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Painting: Because colors speak volumes and set the mood of any home.
Jazz up your home instantly with a fresh coat of paint. Change the way your house looks and feels without any major changes. Save the budget for bigger remodeling and do a painting job to change the look without spending a bomb. You can paint your interior and exterior at any time and without too big an investment too.
A beautiful new coat of paint will bring instant freshness to your home. If your home is starting to lose its charm, if the color is fading and peeling, it is time to book a paintjob with our resident painting experts. We have experienced and professional painters who can offer you things beyond just simple painting. Our painters will offer you a variety of interior textures, finishes and special touches. You will have all the customization that you want.
We also have our design experts on stand by to help you choose the perfect color. We understand how difficult it can be to pick a color that will suit your home and your remodeling project. A bright and vibrant color is the best to grab attention and go for a lively look. However, if you are looking to be subtle, a milder shade to go for the muted look. Interiors with soft colors are great for relaxation. Even though it is one of the smallest investments when it comes to remodeling, it is still a great way to make a big impact on your home. There are several options to choose from here as well:
- Exterior Paintin
- Siding
- Interior Painting
- Decorative finishes and stains
- Permanent Paint
Chicago remodeling knows the difference that new paint can make. Hence we have compiled a list for you that highlights all the important areas of exterior and interior painting.
A thoughtful, well-planned paint job will add instant value to your Chicago home. Even if you are planning to sell, selling a freshly painted house is usually a good way to get better value for your property.
Chicago Remodeling company has some of the very best painters and these experts will also introduce you to the fascinating collections of interior textures and finishes. Whether your opt for an exterior paintjob that makes sure your house looks impeccable from the outside or vice-versa — it is definitely one of the best ways to quickly add value. Always remember that you will need to consult a designers and a painter in order to come up with a color combination for the project that you have in your mind. Getting the color scheme is important because a poorly chosen palette is as bad as no paint at all.
A professional Chicago painter will make sure the house looks beautiful no matter what. Even if the house has defects and cracks, they can be covered up quite easily when done correctly. However it is important to remember that attempting this without professional help can work the opposite way. Any mistakes made by you or an inexperienced contractor can make your project more expensive than it really has to be. And a bad color scheme is going to be one of the worst things that you can do to your home's interior or exterior. So you should carefully decide on the design and color combination and consult an expert painter in order to be completely sure. You will need to base the decision on several factors such as your architecture style, existing design, etc.
Exterior Painting And Siding Options
The first lesson to remember is to always choose a professional paint expert who knows his colors. He will know the right shade and material that can be used for your house. If you are planning to do it yourself, do remember that it is going to be a very long project to do it without professional help and the quality will not be even at all. Plus, if you make mistakes then the budget of the whole project will become higher than what it has to be. So don't waste your time and money, hire our professional crew instead. The painting team at Chicago Remodeling company is one of the very best in the industry.
Once you have hired a professional, decided on the color and material, there are still some more decisions to be made before you can put brush to the paint.
1. Painting - Painting your house once every few years helps maintain a fresh look but it is time and money consuming. So you might want to reconsider the color scheme that you have been using all along and looking some alternatives.
2. Cement Fiber Siding - This is a versatile material that can give your siding the look of stucco, masonry and also wood. For many who want the natural look of wood but do not want the high maintenance that comes with it, this is an excellent option.
3. Stucco Siding - Stucco is made out of cement, water, lime, sand and a few other materials. It is a good option for customization and it can also be tinted to various shades. However, it is not very durable when it comes to high moisture areas.
4. Stone Veneer Siding - River rock, Limestone, slate granite and many other kinds of stones are used in many constructions for their high strength and durability properties. However, they tend to be prohibitively expensive for most people. So a precast stone veneer is the more affordable option to achieve the same effect.
5. Cedar Shingle Siding - These are shingles that have been made out of natural Cedar and hence look very beautiful. They have the twin advantages of looking like wood but having a much lower maintenance than clapboards made of wood. There's also very minimal peeling because these shingles are stained and not painted.
6. Wood Clapboard siding - If you have a large home, you can choos to go with wood clapboard. You can choose from Cedar, Pine, Redwood and Cypress and you can then choose any kind of stain that you like. Wood siding is much more durable than vinyl siding and with proper maintenance it will continue to look good for many years to come.
7. Aluminum Siding - Aluminum siding is used by many builders because they are fireproof and extremely durable. They are generally used as a replacement for vinyl siding mainly because they won't crack as Vinyl does. It is also popular because they are still considered to be traditional. It is also more or less maintenance free.
8. Vinyl Siding - This is the most affordable type of material for siding and many Chicago home owners have used it.
Aside from these popular options, you can also go for brick veneer siding, engineered wood siding and also seamless steel siding. Since there are so many options to choose from, it is important that you consult a professional Chicago Painting and Remodeling expert to do this. He will tell you which suits your need the best.
Interior Painting Options
Interior painting has gone through a revolution over the past years and we now have a wide array of options to choose from that makes sure that you will never have to settle for flat and boring paint jobs. And you will get the best results when you hire a professional to do it. There are a lot of things that you can do with your interior walls and a professional will be able to give you anything that you want and will also save your valuable time and money. You can take your pick from faux finishes, artistic murals, textures and much more but then learning the art yourself and then doing it is going to extremely difficult at the very best. You will also waste a lot of time. That is why it makes sense to hire an interior painting professional who knows all the techniques and all the tricks to get the effect that you want. This professional will also know which color looks the best on your wall.
Remember this always — the color of your walls is the first thing that anyone notices when they enter your home. So you must choose your colors wisely and based on the existing design and style of your home. From simple soothing colors to vibrant and exciting ones - they also define the mood of the room. So if you are unsure of whether a color will suit your room, it is time to consult with the experts. Collect the sample strips of all the colors that you like and take them to a painting expert. He will gauge them against your existing architecture and décor to see which one fits the bill.
There are an astonishing number of color choices out there and beyond them lie a world full of faux finish and texture possibilities. A well-chosen color can make even the most boring places interesting. A professional interior painting expert has the following services to offer: -
1. Color Washing - This is a technique where a thin coat of paint is applied on a base coat to add to the softness and also add the illusion of more space to the room.
2. Marbleizing - A beautifully done technique that painted over a textured surface. It can be painted on top of any surface and it will create an infinite range of possibilities for your room.
3. Wood Graining - This technique uses steel combs and artist's brushes to create the illusion of wood on any surface. It is especially suitable for doors, decorative moldings and also mantles. It requires a painter with high levels of skill for this.
4. Sponging - Use this technique to give your painted surfaces a stunning look that has glaze and also depth. It can be used to create effects that vary on impact - from subtle to overt and remarkable. The impact is varied by the choice of colors, base coat colors and the kind of glaze (flat or glossy) is used.
5. Cloth Distressing - If you are feeling artsy or simply want to hide imperfections on the painted surface, this technique is for you. It uses a cloth to wipe of fresh paint to create a distressed look and hence create a very interesting texture.
6. Rag Rolling - Great for covering large surfaces, this technique utilizes light colored base coats with slightly darker glaze colors. It creates a very opulent and pleasing look.
7. Stenciling - Another skill oriented style, it involves using stencil designs to create patterns and effects on the painted surface.
As you can understand from these options - the possibilities when it comes to painting your Chicago home are endless. This applies to both the interior and the exterior. The only thing to remember is to hire a professional who can really do justice to the techniques and styles discussed here. Call us now and find out how we can turn your home from old to new almost instantly. Get a free, no obligations estimate from our experts.
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Given the update on the size of the house and the preference for casual - I'd go for a selection of sandwiches from Subway, too.
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Have you ever seen that one movie with that dude in it? Chances are someone here has, and they want to talk to you about it. Grab some popcorn and discuss all things relating to the silver screen.
Overall Rating: 9.5
The Book of Eli takes place in a post-apocalyptic, western United States, roughly 30 years after an event the movie refers to as "The Flash". This flash was a result of a war, purportedly started over religion, ultimately ending the world as we know it. Eli, played by Denzel Washington, must carry the last remaining Bible on Earth to a place that he does not know, but claims that his faith will guide him to the right place. As one would imagine, this post-apocalyptic Earth is a pretty bad place, with bands of gangs that obviously watched Mad Max a few too many times running rampant, raising hell trying to find the last remaining Bible. Their boss, played by Gary Oldman, is in charge of these gangs, and is incredibly intent on getting his hands on the Bible, and will sacrifice anything and everything to get it.
