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The versatility, leadership, knowledge and talent of senior Carly Rotatori certainly had a lot to do with it.
For three and a half seasons, Rotatori patrolled the field from the back to the middle and the results were favorable as Pingry rolled along like a well-oiled machine, racking up victories and championships.
At the midway point of the 2012 season, coach Andrew Egginton knew his team was going to need more firepower up front if it was going to make another post-season run.
So he pulled the trigger. He put Rotatori in attack mode at forward.
"I told her about the move and she ran with it,'' said Egginton. "There's not too many players who could adapted to a drastic change like that, but Carly is so unselfish. I knew she could handle it because she has so much energy, so much commitment and so much talent to play anywhere on the field. Carly can run, run and run from box to box, she can defend, she can organize, she's amazing in the air and she can attack.''
Rotarori wound up with 11 goals, but more importantly, she was still able to contribute in all facets in leading Pingry to a second straight state group championship.
In four years, the Summit native helped lead Pingry to a record of 67-10-4 record, three Delaware Division titles of the Skyland Conference, three appearances in the Somerset County Tournament championship game and two state group titles.
In 2012, Pingry finished 15-4-2 with one of the ties coming against the Somerset County Tournament and state Group 4 champion Ridge.
"It was a tough adjustment, but I wound up loving it,'' said Rotatori, a co-captain along with Demi Temares. "It really gave me the freedom to do a lot of things and of course scoring goals was a nice change.''
Egginton admits it's going to be tough to replace a player such as Rotatori.
"Her work ethic is unbelievable,'' said Egginton. "Whatever she does, she attacks it with maximum effort. It may schoolwork, it may be a workout, it may be practice or a game, but she is just phenomenal at whatever it is.''
In the classroom, Rotatori has never received any grade other than an A. As a result, she will attend Harvard, where she will play soccer. She also considered Georgetown, Dartmouth and Princeton.
Coach of the year: Jack O'Neill does a lot of things at Somerset Tech. He's the Director of Athletics, the head softball coach and he recently took on the chore of beginning a girls soccer program.
After playing a JV schedule for two years, the Running Jaguars played a varsity schedule for the first time in 2010. That team finished 2-15. Last year, Somerset Tech was 3-14-3.
In 2012, Somerset Tech was no longer a pushover as the team finished 14-7. After starting the season at 2-6, the team went on a 12-game winning streak before it bowed in the state tournament.
The Running Jaguars were led by freshman Harleen Singh (31 goals), junior Ariel Conner (16 goals, 9 assists), sophomore Julia Heller (11 and 11), senior goalie Courtney Kahlsdorf and freshman goalie Kaycie Sconda.
"When I started here 12 years ago, we only had cheerleading for girls,'' said O'Neill, a 42-year-old Fanwood resident. "Girls were coming up to me and asking about starting sports for them, so once we got enough names on a petition, we started softball about eight years ago, then soccer five years ago.
"We had 17 kids our first year, now we have 25. Now we want to start recruiting kids in school to have enough for a JV and varsity team.''
Team of the year: Montgomery, which started six juniors, was nearly perfect in racking up a 23-1-2 record, which included the Delaware Division title of the Skyland Conference, the Somerset County Tournament championship for the second straight year and the Group 4 state title.
It was the school's first outright crown since it had tied Moorestown for the Group 3 crown in 2005.
Montgomery, led by coach Jeremy Beardsley, had three blemishes on its record _ a tie against Pingry, a tie against Ridge and a loss to Lenape. Although it never got another shot at Pingry, Montgomery wound up avenging its loss to Lenape and its loss to Ridge twice.
Montgomery beat Lenape in the state Group 4 semifinals and beat Ridge in the SCT final as well as in the Group 4 final.
Montgomery, which won its final 16 games to end the season, finished No. 2 in The Star-Ledger Top 20.
State Player of the Year Colby Ciarrocca, headed to Vanderbilt, was one of several juniors who led the Cougars. Others included First Team All Somerset County pick Katherine Lynch, Second Team choice Jessica Goldman, Third Team pick Colleen Gaffney as well as goalie Rebecca Ravitz and Julia Straley.
And of course seniors Catrina Atanda (First Team, 22 goals and 10 assists), Andrea Niper (First Team) and Allison Prosinsky (Third Team) played integral roles as well.
The mighty Delaware Division: Winning the Delaware Division of the Skyland Conference may be just as hard as winning the Somerset County Tournament.
This division is the most competitive in the state, no questions asked.
Among the members of this division are Montgomery, Ridge, Pingry, Bridgewater-Raritan and Watchung Hills.
For perspective, Montgomery (23-1-2), Ridge (16-5-5), Pingry (15-4-2) and Bridgewater (13-6-2) wound up No. 2, 3, 7 and 13 in The Star-Ledger final Top 20, while Watchung Hills (11-7-2) was a Top 20 member for the majority of the season.
The reason for that many losses is because they spent the season either beating or tieing each other.
Montgomery and Ridge played for the Group 4 state championship and Pingry won the Non-Public A championship. For the record, Montgomery won the division crown this year, dethroning three-time champion Pingry.
For more perspective, East Brunswick, the top team in Middlesex County, suffered two losses this season. Both were against Delaware Division members Watchung Hills and Hunterdon Central.
Even the bottom half of the division was tough with Hunterdon Central (14-9), Franklin (9-9-1), North Hunterdon (8-12-1) and Hillsborough (8-12-1) making just about every game a competitive one.
Hunterdon Central had the big win over East Brunswick, while Franklin knocked off Pingry and Watchung Hills and tied Ridge.
Asked what it's like playing in the Delaware Division, Carly Rotatori of Pingry said, "Oh my god, very difficult, very challenging. No matter who you play, you have to be at your very best if you expect to win. Every victory is satisfying and it just makes you better when you get to the postseason.''
Somerset notes: Montgomery coach Jeremy Beardsley won his 200th game. ... Gill St. Bernard's coach Jonna DeFalco won her 100th game. ... Hillsborough went from two wins last year to eight this year.
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LOS ANGELES — We eat there, buy our clothes there and some people suspect teenagers may actually live there. So perhaps it was just a matter of time until funeral homes began moving into the local shopping mall.
1. That's where the audience is: The trend expands on a marketing innovation that appears to have begun at the dawn of the decade when a company called Til We Meet Again began opening casket stores around the country.
"We try to reach our audience where they are at and the mall is a great way to do that," said Ben Sussman, spokesman for Forest Lawn, whose cemeteries count among their permanent residents such notables as Walt Disney, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson.
"And it's also, perhaps, a way to reach people who might be a little leery about coming directly into one of our parks," Sussman said.
2. It lowers potential barriers: Industry officials acknowledge: Who really wants to enter a funeral home even one day before they have to?
"Funeral planning is something everybody knows they must do, but at the same time it's something nobody wants to do," said Robert Fells, executive director of the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association.
"Nobody gets up on a Saturday morning and says, 'Gee, it's a nice day. I wonder if I can go out and get myself a burial plot,'" Fells said.
3. The atmosphere is right: If they're strolling past a funeral outlet at the mall, where they're surrounded by happy, lively people and maybe clutching a bag of Mrs. Field's cookies, the thought is that they'll feel differently.
"When they're going to the mall, people are not going out of need," said Nathan Smith, co-founder and CEO of Til We Meet Again, which has outlets in malls in Arizona, Louisiana, Kansas, Indiana and Texas.
