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Can't Catch My Horse
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Q. I am so frustrated with my miniature Shetland Pony gelding, Popcorn. In his pasture, we just can't catch him. It takes me, my parents, and any other people who are around the barn to go out together and corner him. Sometimes we have to chase him for a half-hour if we have to catch him for the vet or the farrier. In his stall, he swings around to get away. Mom and Dad have to corner him. When he has been in the barn for a while, he gets used to being caught and doesn't even turn when he sees two people coming. Once he is caught, he is really nice.
A. Oh, how well we all know the frustration. But they all can improve with work. There are lots of methods out there for this problem. My favorite method for a pony such as you describe takes a lot of work, but the result tends to last for a long time. It involves teaching the horse or pony that "all good things come from people," and that "people are always good."
First, at least for a period of training, the pony needs to become dependent on people (and coming to people) for food and water. Start with the pony in his stall where he has no feed or water except what you give him. You and one or two assistants will hand feed and water him two or three times a day for at least three weeks. At each feeding place a flake of hay and a bucket of water near the stall door. Open the door, stand there, say his name, and just wait quietly for 10 minutes (use a stop watch; get a stool; read a catalogue). If he doesn't come toward you after 10 minutes, get the bucket of water and the hay and set them down at your feet just inside the stall and wait quietly another 10 minutes.
You can say his name as if to call him over once in a while. You can trickle the water through your hands, making the sound of running water. Put a handful of sweet feed in the bottom of a small bucket and rattle it around. If he doesn't come, take the hay and grain and water away and close the door. Continue this procedure every couple of hours until he approaches the hay and water. When he does come, just let him eat and drink while you stand there quietly.
If at the end of the first day he has not come on his own, get your assistant to help you catch him as quietly as possible and lead him to the hay and water. Just stand there quietly while he eats and drinks. Take the leftover hay and water out when you leave. Once he starts coming toward you reliably when you open the door or place the hay and water, try calmly reaching out to attach a lead rope. Hold him on a loose lead while he eats and drinks. Then start catching him in the stall before you bring the hay and water.
Once he gets really easy to catch in the stall, move him out to an open paddock without grass and repeat what you did in the stall. When you catch him, just give him a nice pat, rub him gently along the neck under the mane, give him a little grain treat from your pocket, give him his hay and water, then let him go. Whenever you have time when it is not feeding time, try catching him without the food or just with the grain treat. Once he will come to you reliably in the small bare paddock, move on to trying him out in a grass pasture.
Remember that Popcorn also needs to trust that being caught is usually a good thing. It doesn't sound like you punish him, but for sure any punishment will make it worse. So, no matter how mad he makes you, just keep calm and smiling, and don't shout or hit him for being difficult to catch. Also, once he starts coming to you to be caught, be sure to be really nice to him for the next few minutes. One challenge with ponies is that they seem really smart; they learn to detect when the veterinarian or the farrier is there, or if the only reason they are ever caught is to work. Be sure to go out and catch him frequently when you are just going to give him a treat or a gentle pat on the neck, then let him go.
About the Author
Sue McDonnell, PhD, Certified AAB
Sue M. McDonnell, PhD, is a certified applied animal behaviorist and the founding head of the equine behavior program at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. She is also the author of numerous books and articles about horse behavior and management.
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Library seeks funding boost
This would be in addition to the $153,200 the library currently receives annually from the town to help finance their day-to-day operations. That level of public funding has remained unchanged for the past four years.
The request was made during Tuesday night's select board meeting during a presentation by Linda McKeever, the library's board president.
"The current contribution of our town is 44 percent of our operating budget," she said. "The money that we are asking for is earmarked for basically staff. Because of our new location we will really need to be operating at six days a week."
The $44,800 increase will add approximately $13 to a Manchester resident's median home owner's tax bill. Currently, non-residents pay a fee of $35 for a single person or $65 for a family to use the library's services. McKeever said the library board may raise that fee to help offset other costs.
This increase will only be used for operational expenses, she said. The library board is in the process of raising a total of $6.6 million in private funds for the new building. That sum includes construction costs, land acquisition, furnishings and equipment and a boost to the library's endowment fund. The board has also set a goal of doubling the library's endowment as part of the building process, as well as looking for more corporate sponsors for events like First Wednesdays, she added.
"This board is constantly looking for ways to creatively fund the library," she said.
McKeever said the money the library is asking for will be used for essential services, like funding a full-time children's librarian and a part-time digital librarian. Some of the services the new library will offer are touch down work stations, where entrepreneurs can rent as a work space and community meeting rooms. The new building will be handicap-accessible and completely compliant with the American Disabilities Act, which the current building is not, she said. The Manchester Historical Society and Vermont Reading Partners will have permanent space in the library.
One of the best new additions for Manchester is a designated space for young adults.
"There is going to be amazing young adult loft area, that is totally dedicated to the young people," she said. "It will be their space and when school is not in session or after school, it is a safe space for them to go."
All ages of children will have activities, spaces and services available to them, she said.
John O'Keefe, the town manager, said on Wednesday after the meeting, that as the person responsible for creating the budget, the amount the library requested will make creating the budget extremely challenging.
"We have had meetings in the past and we were assuming costs would increase," he said. "It is certainly larger than any increase in any municipal department, at least since I've been here. It was a bad budget to start with but now it's just gotten worse."
During the meeting, the select board expressed some concerns about the additional funds the library was requesting following McKeever's presentation. Select board chairman Ivan Beattie wanted to know more about potential revenue the library may have. McKeever said the potential for revenue is there, however, the library board has been conservative in their estimates. The new library will offer an event space with the capacity for 150 people, complete with an outside terrace, that could potentially host a small wedding.
On Wednesday after the meeting, Beattie said he was disappointed the library's request came in so high.
"It is a very high number for non-municipal spending," he said. "Let's put it this way, the fire department costs about $150,000 and the library wants nearly $200,000. Personally, I have a tough time accepting that number."
Select board member Lisa Souls said she is confronted daily with the challenge many people face by the cost of not just living in Manchester, but Vermont in general. She said that this building and the library are great, but she does not see how the Town could give any more money.
McKeever said that there is a tax impact for the library, but that there is a social impact as well.
"The state of Vermont has no problem saying to people who don't have much money that you have to apply for everything online. There is nothing you can do in Vermont anymore, including applying for unemployment, that is not computer-based," she said. "And what does somebody who is a low income person in Manchester, where do they go to apply? They come to the library and they come in droves to the library."
The new building will be called the Manchester Community Library, but will pay homage to the current space and namesake with the Mark Skinner Reading Room.
After spending nearly an hour discussing the library, the board announced the formal appointment of the town's new zoning administrator and planning director.
Allison Stori Hopkins, who is currently Regional Planner with The Northwest Regional Planning Commission will start Dec. 9. Beattie said the list of candidates for the position was very talented.
"In the course of the interviews we found out she grew up in Landgrove and spent a lot of time in Manchester," he said. "We were very impressed with her poise and composure- she really handled the challenging questions-and her extensive knowledge of planning and zoning."
Hopkins said in a phone interview on Wednesday that she is excited to join the Manchester community.
"[I am excited for] The ability to work with a community that has shown a really strong history of planning and shares some of the same planning principles I do," she said.
Finally, the select board heard from Manchester Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Berta Maginniss. Manchester Merriment, the seasonal events going on all around town through the New Year, has been named a Vermont Top Ten Winter Event, she said. November 30 will kick off the season with the Tree Lighting at the Park House, as opposed to the Town Green where it has been held in the past, at 5:30 p.m. The main event of Manchester Merriment will be the tractor parade, starting at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 7.
"Santa will be in the tractor parade on his very own float and with a little luck, Ivan [Beattie] will be on his very own tractor," she said. "We will have 11 non-profit floats that will be in our parade this year."
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Nursing sore wrist, Quentin out of lineup
By Corey Brock / MLB.com
SAN DIEGO -- Left fielder Carlos Quentin was out of the Padres starting lineup Wednesday after he was hit just above the right wrist with a pitch in Tuesday's victory over the Dodgers.
"He's still a little sore," said Padres manager Bud Black. "Medically, we're working him up. He's going through a number of tests, and we hope to get a better idea of where he's headed."
Quentin was hit by Dodgers pitcher Ronald Belisario in the seventh inning. He immediately clutched his wrist and motioned to the bench.
