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It was a great slogan at the Democratic National Convention in August that seemed to sum it up and say it all. "General Motors is alive and Osama bin Laden is Dead." But last week a revised or reworking of that intriguing slogan emerged and it goes like this: "GM is alive, Osama is dead and so it our ambassador to Libya."
World leaders were gathered in New York this week at the UN annual General Assembly meetings. Garnering the most attention, of course, is the Iranian dictator Mahmoud Ahmidinajad whose party of some 140 Iranians is staying at the Warwick Hotel in the City. It's something between a quirk of fate and Divine intervention but the Iranian leader ended up spewing his anti-Israel and anti-Jewish hatefulness on Yom Kippur afternoon. At least the Israeli delegation at the UN did not have to walk out when Ahmidinajad rose to the rostrum to speak—they weren't there to begin with.
Most of the diplomats will be in New York through the weekend to perhaps catch a Broadway show and take in some of the cities better restaurants. Everyone needs some down time and an opportunity to take a break. Listen, threatening to blow up most of the world with nuclear bombs can be tiring, even exhausting and pressure filled work.
President Obama was in town too earlier in the week. He spoke at the UN on Tuesday. After that following last week's appearance on Late Night with David Letterman on CBS-TV, the president appeared on "The View" on NBC-TV where he was interviewed by comedian Whoopi Goldberg amongst other TV land notables. The White House though announced that due to the presidents busy schedule he would not have time to meet with any world leaders.  His campaign aid, Robert Gibbs, said on Fox News on Sunday that the president really did not have to meet with any of the world leaders in New York and that he can always talk to them over the phone. And that's a great idea. Why not scuttle this whole UN General Assembly enterprise and just have the world leaders talk to one another on their phones?   That's just what we need at this point in time, a president that phones it in.
Also in New York this week, the Palestinian Finance Minister said that the two state solution is in serious jeopardy. He said that if the Palestinian Authority does not get an immediate infusion of $400 million, the Authority would go broke and that would be the end of the peace process. I'm not sure what the connection is between the two. Maybe he meant that if they can't pay their employees that don't too much to begin with, they will have nothing to do but to go out in their spare time and resort to terrorism. Is that the threat? Do I understand this correctly?
And yes, also last week, the head of the political wing of Hamas, Khalid Mashaal announced that he was retiring as the Chief Executive Officer of the organization bent on Israel's destruction with a particular focus on murdering Jews and gloating about it. What does it really mean when a chief international terrorist retires? Does this mean that he goes out on the speaking circuit? Or does he become a terror consultant to smaller and more inept radical governments or terror groups or does he cash in by writing a "tell all" book?
These are exciting times. The elections are just a little over five weeks away. The Democrats seem to have an edge because they are maneuvering the idea of this presidential election away from the real life and death situation that it really is and turning it into just another reality TV show.
The Democratic hope seems to be that American voters will judge and decide  who should be the next leader of the free world in much the same way that contestants are scrutinized and studied on America's Got Talent or The Voice. It sometimes seems that they have maneuvered this potentially earth shattering contest into who is the guy that blurts out the most pith or cogent sound bite. Or maybe it's the man with the brightest smile or the best coiffed look about him. It's sophomoric and ridiculous and Americans should be smarter and more aware of what is at stake here. But too many of us are just not.
On Monday night the 5 Towns Jewish Times hosted an event in our offices in an attempt to boost the candidacy of Republican candidate for Congress in Queens, Dan Halloran. Congressman Peter King (R-Long Island), Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee in Congress and the senior member if the New York Congressional delegation was the guest speaker.
Both Mr. Halloran and Mr. King were sensational and on the mark in their presentations. Halloran is running against Democrat Grace Meng who is the favorite, at this point in the race. She is favored for no logical reason other than this is a traditional Democratic district in Queens that for decades was represented by the hopelessly liberal Representative Gary Ackerman. Today Halloran is a member of the New York City Council. He is one of four Republicans in the chamber of 51 members. He was elected in this Democratic district once—he can indeed be elected again.
Congressman King, I can report, in his capacity as Homeland Security Chairman is not pleased with the fashion in which the Obama administarion is running or trying to run this country. He said that the security infrastructure of the US will be facing serious and dramatic economic cutbacks in a second Obama administration.   How can anyone be in favor of that? How can anyone vote for that?
In a bit more than a month we will be not only casting our votes for President but voting for what we want the future of the United States to look like and become.   Do we want the US to continue being fueled by the free enterprise system that communicates to people committed to dream and work hard the message that anything is possible here. Or do we want to turn our country into a facsimile of a European welfare state. By the way most of those states with those economic philosophies are either bankrupt or on the verge of bankruptcy. That's not a good or pleasant position to be in.
Prime Minister Netanyahu left Israel after the Yom Kippur fast and arrived in New York on Thursday morning. His message to Israel prior to his departure was to look back at history at all those despots and cruel kings that set their sights on the destruction of the Jews and more recently, Israel.
The history books state it quite clearly. Those who sought to destroy Israel—the ancient or the modern variety—have themselves experienced destruction, eradication and disappearance from the scene. While it is not a pleasant situation for Jews or Israel to be in, the fact is that the likes of Mr. Ahmadinajad may not feel it now or today, but their situation is far worse.
Netanyahu said a lot of things at the UN on Thursday. The gist of what he said can be easily summed up by just watching him stand there before he even utters his first words. The message in the immediate aftermath of the global Yom Kippur observance is—Am Yisrael Chai—the nation of Israel lives.
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The majority of these gamers are older than 25 and married. Almost 70% of them play every day and importantly, most of them prefer user-initiated advertising.
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The first person from Newfoundland and Labrador to ever win an Oscar isn't an actor, a director or a writer.
Robert Bridson is a mathematician.
That said, Bridson is the man behind some of the magical scenes that wowed audiences in hit films like Peter Jackson's The Hobbit and the Oscar-winning sci-fi thriller Gravity.
Movie lovers everywhere are talking about this week's Oscar nomination announcement, but awards have already been announced for some of the people involved behind the scenes.
Earlier this week, the technical Oscar winners were announced. Among them is Bridson, who lives and works in Vancouver, for his technical work for some major Hollywood hits.
Bridson won his technical achievement award for "early conceptualization of sparse-tiled voxel data structures and their application to modelling and simulation."
So, exactly what does that mean?
"Basically figuring out the math to make computers solve the kinds of equations we're interested in for simulating the real world," said Bridson.
Bridson said his work involves taking mathematical equations that are known in nature, and applying those to values — like how fire would behave in a zero-gravity atmosphere — to a piece of software that enables digital artists to create images.
Making ideas a digital possibility
For Gravity, Bridson said he wasn't sure himself what the scene he did work on would actually look like; he handed his software over to artists who digitized fire on board the space station that Sandra Bullock's character then has to extinguish.
"Their job in some ways is very difficult because I guess they're trying to please the director, who has a vision in their heads … and occasionally there's interesting conflicts, and people who don't like what physics is saying and want it to be different, and of course the artist wins," said Bridson.
