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Nopalito, Chocolate Lab, Marcella's Lasagneria, SF report w/ pics
Friday 12/28/12 Muni celebrated their 100 anniversary with FREE Muni rides so I took the N-Judah over there, got off by the Starbuck's on Irving & walked the block & half to the restaurant.
FREE fried garbanzo beans with a bit of spice. I liked it, but I tried to avoid fried things so only ate a few.
Caldo tlapeno $6 - small bowl of chicken broth soup with some veggies & avocado. It came with 2 corn tortillas housemade there. Just ok for me. Not spicy at all.
Fish taco $4.75 - just one corn tortilla & a fat slab of fish that was seared, some tiny orange slices, onions, salsa couldn't taste. Small slice of lime with it on the side. Tasted just ok, nothing special.
One tiny almond cookie given with the bill. Charged my total $11.66 before tip. One unisex bathroom in the back.
After going to some museums I decided to make the trip to Chocolate Lab with the FREE Muni ride I got on Fri 12/28/12. Took the T-Line from Muni Montgomery stop which was easy & exited on 23rd St & just walked back 1 block, then up the street.
It's a very blue building with green trim. Inside is pretty small, some table seating & a counter.
You can get Sparking or Still Water FREE. I got Sparkling, it was nice & just one glass brought to me.
I picked Ice Cream Sundae $9 - It's way OVERPRICED! It's Mr. & Mrs. Misc. ice cream that's just on Third St, so I could have just gotten that for way less. Burnt Caramel ice cream topped with Recchiuti Burnt Caramel Hazelnuts, almonds, peanut butter pearls, mouse-made marshmallows & a side of extra-bitter chocolate sauce to pour. Girl poured a lot of the sauce for me which I wish she didn't, I could have poured what I wanted. I thought overall it was just ok, but too Expensive.
Charged it. They have Savory foods that others seem to like better. Maybe I'll go back, but not in any hurry.
One unisex bathroom.
Sun 12pm-5pm
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I've read good things about Marcella's Lasagneria & Cucina, but I never could get there because only open M-F. Well, I noticed it on my way to Chocolate Lab & it's just across the street from there. Take the T-Line & get off 23rd St, go back to 22nd & up the street.
After my dessert at Chocolate Lab I decided to stop in. Very Happy I did.
I got the Wild Mushroom Lasagna to go $8.75 + .74 tax = $9.49, charged it. It was the Best Lasagna I've had in Forever! They really know how to make Lasagna. Lots of cheese, smooth pasta, lots of mushrooms. Just delicious!
Closed Sat & Sun, Plus New Years Eve & New Years Day.
Next week Jan 2-4, 2013 they'll have Black Truffles Lasagna with White Cream Sauce!
If you're in the Dogpatch M-F you must get some Wild Mushroom Lasagna!!
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Great write-up! Thanks for the tips about Chocolate Lab (sounds like dog breed, no? hehe) and Lasagneria. Both on my to-do list now! I really haven't explored too much of Dog Patch/Potrero area, but it seems to be the latest up n coming!
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Glad to hear you enjoyed Marcella's! Continues to surprise me how few have taken advantage of this little gem. Maybe the addition of evening hours will make it easier for 'hounds to explore.
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Your post inspired me to go...had the mushroom and it was as you described. Quite cheesy, smooth and tasty considering so many layers but wished there were more shrooms. I missed the truffle lasagne by a day as I was very interested in trying it. The son said his father has connections in Italy for truffles so it will definitely appear again soon...maybe next week I believe. I will be back to try the truffle one.
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Prince George's County is moving closer to starting up a new watchdog of local government as some residents question whether the office has the resources to tackle corruption in the county.
The county's office of Ethics and Accountability was created in part at the urging of Rushern L. Baker III (D) who lobbied for the office during his successful bid for the county executive seat in 2010. Baker's campaign promise came on the heels of outgoing County Executive Jack Johnson coming under fire after a far-reaching corruption probe implicated him as taking more than $400,000 in bribes in exchange for favors with developers. Johnson was sentenced in 2011 to more than seven years in prison. Johnson's wife, Leslie Johnson, a former county councilwoman was sentenced to more than a year in prison for her involvement in the pay-to-play scheme.
