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Newsweek releases its rankings
The Preuss School UCSD has been named the top "transformative school" in the U.S for the second year in a row by Newsweek magazine, recognized for preparing low-income and first-generation students for college.
The charter school for middle and high school students also was ranked at the top of all San Diego County high schools and ranked 30th overall in the nation by the magazine, which published its list of "America's Best High Schools" on Monday.
As Newsweek put it, "It's no secret that schools in poor neighborhoods often struggle. But some achieve a remarkable amount in relation to the poverty of their communities. Newsweek calls these Transformative Schools, and for the second year in a row, we have created a list of the top 25… The purpose of the list is to highlight schools where enthusiasm is the only defining metric."
To compile the list, editors took the scores from Newsweek's top 1,000 schools and factored in the percentage of students who qualified for free- or reduced-price lunches.
Preuss has a 100 percent graduation rate and 100 percent of its students qualify for free- or reduced-price lunches. The school is jointly chartered by UC San Diego and the San Diego Unified School District and has 816 students in grades 6-12.
"It's our mission at The Preuss School to increase social mobility and empower students, many of whom rise above countless obstacles to become the first generation in their families who will receive a college education," school principal Scott Barton said in a statement. "Our school provides an environment of high expectations where students are continually encouraged to develop a greater sense of confidence and pride in themselves and their academic accomplishments."

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johan bertrands needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 84 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
MeFirst.be or mefirst.be of Mefirst.be
We are a new website comparing Belgian insurance (car , home life insurance...). In order to launch the website and image we would like to design a logo for our brand mefirst.be.
It is still a completely unknown brand inthe market and a total new concept.
We wish to built a stron web identity with this logo.
The site aims at a pretty general audience, but the main target remains people who are looking on the web for the insurances they need and wish to compare. The audience wil be on the net, looking for insurance information, trying to find the best deal in the market. Price is an issue, as well as other caracteristics of the products.
The idea is to built around the "mefirst.be" brandname. "Me" stands for the independence, the options, choices one can have. It starts from the individual, the "I" what is specific, the situation of "me". Me means as well that you take the lead, the action, want to drive the deal. With the knowledge you will be able to contact your broker and discuss with him or do it yourself on line.
The main color for recognition should be blue, but the shade is free, this color is just a guideline.
We would like the logo to be clear enough to be readable in small size (70x30) or to have a buttoned version we can use for recognition where the full logo cannot be used.
We prefer to see the URL easily readable in or next to the logo: that people who see the logo in a printed add directly know it is a website and what URL to type in.
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How ugly has the gold market gotten? So ugly that even goldbugs are completely dazed and confused.
Here's just a brief summary of their hilarious views over the past few months:
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Gold's Uptrend is Still Intact: Peter Schiff - Yahoo! Daily Ticker (Dec.6, 2012)Gold at $5,000 and beyond: Peter Schiff sticks to his call - MarketWatch (Feb.13, 2013)James Turk ups his $8,000 an ounce peak gold price forecast to $11,000 - Arabian Money (Jan. 6, 2013) Gold Bets: John Paulson Loses $1 Billion - Hedge Co. (May 6, 2013)
Should it really surprise us the gold experts have been so badly wrong about the direction of bullion prices?
The fact is they ignore every important technical and fundamental data point that contradicts their bullish views. Plus they have a heavily vested interest in being bullish on gold (NYSEARCA:GLD) and silver (NYSEARCA:SLV) because it's good for their businesses. Schiff and Turk both have large marketing enterprises that sell physical bullion to the public. Paulson rakes in hefty fees for making quarterly appearances about why he's still bullish on gold.
Meanwhile, as their customers continue lose money, gold experts are laughing all the way to the bank. (And the customers that suffer from Stockholm Syndrome don't just enjoy losing money, but they like defending their captors.)
The uncomfortable truth is that gold prices have been in a bear market since 2011 and gold investment demand is down 51% over the past year. (see table)
Anyone that's bought and held physical gold and silver bullion over the past two years probably knows that much. But it gets worse.
Gold Markups Add to PainThe typical markup that bullion dealers charge customers is between 5% to 8% over spot prices and others (we won't mention any names) skim even higher percentages!
If there's anything that could ever make a ghastly pawn dealer look good, it might be grotesque the food chain markup in the physical bullion marketplace.
Here's how it works:
The U.S. Mint marks up the price of coins it produces (usually around 3%) to cover the value of the metal along with minting, shipping, and other costs. Authorized purchasers who buy from the Mint add their own markup. And if they sell to dealers who sell to the public, another markup gets added. Guess who's at the bottom of the food chain? That's right, physical bullion buyers.
And if bullion buyers are unfortunate enough to purchase fractional coins, they get hammered a little more. That's because the markups for fractional coins, like a half-ounce or quarter-ounce, routinely reach above 10% to 20% of spot prices.
Here's what it means:
In a rising gold and silver market (NYSEARCA:GLTR), rising prices can cover the steep transaction costs for buying and selling physical bullion. Conversely, in a sharply declining metals market - as we have right now - it's impossible for lower prices to cover the ridiculously high transaction costs of taking physical delivery. And if we include the cost of storage and insurance, the pain worsens and that's why owning physical metals are turning out to be a bad investment. Will it match the cold spell from 1980 to 2007?
Profiting from a Gold ShockContrary to what the very wrong gold experts have said all along, the ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter alerted its subscribers that the real money in gold and silver would be on the short side.
In our Weekly ETF Pick from Feb.14 we wrote:
"Despite a modestly rising stock market, the Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSEARCA:GDX) has lagged both the broader U.S. stock market along with the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) by a very significant margin. At present, GDX trades around $41.50 and is well below both its 50 and 200 day moving average. Buy the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bear 3x Shares (DUST) at these levels. A double digit slide for gold would likely translate into a 20%+ loss in mining stocks. This scenario offers some big upside potential for bears."
Since then, GDX has slid 33% and our Feb.14 DUST trade resulted in a +29% gain. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.
In that same report, we told our subscribers to buy JUN 40 GDX put options at $190. Today, those same GDX puts are up +525% to $1,200 per contract.
Our GDX trade was a grand slam, but forget about what already happened. What's coming next in the gold market will shock the world.
The cute idea that frenzied buying of physical bullion by Chinese and Indian consumers is a bullish event is laughable. Consumer sentiment is always a contrarian indicator, as the gold experts, once again failed to mention. The sign of any market bottom - gold included - isn't panic buying, but panic selling. (See Ezekiel 7:19)
Our examination of the precious metals market points a very high profit opportunity for investors and traders who are 1) on the right side of the market, and 2) who are correctly positioned in the right investments. The gold shock could turn out to be one of the biggest investment themes the experts never saw coming.
The ETF Profit Strategy Newsletter and Technical Forecast cut through the daily reams of misinformation by telling subscribers what to buy, what to sell, and when to do it. Our no bull approach is known worldwide. P.S. If you hated this article, then you'll love the one I wrote in January titled: "8 Reasons Gold May Disappoint in 2013."


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Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. I Corinthians 5:7 (ESV)
Monday, September 27, 2010
Two Years Today
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You have been in our thoughts and prayers today. We remember Emily's death as today is also Mikayla's birthday. "The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord." Thankful for your strength and courage that comes from Him alone.
Robin & Leanne
- September 27, 2010 10:54 PM
- Charlene said...
I don't know your family but have thought about you and prayed for you often since I ever first heard about Emily almost two years ago on Wretched Radio. Praising God for the time you had with her and for your testimony of His faithfulness since He brought her home. She's a beautiful young lady!
