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New Suits Over Do-It-Yourself IRAs
A wave of blowups in do-it-yourself individual retirement accounts has prompted some investors to go after firms that handle the paperwork.
Two custodians of self-directed IRAs were sued in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday by three investors who allege that the companies knew the investors' money had been stolen by scam artists yet sent them reports showing their nest eggs to be intact.
Self-directed IRAs have been around for years, but have increased in popularity as some investors soured on the stock market and sought higher returns elsewhere. They allow the owner to pursue a variety of investments, including land, hedge funds and private placements—almost anything except life insurance or collectibles.
Custodian firms administer the accounts, sending investment statements and transferring money from investors to investment managers. It isn't clear how successful the suits will be, since even regulators note that custodians don't choose the investments or take fees based on the investments' success.
Still, the claim filed Monday underscores the recent concerns over self-directed IRAs. More such lawsuits are likely, experts say, as regulators combat a rising number of investment frauds involving older Americans' retirement savings.
The suit accuses Equity Trust Co. and Entrust Group Inc. of touting the security and safety of self-directed IRAs without performing due diligence on the investment managers with which they do business. The claim also accuses the custodians of converting customers' funds for improper use, conspiracy, fraud, negligence and elder abuse, among other charges.
Entrust, based in Oakland, Calif., and Equity Trust, of Elyria, Ohio, both declined to comment.
The suit, which is seeking class-action status, aims to recover at least $5 million in damages for the three plaintiffs.
Cathy Lerman, a Coral Springs, Fla., lawyer who represents the three investors and would be paid a percentage of any award, estimates that all told, more than 1,000 victims around the U.S. have lost about $100 million in self-directed IRA frauds.
Ms. Lerman said she started looking into custodians after filing a suit in North Carolina in October against entrepreneur Ephren Taylor II. The suit alleged that Mr. Taylor solicited investments in recent years via self-directed IRAs from members of churches. When the interest-bearing investments were supposed to mature, the investors weren't paid, according to the suit.
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday filed civil charges against Mr. Taylor, another former executive and his former company for allegedly persuading people to roll over retirement portfolios to self-directed IRA accounts, from which they could buy more of the investments.
Chris Bruno, Mr. Taylor's lawyer, said his client "looks forward to finally telling his side of the story."
Ms. Lerman on Monday refiled the North Carolina suit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles with additional plaintiffs and defendants.
Another suit against Mr. Taylor, filed in Georgia in October, also named as a defendant Bishop Eddie L. Long, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in suburban Atlanta. That suit is pending in DeKalb County (Ga.) State Court.
Mr. Long, through a spokesman, declined to comment.
One of the plaintiffs in the refiled suit, Trudy Morgan, a 41-year-old stay-at-home mother in Lithonia, Ga., said an investment promoter persuaded her to transfer her 401(k) retirement account to a self-directed IRA with Equity Trust Co.
She said she received regular account statements, first from Equity Trust and then from a second custodian, showing nearly $20,000 in the account—even after she learned that the investments had failed.
When she asked the custodian what had happened to her money, "They told me all they are is a custodian and were not responsible for the investing," she said in an interview.
Self-directed IRAs have grown rapidly in the past three years, and now make up an estimated 2% to 5% of the $4.6 trillion held in IRAs overall, according to the Retirement Industry Trust Association.
Few household-name investment companies or banks set up such accounts because of their complexity. Costs typically include an annual custodial fee and transaction fees, ranging from a base charge of a few hundred dollars to several thousand dollars a year, depending on assets and activity.
Government officials say they are increasingly worried that self-directed IRAs, which often put money in investments that get little scrutiny from regulators, are being used by schemers to separate retirees from their savings.
The increasing concerns of abuse of self-directed IRAs triggered the need for a joint warning by the SEC and state securities regulators seven months ago of pervasive fraud in pitches aimed at holders of self-directed IRAs, according to Matt Kitzi, Missouri's securities commissioner and chairman of the enforcement committee for the North American Securities Administrators Association.
"Our concern is that out-and-out scam artists are using self-directed IRAs to gain immediate credibility to lull people into a false sense of comfort," said Mr. Kitzi.
Some of the victims of the Ponzi scheme run by Bernard Madoff invested through self-directed IRAs. A retired actuary in Miami, filed a lawsuit in November 2009 in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Conn., against Connecticut Community Bank, accusing the bank of negligence, among other things.
The bank denied the allegations in a court filing. The claim is still pending.


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Board members from Gaines and Byron townships held a joint meeting recently to get an update on the progress of a $396,336 grant issued to the Cutlerville Fire Department to hire three new full-time firefighters.
The Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant is an extension of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Firefighters grant program, and was issued last August.
Byron Township Supervisor Audrey Nevins-Weiss said approving the grant came with a lot of stipulations and conditions, including one that required a joint meeting four times a year to monitor the effects of the grant.
Russell Jansen, chief of the Dutton and Cutlerville fire departments, said the department cut its response time in half – from around eight minutes to four – over the last six months.
"Response time is probably the easiest thing as an improvement to see," he said.
Nevins-Weiss said though Byron Township is happy with the improvements in response time, extra expenses will still play a big role as township leaders decide whether to reapply for the grant after two years. Although money can be moved around and redesignated within the grant itself, she said, the grant does not allow for amendments or requests for additional funds.
"There are never any free rides in this world or free money; there are always additional costs, and the township – both townships – want to make sure we know all of the costs that are involved," she said. "That's an excellent service to the community, but we have to also take into consideration if it's something we can afford."
Though the grant covers the costs for new employees' wages and benefits, it does not cover the costs of the increased hours for existing employees that arise when they have to work extra hours to cover the new firefighters' vacations. Living and sleeping quarters for firefighters at the Cutlerville Fire Department are also a cost concern for board members.
"They're sleeping on bunk beds in the old chief's office," Nevins-Weiss said. "That's OK temporarily but if this were to be something to be continued we would have to build something… So that would be something they would be taking into consideration as well at the time when they decide to reapply for the grant."
The Gaines and Byron Township boards have agreed to meet again in three months, Nevins-Weiss said, adding that it was "too soon to tell" if the board will decide to renew the grant at the end of the two-year commitment.
"We're going to have to make that decision fiscally worth our while," Nevins-Weiss said. "They understood completely that this grant was for two years. So there's no guarantee that this will be extended."
And though Jansen agreed that costs were always a concern, and that they would need more time for the grant to unfold to predict any kind of request for funding extensions, the Cutlerville Fire Department is "making this arrangement work."
"At some point, grant or no grant, the Cutlerville Fire Station will need to undergo changes," Jansen said.