The county's new office will be tasked with finding such corruption, as well as fraud and abuse. By mid to late January, county officials will start the search for the office's leader and three staffers — a deputy director, administrative assistant and investigator. The four will be responsible for dealing with allegations of fraud and abuse for a county government that has a budget of more than $3 billion and employs around 6,000 people, according to county records.
"I want to have someone in the office very quickly. I'm glad the council was able to move on this," Baker said. "We've started collecting resumes already."
Prince George's County Council unanimously passed the bill creating the office in November. The office is authorized to start working on Jan. 20 but staffing the office will most likely take until the spring, said Brad Frome, Baker's deputy chief of staff.
The office was funded during the last budget cycle to have an initial budget of roughly $396,000, Frome said.
Joan Pitken, a Bowie resident who represented District 23 in the House of Delegates from 1979 to 2003, said Prince George's office has a daunting task, considering its limited resources.
"It's a real David and Goliath situation but I think it's a start," she said. "It's a big uphill climb."
Montgomery County and Baltimore city have similar offices of the inspector general. Montgomery County's office was established in 1997 while Baltimore's was created in 2005. Both offices have six staffers, according to records from each agency.
"It's not a standard position that exists in most or all county governments," said Michael Sanderson, executive director of the Maryland Association of Counties, an organization that represents the state's counties.
The department will have the power to compel testimony from county employees and demand documents from county agencies, according to the legislation. Additionally, the county is spending more than $100,000 to pay for a new state attorney in the county's state's attorney office whose primary duty will be fielding cases dealing with corruption or fraud in the county government, Frome said.
Judy Robinson, a community activist in Hyattsville, said the two-year delay from promising to set up the office bothered her.
"After Jack Johnson, people needed to see a very serious effort and they needed to see it very early in his administration and I think he's blown it," she said. "It sounds to me like they've set this up as a toothless commission. Quite frankly, I think it's for show."
Both Baker and County Council Chairwoman Andrea Harrison (D. Dist. 5) of Springdale described the passage of the legislation this year as a highlight of 2012. Creating the agency required time to properly lay it out and define its abilities, Harrison said.
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The end. And the beginning.
Re-inventing industries is hard. There is no getting around this. The days are long. There are many uncertainties. There are many challenges to overcome. And yet. Just at those moments when you begin to question yourself, the industry you are trying to disrupt does something so incredibly stupid that your batteries are instantly recharged. Better, if the industry is banking or finance, the incumbent players do this over and over (and over) again. They're lovely like that.
At the risk of wasting even more time (I'll try to keep it short), I'd like to give you a wonderful example of this amazing ability these institutions have to shoot themselves in the foot. Not with a pellet gun but with a powerful automatic rifle. This is a story about NatWest, but if you work for one of their traditional competitors, I'm sure your institution is equally dysfunctional. Hubris is a dangerous thing.
We all know that governments and regulators everywhere are focused on tightening up KYC and money laundering rules. Whether to "combat terrorism" or "tax avoidance" or simply in a manic attempt to hold on to sovereignty in a post-sovereign digital world, it matters little. Fair enough. But the big banks, despite having spent billions on technology, have historically been pretty slipshod in ensuring compliance and so are now feeling the heat all the more and – queue giant pendulum – have been panicked into "cracking down" like there is no tomorrow. (Funny that…"no tomorrow", but I digress…)
So now they increasingly not only make it nearly impossible to open a new account but are starting to do their level best to alienate their existing customers too. I can only imagine that, based on the rearview mirror that seems to be their primary management tool, they figure they have nothing to lose: market shares are static and customers never leave. This paradigm is especially acute in the oligopolistic UK banking industry but is present to some degree in all (developed country) banking markets. Ah but inertia is a powerful thing and they are forgetting the second part: things at rest tend to stay a rest BUT things in motion tend to stay in motion. And they themselves – through hubris? blindness? stupidity? – are ironically the ones now putting in motion the tectonic plates of customer behaviour. The wonderful thing – at least for a disruptor (or true "challenger" as they like to say in the UK) – is that the initial movement is slow, possibly imperceptible from the towering heights of the executive suite, and so gives plenty of time for these newcomers to sneak up and eat the incumbents lunch. (cf. Christensen)
So here's the story. After having banked with them for 4 years, NatWest decides that it will refuse to allow our company to continue to instruct transactions unless they have a completely new set of certified documents with regard to the company directors (including me) and just to make it interesting – not sure if this is related – rejects some inbound payments coming from a sister group company (that by the way has been making similar inbound payments for over two years) causing all sorts of pain and anguish.
