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|Gath Road Range Storm Water
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Description"The Oregon Department of Corrections is seeking bids for the Gath Road Range Storm Water. The Invitation to Bid document, specifications and drawings are available from ORPIN as download documents - Bidders are encouraged to bring all documents to the pre-bid meeting as they will not be provided. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be conducted at on 08/06/2019 at 9:00 AM (PST) sharp, located at Gath Road Range, 4755 Gath Road SE Salem, OR 97317. Bidders are required to submit the LEDS by the stated deadline. No blue denim, camouflage, tight fitting or low midriff clothing is permitted. Late arrivals will not be allowed to attend. All bidders must attend the mandatory pre-bid meeting and site visit in its entirety. General Contractors are highly encouraged to bring Sub-Contractors and Suppliers as a second site visit MAY NOT be available. The single point of contact is Ryan N. Kirtley (firstname.lastname@example.com) at (503) 378-5883; alternate point of contact: Craig L. Heilman (firstname.lastname@example.com) at (503) 373-7508 For call centers: For further assistance please call the ORPIN Help Desk at (503) 373-1774 or send email to: email@example.com . ORPIN link: http://orpin.oregon.gov/open .dll/welcome?language=En OPPORTUNITY: #291-1882-19"
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Attention: This is an opportunity with the Oregon State Department of Corrections. You can find the authoritative listing on ORPIN. Interested in this opportunity? First, read over the opportunity description. If it looks like something your firm can bid on, you can head to ORPIN to express interest and get the full set of bid documents. Here's how you do that.
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Bottle washing
High pressure, high temperatures and aggressive chemicals are commonplace in bottle washers. Designed to endure such challenges, Grundfos' multistage end-suction pumps offer efficient and reliable operation throughout the washing cycle.
The robust pumps, easily handling temperatures up to 120°C are available in cast iron as well as in stainless steel. The latter material makes them suitable for bottle washing processes where even the most aggressive detergent is used. Sophisticated digital dosing pumps are available for accurately dosing chemicals and detergents of all kinds.
Naturally, all pumps for this specific application have been specially designed to be able to perform as efficiently hanging on the side of the bottle washer as they would have standing solidly on the ground.
|Detergents used in bottle washers can be very aggressive.
|Grundfos' specially designed pumps for bottle washers are available in stainless steel, which is resistant to even very aggressive media.

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The feds arrested Hunter Moore and an alleged co-conspirator on Thursday for hacking into email accounts to get nude photos Moore published on isanyoneup.com. At the heart of the prosecution is the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the federal statute that makes it a crime (and in some circumstances, gives rise to civil liability) for accessing a computer without authorization.
Few will come to these guys' defense in this situation. Moore's conduct in publishing and promoting isanyoneup.com was reprobate, and if the allegations in this criminal action prove true, that backend nefariousness will simply multiply the reasons why Moore was known as the most hated man on the internet. And because of this disdain for Moore's conduct, most of us are happy to see the CFAA used aggressively against him.
But that's the same statute many blame for crushing Aaron Swartz. To the extent a reasonable person may feel ill-will against Hunter Moore, he or she may feel sympathy, indeed compassion, for Aaron Swartz having had the CFAA book thrown at him. Against Moore there's a sense of justice, against Swartz, a palpable injustice.
Isn't it a bit mysterious how the same conduct — granted, for way different purposes and under different circumstances — can elicit such contrasting emotions?


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Well I was downtown for hours, most of them spent waiting on my cousin to drag his sorry arse off the couch, out of the shower, and away from the mirror while I made friends with the indigenous peoples of State Street. Enough really is enough after all. Needless to say I had a lot of:
Holding with that sentiment and without further ado, it's the
First Annual Parent's Night Freakfest Awards with our hosts Jamie Lee Curtis and Matthew McConaughey.
Take it away Jamie.
Hello everybody, here we are in the lavish–arrgghh—eeeeekkkk— flumpp—
Well alright, alright, alright, thank you for that chilling intro, Jamie Lee.
First I'd like to take my shirt off for the ladies (zip). Oh my goodness, I said "shirt," didn't I? My bad.
On to the awards. Is it truly chilly in here or are my butt cheeks tighter than usual. Check out those silky buns of steel, y'all.
How fitting that our first award of the evening is for:
The next costume is based on one of the deepest movies of my generation. You know it, you love it, pass me a Zagnut, it's Beetlejuice.
The Maitlands
And speaking of dark, have you heard the rumor I'm going to be the next Dark Knight, a rumor I started myself. Yes I did.
Alright, alright, alright, thank you crazy old street singer. Which leads me to my personal favorite:
Most Likely To Be Arrested.
That's not funny, compadre. Well, maybe it is, anyone care to partake? I'm talkin' about you part with your weed, and I take, son. Yeah.
The costume for Best Weed goes to:
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>Basically, two different sets of complications face a person with hypertension: short-term and long-term. Short-term complications are generally due to extremely high blood pressure; the most significant is the risk of a stroke due to rupture of blood vessels in the brain (called a cerebrovascular accident). Long-term detrimental effects are more common: they include coronary artery disease, kidney disease, congestive heart failure, eye problems and cerebrovascular disease.
>Fitness and Diving Issue
>As long as the individual's blood pressure is under control, the main concerns should be the side effects of medication(s) and evidence of end-organ damage. Divers who have demonstrated adequate control of blood pressure with no significant decrease in performance in the water due to the side effects of drugs, should be able to dive safely.
>A recent report in a diving medical journal citing several episodes of acute pulmonary edema (i.e., lungs congested with fluid) in individuals with uncontrolled hypertension while they were diving. Regular physical examinations and appropriate screening for the long-term consequences of hypertension such as coronary artery disease are necessary.
>Medication Used in Treatment
>Mild hypertension may be controlled with diet and exercise; however, medication is often necessary. Many classes of drugs are used to treat hypertension, with varying side effects. Some individuals must change medications after one drug appears to be or becomes ineffective. Others might require more than one drug taken at the same time to keep the blood pressure under control.
>Classes of drugs known as beta-blockers often cause a decrease in maximum exercise tolerance and may also have some effect on the airways. This normally poses no problem for the average diver. ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibitors are the preferred class of drugs for treating hypertensive divers; a persistent cough is a possible side effect.
>Calcium channel blockers are another choice, but lightheadedness when going from a sitting or supine position to standing may be a significant side effect.
>Diuretics are also frequently used to treat hypertension. This requires careful attention to hydration and electrolyte status. Most anti-hypertensive medications are compatible with diving as long as the side effects experienced by the diver are minimal and their performance in the water is not significantly compromised. Any diver with long-standing high blood pressure should be monitored for secondary effects on the heart and kidneys.
>For more information on cardiovascular conditions, see the complete article by Dr. James L. Caruso on Cardiovascular Fitness and Diving from the July/August 1999 issue of Alert Diver.


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Heavenly Kisses
2 egg whites
½ teaspoon vanilla
½ cup fine granulated sugar
Beat egg whites until stiff and dry, beat in 6 tablespoons of sugar, a spoon at a time. Beat until it forms peaks. Add vanilla, then fold in the rest of the sugar. Shape with spoon on cookie sheet. Bake in 250 F. oven for 50 minutes.
Makes about 18-20 kisses.
Old Timey Recipes, p. 14
Note:Grease and flour the baking sheet or line it with baking parchment.
When I bake Kifli, I have left-over egg whites to use in this recipe.


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U.S. cycling ends Games with gold
BRANDS HATCH, England – The U.S. Paralympic Cycling Team ended its run at the London 2012 Paralympic Games in fitting fashion today, winning gold in the final event of the cycling program, the mixed H 1-4 team relay with a time of 30:07.
The team of Marianna "Muffy" Davis (Sun Valley, Idaho), Matthew Updike (Denver, Colo.) and Oscar Sanchez (Whittier, Calif.) narrowly edged out Italy who finished the 18 KM race with a time of 30:50. Switzerland finished third, but were not far behind, finishing in 30:58.
The win marks the fifth gold medal, and the 12th medal overall for the U.S. in road cycling events, tying them with Germany for the most by any country.
For Davis, the win caps a remarkable few days for the three-time Paralympian. Davis won two other road cycling gold medals (individual H 1-3 road race and H 1-2 time trial) earlier in the week.
For Sanchez, today's win gave him his second medal of these Games, but his first gold. He finished third in the individual H 4 time trial earlier in the week. For Updike, who was participating in his second Games, the win gave him his first ever Paralympic medal.
As a team the U.S. collected 17 total cycling medals in London (12 road, five track), which marks the most ever for the United States at a Paralympics.