So if they do happen to see a place peddling coffins or urns while they're pricing T-shirts and hoodies, Smith said, it will look far less intimidating.
4. Kiosks are flexible: Forest Lawn's effort began modestly, with just one kiosk (one of those movable things that usually sell stuff like calendars or ties) in a mall in the Los Angeles suburb of Eagle Rock.
When no one was creeped out, the program expanded to about a half-dozen malls. Now Forest Lawn periodically shuffles them from one mall to another to reach the largest audience.
Unlike the people at other such stations, who can seem like carnival barkers as they walk right up to you and hawk discount calling plans or free yogurt samples, Forest Lawn's operators are more discreet.
At the entrance to a Macy's department in the LA suburb of Arcadia last year, operators were quick to smile and hand out brochures when approached. But they kept their distance until people came to them.
5. Boomers are more willing to talk about death: If the mall effort catches on, said Jessica Koth of the National Funeral Directors Association, credit the aging Baby Boom generation at least in part. Historically, people have not wanted to talk, or even think, about their demise.
But Baby Boomers, the oldest of whom are pushing 70, are different. Many are beginning to press for so-called green funerals that don't require the use of coffins or burial vaults, Koth said. Others want custom-made coffins or urns that say something about who they were.
That often means something that represents a favorite car or sports team, said Smith of Til We Meet Again. He pointed out he even got a request once for a coffin built to resemble a portable toilet — from a guy whose company made portable toilets.
With that mindset, could going to the mall and planning the whole deal just steps away from the Merry-Go-Round really be that unusual?
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Treatment for: alcohol dependence
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Vivitrol is an extended-release injectable suspension formulation of naltrexone. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist with highest affinity for the mu opioid receptor. Naltrexone has little or no opioid agonist activity.
Vivitrol is specifically indicated for the treatment of alcohol dependence in patients who are able to abstain from alcohol in an outpatient setting prior to initiation of treatment with Vitvitrol. Patients should not be actively drinking at the time of initial Vivitrol administration.
Vivitrol is supplied as a liquid suspension for intramuscular injection. The recommended initial dose is 380 mg delivered intramuscularly every 4 weeks (once a month).
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The FDA approval of Vivitrol for alcohol dependence was based on a 24 week, placebo-controlled, multi-center, double-blind, randomized trial. Subjects were treated with an injection every 4 weeks of Vivitrol 190 mg, 380 mg or placebo. Subjects treated with Vivitrol 380 mg demonstrated a greater reduction in days of heavy drinking than those treated with placebo. Heavy drinking was defined as self-report of 5 or more standard drinks consumed on a given day for males and 4 or more drinks for females. Among the subset of patients (n=53, 8% of the total study population) who abstained completely from drinking during the week prior to the first dose of medication, those treated with Vivitrol 380 mg had greater reductions in the number of drinking days and the number of heavy drinking days compared with placebo-treated patients. In this subset, patients treated with Vivitrol were also more likely than placebo-treated patients to maintain complete abstinence throughout treatment. The same treatment effects were not evident among the subset of patients (n=571, 92% of the total study population) who were actively drinking at the time of treatment initiation.
Side Effects
Adverse events associated with the use of Vivitrol may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- nausea
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- injection site reactions
- muscle cramps
- dizziness
- somnolence
- anorexia, decreased appetite or other appetite disorders
Mechanism of Action
Vivitrol is an extended-release injectable suspension formulation of naltrexone. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist with highest affinity for the mu opioid receptor. Naltrexone has little or no opioid agonist activity.
Literature References
Mannelli P, Peindl K, Masand PS, Patkar AA Long-acting injectable naltrexone for the treatment of alcohol dependence. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics 2007 Oct;7(10):1265-77
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Slimmer wallets, richer lives?
For at least a generation, commentators have declared that Americans buy too much and borrow too much, chaining themselves on a stressful treadmill of work-and-spend. Wouldn't it be nice, this thinking went, if we learned to buy a little less and save a little more. Maybe then we'd be happy.
We are about to find out – because hidden in economic data is a mild decline in the American obsession with spending money. People are spending somewhat less, even when unemployment isn't an issue. Americans are paying down credit-card debt, the worst kind of debt, while saving somewhat more. As growth rebounds, we may awaken to a new economic reality in which consumer demand mildly slackens on a long-term basis. This is exactly what social philosophers said would be good for us!
–According to Federal Reserve figures, household debt in the United States dropped slightly in 2009, the first drop since 1945. Some of the decline was keyed to housing foreclosure (which can eliminate mortgage debt), but even taking this into account, household debt went down. Credit is tight – but maybe, as well, Americans are beginning to learn to resist that urge to buy like crazy right now.
–The Bureau of Economic Analysis reports that personal saving as a percent of disposable income hit 3.6 percent in April, the highest such figure since 1998. In April, Americans saved $399 billion – money they might have spent, but didn't. This seems significant because it is the employed who have extra income they decided not to spend.
–The mean amount a household owes in credit-card debt is now $3,900, down from $4,900 a year ago, according to this Associated Press-GfK Poll. This suggests that Americans are becoming cautious about credit-card use – which is not only smart personal finances, but likely to reduce money stress.
–Since 2007, retail sales are down about 6 percent; household income is down about 1.6 percent in the same period, so retail sales have fallen more than income. Prior to the decline that began in 2008, retail sales had risen 27 consecutive years.
–Last November, the typical Black Friday shopper spent $330, versus $390 (in today's dollars) in the peak year of 2006.
–Electricity consumption declined from 2007 to 2009, though has risen slightly this year. Unlike gasoline demand, which trends up or down roughly in sync with larger economic movements, electricity demand had been rising steadily since World War II ended. The recent decline in electric power demand began before the 2008 financial-sector meltdown. Now the Energy Information Administration projects – see the table on page 5 — that per-capita U.S. energy use will remain in shallow decline for at least the next two decades.
Obviously these leading indicators can't be driven solely by an outbreak of awareness of the virtues of not over-spending. Conservation technology is a big factor in electricity demand, for example, while last fall's Black Friday occurred at a time when consumer confidence was low. Confidence is back, so perhaps Black Friday 2010 will be crazy. But for a long time – basically, for the lifetimes of readers of Reuters.com – trend lines involving materialism, spending and personal debt have almost always been up. Now that's moderating.
Shouldn't this mean a less-frantic lifestyle awaits us – more walks in the park or picnics, fewer day-spa trips and fancy meals? Social commentators (including me, in my 2003 book The Progress Paradox) have been saying Americans would become happier if they spent somewhat less and saved a little more. That appears to be happening. Is it a blip, or the beginning of a long-term transition?
Now consider two other forecasts.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, with a reputation for being guarded, just said the global recession has concluded and that growth is back. But not rip-roaring growth. Check the numbers the OECD projects. They represent "slow growth," exactly what commentators of the go-go 1990s said would cure many ills of society. When strip malls and townhouse blocks were rising so fast it made your head swim, slow growth sounded awfully good. If what you favored was slow growth, looks like now we have it. Perhaps without ever meaning to, the United States and the European Union have embraced a slow-growth future.
Meanwhile Christina Romer, President Barack Obama's chief economic advisor, believes 9.9 percent unemployment does not result from any structural change in the economy, rather, from soft demand. In that case, assuming Americans voluntarily are moderating demand and saving more, employment may recover much more slowly than the economy overall.
