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The two were arrested Wednesday after laboratory results positively identified 862 tablets
After being charged with shoplifting, a Havelock woman was caught trying to sell hundreds of prescription pills to the same narcotics officer who had interviewed her at the police station just hours earlier.
"You can't make this stuff up," said Lt. Brian Woods, of the Havelock Police Department. "It blows my mind."
Sarah Elizabeth Price, 21, of 235 Cedar Ridge Lane in Havelock, is charged with one count of felony sale and delivery of a Schedule IV controlled substance and two counts of possession with intent to sell or deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance.
Price's boyfriend, identified as Melvin Charlton, 23, of the same address, was charged with one count of possession with intent to sell and deliver a Schedule IV controlled substance.
The two were arrested Wednesday after laboratory results positively identified 862 tablets found at the couple's residence as being the substance Alprazolam, commonly sold as the prescription drug Xanex, Woods said.
The couple's trouble began when Havelock Police responded to Food Lion for a report of a shoplifter at 1:21 p.m. on Nov. 2. Price had been detained by store personnel for allegedly attempting to steal a get well card. At the time she was found in possession of several small blue pills she said were Xanex but she had no prescription for them, Woods said.
Police charged her with misdemeanor larceny at the time, but held back on making charges concerning the drugs pending lab analysis, Woods said.
Because of the quantity and type of pills Price had, officers called in a member of the department's drug task force to interview the woman on Nov. 2. The undercover officer, who the Havelock News is not identifying, said that Price claimed the drugs had come from Serbia. The undercover officer told Price he would call her later in the evening to meet and talk about the Serbian connection.
At 10 p.m., the officer called Price on the telephone and she agreed to meet him at her residence. The officer, along with a member of the N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement and a member of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, all wearing plain clothes, drove to Price's residence in an unmarked car. The ALE and NCIS officers were working with Havelock Police on the drug task force.
"I couldn't find her house number so I called her on the phone and said 'This is detective so and so and I can't see your house number. Could you step out of your house so I know which house you're at?'" the officer recalled Friday.
The undercover officer said Price met him on the sidewalk in front of her home at which point she allegedly said "Hey, we got to do this quick because the detective is going to be here any minute. What are you looking for?"
The detective, recognizing Price's apparent confusion, responded "What do you got?" and she says "The pills. You know. The pills."
The undercover officer said he sent the ALE and NCIS agents back to the car.
"I turned to them and I said 'Get back in the vehicle. Get back in the vehicle. I'm going to buy drugs from her," the undercover officer recalled. "They think I'm joking, which I'm not."
Price then reportedly said again "We got to do this quick. The detective is coming" and she goes back into her house to retrieve the pills, the officer said.
The three officers, who had not been planning on making a buy, scrounge together $100 with which to purchase pills from Price.
"While they're trying to find the money, she comes back out and shows me three pills that were the same pills she showed me earlier that day," the undercover officer said.
The officer said he had on the same clothes and looked the same as when he had interviewed Price just hours earlier.
"At about 3 o'clock that day I interviewed her in the same clothes I was wearing at 10 o'clock and looking the same way I looked at 10 o'clock, so she shows me the three pills and I said 'Can we get more' and she said 'Yeah, we're getting 2,000 on Monday,' so I went 'I'll take a hundred if you got 'em,' so she says 'Well how much will you pay for 'em?' and I said 'I'll give you $100 for them right now.' And she says 'OK, but we got to hurry up,'" the detective recalled.
"Obviously this is a humorous situation," the officer said of the other agents. "They can't believe this is happening."
The officer said Price came out of the house and poured 56 one-milligram blue tablets into his hands. He gave her $100 and asked for more pills.
Meanwhile, the ALE and NCIS agents joined the Havelock agent and Price in her front yard, telling her they wanted as many pills as she can spare and saying that they could easily get rid of them in Atlantic Beach.
"They're carrying badge and gun, but it's concealed at this particular time," the Havelock agent said.
Price invited the three men into her home where they meet Price's boyfriend, Charlton, a sailor assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2 at Cherry Point.
"Sarah says 'These guys are going to help us sell the pills in Atlantic Beach.' She then walks over to a vacuum cleaner and unzips the bag and pulls out a pill bottle about the size of a soda can, half full of pills, which totaled about 862 tablets.," the officer said.
The Havelock officer said at that point they identified themselves as the detectives that were coming to meet Price at her home, but he said she apparently didn't understand what had just happened.
"OK, we've got to hurry up, the other detectives are going to be here any minute," Price said, according to the undercover officer.
The two were not charged on Nov. 2, pending lab results. The results came back on Wednesday and officers moved in to make the arrests. The NCIS lab did the preliminary tests and they came back positive for Alprazolam, Woods said.
Woods said that the pills did come from Serbia, through Memphis, Tenn., and that they were manufactured by the company Galenika and purchased online.
Price and Charlton were initially taken to the Craven County Jail but have since been released on bond.
Woods said it appeared that Charlton was allegedly behind the scheme.
"He's very together. He understands the stupidity of what has happened," Woods said. "The larceny was a get well card to be sent to her brother in jail in Memphis."
Both Price and Charlton are originally from Memphis, Wood said.
Officers involved said they were astounded at the lack of awareness exhibited by Price, who told officers she had consumed only two Xanex pills and a beer on the date of the drug sale.
"You've got some crooks that are dumb as dirt and others that are brilliant," Woods said.
He said he had been an officer for 20 years but had never seen anything like this.
"I've seen some funny things, but this one surely takes the cake," he said. "Not a lot of brain power for this one."


