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I am a Laguna Beach resident and the owner of E-Cig City in Laguna Beach. I have read David Hansen's column for years and was in complete shock when I was bombarded by many people in regard to his Sept. 20 column in the Coastline Pilot.
I am sorry about his experience with a person blowing vapor in his face. This is not right. I am very careful to explain to my customers that they should not force vaping on people and should be very cautious when vaping around non-smokers.
I smoked two to three packs of cigarettes a day for more than 38 years. I tried to quit too many times to remember. I tried patches, gum, hypnotism, cold turkey, even Chantix.
I have to say of all these smoking-cessation tools, Chantix was the absolute worst. The side effects of this drug were so terrible that my family asked me to start smoking again.
I tried my first electronic cigarette in 2010. It was a scam I saw on television for a free electronic cigarette, and I really didn't believe it would work, but I thought I would give it a shot.
Well, $285 later I realized that it actually didn't work consistently, but I thought, wow, if this would just work it could actually get me off cigarettes. So I started researching everything I could find on electronic cigarettes. I bought every single model available. I tried every flavor, most of which I could not stand. I tried every gadget, atomizer and cartomizer and found many terrible products but some really great ones.
I quit smoking. It really worked. I thought every single smoker should at least try one of these. If only someone could help people weed through all the scams and technology, really understand the individual needs of each person's particular situation to help them identify what works for them, this would be a wonderful alternative to smoking cigarettes.
That is when I came up with the idea to start a store. I want to get people off tobacco, apreventable cause of death in the United States.
I opened the store in February of 2011 and supply only the best of everything the industry has to offer at reasonable prices, better than you can find online. I patiently explain to each customer the pros and cons of every item and how to properly use and maintain the devices. I save customers money every chance I get even though electronic cigarettes are only a fraction of the monetary cost of smoking.
I have had customers come into my shop telling me their doctors, or dentist, sent them to me and told them they have to quit smoking. To date over 17,000 cigarette and cigar smokers have completely quit because of E-Cig City in Laguna Beach. Many, me included, enjoy the ritual of the hand-to-mouth of vaping and or the use of nicotine.
I do not sell to minors.
Jason Shaeffer
Laguna Beach
Food Pantry grateful for the Volunteers
In the past, I've expressed gratitude to local markets, organizations and individuals who have supported the Laguna Food Pantry. Because of them, our nonprofit has been able to provide free groceries to many people dealing with economic hardship.
But today I'd like to thank another group, the dedicated volunteers who work so hard to keep our refrigerators and shelves filled for friends, neighbors and strangers. Seven days a week, they are either picking up and delivering food in their own vehicles or unloading, cleaning, sorting and stocking the tons of donations our friends at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and Pavilions give us.
All the while, they are gracious to our visitors, treating them with the warmth and dignity they deserve.
Some of the volunteers are shoppers who offered to stay to help. Others are our homeless neighbors, grateful for an opportunity to feel useful and give back. And quite a few are donors and residents who simply wanted to participate in a worthwhile cause. However they found their way to our door, we are deeply thankful they did.
Andy Siegenfeld
Chairman, Laguna Food Pantry
North Laguna residents want a vote
The board of directors of the Laguna North Neighborhood Organization opposes proceeding with the Village Entrance Project without a mandate from the voters.
Little or no effort has been made to convince residents who live here and pay the bills that the benefits outweigh the substantial costs. The three out of five council members who favor the project do so in the face of overwhelming opposition from the community.
We live in a beautiful place, and share it with others who are similarly attracted to its many charms. Visitors have made our community world-famous and contribute to the financial health of our local businesses and cultural institutions. For this, we are grateful.
However, over the years the Laguna Beach experience has deteriorated for residents and visitors. The cause is not difficult to determine — too many cars in a central area of beaches, shops, galleries, restaurants, festivals, theatres and a museum. We genuinely welcome the people who visit our town, but not their vehicles.
In response to this congestion problem, the City Council has voted to proceed with the construction of a centrally located, massive parking garage to be designated as the Village Entrance. This is equivalent to serving a glass of water to a drowning man.
The congestion arises from too many cars trying to get into and out of town. Welcoming more cars into the center of the action on over-burdened roads will only make the problem worse, particularly given the central location of the proposed garage.
Not only is the proposed Village Entrance project the wrong answer to the problem, the current and next generation of village residents will pay a steep price for it — $50 million to $65 million over many years. While some funds will be generated from the project itself, it is undisputed that precious resources will be used that would otherwise be available for other, more reliably beneficial purposes. It is no wonder that the public's blood is boiling and passions are running high against this development.
Given what's at stake, the voice of the people should be heard in a referendum on the issue.
Lester J. Savit
president, Laguna Beach North Neighborhood Organization
Leaders should be looking forward
It has been very amusing to read letters from the proponents of the parking structure when they use descriptive words such as "visionary" and "new" and describe opponents as "fearful."
Many cities around the world are seeking genuinely new, exciting, visionary and creative solutions to address automobile traffic and parking issues, and I am saddened that the best we can come up with is outdated, 1960s-era thinking and pass it off as forward-looking.
If Laguna votes to build such a concrete dinosaur, which will be used merely 2 ½ months a year, then at least it ought to be built in Act V.
That, along with improved tram/trolley service, an improved walking corridor and new landscaping around the existing parking lot and village entrance might get tourists out of their cars, solve some parking and traffic problems and improve the area's appearance.
Mark and Cheryl Michelon
Laguna Beach
Still too many questions about project
Two realities have become clear in regard to the parking structure and other improvements proposed for the Village Entrance: (1) This is a landmark project, and (2) no broad consensus exists.
The project will impact Laguna Beach for decades to come — aesthetically, environmentally and financially. However, despite untold numbers of public hearings, no from-the-ground-up analysis has been undertaken for the project, ever.
Even the 1995-1996 broad-based task force did not have the authority to examine what would be best for the site: The group worked under a mandate from the City Council stating that any project considered must include a parking garage containing at least 350 spaces.
Serious questions exist. Is this the right site for an enormous garage? What will be the effects on traffic, congestion, air quality and the Act V parking/ tram program if the planned garage is built?
Will the garage be a half-full white elephant during most of the year? Aren't we offering an old solution for a New World problem? Can more effective, less costly solutions be found? Should we be raiding our sewer and capital improvement funds to use for this project rather than improving the rest of our infrastructure and upgrading our sewers?
We have been told that council members will be taking an in-depth look at the project and listening to the public on Oct. 1. Unfortunately, I don't have much faith that the October meeting will be anything more than window dressing for decisions they've already made.
After all, in discussions about hiring a consultant to analyze the parking/traffic/congestion issues, as well as the aesthetic and economic ones along the entire length of Broadway/Laguna Canyon Road, individual council members have said the Village Entrance site should be left out of any such analysis.
We deserve better. We need a complete re-evaluation of the project and the right to vote on the proposal once that analysis is completed.
Kay Becknell Jones
Laguna Beach
Leave something for tourists to flock to
Concerning the Village Entrance project: Why? Former Mayor Neil Fitzpatrick succinctly said it all at a meeting last month when he said he'd thought we'd driven a stake through the heart of that idea.
The argument that we should get off the dime and finally pass this thing is specious — a bad idea remains a bad idea. Why should we pay better-spent megabucks on an ugly addition that will further clog an already congested area of town?
To my mind, this less-than-attractive part of Laguna could definitely use some landscaping improvement, but no matter how carefully disguised, a hugely expensive parking structure will subtract, not add, to our visual appeal.
As far as adding parking places, we have a number of alternatives which should be substituted for this centralized plan, not added to it. (And really, $325,000 per additional parking spot!?)
We will never be able to add enough parking for all the visitors who might want to visit unless we pave over the whole town, and then what's to visit? Any plan involving a parking structure in this downtown location should be jettisoned. Drive a stake through it.
