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Police: Women robbed, forced out of moving SUV; Monroeville couple charged
Matthew Bumbaugh, Elizabeth Lazabeck identified as suspects in Washington Township incident
A woman was found lying unconscious on a road with serious injuries after allegedly being robbed by a Monroeville couple and forced out of a moving SUV in Westmoreland County, police said.
VIDEO: Watch Ashlie Hardway's report
Handprints sliding downward can be seen on the door where police said 28-year-old Matthew Bumbaugh allegedly pushed Chelsea Dallatore out of the vehicle as it was headed down Route 380 early Sunday morning.
"The window was down. She was leaning out of the window, but she wasn't going, so he reached back with his hand and pushed her out head-first," Washington Township Police Chief Scott Slagle said.
PHOTOS: Women robbed, forced out of moving SUV
Township officers responded to a call at about 6:50 a.m. and saw a woman on Camp Nancy Road "laying on her stomach, head pointing towards Route 380, parallel to the roadway," according to the criminal complaint. "The female's head was resting on a blanket which was provided by motorist. Blood was found to be coming from the back of her head and pooling on the road. The female who began to regain some consciousness had dollar bills clutched in her left hand along with money laying around her waist area."
Another injured woman was crying and sitting next to the first woman, with blood running from her bare right foot that had skin ripped off of each toe, police said in the complaint.
Police interviewed the second woman, Bobbie Lynn Keenan, who told them that she and her friend, Dallatore, had been robbed and forced out of a dark colored SUV.
From the criminal complaint:
"Keenan went to say that a Liz (last name unknown) was driving and Matt (last name unknown) was in the passenger seat. Matt pulled out a handgun while they were in the vehicle and pointed it at Chelsea. Matt told Chelsea to give him her money. Liz stated that she wanted any drugs that Chelsea had. Matt then pointed the handgun at Chelsea and Keenan, telling them to get out. Chelsea went out the rear driver's side door with Matt pushing her some as the SUV was traveling at a high rate of speed. Matt then pointed the handgun at Keenan and told her to get out of the rear passenger side door as the vehicle began to slow down. Keenan was then forced out of the SUV onto the roadway."
Both women were taken to Forbes Regional Hospital. Police went there and spoke with Keenan again to get more information.
From the criminal complaint:
"Keenan told the officers that she was with Chelsea, staying at Matt and Liz's house in Monroeville. Keenan advised that the house was very dirty and Chelsea and her did not want to stay there. Liz and Matt drove Chelsea and Keenan to the Super 8 where Keenan checked in. Keenan reported that she went to a bar that was close and returned to the hotel room.
"At approximately 6 a.m., Liz and Matt returned to the hotel room. Matt said that he would take them back to Washington, Pa. While traveling on Route 380, Matt pulled a gun out and told both of them to give him their money. Again Keenan repeated the information about them both being held at gunpoint, robbed and forced out of the vehicle. Matt turned to Keenan and said get the (expletive) out. Keenan's foot was dragging on the ground before she eventually got out. Keenan then ran into the woods. Keenan's phone, her clothing and Chelsea's phone were left in the Dodge Durango since they were forced from the vehicle."
Township police said they identified the suspects as Bumbaugh and 26-year-old Elizabeth Lazabeck after investigating with help from Monroeville police and Westmoreland County detectives.
Monroeville police knew of Bumbaugh because he often panhandled along Route 22 or Route 48.
Although both women had been staying with Bumbaugh and Lazabeck at the couple's Monroeville home, police aren't sure how they all knew each other
"All four of the individuals knew each other, but only on a first-name basis. They didn't know each other's last names," Slagle said.
Dallatore remained in the intensive care unit Monday afternoon.
Bumbaugh and Lazabeck were arrested on charges of robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault and reckless endangerment, police said. They were being held in the Westmoreland County Prison, pending a preliminary hearing.


text: While American corporations contribute nearly half a billion dollars per year to education in developing countries, corporate philanthropy to education generally does not reach the most poor and marginalized, according to a report by the Center for Universal Education at Brookings, The Center conducted in‐depth interviews with corporate philanthropy leaders and surveyed nearly 150 U.S. companies. The report suggest specific opportunities to achieve greater impact in educating the world's poor through corporate philanthropy. View the report.