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Members of the 1976 Israeli Olympic - team and relatives of the victims will - participate in the hour-long service which will be under the patronage of Montreal philanthropist Allan Bronfman. WASHINGTON (JTA) - The House on. June 29 adopted by a 238-169 vote a 1977 foreign aid bill totaling % $4.95 billion, including $1,735 billion for Israel. The ' Senate is expected to act on it after the 4th of July ,\ holiday. The appropriation for Israel for the fiscal year •which starts Oct. 2 includes $1 billion in-foreign military credit sales, of which half can be forgiven and - $735 million in economic aid. The bill also provides$700 - :< million for Egypt, $70 million for Jordan and $80' million for Syria, all of it in economic aid. Jordan will ,also receive, additional funds under the military . assistance, the international military education and training; and the military credit sales programs, but «' the specific sums were not earmarked. NEW YORK (JTA> — Moreihan 300 Jewish leaders attended..* Special program J.une.29 opening* two- , ' montti "exhibit on "Cultural pluralism — America's J Gift to Jewish History*' at which more than990 letters; documents,' rare "books, photographs, and other historic memorabilia were displayed in celebration of the . _ Bicentennial. The exhibit, sponsored by the Tarbuth- J Foundation for the Advancement of Hebrew Culture, wilf be oh display through Sunday, Aug. 29 at the City Center for Music and Drama at 131 West 55th Street. What is probably the mos't comprehensive Jewish '" celebration of the Bicentennial in this country, "this - chronology of American history," said Abraham Goodman, founder and president-'of the^Tarbuth • Foundation,' "emphasizes the records of Jewish events as a demonstration of pride in our contribution to"the ■ r American scene," ' s ' {} Minister Cautions: By David Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) - A Presbyterian minister with close ties to the Jewish community warned June 30 that Christian missionaries, have launched a major effort to convert ' Jews this summer. The Rev. Paul R. Carlson, pastor of the Glen Morris 'Presbyterian Church* of Ozone Park, Queens, told the Jewish -Telegraphic Agency- that the effort, known as "Operation Brithday Cake," ' is- more of a threat to the Jewish community than was the nationwide "Key . '73'-' program three years ago. ' Carlson, a journalist and author of a book, "O Christian! 0 Jew!" which explains Judaism to Christians, said the operation involves all the missionary organizations. He said this includes ones such as the old American Board of Mission to the Jews Which seeks to convert ,hjws outright and the so-called Hebrew " Christians ;■ who espouse "the "fraud" . that "Christianity is', the true Judaism.' - * , -- "Operation Birthday Cake" -'.calls foe /massive street copjer missionary drives in every major city in " the<iountry,'Carlsonsaid. He - reported that in Philadelphia 70 Bible students recently jcompleted a course in street "corner preaching. Carlson said one of the Hebrew Christian groups, Jews for Jesus, whichaims its message at young Jews, has announced it plans a major campaign , aimed at Bicentennial crowds in New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Evidence for this was seen last week-in midtown Manhattan where ^ the group was flooding' the streets with leaflets.- • ,The' minister-journalist, who is working on a doctoral dissertation on the Holocaust and teaches a course on the Holocaust at his church, said that from his experience with Hehrew Christians they are either self-hating Jews or Jews whose Judaism ended with their Bar or Bat Mitzvah. He said'Jews who are aware of their religious heritage do not convert. ', Carlson said he experienced this Jewish self- hatred recently when he was asked to speak on the. Holocaust at a conference on "God, the Jew and You;" at the First Christian and Missionary Alliance Church in Manhattan. He said the Hebrew Christians at the conference attacked Judaism, distorted Jewish history, and made numerous anti-Semitic references. He found himself defending Judaism at the conference. Carlson noted that many of • these Hebrew Christians claim that they come from Orthodox hordes whose parents threw them out. a statement he says he cannot believe. He said he thinks they claim -to have been Orthodox as a means of (CONTINUEDON PAGE 13) Brown Sti ' WASHINGTON (JTA) - Gen. George S. Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said June 28 he still thinks Jews have an undue influence on Congress. ' However, Brown, who was testifying- before the Senate Armed Services Committee on -President Ford's - nomination of him for another two-year term as head' of the Joint Chiefs, later backed away from the word "undue" and said influence in support of Israel was proper. Brown's remarks came ' when Sen. Robert TaTt Jr. (R. Ohio) asked him about his statement at ,a Duke University, law seminar on Oct. 10,1974 in which he said * i that Israel had too much influence on Congress and Jews "own,', you know, the banks in this country, the newspapers." Brown later publicly apologized for the remarks Orf Ford's orders; In replying- to Taft. Brown said he was "wrong in asserting that Jews ovned the banks and the newspapers. ingress But under questioning from Tart he said "I felt that the Jewish community injhe., U.S. had an undue influence on the Congress of the U.S." He said he still feels this way "but 1 feel it is not unusual. -Then** are'. :other - special ipterest. groups that have influence or seek to achieve . influence on the Congress of (CONTINUEDON PAGE 111 C&sumuniify Torah Awareness Purpose Of "Operation Seed" Hostages Rescued In In a stunning 36-minute strike carried out with military precision, more than 100 hostages, held in Uganda by , pro-Palestinian air hijackers, were rescued by Israeli ' commandos early on Sunday, July 4. . . *, . Israeli officials reported that 104 hostages were freed. They said three hostages, the Israeli officer who Ted the raid, seven terrorists and 20 Ugandan soldiers were killed in the hour-long battle at Entebbe Airport, , At least 11 hostages and Israelis jvere reported wounded. "Quick -i- run for the planes!" the commandos - 1 screamed in Hebrew as they burst,. machine guns blazjngonto the airfield. The attack force flew. 2,300 miles intoEntebbe in three planes just before midnight ' Saturday, apparently under the pretext of delivering imprisoned guerillas demanded by the hijackers. The rescue, raid came a week' after the hijackers seized an Air France jet and only 10 hours before the deadline set by the terrorists to kill their hostages. President Gerald Ford, in a message to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, praised the action and said he and the American people felt "great satisfaction" tjiat the "senseless act of terrorism" had been thwarted.' • InTel Aviv, the homecoming troops and hostages were met by rejoicing Israelis. Crowds broke through police lines to hug and kiss the laughing, weeping and shouting hostages. "I'm proud of the army and I'm proud of the nation, V Defense Minister Shimon Peres shouted at the i '* homecoming celebration, , "_"/'<'-"*;' ' First Freed Hostages Relate Their Story: Describe Psychological Aspects As Chilling By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) - The first group of hostages'released "by the" Air.France hijackers in Uganda arrived at Orly Airport June 30 and described their ordeal which 'was more chilling, in its i psychological aspects' than for any physical discomforts suffered by the victims. - Most of the 47 returnees were Jewish, including 33 French citizens,, two Americans, two Canadians and several stateless Jews. • They were jgreeted in the airport's VIP lounge by French Foreign Minister Jean' Sauvagnargues. Hundreds of their relatives' and relatives of hostages still in-, Uganda* waited outside for news, A 48th freed ' hostage. Blind ■ Zuckerjhorn, 80, an Israeli, was admitted to a hospital at Kampala. , • . ,t. The freed hostages .said the Air France "air bus" was taken over shortly after leaving Athens June 27 by - two Germans — a man and a woman—and two Arabs. , Mrs. Julie Aquizerat, an Algerian-born .French Jewish grandmother of, 62. described to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency how the 83 Israeli passengers were separated June 28 from the other hostages who were to be released. It reminded ' her o/ Nazi concentration camps where Jews were singled out for the gas chambers. . ;'U was a terrible moment," Mrs. Aquizerat said, "One of the. hijackers started reading oft a list of names. As he rolled off the 1 (CONTtNUEDONPAGEU) The development of a total community "Torah -Awareness" program will begin j>n Sunday, July 18 with "Operation Seed". "Seed"', is ah acronym, for Summer Educational Environmental Develop¬ ment. ,' ' ., The program Is being coordinated by - Torah Umesorah. the National Society for Hebrew Day Schools,"in .conjunction with the ' Rabbinical College or Telshe in Cleveland. Ohio.-. "Operation Seed" will be headquartered at the Beth Jacob Synagogue.* 122.'{ College Avenue, with a full' program of stu'dy "and learning. Kabbi David" Stavsky. local rabbinic coordinator of "tlie program, said, "the purpose of 'Seed' is to expose laymen, community leaders - and'students from the entire community, cutting across all synagogues and temples, and educational institutions affilations to enjoy an 'open free Yeshivah Academy' system of study and learning. It is a free university of" Torah study on all levels for all people, Mr. Avi Shulman, national coordinator of the program said ten senior rabbinic students of the Telshe Yeshivah in Cleveland. 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Denver's 10-0 start is the best in Major League Lacrosse history. Last week, they tied the '05 Baltimore Bayhawks for the best record to start a season, 9-0. Those Bayhawks didn't remain undefeated, but ultimately won when it mattered, eventually hoisting the coveted Steinfeld Trophy. This wasn't the only record the Outlaws set tonight—the 31,019 spirited fans at tonight's contest broke the record for the most ever at a professional lacrosse game.
After the whistle blew for the opening face-off, the Lizards wasted no time scoring, getting two quick goals from Stephen Peyser and Greg Gurenlian in the first 90 seconds of the contest, and jumping out to a 2-0 lead. Denver's Drew Snider responded though, with an unassisted goal 30 seconds later. New York rattled off two more goals from college teammates Rob Pannell and Stephen Mock—Mock marking his MLL debut with his first professional goal—extending their lead to 4-1. Denver wouldn't let the quarter end while trailing though, as Eric Law scored to cut the deficit to two and then with nine seconds left in the quarter attackman Jeremy Sieverts ripped a two-point goal from what seemed like a different zip code, to knot the game up at four goals a piece heading into quarter number two.
Sieverts' two-point bomb from the first quarter gave the momentum to the Outlaws heading into the second quarter and they never looked back. Denver defenseman Matt Bocklet scored an unassisted goal, his first goal of the season, to give the Outlaws their first outright lead, 5-4. Snider put another past Lizards' goaltender Drew Adams off an assist from Zach Greer and Chris Bocklet beat Adams again, off a Law feed, to give the Outlaws a 7-4 lead heading into halftime. Denver held New York scoreless in the quarter and went into the locker room on a 5 goal (6 point) unanswered run.
The Outlaws stretched that five goal run to seven (eight points) with two goals from Brendan Mundorf to open the third quarter play. While Mock's goal off a Tommy Palasek assist ended the run, the Outlaws didn't slow down, scoring on goals by Justin Pennington and Bocklet—assisted by goaltender Jesse Schwartzman—to head into the final quarter of play with a commanding 11-5 lead.
The momentum never swung back in the Lizard's favor; Denver continued to score goal after goal on offense and Schwartzman and the Denver "D" continued to stuff the New York offense. Chris Bocklet put two more past Adams and Snider added another, completing hat tricks for both early in the fourth, while extending the Outlaws' lead to 14-5. Law added another for Denver before New York's Pannell scored two more, against backup goalie Charlie Cipriano. Denver's Will Mangan finished off the scoring with an unassisted goal, making the final score 16-7 with the Outlaws sitting on top.
New York's Adams and Denver's Schwartzman were both solid in goal. Adams was peppered with shot after shot—just like every other goalie who has faced the Outlaws this year—but was able to hold Denver's offense to their fewest first half goals, recording 13 saves on 28 shots. Schwartzman, continuing his season top form, was a brick wall between the pipes, recording 12 saves on 17 shots on goal—proving why he's worthy of his 6 th All-Star Game selection and tonight's MVP Award. Denver's backup goalie, Cipriano, played the final six and a half minutes, recording one save and allowing two goals on 3 shots.
Both teams are off next weekend for the All-Star Break. Players from both teams will be present in Charlotte for the 2013 All-Star Game presented by Moe's Southwest Grill. Bocklet, Greer, Anthony Kelly, Schwartzman, Sieverts, Snider and Lee Zink will represent the Outlaws while the Lizards will be represented by Adams, Gurenlian, Brian Karalunas, Palasek and the only rookie to make the squad— Pannell. Catch the game live on ESPN2 on July 13 at 7:00 p.m. (ET).
These two teams will meet again in the second to last week of the season, on August 4 th at 5 p.m. (ET) at Shuart Stadium in New York. The game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
- Denver now holds the record for the best start to a season in MLL history, 10-0
- The Outlaws have never lost to the Lizards at home (6-0)
- Denver attackman Chris Bocklet remains in the league lead with 33 goals and 42 points
- The Lizards' Stephen Mock (acquired in trade from Boston last week) scored his first MLL goal on his first shot attempt in Q1
- Denver defenseman Matt Bocklet, brother of MLL Leading Scorer Chris Bocklet, scored his first goal of the season
- When Denver held New York scoreless in Q2, it was the third time this season they held a team scoreless for an entire quarter
- The Outlaws' seven first half goals were their fewest this season
- Jesse Schwartzman's assist on Chris Bocklet's goal was the first assist by a goaltender all season
- MVP: Denver goaltender Jesse Schwartzman
- ATTENDANCE: 31,019— Denver broke the record for most fans in attendance at a Major League Lacrosse game


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I have a Palm TX and in games like indy 3 or monkey island the sound doesn't work at all.
I've read the faq-instructions but is still doesn't work.
Can anybody give me a hint?
dont use this palm user interaface to add and manage games
instead press start button with empty game list, it will open scummvm internal game manager, if you will launch game from there everything will work correctly


