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The Untold Story Of America's First French-Trained Chef
French cuisine has always held a certain prestige and mystique, especially in the United States. Le Bernardin, Eric Ripert's chic Manhattan restaurant, has boasted three Michelin stars for decades. And before it closed in 2004, the nearby Lutèce served as an elegant Mad Men-era celebration of the cuisine. Steak tartare, foie gras, cakes with soft goat cheese, and butter — loads of it — have elevated French food into America's good graces. But the cuisine wasn't brought to the States by a French-born chef. French food was crafted in the United States as early as the 18th century, and its culinary ambassador was James Hemings, a Paris-trained chef and slave of Thomas Jefferson.
When Jefferson moved to Paris as a French diplomat in the 1780s, he brought several slaves with him. One was Sally Hemings, an enslaved teenager who was subjected to a relationship with Jefferson when she was likely only 14, according to the Washington Post. Another was her brother, 19-year-old James. In France, James Hemings studied regional cuisine with intensity: For one thing, he studied under a chef who cooked for French royalty, according to NPR.
After half a decade in Paris, he and Jefferson returned to the States. Hemings wanted a life in France and ultimately freedom, according to Harvard professor Annette Gordon-Reed. But with Jefferson working for then-President George Washington, Hemings continued to be trapped in slavery. The food he cooked would influence American cuisine for years.
Bringing Paris to Monticello
Back in the United States, Hemings crafted dishes that continue to grace the menus of hundreds of American restaurants. Macaroni and cheese. Creme brulee. French fries. According to The Virginian-Pilot, he even served baked Alaska when ice cream was still a new and rare dish in America. In 1790, Jefferson sat down for dinner with Alexander Hamilton to reconcile an infamous rivalry and discuss the nation's future. Hemings crafted the menu, according to Ashbell McElveen, a chef and founder of the James Hemings Foundation. Hemings served tender chicken stuffed with local ham, pulverized chestnuts, and artichokes (via The New York Times).
But Hemings didn't receive all the credit, especially past his death. McElveen suspects that some of his recipes were co-opted by Jefferson's relatives. According to McElveen, it's "the greatest theft in culinary history." Even today, it's difficult to find many of his recipes. Still, at the time, Hemings along with Hercules Posey (a chef enslaved by George Washington) garnered celebrity-like recognition for their talent, according to Kelley Fanto Deetz (via Smithsonian Magazine).
Hemings changed the course of southern American cuisine: He cooked Virginian-French food, a practice still seen in southern cooking. That style led to smothered catfish and crawfish-studded mac and cheese, according to LAmag. Throughout history, Jefferson has often received credit for bringing French food to America and elevating cuisine in the United States. But next time you dig into a scoop of ice cream, think about James Hemings.


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Careless driving ticket issued in Millville fatal accident
MILLVILLE - A Vineland man is charged with careless driving in a Sept. 28 accident in which his car allegedly struck and fatally injured a motorcyclist and further unspecified summonses are pending, according to police.
A police report identifies the car driver as Joel Cruz-Rojas, 38, of Barbara Road in Vineland. The deceased man is identified as Andres R. Gonzalez-Nevarez, 46, of Bridgeport, Conn.
The accident occurred about 8:25 p.m. on North 2nd Street near Harrison Avenue near Rheema Plaza. Cruz-Rojas was driving a Toyota Camry and Gonzalez-Nevarez was on a Honda CBR900 heading north on 2nd Street.
Officer Albert Chard reported that on his arrival Gonzalez-Nevarez was lying in the driveway of the shopping plaza. Bystanders who were off-duty emergency medical services personnel were administering aid to the biker.
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The report states that Cruz-Rojas said that he had pulled out of a Domino's Pizza driveway to head north on North 2nd Street. The driver stated that he "didn't look, just pulled out to go" and believed the motorcyclist was speeding, the report states.
The report states that Cruz-Rojas got out of his car and pulled the biker onto the driveway. He forgot to put his car's shift in "park" so it rolled away from the accident site while he was helping the injured man, it states.
Chard could not locate witnesses to the accident. Both vehicles are impounded.
Gonzalez-Nevarez was taken to Inspira Medical Center Vineland, where he died.
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"Debate-time at the Apollo" was a heavyweight slugfest between Al Gore and Bill Bradley — and the folks in Harlem liked it that way.
The crowd at the historic showplace clearly relished the in-your-face clash of Democratic titans, cheering and cat-calling answers by both candidates.
"These two guys really don't like each other and that made it great theater," said Marvin Greeley, a 42-year-old bank teller who left favoring Bradley.
"It seemed like they were about to have a fistfight."
"They were like two heavyweights duking it out," secretary Marlena Gonzalez, 28, said happily.
Actress Whoopi Goldberg, who is supporting Gore, exited the Apollo excited almost as much by the combative tone as the substance.
"I thought it was real cool, man," she said.
Many undecided voters said they had still not made up their minds, but were pleased that a presidential debate took place on the so-called "Main Street of Black America."
"The victor [in the debate] is the African-American voting population," said the Rev. Al Sharpton. "It's good to see them battling for the votes of African-Americans rather than taking us for granted."
Sharpton, who has been famously neutral, coyly declared the slugfest "a draw."
Celebrities at the debate did more than just watch.
After the debate, movie director Spike Lee mounted a press-room podium to declare Bradley the winner. Moments earlier, Goldberg had done the same thing for her man.
After battling it out, Gore and Bradley attended separate post-debate viewing parties in Harlem.
But some residents worried that their neighborhood — and their issues — would be forgotten after the star power had faded.
"The top things for us are jobs and housing," said Harlem resident Rodney Stone. "They may talk about it now, but once they get out of Harlem, it's back to business as usual."
But at least for this night, presidential politics was truly "Showtime at the Apollo."
"I've never seen anything like it," said Trent Wilkinson, a 50-year-old lab technician.