The story plays out very well, and progresses at a decent pace. Though the story leaves out a few key details, I think this mystery helps move the story along, since most of the world and its inhabitants are utterly unaware of the world before the war. The movie very well depicts the struggles of life in a world like this, and as such has some very well done action sequences through out the entire movie. The story and its twist are slightly predictable if you pay very close attention to the whole movie, however they are vague at best, and the story still holds very well.
The Book of Eli breaks the typical mold of the overly Liberal movies that Hollywood has recently put out, as its primary message is faith, religion, and their ability to save humanity. However, this is by no means a Christian movie, and the message it sends is one that anyone can reason with.
I strongly recommend this movie to anyone and everyone, as it has easily topped any movie experience 2009 had to offer. It's a good start for 2010, except for Daybreakers, that movie was bad, and it looks to only get better.
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
I thought the Book of Eli was great also. I really wasnt expecting the twist at the end (I'm not going to spoil it) and Gary OLdman and Denzel Washington were great in it. Why no love for Daybreakers though? That movie was awesome! And at least it's not Twilight!
lol T-Dubbs, that's about all Daybreakers had going for it, it wasn't Twilight. Daybreakers was really slow and never really climaxed, it was like bad sex, without the sex.
heard it was good want to see it and glad that daybreakers is not twilight clones
The Book of Eli was excellent. The twist is somewhat predictable, but the story and the cast make it a worthwhile experience. It does have some religious overtones, but as a whole I think it was supposed to show how religion could be used as a weapon.
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I loved The Book of Eli. One of my favorite movies.
love that movie. the music behind it awesome and the story was incredible
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I'll have to watch again because I was a bit bored when I saw it.
I absolutely loved it. It's one of my favorite movies.
Agreed. And you are so right. It's not a christian movie. But despite that, from my christian viewpoint it was very touching.
I liked the Book of Eli, but I felt that it got a bit preachy at times and that really kept me from getting invested in certain parts of the film, especially at the end. It felt like the director was trying to beat the film's message into my head with a rubber chicken. Otherwise, a great film to watch.
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The Baltimore County school board voted Tuesday evening to build an elementary school in Mays Chapel despite angry opposition from neighbors.
The 700-seat school is estimated to cost $20 million to $24 million and is expected to open within two to three years to relieve overcrowding in the York Road corridor. School system administrators believe that they will need about 1,000 new seats for elementary school students within the next several years.
The board vote came after a contentious debate 24 hours earlier at a hearing where neighbors accused the school system of rushing to make a decision without considering other sites or other solutions for the overcrowding that has plagued the area for the past five years.
They suggested the school system consider other parks and a school system site in Dulaney Springs, at the corner of Old Bosley and Pot Spring roads. The county school system claims it would cost more to build at that site, but opponents disagree.
School board members on Tuesday night said they believed the Mays Chapel site was the best option. Board President Lawrence Schmidt said that given the budget constraints of the county, it would not be reasonable to purchase another property. Mays Chapel "is a school site that is being used as a park, not a park that is being turned into a school." Opponents said after the vote that they would consider their options.
The placement of the school has pitted young families, who are desperate for more space in their schools in Lutherville and Timonium, against older people who have retired to Mays Chapel and want to retain their neighborhood's 20-acre park.
According to one estimate, about 3,000 people live in the nearby residential developments, which include condominiums, townhouses, apartments and assisted-living units. About half of the park, which was set aside 26 years ago for a school, would be used to build the school.


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La Liga: Barcelona and Real Madrid hit back to beat Sevilla and Deportivo
Barcelona and Real Madrid both came from a goal down to record 2-1 wins over Sevilla and Deportivo respectively.
Last Updated: 24/02/13 12:15am
Lionel Messi scored for the 15th Primera Liga game in a row as leaders Barcelona recovered to beat Sevilla 2-1 at Camp Nou.
Sevilla silenced the home crowd three minutes before half-time when Alberto Botia headed home Coke's set-piece.
But the fit-again David Villa headed Barcelona level seven minutes into the second half before Messi struck the winner on the hour mark.
Gonzalo Higuain scored an 88th-minute winner as Real Madrid came from a goal down to sneak past a gutsy Deportivo La Coruna side 2-1 away from home.
Depor broke the deadlock in the 35th minute when Riki latched on to Pizzi's pass, cut in between defensive duo Ricardo Carvalho and Pepe before beating Diego Lopez at his near post.
Higuain had a goal ruled out for offside in the second half before Real deservedly levelled when Kaka fired low into the net from just outside the area in the 73rd minute.
Real snatched victory in the 88th minute when Cristiano Ronaldo squared for Higuain, who was left with the simplest of tap-ins before the night was slightly soured by Angel Di Maria's sending off in the final minute for a second yellow card.
Real Zaragoza missed a great chance to increase the gap between themselves and the sides in the relegation zone by throwing away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Valencia.
Zaragoza got the ideal start when they were awarded a penalty after just four minutes when Helder Postiga was tripped by Victor Ruiz and Apono sent Diego Alves the wrong way from the spot.
The hosts doubled their lead just after the hour mark when Apono delivered a perfect free-kick from the left-hand side which Postiga met with an acrobatic diving header.
Valencia were quickly back in the game as Aly Cissokho got down the left wing and delivered a low cross into the Zaragoza box towards Roberto Soldado, who dummied, leaving the ball for an unmarked Jonas to control and finish with ease.
Valencia fashioned an equaliser on 69 minutes. Dani Parejo whipped in a free-kick which Ruiz headed towards the far post, and Jonas stuck out a leg to volley the ball in from barely two yards out.
Zaragoza played the final 11 minutes of the game with 10 men after goalkeeper Leo Franco was sent off for handling the ball outside his area, while Postiga had a late goal ruled out for a foul on Alves.
Getafe came from a goal down to beat Real Mallorca 3-1 at the Iberostar Stadium thanks to three goals towards the end of the second half.
Mallorca took the lead on 24 minutes when Giovani Dos Santos ran from the right-hand touchline and then cut into the box, beating a defender before driving a left-footed shot past Miguel Angel Moya.
The game changed 20 minutes from time when Mallorca captain Nunes was penalised for handball when the ball had struck in his chest and Diego Castro calmly converted the penalty.
Adrian Colunga then appeared in the box unmarked to head Federico's cross in off the post to give Getafe the lead with eight minutes remaining, and barely four minutes later he volleyed in a cross from substitute Jaime Gavilan to wrap up the points.


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WOODSTOCK – A former treasurer of a local theater group who was dismissed by the organization early this year has been charged with stealing more than $5,600 from it.
Kelly K. Waterman, 40, of 3021 Crescent Ave., McHenry, was charged Tuesday morning with theft of more than $500, a Class 3 felony, Woodstock Police Sgt. Chip Amati said. She will have to post 10 percent, or $2,000, of her $20,000 bail to be released.
Waterman "knowingly exerted unauthorized control over property of Townsquare Players Inc.," according to the criminal complaint. Townsquare Players is a nonprofit community theater group that operates at the Woodstock Opera House.
Townsquare Players President Paul Lockwood said organization members discovered their bank account had been cleaned out Dec. 31, and they voted to dismiss Waterman as treasurer a day later.
The theft allegedly occurred around Sept. 13, according to the complaint. Amati said he was unable to answer specific questions about the case Tuesday afternoon.
"We are doing the best we can to get the theater group back to where we need to be, and hopefully even a better place so that we can continue to present the excellent productions we do," Lockwood said.
The organization is funded by donations, ticket sales and occasional grants. The city granted Townsquare Players $2,250 in hotel/motel tax funding in 2012, Woodstock Finance Director Roscoe Stelford said.
"The arts are typically run on a shoestring," Lockwood said. "We have a smaller shoestring right now."
Lockwood said the organization is encouraged by attendance at its current show, "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee."
"We hope that our final weekend we can see a lot more supporters in the audience," he said.


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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - For most of us, the NFL Draft was over when Memphis free safety Lonnie Ballentine was taken with the 256th overall pick and crowned Mr. Irrelevant for 2014.
The fun for the various personnel departments around the league was just beginning, though, as the 32 teams jockeyed to sign the best of the undrafted players.
And always remember, undrafted doesn't necessarily mean unwanted in the NFL.
Despite the resources every organization pours into player personnel, the draft is only seven rounds long and legitimate prospects fall through the cracks each and every year.
