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The United Nation's Secretary-General Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), Margareta Wahlstrom welcomed the city of Hoboken into the Making Cities Resilient Campaign in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a press release states.
Hoboken is the fourth city in the United States global campaign, which has 1,400 members, a release stated.
The Resilient Cities Campaign fosters resilience through improving urban planning, infrastructure and building safety; shoring up drainage systems to reduce flood and storm threats; installing early warning systems; conducting public awareness initiatives; and taking measures to adapt to climate change impacts," the press release stated.
"In the face of stronger and more frequent storms, the cost of inaction is too great," Mayor Dawn Zimmer said in the release.
"We must act now to make our communities more resilient. This campaign is an opportunity for us to learn from other communities around the world," Zimmer said in the release.
Hoboken is hosting the 5K Resilience Run on Saturday April 6 at Pier A and plans to hold a community fair in the morning to raise awareness on community resilience, the press release stated.
The proceeds from the fair will be donated to the Rebuild Hoboken Relief Fund, the New Jersey Relief Fund and it's Jamaican sister-city Port Maria, which was also impacted by Hurricane Sandy, the release said.
Wahlstrom, who also heads the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction said in the release, "The mayor and citizens of Hoboken epitomize the spirit of resilience. They have made good progress to recover from one of the worst storms ever to hit the United States."
In February, during her State of the City address, Zimmer outlined a plan to build seawalls and install more pumps to mitigate damage from any future storms


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Session 53 - The X Clusters: Cooling Flows.
Display session, Thursday, January 08
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Soltan et al. (1996) found a significant positive component extending up to several degrees in their angular cross-correlation function (CCF) between the ROSAT All-Sky Survey (RASS) diffuse soft X-ray (E\sim 1keV) map and Abell clusters. To explain this, one model they have suggested consists of a 20h_50^-1 Mpc-scale X-ray emitting hot gas halo associated with each Abell cluster.
In order to constrain the nature of this extended component, we have made CCF studies between Abell clusters and hard X-ray maps observed with HEAO-1 A2 as well as the microwave map observed with COBE DMR. Our preliminary analysis shows that there also exists an extended component in the hard X-ray - Abell cluster CCF at a similar scale, indicating that the spectrum of the extended component is harder than a thermal spectrum for gas temperatures of typical clusters. A robust upper limit to the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich decrement set by the COBE DMR - Abell cluster CCF excludes an extended gas halo model with temperatures kT>1 keV. Combining these results, we can rule out any gas origin with a smooth profile for the extended component. A possibility consistent with the data is that X-ray emitting field AGNs clustered with Abell clusters give rise to the extended CCF signal.
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There was an 8.9 percent increase in the Hudson County homeless population in 2013, and the program director at a local shelter doesn't see it getting any better when the annual count is performed today.
"I don't think it ever gets better," said Tom Harrigan, program director at the Palisade Emergency Residence Corp. in Union City, a homeless shelter that houses 40 people nightly. "From what I'm seeing, it's always more."
Hudson County workers and volunteers will hit the streets to locate the county's homeless population in its annual Point-In-Time homeless count. Last night, officials at PERC, the Hoboken Shelter and St. Lucy's Shelter in Jersey City took a head count for the federally mandated accounting of the homeless.
Groups will head out in two shifts today, from 4 to 7 p.m. and from 8 to 11 p.m., said Randi Moore, the program director for Housing Assistance for the Hudson County Division of Housing and Community Development.
"We will be locating the homeless and try to get them into the shelters," she said.
Her crews will canvass Jersey City, and non-profit groups and agencies will have volunteers fanning out over the rest of the county, Moore said. In some municipalities, police officers chip in for the count.
Last year's Hudson County homeless total was 942, and that included more than 100 families of three or more people, according to statistics compiled in the annual survey filled out for each homeless person or family. The majority of the homeless were found in Jersey City, Union City and Hoboken, but that isn't a surprise since that's where the shelters are.
In the past, volunteers have gone out late at night, but Moore said they locate the majority of people before 11 p.m., so the operation has been streamlined. Moore is also hoping the frigid weather, with temperatures expected in the low teens, drives more people to the shelters.
Harrigan said he's seen a new population of homeless emerge in Hudson County — the group that is working, but still can't afford to pay rent.
"Where are you going to live on minimum wage?" he said. "There is no such thing as affordable housing."
Harrigan also said that he's seeing more people whose unemployment has recently expired and still are unable to find work.
The homeless count is being conducted in every county. The goal is to give the federal government an accurate count of who many homeless people are in each state.


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An Easton woman summoned by city police to pick up her sister's car following a DUI arrest arrived intoxicated, police report.Authorities pulled over Bethany Donst, 30, of Belvidere, at 8:10 p.m. Friday after she failed to stop at a traffic light at Northampton Street and Larry Holmes Drive, according to a police news release.
Police say they determined Donst was drunk and took her into custody. Donst contacted her sister, Erin Donst, to pick up her vehicle, police say. Authorities say the 32-year-old Easton woman was also intoxicated.
Both sisters were transported to a Northampton County DUI center for processing and will be issued drunken driving summonses, according to Easton police.


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Whidbey's Master Gardeners provide plants for Mother's Day and more
Just in time to pick up an appropriate gift for Mother's Day, the WSU Island County Master Gardener's Plant Sale will be held on Saturday, May 7, the day before Mother's Day, at the Greenbank Farm at Highway 525 and Wonn Road from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A variety of plants grown and tended to by Master Gardeners will be available to the public to plant and beautify home gardens, including perennials, trees, herbs, vegetables, berries, houseplants and shrubs. Colorful annuals and flower baskets are also being sold this year and would make great gifts for Mother's Day.
At this plant sale, customers get the benefit of personal shoppers and Master Gardeners' advice on choosing, planting, and maintaining plants. The sale also features a bake sale of homemade baked goods from Master Gardeners who can really cook.
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This is a fundraising event for Island County Master Gardeners who volunteer through WSU Extension Services to educate the public about gardening, environmental stewardship, sustainability and horticulture free of charge, by participating in plant clinics, hotlines, educational gardens, seminars and other projects throughout Island County.
Because of county budget cuts, the Master Gardeners lost their coordinator this year. This plant sale is vital to the organization's fundraising efforts to ensure that the Master Gardeners can continue to serve the public by offering the free gardening advice and education that is the mission of Island County Master Gardeners. For more information about the plant sale or other Master Gardener projects call 240-5527.
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The Mandeville City Council on Thursday heard details about a proposed underground pipeline that would run from a refinery in Norco to Mississippi, cutting across Lake Pontchartrain and through St. Tammany Parish along the way. City officials had asked representatives of the company proposing the work to address any questions from council members and a handful of Mandeville residents who had rasied environmental concerns about the pipeline.
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Volunteers and members of the Elks Lodge on Washington Street have prepared 26 turkeys, nearly 50 pounds of potatoes and countless amounts of vegetables for their first public Thanksgiving dinner.
Elks members have discussed having a dinner open to the public for decades but had never gotten around to it, until this year, said organizer Tom Foley.
"The kids come along, you get married, it just didn't happen," he said.
But this year up to 40 people have volunteered their time to prepare a Thanksgiving feast. Many others have donated money and food once they read about the dinner on Hoboken Now.
Foley said he didn't expect so much support from the community. "It surprised me. People I didn't even know called and said they wanted to help," he said.
Over at the lodge, volunteers and guests sat together eating their Thanksgiving meal. "You can gain 10 pounds here," said Hoboken resident Charlie Schulz. "I'm glad a lot of people showed up."
Foley said they were prepared to serve up to 350 people, but expects around 250. The leftovers will be donated to a homeless shelter, he said.
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Shame on Sen. Margaret Carter, D-Portland for injecting race into the sentencing of Randy Ray Richardson ("Discredited ace attorney sentenced to two years," July 29).
If she and former state Sen. Avel Gordly were so concerned about damage to Richardson and his son, they should have been writing letters to Richardson before he stole a dying woman's home.