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Just a one-and-a-half hour drive from Los Angeles, lies this little oasis and one of the oldest town in Ventura, called Ojai – a soothing retreat from the assaults of every day Los Angeles living and the Ojai Visitors Bureau wants you to experience it for yourselves.
Toward that end, Janis Flippen, assisted by Ruth Ballin, invited a select group of journalists to specifically experience a new attraction called "Eating Ojai Tasting Tour." Brainchild of Allison Costa, of Ventura Food Tours, the attraction is in its infancy and while there is potential for success, some kinks will have to be ironed out before it becomes viable. For example, the restaurants participating in this program will have to be trained in serving proper portion sizes to accommodate the number of "tasters" as there must be ample food to go around, which wasn't always the case. That said, here are some highlights of the tastings:
Azu Restaurant & Tapas Bar is a mother-daughter operation that also features live music in the back room. The outstanding dish was definitely the figs wrapped in bacon.
If you love corn tamales, then you definitely want to head over to La Fuente that serves these deliciously sweet treats all year round. Their most popular tamale is cheese and pepper and at $2.75, they sell around 400 – 700 a week, which is bumped up to 7,000 weekly during Christmas.
In its 17th year, Ojai Coffee Roasting is known as the watering hole of Ojai and coffee lovers gather there every day to experience the brew of the day. The most popular? Dark Papua, New Guinea. In addition to a variety of coffees, Kent offers Panini sandwiches and a selection of house salads using farm-fresh ingredients.
For lovers of authentic, refined, healthy Mexican food, with recipes passed down from mothers and grandmothers to their daughters and granddaughters, as well as a taste for tequila, Los Caporales is a good choice. Owned and operated by Leticia and her husband Ruben Salinas, its welcoming environment, coupled with friendly service, is a "down home experience" to be enjoyed.
A very knowledgeable Jorge (George) Alem of OBC (Ojai Beverage Company) prepared a tasting of three of his 800 beers. Fourth generation in the ale and spirits business, he explained that unlike wine, where you can use your olfactory senses to experience the taste, beer requires four ounces to be consumed to get the full flavor.
If beer is not your cup of tea, also on hand are 4,000 different spirits and 1,000 varieties of wine – something to satisfy everyone. If you'd like to toast in Scottish, try "Slainte" - (Here's tae ye.)
If you love home-baked breads or have a nagging sweet tooth, head over to the family-owned Knead Baking Company and do try the unique, delectable cheesecake tart or any of their cakes, pastry, desserts or breads.
Our host pours from one of the wonderful wines he selected for the tasting which included a Pinot Noir, Grenache, Syrah, and a Cabernet Sauvignon. The grapes used in their wines are processed in Ojai and most are certified organic which means no pesticides or chemicals. A definite stop for connoisseurs of fine wine.
Susan and her partner Beryl Schwartz own and operate the lovely Feast Bistro. Formerly a bookstore, the restaurant offers indoor or outdoor dining. She and Beryl settled in Ojai because, "We couldn't afford Santa Barbara."
This outstanding meal began with a delicious, creamy asparagus soup, followed by an arugula and fennel salad with tangerines. The main course was Superior White Fish, which really was superior, served on a bed of couscous. While there is a catch of the day, which is their best seller, the Superior White fish is brought in once a month from Chicago. Cooking for 26 years, when asked about her inspiration, Beryl said, "Mom was a good cook and could make anything taste good." How does she handle stress? "Sometimes when things get real hectic, I think about the guy who sells hot dogs off the freeway. He has no overhead and makes a good living and that can always be my fallback position." (She laughs)
With all this eating you will surely need a place to rest your head at night and have a choice of nine B&Bs. I was fortunate enough to stay at the historic "The Lavender Inn," the only full service B&B in Ojai.
Under Kathy Hartley's loving leadership, "The Lavender Inn," a historic property built in 1874 that was originally a school house, is not just an incredibly charming destination with attractive rooms, beautiful gardens, sumptuous breakfasts, and afternoon wine and cheese snacks, it is also a hotbed of activities including the Ojai Culinary School and participation in the Clean The World program. But undoubtedly the most heartfelt undertaking is InnCourage, an annual retreat dedicated to underserved women with mostly breast cancer. The women are treated to three days of pampering which includes organically prepared food, massage, makeup lessons, wig styling and scarf tying for those who have lost their hair. It's a healing gathering where women, guided with a therapist, can discuss the challenges they are facing in coping with their disease. Although somewhat subsidized, when the funding runs out, Kathy puts in her own money - putting her money where her heart is.
The rooms range from $130 and each holds its own unique charm. But for a really special occasion, think about the 1,000 ft. Provence Cottage, a beautifully decorated accommodation with a private entrance, huge living room and bedroom each with French doors leading to a private garden. Of course there's a fireplace for those cool evenings and at only starting at $285, it's worth every penny and a treat you won't soon forget.
If you would like to experience an alpaca up close and personal, a must stop is the very unique El Paca Pastures, home to 12 of these quite beautiful, mild-tempered animals and one llama who watches over them. Run by Eric and Laurie Kreis, before entering the cage, we were asked to get into a quiet, Zen-like state and not to make any sudden movements that might scare them and cause them to spit. We were invited to feel their fleece, which is softer than cashmere and hypoallergenic. The alpacas are shorn of their fleece once a year, usually in the spring, which is used in an assortment of products from socks to blankets.
Some interesting facts about these beautiful animals is that have strong herding instincts and get distressed if any one of them is separated from herd, all defecate in the same spot which is turned into compost, and they protect each other from danger by emitting a special sound signifying danger.
In summarizing Ojai, it's both a spiritual haven and a nourishing destination for music and art lovers as the community is home to artists, musicians, and health enthusiasts. It is also a mecca for outdoor activities, including being home to one of the top 25 golf resorts in North America on the property at the Ojai Valley Inn and Spa.
Ojai's reputation for tranquility began decades ago when it was pictured as Shangri-La in the seminal 1937 film, "Lost Horizon." There is definitely something in the air that will distance you from your daily stresses and definitely lower your blood pressure.
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Lecture to focus on the Taliban's child militants
Lecture to focus on the Taliban's child militants
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Pakistan's Swat Valley and the brutal legacy of the Taliban's recruitment of child militants will be the focus of a talk by John Horgan, director of the International Center for the Study of Terrorism (ICST) at Penn State. The event will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. April 3, in the Alumni Fireside Lounge at the Nittany Lion Inn. Horgan's talk, titled "De-Radicalizing the Taliban's Child Militants: A View from Swat Valley," is free and open to the public.
Horgan and fellow ICST researcher Mia Bloom recently returned from a trip to Swat Valley. Beginning in 2007, the valley's inhabitants were victim to a brutal reign of terror from the Pakistani Taliban, leaving a legacy of trauma to the region since the Pakistani Army's offensive in 2009 to rid the region of Taliban control. The primary purpose of Horgan and Bloom's trip to Pakistan was to visit Sabaoon, a rehabilitation center for child militants who once belonged to the Taliban. Horgan will describe the children's day-to-day life in the Taliban, as well as the challenges faced by workers at Sabaoon to de-radicalize the children and discourage re-engagement with the terrorist group.
Horgan is associate professor of psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State and author of more than 60 publications. His books include "Divided We Stand: The Strategy and Psychology of Ireland's Dissident Terrorists" (2013), "The Psychology of Terrorism" (2005) and "Walking Away from Terrorism: Accounts of Disengagement from Radical and Extremist Movements" (2009). He is a member of multiple editorial boards and the Research Advisory Board of the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC). He holds a doctorate in applied psychology from University College, Cork, in Ireland.
Horgan will be available for questions after the presentation, and a reception will follow. For more information about the ICST Speaker Series, visit www.icst.psu.edu or contact Kate Slavens at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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by Tom Utescher
Last Tuesday the squash teams at Chestnut Hill Academy and Springside School both opened the New Year with Inter-Ac League victories on their home courts, although the two contests followed very different scenarios.
The Springside Lions were clear-cut 9-0 victors over the girls of Agnes Irwin, while the boys' match at CHA came down to the final individual contest before the Blue Devils sealed a 5-4 decision over visiting Haverford School.
For Springside it was the first league win in five Inter-Ac outings, while CHA improved to 2-1 in the league and 3-1 overall with Tuesday's outcome.
Baldwin School has emerged as the new girls squash power on the Main Line and Agnes Irwin has struggled as of late. At Springside, the Owls were unable to capture a single game from the Lions, who had junior number one Libbie Maine master Liz Brehman (11-4, 11-2, 11-5), while senior number two Annie Maxwell took down visitor Paige Chandler (11-5, 11-7, 11-6).
The Springside youth corps prevailed in the third and fourth spots, with freshman Caroline Canning winning at the former position over Gracie Cook (11-2, 11-3, 11-2), and eighth grader Francesca Fabiani fashioning an 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 victory over Irwin number four Anne Scattergood.
Scattergood's twin sister Libby met a similar fate, falling 11-2, 11-6, 11-5 to Amanda Culp, the Lions' senior number five. Next in the order were three Springside juniors; Kelly Brady beat Irwin's Anna Yoss (11-2, 11-5, 11-1), number seven Ellie Stout defeated Madeleine Rosato (11-6, 11-3, 11-3), and Samantha Blake swept Owls number eight Nora Buck (11-3, 11-4, 11-3).
With freshman Courtney Hamilton's 11-6, 11-8, 11-3 win over Marielle Beckman in the ninth spot the match was officially concluded, and in an exhibition bout Lions senior Carolina Concannon was also a 3-0 winner.
Conestoga High School recently started a girls' squash team, and on Thursday Springside easily overcame the newcomers, 9-0. With Brady out sick, Stout, Blake, Hamilton and Concannon each moved up a spot on the team ladder, but the Lions still won all nine matches by 3-0 scores, arriving at an overall record of 4-4.
Chestnut Hill Academy's racquetmen thought that a Haverford match originally scheduled for early January had been moved back a month, so they received a shock when they got back to school on January 3 and found they'd have to face the Fords the following afternoon. There was reason for concern, as CHA had escaped from Haverford's courts with a narrow victory (also 5-4) back in December.
In an individual match that began early last Tuesday but extended to five games, junior Alex Ambrosini gave CHA a "W" in the eighth position, getting by Haverford's Scott Warren (5-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9). One rung down, another five-gamer went the visitors' way, as Thomas Walker won 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 7-11, 13-11 over Blue Devils freshman Mason Blake (brother of Springside's Samantha).
CHA eventually locked up wins at number three, four, and five. Senior Peter Lynn took the third match for the Devils against B.G. Lemmon (3-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6, 11-1), while things went more smoothly for sophomore Alex McCall (11-6, 11-5, 11-3 over Ian Rothweiler) and junior Augie Frank (11-8, 11-5, 11-7 over Sam Henderson.)
Haverford countered with victories at number six, where Jay Losty defeated CHA senior Nick DiDonato (12-10, 4-11, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7), and in the seventh position, where Devils freshman Philip Kelly fell to the visitors' Jon Ruth (13-11, 13-11, 9-11, 13-11). With Sachin Patel's 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7 win over Chestnut Hill senior Anderson Good at number two, the overall match was tied at 4-4.
Like Springside, CHA has a "Maine" in the number one spot on the team. Senior Jack Maine secured the first and third games of his match (13-11, 11-6), while the second and fourth went to the Fords' Bayard Kuensell (12-10, 15-13). After the extended fourth game, Maine came back to take the fifth at 11-7, wrapping up a 5-4 decision for his team.
Facing less-formidable franchises from Malvern Prep and Shipley School later in the week, CHA took some of its strongest players out of the line-up. The Blue Devils still defeated Malvern, 8-1, and Shipley, 9-0, lifting their overall record to 5-1.