A guiding assumption among economists and policy-makers has been that replacing factory employment (which is declining owing to rising productivity, not offshoring – factory employment is down in China, too) is the leading economic challenge to be faced. If consumer demand has entered long-term mild decline, entry-level employment may become the first problem. Fewer big-box stores will be good for our souls, bad for the job rolls. Our psyches may be better off with less spending, but retail employment and job creation may be slack for a long time.
Total U.S. household debt in 2009 was $13.5 trillion – almost exactly the same number as U.S. federal debt in 2009. This must mean something. If only I knew what!
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People were only doing what they were told to after nine-one-one, namely to spend their way out of the terror crisis. Did it work? You tell me.
HBC, I think you're oversimplifying the matter. Consumer debt has been on the rise for years. From 1980 to 2001 (before 9/11), consumer debt went from $355B to $1.7T. It stands at $2.5T in 2009.
Americans have had a buy now-pay later attitude for years. I bought furniture at Rooms To Go that way throughout the '90s. 0% car loans, anyone? Foreclosures are happening today because people refinanced their way out of credit card debt in the '00s.
Only when Americans learn to live within their means will prosperity be within reach. Only when American government learns to live within its means will financial security occur.
8 million homes aren't paying their monthly mortgage nut. 90 million homes in the US have mortgage. We just launched a competitor to Facebook at http://storyburn.com
This is a great piece, but the ultimate question is can THIS model of capitalism create growth again without everyone living in a pit of debt? What kind of 'wealth' is it that involves owing loads of money? The answer,I suspect, is wealth for a tiny minority…whose arguments in favour of the system become more spurious every day.
Life isn't richer without money – but it's a lot richer when one stops wanting BIG money. Big money aspirations mean heavy use of credit. Capitalism needs a new growth driver…and not one based on shareholder profit/'the numbers'.
http://nbyslog.blogspot.com/2010/04/offi cial-economy-urinating-into-ocean.html
It is puzzling that saving is such an uncommon notion to anyone. Having been raised by Depression-era parents, money was never used for anything than what was needed, and being poor, we couldn't afford what was needed. Why is everyone so confused about spending and saving? When I raised my own children, we had a rule when they received money gifts, spend half, save half. Today, our 24-year-old son practices living within his means and pays his bills. Imagine that!
America runs on debt. Without it, the money machine stops. Americans have simply modeled their economic lives after the way Government and big business (including banking) have been doing business for decades. It's a trickle-down-lead-by-example effect. It seems highly hypocritical for the powers that be to scold the populace for doing exactly the same thing they've been doing for years. "Do as I say, not as I do" doesn't work, never will.
Insightful article and excellent blogs.
Go to garage sale or to Salvation Army and you can see how people spent their money and after a while, they need to dispose. Too much stuff. If you travel overseas and if the waiter gets to know that you are an American, he gives more extra service expecting the generous American tip.
Being an American is a blessing. Our land is immense and very rich, fertile, productive and no country can match. Our talent or human resource is even more unreachable by any other country. And that is why a lot of people from all over the world like to come to America. America is rich. Indeed.
My daughter and I went to McDonalds and we spent $8. My daughter said, "That's it". And I answered back, "Honey, that's not the point". And I showed her the $3.98 that we are charged for soda. We Americans can afford a lot of stuff but is it really necessary? Do we really need 6 pairs of shoes? Well, my wife has 6 Nine West and about 6 "other brand" bags. These are just the small stuff. Folks in Houston drive to work in a Suburban. A friend of mine lives in a 3,200 sq.ft. house a 30-yr mortgage of about $3,600 per month. We just say, I can afford it.
For folks who cannot afford but has a way to get stuff by credit or easy loan, that's when the trouble starts. America, we have a lot of work to do. We need to curb our unnecessary spending and use the money for a better cause and genuinely necessary stuff.
For the past 30 years I have watched the rise of the current money culture associated with the rise of the stock market, I have read commentaries about what motivates people to spend and compared them with my own reasons. Why is it no one comments on the influence of shame on spending? The shame pressures on me and my family, the punishment for not spending, was traumatic. Now that it is the spenders that bear the burden of shame, I can walk the streets at peace, and I rejoice that I don't have to spend to avoid abuse. Perhaps others share this experience.
This trend hints at a promising future, if it continues.
I'm curious why you claim credit card debt is "the worst kind of debt."
Great, thanks for stating the obvious. I would suggest you read Elizabeth Warren's book. You might be suprised to find that middle class Americans highest increase in spending over the last couple of decades has been on housing, childcare, and healthcare, not on material goods. The last time I checked these were not optional. Rampant materialism is probably not good for any society, but if you preach the about the free market, it is hypocritical to talk about how materialism is bad. I bet if you talked to CEO's of all major corporations in this country they would disagree with you. Our form of capitalism requires people to buy crap they don't need. Without it, we would experience economic collapse. The last time I checked folks in your camp want small government, no regulations, and no hold bars capitalism. Guess what? For that model to work, people have to spend money on stuff they don't need. You know what would give you some credibility? If you were actually consistent. Never mind, you probably don't know what that word means.
The disconnect between reality and theory continues.
Ask yourself how many people you know can buy a house($100,000) or a car ($30,000) or a washer($500) and only use cash.
"Slimmer wallets, richer lives?" What, are you saying that citizens should embrace rampant stagflation, reduced buying power, stolen personal wealth, and enforced servitude to reckless government debt, with an hypnotic smile on their faces? "Thank you, sir! May I have another?"
I'll take my fat wallet and save more, any day, before I take a slim wallet and save more.
Also, for those of you who think the captains of capitalism have generated this vast wealth sucking vacuum in the absence of government intervention, you are wrong. It has been fostered with the complicity of government, and both parties in it. The trick, of course, is to get as many people as possible in debt to you-get that monthly payment, and get it up front if possible (e.g. our secondary education system) any way you can.
Debt is slavery. Less is more.
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Families that have to work three jobs just to pay bills have probably done all the cutting back that can be humanly expected of them. While it's important in general to spend wisely not prodigally, though stating the obvious, preaching to Americans about less consumption sounds a lot like telling Soviet Russians to have a nice Stalinist day: empty, at best, patronizing at worst.


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STATEN ISLAND -- The immaculate dog run at Wolfe's Pond Park wouldn't be in its pristine condition if not for the hard work of a volunteer group dedicated to maintaining the animal-friendly site.
And for that, the Wolfe's Pond Pooches will be formally recognized Saturday by Partnerships for Parks with the Golden Trowel award, which acknowledges the local group's commitment to enacting change in neighborhood parks through superb community activism.
The group worked especially hard to restore the dog run following damage caused to the park and dog run by Hurricane Sandy.
"Wolfe's Pond Pooches' unfailing dedication to Wolfe's Pond Park, especially after the destruction caused by Superstorm Sandy, has been truly inspiring," said Sabrina Saragoussi, director of Partnership for Parks.
"They have undertaken and accomplished a tremendous amount of work, and the passion and optimism with which they have done so embodies all that Partnerships for Parks strives to encourage and support."
Partnership for Parks is a joint program of the nonprofit City Parks Foundation and the city Parks Department.
"It's about all of us working together," said Doreen Lindstrom, Wolfe's Pond Pooches president.