Pro Football Hall of Famers like Warren Moon and John Randle weren't selected in the draft when it was a 12-round process. The two are among a group of 15 undrafted free agents who are enshrined in Canton.
Current stars like Dallas quarterback Tony Romo, Houston running back Arian Foster and New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz also were passed over in the draft before developing into Pro Bowl-caliber players.
So, here's a look at the best 10 undrafted players in this year's process:
1. - Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida (signed with the St. Louis Rams) - Roberson was projected as a second-round pick by many analysts, but his pedestrian 4.6- second speed in the 40-yard dash coupled with a number of off-the-field issues sent him tumbling out of the draft. If Roberson finds the elusive maturity gene and starts taking his career prospects seriously, he certainly has the talent to be a sub-package contributor for a team like the Rams, who need corner help desperately.
2. - Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee (signed with the Minnesota Vikings) - Rewind back to this time last year and you will see the first 2014 mock drafts grading Richardson as a first-round pick. Knee and hip injuries, along with conditioning and technique issues, scared teams from making a major investment in him, but some still say Richardson was the best tackle the Volunteers had last season and Ju'Wuan James went No. 19 overall to Miami. The Vikings are searching for a backup swing tackle behind Matt Kalil and Phil Loadholt, so the 6-foot-6, 340-pound Richardson, who is nicknamed "Tiny," will have a real good chance as long as his body holds up.
3. - Jackson Jeffcoat, DE, Texas (signed with the Seattle Seahawks) - It wasn't a great year for Texas football. For the first time since 1937, the Longhorns were shut out in the draft and Texas was one of just four schools from college football's so-called power conferences (Big 12, SEC, ACC, Big Ten, Pac-12) to get whitewashed. Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Jackson Jeffcoat, who also won the Ted Hendricks Award as the nation's top defensive end, should have went, though. The son of former Cowboys and Bills defensive end Jim Jeffcoat, Jackson was rated by most as a mid-round prospect. At 6-3 and 247 pounds, he's undersized, but an innate ability to get to the quarterback is always going to be valued by Pete Carroll.
4. - Christian Jones, LB, Florida State (signed with the Chicago Bears) - Jones's versatility really stands out. He played on the strong side for the Seminoles in 2011, flipped to the weak side in 2012 and ended his college career as a Mike linebacker. The read-and-react skills aren't top notch, but that might be directly attributed to how much Jones bounced around in college. At 6-3, 240 pounds, he certainly has NFL size and more than enough speed to contribute.
5. - Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida (signed with the Indianapolis Colts) - Like his teammate Roberson, Purifoy was certainly a draftable commodity, but he had far too many off-the-field issues. Most recently, Purifoy allegedly was found in possession of marijuana and bath salts in March, his second high-profile drug-related incident in just over a year. Lacking the maturity to leave marijuana behind is a very serious problem in the NFL right now as evidenced by the quandaries Josh Gordon and Justin Blackmon find themselves in. From a pure football standpoint, however, Purifoy has tremendous athleticism and is very fluid in coverage, although he isn't all that great in run support.
6. - Shayne Skov, LB, Stanford (signed with the San Francisco 49ers) - Skov is your classic two-down, instinctive Mike linebacker who lost a step after tearing his ACL and MCL and breaking the tibia in his left leg back in 2011. That devastating injury required three surgeries and Skov showed his moxy by becoming a very productive player again in Palo Alto. He was a Butkus Award finalist and the Cardinal's captain as a senior.
7. - Rashaad Reynolds, CB, Oregon State (signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars) - Reynolds is TCU's Jason Verrett without the speed, an undersized 5-9 corner who battles when he's outside the numbers, excels in slot coverage and is very willing in run support. Jacksonville is very thin at corner and Reynolds should stick on the final 53.
8. - Shaquil Barrett, OLB, Colorado State (signed with the Denver Broncos) - Barrett signed with the Broncos and that might be apropos because he was sort of like a college version of Von Miller at Colorado State, playing a hybrid rush end/linebacker role and amassing 12 sacks and over 20 tackles for loss. He's not the best athlete and can be mechanical at times, but Barrett has a playmaker's mentality and understands situational football better than most.
9. - Chris Whaley, DT, Texas (signed with the Dallas Cowboys) - Whaley was another draftable prospect from Texas until a torn ACL clouded his future. A pure three-technique under tackle, Whaley is a converted running back who outgrew the position. He's a hard worker with more than enough athleticism and could be quite the apprentice for another ex-Longhorn with the Cowboys, Henry Melton.
10. - A.C. Leonard, TE, Tennessee State (signed with the Minnesota Vikings) - A pure slot tight end, Leonard is a University of Florida transfer who wowed the NFL Scouting Combine with a an eye-popping 1.51-second 10-yard split and 4.5-second 40-yard time. The next person Leonard blocks will be the first, but he has the hands, field-stretching skills and run-after-catch ability to be a monster headache as a detached H-back and glorified Jimmy Graham-like receiver.


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A Saylorsburg woman, charged with stealing $90,000 from an 82-year-old woman she was hired to care for, allegedly went on a buying binge that ranged from beer to five "Sons of Anarchy" sweatshirts, according to court records.
A Saylorsburg woman, charged with stealing $90,000 from an 82-year-old woman she was hired to care for, allegedly went on a buying binge that ranged from beer to five "Sons of Anarchy" sweatshirts, according to court records.
Jeanette Strausser, 43, remained in Monroe County Correctional Facility in lieu of $40,000 bail as of Thursday. She is charged with theft, identity theft, receiving stolen property, using another's bank card without authorization and 35 counts of forgery.
Police found Strausser had forged the victim's signature on receipts of purchases for more than 40 cases of beer in a 234-day period, a $498.18 Asus 16-gigabyte tablet, four Polaroid 4.0 seven-inch tablets, a $432 15-foot rug and other items the victim doesn't have in her home, according to court records.
Other purchases included five "Sons of Anarchy" sweatshirts shipped to Strausser's address, a prepaid wireless phone, movies, clothes and maintenance items for a pool.
Police noted a pool at Strausser's home, but no pool at the victim's.
A state police affidavit gives the following account:
Teresa Webb lived with the 82-year-old Swiftwater victim.
After Webb died, Strausser, a home health aide for state-licensed BrightStar Care in Stroudsburg, was assigned to care for the victim, who is physically and mentally incapacitated.
"The agency conducts background checks on all of its employees, and these checks are thorough to the point of exceeding state standards," said BrightStar Care spokeswoman Debra Vilchis. "Such checks were conducted on Ms. Strausser prior to her employment, and she cleared all of them."
On Sept. 22, Strausser was suspended from BrightStar Care, pending a Department of Aging investigation, for accepting private pay for additional services with the victim and not reporting changes in the victim's behavior.
Signed by Strausser, the BrightStar Care employment handbook forbids employees from requesting or accepting consumer loans or material gifts from clients, assuming power of attorney or guardianship of clients, soliciting from clients or accepting cash or the client's ATM card without proper authority and approval from the employer.
Debbie Woo, protective services investigator for the Monroe County Area Agency on Aging, found evidence of financial exploitation, and a recommendation of financial guardianship was offered.
On Oct. 24, attorney Jennifer Wise, the executor for Webb's estate, petitioned on Webb's brother's behalf to have the victim deemed an incapacitated person unable to handle her own personal finances.
On Oct. 29, Wise notified police that a total of $120,000 had been depleted from the victim's PNC Bank account from January 2012 to almost September. Of the amount depleted, $30,000 was accounted for "through living expenses and financial considerations after Webb's death," while the remaining $90,000 was not located, Wise said.
Wise was concerned Strausser was deceiving the victim and siphoning the victim's funds.
When interviewed Nov. 23, Strausser told police she had taken a $2,800 loan from the victim to help her get an attorney, and had suggested the victim give her an extra $60 or $80 a week for food, gas and personal items.
Strausser said the victim had bought clothes, music and movies for her and her children, and given her lunch money several times per week.
On Nov. 29, Monroe County Court ruled there was "clear and convincing evidence" of the victim being totally incapacitated, and appointed Webb's brother as her plenary guardian.
On March 26, police contacted Chandra Lou Nedersotek, who at that time was the BrightStar Care employee assigned to the victim. Nedersotek told police she retained and documented the victim's purchases in a notebook and that the victim needed a stipend of only $150 a week to survive on.
Police analyzed the victim's banking statements provided earlier by Wise, finding "numerous transactions not indicative of the lifestyle articulated by Nedersotek (regarding) the victim."
Police found Strausser had forged the victim's signature on receipts of various purchases.