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Miami-based label, ANAMA, recently released a collection of luxurious basics using the latest in Lenzing Modal fabric technology. ANAMA's basic collection is made of an all-natural cellulose fiber, which allows the textiles to become soft and supple. I love these basics because they're very wearable, yet unique and stylish, and that's not easy to find when it comes to basics.
Having showrooms in Miami, New York and Los Angeles, ANAMA has a large following, especially with celebrities like Penelope Cruz and Halle Berry. Releasing this line of basics will definitely continue to increase the brand's ever-growing popularity. Who doesn't love great basics?
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Philippine Cooperatives Lead Typhoon Recovery
VICTO National to Coordinate World Council Support
April 14, 2014
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines — Following the Worldwide Foundation's Typhoon Haiyan reconstruction grant, World Council technical assistance staff traveled recently to the Philippines to assist with and assess the status of the organization's rebuilding efforts of significantly damaged credit unions.
World Council Senior Vice President for Technical Services Peter Graves spent two days with Renia Salinas, CEO of VICTO National Cooperative Federation Development Center, visiting affected credit unions in Tacloban City and Ormoc—both cities of the worst-affected region of Eastern Visayas—as part of World Council's post-typhoon Haiyan relief effort.
World Council determined that credit unions affiliated with VICTO National suffered the worst damage and needed assistance renovating and rehabilitating their buildings to continue serving their members.
"Although we knew employees and members of impacted credit unions would suffer the most, we also knew that it was important for disaster recovery-along with the community's confidence-to get these branches up and running as soon as possible," Graves said.
World Council has focused its relief efforts—implemented by VICTO National and in partnership with Irish League of Credit Unions and Credit Union Foundation Australia (CUFA)—on renovating and rehabbing nine of the worse-off credit unions' branches.
"VICTO National is thankful to World Council, the many people who donated money, the Irish League and CUFA for their support," Salinas said. "This grant has allowed our relief efforts to be truly comprehensive, as we hope to receive additional support to recapitalize lost credit union savings. Renovating a devastated building so important to our members is sometimes not a priority, which is a mistake."
OCCCI's Tacloban branch after the typhoon (top) was able to open two weeks later (bottom), but has not yet fully recovered.
One of VICTO National's affiliated credit unions, Metro Ormoc Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (OCCCI), had 42 branches spread out over the country's central region prior to the typhoon, serving 97,000 members with $8M in deposits. Considered one of the country's most active credit unions, OCCCI has a membership base of predominantly rice and coconut farmers and fisherfolk. Nearly 80 percent of OCCCI's members were impacted by the typhoon, according to OCCCI CEO Jose Mosquite.
"Some of our members lost loved ones along with everything else they owned, including their homes and livelihoods," said Mosquite, five months after Haiyan devastated the area and claimed over 6,000 lives in one of history's worst recorded storms. "Although nearly all 42 branches were affected by Haiyan, we were able to stay open to serve our members' needs, providing access to their savings and loans for disaster assistance."
Abuyog St. Francis Xavier Credit Cooperative's Tanuan branch before (top) and after (bottom) Typhoon Haiyan.
With VICTO National's hands-on assistance and World Council's support, OCCCI and other credit unions have been able to open earlier than expected. In the rebuilding process, OCCCI plans to incorporate new hardware that will allow them to offer additional services to their members.
"Expanded services will enable us to extend our presence in the province by signing-up new members, which is necessary to offset the losses incurred from Haiyan," Mosquite said. "Many of our members have been unable to repay their loans, so attracting new members will lessen the burden on our bottom-line."
During their visit, Salinas and Graves saw firsthand that credit unions have helped rice and coconut farmers and fisherfolk return to work.
"Thank God for the security of our credit union, for without it, we would have been lost," said Irene Daya, a retiree from Tacloban City. "I never lost contact with my money and management has been willing to restructure loans, proving that their purpose is truly to help the members."
Learn more about World Council's Philippines relief efforts at www.woccu.org/philippines_relief.
World Council of Credit Unions is the global trade association and development platform for credit unions. World Council promotes the sustainable development of credit unions and other financial cooperatives around the world to empower people through access to high quality and affordable financial services. World Council advocates on behalf of the global credit union system before international organizations and works with national governments to improve legislation and regulation. Its technical assistance programs introduce new tools and technologies to strengthen credit unions' financial performance and increase their outreach.
World Council has implemented 300+ technical assistance programs in 89 countries. Worldwide, 89,026 credit unions in 117 countries serve 260 million people. Learn more about World Council's impact around the world at www.woccu.org.


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John Parry, chief executive of Parsippany-based Solix Inc. and a leading national advocate for workplace flexibility, said while Yahoo is making waves by banning telecommuting, flexible work arrangements have made his workers more engaged in their jobs while also boosting productivity.
Solix had revenue of nearly $100 million last year; the private company's 800 workers, nearly 500 of them in New Jersey, determine eligibility for subsidy programs offered by government agencies and private companies. The federal government contracts with Solix to determine eligibility of school systems nationwide for billions of dollars a year in subsidized phone and Internet services that are awarded based on the community's economic need.
Yahoo's new CEO, Marissa Mayer, ignited a debate on workplace flexibility last month when she announced that employees of the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet giant could no longer work from home.
"I can't comment on why she just shut it down, but we have exactly the opposite feel," when it comes to telecommuting, Parry said. There needs to be a balance, however: Parry said it wouldn't work for his employees to telecommute full time, because they need and want interaction and help from colleagues.
And while many program eligibility screening tasks can be handled by individual employees, it takes a team to analyze multimillion-dollar applications for telecom and Internet service from huge school systems like New York City.
Parry said full-time employees work a 7.5-hour day and can vary their starting times — some chose to arrive at 6:30 a.m., others start work at 10 a.m.
"That enables people to miss the traffic, to get their kids on the bus if that's what they need to do," he said, adding that 70 percent work at home one or more days a week. The company's commuting policies last year earned Solix a New Jersey Smart Workplaces Award from the state Department of Transportation.
Parry said he knows that his workers are productive, because "most of our work is very measurable. We have people reviewing applications for grants and for subsidies from governments, they are reviewing applications for cell phone subsidies from commercial entities, and it's all done online. We can see how many applications are done per hour, and we can assess the quality of these individual reviews."
He said the company's productivity has improved each year since it was founded in 2004. "Part of that improvement is because we don't have any churn. People don't leave the company — they really enjoy the opportunity to work here. Flexibility is important to many people."
He said a flexible office removes some of the "noise" in the system, too. "You get rid of the things that bother people, that are on their minds and that take their attention away from what we are trying to do for our customers," he said. "That stuff kind of goes away when your employer is treating you like an adult."


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The Pacific women's volleyball team flunked its first big test in Big West Conference play without its senior setter.
The Pacific women's volleyball team flunked its first big test in Big West Conference play without its senior setter.
The Tigers entered the match at the Pyramid on Saturday in sole possession of second place, but were dominated by the host 49ers 25-16, 26-24, 25-18.
Long Beach State (10-9, 4-2) thrust itself back into the postseason chase by sweeping UC Davis and the Tigers (15-3, 3-2) this weekend. Hannah Clancy missed the match after tweaking her left knee in a win at UC Irvine on Friday.
Not much went right for the Tigers outside of the second game, which they led 24-21 before the 49ers closed the frame with five straight points.
Freshman opposite Kat Schulz had 12 kills and 10 digs, while junior middle blocker Jennifer Sanders had 10 kills on 31 swings as Pacific hit just .107. Freshman setter Kimmy Whitson played her first full match and finished with a career-high 36 assists, six digs, three blocks and two aces.
Long Beach State hit .204 as a team with junior outside hitter Delainey Aigner-Swesey leading a balanced attack with eight kills.
The Tigers will resume Big West play next weekend at Spanos Center, hosting Cal Poly at 7 p.m. Friday and UC Santa Barbara on Saturday.
At San Diego, the Pacific cross country team ran its final 6K event before the Big West Championships, but didn't finish among the top 13 schools.
Among individuals, freshman Lindsay Wourms was 31st with a time of 23 minutes, 38 seconds. Fellow freshman Becky Grabow finished in 71st with a time of 24:27. Pacific will be at the Bronco Invitational in Santa Clara on Saturday.
At UC Davis, sophomores Denis Stolyarov and Erik Cederwall posted an 8-4 victory to move into today's consolation bracket semifinal at the UC Davis Invitational. Stolyarov and Cederwall also earned victories in the round-robin singles competition. Sophomore Ben Mirkin won in the Flight-A Intercollegiate Tennis Association singles consolation bracket.
At Saratoga, the Mustangs beat Cabrillo 11-2 and DeAnza 18-4 in matches played at West Valley College. David Brock scored seven goals on the day, and goalkeeper Steve Barrington recorded a total of 23 saves for the Mustangs (11-7).