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What is the Raspberry Pi really? A trinket? An educational tool? A very inexpensive computer? Of course, it is all these things, but what is the meaning of Raspberry Pi? I'm not the first journalist to ask.
Dear Linux Magazine Reader,
What is the Raspberry Pi really? A trinket? An educational tool? A very inexpensive computer? Of course, it is all these things, but what is the meaning of Raspberry Pi? I'm not the first journalist to ask.
Our culture and our economy is based on competing products with a similar purpose. The products all have features. We shop for the products by looking at the bulleted list of features on the label. The more features, the more people choose the product. Vendors race to develop new technologies so they can add more features, but at a certain point, some consumers just get bewildered and start to shop for fewer features – or at least for a product that brings enough clarity to the sea of features to restore the original purpose.
It happens all the time, especially in high tech. When my oldest child was just old enough to sit at a computer, he received a computer game called Reader Rabbit that allowed him to choose the letters to complete words. He loved the game, which lived on a simple floppy disk, and played it all the time on an early IBM 286 system. When my youngest was getting interested in computer games, the world of personal computing had advanced considerably. I got her the latest version of Reader Rabbit, which, by then had moved up to a CD and ran on a magnificent Pentium II system. The game started with an expansive cartoon video that told some story about the rabbit – basically, it was like watching a TV show. Somewhere inside was a place to click the mouse that would lead to some kind of benefit for acquiring reading skills, but she never waited around to find out. I couldn't get the old version to run on the new system, so she went back to playing her reading games out of a book.
Reader Rabbit is probably better now than it was in the Pentium II era, but the point is still the same: We add adornments to a product until it bloats and wobbles with overdesign, then we get bored. Some of us move on to still bolder and newer technologies, which are better able to accommodate the complexity, but a significant portion of the population doesn't want all the noise and makes the conscious choice for something simpler.
I hope Raspberry Pi succeeds, and I applaud the concept of creating a fun, easy system to let students of all ages get their first taste of the hacker's life. But maybe part of the lesson is that too many of the Linux distros are spending too much time trying to look like Windows or Mac OS, and what some users really want is a place to play. In terms of the software platform, anything you can do on the Pi you could do on any Linux system, but for most Linux systems, the design of the user interface, and the tone of the marketing materials increasingly mimics the Macintosh ethos: just sit back and watch, and we'll do everything for you. Adults with the hacker gene know how to get past the first layer of adornments, to get to a command line and summon up the GCC compiler, configure networks, write scripts. But children or other beginners with the hacker gene have no clear entry point for how to get started. Raspberry Pi provides that entry point.
Of course, the world is host to many minimalist Linux systems, but Rasp Pi and the distros that run on it are rare in that they constitute a minimal system that is designed to inspire beginners – an interesting space that will never be right for everybody but will always appeal to a significant portion of the population. Maybe it is time for a few other Linux projects to enter this same space: be minimal and evoke the hacker sensibility, yet still invite and inspire beginners.
And as for the tablet revolution: The next time you hear about a school board in your area buying 50 iPads, think about showing up at the next meeting and saying, "How about 40 iPads and 100 Raspberry Pis for the same price?"
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John Bogle speaks at the 2014 Reuters Wealth Management Summit.
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PHOENIX -- The Cavaliers have signed forward Shane Edwards from the Canton Charge to a 10-day contract, acting general manager David Griffin announced Wednesday. To create the roster spot for Edwards, the team released forward Arinze Onuaku from his second 10-day contract that was set to expire on March 13.
Edwards is viewed more as a fill in for injured rookie power forward Anthony Bennett, expected to be out three weeks with a strained tendon in his left knee. Onuaku was viewed more as a fill in for center Anderson Varejao, who recently missed 12 games with a bad back.
Edwards, who played at Arkansas-Little Rock, has played in 40 games (32 starts) for the Charge this season, averaging 13.3 points on .547 shooting and 5.5 rebounds in 28.2 minutes per game. The 6-7, 220-pound forward has scored 15 or more points 15 times, including nine in his last 11 games.
Edwards will wear No. 24 and be available for tonight's game against the Suns.


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David Wilkerson recognized God was calling a significant number of redeemed and enthusiastic Teen Challenge graduates to the ministry. He also realized that with training, they could have an amazing impact on those from similar backgrounds and those living in needy drug and gang-infested communities.
To meet this need, Rev. Wilkerson established the Teen Challenge Ministry Institute at his Texas headquarters. The school successfully trained hundreds of students who are today in leadership ministry positions. He closed that school in 1980, and to ensure its continuance, he assisted with the establishment of that ministry here in Southern California in 1981.
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Teen Challenge Ministry Institute equips workers for the harvest to serve the church locally and around the world through evangelism, discipleship, and leadership training.
After graduation, 80%–90% of Teen Challenge Ministry Institute students go on to serve as pastors, missionaries, teachers and lay leaders. Here at TCMI we are convinced that some of the greatest works of God are still to come as they are conceived in the hearts of our committed students.
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The ministry model of TCMI consists of three general tracks:
- Urban Ministries: Prepare students to serve in a church or lay leader settings
- Missions: Facilitate the call to global and cross-cultural ministry
- Teen Challenge Staff: For effective ministry at Teen Challenge centers within the TC USA network
Classroom education includes courses in biblical studies, doctrine, hermeneutics, evangelism, missions, intercultural dynamics, and pastoral care. Courses are recognized by the Assemblies of God as fulfilling most of the educational requirements for the first level of the ministerial credentialing process.
Experiential training includes evangelism, pastoral and lay leader duties, and cross-cultural missions.
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Here's what Blazers fans are saying about Wednesday's big win over the Pacers:
What I liked most about this game is that it was probably the fewest 3-pointers the team has shot all season. They worked the ball in closer to the basket and that is what accounts for their shooting percentage.stevo:
Regardless of how poorly we have been playing, the big take away from this is that we played some D and gave up on the 3pters and won handily. This is a recipe that just got a HUGE dose of reinforcement for not only the players but also Stotts. This is how you play if you want to win a playoff series.Broll:
We should get excited about a losing streak being over and beating (handily I might add) one of the better defensive teams in the league Anytime you can get a win and gain some confidence, I'm all for it. Our chances of making the playoffs were never good to start with, almost non-existent when the season started. This season is about developing some young players, putting a foundation together to grow (LA, Lillard, Batum, Wes), and maybe make a push for the playoffs - which is possible now.freeblzr:
I'd say the biggest factor of the win was not the starters play or the defense, but rather the bench production. 8 points from Leonard and Barton each was more than the Pacers. Although this wont happen every night, it shows the value of having someone who can score from the bench.What did you take away from the win over the Pacers? Can the momentum carry over to the home-and-home series against the Clippers this weekend? Join the conversation in the Blazers Fan Forum and post your comments below.


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— From Alison Bermack and Suzy Goodman. Yields 7 mini pies or 1 large pie
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic
1 onion, chopped
2 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, diced and pre-cooked
1 small potato, cooked and diced
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1/2 cup flour
1 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup white wine (optional; if using, you may need to lessen the chicken broth)
1 cup frozen petit peas
2 cups cubed chicken
1 package prepared or homemade pie dough
1. In a large skillet, heat olive oil. Sauté the garlic and onion for a few minutes. Add the celery, carrots and potato. Season with salt and thyme. Add the flour and stir into the mixture until the vegetables become pasty.
2. Add the chicken broth gradually, stirring constantly until thick for a minute or two. Add the wine (if using), peas and chicken. Simmer for a few more minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. If making one pot pie, lay pie dough on the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate. Spoon the filling into the pie pan and cover with a second sheet of pie crust, making sure to press the edges into the pie dish.
4. Pierce the dough in several places with a fork to make air holes. Bake for approximately 30 minutes until golden. If making mini pot pies, cut the dough to fit the bottom of a muffin tin or pot pie tin and spoon in the filling.
Nutrition information Per 8-ounce serving: 290 calories; 110 calories from fat; 25g protein; 17g carbs; 4g sugar; 13g total fat; 3g saturated fat; 0g trans fat; 55mg cholesterol; 2g dietary fiber; 460mg sodium; 4% Daily Values calcium; 10% Daily Values iron