Rosemary Boyd
Laguna Beach
A vote is essential for Village Entrance
The Laguna Beach Democratic Club joins with and endorses Let Laguna Vote based on the following findings:
The $65 million Village Entrance project proposal is fiscally irresponsible and environmentally unsound, fails to serve the needs of the community and further deteriorates the serious congestion problems at Forest Avenue and Laguna Canyon Road.
We are proud to stand with many other community groups as a coalition demanding a vote by the residents of Laguna Beach.
Dick Frank,
President The Laguna Beach Democratic Club
I understand that the council will now be giving a period of public input on the Village Entrance Project. Still, I believe that until this revenue bond project is rejected by the City Council, people will continue to express their opposition.
From my investigation of a revenue bond I found this definition, "A revenue bond is a special type of municipal bond distinguished by its guarantee of repayment solely from revenues generated by a specified revenue-generating entity associated with the purpose of the bonds, rather than from a tax."
To me that entity would be the parking structure itself, not the increased fees from parking everywhere in the city. I know that this definition could be finessed to include all parking fees, but I believe that this violates the intent of the revenue bond. Such bonds do not require a vote of the people because the repayment of the bond does not impact the citizens' interests.
In the current proposal the parking structure is expected to generate $300,000 a year, minus maintenance expenses, while the annual payment for the bond is expected to be around $2 million . The remaining $1.7 million annual payment will come from the increased parking fees outside the structure.
The revenue from these increased parking fees would otherwise be directed to city needs, such as more police, undergrounding utilities on the city's major arterials, and the development and implementation of a 21st-century mobility plan that would promote pedestrian and bicycle use and reduce traffic congestion in the downtown through peripheral parking and shuttle service.
Very relevant to the proposed city funding of a parking structure was Bill Moyers PBS program "Sports, Politics and Greed on Sept. 15. Part of the program dealt with corporate welfare for sports teams in which cities build stadiums at taxpayer expense yet it is the owners of the teams who benefit.
A taxpayer-funded stadium is currently being constructed in Detroit, despite the city being in bankruptcy. While watching this program I thought of our city's revenue bond plan for the parking structure. This bond, which uses the city general fund as collateral, represents city-funded welfare for nearby businesses. Not surprising, this project is supported primarily by nearby business interests. Other business owners worry that the proposed increased parking fees will negatively affect their businesses.
I urge the council to reject this revenue-bond project or allow a citizen vote on the bond. In Moyers' program then-Mayor of New Yorc City Rudy Giuliani was reported as saying that if he had allowed a referendum on the new taxpayer-funded Yankee stadium, he would have lost. I can only hope that the council will not take Giuliani's stance and instead will either reject the current revenue-bond project or allow a citizen vote.
Ginger Osborne
Laguna Beach
We need a vision of how beautiful the proposed conceptual plans for the intersection of Forest Avenue and Laguna Canyon — the entry to Laguna Beach — can be.
How amazing it could look seeing a greenbelt park, verses a blighted corner parking lot. Feeling the rumbling of tires over enhanced paving signaling you have arrived at downtown Laguna Beach. Accessing improved intersections between Forest Avenue, Laguna Canyon and Ocean Avenue because the entrance of the parking structure will be across from the festival grounds leading many of the cars entering Laguna Beach straight into the new parking structure, not into the middle of downtown.
Finally, it will include the renovation of the long forgotten Spanish-style tank building; all these elements will help beautify downtown Laguna Beach. I agree with Larry Nokes and expect Elizabeth Pearson and the other City Council members to move. Let's get it designed and priced out and move ahead with finishing the planning for such a vision for the beautification of Laguna Beach.
Marshall Ininns
Downtown business owner
We need the parking for locals and visitors
I think the city will benefit tremendously from increased parking downtown, creek enhancement and restoration, and a beautiful pedestrian park between the village and the festivals.
The addition of the park will also serve as a more beautiful village entrance — a big improvement over our current strip parking lot.
I am appalled by the conduct of some against this project. I resent the misleading signs quoting $65 million. I resent them passing out pamphlets at the farmer's market — completely inappropriate. And mostly, I resent their inability to wait and consider the proposal before jumping on the opposition bandwagon.
Our town has agreed for years we need more parking. It has been identified as our biggest problem for as long as I have been around. I agree with those who want more parking in outlying lots and those who want additional bus/trolley service.
But we also need more parking downtown for residents (and visitors). Many residents limit our downtown trips during the summer and during most weekends to the morning hours. I know I can find parking downtown before noon and so I limit my trips to that time. What a shame and a lost opportunity for local businesses and nonprofits.
Leadership is painful and the Village Entrance is certainly proving that point. But City Councils and city staff over the years have persevered and delivered Main Beach, Montage and Treasure Island Park and so much more. Hang in there, City Council.
Mary Ferguson
Laguna Beach
Price is too high for 200 spaces
Three members of our City Council are trying to ram through construction of a 4.5 four and a half story, football-field-long, parking structure for 500 cars. This would, supposedly, replace the 300 existing spaces and gain an additional 200.
Recent information from the city indicates that 18 of the existing 300 would be eliminated to allow ingress and egress into the proposed structure leaving a net gain of only 182 spaces. Meaning the 182 spaces will, in effect, cost $65,800,000.
What are these three council members thinking …or are they?
A public park always sounds like a good idea, but at this proposed location, congested already by vehicles and pedestrians that would be increased 10-fold by the parking structure, is not at all safe.
The existing city lot adjacent to City Hall could be re-evaluated and extended into the proposed park thereby supplying the added 182 spaces. Bids would be required for double-decking on all or part of a two-story structure that would create a lower profile and a far less expensive alternative.
Public transportation might be further explored to reduce the number of vehicles entering this part of the city while increasing visitor activity.
In review:
* The proposed parking structure is not the best or only solution to Laguna's parking problem.
* A public park in that location is a bad and dangerous idea.
* Additional parking for 500 spaces can be done in a more cost-efficient way.
* Let's not mortgage Laguna's future for 182 spaces.
Annette Stephens
Laguna Beach
Time to let the people vote
The City Council of Laguna Beach needs to call for a vote on the parking structure plan by the residents.
Almost everyone likes the idea of a Village Entrance, believing even a sign would help. However, few residents favor a $55 million or $65 million parking structure and tiny park. The expense is too high, and a parking structure is hardly appropriate as an entrance to Laguna Beach. Council members need to ask for guidance of the people by calling for a vote. We voted them in as representatives, not as kings and queens.
I urge people of Laguna to click on the http://www.letlagunavote.com website for more information about the upcoming fundraiser that will increase public awareness of this plan.
Karen Dennis
Laguna Beach
Issue is important to residents
Since the Laguna Bbeach Ccity Ccouncil has thus far refused to let the residents citizens of the city laguna beach vote on the proposed Village Entrance project which three of them voted for — Steve Dicterow, Elizabeth Pearson and Bob Whalen — easy to imagine a very large crowd at the 6 p.m. Oct. 1 meeting at cCity hHall.
Dozens of letters to the editor have appeared in on-line and print news sources and I'm sure City Council members have receieved hundreds of emails. Tthis is the biggest uprising of the people of Laguna in recent years. At the last council meeting, numerous participants brought signs and placards displaying their feelings.
Roger Carter
Laguna Beach
Council members need to be heroes and say no
The time has come for the City Council to rescind its approval of the Village Entrance project. I know it can't do anything official until the council meets on Oct. 1, but in the interim it can begin the process of changing its mind. All it takes is one of the three who voted yes to say "I've reconsidered. I vote no." And become an instant hero.
In so doing he or she will join all those who have already said nNo, in long lines before the lectern at City Hall, in yard signs all over town, in overflow meetings, and in a torrent of letters to the local press.