- September 27, 2010 11:38 PM
- ~* Aria *~ said...
I specifically sought out your blog. Today would have been my dad's birthday. It does get easier with time, but still sucks all the same. Emily's in my thoughts pretty often, though I never knew her in life.
- September 28, 2010 12:14 AM
- rebecca said...
I don't know what to say, really, except that I continue to think and pray for you and your family.
You—and by that I mean both you and Juanita, especially—continue to be a blessing to me, you know, and I'm sure to many other people as well.
- September 28, 2010 12:22 PM
- Kim said...
I was thinking about you both yesterday, Terry, and praying for you all.
- September 29, 2010 1:35 PM
- paige said...
Thought of you again this year on the anniversary of your little girl's Homecoming. May God continue to comfort you.
- October 04, 2010 3:49 PM
Those anniversaries do hurt, but over time, as we trust the Lord, the sweet becomes sweeter, and the bitter becomes a distant memory.
And you are so right: God carries us; the prayers of his people are a means of this; and God is good.
- October 09, 2010 12:06 AM


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It would be easy to pooh-pooh the notion of finding a terrific restaurant in a shopping mall, though there are certainly exceptions to the rule.
In general, shopping mall restaurants tend to, let us say, average out their dishes, so that they have a menu that works for pretty much everyone. This is not to say the food in shopping malls is bad; it can be quite enjoyable — just look at the array of eateries in Del Amo Fashion Center. But still, it appeals to many.
And yet, when we look at the culinary history of Manhattan Village, at the busy intersection of Rosecrans Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard, there have been some notable moments.
The most notable was Chef John Sedlar's St. Estephe, which wasn't just a great restaurant with a world-class reputation, it was where modern Southwestern cooking was born. Seriously. In a space right next to a Ralphs. The first branch of the now-defunct L.A. Food Show was there as well.
The Tin Roof Bistro is in Manhattan Village. And now there's also Brickworks Roasthouse & Grill, a strikingly tasty joint with a good look, a lively bar and a counter facing the kitchen that may be the best place in the house to eat.
Brickworks sits in the space that used to house L.A. Food Show. Sit at the counter, and you can watch as an army of cooks assembles an impressively long — and well considered — menu of dishes that are hard to choose among.
Does one begin with the very tasty skillet cornbread, made with green chiles and garlic? Or the fondue of Gruyere, fontina, white cheddar and Parmesan served all gooey and good in a cast-iron skillet? (One begins with both, if one can.)
Is there any way to avoid the fried oysters with olive relish? Or the Mexican shrimp with tomato horseradish sauce? And how about those deviled eggs — referred to on the menu as "Devilishly Delicious Eggs" — that are cayenne spicy and dotted with bacon?
They certainly do like their bacon at Brickworks; this is a Modern American restaurant after all. There's bacon in the admirably rich clam chowder and on the baby iceberg wedge. There's a barbecue bacon burger at lunchtime, and a bacon-blue cheeseburger, along with a grilled Scottish salmon salad made with candied bacon. The butter-braised pork belly would be bacon, were it sliced and fried until crispy. Perhaps someday.
Should you be in the mood for a big meal, there's a section of the menu that details two cuts of prime rib, along with four serious steaks, served with au gratin spuds and a garlic sauce. For $5 extra, you can add Port Reyes blue cheese to any one of the four steaks, which makes dishes like the "long and slow cooked" smoked barbecue beef brisket seem modest by comparison.
They're not, of course. The brisket is a chunk of meat served with housemade slaw, warm spud salad and pickled veggies — a very good plate of chow.
There are Asian touches as well, in the roast duck with plum sauce and scallion pancakes as well as in the Mongolian lamb sirloin. Ditto the seared ahi with wasabi-flavored potatoes and lemony ponzu sauce. (The ahi reappears in a salad with artichoke hearts, roasted potatoes, cherry tomatoes, a deviled egg and caperberries. A really great salad.)
I should add that the wine list is reasonably priced, with dozens of options by the half glass and the glass. There's mixology at work in the bar (and sports on the big screens). It's a place to go for a fine meal or to sit at the bar nibbling on deviled eggs and sipping a Stags' Leap viognier. Afterward, if you need a container of milk, Ralphs is a short walk away. You don't even have to move your car to get there.
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W.H. holds back 'Change' award
The Chicago alderman who was supposed to receive an award as a Champion of Change on Monday, has been removed as an honoree for now, the Chicago Tribune reported.
Alderman Joe Moore will no longer receive the award from the White House until the results of an FBI ethics probe into his office is known.
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"We did not honor him as a Champion of Change today and will hold that honor until we know the results of his investigation," the official told the Tribune on Wednesday.
Moore, who is a veteran alderman, thinks of the probe as unfair and is disappointed that it has cost him the award. He has denied all allegations against him.
On the day he was scheduled to get the award, an inspector general report accused Moore of paying two employees more than he should have after they were fired, saying that he paid one of them "hush money" to not speak of anything in the office.
Moore himself suggested holding off the award seeing as he did not want to "cast a shadow over this wonderful event" and expected to collect the award another day.


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Dedication ceremonies for the Town of Newstead's Cultural Center are scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Located in the basement of Newstead Public Library, 33 Main St., the center will be dedicated at 4 p.m. Thursday. The Town Hall will close at 3:45 to allow staff to attend.
Also this week:
• The Newstead Planning Board will hold a work session at 7 p.m. Monday, followed by a regular meeting at 7:30, in Town Hall, 5 Clarence Center Road.
• A work session of the Newstead Town Board begins at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Town Hall.
• The Akron Village Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Village Hall, 21 Main St.
• An Akron School Board meeting begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in room H190 at 47 Bloomingdale Ave.
• Town and village residents may drop off tires between 9 a.m. and noon Saturday at the Joint Municipal Facility, 12707 Clarence Center Road. Permits are available at the Town Hall for no charge. Up to six tires may be dropped off.
A regular meeting of the Alden School Board begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school library, 13190 Park St.
Also this week:
• The Alden Village Board has a work session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, followed by a regular meeting at 7:30, in Village Hall, 13336 Broadway.
The award-winning a cappella group, the Friends of Harmony, will perform at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Williamsville Meeting House & Museum, 5658 Main St.
Billed as "The Grooviest, Most Hip and Far Out Musical Review of those Spectacular Sixties Songs This Side of the Peace Bridge," the concert is sponsored by the village's Arts & Cultural Committee. It's free and open to the public.
Also this week:
• The Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Municipal Building, 5583 Main St., Williamsville.
• A meeting of the Amherst School Board begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the district office, 55 Kings Highway.
• The Williamsville School Board is holding a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the district office boardroom, 105 Casey Road, East Amherst, to vote on the BOCES budget and board elections.
• People looking to improve their financial futures can learn basic saving and investment concepts from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the Center for Tomorrow on the University at Buffalo's North Campus.
The event – "Leveraging Time, the Power of Saving and Planning for the Future" – is geared specifically toward a non-financial audience. Presented by Gregg Fisher, founder and chief investment officer at Gerstein Fisher, it's part of the next Smart Business Practices, hosted by the UB School of Management Alumni Association and co-sponsored by the UB Investment Club.
Cost is $30 for alumni association members and $35 for all others. Online registration is required by Monday. Register at www.mgt.buffalo.edu/smartbusiness. For more information, call 645-3224.
• The Village of Williamsville will hold an Earth Day-Arbor Day celebration from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Island Park, located behind Village Hall on Main Street. The event will include children's activities and a sapling giveaway.
Participants are asked to drop off gently used shoes, which will be donated to Friends of the Night People.