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Jameis Winston's reign as the 2013 Heisman winner is less than 24 hours old, but it's never too early to start thinking ahead.
Who are the front runners for the 2014 Heisman?
Here's an early top 10 list based on the information we have now. We think most of these players should be back in 2014. If so, they should enter next fall as serious contenders for the Heisman:
in alphabetical order
Melvin Gordon, Jr., Wisconsin* — With backfield mate James White graduating, Gordon could be set for a monster season in Madison, if he chooses to return for his junior year. He had 1,466 yards and 10 touchdowns while averaging eight yards per carry in 2013.
Todd Gurley, Jr., Georgia — When healthy, Gurley might be the best running back in the country. His combination of size and speed are impressive. He rushed for 903 yards and 10 scores and caught 30 passes for five more TDs despite missing three full games and parts of others.
Brett Hundley, Jr., UCLA* — As a sophomore, Hundley had over 3,400 yards of total offense and 31 touchdowns with a very young supporting cast around him. Those players will be a year older and it should result in excellent production for Hundley if he chooses to return.
Myles Jack, So., UCLA — Jack was the Pac-12 freshman of the year on both offense and defense. Heisman voters love throwback players who excel on both sides of the ball — see: Woodson, Charles — and assuming he continues to play both running back and linebacker, he'll get lots of attention.
Marcus Mariota, Jr., Oregon — Mariota was the Heisman front runner for a large chunk of this season. Losses to Stanford and Arizona knocked him out of the race, but he should be better in 2013. If he can finally get Oregon past Stanford, he'll probably make a trip to New York.
Nick Marshall, Sr., Auburn — No quarterback in the country improved as much as Marshall did over the course of this season. His 2014 campaign could begin by leading the Tigers to a national championship in January.
Tre Mason, Sr., Auburn* — If Mason chooses to return for another season, he'll join his teammate as a front runner for 2014. He finished sixth in the Heisman vote this season while rushing for 1,621 yards and 22 scores.
Braxton Miller, Sr., Ohio State* — Miller might've won the Heisman this year if an injury hadn't forced him to miss the better part of three games. Assuming he returns for his senior season, he'll probably be the early Heisman favorite. He is 24-1 as a starter over his last two seasons.
Bryce Petty, Sr., Baylor — Petty finished seventh in the Heisman vote after throwing for 3,844 yards and 30 touchdowns with just two interceptions while leading Baylor to the Big 12 title. He could have even better numbers as a senior and, assuming Baylor is again a national title contender, he'll be in the Heisman conversation.
Bishop Sankey, Sr., Washington* — Sankey is very quietly putting together a brilliant rushing career for the Huskies. He's got 3,401 yards and 35 touchdowns in three seasons and was third in the country this year with 1,775 yards and 18 scores. If he chooses to come back for another season, he should really flourish in Chris Petersen's system
T.J. Yeldon, Jr., Alabama — Yeldon notched his second-straight 1,000-yard season despite being limited in some games by an ankle injury. With the Tide set to break in a new quarterback, he could become the main weapon for Alabama in 2014.
* – could enter NFL draft
Wait, what about Jameis Winston?
I don't have Winston on this list because I believe there will never be another two-time winner of the Heisman. Archie Griffin of Ohio State is the only player to do it, way back in 1974-1975. Since then, Ty Detmer, Jason White, Matt Leinart, Tim Tebow, Mark Ingram, Sam Bradford and Johnny Manziel have all failed in their attempts to repeat. The fact that players like Leinart, Tebow and Manziel couldn't get it done points to how difficult it is to win two trophies. The Heisman electorate is very fickle and, as we saw with Manziel, the punditry tries its best to find reasons not to give away that second Heisman.
Everything has to fall perfectly into place just to win the award once. Winning it twice?
Forget about it.


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It was only a matter of time, really, once word got out last month that Greg Oden would again need knee surgery, and this time on the knee that hadn't been bothering him in the last two-plus years. But now that Portland has committed to building up by tearing down—the Blazers sent Marcus Camby to Houston and Gerald Wallace to New Jersey in separate trades today, getting four spare parts in return—somebody had to go. That somebody was Oden, who likely wouldn't have been back when he became a free agent after the season anyway.
