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Stir It Up
Photograph by Zach DeSart
It's a type of dance. It's a figure skating move. It's a game for PalmOS. But, more importantly for us, "swizzle" is a family of cocktails, and those cocktails are so named for the stick that's used to stir them.
Yes, long before that tacky plastic stick showed up in your Mai Tai, bartenders in Martinique used twigs plucked from a species of tree native to the Caribbean to get their rum-based drinks nice and frosty. The authentic stick, also called a bois lele, is a dried woody stem with a whorl of branches at one end–and some hard core bartenders still use it. "The lele is the granddaddy," says Brooklyn-based tiki enthusiast Adam Kolesar. "Nothing beats the original."
Interesting point, coming from a man whose cocktail stirrer collection boasts about 100 wacky iterations. "These are what our mothers and fathers used as decorative pieces in highballs and other tall drinks–they're a real throwback to the cocktail culture of the 60s and the 70s," says Kolesar. He buys his objets for fun from estate sales–and we'll show you his collection soon here on The Feed. But first, Kolesar schools us on the value of a real swizzle stick as opposed to your average stirrer.
When to Use It
"Drinks are either stirred, shaken, or swizzled," says Kolesar. "Never the three shall meet in terms of what's proper." So don't get it twisted. You stir to chill and dilute the booze, but not add air. You shake to do all three of those things. Swizzling is unique in that the drink preparation calls for a tall, thin glass and then subtle agitation of the ingredients within that same glass, aerating the juices and combining them with the spirit(s). The method ensures a fast and even chill without disturbing the sunset-esque layers in that delicious Queen's Park Swizzle, to use a classic example. The frosted finish you'll get on the glass ain't too shabby, either.
How to Use It
Can you pat your head and rub your tummy at the same time? Then you can swizzle. First, use the stick like you're a cartoon caveman trying to start a fire. (What, you don't often find yourself stranded in the wilderness in need of warmth?) Rotate the root structure in the drink by rubbing it in between your palms. Then simultaneously move the device up and down, working it from the top to the bottom of the drink. You're swizzling! "It's a beautifully theatric thing to be seen done properly," says Kolesar. "It indicates an amount of care."
Where to Get One
For the real-deal lele, you can travel to the Caribbean. Or you can just go to cocktailkingdom.com and have one sent to your doorstep for $18. But we still vote for going to the Caribbean. —Julia Bainbridge


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By Pete McCarthy
A judge has ordered the woman who made claims of sexual harassment against Gloucester County officials to, along with her attorney, pay back more than $160,000 in legal fees.
On Friday, Superior Court Judge Michael Kassel made his ruling based on the filing of a "patently frivolous lawsuit" by former employee Diane Kirwan-Patterson, county attorney William Tambussi said.
"There was no basis for this," said Tambussi. "This was a political shakedown from day one and the court saw that to be the case."
In October 2006, a lawsuit was filed on behalf of Kirwan-Patterson by attorney Clifford Van Syoc. Kirwan-Patterson, who had been given a 32-day suspension by the county, claimed she was the victim of retaliation because she rebuffed sexual advances from county employees, including Freeholder Director Stephen Sweeney.
From the beginning, the county and the officials named in the lawsuit have fought the allegations. Over time, Judge Kassel dismissed the claims made by Kirwan-Patterson. Earlier this month, the remaining defendants were cleared of any wrongdoing.
The county has 20 days to submit a detailed breakdown of how much has spent defending this case, which through the end of June totaled nearly $160,000, Tambussi said.
A message left at Van Syoc's Cherry Hill office Friday afternoon asking for comment was not immediately returned.

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The first meeting of the new year of Our Lady of Lourdes CWL was held on Feb. 5, beginning with a short Annual Meeting, followed by the general meeting. The new executive was introduced: President, Bernadette Kellock; Organization, Dorothy Cox; Secretary, Alma Kyle; Treasurer, Betsy Keay; Spiritual, Paula Cassidy; Christian Family Life, Lauretta Landry; Community Life, Jean MacFarlane; Communications, Rose Moore.
Twenty-five members responded to roll call and two new members were welcomed.
Paula Cassidy and Marilyn Judge held a Valentine Prayer Service.
Alma Kyle read the correspondence including a letter from the Canadian Food for Children and a thank you note for a donation to the Friends of Honduran Children.
Seventy-nine members have paid their dues and will be sent to National.
Members served a ham dinner at the Shepherd's Lunch Room recently and a motion was passed to provide a meal twice a year.
New business included donations being sent to Save the Family Plan and Seminarians Annual Support.
CWL members will take part in the ministries at the 9 a.m. mass on March 2.
On March 6 members will lead in the Stations of the Cross.
World Day of Prayer will be held on March 7 at Christ the King Anglican Church in Stellarton.
Mass of Chrism will be held at Our Lady of Lourdes on April 14 and the CWL will host a reception following at the Museum of Industry.
The next meeting will be held on March 3.


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GLASSBORO — Glassboro High School invites eighth grade parents and students to an Open House on Tuesday, Nov. 15.
The overview of the Glassboro High School experience begins at 7 p.m. in the school gymnasium, 550 Joseph Bowe Blvd. Guests will see students involved in various activities and meet with teachers of all disciplines to discuss the freshman year curriculum.
Presentations will include information on the Glassboro High School Fine and Performing Arts Academy, a program geared toward gifted and talented student musicians, vocalists, artists and dancers offered in conjunction with Rowan University. Students accepted to the Academy take advanced coursework, earn college credits, and use practice and performance space at neighboring Rowan University. Interested families outside of Glassboro must file a Notice of Intent to their home district by Nov. 15.
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Re-elect this good team
West Maui is fortunate to have an effective legislative team in state Sen. Roz Baker and state Rep. Angus McKelvey.
Baker's 6th Senate District also encompasses South Maui so it benefits from her stature in the Legislature as well.
While McKelvey is unchallenged in the Aug. 9 Democratic primary, Baker will face newcomer Terez Amato.
Frankly, Baker would deserve re-election if she had never done anything else but secure the $130 million for the building of the new high school in South Maui. She has championed the project for over a decade. When attempts were made in the Legislature a couple of years ago to surreptitiously cut funding for the project, Sen. Baker rode to the rescue.
She is known as a stalwart for education and has been instrumental in securing funding for other schools on Maui, including UH-Maui College. With the challenges facing Maui Memorial Medical Center in the near future, her knowledge of the Hawaii Health Systems Corp. – and health care in general – should help our hospital find a long-term solution for its financial problems.
Baker and McKelvey worked together for years to get the long talked about Lahaina Bypass built. The first phases were completed last year, a project Gov. Neil Abercrombie recalled discussing as a state lawmaker in the 1970s.
Baker and McKelvey also know how to communicate. Their end-of-session talk stories with constituents are designed to keep voters informed.
In our newsroom, Baker and McKelvey are appreciated for being responsive. When our reporters call for their thoughts on pending bills or legislative actions, these two always call back. Again, they take seriously their responsibility to let the public know what the Legislature is doing.
So, we'd urge support for Sen. Baker in both the primary and general elections – and for Rep. McKelvey in the general election.
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My most cherished Austrian beer memory - ok, my only Austrian beer memory - came in Salzburg, city of Mozart and more than a few beer halls, one of which I spent an memorable evening in getting politely schnackered with three girls, one of whom I had a major crush on (if you're reading this, Lindy Franklin, contact me immediately!).
The highlight of our evening was absconding with our immense beer steins - minus the beer, I believe. I'm still not sure how we smuggled them out of there under the watchful eyes of the formidable-looking beer fraus, but to this day my stein holds a place of honor on my kitchen counter.
When Dan at Oak Tree Wine and Spirits suggested giving Original Hochzeitsbier von 1810 a try, I immediately flashed back to my night in Salzburg, and thought, why not. "To celebrate the royal couple's 200th anniversary,'' the label reads, and if you know who the royal couple is, you're a better person than I am. 200 years as a royal couple? That's impressive.
Original Hochzeitsbier has been described as a zwickel/marzen/keller hybrid, and its malty fruity aroma and sweet dry mineral creaminess may win you over, as it did me.
It's an autumnal/Oktoberfest beer that transitions well into winter - a hearty hoppy drinkable (6.3% ABV) brew from the Brauerei Hofstetten (hofstetten.at).
It'll bring back Munich - or Salzburg - on those chilly Jersey nights (like tonight). Now if I can only figure out how I smuggled that stein out of Salzburg, or exactly what I did - or didn't do - that night.


