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A West Scranton teenager faces aggravated assault and other charges as an adult after police say he slashed another youth with a knife two months ago.
Lackawanna County Judge Trish Corbett approved the transfer of the charges against Jezer Feliz, 16, 130 Meridian Ave., from juvenile to adult court on Oct. 24.
Feliz slashed Ryan Smith with a knife on the right forearm, leaving a 3- to 5-inch-long laceration, during an incident Aug. 25 at the Washburn Street Cemetery, city police said.
According to the arrest affidavit, Smith and Nicholas Moritzkat were among a group walking through the cemetery when they encountered Feliz and another teen.
As they talked, a man with his face covered and wielding a large knife, later identified by police as Feliz' older brother, Johnny Marvel Feliz Pena, 18, ran toward them and hit Moritzkat in the neck, witnesses told police.
Smith told police he fell as the group scattered and, as he lay on the ground, Feliz approached and slashed him, the affidavit said. He was later treated at Regional Hospital of Scranton.
Police charged Feliz with aggravated and simple assault and recklessly endangering another person.
In a separate case, the county sheriff's department charged Feliz with aggravated and simple assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct for fighting with a probation officer and others during a Family Court hearing March 20. Those charges also were transferred to adult court.
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On this day, Girls' Generation also appeared on 'La Boîte à questions (Question Box),' a spot of Le Grand Journal,' and answered questions. Since this will be aired on the 10th, Girls' Generation will make an appearance on a French famous talk show 'Le Grand Journal' for two consecutive days (2/9 and 2/10).
After the performance on 'Le Grand Journal,' Girls' Generation said, "Although it was our first time to make an appearance on a French TV, the audiences gave an enthusiastic response and cheered in Korean. So we were very surprised. Girls' Generation will try harder."
Thus, Girls' Generation proved their global popularity and status by appearing on America's TV shows, 'The Late Show With David Letterman' and 'LIVE With Kelly,' and a French No.1 TV talk show 'Le Grand Journal.'
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HAMPTON - An unidentified man was rushed to Hampton Sentara General Hospital late Tuesday after being shot inside a Hollomon Drive townhouse about 10 p.m., police said.
HAMPTON - An unidentified man was rushed to Hampton Sentara General Hospital late Tuesday after being shot inside a Hollomon Drive townhouse about 10 p.m., police said.
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Police believe the shooter was one of two men who stormed the townhouse, where a woman lives, said Detective Lt. R.S. Williams. The victim was a visitor, he said.
One man kicked in the townhouse door and argued with the woman, Williams said. The woman ran to a neighbor's home, from which the police were called, police said. The second man entered the townhouse after the woman ran, police said.
When police arrived, they found the victim on the floor of a back bedroom, bleeding from a gunshot wound, Williams said.
SALUDA - The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors approved a budget Monday that seeks more than $3.4 million in local funds for schools in fiscal 1994, which begins July 1.
The amount, which includes $718,246 in loan repayments, is an increase of about $200,000 from the current budget.
Before the board's 4-1 vote on the spending plan - Martha Lowe voted against it - School Superintendent W. Ernest Worley said that of 133 school systems in Virginia, only Middlesex currently spends not a cent more in local money than the state requires.
The proposed local budget figure of $3,420,892, in that context, is reasonable, said Worley.
"I think our budget will continue to meet the needs of our students," he said.
Because of spring break, the board voted to hold its April meeting on Wednesday, April 7, instead of the usual second Monday of the month.
GLOUCESTER - Gloucester County sheriff's investigators are trying to determine who dumped 165 liters of used dialysis fluid into public trash containers off Route 17 at Ordinary last weekend.
The fluid, which is used in transfusions to cleanse the internal organs of diabetics, was found by a resident Saturday about noon, according to a Sheriff's Department report.
The trash containers are located at Routes 636 and 656.
Deputies contacted Paul Nichols, chief of the Abingdon Rescue Squad and a hazardous materials instructor.
He said Tuesday the fluids could be contagious, "depending on if the patient had any infectious diseases."
He said none of the 51 plastic bags containing the fluid was leaking.