The people have voted. The Village Entrance project is moribund. All that remains is a simple final act.
Just say no.
Arnold Hano
Laguna Beach
To read more Letters to the Editor, visit http://www.coastlinepilot.com/opinion/forum.


text: Southeastern Conference coaches are on the cutting edge of technology, and the use of video conferencing to keep in touch with recruits is now the rage. The site 3rd Saturday in Blogtober got its Internet hack on, tapped into the webcams of SEC coaches and discovered what is really happening in this corner of cyberspace. We present two examples, with the rest of the humorous details at 3rd Saturday.

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NREL Helps the Navy with Renewable Energy Site Assessment at Indian Ocean Base
December 20, 2013
Reaching Diego Garcia, a remote island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, is not easy, but recently NREL's Otto VanGeet and Owen Roberts embarked on the long journey there. As part of an integrated Navy and NREL team, their goal was to help the Navy reduce costs by integrating wind and solar power with fossil fuel generators.
NREL staff, along with members of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, conducted a net-zero renewable energy site assessment in November at the atoll which stretches about 40 miles in a thin U-shape. The island's renewable energy potential—along with the possibilities for energy systems integration—really excited the team.
"Because of its locale, the base is all diesel-powered," VanGeet said. "They spend a lot on electrical generation," referring to the multiple megawatts of diesel generators that power the airstrip and facilities to support the Navy's mission. Reducing fuel costs is a high priority for the Department of Defense. In 2009, the Navy set a goal that 50% of their shore-based energy would come from alternative sources, and that 50% of their installations would be net-zero. For more than a year, more than 30 team members from across NREL disciplines have given various levels of technical assistance and conducted site assessments at 22 Navy installations to support the Navy in pursuit of the military's ambitious energy goals.
NREL's Expertise Makes It a Logical Partner for the Navy
NREL's renewable energy and energy efficiency expertise makes it a logical partner in this global enterprise. During six days of work at Diego Garcia, VanGeet and Roberts covered plenty of ground for the assessment.
"We looked for renewable energy and efficiency opportunities," VanGeet said. They analyzed the existing generation system to help determine specifications for new generators that can be integrated with variable power sources. They also discovered that the island is a very strong candidate for renewable energy options.
"We were looking particularly for solar and wind siting opportunities," he said.
To provide more data, they deployed a SODAR wind-measuring device which will monitor conditions for a year. That instrument will likely back their empirical assessment. "Diego Garcia has good solar, and great wind resources," VanGeet said.
However, there are several barriers to attaining a net-zero system at Diego Garcia. "Integrating a high penetration of variable energy onto the diesel grid and keeping the grid stable will be challenging," he said.
Still, VanGeet believes that the proper integration of renewable and diesel generators, energy storage, and other strategies could help the Navy make significant progress toward their energy goals. He says NREL's applied problem-solving approach practiced in the field directly ties back to much of the work at NREL's main campus such as the equipment testing at the Energy Systems Integration Facility.
The NREL team will submit a draft report with recommendations to the Navy, and the document will include options for renewable energy resources. "We want to make sure that diesel, photovoltaic (PV), and wind fit together nicely, and have the proper storage and demand control," VanGeet said.
"We've looked at a lot of islands," he said. "This is one of the most promising for PV and wind power hybrid systems that we've seen."
Also, VanGeet said he believes that solutions used on Diego Garcia would be "replicable for other places, and other island nations." As he notes, hundreds of islands and sovereignties face similar energy constraints.
-Written by Ernie Tucker


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WALTHAM, Mass. – The Rhode Island College women's basketball team put four starters in double figures today as the Anchorwomen defeated the host Brandeis University Judges, 66-49, in the championship game of the 2010 Judges Classic. RIC was paced by a game-high 24 points by junior guard Stephanie Coro (No. Providence, R.I./No. Providence), who took home tournament MVP honors.
Brandeis (2-2) got 16 points and a team-high four assists from junior guard Morgan Kendrew (Cotuit, Mass./Barnstable). Kendrew, who has led the Judges in scoring in all four games this season, got her points on 6-of-14 overall, 2-of-9 from deep and 2-of-2 from the line. Junior Kelly Ethier (Springfield, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) added 12 points, one shy of her career high, including 10 in the second half. Senior forward Amber Strodthoff (DePere, Wis./DePere) led all players with nine rebounds, while junior forward Brighid Courtney (Southampton, Mass./Northampton) had eight boards. As a team, Brandeis outrebounded RIC, 46-28, including 19-8 on the offensive glass.
Rhode Island College (3-0) used a fine defensive effort along with their balanced scoring to earn the win today. The Anchorwomen forced 31 Brandeis turnovers and owned a 35-12 advantage in points off those mistakes to take the win. Seventeen of their turnovers were as a result of steals, with four different players making at least three swipes. Coro topped the team in that statistic as well with five. The Anchorwomen held Brandeis to 33.9 percent shooting from the floor (20-59) and 23.1 percent from 3-point range (6-26).
Offensively, RIC was paced by Coro, who had 17 of her game-high 24 points in the first half. She shot 6-for-10, including all three 3-point attempts, in the first, finishing 8-for-18 overall, 4-for-9 from deep, and 4-for-4 from the line. Also scoring in double figures for the Anchorwomen was sophomore forward Courtney Burns (Rockland, Mass./Rockland), while senior guard Lauren Harrington (Exeter, R.I./Exeter-West Greenwich) and junior forward Rachel Riley (Coventry, R.I./Coventry) each had 10 points and tied for team-high honors with five rebounds. Riley and junior guard Nicole Girard (Foster, R.I./Ponaganset) tied for game-high honors with four assists each.
Brandeis jumped out to a 9-4 lead less than 4:30 into the contest when Strodthoff went coast-to-coast after grabbing a rebound. After RIC coach Marcus Reilly called timeout, the Anchorwomen responded, scoring 15 straight points – 10 from Coro, who hit a pair of trifectas in the run - over the next seven minutes. They forced eight turnovers, while Brandeis missed seven shots, as RIC took their largest lead of the first half, 19-9, on a Brittany Saccoccio (Gloucester, R.I./Ponaganset) free throw at the 8:49 mark.
Brandeis responded with a 13-2 run of their own, reclaiming 22-21 lead with 4:01 remaining on a put-back by sophomore Samantha Anderson (Johnsonville, N.Y./Hoosic Valley). She and Kendrew each had four points in the run. RIC answered by scoring 14 of the last 18 points in the half, half coming from the free-throw line, to take a 35-26 lead into the locker room.
The Judges climbed back within three points on a couple of occasions early in the second half, including a Courtney put-back just under four minutes in that got them within 37-34. RIC answered by holding Brandeis to just one field goal over the next six minutes, outscoring them 19-3. Eight points came from Harrington in the stretch which put the visitors up by 17 midway through the half. The lead never got below double digits the rest of the way.
Connecticut College (1-1) defeated Springfield (0-3), 66-60, in the consolation game. The teams were evenly matched, with Connecticut shooting 21-for-59 (35.6%) and Springfield shooting 20-for-59 (33.9%) from the floor. But the Camels had the edge in free-throws, shooting 16-for-19 (84.2%), and in 3-pointers, making 8-of-20 (40%). The Pride were 16-for-24 (66.7%) from the line and made 4-of-15 (26.7%) from deep.
For the Camels, rookie forward Tara Gabelman (Irvington, N.Y./Irvington) recorded a double-double and had game-highs with 22 points and 12 rebounds. She also led the team with five assists and netted two blocks. Rookie forward Caitlin Cimino (Falmouth, Maine/Catherine McAuley) also posted a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and two blocks. Also scoring in double digits was junior guard Jennifer Shinall (Redding Ridge, Conn./Joel Barlow) with 21 points, sinking 5-of-7 from beyond the arc. Shinall led the game with five steals.