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Many people seem to be confused about what waterboarding is.
Waterboarding is a torture technique in which a victim is strapped to a plank so that they cannot move and their feet are elevated above their head.
Then plastic wrap or wet cloth is wrapped around their head to prevent the person from breathing.
Once the person cannot breathe, water is poured onto the person's face. Waterboarding not only involves partial asphyxiation, which is a form of torture in itself, but the flowing water triggers the gag reflex which intensifies the terror of the experience.
Waterboarding can damage the victim's lungs, heart, and brain as well as create psychological disorders. Waterboarding is not a game as implied by the term "simulated drowning" which has become a popular way to describe it.
Waterboarding is clearly an act of torture and has been defined as such by the U.S. for decades. The problem with torture is that people subjected to it will confess to crimes regardless of their guilt or innocence and will provide information if they know anything of value or not.
Torture cannot provide accurate intelligence because torture lacks the ability to separate true and false confessions.
Torture diminishes American security by hurting the reputation of the U.S. as an advocate of human rights and by tainting intelligence with inaccurate information.
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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a felon police say was driving a car that struck a garbage container that then crushed a man after gunfire erupted at Al's Diner in Jersey City Sunday, The Jersey Journal reports.
The public's help is sought in locating Williams A. Sparrow, 26, of Ocean Avenue in Jersey City, who is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and weapons offenses, including possession of a firearm by a felon, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said yesterday.
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Nearly 200 representatives from Vietnamese and Chinese businesses attended a trade promotion forum in the Chinese city of Tianjin on November 25.
Jointly organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in China and Tianjin authorities, the event was part of activities to realise the Vietnamese government's plan to boost economic, trade, investment and tourism cooperation between Vietnam and other countries, as well as between Vietnam and China.
Addressing the opening ceremony, the Vietnamese Ambassador to China Nguyen Van Tho said that relations between Vietnam and China in general and Tianjin city in particular are growing fruitfully, creating a foundation for the two sides to step up cooperation in trade and investment.
Tho cited statistics as saying that Vietnam and China have seen an annual trade growth of 30 percent for the past five years. Bilateral trade has hit more than 28 billion USD since the beginning of this, a year-on-year rise of 40 percent.
He added that the two countries signed an economic and trade cooperation development plan for the 2012-2016 period during the recent visit to China by Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, laying a legal foundation for strengthening trade ties.
Tianjin Vice Mayor Ren Xuefeng affirmed that Tianjin city, one of the leading sci-tech development centres in China, will closely cooperate with Vietnam, especially in the fields of research exchange, economics, culture and education towards building a comprehensive cooperation mechanism in the near future.
At the event, Minister Counselor of the Vietnamese Embassy in China, Hoang Ngoc Vinh briefed Chinese businesses on Vietnam's guidelines, policies and laws relating to trade and investment cooperation with foreign partners.(Source: VNA)
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5 Amazingly Luscious Pies You Won't Be Able to Resist
5 Amazingly Luscious Pies You Won't Be Able to Resist
It's fall, and you know what that means, right? It's pie season! Break out the rolling pin and your apple corer because it's high time you started baking up a storm. From apple pie to cherry pie to pecan pie to pumpkin pie, there isn't anything in the world that you couldn't put "pie" after and it wouldn't sound delicious.
I know I'm not alone with my pie obsession, so take a look of these 5 gorgeous photos of our favorite dessert and try and tell me your mouth's not watering. You can pretty much smell their intoxicating aromas from the photos and taste their warm gooeyness ... mmm. Pie. Check it:
What's your favorite pie? (As if you could choose. I know.)
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Lets see I am not one of those that likes all pies. Here are the ones I do love though.
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NEW YORK -- There are less than 28 hours remaining until the trade deadline passes Thursday. For now, there are no outside indicators that the Mets are likely to make a big move -- let alone any move.
Although Bartolo Colon and Daniel Murphy have been bandied about as possible trade chips, general manager Sandy Alderson said Monday that he is staying cautious and that "Had I to make a guess, I would say nothing is going to happen."
It's sentiment that Terry Collins, the Mets manager, echoes. The Mets will have an off day Thursday and he expects to find a familiar clubhouse when the club returns to Citi Field Friday.
"As we'll find out, in my opinion, there will be less movement than anybody thinks here in the next 30 hours," Collins said a few hours ago. "Right now I'm not caught up in it. I'm really not. I look at our team and I'm saying who we've got in that clubhouse, I'm going to be seeing a lot of similar faces on Friday, when we come in here on Friday. I don't see a lot of movement. I'm not caught up in anything."
The Mets enter today 51-56 and 7.5 games out of the NL East lead and 6.5 games out of a wildcard spot.


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Europe's largest independent network of top-notch games servers; Jolt, has today revealed its plans for world domination, as it invades the USA this week, spreading servers from East to West Coast. Based from New York, Jolt plan to add to their 500-plus server network over the coming months, through the newly live Joltus.com (www.joltus.com).
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A increasing number of people are complaining about the 20 mph school zone robotic cameras located on 320th at Twin Lakes Elementary and other locations. I noticed Matt Sato's continued saga on a third ticket at this location. Several people continue to write about similar tickets.
It truly mirrors the shame of a "cash cow" caused by flashing 20 mph in school zones. The flashing light hours appear to vary and some people get mailed tickets even when the lights are not flashing. By the way, has anyone noted children crossing 320th?
Everyone should be aware and obey signals to slow down in school zones. Robotic camera tickets are another creative process to accomplish this. Infraction photos are analyzed in Arizona and finalized by the Federal Way Police.
The tickets are mailed out ranging in cost on the average of $200 to $400. This is dependent on how fast the violation speed was in the flashing light school zone. The violation amount is paid directly to the Arizona American Lighting Control company. American takes roughly 30 to 40 percent for maintenance of the lights. The City of Federal Way coffers get the balance. Annually, this adds up to a tidy million or two.
An outsider of local government might think that there might be a better way to end this process? Okay, give this some thought. Why not hire more retired and at-home moms? Take for example the two people on Hoyt Road controlling traffic. They put traffic cones in the street and make certain the children get safely where they are going.
This same situation happens on 348th just north of 22nd and Fred Meyer. The kids are escorted safely across the street at the flashing pedestrian zone. The process seems to work well.
Unfortunately, the city traffic brains have studied this and continue to love those cameras at school zones. One has to wonder, is this procedure really for safety or for profit?
Neil Corbin, Federal Way
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UPDATE April 22, 11 am:
The mural artist, Klutch, has sent a response and explanation via e-mail, reproduced below in part. Klutch thanks Hoyt Properties for use of the space, and in part cites his own mental health issues for his reaction to the WhiskeyfestNW ad.
"Like us all," he writes, "I'm a flawed human being and often times when trying to do something good I mess it all up and upset people instead."
His explanation for his objection to the sign is below.
"When I arrived on Sunday morning I was feeling particularly depressed and just wanted to try and finish the mural before the rain set in this week. Every time I approached the mural I was always prepared to have to cover tags or defacement and was always amazed when I didn't. What I found was far worse. To call that thing that is now attached a banner is being far too kind. That monstrosity is a billboard and it's overzealous Nascar like branding is repulsive to almost everyone who sees it.
In all fairness WhiskeyfestNW have leased the lot from Hoyt for their event so it is essentially theirs right now. They are rent payers and I am just some artist mooching the space. However there are so many superior ways in we could have existed in harmony had they simply made the effort. They state that they spoke with me last week which is completely untrue. But this seems to be the way in which WhiskeyfestNW is marketing itself as a whole. It seems jock like and better suited for a large Midwestern redneck town instead of Portland. Why couldn't the billboard be placed on top of or in front the mural instead of screwed into it?"
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A 130-foot-long plywood mural in the Pearl District was interrupted by a commercial break Saturday.
The construction site at Northwest 10th Avenue and Northrup Street had been the site of a large mural painted by Portland street artist Klutch. On Saturday, his work was partly covered by a banner advertising the second-annual WhiskeyfestNW. Klutch responded by painting over his own art in red paint.
"Whiskeyfest destroyed this mural with their mania for NASCAR overbranding," was displayed in large letters on the buffed section of Klutch's mural. "Who puts a billboard over a mural? Money ruins everything good in this world."
On the other side of the billboard were the words, "More ads, less art."
On Instagram, Klutch asked users to tag the most disgusting images they could find with the hashtag #whiskeyfestnw. The feed (sign-in required) currently includes a urinal full of darkly ominous pee, pages of a disheveled Exotic magazine left on the street, a smattering of dead birds and an Easter egg painted "Whiskeyfest sux." There was also an image of a gloved hand holding a tightly packed ball of feces.
"I was disappointed to see that reaction," says WhiskeyfestNW spokesperson Erika Watson, who tells WW the organization had an agreement with the landlord that predated Klutch's work on the mural.
The incursion into Klutch's artwork is at first glance ironic: WhiskeyfestNW is a benefit for the Luna Foundation, a charity that offers funding to promote arts opportunities for families affected by poverty or illness.
"We in no way meant to disrespect the artist," Watson says. "We spoke to him a week before that, and he said that he knew about it." The artwork was always designed to be temporary; on a Kickstarter page for the project, Klutch wrote that he anticipated taking the piece down in early summer.
Watson says that they took pains not to injure the painting. "We planned on displaying it at the festival," she says, adding that Klutch apologized Monday morning for his reaction to the billboard.
Klutch did not respond to requests for comment, but on his Facebook page April 21 he wrote the following, saying he needed to take a break from art:
One final comment on this then I'm squashing it. I don't want to fight and argue anymore, I've already lost one good friend because of this and I just want it to end.It was my choice but I went hungry and drove past empty in my gas tank to buy paint for this before the Kickstarter happened. I poured my guts into it this and loved every minute of it. But now it's forever ruined and will be coming down after whiskey fest. In spite of finding out just how much Portland loves and appreciates me I'm pretty disheartened right now. This art shits killing me as much as it's keeping me alive.I'm not quitting art, I've tried plenty of times before and it's not my choice. But I do think a break would be good for me. The fact that I have nothing else in my life but art, need to find a new place to live ASAP, and have run myself into the ground mentally and physically tells me a break would be a thing.Save the pep talks, I don't want them. I'll be back if nothing else to paint another mural to honor my commitment to those who supported my Kickstarter. Thanks for the love Portland, it helps a sad old man be a little less so.