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Tres Hermanas Winery
Santa Barbara Wine Country, California
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Some days it seems impossible to get dinner on the table for a family of four. Now, imagine what it would be like if you had to multiply that number by 40.
"It really does take a village to keep us going," said Kathy Tobin, director of program development at Friends of the Homeless and former area television news anchor and director.
"We think of Springfield as a small community but we serve a very large need here. We are the largest emergency shelter outside of Boston for the whole state. We're not a soup kitchen, we're more than that, and we could not do what we do without an incredible team of people."
A small but dedicated staff and a crew of regular community volunteers to serve the hungry every day, three times a day.
The organization's dining hall is said to have never missed a meal since opening its new Worthington Street campus in June 2010. The kitchen is restaurant-licensed, not because it has to be but because organizers want to feed as many people as they can.
The menu changes regularly based on what comes in the door and how many are served each day at the hour-long breakfasts, lunches and dinners. An average of 160 meals is dished up at dinner with the bulk of the traffic served in 17 minutes. One January night, some 192 people were feed.
It is an efficient operation. Trucks, for example, from the Springfield-based Performance Food Group and Rachel's Table unload deliveries at the loading dock that leads right to the food store areas. Donations also come from Project Bread, the state's leading anti-hunger organization, and the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.
Breakfast preparation starts around 6 a.m. for service at 8 a.m.; lunch prep begins around 10:30 a.m., then dinner prep around 1:30 with that meal served at 4:30 p.m.
By 6:30 p.m., the kitchen is closed, cleaned and ready for another day.
This choreography happens in a space worthy of any top chef. It's a stark difference to the teeny "old kitchen up on the hill" with one stove.
The work area features all the standard commercial kitchen amenities plus a reach-in refrigerator, pass-through hot box, and heavy-duty grill and stove that are kept sparkling clean.
The steamer can make 360 hard-boiled eggs in 18 minutes and perfect potatoes for the often-requested homemade potato salad.
There is no deep fryer for health reasons, but there is hope for a stack-on convection oven to allow for more baking to be done at one time.
The priority of the nutrition and food service programs at is to take care of a high-risk population that is nutritionally-challenged and often struggling with health issues. Last year, a health initiative reinforced the decision to cut sugar and salt amounts by half.
For many of the people who come to dine, interacting with the staff and volunteers is the best part of their day.
"We look away from people in need, thinking it's the compassionate thing because we never know what to say or what to do," Tobin said.
"For the person who's homeless, that means they can go a whole day without anyone looking them in the eyes or addressing them as a real person or acknowledging that they're there and that they matter. We bring a smile and a hug along with the menu in the kitchen."
Recently, Ron Slate, an employee who gave up his lunch at Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, to service.
"This is my second time volunteering because there are a lot of people at work very interested to volunteer here each week," Slate said.
"It's eye-opening and everyone we meet is great. But not for a few details, that could be me on the other side. I'm happy to lend a hand."
To learn more about Friends of the Homeless, visit www.fohspringfield.org.
To donate money for a meal in the Dining Room, contact Kathy Tobin at (413) 732-3069, ext. 131. To volunteer to serve meals, contact Patrice Parke at call 413-732-3069, ext. 148.
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The following is a Friends of the Homeless recipe. One is a family version and the one that they use in their kitchen that serves 100.
Corn chowder
(Serves 8)
1/2 cup onions, small dice
1/4 cup green peppers, small dice
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
2 1/2 cups hot water
2 1/2 cups milk
1/2 pound potato, peeled small cubes
1 15 ounce can cream corn
1 15 ounce can whole kernel corn
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon parsley, dried
Directions: Sauté onions and peppers in butter until onions are transparent. Add flour to make roux. Add remaining ingredients and cook until potatoes are tender. Adjust seasoning to taste.
Corn chowder
Serves 100
4 pounds onions, small dice
2 pounds green peppers, small dice
1 pound butter
1 pound flour
2 gallons hot water
2 gallons milk
5 pounds potato, peeled small cubes
1 No. 10 can cream corn
1 No. 10 can whole kernel corn
2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon pepper
1 tablespoon parsley, dried
Directions: Sauté onions and peppers in butter until onions are transparent. Add flour to make roux. Add remaining ingredients and cook until potatoes are tender. Adjust seasoning to taste.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- While Mayor Bill de Blasio opted to leave his rain boots at home, his silver and bright green New Balance sneakers were the talk of the Travis Fourth of July parade.
The mayor paired khaki trousers with a blue and white pin-striped dress shirt. But it was the flashy sneakers, which sell for between $97 and $134 at online retailers, that had tongues wagging.
This was de Blasio's first Fourth of July parade as mayor, and he showed up just in time for the opening ceremonies.
Conversation quickly ensued between de Blasio and Borough President James Oddo as to whether the Travis parade, in its 104th year, is in fact the oldest in the country.
"There is a debate raging. This is one of the oldest Fourth of July parades in the United States of America. Some say the oldest, and that's something to be proud of," said de Blasio.
However, Oddo replied, "Let's straighten out something at the onset. This is the oldest Fourth of July parade in the history of this country."
De Blasio isn't the first New York City mayor to have his attire for the Travis parade critiqued by the public.
"I have been coming to this parade since 1992. We have endured heat, humidity, rain, and we even endured seeing former Mayor Mike Bloomberg march in shorts. Do you remember that one?" said Oddo.