For the Pride, senior guard Abby Connors (Douglas, Mass./MacDuffie) led her team with 12 points, while sophomore guard Meghan Biondolillo (Levittown, N.Y./Island Trees) put up 10 points. Senior forward Amelia Sapowsky (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Eastern) and Emily Walker ( Lee, Mass./Lee) each had eight rebounds.
The first eight minutes of the first half saw the Pride's only lead of the game. With the scored tied 15-15 at 12:33, the Camels made a seven point run, outscoring their opponent 11-4. At 10:06, with the Camels up by one, rookie guard Aly Boyle (Westford, Mass./Westford Academy) hit a three. Camino rebounded a missed layup from the Pride and sent a quick pass to Shinall who drained the shot from outside, to increase their margin to seven. The Pride made a run of their own, tying the score once more at 7:04. But Connecticut answered back, ending the half with a four point lead at 39-35.
The Camels led the way most of the second half, regaining their seven point lead. But two good shots in the paint and one from wide allowed to the Pride to tie to the score 54-54 at 2:52. Not to be denied, the Camels never allowed their opponent to gain the lead, making every free-throw down the stretch to secure the game with a 6 point victory.
In addition to MVP Coro, the All-Tournament team consisted of Riley from RIC, Ethier and Kendrew from Brandeis, Gabelman from Connecticut College and Biondolillo from Springfield.


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Global Imagination needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 169 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
Global Imagination
This project is a second round of designs. While quite happy with the first design winner and many of the designs submitted we are intersted in a different take on the design for this round.
Global Imagination makes the Magic Planet™ digital video globe - the digital display with a sphere shaped screen. We will be renaming this product for the education and consumer markets to iWorld. The Magic Planet/iWorld is to the standard old globe of yester-year as the iPhone is to rotary dial phones. It is high-tech - extremely cool - and highly effective as a teaching tool for anything with a a global context or planetary in nature. Global Imagination has been selling the Magic Planet primarily to premier museums, aquariums and planetariums around the world and currently uses an identity that feels dated, low-tech and decidedly un-cool. We are planning a major launch into the education market positioning the product with interactive white boards and other new technologies making tremendous strides into schools around the planet.
Our markets include government agencies like NASA, premium museums like The Smithsonian and corporate customers like Intel. We are planning a major launch into the worldwide education market. Because the content is digital it can be developed for elementary schools through university research departments. The primary buyers will be Education Departments within the government when centralized and to state education groups and school administrators in countries less centralized but the users will be teachers and most importantly students and should have its greatest appeal with them.
We want an EVOLUTION of our current logo, THREE elements must remain; an icon with an EYE, a EARTH/GLOBE/PLANET and the company name Global Imagination. The fonts and the icon should feel more modern and embrace technology. It must convey that the cornerstone of our business is a digital video globe, that this is an amazing new technology; a visualization device for anything global or planetary in nature and speak to the idea of education. We must have the flexibility to use the logo in a number of ways and on a variety surfaces and colors. Be creative with the solutions - please avoid globe depictions too similar to ATT, Google Earth, etc.
03-08-14 GI plaque final - shows our existing logo, although it is not necessary to include the website in your new design.
03-04-07 Logo - shows the icon used alone. The design of the icon is important because it must often stand alone.
Global Imagination - is the winning submission from our last project, while we still like the logo - more modern, communicates digital and technology we are interested in including the "eye" as per our existing logo and making "visualization" a key communication.
The others are of images of installations. More images can be seen on our website http://globalimagination.com/ or or photostream on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/magicplanet/
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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One veterinarian punctured the internal organs of two dogs during spaying procedures. A chiropractor had sex with the spouse of a current patient. A dentist, forbidden to prescribe controlled substances, did so by using a colleague's credentials.
In all, three dentists, two chiropractors and five veterinarians were disciplined or denied unconditional licensure in the second half of 2012, according to orders from the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, the Minnesota Board of Chiropractic Examiners and the Minnesota Board of Veterinary Medicine. Three other individuals were told to cease unlicensed veterinary work in that period.
William P. Rolfe, Jr., Hopkins, suspension for at least six months, $20,000 fine
Rolfe allegedly overbilled an insurer and used another dentist's credentials to prescribe controlled substances.
Rolfe has been prohibited by the board from prescribing controlled substances since 2001. That order also prohibited him from administering nitrous oxide and required a female attendant be present while treating female patients.
A 2005 order alleged he used another dentist's credentials to bill for dental hygiene services.
Rolfe, who denied the board's allegations, must pass a test on state dentistry laws, take an ethics course and report how to use what he's learned in the future.
Charles W. Sims, Bloomington, denial of petition
Sims was indefinitely suspended in 2009.
For a second time, Sims' petition for reinstatement was denied for his failure to demonstrate to the board that he was able to practice dentistry "with reasonable skill and safety."
Thomas E. Vukodinovich, St. Paul, limited and conditional license
Vukodinovich ordered narcotics for a family member and self-administered those drugs and others that he got from work or prescribed to himself. He kept no log of dispensed drugs. He entered treatment for opiate dependence twice in 2010 and enrolled in a monitoring program in 2011.
Vukodinovich was unable to provide accurate information about the sedation he provides to patients.
He may not order or maintain certain drugs, such as narcotics, except for use by patients. He must comply with conditions of the monitoring program, submit a report on sedation and allow random office inspections.
Wayne E. Gudgel, Redwood Falls, stayed suspension and probation for at least two years, $500 fine
Gudgel engaged in sexual conduct with a patient in 2008 and was arrested in 2011 for his fourth alcohol-related driving offense. He must be evaluated for chemical-dependency treatment, attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and take a class and an exam in ethics and boundaries.
Lacie M. Mockros, St. Cloud, stayed suspension and probation for at least two years
Mockros "entered into a sexual relationship with the spouse of a current patient," the order stated. Mockros was told to take a class and an exam in ethics and boundaries.
Mockros was granted an unconditional license in February, seven months after the two years of probation was put in place.
Richard M. McConnell, White Bear Lake, stayed suspension
While properly licensed in Minnesota, McConnell practiced unlicensed veterinary medicine in Wisconsin for 12 years. He must take an exam and an ethics course.
Jenny M. Mayaka, Eagan, suspension for at least two years
Mayaka punctured the spleen or liver of two dogs during spayings. A colleague smelled alcohol on her breath near in time to one of the spayings, the order stated. Mayaka was discharged from outpatient chemical-dependence treatment for noncompliance. She later made "misrepresentations" to a board committee.
Three other veterinarians were reprimanded and fined for failing to comply with continuing education requirements.
The following were told to cease and desist the unlicensed practice of veterinary medicine, which is a gross misdemeanor.
Brandon C. Braun, Detroit Lakes
Braun advertised horse gelding services, charging $75 per horse.
Clement C. Demo, Pierz
Demo performed castrations on at least two horses, one of which had to be euthanized due to Demo's "substandard and illegal procedure."
Carl J. Hinsz, McLaughlin, S.D.
Hinsz provided chiropractic and therapeutic services to horses in Minnesota. The services included joint manipulation, massage, stretching and range of motion exercises.
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On Thursday night, the Miami Heat won their second-straight NBA title, defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 thanks in large part to LeBron James' 37-point performance.
But while the 2012-2013 season came to an end, the real fun in South Beach was just getting started.
As the Heat celebrated in their locker room, hip-hop star (and friend of LeBron James) Drake was blown off by security as he tried to enter the locker room and party with the team.
MORE: Game 7 TV ratings | No backpacks at Monday's victory parade | What's next for the Spurs?
Drake even pulled the "I am media" line, but to no avail.