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This website is a strong advocate of the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT). This wonderful organisation's primary mission is the preservation of Civil War battlefields – ground that can be lost forever to urban sprawl. They have been very successful over the past decade in saving land, with over 25,000 acres saved, to date. However, there is still plenty of work to be done. According to the CWPT website, only 20% of hallowed Civil War ground has been saved. Additionally, we are losing approximately one acre of hallowed ground per hour. So what exactly does the Civil War Preservation Trust do? Their mission statement, as written on their website, really sums it up.
Our Mission: The Civil War Preservation Trust is America's largest non-profit organization (501–C3) devoted to the preservation of our nation's endangered Civil War battlefields. The Trust also promotes educational programs and heritage tourism initiatives to inform the public of the war's history and the fundamental conflicts that sparked it.
Based in Washington D.C., the Civil War Preservation trust has a professional staff that specialises in the many functions of land preservation: real estate, grants and government relations. Additionally the Trust employs a staff of professionals that manage their website, databases, communications, membership development, events and educational programs.
While so many of us enjoy visiting major battlefields, managed by the National Park Service, many of the most pivotal fields of battle are not protected by Federal or state governments. They are privately owned lands that are vulnerable to development. This is where the Civil War Preservation Trust really shines. Working with local and state governments, and other organisations, they can quickly organise an acquisition strategy to save valuable lands – lands that might end up housing a strip mall, lumber yard or parking lot. Obviously there is a cost associated with land preservation. Members of the CWPT are quickly alerted to time-sensitive Civil War battlefield preservation opportunities. In most cases, the Trust has already secured matching funds that help the member's donation double, triple or quadruple. These matching grants are critical in acquiring large tracts of lands that can cost millions of dollars.
When an individual becomes a member of the Civil War Preservation Trust they immediately receive benefits: the wonderful quarterly magazine, Hallowed Ground, high quality battlefield maps, monthly e-Newsletter, invitation to the Annual CWPT Conference and rental car discounts. But most importantly you become involved in saving battlefields that future generations of Civil War enthusiasts will enjoy. Gifts to the Trust are tax deductible in America.
This website encourages each of you to consider becoming a member of this important organisation. You can be confident that your membership dues, and battlefield campaign donations, will be put to use saving battlefields. While there are fixed costs that the organisation incurs to sustain its activities, the CWPT operates very efficiently with most of their members' money being used to save land.
One of the better Civil War websites and one highly recommended by this site is This Mighty Scourge. Currently available on this site is an interview with Mr. James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Preservation Trust. The eight part audio interview can be listened to by clicking here.


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McDonald stomps to win over Wellsville
McDONALD – Most kids remember the days when mom or dad would whistle or yell from the window to alert them it was time to come home.
No matter how far away you were, the sound was always loud enough to detect.
The same can be said for the foot stomp of McDonald coach Jeff Rasile. Tap dancers around the world envy the screech of his right foot. And just like the kids and their parents, Rasile's Blue Devils can always notice it – even when the gym is packed for a huge conference game against Wellsville.
"You can hear it from Canada," joked McDonald forward Matt Seitz.
It's a good thing Seitz and the rest of the Blue Devils were listening Friday.
Seitz did what Rasile said and drove to the basket with time running out and the game tied at 79. He leaped in the air and ducked the ball underneath a defender's outstretched arms to finish the off-balance lay up with 4.2 seconds remaining. Wellsville's desperation 3 was left of the hoop, and the Blue Devils escaped with a 81-79 victory.
"We were going to Seitz to attack," said Rasile of the final play. "The one thing I said during the timeout is we want to get that ball to the rim. I didn't want a jump shot, and he was able to do it. Thank God."
There were several big plays before the clutch basket by Seitz. The Tigers (10-2, 6-1 Inter Tri-County League, Lower Tier) trailed by four with 55 seconds left, but Camden Douglas banked in a deep 3 from the top of the key to cut the lead to 77-76 with 35 seconds remaining. The Blue Devils (10-1, 7-0) went back up by three on two free throws by Stephen Politano, but, again, the Tigers responded. This time it was Nate Scott, who led all scorers with 28 points, hitting an off-balance 3 as he faded away to tie the game at 79 with 16.6 left on the clock.
That set up the final play. McDonald inbounded the ball and fired a pass up to Seitz, who caught it in stride and darted to the basket. He came into the paint from the left side, making the angle to the basket more difficult for the right-handed Seitz. He then lowered his arms to avoid the block and got off the shot right before he landed underneath the hoop.
"It was very awkward," said Seitz, who was one of four McDonald players in double figures, scoring 23 points. "I was really off balance. I moved my arm around the player and I just flicked it up and prayed for it to go in."
The Blue Devils were fortunate to be in the situation because Wellsville carved up McDonald's patented press defense in the first half. The Tigers' pinpoint passing and constant movement on offense led to numerous lay ups and wide-open shots. Wellsville shot 19 of 33 (58 percent) in the first two quarters and took a 41-36 lead into halftime.
"(The press) didn't bother us," Wellsville coach David Thompson said. "We just didn't finish tonight. We wanted to keep moving the ball to try and make them work by trying to trap. We figured they'd get tired running around, but when we started shooting and making shots, we quit passing the ball around and they didn't get tired."
McDonald's half-court offense started to improve in the third quarter (it committed three turnovers in the second half compared to 10 in the first). The Blue Devils penetrated to the hoop for lay ups, which eventually led to open shots on the perimeter. They took their first lead, 51-49, at the 2:38 mark of the third, yet Wellsville never allowed the advantage to grow and went up, 59-56, entering the fourth.
The Tigers turned the ball over twice to start the final period, and McDonald regained the lead and kept it until Scott hit the huge 3 with 16 seconds left, tying the game at 79. Rasile stomped for a second, but then decided to call a timeout to set up the final play. The Blue Devils made sure to listen carefully.
"When you hear that foot stomp, he wants your attention, and he wants you to give him your full attention, if you're in the game or not," said Seitz, who added that his thought process was simple when he caught the pass in the final moments. "All the way. No looking back. I was going all the way to the hole."
McDonald played good defense after the basket to force Scott into a tough 3-pointer from the left wing as time expired. Any foot stomping was drowned out by claps at that point.