Quentin was examined on the field by team trainer Todd Hutcheson and Black. After a brief discussion, he then came out of the game. Quentin had an X-ray done after the game that didn't show any damage to the wrist area.
The outfielder wasn't available before Wednesday's game, as he was getting treatment on his wrist.
Black was asked if the injury would be enough to send Quentin to the disabled list.
"I don't think it's going to happen," Black said.
Quentin is hitting .250 this season in 16 at-bats, with three doubles, three walks and three RBIs in seven games.
Chris Denorfia got the start in left field in the second game of a three-game series against the Dodgers.
Headley takes BP, honing in on rehab assignment
SAN DIEGO -- Two days after tests on his injured left thumb showed it's healing, Padres third baseman Chase Headley was on the field before Wednesday's game taking batting practice.
Headley, a switch-hitter, took batting practice from both sides of the plate before the Padres faced the Dodgers at Petco Park.
His swing felt good, Headley said, as did his thumb. On March 17, Headley suffered a fractured tip of his left thumb sliding into second base in a Spring Training game in Arizona.
The initial diagnosis was that he would miss between four and six weeks. After hitting Wednesday, Headley and the Padres are optimistic he can start a Minor League rehabilitation stint soon, possibly as early as this weekend.
"In the next three or four days, we might map something out," said Padres manager Bud Black. "But we are very encouraged. Chase's swings were good from both sides of the plate."
Headley, who led the National League in RBIs a year ago and won Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Awards, said he is eager to return but is pragmatic about the steps that are needed before he can do so.
"It will depend on how I feel," he said. "I don't think we're a long ways off. More than anything, we'll see how it feels."
Headley said he might need between four and seven games in a rehabilitation stint before he's ready to play in the big leagues again.
One pitch enough for Gregerson to earn a win
SAN DIEGO -- Reliever Luke Gregerson hardly broke a sweat Tuesday but was rewarded with his first win of the season.
Gregerson was summoned from the bullpen with two outs and a runner on base in the seventh inning. In a tied game, the right-hander threw one pitch to Juan Uribe, who earlier in the game hit a two-run home run.
One pitch -- an 81 mph slider -- and, as it turns out, one victory, as the Padres took the lead with a run in the seventh inning and then scored five more in the eighth inning for a 9-3 victory.
"That's about all I did yesterday," Gregerson said, smiling.
Uribe grounded a ball to third baseman Jedd Gyorko, who threw to second baseman Alexi Amarista for a force to end the inning.
Gregerson became just the fourth pitcher in club history since 1988 to throw one pitch and get credited with a victory. The others are Tim Mauser (1994), Dennys Reyes (2005) and Edward Mujica (2009).
"It's just part of the game. I'll take any win I can get, it was a good win for us," Gregerson said. "I have faced Uribe a number of times before, and I know his strengths and he knows mine. I tried to challenge him with my best pitch [slider] and he took a hack at it into the ground."
Worth noting
• Black used a pitcher as a pinch-hitter (Eric Stults) and pinch-runner (Tyson Ross) in Tuesday's victory over the Dodgers. According to Elias, it was the first time that two Padres pitchers were used in those roles in the same game since 1998, when Joey Hamilton was used as a pinch-hitter and Pete Smith pinch-ran.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Monday, January 19, 2009
Shepard Fairey's "Hope" poster, which became the most famous icon of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, was unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington, DC, on January 17. Fairey is a guerrilla artist, who previously was best known for his "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" street-art posters and stickers, which promoted the huge wrestler in the late 1980s.
The National Portrait Gallery's blog stated: "Early in 2008, Fairey produced his first Obama portrait, with a stenciled face, visionary upward glance, and the caption 'Progress.' In this second version, Fairey repeated the heroic pose and patriotic color scheme, substituting the slogan 'Hope' .... The campaign sold 50,000 official posters; a San Francisco streetwear company produced T-shirts; grassroots organizations disseminated hundreds of thousands of stickers; and a free downloadable version generated countless repetitions."
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I mentioned this on the facebook wall, there's a cool app out for creating your own version of the Fairey poster (it's basically some automated photoshop going on...with a nice user-friendly interface). http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/
I've got a version I just made for my sister in law, who's a huge obama fan.
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Speaking of passion and music, we know you write songs. What can you share about it?
I'm trying to write some songs for the next movie. I don't know if it will be possible because of my schedule, but I want to do it. Music is the other side of me, it's one of the things that complete me and I wouldn't want to leave it aside for anything in the world. I have the intention of evolving in that aspect. It's something I want to develop just as much as acting. I want to have a balance between those two things.
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David Craig Named Professor Emeritus at Clarkson University
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Professor of Humanities David M. Craig was named professor emeritus at Clarkson University's 119th Commencement today. Craig was honored for 35 years of exemplary service to the University.
He made his greatest and most lasting contribution to the University as founding director of the Honors Program. Among the achievements of the program under Craig's direction were its innovative problem-based curriculum; its research program; its ability to attract, graduate, and place top-ability students; and the high number of Goldwater Scholars it has produced.
From 2007-2010, Craig also served as head of the Clarkson School.
As a dedicated and talented teacher, Craig taught courses in American literature with an emphasis on the novel, and, for many years, taught the Great Ideas courses.
A serious scholar, Craig is the author of the book Tilting at Mortality: Narrative Strategies in Joseph Heller's Fiction, which was named a Choice "Outstanding Academic Book," as well as more than two dozen peer-reviewed articles in publications such as the CEA Critic, War Literature and the Arts, Aethlon, the Dickens Studies Annual and the Centennial Review.
Craig was a senior Fulbright lecturer at the University of Nis in Yugoslavia in 1981, a Mellon Scholar in 1980 and again in 1984, and the recipient of three summer seminar grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Among other honors, Craig received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the St. Lawrence Section of the American Society for Engineering Education, the Clarkson University Distinguished Teaching Award, and the Clarkson Student Association Outstanding Teaching Award. He served on more than 35 departmental and University committees.
Craig received his Ph.D. in prose fiction genre and his A.B. in English from the University of Notre Dame, and his M.A. in English from the University of Nebraska.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in five alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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WDIV-TV Local 4 Wins NAB Service to America Award
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DETROIT, May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WDIV-TV Local 4 is being honored above all local broadcast stations in the country with the National Association of Broadcasters Service to America Award. The prestigious award recognizing WDIV's ongoing commitment to outstanding community service will be presented by the NAB Education Foundation on Monday, June 6 in Washington, D.C.
"This incredible honor reflects the hard work and contributions of every member of our WDIV team," said Marla Drutz, VP and General Manager of WDIV-TV. "Our commitment to serving those in our community permeates all we do at Local 4. With this Service to America Award in addition to our two 2011 Edward R. Murrow Awards, I am extremely proud that our efforts are being recognized on the national level."
The NAB Service to America Award recognizes the efforts of the entire station as a leader in serving the public with significant contributions from every department. Hallmarks of this station-wide commitment range from awarding-winning Good Health reports featuring Dr. Frank McGeorge, Ruth Spencer's Ruth to the Rescue consumer reports and Local 4 Defenders investigations on Local 4 News to live specials from Detroit's treasured events including America's Thanksgiving Parade and the Fireworks, unparalleled coverage of Decision 2010 featuring an exclusive Gubernatorial Debate, and Detroit's top weekly community affairs program, Flashpoint. Local 4 has hosted several on-air telethons and blood drives and has been a long-standing partner in the Race 4 The Cure. The highly successful Help 4 Haiti campaign raised over $2 million in donations for earthquake relief as Local 4 News anchor Carmen Harlan and Dr. Frank McGeorge travelled to Haiti to report in the wake of the devastation. In addition, WDIV became the first Detroit station to broadcast a signal for Mobile DTV, allowing viewers to watch news and programs on mobile devices.
Local 4 News is the #1 newscast at 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. in Nielsen ratings for the Detroit television market, and Local 4 News at 11 p.m. is the highest-rated newscast of all NBC affiliates in the top 11 markets nationwide. WDIV Local 4's websites, www.ClickOnDetroit.com and www.JustWeather.com, are leading breaking news and weather websites in Michigan. Local 4 News is the proud recipient this year of two Edward R. Murrow Awards from the RTDNA for Breaking News and Continuing News Coverage.
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Why does the refrigerator have a light but the freezer doesnt? Its hard to find the Popsicles at night during this hot, hot summer. Tori Edison
The conventional wisdom blames conventional light bulbs, which generate heat as they come on.