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Beachfront Vacation Rentals in Troncones, MexicoMarch 2nd, 2010
Hola from Casa de la Sirena Beachfront Vacation Rentals in Troncones, Mexico! Whether you are looking for accommodations for 2 or for 20, we are the original Barefoot Beachfront Elegance Resort.
We have allot of happenings around our little village that we thought you would like to hear about. Ixtapa and Zihuatanejo have nothing on us! And, remember, Troncones, home of the never crowded beaches, was voted TripAdvisor's # 1 international destination for 2010!!!! If you haven't yet visited our wonderful slice of ecological heaven, make this your year!
"EXPO-FERIA TURISTICA TRONCONES" has kicked off with amazing success! All events are held in our new and upcoming Zocalo (town square…..in this case town rectangle.) It's huge! There are food booths, a bar , and some of the entertainment has included bull riding, dancing horses, cock fights (yes, I know….it's a cultural thing), traditional folk dancing, bands, mariachis (if you have never seen the real deal mariachis, they are just incredible), locals dancing to all the bands ( a sport in itself! Just ask Linda about her foot…), beauty pageants, clowns, juggling……..I am telling you we have it all! My favorite event is the "Taste of Troncones" held once a week. It is a sampling of almost all of our restaurants here in the village. All events have been so successful and so well organized. We are just really excited to have this venue to look forward to!
SUMMERTIME…..where the Surfing, Spring Break Vacations, Family Reunions and Mexican Destination Weddings are easy. And, it is right around the corner. The Sirena compound offers the perfect setting to relax and kick back with your friends and loved ones. Whether you are here at the Troncones break waiting for that one perfect wave of the season, hanging out at the break at Manzanillo , La Saladita or The Ranch, Casa de la Sirena is the first class resort here in Troncones ready to welcome you back home from the wilds of your surfing/fishing trip.
Let us schedule an en suite oceanfront massage, dinner, manicure/pedicure….a bartender for the evening if you are with a group….your perfect vacation. Ask the guys from Swellmagnet.com. We are the resort of choice for these brave men who brave our area one a year in search perfect world class surfing. And, see their video on our website: Surfing at Casa De La Sirena!
Troncones' beachfront Casa de la Sirena Villas and Suites is picture perfect for your Family Reunion Destination and Oceanfront Friends Get-a-Ways. We are oceanfront and offer shady beach palapas, pools, swim up bars, outdoor showers, en suite spa services, cook service, a yoga platform (lessons are a few lots away) world class surfing, fishing, horseback riding, eco tours and great restaurants. The compound is great for groups with lots of gathering places, but designed with the utmost in privacy. Mother's Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day……..and all the days in between are perfect for a gathering at Casa de la Sirena.
The Sirena compound is a natural choice for Beachfront Mexican Weddings….be sure to see a video of an actual wedding here at the compound on our website. We host many weddings and are simply the perfect location for them. Whether you choose a simple barefoot celebration on the beach or a full out formal affair, our planners will work with you to assure perfection for you and your guests during this special time in your lives. We do not charge a facilities fee, but instead have a minimum number of nights that the entire compound must be booked. Not being tied to use in house restaurants and having the freedom to have your own bar set up during the week all allow you have the wedding of your dreams and still stay on budget. We are known as "the wedding place" here on our unspoiled little beach!
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Have a wonderful spring and come visit us soon!
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The 13-year-old driver in a crash that killed a 12-year-old boy and injured four others last month in a Chicago suburb was officially charged this week.
The girl, whose name is not being released because of her age, is charged with reckless homicide, reckless conduct and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
The crash happened Nov. 27 in the 600 block of Brookwood Terrace in south suburban Olympia Fields. Police say the car was traveling at a high rate of speed when it crashed into a tree.
Olympia Fields resident Armani Creamer was killed in the crash. The other passengers, all under the age of 16, were treated and released from area hospitals.
Creamer's mother said he was supposed to be grounded but sneaked out for a joyride with friends.
The driver was arraigned Thursday and released to her mother's custody.
Creamer will be buried on Saturday.


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1954 Ford F-100 - Readers' Trucks
Itch by ItchSteve and Chickey's '54 FordIt all started 31years ago when Steve Hernandez of Granada Hills, California, was 18 years old and had a friend with a '54 Ford F-100 in his backyard in Simi Valley, California. The friend wanted to restore the '54 someday, but time and money was an issue, so he asked Steve if he wanted to buy the truck for $500.
After hearing about the new truck in the family it didn't take Steve's dad more than a minute to fire up his trusty '38 Chevy pickup and the two were loading up the fenders, hood, and miscellaneous parts and towing the old Ford home in no time.
Steve knew he had a big job in front of him, so he began working on the truck right away and stripped it to the frame, did all the bodywork and painted the truck yellow himself. "I was proud of what I did, for a backyard grease monkey. I completed it in the late '70s.
"I drove it around for a few years, got married, and then my wife and I started going to car shows. We saw all the beautiful vehicles, and it made us think that if we wanted to show the truck at these car shows, we better start doing something about it and upgrade the truck we have.
"We took the truck to Larry Ready in Northridge, California, where he restored the truck for us. He took the 292-inch Y-block with a Ford automatic tranny out, and installed a frontend clip from an '85 Chevy Camaro, with a 305 engine, 700-R4 transmission, and the rearend is a 10-bolt. After the driveline was done, Larry painted it tangerine orange.
"Once we got it back from Larry, I started doing some more work on the dashboard, I filled all the holes and the ashtray and glovebox, I made it look nice and smooth, to give the dashboard a different look. I then I got an itch that the truck needed something else.
"I had my neighbor Mike Ambros do the upholstery for us, in tan leather. He fabricated the center console and installed the switches for the windows, radio, and air conditioning. Mike then installed the seats from a late- model Cadillac. He modified the seats by cutting down the tops, so they would fit just under the back window. He also installed an overhead console from a newer Chevy Suburban. Then we took the truck to Conejo Autobody in Thousand Oaks, California, and Vince painted pearlescent gold ghost flames on the outside of the truck.
"Then I got another itch to start working under the hood to chrome it up. Once that was done, I started on the bed wood and used a gallon of clear urethane over the oak. A little bit later we got another itch to spruce up the firewall with some flames to match the outside of the truck. We took it back to Conejo Autobody and Vince sprayed the firewall and inner fenders with gold ghost flames. When we got it home, we thought it still needed something else. So we got the itch again to really spruce up the firewall. We called Cosme Lojero of Cosme's Airbrushing in Palmdale, Calfifornia. Cosme brought the firewall and tailgate to life with his awesome airbrushing. He came to our house and airbrushed the firewall in 5 hours, and then his buddy Juan Zpeda cleared it. In 2009, my dad still has his '38 Chevy, and I'm never selling my '54 so, that's my story until we get another itch."
Editor's Note: Getting your truck into Readers' Trucks is a snap, of the camera, that is. All it takes is a stack of good-quality photos of your ride that are in focus and well lit. Due to the volume of mail we receive, we regret that we cannot return photographs. Send photos of your truck (no Polaroids or printouts) to: CCT, Readers' Trucks, 774 S. Placentia Ave., Placentia, CA 92870. It is important that you include a detailed description of the modifications you have made to your truck, including any interesting stories behind it.