The bags were inside boxes, which were taken to Riverside Dialysis Center-Middle Peninsula for disposal, Nichols said.
He said the fluid normally is flushed into regular sanitary systems by its users.
Anyone with information about the bags can call Gloucester Crime Line at 693-COPS.
JAMES CITY (COUNTY) - Police are asking for help solving a series of car break-ins that have plagued James City residents since November.
Thieves have broken into at least 25 cars during the past three months, taking stereo equipment, weapons, cash, purses, credit cards and clothing, police said.
Police listed the following areas as scenes of at least three car break-ins:
* Midlands Townhouses
* Steeplechase Apartments
* Windsor Forest Subdivision
* Fox Ridge/Adam's Hunt Subdivisions
* Mirror Lakes Subdivision
* Ewell Hall Subdivision
* James Terrace Subdivision
* Jolly Pond Road
* Old Stage Road
* Busch Corporate Center
Anyone with information about these or other crimes should call the James City Crime Line at 253-8677.
Callers with tips leading to an arrest could earn as much as $1,000.
Callers don't have to leave their name and never have to appear in court.
GLENNS - Forums on ``Bridging the Gender Gap'' will be presented March 15 and 16 at Rappahannock Community College.
The first will be at noon March 15 at the Glenns campus and will be repeated the next day at noon at the Warsaw campus, according to a college spokeswoman.
Elizabeth M. Hawa, associate specialist in gender equity with the Virginia Department of Education, will speak on the history and current standing of gender equity.
Hawa manages and directs a statewide program to ensure gender equity in secondary and post secondary vocational education programs.
The free programs are sponsored by the Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action committee and administrators of the gender equity program at RCC.
For more information call 693-5660 or 758-5324.)
DINWIDDIE - State police who stopped a motorist for speeding Tuesday seized 450 gallons of bootleg liquor worth about $13,500.
Ricky Dale Law, 34, of Franklin County was charged with possession and transportation of illegal alcohol, Trooper Stirling Ross said.
Ross said Law was stopped on U.S. 460 and cited with driving 69 mph in a 55-mph zone. He was driving a van registered to his uncle, Everett Law, also of Franklin County.
Ross said he noticed a strong odor of alcohol as he talked to Law, and a tarpaulin covered something in the back. When Law consented to a search, Ross found gallon-sized plastic jugs filled with the liquor.
The van was confiscated and Law was being held Tuesday in Dinwiddie County jail in lieu of $1,000 bond.
Dinwiddie Sheriff Bennie M. Heath Sr. said the liquor was ``the largest batch we've had confiscated in the county in the past 15 years.'']


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For a while, when I was a carefree, independent...gallivanting...20-something, I was of the opinion that I might not want to have kids. (In all honesty...some days I still believe that...kidding!!) Even when I met Husband, and changed my mind, I couldn't imagine wanting to do something as nutty as...stay home...with the rugrats. (Mashed carrots and diapers and...jingly baby toys..shudder!) After all, I was a "career woman", right? Yeah...until the munchkins actually came along, at which point I obviously reversed my thinking on that one, too. So for the past 14 years or so, I've tried my best to balance part-time employment with all of my duties as Household Manager. Given that my personality leans toward...um, let's be kind and label it "hyper-organized"--I'd have to say it's gone pretty smoothly, overall.
However...it's recently become glaringly clear that perhaps I've been doing my job a bit TOO well. What I mean is: without any of us even realizing it, my kids have grown entirely too pampered for their own (or my) good. You see, because I'm able to devote time in my schedule to take charge of all the little details and ensure that things keep humming along...the boys haven't had to do too much for themselves...and are therefore fairly ignorant of...and inept at...some very rudimentary tasks. For example, Derek wanted ramen noodles last weekend for lunch. He grabbed the package from the pantry, then abruptly stopped in the middle of the kitchen with a semi-helpless expression and laughed, "I have no idea how to make this!" Before I could respond he brightened and said, "Oh, here are the directions! Let's see...boil water. Do I use the stove or the microwave? Hmm, where would I find a...boiling water....thingie?"