Following several champagne showers (Rachel Nichols even got in on the action), the Heat made their way to Story nightclub. Well, most of the team went to Story. Shane Battier, who finished with 18 points on 6-8 shooting from behind the arc, partied at Denny's.
Denny's. a championship tradition. #Grandslam pic.twitter.com/mveVEocxAY— Shane Battier (@ShaneBattier) June 21, 2013
But back at Story, the Heat players celebrated their NBA title with 100 bottles of Dom Perignon and three 3-liter bottles of Jeroboams. The nighclub ussually sells Dom Perignon for $850 a bottle and the Jeroboams for $5,000.
That's $100,000 in alcohol. But since this was a special occassion, the entire bar tab was comped.
But we assume that San Antonio's Danny Green, who made an appearance at the night club, had to pay his tab in full.
Following a long night of Game 7 basketball and rambunctious partying, LeBron James and company had a few messages they had to get off their chest.
Dwayne Wade took to Instagram to let everybody know that, well, he had a severe hangover.
There is no other explanation for a picture like this other than a Championship-winning hangover.
And as for LeBron James, the newly-minted back-to-back NBA finals MVP, he had a much more direct message for his critics:
You may have noticed the lack of public outcry at the Heat's postgame behavior.
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Frazier helps out in debut for Captains
Tribe's No. 2 prospect collects RBI single, scores run in Class A debut
By Danny Wild / MiLB.com | April 18, 2014 12:01 AM
For a 19-year-old making his full-season debut, Cleveland first-rounder Clint Frazier wasn't the least bit disappointed by his line.
"I felt great," he said. "Whether I was 1-for-5 or 5-for-5, I went out and had fun."
Coming back from a hamstring injury, Frazier knocked home a run and scored another in his first Class A game, going 1-for-5 in Lake County's 6-3 win over Burlington. He joined the club late due to a muscle pull he sustained this spring.
"I put all the balls in play and three out of five were hit pretty good, but I couldn't find many holes tonight," he said.
The Indians' No. 2 prospect singled home Claudio Bautista in the eighth for his first hit, putting the Captains ahead, 6-2. In the first inning, he reached on a throwing error by shortstop Angel Rosa and scored the game's first run on a sacrifice fly by Nellie Rodriguez before grounding out in his next two at-bats.
A high school outfielder a year ago, Frazier said he wasn't nervous entering the game, his first in an authentic Minor League ballpark full of fans and scouts.
"I was anxious, but I wasn't nervous," he said. "I was just ready to get back on the field."
The center fielder was Cleveland's first-round pick in the 2013 Draft, going No. 5 overall out of Georgia's Loganville High School. He got his first taste of professional ball last summer when he hit .297 with five homers, 28 RBIs and 21 extra-base hits in 44 games for the Rookie-level Arizona League Indians.
The Arizona League, though, is largely played out on obscure fields at Spring Training complexes. There's few, if any, fans and it's far from the bright lights of ballparks in the Midwest League.
"Just overall competitiveness [was different tonight]. Out there, there's not a lot of fans in Arizona. It was hard to get up and want to go out and play every day," Frazier said. "Having some fans really helped me get a little more drive and a little more adrenaline. When I stepped into the box tonight, I enjoyed it a lot."
The 19-year-old lined out to left in his final at-bat in the eighth. In center field, he made only one out, grabbing Kody Eaves' fly ball to start the sixth.
"It's cool, I just wanted to do whatever I could to help them get back to a winning streak," he said.
Lake County had dropped eight straight games entering Thursday while also enduring a game postponed due to a snowstorm April 15. Adding Frazier, one of the biggest names in the Indians system, couldn't hurt.
"I don't think they looked at me any differently because of where I was drafted," he said of his new teammates. "They treated me like anyone else."
Frazier got a late start on his first full season after what he called a tweaked hamstring. The Indians were cautious with the prized outfielder and held him back.
"I couldn't break with the team just because of the injury and the weather was acting up," Frazier said. "But I feel great. It was a very mild tweak, they wanted to make sure I was healthy."
Caleb Hamrick (1-1) picked up the win in relief for Lake County after allowing two runs on four hits and two walks over four innings. Wander Beras earned his first save with a scoreless ninth after starter Adam Plutko struck out eight while holding the Bees to one hit over four innings.
Burlington starter Clint Sharp (0-1) took his first loss, allowing four runs -- three earned -- on seven hits and three walks over 5 1/3 innings.
For Frazier, the stats and memorable nights will come. He's on a mission to remain consistent in his first full year.
"I'm trying not to focus on stats, just to go out there and have a consistent season, give it my all and swing at better pitches," he said. "Put as many balls in play as I can."
Danny Wild is an editor for MiLB.com. Follow his MLBlog column, Minoring in Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Friday, February 3, 2012
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Ah, beautiful words on this Friday morning. Here's to a weekend of awe-inspiring vista visions.ReplyDelete
This photo is absolutely dreamy! And your words are as magical as ever. Happy weekend to you!ReplyDelete
Such beauty here. Thank you for that.ReplyDelete
I do the exact same thing! Nature and vistas make me cry too and I realize that there is a higher power and I feel so much love, so much gratitude for all I have and all I share.
Blogging is sharing beauty and grace.
poetry is moving as well. your words are just beautiful and evocative :)ReplyDelete
one of your bests....
I have chills. Head to toe. That photo. Your words. For a moment, I was right back there, driving along the roads with the summer sun beating down, Adele on the radio -- but a slow love song, not what she's most popular for.ReplyDelete
These days, I find whenever I get a bit down, all I need to do is go outside into nature and look up -- and a wave of amazement takes me over, sweeps me out to sea.
We need a book full of your words and Sean's images. This is one of my all-time favorite posts. Feel like I need to read it every single day.ReplyDelete
Did he happen to take this on Saturday? If so, I am in awe. Well, regardless, I'm in awe.
oh wow....this is so truly breathtaking my friend. The two of you together is a magical thing. This image is perfection with your words. I am with Estelle on this one. :)ReplyDelete


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GORE Client workshop: Testimonials and team members
Two of the most important factors in a website is trust and credibility. Your website visitor wants to know they can trust you and that you deliver the services or products you are showing on your website. The best way to do this is to use staff profiles and customer testimonials.
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Send volunteer notices to email@example.com or call Rebecca Halik with any questions 703-917-6407.
Community Lodgings needs tutor/mentor a child in the Alexandria community. The after school program provides homework assistance as well as character development. Contact: Emily Barnes, 703-739-5856 firstname.lastname@example.com
The Alexandria Commission for Women needs volunteers to work with its Court Observation Program. This program is a volunteer-based court monitoring and research project which follows cases of sexual and domestic violence. Volunteers are asked to commit to working at least one morning each month in the Alexandria City Courthouse. Training will be provided two evenings: Tuesday, May 6 and Wednesday, May 14 from 7-9 p.m. Volunteers need to attend only one of these sessions. Contact Laura Mandala at 703-798-5452 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Port City Playhouse- construct and paint sets for the theatre. Box office and ushering help also needed for performances. Groups and youths age 15 and older are welcome. Contact: Robert Kraus, 703-838-2880 email@example.com
Alexandria Legacies, the City of Alexandria's Oral History Program, is seeking volunteers to help collect the oral histories of long-time Alexandria residents by documenting their memories of living and working in Alexandria. Oral history volunteer training sessions will be held on Saturday, May 10, and Saturday, June 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum (in the Torpedo Factory Art Center) at 105 N. Union St., Suite 327. Space is limited and an RSVP is required by Thursday, May 1. If interested, contact Jen Hembree by calling 703-838-4399 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
There will be a volunteer management boot camp from 9 a.m.-noon in Alexandria. Part of Volunteer Fairfax. Visit www.volunteerfairfax.org, and click on "Training Registration" on the left-hand side. The fee for this session is $35. For more information, e-mail Emily Gibbs at firstname.lastname@example.com.