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The Development of Maritime Commercial Practice
The essence of commercial shipping is now captured here in The Development of Maritime Commercial Practice. The traditions which ensure optimum performance in the shipping industry have evolved over centuries, but these are in danger of being lost over the horizon as the industry feels obliged to keep cutting costs. To re-affirm the value of good commercial practices, the Nautical Institute has initiated a major project with this introduction by Robert Tallack and the two further guides listed above.
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Flying over Paris, only in my dreams
The other night I was having a dream that I particularly liked.
So I woke myself up to savor it, then went back to sleep and picked up the dream right where it had left off.
To sleep: perchance to dream.
There's no "perchance" for me.
I do it all the time.
Once I kept a log by my bed and recorded the number of times I woke upon one night to savor a dream.
The dream had scope: nations fell, people lived, loved, had children and died. From my calculations, it all lasted about four minutes.
Interrupting your dreams is like a serial kids used to go to see on Saturday afternoons at the local movie theater.
"Desperadoes of the West." "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe." "The Iron Claw." "The Long Ranger Rides Again" "Tex Granger."
The hero falls off a cliff and the chapter ends: "Continued next week."
And kids had all week to figure out how the hero would be saved next Saturday.
He always was, you know.
My dreams aren't scary anymore.
The snakes have moved from beneath my bed. I don't fall off high buildings and loved ones aren't put in constant danger. the world doesn't teeter on the brink of extinction, either.
My dreams now are wonderful.
I mean that literally: full of wonder.
Last night, for instance, I flew over Paris, France. I have never been to France. But in my dreams I flew over the city, sparkling like a jewel at night, in a plane that, contrary to reality, could cruise slowly within inches of the buildings so I could get a better view.
I immediately woke myself up because I remembered that I had had the same dream about six months ago and had thoroughly enjoyed it. (I remember most dreams.)
So I decided to repeat the flight and went back to sleep and flew over Paris again — in color.
Do you dream in color?
Violent, scary dreams don't usually happen in color, or you don't remember they do because you are too intent upon being frightened.
But wonderful dreams usually do, so you can savor their nuances.
My dreams are loaded with blues: skies and seas; and greens: grass; and yellows: sunlight.
One of my favorite dreams I have about every two months:
I am walking in downtown Staunton. There are no cars, of course. Fountains bubble, the street is about 80 yards wide. There are trees and grass and children flying kites. The air smalls clean and there's a breeze. The buildings are immaculate and well kept. Somewhere a band is playing.
That's it. That's the dream. I just wander happily around and every once in a while I wake myself up.
I wonder what a psychiatrist would say about my dreaming.
I don't care. Not as long as they're happy and I can savor every one of them.
Write Fred Pfisterer, a retired editor for The News Leader, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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LabTech Launches Managed Services Conference
LabTech Software is launching an Automation Nation conference for managed services providers and IT service companies. It's an intriguing move, especially when you take a closer look at the event's date and location. Here are the details.
LabTech specializes in remote monitoring and management (RMM) software. As you may recall, ConnectWise Capital invested in LabTech in early 2010. The move seems to have given LabTech a lift; MSPmentor has heard from multiple MSPs that either tested or deployed LabTech following the ConnectWise Capital investment.
And several MSPs suggest Kaseya introduced the so-called G1 platform as a pricing and product response to LabTech's aggressively priced platform. However, Kaseya has publicly stated that G1 was designed for MSPs that don't require a full-blown K2 platform (K2 is Kaseya's modern, extendable platform).
New Conference
Next up, LabTech says it will host its first Automation Nation conference November 4 in Orlando, Florida. The conference will allow LabTech users to learn from one another while also sharing feedback with LabTech. At the same time, LabTech is expected to share its product roadmap at the event.
Now, take a closer look at that date and location. LabTech essentially plans to piggyback the ConnectWise IT Nation conference, which runs Nov. 4-6 at the same Orlando location. ConnectWise IT Nation is expected to attract roughly 1,000 attendees.
So who are the winners here? Existing and potential LabTech customers gain the opportunity to potentially double-dip, learning more about LabTech while potentially seeing the broader managed services market in action at the ConnectWise IT Nation conference. Also, ConnectWise customers can arrive a bit early to Orlando if they want to learn more about LabTech.
Meanwhile, ConnectWise will need to maintain a software partner balancing act, especially as third-party RMM partners attend the ConnectWise IT Nation conference.
Officially, LabTech Automation Nation is an independent event that's not associated with ConnectWise IT Nation. Plus, ConnectWise has vowed to keep its APIs open, continuing to integrate with multiple RMM platforms.
But the growing synergies between LabTech and ConnectWise are undeniable.
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How cool is that – Harry Styles in top-trend 70's flares and he totally rocks them!
Harry (Styles) was showing his fashion style (no pun intended) wearing a pair of high waisted, very likely borrowed-from-the-ladies*, flare jeans during an appearance at New York's John Golden Theater.
He wore his jeans with a basic white crewneck t-shirt and covered up with an eye-catching textured Gucci wool coat. To finish off his look, Harry added a pair of classic black Old Skool Vans and a denim paperboy hat.
*Well, flare jeans for dude – that made us look around and do some searching. Does any men's denim brand actually do these? And no surprise here. It took quite some searching to come up with a few options… ASOS has a couple, and so does Farfetch.
And if these don't work for you, you can always borrow some from the ladies like you used to with skinnies – before they made them for the guys, too 😉


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Nonprofits, coalitions prepare a year ahead of 2020 U.S census
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That's why they're raising awareness with the new coalition "Count Me IN Oklahoma."
That money will also help fund programs like:
- Medicaid and Medicare Part B
- Highway planning and construction
- Title 1 grants for education.
"Please be willing to be counted because one of the reasons you get these services from us is because we get the money, and we get the money based on the count of people in Oklahoma," President and CEO of Oklahoma Center for nonprofits Marnie Taylor said.
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Hunter Biden boasted that he "smoked crack" with Marion Barry, the former mayor of Washington, D.C. The admission was reportedly made on audio retrieved from Hunter's damaged laptop that was allegedly left at a Delaware computer repair shop in 2019.
In the leaked audio clip dated Jan. 5, 2019, Hunter is talking to an unnamed friend over the phone. According to the Daily Mail, which first posted the audio, Biden "chides the friend for being 'racist' by suggesting Martin Luther King took cocaine." Then Hunter Biden revealed that he smoked crack with late-D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, according to the laptop audio.
"Did Martin Luther King do coke? I don't know," the friend told Hunter on the phone call. "With an Indian and a black man."
"Oh, see, you are such a racist I swear to god," Hunter allegedly replied. "No he didn't, Jesus Christ. You're so f***ing funny."
"That mayor from D.C. did," the anonymous man responded. "Marion Barry."
"You know what, I actually smoked crack with Marion Barry, I swear to f***ing god," Hunter allegedly admitted, to which the other man responded in shock, "Jesus."
"That was in Georgetown. And he used to go to a place right next to [local bar] The Guards," President Joe Biden's son purportedly said. "And I was a sophomore I guess, I was a junior when that happened."
"But he used to come there and drink like late, late," Hunter said as per the leaked audio. "And I would be there, and he would go to the bathroom."
Biden, 51, graduated from Georgetown in 1992, which means the alleged crack-smoking encounter happened around 1990.
Barry was infamously arrested on Jan. 18, 1990, when the FBI busted the then-D.C. mayor in a sting operation. The FBI recorded Barry smoking crack with his former girlfriend Diane "Rasheeda" Moore, and during the arrest, Barry is heard saying, "B**** set me up."
Barry was convicted on a single count of drug possession, and he served a six-month prison term.
In 1994, Barry won a fourth and final term as Washington, D.C., mayor.
Barry died on Nov. 23, 2014, at 78 years old.
Hunter Biden has publicly admitted that he has struggled with drug addiction for decades, Hunter started abusing crack in the spring of 2018, and he used his new "superpower – finding crack anytime, anywhere" – in Los Angeles, according to his memoir "Beautiful Things."
"He later learned how to cook drugs and spent a lot of time with thieves, addicts and con artists," according to USA Today.
"I never slept. There was no clock. Day bled into night and night into day," Hunter wrote in his book. "I was smoking crack every 15 minutes."
However, the alleged audio leak contradicts Hunter's memoir, where he wrote that an arrest when he was a teenager scared him from using drugs until after he left college, according to The Federalist.


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Marine City officials taking their time considering recreational marijuana options
Marine City officials are taking their time to mull over whether — and where — the community could welcome recreational marijuana businesses.
The city's planning commission discussed potential locations and setback rules during a December meeting, bringing a recommendation to city commissioners later that month.
And those results, defined by two different setbacks, include just a couple of areas pot businesses could theoretically be allowed to pop up. Mayor Dave Vandenbossche wasn't present at the meeting when officials got a quick rundown of those findings, but he said commissioners needed to evaluate the potential parameters.
"It's an area I'm not familiar with. I think that's (the case) with a lot of people. We don't know the pros and cons of it and how to set it up for the community," he said last week. "Right now, I couldn't tell you the pulse of the commission at all. I don't know where. I know the city (voters) approved it, but we also don't want to put it in the wrong place."
Most communities in St. Clair County have opted out of the act established with the 2018 ballot proposal that legalized recreational marijuana, effectively banning pot businesses. That includes Marine City, but the city's voters also approved that state proposal by a wide margin.
Is there room in Marine City for marijuana business?
Last month, Joe Moran, chairman of the city's planning commission, told city commissioners, "The short answer to that question is yes."
He said he recommended proposed setbacks of any marijuana establishment to be 500 feet back from the property lines of residential areas and 1,000 feet from schools, playgrounds, parks or areas children congregate. Under those rules, the city also wouldn't allow special use changes for proposed pot businesses in industrial-zoned areas.
"I chose those dimensions requirements because I wanted to set the largest perimeter I could to see, 'OK, as far as we could go as a reasonable basis, are there still plots available?'" Moran said. "It turns out there are."
Each side of the Belle River is mostly residential and were central areas not conducive to entertain pot places, he said. There were areas north of Degurse Avenue and east of King Road and bounded farther south by Chartier Road that, he said, could accommodate retail sales or production, depending on whether they're industrial or commercially zoned.
What comes next for the city?
Moran told commissioners the ball was back in their court. "Now, you have to decide whether the city actually wants to do it," he said.
Officials said it had been suggested the planning and city commissions form a joint committee to work on developing an ordinance if city commissioners decide to move forward.
"If we applied certain buffers, what is even left in our community to consider?'" Robert Davis, the city's attorney, said of the original intent of the discussion. He said they could bring it back for discussion or wait to see how other communities work with state rules over recreational pot sales now that licenses have been granted.
"We didn't even want to start considering this if there was no viable room left," he said.
At least one resident has expressed opposition to the idea.
Resident Roland Woelkers spoke at public comment during a Dec. 19 meeting and said he didn't want the community to become "the oasis of pot in St. Clair County," potentially jeopardizing Marine City's reputation as a "family-oriented town with theaters and restaurants."
A retired police chief from Shelby Township, he said he worked in narcotics and has been a full-time DARE officer to schools in Utica. He said he believes because marijuana still violates federal law and prohibited new businesses from engaging in interstate banking, "large amounts of cash" could open up the community to more crime.
"So, that's one problem," he said, and that "intoxicated drivers" and "black markets" were others. "It's really about the kids. I raised five kids in this town," he said, adding he hoped the city wouldn't choose "cash and dollars over kids."
Jackie Smith is the local government reporter for the Times Herald. Have questions or a story idea? Contact her at (810) 989-6270 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @Jackie20Smith.


