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1) This wiki is meant for the Game of Thrones TV series and the TV alone. Spoilers from the novels are not permitted at all. Discussion of earlier events in the novels and the use of non-spoiler background material from the novel as regards specific events, characters and places in the TV series are allowed (in the 'In the books' section of an article) but future events cannot be discussed.
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Enjoy your editing and please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- Opark 77 (Talk) 08:45, May 14, 2012
House userboxes EditHello and welcome. Was it the House userboxes like this one:
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that you were after?
All you need to do is make sure you are editing in source mode and then type {{user HoUSENAME}} where HoUSENAME is the name of the house you are after for the above example you would type {{user Stark}} when you save the edit the code will translate into a userbox. If you would like me to talk you through it on chat I'll be online for the next couple of hours.
When leaving a message on a talk page please could you sign your post, either by using the signature button or by typing four tildes (~).--Opark 77 19:57, May 18, 2012 (UTC)
- No problem, looks like its working fine on your userpage.--Opark 77 14:58, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
Image policy Edit
Thanks for adding the images:
- File:Stemma-egen-ing.gif
- File:Hightower.png
- File:Game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-stark-direwolf-house-stark-asoiaf.png
- File:Tarly.png
Please could you take a look at our image policy. For each image that we use we need to ensure that we have the following information on the image page, all of which should be added by the uploader at the point of upload:
- The source (naming the video clip or episode for screenshots and providing a URL for images from other websites)
- A description (state what the image shows)
- A licensing tag ({{permission}} for screenshots)
- Appropriate categories (e.g. Category: Image (Season 2) and Category: Image (Character) for screenshots of characters from the second season or Category:Image (Sigil) for images of sigils, to add these just type [[Category: Image (Sigil)]])
We have to be careful about where we source our images from and we cannot use copyrighted material that is not from HBO without permission. Where were the sigil images from?
I have added most of this information to File:Game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-stark-direwolf-house-stark-asoiaf.png to give you an example of what we need but need you to tell me the source. I have nominated all of the images you uploaded for deletion because we can't use them without this information. I will review them in 1 week and will be happy if you have added the required information so we can keep them, otherwise I will have to delete them. I am happy to talk you through adding the required information if you need help.
I highly recommend working from a template when uploading images. Personally I always copy and paste this:
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Then I only need to fill in the name of the episode and a brief description.--Opark 77 20:58, May 17, 2012 (UTC)
I don't think the images are from a specific episode.I found them completely randomly.Except from the copyrights do i need to add anything more?--Commander19907 16:28, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
- You need to, and can add, nothing so don't bother. These aren't images from the HBO TV series...so why have you been copy-pasting the HBO licensing permission information from other images onto them? You stole these from fansites or google search. We can't use fanart on this wiki. You didn't know and you're not in trouble or anything, but now we have to delete these images. --The Dragon Demands 18:59, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Ah, I see. The Dragon Demands is right in that case. If you are not sure where they come from I am afraid we can't use them. I had wondered if they were from the new game. Thanks for getting back to me and please don't be discouraged - setting up House Egen was still a very positive contribution.--Opark 77 21:23, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, House Egan slipped past us somehow.--The Dragon Demands 21:26, May 19, 2012 (UTC)
- Ok next time i will try to find images from HBO related sites with licensing permission.Thanks for pointing that out.--Commander19907 04:48, May 20, 2012 (UTC)


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Agents risk all to rescue Jews from Georgia
Israeli officials and Jewish organisations have been operating deep inside the war-torn provinces of Georgia this week to seek out and rescue Jews caught up in the conflict.
Israel and the Jewish Agency have also been planning an Operation Solomon-style airlift from Georgia in case the fragile ceasefire with Russia fails.
Close to 600 Israeli citizens who were caught in Georgia as fighting broke out in South Ossetia over the weekend were flown out on Tuesday on three specially chartered planes of El Al and Georgian Airlines.
Officials from the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Nativ and the Jewish Agency arrived at the embassy in Tbilisi - where most of Georgia's 12,000 Jews live - to process the stream of requests for emigration to Israel. These normally take a month to process, but over 90 permits were authorised in one day.
About 30, mainly refugees from Gori, were flown to Israel on Tuesday. Some 200 from Gori, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are still unaccounted for. About 250 from Kotaisi and another 200 from Batumi have asked to emigrate, but since both towns are cut off by Russian forces from Tbilisi, attempts are being made to remove them by air or sea.
A handful who lived in the disputed enclaves of Abkhazia and South Ossetia were brought to Vladikavkaz, the capital of North Ossetia, in Russian territory.
Before fighting began, there were 19 confirmed Jewish residents of Tskhinvali, the capital of the unrecognised republic of South Ossetia. Their names and addresses were culled from the rolls of a Hessed in nearby Gori, the birthplace of Stalin.
The JC has also learned that, since hostilities began, a pair of representatives from a Jewish aid organisation, who asked to remain anonymous, have been working undercover to locate Jews who may be at risk.
Sitting in a café in Vladikavkaz, one of the agents said: "My parents are Holocaust survivors. So I know what it means to hide in a basement waiting for an angel to rescue you.
"Now, I see it as my job to be that angel for someone else. It's just completing the circle, so to speak."
The pair claim to have managed a great deal of success already. Despite the daily mortar and rocket attacks on the city that continued despite a tentative ceasefire agreement, nine Jewish refugees were successfully evacuated.
The whereabouts of nine more have been established, although they have yet to be removed from the zone of conflict. One 70-year-old woman, her home among the dozens of devastated houses in the Jewish quarter, remained unaccounted for.
"I won't stop until every Jew there is found," one of the agents said. "We're all part of one world community. I would do it for you."
In case the situation suddenly deteriorates, Israel has prepared for an emergency airlift of the type that Israel undertook in 1990 to bring 13,000 Jews from Ethiopia.
"Most of the Tbilisi community are well-connected, local patriots," an Israeli diplomat said, "and they are loth to leave their homes. But if the ceasefire collapses and the Russian forces advance on Tbilisi, we expect thousands to clamour for planes to Israel."
If the fighting makes flying into Tbilisi too dangerous, there is an alternative plan to bus the Jews to neighbouring Azerbaijan and fly them from Baku airport. They are also prepared, in an emergency, to have Prime Minister Ehud Olmert call Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to secure the necessary assurances.
The representatives are worried that if the Israeli presence is too visible, it might lead to anti-Jewish feelings.
Israel is very well connected to the Georgian government which has several Jewish ministers and Israeli firms have been dealing with Georgian counterparts for years.
Until recently, Israel has been selling arms and military training to the Georgian army.
Despite receiving major assistance this week from the government in organising flights and providing security for bussing Israelis to the airport, Israel is now trying to distance itself from the government. "Despite the Russians agreeing to the ceasefire," a senior Israeli foreign ministry official told the JC, "the feeling is that they are planning to humiliate Sakaashvili further and that they will not stop until they have toppled his government."
An impending change of government, together with Israel's reluctance to anger the Russians who control the fate of hundreds of thousands of Jews, forces Israel to deal carefully with both sides.