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Sorry, but I'm a GS Leader and I do not attend the meetings. When I signed up to become a leader, I was never told I would be required to attend the SU leader meetings and honestly I cannot. They have the leader meeting on the same night as my troop meetings. None of my parents are interested in attending and my co-leader is needed to help with our troop.I attend all required training sessions, I turn in my paperwork and I read the SU email/newsletter, but I will not switch my meeting night. I have to pick the night that works best for my troop, so that's what I did.On top of being a GS Leader, I work 50 hours a week outside the home, attend all my daughter's school functions, take my daughter to her extra-curricular activities (she rides horses, so we are at the barn 3 nights each week, plus horse shows one weekend every month) and manage my household. I don't have time to go to another meeting at night that RARELY offers me any benefit. Most of what is discussed at the meeting could easily be communicated via email. They have my address if they need to get me paperwork (and honestly, electronic works best...time for GS to come ou of the dark ages and stop killing trees with all the paper they print). Some leaders don't have child care and cannot/will not bring their kids. I found that the meetings run 1.5 hours with only 10 minutes of good content and 80 minutes of filler (ice breakers, reading from memos, girls telling you about their latest event, etc).GS leaders ARE volunteers. If you have expectations in your SU that leaders must attend meetings (mandatory) then they need to be told his before they are allowed to start a troop. I would have declined to be a leader if that condition was placed on me. It's bad enough that GS USA keeps changing the rules and the programming with very little input from those of us who have to use it (My girls HATE the journeys and want their patches back).I would suggest you find a way to get the information to your leaders without forcing them to attend meetings.I apologize for sounding bitter, but I've been a leader for 5 years (since my girls were in Kindergarden) and have become increasingly frustrated with all the demands made by council and our SU. I love my troop, I love working with my girls, all of my girls love our troop and I have not lost a single girl (except the two who moved out of our area). So I know I'm a good leader, but I have been tempted to quit more than once due to the buracracy of the organization itself.
Thanks for the input. the idea of a facebook or some sort of web page has been discussed at length lately also. The issue is that council has so many rules about web interaction we have to be careful. Of course, we've asked for info on how we can make the website a reality but are running into delays and "I'll get back to you" etc.Again, my main concern are the parents that are complaining that they are not getting info about events etc, and we email the flyers to the entire Service Unit multiple times a month reminding on deadlines and everything. Part of me thinks if they come to the monthly meetings it will be more front in their minds but maybe not. There is, however an issue with communication which we are trying to fix.
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Art, science and wonder: My capital city is cutting-edge
Siu Hong Yu is a scientist working at the National Research Council. Outside the lab he tries to stay out of trouble with live music, food outings, photography, gallery visits, running, hiking, good reads and cinema.
A little less than a year ago, I stepped into the Pilot Lab at University of Ottawa and was immediately mesmerized by Andie Haltrich's installation "The Space-Time Fabric".
In that unusual exhibition setting, the connection and interdependence of each alloy pipe and pressure gauge was laid bare in front of my eyes. I couldn't help but to appreciate the fact that in order to conduct any cutting-edge scientific experiment, everything had to click, all the way down to each nut and bolt!
The one-night event Catalyst: The Art and Science Experiment, which explored the dialogue between art and science, was a student collaborative effort between the Department of Visual Arts and the faculty of Biological and Chemical Engineering.
It sought to create a more unified, multidisciplinary campus.
Fast-forward to the beautiful autumn morning at TEDxUOttawa a few weeks ago, I found myself sitting among a forward-thinking crowd.
Coffee in hand, half of my body wished that I was still in bed but when Assistant Professor Nadine Wiper-Bergeron from the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine spoke, I was captivated.
In her talk, she recounts how she, as an artsy, goth high-schooler, got turned on by stem cell research and convincingly argues that the path of scientific discovery is not that much different than any artistic creative process. She urges scientists to learn from the arts and humanities as to make science more accessible through community outreach.
Finally, she conjures up the idea of "science vernissage" where the public can see, feel, interact with and celebrate what a dynamic creative force that science truly is.
By the end of the talk, my mind was beaming with excitement and resonance and I thought it would be a tough act to follow.
Then came the Editor of Art & Science Journal, Lee Jones, bringing the union of art and science to come full circle. The student-run blog and biannual publication showcase artworks that are inspired by science, nature and technology.
Focusing on "the wonder that occurs when fields collide", Lee passionately illustrates that art has a physical presence where our knowledge can be expanded upon and where concepts become reality. Through artistic exaggeration, art often confronts us in a way that raw data and factual graphs may seem too sterile and neutral.
With science-themed artworks serving as the catalyst for eureka moments, Lee hopes to instil a sense of awe, to make us contemplate and rethink our world.
Having slept on all those thought-provoking inspirations, I headed out to the second edition of the Ottawa-Gatineau Mini Maker Faire for some hands-on biohacking with Assistant Professor Andrew Pelling, who also presented at TEDxUOttawa the day before.
He was accompanied by two of his students. Andrew's research focuses on re-engineering and re-purposing cells and organs through genetic and physical manipulations.
In an extreme example, his team managed to grow mouse muscle cells inside a decellularized apple scaffold!
The big question Andrew ponders is how structural elements affect the biology of living cells. Of course the science is mind-blowing enough, but what stuck me was the venue. The Mini Maker Faire took place at the Shopify Lounge which is used to be the Capital Music Hall in the heart of the Byward Market.
Unlike conventional science conference, it was free and open to the general public.
Why does it matter? As Andrew points out in his TEDx talk, citizens are embracing the DIY, open science movement and he would like to participate as much as possible through this type of social engagement. At the event, the Pelling Lab displayed several homemade equipment relevant to DIY biology, such as a cell culture incubator made from garbage, along with instructions and parts lists.
By pure coincidence, I recently came across a book by David Edwards titled Artscience: Creativity in the Post-Google Generation where art and science no longer exist in a dichotomy but fuse as one.
With the motto "two speakers, two topics, one conversation", an upcoming Double Major event featuring a dialogue on synthetic DNA and hip hop's roots at Carleton University Art Gallery is just one of the latest examples of how local artists and scientists are eager to join force to create and innovate.
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It is highly unlikely that my boss is going to let me put together a mixed media art piece in my fume hood any time soon.
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2001 Football
Thomas More 50, Bluffton 14
Key momentum swing lifts #20 Thomas More past Bluffton
November 3, 2001
A stunning momentum swing just before halftime was more than Bluffton College could overcome Saturday afternoon as the Beavers fell to #20 Thomas More College 50-14 in Crestview Hills, Kentucky.
Bluffton drove 65 yards in 11 plays just before halftime to set up a third-and-one situation from the Saints four yard line. Trailing 21-7, a touchdown would have brought the score to within seven points at 21-14 heading into the intermission, but TMC defensive back Peete Davis picked off a BC pass and returned it 90 yards to give the Saints a 28-7 lead at halftime.
Bluffton never recovered as TMC scored touchdowns on their first three possessions of the second half, while holding the Beavers to three-and-out possessions on their first two opportunities with the football.
In the first half Bluffton was able to move the ball consistantly on the Saints defense and ended the game with 404 yards in total offense. Sophomore Jovan Johnson led the rushing attack with 115 yards and a touchdown, while Brad Moore passed for 105 yards and added 68 yards rushing, which included a 63-yard TD run early in the second quarter. Senior Jon Spradling led the receiving corps with five catches for 69 yards.
Thomas More keeps their playoff chances alive and improves to 9-0 on the season. Their 15-game winning streak is the second-longest in the nation.
Bluffton falls to 4-5 and must regroup for their season ending showdown against Defiance College next Saturday in Salzman Stadium. Against his alma mater, BC head coach Carlin Carpenter will be looking for his 100th career win on Saturday against the Yellow Jackets.
Junior Cam Staley led the BC defense with 12 tackles, including three behind the line of scrimmage for 13 yards in lost yardage. He also recovered a fumble, which set up Bluffton's last drive of the first half. That fumble was caused by sophomore Chris Sommers, who notched seven tackles.


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BOLINGBROOK – The Federal Airline Administration and National Transportation Safety Board said it's too early to determine the cause of a plane crash that killed two people in Bolingbrook Wednesday evening.
The FAA and NTSB sifted through wreckage before hauling it to a different location in order to determine the cause of the crash. NTSB Investigator Joseph Lindberg said the lack of a black box and extent of fire damage makes matters especially tricky.