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Elle + Andrew, Previewed*
These pretty little preview photos were sent to us by our friends at Divine Images right before the holidays got too busy to breath, but we kept them in our minds while we were away! We knew that we wanted to share these sweet moments with you when we got back to the barn. So as we welcome 2018, let's browse through the short gallery below from a beautiful 2017 wedding. Stay tuned for more memorable moments from this sweet celebration soon!..


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Jill Adgate wants three things from life: a successful catering business, the devoted love of an exceptional man, and a family. What she has is no job, a mounting pile of bills, and her outspoken best friend—who sets her up on a blind date with the man who inadvertently ruined Jill's life.
Chet Castle is a prosperous businessman who has everything, except the ability to trust. Burned by a money-hungry fiancée, he refuses to get involved with any relationship that has a shelf life longer than a head of lettuce.
Intrigued by her ambition—and determined to get her in bed—Chet offers Jill the chance of a lifetime: Work for him for the next eight weeks as his live-in chef and he'll help her get her catering business off the ground. When sparks fly in the kitchen, Jill realizes what's cooking with her commitment-phobic employer is a recipe for disaster…but it's just too tasty to not take a bite.
Bachelor's Special is a light chick-lit read that's both witty and entertaining. It was nice to settle into a contemporary romance story that I knew would leave me with the expected HEA (happily ever after) I desired. For me, the book started off a little slow and was off putting but within a few chapters, I had warmed up to the story and characters.
I didn't expect a whole lot of originality from this book and I wasn't surprised that this story fell right in line with the typical modern day romance formula. Guy and Girl meet, instant attraction, they are "forced" into a relationship (one way or another), and they have a falling out (usually due to misunderstandings) only to be reunited again just in time for the HEA.
Initially, we are introduced to Jill the female lead who is an aspiring chef and entrepreneur and Chet the male lead who is a successful but guarded and distrusting man with a past. The beginning of the book was where I was the most put off with the story. Within the first few pages of meeting, Chet and Jill, total strangers at the time, end up having a hot make out session. Now, I don't at all mind characters being drawn or attracted to one another, that happens all the time in real life. I just didn't like the fact that after a "silly accident" she allows this total stranger to practically have sex with her against a wall because she is "drawn to him."
I'm a true romantic at heart and I believe in the possibility of love at first sight, but a good romance needs tension and without it, you leave the reader wanting more. After the first "incident" I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to enjoy the rest of the book, however I was pleasantly surprised to have been wrong. Throughout the story, there were several "misunderstandings" between Jill and Chet to keep the reader wondering, would they? Or wouldn't they? And although I found myself getting annoyed with both of them, I was invested enough to see where the story would go.
In the end, I was glad to see Jill & Chet wind up together, even though I knew it was coming. This is definitely a book I would recommend for a light causal read whether by the pool or under a blanket in the rain. The romance is compelling enough to satisfy the average romance fan.
Although there wasn't anything new or original about Bachelor's Special, I was still entertained and glad that I had read it. Sometimes, getting what you want/expect is a nice break from the non-stop emotional turmoil and cliffhangers. The story and the writing had a nice pace and the characters felt real enough for me to connect with. I look forward to reading more books by this author.


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Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will discuss his first seven months as the state's top legal officer and his plans for the future at the next Crain's New York Business breakfast forum on Monday, Sept. 13.
The forum, which is co-sponsored by Insignia/ESG Inc., will be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers, at 811 Seventh Ave. A networking breakfast will begin at 8 a.m., and the program will start at 8:30 a.m.
The cost is $25, payable at the door. To reserve, readers can send a fax to Spitzer Forum at (212) 210-0499; send an e-mail to [email protected]; or go to the "Contact Crain's" heading on the paper's Web site, at www.crainsnewyork.com, and register for the "Power Breakfast."
Mr. Spitzer will be questioned by Crain's Editor Greg David and another journalist.


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Final enrollment data for 2020-21 released
The final count of Colorado P-12 students confirms a 3.3% decrease in state enrollment for 2020-21 with the biggest drop in early grades. The state had its first decrease in year-to-year enrollment in over three decades due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
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State board reauthorizes all but two educator preparation programs at Regis University
Regis University's educator preparation programs for elementary and special education were conditionally approved for the 2021-22 school year provided that the university improves instruction on teaching reading.
01/14/2021 - 5:16pm
State's four-year graduation rate increases
A total of 81.9% of the Class of 2020 graduated last spring - the highest graduation rate in a decade despite the global pandemic that disrupted education in the last two months of the 2019-20 school year, according to data released by CDE.
01/15/2021 - 3:15pm
Deadline for standards revision committee application extended
The Standards and Instructional Support Office is now accepting applications through Jan. 31 for standards revision committee membership in the following content areas: social studies, visual arts, music, dance and drama/theatre arts.
01/08/2021 - 10:42am
Preliminary 2020 school enrollment data released
Colorado public schools posted the first decrease in year-to-year enrollment in more than 30 years due to the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, according to preliminary data released by CDE.
12/15/2020 - 11:00am
Statewide survey shows districts struggle with workforce shortages
Critical staff shortages are presenting significant challenges for school districts as they work to maintain operations for both in-person and remote learning during the pandemic.
12/03/2020 - 1:04pm
Education stakeholders do not reach consensus
The COVID-19 Policy Implications Stakeholder Group has recommended that some state assessments should continue as planned this spring while others should not occur. No decision was reached on CMAS tests in math and English language arts for third through eighth grade.
12/03/2020 - 1:05pm
State Board extends deadline for READ Act teacher training
The State Board of Education has granted an additional six months to educators to complete training required by the READ Act. K -3 teachers will now have until Jan. 31, 2022, to complete training on evidence-based reading instruction.
11/24/2020 - 3:11pm
CDE announces Safe Schools Reopening Grant
A new $15 million grant opportunity is available for school districts and BOCES that are struggling to return to in-person learning and need additional resources to safely reopen when possible.
11/24/2020 - 3:13pm
School and district ratings to remain the same this year
At its November meeting, the State Board of Education extended the school and district ratings assigned in 2019. Districts and schools will not receive a 2020 performance framework report or updated plan types.
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Kill Ball was the last book of mine to be released this year, but I'll have a new book called "Cuddly Holocaust" coming out the first week of January. More info on that one next week.
Here is a list of books I am currently working on. I have no idea when they will be finished or released, but I thought you might be interested in what I've been working on.
Cuddly Holocaust – final draft stages
Hammer Wives – my next collection. Just need to finish the title story.
As She Stabbed Him Gently in the Face – bizarro serial killer story
Village of the Mermaids – a story about vampire mermaids and human livestock.
Pippi of the Apocalypse – the third book in the wolf women series.
Wonka – retelling of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in apocalyptic Beyond Thunderdome setting.
Quicksand House – quiet bizarro
Seven Cyborgs – bizarro sci-fi retelling of 7 Samurai
The Super Evils – bizarro superhero story
Clusterfuck – a follow-up to Apeshit
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these won't be for sale to the general public.
Skinhead Girls – unreleased early work very similar to Satan Burger.
The Secret Adventures of Dr. Seuss – kinky Seuss world book.