Ay yi yi...after I picked my head back up from where it was resting in my hands in despair, I talked him through intricate process of instant soup preparation. Meanwhile my internal monologue was carrying on quite a scolding, along the lines of "What kind of mother are you? He needs to know these things! You said when he reached High School, you'd start teaching him how to take care of himself!" And this is all true--I did have the best of intentions for making my child self-sufficient, so that when he goes off into that Big Wide World (or, you know, "college") he'll be a savvy consumer, capable cook, and at least passably competent cleaner-upper. So far he can handle boiling water...toasting bread in the countertop convection oven...and making grilled cheese. Uh-huh...it seems I've got some catching up to do. To this end, I've decided that next up on the list will be the very simple but versatile "eggs" (of varying preparations) and "pasta" (which of course requires a whole other appliance to make the water bubble...should be interesting).
Okay then, when it comes to the whole issue of "cleaning", some of this is definitely my fault...'cuz I LOATHE that particular category of household...drudgery. Before we moved, we were (all) very spoiled by having a service come every other week to shine the house from top to bottom. In between, we'd keep things tidy and basically pick up after ourselves...but I didn't require any, you know, "scrubbing" or what have you. Well, we've cut the professionals back to once a month...which means that every two weeks we need to roll up our sleeves and do some actual housework ourselves.
You should have seen the boys' faces when I informed them they would be responsible for vacuuming the upstairs...and sprucing up their bathroom. The horror! The agony! It was priceless, I tell ya. And for right now, I do have to kind of stand sentry and remind them exactly what to do and how to do it. But we'll call it progress. (And as a bonus in their Life Skills Education Program, they now have personal insight into the consequences of missing the toilet whilst peeing. I suspect it makes you more careful, when you're the one wiping it up. We'll see how that plays out going forward...but really, who cares? It's Not My Problem anymore...yippee!)
Meanwhile, there's one other arena in which my children remain entirely coddled, past the time when some of the burden should have shifted to their increasingly broad shoulders. I'm talking about that event that occurs daily around here: laundry. Being an active family, we can pretty much fill the machine every day, so I like to stay on top of the situation. The idea of letting dirty stuff pile up until I have several loads that would take hours of my time to wade through...makes me feel stressed and cranky. (Yeah, I know, it's a personal problem...) So the bottom line is, everyone's become used to the fact that their clean clothes get returned within 24 hours.
I'm only sharing this deeply private information about my laundry habits because of a conversation Derek and I had a few days ago. He told me that one of his friends who usually wears nothing to school but warmup pants and hoodies had shown up in khakis and a button-down dress shirt. This apparently caused a ruckus of interrogation amongst his 14-year old buddies--at which point the kid revealed that he was only attired in that manner because "my mom hasn't done laundry, and I don't have anything else clean." Derek gazed at me, seeming utterly confounded, and wondered aloud how such a situation could possibly be allowed to happen. "You just...give our clothes back right away!" It was amazing to watch the unfolding of the exact moment in which he gained valuable understanding of the magic and mystery of the...Laundry Fairy...that has tirelessly and (mostly) uncomplainingly served him all his life.
But suffice it to say, it was an eye-opening little chat for his mother as well...who realized that there are two boys under her care who are long overdue for some instruction into the realm known as "How to Operate a Washing Machine and a Dryer." Given my own somewhat...lackadaisical attitude...toward the whole laundry issue, they'll be getting the abbreviated curriculum. Because I don't do anything crazy like, you know. "sort lights and darks" or "separate heavy and delicate items". Nah...it's all uncomplicated "chuck it in together and use cold water for everything" around here. So that should be fun. As long as everyone ends up with the right amount of undies and socks, it's all good as far as I'm concerned.
Hey, here's an idea: if all goes well, perhaps I can get Derek to whip us up some soup and grilled cheese to celebrate...and Riley can clean up afterwards! Picture me brushing my hands briskly together in the universal sign for "my work here is D-O-N-E!"
Friday, January 23, 2015
The "staff" needs some training...
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I have to say that I have the greatest readers! You guys sure came through for me with the questions. I love them all and plan to answer them all over the next few days. Tesa (who happens to have adorable children and a great blog, go visit her!) asked me how long I've been blogging and why I started. It was the perfect question for today, since today just happens to be my 1 year blogoversary!!
