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How will your finances affect your holiday spending?
Two-thirds of respondents to a recent poll by the NPD Group said they "plan to spend about the same" as last year, while 10 percent planned to "spend more."
With the economy and job situation still in flux for many families, we want to know what families in Montgomery County and Prince George's County plan to do for Christmas, Hanukah, or Kwanzaa gifts in 2012.
Will you be more creative with your gifting?
Use sites like Groupon, Living Social, etc?
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7:04 am on Monday, November 12, 2012
Whenever possible, we buy gas and food outside of the county. The same will be for gift. And we are looking for a house elsewhere. Thugs and looters must be defeated.
Doug Love
8:46 am on Monday, November 12, 2012
Money? What money? We're in trouble when the garden stops producing.
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No, with student loans, gas,food, helping our elderly parents, grandchildren. How can anyone spend more money!
9:40 am on Sunday, November 18, 2012
A resounding NO. I'll also buy in Delaware or Virginia when I do spend.
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1:49 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
Sorry but no, I go to Delaware and do the tax free shopping, have friends by my cigarettes in Virginia. Sorry Maryland I was born and raised here but you have taxed us all way to much and it has to be hurting you one way or another, but hey you have 50 million to get out of the ACC so things are not that bad, and the illegals can go to college for the same as a resident, so you really do not need much more tax dollars huh?
Sonia Dasgupta
1:56 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
I shop in Delaware too. But I was born and raised there... so when I go back to see family or friends I often take a trip to Christiana Mall. But I'll say Targets in MD get a lot of my business.
Red White and Blue
1:58 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
hahaha Oh believe me most of the stores in MD get bunch of my money, just when I know I am going to be spending a couple grand do I go out of state
Jenni Pompi
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We are budgeting for slightly more than last year, but not much.


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The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has today announced the appointment of William Burton as its interim CEO.
Cskills Awards, the awarding organisation of the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), is celebrating achieving a 'World Class' rating for the second year running in the UK's Customer...
Speaking about the latest ONS figures that have been released today, Judy Lowe, Deputy Chairman of CITB said: "Today's figures from the ONS paint a bleak picture of our industry and there is little...
SME contractors need to ensure they are fully aware of changes to Building Regulations Part L requirements, and to upskill to avoid missing out on valuable work.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For so long, Danica Patrick was just a pretty girl in a fast car surrounded by a crack marketing staff who parlayed a few golden moments on the track into worldwide fame.
Her sexy Super Bowl ads and the revealing magazine shoots quickly outnumbered her actual career accomplishments. They still do, and she routinely takes Twitter broadsides from a fan base that has resented her since she first dabbled in NASCAR three years ago. Her fiercely competitive nature and desire to keep her personal life private created the perception she is cold, standoffish,
Patrick has never flinched, and she's not flinching now on the doorstep of the biggest moment of her NASCAR career. She learned long ago to not care what people think about her, to tune out the critics and plug away at her race craft and at building the Danica empire.
All of that should help her in the pressure cooker of Daytona this week. After all, she's used to the spotlight more than almost any driver in history.
She already has a major accomplishment to tuck in her belt: She is the first woman in history to win the pole at NASCAR's top level. That it came at the Daytona 500, "The Great American Race," is somehow fitting because it is Patrick. The face of auto racing to many casual fans is now going to be the face of NASCAR every day this week leading into Sunday's season-opener.
It comes during a rebirth for the 30-year-old Patrick.
Something shifted last season, when she realized a happy ending wasn't going to come in her seemingly picture-perfect life. All the effort and energy dedicated to maintaining Danicamania wasn't making her happy.
So she made significant life changes, splitting from her 47-year-old husband after seven years of marriage. In January came confirmation of what everyone in NASCAR already assumed — she was dating fellow Sprint Cup rookie Ricky Stenhouse Jr., a cowboy-hat wearing Mississippi native who takes her to Professional Bull Riding and gave her her own blinged-out cowgirl belt buckle.
Patrick came into the season with a new man, a new outlook on life and a determination to be happy on and off the track. Where that takes her is anyone's guess because Patrick, so certain all those years she was a race car driver and had no interest in having children, is suddenly murky on motherhood.
"I don't know. I always used to say no. Now, I don't know. I'm in a whole new situation now," she told The Associated Press. "I do know I wouldn't compromise my career. I would not stop racing for that. If I did want to stop racing for that, then I would lose my passion for racing and it would be that point in time when I would want to stop racing." Continued...
Seemingly icy all those years, Patrick is suddenly an open book. She's done a total 180 and is putting herself out there much like a head-over-heels-in-love schoolgirl.
"People tell me I've changed. Maybe. I'm happy," she said. "You get kind of giddy about it, almost. Ricky and I like talking about each other. But life is just simpler now. I feel like I don't have to think as much. There was always an element of me that felt like I had to do the right thing all the time. Now I feel like I want to be me. I want to be relaxed, less calculated. My return on investment was not right, and I am done overthinking things."
If it seems as though Patrick has an opportunity at a fresh start, she is adamant that is not how she views this period of change.
"I think everything you do lasts. It is who you are and where you've been and I wouldn't be here today if not for all the things I've done up until this point," she said. "But there are definitely some starting overs that are clear and obvious. I think I'm just doing what it takes to be happy and feeling at peace with what you do and who you are.