Any hardship attributed to Richardson's incarceration is a direct result of Richardson's actions -- not his sentence.
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Sen. Margaret Carter, D-Portland, and former state Sen. Avel Gordly, an associate professor of black studies at Portland State University, urged the judge to spare Randy Ray Richardson from prison.
By the way, he stole an elderly woman's home and the judge in the case questioned Richardson's expressed remorse.
Carter cited a study finding that one in four black children, compared to one in 25 white children, had a father in prison by age 14.
Richardson had every opportunity to be a contributing member of society. He became an attorney and then squandered his gifts and talents.
He's also been accused of holding a girlfriend by the throat, burglarizing another girlfriend's house and bribing a witness while defending a man for attempted murder.
This man is not someone our children should look up to and emulate. He is a criminal.
Advice for people who want to stay out of prison: Be a good father to your children, contribute to society and obey the law.
I know many men of color who are upstanding members of society. Richardson is not one of them.
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I believe that Randy Ray Richardson's punishment ought to have been longer than two years. As a former prosecutor, he was cognitive of his actions and the illegality of his actions.
Richardson says he's worried about his child while he is away?
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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- An "R" Superstore that combines full-size Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us stores under one roof will open Friday at 6884 Governors West in Huntsville.
The 58,000-square-foot store is in Bridge Street Town Centre near Sports Authority.
"Integrating the Toys 'R' Us and Babies 'R' Us brands in one location has been an ongoing initiative for the company for the past five years, and our customers nationwide have been responding favorably to the convenience and breadth of selection these stores offer," Jerry Storch, the chairman and CEO of Toys "R" Us Inc., said in a release.
The Huntsville store is one of more than 40 "R" Superstores the company has opened across the country since 2007.
The store's hours the first day are 9:30 a.m.-10 p.m. From Friday to Sunday, there will be complimentary gifts while supplies last, visits from costumed characters and activities for children.


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ILWomen is in Evanston, Ill., spending a couple days with 3d Lacrosse and Northwestern. It's been a tremendous experience so far, which you can read about here.
The 3d staff has some really unique drills and philosophies — to see how they can be implemented into women's lacrosse and the impact they can have on player development, not just from a skill perspective, but also in terms of lacrosse IQ and game awareness, has been fascinating. We'll provide more going forward from this trip and some instructional content from 3d, but in the meantime, scroll through some photos from Tuesday.
The team gets some on-field strength training in at the beginning of practice.
The four-minute plank!
Christy Turner looks to dodge in a drill early in practice.
New assistant coach Tim McCormack working with players on defense around the crease. The defense in this drill played without sticks to work more on footwork. Particularly with the new rule in which the defense can run through the crease, Amonte Hiller said McCormack has been great to have on staff, as he's worked to help players break the habit of needing to run around the crease.
Scott Hiller talks with Spring Sanders.
Amonte Hiller plays defense on star attacker Kara Mupo in a dodging drill. Mupo returns after missing most of last season with an injury.
Jess Carroll presses out on Mupo.
Amonte Hiller D-ed up on Kerri Harrington.
Assistant Danielle Spencer works with Mupo and Blake McHugh.
Nancy Dunbar dodges on Caley Chelios after practice.
3d founder Jamie Munro talking with the coaches.
Munro and Spencer going through some three-step dodging basics.
Moved indoors for some more drills and three-on-two work.
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Apple, which is poised to unveil new iPhones next week, and the FBI are probing reports hackers used the company's iCloud service to illegally access nude photos of actress Jennifer Lawrence and other celebrities.
Hackers posted the nude photos on the anonymous image-sharing website 4chan, the Telegraph in London reported. The photos targeting more than 100 U.S. and U.K. celebrities were allegedly obtained by breaking into iCloud accounts, the newspaper said. A representative for Oscar winner Lawrence, in an e-mail, called the situation a "flagrant violation of privacy" and confirmed that the photos were hers.
"We take user privacy very seriously and are actively investigating this report," Nat Kerris, a spokeswoman for Cupertino, California-based Apple, said without providing additional details.
The iCloud service, a key part of Apple's strategy to unite its iPhones, tablets and desktop computers, lets users store contacts, e-mails, photos and other personal information on external systems they can access virtually. Apple has fixed a bug in its "Find My iPhone" software that may have allowed hackers to access celebrity iCloud accounts through so-called brute-force attacks that try multiple passwords, the Engadget technology website reported, citing developers.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation released a statement yesterday saying the agency is aware of the allegations "concerning computer intrusions and the unlawful release of material involving high profile individuals." The agency is "addressing the matter," Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles, said by e-mail.
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The FBI doesn't typically confirm investigations as a matter of practice, Eimiller said by telephone yesterday. "Clearly there's a high public interest, so we felt it appropriate to provide a limited statement," she said.
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The celebrity hack comes days before Apple's scheduled Sept. 9 product announcement near its headquarters. Apple will introduce bigger-display iPhones and a wearable device at the event, people with knowledge of the plans have said. Anticipation for the event has boosted Apple's shares about 29 percent this year to a record level. They rose 49 cents to $102.99 at 9:54 a.m. in New York.
The risk to iCloud users will depend on whether the breach happened within Apple's security or within the celebrities' personal accounts, said Clifford Neuman, director of the University of Southern California's Center for Computer Systems Security. Either way, some users may not understand when and how they are using such services, especially during the set-up.
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"The data are leaving the devices that are in your possession and are now being stored on a server elsewhere," Neuman said yesterday in a telephone interview. "For most things, that's probably a good thing but for things that are sensitive, that's a problem."
Backups of iPhone data stored on personal computers and laptops aren't automatically encrypted, said Paco Hope, a principal software security consultant in London for Dulles, Virginia-based Cigital Inc. Users must add the option manually. Backups sent to Apple are encrypted, he said.
"A garden variety hack into a celebrity's PC might find photos in unencrypted backups, or even just as files on the PC," Hope said. If a hacker "had access to an influential person's address book, a movie or production company's contacts, or some talent agency's data, from there they could have phished a few movie stars, gotten more addresses and so on."
Previous Hacks
Apple and its products have been hacked before. In 2012, more than 600,000 Mac computers were infected by hackers who used a vulnerability in Java, the widely used programming language that is administered by Oracle Corp. Apple drew heat from fans because it knew about the bug for two months before issuing a fix, a gap that let the infections spread.
Later that same year, technology journalist Mat Honan wrote about how security flaws in cloud-computing services let attackers compromise his AppleID account and erase all the data on his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, including family photos.
Hacked Accounts
The celebrities hacked in the recent breach included reality TV star Kim Kardashian and singer Rihanna, the Telegraph reported. Actresses Selena Gomez and Kirsten Dunst also were among the cache, Time reported on its website. The hackers promised to post more photos, Time reported.
"To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves," actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead posted on Twitter. "Knowing those photos were deleted long ago, I can only imagine the creepy effort that went into this."
One plausible explanation for a wide breach of private photos is by way of a password-retrieval system, said Woodrow Hartzog, who teaches privacy at the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. Customers generally recover forgotten passwords by providing information or answering questions about themselves. Celebrities are particularly vulnerable to hacks of these programs because so much of their life history, such as where they were born, is available in biographies, news stories and websites like Wikipedia.
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"Data security is more important than ever before," Hartzog said in a telephone interview. "We store our most personal intimate moments online, and it's absolutely critical that that information stay as protected as reasonably possible."
Once private information like nude photographs are made public, laws in the U.S. are inadequate to do much about it, Hartzog said. Remedies, including getting the data purged, are scant.
"These pictures are likely to still persist," he said. "It becomes a very difficult thing for anyone, whether a celebrity or any other victim of non-consensual pornography, to be adequately helped under the law."
Some of the hacked celebrities, including former Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice, said the photographs purported to be of them weren't real. "These so called nudes of me are FAKE people," Justice posted on Twitter.
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BATON ROUGE - LSU men's basketball player Chris Johnson was one of 64 seniors invited to participate in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament this week.