Just to make it even more stupid, I have been a personal customer of NatWest for well over a decade and they have all my address, identity etc. details. Nevertheless, I had to spend an hour this morning (not to mention the hours spent by our finance team dealing with this mess) going to a notaire to get a certified copy of my passport and 3 copies of 2 different bank or utility statements, in order to comply with their new, rigid, damn-the-consequences KYC policy.
Wait. It gets better. The notaire refuses to certify the statements as they are not "original" – ie they are printed out. Of course this is because banks (and utility companies) – intelligently for once – have spent the best part of the last few years getting rid of "paper" statements and so I don't have any "original", printed-by-some-printer-that's-not-mine-and-put-in-the-post statements that can be notarised! And just to complete the surrealism, one of these statements comes from NatWest who politely, but firmly, "asked" me to stop receiving paper statements a couple years ago. Folks you can't make this shit up. Hell, Kafka couldn't make this shit up.
Anyhow I now have some certified, notarised paperwork – at a cost of CHF65 – that I hope NatWest will accept and that will allow our company to continue to be a customer. Oh goody. A customer that only runs positive balances, pays them fees and unless their policies force us otherwise, only uses online banking. A customer they would laugh at if we asked for a working capital line. Basically a one-way relationship in their favour. We can't change our corporate bank account in a day. We have to suck it up and play their game. But, if it isn't already obvious, we are shopping for a new bank in the UK. It's just unfortunate timing as Fidor Bank isn't in the UK. (Yet…) We're looking at Silicon Valley Bank and Metro Bank. If others have suggestions, we're open to considering them. We're realistic. We know NatWest won't give a damn if we leave. Even if we grow into a giant, they won't have any institutional memory and so won't even have any regrets. And of course maybe we don't grow into a giant. But their risk isn't losing one smallish corporate client. Especially one who is knowledgeable enough to push back when they act like muppets. In fact they might be saying "good riddance."
If you don't have customers, you don't have a business.
But if you work in the world of startups, this approach, this cavalier attitude to customer acquisition and retention is nothing short of shocking. Beggaring disbelief. And this is not because startups are special, it's just because they are closer to the hard reality that if you don't have customers, you don't have a business. Yes, Virginia this fundamental truth is lost in the jobworth-ian bureaucracies of too many big, fat, happy incumbents. And that is your opportunity.
Now some of the devil's advocates out there might be saying: "that's well and good but rules are rules and big or small, incumbent or startup, all banks need to comply with robust KYC and anti-money laundering regulations." Indeed. I agree. Only – and especially in the digital age – there are dozens (if not hundreds) of more robust, intelligent, customer-friendly ways of being compliant. Compliant in actually knowing your customer. Compliant in actually combatting money laundering. Not compliant in the six sigma application of an obsolete set of procedures that were designed in a different age to facilitate compliance to the actual rules. Subtle but crucial distinction, completely lost on NatWest and other banks of their ilk.
So goodbye NatWest and thank you for giving me (for the low, low price of just CHF65) a renewed energy and determination to keep working with the amazing people who will build the institutions that nibble by nibble will eat your lunch. Q.E.D.