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EAST ORANGE — State Police have identified the pedestrian struck and killed on Interstate 280 in East Orange late Monday night.
Rasheed Hill, 28, was pronounced dead at 11:06 p.m. after a 2007 Lincoln Town Car struck the East Orange man near mile post 12, according to state police spokesman Sgt. Brian Polite.
Hill was struck while walking in the right-center lane, Polite said. He had apparently been involved in a separate car accident near the I-280 exit 12 ramp and had left his vehicle, according to Polite.
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Contest rundown: RSpec formatters04 Jul 2011
In our very first contest, we asked the contestants to build a formatter for the RSpec testing library. First of all, congratulations to Iain, Thilko and Chad, for being the first ever to respectively take the first, second and third place! All of you did a great job, so let's go over all five entries for this week.
Thilko Richter was the first to get his entry in and he created a nice way to keep you motivated to get your spec suite green again. His FortuneFormatter fetches a fortune and displays it in your terminal window when all of your tests pass.
The JumbledFormatter, by Richard Norton jumbles the output of the RSpec's own documentation formatter, but keeps the first and last letter of every word in its place. It is raelly ssprurinig to see how lbiegle jlmeubd txet lkie this can raelly be!
Sam Elliott did two entries, the DragonFormatter and the BossFormatter, both based on the documentation formatter. They're both very simple, but you'll surely find yourself smiling when you see their output. The DragonFormatter notifies you of any "dragons", by outputting the "HERE BE DRAGONS"-message after finding pending specs. The BossFormatter simply adds "LIKE A BOSS" to any passing spec, adding some assertiveness to running your tests. Both are great and fun alternatives if you're getting bored of RSpec's documentation formatter.
YELLY!!!, by Chad Humphries does exactly what the name implies and yells "yes", "no" and "meh" for passing, failing and pending specs. It gets a bit yelly (pun intended) since it starts screaming after every spec, but it's a great way to find out if your specs are passing when you're in the other room to get another cup of coffee.
And last, but certainly not least, Iain Hecker took first place with his SpecCoverage formatter, which allows you to use SimpleCov whenever you want, without having to put it in your
spec_helper.rb file. It doesn't output anything like you'd expect from a normal formatter, so you're going to have to use another one to see your test output. I've been using this one for a bit and it's great. Iain even turned it into a RubyGem and gave it a proper repository to continue working on it.
Thanks to the contestants for participating and to everyone else for voting. Be sure to check out this week's open contest and if you wanted to join the RSpec formatters contest but weren't on time, keep an eye on our feed, since we might just do a round two very soon. Stay tuned!


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Blind 180
The blind 180 is the stepping stone link to every rotational trick that you'll ever encounter. The most difficult part of any spin is the time that your blind to the boat and making the handle pass behind your back. Blind 180's will teach you the proper head & eye placement and help with handle control necessary to achieve any rotational trick your heart desires.
The easiest way to learn these is through many steps that will help you avoid that nasty back smacking, healside edge crash. Before trying this you should at least have your bunny hop 180's and wake-to-wake 180's dialed in.
OK, the easiest and least painful way to start is without the rope. Have your driver put the boat into a whip, edge out on the whip and generate is much speed is you can. Let go the rope, jump up and try to rotate the board blind. If you're left foot forward than you want to cut to your left and your rotation will be to the right. The biggest trick is making sure that your head is the last thing to rotate. Make sure you get in the air with your eyes focused on something in the same direction the boat is going, start the rotation with your hips as you land your eyes should be exactly 180 degrees of the direction that you were going. This method will help you learn how to rotate without fighting the pull the rope. It is crucial however, that your eyes focus on something when you land 180 degrees from where you're going. One way that you can ensure this is to look over your shoulder when you're still riding behind the boat and find an object, tree, house, or whatever is behind you. Then when you let go of the rope and go for the blind 180,you'll have an object to look for. Once you get this down regular then go ahead and try switch. When you can consistently land and sink slowly in control, then you're ready to start adding the rope.
There are just a few things that you may have to troubleshoot. If you're over rotating when you land that's because your eyes are looking back toward the boat. If your board is sticking to the water and you're taking a back smacker, it's because you're turning your head before you get off the water.
Your driver can be a huge factor when you try it with a rope for the first time. You want to have your driver put you in the same whip that they did when you were letting go of the rope. At the peak of your whip have your driver turn the boat back toward you so that it's traveling in the same direction you are, and put the boat in neutral. This should cause your rope to go slack, but you'll still have enough speed to stay on top of the water. Jump up and do your blind 180 the same way you did without the rope, but this time as you land put the handle directly on your butt cheek. There are two things that make you stick to the water blind. This works on every trick you'll ever land blind. One is to keep your eyes locked on something behind you, which you already learned without the handle. Two is to push your butt back toward the handle just as you land. Your eyes will help to keep your board stuck to the water and pushing your butt will keep you from getting pulled over backwards. Again once you can do this regular learning it switch immediately.
Once you can consistently do this on each side, you can have your driver get rid of some of the whip, until ultimately the boat remains in a straight line and you create your own speed. Troubleshooting on this should be exactly the same as the troubleshooting I gave you when you did this without the rope. One thing I would add, if you're getting yanked out the back consistently it's because you're not pushing your butt toward the handle.
Once you get this down with the boat going in a straight line, then we can start adding a wake. To start, let's slow the boat down to about 16 or 18 miles per hour. You want to start inside the wake, cut from inside to outside wake wait until your completely peaked out, and then rotate your blind 180. It's really important now that you keep control of the handle because there's a lot stronger pull directly behind the boat than there is out wide. It's also extremely important, that you don't rotate on the way up. As long as you're going up the rope is tight, if you try to rotate with a tight line it'll pull you onto your back. Make sure again that you're really using your eyes, and they're locked in on an object as you impact the water. Also make sure as soon as you impact that you're pushing your backside toward the handle. As soon as you learn this regular learn it switch immediately. On average to get this far it should take you anywhere from two days of solid riding to a week.
After you've accomplished a single wake blind 180, then it's time to go wake to wake. You may want to shorten your line to start. This will make the wakes closer together, which means you won't have to cut so hard to clear them. The biggest trick wake to wake is patience, because you're cutting harder to clear the wake your increasing the tension on the line. To be able to rotate blind you have to wait for the tension to be gone. Remember never rotate, on the way up only rotate on the way down. This is by far the hardest thing to grasp when trying these wake to wake. Remember the harder you cut the tighter the line is, and the tighter the line is the harder it is to rotate. Start off by just doing some wake-to-wake jumps. You want just enough speed to land on the down slope of the second wake. When just doing jumps you should be able to feel when the peak of your jump is and be able to feel when you start coming down, this will be the point that you initiate the blind 180. The first time you try the wake-to-wake blind 180 you'll find that it's difficult to hang onto the line. This comes solely from turning too soon. If you find your having a hard time sticking to the water, then your eyes probably aren't locked on an object. When you can consistently do this at this line length, then try going back to your normal length. And as soon as you get this regular, learn it switch!!
After you get this down, try a toe side 360 and a switch toe side 360. You'll notice that the first 180 of this is natural the second 180 is the blind 180 you just learned. This will open many doors in the world of spinning you've got the hardest part down. But, if you just can't get it, you can always come to Briscoe's Ride Center!
Good luck,
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On Thursday in Independence, police arrested a first-degree murder suspect on a much lesser charge, in a remarkable arrest that had readers asking questions. Bruce Bourgeois Jr. was suspected of killing his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Mia Waite, and slashing the throat of her mother, Carmelina Waite, in Destrehan a day earlier.
Bourgeois was at large for less than 36 hours before being spotted in Independence by a customer at a Dollar General store. A tip to local police, headquartered just down the street, led Chief Frank Edwards III to the store, where he said that he and another officer confronted Bourgeois.
But Bourgeois refused to answer their questions, Edwards recalled. He carried no identification and refused to give his name. Edwards told NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune that police were allowed to make the arrest because the suspect refused to identify himself.
Readers wondered about that:
The state law that erniemenard cited describes how a suspect may be charged with "resisting an officer." Under state law, officers may arrest an individual who refuses "to give his name and make his identity known to the arresting or detaining officer or providing false information regarding the identity of such party to the officer." That charge carries a penalty of as long as 6 months in prison and a $500 fine.
According to a 2007 article in Police Chief Magazine, the Supreme Court agrees that a person may be arrested if he refuses to give his name, as long as state law "criminalizes such behavior." The court found that "such a statute does not implicate the subject's Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination, as simple disclosure of one's name presents no reasonable danger of incrimination," Police Chief Magazine reported.