The tournament is a series of games played before NBA scouts and general managers as a scouting tool for the NBA draft.
Johnson, a 6-feet-11 forward, averaged 7.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 2.7 blocks per game this past season while shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 74.7 percent from the free throw line.


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The sad fact of tomorrow night's game is that it really could be the last game of the "Big 3" era. There's no guarantee that Ray Allen or Kevin Garnett come back. And as confident as I am the Celtics are going to win, it's entirely possible they'll lose, too.
So with that in mind, there are plenty of chances for you to get into the game at a fairly reasonable price. Here are some trends:
- There are more than 2,800 tickets still available starting at $101.
- 50+ are available for less than $110.
- 250+ avail for less than $120.
- Tickets in this price range are between 8% and 44% below market average.


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SILVER LAKE — Yes, it's been a challenging year for figs in the Northeast, most especially New York City. But there is good news in all that — the official annual Fig Fest persists. And, that pre-fall event takes place on Monday, Sept. 15, in the tented patio of The Silver Lake Golf Course.
The Staten Island-born, fifth version of such congregations takes place rain or shine, at 7 p.m. Fellowship continues until the crowd disperses, typically around 10 p.m.
The theme, if you haven't guessed, is figs, an ancient genre of fruit that ranges in color from pale white-green to brown-purple-black. The perfectly ripe flesh yields flavor notes that can be related to modern-day sweet cotton candy to the old-time, deep and round notes of cocoa.
Expected at Fig Fest 2014: Anyone, near or far, who embraces fig growing, fig cooking and fig crafting, like turning the fruit into wine. In the past, attendees have driven from as far as Pittsburgh, PA.
As part of tradition, a Fig "King" — either man or woman — is crowned just before sunset.
The "King" title winner is selected from festival attendees based on fig presentations sampled by the crowd — raw, cooked, simmered, fermented and otherwise.
In the past, winners such as Dr. Adrienne Ferretti, a dentist from Grasmere and 2011 Fig King, have baked or cooked dishes made one's own garden fresh figs.
Fig Fest's first champion was the late Joe Capp of Oakwood for his Brown Turkey varieties. The following year, the title went to the aforementioned Dr. Adrienne Ferretti. The third annual Fig Fest saw Grasmere's Pat Cavanagh as Fig King.
Last year, Grasmere resident Jimmy Fallacaro won the crown. Costume designer Annie Young of Stapleton designed the toque-like cap, ultimately worn by Fallacaro.
Each Sept. 15, growers and fig lovers turn out at a new location, announced shortly before the festival.
The first of three Fig Fests happened at Turtle Circle in Midland Beach. Attendees arrived in droves on that crisp, cloudless night, staying long past dusk. They shared home-made items such as jams, cakes, cookies and salad dressings — of course, the main ingredient being fig.
Alas, the event grew too large for the NYC Parks Department's liking. And, by way of chance at the last minute, the 2013 festival landed eventually at Casa Belvedere, Grymes Hill. That crowd numbered in the three hundreds and collectors gave away fig cuttings to Hurricane Sandy victims who lost their prized ficus plants in the storm.
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-East Shore/Brooklyn) helped organizers look for a new Fig Fest venue, a permanent home to the "Fest." But, for this year, Eve Taranto and Doug Johnstone, tenders of the Silver Lake Golf Course and its restaurant The Veranda, offered to host the location for 2014.
Fig Fest is an organic event, intent on promoting an exchange of fig ideas and a general enthusiasm for the fruit. It is free, nothing is sold and no reservations are required.
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Fields heads North American operations for Ford, and gave the 200 summit participants an inside look at vast changes for the Detroit automaker.
One of the most stunning statistics, though, was a drive for fewer suppliers.
"We have worked very hard to really reduce our supply partners," Fields said. "It makes our business easier to manage, and it's a better business case for suppliers to do business with."
Suppliers who stick with Ford will share these attributes, he said:
• Provide top quality.
• Be cost competitive.
• Offer high-tech features.
• Be globally competitive.
"Make sure you have the resources, manpower, financial or facility-wise, to provide scale," Fields said.
In 2008, Ford bought $6.9 billion in parts and components from its Michigan suppliers.
While cost and quality are crucial, technology is a big part of Ford's product plans.
"We have an opportunity to innovate our way to prosperity," Fields said.
"If the last couple of years have taught us anything, it's that consumers are willing to invest in innovations they really want."
The auto industry should be relatively healthy by 2015, auto analyst Erich Merkle said at the gathering, hosted by economic development agency The Right Place Inc.
Merkle, who runs e-business autoconomy.com, forecast a rosier future, after the economy weathered a downturn in housing starts and a subsequent dive in auto sales.
He told the crowd at the JW Marriott hotel he had expected auto sales to head lower when housing dipped in 2007 and 2008.
"But 10.4 million?" Merkle said of 2009 auto production.
"That's a very, very horrible number. This is a number we haven't seen any time since World War II."
This year, Merkle forecasts auto production will rise to 11.4 million units. That pace quickens into 2015, when the rate will approach 15 million, near the pre-recession range.
Auto sales have a similar trajectory.
By 2011, sales in the U.S. should hit 14 million, and near 16 million by 2015, Merkle said.
"At that point, the industry should be very profitable," he said.
Chrysler Products LLC is another story.
"I think Chrysler will go much lower," he said. "I don't think they're going to make it long term."
But as auto sales start to pick up, manufacturers who made steep cuts will have to start hiring again, Merkle said.
A sampling of Ford Motor Co.'s West Michigan suppliers (not a comprehensive list)
• Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Zeeland
• Gentex Corp., Zeeland
• Hi-Lex America Inc., Battle Creek
• Summit Polymers, Inc., Portage
• Key Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids
• Johnson Controls Inc., Holland
• Adac Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids and Muskegon
• Denso Manufacturing Michigan, Inc., Battle Creek
• Flex-N-Gate, Inc., Grand Rapids, Ionia and Battle Creek
Source: Ford Motor Co.
Many companies cut too deeply, Merkle said.
"There are a number of manufacturers out there that do not have the human capacity right now, to meet the needs," he said.
The day-long summit featured six speakers, whose presentations will be online by Monday at rightplace.org.
One of the final questions for Fields tackled another Ford family endeavor: the long-struggling Detroit Lions' National Football League team.
"He asked if we could take our skills and apply it to a certain professional sport team," Fields said, relaying the question to the crowd.
Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mullaly had recently made a deft pass when he caught a similar question, Fields said
"We think the Ford family is going to wonderful things with their other franchise," Fields said.
"There's always next year."
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As anybody who knows me will attest, I am a summertime kind of guy.
At the risk of sounding dangerously ill or incompetent, I like hot weather. If I didn't, I wouldn't choose to live here in the humid subtropics.
As we stand on the cusp of Memorial Day, the official kickoff to the summer season, let us pause to appreciate one of the joys of this time of year -- the back-yard party.
Break out the fans and the bug spray, summer is here.
There is a new book out that offers great detail on the joys of the back yard in ways that many of us never really imagined.
"BBQ Bash: the Be-All, End-All Party Guide, from Barefoot to Black Tie," (Karen Adler and Judith Fertig, Harvard Common Press; $16.95), offers ideas from an Italian antipasto party to a black-tie barbecue.
It features more than 100 tasty recipes and tips for grilling. One section offers ideas on what sort of beer to buy for each dish.
Sure, you say, all you need for a successful back-yard party is something on which to cook and a smattering of good friends. While that is true, it is good sometimes to get new insights and tips on how to shake things up; this book does that very well.
It doesn't reinvent the back-yard party, it just puts a fine point on it.
So if you're looking for just the right book to kickstart your summer, this is just what you need.
This first recipe is especially timely in our little slice of heaven. It combines two of our favorite visitors that are about to make a much-anticipated return.
The brown shrimp season opens in a few days, and, shortly thereafter, Silver King and Silver Queen corn will be in the market. Here is a good way to take advantage of both at the same time.