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The Pennsylvania Game Commission's action against a Wilkes-Barre man who shot the largest bear killed in Pennsylvania this year could move the honor of biggest legally killed bruin n 2009 to Dauphin County.
If the commission's charges of illegally taking a 707-pound Wyoming County bear over bait hold up against Charles W. Olsen Jr., a 668-pound bear from northern Dauphin County could be the new top, legally harvested bear of the year.
That would bring an added note of distinction to Ed Bechtel, of Loyalton, who shot the huge male bruin at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in the area of State Game Lands 210 known as Greenland, which extends along Peters and Broad mountains from Tower City to Loyalton.
Bechtel, however, would view that as an added honor for the Swamp Hole Camp gang, just as he does the monster bear he bagged.
"This wasn't Ed Bechtel's bear. This was the gang's bear," he said, explaining that 21 members of the camp were involved in the drive that pushed the bear out of hiding for him to take his shot.
Bechtel added, "If I had to go by myself I wouldn't do it."
He even credits another member of the gang, Jeff Spicher, with causing him to even spot the bear.
Bechtel and Spicher were trailing along the edge of the line of drivers, serving as flankers for the drive, when Spicher motioned that he had heard something moving in the thick underbrush.
"It was behind me, but luckily I turned around," Bechtel said. Spicher's silent warning, he explained, "had me a little bit on alert," when the bear attempted to escape across a forest roadway.
He also credits Troy Lehman, a deputy wildlife conservation officer with the Game Commission, for helping the hunters to get the monstrous bear out of the isolated, wild area they were hunting.
Lehman drove to the site of the kill from his workplace in Millersburg to allow the hunters to use his pick-up truck to transport the animal.
"Even then, we had a difficult time just getting the bear up on the rack of the truck.," Bechtel said.
The gang, under the leadership of drive captain Bob Wise Jr., bagged another bear a day earlier, on the first day of the extended bear season, a 178-pounder shot by Ron Barge, of Elizabethville. They also pushed out a seven-point buck that Pat Marris, of Westminster, Md., downed.
They've also bagged numerous other Dauphin County bears in more than 20 years of drive-hunting as a group. However, Bechtel's bear is by far their largest.
Swamp Hole Camp's rule is that the hunter making the kill gets to keep the meat, but Bechtel plans to share much of it with the other members of the camp, noting "there's that much meat there."
The hide, skull, paws and other taxidermy parts of the bear were taken to Wessner's Taxidermy in Tower City. They're waiting for Bechtel to make decisions about what type of mount he wants.
"I never had anything mounted in my life, other than deer horns nailed on a board," he explained his delay. "But everyone says I have to get something done with it."
Although additional reports of large bears may yet filter into the commission, Bechtel's bear has a considerable margin over the other top bears legally harvested this year: a 655-pound male taken in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, by David S. Kohnow, of Morrisville, at 4:15 p.m. Nov. 24; a 654-pound male taken in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, by Terence J. Burkhardt, of Jim Thorpe, at 4:35 p.m., Nov. 23; a 654-pound male also taken in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, by Michael J. Wimmer Jr., of Jim Thorpe, at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 23; a 644-pound male taken in Todd Township, Fulton County, by Travis L. Crouse, of Chambersburg, at 9:06 a.m. Nov. 23; a 640-pound male taken in Barrett Township, Monroe County, by Howard G. Dietsch III, of Greentown, at 2 p.m. Nov. 25; a 621-pound male taken in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, by Albert G. Beisel, of Lackawaxen, at 11:25 a.m. Nov. 25; a 612-pound male taken in Brown Township, Lycoming County, by Lawrence T. Jagielski, of Reading, at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 24; a 610-pound male taken in Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, by David T. Frey, of Harrisburg, at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 23; and a 609-pound male taken in Allegheny Township, Somerset County, by Ted Pershun, of Fairhope, at 4:15 p.m. Nov. 18 (during the archery season for bear) with a crossbow.
Although their bears were quite a bit smaller than any of those monsters, father and son Dave and 14-year-old Nick Mrksic, of Enola, have the special memory of their first bears together on the same day, just 15 minutes or so apart.
They were standers for their driving gang of 20-25 hunters, on a mountain near Huntingdon at 11 a.m. Nov. 23, the first day of the regular bear hunting season, when a 125-pound, 2-year-old female bruin stepped from a thick patch of brush just a couple dozen yards in front of Nick.
"It all happened so fast, in just 30 seconds or so," he recalled, noting that only after he saw that he had dropped the bear did that "adrenaline rush" known as buck fever come over him. But when it did, "it stayed with me for a good while."
When Dave discovered that other hunters in the gang had shot at and maybe hit another bear in the same area but were not concerned with confirming a hit, kill or miss, he went in search of any evidence he could find.
He soon found a blood trail and followed it into a thick stand of laurel, where he spotted an injured bear struggling to rise among a tangle of fallen trees. Only after dispatching the animal did the senior Mrksic discover that it was a smaller bear than his sons.
Nick's bear had an additional distinct. It sported the ear tags of a nuisance bear. The Mrksic's later learned from the commission that it had been live-trapped and relocated from the Tyrone area.
The father and son plan to have shoulder mounts made from their bears. They will display them together in their home.
The gang from Central Pennsylvania hunting out of Bon-Con Camp in Brown Township, Lycoming County, also bagged their first bear this year, but even a shot at a bear was 42 years in the making.
It was a surprising outcome of a season that initially seemed to hold little promise.
"With only three members hunting bear this year, the odds weren't that good," said Mike Farling, of Hummelstown. "But as it turns out, they had their best bear year ever."
Joe Edmondson, of Piketown, got things started at 7:20 a.m. on the first day of the season, missing a young bear in thick laurel. His was the first opportunity in 42 years that a member of the camp had to take a shot at a bear.
About eight hours later, he returned to the same area with Farling and spotted a bear crossing a road about 160 yards away.
Farling, at age 50 the youngest member of the group, stalked along the road, eventually spotting the bear once again, about 80 yards across a small hollow. Dropping to one knee for stability, he snapped off one shot at the bear and then followed than with a second as the animal turned to flee.
While Edmondson guarded the bear, Farling retrieved additional help for the drag, camp owner Bill Strauss, of Harrisburg, from a different area, where he was on stand.
"Happy belated birthday, Dad," Farling said as he approached Strauss, whose birthday had come and gone a few days earlier and who no explained that "you're a couple days late, kid."
That's when Farling revealed the belated gift he had just secured for Strauss and the camp.


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"If you're in K through 4, you may not be going to James Clemons or Bob Jones (high schools), especially if you live on the west side," said Madison School Board member Ray White.
The school board president made his comments Tuesday night during a work session that reviewed growth projections delivered by Dennis James, director student services and safety. James showed slides pointing to overcrowding issues at Mill Creek and Columbia elementary schools next year, as well as space issues at Liberty Middle School and James Clemons, starting in in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
Rezoning isn't a pleasant topic for residents to deal with, James said, but it's a good problem to have because more people want to live in Madison. The district added 350 students each of the previous two years, he added.
The growth projections James shared come from a reliable researcher that came within 10 students of projecting the district's total student population of 9,299 this year. The study examined recent growth trends within the district, census data, new housing starts and proposed developments, he said.
Madison Schools Superintendent Dee Fowler said it's been four years since the district had to rezone, and that's a praiseworthy achievement considering the growth Madison - the fastest growing city in the state - has experienced since 2009.
"It sounds like full rezoning is the direction we're going," he said.
Any rezoning must first address space issues at Mill Creek, Fowler said, as the pre-K through sixth-grade school will exceed capacity by 103 students next year. Projections show the school with 1,003 students - the most district-wide - but the building was designed to handle 900. Mill Creek is right at capacity this year.
Projections also show Columbia Elementary over capacity by 23 students next year. It is at full capacity this year with 840 students.
With Madison's other five elementary schools under capacity, the district has space to handle 368 more students next year. Heritage Elementary would have most room to share being 170 students under capacity, followed by Rainbow Elementary with 164 students and then West Madison Elementary with 149 students under capacity.
James said the district can use rezoning to shift student populations for the next three years, but the district's seven elementary schools will be over capacity starting in 2016.
Fowler said it would take about three years to build a new elementary school at the earliest, but money's not available to jump on that solution at this time.
Board member Connie Spears said Horizon has space for expansion and could handle another 250 to 270 students if enlarged to the same size as Heritage, which has the same layout.
Fowler said such an expansion could possibly buy the district five more years before it would exceed capacity.
Board member Dr. Terri Johnson said even if the district currently lacks money to build a new elementary school, she would like to identify its location so it could be worked into the rezoning plan.
As for whether Madison needs to start thinking about a third high school, Fowler said growth consultants advised him to start planning one while the school board was still mulling the idea of adding James Clemons.
White added that the idea of a third high school seems far-fetched since James Clemons just opened this fall, but much of the community was skeptical that Madison needed a second high school just a couple years ago.
Projections show James Clemons and Bob Jones reaching capacity at 2,000 students each in seven years. James Clemons would exceed capacity in 2020 and 2021, while Bob Jones would remain slightly under capacity.
For middle schools, Discovery, built for 1,200 students, will remain around 800 students through 2021-22, according to projections. Liberty, however, built for 1,000 students, would increase from slightly fewer than 800 students this year to more than 1,000 in 2018 and continue slight growth through 2022.
Fowler said the district will set up a rezoning committee that includes members of the community to make recommendations on redrawing school district lines.