"I always tell everyone, kids or adults, to just be yourself and be honest and I felt like I wasn't doing that myself."
Patrick may sound like she's suddenly found herself, but there's still a ton she hasn't figured out. She doesn't know how long she wants to race, but says she could see herself in NASCAR another 10 years.
"I always thought I'd race for 10 years, but then I did seven in IndyCar and now I've done two in NASCAR," she said. "So I am closing in on that 10 years of professional racing thing, but I am starting over and I have to start that 10-year clock over. I really don't know. I don't know if there's any way to pinpoint when you are going to lose passion for it or not be competitive."
That is certainly not now, not when Patrick is entering her first full season racing in the elite Cup Series. She drives for three-time champion Tony Stewart with sponsorship from longtime partner GoDaddy, and Stewart last year hand-picked 10 of the toughest tracks in NASCAR for Patrick to run in preparation for the move to the top series.
To say she struggled would be an understatement.
Patrick's average start was 36th, her average finish 28th and she crashed out of two of her 10 races. Fans howled she was undeserving of her ride and didn't warrant any media attention, then they voted her the Most Popular Driver in the second-tier Nationwide Series, where she finished 10th in points with four top-10 finishes. Continued...
That's the irony of Patrick, who was polarizing to fans in her seven seasons of IndyCar racing. She was the first woman to lead laps in the Indianapolis 500, and her third-place finish in that race in 2009 was the highest for a woman. She's also the only woman to win an IndyCar race, which she did in Japan in 2008.
Those three highlights were about it for Patrick, who never finished higher than fifth in the standings and had just seven podium finishes in 115 career starts. But she was IndyCar's biggest star and the spotlight rarely reached any other drivers, which wasn't lost on her fellow competitors.
Patrick makes no apologies for the attention she receives, and is taking a no-regrets attitude about much of her life. She's left behind IndyCar, maybe for good — she's sitting out the Indianapolis 500 for a second straight year — and she walked away from an unhappy marriage. She doesn't always like the things the Danica marketing machine wants her to do, but she's a businesswoman who learned a long time ago from Bobby Rahal to prepare for a life after racing.
If there's anything she would do over, Patrick isn't saying.
"I say that I learned an incredible amount in my 20s about everything, and about myself came at the end," she said. "I learned a lot about people, relationships, business, employees. I enjoyed it all, and I learned a lot.
"But I think it took me all the way until the last year how happy it makes me to be able to be myself, and how much I like myself. And you know, you take it or leave it. That's it. This is me, people can take it or leave it."
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Editor's note: Charles Robertson global chief economist for Renaissance Capital and lead author of 'The Fastest Billion: The Story Behind Africa's Economic Revolution.' The views expressed are his own.
The rise of Africa's long forlorn economies -- what we at Renaissance Capital have dubbed "The Fastest Billion" -- represents the final phase of a global economic transformation that began over 200 years ago as agrarian societies saddled with absolute rulers began their journey through industrialization into the pluralistic middle-class societies increasingly driven by the information age we know today.
For many reasons, Africa largely missed out on this journey. But no longer: while the process will not be complete by 2050, a changing set of global and local realities suggest that Africa is set to be the final beneficiary of this revolution.
Over the past decade, the billion people who live in Africa have experienced the fastest growth the continent has ever seen, and many of its countries (Nigeria, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Guinea) are among the fastest growing in the world. A growing body of evidence backs our view that as Africa's population doubles to two billion over the next several decades, its GDP will increase from $2 trillion today to $29 trillion in today's money by 2050.
To many in the West, such figures beggar belief -- just as similar projections for East Asia's Tiger economies or Latin America's star performers did in the 1980s. The idea that Americans and Europeans would drive around in South Korean automobiles, or fly around in Brazilian-made jetliners, would have brought great guffaws from experts of 1980. But today, Hyundai, Kia and Embrear are household names. Things change quickly when certain tipping points are reached. We believe Africa has reached such a point.
By 2050, assuming a conservative trajectory similar to what India achieved since 1990, Africa will produce more GDP than the United States and eurozone combined do today, and its basic social, demographic and political realities will also be transformed. The necessary elements that have propelled countries from late medieval commerce with authoritarian government through to industrialized nations with comprehensive and far-reaching social and legal institutions are well known.
A continent rich in natural resources -- mineral, agricultural and in energy -- Africa is also rich in the youth of its population, enjoying a demographic advantage over all other regions of the world.
The pace of technological innovation globally is now so rapid, and technology is so easy to transfer -- as evidenced by the boom in mobile phone technology and the roll-out of broadband across the continent -- these young Africans are not only the recipients of technology, but via M-PESA banking, are becoming exporters of it, too.
Today, Africa has the greatest room to boom on the back of two centuries of global progress. The take-off in Africa began around the turn of the century, 40 years after independence. Why not earlier? Because human capital was extremely constrained by a lack of primary and secondary education, while global capital could find better opportunities in East Asia and Latin America. Political leaders in the 1960s and 1970s were inexperienced, often self-serving and were offered contradictory advice on how best to develop a country. There were no strong Asian role models to emulate. International involvement in Africa was too often geared towards Cold War geopolitics, feeding civil wars and strife, rather than trade and investment.