Corn Husk-Wrapped Shrimp with Grilled Corn (6 servings)
6 ears of corn, with the husks on
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
2/3 cup chopped fresh chives or fresh Italian parsley
2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
Kosher of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Olive oil for brushing
Prepare a hot indirect fire in your grill.
Peel back the corn husks and remove the silk on all six ears of corn. Break off the corn cob at the base, leaving the husk attached to the stem. Set the cleaned ears of corn aside.
Melt the butter in a small sauce pan and add the chives. Place the shrimp in a large bowl. Pour the chive butter over the shrimp and toss to coat.
Fold back a few of the leave of each corn husk and place pound of shrimp in each husk. Season with salt and pepper. Close the husks and tie together with strips of the corn husk or kitchen twine. (You may do this earlier in the day and refrigerate the packets until ready to grill.)
Brush the ears of corn with the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place everything on a double baking sheet and carry out to the grill.
Place the shrimp in corn husks on the grill directly over the fire and grill for 5 minutes. Then move to the indirect side of the grill. Place the ears of corn directly over the fire to lightly char them, turning several times, for 2-3 minutes. Move the corn to the indirect side of the grill and continue to cook for another 5 minutes with the grill lid closed.
Serve the shrimp packets by folding back the top of the corn husks to display the shrimp inside, with an ear of grilled corn on the side.
For those of us with a pork fixation on the grill, here is a recipe that ought to make anybody happy. And I've said it before, but ham is an often-overlooked main dish, especially this time of year. It's not just for the holidays, you know.
Double-Smoked Ham with Whiskey-Cider Sauce (8-10 servings)
Whiskey-Cider Sauce:
2 cups apple cider
1/4 cup whiskey
1/4 cup unsalted butter
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 cup apricot preserves
2 teaspoons dry mustard
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
One 5-7 pound bone-in precooked or smoked ham (shank or butt)
20 whole cloves
To make the sauce, place the cider and whiskey in a small sauce pan over high heat and cook until reduced by one half. Whisk in the butter and brown sugar. Set aside until ready to baste.
Combine the apricot preserves, mustard and vinegar in a small bowl. Coat the ham with the mixture, then stud the ham with the cloves and let stand for 1 hour at room temperature to marinate.
Meanwhile, prepare an indirect fire in your smoker.
Put the ham in a disposable aluminum pan and place in the smoker. Cover and smoke at 225-250 degrees until it turns bronze and reaches the desired level of smokiness (1-2 hours). Baste with the whiskey-cider sauce and pan juices after the first 45 minutes of smoking.
Remove from the smoker, slice and serve hot, warm or at room temperature.
The book is not all meat. There are lots of tasty side dishes, including this one for a favorite of mine -- blue cheese coleslaw.
Blue Cheese Coleslaw (10-12 servings)
6 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
One 16-ounce package coleslaw mix
8 green onions, chopped
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1/3 cup toasted walnuts or pecans
To make the dressing, combine the vegetable oil, vinegar, sugar and garlic salt in a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Shake to blend and refrigerate until ready to use.
In a large serving bowl, combine the coleslaw mix, green onions, blue cheese and walnuts.
Refrigerate until ready to serve. Toss the slaw with the dressing and serve immediately.


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Larry Sombelon, 74
Larry, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He is survived by his wife Kamaile Aiwohi Castillo Sombelon, daughters Rochelle "Shelley" (Brian "Kalama") Sombelon-McEwen and Desiree "T" (Timote) Talamai, hanai son Kerry (Amanda) Kamalii, nine grandchildren: Josiah "Siah Man", Ka'ohe, and Leimomi Sombelon-McEwen; Kymani Sombelon, Lilika, Oketi, Roviana and Tai Talamai; and Kenzie Kamalii.
He is also survived by sisters Margaret "Margo" Kaiama, Shirley Ragsdale Sombelon, and sister-in-law Margaret "Cookie" Souza Sombelon. He was predeceased by parents Santiago and Julia Santos Sombelon.
Larry was an avid horseshoe pitcher having won several State tournaments and served as president of the Rebels Horseshoe Pitchers Club and first president of the Maui Chapter of the National Horseshoe Pitchers Assn. He also coached the Cactus Jack women's softball team, played on the Wooden Ships baseball team and was a member of the Maliko Roping Club/Hui O Paniolo. He retired as owner of Larry's Janitorial Services.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Ala Lani Church, 50 South Papa Avenue, Kahului, from 1:00 p.m to 4 p.m. Prayer services to be held at 2:00 p.m. Cremation to follow and private scattering of ashes at a later date. Casual attire, no flowers.
Condolences may be sent to: www.ballardfamilymortuaries.com


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Halloween is more than six weeks away, but if your kids are anything like mine, they're already talking about what they want to dress up as for Halloween. My 8-year-old daughter can't decide between Hermione and Hannah Montana while my 5-year-old wants to dress up as either Tinkerbell or a Zhu Zhu pet.
I guess I should be relieved that they're not interested in dressing as a pirate wench.
In an essay in The Huffington Post, Joel Schwarzberg writes about how some Halloween costumes are inappropriate for kids. In particular, he's disturbed by gory costumes inspired by horror movies such as "Friday the 13th," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "Halloween." But there are others that are even worse.
"When I went online to find kids' costumes, I found life-like swords and machetes, clear masks that filled up with blood, and a wide range of disembodied heads and severed limbs," writes Schwartzberg.
Meanwhile, over at MomFinds, they found some costumes that are "just wrong on kids." For instance, "you should probably pass on that pimp costume for your son and that Jesus ensemble, we'd save that for the Christmas play."
Inspired by MomFinds' picks and Schwarzberg's column, I've come up with my own list of the Top Five Worst Kids Halloween Costumes:
1. French Maid – Maybe it's cute for adults at a costume party, but not for the kiddie set.
2. Gangster Rapsta – Yes, they sell these — complete with bling bling and all.
3. Prison inmate – Do you really want to see what your kid would look like in prison stripes?
4. Rabbi/Priest – Yes, they come in infant sizes.
5. Hooker/Pimp – Why would they sell these costumes for little ones anyway?
Would you let your kid dress up as any of the above? What's the most offensive, inappropriate Halloween costume you've seen?
Looking for more classic and less controversy? Try these cute and easy Halloween costumes!
More posts:
Why are Couples with Daughters More Likely to Divorce?
Is One Hour of Maternity Leave Enough?
Girls Are Smarter Than Boys (Or at Least They Think They Are)
Would You Spend $5,000 on Your Kid's 1st Birthday Party?
Should Dads Take Paternity Leave?
Five Worst Fast Food Kids Meals
Should Bars Refuse to Serve Pregnant Women?
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Katie Holmes Gossip
Katie Holmes gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Dear Gossips,
Katie Holmes has joined Twitter -- @KatieHolmes212. So, like, KatieHolmesNYC? Her first tweet was a retweet from the set of The Giver in South Africa. She's standing next to Taylor Swift. Her second tweet involved a lot of exclamation points. Will she be one of those "inspirational quote" tweeters? Will she keep it to promotion only? Will she go start showing us her Thanksgiving turkey recipes? Will she become one of those "mom" tweeters? Example: "Helping Suri with her math homework. Mommy and baby time!" Oh God, do you think she's a compliment re-tweeter?
So. About this Russell Brand interview – have you seen it yet? Click here if you haven't. I'm still trying to decide – is he actually articulate or are we just so conditioned to celebrities NOT being articulate that we have to praise one who can put a sentence together? Is it problematic for you to hear about someone who's valued at $20 million arguing for wealth redistribution? Watch it back with that in mind and let me know your thoughts.
Have a great weekend!
Yours in gossip,
Taylor, Alexander, Katie
Taylor Swift, Alexander Skarsgard, and Katie Holmes are all in South Africa to shoot The Giver. And they all went out for dinner the other night with other cast members. Click here to see the photos. How badly do you want that to happen? What? Well, we have two options here. Full Story
Celebrity or Tabloid?