The Blazers are only 3 1/2 games out of a playoff spot, but if their goal is to hit the reset button now, then this is just the right time to part ways with Oden. Somehow, it's now been five years since Portland made Oden the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. He's played in just 82 regular-season games in all this time, plus six more in the playoffs, and none at all since Dec. 1, 2009.


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On Friday, December 13th, 2013, American artist Wade Guyton, assisted by 2013 Carnegie International co-curator Daniel Baumann and supervised by a bartender from Pittsburgh's Parkhurst Dining empire, will serve you drinks in the Carnegie Museum of Art's coatroom. Or, if you prefer, Carnegie Museum of Art's new exhibition space and coatroom. Please join us from 8–11 p.m. for this full-on, intimate, and relaxed soiree! It also includes a reading of texts written by American photographer Joel Sternfeld to accompany the photographs taken for his seminal project Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America.
Among the people lending their voices to Sternfeld we welcome:
Deavron Dailey (artist and facilitator, Braddock Art Lending Collection)
Lauren Goshinski (Co-Founder/Director of VIA | Pittsburgh)
Sherrie Flick (writer)
Cathy Lewis Long (founding Executive Director of The Sprout Fund)
Angela Love (illustrator and teacher)
Jon Reyes (facilitator, Braddock Art Lending Collection)
John Schulman (owner, Caliban Book Shop)
Ed Steck (writer)
Josh Weinstein (filmmaker)
This warm-hearted, pre-Christmas evening also offers an introduction of Sternfeld's work in the 2013 Carnegie International by co-curator Tina Kukielski, as well as a visit with Wade to the very exclusive Founders Room, where his second contribution to the exhibition is located. Music will be provided by artist and puppeteer Tom Sarver who graciously agreed to play some of his father's collection of partly obscure singles.
$18 in advance/$20 at the door ($15 students). Call 412.622.3288 for tickets or register online, but don't miss Friday the 13th!


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Today's release of the S&P/Case-Shiller (CSI) home price indices for November reported that the non-seasonally adjusted Composite-10 price index declined a slight 0.17% since October while the Composite-20 index declined 0.09% over the same period.
The latest CSI data clearly demonstrates that the typical seasonal pattern is continuing to play with price weakness coming as a result of lower transactions. If this trend continues, prices should continue to decline into the February-March release in advance of the typical uplift from the more active spring transactions.
It's important to recognize though that on a year-over-year basis, nominal prices remain in positive territory possibly indicating that this seasons seasonal weakness may minor compared to recent years.
The 10-city composite index increased 4.54% as compared to November 2011 while the 20-city composite increased 5.52% over the same period.
Both of the broad composite indices show significant peak declines slumping -30.05% for the 10-city national index and -29.39% for the 20-city national index on a peak comparison basis.
To better visualize today's results use Blytic.com to view the full release.


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Getting moist yet??0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 10:37 am
YES!! I got my stereo out!0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 12:08 pm
Thanks to the handy Pioneer Removal Tools I got off ebay..
I managed to get my stereo out of the dash, of course the cradle came with it, but still mission accomplished.
Now to get the thing wired in to give me something while I save up for a new one...
And all the Almera has is these two block connectors and the aerial lead, damn.
Looks like whatever car this stereo was in before the guy stuffed it in mine, it was literally ripped out, Halfords have previously quoted me £40 for re-wiring, joy. I can get a harness adapter for around £8, but I still have to wire the damn thing up. Hmm
After many years...0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 9:43 pm
Well it took me a fair bit of time, but I've finally joined the world of the automobiles with a not entirely brand spanking new Nissan Almera, but T reg and in pretty good nick...
Nothing in particular0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 4:06 pm
Bored, so writing a post, really bored, unemployment starts off ok then turns pretty shit. Starting to get more than a little concerned now, especially on the money front!