"So most of my job has been partly even not necessarily responding to requests, but trying to think of, well, it would be pretty useful I would imagine if artists had this tool, and then they would find out new and creative ways to use it."
On The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the artists wanted to digitally create the scene where the Thorin Oakenshield and his party of dwarves — and, of course, a hobbit — headed down a river in barrels.
Bridson's job was to create software that would enable the digital artists to create a realistic portrayal of how that river would behave if it was in the real world.
"I'll figure out things like Newton's Third Law and ideas about the pressure and water and how it interacts with the riverbanks and everything. From there, I figure out the math and program that up … and it can get pretty heavy on the mathematical details."
Upside to no TV cast
According to Bridson, one of the more challenging — and interesting — scenes he was involved in was in The Adventures of Tintin. In the film, there's a scene in the desert where the sand dunes are moving and turn into stormy waves and a pirate battle ensues.
"How do you turn a desert into stormy water that looks kind of like it's real water, but it's at the same time being sort of meticulously crafted to be just what framed the shot properly, and that really sort of goes beyond what mother nature intended so there's a fair bit of creativity involved," he said.
The process for technical Oscars is different; contenders have to apply for the recognition and there's a vetting process where they are interviewed about how their software works, how they came up with it, and how it was actually used.
However, Bridson said there's a big plus for him: it's not televised.
"The good side of that is there's no nomination process where you end up waiting to hear whether you're a winner or a loser, with people taking photos of you as you process your disappointment."
The actual award will be presented to Bridson on Feb. 22 in Hollywood, California.
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'Old. Tired. Sick. Alone. Broke.'
By Catherine Texier
Published: July 8, 2007
By David Markson.
190 pp. Shoemaker & Hoard. Paper, $15.
Just when one had started mourning the demise of avant-garde and postmodern fiction, buried under the avalanche of historical novels, chick lit and just plain old traditional stories, here comes David Markson's latest ''novel,'' ''The Last Novel,'' which is anything but a novel in any conventional sense of the term. Yet it manages to keep us enthralled during the length of its short 190-page span, and even moved to tears at the end.
And what a thrill it is to witness the performance, a real tour de force. What a surprise to enter this book and encounter three short sentences that seem to promise a conventional opening -- a description of the building where ''Novelist'' lives -- only to realize within a couple of pages that ''Reader'' has been tricked. But by that point ''Reader'' has fallen prey to ''Novelist's'' obsessive mind and has no hope of escaping. Well -- not every reader, for sure. ''Listen, I bought your latest book,'' Markson quotes one reader as saying. ''But I quit after about six pages. That's all there is, those little things?''
Yes, that's all there is, those little things. Those itty-bitty, disconnected paragraphs that read like a litany of writers' and artists' triumphs and woes and many, many deaths. From first to last page. No chapters, no breaks. That's all there is.
Much as he did with his previous ''novels,'' ''Vanishing Point'' and ''This Is Not a Novel,'' which this one resembles, Markson does away with most narrative conventions -- plot, colorful characters, dramatic conflict -- to replace them with a collage of very short anecdotes, apocryphal legends, aphorisms, lurid gossip about writers and artists' lives and deaths -- as they run through aging Novelist's fragmented consciousness. In fact, like a series of abstract paintings with small recurring patterns that strike similar notes with delicate variations in colors and details, those three books can be read as variations on the theme of aging. And this one, ''The Last Novel,'' might be the coda to the trilogy. Or maybe not. Who knows? Markson may have an ''Ultimate Novel'' or even a ''Posthumous Novel'' in the works.
Markson calls this book ''a novel of intellectual reference and allusion, so to speak minus much of the novel,'' and thus this book accumulates anecdotal material arranged in very short paragraphs, each no more than three or five lines, sometimes as short as a sentence, separated by a simple blank line. These lend themselves to startling and sometimes hilarious juxtapositions. Take these examples, all from the same two pages, among hundreds: ''Old age is not for sissies. / Said Bette Davis.'' ''Freud, born in 1856, being asked in 1936 how he felt: / How a man of 80 feels is not a topic for conversation.'' ''Shaw, at 94, being asked the same: / At my age, one is either well or dead.'' As in a fugal composition, an anecdote might be picked up a few pages later, or a passing thought might respond to an earlier one, mimicking Novelist's mind jumping around and coming back to its obsessions in tighter and tighter circles.
Markson belongs roughly to the same generation as John Updike and Philip Roth -- and this book tackles a similar theme as Roth's ''Everyman'' -- but his sensibility is closer to that of Joyce and Beckett, or to William Burroughs's collage technique, or again to Walter Abish, Gilbert Sorrentino or David Foster Wallace. But what it resembles most is a long poem.
In rhythm and tonality, if not in content, ''The Last Novel'' hints at the incantations of the Kaddish -- it sometimes evokes the beat of Allen Ginsberg's ''Kaddish'' and ''Howl'' -- and brings to mind the Renaissance complaints of the French poets Pierre de Ronsard and Joachim du Bellay, Fran?
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Anyone who follows Floyd Mayweather on Instagram knows that the boxing champion likes to spend money, and to tell everyone how much money he spent. Who else would dress up like a bank robber from the 1995 film Dead Presidents and pose with stacks and stacks of real money?
One of the items that Mayweather is most fond of dropping loot on is supercars. The CEO of The Money Team has a fleet of Bugattis, Ferraris, and Mercedes-Benzes. But now Mayweather is going to be on the receiving end of some cash for one of his rides. Mayweather is selling his 2003 Ferrari Enzo at RM Sotheby's December auction in New York City.
The Enzo is still considered one of the finest automobiles ever produced. One that was gifted to Pope John Paul II sold for more than $6 million at a Monterey auction this past summer. A car owned by a boxing champion is far different than one owned by a pope, but Mayweather's Enzo is still an impressive specimen. Owing to Mayweather's penchant for touting his car's cost more than its performance stats, the Enzo has only 560 miles on the 660 horsepower, V12 engine. It is the 295th of only 400 Enzos that was produced and Mayweather is only the second owner.
RM Sotheby's estimates the car will go in the $3-$3.5 million range, which would make it the second-most expensive Enzo ever sold behind the Pope's. It would also prove that Mayweather was telling the truth when he boasted in an Instagram post from 40 weeks ago, "The value of my Ferrari Enzo only appreciates."
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Justin Tejada is a writer and editor based in New York City. Follow him on Twitter at @just_tejada.


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Monday, September 11, 2006
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I've blogged about this before, so if it seems familiar, you're not crazy. Well, not on this issue anyway.
The morning began like any other; we stood for the Pledge of Allegiance, and sat back down to watch Channel One News, which had been taped at 3:00 that morning in the school library, thanks to the timer. But Channel One News didn't come on.
Instead, the secretary's voice, over the intercom, told the teachers to "please check your email immediately." We did. And we found out what had happened.