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A military judge on Thursday halted proceedings against Ramzi Binalshibh, a self-described key operative in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, ordering that he undergo a mental examination and throwing into doubt whether the government will ever be able to prosecute the "high-value" detainee.
More than a decade after the attacks, none of the five accused al-Qaeda plotters in U.S. custody — including the confessed mastermind, Khalid Sheik Mohammed — has been brought to trial, their cases repeatedly stymied by legal problems and political wrangling. The latest delay raises questions about whether the CIA's handling of Binalshibh while he was in the agency's secret overseas prisons contributed to his ongoing mental problems.
The judge's order Thursday followed a series of outbursts by Binalshibh at a pretrial military commission hearing this week at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is another blow to a proceeding that has stopped and started across two administrations. It now may be many months, if not years, before the defendants are tried.
Prosecutors asked the judge, Army Col. James Pohl, to have Binalshibh, a 41-year-old Yemeni, evaluated after he was repeatedly ejected from court for refusing to quiet down and calling the judge and the commander of the detention facility war criminals.
"Until this is completed, there will be no further open hearings in this case," Pohl said.
The interruption comes as the Obama administration is reviving its effort to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. Officials have recently moved several detainees abroad, including two this week to Sudan, reducing the population at the controversial facility to 158.
The judge scheduled the next hearing at Guantanamo Bay for February, but defense attorneys said it may take a panel of three doctors much longer to complete the review of Binalshibh. The trial for all five defendants cannot move forward until Binalshibh's status is resolved. His mental competence has been questioned before, and a review that was ordered in 2008, before President Obama took office and suspended commissions, was never finished.
In 2009, prosecutors told the court that Binalshibh was taking "a variety of psychotropic medications used to treat schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder, including Haldol, Abilify, risperidone and Ativan."
A military medical board in 2008 said that Binalshibh might have a "severe mental disease."
He is held at Camp 7, a high- security and classified section at Guantanamo Bay. According to court records, he has smeared his cell with feces and broken observation cameras at the complex, which is separate from other parts of the prison.
Binalshibh was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and whisked to a secret CIA prison, where he was subjected to "enhanced interrogation techniques" that human rights advocates have described as torture. He and 13 other high-value detainees were transferred to Guantanamo Bay in September 2006.
Binalshibh wanted to die in the Sept. 11 attacks but did not have the chance, according to the 9/11 Commission report. He repeatedly applied for and was rejected for a U.S. visa and instead became a key liaison between hijacker Mohammed Atta and al-Qaeda's leadership in Afghanistan.
Defense lawyers assert that Binalshibh's health problems began after the CIA captured him in Pakistan in 2002.
"He wasn't on psychotropic medications or having mental problems prior to his being detained by the CIA," said Thomas Durkin, Binalshibh's former attorney. "There was no evidence of any mental issues."
Between 2002 and 2006, Binalshibh spent time at CIA-
controlled facilities in Afghanistan, Poland, Morocco and Romania, according to former agency officials. In Romania, Binalshibh believed that the CIA was tormenting him by intentionally shaking his prefabricated cell, in the basement of a government building near a railway line, officials said.
A former senior CIA official said that Binalshibh was prone to tantrums and threw food but that there was no evidence that he was mentally unstable at the time the agency held him. He complained so often, one official said, that he earned the nickname Beaker, a Muppets character prone to misfortune.
CIA officials say the detainees received excellent medical care while in the custody of the agency after enduring harsh interrogation. However, an attorney for another detainee and alleged co-conspirator, Walid bin Attash, said his client was missing several teeth and had ringworm when he emerged from a secret CIA prison in 2006.
It's unclear what prompted prosecutors to make the motion for a competency test. Typically, it is the defense lawyers who ask a judge to determine whether their client is fit to stand trial.
Legals experts said prosecutors might be laying the groundwork to sever Binalshibh from the oft-delayed case so it can move forward. But a prosecutor told the judge Thursday that he had no interest in separating Binalshibh from the other defendants.
The renewed attention involving Binalshibh's treatment by the CIA comes as the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is pushing to make public parts of a report that examines the effectiveness of the CIA's detention and interrogation program.
Julie Tate contributed to this report.


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A special summit of the European Union's leadership has been called for 22-23 November to negotiate the EU's budget for 2014-20.
The meeting was called by Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, on Monday (3 September), after it became clear that a political agreement on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) would not be within reach of a summit scheduled for 18-19 October. The October summit will now be devoted largely to the eurozone crisis, as will another summit on 13-14 December.
Member states' ministers for European or foreign affairs failed to bridge their differences during an informal meeting in Cyprus last week (30 August). Even before that, a briefing paper prepared by Cyprus, the holder of the rotating presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers, had made it plain that hopes for a breakthrough in October were unrealistic.
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Until now, the disagreements between member states have mainly focused on the overall size of the MFF and of the balance between policy areas. A group of net contributors to the EU's budget, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden, want to slash the European Commission's proposal for an MFF worth €1,033 billion by around €100bn. Another group, headed by Poland, wants to preserve EU spending on cohesion policy for poorer regions. Such differences, diplomats suggest, will deepen in the second half of this month, when Cyprus plans to attach actual figures to specific MFF headings.
"Once you've got figures [on the MFF], that is all anyone wants to talk about," a diplomat said. The least painful solution, the diplomat suggested, would be an equal decrease across all budget headings. But several other issues will complicate the negotiations. The rebate on the UK's contribution to the EU budget is expected to come under intense pressure, while several member states have hinted that they might reduce their contribution to the European Development Fund, the main source of EU development aid, which is not part of the EU budget.
Because of the special summit in November, the General Affairs Council – the monthly meeting of ministers for European or foreign affairs – has been brought forward from 26 November to 20 November.


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Gardening season is right around the corner. Things you need to know are the square footage of the garden and what's in the soil, nutritionally speaking. If you don't know, then do a soil test. For gardens, I recommend a soil test every 18 months to 2 years. The reason is different crops use nutrition at different rates. Since most folks grow 2 to 4 crops a year testing is critical. Wells Brothers sells soil test kits and also does soil testing. Once you have the results, picking amendments become easier.
Next, you need a good crop rotation plan. Farmers have been moving crops around their fields for more than a millennium. Even so, I still talk to folks that insist on planting the same crop in the same space year after year and expect the same results. You might get lucky for two years but not for three. In the past, I have had excellent crop rotation plans and I have had some that really stunk up the garden. Like the saying goes, "You have to have a plan before it fails."
Onion sets (50 onions in a set) are usually available by the second week of January. Their arrival will be posted on Facebook. Plant onions as soon as they become available in full sun and well-drained soil that is loose to about eight inches deep. Onions should be planted deep enough to hold up the plant and about four to five inches apart. Once a root system is established (about three weeks) pull some of the dirt away from the top to expose the bulb to sunlight. Don't let them get thirsty. Onions require good moist soil during the first part of the growing cycle. Once the bulbs start to form, moisture becomes less of an issue.
Onions require more fertilizer than most garden crops. They really enjoy moderate nitrogen (1st number) and high phosphate (2nd number) fertilizers. The two fertilizers I use are Espoma's 10-10-10 and 5-10-5. Apply fertilizer when you prepare the bed. I have also used bone meal and Wells Brothers "Jump Starter" when planting. At three weeks top dress with nitrogen and then again when the bulb starts to grow. I also fertilize every three weeks or so until the end of April. You should be harvesting onions towards the end of May.