Related articles
- Banks 'dump' thousands of loyal customers (telegraph.co.uk)
- Barclays the most complained about bank this year – but total gripes are down as flood of PPI claims begins to slow (dailymail.co.uk)
- This means war, NatWest (avrillsutra.wordpress.com)


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News about Hmong, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Thailand Evicts 4,000 Hmong to Laos
The asylum seekers had been staying in a holding center and were sent back despite protests.December 29, 2009 worldNews
From a Hinterland, Hmong Forge a Home
Since arriving more than 30 years ago, Hmong refugees have thrived in Cacao, French Guiana, a former prison colony in South America.December 22, 2008 worldNews
Old U.S. Allies, Still Hiding in Laos
Thousands of jungle warriors hired by the C.I.A. during the Vietnam War live in fear of the Laotian government.December 17, 2007 worldSeries
China Sentences 27 Linked to Official Who Reported Graft
Those sentenced were either family members or supporters of Long Baorong, who died in 2012 after being jailed following attempts to expose corruption.
February 13, 2015, Friday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: China , Long Baorong , Corruption (Institutional) , Law and Legislation , Xi Jinping , Hmong Tribe , Prisons and Prisoners , Sentences (Criminal)
Seeking Serenity in a Patch of California Land
Community gardens for immigrant groups can provide familiar foods that are hard to find in the grocery store. They can also be a balm for alienation and depression.
May 26, 2013, Sunday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: California , Gardens and Gardening , Hmong Tribe , Mental Health and Disorders , Immigration and Emigration , Refugees and Displaced Persons
Vietnam's Bilingual Experiment
The country's bilingual education programs for minority students could help close some socioeconomic gaps.
April 24, 2013, Wednesday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: Vietnam , United Nations Children's Fund , Bilingual Education , Education (K-12) , Hmong Tribe , Language and Languages , Minorities
Lia Lee Dies; Life Went On Around Her, Redefining Care
The story of Lia Lee, the severely brain-damaged daughter of Hmong refugees, inspired a book that affected the way American medicine is practiced across cultures.
September 15, 2012, Saturday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: Lee, Lia (1982-2012) , Hmong Tribe , Fadiman, Anne , The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (Book) , Seizures (Medical) , Deaths (Obituaries) , Books and Literature , Medicine and Health
Still Secret After 30 Years?
An internal C.I.A. report on how the intelligence community decided that "yellow rain" was a chemical weapon should be made public.
February 12, 2012, Sunday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: Meselson, Matthew S , Central Intelligence Agency , Classified Information and State Secrets , Hmong Tribe , Biological and Chemical Warfare , Vietnam , USSR (Former Soviet Union) , Vietnam War , Editorials
A Hmong Generation Finds Its Voice in Writing
As the first generation to grow up with a written language — rather than the traditional spoken word — the members of the Hmong American Writers' Circle are addressing a new kind of coming of age in America.
January 1, 2012, Sunday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: Hmong Tribe , Writing and Writers , Families and Family Life , Fresno County (Calif) , Language and Languages
Vietnam: Hmong Protest Quashed
Security forces quashed a rare protest of hundreds of ethnic Hmong calling for an independent state, officials said Thursday.
May 6, 2011, Friday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: Hmong Tribe , Vietnam , Demonstrations, Protests, and Riots , Politics and Government
For a Hmong Hero, a Lavish Farewell
Vang Pao was no plain Hmong elder, and his death last month at age 81 has brought forth no ordinary grief for an uprooted nation of Hmong refugees who regarded him as something near a king.
February 7, 2011, Monday
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Gen. Vang Pao, Laotian Who Aided U.S., Dies at 81
Vang Pao was a charismatic Laotian general who commanded a secret army of his mountain people in a long, losing campaign against Communist insurgents.
January 8, 2011, Saturday
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In Northern Vietnam, a Region of Beauty and Ethnic Traditions
In Vietnam's far north, Ha Giang province is a region of dazzling slopes, serrated ridges and hanging valleys just opening up to foreign visitors.