I scrolled down the monitor and read the end of the message. The superintendent had ordered all teachers to be absolutely mum all day about the tragedy. We were not to answer any questions from students, and we were especially not to offer any information to them.
The day went by in a blur. Many parents drove to the school, took their kids out, and brought them home. Between classes, frightened groups of students gathered in front of their lockers and whispered, gossiped, and cried, and begged us for information. By that time, the superintendent's order had been seconded by the principals, and we were unable to give these terrified kids any information. In the computer labs, the MSN screens told the 8th graders the truth, but they, too, were instructed NOT to talk about it to the other students. Right, like THAT happened. The biggest problem was, the story was being repeated by 8th graders, and it was being told bloody-killing-deathtrap-you're next-video-game-style.
At noon, many of the students were picked up by parents and taken home or out for lunch. Those few who returned had a big tale to tell. The problem was, the tale was being told by children and few if any of the facts were straight. The tale was being told scary-style, and the atmosphere in the building got more and more strained.
Reasonable questions were answered with silence, or the statement: "You'll find out when you get home."
This, added to all the rumors and gossip spread by children, turned my little sixth graders into terrified toddlers.
As teachers, we were furious and disgusted with the superintendent's edict. We wanted to call all the students into the gym and calmly tell them the truth in words and ways that would be age-appropriate. We wanted to hug them and assure them that it was far away and they were safe. We asked for permission to do this, and it was denied. Our orders were 'silence.' We hadn't been allowed to hug them for years, of course, but there are times and places when hugs ARE appropriate. No matter, the superintendent stood firm: no information whatsoever.
The day went by, more slowly than ever a day before. The students grew more and more pale and frightened. We asked again, and again he stood firm that no information whatsoever was to be given out.
By the end of the day, the children were as brittle as Jolly Rancher Watermelon Sticks.
A few minutes before the bell rang to send them home, a little girl raised her hand and in a trembling voice that I will never forget, asked me a question. "Please, is it true that our parents are dead and our houses are burned down?"
That was it. I gathered my students close and in a calm voice explained to them exactly what had happened. I told them their parents were alive and safe, and that they all still had homes to go to.
The relief was incredible. I could feel it cascading all through the room.
I was, of course, written up for insubordination the next day, but I didn't care. My phone had rung off the hook that night with parents thanking me for being honest with their children. That was far more important than a piece of paper that said I'd defied a stupid inappropriate order meted out by a man who belonged in the office of a used car lot, not in a position of power over children's lives.
The next day at school, in my room, we listened to some of the music that had been 'specially made about the tragedy. I still have those cd's I burned and I've shared them with many people over the past few years. (Yes, it's that same music I burned for my 911 Mixmania match.) It is true that kids cried again, but it was good to cry. It was an appropriate time to cry. We didn't do spelling or grammar that day. There are times when the "business as usual" mindset simply is not appropriate.
I wish administrators would realize that kids are a lot tougher than we might think. Kids are also a lot more sensitive that we might realize. It's an odd combination, and we as educators must try our best to bring the two ends of the emotional spectrum together and help these kids learn to deal with horrible happenings and still manage to get through the day as well as possible.
Ignoring an issue will not help. Morbidly focusing on an issue will not help. Our children are not stupid, and to treat them as such is not something that builds trust. Our children deserve answers to their questions.
How can we expect our children to learn to find a happy medium if we don't show them ourselves, when opportunities arise?
September 11, 2001 - September 11, 2006. God bless us, every one.


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Sunday, January 31, 2010
How To Green Your Home
Everyone makes the same resolutions every year, eat better and take care of your body. Those are noble goals! But what about your house? Shouldn't your house start living a healthier life too? Going green isn't just good for the environment, many of these home upgrades also add value to your home.
It used to be that "Going Green" was pretty limited to expensive solar panels and compact florescent bulbs. Well there are definitely a lot more ways to Go Green this year!
Here are just a few ways to Green your home:
- Flooring - Everyone loves the look of hardwood floors. A couple of really eco-conscious choices are Bamboo and Cork. Both of these come in a wide variety of colors now, making it easy to find a match for your taste. Cork is really great for the kitchen. It's softer than other choices, giving your feet a well deserved treat when you are slaving over that stove!
- Fire - No matter how hot it gets outside, people love to know their home has a fire place. Well EcoSmart Fire came out with a great product. These designer fireplaces are fueled by a renewable energy source called Denatured Ethanol.
- Sprinklers - There is a fantastic product on the market now, called Cyber-Rain. It's a sprinkler system that actually checks your local weather reports to decide how much water to sprinkle on your lawn. This is just genius! No more having your sprinklers going on during a storm!
- Toilets - When most people decide to remodel a room, it's usually the kitchen or a bathroom. If you decide on the bathroom, why not use a green appliance in there? There are tons of Dual-Flush toilets on the market now. One flush is for liquid waste, using less water than a standard toilet. Then there is a heavier flush for solid waste. These are great because you use less water, which is better for the environment AND your water bill!!!
- Water - OK this next one is like something out of Star Trek. It's called the Dewpointe Atmospheric Generator. This wonder of modern science actually extracts clean drinking water from the air in your home. This even works in the desert! Think of all the money you'll save on water. Not to mention how cool your house will look once you buy one of these!
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Happy Holidays!!!
From everyone at Ocean Homes OC, we hope you all have a happy holiday season. Check back soon for more blog posts in the new year!
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Thursday, December 10, 2009
UCLA Sees 16% Home-Price Gain In 2010
As seen in the Orange County Register:
Double-digit housing appreciation will return to Orange County next year, with the median home price rising somewhere from 15.9% to 16.6%, UCLA economists forecast in a report released today.
That compares to a projected 8.8% gain in California next year and a 2.4% increase nationwide.
It also differs sharply from Cal State Fullerton's outlook. An economist there said Tuesday that Orange County home prices will rise 2% to 3% next year – at most.
But Mark Schniepp, author of UCLA Anderson Forecast for Orange County, said he's not predicting the return of the housing bubble.
Even after six years of appreciation, UCLA economists still don't expect home prices to reach the 2006 peak. In fact, home prices likely won't get back to that level again until 2016 or 2017, Schniepp said.
"We're already at 16% (appreciation) from March. That's just six months, and I'm talking about a year-over-year (change)," said Schniepp, chief economist with the California Economic Forecast. "When you have a cycle where you've over-corrected, you can go up 16%. It doesn't really mean much."
The gist of the forecast, Schniepp said, is that the Orange County housing market is in recovery.
"The train has left the station. It's going down the track. This isn't a head fake," he said.
He added: "Now is the time to buy. (Actually), the time to buy was the spring and early summer."
The UCLA housing forecast is part of an outlook that projects a jobs turnaround in O.C. in 2011.
In addition, the Orange County housing forecast states:
- That from 2011 to 2015, O.C. home prices will increase by 2.5% to 8.7% a year. The median home price, at $406,481 this year, is projected to top $500,000 by 2011 and to be above $600,000 in 2015.