On the one hand, IN TOUCH Weekly is pretty unreliable. On the other hand, well, celebrities aren't exactly honest all the time. IN TOUCH reported yesterday that Jamie Foxx and Katie Holmes are secretly dating. Jamie denied it on Entertainment Tonight: "[The rumors] are 100 percent not true. Full Story
Katie and Jamie violate the code?
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Katie Holmes and Jamie Foxx are supposedly dating. The Source for this story is IN TOUCH Weekly, so make the sound of a broken horn. The magazine claims that the two are all "Mission: Impossible" about their relationship. In my experience legit sources don't speak like that, but whatever. Full Story
Suri wants a dog
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Suri Cruise goes to school. On the way she sees a dog. Suri Cruise totally wants a dog. Please mom, can I have a dog? Just like any conversation happening anywhere in America between mothers and daughters on the school run. Except this daughter was once considered the covenant of L Ron Hubbard's soul. Full Story
Urban Katie
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Katie Holmes stepped out yesterday in New York in leather pants and trainers. Click here to see a better shot of her kicks. These actually look pretty comfortable. The pants, I mean. It's a cute look on her. It's way cuter than when she wears sh-t she designs herself. Full Story
Mothers on the school run
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On the first week of The Social, which was also back-to-school week for kids, we talked about how much money moms have been spending on themselves on the school run. It came out of this article in the Daily Mail that reported that many mothers were planning their outfits in a week in advance…just to drop their kids off at school. Full Story
Katie POSING
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POSING in all caps because look at her. Vamp. That's a lot more sass than we've seen from her a long time. What's the occasion? Well, she was at the Gravity premiere. And…it may have caught the attention of George Clooney. He seems more like an uncle greeting a sweet little girl here but still. Full Story
Katie's new role, and it's not tap dancing
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Did you catch that in Tina Fey's monologue on Saturday Night Live? She was telling the new cast members that dancing for the host is part of the job. Then she replayed all the times she had to jazz hand it during her 9 years as a regular player on the show. And she remembered how Will Ferrell had to tap dance for o the same…for Katie Holmes, because Katie Holmes can't tap. Full Story
Posh in Paris and it's Fashion Week
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I don't know if she's there for Fashion Week, but it can't be a coincidence either, right? Posh is a proper designer now. Paris is where the top designs live. Today she was at a meeting at the British Embassy. Don't you love the drama of how her long jacket is whipping around in the wind? What am I going to say next? You know what I'm going to say next. Full Story
The Inexplicable Lightness of Holmes
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What are YOU crying about at your desk today? The end of summer? No TIFF ticket hookups? Last night's double elimination on Big Brother (RIP Amanada's busty reign of terror!)? There are thousands of legitimate reasons for all of us to be miserable today. So, why then is Katie Holmes so f*cking happy? Katie's been snapped in her natural habitat, which is walking around the streets of Chelsea with no adult companion in sight. Full Story


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• Detroit averaged 31,694 per game this season, down nearly 8,000 from 2008, which averaged approximately 39,538. If you had to guess, Detroit is likely one of those teams that lost money.
• Speaking of the owners' meetings, Fox Sports' Jon Paul Morosi sent out a tweet stating, "Tigers owner Mike Ilitch didn't want to address trade possibilities for his team when asked at owners' meetings (Thursday)."
• Ilitch might want to keep quiet, but trade rumors are running rampant nowadays, including a possible three-team trade involving Tigers starter Edwin Jackson. USA Today's Bob Nightengale published a tweet alerting people to, "Keep an eye on developing three-way trade talk with Tigers and Mariners and mystery team involving M's Brandon Morrow and Detroit's (Edwin) Jackson."
• Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman confirmed the report.
• The Seattle Times' Larry Stone said the trade suggestion is in the exploratory stage, but it could include Mariners' second baseman Jose Lopez and right-handed reliever Mark Lowe. The third team remained absent from both reports.
• Moving on from the trade market to the free-agent market, ESPN's Keith Law released his list of the top 50 free agents and Tigers relievers Rodney (No. 43) and Brandon Lyon (No. 47) both made the cut.
• The Tigers will likely be in contact with free agent closer Jose Valverde's agent, Gene Mato, and Billy Wagner's agent, Bean Stringfellow. Both pitchers are Type A free agents and would cost Detroit its first-round draft pick, unless their old teams decline to offer them arbitration.
• Valverde ranked No. 37 on Law's free-agent list and Wagner was listed as the No. 24 top free agent this offseason.
• Fox Sports' Dayn Perry said Wagner is "just what the Tigers need." Perry has basically made it his agenda to downplay Tigers closer Fernando Rodney's stellar season.
• We get it, Dayn, like you said before, you don't think the Tigers have had a consistent closer since former Willie Hernandez ran the show. I guess blowing one save all year doesn't qualify as "consistent."
• If the Tigers needed consistency, they would re-sign Rodney. But, consistency isn't the problem with Rodney -- money is. The 32-year-old reliever is receiving attention from Philadelphia, but he's looking for closer's money -- which The Philadelphia Inquirer's Paul Hagen said the Phillies might not be able to offer.
• The Tigers might also express interest in former closer J.J. Putz, who said he would be willing to accept a set-up role. Putz did not make Law's list.
• In other news, four Tigers prospects were added to the 40-man roster Friday in order to be protected from the Rule 5 draft. The additions of Scott Sizemore, Ryan Strieby and Brennan Boesch weren't surprising, but I think we might have overlooked Mud Hens shortstop Audy Ciriaco.
• I don't want to read too much into the addition of Ciriaco, but perhaps it's an indication that the Tigers aren't as high on prospect Cale Iorg as they once were -- or maybe they want to make sure he has plenty of time to develop. Despite his offensive woes, Iorg -- who was ranked as the third best prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America in 2008 -- is still a defensive stop gate.
• Prospects? We talkin' 'bout prospects? A few Tigers prospects,
including Casper Wells, Cale Iorg and Andrew Oliver, will be playing in
the Arizona Fall League championship game Saturday as the Peoria Javelinas square off against the Phoenix Desert Dogs.
• Needless to say, Wells is making it clear that "I wanna ring this year." He might just get that ring he wants after 2009 first overall draft pick Stephen Strasburg was scratched from his start because of a twisted left knee. That should certainly make things a little easier.
• And, on a sour note: Tigers minor leaguer Ronnie Bourquin must sit out the first 50 games next year after he was suspended by the MLB after evidence of amphetamine use was found in random drug testing. Bourquin was rated the 20th-best prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America in 2006, but has struggled to advance in Detroit's farm system.


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Welcome to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project's Name Change Resource, our step-by-step guide to legally changing your name in New York City.
SRLP's Name Change Guide
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Updated September 2016
General Information
- Only New York City residents may change their name in New York City Civil Court. New York State Residents will need to go to their county's Supreme Court.
- These instructions only apply to people who are at least 18 years old. If you are under 18, your parent or guardian will need to petition on your behalf and you will need to show the judge the name change is in your best interests.
- This page only has general legal information. For legal advice, please consult a lawyer. While we try to keep this information up-to-date, we cannot guarantee that it is current because of how quickly laws, fees, agency rules and court procedures can change.
- For more information or for legal help and you are transgender, gender nonconforming and/or intersex, please contact the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) at 212-337-8550, extension 308. You may also call any other qualified legal services provider or the clerk of your local court to learn more about name changes.
Getting All the Papers
- To change your name in NYC, you need a Petition and your Birth Certificate. We recommend using the Petition available on the New York County Civil Court web page, available here. You can also download blank copies of our sample Petition at the bottom of this page.
- Complete the Petition by adding your personal information. If anything from #5-9 in the Petition applies to you, simply explain. For example, if you have ever been convicted of a crime, say when, where, and for what you were convicted and what happened with your case.
- For the grounds of your application, say whatever you want the judge to know about why you want a name change. You do not need to use any of the language in the blank Petition—it is just an example. It is completely up to you what you want to share with the judge about your reasons for changing your name, just so long as what you say is true.