On the plus side went to the Brighton Barfly (or to call it by it's 'proper' name The Gloucester) to see Ghosts last night, cheers. I randomly discovered them as one of the free singles of the week on iTunes, then we heard them on the radio (different song), utilised my coke credits to get the album, saw them last night, top band basically.
While all manner of kit was failing, the lead guy started playing a random theme tune on his guitar, put it to the crowd, I correctly guessed it was Beavis And Butthead, cheers me ;) (apparently, according to my girlfriend, that's pretty sad, i don't see it myself)
The first band The Stillers, were good solid comedy rock, the second band, The Sonic Hearts, were better than I thought they'd be when they started, from Liverpool and the lead guy was pretty funny.
anyway, I'm bored, running out of money and bored some more.
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Awseome!0 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 3:08 pm
Thanks to Simon Drake for pointing this out to me!
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New hotness1 comments Posted by Matt Grover at 11:52 am
Coca-Cola are running this little iTunes promotion at the mo, with special packs you can win iTunes song credits, you're also entered into a draw to win an 80GB iPod.... guess what arrived this morning :D
So... without further ado, heres the suitably geeky unpacking shots (as is the law with all new Apple gear), note all these pics were taken with my iPhone.
All pics should link through to the relevant Flickr page and no, I don't own and iPhone :( that is somewhat revealed in one of the pictures too... I CAN DREAM CAN'T I!?!?


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We are now already nearly four months into 2012 and much of my past year has been spent in deep contemplation of -- one might say in communion with -- the late Jean Rollin. In the course of studying, enjoying and empathizing with his films, I have come to a better appreciation of the fact that his films, however personal they were, were not simply the work of one man, but of a special group of people who were somehow consecrated to his dreams, who encircled him like the participants in a great séànce and helped conjure his fantasies into being on celluloid.
Foremost among these remarkable people was the lovely lady pictured at the left, Natalie Perrey, who passed away sometime today of undisclosed causes, just one month after her 83rd birthday. The news reached me like a ripple in the pond of communication: I was informed by her friend Daniel Gouyette, who had known and adored Natalie since they worked together on DRACULA'S FIANCÉE (1999); he received the news from titles designer Jean-Noël Delamarre, a ripple nearer the center, who had worked on films with her even before Rollin entered their mutual picture, since the short film BARTLEBY (1970). He was "Nat"'s companion for many years.
Writing about Rollin has pulled me closer into the orbits of these people, close enough that I can feel a sense of personal loss. Thanks to Daniel, Natalie and I were able to exchange little salutations of mutual appreciation, like this sweet photo of the two of them, which Daniel sent after they read my Rollin essay for the booklet included with the first round of Redemption Blu-rays. (Look closely and you will see in Daniel's hand Natalie's keepsake of Rollin, the Iron Rose itself.) Or the photo further down, which shows Natalie and Daniel posing with the then-current issue of VIDEO WATCHDOG. These were dear to receive then, and they are all the more precious now.
Daniel's interviews with Natalie can be found on the Redemption Blu-rays of THE NUDE VAMPIRE, THE IRON ROSE and LIPS OF BLOOD, and she will be back with more stories to tell in the next batch.
Natalie began working in films in the late 1960s, after raising a family. (The French actress Cyrille Gaudin, who played the title role in DRACULA'S FIANCÉE under the name Cyrille Isté, is her daughter.) She started out as a costumer on Jean-Pierre Bastid's Hallucinations Sadiques (1969), moved up to script supervisor on Bastid's short BARTLEBY and then served as a production assistant on Rollin's THE NUDE VAMPIRE, in the course of which she was recruited to act. An attractive woman of 40, she was asked to play a little old woman in the film's penultimate scene, and was somehow able to then inhabit a role she would still be playing in Rollin's La Nuit des Horloges almost a half-century later. She worked with many different directors -- Bastid of course, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Jean-François Davy, Pierre Unia, Gérard Vernier, Claude Mulot and others -- but her devotion to Rollin was unique.