- That foreclosures are expected to rise again early next year, but won't derail the recovery.
- That homebuilding this year will fall to 1,912 units, the lowest number in records dating back to 1946.
- That homebuilding will pick up by 2012, rising above 11,000 units a year — levels not seen since 2002. In 2013, UCLA projects that housing starts will total 12,537.
- That mortgage interest rates will remain low. Southern California rates likely will be below 6% through 2015, the forecast said.
- That commercial real estate will be hampered by high unemployment through 2010, with recovery not expected until around 2011.
- Office vacancies — currently at 18% to 20% — will start to drop in 2010, but lease rates won't resume going up until 2011.
- Retail sales are expected to start picking up in late 2010, aided by the recovery in the housing market.
"We do look for a much more robust recovery, certainly by 2011 and for homebuilding by 2012," Schniepp said.
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Tuesday, 20 August 2013
at 8 pm, Radovljica Manor
EMMA KIRKBY sopran
JAKOB LINDBERG lute
Great Britain, Sweden
John Dowland (1563–1626)
for the 450th anniversary of his birth
Vocal workshop with Emma Kirkby on Monday, 19 August from 3.30 to 6.30 pm.
John Dowland is one of England's greatest song composers, to be ranked with Purcell and Britten. He combined elements of broadside ballads, dance music, consort songs and madrigals, creating a new type of English lute songs. His skills as a lute virtuoso were admired by contemporaries throughout Europe. Emma Kirkby and Jakob Lindberg are among the best known and most experienced interpreters of Dowland's music. For this year's 450th anniversary of his birth, they have compiled a programme of songs from all of his published collections.


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Oxbow Public Market Napa Reviews
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More than a Market Jan 02, 2011
This is such a great specialty market! I really wish they had something as good as this in East Texas. I guess the closest thing would be in Dallas, Central Market. I love the building, the architecture, the layout and all the foodie options.
Just walking through the place, I was very impressed with their meat selection at the small meat market, the fresh seafood, a good selection of wines and that pink stall of cupcakes at Karas. I like everything this place had to offer. The cheese section seemed really good as well, but the smell can be overpowering. If I lived here, I would be a very loyal customer. For our lunch, we got food from Pica Pica (Venezuelan arapas )- YUM. We sat at one of the not-crowded tables, and enjoyed every moment. I love the community tables and we sat across from some really nice people who offered to take our photo. They were very nice and seemed to enjoy their time as well. There is plenty of free parking on all sides and very accusable to everyone. They have clean restrooms and well maintained grounds. This place will be a regular stop when visiting Napa.
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Martin strong as Scrappers beat Spinners 7-4
The Scrappers ended a three-game skid Friday night, defeating the Lowell Spinners 7-4. In doing so, they avoided being swept for the second time this season.
The offense for the Scrappers made a dramatic turnaround from a night ago when they only managed a run on four hits. On Friday, they were able to push across seven runs and piled up 12 hits along the way.
They didn't waste any time getting started, scoring three runs in the first against starter Mike Augliera. After Tyler Naquin singled with one out, Joseph Wendle tripled to score the first run. Charlie Valerio followed with a double to score Wendle, and with two outs, Joe Sever added a third extra-base hit to push across another run and give Scrapper Starter Josh Martin a 3-0 advantage before stepping on the rubber. They scored another run in the second when Naquin singled home Jairo Garcia following a one-out double.
Martin, making his fifth appearance and second start of the year, found himself in a little early trouble of his own. With one out and a runner on first, Martin allowed a double that brought home the Spinner's first run, and then another double with two outs that made it 3-2. That was all Martin would allow, though, as he cruised through the next four frames without allowing a hit. He exited after five and allowed just two runs on three hits, a walk and four strikeouts.
The 4-2 advantage held for the Scrappers until the seventh, when they added a few important insurance runs. With two out and two on, Charlie Valerio added to his team-leading RBI total, doubling home Naquin and Jairo Kelly to extend the Scrappers advantage to 6-2. They added their last run in the eighth via an RBI-groundout from Robel Garcia that scored Joe Sever.
The Spinners mounted a rally of their own in the bottom of the eighth off of reliever Luis Morel, who had relieved Martin after five. Morel issued a pair of one-out walks, and then surrendered a double to Oscar Perez that made the score 7-4.
Morel was replaced in the ninth by Loius Head after issuing another pair of walks with two outs. Head struck out his only batter to end the game and earn the save. Martin picked up the win, with Spinner starter Augliera taking the loss.
With the win, the Scrappers again move over .500 at 13-12. They will look to start another winning streak as they continue their road trip with a three game set in Hudson Valley against the Renegades.


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1 History
2 Geography and geology
3 Demographics
3.1 2010
3.2 2000
3.3 1980
4 Government and politics
4.1 City government
4.2 County government
4.3 State representation
4.4 Federal representation
4.5 Utilities
4.6 Public safety
5 Education
6 Economy and top employers
7 Points of interest
8 Notable people
9 Adjacent areas
10 References
11 External links
History[edit] Originally called Mayhew's Crossing and Hangtown Crossing (c. 1855) during the Gold Rush era, the area was renamed Mayhew Station and Mills Station (c. 1900), respectively.[6] The city itself was named for the Cordova Vineyard, which was located in the center of the Rancho Rio de los Americanos land grant. Other names of the town included Cordova Vineyards and Cordova Village, before it was officially named Rancho Cordova when a post office was established in the community in 1955.[7] In the Gold Rush era of mid 19th century California, certain Placer mining activities took place in the Rancho Cordova environs, some traces of which disturbance are extant. The elevation of the generally level terrain is approximately 118 feet (36 m) above mean sea level.[8] Lone Star Gravel Company and other companies have historically extracted younger gravels at depths of 30 to 40 feet (12 m) without encountering groundwater, which is characteristically found at about 100 feet (30 m). Partially confined groundwater generally flows to the southwest.[9] For many years, Rancho Cordova was the community called 'Mills', located in the eastern part of the Brighton Township. It was called Mills as early as 1893, supposedly because of the old grist mills that were close by along the river. At the top of Bradshaw, along the American River, close to the oak tree that marked the northwest boundary of the Spanish Land Grant, Rancho Rio De Los Americanos, there are still some remains of foundations. You can locate them by looking for the Grist Mill Dam Recreation Area along the American River Parkway. The southwestern boundary of the grant was 300 feet west of Bradshaw not far north of Florin Road. The boundary then went due east over to Grantline Road, and northeast along the roadway. The 35,500 acre Rancho Rio De Los Americanos was granted to William Leidesdorff in 1844 but he died in 1848, leaving the Rancho and some properties in San Francisco to his heirs. Capt. Joseph Folsom purchased the Rancho from the heirs and founded a town in 1855 which he named after himself – Folsom. The old Liedesdorff adobe was constructed in 1846 in the vicinity of Routier Station. As the miners left Sacramento traveling to the foothills in search of gold, way stations grew up along the first dirt trails, and later more formal roads, that took travelers east. Commercial establishments, hotels, or 'stations' were developed at one-mile intervals along the route. Many of the stations ultimately also became the US Post Office for their area, and many of these early settlers served as postmaster or postmistress. Travelers and miners apparently headed out L Street from Sacramento, the approximate alignment of present-day Folsom Blvd., along a plank, or macadam, road that ended at present day Bradshaw Road. Brighton, also called Five Mile