"It's pretty nice to be recognized and be an example of what Staten Island can get accomplished if everyone works together."
The award was to be presented at the Partnership's annual conference today, Saturday, in New York University School of Law's Vanderbilt Hall in Manhattan.
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A lot of Supernatural's Sam fans get a little frustrated if he's not on screen or if he doesn't get to share a lot of scenes with Dean. While this has been true this season thanks to the arrival of the angels, it doesn't mean Sam doesn't have a storyline. He has a big one.
This season, while the angels have been making plans for Dean, Sam has been busy making his own destiny. In the latest episode, On the Head of a Pin, we discovered that Sam's demonic, psychic abilities have grown to an unimaginable strength. But at what cost?
Now we know his secret: demon blood. He was fed a few drops as a baby, but now he's chugging it straight from the tap to become so strong that he can outright kill a powerful demon with a single flip of the wrist.
While fans might complain that we haven't seen much of this transformation, I think that's exactly what the writers wanted. They've been hiding Sam's development into a powerful force the same way Sam has been hiding it from Dean. He recognizes that this is what he needs to become in order to stop what's coming, but he's ashamed of it.
Now that it's coming out and Castiel has seen first hand how strong Sam is, the sky's the limit. His story arc since Dean's descent into Hell has been profound, and just because we didn't get to see every step along the way doesn't mean we don't know what happened.
Sex and Violence put the notion of a Sam vs. Dean battle into the minds of fans, and with this latest revelation, that becomes an even stronger possibility. The Winchesters are headed down different paths, and while the two may argue along the way, the interesting thing is that the destination, at least in theory, is the same.
Sam wants to get stronger so that he can stop Lilith from breaking the 66 Seals. It's the same thing the angels want Dean to do, but he's having doubts about it. The biggest moral question on Supernatural this season is: do the ends justify the means? Is it OK to kill a human if it saves humanity? Is it OK to drink demon blood if it allows you to kill other demons? Would you sacrifice everything, perhaps even your own humanity, to save the ones you love?
For Sam, the answers to those questions is Yes. However, he'd be a lot happier if no one knew about it, which is why it's been kept a secret until now.


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ASUS, the Taiwanese manufacturer behind the Nexus 7 tablet has revealed the company is closing in on one million sales per month. Following the company's earnings call yesterday, ASUS revealed they were at 500k per month, then 600k, then approached 700k per month with their most recent estimates now approaching one million per month. "At the… Read more


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Thieves flee Victoria's Secret, assault granny | Federal Way crime blotter
Following is a sample from the Federal Way police log:
• Theft/assault at Victoria's Secret: At 12:37 p.m. April 22 in the 1900 block of S. Commons, two suspects were caught attempting to steal merchandise from Victoria's Secret. According to the report, the two fled, and in the course of fleeing, one of them assaulted an elderly woman in the store. Both suspects were later found by police.
• Perv in a hot tub: At 12:20 a.m. April 21 in the 2500 block of South Star Lake Road, an adult male was arrested for "touching a juvenile female in a sexual manner while in a hot tub at his apartment complex."
• The Great Beer Heist: At 2:12 a.m. April 21 in the 34000 block of Pacific Highway South, an unknown male entered a gas station and stole a pack of beer valued at $8.
• Open container lands man in jail: At 4:23 p.m. April 21 in the 31000 block of 23rd Avenue South, a man was cited for drinking an open container of Mike's Hard Lemonade while hanging out at the Federal Way Transit Center. According to the report, a background check was performed on the man, which revealed he had an outstanding felony warrant. The man was taken into custody.
• OxyContin stolen: At 7:30 a.m. April 22 in the 32000 block of 19th Place South, the victim reported that her 160-count bottle of OxyContin had been stolen. According to the report, the victim believed it may have been a friend who stole it.
• Cellphone thieves: At 11:50 a.m. April 22 in the 30000 block of Pacific Highway South, unknown suspects entered a business and stole three "display" cellphones. According to the report, the employee who witnessed this was unable to get a good look at the suspects. The report notes there is no video surveillance available.
• Bored thieves: At 1:09 p.m. April 22 in the 4700 block of SW 313th Place, unknown suspects stole three pots, a doormat and a sprinkler from the victim's front porch.
• Strange men outside of 7-11: At 4:10 p.m. April 22 police responded to a report of two men offering to sell customers drugs as they walked into a 7-11 store. According to the report, one of the men had an outstanding warrant out of Seattle for indecent exposure. That man was arrested and transferred over to Seattle police.
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Kevin Concannon, U.S. under secretary for food, nutrition and consumer services, said Wednesday that he hopes the nation can address rising national obesity rates by helping school children "gradually train the palate."
The new menu requirements are all part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, which took effect this school year. The big changes include requiring more whole grains, less sodium, fruits and vegetables every day, and age-adjusted minimum and maximum calorie levels.
"The new standards that all American schools have to meet are based on recognizing that we need to improve the diet consistently and we also need to have expectations of more activity for children," Concannon said.
Concannon was planning to visit The Cleveland Clinic's farmers market Wednesday as well as participate at a roundtable with regional school districts.
So far, reviews of the new guidelines have been mixed. While many -- including the Cleveland Metropolitan School District -- applaud the federal government for improving the nutritional value of meals served at 101,000 public schools nationwide, others say the calorie restrictions are too much.
Cleveland's district food services director Regis Balaban called the new requirements a "major step."
"Cleveland has been moving in this direction for a number of years," Balaban said and then began naming the new foods that Cleveland's 48,000 school kids would see on the lunch menu this year: Spicy chicken burritos on whole grain tortillas, zucchini slices, steamed broccoli cuts and sweet potato tater tots.
But not all are as excited about the new food. On Monday, 70 percent of students at Mukwonago High in Wisconsin who normally buy lunch boycotted cafeteria food to protest what they see as an unfair calorie restrictions, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Last week, the Kansas-based The Emporia Gazette reported that children were complaining of hunger pains.
About 32 million children have lunches in the national school lunch program and 21.5 million receive reduced or free lunches, Concannon said.
The new act, signed by President Barack Obama in 2010, requires that schools be audited every three years and to be paid more per school meal, if they meet nutritional guidelines. Cleveland's Balaban said the district has already submitted its menu plans for the year and confirmed the bump in meal funding.
USDA officials said schools across the country are still submitting menus to win the extra money.
"It does represent change," Concannon said of the new plan. "Not all of us do as well with change."
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Article discusses question of whether a local authority which has discharged its duties on one homelessness application and then receives a second application from the same applicant, is bound to go through the whole statutory process again?. How should an authority go about distinguishing a repetitious claim from a fresh application? The courts are unclear about how an authority should go about establishing whether the facts of the case have changed between applications.


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Registration starts for Field's End winter classes
Registration opens Dec. 1 for Field's End three winter 2013 classes for writers.
The classes include instruction on how writers can build an online presence, how they can adapt their work to the screen and how to find a publisher or agent.
Northwest writer and teacher Cat Rambo will lead the online class "Building an Online Presence for Writers" from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays Jan. 8, 15 and 22.
The class will cover self-promotion, including social networks, websites and blogs. Rambo will talk about the best ways to create an online presence to promote a writing career while avoiding pitfalls and wasted time. Participants need a computer and webcam. The class is limited to eight people; tuition is $120. Rambo has published more than 100 short stories.