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B-Real Of Cypress Hill - No Entiendes La Onda [Spanish]
B-Real - of Cypress Hill "Smoke N Mirrors" In Stores January 27th, 2009
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The Palantír of Elostirion, also known as the Elendil Stone was one of the Palantíri brought by the Faithful from Númenor.
It was stored in the tower Elostirion on the Emyn Beraid by Elendil, and in later years was guarded by Círdan and the Elves of Lindon.[source?]
The stone was aligned westwards towards the Master-stone in the Tower of Avallonë, along the length of the Straight Road; because of this, it could not communicate with the other six of Middle-earth. Only Elendil was able to use it to look west across the Sea and see the Undying Lands;[1] Elendil also tried to see the fallen Númenor with the stone but failed.
Even after the fall of Arnor, Wandering Companies of Elves made pilgrimages to visit the Towers and see the Stone, in order to catch a glimpse of Varda. One such company, led by Gildor Inglorion just returning from Elostirion, was encountered by Frodo, Sam and Pippin on September 24, T.A. 3018.[2]
It remained in its tower until the end of the Third Age; it was then taken back into the West aboard the White Ship.[3]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, "Three is Company"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"
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|Stones of Arnor
|† Annúminas-stone (Annúminas) · Elostirion-stone (Elostirion - Valinor) · † Amon Sûl-stone (Amon Sûl - Fornost)
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|† Osgiliath-stone (Osgiliath) · † Ithil-stone (Minas Ithil - Barad-dûr) · Anor-stone (Minas Tirith) · Orthanc-stone (Orthanc - Minas Tirith)
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This weekend marks the second annual Chicago Alternative Comics Expo, fondly known to comics creators and fans alike as CAKE. For two days out of the year, artists and publishers from all over the US, Canada and beyond congregate in Chicago to share and shop-talk their work. The result: an overwhelming flurry of comics, prints, self-published ephemera, weirdos and spontaneity. Be sure to stop in for a visit!
Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)
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NANCHANG, China (Reuters) - In the Chinese city of Nanchang, where the local government is building a new subway network, the modern train station rising out of the red earth sits in an empty part of town. The crowds that Nanchang envisions will someday use its metro are nowhere in sight.
Nanchang's population of three million — relatively small by China's standards — and the municipality's finances raise questions about the subway's viability and makes the city a case study of the risks China takes when it relies on investment to power growth.
"In the future, when we need to sustain growth, we need to come up with even bigger investment projects," said Zhang Zhiwei, a Nomura economist. "This is not sustainable."
As the world's second-biggest economy limps to its weakest full-year expansion in 13 years, Beijing has leaned once again on a tried-and-tested model of ramping up investment, this time in subways, bridges and other infrastructure, to aid growth.
To do this, the government has accelerated approvals for investments that were already planned, in the hope that this will be a more measured way of supporting the economy than the 4 trillion yuan ($640.87 billion) stimulus program unleashed during the global financial crisis, which sparked widespread construction spending by local administrations and a hangover of debt.
In just six months this year, Beijing has approved the building or expansion of metro lines in 23 Chinese cities. Nanchang, in eastern China, is one of the smallest cities building a subway system.
Nanchang's government says the network will meet the needs of a growing population, which it expects to increase 15 percent by 2015, that will put it on the map as a "big city".
But critics see it as an extravagance that underlines China's need to consume more and invest less.
The city plans to build two subway lines over 51 km by 2015 at a cost of 27.4 billion yuan - 10 percent of its 2011 GDP and 67 percent of 2011 fiscal revenues.
More investment will follow in three additional lines stretching 117 km by 2020.
"This is not something that if you want today, you can have tomorrow," said Wang Chaohua, a deputy general manager at the Nanchang Railway Transit Group. "A subway line will burnish Nanchang's branding as a big city."
The International Monetary Fund, most private economists and even the central Chinese government, agree the country needs to move away from investment-led growth.
Economists say investment this year will account for half of China's GDP, little changed from its 49 percent contribution in 2011. More developed economies rely on consumption for 60 percent to 75 percent of their economic activity.
The risk in relying on investment for growth is that it can create waste, such as roads to nowhere, build up bad debt, strain state coffers and stifle domestic consumption.
IMF researchers estimated in November that China over-invests at a cost of 4 percent of GDP a year — or the equivalent of $303 billion — and said it needs to reduce investment by 10 percentage points of GDP to keep its economy stable.
In the town of Lehua in west Nanchang, some locals have come to a similar conclusion as the IMF, at least in the city's case, where investment accounted for 74 percent of its GDP in 2011.
On a recent weekday afternoon when there was more poultry on the streets than people, a local grocer doubted the new subway will draw enough commuters to make the investment worthwhile.
"There are few people here. It has been this empty for 10 years," said Wan, declining to give her full name. "The economy just can't develop."
Critics of China's infrastructure spending cite the 10.7 trillion yuan in local government debt accumulated after the 2008/09 financial crisis as evidence of potential risks. Up to a third of that could be non-performing debt, analysts say.
In Nanchang, the government had a budget surplus of 11.2 billion yuan in 2011, thanks to transfers from Beijing and revenues from land sales. But analysts say that figure is misleading.
Like many of its peers, Nanchang's government uses shell companies — or financing vehicles — to borrow on its behalf to fund off-budget expenses and pump-prime the local economy.
Public records show Nanchang's government has at least two such financing vehicles, which are both deeply in debt.
The Nanchang Municipal Public Investment Holding Co. Ltd had total debt of 13.5 billion yuan in 2011, nearly 28 times its operating cash flows.
The second, Nanchang City Construction Investment Development Co. Ltd., had negative cash flows of 155.6 million yuan last year and total debt of 10.6 billion yuan.
Such debt means loan defaults could spike if the economy stalls, says Fitch Ratings, which has a negative outlook on China's AA minus sovereign local currency rating.
That said, while metro lines are costly and tend to provide low returns at best, not all Chinese subway plans are unwise.
Supporters of the investment growth model note there is room for more investment despite the splurge of the past five years.
In China, investment in capital goods per person is only 6 to 7 percent that of the United States, a 2011 study by GaveKal-Dragonomics, a macroeconomic consulting firm shows. Infrastructure spending is a big component of overall capital investment.
Extending subway lines to sparsely populated areas that may be future high-density neighborhoods allows cities to plan their urban environment before it is too late, said Gerald Ollivier, a transport specialist at the World Bank.
Doing so now can save costs as subway lines become more costly to build as economies grow, he said, stressing that each subway project needs to be reviewed on its own merit.
That would certainly fit with Beijing and Shenzhen, which were ranked by IBM's Global Commuter Pain Survey as the second- and third-most congested places in the world last year, trailing only Mexico City.
The trick, argues Zhao Jian, a professor at Beijing's Jiaotong University, is for China to allow no more than 20 of its biggest cities to build subways to minimize any losses. Such a ranking would exclude Nanchang.
Whatever the economics, costs do not necessarily concern a lot of Chinese. Chen Lianying, a 58-year-old cleaner at the subway station construction site in west Nanchang, says her home is just a 20-minute walk away so she returns for lunch every day.
"Of course it's good to build a subway line. It's time we people enjoy life," she said. ($1 = 6.2415 Chinese yuan)
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Welcome home, Hawks! Hebron High School (HHS) celebrated its Homecoming week Oct. 22 through 26 with its annual community pep rally and football game. While the weather led to the parade being canceled, the celebrations continued indoors with a Hawk "Meet, Greet and Treat." On Friday night, the Hawks defeated MacArthur 24 - 17.
Seniors Zachary Clonch and Annie Hernandez were named Homecoming King and Queen. Browse and share your favorite moments from the meet and greet/community pep rally, and football game by visiting the HHS Facebook page.
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Cardone v. Cardone, 2011 WL 1566992 (Conn.Super. April 4, 2011)
Here's yet another case where social-media-as-evidence affected the legal relations between ex-spouses. (We've discussed other cases along these lines.) The court relied heavily on a blog that the ex-wife and her boyfriend maintained to order that the ex-husband's alimony obligation be substantially reduced.
The pair divorced in 2001. Ex-husband was to pay ex-wife $250 per week in alimony unless and until either of them died or remarried. The divorce decree also made reference to a Connecticut statute which provides that a court can modify an order of alimony if the one receiving the alimony cohabits with an unrelated member of the opposite sex.
Ex-wife had a condo but rented it out to relatives. She spent months on her boyfriend's sailboat in the Caribbean. As the court observed "their adventures [were] detailed in a lengthy and entertaining blog the couple posted on the internet, which was made an exhibit at the hearing." (Anyone have a link? Let me know in the comments.)
Based on the blog evidence and the fact she'd rented out her condo, the court found that she was cohabiting with the guy, and that her financial situation had changed enough for the alimony to be reduced to $75 per week.
Updated 5/3/2011: To correct numbers in original post — award was reduced from $250 per week to $75 per week (not per month).