"It does become somewhat more difficult because we have less airplane but we can still get what we need," Lindberg said.
The victims of the crash have been identified as a Kentucky surgeon and his wife.
A physician and surgeon of 27 years at Georgetown Community Hospital, Narayan Venguswamy – known affectionately as Dr. Vengu – and his wife, Jay, were flying to the Chicago area from Georgetown, Ky. to attend a medical conference, according to a Georgetown hospital spokeperson.
Narayan Venguswamy was piloting the single-engine prop plane on Wednesday evening when it crashed into a tree, light pole and several vehicles just feet from a Chase Bank bank building, 262 S. Weber Road, around 5:20 p.m.
The site of the crash is just east from Clow International Airport, a privately owned, public-use airport.
Small planes continued to approach the airport as the scene unfolded Wednesday evening.
According to eyewitness accounts, the physician escaped from the wreckage but his wife was trapped inside. Jay Venguswamy was pronounced dead at the scene by the Will County Coroner's Office.
Her husband – who witnesses said was on fire after escaping – was taken to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, then transferred to Loyola University Medical Center with severe burns. He was pronounced dead at about 5:45 a.m. Thursday by Cook County Medical Examiner.
Aside from the two occupants in the plane, no injuries were reported on the ground, according to the Bolingbrook police Department.
The NTSB investigator explained that officials will continue to interview witnesses and piece together information.
"According to witnesses, [the plane] did land and rolled on the runway and then took off again," Lindberg said.
Recreational pilot and Naperville resident Dave Spears said he was in the air when the crash occurred. Spears, who has been flying small planes for several years, hypothesized that the pilot was trying to land in the wrong direction on Clow Airport Runway 18.
"He was trying to touch down on Runway 18, but the wind was at his back," Spears said. "When you land a plane, you need a headwind to slow you down. I think [the pilot who crashed] either stalled or turned around at the last minute."
It's the second time in five years a plane has crashed in the vicinity of the intersection of Weber Road and Lily Cache Lane. In 2008, a small plane crashed about 100 yards south of the site of Wednesday's crash. There were minor injuries in the Sept. 17, 2008 crash.
Andy's Frozen Custard Manager Mike Grohar was assisting a customer at the ice cream shop neighboring the Chase Bank when he said he saw a male victim, on fire, running from the crash.
"I heard something – a loud blast," Grohar said. "I turned around then saw a man on fire in the parking lot. Two men were helping him – one draped a sweatshirt over him to put out the flames."
When Grohar went outside, he said he heard the victim yelling, "Somebody help my wife, somebody help my wife."
Witness Arpagus Poole said she was in the Chase Bank parking lot getting out of her vehicle when the crash occurred. She said she heard a loud boom and felt the heat of the explosion and flames against her face.
"Initially, I didn't know what happened," Poole said. "I just yelled 'Oh my God,' then ran to the neighboring parking lot. It was only then that I saw the wreckage and realized that a plane had crashed in the parking lot."
The crash occurred at the height of rush hour at a busy Bolingbrook intersection.
"It's a sad situation but we're very fortunate with it being rush hour that it wasn't worse," Bolingbrook Police Deputy Chief Tom Ross said.
Authorities said the cause of the crash is unknown, and the FAA will assist in the investigation.


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Bonnie Says: Jon Gosselin, Getting Stoned On Video Is Cruel To Your Kids!
Jon — the newly released home video of you high as a kite that appeared online today is a cruel and unusual punishment for your kids.
The home video starring you and ex-girlfriend Hailey Glassman sounding like babbling fools, hanging out on the balcony of some highly luxurious hotel in St. Tropez, France, last summer makes it clear that the welfare of your eight precious Gosselettes is the last thing on your mind.
The source quoted in the RadarOnline.com piece that accompanied the video claims that the cigarettes you are smoking in the video are actually "spliffs" — cigarettes which mix marijuana and tobacco — and that you were also drunk on champagne.
Honestly, Jon, being stoned is truly the only explanation for the inanity of your comments: "We're munching on Pringles here in beautiful St. Tropez, eating quality food because every time we eat, we either get swollen boobs or I [expletive] myself," you grossly complain. Hailey giggles like a hyena throughout the tape, while she reaches under her shirt and feels her own chest. "Police think I'm smuggling drugs under my bra," she giggles and giggles.
If all of this wasn't embarrassing enough for 9-year-old twins Cara and Madelyn and 6-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel to have their friends see (and yes, their friends will see it, Jon) your final piece de resistance was sticking your cigarette up your nose!
Jon, talk about a gigglefest! Your poor little Gosselettes' friends will really have a field day with that little stoner trick!
And I can tell you who WON'T be laughing after watching this video, Jon — and that's your ex-wife, Kate!
I'm sure that not only did it make her feel sick in the pit of her stomach, but I bet it prompted her to put her attorney on speed dial.
"Kate can take that tape to a judge and judges are very liberal [about acting] when it comes to potential drug use by a parent. She could ask for Jon to be tested for drugs randomly, and she could get it," says renowned NYC divorce attorney Raoul Felder. "What if he's stoned and driving with the kids in the car?" he adds. "Judges will want to protect the kids. If I were a judge, I'd order random drug testing."
Kate's other legal option could be to ask for supervised visitation, adds NYC family law attorney Paul Catsandonis. Drug use by a parent is very serious: "If he's wasted and leaves them unattended, it's almost criminal behavior," Paul says.
But here's the thing, Jon — aside from the risk that you could be ordered to undergo random drug testing and/or have supervised visitation with your kids, how do you think this videotape will make your precious little ones feel?
Embarrassed. Confused. Ashamed. Hoping that their friends don't see it! "They won't say that daddy's a fool, but it will be a concern that daddy looks like a fool," explains family therapist Dr. Jeffrey Gardere, host of VH1's Dad Camp. "This will get talked about and it will hurt them."
Dr. Gardere says Jon is being a "naughty, naughty dad" and Jon, I'd actually have stronger words for you… but I'll restrain myself.
But I have to say — if the release of this disturbing videotape isn't enough to finally shock you into adulthood and responsible parenthood, then the time you deserve to spend with your kids is in supervised visits!
— Bonnie Fuller
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Wet Willie's, a national chain of daiquiri bars and full-service restaurants headquartered in Savannah, has donated nearly $20,199 - twice the amount it raised a year earlier - to Susan G. Komen for the Cure Coastal Georgia.
Wet Willie's representatives Joe Ann Brandt, social media director, and Emily Dickinson, marketing and human resources director, presented the check Dec. 3 during a ceremony at the Komen office at 2250 E. Victory Drive.
The money was raised as part of a month-long Wet Willie's fundraising campaign that kicked off with a successful breast cancer awareness party in October.
"We raised more than $20,000 thanks to the dedication of our employees and the generosity of our customers," said Bill Dickinson, CEO of Wet Willie's Management Corp. "We are truly grateful for their contributions and their support."
The latest donation is part of more than $100,000 in charitable financial contributions Wet Willie's made in 2012.
"At Wet Willie's, giving back has always been part of our company mission," Emily Dickinson said. "We're proud to help raise awareness about the importance of joining the fight against breast cancer."
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Junior Zac Swansey is one of 66 NCAA basketball players in contention for the 2011 Bob Cousy award and the title of the nation's top point guard, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Monday. The annual award, named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic Bob Cousy, recognizes college basketball's top point guard. Nominations were solicited from all schools across the country.
Swansey leads the Golden Eagles in minutes played so far this season, having logged 277 minutes of PT on the hardwood. He has 69 points and 54 assists on the season for an average of 6.9 points per game and 5.4 assists per game. He's also averaging 2.9 rebounds per game and is sitting with a free throw percentage of 72.7 percent.
"The Hall of Fame is proud to once again work with Mr. Cousy and to present one of college basketball's most coveted awards," said John L. Doleva, President and CEO of the Basketball Hall of Fame. "This list represents a wide range of college basketball's top players and we look forward to honoring the legacy of Mr. Cousy with this year's award winner."
"Bob is one of the great players in the history of basketball and his point guard ability was well ahead of his time," said Ken Kaufman, Chair of the Bob Cousy Award. "This award recognizes his incredible talents from the past while also honoring the best in today's game. We look forward to honoring this year's award winner come April."