Station, was the site of three inns. One inn, the Magnolia House, established in 1849, was the first stop on the Pony Express Route. The location is today marked by the old Brighton Station building, visible on the south side of Folsom Boulevard where the overpasses for Highway 50 and the light rail are located. One closer stop, at four miles, was known as Hoboken or Norristown, in the vicinity of CSUS. The old Perkins building, where the Jackson Highway leaves Folsom Boulevard, and Manlove were both locations for way stations. The vicinity of Bradshaw was Ten Mile Station, the Patterson's "American Fork House", established in 1852, and the beginning of large farms, vineyards, and orchards. Up the road was Routier Station, established in 1871. Mrs. Mayhew left Mayhew Station to take over as PostMistress at Routier Station when the post office opened in 1887. Mr. Patterson was Postmaster there for a while also. Joseph Routier was widely renowned for many years for the quality of his produce. In 1866 the railroad built the train station between Folsom Boulevard and the tracks due to the size and dependability of the crop, and the need for a formal packing shed to house the produce waiting for the train. (The station still exists as Pfingst Realty Mr. Pfingst died in 2007; the structure is owned by his daughter.) At eleven miles, the road forked. The Coloma Road went north along the river to Coloma and the northern mines, very close to its present location; the southerly fork headed for White Rock and the southern mines. The area was first known as Hangtown Crossing, referencing the route to Old Hangtown – or Placerville. The southerly fork was the White Rock Road, known at that time as the White Rock – Clarksville Immigrant Road. The outcropping of white rock marked the entry into El Dorado County, and Clarksville was the first sizable settlement over the hill. 15 Mile House was built in 1850, and is commemorated with a brick cairn on White Rock Road in front of the CalTrans Emergency Ops building. It was managed by A.M. Plummer until purchased in 1857 by its most famous innkeeper, H.F.W. Deterding. His son Charles ran the hotel until at least 1890, and their hospitality was known far and wide. 15 Mile House was the second official Pony Express remount station. Eleven miles east of that, the third remount station was located at Sportsman Hall at Mormon Island, before the express riders went over the mountains headed for St. Joseph, Missouri. The Mormon Island ruins surface from under Folsom Lake at Dike 8 during low water years. There were also way stations along the Coloma Road, such as the 14 Mile House, built on the Coloma Road in 1850 by Mr. Rush, the original builder of Deterding's 15 Mile House. In 1852 early settlement of the Mills area included a two story inn owned by Louis Lepetit. Four stage lines came through there, and split, with two going southeast to Placerville, and two following the river to Coloma. In the 1880s a fire destroyed the inn, and Mr. Lepetit may have rebuilt across the road on the north side. A strong community of vineyards and orchards had grown up between the 1850s and the 1880s. Maps of the area show the familiar names of Studarus, Williamson, Mendonca, Kelley, Carroll, Shields, Dauenhauer, Lauridson, Kilgore, and Deterding. The list goes on with names that to a small extent, have been preserved as place names. John Studarus was one of the early settlers. He had thirteen children. The presumed eldest, Charles, operated the family farms; John Jr., the second or third eldest, purchased five acres of land at Hangtown Crossing, near Lepetit's site, and built a hotel. In 1911, he built the present day Mills Station. It was a general commercial building, housing a tavern and grocery store. The second floor was a large ballroom, where he celebrated the opening of the building by issuing an open invitation to everyone around to attend a grand ball. The building also housed the Post Office, and two of his children, William Henry and Helen, both ran the Post Office at various times. William Henry Studarus died perhaps in the late 1970s, and Helen Studarus McCray, whom everyone remembers as the Post Mistress, died in 1982 or 1983. William Henry also helped his father run the store, selling groceries, hardware, and gasoline. At sometime prior to the war, the County established a branch of the free library, which local residents also remember coming to. In 1949 Mills Station was bought by Mr. and Mrs. Lerch, parents of later Fire Chief Bob Lerch and famous baseball player Randy Lerch. Their daughter, Mrs. Doris Lauridson, held her wedding reception in the ballroom on the second floor in 1950. The general store, library, and gas station continued to serve the community. Mills Fire Department has been photographed several times with its fire trucks and firemen on parade out front. Gasoline was sold there (the pumps are visible in the 1952 photo). The building that previously sat across the street, housing the Sharp Shop, was a fire house, along with another small building on the east side of Routiers Road between Folsom Blvd. and Horn Road. The Sharp Shop, a lawn mower repair business, was finally demolished in about 2002. At that time it had deteriorated and the original walls had been replaced with corrugated metal panels, leaving virtually nothing of the original structure. Tom Raley bought Mills Station in 1956. The Raley's organization believes he ran the grocery store, but community residents do not remember it being called Raley's. In 1972 after negotiations between the Fire District, Sacramento County, Raley's, and the Sons and Daughters of the Golden West, the building was moved to back north of the Boulevard about 200 feet. It was renovated as a restaurant but was never quite successful, and changed hands many times over 20 years. The last tenant moved out in August 1991 and the building sat idle, used only by vagrants and transients. It was secured, preserved, and moved once again. In its final life, Mills Station has been restored as a community center at the Mather Field / Mills Light Rail Station approximately 1000 feet from its original location. The agricultural heritage of Rancho Cordova fell onto hard times in the 1930s and 1940s. Along with Joseph Routier's nationally recognized produce, wine from Roland Federspiel's Cordova Vineyards had been served at White House table during the Teddy Roosevelt presidency. Unfortunately, northern California went through a lengthy period of drought. Making things worse, the State Legislature raised property tax rates, setting values at "the highest and best use" as opposed to the actual use of the land. It became more and more difficult for farmers to keep their land in production. At this point, all of the young men returning from World War II were looking for places to settle down, find a job, buy a home, and raise their families. Roland Federspiel formed a partnership with Glenn Ahlstrom and a contractor named Jacobsen to build homes on land that had previously been vineyards. Up until that point after the War, there had not been any production housing in the United States. Homes had been constructed individually or in small numbers. Construction began at the intersection of Folsom Boulevard and Zinfandel Drive. The first three homes on the west side of the street were the model homes. Duplexes on the opposite corners originally housed the sales office and post office, then the first office of The Grapevine newspaper. There was a playground for children whose parents were touring the model homes, and Art Linkletter came to cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening! Federspiel had chosen the name Cordova Vineyards with a nod to the Cordoba Region in Spain, and wanted to preserve the Cordova name. Glenn Ahlstrom drove down to San Francisco in his old woodie station wagon and physically brought back the first 'post box'. The US Postal Service agreed to let them use the name Rancho Cordova as it was just the right size to fit around the circle of the old postal franking stamp. They named the streets for wine grapes. It is a treat to find some of those old grapes coming back into production again, with wines like Malbec and Barbera. In recognition of that heritage, Elliott Homes named all of the streets in the Villages of Zinfandel at Stonecreek for wineries around the world when they began to build at the south end of Zinfandel in 2000. The community grew, and Folsom Boulevard began to fill in with commercial enterprise. Early structures included the Cordova Village Shopping Center and George E. Johnson's Cordova Inn. (George E. Johnson is the father of restaurateur Eppie Johnson. The 'E' stands for Eppaminondous, and Eppie used it to name a more formal restaurant on Zinfandel around 1980. The