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European markets recovered from an earlier sell-off Monday following national elections in France and Greece that initially sparked concern about the future of planned austerity measures.
Socialist Francois Hollande, who's been critical of the austerity policies central to European bailout deals for the more troubled economies there, defeated Nicolas Sarkozy in France's presidential election Sunday.
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The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 Leadership Fort Collins class, beginning in September. Participants meet on the second Thursday of the month for a day-long session to learn about growth, environment and community planning; local government; public safety and community assistance; economic development and small business assistance; and more. The tuition for the program is $550 and includes all meals, session materials and graduation recognition. Applications are available at the chamber or online at www.FortCollinsChamber.com. The deadline is Aug. 8.
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Ullr Fest: 1/5/2014 – 1/11/2014
See below for details on the 2013 Ullr Fest
Sunday, Jan. 6 – Crowning of the Ullr King and Queen (6-9pm)
Bring the kids for Nordic skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating, indoor activities and a family-friendly bonfire at the Gold Run Nordic Center on Tiger Road. FREE
First place float will recieve $1,000
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9am - 4pm: Take part in the inaugural Ullr Classic at the Gold Run Nordic Center. See the tab above for more information.
Close out the week with a Viking-themed costume contest at the Park Avenue Pub with Hennessy drink specials, music and tons of giveaways and prizes.
Ullr Fest celebrates 50 years this Jan. 6-12, 2013 and Breckenridge invites snow lovers of all ages to join the party. During Ullr Fest in Breckenridge, don't be surprised to see horned Viking hats adorning the heads of skiers and snowboarders, Ullympic competitors flinging frying pans for prizes, more than 12,000 Ullr enthusiasts filling the streets for the Ullr Parade and crazy float participants skiing off jumps on Main Street or gliding along town in a hot tub. Join us to rejoice with Ullr himself. Ullr is 50TH – and is ready for a good party. In Norse mythology Ullr (pronounced Oool-er) was the winter god. He was the son of Sif and the stepson of Thor, the "God of Thunder." Ullr loved the cold, and delighted in traveling over the country on his skis or skates. He also delighted in the chase, and pursued his game through the Northern Forests.
Produced by the Breckenridge Resort Chamber and presented by Bud Light. Sponsored by KSMT 'The Mountain", The Breckenridge Ski Resort, Town of Breckenridge and Summit Daily News.
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The History Behind Ullr
Ullr was so well skilled in the use of the bow and could go so fast on his skis that in these arts no one could best him. Each winter he covered the earth with snow to protect it from harm. It has been said that Ullr enjoyed the cold weather and loved traveling throughout the land, gliding along on his great skis, for pleasure and hunting.
It is also said that Ullr was such a great skier, he would streak across the sky leaving the brilliant stars as his trails (they obviously had some fine powder days). Though very skilled, Ullr guarded his knowledge closely and refused to show the other gods how to ski. Luckily for us, he let the secret out of the bag, and we will all be soon celebrating his glory. Next time you are trying to bash through some wind crust or plunge head first into fresh waist deep powder, be sure to invoke his name and remember - ULLR RULES!
One of Ullr's travels found him in Breckenridge, Colorado. Breckenridge seemed a likely place for Ullr to settle down, since he wasn't looking to return to Norway any time soon. Ullr fit right in and took to the mountains. And every year, Ullr blesses Breckenridge with some of the finest snow in the world.
To repay Ullr for his gift of snow, we here in Breckenridge hold a festival to honor the god of winter. We call this little celebration Ullr Fest. This fantastic party all started back in 1963 when a few of the locals heard that Ullr was in town. Well, they wanted to let him know how much Breck appreciated Ullr's gift of snow, so they went to the Town Council and lobbied to start…'Ullr Dag' (Ullr Day in English). The first few years of the event were hailed with locals honoring Ullr with gold coins, parties, skiing, and oh – don't forget the parties.
As the years went on, traditions were formed such as the Ullr Ball, the Ullr Bonfire, the Ullr Parade, Snow Sculpting, Ullr King and Queen, the Ullympics and the Ullr Dating Game. Some traditions have stayed, such as snow sculpting, which has become its own event called the International Snow Sculpture Championships. Other traditions have gone by the wayside.
From fake currency to burning old skis in the bonfire, Ullr Fest has always been about fun and partying…and Breckenridge knows how to hold a "killer party, dude." Just ask any of the locals.
Ullr Fest 2013 continues throughout the week with games, parties and more.
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I'm actually almost always asked if I have Chinese blood (just to clear it out, nope, maybe I do but it's like the percentage every Filipino person has! :P haha) whenever I'm seen without make up and didn't get much sleep the night before. Like I've said before, my eyes are very in line with how I feel. Even if I just get alittle teary, my eyes swell already or even when I just don't get my full 6 hours of sleep, its the same! The title says how I exactly feel right now. Yup, I really am. My family and I had to wake up extra early today to have brunch with my Lola for her birthday! :) She's already 67 but looks like she's just 50 years old! :) Like she always says, the magic of fruits and vegetables! haha
Anyway, Ask Vern is still going on till 12 midnight and if I do pass out before that, I'll answer questions posted till 12 midnight tonight :) So don't fret! Ask away! :) I intended to blog about my iceskating/bowling wholesome session with my friends that happened yesterday but my eyes are just giving up on me :( I promise, I shall tomorrow! Hope you had a wonderful and blessed Sunday.