- Name changes usually need to be published in a newspaper, unless the judge says you don't have to because of a risk to your safety or because of you invoking 64-a, found here: http://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2014/cvr/article-6/64-a. If you have any specific reasons why you would be at risk if you published, add them to #11. For example, many survivors of domestic violence or hate crimes believe they would be at risk if they are required to publish their personal information.
- Sign the Petition with your current legal name and have it notarized. Many banks will notarize for free if you bring your ID and your paperwork. You may also have it notarized at the clerk's office at Name Change Court. If you do not understand English, whoever translated the Petition for you should sign and have notarized an "affidavit of translation."
- Get a certified copy of your birth certificate in NYC or New York State unless you were born outside New York or if you already have one. If you were born in NYC, go to www.nyc.gov/html/doh/home.html or call 212-788-4520 to find out how to get a copy. If you were born in New York State, go to this page.
- If you are an immigrant who has status in the U.S. and lives in New York, you have a right to change your name here. If you do not have a birth certificate, you should be able to use immigration documents instead such as a Passport or a Travel Document. If you are an undocumented immigrant and live in New York, you may also be able to change your name here, but it is a good idea to talk to a lawyer first because you may have to give notice to USCIS.
- Under the law, trans people are not required to show medical evidence about our transitions to change our names. Most of the time, judges correctly follow the law. But some judges still wrongly deny a name change for trans people if there is no medical evidence. If you wish to include medical documentation, you may have your doctor, social worker, or psychologist write a letter explaining why they support your name change petition, but it shouldn't be required. If your name change gets denied because you did not include medical evidence, you can either seek legal help to get your name change granted without it, or you can submit the medical evidence at that point, your choice.
- If you have criminal convictions, you will also need to submit a certificate of disposition for each conviction or a rap sheet. You can get a copy of your certificate(s) of disposition from the court where you were convicted and it is free if you have benefits, otherwise it costs $10 per disposition. The Legal Action Center is a non-profit that helps people get copies of their rap sheets (212-243-1313). If you choose to submit a rap sheet, you should look it over closely. Often, there are mistakes on rap sheets. If your rap sheet shows that there is a warrant open for your arrest, it is important that you take care of that before you file your rap sheet in court. Talk to a lawyer for advice.
- Attaching other documentation about things you say in your Petition can make the process easier. For example, if you are asking to be excused from publication because of domestic violence and have an Order of Protection, attaching a copy of that order to your application can help. Also, if you cannot afford to pay the fee for filing a name change, bringing a copy of an award letter or other proof of income or inability to pay may help you waive the fees.
Filing the Papers
- Once you have your papers ready, you can file your name change application in the civil court of any of the five boroughs, no matter which borough you live in. (Manhattan: 111 Centre Street Bronx: 851 Grand Concourse; Brooklyn: 141 Livingston St.; Queens: 89-17 Sutphin Blvd.; Staten Island: 927 Castleton Ave.). This overview is Manhattan-specific. Please note that the process differs in different boroughs of NY. However, you can change your name in Manhattan no matter what borough you live in. If you go to court in another borough, please call the court clerk to make sure you are doing everything correctly.
- After you go through security to enter the court, go to the clerk's office that handles name changes. In Manhattan, it is room 118 on the ground floor level near the exit.
- Get on the line marked "name change." Tell the clerk you are filing for a name change and give the clerk your papers. If you were born in New York, the clerk will keep your original birth certificate. If you were not born in New York, the clerk will make a photocopy of your birth certificate and give you back the original. The clerk will also tell you that you need to pay a $65 fee.
- If you cannot afford this fee, tell the clerk that you need to "proceed as a poor person" and fill out the form that the clerk will give you (it will ask you questions about your income, property and expenses, such as rent). You should hear in a couple of days whether your petition to proceed as a poor person was approved. If it was approved, you will be given an index number and a court date. If it wasn't, the clerk will either ask you to come in with more information or proof of your income or tell you that you will have to pay the fee. You may call the clerk (646-386-5609) or go to their office in person to check on it if you don't hear from them.
- If you can afford this fee, go to the cashier to pay. The cashier only accepts cash (in exact change), money orders, and certified checks, NOT personal checks or credit cards. The cashier will give you a receipt with your index number on it. Keep this receipt. Then go back to the clerk, who will take your papers.
- The clerk will assign you a date for a name change hearing. If you know you can not make it on that date, just tell the clerk and ask for a later date. Your name change hearing will probably be scheduled for around one to four weeks after the date you file your papers. (This procedure can be different in other boroughs. For example, in Brooklyn, you will usually see a judge on the same day you file the papers.)
- If you are currently incarcerated or on parole for a violent felony offense, you will need to give notice of the hearing date to the DA and the court where you were convicted.
The Hearing
- Name change hearings vary according to the judge you get. Generally, the hearing is fairly straight forward. When you get to court for your hearing, make sure to let the court officer know that you have arrived. There is a calendar outside the courtroom that will list your name and a number. It is easier for the court officer if you give them the number beside your name. Then, sit in the courtroom until you hear your name called. For those in Manhattan, Court usually starts at 11:00 am in Room 428 on the Fourth Floor at 111 Centre Street. You will have to go through security to get inside.
- Sometimes there is almost no wait at all. Other times you may need to wait for one or two hours before you are called. When you are called, walk up to the front of the courtroom, directly in front of the judge. The judge will ask you a few questions. Just respond briefly and honestly. The questions are usually easy and never last very long. Sometimes, your name will not be called at all due to the fact that the judge decided not to ask you any questions.
- Once the judge finishes deciding about all of the name changes, the name change files will be given to the clerk. You and everyone else there will then be asked to wait, usually for around 10 to 30 minutes, until the clerk is ready. Then, the clerk will give everyone instructions on what to do next.
- Most of the time name changes are approved the first time. If yours is denied, be sure to get a copy of whatever the judge wrote explaining the reasons for the denial. Don't panic—many problems are very easy to fix and your name change will probably be granted on a second try. Call the Sylvia Rivera Law Project or another legal service provider right away if you want help appealing or filing again.
Publication and Service
- If you haven't been excused from the publication requirement, the clerk will give you a photocopy of your name change order, which has already been signed by the judge, and explain the publication requirement. You will need to publish within 60 days of the date the order was signed. Then, you will need to file proof that you published within 90 days of the date the order was signed.
- The order may say you have to publish in a certain paper. If you have a choice, the Irish Echo is the least expensive place to publish. It has a flat fee of $35. If you submit the notice by Friday at 2 p.m., you can have it published in the edition that comes out the next Wednesday. Then, you can pick up the proof of publication that Friday. The New York Beacon is the second cheapest paper. The clerk will give you the addresses of the papers.
- The judge might also have decided you need to "serve notice" of your name change on certain places, like the Division of Criminal Justice Services. If so, make a copy of the order and mail it to the address the clerk gives you. Be sure to take the envelope to the post office and have them give you a Certificate of Mailing (which costs less than $1.00). This is your proof of service.
- Once you have the proof of publication and/or service, go back to the court and give that proof to the clerk. If you missed the 60 or 90 day deadline, ask for a "nunc pro tunc" form so you can explain why you were late and ask the judge to accept your proof anyway. These requests are almost always approved.
- Once your proof has been accepted,your name change is complete! You can then buy certified copies of your name change order for $6 a piece. If you decide you need more later, you can always go back to court and get more. You can use the certified copy of the name change order to change your name on documents including your Social Security card, driver's license, state ID, Medicaid card, passport, immigration documents, or birth certificate among others.
Changing Your ID's
Now that you have legally changed your name, you can start the process of updating all of your ID documents. Please check out SRLP's Guide to Changing Your ID Documents for more information.