She was a production assistant on THE SHIVER OF THE VAMPIRES, then she advanced to script supervisor and assistant director on many other films while also playing important, typically maternal roles. She is the woman who lays flowers on the grave of the two lovers in THE IRON ROSE, the protagonist's mother in LIPS OF BLOOD, the mother in NIGHT OF THE HUNTED, the schoolteacher in THE TWO VAMPIRE ORPHANS, the sorceress in DRACULA'S FIANCÉE, and she is one of the principal characters in La Nuit des Horloges, serving as a kind of pallbearer for Rollin himself. The IMDb lists 21 different acting roles under her name, and it is by no means a complete list. And in addition to playing these roles, she was assisting with costumes, securing locations, organizing the shoots, distracting graveyard attendants with bottles of wine. She was the perfect example of the kind of person who seldom receives acknowledgement from writers and historians, but without whom the movies could not exist -- because dreamers can't do much of anything by themselves. Those of us who love Rollin's films feel indebted to him, but he surely felt indebted to her. She was the backbone and sometimes the very sinew of his filmography.
Natalie's most visible accomplishments were not necessarily her most notable. She also had two original screenplays produced, both erotic in nature: Rollin's FLY ME THE FRENCH WAY with Joëlle Coeur, and Didier Philippe Gérard's s Les Hôstesses du sexe with Karine Gambier. In 1977, she became a film editor with Jean-Pierre Mocky's Le roi des bricoleurs and she continued to work in this capacity until her final editorial job in 2007.
What Natalie Perrey's passing brings to mind is that what was true of the places in Rollin's films at the time he made them -- that they belonged to the past, being torn down in some cases almost as soon as he filmed them -- is becoming true of the people and faces in them. To think of Natalie speaking to camera about the absent director in La Nuit des Horloges will doubtless become doubly poignant now that she shares his mysterious absence. With her death, Rollin's life's work takes its intended next step away from the status of fantasy toward becoming not so indistinguishable from the former realities that reside in our memory. Like a bubble within a bubble, or as Edgar Allan Poe described it, while writing about a beach we might now call "Rollinesque"...
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
In order of their appearance, the above photographs are the copyrighted property of Grégory Pons, Véronique D. Travers, Véronique D. Travers and Daniel Gouyette, and appear here with their kind permission.
In order of their appearance, the above photographs are the copyrighted property of Grégory Pons, Véronique D. Travers, Véronique D. Travers and Daniel Gouyette, and appear here with their kind permission.


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Association Law and Policy, June 2001
Editor's note: In the October 2000 issue of CampLine, ACA published information for camp directors concerning this federal law. If you operate a web site and gather information from children, please review the information on this law from the earlier CampLine issue.
The Federal Trade Commission has taken its first enforcement action since the enactment of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
According to an April 19 news release, FTC charged Baltimore-based Monarch Services Inc., and Girls Life Inc., operators of www.girlslife.com; Los Angeles-based Bigmailbox.com and Nolan Quan, operators of www.bigmailbox.com; and Looksmart Ltd., operator of www.insidetheweb.com (which has since closed its doors), with illegally collecting personally identifying information from children under 13 without parental consent.
The settlement calls for the companies to pay $100,000 in penalties and to change their online information-collection practices.
COPPA, enacted a little more than one year ago, is probably the most comprehensive federal regulation on information collected by commercial Web site operators. It applies to Web sites and online services directed at children under 13, as well as to general audience sites that "knowingly collect personal information from children." FTC requires that Web sites post a privacy policy, notify parents of their information-collection practices, and get verifiable parental consent before they collect children's personal information or share that information with others.
FTC stated that the three sites worked in tandem to offer children free e-mail accounts and access to online message boards. FTC also alleged that each company collected information (including home addresses and telephone numbers) without obtaining the prior consent of parents and without posting privacy policies on their sites.
The settlement requires each of the sites to delete all personal information collected from children since the law became effective, and also requires that the Web sites link to a page on FTC's site that will detail COPPA for consumers.
The FTC also announced that the Entertainment Software Rating Board has been approved as an industry self-regulatory "safe harbor" program under COPPA. The guidelines created by ESRB are thus deemed to comply with COPPA.
Copyright American Society of Association Executives, Association Law and Policy. Reprinted by permission.
Originally published in the 2001 Fall issue of The CampLine.