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Editor's note: This is the first of three excerpts from David Crosby's book "Your Pain is Changing You: Discover the Power of a Godly Response" (New Hope Publishers, NewHopeDigital.com, Birmingham, Ala., 2014).
Crosby is pastor of First Baptist New Orleans, 5290 Canal Blvd., in New Orleans. The essays in his book explore his experiences with pain and loss both in his own life and in the lives of others. The second and third excerpts deal with a freak accident that nearly took the life of his grandson. They will be published Saturday, June 14, and Saturday, June 21.
Special note: Crosby will be available for a live chat to discuss his experiences and why he wrote this book on Monday, June 16, at noon at NOLA.com/books.
His big brother characterized him as "a professional thief," which seemed to clear up some questions about why this boy was inside someone else's yard when the gate was locked. It was past midnight, after all—and who climbs over the fence that time of night intending to do you good?
The homeowner later tried to explain that he was simply protecting his wife and child. New Orleans has the highest homicide rate in the nation year by year. Many people, criminal and non, own weapons for that very reason. This young father appeared to be, like so many, frightened that one day the terror outside his gate would creep inside.
According to reports, the would-be thief "made a move," and the father discharged his weapon, striking the intruder in the head..
And that was that—another teenage boy hit the ground in a city that hears and sees them fall every day.
I read the long account in The Times-Picayune start to finish and shook my head as I slowly lowered the newspaper and rested my hands on the kitchen table.
By David Crosby, pastor,
First Baptist Church,
New Orleans
Two murders from my days as a reporter in New Orleans came to mind as I laid down the newspaper and removed my reading glasses. The first homicide I covered for the newspaper happened in front of the Hyatt Regency next to the Superdome. I arrived at the scene just after the police and found a body sprawled in the gutter, a pool of blood around his head. He was a history professor from New Jersey. The shooter was a 14-year-old who demanded his wallet. The shooter went to prison for three decades.
The second murder that came to mind is one that perpetually rests just on the surface of my subconscious since the day I saw the crime scene. The seminary where I lived with my wife and children and where I was training to be a pastor was only a couple of miles north of the address they handed me as I left the newsroom that night.
I arrived this time with a crowd already gathered up and down the street. I pulled out my badge to make sure it was visible and walked on the very crown of the road toward the commotion two blocks away. Single-story shotgun houses and doubles with camelbacks, all narrow and deep, crowded the sidewalks on both sides. The body was spread-eagled in a tiny yard under the glow of a single noisy streetlight just tripped on by the gathering darkness.
This victim, a 14-year-old boy, was lying as he died with his face in the grass, feet toward the street, shoe soles up, legs apart, his arms twisted slightly and stretched out both ways. A New Orleans Police Department officer in uniform was going through the boy's pockets but not yet moving the body.
Satisfied that he had emptied the contents of his pockets, the officer stood up slowly, turned, and walked across the street near where I was standing. A woman beside me was wailing in anguish. She was propped upright by unknown persons supporting her elbows and shoulders. She would surely have collapsed without them. The officer indicated that he wanted to give her the pockets' contents. She cupped her trembling hands in front of her, and the officer poured a few coins and trinkets into them.
Her knees buckled, and her weight sagged on the arms of those who held her. She threw back her face and looked to heaven and cried, "My son! My son!" The words echoed up and down the street and shocked it into silence.
Officers loaded the body in the coroner's wagon near where the woman stood, and it motored away, leaving her standing in the street weeping, still propped up by her neighbors. I learned later that she was a widow. The victim, who was playing football in the street with his buddies, was shot in the back with a 22-gauge rifle by a man sitting on his porch. He was his mother's only child.
I tell people, even the editorial staff at the newspaper, that I came back to New Orleans as a pastor to spread the good news, not the bad news. I prefer my new assignment, sharing the good news amidst the troubles and trials of urban life. I tell the church members that I want them to "shine like stars in the universe" (Philippians 2:15 NIV) as they hold forth the Word of life.
These teenage boys, killing and being killed, trouble my sleep and my sermons. We work every day to make a difference in their lives. The leading cause of death among them is murder. They live in a world that I have never lived in and cannot even imagine. I tell them about Christ Jesus and His love. I baptize them. I see them in prison and attend their funerals.
A young man was gunned down in Central City. His body was riddled with bullets. Family members and friends were holding a repast (life celebration) for him at Taylor Playground, a public park where we were conducting worship services outdoors and feeding people and teaching children.
Our church took a busload of children to the park that evening. They arrived to find it full of people in matching t-shirts with the dead man's picture emblazoned on the front and the name of his gang on each sleeve. Instead of dates for "birth" and "death" the t-shirts read, "Thugged in" and "Thugged out" with his birthday and death day etched beside this startling nomenclature. Those are some mighty discouraging parentheses for time on the planet.
Do we who identify ourselves with the name of Jesus really have good news for people who truly feel—and maybe are—"thugged in" and "thugged out" of this world? We believe so, but those who are thugged in and out only stop to listen when they see that we have "skin in the game." It is a harsh and frightening daily existence for them, a struggle to survive, and easy platitudes mean nothing. Their mothers pray that they will make it to graduation without getting shot and that they will do well enough in school to go to college and get out of the line of fire.
More about David Crosby
Crosby has been senior pastor of First Baptist New Orleans since 1996. He graduated from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1981. During his seminary tenure, he was a general assignment reporter for the city desk of The Times-Picayune. He earned a doctorate at Baylor University in Ethics and Church-State Studies in 1989.
He has been married to Janet Rose Hamilton since 1972. They have three children and eight grandchildren.
He was founder and president of the Baptist Crossroads Project, which built 91 homes in the Upper Ninth Ward in a partnership with Habitat for Humanity. CrossroadsNOLA, is the new name, and it is now focused on addressing the needs of foster children in the region.
Crosby is a member of the board of New Orleans Baptist Ministries, which operates a shelter for women and children called Baptist Friendship House, and has built a medical clinic in the Lower Ninth Ward, which just opened in May.
He has previously published books, "First Principles: Basics of Biblical Faith" and "You Excel Them All" (both published by Dove International Press / Pelican Publishing, 2010).