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Just bought my first mustang. I had to travel over two hundred mile's to find the one I truley loved. What I like most is the new head lights. They are prutty exspensive but looks great. Also I had the tell pipe changed to crome that give's it a deep muscle tone loving it. 5 speed stick shift give's me great control for speed can't wait to encounter my fist street race........
This is my first car. I was looking forever on craigslist for a cheap car. i didn't care what or if it ran. i found this under hyundai and saw it was located not even 3 miles away. I paid $250 for the car in August/September. it didnt run and it does need lots of work. I got it running the first time for $10.39. that was for spark plugs. As far as history goes. i know the guy was doing custom work and simple repair/rebuilds. the car is from north carolina. only rust is located in the spare tire compartment which leaks in from under the rear side window and a small bubble under tailgate. the cars biggest problem is the previous owner snapped one of the bolts that secures the fuel rail. i have rigged it to work but i want to repair it.
1998 Ford Mustang Performance
- 3,797 cc 3.8 liters 6 V front longitudinal engine with 96.8 mm bore, 86 mm stroke, 9 compression ratio, cast iron block, light alloy head, overhead valve and two valves per cylinder
- Unleaded fuel
- Fuel economy EPA highway (l/100km): 7.8
- Multi-point injection fuel system
- 59 liter fuel tank
- Heavy duty alternator
- Heavy duty battery
- Power: 112 kW , 150 HP @ 4,000 rpm; 215 ft lb , 298 Nm @ 2,750 rpm
1998 Ford Mustang Handling
- 2.73:1 axle ratio
- Four disc brakes including two ventilated discs
- Immobilizer
- Spacesaver steel rim spare wheel
- Strut front suspension with stabilizer bar independent with coil springs , beam rear suspension with stabilizer bar rigid with coil springs
1998 Ford Mustang Exterior
- Front and rear body color bumpers
- Driver and passenger power black door mirrors
- External dimensions: overall length (mm): 4,610, overall width (mm): 1,824, overall height (mm): 1,351, wheelbase (mm): 2,573, front track (mm): 1,539, rear track (mm): 1,501 and curb to curb turning circle (mm): 11,674
- Complex surface lens halogen bulb single headlights
- Metallic paint , black paint , gloss paint
- Rear window
- Tinted glass
- Weights: gross vehicle weight rating (kg) 1,708 and curb weight (kg) 1,390
- Windshield wipers with variable intermittent wipe
1998 Ford Mustang Interior
- Air conditioning
- Fixed mast antenna
- Front ashtray
- Stereo manufacturer's own audio system with AM/FM
- Cargo area dimensions:
- Front seats cigar lighter
- Clock
- Floor full console with covered storage box
- Courtesy lights
- Front seats cup holders
- Door pockets/bins for driver seat and passenger seat
- Floor covering: carpet in passenger compartment and carpet in load area
- Driver and passenger front airbag
- Bucket seat
- 3-point reel front seat belts on driver seat and passenger seat
- Front seat center armrest with integral box
- Lockable glove compartment
- Height adjustable two head restraints on front seats
- Illuminated entry system
- Internal dimensions: front headroom (mm): 970, rear headroom (mm): 912, front hip room (mm): 1,341, rear hip room (mm): 1,204, front leg room (mm): 1,082, rear leg room (mm): 770, front shoulder room (mm): 1,361, rear shoulder room (mm): 1,323 and interior volume (liters): 2,350
- Remote power locks
- Power steering
- Front power windows with one one-touch , rear power windows
- Front reading lights
- 3-point reel rear seat belts on driver side and passenger side
- Bench symmetrical two rear seats
- Rear view mirror
- Electric remote trunk/hatch release
- Cloth seat upholstery with additional cloth
- Seating: four seats
- Four speakers
- Plastic steering wheel
- Tachometer
- Driver and passenger vanity mirror
- Ventilation system with four fan speeds
Engine: ECI-Multi.(fuel injection) 1.5L SOHC 4cyl. Approx. 81hp
5 spd manual(originally automatic)
3dr Hatchback
In 1994 the Mustang underwent its first major redesign in fifteen years. Code named "SN-95" by Ford, it was based on an updated version of the rear-wheel drive Fox platform called "Fox-4." The new styling by Patrick Schiavone incorporated several styling cues from earlier Mustangs.[36] For the first time since 1973, a hatchback coupe model was unavailable.
The base model came with a 3.8 OHV V6 (232 cid) engine rated at 145 bhp (108 kW) in 1994 and 1995, or 150 bhp (110 kW) (1996–1998), and was mated to a standard 5-speed manual transmission or optional 4-speed automatic. Though initially used in the 1994 and 1995 Mustang GT, Ford retired the 302 cid pushrod small-block V8 after nearly 40 years of use, replacing it with the newer Modular 4.6 L (281 cid) SOHC V8 in the 1996 Mustang GT. The 4.6 L V8 was initially rated at 215 bhp (160 kW), 1996–1997, but was later increased to 225 bhp (168 kW) in 1998.[37]
For 1999, the Mustang received Ford's New Edge styling theme with sharper contours, larger wheel arches, and creases in its bodywork, but its basic proportions, interior design, and chassis remained the same as the previous model. The Mustang's powertrains were carried over for 1999, but benefitted from new improvements. The standard 3.8 L V6 had a new split-port induction system, and was rated at 190 bhp (140 kW) 1999–2004,[38] while the Mustang GT's 4.6 L V8 saw an increase in output to 260 bhp (190 kW) (1999–2004), due to a new head design and other enhancements. There were also three alternate models offered in this generation: the 2001 Bullitt, the 2003 and 2004 Mach 1, as well as the 305 bhp (227 kW) (1999) 320 bhp (240 kW) (2001–2002),[39][40] and 390 bhp (290 kW) 2003–2004[41] Cobra.
Tires: 175/70R-13
13" Alloy Wheels
Brakes: front disks, rear drums
Panasonic tape deck
No in-dash Tach or power steering
1998-2004 Ford Mustang Halo Headlights+Hid 2000 2001 for $148.99
Previous Owner:
primer gray w/ black lime green engine enamel paint.
Panasonic CD player: Amatuer Stereo install(bad wiring, rear spkrs don't work)
Pioneer spkrs in dash & rear deck panels,
3A Racing muffler with poor install
Grill taken from Mitsubishi
Shoulder pads on rear seatbelts
Seat cover on Passenger Seat(he ripped the driver's side cover)
Matrix Pedal set - black and blue
Driver's side rear window tinted
Roof spoiler
Removed all side trim from ext.
Smoked Taillights
My Modifications:
Tinted passenger side rear window(not perfect but better than otherside)
Small Carbon Fiber-look scoops on hood
Tach On dash.
Shift knob( Being replaced later)
2010mnorris has no Car photo albums.
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How Nebraska and LSU Met in the 1985 Sugar Bowl The Jolly Roger was the pennant chased by the 10 Southeastern Conference schools during the 1984 season.
After an opening defeat to Miami and a memorable 21-21 tie with LSU, Florida put on a powerful display of purpose and sheer ability on route to a 9-1-1 season, its first at the top of the SEC standings. One of the keys to the success was a strong "us against them" mentality as the Gators were under the glare of a highly publicized NCAA investigation. Charley Pell, the coach under whose command the violations were committed was dismissed after Florida's third game and offensive coordinator Galen Hall took over.
From the standpoint of sheer interest, the Sugar Bowl was panting for the opportunity to get Florida in its New Year's Day classic. If they had reached the Sugar Bowl, the Gators would not have been an underdog to anyone in the country on a neutral field. The question was what the SEC would choose to do in response to the Florida violations.
Sugar Bowl President Elliott Laudeman said with proper decorum that his bowl would be happy with whatever decision the conference reached on the sticky situation. "We'll take the SEC champion with no question asked," he said.
While the SEC was pondering how to deal with Florida, which put up no front of innocence, the Gators were thoroughly chewing up the league on the field. When Florida won its sixth consecutive game against preseason favorite Auburn, the Gators were in position to win their very first conference title with another victory the following week against Georgia.
Florida did, in fact, win the next week, but the SEC's decision was to ban the Gators from any postseason representation, re-opening the Sugar Bowl slot.
LSU had a strong shot to tie Florida for a co-championship, but a late-season upset at the hands of Mississippi State seemed to put Auburn in position to represent the SEC in the Sugar Bowl. But when Auburn missed a long field goal attempt in the fading seconds of a loss to Alabama, LSU was alone in second place of the SEC – and in the Sugar Bowl for the first time since 1968.
First-year LSU Coach Bill Arnsparger was on a recruiting trip while Auburn was playing the Crimson Tide. "I was going to the airport in Monroe (Louisiana) and couldn't hear the Auburn game until we were up in the air," Arnsparger said. "Then we got the game on the radio when Auburn had the ball and was trying that field goal. When I heard they missed it, I hugged the pilot. But he kept that little plane on course anyway."
Unquestionably the best team in the conference was not in the SEC corner of the Sugar Bowl. But, despite the predictable jeers at LSU getting in on a pass, given the circumstances the Sugar Bowl got the most deserving SEC team. As it was, the most important games on the respective schedules of Auburn and LSU were Florida and Alabama. Auburn didn't beat either, and LSU didn't lose to either one.
In the other corner of the Sugar Bowl was Big Eight co-champion Nebraska, an upset victim of Oklahoma but the only team the Vegas odds-makers felt was close to being the equal of Florida.
That was enough to make some Sugar Bowlers ill at the thought of what might have been – Florida-Nebraska, the two strongest teams in the country in terms of sheer talent. Instead, the 11th-ranked Tigers from just down the road, had the opportunity to take on the fifth-ranked Huskers, coached by Tom Osborne, who had never coached a team that won fewer than nine games in his nine-year career at Nebraska.
Recap excerpted from the book "Sugar Bowl Classic: A History" by Marty Mulé, who covered the game and the organization for decades for the New Orleans Times-Picayune.