In February, former Metropolitan Opera violinist and award-winning screenwriter Erica Miner will teach "Screenwriting: How to Adapt a Story into Film."
The class is 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23, and Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Bainbridge Public Library.
This class, limited to 20 people, will cover the fundamentals of adaptation from story to film, including the difference between fiction writing and screenwriting, with examples from specific screen adaptations. Students will learn how to format a screenplay and create a synopsis and logline. Tuition is $120.
Miner studied screenwriting with Hollywood guru Linda Seger and won numerous awards for her screenplays, including the Writers Digest and Santa Fe competitions. She has written screenplays for all three of her published novels.
In March, Alice B. Acheson will teach "You're Writing the Manuscript, Now What?"
The workshop is 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16 and Sunday, March 17 at the library.
Acheson will cover strategies for finding and impressing an agent or publisher, what it takes (and when) to gain realistic control over the marketing process and publisher support, and how to create the "pre-pub platform."
Class size is limited to 15, and students will be required to write their book's "sell sheet" before class (instructions will be given upon registration). Tuition is $180.
Acheson is a marketing specialist and publishing consultant who has decades of experience negotiating book contracts, selling subsidiary rights, and editing and publicizing books. As an editor at a major New York City publisher, she read the "slush" pile and spotted the "go/no-go" elements of a project.
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text: Next week our CCC group at The University of Texas will be having an empty holster protest all week long in which I will be wearing my empty IWB holster (which is the only one I have at the moment). My concern is that wearing the empty holster for multiple hours a day all week will "squish" the holster and it will loose its tight fit to my gun . I was thinking of stuffing part of the holster with paper towels or a rag to take some pressure off of it, but am open to better ideas. Kind of a silly question, but figure I'd ask it anyway I will be tucking my shirt around the holster as to keep it exposed since I don't own a OWB holster. Thanks!


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KENT, Ohio -- The Akron Zips rose to the challenge of its rivalry with Kent State, and put the Golden Flashes' backs to the wall. But chasing what still could be a championship season, KSU scored 21 second-half points while holding Akron scoreless to squeeze out a 35-24 victory over the Zips Saturday afternoon at Dix Stadium.
Kent (8-1, 5-0) remains undefeated and first in the Mid-American Conference East Division.
It took a 15-yard TD run on fourth down from tailback Trayion Durham to seal the victory with 38 seconds left to keep the game Zips (1-9, 0-6) winless in conference play.
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"A great win," Kent head coach Darrell Hazell said. "I knew it wouldn't be easy. Going down the stretch we're probably going to see a few more of these. This is what championship runs are all about."
The Golden Flashes entered with a one-game lead in the East over Ohio, Bowling Green and Miami. The Bobcats and Falcons had byes, but the RedHawks lost at Buffalo, 27-24. With Saturday's win, KSU's next two games are on the road at Miami next Saturday, then at Bowling Green on Nov. 17 before ending the season with a home game against OU.
The Zips took leads of 14-0, 21-7 and 24-14 at halftime before the Golden Flashes stepped up. The key, Akron coach Terry Bowden said, was Kent never became flustered.
"I congratulate Kent on the way they kept their composure, and made their adjustments at halftime," Bowden said. "Like so many times this season, [we] gave out at some point. We didn't have enough guns."
Kent has been vulnerable to spread offenses. Saturday, the Zips unleashed their spread and scored on their first four possessions.
Kent's defense was in need of a hold to start the second half. The Zips moved the ball, but facing fourth-and-1 at Kent's 43 opted to punt.
"You don't know how often you second-guess yourself," Bowden said. "But I wanted [Kent] to have to drive the field."
Starting from their own 6, the Flashes went to work. A 37-yard run by Dri Archer (126 yards, 1 TD) to get out of trouble ultimately led to a six-yard TD run from Durham on fourth down, cutting Akron's lead to 24-21. Then Kent's defense stepped up, with Roosevelt Nix stripping Akron's Jawon Chisholm (115 yards) at the 41, with linebacker Luke Batton on the recovery.
Moments later, Archer took a reverse handoff from Durham for 30 yards and a touchdown to give KSU a 28-24 lead with 6:13 to go in the quarter.
With 4:21 left in the game, Akron had its last chance at Kent's 26. But Batton knocked down a third-and-1 pass, then Jake Dooley stopped Chisholm on fourth down.
Kent held on until the end, with Durham getting 29 of his 107 yards on a six-play drive that was capped by a 15-yard scoring dash to complete the scoring.


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Construction on Route 22 in both directions between east of Route 206 and west of Route 287 is causing delays on Route 22 eastbound through Hunterdon and into Somerset counties
The right shoulder is closed there until 4:30 p.m. today
While there are no reports of accidents or incidents of any kind in the county, Google Maps is reporting delays on Route 22 in the Lebanon and Readington areas.
At 7:45 a.m., traffic on Route 31 is starting to slow both north and south of Route 78 though Route 78 is moving well through Hunterdon County.
If you are traveling south on Route 206, 511nj.org was reporting delays due to volume approaching Hillsborough Road in Hillsborough at 7:45 a.m.
As of 7:41am, there are Delays on US 206 southbound approaching Hillsborough Rd in Hillsborough Twp delays due to volume.
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Saunders could be in right spot to fill CF opening
One of the intriguing storylines of spring for the Mariners now will be who fills in for the injured Franklin Gutierrez in center field.
Michael Saunders appears the most logical replacement, if he can hit. That's been a big 'if' for the past several years with Saunders, but he underwent an interesting offseason experiment to radically shorten and compact his hitting stroke and the results have been impressive so far with a home run, triple and double in three intrasquad games.
Saunders gets first crack at center field today when the Mariners face Oakland in their Cactus League opener. I talked to him this morning for a story that will appear later today on Mariners.com in which he explains his new approach and admits to being tired of "getting my butt kicked" the past few years by Major League pitchers.
Saunders knows he's not going to get many more chances and he's ready to grab this one by the horns. But he also took time to pay respects to Gutierrez, knowing all he's gone through in the past two years as well.
"Obviously we all saw he'd worked his tail off to get to where he was at," Saunders said, "especially after a tough year he had last year with health issues and everything. I know he was very excited to come in here and start playing ball the way he was used to again. It's going to be a huge loss for us, because we're all looking for him to have a big year.
"It's going to be hard to replace a guy like that. I'm just going to go out and play hard every day and continue to try to hit the ball and square it up. Someone has to fill in and obviously I hope to be that guy."
The Mariners have other candidates, with Casper Wells, Trayvon Robinson and even Chone Figgins figuring to get opportunities in center this spring. But if Saunders really has discovered a way to shorten his swing and be more productive at the plate, he could be the perfect answer to who can fill in for Gutierrez as he recovers from his partially torn pectoral muscle.
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It's shocking to me that you and many others are jumping on the Michael Saunders' bandwagon. Last season, Saunders made Chone Figgins look like an all star at the plate. He was the absolute worst hitter on the team, and I don't think there was a close second. Conversely, Casper Wells arguably had the equivalent season to Mike Carp, with fewer at bats, and is obviously a much better defender. Yet Mike Carp has left field locked up, and Casper Wells is literally a footnote. I can't help but feel that sportswriters are more interested in the feel good story than writing honestly about who is the best person for the position. I like Saunders and want him to succeed, but only after he's earned it, by hitting consistently at the AAA level. Casper Wells established himself as a major league player in Detroit, and continued to develop in Seattle before he went on the DL. He's in camp now, healthy and ready to play. Please make him your next feel good story. It's just better for the Mariners that you do.