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Actress Jessica Alba is the founder of Honest Co., which is now being valued at nearly $1 billion and has designs on going public. Tony Avelar/Bloomberg News
The UpTake: With an earnest mission, solid work ethic, and —let's face it—off-the-charts levels of Hollywood glamour, actress and entrepreneur Jessica Alba has turned the Honest Co. startup into a $1 billion brand. When it goes public, which is in the works, her fame certainly won't hurt.
W hen Jessica Alba launched the eco-friendly product startup The Honest Co. in 2012, she didn't plan to become a businesswoman. As a mother, she was concerned about the toxic chemicals found in common household products and those designed for use with babies and children.
But now this mom of two is indisputably in business, as co-founder of a company that now has a nearly $1 billion valuation. The Honest Co. just added $70 million to its venture funding treasure chest, and has designs on going public, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
From the Dow Jones Venture Wire report:
"We believe being a public company is the best path for us going forward and it's good to get that validation early on," Honest Chief Executive and Co-founder Brian Lee said, noting that public-markets investor Wellington Management Company led the Series C round. "I can't say when that will be, but we are definitely starting to think and act like a public company."
While Lee is leading day-to-day activities at the company, Alba is certainly its public face, and she is involved too, not just in marketing product, but with the nuts and bolts of it all.
As the star told host Jesse Draper on the Valley Girl Show last year, she's done everything from answer the phones at the Santa Monica, California company's office to testing packaging by kicking boxes around the parking lot.
While Alba has kept up her acting career, with recent appearances including the TV miniseries "The Spoils of Babylon," she has been hands-on with product development from the beginning.
Explaining her mission to be transparent with consumers, she expressed her frustration with companies that don't in an interview with Fast Company soon after launching, saying, "I was sick of people saying, 'This is our green line, it costs a dollar more,' but it's the same stuff that's in everything else. They deleted one fragrance, but it still has tons of carcinogens. Like, really?"
After getting an MA in journalism from Syracuse University, Teresa worked as a general assignment newspaper reporter—general on purpose because besides the usual city hall and police articles, there was the chance to fly an F-18 with the Blue Angels and tag along with bounty hunters on a stakeout—all good preparation for covering entrepreneurs.
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ZiGGURAT for Ipad Publisher's description
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ZiGGURAT is the end of a much longer story a story which ends with The Last Human On Earth standing atop a stratosphere-high stone pyramid, wielding a laser rifle against an endless wave of relentless alien freaks.
ZiGGURAT is the end of a much longer story a story which ends with The Last Human On Earth standing atop a stratosphere-high stone pyramid, wielding a laser rifle against an endless wave of relentless alien freaks.
Where did the alien freaks come from? How did our hero get to the top of this pyramid? We have no time to think about such things: there is only time to shoot.
The situation is hopeless: this is the end. Your only goal is to enjoy taking out as many of those alien freaks as you can.
As the aliens jump up and down in their approach to our hero, their eyeballs grow and shrink. As you hold your finger on the screen to steady your aim, your gun's blast grows and shrinks. Hit larger enemy eyeballs with larger bullets to initiate larger explosions and chain reactions. Shoot as much as you want -- you'll probably never get enough, and that's okay, because the enemies will literally never stop coming.
With controls that bring together the best of modern shooting nuances and classic gaming challenge, Action Button Entertainment's ZiGGURAT is a new kind of addiction for iOS.
- Innovative "Precision Mode" controls: Precision Mode allows the player to control the game entirely with horizontal sweeps on the bottom edge of the screen, meaning your finger doesn't ever need to cover the on-screen action.
- "Slingshot Mode" controls: For players who prefer slinging and flinging.
- Endless . . . with an ending: Watch the world end in the background as you play (though don't get too distracted).
- Authentic retro: With sixteen-bit graphics (parallax scrolling!), eight-bit sounds (chiptunes!), and immortal controls and feel, ZiGGURAT is an homage to the games that got us started wanting to make games.
- Leaderboards, achievements, Facebook, and Twitter: Everyone in the world or your workplace can and will know how many alien freaks you killed before you died. And don't you want to be at the top of the "Total Shots Fired" worldwide ZiGGURAT leaderboard?
- Deep stat-tracking: ZiGGURAT keeps track of your performance and presents your cumulative multi-session scores in a clean single-screen format for efficient bragging.
- Amazing music: If the theme music from ZiGGURAT doesn't impress you, you are not invited to my birthday party (it will be playing on loop at my birthday party).
"A sublimely chewable wad of arcade bubblegum" - EDGE, 9/10
Adam "Atomic" Saltsman, creator of groundbreaking iOS smash hit CANABALT, calls ZiGGURAT "French New Wave Action Videogame Fan Art". (He also says that "all art is fan art".)
"one of the best gaming experiences I've had in ages." - Destructoid, 9.5/10
"ZiGGURAT is the new iOS hotness." - IGN.com
"The best iPhone game of the millennium." - Bon Mots & Blood
"It builds its tension with discipline, a game that executes its vision with mesmerising economy." - Simon Parkin for HookShot Inc., 5/5
"...like stomping on the Rice Bubbles mascots and discovering why they were named Snap, Crackle and Pop." - Tracey Lien, Kotaku Australia
"The most fon I've ever had with on hand on my iPhone." - Bennett Foddy, creator of QWOP.
"unlike any shooter I've ever seen." - The Unofficial Apple Weblog, 5/5
"addicting" - SILICONERA
"intense - Inside Mobile Apps
"Horde Mode for your pocket" - GameRanx.com
What's New in This Release:Bug fixes.
System Requirements:Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1 or later
Program Release Status: New Release
Program Install Support: Install and Uninstall