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Hurricane Sandy, the giant weather system beginning to pummel the Northeast with blustery winds, high tides and heavy rain, is already beginning to have a big impact on online retailers.
For some retailers that specialize in emergency equipment, orders have been coming in practically non-stop since warnings about Hurricane Sandy went into effect last Thursday. That includes PowerEquipmentDirect.com, which sells generators, chain saws, sump pumps and related gear. "Friday was the busiest day in our 10-year history and the weekend was extremely busy," Power Equipment CEO Jon Hoch says. "Today is slammed and our call waiting list is currently 20 customers deep." Weather forecasters say Hurricane Sandy threatens nearly 50 million people in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states, and is expected to make landfall around 8 p.m. Eastern time today in New Jersey,
Power Equipment, which operates about nine sites, such as ElectricGeneratorsDirect.com, ChainSawsDirect.com and SumpPumpsDirect.com, says it's processing all orders on a rush basis but is quickly running through its inventory of portable power generators. "We still have limited generators in-stock, but we are shipping generators with 'rush order processing only' today."
Because it ships mostly from its own fulfillment hub in suburban Chicago, Power Equipment Direct will continue to process orders as long as the major shipping companies it uses, such as FedEx, UPS and R&L Carriers, are still moving freight. If a shipper can't guarantee a home delivery, customers may still be able to get their order, Hoch says. "The freight carriers are backed up, so we are encouraging customers without power to go to their carrier to pick up instead of waiting for home delivery," Hoch says.
Major chain retailers such as Lowes Cos. Inc., No. 47 in the 2012 Internet Retailer Top 500 says its e-commerce site will remain online and open for business during the storm. In the last few days in the run-up to Hurricane Sandy, Lowes.com has been fulfilling a steady stream of orders for batteries, flashlights, water, extension cords, sump and utility pumps as well as snow throwers, snow shovels, ice melt and additional products for areas forecasting winter weather. The storm already has impacted North Carolina and forced large public transportation systems to shut down in New York, Washington and elsewhere, and suspended trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Forecasters say some areas will see temperatures drop to below 30 degrees once the storm departs later this week.
Lowes.com has stopped fulfilling orders for portable generators. "The only product that we are not taking orders on are generators. Other than that we are taking and fulfilling all orders on product on Lowes.com in all areas, including New Jersey and New York, as all of our stores are up and operational at this time," says a Lowe's spokeswoman. "Lowe's' emergency command center anticipates customer demand during severe weather, and we're able to replenish store shelves very quickly. We continue to ship products through four of our distribution centers that are near the soon-to-be impacted areas."
W.W. Grainger Inc., No. 15, which sells building maintenance and supplies equipment, experienced an increase in demand from customers in the Northeast—both currently and in the days leading up to the storm—for hurricane related products such as generators, extension cords, plug, batteries, gas cans, flashlights, a Grainger spokeswoman says. It also is positioning products to make them available for the cleanup. "Grainger is aggressively working to get inventory into the market to serve those storm-related needs. And in anticipation of customer needs following the storm, we are in the process of moving critical supplies such as batteries, duct tape, lanterns, rain suits, pumps, gloves, tarps and boots into the affected markets," she says.
Retailers such as Lowe's and Power Equipment also are using their e-commerce sites to offer advice and tips on hurricane safety, operating a generator, boarding windows, covering a roof with a tarp and chainsaw safety. "We will not close Lowes.com during the storm," the spokeswoman says. "We are committed to helping residents of the communities we serve by being there when we're needed most—when a hurricane threatens and in the recovery that follows once a storm passes."
Retailers also say they have back-up web disaster plans in place if needed, but as of now don't anticipate massive outages. "Our data centers are designed to be available through storms such as this," the Lowe's spokeswoman says.
The Home Depot Inc. says its data centers are not in the area threatened by the storm, so its e-commerce site should not be affected. The only change the home improvement retailer is putting in place, a spokesman says, is to discontinue the buy online, pickup in store option for some stores in the area in the storm's path.


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Speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on March 10, President Barack Obama said of his Secretary of Education Arne Duncan:
Secretary Duncan will use only one test when deciding what ideas to support with your precious tax dollars: It's not whether an idea is liberal or conservative, but whether it works.