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Former Jefferson County Commissioner and Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford argues he should get a new trial on public corruption charges in a brief to a federal appeals court filed today.
Langford's conviction should be reversed, mail fraud counts against him dismissed for insufficient evidence, and the remaining charges sent back for a new trial, Michael V. Rasmussen, attorney for Langford, writes in the brief filed with the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
U.S. District Judge Scott Coogler in March sentenced Langford to 15 years in prison after a jury convicted him in October on 60 counts that include bribery, fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. Langford was convicted of accepting cash and expensive clothes and jewelry from investment banker Bill Blount, with lobbyist Al LaPierre as intermediary, in exchange for Langford steering county bond business to Blount's Montgomery firm.
Langford, who was convicted of taking an estimated $235,000 in bribes while on the county commission, was ordered to pay $119,985 in back taxes and forfeit $241,843.
Langford reported to prison in April.
In today's brief Rasmussen summarized four issues in the brief for his appeal.
Those were whether: the court erred in admitting and excluding evidence; the bribery law requires a specific quid pro quo; there was sufficient evidence to find that Langford made any false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises within the meaning of the mail and fraud laws; and the pretrial publicity, the answers by the jury pool, and prosecutors' conduct in introducing and emphasizing prejudicial and irrelevant evidence linked to publicity surrounding the case required a change of venue.
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In 1995, my wife and I moved to Maple Corner in Calais, VT, and found a cool little house to rent. We had been traveling and the prospect of having more than 80 square feet of living space was really exciting. Our plan was to get to know the local area, work on a few farms to get a feel for some different models, and then find our own piece of property to begin our own farm. That winter we met this guy who had also just moved to Calais, to a place called Gospel Hollow. He had plans to start a seed farm with some seeds he had grown in Pennsylvania. He wanted to start a company that would some day serve the needs of organic farmers and gardeners. We had lots to talk about and became good friends.
During that first summer, Tom had a few workshops at his house, and I remember feeling like there was more going on than could possibly be contained on his small piece of land. The energy that he brought to what he was doing was just too big, and it was kind of contagious.
There were different kinds of plants everywhere you looked, in various states of maturity; the place was just wild. Having been groomed on small vegetable farms where this kind of chaos would have never worked, it was a bit of a head scratcher for me. At one point someone asked why there were sunflowers all over the place. Was it for pollination? Did it attract good bugs? Tom stopped what he was doing, looked him right in the eye and said, "They're soul food."
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I still have a few High Mowing packets of beans from then that were hand-labeled with a yellow marker back in the day, and they are special to me. I think back to Tom writing on each of the packets that went out the door, and I have to smile. They represent the start of something pretty amazing.
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Fellow retired firefighter Mike Barone remembers, "...the smell of death all over the place. It was God awful."
Now, Barone, 70, is also a tour guide at the spot that changed his life forever.
Whoever said time heals all wounds probably hasn't taken the Tribute WTC Visitor Center's guided tour of 9/11.
If they had, Bill Spade, Mike Barone, and the rest of the volunteer tour guides — firefighters, police officers, lower Manhattan residents, recovery workers and volunteers who assisted in recovery efforts, not to mention family members of those who perished — would let them know that therapy for anybody who experienced 9/11 firsthand is an ongoing proposition.
"I was still holding onto anger over what happened," Barone says, sitting in the kitchen of his Great Kills home.
"But I've had people crying and hugging me after giving a tour. It's good for me to get that feedback."
Most of the visitors are tourists. Barone estimates "60 to 70 percent" are foreigners. First thing they want to see when they hit New York is the site of the most devastating attacks on this country's soil in history.
And who better to give a guided tour of Ground Zero than the people who were actually there?
"My story is compelling," Barone says, "and people appreciate it."
Barone, a lieutenant who had spent time at Port Richmond's Ladder 80 and at Rescue 5 when he retired in 1996, was on his way to New Jersey to play golf with three other retired firefighters when he got a call that a plane had hit the World Trade Center.
His daughter, Diane, worked at the World Financial Center at the time, and his other daughter, Michelle, worked near Wall Street. When Barone heard both had made it to safety, he drove home, grabbed his helmet and gear out of his basement, and took off for Rescue 5 to give his comrades another set of hands at a triage center set up at the St. George Ferry Terminal.
"Hundreds of other firefighters, off-duty and retired, were doing the same thing," Barone says.
But there were no victims at the ferry terminal.
"So we abandoned that," Barone says, "We felt the only way to satisfy ourselves was to go to the site. We got there two hours after [both buildings] collapsed."
What they found was black smoke hanging over a mountain of destruction, body parts, and bodies, including a pair of corpses "intertwined." Four days later, Barone and the rescue crew pulled one of the few bodies recovered fully intact out of the rubble.
"I was proud and grateful to take somebody out of this mess and give it back to the family," Barone says.
Barone admits he still gets choked up when he tells his story during the tour. But he does allow for some levity by picking a name from the Memorial Wall outside the famed Engine 10/Ladder 10 "Ten House" next to the Tribute WTC Visitor's Center Museum, usually a firefighter Barone knew personally, "and tell them what I know about that person, try to give them a voice."
For instance, Jeffrey Giordano, who worked with Barone at Ladder 3 in Manhattan, made chili so hot, "I could feel the beads of sweat pouring out," Barone recalls, "and then he added Tabasco sauce."
"It makes it personal," Barone's wife Rosemary says of the anecdotes her husband and his fellow Ground Zero guides deliver during the tours. "They're not just reading a story. Now you're getting a personal account of how it affected human beings."
No survivors were affected more than Spade.
Working out of Rescue 5 that morning, Spade was racing his Tactical Support 2 truck into lower Manhattan while the rest of his guys from Concord's Rescue 5 was answering a call at Bayley Seton Hospital.
"I got a call from an off-duty firefighter from Rescue 5. He said to me, 'I just saw a plane hit the Trade Center,'" Spade recalls.
"I responded by getting onto the highway. It was a clear, beautiful day. I could see the towers with smoke coming from the top so I knew there was something to the call."
Spade had a 2-month-old son, John, home at the time, along with his 6-year-old boy Billy and his wife, Cynthia. He was thinking about his family as he was about to enter the Battery Tunnel when he looked up and saw a plane flying low down the Hudson River.
The planed circled, then it crashed into the South Tower in a fiery explosion. "I knew at that point that it was no accident," Spade says. "My first words to myself were, 'How are we gonna put this out?'"
When Spade arrived, he immediately went to Tower 1 and began guiding people coming out of the staircase, telling them to stay calm and giving them directions out of the building.
With one flight to go, "we heard a loud noise," Spade says, "like eight subway cars pulling in with the brakes squealing."
As debris rained down, Spade and a police officer barely got people out the front doors when "we heard it coming down on top of us."
Spade was thrown 40 feet in the air before he smacked against a wall and "hit on the side of my face. I thought I lost an eye."
After a couple of failed attempts to get out through a small opening, Spade put his head under a desk for cover.
"I said goodbye to my wife and to my kids. To my newborn son, I said, 'You'll never know your dad.'"
But, little Johnny Spade is getting to know his dad today because after about an hour, Bill Spade found a bigger opening and jumped out onto a debris pile with the sun shining through the smoke.
"We made it out of the staircase," says Spade, the only firefighter of 12 from Rescue 5 who survived 9/11.
"That staircase is now known as 'Survivor Staircase,'" he says.
Survivor Staircase, like Bill Spade, still stands. And, like Bill, it's part of the Tribute WTC Visitor's Center tour.
It's also a big part of Spade's ongoing therapy to come to grips with 9/11. "We have a common bond that day," Spade says of the people who take his tours. "The people are all nice. There is a mutual connection. If it wasn't for us giving the tours, they would look into a hole, and they'd have nothing to go back with. The person-to-person account we give gives them a little something to take back, and a little understanding."
Revisiting Ground Zero and being able to educate people about that tragic day also offers peace of mind.
"September is a little like Thanksgiving to me now," Spade says. "When those towers came down the only thing I thought about was my wife and two kids. Now, you think what's important to you, and that's the wife and kids. Family vacations are important now.
"I am grateful for every day that I wake up. And when I put my head on my pillow, I say thank you for another day."