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Charles B. May Jr., M.D.
Dr. Charles May is a native of Macon, Georgia. He graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia and received his medical doctorate from Emory University in Atlanta where he graduated with honors. He went on to complete his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center/Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas.
After finishing his residency, Dr. May moved to Vail, Colorado, where he completed a fellowship in sports medicine/knee and shoulder surgery at the prestigious Steadman Hawkins Clinic. The clinic has been internationally recognized as a leader in research, focusing on arthroscopic treatment of both upper and lower extremity injuries. While in Colorado, Dr. May was involved in the care of the Denver Broncos, Colorado Rockies and the United States Ski Team, as well as many other professional, collegiate, high school and recreational athletes.
Since moving to Rome in the fall of 2004, Dr. May has continued to provide care to athletes of all ages and abilities. He is team physician for Model High School and Pepperell High School. In addition, Dr. May served as a physician for the U.S. Men's Alpine Ski Team and has traveled throughout the world covering training camps and races.
In addition to sports medicine, Dr. May's practice focuses on treating ailments of the shoulder and knee using advanced arthroscopic techniques, as well as joint replacement of the knee and shoulder.
Dr. May is a member of the Georgia Orthopaedic Society and a fellow of American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He is board-certified by American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. May resides in Rome with his wife Lowery and his two children, Cappie and Charlie.
- Fellowship: Steadman Hawkins Clinic (Vail, Colorado)
- Residency: University of Texas Southwestern
- Internship: University of Texas Southwestern
- Medical: Emory University
- College: University of Georgia
- Board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Credentialed ImPACT consultant
- Graduated Cum Laude from the University of Georgia
- Graduated Cum Laude from Emory University School of Medicine
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Ice by Spring: Ceremony seals deal for rink
After a two-year effort fraught with complications, the Sept. 6 ground-breaking ceremony for the Bremerton Ice Arena signaled a triumph for managing director Greg Meakin.
Im ready for the fun stuff, said a tired but happy-looking Meakin.
For competitive ice skaters, the event heralded a time when practicing their sport would not be as burdensome.
Therese Deal, who recently moved from Virginia, wakes up at 3:30 a.m. on Saturdays to make practice with her figure skating team in Seattle and drives to Sprinker Ice Arena in Spanaway twice a week.
Ill be able to skate five days a week instead of three, Deal said. I will finally be an asset to my team.
Fifteen-year-old Kelley Hustons mother drives her to the Spanaway rink four days a week, an hour each way, she told the audience.
It will be easier to train, said Hustons mother Pat. She needs more ice time to train at her level.
The Bremerton arena will likely be complete by spring, Meakin said.
The crowd of 100 people who attended the Friday morning ceremony next to the YMCA included local City Council members, Mayor Cary Bozeman and a host of other elected officials and county residents.
Chuck and Joanne Haselwood, the owners of the Haselwood Auto Group who provided $4.5 million for the project, participated in the ground breaking.
The auto group will also provide non-profit support for kids ice programs, according to the Haselwoods spokesman Michael Gould.
Gould also alluded to expansion plans in North and South Kitsap.
Meakins team repeatedly praised Bozeman and other Bremerton officials for their support and help expediting the complicated public-private partnership negotiations.
Meakin awarded Bozeman with a Bremerton Ice Arena hockey jersey emblazoned on the back with the number 1.
Many were impressed with how quickly the project moved along once the East Bremerton site was chosen the project was aided by City Attorney Roger Lubovichs recent experience negotiating a similar ice arena deal at this former job in Kent, according to Jim Spencer, director of Bremerton Parks and Recreation.
The first I heard of this was at the end of March now in six months were breaking ground, Spencer said.
The site for the arena was cleared this week, Meakin said.
Under the lease agreement, the city will give Meakin a $177,000 and a 50-year site for the building in return for 194 ice hours annual for recreational programs.
In addition to an NHL-regulation ice rink, the facility will contain a pro-shop, a health club and a food court.
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Henninger wont run again
North Whidbey Park and Recreation Commissioner Fred Henninger has announced he will not be seeking reelection in the fall.
In a written statement, Henninger said his primary reason for not running is his disappointment in the fiscal policies adopted by the board.
It should be noted that there has been no increase in the fees charged for admission to the pool since 2003, he said. During this period, there has been significant increases in salaries and energy costs.
According to Henningers figures, the tax revenue received has increased yearly to reach $423,000 in 2006, while the swim revenue collected was $281,00 during the same year.
The result of this ratio is that for every $1 paid in swimming fees, the taxpayer is paying an additional $1.42, he stated.
Henninger added in his letter that he feels that the persons who benefit from the use of the pool should pay the majority of the pools operating costs, not the taxpayers.
This problem should be considered and corrected as budgets are planned and implemented in the future, he concluded.
Henninger, who holds the position 1 seat, encouraged anyone who is interested in volunteering to perform civic duties as a member of the North Whidbey Park and Recreation Commission to file for election.
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If you cross over the Sellwood Bridge in the next day, or pass within view of the construction zone where crews are working to build a new bridge, look down.
Or, if you don't have the occasion to drive past the bridge, look up — above this text, that is — to where my colleague Randy L. Rasmussen has captured the latest development in the $307.5-million project.
On Thursday, crews began lowering the first of two box caissons that will serve as support structures for the bridge's steel arches.
What's a box caisson, you ask? We defined that and several other pieces of bridge jargon with our interactive glossary earlier this week.
As of Friday morning, a day into crews' work to install the first box caisson in the Willamette River, the box had only traveled eight feet in its 28-foot journey to a resting spot atop support columns driven into the riverbed.
While the focus this week is on one specific bridge component, drivers will be able to drive across the nearly-completed bridge sometime next year.
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Trust me, the last thing I wanted to do was send another preachy blog posting about Photoshopped pictures into the universe. The main reason, of course, being that I hate preachy blog postings about Photoshopped pictures.
We get it. Magazines use computers to make celebrities have big hair and clearer skin and more fabulous fabulousness. And we all feel worse about ourselves because we have flat hair and oily skin and only mediocre fabulousness.
Wah. Wah. Wah.
Maybe I need a few inches shadowed off my thick skull, but I don't get the big deal. I've seen the before and afters, and celebrities are way hotter than the rest of us with or without some techie's help.
They're already winning in the game of life, let them rub it in with a little pigmentation.
And so, while some felt they were reviving the Enlightenment by telling us that cleavage in mags may be smaller than it appears (!) and models' hair doesn't always look caught in a windstorm (!), I figured I would sit idly by.
At least until I saw this photo.
Stare long and hard. Does this look like the type of women who crashes her car or marries her trashy backup dancer or wears only one fishnet stocking leg at a time?
"No," you're thinking, "It can't be ..."
But it is!
This "picture" of Britney Spears is supposedly taken from her recent photo shoot at Allure Magazine.
Photoshopping is one thing, but this is reminiscent of that woman who got a face transplant after her dog ate her nose and cheeks off. I would have an easier time matching a post-stomach-stapling Star Jones with her former self than pairing this version of Britney with its pre-Photoshopped counterpart.
Lightening up a picture or throwing in some highlights is one thing. But bamboozling your readers with an entirely new face and body is actually insulting. We may continue to overpay for your magazine and give in to your advertising ploys, but we're not stupid, Allure Magazine.
We can spot a fake celebrity as easily as we can spot a fake designer purse, and calling this a picture of Britney is like calling a Zip-lock bag a Marc Jacobs clutch. It's mental.
So ditch the fancy right-clicking and keep it simple. Your readers (and your IT department) will thank you.


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Chinotto is a drink made from the myrtle orange. If you were looking for something that is sweet, its flavor catches you by surprise since there is an orange on the bottle, but the flavor is not that of an orange, a blood orange, even a grapefruit. It is something else entirely, something bittersweet. You can drink it a pastry, a sfogliatelle for example, but it tastes best with fresh mozzarella, something salty so that another part of the tongue is engaged. And this is what, in its own way, AC Milan is like.
There is something about this club that engages you in a way that you weren't expecting. Founded in 1899 as the Milan Cricket and Football club by a pair of English expatriates, it was the club's intolerance of foreign (non-Italian) players, that caused the rift that led to the creation of Inter in 1908. In those early years before the split, Milan won three of their 18 Italian Championships, the first in 1901, then again in 1906 and 1907. A period of decline after such a shining start followed, and it wouldn't be until the late 1950's that the club would return to the Championships, winning five times in eleven years, and taking their first European Cup in 1963. Their inner city rival, with its defensive game in the middle years of the 60's shut down everyone, but it was AC Milan that finished the decade on top, and entered into the 1970's with wins in three European Cups, the International Cup and the Coppa Italia. They were a force. But just as the sweet flavor of the chinotto moves into something bitter, the 1980's saw the club relegated from Serie A over a match fixing scandal, and then for the next few years bounce back and forth between the top two leagues.
In 1986, back in Serie A but financially struggling, Silvio Berlusconi bought the team and signed the Dutch trinity of Ruud Guliit, Marco van Basten and Frank Rijaard, and with them AC Milan won the league title and two consecutive European Cups. The team was phenomenon. And AC Milan continued winning, adding three consecutive league titles between 1992 and 1994, the year that saw them dominate Barcelona in the Champions League Final.
Winning the league championship in their centenary year, the team entered the millennium on a sweet note, but again that bitter taste rose with another match fixing scandal that saw the team lose points, although no conclusive ruling was made. But this, this history, is the chinotto. It is the liquid that plays around the mouth and disappears. The fresh, salted mozzarella is the current squad, thick with players that are exteremly talented, and a team that beat Valencia in their first contest toward the International Champions Cup match on Sunday in New York. But that win came at a cost, with defender Daniele Bonera fracturing a knee cap, and striker Robinho straining his left thigh during Milan's 2-1 victory. Chinotto. Because of this, the press released roster below will undergo changes before the match this coming weekend, but the squad that is fielded Sunday no doubt will be full of flavor.
The team as announced before the Valencia match:
Goalkeepers: Christian Abbiati, Marco Amelia, Gabriel
Defenders: Luca Antonini, Daniele Bonera, Kevin Constant, Phillipe Mexes, Bartosz Salomon, Didac Vila, Cristian Zaccardo, Cristian Zapata, Mattia De Sciglio
Midfielders: Kevin-Prince Boateng, Bryan Cristante, Nigel De Jong, Urby Emanuelson, Sulley Ali Muntari, Ricardo Montolivo, Antonio Nocerino, Riccardo Saponara, Rodney Strasser, Bakaye Traore
Forwards: Mario Balotelli, Giacomo Beretta, Robinho, Stephan El Shaarawy, M'Baye Niang, Nmandi Oduamadi, Andrea Petagna Manager: Massimiliano Allegri