Hot lights defeat the purpose of a freezer, and bulbs dont like wide temperature fluctuations as this reduces their operational life.
But hold on a sec. LED lights are cool to the touch, thus solving the heat issue.
Then Mrs. Action Line took a quick look inside the freezer for some ice cubes. Our freezer has lights. I never really noticed that before, she said, adding that we really ought to do something with that ice-encrusted package of frozen peas purchased last winter because its good to have some green vegetables on hand.
There seems to be some wide disparities in the world with major appliances. So lets turn to an expert in such matters: the folks at Frigidaire.
Just for the record, Frigidaire was the first company to manufacture electric refrigerators and still builds its appliances in America.
The real reason for lightless freezers is cost, said Kevin Anderson, a Frigidaire customer-service specialist from his Augusta, Ga., office. Basic refrigerators are called builder models, and these generally dont have freezer lights because they would be more expensive. Spend a bit more money, and youll get more features, he said.
When you get into the newer stainless steel models, the side-by-sides or the French door bottom-mount models, these will all have freezer lights.
Therefore, Mrs. Edison, your kitchen is vexed by an old, cheap refrigerator. Time to buy a spiffy new icebox. Not surprisingly, our friend Kevin in Georgia recommends a Frigidaire.
If making a major purchase is not an option, simply keeping a flashlight nearby can help locate nocturnal refreshments.
Anderson has a different suggestion: How about glow sticks? They last longer at cold temperatures, he said wryly.
It would be a real conversation starter, too. Open the freezer and you have an instant rave with frozen food.
Why does the local fish hatchery have vending machines to feed the fish, but refuse to give change so you can buy it? And how does that fit with the concept of customer service or the hatcherys We Need Your Help sign a few feet away from the We Wont Help You sign? Sign me, Jake Troutman
While your question might seem a little fishy, Action Line will take the bait.
So we turn to our friend and Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman Joe Lewandowski. When it comes to not breaking a dollar, the buck stops with Joe.
I dont mean to dismiss this, but the number one reason for the hatchery is to raise healthy fish for stocking in Colorado lakes and streams, he said. Wed love to be all things to all people, but hatchery personnel arent running a business. Their expertise is propagating species, and they do a great job at it.
The fish-food machine is a nice convenience. Its not really a profit center or mission-critical, Joe explained.
The best way to help is to purchase fishing and hunting licenses, he said, adding that the division provides excellent customer service in that regard.
Honestly, if folks just kept some change on them, it would not only avoid parking tickets downtown, but also prevent disappointment at the trout raceways, he said with a laugh.
A couple of quarters in your pocket can solve many woes, he said, adding his two-cents worth.
Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com or mail them to Action Line, The Durango Herald, 1275 Main Ave., Durango, CO 80301. You can request anonymity if you can explain why we add a d to the word fridge when refrigerator doesnt have a d.


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BERLIN- Stephen Decatur's girls' varsity basketball team continued its mid-season swoon this week, falling to Wicomico, 33-23, on Tuesday for its fifth loss in a row.
After starting the season with a .500 record at 3-3, the Seahawks have now lost five in a row and continue to have trouble putting points on the board. Against Wicomico on Tuesday, the Seahawks yielded it second lowest point total of the season, but still came up short, falling to the Indians, 33-23. Megan O'Donnell led Decatur with six points.
With the loss, the Seahawks' record fell to 3-8 on the season. Last Thursday, Decatur lost to Mardela, 62-22. The recent skid started with a couple of losses to county rivals Snow Hill and Pocomoke during the annual John Coleman Holiday tournament and the Seahawks have not been able to recover. The Seahawks last win came on December 22 when they thrashed Crisfield, 60-10.


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Norma,The MM#7 clone with all Golden Barrel Supreme Baking Molasses also looks very good. How did you and your tasters like the pizza and did you like the MM#7 pizza as well as the MM#6 pizza and, if not, why not? Also, did you detect sweetness in the finished crust and did the salt level work out OK? And did you like the Pendleton Power flour better than the KASL? Any other observations?Peter
Is it just me or does the rim look under cooked? I dunno if the color from the molasses is throwing me off or what but it looks really doughey. Ive never heard of mellow mushroom pizza but i am curious. Just dont know if i would like it if its really doughey. Maybe it should be called mellow mush...room?
Norma,Thank you for the pop-up tip. I couldn't open up the links directly but was able to when I disabled the pop-up blocker. The Allergens pdf document is indeed helpful. Ever since Biz told us that a worker in one of the MM stores he visited said that the oil used in their dough was soybean oil (Reply 128 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3940.msg154007.html#msg154007), I have had a nagging suspicion that that might not be true, both because soybean oil did not seem to fit the MM "philosophy" of its founders of offering wholesome and nutritious products free of known allergens (and also products attractive to vegetarians, vegans, etc.), and because I did not feel that one could rely on anything told to them by workers at the MM store level. Following up on my suspicions, I even conducted several Google searches at the time to see if I could find anything about the type of oil used in the MM dough. I found nothing. Well, the answer is in. If you look at the next to the last entry in the Allergens pdf document on page 8, you will see that there are no soybean products in the Pizza Crust. There are a few specialty pizzas that do include soybean products but they either include something like tofu, which is produced from soybeans, or they include ground beef that I suspect includes some textured soybean protein. All of this begs the question of what the oil is that is used in the MM dough. If I had to make a guess, I would go with canola oil, or possibly a light olive oil, both of which are considered heart healthy oils (they are low in saturated fats, have no trans fats and are rich in mono- and polyunsaturated fats and Omega 3/6 fatty acids). They also do not show up on allergens lists. In addition, they are readily and widely available and reasonably low in cost. Either would fit the MM philosophy. Of course, other oils might fit that philosophy also, like grapeseed oil or possibly sunflower or safflower oil, but if one of those oils was used in the MM dough, I think they would have touted their nutritional superiority in their promotional materials, as they did with wheat germ and Vitamin E. Plus, they are more expensive. I do not see anything in the above analysis that suggests that substituting some other oil for soybean oil will produce a materially different result, particularly at the roughly 2.5% level. I derived the most recent percent of oil from my analysis of the MM Nutrition Facts. I was hoping to hear by now on my recent questions that I raised in an email to MM so that I could confirm my analysis but I have not yet gotten a response. I think I already know the answers but I would still like to get confirmation. I plan to follow up on the matter again early next week. Peter
Do you have plans on any more experiments on a MM clone formulation with corn oil. Cottonseed oil, or olive oil, or are you satisfied from all the experiments all the members did ?
Norma,Because of the hot Texas summers and their potential harmful effects on oils, I generally only buy oils that I want to use in small amounts and as I need them. I always have olive oil on hand, and I purchased a small bottle of soybean oil (which I refrigerate) for the MM clone dough experiments, but I do not currently have any corn oil or cottonseed oil on hand. I am not even sure I can find cottonseed oil in my local supermarkets, or at least I can't recollect seeing it. I will have to check the next time I am there. Even though I don't think that one teaspoon of oil for a 12-ounce dough ball will make much of a difference compared with soybean oil, I may try olive oil in a future experiment, even though the ones I have on hand are high-quality extra virgin olive oils. In general, I am satisfied with where we are in the MM reverse engineering and cloning project. At the moment I have an experimental dough in progress whose purpose is to determine whether my analysis of the "sugars" recited in the MM Nutrition Facts is correct. "Sugars" can be tricky because they may not be a constant and may vary during fermentation as they are created and used, and may even change during baking with their caramelization and participation in the Maillard reactions. I would love to know what kind of instrumentation the people who create the Nutrition Facts for their products actually use to come up with the "sugars" entry and when they use that equipment. Or maybe there is some kind of software that can calculate the values to include in the Nutrition Facts. Based on what I read in the FDA document referenced earlier, it appears that the MM Nutrition Facts are for their products as purchased, which in the case of pizzas would be baked pizzas. This would be consistent with what I learned last week when I sent an email to Jet's Pizza and asked whether their Nutrition Facts are for unbaked or baked pizzas. The answer I got was that the Nutrition Facts are for baked pizzas. I also have another experiment in the planning stage that will relate to hydration matters. If I learn anything of value from the experiments, I will report them.Peter
Earlier tonight, I did some more research on the FDA website to see what "sugars" constitute and how they are determined. What I learned is that one has to "determine the weight in grams of all free monosaccharides and disaccharides". That means sugars like sucrose, fructose, glucose, etc. My next step is to see how and when that is done. Peter
Norma,Thank you for the links and names of some firms that are involved in preparing Nutrition Facts. I once conducted a similar search, before I got to where I am today in my understanding of Nutrition Facts, but deemed it premature at the time for me to call them, plus I couldn't imagine that someone at one of the firms would be willing to spend time trying to teach a novice who would not be a client or a source of revenues on some very complicated matters. Earlier tonight, I did some more research on the FDA website to see what "sugars" constitute and how they are determined. What I learned is that one has to "determine the weight in grams of all free monosaccharides and disaccharides". That means sugars like sucrose, fructose, glucose, etc. My next step is to see how and when that is done. Peter
Okay, this thread has officially passed into the realm of unadulterated pizza geekdom!! just kidding. ... rock on, Peter!
