss of life."
Harper said Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney will be heading to L'Isle-Verte to represent the government as police continue their investigation.
Gov. Gen. David Johnston issued a statement saying that he and his wife, Sharon, were keeping the town in their thoughts and prayers.
"We have no doubt that the community will come together to support each other through this terrible tragedy," he said. "Time and again we have seen the strength of Canadians, and we want the people of L'Isle-Verte to know that we stand with them during this difficult time."
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau thanked first responders and said he was thinking of the small community.
"What tragic news coming from L'Isle-Verte this morning," Trudeau said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the many families affected and we hope that the situation will be under control as quickly as possible."
Relatives of the home's residents are asked to call 418-868-1010 for information. Police have also established an information hotline at 1-800-659-4264.
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A SOLDIER killed in a late night tragedy at a Dorset accident blackspot has been named as 24-year-old Matthew Cottrell.
The Sapper in the Royal Engineers died in the early hours of Saturday morning after a collision with a single-decker coach on an unlit stretch of the A35.
Sapper Cottrell, who was training at Bovington, leaves a fiancee, Debbie Smith, and a distraught family back home in Southport, Merseyside.
He was preparing to marry sweetheart Debbie Smith while training at Bovington.
Police investigating the accident, which happened between Poole and Bere Regis, said Sapper Cottrell had got out of a taxi halfway home because he did not have enough cash.
News of Sapper Cottrell's death is thought to have filtered through to Ms Smith while she was holidaying abroad At the family home in Southport, his parents Julie and Steve, and brothers Paul and Luke, were said by neighbours to be "absolutely devastated".
One neighbour described Sapper Cottrell, who learned a trade as a mechanic before joining the Army as "one of the nicest people you could wish to know".
Army pal Kristopher Knight told on Facebook how he and colleagues raced to the scene of the collision after news broke.
He said: "There was nothing we could do, we tried to get you round but you were already gone.
"We never stopped and I'll make sure you get a proper goodbye.
"Our thoughts are with your family and you will never be forgotten. Take it easy, buddy."
Sapper Cottrell died on a "notorious" narrow stretch of the A35 road, near the Bloxworth turning. It is believed he was walking or running when he was in collision with an Excelsior coach, which was approaching from behind.
Sergeant Dave Stroud from Dorset Police described the accident as a "tragic".
Spr Cottrell suffered serious head injuries and died at thescene.
The coach driver, a 55-year-old man from Bournemouth, was treated for shock.
There were no passengers on the coach at the time.
An inquest into the death of Sapper Cottrell was opened and adjourned at Bournemouth coroner's court yesterday afternoon.
A spokesman said: "The cause of death has been given as unascertained waiting toxicology results."


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A high-speed chase between police and two Florida men driving a gold Buick Rendezvous began in Beaumont near Ford Park on Thursday, March 28, and ended with the suspects crashing their car into a pylon at the underpass of I-10 and Highway 12 near Veteran's Park in Vidor.
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Men's soccer ranked in Division III top 25
For the first time in more than a decade, the Brandeis University men's soccer team has been ranked in the top 25 in the nation in Division III, checking in at No. 23 in the most recent National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll.
In head coach Mike Coven's 40th year on the sidelines, the Judges got off to a flying start this weekend, defeating two opponents by a combined 7-0 score at the Xara Classic in Keene, N.H. Brandeis opened the season with a 3-0 win over Ithaca College thanks to a pair of goals by Lee Russo '13. It was followed up with a 4-0 win over host Keene State College thanks to a career-high five-point performance by Sam Ocel '13, who scored two goals and had an assist. The Judges also played stellar defense, including senior goalkeeper Blake Minchoff '13 who made seven saves in the two victories for his 13th and 14th career shutouts. Minchoff, who also turned in shutouts in Brandeis's final four games of the 2011 season, was among the NCAA Division III leaders in goals-against average (7th, 0.51), shutouts per game (7th, 0.62) and save percentage (20th, .864) last season.
Brandeis is coming off a 15-5-1 season in which it defended its Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III New England crown. The Judges are scheduled to face three other teams in this week's top 25 later in the season. No. 10 Babson comes to Gordon Field on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Brandeis will open its University Athletic Association schedule on Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. at sixth-ranked University of Rochester, while the regular-season home finale is Oct. 28 against No. 13 Carnegie Mellon at 1:30 p.m.
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(WXIA) — The disturbing video that caused #JusticeForAaron to trend on Twitter has resulted in two arrests and a call for an end to death threats.
11Alive obtained a police report from Okeechobee Police in south Florida that details the events that started on August 8th.
A police officer responded to a 911 about a young man lying in the road. According to the police report, Sixteen-year-old Aaron Hill told police he had been beaten and forced to walk to the spot where he collapsed. He was transported to Raulerson Hospital where police documented his injuries with a series of photographs. They showed red marks to his head, abdomen, chest, and arms. According to police, Hill was diagnosed with a sprained neck, facial and scalp contusions, and a concussion.
While at the hospital, the investigating officer found out there was a video showing the incident posted on Facebook. It's the video that went viral and created an international call for action. According to police, the video was posted to Andrew Wheeler's Facebook page. He's the one seen hitting Hill in the cell phone video.
The next day, in an August 9th interview with police, Hill said he was invited to a party where an adult there, Evadean Lydecker, bought them alcohol. He drank whiskey and then laid down because he didn't feel well. According to notes from the interview, Hill woke up when the group told him to go outside and fight. He refused.
Someone at the party called Andrew Wheeler to come inside. After the video stops, Hill told police he stumbled outside where Wheeler chocked him until he lost consciousness. He woke up again to Wheeler hitting him while others stood around laughing. According to the police report, Lydecker was outside, but did not try to stop the fight, and later told Hill he deserved it.
On Sunday, Okeechobee police found Wheeler and brought him in for questioning. According to police records, Wheeler agreed to tell them his side of the story after they read him his Miranda rights. Wheeler said he got a call from a teen girl at the party saying there was a drunk guy in her house that wouldn't leave. Wheeler told police he drove to the house planning to help take Hill home. Wheeler said he was told Hill punched and pushed girls at the party (Hill refutes this claim).
Wheeler said Hill tried to hit him, and missed. That's when Wheeler says the video started recording. In an earlier interview, another teen told police Wheeler gave them his own phone and told them to record the incident.
According to the police report, "Wheeler stated that he lost control of his temper and the rest of it was on the recording… Wheeler stated he knew this would get him in trouble."
Wheeler was charged with Child Abuse Without Great Bodily Harm. Bond was sent at $20,000. Ludecker was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
According to 11Alive's NBC partner in South Florida, WPTV, Wheeler's family has been receiving death threats. They decided not to bond him out of jail, since they believe he's safer behind bars.
In a Facebook page called Justice for Aaron, the administrators repeatedly call for an end to those threats. A plea credited to Aaron's mom appeared on that page:
"Two wrongs don't make a right. Please no violence and the bullying needs to end. Please guys we're not about violence or bullying. We don't want anyone to be hunted down or stalked. We just want the ones involved arrested with a suitable conviction, to spread awareness on autism and disabled abuse and bullying, and to support Aaron. Please respect the family's wishes in calling for all actions to be non violent, legal, and positive."