I actually started blogging on MySpace a while before I started this blog. However, I knew that I was quickly outgrowing my MySpace days and wanted a blog that was not connected to that. So, this blog was born. I have always loved writing. I have always sucked at keeping a journal. Blogging was a great fit for me. I knew it was something I would keep up with (because I spend waaay too much time on the internet) and it would allow me to write.
I love sharing my stories with others. Blogging also allows me to connect with other women out there. I love getting comments and knowing that I'm not alone in the things I go through. There is always some wonderful person out there who's been there done that and is ready to give me that little bit of support I need.
I never really meant my blog to be a place for me to share things with distant family, but sometimes it happens that way and mostly it's great (except that time my mom got a little annoyed that I called her crazy...but the shoe might not have been too small, if you know what I'm saying). Basically, my blog is a place where I'm free to be me. I put it out there with no filters and feel no guilt over it. That's really something we can't always do in real life. I love blogging and hope to be here in my little corner of the bloggy world for quite some time to come. If you already follow me, thank you so much for riding along! And if you don't follow me, well, why the heck not?!
Thanks for the question, Tesa! I'll be answering more of the great questions I received over the next few days. And if you didn't leave one, or think of another one, pop back over and ask away!
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Photograph Album of Elliott Dreyer and Related Instruments Volume 8, 1920s
|Inventory Number:
| 13027
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|Brief Description:
|Volume 8 (of 8, the others are 13020 to 13026). 30 numbered leaves and 29 photos (last leaf unused), most or all naval fire control and related, including Admiralty fire control clock (A.F.C.C.1), annotated photographs of a Westinghouse Elect. & Mfg. Co [sic] moving coil ammeter; together with group of loosely enclosed photographs mostly of voltmeters and ammeters, and Evershed's moving iron voltmeter; captioning and list incomplete. No dates, list in pocket at back. This final album of the series may deviate from naval fire control into electrical metering, including (?) industrial espionage.
Part of a series of 8 albums of photographs of naval fire control and related instruments in research and development stages, 1923-29, together with some photographs of experimental models, prototypes, and laboratory arrangements, and general views of the research laboratories and factory workshops [at Century Works, Lewisham].
|Primary Inscriptions:
|Album name 'Photex Expanding Album'.
Volume number label on spine.
|Presented by the Marconi Corporation in 2003. Part of the Elliott Archive.
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|Elliott Archive
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Cautiously optimistic
June 14, 2010 at 3:53 am Leave a comment
As the end of the hockey season here in E. Nowhere wound down, we didn't know if we'd have a team next year. Our affiliate was moving out of state, and it was all sorts of "hrm." The area had a deal go bad with one team-they used us as a bargaining tool to get a better deal in THEIR arena (which wasn't cool..) and then rumors swirled about teams that were looking to move their affiliates.
I didn't know what to think. How was I going to tell Isaac that the sport I had spent years explaining to him was the "proper sport" and now he's PLAYING because of the dang team here….wasn't going to be here anymore.
Great. yeah. thanks. Let's just chalk another one up there in parenting hell.
Then, late in the week came the announcement that the area had been expecting…we're officially getting a new team. You'd think we'd all be dancing in the aisles. Hockey back here, no wondering what to do as we suffer the horrid thing known as winter here on the East coast.
Here's the rub-It's the team that the area severed ties with years ago, due to poor promos, poor attendance and poor loading of the team. We supported this team for an eon, but soon, this team didn't support us. No promos, no decent players, no community outreach. These are the cornerstones of a good minor league franchise. Yeah..thee was none of that.
The parent organization claims that since they own the team now, things will be different. I don't know. We've been spoiled over the past few years, and especially this past season with nice players, GOOD talent and a great office staff. This team has BIG shoes to fill.
But on the flip side, they got long needed improvements to the arena done, so it can't be all bad, can it?
So, I'm optimistic with reservations. The team knows what they did to the area before, and has the means and the knowledge NOT to repeat it.