UCM's Transitional Housing Program is looking for volunteer groups to help provide a prepared well balanced meal for about 60 people, this includes children. Groups would be asked to sign up for 1 meeting per year on the third Tuesday evening of each month. The grocery bill would be at the group's expense and a tax donation slip would be provided. Assistance with child care is needed. Call Betsy Damitz, volunteer coordinator 703-768-7106 ext. 328.
The Child & Family Network Centers has many volunteer opportunities, including volunteering in classrooms, field-trip assistants, ESL and Spanish language tutors, clothing drive assistant and office assistant. They also need volunteers to help prepare for their annual wine tasting fundraising event in the spring. Contact Patricia Chapman at 703-836-0214 or email@example.com.
Higher Achievement seeks teacher mentors to work with motivated scholars at Hammond Middle School from 6-8 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Karen Berry, Volunteer Coordinator, 202-544-3633 or firstname.lastname@example.com
The Hispanic Committee of Virginia needs volunteers for their youth programs, including volunteers to mentor Hispanic teenagers and for "Arroz Con Leche," a weekly reading and writing enrichment program for immigrant 2nd and 3rd graders. Spanish language proficiency is not required, training and support is available, and average commitment is just 1-2 hours/week. Contact Jodi Hammer at 703-671-5666, ex. 20, or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Project Northstar needs volunteers to tutor children who live in homeless shelters, transitional housing programs and foster care. Project Northstar matches adult volunteers with the same student for one evening per week to work on basic math and reading skills. 202-223-0144, ext. 10
RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network) seeks volunteers for the National Sexual Assault Online Hotline, which provides live, secure, anonymous, instant message-style crisis support to the growing number of people who prefer communicating via the Internet --- giving those affected by sexual assault a safe place to turn when they can't find their voice. Contact Darcey West at 202-544-0227 or email@example.com.
Stop Child Abuse Now of Northern Virginia is holding trainings for Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers. Trainings will be held in the winter and the spring. For more information, contact the SCAN office, 703-820-9001, firstname.lastname@example.com.
WETA seeks a volunteer immediately to assist with WETA's online auction that takes place the first week of June. Good Computer and communication skills for a job that includes soliciting items for the Auction, follow up, data entry and fulfillment. Contact Janet Riksen, Senior Projects Officer,WETA, firstname.lastname@example.com or 703-998-2442.
If you are looking for a dynamic volunteer experience with the chance to make a difference, the Sexual Assault Response and Awareness (SARA) program is the volunteer opportunity for you. The SARA program is looking for compassionate listeners, both English speaking and bilingual, who would be comfortable talking to sexual assault survivors and their families. Volunteers take evening or weekend shifts from home or anywhere accessible by phone. The next SARA training is scheduled to begin in October and meets two evenings a week from 6:30-9:30 p.m. and on two Saturday mornings. For more information or to register for the SARA training, contact Stacey Calhoun McCullough at 703-838-5030 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wright to Read seeks volunteers to tutor elementary school students in Alexandria Schools, and for Book Buddies, an after-school reading program held at William Ramsay Elementary on Tuesdays and at Jefferson-Houston Elementary on Wednesdays. They also need pediatric waiting room readers to read to children at the Saint Asaph Street Clinic. To register for orientation, contact Ginny Biggs at 703-549-0111, ext. 339
The Alexandria Tutoring Consortium (ATC) needs tutors! Call 703-549-6670 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to learn how you can give a child the gift of reading. Visit www.alexandriatutors.org to learn more.
United Community Ministries Backporch Thrift Store is looking for volunteers to help accept donations, sort and price items and place on store floor. Contact Betsy Damitz, volunteer coordinator at 703-768-7106, ext. 328.
Habitat for Humanity ReStore is a store located at 7770 Richmond Highway that combines business with philanthropy. The 16,000 square foot store in filled with donated home-improvement goods ranging from doors, appliances, furniture, floor, tile and hardware. All items are donated by local contractors, suppliers and individuals; they are then sold to the general public for 50-90 percent of retail price. Contact Virginia Patton from Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia at 703-521-9890 ex. 105 for moreinformation or e-mail her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you enjoy meeting people, particularly the elderly, and can serve during the weekday, the volunteer ombudsman position may be for you. Volunteer advocates are assigned to a specific local nursing home or assisted-living facility in Northern Virginia convenient to where they live or work. Applicants must be available to volunteer four hours per week, primarily during regular business hours. Interviews of applicants will be held this summer in preparation for the next annual training, scheduled for Sept. 17, 18 and 28 from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. each day. For further information and an application, call 703-324-5435, TTY: 703-449-1186 or visit our Web site www.fairfaxcounty.gov/LTCOmbudsman.
The Alexandria Commission for Women is seeking volunteers to work with its Court Observation Program. The Court Observation Program is a volunteer-based court monitoring and research project which tracks sexual and domestic violence cases. The program is designed to provide feedback on sexual and domestic violence cases that helps the criminal justice system improve its response to them. Volunteers must commit to working at least one morning each month in the Alexandria City Courthouse, located at 520 King St. Training will be provided on one of two Monday evenings, Aug. 20 or Sept. 10. For more information or to sign up for the training, contact Laura Mandala at 703-798-5452 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
ESL and Immigrant Ministries needs volunteers to teach English as a second language to adult immigrants in 16 locations in Northern Virginia. Training is provided. Day and evening classes begin in September. For more information or for an application, visit http://www.eslim.org. You may also send e-mail to email@example.com or call 703-271-8341, Ext. 3, and leave a message.
SARA has a variety of different programs:
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Assault: A twelve-week group addressing issues facing adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. All group members must be receiving individual therapy or case management services while in the group, and an assessment is required. Offered winter/spring 2008. Contact the SARA Program: 703-838-5030.
Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group: An eight-week group for women who were assaulted as an adult or adolescent. This group will address the impact that sexual assault has had on survivors' lives. Offered winter/spring 2008. Contact the SARA Program: 703-838-5030.
Creative Expression Support Group: A support group for adult survivors of sexual assault or sexual abuse that will incorporate nonverbal forms of expression, such as; poetry, art, journaling. This six-week group is for those who have previously participated in a support group. Offered winter 2008. Contact the SARA Program: 703-838-5030.
King Street Cats needs volunteers to care for abandoned and rescued cats and kittens in its orphanage in Old Town. Help needed with morning and evening feeding/cleaning. If you love cats and want to care for them while a permanent home is being found, contact us at 703-231-7199 or visit http://kingstreetcats.org for more.
Doorways for Women and Families is seeking volunteers for its Safehouse domestic violence shelter program. Volunteers are needed for weekend and evening shifts and to answer our 24/7 hotline. Some weekday opportunities are also available. Training begins August-September. Call 703-522-8858 x13 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information visit www.doorwaysva.org/volunteer.
CrisisLink's 24/7/365 hotline for the Washington Metro Region is currently recruiting volunteers for their October 2008 training. Visit www.crisislink.org, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 703-527-6016 to learn more. Come help CrisisLink continue to save lives and prevent tragedies in our community. Volunteer for three hours a week.
Volunteer Emergency Families For Children (VEFC) needs volunteers willing to open their homes and provide short term (1-21 days) emergency shelter to local children who are victims of abuse, neglect, etc. Volunteers can choose the age, gender, and length of stay for each placement. Local leaders are also needed to serve children in crisis by sharing VEFC's mission within their community. Call 703-200-3700 or email email@example.com for details. Visit www.vefc.org.