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Greensboro, N.C. — Syracuse's final possession in Friday's 66-63 loss to N.C. State typified the Orange's recent struggles.
Regardless of what it did well or even decently, it did not shoot well. Six consecutive misses on a frantic trip down the floor did not reflect well on N.C. State's defensive rebounding prowess, but it reflected even worse on the Orange's scoring limitations.
In succession, Tyler Ennis, Jerami Grant, Ennis again, Trevor Cooney, C.J. Fair and Cooney yet again missed shots in an 18-second span. And just like that, the Orange's first ACC tournament was over.
It is self-evident, but Syracuse isn't sticking around long in the NCAA's 68-team field unless it shoots better.
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Syracuse: .400 (4 3FGM, 18 FGM, 55 FGA)
N.C. State: .510 (5 3FGM, 23 FGM, 50 FGA)
The story of the game. The Orange shot dreadfully in the first half (25.9 percent with one 3-pointer), then achieved a degree of mediocrity with a 39.3 percent showing after the break. The second half numbers before the final possession weren't bad at all (50 percent, with three 3-pointers). But that final possession counts, too.
Syracuse's effective field-goal percentage has not surpassed .450 in seven of its last eight games, the exception being Sunday's victory at Florida State. That covers a quarter of the Orange's season, which means this might be less of a slump and more of just what this team is now. For Syracuse's prospects in the second half of this month, that isn't good.
Syracuse: 11.2 percent (7 turnovers/62 possessions)
N.C. State: 14.3 percent (9 turnovers/63 possessions)
This was a slight advantage for Syracuse, as its 12-7 edge in points off turnovers suggests, but it wasn't a massive one. It also continued a recent trend of the Orange not forcing nearly as many turnovers as it did earlier in the season.
In the last four games (and five of the last six), Syracuse's opponents have had turnovers rates below 19 percent. In the first 26 games, that happened only seven times.
Offensive rebounds / (Offensive rebounds + Opponent's defensive rebounds)
Syracuse: 37.5 percent (15 offensive rebounds, 25 N.C. State defensive rebounds)
N.C. State: 27.5 percent (8 offensive rebounds, 21 Syracuse defensive rebounds)
The Orange has an advantage in these raw numbers, as well as in second-chance points (11-7). But in the case of the former, the final possession certainly skews matters.
Take out that six-shot trip for the Orange, and it claimed 29.4 percent of the offensive rebounds available to it. Basically, in the course of play, Syracuse managed to do slightly better than the Wolfpack in this area until the final 25 seconds, and even then it couldn't cash in enough.
FT attempted / FG attempted
Syracuse: .527 (29 free throws attempted/55 field goals attempted)
N.C. State: .420 (21 free throws attempted/50 field goals attempted)
It was an unusually good day in this area for the Orange; its free-throw rate was its ninth-best this season and best single-game mark since the overtime defeat of Duke on Feb. 1. Syracuse also made its share of foul shots, besting N.C. State at the line 23-15.


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Odin C. Hanson, 93, Minot, died Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in a Minot hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Odin was born May 13, 1919, in Pelican Rapids, Minn., the son of Fridthjof and Calma (Kind) Hanson. He was raised and educated in Pelican Rapids. Growing up in Pelican Rapids he got his first job at the local grocery store because he could speak Norwegian. He entered into active duty service with the Army 135th, Regiment 34th Infantry Red Bull Division. He honorably served his country in North Africa and Italy and was awarded two Bronze Stars and a combat infantry badge.
Odin returned to Minnesota in 1945 and was united in marriage to Delores Schulz on June 17, 1946, at Moorhead, Minn. They moved to Minot in 1948, where he was employed with the Nabisco Co. as a salesman for more than 34 years, traveling the states of North Dakota and Montana.
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Odin was a member of Christ Lutheran Church, the Minot American Legion, Last Man's World War II Club of Minot, and was a lifetime member of the Pelican Rapids Veterans of Foreign Wars. His grandchildren and great-grandchildren were the apple of his eye, as he enjoyed spending time with them along with attending many of their activities. He loved family vacations and gatherings.
Odin's loving family includes: wife of 66 years, Delores; children, Kyle (Celeste) Hanson, Minot, Signe (Jim) Schmelzer, Rochester, Minn., Todd Hanson, Largo, Fla., Julie (Harry) Thrailkill, Minot; grandchildren, Danny (Tasha) Hanson, Adam and Maija Schmelzer, Jacob, Liam and Matthew Thrailkill; 10 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law, Warren Jensen, Canfield, Ohio; grandson-in-law, Todd Behm, Minot; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Odin was preceded in death by his parents; granddaughter, Chandie Hanson-Behm; and sister, Mae Jensen; and mother-in-law, Margaret Schulz.
Funeral service: Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, at 10:30 a.m. in Christ Lutheran Church, Minot.
Graveside service: Monday, Sept. 10, at 10:30 a.m. at Oak Grove Cemetery, Fergus Falls, Minn.
Visitation: Today, Sept. 7, from 3 to 7 p.m., in Thomas Family Funeral Home, Minot.
Memorials: Are preferred to Christ Lutheran Church, The Wounded Warriors Fund or an organization of the donor's choice.
Those wishing to sign the online memorial register or share memories are invited to use the expressions of sympathy section at (www.thomasfamilyfuneralhome.com)


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what smart ass comments do you refer to? unless you are very hungry right now do the MITAGS program where you'll get the full license fast...going to the GoM will only get you OSV restricted papers.
investing a little bit more up front yields greater returns later on besides, the Navy is paying for the school...correct?


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Emergency crews responded to a rollover accident about 7 this morning on Route 22 West between the 25th Street and Route 33 exits in Palmer Township, according to a Northampton County emergency dispatch supervisor.
Three vehicles were involved in the crash, but no one was taken to a hospital, the supervisor said. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reported a lane restriction.


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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - Alabama A&M defensive tackle Frank Kearse was selected by the Miami Dolphins Saturday in the NFL Draft.
Kearse, taken in the seventh round, was the 231st player taken in the draft.
A 6-foot-4, 315-pounder, Kearse was a second-team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference selection after managing 57 tackles, including 30 solos and 14 tackles for loss last season.
Kearse is the first A&M player taken in the draft since Johnny Baldwin was drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2007.
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DETROIT -- Baseball just announced the All-Star balloting details for 2007, and the ballot is now available online at mlb.com.
But if you want to vote for Curtis Granderson, you're going to have to write him in.
Here's the problem: With the All-Star Game in San Francisco this year, there's no room for a designated hitter on the AL ballot. That meant the Tigers had to list Gary Sheffield as an outfielder, and it meant that one of the starting outfielders had to be left off (each team is limited to three outfielders on the ballot). Magglio Ordonez was an obvious choice, and the Tigers chose Craig Monroe over Granderson for the final spot.
Balloting continues online until June 28, and ballots will be available at Comerica Park starting Sunday.
A few thoughts on other subjects:
1. Got e-mails right after the game today complaining that Jim Leyland took Jeremy Bonderman out of the game too early. Sorry, can't agree with you at all. Bonderman had thrown just 86 pitches, but pitch count isn't everything. He had to work harder in the seventh inning, the Tigers had just a two-run lead, and Leyland had Joel Zumaya and Todd Jones fresh. It was a no-brainer. And to the e-mailer who wanted Leyland to leave Zumaya in the game for the ninth, get serious. Jones has been as dependable as any closer in baseball since the middle of last season.
2. Thanks for all the kind words on the blog entry about Brian Bluhm, and kudos to Bill Emkow for getting the picture of Brian wearing his Virginia Tech sweatshirt and Tiger cap.
3. No, I don't expect any roster moves soon. First off, the Tigers believe they have the best healthy players here. Second, Leyland doesn't like early-season roster moves.
4. Yes, Mesa is struggling early on. But let's let this play out a little before we give up on him.