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Birt rink earns provincial women's curling title
CHARLOTTETOWN — Deuces were wild for the Suzanne Birt rink here Sunday night.
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Suzanne Birt calls a shot during the Scotties provincial women's curling championship at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.
The foursome of third Shelly Bradley, second Sarah Fullerton and lead Leslie MacDougall scored deuces in the second, sixth and eighth ends to win the Scotties Tournament of Hearts provincial women's curling championship. They doubled the Kim Dolan rink 6-3 to cap off the championship with a 5-0 (won-lost) record at the Charlottetown Curling Complex.
"It's awesome," Bradley said after the win. "We have a really, really tough pool of women here in P.E.I., so to finish off undefeated is really impressive. It really makes us feel great about all the work we've put in this year."
Dolan scored singles in the third, fifth and seventh ends.
Up one with the hammer in the eighth, Birt took a timeout with a slew of rocks in the house. The teams matched each other shot for shot as the tension grew. Birt nailed a tap back for two with her last rock and didn't look back.
"That was huge," Bradley said. "We were in a lot of trouble in that end. We just luckily came up with a couple of good shots . . . I really think that was the turning point in that game."
Birt agreed the end, which finished with nine rocks in the house, showed just how close the competition was at the five-team tournament.
"Every shot is just so close and has to be so precise. It really is a game of inches," she said.
Birt went 4-0 and went straight to the final while Dolan beat Lisa Jackson 6-4 in a tiebreaker and Kathy O'Rourke 7-3 in the semifinal.
"Every shot is just so close and has to be so precise. It really is a game of inches." Skip Suzanne Birt
Sometimes teams get on a roll by continuing to play as the undefeated team waits for the final. Birt said they practised at lunchtime in order to keep fresh.
"We knew we were prepared for tonight (Sunday)," said Birt, who has won seven provincial Scotties championships.
The Birt rink, coached by Peter Gallant, will compete at the nationals in Kingston, Ont., from Feb. 16 to 24.
"Every time I get back there, it's just like the first time," said Bradley, who will be going to her sixth nationals.
"The people at a Scotties Tournament of Heart just treat you like royalty. It's like nothing I have ever experienced before. You feel so special and it's such an honour to represent your province."
Dolan was gracious in defeat.
"You are a great representative for P.E.I.," she told the Birt rink. "You will do wonderful up in Kingston, and we will be cheering you on."
She also had a message for others in the room in hopes of increasing the number of women in the sport.
"I just hope that as many young women get into this game because it truly is the best game for teammates and camaraderie."
The next provincial championship is the men's Tankard at the Crapaud Community Curling Club from Feb. 6 to 10.


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Which we're sure was the desired effect.
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|By Nebzter (Nebzter) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:00 pm: Edit
No SAT II's yet
No class rank @ school, no weighted GPA's
Will have taken 7 honors/AP classes by end of senior year
EC's included president of Model UN, mentoring, foreign language tutoring, work at local newspaper, editor on school newspaper, managing editor (this year) of yearbook and editor-in-chief next year, various leadership roles
Would like to get into following schools:
Carleton (ED)
U. of Chicago
Pomona (I know it's not Midwest)
Reach: Swarthmore
Safety: St. Olaf
|By Nebzter (Nebzter) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:11 pm: Edit
Sorry, I forgot to add my weakness: I will only have two laboratory sciences (honors bio and chemistry), and one non-lab science (semester of astronomy and semester of geology in "Earth Science")
|By Becks777 (Becks777) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:23 pm: Edit
Good chance at all of those schools although your courseload looks a little weak. does your school not offer a lot of Honors/ APs or you just didnt bother to take them?
|By Nebzter (Nebzter) on Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 09:42 pm: Edit
School offers app. 9 "real" AP/Honors class, and then there are about 20 awful online ones that are poorly taught, and overall, hellacious; I will also take classes at local university senior year
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Police have released photos of a man wanted for questioning in connection with the robbery of an 86-year-old woman early Thursday morning inside her New Dorp home.
The man, identified by police as a suspect in the crime, forced his way into the woman's home at 5:40 a.m., when the woman opened her back door upon hearing a noise at her window, according to police.
The suspect allegedly scuffled with the victim before grabbing her pocketbook and fleeing, according to the NYPD's deputy commissioner of public information.
During the scuffle, the woman sustained a cut to her hand and bruising on her arms, police report. She was treated at Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, for her injuries. Police would not disclose the address where the crime occurred.
Surveillance images released by the NYPD show "the suspect using the victim's credit card in a CVS" store, according to a written statement from the deputy commissioner's office. An NYPD spokesman couldn't verify the exact location where the photos were taken.
The Staten Island Robbery Squad is investigating the case. Those with information are asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477); visit nypdcrimestoppers.com or send text tips to CRIMES (274637), then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.


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Social Media
Indiana Republican Rep. Susan Brooks says she has seen the value of social media in disaster response in her home state.
Legislation moving through Congress would put a more-public face on the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate's existing committee charged with harnessing social media in the wake of public emergencies, including terrorist attacks.
Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.), chairwoman of the Homeland Security Emergency Preparedness, Response and Communications Subcommittee, cosponsored the Social Media Working Group Act of 2014 (H.R. 4263) with Rep. Donald Payne (D-N.J.). The House passed the measure July 8.
Both Brooks and Payne noted in speeches on the House floor that they had seen public social media use ameliorate the impact of natural disasters in their states, and urged DHS to put these tools to use.
A DHS spokesman pointed out that the department has been using social media on many fronts to supplement its disaster recovery efforts. He said, however, that the amendment would open those efforts even further by tapping into lessons on how the private sector uses social media in emergency situations.
DHS established its Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSWG) in late 2010 to tap the social media skills that local first responders had developed in emergency response situations. That group, which DHS said is made up of "a cross-section of subject matter experts from local, tribal, state, territorial, and federal responders from across the United States," remains the agency's go-to social media resource on how to leverage services like Twitter in mass emergency response.
The bill, a subcommittee spokesman said, authorizes the VSMWG to add private-sector representation to the panel. The group would meet twice yearly, according to the legislation, and submit a yearly report to Congress on emerging and current social media trends, as well as best practices.
"The bill proposes to expand the work that S&T has already been doing with emergency managers," a DHS spokesman said. "This expansion could potentially provide insight into how the private sector uses social media in relation to emergency response and recovery."
As the 2014 hurricane season began, the VSMWG released a report that it said addressed various challenges associated with the use of social media for situational awareness and integration of social media within the operational environment, and identified areas requiring further consideration, research, and development.
The public safety community, said the report, leverages various data sources – including land mobile radio, maps, computer-aided dispatch, crisis management systems, traffic cameras, geographic information systems, and windshield assessments – to achieve and maintain situational awareness throughout all phases of the disaster.
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Update: Jayru Campbell decommits from Michigan State
Detroit Cass Tech quarterback Jayru Campbell appeared on Detroit's WXYZ News, Channel 7, to speak on is feelings about body slamming a school security guard back in January.
"I'm not a thug," Campbell told Channel 7's Carolyn Clifford. "I would not consider myself as a criminal. I would consider myself a natural born leader, someone that would like to help others."
Campbell was sentenced to 60 days in jail after for his actions and will start serving his sentence on July 28 with three days served, once he finishes summer school classes.
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Campbell, who's commitment to Michigan State has been in question since the incident, will talk about his future in football in WXYZ's 10 p.m. Monday night newscast.
When Campbell was asked if he understands that the incident could have ended much worse, Campbell acknowledged the seriousness of what he had done.
"I know the situation could have ended in way different ways," Campbell said. "If I could apologize 100 times, I would."
Campbell did make another apology to the security guard during the report.
"I have apologized to him in the court room and in front of the cameras," Campbell said. "Once again, I hope that one day he forgives me. I hope he finds it in his heart to forgive me. I just want to say that I apologize again."
Campbell also expressed that he feels like he deserves a second chance. He has already attended the Sound Mind, Sound Body football camp last week with hundreds of other football players from around Michigan and the Midwest. It was also mentioned in the report that Campbell has been attending anger management classes every Saturday.
"I've learned from this situation," Campbell said. "I've moved on from it. Everyone deserves a second chance."
Six months since the incident, Campbell states that he has learned to handle himself in a different way moving forward.
"I just learned that violence is not the answer," Campbell said. "There's different ways that you can solve a problem ... Learn to forgive. It took some time but I would say I definitely got to the point where I'm thinking before I react."