Meals on Wheels need drivers to pick up meals at Mt. Vernon Hospital at 11 a.m. and delivering them by 1 p.m. Volunteer drivers can deliver on a weekly, biweekly, monthly, or substitute basis. Other volunteer opportunities for Meals on Wheels in the Mt. Vernon area include back-up Group Coordinator, Group Treasurer, and a volunteer to make monthly delivery of nutritional supplements to a Mt. Vernon resident. For more information, call the Fairfax Area Agency on Aging's Volunteer Intake Line: 703-324-5406, TTY: 703-449-1186 or e-mail email@example.com.
King Street Cats needs morning feeders to care for cats in its orphanage in Old Town Alexandria; as little as once a month. Also needed are short and long-term foster homes for cats and kittens awaiting placement in permanent homes. Call 703-231-7199 or visit the web site.
Project Managers and Project Leaders oversee an entire project (managers) or one aspect of a larger project (leaders) at the April 25 Day of Service. See the full job descriptions at www.alexandriavolunteerbureau.org or call AVB at 703-836-2176.
Parent Leadership Training Institute of Alexandria-Assist with food service needs volunteers for three Friday evenings in April. Includes pick up of food and beverage, transport to and setup at Minnie Howard, serving, and cleanup. Contact: Fay D. Slotnick, 703-739-0233 email@example.com.
Guiding Eyes for the Blind needs puppy raisers who are willing to open their homes to Labrador Retriever puppies until they are old enough to be professionally trained as guide dogs, usually 16-18 months. Training and guidance provided by local experienced counselors. Volunteer puppy raisers provide love and affection, behavior training and socialization experiences. Call 703-242-2232 or visit www.gebdominion.org. To complete an application, visit www.volunteer.guidingeyes.org.
Goodwin House Alexandria needs musicians to perform during regular Tuesday evening concerts, as well as provide other concerts as available to assisted living, health care, and memory support units. Contact: Patty Butler-Burkhart, 703-824-1239 email@example.com.


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Shauna L. Jensen, 45, of Dixon; 1:30 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of East Sixth Street; driving with a suspended license; posted I-Bond.
Lee County Sheriff
Kenneth D. Adkins, 50, of Sublette; 4:40 p.m. Sunday; warrant – speeding; given notice to appear in court.
John A. Perry, 39, of Chicago; 8:34 p.m. Saturday; warrants – unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of a park, unlawful delivery of a controlled substance (two counts), unlawful possession of a controlled substance, (two counts) taken to Lee County Jail.
Vincent J. Capron, 54, of Chicago; 7:36 p.m. Saturday; driving under the influence; given notice to appear in court.
Nora H. Rodriguez-Luna, 40, of Rockford; 11:16 p.m. Friday; driving under the influence; given notice to appear in court.
Amboy Police
Shawn T. Herkett, 37, and Steven R. Rutherford, 25, both of Amboy; 2 a.m. Sunday at South East Avenue; ordinance violation for fighting.
Sterling Police
Brenda S. Oosterhouse, 43, of Morrison; 12:20 a.m. Monday at East Fourth Street and 11th Avenue; speeding; posted $120.
Larry D. Rombout, 52, of Sterling; 2:17 p.m. Monday at Sterling Police Department; Whiteside County warrant – body attachment; posted $300.
Lamar E. Lewis, 33, of Sterling; 3:45 p.m. Monday; no seat belt; posted driver's license.
Dylan J. Prater, 20, of Rock Falls; 3:49 p.m. Monday at Avenue B and West Third Street; no insurance, no driver's license on person; given notice to appear in court. Arrested at the same time was Jordan L. Snyder, 21, of Sterling; no seat belt; given notice to appear in court.
Anthony Serrano, 21, of Sterling; 5:14 p.m. Monday in the 800 block of West Sixth Street; domestic battery; taken to Ogle County Jail.
Amanda Kendall, 27, of Sterling; 8 p.m. Monday at Avenue G and West Third Street; failure to report an accident, failure to give information, leaving the scene of an accident, disobeying a traffic device; given notice to appear in court.
Polo Police
Speeding: Emily K. Wiseman, 21, of Dixon; 5:02 p.m. Aug. 28; Cecelia T. Fitzhugh, 59, of Amboy; 10:10 a.m. Saturday; and Edgar I. Castaneda, 34, of Chicago; 10:15 a.m. Sunday; speeding; all posted I-Bond.
Ogle County Sheriff
Gregg L. Williams, 50, of Oregon; 9:30 p.m. Monday in the 14000 block of state Route 64; driving with a revoked license; taken to Ogle County Jail.
Carl Pomazel, 31, of Dixon; 11:16 p.m. Sunday in the 4000 block of state Route 2, Ogle County; possession of drug equipment, possession of cannabis, between 2.5 and 10 grams; taken to Ogle County Jail.
Timothy R. Koenig, 26, of Amboy; 12:47 a.m. Sunday in the 10000 block of Flagg Road; warrant – failure to appear – taken to Ogle County Jail.
John Perry, 39, of Dixon; 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Fourth Avenue, Rochelle; Lee County warrant – delivery of a controlled substance; taken to Lee County Jail.
Eduardo Macareno, 19, of Rochelle; Saturday; driving with a suspended license, warrant; taken to Ogle County Jail.
Andrew Brown, 18, of Forreston; 1:05 a.m. Saturday in the 13000 block of Eagle Point Road; driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of drug paraphernalia, consumption of alcohol by a minor, squealing tires, failure to notify secretary of state of address change. A passenger, Skylar Cavazos, 19, of Forreston, was arrested for consumption of alcohol by a minor. Both were taken to Ogle County Jail.
Scott A. Conn, 47, of Kirkland; Friday; warrant – aggravated domestic battery; taken to Ogle County Jail.
Raimundo Silva, 42, of Rock Falls; Friday; warrant – failure to appear – driving with a suspended license; posted $500.
Brian E. Woodard, 57, of Rockford; Friday; warrant – failure to appear – theft; taken to Ogle County Jail.
Karen A. Terranella, 54, of Rochelle; warrant – failure to appear – criminal damage to property; posted $292.
State Police
Shauntae N. Geesey, 23, of Rock Falls; 1:40 a.m. Sunday at Avenue D and Dixon Avenue, Rock Falls; driving under the influence, speeding; posted driver's license and $100.
Erik J. Lazcano, 39, of Beach Park; 6:52 p.m. Sunday at U.S. Route 30 and Meridian Road, Lee County; no valid driver's license, speeding; posted I-Bond.
David J. Weckerlin, 53, of Warrenton, Mo.; 6:54 p.m. Monday on Interstate 39, Lee County; improper lane; taken to Rochelle Community Hospital by Rochelle EMS.
Shelly A. Dempsey, 30, of Dixon; 1:01 a.m. Tuesday on U.S. Route 30 and Brooklyn Road, Lee County; no valid driver's license; posted I-Bond.
Steven C. McNitt, 62, of Thomson; 11:53 p.m. Monday on state Route 84, Fulton; Whiteside County warrant, no seat belt, no valid registration; posted $300.


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November 9, 2011
Augustus Gloop, portrayed by Basehor-Linwood High School senior Trevor Hickman, cowers after being discovered eating from a river of chocolate during a rehearsal Tuesday night for "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," this year's BLHS musical.
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'Willy Wonka' musical brings familiar world to BLHS stage
After Ethan Duffey heard that Basehor-Linwood High School's musical this year would be "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," he thought it would be fun to play an Oompa Loompa.
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This month we are focusing on packing a snack. Have you been making this apart of your daily routine? How so? What kinds of snack are you taking with you?