Aurora/East Aurora
The annual spring Art Walk on Friday kicks off a weekend of events to celebrate spring and invite people to downtown East Aurora.
The art walk will be held from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, when visitors can explore 13 art galleries, shops and bistros that will feature exhibits, demonstrations and food.
Business owners of East Aurora have planned classes and discounts for next weekend, and are calling it "Girls Getaway."
Learn how to make face cream with green tea at the Purr-Fect Tea shop and get free popcorn with a movie at the Aurora Theatre.
Check www.ateastaurora.com for details about discounts throughout the village, and the full schedule for Saturday and Sunday.
Also this week:
• The East Aurora Village Board meets at 7 p.m. Monday in Village Hall, 571 Main St.
• A special meeting of the East Aurora School Board begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the superintendent's office in the Middle School/Main Street Building, 430 Main St. Votes will be cast on the BOCES budget and board elections.
• The Aurora Town Board meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday for a work session at the Southside Municipal Building, 300 Gleed Ave.
The need to bring Verizon FiOS television and Internet service to Buffalo will be discussed during a community meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the West Side Community Center, 161 Vermont St.
State Sen. Tim Kennedy and Assemblyman Sean Ryan are hosting the meeting, which will focus on Verizon's unwillingness to establish service in certain communities.
Also this week:
• The Buffalo Brownfield Redevelopment Corporation and the Real Estate Committee of the Buffalo Urban Development Corp. will meet at noon Monday in the fourth-floor conference room at 95 Perry St.
• A Planning Board meeting begins at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday in Room 901 in City Hall. The agenda includes a proposed addition to the Jasper Parrish administration building at 520 Hertel Ave.
• The Council's Finance Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers. The city's contract with ambulance provider Rural/Metro is on the agenda.
• A meeting of the Council's Community Development Committee begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Council Chambers, where lawmakers will discuss the proposed sale of the former School 71 building, at 104 Lang Ave., to King Center Charter School, currently located at 938 Genesee St.
• Public input on redeveloping brownfields will be sought during three open houses this week, each of which will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. The Buffalo River brownfield opportunity area will be discussed Tuesday in the Old First Ward Community Center, 62 Republic St. The Tonawanda Street Corridor is the subject Wednesday in the Riverside Institute of Technology, 51 Ontario St., and the Buffalo Harbor brownfield opportunity area will be discussed Thursday in the Herman Badillo Bilingual Academy, 315 Carolina St.
• A career fair will be held from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday in the Community Action Organization JFK Community Center, 114 Hickory St. Employers with job openings will attend the event, which is sponsored by CAO, and the Buffalo Employment and Training Center.
• A meeting of the Buffalo Urban Renewal Agency begins at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in Room 209 of City Hall.
• The Preservation Board meets at 3 p.m. Thursday in Room 901, and will consider a local landmark designation for the Meidenbauer-Morgan compound in the Fruit Belt. The buildings, one of which is a Civil War-era house, would be demolished under plans by St. John Baptist Church for a pharmacy and deli.
• Project Slumlord will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Lt. Col. Matt Urban Center, 1081 Broadway. The group is focused on reducing slum and blight in city neighborhoods. Housing Court Judge Patrick Carney and city building inspectors are expected to attend.
Remember Earth Day?
To mark the annual observance, there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday to open new trails at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve.
Abby Snyder, regional director of the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which operates the preserve, also will announce a watchable wildlife mobile application.
Entrance to the preserve is at 93 Honorine Drive.
Also this week:
• A Town Board meeting begins at 6:45 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers in Town Hall, 3301 Broadway.
• The town's Sanitation Department grass trucks will hit the road this week. All grass clippings and yard debris should be in open-top containers or brown, biodegradable lawn/leaf bags. Bundles of branches are limited to 4 feet long, 4 inches in diameter and a maximum of 40 pounds.
• A special meeting of the Cheektowaga-Sloan School Board begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Irma Czubaj Board Room at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, 166 Halstead Ave., Sloan.
• The Maryvale School Board will vote on the BOCES budget and board elections at a special meeting at 8 a.m. Tuesday in the Samuel R. Bennett Administration Building, 1050 Maryvale Drive.
• Votes on the BOCES budget and board also will be cast at Tuesday's meeting of the Cheektowaga Central School Board, which begins at 7 p.m. in the board room of the high school, 3600 Union Road.
• The Cleveland Hill School Board meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the community room at 105 Mapleview Road.
• Ann Marie Linnabery, assistant director of the Niagara County Historical Society, will talk about the history of the Erie Canal at Thursday's meeting of the Cheektowaga Historical Association, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Senior Center, 3349 Broadway. The meeting is free and open to the public.
The Clarence Women's Club's 51st Annual Scholarship Card and Game Night is scheduled for May 6 in Clarence Town Park Clubhouse.
Tickets are $5 per person and include door prizes, strawberry shortcake and beverages. A Chinese auction will be held. The money raised will allow the club to award five scholarships to Clarence High School seniors.
The event begins at 6:30 p.m. on May 6 in the clubhouse, 10405 Main St. For more information, call 310-7674 or 741-4718.
Also this week:
• A meeting of the Clarence School Board begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in Conference Room B in the district office, 9625 Main St. The School Board will vote on the BOCES budget and board elections.
• The Clarence Chamber of Commerce is holding an A.M. Networking event, beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, in Cozy Cafe & Catering, 9060 Main Street. Tom Shelberg of Picone Construction will speak.
• The Planning Board convenes at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday for a work session in the Hallock Conference Room at Town Hall, One Town Place, followed by a regular meeting at 7:30 in the auditorium.
The Depew School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the cafeteria at Depew High School, 5201 Transit Road.
Kiwanis Club of Marilla is holding its annual town wide cleanup from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Volunteers should sign up between 8:45 and 9:15 a.m. in the Marilla Community Center, 1810 Two Rod Road. Trash bags, assignments and instructions will be given out at that time.
Lunch will be served to all participants beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the Community Center. Call 652-7608 for more information.
Also this week:
• A meeting of the Elma Conservation Board begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Town Hall, 1600 Bowen Road. A review of conservation land easements is on the agenda.
• Elma's Multiple Dwelling Code Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the Town Hall for further discussions about the Seneca Street area.
• The Marilla Town Board is holding a work session at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the upper meeting room at Town Hall, 1720 Two Rod Road.
• A meeting of the Marilla Sludge Committee begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the supervisor's office at Town Hall.
• The Marilla Historical Society is sponsoring a public program on genealogy at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Community Center, 1810 Two Rod Road. Call 652-1827 Monday to reserve a spot.
• A work session of the Wales Town Board begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Community Center, 12345 Big Tree Road.
Erie County
It's time to hit the links.
The county's Grover Cleveland and Elma Meadows golf courses will open for the season at 7 a.m. Thursday.
"We are looking forward to a great season of golf at both of our courses, which are ready to go after a long offseason," said Troy P. Schinzel, the county's commissioner of parks, recreation and forestry.
Grover Cleveland, home to the 1912 U.S. Open, is a par-69 course located at 3781 Main St. in Amherst. Elma Meadows, which is a par-70 course, is at 1711 Girdle Road, Elma. It has an irons-only driving range.
Also this week:
• Several volunteer fire departments in Erie County will join others across the state in opening their doors next weekend to let the public know what it takes to become a volunteer firefighter.
RecruitNY, established in 2011 by a collaborative of state firefighters organizations, is an annual campaign to recruit new volunteers to join those already serving their communities.
Highlighting the campaign is Open House Weekend, scheduled for this weekend.