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Why so Gorg? my pretty Idol! :) Loveyouu! anw, when are you going to have the "ask vernica" like your sister's did now, hihi! <3
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Love the way you put all together .. your style is very similar to mine .. that's way a follow your blog .. because you give me ideas ... =)
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Welcome to Artwrite #47. Artwrite is a collaborative student-run magazine produced by Art Administration students at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW.
In this edition, our writers delve deep into issues of accessibility in the arts. 'Community engagement', 'social inclusion' and 'diversifying and developing audiences' are phrases increasingly used by practicing arts professionals everywhere, and we examine just what is being done both locally, and globally, to bring about such changes.
Our features discuss both sides of the issue and range from explorations of local artist-run-initiatives, to the alternative use of public space for art events such as Sydney's Festival of Free Spaces. Photographer Dean Sewell openly discusses illegal guerrilla art in a bold interview with Renay Ringma and we consider why contemporary art spaces are still associated with notions of exclusivity and elitism.
This edition also reviews a diverse range of exhibitions, from the Art Gallery of New South Wales' current blockbuster Mad Square: Modernity in Modern Art, to the public display of private art in White Rabbit's Beyond the Frame. Also under the spotlight are Penrith Regional Gallery's New Acquisitions in context and Bronek Kozka's Memory, Myth and the 1/4 Acre Block.
The efforts of our fellow students must be acknowledged. Without their effort and ingenuity this edition of Artwrite would not have been possible. Every student in the class joined in the sub-editing and they all committed to working cohesively to ensure each article is at its absolute best.
Special thanks also go to Joanna Mendelssohn for pushing us to our creative limits and teaching us the importance of meeting deadlines — a lesson we all learned quickly, and ultimately, the reason we were able to produce a publication we are all proud to be a part of in such a short space of time.
We can only hope you enjoy browsing through the assorted collection of articles, reviews, opinion letters and short kids pieces assembled here.
A PDF version of this edition is currently in production, guided by the exceptional design finesse of Dale Maxwell-Smith, David Lyndon and Gokcen Altinok. It will be archived in the UNSW library under UNSWorks.
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Respect Life bas relief finally arrives at St. Philip
Recently, the community at the
The idea for using the logo as an art piece started in 2000 when parishioner Sarah di Cicco fell in love with the design after seeing it displayed on tote bags. "I immediately saw it as a bas relief," says di Cicco who recalls spending two years in
After meeting with then-Respect Life Director Licia Nicasso and receiving permission from the artist's widow to use the logo, di Cicco followed along and then spearheaded the project which would eventually see its completion in 2010.
Money was the biggest hurdle, especially when the parish went into a master plan campaign. Determined to get the project off the ground, di Cicco finally said she would put up the funds to get the project started.
Thus began a long process of approving the architectural and artistic designs with
Finally, in 2007-2008, the artist's finished clay sculpture went from
Through the years, to raise funds to cover the cost of the art work, the Respect Life ministry held bake sales and organized book mark contests and sales for the students at St. Philip the
Finally last summer, Father Joe Moniz, St. Philip's pastor, put di Cicco in touch with parishioner Luke Welsh, who owned a local ironworks company and who would install the bas relief at no cost. And finally, an idea that began on paper finally came to life as a dynamic sculpture in a place of honor.
"What I like about it is that it includes all stages of life and it captures the fact that life is so precious at every age," says Father Moniz who adds that because of its location, near the parish hall, the artwork is seen daily by children and parents alike.
Last October, the Respect Life bas relief was officially blessed with parishioners gathering after Masses to enjoy the new addition to their church. Future plans include adding lights to the area and extending the patio walkway so people can get closer to the work.
The long journey for di Cicco has been worth every minute. "The artwork is so important because this image is an experience of our faith," she says. "In the Catholic churches of old, people didn't read; their faith was expressed in the images, the painting, the art of the church. This logo symbolizes who we are as a faith community."
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While overall foreclosure activity was down during the first quarter, filings were up 10% in the 26 states where foreclosures must undergo court scrutiny, according to RealtyTrac.
It was in these judicial states that the processing of foreclosures slowed the most following news of the robo-signing scandal, said Blomquist.
Many banks in these states stopped filing foreclosures unless they were extremely confident it would pass muster in the court. (In non-judicial states, foreclosures are reviewed by a trustee, which is a third party such as a title company and less likely to parse every legal document).
But now lenders can move more confidently, said Brandon Moore, RealtyTrac's CEO.
In the judicial state of Indiana, for example, foreclosure filings were up 45% year-over year. And in Florida, they were up by almost 26%, according to RealtyTrac.
"The dam may not burst in the next 30 to 45 days, but it will eventually burst, and everyone downstream should be prepared for that to happen -- both in terms of new foreclosure activity and new short sale activity," Moore said in a statement.
The resulting flood could bring home prices down even further -- yet another impetus for the banks to clear out their foreclosure pipeline as quickly as possible, said Kansas State's Higgins.
Then, industry thinking is, the housing market would be able to get back to normal and home prices could eventually find their true value. Some industry analysts, such as the chief economist for listing site Zillow, Stan Humphries, are predicting that could happen as soon as the end of the year.