Totally agree, Mike. Casper is a "gym rat" on the baseball diamond and has worked hard to improve his baseball skills. After gicing up Fister to the tigers to get Wells, Casper deserves a full shot at one of the OF positions.


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Central Dauphin School Board candidate Jay Purdy didn't hold back Tuesday night.
When asked to comment on challenges facing the school district, the Region 3 candidate pointed out two empty chairs with place cards set for school board incumbents Chris Judd and Linda Dallago.
"I see the biggest challenge facing Central Dauphin School District as this empty chair, that empty chair over there," Purdy said. "… We've got two board members here, unfortunately they're not these two board members."
Purdy, who's vying for a Region 3 seat against Judd, likely was referring to school board President Ford Thompson and school board member Brian Faleshock who attended the Save CD Schools Meet-Up at the Colonial Golf and Tennis Club in Lower Paxton Township.
Citizens for CD Schools put on the event, which featured a speech by state Sen. Rob Teplitz, D-Dauphin County, and a candidates' forum for the school board's contested races in the May 21 primary election.
Judd and Dallago had told event organizers some time ago they wouldn't be able to attend. Judd said his prior commitment couldn't be avoided, and Dallago cited a family commitment.
So the candidates' forum went on with Purdy and Eric Epstein, a candidate for Region 2 running against Dallago.
Purdy and Epstein, a public advocate, spent about an hour answering a series of questions on topics including pension costs facing school districts, pay-to-play sports, finding other revenue instead of hiking property taxes, curriculum and the importance of small class sizes for the youngest students in the district.
But first, the candidates got to tell the crowd a little about themselves.
Purdy, a former Lower Paxton Township supervisor, said he came from a family that believed in getting involved in the local community.
"I know how government runs, and I think I can do a lot to help Central Dauphin," Purdy said. "… A lot of the problems that we're facing right now in Central Dauphin have to do with other entities not living up to their responsibly — and that other big entity is the state."
The school district is being "dumped on" when it comes to pensions in the district and the withdrawal of state funds for education, Purdy said. Conversely, the district is facing more mandates.
Epstein reflected on growing up as he went to school at Central Dauphin School District. He talked about his fond memories and the teachers that influenced him.
He said he wanted to get the school district back on track to being a place where people wouldn't be concerned about living in the area because of the school district.
"In my mind, there should never ever be a conversation where somebody says they're not moving to the area because of the school district," Epstein said. "And this is the first time in my life that that's ever occurred."
When discussing challenges facing the school district, Purdy mentioned the public's distrust of school board members and financial issues that could face the school district in a few years.
Epstein put forth six recommendations to engage the public and make them feel empowered. Those included allowing all property owners to speak during meetings, having joint workshops with municipalities, discussing agenda items before each vote, live streaming committee and board meetings, an online suggestion box, and rotating committee and board meetings throughout the region.
"You have to have buy in," Epstein said. "And until we get that community support, I still think we're going to be at loggerheads."
When asked whether administrative positions would be "on the table" during budget talks as teacher positions have been, Purdy said "every job should be questionable."
Epstein also said shared sacrifice makes sense when it's actually shared. He questioned why the district needed a director of transportation or a position in public relations.
In order to keep from making future tax hikes, Epstein said the district needs to stop making bad decisions. He said it should be increasing fee and lieu contributions for large non-profits, minimize tax abatements, and go after cyber and charter school over payments.
"The way we do business as a school district has to change," Epstein said.
Regarding revenues, Purdy turned his attention to the state, which he said needs to start paying its share of pension costs and "put back the money that it withdrew from education a couple years ago."
When it came to instituting pay-to-play programs for extracurricular activities, the candidates disagreed.
Purdy said he didn't agree with the pay-to-play format.
Epstein, however, called extracurricular activities a "privilege, not a right."
"I think we need to cap team size. I think we need competitive tryouts," Epstein said. "I don't know what we're preparing our kids for. But if you think everybody makes the team and everybody gets a soft landing, that's not the world we live in."


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From a purely economic standpoint, everyone is "worth" what someone is willing to pay them. Even so, there are those in every walk of life who produce at a far higher rate than they are compensated for. And conversely, there are others whose value to their organization is far less than their actual salary.
The same principle holds true in the NBA: As much as general managers are loath to admit, there are underpaid and overpaid players on virtually every roster in the league.So as the big money offseason of 2012 finally begins to settle down, here's a look at the best values—and biggest offenders—at each position.
For the purposes of this discussion, we'll ignore those who are currently on their rookie deals. Obviously, Cleveland Cavaliers' point guard Kyrie Irving is one of the most grossly underpaid talents in the league, but due to the collective bargaining agreement, there isn't much that he can do about it.


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- Hi Mollusc, I have noticed that some of your pages are pretty much the same as existing ones. While we would all like to get to 1000 articles, explaining why we need two pages about rabbits is tricky, to say the least. Before creating an article for the Drive, please make sure that nothing similar exists or we will have to merge it. Thanks.--Wyvern Rex. 15:09, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
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I can't tell you anything more than what I told you above. The thing with the brackets is the code that you use to link to something. Again:
[[When you want to link to another article, you put it in brackets, like this.]]
Other than that, you really ought to read "The IW Style," which I linked you to above. Agent0042 14:44, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Mollusc, first of all thanks for your efforts to extend Inheriwiki.
There's one point that I have to address: On Inheriwiki, we like to keep the articles free from speculation. This has been defined a long time ago in our Manual of Style. We try to use encyclopedic style, that means facts only (see the tutorial "Writing better articles" at Wikipedia).
Some of your recently created articles are highly conjectural. Take the article "Ra'zac eggs" for example. There's only one fact mentioned: "Ra'zac eggs exist." That's not enough information for creating an own article about this topic.
I know, we actually try to reach the limit of 1,000 articles, but please try to stick to our manual of style nonetheless. Thank you.
But don't get discouraged! That's not my/our intention, certainly not. It always takes some time to see how the wind blows, especially if you join a 'well-oiled' team. ;-) --Weas-El Talk|Contribs 20:45, January 17, 2011 (UTC)
- I have to agree, I'm also highly concerned about the content of some of these articles. I would also identify Eragon movie remake as speculative and Unidentified spirit as something that could be merged with simply "Spirit." I also have to LOL at your assertion that Wyvern Rex, someone that you almost certainly don't know personally and just became aware of the existence of today, is your "hero." Agent0042 05:02, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
- Agent, you are damn annoying Mollusc 6:49 January 18, 2011(UTC)
- Agent, why don't I LOL at your sheer and utter stupidity? LOL! Mollusc 4:07 January 18, 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Mollusc, at Inheriwiki we're trying to discuss the articles in an objective way. Offensive behaviour isn't tolerated. I understand that one can feel hurt in his pride when other users talk about an article to be merged or even deleted. But you have to understand, that quality outweighs quantity. We don't just want to created MANY articles, we want to create MANY GOOD articles.