Okay, this thread has officially passed into the realm of unadulterated pizza geekdom!!


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The 13-9 vote provides a possible jumpstart for the passage of the legislation this year. The intent of the legislation is to harness an untapped renewable energy source that could move Maryland closer to its long-term goal of diversifying its energy portfolio.
Last year, O'Malley introduced similar legislation that ultimately stalled over concerns about what the development of as many as 100 wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City would cost the ratepayers. State lawmakers rejected the proposal over concerns about taxpayer investment in what will largely be a private enterprise.
The O'Malley Administration went back to the drawing board over the summer and reintroduced a modified version of the bill at the onset of the current General Assembly session modeled loosely on similar legislation passed last year in New Jersey that afforded protections to the state's ratepayers. On Monday, the House Economic Matters Committee passed the governor's proposed legislation, but not before adding a couple of amendments to lessen the burden on the ratepayers.
For example, the approved amendments reduced the maximum monthly surcharge on electric power bills to $1.50. Another amendment reduced the maximum surcharge for commercial and industrial customers from 2.5 percent of their monthly bill to 1.5 percent.
O'Malley's latest attempt would set up a market driven process including incentives for the construction of as many as 100 wind turbines off the resort coast capable of producing 71 percent of the Eastern Shore's current demand. The proposed wind farm would provide an estimated 450 megawatts of clean, renewable energy while creating as many as 1,800 construction jobs and another 360 ongoing maintenance jobs.
In 2008, the General Assembly doubled the state's renewable portfolio standard, requiring electricity suppliers to purchase 20 percent of the power they sell from renewable sources. As a result, wind energy was identified as an obvious source to meet those goals, but the approval process has met with several obstacles along the way. Monday's committee vote removed at least one of those obstacles.
"This bill is an important first step," said Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network. "It will help clean our air, create jobs and combat the extreme weather impacts we're already seeing from climate change."
While the effort to develop wind energy off Ocean City's coast is largely an environmental issue, its potential economic benefit cannot be overlooked, according to advocates.
"Maryland's businesses want to see offshore wind development come to our state and for good reason," said Ross Tyler of the Business Coalition of Maryland Offshore Wind. "This is a jobs bill. The General Assembly should pass the offshore wind bill and start a new industry for the U.S., which will bring thousands of new jobs to the state."


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Black wants Padres more consistent with RISP
By Joey Nowak / MLB.com
CHICAGO -- As far as Bud Black's priorities go, consistency from the rotation remains at the top of the list. But there's another issue creeping closer.
The Padres put a temporary hold on their struggles with runners in scoring position on Tuesday night, going 8-for-20 in a 13-7 rout against the Cubs, but the issue remains. San Diego entered the day ranked 18th in baseball and ninth in the National League with a .232 batting average with runners in scoring position
"[Starting pitching] has to be much more consistent every night," Black said. "And with that, on those games that maybe the starter's not on his game, we need the big hit when we get guys there. … That's when a team's really flowing, when that happens. I do like the fact that we're getting guys on base. We're getting those opportunities."
Catcher Nick Hundley is hitting 2-for-19 (.105) with runners in scoring position, Jedd Gyorko is 6-for-30 (.200) and Chase Headley is 3-for-12 (.250).
"Turn it around, that's it," said first baseman Yonder Alonso, who had a costly strikeout in Monday night's game with the bases loaded in the seventh inning. "Just gotta learn from it. Gotta put it aside."
Cashner returns to Wrigley Field in a new role
CHICAGO -- Each time Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner comes to Wrigley Field, it seems he's in a different role.
The right-hander was drafted by the Cubs in the first round (19th overall) of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft before he was traded to San Diego in a Jan. 6, 2012, deal for first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
He made his return to Wrigley on May 29, 2012, pitching an inning of relief in a 5-3 loss. He also pitched the following game, and combined to allow four hits and two earned runs in two full innings of that series. Now he's back and in the Padres' rotation. And though his role has changed, Wrigley Field has not.
"It's a cool place to play," Cashner said. "A lot of history here. Babe Ruth walked through here, and all the All-Stars. You kinda sit down and take all that in when you get here. It's in a neighborhood. It's a unique ballpark. Obviously, here and [Fenway Park] are probably the two ballparks to be in, as old as they are and the history they have."
Perhaps Cashner can take the cramped visitors' clubhouse and the narrow tunnels and turn them into an advantage in preparation for his Wednesday start. He has done it before, just not in a San Diego uniform.
"My first start with the Padres [at Wrigley], but it's just another game," Cashner said. "You don't treat it any different. You don't get too up or too down. You try to just stay the same every start you make."
Worth noting
• James Darnell made his first rehab appearance on Monday with Triple-A Tucson, going 1-for-4 with a double and two strikeouts in the No. 3 spot in the order. He served as the team's designated hitter.
The utility man is working his way back from a strained left oblique injury that he aggravated during Spring Training.
• Black said right-hander Brad Brach would not be available for Tuesday night's game against the Cubs. Brach faced five hitters in a lengthy eighth inning on Monday, surrendering two hits but striking out two. He has pitched three consecutive days.
Joey Nowak is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @joeynowak This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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i'm not convinced about Lowry and Stone as our PG options. I cannot see us clinching a playoff spot unless Lowry is in good shape and injury-free.
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I think they will probably get a cheap 3rd string PG from summer league. Jorday Taylor is on the summer league roster and wouldn't mind seeing him in a Rap's uni.
Remember, Ujiri isn't trying to compete for anything this season. His goal seems to be to get as far under the cap as possible.
Pistons signed Billups for two years today; the path to the 8th seed continues to get tougher.
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Siddall returns to Detroit calling Jays games
By Jason Beck / MLB.com
DETROIT -- Joe Siddall used to spend his afternoons on the mound at Comerica Park, preparing Tigers hitters for their upcoming opponents. On Tuesday, he returned for the first time as the voice of the opponent.
For the former Tigers catcher turned Blue Jays broadcaster, it was a sweet return out of tragic circumstances.
"This is nice. It's almost like a three-day holiday for me," said Siddall, who lives across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario.
For several years, the Tigers served as Siddall's connection to the game. He was a regular pitching batting practice during homestands. He got to know many players and staff, but still had enough free time at home to be a dad and a coach for his children.
He had thought about coaching or broadcasting someday, but wanted to wait until his kids were grown up. The Siddalls' world changed, however, when their 14-year-old son Kevin was diagnosed with cancer last fall.
Kevin passed away in February. Among the letters of condolences he received was an email from Blue Jays broadcaster Jerry Howarth. Joe Siddall thanked him for the kind words and ended the note by saying he'd maybe see him in the broadcast booth one day. Howarth replied by offering him a chance now.
The Blue Jays were searching for a broadcaster after Jack Morris returned to Minnesota. Siddall didn't have much experience, but he had knowledge of the game, and he had a need for something to do to take his mind off of tragedy. He auditioned in Spring Training and was hired soon after.
Since then, Siddall has followed every step of the Blue Jays' ride to first place, staying at a hotel in Toronto for home games. This week marks his first return home since April.
"It's like being a player again," he said of the schedule.
The Blue Jays arrived in town in first place, making this the first Blue Jays-Tigers series featured two first-place teams since April 2007. Siddall arrived in a suit, readying to work the series for Blue Jays television. He said he has gotten more than his fair share of ribbing that he brought the Tigers' karma to Toronto with him.