Zillow estimates that home values nationwide will fall another 3.7% by the end of 2012, and that price will likely bottom out by early 2013.
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The many uses of the Catawba River's water including an interactive map of withdrawals and discharges
Like a popular hollywood starlet, everyone wants a piece of the Catawba River. And during normal rainfall years it seems there's always enough to go around. With the basin's 11 Duke Energy managed lakes at normal levels there's 739,022 acre-feet of water being stored for us to drink, bath in, boat on, use in industrial facilities, water our lawns and flush our toilets. That's 240,811,057,722 (240.81 billion) gallons of water in the chain of reservoirs from Lake James to Lake Wateree. In fact to serve as a source of water and electricity to over 1.3 million people it has been so impounded that in North Carolina the river's longest free-flowing section is just 17 miles long.
For virtually the entire 300 miles that it flows from its headwaters in the Carolina mountains to its confluence with the Congaree River in South Carolina the water of the Catawba is siphoned off, used, reused and added to before it is eventually allowed to find its way to the ocean. In 2006 water use totaled 420 million gallons per day (MGD) or 323 gallons for every man, woman and child within the river's domain.
After we withdraw and use this precious resource over 2 dozen municipal waste-water treatment plants return treated effluent (wastewater) either directly or through tributaries back to the river. The City of Charlotte Municipal Utilities Department discharged over 30 billion gallons alone in fiscal year 2008-09 through its three wastewater treatment plants. And it is important to remember, when it comes to wastewater discharges, we all live downstream from someone.
The interactive Google map below provides a look at the locations of the municipal water treatment plants (WTP) and municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) along the Catawba River. Many of the information balloons on the map contain details about these facilities as well as clickable links to more information about water quality and plant performance reports.
Remember that this map only shows municipal withdrawals and discharges. Other entities along the river such as Duke Energy and other industrial and agricultural users also take and return water in the Catawba River Basin.
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Click here to fill out a pollution report or to report water pollution to Catawba Riverkeeper by phone, call 1-888-679-9494 or 704-679-9494. In addition, to informing your Riverkeeper, you should also report spills or contamination to federal, state and local environmental officials.
To report South Carolina water pollution call 1-888-481-0125.
To report North Carolina spills or fish kills, call your local regional Department of Environment & Natural Resources office during normal business hours (704-663-1699 for most Catawba basin areas or (828) 296-4500 for Burke, Caldwell, McDowell and other mountain counties) or 800-858-0368 after hours. (For more information on NC spill reporting, click here)
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July 25 – Happy Birthday Javier Vazquez
I do sort of feel sorry for Javier Vazquez. He had developed into a very good Major League pitcher during his first six big league seasons with the Montreal Expos, when he was traded to the Yankees for Nick Johnson, Randy Choate and Juan Rivera after the 2003 season. At first, he seemed to thrive pitching on baseball's biggest stage, making the 2004 AL All Star team with an 11-6 record during his first season in pinstripes. It seemed as if he was following the path of pitchers like David Cone and David Wells, guys who had come up with and pitched well for other organizations and then been traded to the Yankees and performed even better. Like Sinatra sings in that song, "If you can make it there you'll make it anywhere."
But Vazquez's Yankee career turned after that All Star selection. He won just three more times during the 2004 regular season and then gave up that grand slam home run to Johnny Damon in the second inning of Game 7 of the ALCS against the Red Sox. That heart wrenching playoff series against Boston was one of the most disappointing events in Yankee franchise history and Vazquez's gopher ball has come to symbolize the depths of despair Yankee fans felt as we watched New York turn a three game lead into an agonizing seven game nightmare. Instead of becoming the next Cone or Wells, he was instantly turned into the next Eddie Whitson.
I feel sorry for Vazquez because blaming him for the loss against the Red Sox ignores the fact that plenty of his teammates were responsible as well. After that loss, it seemed as if the Yankee brass decided that they no longer felt they could afford to trade for a pitcher they expected would do well in pinstripes. They needed to get guys they knew would do well. At the time, that meant Randy Johnson, Arizona's five-time Cy Young Award winner. So in January of 2005, Brian Cashman sent Vazquez and two prospects to the Diamondbacks for the "Big Unit." Me and every other Yankee fan thought we had seen the last of Javier in pinstripes. But Brian Cashman had other ideas. The GM always felt that New York put too much pressure on Vazquez during his first go-round with the team, sort of setting him up for failure. He waited five years and after the Yankees had signed both Sabathia and Burnett to anchor their starting rotation and then beat the Phillies in the 2009 World Series, Cashman felt bold enough to reacquire Vazquez from the Braves for the popular Melky Cabrera. He was certain Vazquez would thrive as the Yankee's number four starter and I agreed with him at the time.
Unfortunately, as we all now know, that's not what happened. Vazquez got off to a slow start in his second tenure with the team, losing four of his first five decisions and raising the ire of the Yankees' most fickle fans. Even though he then won eight of his next eleven decisions, it seemed as if everyone was waiting for him to fail. The wheels came off for Vazquez in August, when he gave up seven home runs in his next four starts and was demoted to the bullpen. He finished 2010 with a 10-10 record and an ERA of 5.32. Since it was his option year, Cashman was spared the task of trying to trade him and simply let Javier become a free agent.