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Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin out of camp for next couple weeks
RENTON -- Before they even get to August, the Seahawks have "a little bit of a problem" at wide receiver.
Pro Bowler Doug Baldwin will miss at least the next couple weeks and perhaps longer with a knee issue he developed before reporting for the start of training camp last week. Baldwin watched practice for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, chatting with general manager John Schneider during some of it.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was vague following Tuesday's practice when asked exactly what Baldwin's injury is, other than saying it was a "sore knee."
"We are going to give him a couple weeks here before we bring him back out, to make sure we ramp him back up properly," Carroll said. "He came into camp ... a little bit off. So we just want to make sure that we take care of him.
"We know exactly what is going on. He's doing some special treatments to make sure that we are taking care of it. And we wanted to bring him back into shape so we can get him ready for the long haul."
The specific injury?
"He's got a knee," the coach said.
So Baldwin's like the rest of us.
"It's a little bit of a problem," Carroll said.
So is the depth of healthy Seahawks receivers right now.
Brandon Marshall, the 34-year-old with six 100-catch seasons in the NFL whom Seattle signed this offseason, has yet to practice fully with his new team. He's coming off toe and ankle surgeries and a season with the New York Giants cut short after five games.
And David Moore watched Tuesday's practice while standing with Baldwin, each wearing team caps instead of blue helmets. Moore was a standout in the first days of camp. But now he has a hip-flexor "thing," Carroll said.
So "a little bit of a problem," two surgeries and a "thing" left quarterback Russell Wilson throwing to Tyler Lockett, Jaron Brown, Amara Darboh, Marcus Johnson, Keenan Reynolds, Tanner McEvoy, Cyril Grayson and other less-accomplished guys five days into training camp.
Reynolds is a former quarterback for Navy. Grayson was a star track runner at LSU.
Good thing for the Seahawks their first game is still 5½ weeks away.
Baldwin, Seattle's $46 million wide receiver, has been selected for the last two Pro Bowls. Wilson has thrown to Baldwin 344 times the last three seasons, for 247 catches and 29 touchdowns. He tied Bobby Engram's team record for receptions in a seasons with 94 in 2016. He led the NFL with 14 touchdown catches in 2015.
Brown carving out role in Seahawks' receiving corps
RENTON — Receiver Jaron Brown is entering his sixth season in the NFL, but he says he's treating his first training camp with the Seattle Seahawks like his rookie year.
"I'm still taking the notes, and trying to learn the offense, and just having fun with it," he said following the fourth day of camp Monday at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center.
Brown, 28, who spent the first five seasons of his career with the Arizona Cardinals, said he's working to develop a chemistry with quarterback Russell Wilson. And he's one of several wideouts trying to determine their roles.
Brown signed with the Seahawks as a free agent in March and is one of eight receivers Seattle has acquired in 2018.
Doug Baldwin (entering eighth season), Tyler Lockett (fourth) and Tanner McEvoy (third) are the only receivers on the roster who have been with Seattle for longer than a season.
"It's a competition we're really excited to see," first-year offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer told reporters Sunday. "It's still early. ... It will be good to see who separates themselves."
Brown is one of those players, and says wherever he can fit is where he's happy to be.
"I want to help the team (and) contribute," he said. "Whether that be run-blocking, catching a big pass, special teams — whatever. I just want to come in here, earn my role and see where I go from there."
During his first five seasons in the NFL, Brown appeared in 71 games — starting 12 — and hauled in 86 catches for 1,177 yards and nine touchdowns.
He had a career-high 31 catches, 477 yards and four scores with the Cardinals in 2017, and caught the opening 25-yard touchdown pass in his final game with Arizona last December — a 26-24 win that also ended Seattle's season.
Brown has had some highlights early on in training camp, including catching a 41-yard touchdown pass from Wilson on Monday.
The make-up of the receiving corps Brown has joined in Seattle is a bit different than what he had in Arizona, he says. He was a younger player with the Cardinals, sitting behind veteran receivers Larry Fitzgerald and Michael Floyd.
With Seattle, he's the third-most experienced receiver on the roster behind Brandon Marshall (13 years) and Baldwin (eight).
Brown says Seattle's group this year is dynamic, and has a good mixture of veterans as well as some talented younger players.
"I'm just learning from those guys, and picking their brains, and at the same time trying to pick up some of the younger guys," Brown said. "I'm almost a vet myself, so it's a difference."
Brown said he's learned from veterans like Fitzgerald, and now Baldwin, how to work on the field.
"Doug, just watching him every day, he's been one of the hardest-working guys on this team, and it shows," Brown said.
"Larry, having the opportunity to work with him, I was fortunate the last five years. He taught me a lot on and off the field — how to be a pro."
Brown said he hopes to emulate qualities and techniques both of those veteran receivers have as he continues to carve out his role in Seattle.
He noted Monday that the relationship his position group shares outside of football is important, too. He remembered one occasion during his time in Arizona when Fitzgerald had the receivers join him on his private jet.
"He took us to a (Conor McGregor) fight in Vegas," Brown said. "That was a fun trip with the wideouts. I think it's always fun to get some bonding time outside of football. I look forward to doing it with these guys here."
He's already started to make those connections. During OTAs, Brown said the receivers went bowling in Bellevue. Lockett won, he said, but the winning score "wasn't too high."
"We always get competitive," Brown said, smiling. "We compete in everything we do."


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OUR VIEW: Our increasingly anti-social social media
Over the past few weeks Facebook has become a window to the macabre.
In Chicago, a gang of teens kidnapped and raped a 15-year-old girl, which was streamed over Facebook Live. Police say at least 40 people watched but reported nothing.
On Sunday, 74-year-old Robert Godwin Sr. was collecting aluminum cans in Cleveland when Steve W. Stephens, 37, approached him, asked him to repeat a woman's name and then shot him in cold blood after Godwin did so. Stephens recorded the incident and posted it to Facebook, and then logged onto Facebook Live to recount his attack. A nationwide manhunt for Stephens ended Tuesday when he reportedly killed himself in Pennsylvania.
With such horrific incidents proliferating, what has happened to us as a people? Has the tool that was supposed to inform, entertain and perhaps unite us by expanding the reach of virtual community failed to maintain boundaries of decency, law-abiding behavior and respect for human dignity?
Not so long ago, the print news media adhered to self-imposed restrictions on the reporting of suicides except in rare cases, so as to not induce copycats, or the publishing of images of dead bodies, in order to not shock or tantalize. With the advent and growth of social media, those days seem so innocent and quaint — and gone forever.
The problem isn't necessarily with Facebook. Facebook, rather, just appears to be the best known platform for some sadistic attention-cravers who in a sad moment of "self-expression" believe they can overcome the powerlessness and pointlessness in their own lives only by inflicting pain and humiliation on others, and daring the rest of us to watch.
In the wake of Godwin's slaying, calls inevitably went up to "doing something." Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged stricter monitoring of videos on the company's site.
But the recorded violence uploaded onto Facebook only underscores the anti-social problems faced by the company, and us.
This spate of violence is indicative of a phenomenon that Ray Surette, a criminal justice professor at the University of Central Florida, has dubbed "performance crime" — a meshing of technology, comfort with self-surveillance, the willing voyeurism of others and a thirst for celebrity status, even if achieved by nefarious means.
"Until now, those who commit crimes have preferred to try to hide their actions and identities. However, in the 21st century social media world, these surreptitious crimes now compete with performance crimes," Surrette wrote in Newsweek in January 2016. "It is better to get your performance out there and be known than to be unknown in a celebrity culture, even if criminality is required."
Ironically, the self-absorption of these perps actually helps police track them down. But that offers cold comfort when considering that culturally we're rapidly descending into a slimy pit of normalized sociopathic behavior.
We hope we as a society are better than this, and that these cases are outliers, and not models to be followed.


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Fairfield dog ordinance revamp may allow pit bulls in the city
FAIRFIELD – Pit bull dogs may soon be allowed in Fairfield under a revamp of the city's animal ordinance being developed by the city's law department.
It is part of an overhaul of the law and would strengthen penalties on irresponsible dog owners and require liability insurance of at least $10,000 on pets.
"We've been talking about this for a long time," said Mark Wendling, city manager. "There's been a great deal of interest within the community regarding our animal control ordinances."
The goal, said Fairfield attorney Steve Wolterman, is to bring Fairfield's law in line with changes made by the state legislature in 2012.
At that time language was removed from state law that permitted banning breed specific dogs. Since then, courts have rule against communities that ban dogs based on their breed.
Fairfield has banned pit bulls since 2006. Pit bull refers to four major breeds of dogs: American pit bull terrier, American Staffordshire terrier, or Staffordshire bull terrier.
Rather than ban specific breeds, Wolterman said the city is strengthening penalties against owners that allow their dogs to run loose, or bite another animal or person. Definitions are being added for nuisance, dangerous, and vicious dogs.
"I think this would give our officers the ability to address dangerous or vicious dogs regardless of their breed," said police Chief Stephen Maynard.
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Once a dog is classified in one of those categories, additional, progressive restrictions on the animal would apply. Among the restrictions would be muzzling, fencing of property, a minimum of $100,000 liability insurance and being issued a dangerous dog certificate.
"Are we giving our officers, the court, the leeway to go after the irresponsible pet owners," Mayor Steve Miller asked.
"I want to make sure the court has the ability to order restitution. It makes sense to me that we're able to do that."
Wolterman said that would be accomplished by raising the level of the offense.
Also under consideration also is raising the number of pets allowed in each household from the current two up to four. That would have to addressed through the city's zoning code, Wolterman said.
Wolterman said he has asked the Humane Society of the United States to provide input on the changes. Sample legislation has been provided by Kurt Freimuth, a district leader volunteer with the Humane Society.
Proposed legislation could come before city council in August or September. Miller said it would receive a minimum of three readings before council before adoption to give enough time for public input.