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This time of year, there is an array of sensational summer berries to choose from for this jelly and this recipe is just ideal for a super sleek summer soirée. Earlier this week, I chatted to Derryvilla Blueberry Farm who were celebrating the arrival of the first of their chop of new season Irish blueberries which are delicious in this recipe.
- 650 g fresh seasonal berry mix equal amounts of blueberries/ raspberries/ strawberries.
- 500 ml chilled cava.
- 100 g caster sugar.
- 4 tblsp gelatine powder
- 8-10 fresh mint leaves.
- 4 tblsp water
- Warm 100ml of Cava in a saucepan over a low heat, add in the caster sugar and mint leaves.
- Ensure the remainder of the Cava is kept in the fridge to cool for later.
- Place the pan off the heat, remove the mint leaves and allow the syrup to cool.
- While cooling, sponge the gelatine by bringing a small pan of water to a fast boil.
- While the water is boiling, place the gelatine and 4tbsp of water into a small bowl.
- Take the pan off the heat and place the bowl with gelatine over the boiled water to dissolve completely.
- Once completely dissolved, add the gelatine to the syrup and ensure the two are completely dissolved.
- Divide the freshly washed and hulled berries evenly into 6-8 medium Martini glasses filling half way.
- Pour the remaining very chilled Cava onto the cooled gelatine mixture.
- Gently pour this mixture into the Martini glasses. Note: If the Cava is not chilled, you will loose your fizz!
- Transfer the glasses to a fridge and leave for a a few hours until the jelly has set, I recommend overnight.
- Serve with some softly whipped cream or a dollop of Crème fraîche.
- Decorate with a few sprigs of mint or sweet Cicely.
- Place remaining syrup and fruit into a large dessert bowl and place in the fridge.
- This will keep for up to a week so you can enjoy your midweek movie with a nice serving of Cava jelly!
The gelatine in this recipe requires overnight cooling.


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If the state of New Jersey were a private employer, it wouldn't have a pension plan. The federal rules for private companies require that they either put enough money aside to fund their plans or shut the plans down.
Still, the reform plan Gov. Christie proposed Tuesday would be a huge improvement over the current situation - if he could somehow get it past the Legislature.
As this Star-Ledger story shows, Christie's plan would make a number of improvements in the current system:
For state and many school employees, Christie's proposal would not only undo a 9 percent increase granted in 2001 for many employees, it would go further and make pension savings less lucrative than before the increase, he said. He would also increase the retirement age to 65 and penalize workers who retire early.
Pensions are calculated using formulas that count how many years an employee has worked and the average salary over the final years of a career. The plan would increase the number of years included in that average from three to five for state workers and teachers, and one to three years for police and firefighters, he said. The plan would also eliminate automatic cost-of-living adjustments in pensions.
But once again, Christie is leading with what should be his compromise proposal. His one-time GOP primary opponent, former Assemblyman Rick Merkt, sent me the opinion piece below on how we really should be addressing the issue.
Merkt is just about the sole Republican to have any credibility on this issue. In 2001, he was the only legislator to vote against the 9 percent pension hike - which was pushed by the last Republican to serve as Governor, Don DiFrancesco, and supported by the same GOP establishment that gave the moderate Christie his primary win last year over his conservative opponents Merkt and Steve Lonegan.
Merkt describes what is really needed: treating the plan as if the public employers were private. At that point, the plan would have to be shut down and all workers put into defined-contribution plans - just as if they had real jobs in the private sector.
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"SNAFU" is an acronym coined to describe the messes that regularly occur in our armed forces due to stupidity. In printable form, it means "Situation Normal; All Fouled Up," a description that calls to mind the state of affairs in
these days. Trenton
Jerseyis going broke, to put it bluntly. Everyone "in the know," knows it. You would think that the state's dire financial straits would cause the politicians in charge to drop everything and focus on working together to save from financial collapse. But, incredibly, you would be wrong. Politics still trumps stark reality in New Jersey , at least for now. Trenton
The sad truth is,
's financial situation has gotten worse over the past eight months. The state's unfunded liability for public pensions, for example – officially pegged at $46 billion -- is way underestimated and growing due to both a wave of employee retirements and New Jersey 's "skipping" $3 billion in pension contributions in this year's budget. Trenton
Taking into account public pensions, state debt service payments, and health benefit costs for retired public employees, we, the people of
, are now on the hook for at least $170 billion in long-term state financial obligations – and the final number could be twice that. To put these numbers into context, the state's annual revenues are only about $28 billion, so even if we could spend every dime of state income paying off the long-term "nut," it would take us longer than six years. New Jersey
Such an obvious financial crisis should shake our state leaders out of their normal lethargy and inspire them to tackle the problem head-on, for fear of what a financial collapse could mean to the future of
. But what do we see instead? The usual partisan bickering and finger-pointing, combined with a near total lack of focus on what matters. This is leadership? Saints, preserve us! New Jersey
It's time for everyone in
Trenton– legislators and administration alike – to keep their eye on the ball: is going broke, and if they don't fix this, nothing else matters. Not the Ground Zero Mosque; not windmills offshore; not Xanadu; not ethics reform; not the Delaware River Port Authority; not Atlantic City; not dual office-holding; not the blown "Race to the Top" grant application; in fact, not any of the "issues of the week" that have distracted their attention in recent months. Folks: none of these issues means anything if our state goes belly-up, and that's where things are headed right now. New Jersey
How do we fix
's broken finances? Certainly not with the timid, half-measure "reforms" we have seen out of New Jersey so far this year. Anyone serious about saving Trenton from financial collapse needs to put forth a bold agenda that deals honestly with the fiscal realities of our time. Specific responses to each part of the problem may vary, yet they must all address the following fundamental issues: New Jersey
1) Accrual of further pension credit by all public employees must end now to keep the liability from getting any worse than it already is. What pension credit they have earned to date, they should keep, but, going forward, public retirement programs should be changed to 401(k)-style defined contribution programs that rescue taxpayers from open-ended liabilities;
2) All full-time public employees must be offered health insurance coverage that requires them to make contributions on a par with contributions paid by employees in the private sector;
3) The legislature and administration must commit to end all state-authorized long-term borrowing unless specifically authorized by the voters in a referendum, and this commitment must be embedded in the state constitution by amendment to prevent back-sliding by future legislatures and administrations; and
4) The legislature and administration must commit to spending no more in the annual state budget than the state's regularly-recurring revenues, ending a long-standing, unsound (and bipartisan) practice of using "one-shot" infusions of revenue to "balance" the state budget. This reform, too, needs to be embedded in the state constitution, based on a long history of abuses by elected officials.
These proposals will doubtless outrage nearly everyone in
, from legislators to administration officials to public employee labor unions, but these reforms – or something similar to them – are essential to give the state a plausible chance of working its way out of the present financial crisis. One thing, however, is unarguable: Trenton New Jerseycannot afford a SNAFU in any longer. Time is running out for everyone there to wake up and do the right thing. Trenton