Last year, more than 700 new volunteers joined firefighting forces in Erie County. For more information – including a list of participating departments, visit www.recruitny.org.
Grand Island
The Town Board will consider the site plan for Nottingham Estates, a three-building, 32-unit apartment complex on a two-acre property at 1995 Grand Island Blvd., when it meets at 8 p.m. Monday in Town Hall, 2255 Baseline Road.
Site plan approval also is sought for an expansion at the KOA campground, 2570 Grand Island Blvd., to accommodate six more campsites, and for additional outside storage at 2389 Whitehaven Road.
The board also will discuss the town code on tourist homes. No longer on the agenda is a public hearing on rezoning for the controversial 414-unit Light House Pointe residential project at Whitehaven and East River roads; it was canceled at the request of the developer.
A board workshop begins at 6:30 p.m.
Also this week:
• The Grand Island Chamber of Commerce holds its 48th annual Citizen of the Year Award Dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday in Bylbos Niagara Resort, 100 Whitehaven Road. Tickets are available at the Chamber office, 2257 Grand Island Blvd. Call 773-3651.
Honorees include Nonnie Carroll, Volunteer Service; Cheryl Chamberlain, Educator; Hizair Hair Salon, Business of the Year; Lynn Alan Konovitz, Professional Contributor; and Teddy Klingel Linenfelser, Service to the Community.
• The committee for Relay For Life of Grand Island will decorate the Town Commons, adjacent to Town Hall, on Saturday to show support for those touched by cancer. Bows, which cost $1 and $5, can be purchased from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the nearby First Niagara Bank branch, 2300 Grand Island Blvd.
• The Knights of Columbus Good Samaritan Council is hosting a Taste of Italy Dinner on Saturday in the cafeteria of St. Stephen's School, 2080 Baseline Road. It begins at 6 p.m. with a cash bar and complimentary appetizers, followed by a buffet-style dinner at 7. Dinners are $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and $9 for children ages 5 to 15. For reservations, call Joe Diebold at 773-1196 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Ten people will be recognized May 1 for their dedication to youth development and recreation at the Town of Hamburg's 26th Youth Bureau Service Awards banquet.
Barb Wagner will receive the Michael J. Dundon Service to Youth Award, given to the person who best exemplifies the service of the late Michael J. Dundon, a longtime executive director of the Youth Bureau.
The Youth Bureau also will honor Midge Harrington, Walter Rooth III and Rick Szabala with the Service to Youth Award. Recipients are recognized for having given a high degree of their time, energy, dedication and commitment to youth development within the town.
The Recreation Department will recognize Sean Muldowney, Keith Thurnherr, Ralph Colucci, Steve Chaffee and Chris Damiani as Character Coaches of the Year. The award recognizes qualities that include being a positive role model who leads by example, and demonstrates fairness and sportsmanship.
Ryan Nurmi will receive the Donny Thiry Human Spirit Award, which honors the memory of its namesake, who loved sports but was prevented from active participation because of physical limitations resulting from neurofibromatosis.
"Despite his physical limitations, he came to Hamburg Recreation when he was still finishing high school at Frontier. He worked the scores table at the basketball games and did whatever else was needed," said Martin Denecke, director of the Youth, Recreation and Senior Department.
That award goes to the person who best exemplifies the qualities that Donny displayed, overcoming all obstacles in his or her path and remaining positive and inspiring others.
Outstanding members of Youth Engaged in Service also will also be recognized.
To register for the banquet, contact Nicole Dayka at 826-2226, or visit the town website at www.townofhamburgny.com.
Also this week:
• The Hamburg Village Board will conduct a work session at 5:30 p.m. Monday, followed by a regular meeting at 7, in Village Hall, 100 Main St.
• The Frontier School Board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Frontier Educational Center, 5120 Orchard Ave. The board plans to go into executive session and return to open session at 7 p.m. , when the board is expected to appoint a new superintendent and adopt the 2014-2015 budget.
• A meeting of the Village of Hamburg's Planning Commission begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Village Hall. The board plans to review a proposal for a senior citizen apartment project on Main Street.
• The Hamburg School Board meets at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Union-Pleasant Elementary School, 150 Pleasant Ave. The board plans to go into executive session at 6 p.m. and return to regular session at 7:30.
• A meeting of the Blasdell Village Board begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Village Hall, 121 Miriam Ave.
• "Building a Sustainable Business through Succession Planning," a seminar presented by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce and Hilbert College, begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday in the Armor Inn Saloon, 5381 Abbott Road. The event is open to the public, but reservations are required. Contact the chamber at 649-7917 or at its website at www.hamburg-chamber.org.
Mayor Geoffrey M. Szymanski will take another step to fight blight Monday, when the city's new instant ticketing program takes effect.
Instant ticketing will allow code enforcement officers to issue on-the-spot fines for property code violations.
"The new process should cut down on the amount of time it takes for homeowners to fix problems on their properties," Szymanski said. "The old system could take three weeks to get results."
City inspectors will be looking for code violations that include: hanging gutters, garbage totes put to the curb too early or yards strewn with litter, said Szymanski.
The $25 fine will double if the violation is not corrected.
Also this week:
• The inaugural Dyngus Day Parade will roll from Our Lady of Victory Basilica after Monday's 12:10 p.m. Mass. The parade will travel to Lackawanna City Hall, 714 Ridge Road.
• A meeting of the School Board of Global Concepts Charter School begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the school auditorium, 1001 Ridge Road.
The Town Board meets at 7 p.m. Monday in the board room at Town Hall, 21 Central Ave.
Also this week:
• A meeting of the Lancaster School Board begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, when an executive session will be held, in the Central Avenue Board Room, 149 Central Ave. The public session begins at 7.
Orchard Park
Councilman Michael Sherry is looking for volunteers for a Government Efficiencies Task Force to examine government operations and find ways to save money and time, and to improve services.
Created at last week's Town Board meeting, the task force will review, among other things, the police department's budgeting process to see if it can be streamlined, Sherry said.
The committee will have five to seven members and will start meeting once a few people have signed up. People with expertise in budgeting and business operations are invited to apply.
"We definitely want some capable people within the community," Sherry said. "This type of work tends to be quite specialized .. It'll likely go on for several years. It has both a broad and a narrow focus."
Those interested in applying should call Town Hall at 662-6400 and leave a message for Sherry, or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Also this week:
• A regular meeting of the Orchard Park School Board begins at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday in the district office, 2240 Southwestern Blvd.
• The Town Board has a work session at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the board room of the Municipal Center, 4295 S. Buffalo St.
Southern Erie County
The Springville Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. Monday on the second floor of the Municipal Building, 65 Franklin St.
Also this week:
• A meeting of the Springville-Griffith School Board begins at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school library media center, 290 N. Buffalo St.
• The Eden School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Junior/Senior High School, 3150 Schoolview Road.
• The Eden Conservation Board meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the second floor conference room in Town Hall, 2795 E. Church St.
• A meeting of the Boston Planning Board begins at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Town Hall, 8500 Boston State Road.
• The Eden Town Board will meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Town Hall.
• A representative of state Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, will be in Brant Town Hall, 1272 Brant-North Collins Road, from 9 a.m. to noon Friday.
City of Tonawanda
"Council on Your Corner" is coming to the City of Tonawanda.
Fourth Ward Councilmember Jenna Koch and Third Ward Councilmember Jay Hall will host a town hall meeting at 5 p.m. April 30 in City Hall, 200 Niagara St.
"This is another opportunity outside of our council meetings for residents ... to come and ask questions, discuss ideas and have an informal conversation with your representatives," Koch said.