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Martin Schram: Flint: Where ideological purity meets poisoned drinking water
Last week was a week when America's political spigots gushed at us from all directions, as presidential hopefuls seemed desperate to close their first caucus and primary deals by proving their ideological purity.
The parade of Republican candidates reminded us that we need to let state and local governments solve all our problems. Because, of course, arrogant federal regulators who think they know what's best for us will only tie us up with their endless spools of red tape.
Meanwhile the Democrats earnestly shared their dreams of how much better things can be once we expand the authority of federal programs to keep us safe and healthy and make our lives better than ever.
But then, in the midst of all that ideological gushing and flushing, reality intruded.
Dateline: Flint, Michigan. The citizens of this decaying onetime auto-making city have been poisoned — and finally, federal, state and local governments were on the case. Money-saving decisions made by a state official appointed by Michigan's Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, and then covered up by Snyder's state environmental quality officials, caused Flint's public water supply to be contaminated with lead that is destroying the health of the people.
Meet Flint: Its population of nearly 100,000 is 56 percent African-American, 37 percent white. Its median household income is $24,679. It has been so mismanaged that Snyder appointed an emergency manager to run things. In April 2014, the governor's appointee switched the city's water source from Lake Huron (from which Detroit had supplied pure water to Flint) to the Flint River. But state and local officials failed to take the federally required steps to eliminate corrosive agents in the river water — and as a result, the river water corroded Flint's old lead pipes and the lead mixed into the drinking water.
Residents and local officials complained that the water looked and smelled foul; but state officials failed to take necessary action. An aide to Snyder raised concerns with the state's environmental quality department, but those officials just dismissed his concerns.
But the tale of official failures in the poisoning of Flint's struggling, working class population is not limited to misconduct by state and local officials. A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analyst had discovered the high levels of lead in Flint's water in early 2015. But a senior EPA official forbade the EPA analyst from publicly disclosing the federal finding. And Flint's residents continued drinking their dangerously contaminated water for many more months. Finally, 19 months after the first complaints were made, tests by outsiders showed the lead levels were more than twice what they should have been. And finally the people got the word that had been withheld while they drank their tap water and their children became increasingly ill.
Last week, Snyder declared in his State of the State address: 'No citizen of this great state should endure this kind of catastrophe. Government failed you — federal, state and local leaders — by breaking the trust you place in us.'
Time out for a sad truth we don't like to discuss: If we were talking about a different locale near Detroit — the well-off Grosse Pointe, where the population is more than 97 percent white, the median family income is more than $100,000 — it is inconceivable any official would have switched Grosse Pointe's water supply without triple-checking to assure the water's purity. And if there had been any complaints at all, the governor would have been informed and would have moved at once to fix it.
But the concept of just letting states and locals regulate themselves sadly doesn't work as well in reality as it does in ideology.
Indeed, President Barack Obama must also ask himself why his EPA didn't tell him when it first discovered lead in Flint's water. And liberals must admit that Obama too must mull this question:
Mr. President, if that lead-in-water tragedy happened in Grosse Point (not Flint), how quickly would your EPA have told you about the problem — (A) instantly, or (B) in a New York minute?
Martin Schram is a veteran Washington journalist. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The holiday season has arrived! So that means it's probably time to go Christmas shopping, right? Shopping for gifts can be somewhat difficult and tough if you don't know what to get someone. You want it to be useful and meaningful and just the right price. It can get really complicated and stressful. Here are a few gift ideas for your family members that will warm their spirits on Christmas morning and for the years ahead:
1. Something handmade (Ex. blankets, food, a scarf, artwork, etc.) Family members love when a gift comes directly from you. It was made by you and for whoever gets it. Handmade gifts have a lot of meaning and are very fun to make. My sister and I made fleece blankets that you tie for our aunt and uncle and grandpa, and they were so much fun to make and the blankets will be really useful and warm for them to use.
2. Clothing. Clothing is always a good gift idea for family members. It's always handy to get extra clothes. Additionally, it's nice to get new stuff and show off your new shirt or pants or shoes.
3. Something your family members enjoy. If your uncle is a big Broncos fan, or if your cousin loves "The Fast and Furious", get them a gift revolving around one of their favorite things. They might like a cool jersey with their favorite player's number, or a newly-released movie, or the next book in their favorite series.
4. Jewelry. This leans more towards the girls and women in your family, but a pretty necklace or a cute pair of diamond earrings can make a girl feel even more special when she opens her gift. Jewelry can be worn for a long time and shows how you really feel about your family members.
But in the end, it's never about the gifts. The best thing you can give your family members is your love, care, and attention. You spend time together to make memories and have a good time and you want your family to know how much you love and care for them. Keep these things in mind this holiday season. Stay warm and Merry Christmas!


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Nashville SC: Three things to watch for Saturday playoff soccer at First Tennessee Park
Nashville SC will make club history Saturday at First Tennessee Park.
The current 2 seed in the USL Championship Eastern Conference playoff picture finished its 2019 regular season campaign with a 3-0 win at First Tennessee Park. But, the blowout over Atlanta United 2 will not be the final match at home.
Nashville SC is set to play a USL Championship playoff match at home for the first time in its history. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and air on MyTV30.
Keep the wall sturdy in defense
Nashville SC goalkeeper Matt Pickens was named the USL Championship Golden Glove Award winner Monday after allowing just 0.64 goals per match in 25 matches this season. The 37-year-old Pickens has also recorded 14 clean sheets.
With accolades to show for the goalkeeper's display, the true recipe includes a collective defense bolstered by Forrest Lasso and Jimmy Ockford, who joined Nashville SC in July on-loan from MLS outfits FC Cincinnati and San Jose Earthquakes, respectively.
Since the two center backs arrived and paired for Nashville's match with Indy Eleven July 27 at Nissan Stadium, the club has not conceded three goals in a match.
Goals of gold from set pieces
The Men in Gold have found alternative ways to score in October. Aside from forward Daniel Rios scoring two goals last week against Atlanta United 2, the club has found success from free kicks and corner kicks, which have landed in the laps of the unexpected.
"In terms of being clinical in and around the penalty area, you've also got to look at set plays. We've scored 20 goals from set pieces this year," Nashville coach Gary Smith said Tuesday after training. "I think we're as efficient, if not the most efficient in the Eastern Conference or elsewhere."
In Nashville's three previous matches, Lasso, Ockford and Taylor Washington have scored one goal each. All of whom play in defense.
New precedent for playoff soccer
Perhaps playoff soccer in Nashville is "new." Perhaps Saturday's match will be what is remembered. However, many smaller clubs have knelt so that Nashville SC can stand.
The forgotten United States Interregional Soccer League once accompanied the Nashville Metros, an amateur club founded in 1989, into its USISL Premier League playoffs in 1995. The team's best performance came in Aug. 1996, when the Jackson Chargers edged Nashville, 3-2.
The Nashville Metros slowly disappeared, but its amateur and professional stake (1997-98, 2001) on Nashville soccer remains for some.
Nashville SC will set a new precedent that will, too, be set aside once the club begins to reshape as a Major League Soccer franchise in 2020.
For stories about Nashville SC or Soccer in Tennessee, contact Drake Hills at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Drake on Twitter at @LiveLifeDrake.