building is still in operation as a restaurant today, but is on the fourth restaurant chain since then.) Most of the residents of the 1950s and 1960s came to work at either Aerojet, during the height of the space race, or were stationed at Mather Air Force Base. There were only a little over 1000 homes in the Mather housing area, so most people lived off base. Along with other people who found the new Rancho Cordova a desirable place to live were the many people who came to open businesses and establish all of the organizations that any true community needs in order to thrive and prosper. Early residents opened gas stations, insurance agencies, the Hallmark Store, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream, the veterinary office, medical offices, a travel agency, churches, and the florist shop. These community builders were also the principals at the junior and senior high schools, the manager at the Chamber of Commerce, the general manager at the Park District, the chief at the Fire District, pastors and priests. They founded local branches of Rotary, Kiwanis, Optimist Club, JCs, the Moose, and the Elks. They invented a new organization called the Cordova Community Council as a means for all of these civic institutions to come together to share information and work on community projects. One of the first efforts literally resulted in putting Rancho Cordova on the map! It bothered everyone that Rancho Cordova did not appear on the Rand McNally's, and they wrote letters persistently until the mapping company gave up and put Rancho Cordova on the map. There were attempts to incorporate Rancho Cordova in 1961 and in 1978. The 1978 effort was kept alive over the next 20 years, and finally got to the ballot in November 2002. It passed with a record 77% of voters in support, a record that still stands today.
Geography and geology[edit] Rancho Cordova is located at 38°35′6″N 121°17′50″W / 38.58500°N 121.29722°W / 38.58500; -121.29722 (38.585083, -121.297269).[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 33.9 square miles (88 km2), of which, 33.5 square miles (87 km2) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) of it (1.08%) is water.
Demographics[edit] Historical population Census Pop. %± 1960 7,429 — 1970 30,451 309.9% 1980 42,881 40.8% 1990 48,731 13.6% 2000 55,060 13.0% 2010 64,776 17.6% Est. 2016 72,326 [5] 11.7% U.S. Decennial Census[11] 2010[edit] The 2010 United States Census[12] reported that Rancho Cordova had a population of 64,776. The population density was 1,912.3 people per square mile (738.3/km²). The racial makeup of Rancho Cordova was 39,123 (60.4%) White, 8,561 (13.1%) African American, 668 (1.0%) Native American, 7,831 (12.1%) Asian (3.6% Filipino, 2.0% Indian, 1.6% Vietnamese, 1.4% Chinese, 1.0% Korean, 0.4% Japanese, 2.0% Other), 556 (0.9%) Pacific Islander, 5,517 (8.5%) from other races, and 4,520 (7.0%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12,740 persons (19.7%). The Census reported that 64,451 people (99.5% of the population) lived in households, 170 (0.3%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 155 (0.2%) were institutionalized. There were 23,448 households, out of which 8,722 (37.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 10,521 (44.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 3,815 (16.3%) had a female householder with no husband present, 1,431 (6.1%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 1,751 (7.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 198 (0.8%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 5,815 households (24.8%) were made up of individuals and 1,604 (6.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75. There were 15,767 families (67.2% of all households); the average family size was 3.30. The population was spread out with 17,011 people (26.3%) under the age of 18, 6,441 people (9.9%) aged 18 to 24, 19,508 people (30.1%) aged 25 to 44, 15,182 people (23.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 6,634 people (10.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.1 years. For every 100 females there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males. There were 25,479 housing units at an average density of 752.2 per square mile (290.4/km²), of which 12,948 (55.2%) were owner-occupied, and 10,500 (44.8%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 3.3%; the rental vacancy rate was 8.9%. 34,907 people (53.9% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 29,544 people (45.6%) lived in rental housing units. 2000[edit] NOTE: The following demographic numbers were enumerated prior to incorporation. As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 55,060 people, 20,407 households, and 13,550 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 2,445.4 people per square mile (944.0/km²). There were 21,584 housing units at an average density of 958.6 per square mile (370.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 66.66% White, 11.34% African American, 0.95% Native American, 8.24% Asian, 0.54% Pacific Islander, 5.72% from other races, and 6.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.90% of the population. There were 20,407 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.1% were married couples living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.6% were non-families. 25.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.22. The population was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,095, and the median income for a family was $60,211. Males had a median income of $54,706 versus $45,383 for females. 1980[edit] Following the adoption of the 1978 Cordova Community Plan, the Sacramento County Local Agency Formation Commission adopted a Sphere of Influence for Rancho Cordova. This is one of the defining documents of the actual community boundary for the community. 1980 Rancho Cordova Sphere of Influence Map
Government and politics[edit] See also: Government of Sacramento County, California City government[edit] The City of Rancho Cordova has a council-manager form of government with five members elected to the council, one of whom serves as mayor each year. The mayor's post is thus simply that of "chief among equals for a time". As of 2016, Rancho Cordova's mayor is Donald Terry, and Linda Budge is vice mayor. All current City Council members have served as mayor during their terms on the council. The City of Rancho Cordova has maintained nine straight years of balanced budgets.[when?] Its sound financial status has been recognized by the rating agency Standard and Poor.[citation needed] In July 2012 Standard and Poor's (S&P) Rating Services reaffirmed the City of Rancho Cordova's A+ long-term rating, noting the City's outlook is stable and its financial performance has been good. As a credit-rating agency, S&P issues credit ratings for the debt of public and private corporations and has been designated a nationally recognized statistical rating organization by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to S&P, Rancho Cordova's rating reflects the city's "very strong wealth indicator, its good financial performance leading to a very strong fund balance, good financial management practices and policies, and its access to Eastern Sacramento metropolitan area." "In our opinion, Rancho Cordova's financial performance has been good with the City historically reporting consecutive surpluses," said S&P's analysis report. "The stable outlook reflects our view that City officials will likely continue to make the budgetary adjustments needed to maintain balanced operations, supported by at least what we consider strong available fund reserves."[citation needed] County government[edit] Rancho Cordova is represented by Don Nottoli on the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. State representation[edit] In the California State Senate, Rancho Cordova is split between the 4th Senate District, represented by Republican Jim Nielsen, and the 8th Senate District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill.[14] In the California State Assembly, it is in the 8th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ken Cooley.[15] Federal representation[edit] In the United States House of Representatives, Rancho Cordova is in California's 7th congressional district, represented by Democrat Ami Bera.[16] Utilities[edit] The city is served by three water agencies and one sewage treatment agency.[17] Electricity is provided by SMUD and natural gas is provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company. Public safety[edit] Rancho Cordova has its own police force. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District provides fire/EMS services. The East Area Rapist, who has never been identified, was active in Rancho Cordova during the 1970s.