I'll be there, as I am every hockey season, Opening night…in my favorite seats, taking photos, with Isaac in tow.
Maybe someone will do something disgustingly memorable-like trip over the red carpet and then try to play it off. Yes, that did actually happen. The guy NEVER lived it down for the rest of the time he was here.
So, I'm cautiously optimistic. We've got 5 seasons with this team. Hopefully, they'll prove themselves to be worthy of coming back into the fold of E. Nowhere.
Just one word of advice to this team-
Do it right.
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Did you know that in Georgia, 547 youth left foster care after the age of 18 last year?*
That there were 7,844 youth in Georgia foster care on June 30th, 2011.
That there were 2,229 Georgia youth ages 13-17 in foster care on August 1st, 2011.
*The last state fiscal year ended June 30th, 2011 and the 2012 state fiscal year starts on July 1st, 2011
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Did You Know: GA Youth in Foster Care
Labels: Foster Care
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547 Youth, does it give information of whether they were united with family or a supportive adult... This is bad if not.ReplyDelete
Also, how many youth in care are 18 and over. Or are receiving ILP services.
Good info JustGA CRew
What is the website?
Thank you! We don't have a website for just the JUSTGeorgia Team but our facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/EmpowerMEnts-JUSTGeorgia-Initiative/125551730856978. There were 504 youth ages 18-21 in care as of 8/1/2011. This shows that about half of youth in foster care at age 18 that have not been legally adopted or legally reunited with their biological parents sign themselves back into care, and about half choose not to.ReplyDelete
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One of the highlights of having worked at Hackney Community Law Centre over the past few years has been the opportunity for me, as its Business Development Manager (BDM), to test out new projects and initiatives with complete freedom and support from my Manager and the Board of Directors. Last month, wearing my HCLC BDM hat, I was chuffed to work with the brilliant Legal Geek who hosted Europe's first ever Law Tech hackathon for HCLC at Google Campus in Shoreditch. It's an exciting time for both law and tech in London and I am really excited to be a part of it. Read more about the Legal Geek/HCLC hackathon HERE and watch a lovely one minute video (set to music) of the hackathon's highlights below.
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Museum of Grooves International Women's Month Show
I really enjoyed taking part in Hackney based Reel Rebels Radio's Museum of Grooves' International Women's Month programme on Tuesday evening, following an invitation from the programme's presenter Patrick Vernon OBE. Over the course of the show, Lambeth Councillor Jacqui Dyer and I discussed Hackney Community Law Centre, gender equality, mental health and our favourite tunes! You can listen to the programme HERE (my interview starts at 46 minutes approx).
Saluting the Survivors of The Rivonia Trial
I visited the Guardian Newspaper's offices for the first time last night to listen to former ANC leader Denis Goldberg and Denis' and Nelson Mandela's Rivonia Trial lawyer Joel Joffe in conversation with former British High Court judge Nick Stadlen.
The event was held for Guardian newspaper members, as the men are in London to receive the freedom of the City of London from UK Prime Minister David Cameron. Continue reading "Saluting the Survivors of The Rivonia Trial"
Nine Lives (& Sir Ian McKellen!)
Congratulations to everyone at the West Yorkshire Playhouse for producing the brilliant 'Nine Lives' play, which I attended at Dalston's Arcola Theatre last night, in order to support the work of the UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group (UKLGIG). Formidable Hackney Community Law Centre trustee Paul Dillane is UKLGIG's Director.
Nine Lives focuses on the story of Ismail, a young gay man from Zimbabwe who fled the country after being persecuted because of his sexuality. Continue reading "Nine Lives (& Sir Ian McKellen!)"
Meeting Marlon James
A wonderful day at London's Southbank Centre (my favourite place in London) yesterday attending its 'Being a Man Festival'.
I attended a few of the sessions but, by far, my favourite was the discussion entitled 'Kanye West and the Paradox of Black Male Identity in Hip-Hop', which was chaired by the writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun in conversation with 2015 Booker prize winner Marlon James and Matrix Chambers barrister Matthew Ryder QC.
Marlon was kind enough to sign a copy of his Booker prize winning 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' for me afterwards.