This original list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 by January 3rd, final 10 by February 3rd, and final five by March 3rd. A Hall of Fame appointed screening committee will be narrowing down the candidates from 20 to 10 to 5 prior to a Blue Ribbon Selection Committee evaluating the final five candidates and ultimately choosing the winner. Both of the Hall of Fame committee's are made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, Sports Information Directors and Hall of Famers. The winner of the 2011 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame's Class Announcement on Monday April 4th in Houston as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.
Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award have included: Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph's), Raymond Felton (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois), Acie Law (Texas A & M), DJ Augustin (Texas), Ty Lawson (North Carolina) and Greivis Vasquez (Maryland). For more information on the 2011 Bob Cousy Award, log onto www.cousyaward.com .


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A Far North GP says he has had many patients as desperate as hunger striker Sam Kuha.
Kaitaia-based GP Lance O'Sullivan visited Mr Kuha at his home outside Kaikohe on Monday evening to offer medical advice and show his support for the invalid beneficiary's stance.
Mr Kuha, who lost a leg and the use of one arm 20 years ago in an accident, says he has not eaten since September 14 when he was refused a $40 food grant by Work and Income. A few days later he returned to Kaikohe's Community Link office and smashed two windows with a sledgehammer to draw attention to his protest.
Under the welfare agency's rules Mr Kuha has to see a budgeter each time he reaches the quota of three special needs grants. But Mr Kuha says his $244 a week benefit cannot meet all his bills, however many times he sees a budgeter.
Dr O'Sullivan said Mr Kuha's decision to go on a hunger strike was extreme, but the situation he found himself in was common.
"I didn't go there intending to talk him out of what he's doing but to give a medical opinion and support the stand he's taken ... It's not the first time I've seen people getting desperate. He feels like he hasn't been listened to."
Meanwhile, advocate Ken Brown is negotiating with Work and Income on Mr Kuha's behalf.
Mr Brown had passed on Mr Kuha's demands for change in food grant policy, and had requested a review of his benefits. It had already transpired that a special benefit Mr Kuha was entitled to had lapsed. That had now been reinstated, giving him an extra $19 a week.
However, Mr Kuha said he would not lift his hunger strike until Work and Income policy had been changed for all beneficiaries.
He is expected to be charged with wilful damage and trespassed from Kaikohe's Community Link offices.


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Ivanovic is the man for all occasions
Since his arrival at Stamford Bridge in January 2008, versatile Serbian international defender Branislav Ivanovic has not only established himself as a Chelsea first-team regular but has also gone on to become a cult hero with matchgoing Blues supporters who greatly appreciate his swashbuckling style, buccaneering runs and ability to score important goals.
Last season, Ivanovic racked up 50 appearances for the Blues -- more than any other player. Despite this, with the new campaign scheduled to start in a couple of weeks, there appears to be a question over whether or not he will feature in manager Jose Mourinho's preferred back four, with his name frequently omitted from the suggested starting lineups proposed by pundits.
The root cause of these suppositions is the recent 20-million-pound signing of Filipe Luis from Atletico Madrid. A natural left-back, Luis will take the place of right-sided Cesar Azpilicueta, who capably covered the position when Ashley Cole fell out of favour with Mourinho.
With the pacey Azpilicueta expected to feature on the right side of defence next term, Gary Cahill continuing his partnership with John Terry in the middle and youngster Kurt Zouma also challenging the duo for a place in the team, it's easy to see why 30-year-old Ivanovic might be overlooked.
Could his days at Chelsea be numbered? To understand more about why this is unlikely, it's worth delving into his career as a Blues player.
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Signed from Lokomotiv Moscow for 9.7 million pounds in January of the ill-fated tenure of manager Avram Grant, Ivanovic didn't feature during the remainder of a campaign that resulted in the dismissal of Grant, being forced to wait until September to be given his debut by new boss Luiz Felipe Scolari in a League Cup tie with Portsmouth.
The likes of Jose Bosingwa at right-back and Ricardo Carvalho, John Terry and Alex at centre-back continued to limit Ivanovic's time, however. When Scolari was sacked in February 2009, his replacement, Guus Hiddink, also overlooked the Serbian until the end of March, when Bosingwa sustained a hamstring injury.
Playing at right-back against Liverpool at Anfield in a Champions League quarterfinal, Ivanovic was the hero of the night, heading home twice in a 3-1 victory. Introduced thereafter by Stamford Bridge prematch emcee Neil Barnett as "Two-Goal Bransilav Ivanovic," the Serb's popularity with the Blues crowd rocketed. Nevertheless, Bosingwa's return to fitness meant that Ivanovic returned to the bench.
When Carlo Ancelotti was installed as Chelsea manager for the 2009-10 campaign, Bosingwa was again initially favoured at right-back by the new boss. A knee injury ended the Portuguese's season early, and Ivanovic seized his chance and became an integral part of the Blues side that won the league and FA Cup double.
The following season, with Bosingwa fit again, injuries to John Terry and Alex saw Ivanovic regularly deployed at centre-back, a position in which he excelled. Goals were a regular feature of his game and cemented his relationship with the fans.
The 2011-12 season was harsh on Ivanovic, who once more played a commanding role in a topsy-turvy campaign that began with yet another new manager in Andre Villas-Boas and ended under the stewardship of Roberto Di Matteo. A booking in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League semifinal tie with Barcelona meant Ivanovic was suspended for the final and missed out on the glorious triumph over Bayern Munich. Consolation came at the end of the following season when he headed home the winning goal for a Rafa Benitez-managed Chelsea side against Benfica in the Europa League final.
Ivanovic has been a model of consistency for Chelsea -- good in the air, strong on set pieces and a combative leader of men; his passionate, loyal, never-say-die performances for the Blues mark him down as a rare beast in the fickle world of modern football.
In preseason, Mourinho has taken a good look at all the defensive permutations open to him and will continue to do so. Ivanovic won't give up his place without a fight, and Chelsea supporters won't give up on Ivanovic. The question the Blues boss has to ask himself is, When the going gets tough -- and it will -- who's going to put a shift in and battle hard for victory?
Two-Goal Branislav Ivanovic.
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August 2012 Issue
It has lately occurred to us here at TWD World Headquarters, and I'm being only slightly facetious, that our house, which was built during the Civil War and is verifiably haunted, may actually be trying to get rid of us by manipulating space, time, the weather, and various public utilities companies. As I write this, for example, we have no natural gas service (thus no stove or hot water) for the third time in as many months. Columbia Gas is yet again "fixing" the ginormous interstate gas pipeline that runs about 1/4 mile from our house, which seems to spring a leak with every full moon. A few months ago they "blew out" the yard-wide pipe one morning to clean it, creating a giant cloud of natural gas that predictably drifted down the road and settled suffocatingly on our house, leading to a brisk run for the car and an afternoon wandering through Walmart.
This morning I put water on to boil for coffee, got in the shower, and, upon walking through the kitchen ten minutes later, noticed the water wasn't boiling. Weird. But the kettle was hot. Weirder. And the burner control was on. Weirdorama. But there was no flame. That ain't right. Since I had, by definition, not yet had my morning coffee, I stood there for a full minute before I realized that this is what passes for advance notice from the utility companies around here. Or maybe they did call to notify us, but the house erased their message.
Anyway, I think I've definitely earned the right to say It's always something. So here's this issue, and I hope to get back on schedule next month, because that will mean that (knock some termite-ridden wood) at least most things around here are working.
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In 2012, ACCIS served 787 clients
"Very often batterers are extremely skilled at putting forward a public image where people would not believe they could be violent at home," said Sherry Levin, executive director of Audrain County Crime and Intervention Services, Inc. But Levin noted, the number of domestic violence survivors that ACCIS sees annually, "don't lie."
In 2009, law enforcement agencies in Missouri reported 36,943 incidents of domestic violence. Last year, 42,484 adults, youth and children received domestic violence services in Missouri, according to Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence statistics.
Levin said the Missouri figures on an average day are a great reflection of the local statistics in the areas that ACCIS serves.
In 2008, according to the Missouri Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, Audrain County Sheriff's Office and Mexico Public Safety together reported 584 incidents of domestic violence. In 2009, these combined entities reported 633 incidents. In 2010 and 2011, these same combined entities reported 570 and 564 incidents respectively.
While the numbers vary slightly, Levin said these numbers are still "very high" considering that Audrain County's population is a little more than 25,000 people.
Last year, the county reflected the highest numbers yet. Mexico Public Safety reported 317 incidents and the Audrain County Sheriff's Office shows 378 incidents for a total of 695.