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Post-marketing Surveillance of Children With Chronic Hepatitis C Treated With Intron A (Vial or Pen) and Rebetol (Study P04397)(TERMINATED)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00727077
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Study halted due to low recruitment. The 3 participants at time of termination transferred into study P04538 (NCT00727077). See NCT00727077 for details/results.)
First Posted : August 1, 2008
Last Update Posted : April 8, 2015
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The objective of the study is to assess the safety and efficacy of Intron A (3 Mio I.E./m2, 3 times per week) and Rebetol (15 mg/kg/day) in children aged 3 to 17, treated in common medical practice at 10 sites in Germany. The primary objective is to determine if there are any new severe adverse events observed with this recently approved dosing regimen. The study will also evaluate the rates of eradication of the HCV virus.
This study was terminated due to low enrollment. At the time of termination, 3 participants had enrolled. Therefore, these 3 participants transferred into study P04538 (NCT00727077) and will be included in the P04538 (NCT00727077) data reporting.
|Condition or disease
|Hepatitis C, Chronic Hepatitis C
|Biological: IntronA (interferon alfa-2b; SCH 30500) Drug: Rebetol (ribavirin; SCH 18908)
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|3 participants
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|Official Title:
|Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Children With Intron Vial or Pen and Rebetol According to German Law (§ 67 Abs 6 AMG)
|Study Start Date :
|June 2006
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2007
Children age 3 to 17, with chronic hepatitis C, treated in clinical practice at 10 German sites
Biological: IntronA (interferon alfa-2b; SCH 30500)
IntronA (3 Mio I.E./m2, 3 times per week) administered in accordance with the SPC and approved European labeling
Other Name: SCH 30500
Drug: Rebetol (ribavirin; SCH 18908)
Rebetol (15 mg/kg/day) administered in accordance with the SPC and approved European labeling
Other Name: SCH 18908
- Incidence of serious adverse events [ Time Frame: After the inclusion of the subject in the study (defined as the time when the subject signs the informed consent) and up to 30 days after the subject completed or discontinued the study ]
- Sustained virologic response (defined as undetectable viral load at 24 weeks post-treatment) [ Time Frame: Assessed at the end of treatment and 24 weeks post-treatment ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|3 Years to 17 Years (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients with chronic hepatitis C (serum HCV-RNA-positive)
- Age 3 to 17 years
- Treatment-naïve
- Platelets >= 100,000/mm^3
- Neutrophil counts >= 1,500/ mm^3
- TSH must be within normal limits
- Hemoglobin >=12 g/dL (females); >=13 g/dL (males)
- Women of childbearing potential must have a routine pregnancy test performed monthly during treatment and for 7 months thereafter. Sexually active female subjects of childbearing potential must be practicing adequate contraception (intrauterine device, oral contraceptives, implanted contraceptives, surgical sterilization, barrier method, or monogamous relationship with a male partner who has had a vasectomy or is using a condom (+ spermicide) during the treatment period and for 7 months after stopping treatment.
- Sexually active male subjects must be practicing acceptable methods of contraception (vasectomy, use of condom + spermicide, monogamous relationship with a female partner who practices an acceptable method of contraception) during the treatment period and for 7 months after stopping treatment.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Contraindications according to the SPC and European approval
- Pretreatment of chronic hepatitis C
- Liver decompensation
- Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any interferons or to any of the excipients
- Pregnant woman
- Woman who are breast feeding
- Existence of or history of psychiatric condition, in particular depression, suicidal ideation or suicide attempt
- A history of severe pre-existing cardiac disease, including unstable or uncontrolled cardiac disease in the previous six months
- Severe debilitating medical conditions, including patients with chronic renal failure or creatinine clearance < 50 mlLmin
- Autoimmune hepatitis or history of autoimmune disease
- Severe hepatic dysfunction or decompensated cirrhosis of the liver
- Pre- existing thyroid disease unless it can be controlled with conventional therapy
- Epilepsy and/or compromised central nervous system function
- Individual decision of physician if patient suitable for treatment (e.g., disturbance of growth)
|Responsible Party:
|Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00727077 History of Changes
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|First Posted:
|August 1, 2008 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 8, 2015
|Last Verified:
|April 2015
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C, Chronic
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis, Chronic
Liver Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Hepatitis, Viral, Human
Virus Diseases
Enterovirus Infections
Picornaviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Flaviviridae Infections
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs


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Manchester school panel says no to new lice policyBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 12. 2013 9:53PM
MANCHESTER - A few years ago, the state Department of Education issued new guidelines urging school districts to stop subjecting students to mass inspections for lice, sending them home if found to be hosting the tiny parasitic insects.
It took members of the school board of the state's largest school district all of a half-hour to reject the state guidelines, which are based on new research from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other health authorities.
"I think we need to strengthen the existing policy," Manchester board member John Avard said ahead of the vote Tuesday by the board's Coordination Committee. "By not taking infected kids out of the classroom we're just making it worse."
The committee voted unanimously to "receive and file" - or reject - the proposed policy change. The full board will still consider the proposal, but it is unlikely to go against the recommendation of the committee.
District Superintendent Thomas Brennan had proposed revising the "no-nit" policy in response to several recent cases, after consulting? with school and city health authorities.
Under the proposed policy, students "found to have pediculosis capitis (head lice) should be allowed to remain in the classroom if that student is comfortable but can be dismissed at the school nurse's discretion and/or if the parent/guardian would like to expedite treatment of the child."
The policy would have also ended the district's current practice of having a school nurse conduct "periodic examinations of students' heads."
State guidelines
District officials cited the revised state Department of Education of guidelines in proposing the change.
"'No nit' policies contribute to the stigma created around lice. This over-emphasis on case-finding can lead to unproductive use of time by school staff and parents, missed classes, unnecessary absences, and parents missing work," the state DOE notes in the guidelines.
The guidelines further state, "Education of parents in identifying and managing head lice is the most helpful. Parents should be encouraged to check their children's heads for lice if the child is symptomatic and when close contacts have head lice."
Members of the Manchester board, however, raised concerns on Tuesday about how responsive parents would be in addressing their children's condition.
"It's an unfortunate situation. Some people have a hard time fixing the problem," board member Debra Gagnon Langton said.
School policies
The relaxing of "no-nit" policies has been pushed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses.
A widely cited 2009 pediatric academy study found that "no-nit" policies created unnecessary anxiety among students and that teachers and nurses often mistook dandruff, dirt and other conditions for lice.
It's not clear how many districts have changed their lice policies in response to the new research and state guidelines.
Last year, the ConVal District, which includes Peterborough and surrounding towns, issued new guidelines that noted that "Head lice cause unnecessary absence from school and work."
The academy study recommended that only the discovery of live lice necessarily merited treatment. Without a trained eye, determining whether eggs, known as nits, are live or inert is difficult, the study noted.
All about lice
The state guidelines note that despite the conventional wisdom, lice are not easily spread.
"Lice do not jump or fly. They cannot be caught from grass, trees, or animals. They are spread only by crawling from person-to-person directly or onto shared personal items, such as combs, brushes, head coverings, clothing, bedding and towels," the guidelines note.
There are several recommended treatments for lice, including over-the-counter medications, containing Permethrin, such as Rid and Triple X. The are also prescription medications, including Lindane and Malathion.
Nits can be removed using a fine-tooth combs, along with a solution of vinegar and water. The state guidelines recommend a daily nit check for at least 10 days after treatment.
In addition, new technologies have emerged for treating lice.
The state's first head lice treatment salon recently opened in Plaistow. The proprietor uses LouseBuster, an FDA-cleared medical device that she says kills all stages of head lice, including the eggs, in a one-time, 30-minute chemical-free treatment.
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The Phillies and their three remaining arbitration eligible players have exchanged contract numbers.
Here is the rundown:
* Righthander Joe Blanton, who made $5.475 million last season, is asking for $10.25 million. The Phillies have offered $7.5 million.
* Catcher Carlos Ruiz, who made $475,000 is asking for $2.5 million his first year of eligibility. The team is offering $1.7 million.
* Centerfielder Shane Victorino, who made $3.175 million last year, is asking for $5.8 million. The Phillies have offered $4.75 million.
The team and the players can continue to negotiate a contract, either for one year or a multiyear deal, until the time of a scheduled hearing. The panel of arbitrators can select either the player's figure or the team's figure, but cannot come up with another figure.
Hearings are scheduled to begin Feb. 1.
Earlier in the day, the Phillies announced that reliever Chad Durbin avoided arbitration by agreeing to a 1-year deal worth $2.125 million.
More to come.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. intelligence chief says that budget cuts have jeopardized America's security and safety — and will only get worse over time.
Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper told a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Tuesday that the across-the-board funding cuts have shaved about $4 billion from intelligence budgets. He said that amounted to about 10 percent of national intelligence programs.
Most of the funding cuts have come in the Defense Department, but Clapper said thousands of FBI agents possibly could be furloughed from their jobs. He said operations for collecting intelligence — through personal contacts and technical spying — also will be reduced.
But he said the cuts will be felt across the entire 16-agency U.S. intelligence community.
The across-the-board automatic cuts of $85 billion began March 1.