"This is what I see every year, right?" he said with a smile.
Suarez making case to join Tigers at shortstop
TOLEDO -- Eugenio Suarez grew up in Venezuela idolizing Omar Vizquel. He never imagined having a chance to play for Vizquel someday.
The way he has been playing continues to make his case for a summer shot with the Tigers.
"Every day, I'm playing hungry to play in the big leagues," Suarez, the Tigers' No. 6 prospect, said last week from Triple-A Toledo. "I want to play in the big leagues. Every player wants to play in the big leagues. That's my mindset, to play hard every day, play every game, make every routine play."
It's the last part that could well be the key for him.
Suarez made a big impression a week ago. With team president/general manager Dave Dombrowski and special assistant Jim Leyland in town last Tuesday night, the 22-year-old Suarez went 3-for-4 with a home run -- hit out of Fifth Third Field and onto Monroe Street beyond left field -- and a double, falling a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. He also made a leaping throw from deep in the hole at shortstop that resembled one of Derek Jeter's highlight plays from his prime.
Just as important, however, he helped turn a pair of double plays and had a clean game defensively at short.
"Not losing the concentration," Mud Hens manager Larry Parrish said.
His hot start since his mid-May promotion from Double-A Erie has cooled a bit, but hasn't fallen off. He entered Tuesday batting .333 (13-for-39) with four doubles, two home runs, six RBIs, six walks and nine strikeouts. He has made two errors in that stretch after making seven errors in 42 games at Erie.
That was the scouting report on Suarez in the past, a shortstop who could make a highlight reel one inning and struggle on a more mundane play later if he has a concentration lapse. It's something Suarez is aware of, which is why he has been doing extra infield work daily and taking the advice of the great Vizquel, his favorite player growing up and currently the Tigers' first-base coach.
"He had me working hard every day on my defense," Suarez said. "He told me keep playing hard, just complete the routine plays, take the outs. That's what he told me. You have good defense, good hands, so keep working hard every day."
His offense has been a pleasant surprise. Suarez held his own at the plate on his way up the organization but hasn't put up big numbers, his OPS usually hovering in the mid to upper .700s. Between Toledo and Erie this season, his OPS sits at .889.
Part of the credit, he says, goes to more upper-body strength.
"That's helped me so much, because I'm hitting hard," he said. "I'm hitting more extra bases, so I think my conditioning right now is very good. I'm working hard every day in the gym."
His defense has always been his strength, potentially a huge strength with an uptick in consistency. If Suarez is evaluated for an audition in Detroit this summer, he'll need to earn the trust that he can make more basic plays with regularity.
The Tigers, who lost starting shortstop Jose Iglesias in Spring Training with stress fractures in his shins, entered Tuesday with a .492 OPS this season from their shortstops, last in the Majors, but have prioritized defense at the position. They've had a recent spate of errors and misplays after stellar play from Andrew Romine and Danny Worth for about a month.
Tigers officials will have a decision to make in the coming weeks on how to handle the position for the home stretch. With the non-waiver Trade Deadline on July 31, they have just under two months to evaluate their internal options. The recent promotion of Suarez to Toledo suggests he'd be an option.
"One step from big leagues," Suarez said. "More responsibility. Keep working hard. It's same baseball. Same game."
Scherzer part of USA Today crossword
DETROIT -- Max Scherzer knew he'd be in headlines on a regular basis this season. He did not count on making the puzzle section. Yet, there was his name in Tuesday's USA Today crossword.
Instead of front-page news, he was a clue to 7-Down: "Max Scherzer's pride."
Scherzer is not a regular crossword solver, but bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer spotted it.
Check out 7 down in the USA TODAY.. If They did their homework the answer should be DIC for eye color. #luvdablueye pic.twitter.com/DfzUNCvZwG
— Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) June 3, 2014
"As soon I got here, he goes, 'You made it,'" Scherzer said.
The three-letter answer was supposed to be "ARM." Scherzer, however, had a little fun with it.
"If they did their homework, the answer should be DIC for eye color," Scherzer tweeted with a picture of the puzzle.
DIC is the abbreviation listed on Scherzer's driver's license for his eyes -- one brown, the other blue.
Jackson slides to seventh in lineup
DETROIT -- Austin Jackson began the season as part of the Tigers' solution in the middle of the order, bumped out of the leadoff spot to take more of a run-production role. With Jackson in the midst of an early-season slump, he's taking on a lower role.
Jackson batted seventh in the Tigers' batting order on Tuesday, his second time there in a week. Both occasions have come with Don Kelly and J.D. Martinez in the lineup.
Jackson returned home from a 2-for-24, nine-strikeout West Coast road trip. He entered Tuesday batting 10-for-70 with 19 strikeouts over his last 19 games.
Like the slump, the move down isn't likely to be long term. He has been batting fifth or sixth nearly every day during the skid, and manager Brad Ausmus has stated his faith in Jackson hitting his way out of it.
"I've said this a number of times: He's actually hit the ball better than his average," Ausmus said. "He struck out a few times in Seattle, but he's hit some balls hard, too. The balls he's hitting hard aren't falling for hits, and the balls that he's hitting soft aren't falling for hits. It usually adds up to a slump.
"He's working hard to get out of it. He's a much better player, a much better hitter than he's shown. If water finds its level, he should hit the ball well."
Quick hits
• Iglesias is scheduled to have a follow-up evaluation in the coming days that should help determine whether he has any chance of returning to game action this season. Iglesias, who was diagnosed with stress fractures in both shins in March, is expected to miss the season, but Tigers officials held out some hope that he might be cleared to work towards a possible return. "We should get an update on him here in the next 24 hours," Ausmus said.
• Major League Baseball has reversed a scoring decision from the Tigers' last homestand, charging Jackson with an error on Mitch Moreland's sixth-inning drive to the warning track in left-center field on May 24. The play had originally been scored a double, which the Tigers appealed. The change means Rick Porcello is charged with seven earned runs in that loss, rather than eight, dropping his ERA on the season from 3.82 to 3.68.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, February 24, 2011, 1:26 PM
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Reflecting on Foundation for Global Community
Original post made on Oct 14, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, February 24, 2011, 1:26 PM
a resident of another community
on Oct 14, 2012 at 2:59 pm
It was really sad to see this group shut down..... but it seems it splintered and could not remain focused. Maybe that is the fate of humans, not to be able to stay together to work on positive change. I have yet to see any other group really bring the idea of peace together as well as this group did in the 90s.
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 14, 2012 at 6:51 pm
They opposed the great Ronald Reagan and his 'peace through strength' approach, which won the cold war. They were on the wrong side of history. That is why they folded.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 14, 2012 at 7:16 pm
They were a well meaning organization which was quite successful in moderating some Cold War conflicts.
They got a lot of their funding from military/industrial tycoons who had made their money and wanted a better way.
Their problem was a succession problem-the founders were charismatic, intelligent,patriotic and persuasive.
The next set of leaders where dumb, divisive and certainly not charismatic nor patriotic
It was sad to see the chaotic decline of the group under incompetent leadership.
Of course the founders should have made a better succession plan and not trusted up inheritance --the downfall of Wang Computers.
The group only adopted the radical left wing agenda after the 1/husband and 2/wife- founders 1/died and 2/retired
They were originally a Christian revival movement
-but they lost their way into pantheism after the founders left
-an interesting,tragic story which left them no legacy
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 15, 2012 at 9:26 am
"Their problem was a succession problem-the founders were charismatic, intelligent,patriotic and persuasive. The next set of leaders where dumb, divisive and certainly not charismatic nor patriotic"
That's the inevitable fate of charisma-based cults like this. Charismatic leaders do not like the competition that charismatic followers bring. They favor submissive sheep, which cannot govern after the shepherd's gone.
But I do miss "Visualize Whirled Peas."
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Oct 15, 2012 at 4:04 pm
Look at the date of the above article. This was printed over one and a half years ago. It's old news.
a resident of another community
on Aug 18, 2016 at 7:37 pm
Creative Initiative and then Beyond war gave my life a sense of meaning and purpose. I will always be
grateful to all those who gave so much of themselves to these organizations.


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Anyway. I served as WCHL's news director for the last year and a half, but earlier this month I handed the reins to Christopher Hosken—(insert long sigh of relief here)—leaving me with some actual free time. So as of today, I'm adding "Local Buzz columnist" to my resume. Consider this my intro chapter.