October 31, 2010, Sunday
MORE ON HMONG TRIBE AND: Vietnam , Travel and Vacations , Hmong Tribe
Pieces From the Hmong American Writers' Circle
Members of the Hmong American Writers' Circle in Fresno, Calif., have written poems and short stories reflecting their culture and lives.
A Final Farewell to Vang Pao
The funeral of Vang Pao, known to his people as "the general," the hero of the C.I.A.'s long ago secret war in the jungles of Laos, took place in Fresno, Calif. over six days and six nights.
Welcoming Shamans
A new policy at Mercy Medical Center in Merced, Calif., recognizes the cultural role of traditional Hmong healers, or shamans, by inviting them to perform nine approved ceremonies.
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Training camp is underway, and you know what that means. Rankings are in order as I have already ranked, and shared with you the top 10 QB's, RB's, and WR's going into the 2013-14 NFL season. As I wrap up the offensive skill players I'll be ranking the top tight ends to call the NFL home.
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uforn: Hi starcchild, I suggest you go and see your Doctor if your getting messages in your head, a UFO conspiracy forum will not help you in the slightest. I wish you well and please go see your Doctor May 29, 2015 9:50:28 GMT 1
seriouslycurious1: although the bible makes mention of terrestrial beings ( I always likened to heavenly bodies), I never believed in aliens. I have always suspected that evidence would clearly point to as opposed to the evidence that merely fuels speculations. May 30, 2015 5:37:33 GMT 1
seriouslycurious1: recent events and their correlation to the list of 58 signs, now have me speculating if I could be victim of alien abduction/visit. May 30, 2015 5:38:44 GMT 1
seriouslycurious1: for as long as I can recall, looking at the time precisely at 3:33 was a peculiar recurring event ( in my formidable years. an event that slowed and even subsided in these previous decades. an event that has been reoccurring as of late. May 30, 2015 5:42:02 GMT 1
seriouslycurious1: additional and most recent weird (to say the least) event - about a week ago, while asleep, I either woke up, or was dreaming (not sure), I was overcome by an unknown-caused fear. further I was paralyzed, physically and vocally. May 30, 2015 5:46:49 GMT 1
seriouslycurious1: I had a strong urge to yell out NO!, but could not get the word to formulate until after several tries and then when it did, I yelled it out a few times-to find myself suddenly free of the paralytic state. still afraid, i slowly went back to sleep. May 30, 2015 5:51:49 GMT 1
seriouslycurious1: there are a few other signs on the list that I identify with (maybe more with some deep reflection). I always shrugged them off as insignificant, but now considering these recent event and event return (the 3:33), they have significance. May 30, 2015 5:54:56 GMT 1 *
seriouslycurious1: I might mention that I just saw the movie "the fourth kind", of which common signs, fueled my interest to investigate this matter further. can somebody help me ? May 30, 2015 5:56:30 GMT 1 *
barry: Hi seriouslycurious1, the 58 signs do not really mean anything,they can relate to All of us. Abduction is a personal event, make sure you have no medical problems before blameing abduction. May 30, 2015 8:17:22 GMT 1
steve921: scar of 5 dots in a perfect curve on neck, unexplained big incision scar along bottom of my penis, massive holes in my memory childhood and adult, anyone can relate to this?, had noseblleds frequently in my teens that stopped abruptly. Jun 1, 2015 3:34:41 GMT 1
harshamakkapati: ayone from india those who saw aliens ? Jun 5, 2015 19:59:41 GMT 1
barry: All ouiet then? Jul 29, 2015 7:24:20 GMT 1
uforn: Hi baz yeah its quiet on the forum. Ive been very busy so have not had much time on here. Still doing research when I get chance, slow going tho. Jul 29, 2015 13:15:32 GMT 1
barry: Hi mate, been looking into a couple of things but there is a lot of rubbish about Jul 30, 2015 7:28:25 GMT 1
donbaker12: hi guys Aug 3, 2015 3:49:56 GMT 1
barry: Hi donbaker12 welcome to the site Aug 3, 2015 7:46:06 GMT 1
drell777: Hello everyone Aug 27, 2015 10:27:29 GMT 1
uforn: Hi drell777, welcome to UFORN Aug 27, 2015 10:45:54 GMT 1
ash: Hi Aug 29, 2015 1:30:20 GMT 1
uforn: Hi ash welcome to UFORN Aug 29, 2015 10:52:42 GMT 1


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When you are drafting in the middle rounds you aren't going to find many prospects with everything. In those rounds teams tend to look for players with some preferred traits, because they can not get them all. Once again, I think it would be helpful to re-read my initial post where I thought it was clear that I am talking about our marquee #1 draft pick--not our middle round picks. Of course, they will want size there too, but the reality is that the middle round picks will be much harder to find that size and some of what they want will be sacrificed. This is why I mentioned someone like Cordarelle Patterson would be ideal, but would be hard to get in the middle rounds.