Sample Documents
Petition For A Change Of Name (MS Word Format)
Petition For A Change Of Name (PDF Format)
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CHICAGO — With the outcome of the game once again in doubt tonight, and with his starting pitcher offering no hints that he was capable of getting anybody out, Yankees manager Joe Girardi began his frustrating walk from the dugout to the pitcher's mound. He was on a mission of mercy.
A.J. Burnett, the victim of poor run support and lousy luck, had finally caught a break. The Yankees offense exploded, and before the end of the third inning built what looked to be an insurmountable lead. Burnett appeared to be a lock for his first victory in more than a month.
But nothing comes easy for Burnett, and in an eventual 18-7 thrashing of the Chicago White Sox, the only member of the Yankees who failed to emerge a winner was Burnett. That's because Girardi, after watching Burnett attempt to squander a 13-1 lead, couldn't bear to watch anymore.
"He didn't have it tonight," said Girardi, who pulled Burnett with one out in the fifth inning, two outs shy of qualifying for the victory.
Burnett, who has not won a game since June 29, didn't bother to wait for Girardi to reach the mound. He walked off the rubber, shoved the baseball in Girardi's palm, and stormed down the dugout steps, though not before ripping his jersey off his back.
"You've got to stop the bleeding somehow," said Burnett, who departed with his team ahead 13-7. "And I didn't."
Despite Burnett's best efforts, the Yankees established a season high for runs while winning their sixth consecutive game. By moving to a season-high 25 games over the .500 mark, the Yankees also kept pace with the rival Red Sox, whom they trail by just one game in the American League East.
Derek Jeter, who collected his second five-hit game of the season, passed Lou Brock (3,024) for 23rd place on the all-time hits list.
"I'm having good at-bats, that's it," said Jeter, who has been a different hitter since coming off the disabled list. "I'm swinging at better pitches."
Curtis Granderson knocked in five runs, Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer and Eric Chavez hit his first home run as a member of the Yankees. They both finished with four RBI apiece. And for awhile, it appeared the Yankees might need every one of those runs.
After the game, Burnett confirmed what was so painfully obvious as the White Sox came to life.
"I felt flat," said Burnett, who surrendered seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. "I didn't have anything."
Coming into the game, Burnett had not won in his past five starts, though not all of it was his fault. In that span, the Yankees offense had given him just 10 runs of support. By the end of the third tonight, Burnett had a 12-run cushion, which he promptly began to give back.
In the fourth inning, the White Sox battered Burnett for five runs on five hits, with the biggest blow coming on Carlos Quentin's three-run homer to make it 13-6. Burnett took the mound to begin the fifth inning, needing just three outs to qualify for the victory.
He never got there.
Burnett gave up hits to three of the next four batters he faced, including an RBI single by A.J. Pierzynski.
The merciful end finally came when Alejandro De Aza ripped a single to right field, the 13th hit off Burnett, the most of his career. What was once a 13-1 game was now 13-7, and Girardi emerged from the dugout to spare Burnett from any more failure.
Even with the Yankees facing a rotation crunch — with six arms for five spots — Girardi said Burnett would make his next start on Wednesday.
Said Girardi: "It was a bad night."
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While those living in towns in the area had plenty to deal with Thursday, the rural areas were hit even harder during the massive snowfall due to heavy winds.
Marshall County Engineer Paul Geilenfeldt said the wind led to low visibility for his plow truck drivers.
"The biggest battle is the wind," Geilenfeldt said. "We can't see what we're doing out there."
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Road crews were out in full force Thursday, challenged by whiteout conditions and drifting snow.
Despite treacherous conditions, the newly fallen snow made for a beautiful setting at the Marshall County Courthouse Thursday morning.
Cleaning up after the season's first major snow — a blizzard — Alan Tomlinson is shown here Thursday using his snow blower to clear his drive.
While progress was made on the paved county roads, the gravel roads were hard to clear Thursday.
"We didn't make a lot of progress on anything but pavement," Geilenfeldt said. "I just feel like we are treading water out there."
Geilenfeldt said they had a couple of plows get stuck as they tried to maneuver around cars that were also stuck. The wet, heavy snow also made for some dangerous drifts in this storm.
"Instead of us pushing them, they can push our equipment off the road," Geilenfeldt said.
He admitted this storm is the worst we've had in recent years.
"I haven't seen it like this in quite a while," he said.
Marshall County Supervisors Chairman Denny Grabenbauer said they decided to close the courthouse for Thursday at 5:30 a.m.
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MALAGA, Spain, Sept. 15 (UPI) — New research suggests one in six of 320 Mediterranean mammals is threatened with extinction at a regional level.
The assessment, which excluded whales and dolphins, was conducted by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Researchers found 3 percent of the mammals are critically endangered, 5 percent are endangered, 8 percent are vulnerable, another 8 percent are near threatened and 3 percent are extinct or regionally extinct.
Scientists said the study marks the first time all Mediterranean mammals have been assessed for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
"The number-one threat is habitat destruction, which affects 90 percent of the threatened species," Annabelle Cuttelod, co-author of the report, said. "We need international action to protect key areas and preserve natural habitats to ensure we don't lose the rich biodiversity in this area."
She said rodents, bats, shrews, hedgehogs and moles, which make up the majority of Mediterranean mammals, are finding it increasingly hard to survive due to habitat loss and degradation from agriculture, pollution, climate change and urbanization.
Large herbivores — such as deer, carnivores, rabbits and hares — are particularly threatened, Cuttelod said. Eight species from those groups have already become extinct in the Mediterranean region.
Of the 49 threatened mammalian species, 20 are unique to the region and found nowhere else in the world, the IUCN said.
The report, co-authored by Helen Temple, is available at http://www.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2009-027.pdf.
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Best use of money?
I must confess to being a bit befuddled by the announcement that the Madison County Commission is pressing forward with purchasing a restaurant in Madison for conversion into a satellite office (see Times 8-14). Is this a good use of taxpayer money?
Why spend $1.5 million on the purchase of a property that is currently already in use, and then I presume a substantial additional sum for renovating it, when there are plenty of alternatives?
Are we paying a premium for buying a business that appears to be healthy instead of buying up or leasing a vacant property? Is the tremendous size difference between this location and the former location driven by need?
Needless to say there are lots of questions. Questions that only become more intriguing when you consider the wealth of available store fronts elsewhere in Madison.
Look, I'm no real-estate expert; I'm just a concerned taxpayer. Perhaps this property is the only one in Madison that meets the county commission's needs, but I for one would appreciate an explanation of why it has been picked over the many viable alternatives that would appear to exist.
Douglas J. Fries
Madison, 35758
Against Obama
The electorate that bought into the concept of "change and togetherness" is becoming aware that the transformation from a "we-the-people" government into a Barack (I-me-my) Obama/Democrat Party (sit down and shut up, we know what's best for you) administration isn't exactly what they thought was their "purchase."
Who, besides the president, had an inkling that the real "plan" was that all but a chosen few would be required to sacrifice their jobs, homes, retirement security, health care, and future national solvency on the "ego altar" agenda of Obama and his 40 czars?
Not a single deed, then or now, ever matches his siren words. It's time to sober up from hope and time to re-study the sources of our greatness that always provided us with common sense solutions to our problems. It's time to re-direct our purpose to what our collective minds and hearts know to be a proven path to strength of
character and patriotic harmony.
The pot's perking. Tea will soon be served. The invitation is open.
Ray Helstrom
Huntsville, 35806
Impeach Obama?
The lawsuit by the federal Department of Justice against the state of Arizona coupled with the recently leaked federal Department of Justice memorandum concerning amnesty for illegal immigrants by fiat brings the term "malfeasance in office" to mind, and is defined as:
Malfeasance in office is committed when any public officer or public employee shall:
(1) Intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, as such officer or employee; or
(2) Intentionally perform any such duty in an unlawful manner; or
(3) Knowingly permit any other public officer or public employee, under his authority, to intentionally refuse or fail to perform any duty lawfully required of him, or to perform any such duty in an unlawful manner.
It seems to me that the current occupant of the White House is treading none too lightly on impeachable ground.