So what's this column going to be about? I'm not a science wizard like Jeff Danner; I don't know North Carolina like DG Martin; and while I may look like a geek, I can't hold a candle to Alicia Korenman. (And sadly, I'm not a kid anymore.) What I can offer, though, is some interesting political insight, a dash of snarky skepticism, and a fair bit of decent comic timing—so we'll go with that, I think. For starters.
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Well this forum is almost 1 year old. Nice to see all that has been accomplished in that year. Let set the bar high next year, for ourselves and the group.
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-finish development on my video game
-build small scale trebuchet that will fit in the back of my truck (I shall name it "peasant launcher")
-Learn leather tooling
-get back into metal sculpture
-wear my kilts more often (metis=inspiration on that one)
TCMaker goals I want to help with:
-help set up the metal working area
*get 220v run for arc welding
*build good welding table suitable for torch & arc
*build movable welding curtain system
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text: Hello again adrenalin... The advancer is the cam that opens the points. If you take the point cover off and grab the points cam between your thumb and first finger you should be able to turn it about 15 degrees ( I don't remember exactly what the advance is) and when you release it it should return under spring pressure to it's original position. Also in it's original position it shouldn't be loose (maybe a degree or so only). You have to check this with the engine off because with your reving problem a timing light would show full advance as soon as the engine revs and that is what it's supposed to do anyway. I should add that if you could somehow manually advance the timing at idle the rpm would go up just because of the advance and that's why I suspect the springs on the advancer are stretched. Did I mention the advancer is a centripital device with springs and weights and the weights move out with increasing rpm and that action turns the cam lobe more advanced. I always figured that the reason the springs stretched was because when changing points some inquireing mind would take the thing apart and that's when they would stretch. By the way adrenlin there may be another answer to your problem not related to this but it's easy to check and it can cause eratic rpm's. I think you should double check your carb slides also. If you pull up on the throttle cable on one carb at a time and release it it should make a nice click when you let go of the cable jacket. Come to think of it check the carb synchronization. Pull the air cleaners on both carbs, look in the throats from the back and make sure they open at the same time, the same amount and close together. Did you check compression on both cyclinders? Oh OH OH... Last resort pull both mufflers off and see if things improve. When checking compression make sure choke is open and hold throttle full open (should be3 about 175# per cylinder. Test it cold and then test it again hot. If compression goes down check tappets, especially intake tappet. It's been a long long time and my 160 was bought as a basket case so I can't check any of these things I am telling you so if someone has better recommendations, specs etc. please chime in ,,I won't be offended.. Dave


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Debra I. Da Costa defined and delivered global marketing strategies at the $3.8 billion United Nations Federal Credit Union for more than 13 years before recently stepping away to discover her next adventure.
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Somerset Middle School Principal Pauline Camara is the kindergarten through eighth-grade district's acting superintendent.
A principal for Chace Elementary School could be hired by Monday.
Camara and School Committee Acting Chairman Robert Camara, no relation, are optimistic they can bring back the special education director — Robert Murray, who resigned amid chaos Tuesday night — when he returns from vacation Aug. 19.
Somerset Middle School Principal Pauline Camara is the kindergarten through eighth-grade district's acting superintendent.
A principal for Chace Elementary School could be hired by Monday.
Camara and School Committee Acting Chairman Robert Camara, no relation, are optimistic they can bring back the special education director — Robert Murray, who resigned amid chaos Tuesday night — when he returns from vacation Aug. 19.
At a special School Committee meeting Thursday night at North Elementary School that contrasted from the meeting two nights earlier in every way — it was brief, calm, efficient and reassuring — school officials made strides in personnel matters after placing Superintendent Richard Medeiros on paid administrative leave Tuesday night in the aftermath of a suddenly discovered $400,000 deficit for fiscal 2013.
Officials spent the bulk of the 35-minute meeting listening to and questioning Pauline Camara about her credentials and goals for what the School Committee anticipates will be a short-term custodial role to smoothly open the new school year Sept. 3.
"I know we can do this if we all work together. But we only can do this one day at a time," she told the school board.
Camara said she'd "really focus on the next three weeks," expressing confidence that middle school Vice Principal Davis Friedman was ready to step up and handle many of her administrative duties in the interim.
Robert Camara, the vice chairman thrust into the acting chairmanship when committee member Donald Rebello resigned in protest Tuesday night, was voted acting chairman by his colleagues. He accepted the role for the short term.
Robert Camara said he has contacted the top finalist among two selected to be Chace Street principal.
On Monday night, the committee gave Medeiros authority to raise the salary $1,500 to $87,000, and at that point the superintendent sounded intent in hiring the top choice.
"That individual is still interested," Robert Camara said Thursday.
"I would like to get that accomplished as soon as Monday, maybe even earlier if possible," Pauline Camara told the board after a 4-0 ratification to make her acting superintendent.
Rebello was on vacation and absent.
Pauline Camara, A Somerset native, is entering her fifth year as principal. She has worked in Somerset's school system since 1998 and is one of two school administrators with superintendent certifications as well as a doctorate. She was vice principal at Somerset High School for eight years until 2009.
She changed careers after eight years as an accountant. As a high school and Providence College cheerleading coach, she said, "I was enjoying working with students, parents and the community" and went back to school for her master's and doctor's in educational leadership, the latter of which she obtained from Northeastern University in Boston last year.
Bradford Smith, director of curriculum, is the other certified superintendent. Smith has been handling K-8 central office coordination the past two days but said his workload leaves him unable to consider the acting superintendent role, Robert Camara said.
When committee member Jamison Souza asked what Pauline Camara would bring to the job, she said she wanted to continue as middle school principal while "helping out in any way possible" as acting superintendent.
She said her role would be to support principals with end-of-summer hiring and readying the five schools for the opening in less than a month.
Clearly prepared about upcoming district needs, she listed the two days of staff development in late August and wanting to meet with the fire and police chiefs about safety protocols and procedures among priorities.
She noted Police Chief Joseph Ferreira's force has been trained in evacuations, and said she wanted to share information with him to relate to staff such questions as whether they should be directed "to hide in a corner" with students or "get out of the building and run" during a critical incident scene.
"We want the community to know our children are safe and that it's important to us that they are safe," she continued.
During School Committee questioning in the packed meeting room of at least 50 people, and a depth of questions similar to a regular superintendent's interview, Committeewoman Lori Rothwell asked: "What obstacles do you anticipate?"
Immediately, Pauline Camara said they need a special needs director and business manager.
The latter position is in limbo after Medeiros placed Marc Furtado on paid administrative leave two weeks ago in the aftermath of Furtado revealing a $250,000 budget deficit for fiscal 2013. That amount was amended this week to about $273,000, with another $137,000 shortfall in the district's lunch program last year.
Pauline Camara said there are bills to pay and school supplies to order. And on the issue of business manager duties, she said, "I think we need to have some conversation about that."
Furtado, whose salary is $107,500, continues to work for the Somerset Berkley Regional School District.
Medeiros' salary is $131,871, including a $3,500 "commitment stipend."
The acting superintendent was more reassuring about Murray, a 35-year retired educator and special education director in Taunton who worked for two years in Berkley before joining the Somerset district part-time in March.
"I've had some conversations with him and am hoping we may be able to work something out," Pauline Camara said.
Three residents in the audience spoke up. Two praised the choice of Pauline Camara, but the third questioned whether she could balance all of her tasks.
The married mother of two grown children said she could.
Murray had compiled a 60-page question-and-answer report of interviews with eight school staff for an "internal investigation" about the debt crisis that remains to be resolved.
He quit at the meeting when three School Committee members, after receiving his report that day, said they needed an "external investigation" that could best be accomplished with Medeiros placed on paid administrative leave.
At the outset of this meeting that contrasted with nearly six hours of combined meetings with the regional district Tuesday night, Robert Camara set the tone early.
"I want to tell everyone that regardless of whether I am chair for the next 10 minutes, the next 10 days or the next 10 months, I will not tolerate verbal assaults, personal attacks or outrageous allegations on the part of any committee members or those of you in the audience," he said.
Initially, he attempted to reassure anyone hearing the information that night, saying: "I want to assure the parents, students and staff of the Somerset public schools that we are operating and dealing with all the day-to-day activities with an eye toward a regular opening of school on Sept. 3, regardless of the current situation.