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GUID and SUID.
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As already mentioned, be sure that you make separate partitions because if you run out of disk space your box will topple over. At VERY least, make a separate VAR partition. A major bank came to a grinding halt because they did not follow this very basic rule. Turned out that the log files in VAR ate all the disk space and their pretty Solaris boxes choked.
Implement LEAST privilage.
Use TCP Wrappers for SSH sessions and everything else that does not require global connection audiences.
Change the sshd.conf file to use protocol 2. This should be self explanitory to anyone who's been around for a while.
Create a user account. Do not use the admin account as a user account. The best thing ever is to see someone jump on IRC as user:root. Can you say pwned?
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Reform for Senate Elections?
People inside the Beltway seem to think that the only things worth being said and written are said and written in Washington. John David Dyche's column today makes a good case for the quality of commentary outside the all‐knowing capital.
While most everyone in DC is calling the stretch run of the horse race, Dyche steps back and wonders whether the Kentucky Senate race would have been better for citizens if the U.S. Constitution had not been changed to direct election of senators. He thinks it would be.
I am not so certain. As Dyche notes, James Madison thought the representative or indirect aspects of American constitutional democracy would improve public choice. As times has passed, I wonder more and more about the quality of people drawn to all legislatures, including state bodies. Madison thought indirect election wold "refine and enlarge the public views by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest of their country and whose patriotism and love of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations." Should we still rely on the wisdom of that medium? And yet, what is the alternative? (Todd Zywicki has an informative article on the origins and demise of indirect election of senators).
Dyche works as an attorney in Louisville, Kentucky, and has written a nice biography of Mitch McConnell. His column is worth a regular read, especially if Rand Paul comes to Washington as a U.S. Senator. Dyche would be a good guide to how Paul's libertarian tendencies are playing out politically back home.