Also this week:
• The Tonawanda School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the high school, 600 Fletcher St. A budget for 2014-15 will be adopted.
Town of Tonawanda
The Learning Disabilities Association of WNY is looking for volunteers to help with its Earth Day Community Clean Up Day.
Volunteers will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at 2555 Elmwood Ave. Cleaning supplies will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own gloves. Food and refreshments also will be provided.
Also this week:
• The Town Board will hold a work session at 4 p.m. Monday in the conference room of the Municipal Building, 2919 Delaware Ave. A regular meeting follows at 7:30 in Council Chambers.
• A Village of Kenmore Planning Board meeting begins at 6 p.m. Tuesday in Room 15 of the Municipal Building.
• A second public meeting to discuss updates to the Town of Tonawanda Comprehensive Plan begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Milton J. Brounshidle Post 205, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 3354 Delaware Ave.
• The Kenmore-Town of Tonawanda School Board is holding a special meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the board room of the Administration Building, 1500 Colvin Blvd., regarding the superintendent search.
West Seneca
Parents and guardians of students entering sixth grade in West Middle School next year are invited to a tour and informational session Wednesday.
The event, for adults only, begins at 6 p.m. with a building tour, followed by the informational meeting at 7 in the auditorium.
Guests will hear from Principal Matthew Bystrak; Assistant Principal Andrew Klaich; Katie Kubiak and Ann Marie Canaple, who are school counselors; Linda Thibault and Deborah Hughson, school nurses; and Aimee Smart, the school's social worker.
Also this week:
• The Town Board meets at 7 p.m. Monday in Council Chambers at Town Hall, 1250 Union Road.
• "Know Your Backyard," a video focusing on the history of the town and the importance of the creeks and tributaries running through it, will be shown by the town's Environmental Commission at 7 p.m. Monday in the Senior Citizens Center, 4620 Seneca St.
• The West Seneca School Board meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Room 200 at West Elementary School, 1397 Orchard Park Road.
• A meeting of the town's Zoning Board of Appeals begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Council Chambers at Town Hall.
• A Family Health & Safety Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Senior Citizens Center. Myriad free health screenings and safety information will be available at the event, sponsored by state Sen. Patrick Gallivan, R-Elma. It coincides with the eighth National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, when unwanted medications can be dropped off for disposal.


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What if I am on a high school team; can I still be involved in ODP?
Cal South is working with CIF to make sure all high school rules are followed:
.• Cal South will submit winter player pools to the CIF State Office on the first Monday of December each year. Players can participate in training but cannot play in games unless they have a letter signed by their school principal on file with our administrator.
• It is mandatory that all players communicate with their high school coaches about their participation in the ODP Program.
During the high school season of sport, a high school student who has been selected or qualified for an Olympic development program shall be permitted to participate in such a program without loss of interscholastic eligibility, if the following conditions are met:
A) The Olympic development program is:
(1) Verified as such by the State CIF; AND
(2) a. Conducted or sponsored by the United States Olympic Committee; OR
B) Directly funded and conducted by the U.S. national governing body for the sport on a national level; OR
C) Authorized by a national governing body for athletes having potential for future national team participation; AND B. The student informs the high school principal at least thirty (30) days prior to participating in the program; AND C. The principal verifies the authenticity of the program; AND
D) The student makes prior arrangement to complete missed academic lessons, assignments, and tests before the last day of classes of the semester in which the student's absence occurs.
E) This bylaw was written with the intent that only individual student-athletes that have been identified by the respective National Governing body for that sports, as having Olympic potential, would be for this exemption of Bylaw 600. Individual student-athletes who are members of a club team's) consisting in whole or part of high school age athletes, participating in any competitions (e.g. Super Y League events, championships, etc.) even if the competition itself is labeled as an ODP event, that occur during the high school student's season of sport are not eligible for this exemption. (Revised Federated Council May 2007)
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Naga Chaitanya signs a new FlickJuly 03, 2017 09:48
Young actor Naga Chaitanya is slowly making his impact feel in Telugu cinema. After a rough road, the actor managed to stand strong and scored two blockbusters with Premam and Rarandoi Veduka Chuddam. He is quite busy shooting for his next movie titled Yuddham Saranam which is said to be an action thriller. Krishna is making his directorial debut with the movie and Lavanya Tripathi is the heroine. Vaaraahi Chalana Chitram is bankrolling the film which has been aimed for October release this year.
The latest update is that Chaitanya signed a new movie in the direction of a debutant Sowjanya. The movie will be a romantic entertainer and will start rolling early next year. Suryadevara Naga Vamshi will produce the film on Sithara Entertainments which is currently busy with the pre-production work. Chaitu also signed a movie in the direction of Chandoo Mondeti which will start rolling from August. Mythri Movie Makers will produce the movie which will release early next year.


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Get an introduction to Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPGs) tailored to the Long-Term Care sector. Learn how BPGs are developed; outcomes of using a NBPG; and the challenges a long-term care home might face when implementing NBPGs.
Learn to effectively manage the unique challenges inherent in the assessment and management of acute and chronic pain in a long-term care setting.
This resource has been designed to teach Registered Nurses (RNs), Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) and Unregulated Care Providers how to implement the recommendations outlined in the RNAO Best Practice Guideline, Assessment and Management of Stage I to IV Pressure Ulcers.
This project plan is intended to be used as an example in organizations wishing to develop an implementation strategy of their own.
This self-reflection guide is an opportunity to illuminate your attitudes and beliefs about supporting breastfeeding mothers and their babies. It is intended as a tool for personal reflection and need not be evaluated or reviewed by anyone else.


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Katarzis (Катарзис in Bulgarian) is a DIY Anarchist zine from Bulgaria. The name means catharsis in Bulgarian.
Format and History
The zine Katarzis is distributed on a freesheet photocopied A5 format, usually left for free at hardcore/punk shows, parks, independent movie screenings, skateboardinging spots, hand to hand by friends etc. It covers D.I.Y. issues, activist punk/hardcore scene, animal rights, environmentalism and grassroots political actions.
The people involved in Katarzis Collective are also involved in the managing of the youth counterculture house Ecotopia in the small Bulgarian town Razgrad. They've got a free book/zine library, screening room, a place for D.I.Y. shows, presentations, discusitions etc. You can contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com
Also the people from the collective are doing the so called Free Festivals (3 in Razgrad and two in Sofia) it's a really, really free market activities with sharing old books, cds, zines, newspapers, clothes, skills. Also yoga courses and different kind of games. Although, members of Katarzis Collective have their acoustic riot folk band without a name. They play at the Free Festivals, parks, suburbs, streets, critical mass actions, food not bombs gatherings etc. The lyrics are about environmentalism and anarchism. Other theme is animal rights issues, the members of the collective have a hard stance pro animal rights and vegan/vegetarian lifestyle.
1st issue
The first issue of Katarzis zine features contents of Days of War, Nights of Love by CrimethInc. such as Bulgarian translations of Join The Resistance - Fall In Love and The Contents of Your Daily Life.
Download it as a doc file from here
2nd issue
The second issue of Katarzis is a direct action guide with Bulgarian translations of CrimethInc. stuff. It has information for beginners about squatting, making political stencils and graffiti, culture jamming, affinity groups, critical mass. Download it from here and print it for yourself
3rd issue
The third issue is dedicated to the animal rights struggle and features information about factory farming and what is the animal liberation front. Also information about freeganism and how to work outside of the capitalist system.