"... We are here to assure everyone that the ship may be in rough waters, but I expect us to weather this storm."
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Audiobook Reviews Doses of magic, fear, joy
This month we travel to a dystopian future and go back to the turn-of-the-century Boston for a dose of magical realism and then to current Boston, for a political thriller. Stephen King tries to scare us and Gretchen Rubin hopes she can make us happier. All titles are released on audible.com.
The Dog Stars. By Peter Heller; Read by Mark Deakins.
Random House Audio; 9 CDs, 10.5 hours; $35.
In an unusual approach to the familiar doomsday scenario, a virulent flu has wiped out most Americas. Our protagonist, Hig, is aloft above the former Colorado in his 1956 Cessna, looking for love. Debut novelist Heller's thoughtful and understated book dwells as much on interior peace as on survival. The love story is touching; the overwrought sex scenes are not. Narrator Deakins, however, is a joy, thanks to a moderately deep and resonant voice and a thorough grasp of the material. His work is relaxed and inviting, easily conveying the stream of consciousness that makes up much of the story.
The Other Woman. By Hank Phillippi Ryan; Read by Ilyana Kadushin. MacMillan Audio; 11 CDs, 13.5 hours; $39.99.
In her fifth novel, investigative reporter Ryan draws a Boston politico who discovers that "you can choose your sin, but you cannot choose your consequences." A smart feel for the unglamorous work of a reporter and complex main characters are mitigated by too many fuzzy subplots and a overly-complex, crazy pace. Still, protagonist Jane Ryland is worth a sequel, as she comes across as savvy and realistic. Narrator Kadushin has a great sense of timing, a pretty voice and the ability to express emotion without overdoing it. Her Bostahn accent, however, is lacklustah and uneven.
A Face in the Crowd. Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan; Read by Craig Wasson. Simon & Schuster Audio; 1 CD, 1 hour, $9.99.
Dean Evers, an elderly widower and Florida snowbird, is idling away his life kvetching and watching baseball when he notices a familiar face in the crowd of a televised Devil Rays/Mariners game. Each night another face, familiar and long dead, situated in the same spot behind home plate. Then this novella takes you exactly where you expect Stephen King's fiction to go. At about 6 cents per minute, it is overpriced. Though the material is overly familiar, it is enhanced by actor Wasson, who moves seamlessly from being on the verge of tears, to angry, to incredulous, to jaded.
The Lost Prince. By Selden Edwards, Read by Angela Brazil. AudioGo; 15 CDs, 18.5 hours, $29.99
Eleanor Burden, a society matron in fin de siècle Boston, is completing assignments in a seemingly magical journal given to her by a time traveler. Edwards leaves the journal's provenance and properties unclear, resulting in a strange, complicated story that fails to resolve its many unanswered questions. (Things may be clearer for listeners who heard the preceding novel, "The Little Book.") Still, Edwards writes searing descriptions of war and wonderfully diverse characters. Unfortunately, narrator Brazil's maddening delivery destroys the dialogue with misplaced emotion and a disconcerting knack for stressing the wrong words in almost every sentence.
Happier at Home. By Gretchen Rubin; Read by Kathe Mazur. Random House Audio; 8 CDs, 9.5 hours, $40.
Gretchen Rubin wants us all to be happier, but she's so verbose that listeners experience a spike in contentment by turning her off. Where she might use two examples, she deploys six. Consider the subtitle: "Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon a Project, Read Samuel Johnson and My Other Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life." Rubin doesn't seem to register that not everyone has as much leisure time as she clearly enjoys. Her first audiobook, "The Happiness Project," was stronger. Narrator Mazur is upbeat, pleasant and keen at pacing, but she can't rescue this one.
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Archaeologists have a very narrow focus in all their articles. Colorado Archaeology is the journal of the Archaeology Society, published four times a year. This spring issue of the journal has 18 articles. Seen articles are archaeologists tootin the horn of other archaeologists. The other 11 articles are about ruins in relation to the environment. Where are the articles about these ancient people or relations with people to people? How did these people live with other people? I have had thoughts for two possible projects that have not gotten consideration. I, of course, could use help.
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Asdrubal basks in glow of stunning double play
Indians' shortstop turns tables on fellow countryman Vizquel
By Jordan Bastian / MLB.com
"No, no, no," said Cabrera, still smiling.
Pure and simple, it was a play of pure reaction.
A play that widened eyes and dropped jaws.
"That was sick," said Indians reliever Joe Smith.
Smith was the man on the mound -- the one whose stab at a line drive off the bat of White Sox infielder Omar Vizquel deflected the baseball -- for Cabrera's eighth-inning wizardry. The only downside to the spectacular play Cabrera fashioned was that it came at the tail end of an 8-2 loss.
Not that those involved will ever forget this one.
With a runner on first base and no outs, Vizquel -- once a defensive master at shortstop for the Indians himself -- drilled a 92-mph sinker from Smith that hung high in the strike zone. The pitcher made a desperate attempt to snare the baseball in flight but instead had it skip off his glove.
Cabrera had moved to his left to corral the sharply hit ball, but now it was sent swiftly to his right by Smith's effort.
"The way things have been going," Smith said. "I figured it was going to kick off my glove and go out into left field and I was going to have first and third with nobody out. It hit off my glove and I was like, 'Ah, man. I don't know.'"
Cabrera no longer had a prayer of catching the ball with his glove.
With that option off the table, the shortstop did the only thing he could think of -- he reached for the baseball with his bare hand.
"I thought I had a chance to catch the ball," Cabrera said.
Cabrera stopped the baseball with his right hand and, in one motion, dropped to his knees, planted his glove hand on the ground to support himself and peered over his left shoulder to see if second baseman Adam Everett was on the bag.
Everett was there, so Cabrera relayed the baseball with a behind-the-back barehanded flip.
"That was the only play I had," Cabrera said. "As soon as I saw Adam at second base, I said, 'All right, he's there.' So I threw the ball and said, 'Come on, give me help.'"
Smith was watching in disbelief from the mound.
"The next thing I just see him on his knees and he barehands it," Smith said. "And I was like, 'What is he doing?' Next thing he's going behind the back with a perfect strike to Everett on the bag. That was awesome.
"I was screaming. When I saw he barehanded it, I was screaming."
Everett would be lying if he said he saw that type of play coming.
"I was about as surprised as you can be," Everett said. "That's one of those that you don't draw up. That's just straight instincts. That was his only shot. For him to barehand it, catch it cleanly, flip it behind his back, flip a perfect feed to me, he's amazing. He's been amazing this year."
The play was only halfway to completion, though.
Everett caught the ball and stepped over second base for the first out. The second baseman then fired the baseball to first baseman Matt LaPorta to complete a highlight-reel double play. For Everett, it was easily one of the most memorable plays he has turned.
"Everything happened so fast," Everett said. "Everything just instinctively took over, and you just fire it over there and you're like, 'Holy cow. That was a pretty cool double play.' That's probably the coolest one I've ever turned."
Following the game, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen -- a former shortstop and a native of Venezuela like Cabrera and Vizquel -- laughed when he was asked if he was surprised by the play.
"He's a Venezuelan shortstop," Guillen said. "What did you expect?"
Cabrera laughed when asked about Guillen's comments.
"I looked at him after the play and he started laughing," Cabrera said. "Omar Vizquel, too. They threw their arms up in the air like, 'Wow.'"
In the visitors' clubhouse at Progressive Field on Friday, members of the Reds were even talking about Cabrera's play.
"He has great instincts," said Cincinnati second baseman Brandon Phillips, who is also a former member of the Tribe. "I love the way he approaches the game. You can tell that he's used to doing things like that. I give him mad props for doing what he's doing."
Indians manager Manny Acta rarely admits to being surprised by strong performances, but he made an exception for Cabrera's gem.
"That was pretty nifty," Acta said. "He's very good. That's one of those things that doesn't show in all those gradings that usually don't think much of him. He's a very good shortstop.
"Terrific hands. Terrific instincts. We saw it there."
The Indians saw it for years when Vizquel suited up for the Tribe.
Like Cabrera, he also wore No. 13 for the Indians.
"Vizquel's been doing that to guys forever," Smith said. "It's about time we had a guy do it back to him, right?
"It was nice to see our No. 13 doing it."
The only question now is whether Cabrera's gem will hold up as baseball's best of the year.
For Cabrera, it was his personal favorite.