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So here is an interesting story, which I don't even know what to make out of it.
We contact one of their senior partners through one of our advisory board members. We are immediately contacted and being told that they are impressed with the progress we made since our last meeting a year ago (when we were looking for seed investment). They tell us that they would like us to meet with two of their "advisors;" maybe it is the same story as the one above - "advisors!" They ask us when we could meet their advisors and we send them some alternatives with dates and times.
Two weeks later we get an email saying: we decided not to move forward!
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Don't feel like going outside to stand around and shout numbers into the cold bitter air with a bunch of strangers? Rather sit inside a nice warm house and watch other people engage in such foolishness on the teevee? Break out your Snuggie (I know you have one) and try these New Year's Eve specials:
Dick Clark's Primetime New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest
ABC, 9 p.m.
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Let's toast 2010 with some flat champagne!
The Dick Clark special is the classic New Year's Eve program. Airing every year since 1972, the special has become an institution, thanks in no small part to the strong lineup of talent every year, and the morbid curiosity that is Ageless Dick Clark himself. This year, Jennifer Lopez will brave Times Square (and its unattended bomb vans) to sing something or other just before the ball drops. A separate stage in Las Vegas will be hosted by Fergie, and will feature performances by The Black Eyed Peas, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, Keri Hilson, Colbie Caillat, Orianthi and Robin Thicke.
New Year's Eve with Carson Daly
This is not a wax figure of Carson Daly. But he can see into your soul right now.
NBC, Quit trying to make Carson Daly happen! It's not going to happen! Sigh. Mr. Wax will be hosting NBC's special, which will feature some actually kinda great performers: including Green Day, Jay-Z, Rihanna, and a special performance from the cast of the Broadway musical, "Hair." Fortunately, the whole thing takes place in Times Square and not somewhere warm, so his face (probably) won't melt off and ruin everyone's night.
Billboard's New Year's Eve Live
FOX, 11 p.m.
Presumably, Eva Longoria will put on some pants for the occasion. But who can say?
Last I had checked, that Spike Feresten fellow, who is someone apparently, was going to host this special, and Robbie Knieval was scheduled to work out his Oedipal issues by jumping over something or other on a motorcycle. BUT SUDDENLY Carmen Electra is hosting this? And there are no Knievals involved? But Eva Longoria will be opening her new Las Vegas lounge and restaurant on the air? Which will make captivating television, I'm certain. Also, there will be performances by Sean Kingston, Kris Allen, and Allison Iraheta. So, you know, FOX shelled out the big bucks for this extravaganza.
New Year's Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin
CNN, 10 p.m.
For some reason, Anderson Cooper just seems to come out of his shell around brassy broads. Hmm.
Anderson and Kathy host from Times Square, which is more entertaining than you might expect it to be, thanks to the sassy and incorrigible Ms. Griffin. Lance Bass will be hosting some musical acts from Las Vegas, and that's all I'm going to say about that.
New Year's Eve Star Showdown
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I wear it as a badge of honor that I have no idea who any of these children are.
Have kids? They're probably going to watch this special that features a bunch of names that I do not recognize, because I was in college when they were all born. These names include: Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Debby Ryan, David Henrie, Selena Gomez, Jake T. Austin, and someone named Doc Shaw. Which is highly improbable.
MTV's New Year's Eve: Top 9 of 2009
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A clip show? LAME.
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I came across scans of the original art for the full issue drawn by Buscema over at http://artcomicenventa.blogspot.com.es/2012/03/secret-wars-ii-1-dibujado-por-sal.html.
Man. It would have been such a better-looking series if Sal had finished it all. No offense to Al Milgrom, but those pages look great.
(By the way, somehow an inked page from what appears to be an issue of Spectacular Spider-Man sneaked in there ... might wanna edit your post.)
Strangely enough page 6 was reused for Spectacular Spider-Man #143. Not quite sure how it fit into the original SW story, perhaps it was altered afterwords...ReplyDelete
I remember being so excited for this series since I had loved the first SW and was so completely disappointed and bored with SWII. Even as a 13 year old I could recognize how ridiculous the jheri curled Beyonder was. It's saving grace was that the crossovers intoduced me to Simonson's Thor and Miller's "Born Again" arc on Daredevil--two comics I had not been reading prior to SWII.ReplyDelete
Yes, my first (or one of THE first) super-crossover-mega-events, ol' Stan and company tricked my 11-year old self into buying this steaming turd of a series, and lots of the "crossovers", too. I also was VERY dissapointed, having been a big-time fan of the first SECRET WARS. I think the next mega-crossover for me would have been Crisis (I picked up the first couple issues, then I guess it confused/bored me, or the two "death" issues were hard to find on the spinner racks, and I only picked a couple of the tie-ins, which seemed even more confusing to figure out at that point). Kudos to Perez' art on Crisis, though, he really blew away Zeck's SW1 slapdash, hurried style, IMO.
The next big crossover for me was Acts of Vengeance. I was a teenager now, with more cash to spend, and I think I picked up every tie-in. In hindsight, it was a mess, but I think it helped clear the awful smell of SW 2 that was still lingering. At least there was fighting and recognizable villains, instead of the metaphysical mumbo-jumbo of Secret Wars 2. The Jheri Curl Beyonder, probably the first "hated" charcter in comics, for me.....soon to be followed by Cable, Bishop, (and years later) the Hood, and the Sentry.
thanks for the memories,
Interesting to compare these to the published issue.
I posted a link to this on the Sal Buscema Pow group on Facebook.
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Jane, a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, but is unhappy with this solution. She falls into a relationship with Toby, a struggling young writer who lives on the first floor. Eventually she comes to like her odd room, and makes friends with all the strange people in the house. But she still faces two problems: what to do with her baby, and what to do with Toby.
Actors: Leslie Caron, Anthony Booth, Avis Bunnage, Patricia Phoenix, Verity Edmett, Tom Bell, Cicely Courtneidge, Harry Locke, Ellen Dryden, Emlyn Williams, Jennifer White, Brock Peters, Gerry Duggan, Joan Ingram, Mark Eden
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And happy Friday! I have class lined up for tonight on Live with Prima and another project from CHA to share too. And then I hope to get more projects finished for next week. This post is kind of wordy-sorry for that!
Live with Prima on the Road!! This is my Joy Mini Album I am going to create tonight for my class. I am teaching this class for Prima at my local scrapbook store called Stampin & Scrappin Time in Bridgeport NY. It's just 15 minutes outside of Syracuse. I will have a classroom full of attendees and it will be aired "live" at the same time for anyone around the world to tune in and watch from home.
Here is the store from where i will be teaching! It's really quaint and artsy-and everyone there is soooo helpful and friendly!
Their blog: http://stampinscrappintimeny.blogspot.com/
Class time: 7:00pm EST, 6:00pm CST, 5:00pm GMT, 4:00pm PST
You can watch the class live from here: http://www.livewithprima.com/live.html
or log into ustream.com and see it here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/primaflower
Everyone is welcome to join in on the chat! Create a free account on ustream and then log in. Search "prima flowers" and click on the Prima logo to see the class and chat box. You can tune in anytime you want and if you can't make it for the show-we record all of them so you can watch it at your leisure.
I will create this project from start to finish. There will be some clever ideas incorporated into each page and fun techniques too!
This is a mini album made from Prima packaging. Prima has an amazing Go Green Concept program where all of our packaging can be re-used for all kinds of projects. It's like getting free product when you purchase our flowers or embellishments.
If you love this project and would like to purchase a kit for yourself to recreate it-kits are available here:
Brand new CHA Summer 2010 products are in this kit, so you can be one of the first to have these new goodies in your hands! How cool is that?
Here is a list of the kit contents and kit price-
In this Kit:
841959 – Annalee 6x6 Paper Pad-New
534950 – white lace, 1 yard
537821 – Symphony Blend Orange
536527 – Gem Alphabet Sticker Turquoise
541651 - Annalee Journaling Chipboard-New
535292 – SIIP Swirls with Flowers Pink-New
542276 – Clementine Olivia-New
542238 – Clementine Bella-New
532086 – Velvet Rose Leaves Baby Blue
537005 – Devines – Orchid Bush
535544 – Mini Rose Bright Teal
PE-002-23P – Mini Rose White
535551 – Mini Rose Lime
Kit Cost: $55.00
I hope you can join me and chat with us during the class! We are going to have so much fun!
Here are a couple peeks at the book I will be creating:
And I have another layout to share with you! This layout of Kate is one of my faves to date. She is such a sweetie! I used Prima's brand new Paisley Road paper line from CHA. I mixed in a bunch of goodies such as, chipboard embellishments, Coordinating flowers, page pebbles, pearl swirls and a cute butterfly. This layout has tons of layering added. I cut out flowers and shapes, then attached them with foam tape for the dimension.
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- A complete adventure for 4 to 8 5th-level characters!
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A familial lipid disorder is a condition that runs in families. It causes very high levels of cholesterol. This condition can cause a person to get coronary artery disease (CAD) while still young.
Because familial lipid
disorders are rare, your doctor may only suspect one if you have:
Your family doctor may not have much experience with familial lipid disorders, so you may have to see a specialist, such as an endocrinologist. And some
cardiologists specialize in lipid disorders as well as
heart problems.
There are different types of lipid disorders. They include:
Other Works ConsultedBrunzell JD (2010). Diagnosis and treatment of dyslipidemia. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 9, chap. 6. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.Genest J, Libby P (2008). Lipoprotein disorders and
cardiovascular disease. In RO Bonow et al., eds., Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine, 9th ed., vol. 1, pp. 975–995. Philadelphia: Saunders.Grundy S, et al. (2002). Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) (NIH Publication No. 02–5215). Bethesda, MD: National
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"La palestra, l'abbronzatura, il bucato."
This is what the cast of "Jersey Shore" needs to learn—"gym, tan, laundry" in Italian (at least, according to Babelfish). Which is why, while filming in Italy, certain cast members have taken to the popular language software Rosetta Stone.
According to the New York Daily News, several cast-members packed the language program with their other Italian essentials (we guess hair gel, tanning lotion, and lip gloss).
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Ronnie Magro has very practical reasons for learning Italian. "I need to know how to order grilled chicken when I get down there," Ronnie told People. "I can't have pasta every day!"
Snooki, too, is worried about her figure. "…Going to Italy and drinking wine and having spaghetti all day—it throws me off course."
The Seaside Heights, N.J. crew recently touched down in the Old World and has begun what will surely be an epic season of "Jersey Shore."