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HALIFAX — Three young Halifax-area men accused of kidnapping another teenager and making him attempt a break-in and a robbery have been released on bail.
Brandon Charles Murphy and Nicholas Tyler White, both 18, and 19-year-old Brandon Lee Burneau appeared in Dartmouth provincial court Thursday for bail hearings.
The Crown consented to each man's release on a $25,000 recognizance secured by real estate belonging to relatives, while each suspect will be on house arrest while they await trial.
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Charlotte, N.C. (October 31, 2013) – Johnson C. Smith University announced today a 15-point plan of saving measures to ensure the continuing financial stability of the university while addressing the growing needs of its students for financial assistance. The plan will position the university for the future by controlling expenses and solidifying its financial foundation.
Johnson C. Smith University's families have been impacted by factors such as unemployment, changes or shutdowns in government programs and the elimination of social and economic safety nets. "A day does not pass when a parent or student doesn't plead for the university to assist with some gap funding," said JCSU President Ronald L. Carter.
Nearly 85 percent of JCSU students rely on federal assistance such as the Pell Grant and the Parent PLUS Loan, Carter said. "We must remain true to our mission by doing everything possible to find additional funds for them," he said. "I'm delighted that The Duke Endowment gave $2.5 million to address this critical need. However, much more is needed to address this problem completely. Therefore, the administration and Board of Trustees have undertaken rightsizing measures that will allow us to assist students and families now while raising gap scholarship funds."
The rightsizing measures include freezing or eliminating vacant staff positions, strengthening the platform used to purchase goods and services, conducting a feasibility study to identify additional opportunities for outsourcing, implementing an unpaid furlough for staff, and a layoff of 21 employees. "Within today's increasingly competitive higher education arena and the contradictory decisions from the U.S. Department of Education, we must focus on what we can control to maximize our financial position," said Carter.
Carter said it was a difficult decision to lay off employees. "Making the decision to reduce the workforce was not an easy one, and it was not our first option," said Carter. "We will offer support services, including career counseling to assist with their transition."
Carter said he was particularly moved by the selflessness of an employee after she was told about her lay off. "I will never forget that she said, 'if losing my job will allow the university to keep even one student in school, then this is the right thing to do.'"
Since the start of the Great Recession in 2007, troubling events on the higher education landscape continue to threaten many private, independent colleges and universities. The nation's 104 remaining historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including JCSU, have been particularly impacted by these events.
A major contributing factor to the hardship for parents and students is the change in requirements for the Parent PLUS Loan administered by the U.S. Department of Education. Because HBCUs serve greater numbers of disadvantaged students, tighter underwriting standards in the Parent PLUS Loan program have had a disproportionate impact.
At JCSU, 1,801 students enrolled during the 2012-2013 year. Nearly 300 of those students were unable to bridge the gap between their financial aid package and the cost of tuition. As a short term response, the University substantially increased institutional aid in the form of tuition discounting to retain about 180 of these students. The remaining 120 students were forced to defer their dreams of a college education and returned home. To offset the impact of the Parent PLUS Loan Program changes, the University's discount allocation for 2012-2013 jumped to $6,560,000 as compared to $4,950,405 in 2011-2012, and $3,411,172 a year earlier.
"These are proactive measures to keep us away from financial trouble while promoting a focused approach to enrollment growth," said Carter. "We have the full support of our Board of Trustees, foundations, corporations and generous donors as we continue our forward trajectory as a 21st century urban university at its growing edge. I feel confident that the steps we are taking today will place the university on stronger footing in the future to assist our students in closing the gap of their financial obligations to the university."
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PALMER - The Palmer Public Library is reducing its hours effective July 1, as a result of a $25,000 cut to its fiscal 2012 budget.
Like in past years, the North Main Street library will be closed on Saturdays during July and August, but also is changing its hours for Mondays and Fridays.
Now, the library is open noon to 8 p.m. on Mondays, and that's changing to 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Fridays, the library will close at 2 p.m. instead of 5 p.m. Hours will remain 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesdays through Thursdays.
While Saturday hours are expected to resume in September, after Labor Day, the changes to Mondays and Fridays will remain in effect, according to Library Director Nancy E. Menard.
Menard said the $25,000 represents a 3.5 percent cut to the budget, leaving the library with $660,990 to operate in the fiscal year starting July 1. Last year's appropriation was $684,965. Over the last three years, she said the library has been cut $77,000.
"We have no other choice, unfortunately," Menard said. "We do not want to be reducing hours. We find our usage of the library has been increasing."
She said they have been seeing an influx of patrons from Monson, as the library in that town is closed indefinitely due to tornado damage.
Menard said her staff is helping Monson students with their summer reading lists, and also is taking donations to benefit the Monson Free Library. Money from overdue fines also will go to the Monson Free Library. Both initiatives will last until July 31.
Menard noted that the library is not the only department whose budget has been cut during these difficult fiscal times. She added that it also is losing a part-time library assistant position, representing $12,000, who works 18.5 hours a week. There are 11 full-timers, including Menard. After July 1, she will have only one part-time position, a page.
She said the library recently kicked off its summer reading program, "One World, Many Stories," and has done its best "not to impact" programs it has offered in the past.


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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a crash of an ultralight aircraft Tuesday evening at Tobias Airfield in Halifax Township, Dauphin County.
A Lykens state police spokeswoman said the crash happened at 8:42 p.m., but didn't have further information. An FAA spokesman said the investigation is under way, but that details were not yet available.


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In my last post, I talked about my motivations for keeping this blog, one of which was improving my writing and helping myself get better at thinking about things more clearly. I also said that I want to get better at using it to start conversations.
In aid of that, then, is there anyone who'd be interested in participating in a writing exchange of sorts? The idea is that we exchange pieces of writing from time to time, then critique them with one another either in person, via Skype, chat, or whatever. Ideally, I'm looking for someone who's open-minded, honest, is genuinely trying to improve their own writing, has diverse interests, and thinks they can be both firm and thoughtful in their critique.
I always find it easier to get motivated about things when I'm working with someone else, and I sometimes wonder if the essentially solitary aspect of writing is one of the reasons I sometimes find it so hard!
I guess I'm looking for ways that blog-keeping and writing can become more social.
This week, I decided to make sure that Sunday was a day where I wouldn't have to do any work so that I could actually relax.
Normally, I'm really bad at relaxing. I'll spend most days stressing about work, and this saps my motivation such that I get less work done. In turn, I stress more, and my motivation lowers even further. And so on. This is neither pleasant nor productive, and is one of the central stupid things about the way in which I function. So, I'm trying to change it.
The plan is to take one day a week where I don't stress about work. What's important is not that I don't work, but that I don't feel I have to work. Nor is it even specific to work – I want it to be a day where I don't feel I have to do anything – where "I just don't feel like it" is a valid excuse.
The idea is that, by doing this, I'll be less stressed through the rest of the week, have a little time for reflection, and generally be happier and more motivated. It's really just the third (or fourth) commandment taken as practical advice – "Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy".
This morning, then, I woke up, had breakfast, listened to music for a while, and generally just chilled out. But then, something interesting happened – I thought to myself, "Y'know, maybe I might just read that paper I've been avoiding", then ended up reading it through thoroughly, taking notes and everything. By way of contrast, during every previous attempt to read it, my mind was constantly looking for a way out, and no distraction was too small. Today, though, it didn't even feel like work.
The conclusion I want draw, then, is that, for me at least, motivation has a lot to do with choice. If I choose to do something without coercion, then I feel better about it, do better at it, and generally get it done faster. I've heard this idea before and I vaguely recall seeing it mentioned in a paper on motivational theory I read a while back, but I've never seriously applied it to myself before.
So, for the next month or so, I'm going to try to treat Sunday as my own personal holy day, even though I'm not religious.
As an aside, I wonder if this is partly why I find task lists so useful for motivating myself. That is, I wonder if part of their value is the fact that they with choices of what task I should do, improving my sense of ownership over the decision to do them, and therefore my motivation.