If the above statement can be taken as a promise that the Obama administration would support any education reform that "works", then the Obama administration already broke that promise last week when they sent letters to 200 low-income families announcing that the Department of Education was rescinding scholarships previously awarded through the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Secretary Duncan's decision to take scholarship money away from low-income families came just days after the Department of Education released a study showing that students participating in the Opportunity Scholarship program had statistically significant better reading scores than students who applied to the program but were not offered a scholarship. The students that were in the program the longest showed notable improvement reading at levels approximately 1.5 to 2 full school years ahead of the sample group.
The data is in. School choice works. And it significantly lower costs. Opportunity Scholarships offered through the program are worth $7,500. Since the participating private schools cannot charge scholarship students more than the amount of their scholarships, that amount is still less than half of the $15,315 that D.C. taxpayers spent per pupil in the 2004–05 school year.
So why is the Obama administration, an administration supposedly committed to education and "what works", ripping scholarship money away from low-income students? Former mayor Anthony Williams, a Democrat, and former D.C. Council member Kevin Chavous, a Democrat, write in today's Washington Post:
These naysayers — many of whom are fellow Democrats — see vouchers as a tool to destroy the public education system. Their rhetoric and ire are largely fueled by those special-interest groups that are more dedicated to the adults working in the education system than to making certain every child is properly educated.
The Washington Post editorial board got a bit more specific about who these "adults working in the education system" are:
Congressional Democrats who receive ample campaign contributions from the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers laid the trap with budget language that placed the program on the block. And now comes Mr. Duncan with the sword.
Make no mistake; the Obama administration and Secretary Duncan are intimately familiar with the benefits of school choice. Growing up in Hawaii, President Obama attended a private school. Growing up first in Chicago, and now in Washington, Obama's two daughters attended and still attend a private school. Growing up in Chicago, Secretary Duncan attended a private school. And when he moved to D.C. Secretary Duncan chose to live in Arlington, where good schools for his children are assumed.
When it comes to their own educations and their own children, it is very clear that the Obama administration knows what works. For the rest of American families, however, the Obama administration seems content to put unions first.
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December 17, 2013 — More than 140 years after being named "Blessed," Jesuit Father Peter Faber was canonized by Pope Francis today, the pope's 77th birthday, in a decree of "equivalent canonization." Pope Francis has long admired Faber, one of the first Jesuits and a close companion of St. Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus.
For Faber's "equivalent canonization," the pope adds the name of the new saint to the universal calendar of saints, without verifying that a miracle was performed through his intercession and without holding a formal canonization ceremony.
In a groundbreaking interview with Jesuit publications this fall, the pope singled out for praise the man often called the "Second Jesuit." He said he admired Faber's "dialogue with all, even the most remote and even with his opponents; his simple piety, a certain naïveté, perhaps; his being available straightaway; his careful interior discernment; the fact that he was a man capable of great and strong decisions but also capable of being so gentle and loving."
Faber was born in the Upper Savoy region of France in 1506 and was said by St. Ignatius to be the man best suited to direct others in the Spiritual Exercises. Faber — whose story is not nearly as well known as those of his two college roommates, Ignatius Loyola and Francis Xavier — spent a great deal of his Jesuit life working with Protestants during the explosive time of the Reformation. Faber died in Rome in 1547 a few weeks before he was due to attend the Council of Trent. He was beatified in September 1872.
Jesuit Father Marc Lindeijer, promoter of Jesuit sainthood causes, said that "more or less right after his election" in March, Pope Francis asked that the process be started for the canonization of Blessed Faber. For modern Jesuits, the canonization would be another step forward in recognizing that the Society of Jesus was founded by a group of companions and not only by St. Ignatius, according to Fr. Lindeijer.
Cardinal members of the Congregation for Saints' Causes met this month to vote to recommend that the pope declare Faber a saint by decree.