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TUPPER LAKE - A local family is speaking out as part of a push to reform care for people with special needs in New York.
Tupper Lakers David and Joanne Dechene appeared in a video talking about their son, David Jr., and troubles he encountered with two employees of Sunmount Developmental Disabilities Services Office. He has been in state care for the last 30 years.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is using the video as one of three to advocate for legislation he proposed recently to establish a Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs, which he says would establish stronger standards and practices for protecting people with disabilities and special needs.
In the video, David Dechene tells the story of one caretaker his son had at a group home who would hit him on the top of the head with a heavy ring, then kick him in the shin when he recoiled.
Once that was reported, the employee was moved to another state facility rather than being let go.
"That was definitely a terrible, terrible thing, to have that fellow stay with the state," David Dechene said in the video.
After that, the Dechenes moved their son to a smaller group home when an opening became available. He fell in the shower one day, was knocked unconscious and had to be taken to Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake. After that, he wasn't supposed to be left alone, but three weeks later, David Dechene went to visit him and found him alone, naked in the bathroom. The caregiver was in another room talking on the phone and didn't even notice the father's entrance.
Dechene tried to talk about the incident at a group meeting in Saranac Lake, but he was told to leave the room "because I wasn't supposed to bring that up there."
After that, the employee was moved to another location in the same capacity.
Dechene said in the video that Sunmount employees often don't report incidents when they should.
"The people that worked with these people would not turn them in because they were afraid of their jobs," Dechene said in the video. "If a person turns another person in, they were shunned by everybody."
He tells the story of one woman who told him about what happened after she reported an incident: When she entered the break room the next day, all the other employees moved to the other side of the room.
"They're afraid, so they don't do it, so they've got to get some teeth into this program, so hopefully this is going to work," Dechene said.
Dechene and his wife volunteer at Sunmount, giving classes to new employees. As part of that, they ask employees to put themselves in the shoes of family members of people with special needs. That's how they caught the attention of the head of the state Office for People With Developmental Disabilities and were invited to Albany to be filmed giving a speech.
When reached for comment, Dechene said that overall in the 30 years his son has been in state care, the employees who have worked with him have been a 9.9 on a scale of 1 to 10. He also stressed that while both of the employees his son had problems with were transferred to other facilities after they were reported, neither works for the state now.
"I don't want people to think that my son is being abused now," Dechene said. "This is past.
"It happened and hopefully it won't happen to anybody else, and hopefully people won't take it as picking on anybody. I wasn't picking on anybody."
Cuomo is touting support for his legislation from more than 100 advocacy groups and numerous editorial boards at newspapers across the state. But some, including a whistleblower at Sunmount, have questioned whether it would have enough teeth to create real reform.
The whistleblowers, who say they lost or quit jobs after reporting staff abuses, told The Associated Press that telling higher-ups often meant complaints went nowhere and they themselves were investigated or transferred. They said Cuomo should get rid of an entire layer of administrators in the system who were responsible.
Susan McLaughlin, who was a consumer advocate for the former state Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, recalled a disabled client at the Sunmount facility in the Adirondacks who in 2004 had his fingernails cut so short that all his fingers bled. She wrote top agency officials in 2005, attempting to report 15 specific cases of illness, injury or death of disabled people in state care and what she described then as "systemic problems." She later sued after she was terminated following 35 years with the state.
"They should take the top third of the administration right off the top," McLaughlin said, adding she got many anonymous calls from direct-care staff who feared losing their jobs, so she would report it. "And you need to bring in new people with a different philosophy."


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With less than two months until the May 15 primary, Republican candidates continue the strong fundraising they started last year (âReversal of Fortune,â WW, Nov. 9, 2011).
From 2007, when Democrats took over the House, until last year, Democrats outraised Republicans about 2 to 1.
With the Oregon House currently deadlocked 30 to 30 and every seat up for grabs, much of the attention will be focused on that chamber rather than the Senate, but Republicans are showing strength raising campaign cash elsewhere as well.
In key statewide races, the Republicans all have an edge. While the race for labor commissioner is nonpartisan, the two candidates-—incumbent Brad Avakian, a Democrat, and state Sen. Bruce Starr (R-Hillsboro)—are closely identified with their respective parties.
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DELAWARE (www.incnow.tv) -- A college student in Delaware gave back $1,800 that an ATM accidentally gave him.
Devon Gluck, 21, is a senior studying finance at the University of Delaware. Last month he went to the PNC Bank teller machine at Trabant University Center to withdraw $40, when the machine apparently malfunctioned and spit out $1,800 instead.
Gluck told ABC News that it was the craziest thing that had ever happened to him and he didn't know how to react at first. He said his friends were telling him to keep the money but he knew he had to return it.
He called his father the following day for affirmation that he should in fact give it back. "I called him just to get that reassurance because he's been a big influence on my life," Gluck said.
Gluck's father laughed at the situation at first and then became more serious about the situation. He knew that a large sum of money going missing like that would no go unnoticed.
Gluck kept the money for 10 days because he said he needed to compose himself before he walked in the branch to give it back. The branch manager was surprised when he walked in with the money.
After the fact, Gluck had decided that it was likely another students money that had been at the ATM before him and he said the fact that it could be someone else's money was "eating away" at him.
Marcey Zwiebel, a spokeswoman for PNC Bank said that it had in fact come from another student's bank account and that the account has been refunded the money.
"I know where the money actually comes from. For me, it made a lot more sense to turn the money back in," Gluck said.
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LANSING, MI – A state House committee wants to take some of the carrots from Gov. Rick Snyder's incentive-driven education budget – including the offer of extra cash for academic improvement.
But schools might be asked to report enrollment more frequently, which could change how much aid heads their way during the course of a year.
The state House K-12 Appropriations subcommittee approved a plan that adds $72 million to Snyder's $12.7 billion recommendation, but turned back Democratic attempts to add money targeted lowering class sizes and assisting districts facing declining enrollment.
Snyder's plan, revealed last month, kept per-student state aid at last year's levels, but offered districts various ways to gain more money, including accepting a series of "best practices" and showing student growth.
The $154 million performance incentive would have offered $30 per student for gains in math and reading for grades 3 through 8, and $40 per student for improvement in high school grades in all subjects.
Chairman Bill Rogers, R-Brighton, said members weren't convinced that the Michigan Educational Assessment Program tests, which would have been used for the measure performance, are the best way to determine progress year over year.
Rogers said Michigan is looking to replace the tests entirely by spring of 2015, and said he'd rather invest in making sure schools could prepare for the new exams, which are part of a common core curriculum adopted by more than 30 states.
The House recommendation includes $75 million in competitive bids for districts to improve their technological infrastructure for the new exams, which are expected to be offered online.
The House also tinkers with Snyder's best practices. The governor's plan requires districts to meet five of six criteria, including participating in school choice, reporting academic gains to parents twice a year, offering dual enrollment and serving as the policy holder for health insurance.
The committee added two new practices: requiring districts to seek bids for non-instructional services and providing physical and health education.
Members also added a directive that that state study collecting student enrollment data, which is used to determine per-student state aid, eight times a year instead of the current two annual counts.
Rogers said districts have complained that they lose money for students who arrive into their systems after the fall headcounts.
But he said districts also hold on to money intended for students who have left after the counts. Adding tallies to adjust throughout the year would make for a more equitable resource distribution, he said.
"I've visited classrooms and watched the teachers type the attendance into the computer at the start of each class," he said. "The technology is there."
Most of the changes will be popular with educators, said Don Wotruba, deputy director of the Michigan Association of School Boards. Districts would get $93.5 million more to help with rising retirement costs and extend the assistance to intermediate school districts as well.
Reps. Jim Ananich, D-Flint, and Ellen Lipton, D-Huntington Woods, pushed for amendments – all defeated in party line votes – adding money for small class sizes, creating a $20 million fund to help districts with declining enrollment and restoring $2.8 million for bilingual programs.
Ananich also looked to protect state grants for two pre-college engineering programs, and Lipton also sought to cap the maximum charter school state aid at $7,580.
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(NAPSI)—Buying a video game the whole family can enjoy is not just fun and games. You may want to do your homework.
Whether you're buying a game as a gift or for your own family to enjoy, it's important to make informed decisions about which games are most suitable for younger players.
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• Check the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating on the front of every box to gauge age appropriateness, from E for Everyone to M for Mature. And don't forget to look at the content descriptors and other information on the back.
• Most games have rating summaries available at ESRB.org that provide further details and examples of the game's content.
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• Visit game review websites, which often have gameplay videos to help parents get a better feel for the content.
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NEWARK — Mayor Cory Booker named his top lawyer, Julien Neals, to be business administrator of New Jersey's biggest city as it prepares to cut jobs, raise taxes and sell firehouses to close an $83 million budget deficit.
Neals, 45, a Newark native and former chief judge of the city's municipal court, replaces Michael Greene, who has been acting administrator since Michelle Thomas left in May to join the Ferguson Group LLC, a Washington-based lobbying and consulting firm. The new position will be challenging, Neals said, though he's optimistic he can help right city finances.
"Just look at the economic forces and everything that's going on, not just here, but globally. It's daunting," Neals said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "Newark has gone through a lot of changes. It's survived a lot of different things over the years and it's got a lot to offer. It's like a great old house. Its bones are there."
Neals, who earned $154,056 in 2009, will be in charge of Newark's $605 million budget and head daily operations of the Department of Administration for Booker, a second-term Democrat. Booker's administration plans to raise property taxes 16 percent, sell 17 buildings and fire 517 workers today, including 167 police officers, to balance its budget. More non-uniformed personnel may be terminated later in the year, Neals said.
Newark, a city of 280,000 where one in four live at or below the federal poverty level, had its debt rating placed on review by Moody's Investors Service for a possible downgrade Aug. 13 because of the budget gap. Moody's said the review may affect $500 million in general-obligation debt, currently rated A2, its sixth-lowest level.
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• The Auditor: Thaw between Christie and the Chamber of Commerce
• Newark City Council reappoints Police Director McCarthy with minimum number of votes needed