I'm pretty certain Javier won't be putting on the pinstripes again but I'm one Yankee fan who doesn't pin the team's failures in 2004 or 2010 on his right arm. He was 24-20 as a Yankee and he's had winning seasons with four different big league teams.


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The suit charges that Countrywide's senior management was warned that removing safeguards on the loan origination process would result in "catastrophic consequences for loan quality," and that they did nothing to correct the problems with the program or the loans.
According to the suit, Countrywide's own quality control reports showed a 40% defect rate in some months, which is about 10 times higher than industry standard. But instead of addressing the problems with the loans, it gave employees bonuses for making them look better than they actually were.
Bank of America itself was being bailed out by U.S. taxpayers during some of the period that the alleged fraud took place. It accepted $45 billion in funds from October 2008 to January 2009.
But the bank is once again profitable, earning $2.4 billion in net income during the first nine months of this year even after being hit with $1.6 billion in litigation expenses in its most recent quarter. Last month, the bank settled a $2.43 billion class action shareholder lawsuit related to its 2008 acquisition of Merrill Lynch.


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Oh my gosh we're blog neighbors! I'm in MD too! :) Oddly, I found your series via Eva who I suspect asked the "How do you find bloggers in your area?" question! This has been such an insightful series. I've been furiously taking notes. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting BOTH my questions!! I am always trying to decide how much time and when to dedicate to my blog! So far the late evenings seem to work best! Thank you for the GREAT posts! Also, do you really design blog buttons for other bloggers? I am interested! e-mail me if you do!!
ReplyDeleteAmy, you rock! Thank you SO much for doing this little linky. I'll be checking it daily to see if I can find some friends. :-) And thanks for this series. I've been catching up on reading them today. Thankful for this Q&A too because someone asked a question that I've wondered about but didn't even think to ask!
ReplyDeleteI loved these posts Amy! You cracked me up with "if it's Picnik, RUN!" And I was telling my boyfriend, "Wow, she spends like 2-4 hours a day on her blog. I don't think I could ever do that." When he made me think about how much time I spend on my blog, I felt embarrassed to say about 2-3 hours too! I've never even noticed!
ReplyDeleteBy chance I stumbled across your blog; I like your style and the content of this "How to Blog" series. I just started blogging in April,2012 and am disapointed in my low readership. I post a Bible study series (3 mornings a week), I will admit that is never a crowd pleaser, but still.....
What I really need is some down to earth, technicle advise, probably a little lower than Blogging 101. Well, that is my problem, not yours. My URL is youareadopeted.blogspot.ca
Thanks for your timeHi Amy! First of all, I joined your blog (via GFC) a couple a of weeks ago and I LOVE your blog!!! I thoroughly enjoyed your series on 'Grow Your Blog'! It has been super helpful and I wanted to personally thank you for your ocean of information for new bloggers! I also link up with you on 'Shine on Fridays'!
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Rowlett extends playoff streak to eight in a row by rallying to knock off Lakeview
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With a playoff berth on the line, Rowlett and Lakeview traded scores for much of four quarters.
But the Eagles got a touchdown run from Carson Hyles with less than three minutes left in regulation and the Patriots finally did not have an answer as Rowlett hung on for a 36-29 victory on Friday at Homer B. Johnson Stadium.
The Eagles (4-6 overall, 3-3 in 11-5A) live to fight another day where they will face Longview (7-3, 4-2), the third-place team from 12-5A, in a Class 5A Division II bi-district playoff game on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Kincaide Stadium.
The Eagles opened the scoring on an 8-yard touchdown run from Nigel Hasty in the first quarter and Jamal Smith followed with a two-point conversion, but as would become a recurring theme, the Patriots answered when Brent Davenport threw a scoring strike to Jarvis Baxter to make it 8-7.
Hasty again gave Rowlett the lead when he scored from three yards out, but a 22-yard field goal by Daniel Komayombi on the final play of the second quarter drew Lakeview to within 15-10 at halftime.
It was the Patriots that struck first in the second half, as Davenport threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Nick McLaughlin, but the Eagles did not let it get away from them, as Hasty scored from three yards out to take a 21-16 lead.
There were plenty of fireworks in the fourth quarter, starting with a 2-yard touchdown run by Demarcus Hall as Lakeview regained the lead at 22-21.
Hyels then threw a 33-yard scoring strike to Jonathan Williams and followed that up by hitting Smith on the two-point conversion to give the Eagles a 29-22 lead.
Davenport scored on a quarterback sneak for Lakeview to tie the game at 29-29, but Hyles countered with a touchdown run of his own that proved to be the difference in the victory and a return to the playoffs.
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Danny Calamaco is accused in the November 2010 shooting of Steve McCain on the corner of Ambler and Bridge.
Calamaco went on the run for three days after the shooting then turned himself in.
Police say it was an argument over a tattoo gun that ended with Calamaco shooting McCain two times.
In a jail house interview, Calamaco said it was someone else who shot. and that he came out of the house he was living in on the corner of Ambler and Bridge and chased the suspect car away.
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U.S. stocks finished little changed Friday, a day after the S&P 500 closed at a 5-year high, as investors digested earnings from Wells Fargo and a fresh batch of economic data.
The Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq rose 0.1%, while the S&P 500 shed less than 1 point.