Download it from here and print it for yourself
4th issue
The 4th issue of Katarzis is featuring reviews of the first Free Festival in Razgrad and the anti-election campaign in Sofia, article against vivisection, short writing about the commercialization of the punk scene and interview with the Bulgarian Punk band Spot.
Download it from here and print it for yourself
5th issue
The 5th issue of Katarzis is discussing a big range of topics such as hitch-hiking, rethinking of anarchism, G8 summit, tips for more environment friendly daily life, review of eco protest in Sofia and interview with the Colombian anarchist hardcore band Res Gestae.
Download it from here and print it for yourself
6th issue
Issue number 6 of Katarzis zine was produced during anarcha-feminist lectures in Infocenter Ecotopia led by Alex from the German anarcha-feminist collective Erynien so the 6th issue of Katarzis is covering a couple of radical feminist topics. Also there is an interview with the Punk band Strike Anywhere, information about Infocenter Ecotopia and the eco-protests in defence of Stranja mountain. Download it from here - file for reading
Katarzis: year of resistance
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7th issue
In January 2008 the people involved in Katarzis collective were ready with the 7th issue of Katarzis zine. It has reviews about the No Border festival in Infocenter Ecotopia with movie screenings against the borders and illegal deporatation and live set by the Romanian anarcho-hardcore-punk band Pavilionul 32 and German Punk band Ballet In Stiefeln, third Free Festival in Razgrad, antifascist march in Bucharest (Romania) where people from Katarzis collective were involved, post-romantic essay about living in a squatted attic and writings about free living, D.I.Y. creativity and sex.
Download it from here - file for reading
External Links
contact: email@example.com
interview with a member of Katarzis collective
interview with a member of Katarzis collective (German translation


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Case Appeals AVZ Test Bench Review
Introduction and Features
Case Appeals creates custom test benches, show cases
Courtesy of Case Appeals
Before this year's Quakecon event, we wanted a custom case created for PC Perspective's annual hardware workshop. We enlisted Case Appeals to create us an AVZ test bench to mesmerize the hardware workshop crowd and we also thought it would also make for a great review article too. Check out our indepth review of this custom test bench and show piece.
Courtesy of Case Appeals
Steve Adams, the owner of Case Appeals, has been making these custom creations for several years now for the likes of top companies like ASUS, NVIDIA, Crucial, and Patriot to name a few. Adams said people can use these cases with any type of air or watercooled configurations and they are built to order so consumers will get exactly what they need and to their specific requirements.
The case we received from Case Appeals is called the AVZ. It's designed for micro ATX and full ATX motherboard form factors and includes two 120mm fans attached to the motherboard tray as well as a power and reset button. The case also sports two red acrylic 5.25" and 3.5" drive bays that can handle up to three hard optical drives and four hard drives.
- Steel frame (20 gauge steel)
- Custom graphics available
- Automotive base/clear coat (3 each)
- Motherboard tray tilts for easy access
- Motherboard standoffs raised off tray to route wires underneath
- Every case built to order


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Candidate presented by: Dr. John Pauly, Dean of the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication
Andreas Delfs is widely admired by both audiences and professional musicians as one of the world's most visionary, exciting, and courageous conductors.
Born in Flensburg, Germany, Delfs began the study of piano and music theory at age five and joined the roster of the Flensburg Stadttheater as conductor and composer at age 17. He graduated from the Hamburg Conservatory in 1981 and received his master's degree from The Juilliard School in 1984.
In the years since, Maestro Delfs has conducted many of the world's great orchestras, including the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has collaborated with some of the world's most renowned solo artists, including Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Midori, Itzhak Perlman, Maurizio Pollini, Mstislav Rostropovich, Andre Watts, Renee Fleming, and Frederica von Stade. And he counts among his musical influences many contemporary composers and musicians such as John Corigliano, Philip Glass, Roberto Sierra, György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, Hans Werner Henze, and Aribert Reimann.
In fall 2008 Delfs will begin his twelfth and final season as Music Director of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Following that season, the Milwaukee Symphony's fiftieth, he will become Conductor Laureate in honor of the contributions he has made to both the orchestra and the City of Milwaukee.
Those contributions include a 1999 trip with the orchestra to Cuba, the first performance by a major American orchestra in that country in 37 years, and his leadership of a program for introducing classical music to young people in Milwaukee's schools that is regarded as one of the most comprehensive and successful in the nation, reaching 40,000 young people each year. Last fall, Maestro Delfs began a new term as principal conductor of the Honolulu Symphony.
Over the years, Maestro Delfs has worked tirelessly and imaginatively to connect audiences to both the classical and the contemporary repertoire. Describing his own approach to music programming, he has said that "If there's a little more fantasy, a little more chutzpah in your programming, more times than not, the sparks will fly. It takes a willingness to dare, but you must dare with something you believe in."
Maestro Delfs is widely recognized to be one of the world's finest interpreters of the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Johnannes Brahms. He leads musicians in passionate, heartfelt, and transcendent performances of these works and of the many pieces in his repertoire.
Because of his distinguished career as conductor, musician, educator, and public advocate for the fine arts, Reverend President, I hereby recommend Andres Delfs for the Marquette University Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa.


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Before I leap into action here I wanted to thank my Twitter friend Mike Gallagher for the nice shout out he gave us over at Fake Teams because it got me thinking. The Twitter revolution has hit fantasy basketball harder than any other sport, because it makes fantasy basketball a nightly, real-time sport. In many leagues without a waivers process for pickups, being on Twitter alone can equal a championship. You're essentially getting injury news and information before it hits anybody's radar (or website). We aggregate it in a way that keeps you from having to follow thousands of NBA types.
As Gallagher discusses, situations like the trade deadline last season were testaments to the power of Twitter. Not only had we broken the trade deadline down weeks in advance because Twitter allowed us to wrap our minds around it in ways we couldn't before, but during the deadline itself we were able to unearth enough value changes to give followers the chance to make over a quarter of their roster. As I sat there smoking a fantasy cigarette afterward, I couldn't help thinking – wow, that just happened.
Now as Rotoworld just found out that we won Most Valuable Content Provider from the Fantasy Sports Trade Association, I can't help but look at Twitter as one of the reasons why we're doing well. At first it was a natural progression to get the news, but now we deliver the news as much on there as we do on the site. Then it goes to the blurbs and now here in the Daily Dose, rather than just reiterating the daily events in an A-B-C format, we can use this space to explore the trends in greater detail and thus provide the context for the whirlwind of nightly events. It's the Tinkers to Evers to Chance of fantasy analysis.
So as the popularity of fantasy basketball soars and we continue to break site records every month, it begs the question of whether or not we're on the precipice of something larger with the game we cover and play. Is the fantasy basketball experience now a real-time event or is it still possible to check the news once per day? Is that a good thing as it rewards excellence? Or is it a bad thing because we have lives and things to do every day? Maybe the reason basketball is going bonkers is that it's an NFL Sunday every night.
I don't know. All I know is that if you're not following this group on Twitter (or some equivalent), you're probably not winning.
Here is a list of the award-winning fantasy basketball crew (click to follow each of us on Twitter):
Aaron Bruski
Ryan Knaus
Adam Levitan
Ethan Norof
Matt Stroup
And, of course, Dr. A
The Spurs got hornswoggled after jumping out a big lead against the Heat, giving up the second largest differential in Heat history with a 39-12 third quarter and ended up being routed in the end. I sheepishly said on Twitter on Monday that I had just pumped $225 of $1,000 FAAB dollars into Kawhi Leonard in my uber-competitive big money league, and I was admittedly a bit scared to read the box score tonight. It goes without saying then that I was pleased to see him play a team-leading 31 minutes with 12 points, two threes, six boards, and a steal.