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UBS Wealth Management Americas (WMA) reported record pretax profit, investedassets and operating income in its first quarter earnings, as it posted anotherstraight quarter of positive net new money.
The firm's army of 7,113 financial advisors–down by 24 from the fourth quarter –pulled in$2.1 billion in net new money during the quarter, up about 1percent from a year ago. FA productivity held steady at $1.03 million peradvisor, compared with $1.04 million in the fourth quarter. That's up 8percent from $961,000 a year ago.
The latest results sent a clear signal, according toBob McCann, CEO of UBS Group Americas.
"Our results demonstrate that WMA's strategy is working and that we areexecuting at the highest levels in our firm's history," McCanntold WealthManagement.com. "We postedanother solid quarter, with record pre-tax profit of $272 million and recordinvested assets of $987 million."
Invested assets per advisor, also a record, grew 2 percent to $139 million fromthe fourth quarter, surging 10 percent from a year ago.
The wealth management division reported operating income of $1.865 billion in the firstquarter, rising 1 percent from $1.851 billion in the fourth quarter and up 10 percent from the same period a year ago.
McCann said the firm's advisors "continue to be among the most productive inthe industry." UBS said the median asset base of its customers of $1 millionor more was higher than that of rivals Bank of America's Merrill Lynch.
One analyst said some of the latest numbers out of UBS WMA, including brokerproductivity, were strong.
"In a nutshell, there is amazing stability in these results," said AloisPirker, a brokerage industry analyst at Aite Group, referring to UBS WMA asfar back as 2009 when the firm was struggling to return to profitability.That same year McCann took the helm, pledging to revive the fortunes of thethen profit-starved brokerage house.
Still, Pirker notes that though net new money in the latest quarter for UBSWMA was solid, it was down some 43 percent from $4.9 billion in the fourthquarter. He also said much of this net new money in prior quarters reflected UBS WMA'sFA recruitment with big signing bonuses, rather than from organic growththat can boost the business. "Net new money is the fuel for the engine, ifyou will," he said.
That said, UBS appears to be getting a grip on itscost income ratio, Pirker said. That dropped to 86 percent last year after hitting 90percent in 2009. The Americas business is now targeting costs ratio of 75 to80 percent, UBS disclosed on Tuesday.
"The stability in FA headcount at UBS WMA is great and FA productivity isalso great," added Pirker.
McCann said he was "very proud" of the advisors at UBS. In hispresentation today to accompany the earnings results, McCann alsohighlighted growth in other parts of the brokerage. The mortgage business, forexample, had grown from balances of $100 million in 2009 to over $6 billionin the lastest quarter.
UBS AG, meanwhile, posted earnings that surprised expectations. Profit rose 7percent to $1.2 billion from $1.13 billion a year ago.


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New Orleans Pelicans power forward Anthony Davis has been encouraged by coach Monty Williams to take more of an active role in the Pelicans' offense this season. After two preseason games, Davis appears to have embraced the challenge. He's getting more shot opportunities and is delivering.
Davis, the 2012 No. 1 overall pick, has averaged 23 points after two preseason games. In Monday night's 94-92 victory against the Dallas Mavericks, he showed no hesitation to attack, making 11-of-19 shots on his way to a game-high 25 points. In Saturday's preseason opening 116-115 victory against the Houston Rockets, Davis scored 21 points on nine-of-16 shooting.
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Just how therapeutic can plant oils be? Catherine Turner speaks to three aromatherapists to find out >>>
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SPRINGFIELD – The city's unemployment rate fell slightly from 14.4 percent in January to 13.8 percent in February percent but remains stubbornly higher than the statewide and regional unemployment rate.
The February 2011 unemployment rate was still slightly higher than the 13.4 percent city unemployment recorded a year ago in February 2010, according to statistics released Tuesday by the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development and the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional data showed a clearer positive trend. Springfield and surrounding towns saw unemployment fall to 9.9 percent in February from 10.3 percent in January. The jobless rate was 10.4 percent in February 2010.
Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray said in a phone interview that he's happy to see a downward trend in unemployment in many areas of the state. He said state government is working on development projects in and around Springfield.
"We're not waiting for the phone to ring," he said. "We are seeking out those partnerships."
Employment, rather than unemployment, statistics were even more encouraging, said Rena Kottcamp, director of research for the state Division of Unemployment Assistance. Springfield and its surrounding towns gained 3,000 jobs from January to February, a 1.1 percent growth rate. Some of the growth was seasonal. But there were 1,400 new jobs in education and health care, as well as smaller gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, financial activities and miscellaneous services.
She said job gains often don't translate directly into falling unemployment. For one thing, jobs are counted where they are located and unemployed people are counted where they live.
People whose unemployment benefits have run out are counted as unemployed, Kottcamp said.
Also, the labor force in the region grew as more discouraged workers told government researchers they are looking for work again, Kottcamp said.
Local figures are not available, but statewide, the underemployment rate counting people who have stopped looking, people who are only marginally in the working world and people working part-time who would like to work full-time was 14.3 percent last year. That's nearly twice the state's current unadjusted unemployment rate of 8.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Michael D. Goodman, chairman of the public policy program at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth and a co-editor MassBenchmarks, a study of the state's economy, said people in low-paid jobs are more likely to disconnect from the work force if they don't see much hope. It's more likely to happen in places like Springfield where there are economic challenges.
That's why a growing work force is a good sign. More people see hope of getting a job.
Looking year over year, the region has gained 2,500 jobs, or about 1 percent. Kottcamp said that number includes an increase in manufacturing jobs that typically pay good wages and signal a strengthening economy.
"Year over year, that is respectable job-creation performance," said Goodman, pointing out that jobs grew by about 1 percent statewide over the past year. "Although it isn't much consolation to people who are unemployed."
He said Springfield's high unemployment points out the challenges the city faces when it comes to education and job training and making sure residents in poor neighborhoods have work readiness skills.
Hampshire County had 4.5 percent unemployment in February, down from 6.2 percent in January but higher than the 4.3 percent unemployment in February 2010.
Franklin County had 8.5 percent unemployment in February, down from 8.9 percent in January and from the 9.4 percent unemployment rate a year ago.
Statewide, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate was 8.7 percent in February and 8.9 percent in January. It was 9.3 percent a year ago in February 2010.
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SPRINGFIELD – The city's unemployment rate fell slightly from 14.4 percent in January to 13.8 percent in February percent but remains stubbornly higher than the statewide and regional unemployment rate.