As for listed heights ... I simply ask you to notice the next time Randall Cobb stands next to James Jones and let me know if that looks like only a 3" difference to you. Does Greg Jennings look 4" shorter than Jordy Nelson to you? The listed heights and weights of players aren't always completely accurate. Some players they want to create the perception that they are not small, while others they want to create the perception that they are not big, still others the perception that they are not fast. IMHO, it doesn't make a difference when a team fiddles with listed heights/weights, but teams still do it.
Yes, I consider James Jones a big receiver. I consider Green Bay's main WR's to be Jennings, Nelson, Jones, and now Cobb. Of those I see Cobb--listed at 5'10"--as the one that stands out from a size/agility perspective.
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36.281575, -6.095481
Reaching Conil de la Frontera by car: From Jerez, take Highway A4, which will lead you directly to Conil.
From Seville, take Highway A4, pass Chiclana on the right and then take the N-340 toward Cadiz, which will lead you to Conil.
Distance from the Hotel Fuerte Conil-Costa Luz to the nearby airports:
Jerez de la Frontera: 66 km (45 minutes)
Gibraltar: 110 km (1 hour)
Sevilla: 156 km (1h. 30 minutes)
Málaga: 222 km (2 h. 15 minutes)
Reaching Conil from Jerez Airport:To reach the hotel from the airport, you have several options:
Distance from the Hotel Resort Fuerte Conil-Costaluz to the San Fernando train station: 28km (20 minutes)
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Sunday, April 04, 2004JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 4, 2004) - In a back-and-forth battle Sunday afternoon at Metro-Kiwanis Park, the East Tennessee State Lady Bucs rallied from a 4-0 deficit to eventually take the lead at 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Elon Phoenix regrouped to force extra innings and eventually collect an 8-6 victory in Southern Conference softball action. With the win, Elon won two-of-three games in the weekend series and improved to 23-13-1 overall, 6-3 in SoCon play. Meanwhile, the Lady Bucs dropped to 21-18, 3-3. The Phoenix took advantage of two ETSU errors in the top of the second inning and got an RBI single from left fielder Dani Concepcion to grab an early 2-0 advantage. They then built that lead to 4-0 in top of the third frame thanks to a pair of hits from catcher Jamie Dupont and starting pitcher Megan Borgaard, and a two-run single from third baseman Christina Melton. ETSU's offense finally came to life in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Borgaard walked Lady Buc right fielder Janine Sprague (Hillsborough, N.C.) to force in a run, gave up an RBI fielder's choice to ETSU starter Tiffany McVay (Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.) and an RBI single to center fielder Danielle Spetar (Knoxville, Tenn.). At the end of the inning, the Lady Bucs were within one run at 4-3 and Elon reliever Jennifer Lamb had been replaced by Borgaard on the mound. Keeping the pressure on, the Lady Bucs tied the game in the bottom of the fifth thanks to a solo home run by the left fielder Rhea Holler (Peoria, Ariz.), and then took the lead in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run blast by Spetar. Again, Elon made a switch on the mound, replacing Lamb with Whitney Meeks, which turned out to be the right move for the Phoenix. While McVay had recovered from a rocky start to pitch a solid game, Elon managed to break through against the ETSU senior once again in the top of the seventh. Four hits - including a two-run single by Miley - allowed the Phoenix to force extra innings and ETSU head coach Amy Fuller brought in pitcher Belinda Barerra (Fayetteville, N.C.) to relieve McVay. The Bucs were unable to score again in the bottom of the seventh and eighth innings against Meeks, and Elon managed the winning runs thanks to a two-run single by Borgaard in the top of the eighth. Offensively, ETSU was led by Spetar, who picked up two hits and three RBIs, including a two-run home run. Meanwhile, McVay, Stephanie Gaynord (Manassas, Va.) and Holler all collected two hits apiece. For Elon, Borgaard had four hits and two RBIs, while Miley and Melton also picked up a couple of RBIs each. On the mound, Meeks (10-4) picked up the win and Barrera (8-8) suffered the loss. ETSU will return to action at home Tuesday in a non-conference doubleheader against Radford. Those games are scheduled for 2 and 4 p.m. Meanwhile, Elon returns home to face Gardner-Webb on Wednesday at 3 p.m.