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United Dominion Realty Trust (NYSE:UDR) owns and rents multi-family residential apartment communities. [1] The company's properties generally target the middle-market of apartment lessees.[2][3]In 2010, UDR reported a total revenue of $632M and a net loss of $106.6M primarily due to increased depreciation and amortization costs. [1]
UDR is intricately tied to interest rate tides, which have several important effects: While the company competes for tenants with other apartment operators, it also competes on the relative attractiveness of owning a home versus renting an apartment. When home prices are high, renting becomes more attractive (and vice versa). Interest rates determine the attractiveness of mortgage financing. When interest rates are high, renting becomes more appealing as financing a mortgage becomes more expensive. It is also important to note that UDR operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). As such, the company must distribute at least 90% of its cash flow to shareholders every year in the form of a dividend. When interest rates rise, so do demands for investment yields on dividends, which can depress a REIT's stock price.
UDR is real estate trust that owns, acquires, renovates, develops and manages apartment communities nationwide. It operates through its subsidiaries, which include two operating partnerships, Heritage Communities L.P. and Union Dominion Realty, L.P and RE3, a subsidiary which focuses on development, land entitlement and short-term hold investments.
The company's primary objective is to maximize economic returns of the apartment communities which its owns to provide stockholders with highest possible total return. The company strives to accomplish this objective through three main strategies:
UDR focuses on increasing its presence in markets with favorable job formation, low-single family affordability and a favorable demand/supply ratio for multifamily housing in order to ensure that the communities which its owns, develops, and operates have a growing source of consumers willing and able to rent them. Approximately 56.8% of the Company's same store net operating income was provided by its communities located in California, Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Oregon, and Washington State. UDR manages/strengthens its portfolio of properties through acquisitions, development, redevelopment, and joint-venture activities.
UDR works to improve its property management operations in order to obtain the highest return in the form of rental/lease payments from its apartment communities. The company has been automating its business in order to better meet the needs of its residents.
In order for the company to acquire, develop and operate its real-estate properties, access to low-cost capital is essential. Since the real estate trust industry is very capital intensive, the profitability of the company is directly impacted by changing costs of capital.
The company has been able to steadily increase its rental revenue per apartment unit over time, fighting inflation and driving organic growth. It has lowered its total apartment base over the previous three years, selling off more properties (at a gain) than it has redeployed into purchasing new units. This "recycling" of capital is a standard opportunistic practice of REITs, which most believe allow them to take advantage and mitigate the risks of the real estate cycle. It also leads to somewhat large income line items from "discontinued operations."
UDR has been concentrating on Southern and Northern California, Florida, Washington DC, and Washington state for its long-term strategy.[4] UDR believes that these areas will be the most profitable because it has already established itself in those areas and have formed high and unfavorable barriers to entry for its competitors.[4] In addition, these metropolitan areas have favorable job opportunities for its residents, as well as already affordable single-family units.
Concentration in these five areas allows them to leverage scale in these regions, but also exposes them to more geographic, local risk for these properties. More than half of its apartments are within these five areas and the local economies and real estate markets are important drivers for the companies ability to attract and retain tenants while being able to increase rents over time. Historically, UDR has been able to maintain a high occupancy rate.
UDR has pursued agreements with groups like the Witkoff Group to increase the company's reach and total size.[5]
The strength of the labor market has important implications for the company.[6] Jobs fuel demand for all types of housing, including multi-family/apartment dwellings. Strong job growth can drive higher occupancy rates and lead to increased unit rental revenue. High unemployment and slow job growth, on the other hand, can hamper the apartment rental market and, when job growth is negative, the company can experience falling occupancy rates and lower revenue per unit, which leads to less efficient apartment buildings as the utilization of the complex falls. The rate of population growth in the company's operating regions is another key determinant of the company's success. In towns whose populations are rapidly increasing, limited housing supply and/or the lag time in building houses leads to greater demand for the company's apartment units. The growth in local population is also closely correlated to the rate of job growth.
Factors driving the non-apartment, alternative housing market can have a substantial impact on the company. In the past, falling housing prices in the company's key markets, coupled with decreasing new home construction and the rising cost of financing mortgages increased demand for apartments relative to houses and other living alternatives. However, if housing prices continue to fall, houses can become more attractive to purchasers, and they may substitute away from apartments and opt for single-family housing instead.
Rising interest rates have several effects on this company and other apartment REITs:
The attractiveness of mortgage financing for home purchasers has important ramifications for the apartment REITs. If mortgage rates fall and credit is plentiful, buying a home becomes more attractive than renting an apartment, thus stifling demand for the company's rental units. On the other hand, if the availability and attractiveness of mortgages declines, as did during the fallout from the subprime lending crisis, renting an apartment becomes more appealing, so occupancy rates and rental revenue per apartment increase.
From UDR's perspective as the owner of the apartments it rents out and thus the holder of the mortgages on its apartments, rising mortgage rates can have an immense negative impact on the company's profits, especially due to the nature of the business itself, however, as a REIT, rising credit costs will reduce the company's profits.[7]
UDR competes against a wide array of other apartment rental owners and operators. In terms of market cap, UDR most closely competes with REITs like Essex Property Trust (ESS) and Camden Property Trust (CPT).
The market for multi-family housing is highly fragmented geographically within any given region. In terms of region concentration, it competes with BRE Properties (BRE) in the Western regions and Home Properties (HME) in the Mid-Atlantic and South Eastern regions. The company's real estate portfolio is spread across four geographic regions in 10 states, and has shifted to focus its investments within 5 major metropolitan regions. [8].


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Creative minds are rarely tidy. That adage goes a long way toward explaining why many craft rooms look like they should be declared official disaster areas.
If yards of unfolded fabric, spilled glitter and dog-eared photos are taking the joy out of your sewing and scrapbooking, you may want to try to add some organization to your crafting.
As with any organizational project, sorting is the hardest part. Sift through your craft materials and divide them by type: glues, trims, fabrics, tapes, stickers and so forth. Pay attention to which supplies you use most often, which you use less frequently and which you use together.
Once you determine how much of each item you have to store, you can decide the best means of corralling them. These 10 tips should get you started:
Put a lid on it
Glass jars offer clear views of buttons, sequins and rhinestones; use recycled jars and you'll save money along the way. Jars can sit on shelves, or consider fastening small embroidery hoops or T-bolt clamps to the wall, then adjust them to hold the jars tight.
Reuse old furniture
Your old armoire-style TV cabinet won't work with today's new flat screens, but you can give it new life as a craft storage unit. The TV section should provide ample storage for your sewing machine and iron. Use drawers or shelves to store fabric. Mount a bracket on the side, and you can hang your ironing board there.
Pick pockets
Fabric or vinyl hanging shoe organizers are great space savers. The pockets are perfect for paint brushes, markers, pencils and more. Hang the organizer on a wall or the back of a door for easy access to supplies.
Corral the ribbon
There are a variety of ribbon organizers on the market, or you can repurpose a stand-alone paper towel holder to store a dozen or more spools of ribbon at the same time.
Hang it up
If your craft room includes a closet with a clothes rod, consider hanging your supplies. Fabrics can be folded and hung from pant or skirt hangers. Or, you can organize decorative papers by color and store them in clear folders that you hang from skirt hangers.
Bind and store
Three-ring binders with clear page protectors are an ideal storage spot for scrapbook embellishments. Use tabs to sort by theme or color.
All on the board
Pegboard — the same stuff you use to organize your workshop or garage — can help tame the mess in your craft room. Cut pegboard to the desired size and paint it a color you love. Hooks for pegboards come in various shapes and sizes, so select ones that will easily hold the items you plan to store. Once you determine exactly what you want to store here, consider neatly outlining the item in Sharpie, so everyone will know exactly where they need to return your scissors or paper punch.
Spice things up
Walk into any second-hand store and you're likely to find an old spice rack. A fresh coat of paint can give it new life as storage for beads, pins, rubber bands or similarly sized craft goodies.
Keep it under wraps
Investing in specially designed paper dispensers with built-in cutters is probably a good idea if you're buying large rolls of craft paper. But if wrapping gifts is a more sporadic activity for you, consider storing rolls in a shiny galvanized garbage can. Extra tip: Instead of taping the loose end of paper, slip a 6-inch chunk of panty hose around the roll. The hosiery should be tight enough to hold paper in place but not so tight that it squeezes and dents the roll.
Define the space
If you don't have a separate room set aside for crafting, focus on keeping all your supplies and work area in the same room. You can use bookshelves with baskets as storage units that double as dividers between your workstation and the rest of the room. Or, you may find that the deep drawers in an old dresser are the spot in which to store fabrics, paints and more.


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Buster Olney's new blog post leads with the Roy Situation, and mentions that Roy expressed earlier this season that he wants what Halladay had:
Roy Oswalt has wanted a chance to play for a winner, and he mused to a friend earlier this year that he wants what Roy Halladay got in the offseason -- a chance to land with a team capable of winning the World Series. And so it could be that today or tomorrow, if the Phillies and Astros work out a tentative agreement for the right-hander, Oswalt will have a chance to accept or reject the exact opportunity that Halladay had -- to pitch for the Philadelphia Phillies.
Olney points out that, while the Phillies may not be good enough to reach the World Series this year, they are positioned very well to contend for the title in 2011. And you can bet Roy is thinking about that, as well. If this comes down to Roy's decision, I think he takes it.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Buster Olney on the Roymors
Labels: Buster Olney, Philadelphia Phillies, Roy Oswalt
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I would take Reid Brignac and Desmond Jennings from the Rays, that would be a nice return. OR Hellickson/Brignac. If we got that kind of return that would be impressive. If Werth going to Tampa is indeed part of the deal there are tons of possibilities. They have a lot of MLB ready talent at middle infield in Bartlett, Sean Rodriguez and Brignac. Good pitchers in the minors in Hellickson and Jake McGee. Cant wait to see what goes down.
- July 21, 2010 at 9:31 AM
What I want in return...
1 of Happ or Aumont (preferably Happ)
1 of Hellickson or W. Davis (preferably Hellickson)
+ Bartlett or Brignac and another B or C prospect
- July 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM
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Cougars win in three sets at home
A balanced approach utilizing most of the roster guided Taft College to a Central Valley Conference volleyball sweep over visiting West Hills College Friday in the Cougar Sports Center.
The Cougars improved to 10-5 overall and 3-2 in the conference after breezing past the Falcons 25-13, 25-18, 25-13.
"We played a little slow," was head coach Kanoe Bandy's analysis. "We were a little out of sorts. It was frustrating."
She used her bench liberally.
"The good thing is, this week we were able to give everyone some conference game experience."
The Cougars look to stay on the victory track. It marked the second consecutive conference win after two tough five-set losses to Fresno and Porterville.
TC travels to Visalia Wednesday to take on College of the Sequoias and will host Reedley College on Friday. First serve is at 6 both nights.
Chanel Cantere again paced the offense. She had 18 kills and nine digs on the defensive side.
Tiffany Mapusaga had 10 kills and six digs.
Sina Mauga had a strong night at the net with six blocks – five of them stuff blocks. She also had five kills.
Setter Rachel Kapesi had 38 assists and 11 digs.
Madison Lawley had four kills and Ono Taotofi five.
Lani Kaiwi and Tyra Williams both had nine digs, Kristen Kamakele four and Haley Walrath three.