"That one last night," he said, "I think that was the best one I've had."
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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BERLIN – An Ocean City man with a long history of break-ins and burglaries throughout the resort area was allegedly up to his old tricks again this week when he was arrested for allegedly stealing over $1,400 in merchandise from the Home Depot on Route 50.
Shortly after 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to the Home Depot on Route 50 for a reported theft. The investigation revealed the suspect, identified as Dennis Patrick Owens, 44, of Ocean City, had stolen nine items with a combined value of $1,409. Video surveillance and still photos of Owens were captured during the crime and he was subsequently arrested.
Owens' latest arrest is just the latest in a long string of similar burglaries and thefts throughout the resort area over the last five years or so.
In September 2008, Owens was arrested on 36 charges ranging from burglary and felony theft to malicious destruction of property for a wide range of reported crimes in the area dating back to June 2008. The case against Owens began to come together when Ocean City police responded to the Flamingo Motel on 30th Street in reference to a suspicious person who had just attempted to break into one of the motel's vending machines.
A witness told police the suspicious person, later identified as Owens, had just left the area carrying a box. Other witnesses told police Owens had been seen walking through nearby parking lots. The officers were not able to locate Owens at the time but did find several items of evidence including a large bucket full of change.
Owens was later arrested for the vending machine break-in at the motel, but police were only starting to connect the dots between the suspect and rash of similar break-ins and thefts around the resort area dating back to early June of that year. In another case, Owens was connected to a similar break-in at the Shoreham Hotel and Shenanigans on 4th Street back on June 6.
Owens was staying at the Shoreham at the time and when police went to his room, they recovered evidence from other break-ins reported in the area including golf clubs and golf bags stolen from vehicles at the Holiday Inn on 17th Street. In addition, video machines had been pried open and broken into at that hotel as well.
Owens was sentenced to five years in jail for convictions on those charges. In yet another case, Owens was ultimately connected to a break-in at the Marlin Moon Grille in the Francis Scott Key Resort in June 2008 during which the restaurant was broken into in the late night or early morning hours and an office safe was dismantled. In November 2009, Owens appeared in Circuit Court to face charges related to the Marlin Moon Grille break-in and entered an Alford Plea to malicious destruction of property.
Owen was sentenced to 60 days in jail, all of which was suspended, and he was fined $500, about $400 of which was suspended. He was also ordered to pay over $4,000 in restitution to the restaurant. In October, Owens was sentenced to the original 60 days for that case after violating the terms of his probation. He reportedly had not been out of jail long when he allegedly stole from the Home Depot this week.
Pines Man Arrested On
Child Sex Offense Charges
OCEAN PINES – An Ocean Pines man was arrested on a new set of child abuse and sex offense charges last week after being cleared of the same charges in early January.
Ocean Pines Police last week arrested Daniel A. Kerstetter, 25, of Ocean Pines, with multiple offenses dating back to July 2010 including second-degree child abuse, second-, third- and fourth-degree sex offense and second-degree assault. Kerstetter was taken before a District Court Commissioner and is being held on a $50,000 bond.
The new charges come just one month after Kerstetter had the exact same charges against him dropped in Circuit Court in early January. Kerstetter was arrested last August on the same charges for alleged incidents dating back to March 2010. Those charges were nolle prossed, or not prosecuted, but Kerstetter was arrested again last week on the latest set of charges.
Two Injured In Crash
BERLIN – Two people were injured last weekend when a vehicle skidded on an overpass on Route 346 near Pitts Rd. and drove down an embankment before overturning in a ditch.
Around 2:40 a.m. last Saturday, Maryland State Police troopers responded to Route 346 in the area of Pitts Rd. near Berlin for a reported overturned vehicle. The troopers made contact with the driver, identified as Raphael Charleron, 55, of Salisbury, who told police his vehicle skidded as he crossed the Route 90 overpass. Charleron told police he lost control of the vehicle and drove down an embankment before overturning in a ditch.
Charleron and his passenger, identified as Jean Louis Estimable, were both transported to Atlantic General Hospital for treatment of minor injuries. Charleron was charged with driving at a speed greater than reasonable for the road conditions.
Resort Man Convicted
On Murder Charges
BERLIN – An Ocean City man was convicted last week in Wicomico County Circuit Court on first- and second-degree murder charges for his role in the shooting death of a Georgetown, Del. man in Salisbury last June.
Last Thursday, Taquez Price, 19, of Ocean City was found guilty of first- and second-degree murder, attempted armed robbery and assault for his role in the shooting death of Jackie Dewayne Hopkins outside a VFW in Salisbury last June 28. Price now faces life in prison and awaits his fate pending the outcome of a pre-sentence investigation. Price's co-defendant in the case, Marquis Cortez Williams, 19, of Salisbury, who has been identified as the shooter in the incident, is expected to appear for trial in Wicomico County on May 18.
According to police reports, the victim and his girlfriend were getting into a car outside the VFW in Salisbury just after midnight on June 28 when they were approached by Price and Williams in an apparent robbery attempt. The victim was reportedly cooperating with the suspect's demands and was backing up with his hands raised when he was shot and killed.
Jail Time For High Speed Chase
SNOW HILL – A Georgetown, Del. man arrested last August after leading police on a high speed chase through northern Worcester County before abandoning his vehicle and fleeing on foot pleaded guilty last week in District Court to attempting to elude police and reckless driving and was sentenced to three months in jail.
On Aug. 2, 2010, a Worcester County Sheriff's Deputy on routine patrol in the area of Racetrack Rd. and Route 113 attempted to stop a vehicle with a headlight out. The suspect attempted to elude the deputy and a chase ensued with speeds reaching 90 miles per hour on Route 113. Additional law enforcement officers joined the pursuit as the suspect, later identified as Bruce Dennis, 49, of Georgetown, fled toward the Delaware line.
During the chase, Dennis ran through several stop signs along the way and entered Delaware. Selbyville, Del. police joined the chase and Dennis abandoned his vehicle on Selbyville Rd. and fled on foot. He was apprehended after a brief foot chase. Dennis was charged with fleeing and eluding along with numerous traffic violations and was taken into custody by Delaware authorities.
Last week in Worcester County District Court, Dennis pleaded guilty to attempting to elude police and reckless driving and was sentenced to a year in jail, all but three months of which was then suspended. He was also fined $500 for each charge.
Brush Fire Accidental
SHOWELL – The cause of a brush fire in a field in Showell this week has been ruled accidental, according to the Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office.
An occupant of the property reported the fire around 11:30 a.m. on Monday. First-arriving units from the Showell Volunteer Fire Company reported roughly 200 acres involved. The fire was quickly extinguished and no injuries were reported. The occupant of the property told the Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office he was burning a pile of brush when the fire got out of control. The fire's cause has been listed as accidental.
Ramming Vehicle
Results In Jail Time
SNOW HILL – A Pocomoke woman arrested in September on first-degree assault and other charges after ramming her vehicle into another vehicle with two people inside pleaded guilty this week to two counts each of second-degree assault and malicious destruction of property and was sentenced to a combined four years in jail, all but three months of which were then suspended.
Around 12:15 a.m. on Sept. 12, Maryland State Police troopers and Worcester County Sheriff's Deputies responded to an area on Route 113 for a reported domestic dispute. Upon arrival, the officers observed a suspect, later identified as Keisha Harris, 26, of Pocomoke, smashing out several windows of a vehicle belonging to Jerome Scruggs, 26, of Pocomoke.
The investigation revealed before police arrived Harris had intentionally rammed her vehicle into another vehicle occupied by Janika Collick and Teirra Collick. Harris was arrested and charged with two counts each of first-degree assault, second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
This week in Circuit Court, Harris pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and malicious destruction of property and was sentenced to three years in jail, all but three months of which were then suspended. She was also placed on probation for three years upon her release.
FOP Takes Polar Bear Plunge
OCEAN CITY – Fourteen members of the Ocean City Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) last week braved the cold waters of the Chesapeake to take part in the 15th Annual Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge at Sandy Point State Park last Saturday.
The annual event, held for the benefit of the Maryland Special Olympics, included 10,000 hearty plungers this year and raised over $2 million. The Ocean City FOP raised nearly $2,000 for the cause this year.
"The plunge is a wonderful event that the FOP enjoys taking part in each year," said FOP Public Relations Committee Chairman Dennis Eade this week. "This is our second time and we look forward to many more."