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Stacie Seipel is the lead teacher for the Catalpa morning preprimary class and Catalpa Pods extended day kindergarten class. Stacie is a parent of two children who attend MSGL. She received her Early Childhood Montessori certification from Princeton Center for Teacher's Education in Princeton, NJ. After completing her training, she worked as a teacher at Valley Montessori School in Livermore, CA. She currently lives in West Lafayette with her husband, two children, and loving and very fuzzy dog, Fina. Stacie enjoys art, music, tennis, and spending time sewing and doing various construction projects around the house.
Stacie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design with minors in Art and Graphic Design. After a period of time with working in hospitals designing pediatrics units and other areas, Stacie pursued further education at FIT in New York. Once expecting her first child, she began researching and studying the Montessori philosophy. She received her 3-6 Montessori certification in Princeton,NJ after assisting in the Toddler program and being a substitute in the 3-6 program at Princeton Montessori School. She went on to teach 3-6 year olds at Valley Montessori School in California.
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Dexter – Episode 12 "This is the Way the World Ends" Recap and Review
While we've had five seasons that built up to a satisfying climax of murdering an end boss to satiate our dark passengers, the end of season six is a mercy killing. Coming off back-to-back absolute worst episodes of the series, we get a finale that felt much more like a recap show for an entire half-season of television we didn't watch. It is out of a sense of responsibility and duty I bring you "This is the Way the World Ends."
Tonight's episode was written by longtime series writers Scott Buck (this season's premiere) and Wendy West (by far the best writing talent on the show who did "Hungry Man" in season four and "Everything is Illuminated" last year which was the turning point at which season five stopped sucking) and directed by John Dahl (this season's "Just Let Go" and "A Horse of a Different Color"). I've sang the praises of Wendy West before on this site and I'm sure the staff must know how important she is to the franchise. She's brought in when the show's been at its most convoluted worst and somehow made sense of it into entertainment. She had her work cut out for her tonight and the fact that we got a slightly below average episode is a testament to how screwed up this season got.
All-in-all, "This is the Way the World Ends" felt like an episode of Supermarket Sweep with plot points. For a show whose pacing has been mind-numbingly bad for the past four episodes, the unsatisfying rush with which everything fell together today was just awful. Sure, I can buy that Dex was rescued by a boat of illegal immigrants, but Travis stealing Harrison from a room full of people and then later being surprised Dex is alive is among the biggest reaches the show has ever made. Dexter is no longer where you have to momentarily suspend your disbelief, rather just accept convient idiocy and the promise of ever present deus-ex-machinas. Bless Wendy's heart for trying, but I was so checked out of any interest in Travis by this point that even the threat of killing a toddler couldn't drum up any tension.
Elsewhere we had Quinn "getting help" to get out of being transferred as possibly the laziest blowoff in a season of lazy blowoffs, no word on Matthews (which may indicate he's gone for good), the hint that Masuka's uninteresting assistant will be around for some of next season (in the show's most uninteresting Masuka scene), and the single most non-sensical moment in the show's entire season. On the roof we had LaGuerta, a character who we've spent six seasons as the embodiment of the bad at her job but ruthlessly politicking bureaucrat bitch, give a serious heart-to-heart with the one character who has actually developed this season, telling her she's done a good job. Every word we've gotten from LaGuerta for the past six years has been an outright lie, so why should we trust her to validate that Deb is good at her job? I blame that one on Buck. I have no evidence that it was specifically him, but I just don't feel like Wendy would do me like that. Oh, I'm sorry, was that last sentence completely sloppy and not with the tone of the rest of this post? GOOD! So is this show!
The big moment we have at the end is Deb walking in on her brother as he kills Travis. Of all the concluding kill scenes we've had on the show, this one has to be the worst. Instead of Dex's final thoughts wrapping the season up in at least an adequate way, we got a religious discussion of the college freshmen stoner buddies caliber concluding with Deb catching Dex in the act, followed by an almost too glib "Oh God." For all the flak the end of season five took with Deb finding the silhouettes of Dexter and Lumen, at least we had Steve Shill's masterful directing giving us a certain open-ended suspense. Here, Dahl drew out all the wrong parts of the scene. All the focusing on Dexter's "I knew real men of God talk" did was remind us how far this season had fallen in such a short time. Realistically speaking, we do have the show playing the "caught" card now (which they may have meant to play last season as the show was originally supposed to end with season six) as well as Deb proving she's an apt-enough detective to catch her brother, but while I really didn't mind the "incest" angle last week (it was the only thing different on a show obsessed with maintaining the status quo) this conclusion makes it feel like an unnecessary saddlebag to the scene. It's Trinity's estranged daughter levels of cheap. While tonight did fall far short of a satisfying ending, Dexter has never really had a strong season finale. The best thing I can say about "This is the Way the World Ends" is that it's only the fourth or fifth worst thing we've see this season.
We give This is the Way the World Ends a Two Out of Five.
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Hello everyone,
As you know, we make modifications regularly in order to make the game better for everyone.
So, as of Monday, the daily tournaments will change:
New formats:
2 (perhaps 3) new formats will appear with the following rules: no doubles, not more than X stars, and not less than X stars.
It is much less restrictive than ELO mode, but still ensures certain balances exist between players Decks.
Addition of special rooms:
New special tournament rooms will be created for each of the new formats (not required for players of very low and high level). These rooms will be available at all times but matches will count towards tournaments only when a tournament is in progress (like the current system).
Withdrawal of the other rooms from the tournaments:
The matches in the other rooms will not count towards tournaments (even when a tournament is in progress). This is so that everyone plays under identical conditions during the tournaments.
- Lowering of level up bonus during the tournaments:
These changes are being made so that tournaments are played in a "combative" spirit and the rules of Urban are not twisted, giving an advantage too strong on certain types of "way of playing". The bonus for leveling up a character during the tournaments will be reduced from 5 points per level at 2 points. This isn't meant as a punishment for people who played with certain styles.
Have fun!
6SimS-Sven - Saturday 18/08/2007, 16:40
Master - UTOPiA
It buuuurns for me,OUCH,time to win 4 remaining tournaments tommorow
Apollo SAW - Saturday 18/08/2007, 16:56
This is what a lot of players have been waiting for.
DanTheTimid - Saturday 18/08/2007, 18:41
Wow sounds very interesting, the no doubles one in particular sounds enticing to me, I'm so sick of running into decks with 3 rubies, 3 zatman, and 2 jackies. The not more then x stars might be alright, though I find the fact that you get points based on your character's levels makes it so your best off playing lots of overly strong low levels anyway, maybe if it was based on the actual stats of your characters instead of their level then alot of the terrible cards might see more play. As for minimum stars, the only advantage I see to that is that you know you'll get decent level points for each win, I'd say its the least attractive of the 3 to me but who knows, I'd have to see it in action.
The lowered level up bonus is nice as well, at this point its so low hopefully people will stop trying to abuse leveling to get an advantage. Overal I'm very happy with this update.
Apollo SAW - Monday 20/08/2007, 10:00
Could it be that you don't like this very much because you are one of the players that like to use 4 Zatmans and 4 Jackies in your deck ?
I think this is the best change ever in this game.
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Shakur shooting witness found dead in N.J.
Wed, Nov 13, 1996 (11:59 a.m.)
A key witness Metro Police has been trying to interview since the fatal shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur has been murdered in New Jersey, homicide Sgt. Kevin Manning said today.
Yafeu Fula, 19, a member of Shakur's backup group, the Outlaws Immortalz, was shot to death Sunday, Manning said.
Police in Orange, N.J., notified Manning late Tuesday about the killing, he said.
Fula, who lived in Montclair, N.J., was shot once in the head and was found slumped in the third-floor hallway of an apartment building at 325 Mechanic St. early Sunday where he had been visiting a friend, Orange police said. Officers found Fula at 3:48 a.m. after receiving a report of a shooting.
Orange Police Capt. Richard Conte said the investigation was expected to end in an arrest "within days."
"We don't believe it's related at this time to the Shakur killing," he said. "The way the investigation is going, it's not going in that direction, but it's still under investigation."
Some of Fula's friends said they believed Fula was Shakur's half brother, The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., reported today. Orange police said they didn't know if the two were related.
"A lot of people have stated he was Tupac's cousin, he was his half-brother, that they had the same father," Orange Police Capt. Richard Conte said today. I know they had a working relationship. I doubt if there's a blood relationship with what we know at this time. Their mother's are close friends."
Fula toured with Outlaw Immortalz, formally named Thug Life, and appeared with Shakur on his album "All Eyez on Me."
Fula is shown with Shakur in an album photo insert standing on the stage of Club 662 in Las Vegas.
Shakur, 25, was gunned down Sept. 7 while he, associates and friends in a caravan of luxury cars headed to a benefit at Club 662, a private nightclub operated by Marion "Suge" Knight. Knight was driving the rented BMW in which Shakur was a passenger. Knight suffered a minor head wound. Shakur died six days later.
Fula was sitting with body guards in the car behind Tupac's when the shooting occurred, Manning said. The detective said he had been in touch with Fula's attorney since the shooting to return Fula to Las Vegas for a second interview. Detectives interviewed him briefly after the shooting.
Meanwhile, homicide has received new tips in Shakur's killing near the Strip after "America's Most Wanted" aired a segment about the incident.
The program, shown Saturday night on the Fox Network, prompted "a healthy amount of tips," said Lena Nozizwe, a correspondent with the program. Officials from the show forwarded those tips Tuesday to homicide investigators, Lt. Larry Spinosa said.
The first in the fall series of new shows, "America's Most Wanted Fights Back," aired Saturday night and featured the shooting of Shakur in Las Vegas. The program has resulted in the arrest of 423 criminals.
Spinosa said Tuesday that detectives were reviewing the new tips and "are following up on them, making phone calls."
To date, police have received sketchy details of the gunmen, described only as three to four black men in a white or light-colored late-model Cadillac that pulled alongside Shakur and Knight on Flamingo Road East. Tupac and his entourage were in town for the Mike Tyson-Bruce Seldon fight.


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File the following under the category of Scary News You Can Safely Ignore: today's headlines that the Schwarzenegger administration is going to cut state workers' pay back to minimum wage if a new state budget isn't approved by the constitutional deadline, June 30.
Why doesn't this threat -- contained in an internal memo obtained by the LA Times -- matter? Because it's unlikely to happen. The State Controller John Chiang, who signs workers' checks, is refusing to go along. He makes two objections, one legal and one practical. The legal one is that such a move by the governor might violate laws on overtime and employee benefits. The practical one is that the state's very old computer payroll system can't be easily changed to produce new minimum wage paychecks.
The Schwarzenegger administration disputes all this. But with Schwarzenegger and Chiang fighting this out in court, it's clear that nothing much is going to happen in this area.
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(And even if it were to happen, don't weep for state workers. They'd be entitled to full back pay once the budget is settled).
So why is the governor raising this possibility? There's a bit of budget theater here; the threat is a way to let the public know that the situation is serious. And there's also a contest about power. Governors see it as their mission to protect the power of the governorship, and the governor's office maintains that one of those legal powers is to cut pay in the event there is no budget in place. Chiang, the controller with the power to write checks, is seeking to maximize the leverage and power that official rule gives him.


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The world appears a bit weird when Man Utd lose 6-1 at home to Man City. Wonderful (says the Scouser who is worried that two Manchester clubs now rule the Premiership).
But, more interesting is the response by atheist academic philosopher Daniel Came to the refusal by New Atheist academic biologist Richard Dawkins to debate with William Lane Craig. Dawkins gave his reasons in the Guardian here – and then got a response from Came. (Paul Vallely has also contributed in yesterday's Independent.)
Not surprisingly, I am with Came on this. The New Atheists give atheism a bad name by substituting assertion for argument. Watch this space – the debate between Dawkins and Came might be even more interesting than debates between the theists and the New Atheists.