Education[edit] Rancho Cordova students are served by four school districts, with the majority of schools in the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District and has three high schools: Cordova High School, Walnutwood High School, and Kinney High School. Two elementary schools and one high school in the Sacramento Unified School District serve students in the western portion of Rancho Cordova, and students in the recently developed Anatolia area are served by Elk Grove Unified School District. A small number of students attend schools in the San Juan Unified School District. Data on the educational status of Rancho Cordovans shows that approximately 85% of residents 25 years or older have a high school education and 22% of residents hold some type of college or post-secondary school degree. In Sacramento County, 85% of residents 25 years or older have a high school education and 28% of residents hold some type of college or post-secondary school degree. In California, 80% of residents 25 years or older have a high school education and 30% of residents hold some type of college or post-secondary school degree.
Economy and top employers[edit] According to Rancho Cordova's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,[18] the top employers in the city are: # Employer # of Employees 1 Health Net 2,000 2 Vision Service Plan 1,750 3 Delta Dental of California 1,000 4 Verizon 1,000 5 GenCorp (Aerojet) 1,000 6 Franklin Templeton Investments 900 7 Volcano Corp 700 8 Bank of America 600 9 Dignity Health 600 10 Sutter Health 500
Points of interest[edit] American River Parkway Aerojet/Gencorp Sacramento Mather Airport Sacramento California Temple (Located in Rancho Cordova) Nimbus Fish Hatchery Sacramento Children's Museum Edward Kelly School Sacramento State Aquatics Center Historic Sheepherder Bar & Grille Oldest Building in Rancho Cordova - Established 1913 11275 Folsom Blvd Sheepherderbg
Notable people[edit] This is a list of notable people from Rancho Cordova. Chris Bosio, MLB pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers and Seattle Mariners.[19] Lester Holt, NBC television journalist[20] Neal Jimenez, screenwriter and director Robbie Jones, actor, One Tree Hill and Hellcats Geoff Jenkins, former MLB outfielder[21] Jerry Manuel, former MLB player and manager[22] Nicole Mitchell Murphy, model, ex-wife of Eddie Murphy Billy Marshall Stoneking, Australian-American poet and filmmaker Max Venable, 10-year MLB outfielder[23] Seneca Wallace, NFL quarterback who is currently a free agent[24][25] Gerald Willhite, former running back for the Denver Broncos[26] Greg Dean, author of "Real Life" comics[27] Ken Rudolph - personality, TVG Network[28]
Adjacent areas[edit] Places adjacent to Rancho Cordova, California Arden-Arcade (across the American River) Carmichael, Fair Oaks (across the American River Fair Oaks (across the American River) La Riviera Rancho Cordova Gold River, Folsom Rosemont Mather / Vineyard Cosumnes Unincorporated Area (Sacramento County)
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A re-elected Liberal Government will spend an additional $8 million to help parents hammer home to young people the life-long negative consequences of taking methamphetamine.
- Advertising campaign important tool in preventing young people taking meth
- More than 2,800 calls handled by the Meth Helpline
Mental Health Minister, Andrea Mitchell said the funding was part of the Liberals $190 million comprehensive plan to fight meth.
"The additional $8 million over four years is for drug education in schools and the wider community to raise the awareness of the harms of meth and other drugs," Ms Mitchell said.
"Almost without exception, every parent of a teenager I meet tells me their greatest fear, no matter how well-adjusted their child, is that they could become involved in drugs, especially meth. Our experience over the past eight years in Government is that these campaigns are effective at discouraging the uptake of drugs."
Ms Mitchell said the other message she had consistently received was that people did not know where to turn for help if their child or loved one was taking meth.
"That is why the Liberal Government introduced the Meth Helpline, which has in six months of operation dealt with more than 2,800 calls from people wanting help. A Liberal Government will not abandon these people. A re-elected Liberal Government will continue to fund the Meth Helpline and the advertising that raises awareness of the helpline.
"I am extremely concerned Labor will scrap this vital advertising and the Meth Helpline if they are elected.
"The Opposition's so called debt strategy of slashing government advertising puts at risk this essential health campaign.
"Now is not the time to cut back on getting the message out about the dangers of meth. This would play right into the hands of meth dealers."
Ms Mitchell said Labor had also not committed funding for an involuntary rehabilitation facility and did not support mandatory minimum jail terms for meth dealers and traffickers.
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Dario Gradi has announced that he will not be offering Scott Davies, Hassan Wissam, Abdoulai Demba or Marcel Mckie a contract at the club. However, central defender Darran Kempson will be offered a 1-year deal.
Davies, McKie and Kempson travelled on the trip to Portugal where they enjoyed mixed fortunes. Darran Kempson was the most impressive of the three, and whilst Scott Davies was said to have decent ability, he made some poor errors throughout the week. McKie, meanwhile, endured a very average start to the week but recovered and was the talk of the camp by the end of the week.
However, all five also featured in the midweek friendlies, albeit largely unsuccessfully. Scott Davies performed unimpressively, whilst Marcel McKie also failed to stand out, and the ex-Tottenham full back is expected to join Barnet. Demba received mixed reviews, though most importantly, failed to impress Dario. Despite nearly scoring twice, Wissam didn't do enough to impress, though he has subsequently agreed a deal with a German club. Kempson, meanwhile, suffered an injury before the end of the first half, but has done enough to merit a one-year deal.
Meanwhile, a tall French striker will arrive in England on Sunday for a trial with the club. Julien Baudet's agent has recommended the striker, who will join fellow forward Bas Savage in the fight for a permanent deal.


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Howard Mintz didn't expect to be called for the job.
Captain of the Newton Police Department's Traffic Bureau, Mintz was surprised when Mayor Setti Warren called him on Aug. 29 and asked him to step in as interim police chief.
Howard Mintz didn't expect to be called for the job.
Captain of the Newton Police Department's Traffic Bureau, Mintz was surprised when Mayor Setti Warren called him on Aug. 29 and asked him to step in as interim police chief.
"I'm excited about the opportunity and am looking forward to doing the best job for the department and city that I can," Mintz told the Newton TAB. "But I didn't expect it that Wednesday when I got the call, that's for sure."
Warren appointed Mintz to the position after he put Chief Matthew Cummings on administrative leave, pending a hearing on claims that Cummings created a hostile working environment in the Newton Police Department.
Warren said Mintz was the best man to take over.