Despite the day's muted moves, all three indexes finished higher for a second straight week. The Dow and S&P 500 added 0.4% for the week, while the Nasdaq rose 0.8%
Wells Fargo, the first major bank to report quarterly results, posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street's expectations and sales that were roughly in line with forecasts. The results showed signs the mortgage refinance boom, which has been fueling bank profits, may be coming to an end as interest rates begin to rise. Wells Fargo's stock declined almost 2%.
Shares of Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, which are all on tap to report next week, also lost ground. The financial sector is expected to be the standout performer in an otherwise lackluster quarter for earnings growth.
S&P 500 companies are expected to report overall earnings growth of 2.4% for the last three months of 2012, according to FactSet Research. That's better than the 1% decline in the third quarter. But excluding the financial sector, earnings growth for S&P 500 companies is expected to be just 0.2%.
On the economic front, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that export prices fell 0.1% in December. The Census Bureau said the U.S. trade deficit widened much more sharply than expected -- 16% -- due to a rise in consumer goods brought in from overseas.
The wider-than-expected deficit could signal a sharp slowdown in U.S. economic growth for the fourth quarter, after a 3.1% uptick in the third quarter, said Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman. The first estimate for fourth-quarter GDP is due later this month.
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Miami is inching closer to getting its NCAA notice of allegations, a list of major violations investigators suspect were committed by members of the Hurricanes' football and men's basketball staff.
The NCAA announced Monday it has wrapped up a review of its enforcement staff's actions during the Miami probe. NCAA President Mark Emmert reiterated limited evidence in the UM investigation was tainted by his staff's actions.
However, some have suggested it was the information obtained from former Miami booster Nevin Shapiro's bankruptcy proceedings that were among the most damaging. Former Shapiro associate Sean "Peewee" Allen was deposed with questions from NCAA investigators more than a year ago.
"We're going to move forward with the Miami investigation and that process will move forward with the enforcement staff and the committee on infractions," Emmert said.
He did not provide a timeline for the next step in Miami's NCAA investigation that has spanned more than two years.
When Emmert was asked whether Miami could work with the board of directors to reach a settlement in its protracted case, he responded that there were more parties than just the University of Miami involved and it would be up to the Committee on Infractions to handle any sanctions in the case.
In a traditional NCAA investigation, the NCAA learns of potential violations, its enforcement staff investigates the allegations and puts together a notice of allegations. The school and the investigative staff have a chance to respond and present their findings to the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The committee then can take months before opting to hand down any sanctions. Finally, the school and any other parties involved have the chance to appeal any sanctions.
UM is just on the verge of step two of the lengthy process.
Kenneth Wainstein, former Homeland Security Adviser to President George W. Bush who handled the review of the NCAA's enforcement staff, estimated 20 percent of the infomation that had been in the Miami investigative record was removed because it was tainted by NCAA staff members' improper actions.
Emmert and Wainstein said select members of the NCAA enforcement staff acted inappropriately and contrary to internal procedures while investigating potential infractions at the University of Miami.
Emmert first addressed what he called a "shocking affair" Jan. 23 and hired Wainstein to conduct the probe.
Wainstein found NCAA enforcement staff members worked with Shapiro's attorney to obtain information during his bankruptcy case. Shapiro, who's jailed on an unrelated Ponzi scheme, claims he was behind eight years of NCAA violations committed with help from various coaches then employed by Miami.
The NCAA does not have subpoena powers -- or the ability to compel testimony. By working with Shapiro's attorney, the NCAA enforcement staff had access to information it couldn't otherwise obtain.
Wainstein said his review found the members of the enforcement staff worked with Shapiro's attorney against the advice of NCAA attorneys.
While Wainstein said the NCAA staff did not violate any U.S. laws or NCAA bylaws, he said the staff violated what Miami and other NCAA members could reasonably expect to be turned up during its probe.
"It's an embarrassment to the association," Emmert said. "... This is not a good situation at all."
NCAA vice president of enforcement Julie Roe Lach was fired for approving payment to Shapiro's attorney. Emmert announced he appointed Jonathan Duncan, a law partner with a focus on education and sports law at Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne LLP, to serve as interim vice president of enforcement.
Maria Elena Perez, a Miami graduate, is Shapiro's attorney and was paid by the NCAA to help it turn up information during bankruptcy-related depositions.
In an interview with the Sun Sentinel, Perez denied she did anything wrong and was outraged by the suggestion her actions may have been unethical or improer.
The NCAA's review into its actions delayed the long-awaited release of Miami's notice of allegations chronicling rules violations linked to Shapiro, but the findings are expected soon. Emmert said his staff's collaboration with Shapiro's attorney shouldn't taint ongoing investigations by NCAA.
"I wouldn't characterize this as a case of corruption," Emmert said. ". . . This is a case where some bad judgment and bad decisions were made."
In a news release summarizing the investigation into the NCAA enforcement staff's actions, the NCAA announced the external review found its enforcement staff members:
"Knowingly circumvented legal advice to engage Nevin Shapiro's criminal defense attorney.
"Violated the internal NCAA policy of legal counsel only being retained and monitored by the legal staff.
"Paid insufficient attention to the concern that engaging the criminal defense attorney could constitute an inappropriate manipulation of the bankruptcy process.
"Did not sufficiently consider the membership's understanding about the limits of the enforcement staff's investigative powers.