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Montgomery County is coming late to the party.
Consider: The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority has 35 full-time employees, a $7.3 million annual budget and 21,000 square feet of offices in Tysons Corner, as well as seven other offices in cities around the world—from Boston to Bangalore. It was started 50 years ago to promote Fairfax as a good place to do business. Its top official has held the job for about 30 years.
Across the river, its counterpart, the Montgomery Business Development Corp., is a virtual startup, with a small, second-story rear office in an 1896 building by the old Rockville train station, three full-time employees and a $540,000 budget. It was created by the county council in July 2010, but its director wasn't hired until November 2012. Its initial mission is to gather and disseminate data and to meet with county businesses. Baby steps.
The Montgomery Business Development Corp. came about in response to what the council perceived to be the county government's lack of aggressiveness in pursuit of business. It coexists, somewhat uneasily, with the governmental Department of Economic Development, whose director, Steve Silverman, acknowledges that Fairfax County is "way ahead of us in marketing money."
But Montgomery County's slogan, reflecting the earnestness of its leaders, might well be: We are trying harder to try harder. The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce has another slogan. "We are what is next," appears in capital letters on its 2014 legislative agenda handout. Which is to say, whatever our record, the future is here.
The chamber boasts in its marketing materials that Montgomery is No. 2 in the country for small businesses contracting with the federal government. Not stated, but acknowledged in an interview, is that Fairfax is No. 1.
Though other jurisdictions might brag about a No. 2 national ranking, the constant comparison to Fairfax rankles local politicians. County Executive Ike Leggett says the perception that Montgomery County is inhospitable to businesses persists, even though he doesn't believe it to be true. "You have to treat it as reality," Leggett says. "Eventually, the reality will catch up with the facts, but you can't deny there is the perception."
The perception—fair or not—was a major theme during the spring's primary contest for county executive, when challenger Doug Duncan, the former three-term county executive, based his unsuccessful comeback bid largely on his pro-business record. For whatever reason, the issue did not resonate with residents, few of whom even bothered to vote in June's Democratic Party primary, when a victory would be tantamount to election in heavily Democratic Montgomery County.
Fueling this perception are decisions by high-profile corporations such as Northrop Grumman and Hilton to move their headquarters from California to the region, but to Fairfax rather than Montgomery. Less publicized are decisions by big names such as Choice Hotels International to stay here, moving its corporate offices from Silver Spring to Rockville.
But it's not just about marquee corporations. It's about jobs, and who's ahead depends on which numbers you use. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), which counts only the employed, Fairfax added 36,795 jobs from January 2010 to December 2013, while Montgomery added 17,661 over the same period. But using figures from EMSI, a nationally-recognized data service that also includes the self-employed, Montgomery added 32,530 new jobs, Fairfax 29,837 over that same time frame. Naturally, Montgomery officials prefer to cite EMSI. "Based on our analysis," Leggett boasts, "we are probably doing better than anyone in the region."
It's also about culture. "So many of our people won't say they are anti-business, but they don't view themselves like most of the nation does as involved in the free enterprise system," says Blair Lee, chairman of the Silver Spring-based Lee Development Group and a longtime observer of county politics.
"Look at the county council," he says. "How many come out of the private sector? They reflect the electorate. They are not pro-business. We live in a county largely oblivious to the free enterprise capitalistic system. The people who've come to live in Montgomery County are largely here because of the federal government. That's why you can't get elected here running against big government. We are big government."
But their governments march to different drummers. Unlike Montgomery, Fairfax has no local income tax, and its energy tax—a key business consideration—is much lower. Virginia is a so-called right-to-work state, which means workers cannot be required to pay dues to unions that represent them. Raising the minimum wage, which Montgomery County has done, is not on the table in Fairfax. Further, in Fairfax, whichever party rules, the board of supervisors is consistently pro-business. The backgrounds of the elected officials are revealing: In Montgomery, only Council President Craig Rice of Germantown has a business background. In Fairfax, four of 10 supervisors do.
Silverman says the tax structure in Fairfax also helps to explain why it takes a more pro-business stance. "If you are chair of the board of supervisors in Fairfax and the economy has its ups and downs and you have no local income tax," Silverman says, "there are two choices for producing revenues for programs and services. Either support more commercial development in your county and get revenues through a broader commercial tax base, or you increase property taxes on individual homeowners, who will promptly vote you out of office."
Attorney Robert G. Brewer Jr., the board chairman of the fledgling Montgomery Business Development Corp., says the group's goal is to change the culture of the county, to teach politicians and civil servants the value of competitiveness. In this respect, even Brewer, who is a partner at Lerch, Early & Brewer, a Bethesda-based law firm, concedes that Fairfax is ahead. "I think we're playing some catch-up, yes," Brewer says. "But I wouldn't say we are deep in the hole and down 6-1 in the bottom of the ninth."
Gerald L. Gordon, president and CEO of the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, and, incidentally, a graduate of Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, says a key difference is that Fairfax has made it a longtime goal to attract, retain and grow business. "It's all product development," he says. "The county creates a procedure considered attractive to business. It's like selling anything else. We don't have to buy companies. Fairfax County has never once offered a nickel incentive. The state has, but we have never given a tax abatement, a grant, a loan, none of that. Our feeling is we have a lot to offer, so we don't need to buy companies. They come to us."
Fairfax is also close to Dulles International Airport, the Pentagon and other defense and intelligence agencies. Montgomery's closest international airport, BWI-Thurgood Marshall, is nearer to Baltimore, and the county's largest employer is the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda.
"They are more military-oriented," Lee says of Fairfax. "The old joke is we're the life sciences, they're the death sciences. They live a little more in the capitalistic world than we do."
Montgomery County's business climate isn't always to blame for failing to attract big businesses. Due largely to new construction in Tysons Corner and along the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor, Northern Virginia has an oversupply of office space. In the second quarter of this year, office vacancy rates were 16.4 percent in Fairfax and 20.3 percent in Arlington, compared with 15.1 percent in Montgomery, according to CoStar, a real estate research firm.
Silverman says Montgomery lost Northrop Grumman to Fairfax because the company needed a 335,000-square-foot office building, which wasn't available here. "We put up $22 million over 10 years on the table in economic incentives," Silverman says. "Their consultant said it was not about economic development incentives, it was about, 'We had to buy a building.' "
Similarly, Silverman says, Intelsat General, the satellite communications company, is moving its Bethesda headquarters and its Washington, D.C., office to Tysons because Macerich, a major Tysons developer, offered it more favorable rent in its new building there. "Overall, it was time to modernize the workplace both in technology and aesthetics," Tim Carnahan, Intelsat's vice president of finance and administration, says on the company's website. "Additionally, Northern Virginia has made a name for itself as the home of many technology companies. That sort of vibe will enhance the cultural shift that is part of our move objective."
However, not all companies considering a move made the same choice. In 2013, Choice Hotels International relocated its 400 corporate employees from the White Oak area of Silver Spring to the new Rockville Town Center.
According to Peter Bang, chief operating officer under Silverman, Choice Hotels also was considering two Fairfax sites and sought a financial incentive from the county to stay here, which wound up being a $7 million package of grants, loans and tax abatements from the state, county and city of Rockville. Bang says one grant was based on Choice Hotels staying in the county for a minimum of 10 years, retaining as well as adding jobs, and building a new, $60 million headquarters. The package even included $1.15 million in parking fee reductions at Rockville Town Center.
Even with such victories, the Fairfax comparison nags at leaders in Montgomery County. In 2009, the council asked its Office of Legislative Oversight to compare the two jurisdictions, resulting in a data-rich, 80-page report and a recommendation for further research and analysis—which was never done. The follow-up was scrapped due to what seemed like a more pressing study of the county's structural budget deficit.