"Chief Mintz has served in various capacities with the Newton Police Department for nearly 30 years," Warren said. "With his background and commitment to serving our community, I am confident in his ability to perform the duties of Interim Chief."
Mintz, an Oak Hill native who now lives in West Roxbury, said he's always had an interest in criminal justice.
He visited the FBI Headquarters as a child, and took part in Newton's very first Police Explorer Post program as a teen in the early 1960s.
Mintz graduated from Newton South High School in 1968 and earned a degree in criminal justice from Northeastern University.
He worked as a furniture manufacturer's sales representative and at the Department of Corrections before he joined the Newton Police Department about 30 years ago.
"I wanted to make a career change. I grew up in the furniture industry but I wanted to pursue criminal justice," he said.
Beginning a patrolman
Mintz was hired as a patrolman and graduated from the academy when he was 33. From there he climbed up the promotional ranks, becoming a sergeant in 1988, a lieutenant in 1997 and a captain in 2000.
He spent most of his career in the patrol bureau, but also served in support service and most recently the traffic bureau for the last three-and-a-half years.
"I've always liked municipal police work because it's an opportunity to help people in the community, and police officers can provide some very quick and decisive interventions," he said.
Mintz plans to apply for the permanent position of police chief when the job becomes available, and already has ideas for where he'd like to take the department.
"People think of the police department as a crime fighting organization and I want to work on developing further innovative ways and successful strategies to fight crime," Mintz said. "But I think what is less known is that the majority of police work is service work. I want to maintain that style – that we're a service-oriented organization."


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Eighteen-month-old Frankie Mould was left in a coma for nine days, and spent six weeks in hospital after the lethal bacterial infection Necrotising Fasciitis ravaged his body.
His mum Lucy Dove, 25, said she thinks the bug entered Frankie's body through a cut he had on his forehead around three weeks before he fell ill.
She had originally taken him to the doctors when he began suffering flu like symptoms. The little boy was screaming in pain and and did not want to be picked up.
Doctors initially thought he had a viral infection, but while waiting for results of a urine test to come back, Lucy noticed a lump on his back, prompting medics to admit him to hospital, where a MRI scan revealed the shocking reason for his ill health.
"It was an extremely frightening experience," she told The Sun. "We were told several times to prepare ourselves, that he might not pull through."
Frankie lost a huge amount of skin as the bug ate away at the muscle in his thigh and behind his shoulder blade.
"It could have spread even further from those points," Lucy said. "Luckily it didn't. Frankie is very lucky to be alive."
Surgeons carried out a nine-hour operation on little Frankie, with a team of plastic surgeons digging out the infected tissue.
Despite the length of time he spent in theatre, not all of the infection could be removed. After the first round of surgery, Frankie was pumped full of antibiotics to stop a further spread, and the following day, was back in the operating theatre for five and a half hours more surgery.
Peter Hodgkinson, lead surgeon at Great North Children's Hospital in Newcastle, said that Frankie was 'one very sick child'.
"Most of the team hadn't seen a flesh eating infection in a child so young," he said. "This is an awful bacteria to get because it acts like no other. It destroys everything in its path. Antibiotics don't work, they just slow its progress. The only way to get rid of it is to cut and dig it out. Then you just have to pray it hasn't spread to another part of the body to start again."
He added that as the bacteria multiply, they release toxins that kill tissue and cuts off blood flow to the area placing patients at risk of having limbs amputated.
Frankie's brave mum said the wait while he was in surgery was agonising.
"But we knew the hospital was doing its best," she said. "As soon as we had go to Newcastle they had specialist teams waiting for Frankie."
A week after his life-saving surgery Frankie had more surgery to protect his body from further damage as surgeons harvested skin from his leg and stretched it to cover his back.
Frankie will need more skin grafts as he grows, but is now back home in Sunderland with his mum and dad, Wayne.
"It's a relief. For last week or two he's been a little stir crazy. But the doctors need to be sure the graft has healed well," Lucy said.
Lucy said she owes Frankie's life to the team who worked on him.
"They were remarkably swift in getting him into the operating theatre. The infection was spreading at a frightening rate. I'm convinced their speedy action saved his life," she said.
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The rosy pink color of this sorbet makes it an ideal springtime dessert. It would also be a lovely palate freshener at Easter brunch or dinner. Raspberry vodka, available in most supermarket liquor sections, adds a nice fruitiness and lime juice a delightful tang.
Rhubarb is a tart stalk that is treated as a fruit. Look for pink or cherry-red stalks about the same size as celery stalks in the supermarket produce section. They should be crisp and firm. If you're not going to use them right away, store them in the refrigerator wrapped in plastic wrap.
I like to serve ices directly from the ice cream freezer when they still have a soft-serve texture. If you make the ice ahead and keep it in the freezer, take it out about 30 minutes before serving. It will be easier to serve, and the flavor will be better too. I like to garnish this ice with a nice sprig of fresh mint and a few fresh raspberries.
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Wicketkeeper Karuna Jain produced an all-round performance to guide India to a thrilling 18-run victory over England in the opening tie of the quadrangular limited-overs women's cricket tournament in Chennai on Wednesday.
Karuna hit a valuable 77 and her 121-run opening stand with Jaya Sharma (61) helped India post a competitive 231 for six before Amita Sharma (2-36) and Jhulan Goswami (2-25) combined to restrict England to 213 in 48 overs.
Karuna then added 58 vital runs with captain Mithali Raj (35) before being stumped by Sarah Taylor.
In the final ten overs of the innings, India added 50 runs.
Karuna then claimed two victims behind the stumps to complete an all-round performance.
In the other match of the day, New Zealand shocked Australia for a six-wicket win with two overs to spare.
Vice-captain Rebecca Rhodes smashed an unbeaten 104 off 87 balls to help New Zealand overhaul Australia's total of 260 for nine comfortably.
The winning teams earned four points each.
The Australian innings evolved around an elegant 65 by Lisa Sthalekar and her 82-run partnership with Shelly Nitschke (33).
But Rebecca's hurricane knock, which contained 18 fours and a six, swung the match in the Whiteferns' way.
Sarah Tsukigawa's 42 not out was the other valuable innings for New Zealand.
Sarah added 108 runs off 99 balls for the unbroken fifth wicket with Rebecca, who was declared woman of the match.


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The star also revealed that facial exercises, sleep and water are her biggest secrets to aging gracefully. "I like to stick with things that have worked for years. [Water and sleep] are the two best things out there for your skin."
And while the actress admits she does enjoy getting facials and doing her part to look and feel good, the trick is to accept that your body is going to change – but that doesn't mean you can't feel (and look) fabulous.
"Aesthetically speaking, would I rather look the way I did in my 30s? Sure, of course I would," she says. "But emotionally speaking, I don't ever feel any particular sense of age. I feel happier than I did when I was younger. Is it a cliché? Maybe," she says. "But I am making a deliberate attempt to enjoy the moment and be really curious and live life. That gives me a sense of being alive. When I do that, people usually say 'You look terrific today.'"
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