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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is getting off to a mixed start as traders show only mild enthusiasm for an improving outlook for the U.S. government's credit rating.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up three points at 15,253 in the first fifteen minutes of trading Monday.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was off a point at 1,642. Both indexes were moving between small gains and losses in early trading.
The Nasdaq composite was flat at 3,469.
Standard & Poor's raised its outlook for U.S. government debt, citing stable spending levels. Two years ago the agency downgraded the government's long-term debt rating because of gridlock in Washington.
Japan's Nikkei jumped nearly 5 percent after first-quarter growth for the country was revised upward.
McDonald's rose 2 percent after reporting higher sales.


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Innovative Statewide Initiatives
When ownership of court facilities passed from California counties to the state judicial branch, the branch inherited problems related to building adequacy, efficiency and safety. New opportunities also arose. As a result, the branch is using modern technology, collaborative building methods and economies of scale to create high-quality buildings across California. From Santa Ana to Quincy, courthouses have been built or renovated.
Development of a uniform statewide case management system is nearing completion, promising enhanced information-sharing among the courts and between the courts and the public, the executive branch and the federal courts. The Court Case Management System will connect the justice system with social services and other agencies to improve public safety.
Launched to help trial courts move from county stewardship to management by the judicial branch, provides uniform, consistent record keeping and reporting for the courts' financial and human resources functions. It increases the transparency of court business operations.
Major Web redesign projects are under way to make court sites easier to identify and navigate. The new Web designs will give the judicial branch a recognizable visual identity and will help meet the growing needs of the courts and public.
Support for the courts and compliance with their orders depend to a large degree on several broad factors: The courts must perform efficiently and reach fair results. And litigants must perceive that justice is being done. The Judicial Council and Administrative Office of the Courts sponsored a number of initiatives in 2008-2009 to achieve those goals. Two themes pervade them all: demystification of the judicial process so that people understand that it is working for them, and collaboration-both among courts and between courts and their communities-to crack problems that defy successful resolution through traditional adjudication. The studies and reports of these projects have been completed, and the implementation of recommendations is under way, affecting virtually every aspect of the courts' business.
The Procedural Fairness Initiative grew out of research, focus groups and survey findings, all pointing to the same conclusion: Public trust and confidence in the courts depend largely on a perception by litigants that they are treated fairly, regardless of whether they win or lose their cases. The Procedural Fairness Initiative encompasses judicial training and a variety of special programs that have been designed to enhance the public's experience in traffic courts and other high-volume courts.
In the face of multimillion-dollar campaigns launched by political and special interests against judges across the United States, the Commission for Impartial Courts was created to enhance the administration of justice and preserve the rule of law in California. The commission has explored campaign financing and conduct, judicial selection and retention, and public information and education.
When a deep backlog of criminal cases developed in Riverside County - a result of rapid population growth without a commensurate increase in judgeships - Chief Justice Ronald M. George assembled a strike force of experienced criminal law judges from across California to tackle the problem. They cracked the backlog. Concurrently, new case management procedures were devised to curb future backlogs.
After the California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care documented a severely under-resourced foster care system, work began on implementing the commission's 79 recommendations for reform. The focus initially is on measures that fall entirely within the purview of the branch and on the creation of local commissions in collaboration with county child welfare agencies.
The Domestic Violence Practice and Procedure Task Force proposed 139 guidelines and practices to improve the way courts handle cases involving domestic violence allegations. Several recommendations address a need for better enforcement of laws designed to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic violence offenders. Now the task force has turned its focus toward implementation measures the can be effective without impacting budgets.
Drawing on the experiences of court users, judicial officers, court administrators, prosecutors, defense attorneys and probation officers - pointed to a need for better collaboration and communication. Recommendations that grew out of the assessment are being implemented with pilot projects and other measures.
The Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues joins the three branches of government with criminal justice and mental health partners to seek ways of linking justice with treatment for mentally ill offenders. The goal is to help them live productively within the law.
The Elkins Family Law Task Force is charged with proposing reforms to help courts achieve efficiency while ensuring access to justice for court users.