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Where the Wild Things Came From
How children's books evolved from morals to madcap fun.
This somber mode continued through the Civil War. And then it went poof, dispelled by artists who became children's illustrators by happenstance. By the end of the 19th century, the art in kids' books had become madcap and zany and irreverent. From the postwar period, one can trace the imagery and style that are familiar from the classics of one's own childhood.
Click herefor a slide show on the history of children's book illustration in the United States, based on Timothy G. Young's new book, Drawn To Enchant.


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Friday, November 30, 2012
No Same Dress Fear
Photo's; Me by Alice Point and WishWishWish
I already posted my Asos Marketplace "No Same Dress Fear" look a few days ago but I really wanted to show you what the other bloggers who participated did, especially after reading the Brittish Elle article "The New Evening Wear" Basically the article added to my current Occasion Wear obsession where I am very intrigued by the idea of reinventing evening wear, the article called it beautifully "the Downtown" effect where the old rules to evening gowns simply don't apply anymore (think the right matching accessories etc.) and while I still went for a short length dress the article talks mostly about the long length dresses like the dresses by Alessandra Rich and exactly that (Alessandra's vintage, one of a kind looking dresses) brings me to show you what Carrie, Valentine and Olivia did!
Wish Wish Wish
Carrie's Gold Crispy Taffeta-ish frock really gives that something special! I never thought I could love taffeta fabrics like this, and I never thought taffeta could look somehow modern and sophisticated but after seeing Carrie's post I'm all for seeing the use of these typical vintage fabrics again in these typical vintage hues!
Hello it's Valentine
I really liked that Valentine went for a bold Victorian silhouette! and I love how she gave the "downtown effect" a new meaning by matching the dress fearless with boots while keeping hair and make-up polished! I'm actually really inspired by the idea of just tossing all the Evening Wear rules out of the window by what she did, I'm totally going to wear gowns with sneakers, just because!
What Olivia Did
Olivia went for a longer length dress which she combined with flat shoes! I think too often we (Woman) feel obligated to wear high heels when it comes to occasion wear! I honestly don't think this look would have worked they way it does when Olivia had forced high heels to go with it! The Beehive, Red Lips and Pearls add such a perfect Retro Gloss to the look while the flat shoes keep that much needed modern spark!
hahaha so yeah, I was the only sucker who went for a short length dress but I did however (as also stated in the British Elle article) felt the need to do 2 things, I somehow had the dire need to cover myself up ("a bit sexy without being showy") and wanted to re-invent the party dress idea by combining vintage elements like the bow with lace with something modern and downtown cool like the heels and socks.
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Skip to comments.Democrats push Reid to get more aggressive in shutdown battle
Posted on 09/21/2013 4:58:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Senate Democrats are urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to be aggressive in the standoff over a government shutdown with House Republicans.
They say Reid should counter the House Republican government funding bill by not only stripping language defunding ObamaCare, but by increasing funding for the rest of the government.
Democrats say Reid can afford to go on offense against Republicans given their division, and polls that show most voters would blame them if the government shuts down.
Were going to try to get as high a CR level as we can get, said Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the third-ranking member of the Democratic caucus, referring to the stop-gap spending measure. We are not going to be held hostage.
We think it should be higher than the $988 [billion] level, absolutely. But were not going to have a negotiation that deals with extraneous issues, he added. Were going to negotiate to get as a high a level as possible.
But the first step for Democrats, Schumer said, is to remove the ObamaCare issue from the government funding resolution......
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Keep it up. Bravery is contagious.
A MAJORITY of Americans have been shouting out for leadership from their elected officials, telling them to do what is right.
The grassroots will rise up and support senators and congressmen who will fight against the weak-minded, anti-American socialists trying to take over our country.
"The grassroots will rise up and support senators and congressmen who will fight against the weak-minded, anti-American socialists trying to take over our country. ".......
Yes, and replace those senators and congressmen who won't.
It is time to start playing hardball. Enough is enough.
Yes, Reid. Get more agressive like other Democrats in academia and at the state level.. call for death, injury, disease, torture to be suffered by your opponents and their children. Get with it, man. In you position you can do more than just wish it happens!
Oh, Senator Reid, I forgot to mention. Get a shotgun.
Yes. They need to stand shoulder to shoulder because the Left will never give them an inch.
Note below [This is how the Left plans to increase the cap in the CR language and then scream that the GOP wants to "kill (fill in the blank) with their mean spirited, drastic cuts.]
.... "The [2011] Budget Control Act sets a spending cap of $967 billion for fiscal year 2014. If Democrats boost funding levels in the stop-gap spending measure, sequestration will require a bigger automatic cut after New Years Day to keep below the BCA cap.
The stopgap spending measure passed by the House covers October, November and half of December. The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
Increasing funding levels for the start of the fiscal year could serve as a precedent for mitigating the automatic cuts looming for the rest of the fiscal year after January. Democrats could argue the cuts needed to bring the total years spending back down to $967 billion would be too drastic.
Senate Democratic sources say Reid could increase the funding level in the House-passed resolution by using the same floor procedure hes expected to use to remove language defunding ObamaCare.".....
See Post #6.
Me TOO!! Now the RINO Senators need to grow spines to protect ALL Americans from this nightmare.
How in the WORLD could Reid, Obama and the Democrats get MORE AGRESSIVE...they are PITBULLS already.
I, too, am extremely proud that the Republican House leadership pulled the caucus together to finally take a firm principled stand againt the "Horror" know as Obamacare. But.....the statement and stand, go way futher then just Obamacare. Obama and his Obamabot Democrat Party are enroute to destroying the American economy, American jobs, America medical care, America's position as the number one power in the world, increasing poverty in the USA by signifant count, keeping people of color in economic bondage, destroying free enterprize, etc. That's what this fight is all about!!!
Now....we, the American people need to really, seriously, embark upon an action program, by notifying our representatives in Congress, that we want this Obama activity stopped....dead in its tracks. So....keep the calls & e-mails to Congress Critters in both parties going, non-stop....and,, make certain that everyone of you and your friends, relatives, work associates, etc., signs & endorses, the Lee/Cruz Petition to Defund Obamacare Ignore, Democrats, media, RINOS, etc. They are frightened silly that a sea change is underway in the American Republic!!!
The question you all should shout from the rooftops today and tomorrow is: Where id Republican Leader of the Senator, Mitch McConnell??? it's time for McConnell to come out of hiding and pull the Senate Pubbies to act as one unit to Defund Obamacare. Example, Congressman, Peter King, (NY) was against the CR voted for yesterday in the House, yet he joined in voting Aye on the CR!!!
So.....fellow Freepers, Ameericans, all, get with the program, get on the internet today or tomorrow, and sign & endorse the Lee/Cruz Petition to Defund Obamacare!!! Join the already 1,600,000 Americans that have already signed & endorsed this most important petition!!! NOW!!! IMMEDIATELY!!! TODAY!!!
The left perceives weakness. It's well past time that they got it shoved back in their faces. In spades.
As the gauntlet has been picked up, we have to pick it and back the conservatives. We must. Because if conservatives fail to show themselves as willing to fight, we will lose far more in the longer term. Like the country itself.
If the conservative consensus emerges that there is absolutely no chance to affect the outcomes through the political process in Washington, then the next move will be to pivot and try to change it dramatically at the state level. I.e. through attempts at secession. And once that gets going, things are likely to get real ugly, real quick.
Oh and as for 'rat "leadership" and their fellow pederasts?
Bring It On.
Reid and his bunch resemble a false front on a studio film set. Fake. To further their incessant march to transform America into a one party government, they (and their accomplices in the media and academia) have no problem lying to and hurting the very people they purport to help.
There is no compromising with them - to do so is giving them the weapon they'll wield against you.
Reid must be put on the defensive. He and his bunch are not supported or liked by a majority of Americans.
Translation: We don't have the votes because too many Democrats want to get re-elected. Reid needs to use a magic spell so they don't have to vote.
They're bluffing and they can be stopped.
Good point.
Thomas Paine THE CRISIS (updated 2013)
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated. OBAMA, with an army to enforce his tyranny, has declared that he has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only to God...
There are cases which cannot be overdone by language, and this is one. There are persons, too, who see not the full extent of the evil which threatens them; they solace themselves with hopes that the enemy, if he succeed, will be merciful. It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf, and we ought to guard equally against both."
STAND TO, BE ALERT, There may never be another chance...This will be a moment that lives forever and you can tell your grandchildren you were there.
Can you imagine egging on Harry Reid? The man is already mental and a vicious political thug.
The Left long ago went over the edge. They will do anything, say anything, go scorched earth on anyone or anything that dares move or raise its head, if it's not in lockstep with their rabid goals.
Just ask Tom DeLay.
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Vocab activities for your classroom
The Descriptive Suffix "-ish"
In this Wordshop article, Susan Ebbers helps readers to distinguish between words ending in the suffix "-ish" and other types of "-ish" words. Ebbers then provides teachers with some creative suggestions for introducing students to the suffix "-ish."
Words ending with the suffix -ish are often adjectives, but this suffix has several senses. The suffix -ish is flexibly used with a base word to denote "somewhat, somewhat prone to, or somewhat like." For example, we have ticklish, reddish-blue, stylish, childish, boyish, a waspish tongue, a foolish old woman, a coldish wind.
Then we have Spanish, Irish, Scottish, Finnish, Danish, etc. These words are also typically used as adjectives (but not in "We just ate a danish for breakfast."). However, now the suffix creates a different sense. Does Scottish mean 'somewhat like a Scot?' No, typically it implies that someone or something hails from Scotland. An exception is, "I wore a skirt that looked rather Scottish." Doubtless, we could think of additional exceptions.
However, words like astonish, admonish, tarnish, polish, varnish, and establish are not adjectives; they are typically used as verbs (but polish and varnish are also nouns). Is this even the same suffix? According to David Crystal, it is not. In the comments of his marvelous post "On -ish," he states: "This ish [in verbs like tarnish] has a completely different etymology. It's from a French (and ultimately Latin) suffix expressing the beginning of an action."
I suspect this use of -ish, to create a verb, is largely extinct in English, if it ever existed. Perhaps it is found only in verbs that passed into English via French. Do folks today freely create new verbs with -ish, as in nourish and languish? Must I reverbish this post?
To be sure, we also find words like fish, dish, wish, swish, etc. What's going on with this set of words? Do they even contain the suffix -ish? No. There is no meaning in the string of letters in these cases; it is not a morpheme in these words, not an indivisible unit of meaning. Instead, these words comprise a phonogram family.
A few lesson suggestions for the suffix -ish:
Read: Read the delightful children's book Ish by Peter Reynolds to the class. A frustrated young artist is encouraged by his little sister, for his sketch may not look exactly like a vase, but it is vase-ish. Visit Book Chatter to meet the author and set up an account to read the book for free, online.
Invent: Encourage students to invent a new -ish word. Perhaps they might name a new group of people, possibly aliens: "This is the planet Bendlandia, where we speak Bendish."
Detect: Have students play word detective, searching through magazines and newspapers for words ending with the adjective-forming suffix -ish, clipping the words and placing them on a bulletin board. This could be a homework activity. As students read books, have them stay alert for this suffix. They could write their finds on index cards and add them to the class chart.
Write: Eventually, encourage students to use this suffix more frequently in their writing. Why not try writing a poem? As I recall, even my second graders, back in my teaching days, enjoyed limericks.
Play: One way to engage students in critical thinking is to play "Will the Real Suffix Please Stand Up!" After teaching children the adjective-forming suffix -ish, say a word in context. Students stand up and shout the word if it contains the suffix and is an adjective. If not, they remain seated. Then, they write the word in the appropriate column of a two-column chart, as shown below, and they underline the base word. Notice that the base word in mulish is not as transparent as in the other words. Discussion should include the idea that spellers have to drop the final e in mule before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel, as in mule + -ish → mulish.
Will the Real Suffix Please Stand Up!
(Teacher says)
Suffix -ish
No suffix
greenish They found a greenish rock.
darkish Wear the darkish sweater.
radish I bit into a crisp, red radish.
dragonish See the dragonish creature fly!
mulish The dog is stubborn and mulish.
Sort: More verbally proficient students might sort words into three groups: adjectives that end in the suffix -ish, verbs that end in -ish, and Other. Let partners collaborate during the sorting activity. Encourage discussion and prompt students to provide a rationale for their categorization.
That's all for now. Time for dinner! I have become a bit peckish!
Susan Ebbers is the creator of Vocabulogic, an edublog focusing on word knowledge and linguistic insight. She is a former K-8 teacher and principal, a Cambium Learning curriculum author, a national literacy consultant, and a doctoral candidate. Her research interests pertain to word-learning aptitude, measurement design, and motivation theory. In her spare time she writes poetry, including the Jamie's Journey series of children's books. Visit her website or follow her on Facebook.