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Funding your manufactured home
Could it be difficult to get home financing for a manufactured or mobile house?
No, but it really is various.
Some loan providers provide conforming mortgages for manufactured domiciles, that are the conventional for usually built domiciles.
FHA loans, plus financing from USDA and VA, are other avenues to invest in a manufactured house. And loans that are personal work, too.
What's accessible to you is dependent upon your eligibility being a debtor, the nature and chronilogical age of the dwelling, and whether or not it is considered real or individual home.
Here's where to https://internet-loannow.net find the most useful funding for the manufactured household.
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Who are able to obtain a manufactured mortgage
Getting that loan for the manufactured house is significantly diffent than finding a conventional mortgage loan.
- Not totally all manufactured houses are believed estate" that is"real
- The home is considered a "vehicle" if the home is on wheels or you pay fees to the DMV
- You can find strict guidelines about home age and condition
Not totally all manufactured housing is regarded as property, which will be necessary to be eligible for a home loan that is traditional.
In case your mobile house are at least 400 square legs, for an approved foundation and taxed as real home, you'll submit an application for traditional or government-backed mortgages.
In the event that you spend yearly fees towards the DMV, or perhaps the building continues to be on tires, the house is a car, maybe not a home.
Manufactured housing loans for individual home as opposed to real-estate can be found for those who have at the very least five percent down and the true house is fairly brand brand new.
Numerous manufactured mortgage loan programs have actually strict directions concerning the home age and condition. That's because manufactured housing has a tendency to depreciate, while conventional house values have a tendency to increase as time passes.
Should your manufactured or mobile house will not be eligible for a old-fashioned funding, you can test a personal bank loan
May be the house "real" or "personal" property?
Not totally all manufactured housing is known as real-estate, which will be a requirement to be eligible for a conventional mortgage.
In case your mobile house are at least 400 square legs, on a foundation that is approved taxed as real home, you are able to submit an application for mainstream or government-backed mortgages.
In the event that you pay yearly costs into the DMV, or the building continues to be on tires, but, you're technically living in a car, perhaps maybe not a residence.
That's okay, however. Moveable homes that are mobile nevertheless be financed, not with house mortgages.
One choice is a personal bank loan, that is perhaps maybe perhaps not connected to the home. You can get your own loan to get or refinance a home that is manufactured. Approval times are fast and you also could have a less strenuous time getting authorized for the personal bank loan instead than home financing.
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Financing for moveable houses
You will find a couple of different choices if you can't get mortgage that is traditional for the mobile home.
Unsecured Loans
Signature loans are an excellent replacement for the mortgage that is traditional. Probably the most appealing benefit of unsecured loans is there's absolutely no property approval included whatsoever. The mortgage is dependent you could still be approved on you, not the property, so the mobile home can be in poor shape or too old to finance, and.
And, funding is quick. In an or less, you can have the funds week. No drawn-out mortgage process!
Therefore if your manufactured home continues to be on tires, or perhaps is perhaps maybe not financeable for almost any other explanation, consider a unsecured loan.
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FHA Title I program
Manufactured housing loans for individual home — homes which are not classified as real-estate — are plentiful if you have got at the very least five percent down and the true house is fairly brand brand new.
Interest levels are greater than home loan rates because loans for a moveable property are riskier for loan providers.
The FHA backs loans for mobile house automobiles using its Title I plan. Interest levels are negotiated between borrowers and lenders that are private this loan kind. Take into account that the typical home loan provider may not provide this kind of loan.
The attention price is fixed for the whole loan term, and you will find maximum loan quantities:
- Manufactured house: $69,678
- Manufactured house lot: $23,226
- Manufactured house & great deal: $92,904
Additionally there are loan that is maximum.
- Twenty years for a manufactured home or a home that is single-wide great deal
- Fifteen years for a manufactured house great deal loan
- 25 years for the loan on a multi-wide manufactured house and lot
Call around, and perform online searches for loan providers whom provide FHA Title I funding.
Funding for foundation-secured "real" home
When your manufactured home is classified as genuine home, you are able to fund it with a home loan. Likely, that's a Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or government-backed home loan.
The loans work very nearly the exact same as funding for traditional" that is"stick-built.
With Fannie and Freddie loans, you are able to place less than five per cent down. You can find additional loan that is risk-based for manufactured housing, so prices are somewhat greater.
FHA loans work the way that is same manufactured or old-fashioned domiciles: the necessary advance payment is 3.5 per cent should your FICO rating is 580 or more, and 10 percent if it is between 500 and 579. The home should have been built after 15, 1976, and it cannot be in a flood zone june.
The VA loan system for manufactured housing requires five percent down, together with loan terms are reduced – between 20 and 25 years, with respect to the home.
USDA (Rural Housing) loans need no advance payment, nevertheless the manufactured house must certanly be completely new and borrowers must fulfill income-eligibility tips.
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Getting a personal loan on your manufactured house
Numerous manufactured mortgage programs involve some pretty strict tips about the house condition and age. That's because manufactured housing has a tendency to depreciate, while conventional house values have a tendency to increase as time passes.
If you're set on buying a house that does not meet lender demands, you can find constantly unsecured loans.
You'll need credit that is decent obtain an unsecured personal bank loan, since it's perhaps perhaps not attached with your premises.
Funding is quick. As soon as authorized, you can get funds to buy, fix up, or refinance your manufactured home the next working day.
Typically, to get an individual loan, you truly must be a U.S. Resident or permanent resident having a social protection quantity, have actually constant earnings, and good credit rating.
Optimum loan quantities are about $35,000 to $50,000 for some lenders. Many loan providers can accept loans up to $100,000.
Can't obtain a loan that is traditional your manufactured home? Here is another loan that is personal.
What are today's rates?
Today's prices are low, and that's assisting more renters become home owners. Manufactured housing is a reasonable initial step to enter into the housing marketplace.
Get an interest rate estimate for your house loan. No social safety quantity is expected to begin, and all quotes have use of your real time fico scores.
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Wednesdays have been extremely busy. Seeing at least 4-5 new shooters per night.
We have our Annual Chad Davis shoot coming up in April.
We will be doing our yearly trail clean up this Sunday and hopefully get our animal targets up. We will be setting up campers, trailers, etc Friday, April 12th at 4pm.
All ranges will be close until 10pm Sunday evening April 14th.


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The iPad Air 4 was introduced to us in 2020, but unfortunately, Apple wasn't keen on releasing the successor to the iPad mini 5. Fortunately, it looks like the iPad mini 6 will materialize this year, and we're already expected to see a wide range of improvements, especially when it comes to the design. A fresh set of renders may have an idea of what the upcoming tablet will look like, so let us dive into those details quickly.
iPad mini 6 Could Be the First Device From Apple to Feature a Punch-Hole Camera, at Least According to the Renders
Pigtou previously showed the new 2021 iPad Pro renders, and while it looks similar to the 2020 iPad Pro, the iPad 6 mini doesn't share any traits like that. The new set of images reveal that the iPad mini 6 will sport slimmer bezels than the iPad mini 5. The upcoming tablet was said to sport a higher screen-to-body ratio in a previous report, with the display size increased to 8.4 inches. However, despite the bezels reduction, the slate won't get Face ID.
Instead, according to these renders, Apple will incorporate in-display Touch ID, the same biometric feature reported to debut on the iPhone 13 lineup. As you can see in the images, there is a small authentication area, and when that part recognizes your fingerprint, it will give the user access to the home screen. Coming to the dimensions, given below are details taken from the website in translated form.
"The tablet is now 203.2mm tall, 134.8mm wide and 6.25mm thick. The screen is approximately 195mm x 126.6mm, corresponding to 9.15 inches according to our calculations."
There is no word on the internal specifications, but since the iPad Air 4 features an A14 Bionic, we believe that the iPad mini 5 will also be treated to the same silicon. Since there's not much information related to the iPad mini 6's design, we strongly advise our readers to treat these renders with a pinch of salt for now. A previous report mentioned that Apple would reportedly launch the new tablet during March, so let us see what kind of design we get.
News Source: Pigtou


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When I lived in Oxford I joined a crochet and knitting group called The Oxford Drunken Knitwits – a fantastic group of people who meet up every week in a local pub and knit or crochet together (or sometimes just drink!). Even though I no longer attend, as I am now in London, I still like to join in and help when they have events.
They have been asked to yarn-bomb Merton College in Oxford to help celebrate Merton's 750th Anniversary Quad Party on Sunday, 15th June:
I have helped by making some crochet flowers in Merton's colours! Here are some great patterns (instructions are in UK terminology – click here for help):
Little Flower Pattern (in the photos)
- Wind yarn around finger to form a ring.
- 1st round: 1ch, [1dc in ring, 4ch] 6 times, ss in first dc.
- 2nd round: Ss in first 4ch sp, 1ch, [1dc, 1htr, 2ch, 1htr, 1dc] in each 4ch sp, ss in first dc. Fasten off.
Large Flower Pattern (in the photos)
- Ch 5 and join with ss to first ch to form ring.
- Round 1: Ch 2 ( counts as 1 dc) and work 14 dc into the ring, sl st to beginning chain.
- Round 2: *Ch 4, skip 2 dc, sl st into next dc: repeat from * 4 more times ending in last stitch in base of beginning chain.
- Round 3: in each Ch 4 space work 1dc, 4 tr ,1 db tr, 4 tr, 1 dc: join with a sl st to first dc. Fasten off.
Buttercup Pattern
- Colours: A and B
- Using A, make 8ch, ss in first ch to form a ring.
- 1st round: 1ch, 15dc in ring, ss in first dc. Fasten off. Join B in same place as ss.
- 2nd round: 3ch, 3tr in same place as ss, ss in each of next 2dc, [7tr in next dc, ss in each of foll 2dc] 4 times, 3tr in same place as 3tr, ss in 3rd ch. Fasten off.
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PSA- Flu Shot & Shoulder Pain
Shoulder Pain- you can't lie on that side, rolling over in bed hurts, forget about reaching into the cupboard without dropping a plate or cup, don't even try to put on your coat or seat belt without wincing. Combing, washing, or drying your hair hurts- so skip a day with a pony tail or dry shampoo. These movements instill fear, walking around like a wounded bird with your arm at your side. These are all the signs and symptoms that send you to your orthopedic surgeon and ont