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Line Photography versus Shape Photography Exercise
The following are some photographs I shot for an exercise from my first introduction to digital photography course from the local college that I was assigned and completed. The objective of the assignment was to give us practice and build awareness of the different elements that can be noticed and found in photography pertaining to the basic elements such as line, spot, organic, asymmetry, symmetry, curves, and more.
I found the assignment very enjoyable because it helped me noticed focal points, subjects and a method of composition I failed to notice as a person that have observed many photographs in the past as an editor and photo-retoucher. The following first example was my best example of spot that I shot on the campus. The isolation of the object (bell) on the brick wall served as a direct and strong focal point emphasizing the spot aspect of the capture.
Line Photography versus Shape Photography Exercise
The next shape and photograph was of an organic shape that I found on campus which was a gorgeous flower I found among the many bushes and trees around the school's grounds.
Line Photography versus Shape Photography Exercise
I went on to capture some more examples of curve lines, squares, straight lines and circles and below are some more examples of the shots I captured to express what I believe fit those elements and features. I look forward to challenging myself in the future to practice the exercises further more to develop my awareness and an eye for photography in respects to each element and basic composition ideas such as these shapes and ideas.
Line Photography versus Shape Photography Exercise
Line Photography vs. Shape Photography
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I am a visual artist, graphic designer, photographer and blogger of Kenalsworld. I have enjoyed creating art since the age of 4 and continued to pursue a career in graphic design, web development, photography, and more. I compose digital drawings as well as real mediums, such as acrylic, graphite drawings, watercolor, pastel and oil. Art is a big part of my life and I am glad to be able to share it with my blog viewers and potentially the world. Being a photographer is not too far from being an artist because I do my best to capture people's essence and presence. Everyone has a different personality and a still image can definitely capture that as a moment stopping time itself. I appreciate every visitor that visits my website so be sure to follow me below on Twitter and Facebook.
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Welcome to today's microfiction!
Grandma's Goulash graciously hosts Succinctly Yours, the wonderful meme for those of us addicted to microfiction. The trick is to write a story in 140 characters or less using the photo below as inspiration. To add to the challenge is the word of the week, "hibernate." My stories are below.
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Unlike his cousin, Capt. Schettino, Luigi refused to abandon his vessel. Sinking in quicksand, he prepared to go down with his Schwinn.
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Hibe R. Nate, the famous Zen master regaled as the Guru of Calm, instructed his students in the divine art of Transcenpedal Meditation.
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Why the Market Mess? Blame your Brains
I take today's title from an article in Forbes, by Matthew Harper. (Click here to skip intro and read the article)
Article Introduction (Via Forbes):
What caused the meltdown on Wall Street? Greed. Lax regulation. Panic. And maybe the very biological makeup of investors' brains. Eight years ago a handful of brain scientists began using MRI scanners, psychological tests and an emerging understanding of brain anatomy to try and overturn traditional economic theories that assume people always act rationally when it comes to financial decisions. To understand the market, these researchers said, you needed to get inside peoples' heads. They called their new field neuroeconomics.
Article Excerpts (Via Forbes):
So, can these neuroeconomists shed any light on what went wrong? Surprisingly, yes.
"Fear plus herding equals panic," says Gregory Berns, a neuroeconomist at Emory University. "You bet it's biologically based."
"You don't get mistakes this big based on stupidity alone," says George Loewenstein of Carnegie Mellon University. "It's when you combine stupidity and people's incentives that you get errors of this magnitude."
"So what's a regulator to do? One argument against big bailouts is moral hazard–the idea that if you bail the banks out now, future bankers will take even bigger risks."
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Athletes compete during the Mobile County Special Olympics Track and Field Competition Friday, March 26, 2010, at St. Paul's Episcopal School in Mobile, Ala. Approximately 340 Mobile County public school students age 8-21 participated in 25 different events. The top-scoring athletes move to the state competition, scheduled for May at Troy University, said Debra Garlo, Mobile County area director of the Special Olympics Alabama. A national competition and an international competition also are held. Other events are held during the year, but the track and field competition is the largest event, Garlo said.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A search for objects that were allegedly dumped into the water off the Outerbridge Crossing came up empty, according to the Port Authority Police Department.
The PAPD and the Coast Guard conducted the search following a report that construction workers near the bridge saw a man throwing objects into the water, then fleeing in boat, according to the PAPD.
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Marion L. Spellman
CANFIELD – Marion L. Spellman, 88, died Friday after a brief illness.
Born Jan. 26, 1926, in Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Mary (Knox) Hough.
Mrs. Spellman worked in Canfield most of her life. She was cook for many different places but was most remembered for the 20 plus years she worked as a head cook at Idle Acres Truck Stop.
Survivors include her children, Leroy M. (Donna) Spellman Sr., Frank D. Spellman Sr., Darlene Spellman and Pamela Anderson; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; seven sisters, Mary Doris Moore, Helena Moore, Betty Baird, Jean Hoprich, Amelia Cox, Eileen Bates and Shirley Secrest; and two brothers, Arthur and Earl Hough.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank E. Spellman.
A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at Upper Room Ministries, 4301 New Road, Austintown.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice House, 9803 Sharrott Road, Poland, Ohio 44514.
Family and friends may send condolences to www.lanefuneralhomes.com.


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Edgar C. and Mabel C. Arnold of Bay City will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a month long trip to Largo, Florida and a family dinner.
The former Mabel Deering and her husband were married Feb. 23, 1939, in Detroit.
The couple has five children: Barbara McMann, Gene Arnold, Tudi Sprague, and Timothy Arnold. Son Thomas Arnold is deceased.
They also have 13 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Edgar is a retired real estate broker. Mabel is retired from Monitor Sugar Factory.


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The Greenhills boys basketball team is looking to wrap up a perfect regular season Thursday night when it takes on Arbor Prep. Chelsea's Steve Bleise and Lincoln's Jordan Markey are hoping to keep their perfect wrestling records in tact Friday night in the individual wrestling state semifinals at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
All might succeed, but only one can be The Ann Arbor News Game of the Week. The basketball game was running away with the vote for a while, but the wrestling began to gain ground on Monday. The voting is open until 5 p.m. Tuesday.


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For those of you who met my "Imperfect Season" blog with skepticism two weeks ago, I'ld just like to give a little update on the 11 undefeated teams left in the NCAA D-I football world.
We're down to five.
I warned everyone that no team would finish with a donut in the loss column this season -- the first time in as long as anyone can remember. And within two weeks, seven squads have already bit the dust.
The biggest pretenders proved to be Cincinnati (Louisville, Pittsburgh) and California (Oregon State, UCLA) -- dropping two straight to unranked opponents. And UCLA lost to pathetic Notre Dame the week before. Ugh.
Following suit: Connecticut (Virginia), South Florida (Rutgers), Missouri (Oklahoma), and shockingly LSU (Kentucky) all imploded on themselves, albeit to much stiffer competition than the Bearcats and Golden Bears.
So let's figure out when the ball will drop for the 'final five.'
Kansas and Ohio State: Or as I like to call them, the cupcakes. They've both played the softest schedules known to man, only one barely-ranked team each, and unimpressive respective wins today over mired-in-mediocrity Colorado and Michigan State. Both should be rendered useless this week anyway, with Texas A&M taking care of the Jayhawks and Penn State wiping the floor with the Buckeyes.
Arizona State and Boston College: The winners of the we-get-to-play-the-nobodies-of-our-conference-to-start-the-season sweepstakes. The Sun Devils and the Eagles both did what they were supposed to against the no-shows of the PAC-10 and the ACC, but the big boys are coming up over the next five weeks. Nice run, guys. Too bad it's over. At least you won't be settling for the TCBY-Time Warner Cable Bowl on Dec. 15, though.
Hawaii: The fairy tale. Sorry. Even the WAC is not easily won. The victories are starting to come by narrower and narrower margins. The perennials (Fresno and Boise) are still on the docket. And the quarterback named after the middle brother in 3 Ninjas is hobbling around on a bad ankle and has thrown nine picks in his last three games. It was nice while it lasted, but the Warriors from the tiny island in the Pacific aren't long for the realm of the unbeaten. Not that we'll realize the first loss when it happens some time around 4 a.m. EST.
So is there anything to look forward to?
Possibly. If we can't root for the undefeateds, than maybe we can pull for the defeateds.
Utah State and Florida International are already sitting at 0-7 with possible winless seasons visible on the horizon. Colorado State looks like its going to end its streak of futility, up three touchdowns over UNLV at halftime, and Marshall unfortunately won't have a chance to make it unlucky no. 7 until tomorrow night.
Just remember, misery loves company.
Go Aggies! Go Golden Panthers! Go for the 0-for!