In America magazine, Jesuit Father James Martin writes that despite Faber's relative obscurity, many Jesuits are devoted to this humble spiritual master. For a short biography of Faber, see this excerpt from "Jesuit Saints and Martyrs," by Joseph Tylenda, SJ. [Sources: Vatican Insider, British Jesuits, Catholic News Service, America Magazine]


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LePage: The need to boost funding for nursing homes is 'critical'
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) � Maine Gov. Paul LePage says lawmakers' failure to approve his bill to increase funding for the state's nursing homes could force more facilities to shut their doors.
After visiting a nursing home in Portland on Wednesday, LePage criticized lawmakers for nixing his $5 million bill earlier this month.
The Republican governor said nursing homes won't receive a funding boost until 2015, but lawmakers approved a $4 million measure that will boost reimbursements rates starting in July. The supplemental budget will also increase funding by $5 million in the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2016 and $5 million the following year.
Democrats say that LePage is politicizing the issue and trying to get cover for vetoing the budget that will help the nursing homes.


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So thank goodness someone checked for "cooties" on the Stanley Cup:
The NHL champion Blackhawks' beloved trophy stopped by the Chicago Tribune newsroom Thursday, and so we took the opportunity to do something the Cup's keeper said had never been done: We swabbed it for germs.No staph species detected?
We sent the samples to the Chicago lab EMSL Analytical, which found very little general bacteria and no signs of staph, salmonella or E. coli.
"It's surprisingly clean," lab manager Nancy McDonald said.
Just 400 counts of general bacteria were found, she said. By comparison, a desk in an office typically has more than 10,000.
Me thinks there was a sampling error...


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Daytime Dial: When you first auditioned for the "90210" reboot, did you have any apprehensions or doubts that the show even needed a remake?
Michael Steger: I didn't think any of the remakes were going to make it. I was very skeptical at first. I started going to more and more auditions for the show, and what got me really interested is when I found out Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah from "Freaks and Geeks" were on board.
DD: While I enjoyed the throwback of having some of the original "90210" cast on the show, I was happy when the show began to focus on the new characters and phase out the previous ones — that's when it really hit its stride and found its focus.
MS: Yeah, the first season it seemed like we had like 50 cast members, which was really ridiculous. Whenever the vets were in the episode, Navid was out. I was like, "Aw, man! What's going on?" We had to share a lot of screen time with everyone, so it got tricky. But now, the writers are in a place where we are all really enjoying where the stories are going, and they keep on surprising us with both funny and dramatic stuff. It's good.
DD: What are some story lines you have enjoyed playing?
MS: The whole thing with Navid putting Adrianna through rehab and dealing with that situation. I thought it was a very difficult story line. It was so hard to pull off, and I felt like we told a great story. That was one of my favorites. And his relationship with Silver starting up has been amazing.
DD: It's been great to be able to see Navid really grow up and mature through the years.
MS: Yes, especially when he finally put his foot down and ended things with Adrianna. He found some backbone and he was like, "You know what, I can't take any more." He made a huge change in his life, and I think that change came with a lot of fear. It was the best thing Navid could have ever done. That was the best part about playing the character — the idea of him maturing from a boy to a man.
DD: What can we expect for season four?
MS: We've all graduated. Navid is not going to college. In fact, he's at the helm of the production company. His entire family went to Switzerland because of his father being charged with child pornography. So, Navid ends up moving in with Silver, selling his car and just putting all of his money into his business. Silver becomes his assistant. But he's still being haunted by his dad's past. Ex-business partners who happen to be pretty upset start showing up.
DD: What about the rest of the West Bev gang? What are they up to?
MS: Navid is going to be working with Dixon, but he's no longer working FOR me. Also, my sister ends up not getting on the plane and stays in town, wanting to move in with me and Silver. With Max and Naomi and the whole pregnancy bombshell at last year's finale, they address that in the first episode. Navid does see Ade again, and it's a very awkward situation, but they do talk in the first two episodes.
DD: Much like your characters, you must be excited to graduate into the real world of adulthood and the story lines that will bring.
MS: Oh yeah, definitely. I feel like there is so much more you can do outside the high school. There are so many more mature story lines. We're not confined to the walls of West Beverly, and it feels good. We're doing a lot more location stuff. The sets look amazing, and we're at the beach more than usual. I'm excited, because there's going to be a lot more action going on.


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