"ACCIS numbers very much reflect the UCR's in the fact that they have also increased," Levin said. She noted advocates here served 515 clients in 2008 and 588 clients in 2009. In 2010, 616 clients were served and in 2011, ACCIS advocates served 645 clients."
In 2012, ACCIS served 787 clients.
"We are currently in the process of expanding our shelter and our shelter programs in hopes of being able to provide more effective services to those in our communities that need help living free of domestic and sexual violence. Every year the majority of girls and women that access ACCIS services are clients who mostly receive services at our outreach facility on Monroe Street. With the shear number of clients we are working with on a daily basis, advocates are always on the go and it is hard to provide the needed one-on-one time with women and children who are entering the emergency shelter with traumatic situations," Levin said.
To improve services to the women and children utilizing ACCIS emergency shelter services, Levin said, the agency has restructured advocate schedules to provide for more direct services – including one-on-one advocacy sessions.
"We are also currently looking for more volunteers to help provide shelter coverage for all hours of the day and night. We hope that some of these changes will help women to more quickly be able to accomplish their goals and to establish new households that are free of abuse," Levin said.
Audrain County Crisis Intervention is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1992 by a group of citizens in Audrain County who were concerned with the growing rate of domestic violence every year in Missouri. With the help of the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic Violence, those citizens were able to form ACCIS and start a hotline to help women in these types of situations. Twenty-one years later, this organization is still going strong, with a shelter for battered women, a transitional housing unit, a court advocate to provide legal assistance, and a staff of victim/survivor advocates to assist women with community resources and help get them back on their feet.
In 2006, ACCIS became a dual program and also works with girls and women who have been raped or sexually abused. ACCIS participated in the national Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April which included participation in Denim Day. ACCIS helped spread public awareness in Mexico with a variety of displays including the AMC hospital window, the library, passing out teal ribbons, and placing jean statues with local sexual violence statistics.
Levin said the number of sexual violence clients in Audrain County has also increased dramatically in the last couple of years. In 2011, ACCIS provided services to 57 sexual violence clients and in 2012 provided services to 87 sexual violence clients. This year already ACCIS advocates have worked with 65 clients.
"ACCIS continues to provide sexual violence services because of the great need for them in our service area," Levin said. She added that ACCIS annually tries to bring awareness and education to the community by participating in national events in hopes that education will be the key to decreasing and ultimately ending domestic and sexual violence.
"Sometimes it's hard for people to get involved because they don't understand the facts about violence. No one wants to get involved, we turn our heads thinking it's not our business. However, individual involvement is the only way to shed light on this issue," Levin said. "Individuals can show support by getting educated about violence, learning where to send survivors of abuse for help, and holding abusers accountable for their actions. Abuse survivors in our communities need to know they don't stand alone and that there is help for them."
Levin added "batterers and rapists need to know that their actions are not going to be tolerated legally or socially."
She added: "By not addressing these actions with our families or friends who do abuse, we are allowing the abuse to continue. "
For more information about ACCIS, its services, or its battered women's shelter, call (573) 581-3835. The ACCIS hotline number is 581-2280 or toll free at 1-800-246-2280.


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Friday, June 1, is a date that marks a shift in the public consciousness of the state of the US and global economy. What was touted for months over the past winter as a rebound taking hold in the US economy and the assertions that the US economy was 'exceptional' and would not suffer the slowdowns underway in Europe, China and the rest of the world – were all swept away on June 1 by the May US jobs report, a downward revised U.S. GDP numbers for the first quarter 2012, as well as by the rapidly deteriorating banking and general economic situation in the Eurozone.
Why Economists' Jobs Forecasts Consistently Miss Their Mark
On the jobs front, Friday's labor department data showed a growth of only 69,000 jobs, while the preceding month's jobs numbers were revised downward for April from 115,000 to only 77,000. Both months were originally officially forecast by mainstream economists to show jobs growth of 150,000 and 180,000 respectively. A day earlier, the first quarter GDP numbers were also adjusted downward from 2.2% growth to only 1.9%, a decline that was totally unexpected by most economists, who had been forecasting that the current quarter, April-June, GDP would come in around the 2.5% to 3% range. But now will almost certainly end up in the 1.5% or even lower range, given a likely more rapid slowing in June.
One cannot miss jobs and GDP forecasts that badly without something being fundamentally wrong with forecast methodologies employed by most mainstream economists today, a point this writer has been making publicly repeatedly since last December.
The main excuse being offered today by economists for missing their recent jobs and GDP forecasts so badly is 'the weather'. The exceptionally good weather this past winter, it is argued, moved normal spring production and jobs up by several months into the winter numbers. Another favorite excuse now appearing is that growing uncertainty about the coming 'fiscal cliff' (read: excessive deficits) after the upcoming November elections has resulted in an unanticipated slowing of business spending, and therefore of new investment and consequent job creation.
But the extremely poor jobs numbers for May and April have very little to do with the 'weather this past winter'. Nor with business confidence impacted by anticipated deficits and debt levels after the November elections. It's just bad forecasting, the result of cherry-picking the most recent jobs data to forecast long term, but without considering the broader economic picture and 'broad turning points' in the US and global economy.
In part, the winter months' jobs numbers were grossly overestimated statistically for several reasons. As this writer has repeatedly noted in this and other publications, the jobs numbers during this past winter were suspect in the first place, largely boosted by questionable statistical adjustments based on methodologies that were more relevant pre-2007, but less so today. When this past winter's jobs reports, averaging more than 200,000 a month are 'smoothed' out with April and May jobs results, what remains is a picture of continuing stagnant jobs growth since the economic relapse of last summer 2011.
To the extent jobs growth did occur over the winter, that growth was due to business spending, the nature of which was clearly unsustainable beyond a few months. Very short term, temporary factors were at work at the time that were clear for anyone willing to look: (1) excessive inventory build-up after the general inventory spending collapse of last summer; (2) business one time leveraging of end-of-year tax cuts; and (3) auto sales recovering from summer 2011 supply disruptions combined with deep year-end price discounting by the auto companies. None of which were long-term sustainable, as recent data are now beginning to show. And none of all this has anything to do with 'business confidence' falling due to growing concern about deficits and debt levels post-November elections.
Since August 2011, including the questionable brief jobs surge over the winter, the U.S. economy on average has been creating jobs at a pace of barely 125,000 a month, i.e. not even sufficient to absorb new entrants into the labor force. The reasons for the long term stagnation of job creation in the U.S. are simple. There is still no real recovery in new housing and construction spending in the U.S.; the Obama administration's policies subsidizing manufacturing and exports since 2010 have produced a mere dribble of new jobs (even though many jobs created are at half pay); state and local governments continue to lay off tens of thousands every month; hundreds of thousands of workers continue to leave the labor force monthly; bank lending to small businesses never really recovered from 2009 lows and is slowing once again; and real median household incomes have continued to decline in 2012, devastated in recent months a third time in as many years by rising gas, food, healthcare, education costs, and other prices.
Specifically, household consumption – the most important economic sector – continues today at best to stumble along, kept from contracting sharply only by rising credit card balances, historically cheap auto financing, rising household dis-saving, and, for the wealthiest 10%, by the ups and downs of the stock market (now in another sharp down phase until the Fed announces another 'QE3' program later this year). But there is no basic household income growth for the bottom 80%, nearly 100 million, households in the U.S. Median household income has fallen by more than 5% the past few years, continuing what is clearly a long term trend that began more than a decade ago in 2001, and thus far resulting in a decline of more than 10%.
Credit card, debt-driven, dis-saving-based consumption cannot be sustained. And without fundamental household income growth for the bottom 80%, combined with fundamental reduction of household debt loads, no sustained jobs recovery will occur.
The 1st Quarter GDP Statistical Revision
A similar critique applies to mainstream economists' winter predictions that GDP would continue to rise in the second quarter higher than the first quarter's initial 2.2% estimate.
As previously noted, GDP growth in the fourth quarter was largely inventory driven or a result of one-time year-end business spending designed to leverage business tax cuts. To the extent household spending occurred, it was debt and dis-saving driven. Both inventory spending and business spending thereafter slowed significantly in the first quarter, while government spending at all levels continued to decline significantly. Manufacturing and exports grew only modestly in the quarter.
But economists nonetheless predicted manufacturing and exports would accelerate in the second quarter, jobs growth over the winter would raise income and household consumption, and the 'warm winter' construction trend finally signified a turnaround of the housing sector and its recovery and contribution to growth in the spring. But none of this happened after February.