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Miranda Cosgrove: Meet New Puppy, Penny!
Miranda Cosgrove shows off her new puppy Penny in this new shot from Instagram.
The 20-year-old former iCarly star wrote with the pic, "Most amazing surprise early Christmas gift #penny #inlove."
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Miranda Cosgrove
Earlier this year, Miranda lost her other dog, Pearl.
"My dog, Pearl, passed away today. She was there on my first day of kindergarten and my first day of college. I'll love her forever," she wrote on Twitter.
WHAT DO YOU THINK of Miranda's new puppy?
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McPherson area teams go 2-3 Friday.
It was like the good ol' days for the Moundridge Wildcats Friday night, their offense pounding out big yards to produce a victory.
The Wildcats broke into the victory column for the first time this year with a 35-26 win over Remington.
Daniel Ratzlaff rushed for 163 yards and three touchdowns, while Garrett Higgins added 122 yards and two scores to lead MHS to the victory. The Wildcats rang up 331 rushing yards. Matt Castor had a big game defensively as he was the team's top tackler.
"It is good to get the monkey off our back," MHS coach Courtney Moddelmog said. "Garrett Higgins and Daniel Ratzlaff made huge plays offensively for us and our defense spent almost the whole fourth quarter on the field trying to get stops, but we made just enough plays."
Inman 35,
Medicine Lodge 22
The Teutons raced to a 28-7 halftime lead, then saw Medicine Lodge pull within a score before finishing off their fourth win in five games.
Josh Miller had 169 yards and two touchdowns, one a kickoff return. Justin Friesen threw two TD passes and ran for another score. Tyler Cottam and Hank Thiessen caught the scoring tosses.
Cody Seiler had another huge defensive game with 11 tackles and an interception.
Inman coach Mike Vernon was pleased with the first half, but noted the Teutons relaxed somewhat to find themselves in a game.
"We're still learning to win," Vernon said. "We had them down, but let them up. We've got to finish teams off."
Hillsboro 20,
Smoky Valley 0
After starting the year 3-0, the Vikings now have lost two straight.
Tyler Proffitt ran for a touchdown and threw 74 yards to Shaq Thiessen for another score. The other Trojan touchdown was a 19-yard fumble return by Josh Wiebe.
Curtis Carlson rushed for 75 yards for the Vikings, but the passing game produced just 63 yards. The Vikings held Hillsboro to just 66 yards rushing and 150 passing, almost have of that on the TD pass.
Pretty Prairie 26,
Little River 8
The Redskins were dealt their first defeat of the year after four victories.
The Bulldogs led 20-8 at the half, the only Little River score on a 67-yard run by Grant Harvey.
Pretty Prairie then tightened up defensively in the second half, as the Redskins just couldn't get anything going.
Central Plains 56,
Canton-Galva 12
C-G trailed only 24-12 when the Oilers erupted in the final period.
Cody Savage ran for a touchdown and threw to Travis Unruh for the other Eagle score.
C-G coach Jeff Savage said injuries and turnovers led to the team's demise.
The Eagles are now 3-2 on the year.


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During the special session last week, the Senate created a responsible approach to solving the Medicaid budget shortfall. The House of Representatives agreed with the Senate plan and the bill was sent to Gov. Steve Beshear's desk. However, late Friday, March 25, the governor vetoed all of the important accountability provisions and is now left with an unrestricted checkbook combined with an unlimited credit card funded with your tax dollars.
The taxpayer scored a legislative victory this week when the House passed the Senate's Medicaid budget proposal during the current special session.
Throughout the course of the Medicaid debate, the Governor and the Secretary of Health and Family Services have both been adamant that they can come up with $139 million in efficiencies and managed care to fill the Medicaid budget shortfall over the upcoming fiscal year. In the Senate, we feel it is our responsibility to trust, but verify their assumptions.
I just wanted to give my opinion on making our county wet.
I would hope we keep it dry.
Those who are for it tell us it will mean more money for the county and they are probably right, but they don't tell us it will mean more paperwork for the county, more law enforcement, more jail space to be paid for. It will also lead to more broken homes, more accidents and more deaths.
Is it worth it?
I would call on all church and county leaders to voice their opinion. I would hope they will vote "no" if it comes to a vote.
Once again Owenton Manor residents will host the annual community Easter egg hunt on April 9.
The rain date will be for the following Saturday. Each year our residents stuff plastic eggs with candy and surprises for children 12-and-under to find. We need your help in providing enough candy to fill the eggs.
You can contact us or leave your donation of candy, prizes of anything at the activity department. We want to thank you for your support.
I would like to express my opinion about making Owen County a wet county.
I think we need to put our trust in God to meet our needs and not depend of the sale of liquor to bring in more revenue.
The sale of liquor only causes more problems where it is sold or consumed.
Do you want saloons up and down Main Street to ruin our town?
Why spend thousands of dollars to get it on the ballot?
Let's stand united and stop it before it goes any further. We need to think about our children so we can bring them up in a more respectable environment.
The routine world of regulations, laws, and practices, accompanied by legislation, court decisions and agreements' have led to changes in the Owen County Clerk's Office.
Many are concerned about the future of Owen County, the education of our children, and the hope of local jobs when they grow up — and at the same time – holding to our rural roots.
In trying to do this, there needs to be a tax-base and industry to provide money and opportunity for all this to happen. Many different people worked to get the gas line to the industrial park, don't give up on that.
The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States' flag is made "to the republic for which it stands."
That flag represents a republic, not a democracy, not a dictatorship, and certainly not a world intrusive world empire which we have become. Progressive, Marxism (highly controlling) governments offer us nothing but hunger, torture, oppression, death and tyranny. The new world order, so highly praised by Obama, has made our nation of the sheep or as USSR Joe Stalin put it "useful idiots."
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