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"Enforcement leadership exercised insufficient oversight of the engagement of the criminal defense attorney.
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A South Schenectady fire fighter is charged with public lewdness stemming from several incidents that police say occured at his home. Our Lori Chung has the latest.
ROTTERDAM, N.Y. -- A member of the South Schenectady Fire Department is facing public lewdness charges after police say he exposed himself to a woman several times.
Police say they arrested George Hughes, 63, of Paul Avenue in Rotterdam. Police say they first received a report about Hughes back on January 10th, but he was arrested on the 18th when he was caught in the act during a sting.
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The stage is set and the athletes are primed as the seven-year countdown to the London 2012 Olympics reaches its finale with the much-anticipated opening ceremony. We take a look at athletes who are most likely to conjure up magical moments that will live on long after the summer ends:
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ETexans onboard share stories of 'survival mode,' excellent staff
Flint resident Amy Wiginton said she has been in survival mode onboard the Carnival Cruise ship Triumph since Sunday when a fire debilitated the liner and stranded its occupants at sea.
The Anderson County probation officer went on the cruise to celebrate her birthday with some friends and said she was having a wonderful time until she was awoken about 5:30 a.m. to the smell of smoke and an announcement that the engine was on fire.
Ms. Wiginton said passengers were instructed not to panic and to stay out of the stairwells before an announcement came about 6:30 a.m. that the fire had been extinguished.
She said another announcement came at 9:30 that anyone who needed to urinate needed to do so in their trash cans and pour it down the shower drain and feces was to be put into a red bag and placed in the hall for the ship's crew to pick up.
She said the interior of the ship went dark and sewage began to back up.
"We were like, 'This whole ship smells like a septic tank,'" she said. "We are going to get sick if we don't stay outside in the fresh air.
"I have never seen anything so disgusting in my life. It was an absolute nightmare."
Passengers took their bed sheets and dragged their mattresses outside to form small tent communities, Ms. Wiginton said.
"We all went into survival mode," she said. "You never thought you had to watch your back, but people were hoarding food, water, drinks and blankets. Lawn chairs were big items. ... It was ridiculous."
Ms. Wiginton said her friends joined with others to form a group of 20 they called "The Deck 12 Family." She said each person had a role, including looking for food, supplies, guarding their camp or looking for a working toilet.
The cruise line did have food, she said, but they preferred to eat nonperishables such as bread, cereal and any fruit with a peel for food poisoning concerns.
She said people had to wait for hours for food and to use a charging station set up out of the cash register at a bar. But, she happened to pack a power strip and usually moved ahead in the line quickly.
Someone that didn't have to evacuate their room allowed her to take shower and she said the "cold shower felt like heaven." And finding a flushable toilet was "like winning the lottery."
"One really good thing that came about (from this was) we didn't have technology -- we had to communicate," Ms. Wiginton said. "It's true -- birds of a feather flock together. We flocked to some people who are the same as us. ... We have made some life-long friends. You don't go through something like that with someone and not stay in touch."
Ms. Wiginton said she has been on four cruises but this was her first with Carnival. She said if she ever goes on a cruise again, she will be sure to get a balcony room and be sure to pack another power strip.
Tyler resident Martha Lindblom and her husband Ray intended for their three- day cruise to be a relaxing treat before tax season went into full swing.
The 66-year-old said she is a manager of a Tyler public accountant firm. She said she got on the ship Feb. 7 and expected to be back at work on Monday.
Mrs. Lindblom said she is a veteran of cruise vacations, estimating she has been on about 19 voyages, but she had never experienced anything like what happened on the Triumph.
"Neither one of us is real scared, mainly because of our faith," she said. "We just left it in His hands. You can't worry about it."
Mrs. Lindblom said the situation was uncomfortable but not unbearable.
"We had three Carnival ships drop off food for us and they had a helicopter from a supply ship (drop) food," she said. "We have not lacked for (anything). No one starved to death. ... It's been better than we thought."
She said their chief complaints were taking cold showers and wearing dirty clothes. She said luckily her Kindle kept a good charge.
Full dinners were served including chicken, steak and even lobster, Mrs. Lindblom said. The staff did the best they could under the circumstances, passing out cards and puzzles. The crew even had a Mardi Gras party and tried to make sure there was something going on such as dance lessons or music, she said.
"The main problem has been the smell without the commodes running all the time, and some of them haven't worked since the electricity went out," Mrs. Lindblom said. "They have had to (go to the bathroom) in a bag in and put it in the hallway. ... It's not running down the hallways and all that stuff. If it's running down the walls, we have not seen it yet or heard about it."
Mrs. Lindblom said she and her husband have a cruise set for May with the Norwegian Cruise Line and they have no intention to cancel it. As for Carnival, she said she would go on another cruise again because the staff had been so wonderful throughout the ordeal. Ms. Wiginton also commented on the exceptional staff and said they were constantly checking on everyone to make sure their needs were met.
In consideration of their trouble, the price of the trip was refunded and each will receive a free cruise and $500, Mrs. Lindblom said.
"They have really taken care us, made sure we were fed and things were cleaned up, and they (tried to) have a smile on their face," Mrs. Lindblom said. "They are stuck in the same situation."
After the ship docked in Mobile, Ala., they were set to take a bus to Galveston for their cars before they could make the journey home.