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LSU baseball coach Paul Mainieri has been selected the 2009 National Coach of the Year by Rivals.com. The honor is the third such designation this season for Mainieri, who also was recognized by Collegiate Baseball newspaper and Baseball America magazine.
Mainieri, who directed LSU to the 2009 College World Series title, also was the Rivals.com National Coach of the Year in 2008.
LSU completed the season with a 56-17 record, the second-highest win total in school history. The CWS title was the sixth for LSU and its first since 2000, when Skip Bertman led the Tigers to their fifth NCAA championship.
The '09 Tigers, who began the year ranked No. 1 in the nation, culminated the season with a 2-1 series victory over Texas in the CWS championship finals.
Mainieri has a 134-62-2 (.682) record in three seasons at LSU, including the '09 national championship, two CWS appearances, one SEC regular-season title, two SEC Tournament titles and two SEC Western Division crowns.
He has a 998-554-6 (.642) career record in 27 collegiate seasons, including tenures at St. Thomas (Fla.), Air Force, Notre Dame and LSU.
"Winning a national title is just a very special moment for me, and I've thought about all the players I've coached at St. Thomas, Air Force, Notre Dame and now LSU," Mainieri said. "They're all a part of this with me. I'm just such a lucky man to be the coach of this outstanding program."
Mainieri guided LSU to an SEC-record 23-game win streak near the end of the 2008 season, as the Tigers won 26 of their final 29 games. LSU won 28 of its final 33 games in 2009, including a 14-game win streak during the postseason. Since April 22, 2008, LSU has a remarkable 82-20 (.804) record.


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--- Quote from: monstertruck on March 26, 2012, 04:56:16 AM ---Dude!!!
Definitely a suckatation situation!
Sheer agony. How long did you suffer before you hit the ER?
Interesting info from the Professor. Definitely worth a follow up. :)
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Professor should share more, I would be interesting to read. I assume the cleanses do not include pizza?
I took a walk with wifey yesterday and my lower abdomen felt tight. But since the hernia surgery that is not uncommon, I figured it would loosen up when I played tennis. I ate lunch at 12:15, at 12:30 sat down to play some checkers online and moved about 5 times before it was really uncomfortable. At first I figured it was lunch bothering me and would pass, but after about 10 minutes it just was worse so we called the family doctor. He said it sounds like a kidney stone and to go to ER. So I was at home for about 30 minutes with the issue. Puked my brains out right before I left and that helped a little. The ER checked my right in and then hit me with drugs pretty quickly thereafter. All in all I was in bad pain for about 90 minutes which could have been a lot worse!
Scott, my brother had them too. He was in so much pain. the worst pain you can imagine... the only thing I can tell you is to drink a plenty of water, it's a must, no salty food, plenty of vegetables, fruit, fish, lean meat ....
The main cleanse actually involves eating 6 Large deep dish pizza's in one hour. The theory goes that if you can handle all that pizza and food in one hour, all other bodily problems are by comparison like a mousquite bite. :innocent:
I'll try and limit the info here to Kidney stones specifically. A lot of this stuff can obviously be found with a few google searches. The important thing of note here is that kidney stones can form regardless of whether you have experienced any pain/symptoms or not; and if you have found proof of one and have had to do something about it, you can be assured that it's most likely not an isolated incident and you want to take steps to rectify and better the situation as soon as possible.
So you already know what kidney stones are, they are a coagulation and solidification of primarily uric acid and calcium. The preventative key would then be to stop this accumulation from happening and if you suspect you have one or more then the next step is to help the body break them down.
In brief here's two important things you want to be keeping an eye out - or both your eyes out for, at least when you are in the middle of experiencing pain and discomfort:
1. Water - how many of you are drinking your body weight in fluid ounces - NOT COUNTING water you drink to replenish during exercise? You need to be drinking enough to have to urinate every ~3 hours and your urine should be clear for the most part unless you are extensively supplementing with a B-complex supplement.
2. Some of you might have heard of the miracle of lemons and apple cider vinegar (acv). And whether you buy into alternative medicinal approach or not, and whether there's substantial medical research or not, there's a lot of empirical data showing the power of these two. Citric acid helps break down calcium and mineral deposits in our body, as does Magnesium and vitamin A.
Here's a quick source with feedback from a lot of people: http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/kidney_stones.html and here's the treatment that a close friend of ours used to see huge improvement and relief: http://www.livestrong.com/article/138953-how-use-olive-oil-lemon-juice-kidney-stones/
Another method that I have heard a lot of involves lemons, coke and asparagus. Large amounts of coke - again I am guessing it has to do with the high levels of absorbc acid in Coke. Here's a link: http://infinity.usanethosting.com/Kidney/index.htm - This actually seems pretty powerful, I'm intrigued as I am looking into this now.
Now I personally don't know how the olive oil works with the kidney since your lipid profile doesn't pass through the kidney. So I'd assume the lemon would help just as much if taken by itself to break down calcium - especially calcium phosphate and the olive oil should help soften the stones. On a side note, olive oil and lemon is an excellent and actually much mroe established cure for relieving gall stones.
Also, from my experience and research, lemon and ACV are interchangeable. I consider ACV to be a much stronger form of lemon as it has much of the same properties as lemon as well as the benefits of other things like pectin in apple - which is a fantastic liver cleanser and you can see a difference in your skin immediately. For 3 months, back in the day, I spiked my water everyday with ACV, 2 teaspoon per litre (~32 fl. oz) as a treatment for Acne and it definitely contributed to improvement. Then again I didn't have very much and I also did a 3 day apple diet that really cleared everything up. But the point is ACV is powerful stuff. If you do want to get it, get the raw form, organic, not the clear liquid type that you find in normal foodstores for wholesale.
3. If you are having pain much of the normal rules for physical discomfort apply. Warm/cold compress (at home we have a small pillowcase sealed with white rice in it, it's a handy heat bag whenever we want, just microwave for a couple minutes and you have a head bag ready), mild massaging, rest in a somewhat sitting position - not completely flat, just little things to alleviate pressure on the kidneys that could go a long way in making you feel comfortable.
4. Drink warm water with lemon squeezed in as well as natural relaxants and dirutics, such as aloe vera or dandellion root which is actually very good for kidneys.
Now like I said, all this is available on the net but unless one believes in or inclined to look at alternative cures, they might not be aware. Best partis that most of these things are relatively easy to implement, at some level make common sense, and for the most part should only help or do nothing. So it doesn't hurt to research and once you are fully convinced, give it a shot and see if it helps.
Finally, my dad is borderline Homepathic doctor, and he helps out plenty of our family and friends with all types of ailments. My family hasn't taken anti-biotics or pain killers of any sort for well over a decade, and I think that's pretty powerful especially considering the number of things my dad and my brother have been through over the years. If you are interested I'd definitely encourage you to look into it and again, feel free to contact me. You can pick up homepathic medicines for <$10 at your local nutrition store and you have nothing to lose. Homepathy has no side effects and is really safe, I could give you countless examples from personal history with family and friends to show how effective it has been in treating my brother's respiratory problems since he was a months old baby (for which the doctors hospitalized him and put him on steroids for days) to helping my 80+ year old grandmother recover from a cerebral hemmoraghe just months ago, and everything in between.
So a few options for you, hope some of it helps.
Last but not least, I'd recommend anyone who has given a second though about their health, and I think everyone should, to read this book, at least the first chapter of this book for what could be anything from a light interesting read to a life-changing eye-opening experience with regards to your health. This is what I was initially talking about but I realize he doesn't have anything specifically for Kidney stones so I refrained from mentioning this earlier. Regardless, a very powerful little booko and a great start if anyone is interested in learning a bit more about their bodies and taking care of themselves. http://www.jonbarron.org/detox/book-free-lessons-miracle-doctors
Thanks professor, I will read all of that later, just got home from surgery. They blasted it.
Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!
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Day 109: This is one in a series of posts assessing key developments during Gov. Rick Snyder's self-imposed 182 days to chart a new course for Michigan by July 1. For earlier posts go to mlive.com/stateofchange.
Jackson County Sheriff Daniel Heyns will run, effective June 1, he Michigan Department of Corrections, one of the state's largest departments criticized for years for spending too much money, more than $2 billion in the current fiscal year.
Heyns, sheriff since 2003, will run a 15,000-employee agency charged with supervising more than 125,000 felons either in one of 34 facilities or on parole and probation.
Snyder said this morning Heyns' management experience and lifelong career in law enforcement and his "keen understanding of how local jurisdictions can work cooperatively with our state correctional facilities make him an excellent choice for director of corrections."
Heyns said he supports in concept DOC's efforts to prepare parolees for a constructive life after prison. "You have to give offenders the tools to successfully re-assimilate themselves into society," he said. "The concept is right. The question is which of those programs work and which don't."
As a local law enforcement official, however, Heyns has been critical of the previous administration's strategy to parole inmates who had served 100 percent of their minimum sentence. Independent studies concluded Michigan spends more on its prisons, in part, because it keeps felons locked up for longer periods of time.
"I've been pretty critical of the past administration's strategies of accelerated releases," Heyns said. "I still believe that that was budget driven, and it did create some public safety risk. Further, that strategy didn't work very well. We closed a lot of facilities. We released a lot of prisoners, and we're still at $2 billion. We need to go back and look at that."
Heyns said he intends to travel to Indiana and Ohio to find out why they run their prisons for less money as part of a "top-to-bottom" review of the department.
Department critics wonder why DOC's budget keeps going up after a prison population drop of more than 7,000 inmates and the closing of more than a dozen facilities.
For a half-decade now, Michigan has been one of handful of states that spends more its prisons than its universities. Snyder's 2012 budge continues that.
Snyder wants to save $90 million in DOC's budget through employee cost savings alone. Various reports say Michigan spends more wages, benefits, overtime and staffing ratios than surrounding Midwest states that spend less per prisoner. So far, Snyder and Senate Republicans have sliced more than $100 million out of the current-year budget.
As for what specific employee savings Snyder wants to see, "that's not something that we're specifying. We believe that should be done through the collective bargaining process."
Heyns, previously undersheriff and captain with the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, currently runs a $12.5 million department, a 450-bed jail, a 911 central dispatch center and several specialized units. He has degrees from the University of Michigan and Michigan State University.
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LG Prepping To Release New Google TV's in 2013
If Google TV is right up your alley then you may be excited to hear that, courtesy of LG, new Google TV's will be released next year. These units are slated to be shown off at CES 2013 and then released sometime in the first half of the year. The TV's appear to be slim and near bezel-less with a sleek modern design. If you're already measuring whether or not will fit on your wall, then you should bear in mind that they will come in a whole range of sizes between 42 and 60 inches and will have Google TV integrated right into the TV itself rather than having a separate set-top box.
LG also made mention of a few of the features built in such as advanced voice recognition (possibly similar to Google Now?), Quick Guide and Prime Time to allow the user to both watch and use other content at the same time, and OnLive built directly into the TV. Along with all those features, it has a sophisticated remote that has a microphone for voice control, gesture controls, and a full QWERTY keyboard. That all sounds great on paper but we'll have to wait until CES for a better look at just how good it is in the real world. Who else is excited for this?