Please take this as the first and last warning. The next insult will lead to a temporary ban. --Weas-El Talk|Contribs 22:30, January 18, 2011 (UTC)
Tell Agent0042 to quit making fun of me just because i'm new! He is the one who made fun of me just because I called Wyvern Rex my "hero", and you're not taking any notice to that!(m.n.k 13:11, April 30, 2011 (UTC))
- Mollusc, I'm glad that you appreciate my contributions, but I am uncomfortable with being regarded as a hero. I've been referred to as helpful and as heavy-handed during my time on Wikia, but heroes are people notable for their achievements. As far as I can tell, I have co-administrated a quite successful fansite for about six months. This isn't medal-winning stuff. Please use the term "hero" for those who deserve it, like Dr Jonas Salk or Robert Ryder VC, not for administrators. Thankyou.--Wyvern Rex. 08:53, May 1, 2011 (UTC)
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Hi Mollusc, in your signatures you use hyperlinks to the article [[Mollusc]]. Please link to your user page User:Mollusc instead. The easiest way to sign your comments is typing four tildes (~~~~) in a row. This will be replaced automatically with a link to your user page, time, and date. See Help:Signature for detailed information.
I answered to your question on Talk:Shielding blessing, by the way. --Weas-El Talk|Contribs 15:43, January 22, 2011 (UTC)
Hi, just editing an earlier comment to fix a broken link.--Wyvern Rex. 15:19, April 27, 2011 (UTC)
Hey guys! I kow this has nothing to do with the signature, but I came to say that I created my own wiki! It is called the Pflugerville Middle School Wiki, and you can get to it by typing pflugervillemiddleschool.wikia.com/ in the URL bar above! Then, go to my user page and click on "Recent blog posts" and find out what will happen if you contribute to that wiki-and yes, a Halo 4 is coming out in 2012! Please read & reply!:)(m.n.k 22:32, June 8, 2011 (UTC))


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The new Veterans Affairs hospital expected to anchor a medical district near downtown New Orleans is among the centerpieces of our long-term recovery. Yet Mayor Ray Nagin's administration is maintaining its secretiveness about some of the project's most important details -- and that's unfair to the public.
The Times-Picayune's Kate Moran reported last week that the mayor committed the city to spend as much as $79 million, mostly from federal grants, to buy dozens of homes at the proposed site, relocate residents and pay for other project expenses.
The administration had in the past refused to publicly discuss how much the land buying would cost. Instead, the newspaper learned of the working estimate from a contract Mayor Nagin signed with the state in August. The document was posted this month on a password-protected Web site that the vast majority of New Orleanians cannot access.
Taxpayers thumbing through the city's proposed 2009 budget won't find a line item listing the entire sum the city plans to spend. Instead, the money is coming from several city departments involved in the effort. And even within those departments the hospital-related expenditures are listed in bureaucracy-speak, making it just about impossible for most citizens to find them all.
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SPRINGFIELD – The City Council on Monday will consider approving a two-year moratorium on new pawn shops and junk dealers following a recent police sting that found some shops with alleged flagrant violation of city regulations.
Councilor Thomas Ashe, chairman of the council's Public Safety Committee, announced the proposed moratorium Thursday. The council meeting is Monday at 7 p.m., at City Hall.
"I think this is the logical next step relative to the Pawn Brokers and Junk Dealers Ordinance," Ashe said, in a prepared release. "I feel the residents of the city of Springfield are adequately served by the amount of these types of businesses and by the current amount of pawn shops. Furthermore, with the potential of a casino coming to the City of Springfield these types of businesses need to be regulated and monitored."
The proposed moratorium would not affect license renewals.
Violations found in this month's police sting included shops being cited for buying or selling items improperly, police said.
Council President Michael Fenton called the proposal "the latest step in our effort to restore public trust in this industry."
"This measure is of heightened import as the City may soon have a casino which would attract interest from more businesses in this industry," Fenton said.
Three pawn shops lost their licenses and five others were facing fines after the undercover police sting this month.
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Watching my sister get punched
My little sister wanted me to watch her get punched in the face.
Let's back it up a bit so I can explain: Foo-Dog boxes. I am not in favor of this, because I am not in favor of her being hit in the face.
"You've got to learn how to take a punch," Foo-Dog says.
Apparently, this means being hit in the face. Repeatedly. So she can accustom herself to absorbing the blows. I'm concerned about broken noses and concussions – known risks of boxing – and she's concerned about pushing through and returning it, blow for blow.
Don't mistake this for pearl-clutching. I'm not unfamiliar with the sport. Our grandfather was involved in the county boxing club, way back in the 1970s, and our dad and uncle boxed. So did our cousins and our brother.
"It's a family tradition," Foo says.
But it's different to watch Foo dodge a punch. I'm not sure why – it's not that she's younger, our brother is younger, too, and I never worried, but Davey Crockett is well over 6 feet tall with a reach that keeps all but the most determined out of striking distance.
Foo is strong. While training for a recent fight, she worked out for hours each day and ran until she developed blisters on her feet. She's determined. For months, she ate nothing but salads, raw vegetables and fruit. She's tough. She can take a punch.
I just don't want to see it.
It's weird. There's hardly any anger or hate fueling boxers. For all the posturing, most of the time, it's not personal, it's strategy. Most of the time, they're either sparring partners, friends, or virtual strangers. They hit each other, then they shake hands.
They call it the sweet science, but I didn't want to watch someone make a science experiment of my sister, no matter how bloodless and methodical.
"Are you coming to watch me?" she asked.
"I think I'm busy," I said.
Our father and uncle went to watch. So did her friends. I didn't go. Our mother didn't go, either.
It's not that I didn't support her or I wasn't proud of her. The thought of her being hurt made me wince. It was in the back of my mind every time she talked about her training, every time our uncle – a champion himself – gave her advice or instruction. I knew, at a fight, a real fight, it would be in the forefront. I would be the sad sack, the ring-side wet blanket.
So I didn't go.
She called me Sunday. "I won," she said. "But you didn't say anything."
"I didn't realize it was this weekend," I said. I hadn't. "But I'm glad you won."
She chatted about her fights while I made bread. "Now that you can eat again, I'll make you some banana nut bread with chocolate chips," I said.
"Are you going to watch the videos?" she asked.
"Maybe," I said. "I'm proud of you."
I did watch. She did well; she didn't even get hit that often.
In the background, I could hear someone yelling, "kill her! Kill her!" I know they didn't mean it literally, what they meant was "hurt her."
I'm not sure if they were talking about the other fighter or my sister.
All in all, I'd rather stay home and bake bread.
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MI shouldn't 'settle' on schools issues
Sen. Brian Weinstein
It's no secret that one of Mercer Island's biggest draws is its excellent public school system. Our 10th-graders had the best scores in the state on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL), which students must pass to graduate beginning with the class of 2008.
Our students, our teachers and our community have created a system that consistently demands, and delivers, world-class results for our children. Of the nearly 70,000 students statewide who took the 10th-grade exam, Mercer Island students are at the very top: 97 percent passed the reading section, 96 percent passed writing and 85 percent passed math.
Yet I worry that our students' outstanding track record may remove our community from a vital conversation happening right now about the future of public education in Washington. It would be very easy for Mercer Island residents to adopt an "If it isn't broken, don't fix it," attitude about public education.