Throughout this week, I have learned about a few new snacks myself!! I took pictures and posted them below just in case there are other people out there like me who do know know about these snacks.
|Serving Size: 1 bar
2 pointsplus+
In 2013, Weight Watchers turns 50 years old and to celebrate this they came out with a new birthday cake flavored mini bar. I tried it last Saturday morning and loved it! They are very sweet, which is perfect for me and my sweet tooth. They are also covered in sprinkles which make them look pretty too! I hope that you will try these when you attend your next Weight Watchers meeting.
|Serving Size: 1 pouch
Flavors vary in pointsplus value! Apple Cinnamon 0 pointsplus+
I just learned about this on the go applesauce on Tuesday night! They are so good and an easy snack to take with you anywhere!
There are several different flavors and they range from 0 - 2 PointsPlus. When you calculate the Apple Cinnamon flavor it will tell you that it is 1 PointsPlus. However, in eTools on the Weight Watchers website it says that these are 0 PointsPlus. All foods are evaluated by Weight Watchers before being added to eTools. So, I am going to count these are 0 PointsPlus.


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I occasionally get emails from people asking me for childcare advice - normally about sleeping and eating (what else is there, after all?) - and sometimes these emails are from people who I assume have all the answers about kids already: doctors and teachers, basically.
One was an obstetrician worried about what her under-1 was eating. And I thought YOU DELIVER BABIES surely they are just not a subject you need help with. But she did. And she said "I just needed to hear someone else say it." I get that a lot. "I just needed to hear someone else say it," they say when I tell them to stop eating if they want to be thin, or stop rocking their kid to sleep or to stop breastfeeding if it's making them suicidal.
Yesterday I needed to hear someone else say "You need to do controlled crying with Sam." And my heart sank - right into my socks. But I knew they were right.
Controlled crying is the worst thing you have to do as a parent, I think. Is there anything else? MMmm, no. It is absolutely horrible. And it only looks and feels right and sensible from a distance. It never feels anything other than the most horrific, inhuman crazy reckless selfish evil thing you've ever done when you're actually doing it. There are fewer darker places to be, as a parent, then listening to your child cry and doing nothing about it.
I mean, come on! To leave your child fussing, or wailing or even fucking screeching the house down? Well that's just a thing for social services surely? You're no better than Baby P's mother! The parent of that poor Polish boy who starved to death! YOU ARE A MONSTER! These thoughts loom large in the small hours.
But there comes a point when it is time to get a grip and have some perspective. And I think that controlled crying is in fact a thing that you are doing to yourself, not something you are doing to your child.
Very few parents go for controlled crying as Option 1. When I had to do it with Kitty it was only after days and days of trying other things. And with Sam I have spent the last three months trying everything else when he wakes at 5am: patting, stroking, popping in a dummy, taking him in bed with me - all that. And he doesn't want it, it makes it worse. If all I had to do with him was hop into bed with him at 5am every morning and give him a cuddle and he would fall back to sleep until 7am I would do it. Happily! But it doesn't work. Neither does the dummy. He just spits it out half an hour later.
And I've been fretting and fretting and fretting about it for weeks. What to do? What to do? Then yesterday someone said "Just let him cry."
And I went :(((((((
But this morning as the clocked ticked over to 0500 and Sam began his dawn chorus of snuffling and whimpering and going "ehhr ehhr ehhr ehhr ehhr" which turned to "waaa waa waa waaa" I got out of bed, taking a watch with me, shut the door on my husband, shut Kitty's door and went up to the nursery. I straightened Sam in his cot, as he was headbutting the sides, gave him back his muzzy thing, gave him a pat then went out to sit on the stairs.
A watch is completely vital when you are doing controlled crying. With nothing to mark time it feels like they have been crying for hours, days, YEARS. In reality I let Sam wail and fret for 1min 30secs, then went back in to give him another pat. Then I went outside and left him again for just under 4 minutes. Then he went quiet again and started up for just under 2 minutes. Then he went completely quiet and I went back downstairs and got into bed and didn't hear from him again until 7.20am. The whole thing had taken 15 minutes.
As I sat and listened to Sam wailing I noticed a thing about his cry that helped me whenever I had to do it with Kitty: he didn't really mean it. Or rather, the cry didn't mean the thing I feared it meant. What I fear it means is: "I want my dummy" - and am then baffled when he spits it out half an hour later.
But I realise now when he is wailing at that time in the morning he is saying "I don't understand why I am awake. I don't want to be awake. I want to be asleep but I can't really get back to sleep so I am going to just go WAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH until I pass ou..." This is why the dummy doesn't help (because he doesn't fall asleep with a dummy) and why patting doesn't help (get the fuck off me) and taking him into bed doesn't help (what are you doing?!?!?! put me back in bed!!!)
Anyway that is my story and I am sticking to it. At least I've got a plan, now - once you've done controlled crying once and it has worked and they wake up the next morning alive and well and give you a huge gummy smile, it's never as bad again. And with any luck quite soon no-one will have to listen to me going on about how fucking tired I am anymore.
Continuing the theme of baking for Kitty's nursery bake sale day, yesterday we made some oat and raisin cookies (a classic).
They worked very well and were very simple and I recommend them to you.
Oat and raisin cookies
Makes 12
1 egg
50g butter
50g sugar
50g plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1tsp ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon Golden Syrup or runny honey
80g rolled oats (like Scots Porage Oats)
50g raisins
Preheat your oven to 170C
1 Grease a baking sheet
2 Cream together the butter and sugar then beat in the egg, then the golden syrup or honey.
3 In another bowl mix together the
- flour
- cinnamon
- baking powder
- oats
- raisins
then add to your butter mixture.
4 To make a cookie, blob a teaspoonful on the baking sheet then flatten down a bit as best you can as it will spread out a bit on cooking but not lots. If you just put a blob on the sheet you will get a sort of rock cake.
The mixture is very rubbly and sticky so manipulating it can be problematic. I think there is a thing you can do with flattening it with a wet spatula?
Leave some space between cookies as they will spread out a bit on cooking. You may have to cook them in two batches.
5 Bake for about 8 - 10 minutes then leave to cool on a wire rack. They ought to be be bendy when they come out of the oven.
It goes without saying you can add anything else you like to these to make them super-tasty: chopped orange peel, hazelnuts, chocolate chips: wevs, man.


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BUIES CREEK, N.C. (April 23, 2010) - After the ETSU baseball jumped out to an early 8-5 lead, Campbell scored 12 unanswered runs to defeat the Bucs 17-8 Friday in the first game of the series at Taylor Field in Buies Creek, N.C.
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The Camels answered in the bottom half scoring two runs on a double down the left field line by Alex Aycoth to cut the Buccaneer lead to 3-2.
ETSU added a run in the second inning as Michael Gonzalez (Jupiter,
In the bottom of the second, the Camels grabbed a 5-4 lead scoring three runs on a D.J. Johnson sac fly and a two-run double by Ellis Lowe.
The Bucs started the third inning with five-straight hits scoring four runs in the inning to retake the lead 8-5. A two-run single by Doane and a two-run double by second baseman Derek Niesman (
Cameron Nelson singled in a run for the Camels in the bottom of the third to cut the ETSU lead to 8-6.
After holding the Bucs scoreless in the fourth,
Zach Johnson increased the Camels lead to 13-8 in the fifth as he drove a three-run home run over the fence in left.
Campbell continued the onslaught adding another run in the sixth as Nelson came in to score on a D.J. Johnson single to make the score 14-8 Camels.
In the seventh, CU added two more runs on an ETSU error and a Braswell hit to take a 16-8 lead.
The Camels added one more in the eighth on a RBI single by Josh Holskey to make the final 17-8.
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CU................. 231 431 21x - 17 23 1 (20-19, 6-13 A-Sun)
Pitchers: ETSU - Chas Byrne; Scott McNally (4); Joseph Timp (7)
CU - Logan Davis; Ryan Mattes (3); Jonathan Lopez (4)
Win - Jonathan Lopez (2-0) Loss - Chas Byrne (3-5)
HR - ETSU - Derek Trent (11)