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Dear Diary: Every time I hear those Western dogs on TV speculate that I'm stuck in a cave in Tora Bora, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. If they only knew! I'd give anything to be back there now. Sure, it would be rough living, but I wouldn't be surrounded by all these nattering wives! What was I thinking? I would rather cart my own water and sleep amidst sheep dung than spend one more night trying to referee the petty disputes of these bickering women.
Dear Diary: Surely the Almighty is testing me in his unique way. I've got three wives here, so many children I can barely keep them straight, two couriers and their wives and their children, and still, if I don't feed the chickens they don't get fed! Is this proper work for the preeminent jihadist against Satan Incarnate, the United States of America? I think not. Yet that's the problem with having three wives — each one thinks the chickens are someone else's chore. Meanwhile the chickens go unfed and we're stuck having rice and dates for dinner. Again.
Dear Diary: The wives have discovered some American Devil television show called "Sister Wives." At first I encouraged this, because it showed our arrangement is more common than they thought. But lately I've noticed them staring lustily at the husband in the show. (He's blond.) And they've started to notice his wives are all about the same age. My older wives are starting to get jealous. They want me to set up a strict schedule of bedroom "visits." They don't realize I'm not as young as that blond guy.
Dear Diary: Had to feed chickens again. Don't know how long I can take this. And get this: The wives want to start a book club. They saw it on "Oprah." They tell me they're used to living in purdah, but they miss the companionship of other women. Why can't they have some of the neighbor ladies over for a bit of tea and sweets, they wonder? Whine, whine, whine. Women — they make terrible fighters for jihad!
Dear Diary: You won't believe this, Diary, but I'm actually starting to look forward to feeding the chickens every morning. And why, do you ask? Because no one bothers me! I have a good excuse to be outside — I hope no one can see me — and away from all the noise of the home-schooling room. At first I found it humiliating, but now it's a little island of peace in a day filled with female yammering. It was easy to renounce the world of a Saudi construction-business millionaire … but what I wouldn't give for a quick vacation to the beaches of Jeddah.
Dear Diary: When we first came to Abbottabad, this place seemed plenty big enough. Each of my wives and their children had their own bedrooms with attached kitchen. We'd have a little vegetable garden, I'd have one of them stitch 500 Euros into my clothes and we'd plan the downfall of the Satan country, America. It looked good on paper.
What was I thinking?!? This place is starting to feel cramped. We've got about nine kids here — I lose track — including the little toddler, what's-his-name. I know it wasn't the smartest strategic move to bring another child into this setting, but forgive me merciful Heaven, I was weak. Plus, there's nothing else to do around here.
Dear Diary: My older two wives approached me last night to ask if they could get new furniture. Can you imagine that? They could be living in a cave, yet they're complaining about sleeping on foam mattresses. They taunt me, saying none of their cousins has to sleep on a foam mattress. I remind them that none of their cousins' husbands has a bounty on his head and they should be honored to be in my presence at all! That shut them up. They bowed and left.
I'll order new mattresses anyway because my back is starting to hurt. I'll just wait a bit so they don't think their complaints succeeded.
Dear Diary: I used to think they all married me for my power and intellect, but now I'm starting to see it might have been my money. They're getting a bit restless.
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Iron Ore Holdings is no longer considering acquiring new assets, preferring to conserve its $98 million cash balance for the development of its own assets.
Speaking at the company's annual meeting yesterday IOH managing director Alwyn Vorster said the company had previously flagged the potential acquisition of new projects, but the company would focus its attention on developing its own Pilbara iron ore assets instead.
"I believe the phase of the industry we are moving into is that the low hanging fruit is gone. I believe only quality assets and quality people will rise to the top in the next two years," he said.
Mr Vorster confirmed yesterday's _WestBusiness _ report that the company is seeking to develop new port infrastructure in the Pilbara, but is still weighing up a potential development at Cape Preston against a smaller barging operation at its nearby Mardie deposit.
With a pre-feasibility study due within weeks on the development of an 8mtpa operation from IOH's Bungaroo South project, Mr Vorster said IOH's focus was on development of a supply chain to allow it get its iron ore to market.
The company on Tuesday declared a maiden probably reserve for Bungaroo South of 92.4 million tonnes, grading an average 57.6 per cent iron.
"About nine months ago the board decided we could not develop Bungaroo South on the basis of being 100 per cent at the mercy of the potential Anketell development," he said.
"So we decided to commence a pre-feasibility study on a completely independent supply chain."
Mr Vorster said the company was still in discussions with the State Government over support for a new port, which could include a 20mtpa facility at Cape Preston which could also be made available for the use of other iron ore hopefuls in the region. Iron Ore Holdings shares closed yesterday at 81¢, up 4.5¢.


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