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Sugar Ray Leonard was sexually abused as a teenager by a "prominent Olympic boxing coach," the ex-fighter turned sports broadcaster and "Dancing with the Stars" alum reveals in a new autobiography due out next month.
Leonard, 55, writes in "The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring" that he was 15 when the first "inappropriate" incident occurred in 1971, The New York Times reported.
The unnamed coach had taken him and another young fighter to a boxing event in Utica, N.Y. and watched as both teenagers later bathed together in a tub, according to the Times.
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Leonard recounts how the same coach abused him several years later in a parked car while they were discussing the upcoming 1976 Olympics. Leonard would later win a gold medal at the games.
"Before I knew it, he had unzipped my pants and put his hand, then mouth, on an area that has haunted me for life," Leonard writes, according to the Times. "I didn't scream. I didn't look at him. I just opened the door and ran."
Leonard reveals in his book that he originally planned to allude to, but not detail, the abuse -- until he watched "Todd Bridges bare his soul on Oprah's show" about the actor's history of childhood sexual abuse.
"I realized I would never be free unless I revealed the whole truth, no matter how much it hurt," Leonard writes, according to the Times.
The 5-time champion fighter also reportedly opens up about other painful moments from his past, including the time his mother stabbed his father in the back with a switchblade, and Leonard's past struggles with drug and alcohol abuse.
Back in April, the fighter became the third celebrity voted off the latest season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."
Head judge Len Goodman called Leonard the "heart of the season."
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'Bottoms' up: Blue Mountain, Devils Backbone grab some Gold
A shout out to the Blue Mountain Brewery and Devils Backbone Brewing Company for nabbing some Gold Medals at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival this past weekend in Denver, Colorado. On September 18, Blue Mountain won in the American-style Wheat Beer category for it new end-of-summer wheat beer called Sandy Bottom. Blue Mountain also took home a bronze medal in the German-style Kolsch category for one of its year-round bottled and draft beers called Kolsch 151.
"It's a very delicate German style of ale," says Blue Mountain brewmaster Taylor Smack of the Kolsch 151, "and we competed against 45 other entrants in the category to be recognized as one of the top three. And our gold medal Sandy Bottom is actually premiering this Thursday night out at the brewery. It's a great way to roll out a new beer."
Devils Backbone, however, can boast two gold medals: one in the American-style or International-style pilsener category with a beer called Gold Leaf Lager, and another one in the unusual coffee flavored beer category with its Baltic Coffee. They also took home two bronze medals, one in the South German-style Hefeweizen category for its Wintergreen Weiss, and another in the English-style mild ale for its Ale of Fergus
The Festival attracted 151 judges from 10 countries, scrutinizing 3,523 beers over several days of blind tastings. Beers representing 516 breweries were featured in the competition which saw increased geographic diversity among medal winners, with an emerging trend of winners from the Midwest and the Southeast alongside the traditionally successful states like California and Colorado.
"Other states appear to be emerging as the craft beer producer and consumer markets mature in their regions," said GABF competition manager Chris Swersey.
The Festival drew a crowd of over 49,000 in the three days.
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ever heard of a press release stranger?
This was a press release sent by us (Blue Mountain Brewery) to all the local media. The Hook just happened to pick it up first. Congrats as always to Jason down the road at Devils Backbone. We're psyched to be brewing in such a great area of the world!
Yes, except this wasn't a press release from Blue Mountain Brewery. It was done by the Hook.
Was there Friday night enjoying the music, food and the great beer. As a member of the stien club I drank and drank. Love all the creations. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to get back that way this weekend.
So did Blue Mountain Brewery pay you to write this? Since Devil's Backbone also won Gold in SEVERAL categories not one.
That BMB truck driving around is awesome!!
Love Blue Mountain Brewery!!!!! Congrats!!!!!!


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ST. CHARLES – The bottom of the St. Charles East softball team's batting order might have kept the Saints' season afloat.
With the defending Class 4A state runners-up trailing Elk Grove by two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning Saturday, the bottom of the Saints' order ignited a five-run rally that stood up as the Saints won the IHSA Class 4A St. Charles East Regional title, 5-2, over the Grenadiers.
East catcher and No. 8 hitter Mackenzie Meadows supplied a one-out single off Elk Grove pitcher Megan Eul before No. 9 hitter Mackenzie Lofgren lofted a two-run homer barely beyond the reach of Elk Grove left fielder Alex Masnica, tying the score at 2.
"As I was rounding [first base], I saw her going straight to the fence, and I was like 'Oh my gosh, if she catches this, I'm going to cry,' " Lofgren said. "But I just kept my head down, kept running, and then I heard all the parents cheering, and I knew that was my cue to keep going."
Lofgren joked that she and East's other Mackenzie "were the dream team today" as they combined for four hits.
"I think that a lot of people underestimate the end of the order so I think it's always refreshing when we come up and we perform and we show them, 'Don't roll over on us because we're not rolling over on you,' " Lofgren said. "Keep them on their toes. I don't think that they were ready for that at all."
With the score tied and the pressure perhaps shifting to Elk Grove, the top of the Saints' order went to work, as East leadoff hitter Tess Hupe and No. 2 hitter Sarah Collalti reached on playable balls in the infield that the Grenadiers struggled to handle. East shortstop Olivia Cheatham then put the Saints up, 3-2, with an RBI single to left that deflected off Grens third baseman Sarah Pauscher's mitt.
Three batters later, Saints third baseman Alex Latoria came to bat with the bases loaded and two outs. Latoria thought she drew a walk on a ball that actually made the count 3-2, forcing her to retreat back to the batter's box. She wasn't sheepish for long.
Latoria laced a single to left field that eventually allowed two runs to score. After the first run crossed, East's Katie Kolb was caught in a run-down between second and third base but extended the run-down long enough for Saints pinch-runner Cat Crossen to also score before Kolb was tagged for the inning's final out.
"That wasn't planned, obviously," East coach Kelly Horan said. "That was a mistake on our trail baserunning. However, the wherewithal for [Kolb] to fire back into 'Now, I can still do something,' she was very conscious of the fact that I need to stay in a rundown long enough for her to score, and Cat did a great job of getting the heck off the base and getting in there."
East (30-6) faced a 2-0 deficit after the Grens (29-8) made an early statement with a pair of solo home runs – from leadoff hitter Becca Maher and Masnica, Elk Grove's cleanup hitter – in the top of the first off Saints senior Haley Beno.
Beno, though, regrouped nicely, giving her offense multiple chances to bring the Saints back.
"I think I just tried to throw more on the corners and be a little sharper than I started the game, and I think that helped," Beno said.
Veteran Elk Grove coach Ken Grams lamented squandered chances to widen the lead in the second, third and fourth innings. The top of the fourth ended on a disputed double play in which Kolb bobbled a ball in right field but came up with the catch before doubling off an Elk Grove runner; the ball might have also deflected off East second baseman Jordan Hieber before Kolb gathered it, while some spectators thought the ball hit the ground.
"We needed to keep up the pressure [in the early innings]," Grams said. "If we could have scored some more there, it becomes a whole different kind of thing, and I think that was as much as anything the difference, the opportunities we created early."
East advances to Wednesday's IHSA Class 4A Bartlett Sectional semifinal against No. 2 seed Conant. The Saints are off to a good start in replicating the formula for their 2013 postseason success.
"It was like last year at state, different person every day that won a game for us," Latoria said. " … It was that same thing today. [The bottom of the order] just did their jobs, and it was great."
East and Elk Grove – now with a combined 59 wins – made for a high-powered matchup this early in the postseason.
"This whole sectional's just a bear," Grams said. "There are so many good teams in it. We were the 6 seed and we end up with 29 wins. That's a [heck] of a year for these kids, and the seventh and eighth seeds had beaten us."


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About two weeks before Christmas, Deacon, an 85-lb German shepherd, went missing from his family home in rural Stuart, Va.
During the first couple of days, Pamela Holt, her husband Keith, and their daughter Brooklyn, 3, weren't terribly worried because they figured their nearly two-year-old pet was running in the fields behind their home.
"We have a lot of land and thought Deacon might be enjoying the outdoors," Holt, who works as a teller for SunTrust bank, "But we soon got worried and called the area dog warden, the pound and the sheriff's office. After two weeks, we gave up, fearing he had died or was stolen."Deacon, a gift from Holt to her husband Keith, a teacher and football coach, had become a beloved family member, and everyone was upset. But a curious call in late February from a man in Deland, Fla., changed everything.
"A male voice on the other end said he thought he may have Deacon," Holt "I was angry at first and thought he was a prankster trying to play a joke on us … I nearly hung up on him."The man, who said he was from Animal Control in Deland, told Holt he was looking at her dog. Holt said she thought Deacon was dead. But when he asked her if the dog's name was Bruno, Holt went crazy with joy.