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Trinity Medical Center officially started the state approval process all over again this morning when it filed a new letter of intent with state health regulators letting them know the hospital's desire to relocate to the U.S. 280 corridor and not Irondale.
|Trinity plans to buy, build at digital hospital site
Trinity won state approval in May to build a $316 million hospital in Irondale off I-459 and Grants Mill Road. But the new owners of Trinity said they don't like that location as much as the abandoned, former HealthSouth hospital, now owned by Daniel Corp.
Community Health Systems took over ownership of Trinity last year, but it took the group a while to investigate the situation and decide against Irondale, which the previous owners had selected, said Community's CEO Wayne Smith.
The former HealthSouth hospital, once dubbed the "digital hospital," will require $205 million to complete and another $70 million to equip, less than what it would take to build from scratch in Irondale, the letter to state regulators said. Just as importantly, the U.S. 280 hospital would have about twice the population base as a new hospital in Irondale, Smith said.
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Mozambique Compact
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The above estimates are based in the best, currently available, information and may be updated if new, reliable, data are available.
The total beneficiary count for the Compact may not be the sum of the different project beneficiary counts because of overlaps between Projects. In other words, some beneficiaries benefit from more than one project but are counted only once in the total beneficiary count.
Total benefits expected from each project are obtained from the ERR analysis MCC conducts during due diligence. Beneficiary counts, although consistent with benefit streams identified in the economic analysis, are not necessarily derived from these models (which are concerned with costs and benefits rather than beneficiaries). MCC estimates and reports expected beneficiaries when sufficiently reliable data exists to support the estimation. If such evidence is lacking, no estimation is attempted, resulting in an underestimation of projected beneficiaries for the Compact. Calculating the amount of benefit per beneficiary would therefore give an overestimation and can be misleading.
|Construction of Rural Water Points
|Farmer Income Support Project
Protect and restore healthy coconut supply, and diversify farmers' income.
|Land Tenure Services Project
Establish efficient and secure land access for households, communities, and investors.
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Increase access to productive resources and markets while reducing transport costs.
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Increase access to reliable sources of potable water supply and improved sanitation.
Projected Results by End of Compact
The Mozambique Compact aims to achieve the results below by the end of the compact in September 2013:
- Reduce the poverty rate by up to 10% in Northern Mozambique (Provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula, Zambezia, and Niassa);
- Increase annual household income by up to $62, and
- Reduce the incidence of stunted children under the age of 5 by 13%.
Results to Date
Information on results to date is available in the Table of Key Performance Indicators (a subset of the full set monitored under the Mozambique Monitoring and Evaluation Plan). The full set of performance indicators is detailed in the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.
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In addition to careful monitoring of implementation performance and measurement of preliminary results, MCC is funding independent evaluations that will assess what would have happened in the absence of the MCC investments and measure the gains in incomes that can be attributed specifically to MCC-funded activities. Read more about the evaluation of the Rural Water Supply Activity. More information about the Land Tenure Services activity evaluation is available in the Monitoring and Evaluation Plan.


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MOBILE, Alabama – Avoiding state fines and meeting deadlines in maintain the city's stormwater management program is going to be "huge challenge," Mayor Sam Jones said on Tuesday.
"The time line is very, very short right now," Jones said
about the work that must be completed by The Mobile Group Inc., which was
recently awarded a $498,420 contract to meet requirements established by the
Alabama Department of Environmental Management and the city by the fall.
"ADEM is not going to relax any requirements on us because of how late (The Mobile Group) was in getting on board," Jones added. "That's because of the time it took to get (The Mobile Group) on board."
Jones' comments came on the same day he sent a letter to council members updating them about ADEM's recent filing in Mobile Circuit Court requesting $475,000 in fines for not meeting deadlines in complying with stormwater management.
Several required duties were not completed by a March 30 deadline imposed by ADEM. Court records show that $300,000 of the potential fine would be payable to the Pollution Control Grant Fund that is distributed to ADEM for the "removal of trash, debris, and litter from waters" and $175,000 payable to ADEM.
Jones, in the letter, said "it will not be easy for the city to make up the tasks that it missed in March while continuing to meet all the upcoming deadlines."
While Jones said there is no time table for a court hearing, he expressed concerns about the potential of facing even more fines if The Mobile Group's work isn't completed.
"They have a possibility of $475,000," Jones said. "If we miss something else, they will kick it even higher to us."
Councilman John Williams, who became the fifth required vote to endorse The Mobile Group's contract on April 30, said he believes the issue is in the hands of Jones' administration and anticipates a bimonthly report the mayor will give to the council about the company's progress.
"This is now an administrative issue," Williams said. "In two months, I expect (Jones) to do as he said he would and report to the council in a formal meeting and let us know how (The Mobile Group) stands."
Jones and Williams agreed that the mayor will provide the reports during a public session before the council. Two reports will be given before the end of the city's fiscal year on Sept. 30.


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March 2009
WBC Finals…Congrats to all the Venue Operators!
Big Weekend in LA for the finals. VZ takes on Korea tonight and USA Japan tomorrow. The success of this event has been unbelievable! Double the amount of sponsors, ratings attendance etc… The game of baseball is truly a world game. With strong showings from the Dutch, Puerto Rico and austrailia the 2013 games will be even bigger and better. Hats off to the turf managers, venue managers and operators around the world. From Japans Tokyo Staff
to Mexico City Staff, Toronto, San Juan, San Deigo and finally LA.
Shipping products and equipment to Mexico, San Juan, Japan etc was quite an experience and a challenge but with long time field material partners at Diamond Pro, Stabilizer, Beacon Ballfields and Partac Peat we got it done. Thanks Guys.
The goal of the WBC is to develop the game worldwide and also its helping to build support for baseball to get back into the Olympics for 2016. You tell me Rugby or golf or baseball. Its hard to believe it was voted out to begin with. The big guy Harvey Schiller President of IBAF deserves a ton of credit in the efforts to reinstate the game.
How about that Petco Ballpark. Just a great venue for the world games.
Los Angeles—Bring it Home!
W.B.C. First round in San Juan ends in success!!!
In San Juan the World baseball classic stood up to its name. We had some classic games and basically the most exciting 1st round of all 4 competition sites…. From the Dutch pulling an upset over Dominican twice and moving into the winner bracket to team Puerto Rico setting strike out records
and breaking crowd attendance records. The field played great and the rains held off for the most part. A few light showers during the early games but no major threat and no tarp work. It was an exciting first round to say the least . Some of my favorite highlights had to be the Glidden Paint sponsorship program where each day they provided the ground crew ( and servers) with different colored bowling
shirts. Yellow one day, then pink, purple, blue and finally red. The crew did a great job under the watchful eye of Dennis Klien, Brandon Putnam and Scott Strickland. The fun was not limited to San Juan as we had guys in Mexico as well and they truly had a great time with the Cuban and Ausies. Yes the Netherlands club was probably not the team a few MLB marketing folks would have liked to have seen move to the next bracket but nevertheless they won and they deserve it. And I wouldnt put it past them to do a little upseting in Miami. These guys are for real! Our operation's team in P.R. included Frank Uddo and Morgan Littlefield as Venue managers. Both had a great impact on the success of the Venue.
Opening Day – World Baseball Classic 2009
It started off pretty nice. A sprinkle , a rainbow then a couple of great games.
The first game between Holland and Dominican republic didnt turn out like most folks thought. Holland won and the second games was somewhat of a rout between Puerto Rico and Panama with PR dominating. It was exciting, and seeing the players on the edge of the dugout steps the entire game was exciting too. It was not your typical spring training games or event regular season games. It was more like a world championship series.


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The Utah teen accused of fatally punching a 46-year-old soccer referee during a match last month has been charged with third-degree homicide by assault, according to a report from The Salt Lake Tribune.
Prosecutors are looking to certify the 17-year-old boy as an adult, according to the Salt Lake Tribune report. The man died last weekend after spending nearly a week in a coma following the incident, according to The Salt Lake Tribune report.