Watching Richard Jefferson turn into Gregg Popovich's nightly ire last season, and the subsequent draft day deal sending George Hill to get Leonard, I had calculated days and not weeks for Leonard to win the starting job. Jefferson went and started hitting 60 percent of his 3-point shots, though, and in a truncated preseason that was enough to shelve Leonard. The cream has risen to the top, though, as Leonard is taking his freakishly athletic game to a whole new level as Manu Ginobili's replacement. Not only has he improved on his shooting, but he looks like a natural – like the type of guy who is soaking up instruction and putting it into play in minutes, not days. He's ave! raging 11.5 points, 6.8 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 0.8 blocks, and 1.3 treys per game over his last four contests, which is good for mid-round value over that span. I know it's optimistic, but the 34 minutes per game he has seen over that time seems doable for the rest of the year because of his defense. With his wing-span, foot speed, and overall athleticism he moves like a giant spider out there and I don't care if I'm the first to say it, he will make an all-NBA defensive team at least once in his career.
Yes, the fantasy risks are obvious – he's a rookie playing for Pop and Manu Ginobili will be back eventually. It's just a risk I was willing to take, as you can see.
As for Jefferson, the worry with him is that he's just not that good. He can stick the 3-ball, but aside from being a big body he can't defend at all. He gets lost off the ball and teams relentlessly attack him. The ironic thing is that by the numbers Jefferson is doing fairly well, holding guys to 35.6% shooting overall in a sometimes wacky Synergy accounting system (guys get credit for being witnesses to a play – you really have to watch the tape). The takeaway, and we're seeing it already, is that Popovich is willing to put up with Jefferson's liabilities when he's scorching the nets. When he's not, and when Manu Ginobili returns, Pop is going to have to decide between the better defender with offensive upside, or Jefferson and his 3-point only game. The choice will be easy – it's Leonard.&nb! sp;
Danny Green got hot with 6-of-7 makes from 3-point land for 20 points and has looked great all year, but his current 54.1% 3-point shooting mark will undoubtedly take a dip, if not a dive. When that happens, he'll struggle for minutes playing behind Leonard and Jefferson. I like what I see so far, but he has four games with less than seven points in his last six contests. Let him prove himself before you go adding him after last night.
And since we're in the realm of the Heat, it's worth pointing out that LeBron went nuts for 33 points, five boards, four threes, and 10 assists. Watching Kawhi Leonard's defensive possessions I caught a lot of LeBron's act, and the rookie did well to hold his own but LeBron wasn't going to be denied. If anybody else, and I mean anybody else was covering him – LeBron goes for 50 points or more with the way he was feeling it. It's pretty simple in Miami if you're not talking about Mario Chalmers, who is posting early round value over at BasketballMonster.com. If one of the Big Three is out, the rest will go nuts. Chris Bosh looks like he dedicated hi! mself over the summer and will be a value pick this year, regardless.
As for Chalmers, he had 13 points and four more 3-pointers. He is averaging 12 points, 2.1 threes, 1.8 steals, and 4.2 assists while shooting a ridiculous 54.3 percent from the field (45.8% from deep). The scare from rookie Norris Cole appeared to work, and while LeBron still chews Rio out every night, he has answered the bell. I don't know that I could scream sell-high any louder with those shooting percentages, but for now Chalmers is playing way above his pay grade in fantasy leagues. As for Mike Miller's perfect six attempts from downtown last night, you can have them, which is pretty self-explanatory given the injury risk and his role in Miami.
Brandon Jennings has looked great at times this season, and last night was one of them as he racked up 30 points on 13-of-22 shooting with an otherwise full line. The career 38.5 percent field goal shooter (including this year's 45 percent mark) has dipped below 34 minutes just twice all year. Conversely, serviceable backup Beno Udrih has played 20 minutes or more just five times this season and seen action seven times overall. Forgetting that we're talking about Scott Skiles here, I'd be worried that Jennings is due for a reality check. Now remembering that it's Scott Skiles we're talking about here, I'm all about selling Jennings high. He's young, perceivably on the upswing, and I don't see an overwhelming change in his game.&! nbsp; He's still taking difficult shots – he's just making them. We'll see how that wears on Skiles when he regresses to the mean.
The Bucks that left owners reaching for boxed wine were Stephen Jackson (two points, 0-for-6 FGs, 16 minutes) and Andrew Bogut (two points, five boards, two assists, two steals, three blocks). At least Bogut brought the peripheral stats, and both were benched for most of the second half with the Bucks down big to the Nuggets. I'm not reading much into Bogut's line or his concussion, unless league testing is a joke (possible, but not probable). I am going to read into everything that Captain Jack does this year, however, because he fits Scott Skiles' team like Charles Barkley fits in skinny jeans. Sure, he can (could?) defend, but his my-way-or-the-highway approach offensively is b! ound to need plenty of 'corrections' from Skiles. Which one sets Jackson off? I don't know, but as a guy that drafted him in the ninth and tenth rounds when he fell in 8-cat formats, I'm looking for ways to make love to the pressure of trading S-Jax.
Jonas Jerebko has been tossed around a bit with threats to playing time from Jason Maxiell and now Ben Wallace, and that's really the byproduct of him being undersized as a power forward. Jerebko came off the bench and scored seven points with six rebounds, a steal, and a block last night as the recent inconsistency continued. Lawrence Frank wants a defensive unit, but I just don't see how they keep Jerebko off the floor with the personnel that they have. If you own him, you may just want to stash him to see how things play out.
Aside from Eminem-inspired car ads, Detroit has made a business out of the three-guard rotation lately, as unlike prior years Frank has decided to keep Will Bynum out of the picture. This has allowed Ben Gordon (18 points, three steals, two blocks), Brandon Knight (15 points, three rebounds, four assists), and Rodney Stuckey (16 points, three boards, three assists) to be mostly productive. And while Gordon and Stuckey have been a disappointment at times, the trio has been as consistent as one could ask for out of a 3-man rotation. I don't see a ton of change here if Frank decides to bench Knight or Gordon for Stuckey, ! and with Gordon's confidence tenuous and Knight the being the future we could be looking at the lineup going forward. Plan accordingly.
I was not in the draft Blake Griffin camp this year, simply because his lack of steals, blocks, and free throw percentage was too large to ignore. Add in better teammates to steal touches from him, and the price simply wasn't right. The Poster Child has proven me right so far this year with just fifth to sixth round value, but he may be showing signs of wanting to block the ball with six blocks in his last seven games. Dare I say that constitutes a trend? And while he isn't hitting threes like some had hoped, his numbers are mostly the same with a nice two-point increase in field goal percentage because he's not counted on for spinning drives in the lane nearly as much. The bugaboo with him right now is his foul shooting, which is a dismal 53.9 percent. Luckily, with a 64.2 percent mark last season we can actually project a nice little! increase for him. That, along with the potential for added steals and blocks, means big opportunity for the savvy buyer looking to help the guy with buyer's remorse.
Dorell Wright continued to dawdle on his notepad at work with just 10 points on 4-of-11 shooting (no threes), two rebounds, three assists, and a steal on Tuesday. Dawdling isn't exactly what owners were picturing where he was drafted, but Wright does enough to hold late round value in a 12-team league so you cut him at your own risk. You also cut him at his likely 'floor.' Wright was held out of the entire second quarter for Brandon Rush (14 points, two 3-pointers) and then Mark Jackson ran with his entire second-unit for almost all of the third quarter. Wright was right back out there with the starters during the fourth quarter and down the stretch.