Almost all economists underestimated the impact of first quarter accelerating gas and fuel prices on consumers' spending. The run-up in gas prices was largely the consequence of global speculators' driving up the price of oil, combined with US refineries conveniently shutting down refinery plants simultaneously (which they typically do when there's a surge in global crude oil prices), plus retail stations then holding prices at the pump up while crude and refinery prices fall. This coordinated supply chain development has occurred repeatedly since 2008. That year surging oil (and commodity) prices drove inflation to excess levels, despite a recession in the US already underway. It happened again in 2010, and again in 2011. The impact of rising gas prices on the US economy is generally underestimated by economists. The impact of the first quarter 2012 surge in gas prices on the current slowing of the US economy has been significant – and was generally unheeded by economists in their GDP growth projections earlier this year.
Nor were sanguine forecasts for the first quarter of accelerating jobs growth realized. Instead, jobs growth in April and May collapsed, as noted above – and with it, the projected income and consumption recovery. Home sales and home prices further disappointed, confirming no real recovery in construction. Finally, manufacturing and exports began to hit the wall of a global manufacturing slowdown, most serious in the Eurozone, but occurring in China, Brazil, India and elsewhere as well.
Already by June, bank research departments project a lower estimate for GDP growth for the second quarter, and even the third, July-September. But just as they underestimated the gas spike effect and the jobs collapse earlier, they are similarly underestimating the general impact of the Eurozone crisis and the global manufacturing slowdown now beginning to worsen rapidly.
The Eurozone Crisis and US Economic Contagion
The Obama administration's first and second economic recovery programs, costing nearly $1.7 trillion in tax cuts and spending in 2009-2010, failed to produce a sustained economic recovery by 2011. The third recovery program, dribbling out piecemeal since September 2011 and culminating in the absurd 'JOBS' bill and HARP 2.0 housing plan, is now proving no more effective than the previous two programs in 2009 and 2010.
At the center of Obama's third recovery program has been a focus on manufacturing-exports, run by General Electric's CEO, Jeff Immelt. At the request of the big multinational corporations in 2010, Obama delivered more free trade agreements, more business deregulation, more pro-US business trade assistance, backed off from insisting they repatriate offshore profits and pay taxes, and introduced other manufacturing-centric US corporate assistance. This manufacturing-exports strategy was purportedly to generate the recovery that the 2009-10 first two programs did not. Manufacturing would 'lead us out of the recession', Obama and business announced. But it hasn't – and it won't.
Manufacturing now represents too small a total of the US economy at only 12% and employs only 11 million out of a US labor force of more than 150 million. The US dismantled and shipped its manufacturing base overseas over the past three decades. Multinational corporations admit that, in the last decade alone, they reduced employment in the US by 2.7 million jobs and hired 2.4 million offshore. Approximately 8 million jobs in manufacturing in the US have been lost just since 2000. Yet manufacturing, and the even smaller sector of manufactured exports, was supposed to generate the recovery in 2011-12 that still has not occurred.
Manufacturing did revive modestly since early 2011 but, as this writer predicted in late 2011, has now run headlong into a rapidly declining global manufacturing sector. The Eurozone's manufacturing and exports have plummeted since late last year. Virtually all Eurozone economies' manufacturing indicators (PMI) are also now declining. Moreover, China, Brazil and other key economies' manufacturing and exports sectors are contracting as well. Manufacturing and exports are rapidly slowing across the world.
There is no therefore way US manufacturing and exports can continue to grow in a global economy where they are rapidly declining just about everywhere else. Meanwhile, housing and construction in the US is still bumping along a depression level bottom, with only apartment building showing any signs of growth. And state and local government spending continues to contract in most regions. Along with stagnant jobs growth, this is a scenario for slower growth in what remains of 2012, not a recovery.
Some mainstream liberal economists argue the Eurozone and China's declining manufacturing and exports sectors will not negatively impact the US economy, since trade in goods is not that large a part of the US economy. But the flow of goods is not the key transmission mechanism for the contagion of the Eurozone's accelerating recession impact on the US economy. The key transmission mechanism for the contagion is the banking system. Bank lending is already freezing up in Europe, as all the economies there (except Germany) have already crossed the threshold into what will prove a deep and protracted recession. Potential bank losses will likely spread from Spain and Greece to elsewhere in Europe, in particular Italy and France. Those losses and the lending freeze will spread to the US, where bank lending, already slowing to small and medium businesses again, will decline still further in the US, resulting in a slowing US economy in turn. Meanwhile, the US corporate bond markets and bond issues are slowing, junk bonds in particular. That will result in a further US slowdown in business spending and job creation.
As this writer concluded last October 2011 in the book, 'Obama's Economy: Recovery for the Few', which predicted a steeply slowing global economy in 2012 driven by the Eurozone and a 'hard landing' in China, Brazil, and elsewhere, "The U.S., Eurozone and U.K. economies are tightly integrated, not just financially, but in a host of other economic ways. What happens on either side of the Atlantic soon produces a similar reaction on the other."
In the months to come, the jobs markets in the US will continue at best to stagnate; apart from seasonality factors, the housing market will continue to 'bump along the bottom' as it has for four years now; government spending will continue to decline; and business spending, bank lending, manufacturing and exports will continue to slow, while consumers will continue to rely on credit and dis-saving to maintain consumption. GDP as a result will continue to lag.
And when US political elites gather immediately after the November elections, both political parties' leaders will agree by December 31 to cut $2-$4 trillion more in spending in addition to the $2.2 trillion already scheduled to begin in January 2013. But they won't call it austerity, which is the term for the deficit cutting in Europe from Greece to the U.K that is driving their economies into a deeper crisis. US capitalists and policy makers are more clever than their European counterparts. The US code words used for austerity will be 'grand bargain' and 'fiscal cliff'.


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Most of us seem to have a soft spot for heartwarming stories of veterans overcoming the odds and being rewarded for their service. This is one of those stories. eBay Motors and West Coast Customs have come together to honor four inspirational veterans by surprising them each with a custom-built vehicle, including one Chevy Camaro. The program is called "The Road Home" and along with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), United States service members will be honored just before Veterans Day.
Each of the four vehicles has been built specifically for its intended veteran and tailored by West Coast Customs to fit his or her personality and interests. Both the base vehicles and the majority of parts used were sourced from eBay and most were purchased through the eBay Motors mobile application.
A 1968 Camaro was built to honor the recipient's love of classic cars. The West Coast Customs team maintained the Camaro's iconic style and simply enhanced the muscle car's sleek lines. Another veteran will receive a late-1960s Chevy Suburban hot rod, which was built taking the veteran's need for a family car into account. Undergoing a complete overhaul, the classic Suburban was given a rat racer-inspired look and personal touches including a pop-up table for his children.
Although all four vehicles already have homes, West Coast Customs has built a fifth vehicle that is up for grabs! You can enter to win the 2012 Chrysler 300S by visiting ebay.com/TheRoadHome and viewing a behind-the scenes episode to gain a West Coast Customs promo code, by creating/updating a profile on eBay Garage, or by making a donation to IAVA.
An episode of Inside West Coast Customs will be dedicated to "The Road Home" so that viewers can watch as three of the veterans receive their vehicles. The special will be broadcast on Sunday, November 10th on FOX Sports Networks (FSN).
"We are honored to work with West Coast Customs and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America to thank these four very deserving service members and car fans in a personal way, with custom-built vehicles tailored specifically for them," said Steve Yankovich, vice president of innovation and new ventures at eBay. "The IAVA's involvement in this program helps us to extend the reach of this program beyond the four veterans being honored to recognize and support servicemen and women around the country."
Additionally, members of the military and their families can access discounted offers from various partners of "The Road Home." All they need to do is simply verify their military ID through TroopID and they can instantly claim the offers from companies such as Under Armour, CoffeeForLess.com, Sweet Stays for Soldiers, and more.
For more information on eBay Road Home, please visit ebay.com/TheRoadHome.


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17 Oct 2011 12:30:33 PM
Dan Henderson Looking to Get His Fourth-Straight KO Victory Against "Shogun" Rua
(Fedor Emelianenko bows to Dan Henderson's superior firepower at Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson in July. Photo props: Cagewriter)
By Joey Santosus
With 13 of his 28 professional victories coming by some form of knockout, it's no secret what one can expect from Dan Henderson when he steps into the cage. In fact, he's finished his last three opponents via stoppage, and according to his striking coach Gustavo Pugliese, he'll be looking to make it four straight when he meets Mauricio "Shogun" Rua on November 19th…
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