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A release from the Beavers:
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – Oregon State freshman starter Andrew Moore has earned the Pac-12 Conference's Pitcher of the Week honor for the first time in his career, the league announced Monday.
Moore was dominant in a two-hit shutout of then-No. 10 Oregon on Saturday in Eugene. Making the first start of his collegiate career in his hometown, he held the Ducks to a fourth-inning double and sixth-inning single for his Pac-12 leading 11th win of the year. The win also broke Sam Gaviglio's OSU freshman record of 10 wins in 2009.
The Eugene native, who is one of 22 players up for the College Baseball Hall of Fame's Pitcher of the Year honor, allowed Oregon to place just two runners on third. He needed only 93 pitches in the complete-game effort.
The shutout was the second of the season for Moore, who lowered his season earned run average to 1.34 and 1.58 in conference play. He has seven of his 11 wins in league play, with the shutouts occurring against California and Oregon.
Moore has been dominant as of late, winning his last six starts after posting a save in the second game of the series in San Diego. In his last seven starts, Moore has given up seven earned runs in 51 1/3 innings for an ERA of 1.23.
The honor is the sixth weekly award of the season for the Beavers, who have also seen Matt Boyd named Pitcher of the Week twice. Michael Conforto has been named Player of the Week twice while Tyler Smith earned the honor March 12.
Oregon State and Oregon compete again Tuesday in a 5:35 p.m. PT game at Goss Stadium in Corvallis. The game is considered a non-conference tilt and will not count toward the Pac-12 standings.


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Very hot and humid conditions continue today and only ease a bit on Thursday. High pressure residing over the Western Atlantic is pumping in very warm and humid air and hence a Heat Advisory is issued for the immediate metro area from Noon until 7 p.m. for heat index values "feels like" temperatures near 105°.A look at the heat advisory in effect.
At the same time, a cold front and associated upper level energy is making slow but steady progress along a line from Lake Erie southwestward to Missouri. So the heat and humidity will persist and chances scattered heavy thunderstorms will slowly increase for the next couple of days. All the while, we will be monitoring Tropical Storm Arthur now located about 100 miles ESE of Cape Canaveral, FL with top winds of 69 mph. The Outer Banks could have significant effects from Arthur by early Friday morning. Have a great day!
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and many happy returns to you and your son!!
Congrats mama!!
and many happy returns to you and your son!!
Moma to *Silas* 10-30-07
Congrats! We are just a week or so behind and I'm so looking forward to being here again. It's an honor to be among the other awesome mothers who breastfeed beyond one!
Happy Birthday little man!
Mother - Wife - Artist - Cook - Writer - EnvironMENTAList - Cloth Diaperer (but we are soooo done with diapers) - Organic Health Nut...I'm sure there's more.
DD1 - 12/15/05 Breastfed for 16.5 months
DD2 - 8/6/07 Breastfed for 3 whole years and 3 little, extra days.
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Married to my Sugar Daddy
Mom to Matt (5/14/97)
James (11/8/06)
Kelly Anne (3/14/08)
Paul (3/11/10)
Congratulations...that is a wonderful accomplishment!
Happy Birthday Little One!
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My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard. ~David Allen
to LO and congrats to you mom... keep up the good work!
wife , mom, maid , cook , taxi. All in a days work
Good job mama! Congrats and to both of you!!
Wife to my best friend and mommy to our sweet little man born 4/07!
Still 'ing and loving life! We cloth!
Congrats! Isn't the best feeling! I know it feels like *success* for me! Happy Birthday, too!!
Mama to my Rubies
And my Christmas Eve baby
I will carry you all my life
And I will praise the one who's chosen me to carry you
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. *Helen Kellar*
Way to go Mama!
Mommy to Maxwell 10-9-07 weaned with love (a party and a remote control monster truck) on his 4th birthday
My Boy 3-16-10
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aw thanks everyone! your congrats made me all teary. It is so great to be a mama, and it is even better when you can share the experiences with other people too.


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Dimitry and Rita Karpov spent a weekend with friends in Chicago in 2005 and were headed home to Mayfield Heights when traffic slowed to a crawl on a stretch of the Indiana Toll Road.
As the Karpovs and the drivers in front of them hit their brakes, a tractor-trailer barreled up behind them and plowed into the line of traffic. The impact killed Dimitry, 27, and three others in different vehicles. Rita, 26, was seriously injured.
This week, a federal judge in Indiana ordered Net Trucking to pay the Karpov family more than $15 million in damages.
The judgment comes after four years of legal wrangling and could have ended this chapter of the Karpovs' tragedy. But the Karpovs -- Russian immigrants -- probably shouldn't expect a check from the Burbank, Ill. trucking company any time soon.
Soon after the crash, the owners of Net Trucking moved the company's assets -- including 15 to 20 trucks -- into four other business entities, according to Peter Weinberger, a Cleveland lawyer who represents the Karpov's estate.
"The whole purpose was to fraudulently transfer the assets to avoid [paying a] judgment," Weinberger said.
Since then, court records show that lawyers representing Net Trucking withdrew from the case. Net Trucking officials haven't participated in court hearings for more than a year. And it's even not clear if the firm is still in business. No one from the company could be reached Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Theresa Springmann in Fort Wayne anticipated the dilemma. In her ruling, she cleared the way for Weinberger to seek the $15 million judgment from the four businesses launched after the crash if Net Trucking fails to cooperate.
The truck driver who caused the chain-reaction crash is serving a 14-year prison sentence. Stanislaw Gil pleaded guilty to four counts of reckless homicide.
The weekend of the accident, Dimitry, a computer software programmer, and Rita, a law student, decided to leave their 14-month-old son at home with his grandparents while they visited Chicago.
The Karpov were near Bristol, about four hours from home, when the traffic slowed in a construction zone on the freeway.
Gil was behind them. He was heading east to pick up a load of sausage in his refrigerator truck when his sunglasses fell off the truck's console. When Gil reached down to pick up the sunglasses, he said in a deposition, he smashed into the Karpovs.
Court records show that Gil had also been drinking and on the road longer in one day than federal law allows.


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An Oregon state transportation employee and a former intern have been arrested on theft allegations, accused of falsifying time cards that allowed the employee to pocket more than $10,000 in unearned state pay.
State police detectives Thursday arrested Sarah J. Erickson, 40, of Albany, on three counts of first-degree aggravated theft and three counts of first-degree official misconduct. Erickson worked as a supervisor of the ODOT dispatch center in Salem, officials said.
On Friday, detectives arrested Katherine E. Ficker, 24, of Springfield, on three counts of first-degree aggravated theft and three counts of first-degree forgery. Ficker worked as a former intern under Erickson's supervision.
An administrative investigation by the state Department of Transportation uncovered possible fraud and theft occurring between August 2012 and June 2013. That led to the criminal investigation, state police said.
Ficker was paid as a temporary employee in the dispatch center for hours not worked, and that money was diverted to Erickson, according to state police.
A Marion County grand jury indicted the pair on the theft charges. They were arrested on warrants, and the two women were booked into the Marion County jail, state police said.
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I would slice of boneless chicken breast in half cook it on 350 to 400 by the temp gauge on the Blackstone oven for about nine minutes turned out perfect you do not need to turn the vegetables you have to watch they cooking about 8 to 9 minutes at 3:50 watch carefully so they don't burn. I also use a little bit of olive oil on all of it
Has anyone tried making Naan bread on it?
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Rob, I made naan a while back, it came out great. I used Rheinhart's recipe from his Whole Grains book, IIRC.


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RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal official says more than 61,000 people have turned out so far for the weekend Burning Man outdoor art and music festival in the Black Rock Desert of northern Nevada.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management spokesman Mark Turney said Saturday that gate management was tightened Friday when organizers got close to a permitted capacity of 68,000.
Turney says the crowd ebbs and flows at the festival taking place about 100 miles north of Reno.
He says organizers reported one person was flown to a hospital by medical helicopter this week after being struck by a vehicle.
No other serious incidents have been reported.
Attendance peaked last year at 56,000.
The BLM raised the crowd limit this year after organizers agreed to security, public safety, resource management and cleanup rules.
This year, artists John Valentino and Diane Lundeen were slated to bring their Alter the Wetlands artwork to the festival, which was created in New Orleans. Last year, New Orleans was represented by a giant king cake baby.