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Tests that showed illegal drugs were found in a 16-year-old boy�s system after he ate a piece of Halloween candy allegedly laced with drugs proved to be false after confirmatory testing showed the original results were a false positive.
�It was a false positive in the test,� said Calvert County Sheriff Mike Evans (R). �[The teenager] did not have illegal drugs in his system. The information we gave out was premature. We should have waited until we got the results back.�
Evans said even though the child�s name was not given to the media, �we want to apologize [that] we insinuated he took drugs when he in fact did not.� He said the neighborhoods are safe, as there were no illegal drugs found on the teenager�s Halloween candy either. Evans said officials do not know what made the boy sick.
The sheriff�s office began an investigation last week into claims that the teenager had eaten a piece of Halloween candy laced with drugs after he was rushed to the emergency room.
Between 7 and 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, a 16-year-old boy visited about 25 homes in Chesapeake Ranch Estates in Lusby while trick-or-treating, according to a sheriff�s office press release. He was accompanied by at least three adults and three younger children.
The 16-year-old and his mother returned to their St. Leonard home at about 9 p.m. where he ate about 20 to 25 pieces of candy while watching television, the press release states. Deputies said the boy �recalled that one piece,� a lollipop, �tasted unusual,� and within an hour he was feeling ill. His mother drove him to Calvert Memorial Hospital at 11 p.m., deputies said.
A preliminary urine drug screening test resulted in a positive reaction to two controlled dangerous substances frequently abused, deputies said. The victim remained in the emergency room for several hours and was then discharged.
The boy�s mother posted messages on Facebook about her son�s illness and the positive drug test result, according to the press release. The claims were spread throughout the community and said, �If you went trick or treating in the Ranch Club on the following roads I will post below throw out your childrens [sic] candy. A child is in the ER from eating a piece of candy that was laced with drugs. This IS NOT a joke or a copy from tons of wall posting. Please share with anyone you know that may taken [sic] their kids there!� The claim further states the candy was laced with cocaine and valium and was allegedly given to a child who went trick-or-treating on Gunsmoke, Hickok, Pioneer, Alamo and Comanche trails.
None of the other adults or children who participated with the young victim�s trick-or-treating activities became ill, the press release states, and most of their candy obtained during this event has either been seized by the sheriff�s office or isolated to protect possible consumers. The wrapper and paper stick from the one piece of suspect candy was recovered by law enforcement and observation revealed nothing unusual.
The teenager is prescribed a number of medications and Poison Control personnel believe that none of his prescribed medications would have yielded the positive result obtained in the drug screening test, according to the press release, but said some drug testing procedures yield false positives if the parameters are too broad or non-specific. The urine sample collected from the 16 year old victim was forwarded to a second laboratory for confirmatory testing and proved the results were a false positive, Evans said.