With the recent release of its final recommendations, the Washington Learns commission — Gov. Christine Gregoire's blue ribbon panel of educators, lawmakers, business and minority leaders, and others — has done an admirable job of presenting a menu of options for creating a public education system for the 21st century. The 2007 Legislature has a hefty challenge in prioritizing the Washington Learns recommendations and carrying out the ones that will yield the best results for our state.
Here's why it's important for us all to pay attention to the Washington Learns report, which calls for sweeping changes in the way our public schools teach — and how we pay for it:
We need to make smarter investments if we expect better results. The final recommendations lay the groundwork by calling for a significant down payment in 2007 to improve basic education funding. They also encourage the longer-term effort of designing a new basic education funding formula.
Acting upon a recommendation in Washington Learn's 2005 interim report, the Legislature this year created a new state Department of Early Learning. The final report also calls for voluntary full-day kindergarten, beginning in impoverished schools around the state.
The quality of Washington's public schools affects every citizen, even those of us who already have excellent schools in our own community. Let your voice be heard: Read the commission's report at www.washingtonlearns.wa.gov and tell your legislators where your priorities lie. Public schools belong to the public.
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South Whidbey Cubs win Little League Andrade Tournament
The South Whidbey Little League Cubs fought their way through the consolation bracket and a mercy-rule loss to win the Andrade Tournament in Oak Harbor this weekend.
Having won their first two games, the Cubs were looking at needing only one more win to advance to the championship game. They got it by beating Oak Harbor for the second time in two days.
They avenged their earlier loss, a 14-3 clobbering, to the Anacortes team in a pitchers' duel that ended with South Whidbey winning 2-1. South Whidbey used a thorough rotation of pitchers for the win including Brent Bachelor, Ethan Petty, Thomas Simms and Drew Fry.
Having split their first two games, Anacortes had to play one more decisive championship game.
Fry pitched through six innings before being relieved by Simms to preserve the 8-4 victory and tournament title. Simms threw the final out not as the pitcher, but as a fielder taking a cutoff throw for home and redirecting it to Elijah Sergeant at second base for the tag out. The Anacortes player, who had been injured in an earlier game, stayed on the field for a few minutes, prompting both teams to take a knee. Eventually, he walked off the field.
South Whidbey's first two games were won more easily and without injury. The Cubs defeated Sedro-Woolley in the tournament opener and Oak Harbor in the second game.
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57 Funny Company Names – How To Pull It Off Right 09/15/11
When you're coming up with a name for your company, using humor is a great way to lighten things up. But there is a fine line when it comes to using humor without offending anyone. The best funny company names play on words without being vulgar or making yourself look like an amateur. Juan More Taco is a memorable name for a Mexican restaurant, and Booked Solid bookstore lets you know they have lots of options.
A funny company name can:
• Take the weight off of a serious subject. – No one really likes to talk about pain, butt problems, or lawyers, who can just be a pain in the butt. So if you're a chiropractor or a proctologist, you might want to give your practice a lighthearted name that makes people smile. If you're a lawyer, on the other hand, potential clients may not take you seriously if you pack humor into your name. If you call your exterminating company Bug in a Rug, it's cute and reminiscent of a song. It takes the thought of cockroaches running rampant in your bedroom and wraps it in an endearing little cloak.
• Get people to notice you – Naming your liquor store Hangover Liquors is going to attract attention. Scissorhands Salon is going to make you look twice. But make sure the name will also get them to come through the door. Both of the names above may raise a big red flag. You want to party all night, but you also want to feel good in the morning. And you would love to get your hair cut by a whiz, but you don't want to end up looking like a Bonsai tree.
• Help people remember you – It's hard enough to remember the name of a new acquaintance, much less the name of your tax preparation service. If the name is Many Happy Returns, however, you're likely to tell your friends, and you're also likely to give them repeat business. A pub named 99 Bottles of Beer is going to stay in your head even after you've had a few drinks.
Humorous company names are not always intended to be that way, but they should be. You want people to be laughing with you, not at you. If your law firm ends up with the name Cheatam & Howe, for example, you might not attract the right kind of customer. The Hands On Children's Museum may have cops showing up at their door. Before you decide to use humor in your company name, think about how your customers will respond to it. And if you don't decide to use humor in your company name, make sure you're not inadvertently going to be used as a punch line.
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Busy Beaver
The Chocolate Mess
The Daily Grind Coffee Shop
It's A Grind Coffee House
Hickey's Pharmacies
Hash House A Go Go ~ Presents "Twisted Farm Food"
Hand Job Nails & Spa
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San Francisco, Haul Up Your Golden Drawbridge
"San Francisco, open your Golden Gate. You'll let nobody wait outside your door." Those are the lyrics of the city's signature song, but now somebody should call "rewrite."
On Tuesday, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency voted to bar nonresidents' cars from the crooked part of Lombard Street on Saturday and Sunday afternoons between June 21 and July 13. Last year, the agency banned tour buses from driving by the iconic Painted Ladies on Alamo Square. Thanks to well-heeled city residents who can afford to live in these world-famous properties, San Francisco is hoisting a Golden Drawbridge.
Kelly Edwards, who lives in Alamo Square's Westerfield House, gave voice to the bar-the-gauche-out-of-towners elite by posting a sign in his window that read, "Get off your big, fat tour bus and experience San Francisco."
There's something incongruous about people choosing to live in the heart of an international tourism destination and then complaining that there are too many tourists.
I get it. There are good tourists, and there are bad tourists. The pull-up-the-bridge brigade welcomes trim visitors who arrive outfitted in Patagonia gear to hike up and down the Filbert Steps and sip pojitos at Vesuvio while they leaf through their Rough Guides.
The tourists who take tour buses, however, are often old and fat. They wear shorts. You take one look at them and you know they're from some godforsaken suburb where the best watering holes offer two kinds of wine — white and red. Who cares if they're on a tour because it's the only way they could afford the vacation or navigate a mazelike metropolis?
In a less precious environment, civic leaders would exhort locals to appreciate that all tourists deserve a warm welcome because they have come here to partake of the glorious sights that we get to see every day. They are our guests.
Tourism, after all, is the region's largest industry — which makes all tourists, chic or doughy, our bread and butter. (Or, this being San Francisco, our sourdough and locally pressed olive oil.)
According to the MTA, public access to Lombard Street is a "safety" issue. The goal of the trial closure, requested by Lombardians and Supervisor Mark Farrell, is to "create a safer transportation experience for everyone."
Methinks advocates knew how self-important they appear when complaining about tourists clogging up their curvy curbsides, so they dressed up their self-serving request to keep other people's cars off Lombard Street as a concern for others. The MTA also is considering gating the public street so only residents can use it. For safety reasons.
There was a 2011 collision on Lombard in which a driver hit a railing and hurt pedestrians. In 2012, a car decapitated a fire hydrant, and a passenger in a speeding car was injured. Farrell tells me the recent boom years have brought "utter chaos" to the crooked block, with "cars and pedestrians on the same street completely ignoring the rules of the road." Drivers are distracted. There are, he said, "countless instances on a daily basis of people who almost get hurt." It will only get worse.
Still, it sounds safer than Fifth and Mission. Besides, the gridlock should make it safer for clueless out-of-towners.
Then again, maybe there is a safety issue. I can hear a plaintive cry for help now. "Sloan, look. Some tacky tourists are taking selfies in front of the house and blocking the caterer's truck. I think I'm having a panic attack."
Email Debra J. Saunders at: [email protected].
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