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The Red Skelton Show: The Lost Episodes
$14.93 (DVD), Timeless Media
More than most vintage TV comedians, Red Skelton is a hard sell for contemporary audiences.
Skelton lacks Jack Benny's subtlety, Milton Berle's abrasiveness, Ernie Kovacs' ingenuity, Johnny Carson's hipness. Skelton is a pure clown, one who seeks the sound of laughter at any cost — even his own reputation.
This explains the lame jokes he'll sprinkle into his monologues and skits — stuff that today would make an eighth-grader groan.
But there was a reason he was on for 20 seasons. Skelton had a couple of tricks up his sleeve that might endear him to modern viewers.
For one, he went off-script. Anticipating David Letterman, Skelton might ask the cameraman to "pull back" when a prop man shows up with a stool. He'll toss in asides. He'll break up. Sometimes it's shtick; sometimes it's real, and a little bit risky.
For another, he could make your eyes get misty on those occasions when he performed pantomime.
In "The Lost Episodes," Skelton is seen as his then-famous characters: henpecked milquetoast George Appleby (with different actresses switch-hitting as Mrs. A); hillbilly Clem Kadiddlehopper; bungling Old-West lawman Deadeye; clownish vagrant Freddie the Freeloader; con man San Fernando Red. They may be too quaint for you.
Or maybe you'll enjoy seeing guest stars get in the sandbox with Skelton: Buster Crabbe (lampooning himself as a fitness guru), Jackie Coogan, Sebastian Cabot, Eve Arden, Charlie Ruggles, Vivian Vance (a riot as one of the Mrs. Applebys), Fabian and Amanda Blake. Jackie Gleason is loose and brilliant when filling in for an absent Skelton in one episode.
In a 1960 episode that aired in the heat of a presidential campaign, William Demarest plays a senator in a skit in which a computer determines the most electable man in America: Clem Kadiddlehopper. It's funny social commentary — honest.
The 18 episodes on this two-disc set are new to DVD.
The Adventures of Champion the Wonder Horse
$24.98 (DVD), Film Chest
Champion the Wonder Horse doesn't live on a ranch or wear a saddle. He's a wild stallion. The great outdoors is his home.
Champion doesn't let just anyone ride him. Only Ricky (Barry Curtis), Champion's 12-year-old pal, is bestowed the privilege. Everyone else can attempt to mount Champion at their peril.
Ricky lives on a ranch with his Uncle Sandy (Jim Bannon). A lot of boys and girls in 1950s TV Westerns don't have living biological parents. I wonder what that's about?
Ricky has another non-human friend: Rebel, his German shepherd. Rebel has got to be the smartest dog in the West. Even outside of sniffing range, he can tell good guys from bad guys. If you say, "Rebel! Go get Uncle Sandy," he will understand you and go do it.
One time, a couple of mean rodeo guys (Ed Hinton and Rick Vallin) captured Champion and forced him into their traveling rodeo. Meanwhile, when Ricky hadn't seen Champion for a while, the boy feared the horse was dead. Ricky was inconsolable. Sure enough, the rodeo came to Ricky's town. A poster showed a photo of Champion, promising "If you can ride him, you can keep him," at $10 a chance. Ricky didn't notice the poster, but Rebel did. Rebel looked at it, barked, ran to Ricky, beckoned Ricky toward the poster and barked some more. See how smart Rebel is?
Ricky went to the rodeo, where Champion was tossing off would-be owners like mosquitoes. But when Ricky mounted Champion, the horse was as good as gold. Of course, the mean rodeo guys tried to renege on the deal. They locked Ricky and Rebel in a shack. Rebel jumped out of a high window and undid the outside latch with his teeth — more proof of the dog's amazing humanoid intellect.
The charming, kid-friendly Western series "The Adventures of Champion" (1955-56) was produced by Gene Autry's Flying A Productions, and starred Autry's horse. Twenty-three of the total 26 episodes are presented on three discs. (It's not clear why three episodes are missing.)
Guests include Lee Van Cleef (the future "spaghetti Western" star), Glenn Strange (the Frankenstein monster in three films) and Rhodes Reason (a "This Island Earth" player).
"The Adventures of Champion" tells simple, entertaining, wholesome stories with good stunts and riding, starring a heroic kid and his genius pet horse and dog. And, yes, it's every bit as fun as it sounds.
$35.99 (Blu-ray), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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The trick to digging "Oldboy" — yes, it requires a trick — is to throw logic out the window.
Don't worry about whether events depicted in this movie are believable. Even for a revenge fantasy, Spike Lee's remake of a sicko 2003 Korean flick is hard to swallow. Just bask in the amazing performance of Josh Brolin.
Plot: Ad pitchman Joe Doucett (Brolin) is an out-of-control drunk, serial womanizer and atrocious ex-husband and father — on a good day. During a particularly severe bender, he is lured by an Asian woman standing beneath an umbrella. The next thing he knows, he awakens in what appears to be a motel room. But the "wood grain" on the door is wallpaper over steel. Food and vodka are regularly pushed through a shallow, floor-level door.
It slowly dawns on Joe: He is a prisoner. But of whom? And why?
"Oldboy" also stars Elizabeth Olsen as an ex-addict social worker; Samuel L. Jackson as one of Joe's captors; and Michael Imperioli (a Lee good-luck charm) as Joe's BFF and bartender.
But Brolin is the one to watch. Talk about transforming yourself. Playing a 20-year span, Brolin is convincing at every stage. When a beefed-up Brolin fights a mob of his captors, he is Bruce Lee good.
In a making-of doc, the fight choreographer of "Oldboy" says Brolin could be an action star. That's true, but the guy has gotten this far by making (generally) smart script choices. Why blow it now?
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Welcome to the Stewards' Corner, where you will find explanations of the decisions that our stewards make on race days. Directly following any decision they make having to do with the official order of finish, including inquiries and objections, the stewards – one appointed by The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA), one appointed by the New York State Gaming Commission, and one appointed by The Jockey Club (TJC) – provide an explanation of what happened and the reason for their decision. Click on the links below to read those explanations.
RACE 5: Steward's Inquiry into the stretch run.
Approaching the 1/8th pole, # 3 Cires (C. Velasquez), hitting left-handed, begins to drift out, and # 4 Cognito (D. Cohen) outside of # 3 drifts with him. This gradual shift continues nearing the wire, but there is no significant contact. In the judgment of the stewards, the action did not alter the finish of the race. The race was declared official as is.
4035.2. Foul riding penalized.
(a) When clear, a horse may be taken to any part of the course provided that crossing or weaving in front of contenders may constitute interference or intimidation for which the offender may be disciplined.
(b) A horse crossing another may be disqualified, if in the judgment of the stewards, it interferes with, impedes or intimidates another horse, or the foul altered the finish of the race, regardless of whether the foul was accidental, willful, or the result of careless riding. The stewards may also take into consideration mitigating factors, such as whether the impeded horse was partly at fault or the crossing was wholly caused by the fault of some other horse or jockey.
RACE 7: Steward's inquiry and jockey's objection into the start of race # 7. Leaving the gate the # 5 Grande Roja ( D Cohen) takes a step in toward the # 4 Playgirls Rhapsody ( G Rivera) who then bumps # 3 Juliann"s Approval ( E Castro),after trying to correct the # 4 makes contact again with the # 5 before straightening out. After reviewing the video, in the opinion of the Stewards it did not alter the finish of the race. The race is official as is.
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