What we can now say safely is that Wright has played his way into a timeshare with Rush and the rest of the bench mob. For now, he holds the starting job and can either shoot his way in or out of the game on any given night. Last night he may have gotten into trouble for his defense, too, as he closed out on the 3-point line horribly slow. I took a look at his defensive numbers compared to Rush as I have already once in this space, and Wright is still the noticeably better option across all defensive scenarios except one – spot-up shooters. And like Rush with his blocks, running out lazily to cover a guy in space is going to make more headlines than fighting around a screen. Watching the two times Wright faked the effort on the close out, I'd have pulled him, too.
However we choose to incorporate his benching into his overall outlook, the bottom line for Wright is that what needs to happen for him to flirt with last year's numbers hasn't happened. The Warriors aren't running. They have made improvements from the last time we talked about this, but they're still only the 13th most successful running team (scoring 1.13 points per play) in the NBA. On the contrary, they are the seventh best team in terms of transition defense (allowing 1.08 points per play). What we have here is a failure to fast break, as Mark Jackson has tried to slow down the pace of play and make the Warriors a more balanced team – whether he has the personnel for that or not (not).
Likewise, watching most of Wright's possessions we see a guy that's just not that good in the half-court set. When the Warriors run, the aggressive Wright uses players' inertia against them. With the defense settled, he's forcing, missing, and lacks confidence now as a result. The insertion of Nate Robinson has helped increase the pace, but the only thing that's really going to help fantasy owners is some good old fashion losing. The Warriors have won two in a row and sit at 5-8 after wins over years-away teams in Detroit and Cleveland. They get the Nets and Pacers to finish the week, and if they sit at 5-9 or 5-10 looking at the Grizzlies, Blazers, and Thunder coming up next -- the locals should start talking about the failure to run. That will be especially true if Alex Smith decides he's done making the 'game! -manager' label his bitch.
If the Warriors run, he could bounce back to a semi-respectable late mid-round value. If not, he's going to be a late round guy all year, at best. And while I expect Wright to improve his shooting as we go, would I blame any of you for dropping him during his next slump? Not if the Warriors don't make a move to be a top-7 team running the ball, and if Wright doesn't start making shots it may not matter anyway.
I enjoy interacting with readers, even if it's hard to keep up with all the emails and tweets, because I subscribe to the belief that millions of heads are better than one. You guys keep me on my toes, point me in the right direction, and otherwise make this a dream experience. And this was the case last week when I used the column heading 'boo hoo' to describe Lamar Odom. If you don't know, Odom has experienced quite a bit of death in his life recently and between that and the trade, he has gone in the tank. I had a kind reader point out that I shouldn't make light of that, and I realized immediately how I hadn't connected the dots to clearly explain that I think he's childish in his inability to show up to work every day – and not to laugh at his expense.
He's a pro athlete and fans are paying pro prices for those seats, and plenty of other athletes go through trying times and don't pout their way through it. And spinning this into some fantasy analysis, I have talked a lot in the past few days about last Monday being a big night for him. I wanted to see if he cared, if his coach cared enough to back him, and if he was capable of playing decent minutes due to all the talk about his conditioning. He finished with 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting with four rebounds, two assists, and a 3-pointer in 24 minutes of action. More importantly he worked hard in warm-ups and during halftime. His coach rebounded for him as a show of support. I don't think the talent left his body, and this is a pure mental issue for him. I think the game against the Lakers, the standing ovation, and the like was a weight off his shoulders. If it was a test to see if he could get his head o! ut of the rain clouds, he passed.
Outside of Dirk Nowitzki, there are no sure things in the Dallas frontcourt. Odom is a player that can make them dynamic, and they'll need 'dynamic' if they're going to repeat. I grabbed Odom in a few places to see if he could bounce back. Monday was the first step. If he's still slow-going in a week perhaps we'll have our answer about him. I just couldn't resist the chance to try to catch a comet.
If you're looking for mediocre talents in starring roles on a prime-time show, look no further than Channing Frye and Jared Dudley. Neither can create their own shot. Because the Suns offense is struggling, with everybody aging another year and only Marcin Gortat is playing at a high level besides Steve Nash, the result is a frumpy Frye and dudly Dudley.
Frye has probably been dropped in most 10-team leagues and 12-team league owners are well within their rights to do so as well, but the problem is that he is still starting and despite last night's four-point, four-rebound effort in 18 minutes, rookie Markieff Morris wasn't much better with matching marks on 1-of-7 shooting.
Morris, while admittedly in a bench role, has scored four or less points in 3-of-5 games now, while Frye all but erased his bounce-back effort last week with a 2-of-14 mark from the field in two games. The bottom line is that Morris has not definitively given Alvin Gentry reason to make a swap here, but Frye probably has about a week or two to get his act together, regardless. He is hitting 39 percent of his shots from the field and 31 percent from deep. The question isn't if he's going to improve on those marks, because he will, but rather can he do it fast enough to keep from losing his starting job. More to the point, I won't be passing on a hot free agent right now to gamble that he can do it. Iman Shumpert, B.J. Mullens, Kawhi Leonard, the Chandler Parsons project are all waiver wire guys in the last week that would have caused me to pull the trigger. Unknown quantities or lower-upside guys like Marreese Speights, Trevor Booker, and J.J. Redick wouldn't have made the cut. After all, if he can get it together there's mid-round upside, which the latter group is going to struggle with.
As for Dudley and his slow start to the year, it's not thrilling but I'm sitting on it in 8- and 9-cat formats. He's producing top 100-120 value in those formats and Shannon Brown hasn't done much to move in on his turf. Michael Redd is an awful basketball player if he isn't standing in the corner taking wide-open threes. The Suns simply need to find an offensive combination that works and Dudley's floor will rise. A 41 percent shooter from deep on his career, he has time that Frye doesn't to improve on his current 33 percent mark.
1st Quarter: Eric Gordon hasn't done any running or contact work and while Monty Williams wants him on the floor next week, he needs to get on the court this week to ensure that … I also wonder when the report that he's out of cartilage comes out of the woodwork. Stephen Curry was held out of shootaround and one has to wonder if the decision to play him early in the year was just one of those things that slipped through the cracks … he didn't participate in shootaround and the Warriors appear to be doing the right thing with their formerly franchise player … it's almost as if they listened to the outrage. Dwyane Wade (foot) did not play on Tuesday and most believe he'll play against Kobe on Thursday … me, I tend to wait until the report emerges before issuing a blanket 'he's gonna play because
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Iginla glad to be just another Penguinby John Kreiser
UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The smile on Jarome Iginla's face as he surveys his new teammates says more than words ever could about how happy he is just to be one of the guys on a team with a chance to win the Stanley Cup.
For more than a decade, Iginla was the face of the Calgary Flames. He became captain in 2003, topped the NHL in points once and goals twice, led the Flames within a goal of the Stanley Cup in 2004, set franchise records for career goals and point, and was everything a team could ask of a player – on and off the ice.
But with the Flames on their way to a fourth consecutive non-playoff season and Iginla's contract due to expire this summer, both sides decided it was time for No. 12 to move on. He nearly wound up with the Boston Bruins before landing with the Pittsburgh Penguins, where instead of being the leader of a team going nowhere he's just another star in a galaxy of talent.
He's fit in with his new team like a hand in a black-and-gold glove -- and he couldn't be happier.
"I don't think it's been an adjustment at all," Iginla said after Monday's practice at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, where the Penguins will try to take a stranglehold on their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series against the New York Islanders by winning Game 4 on Tuesday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS). "In terms of doing interviews, it's probably meant doing a few less, which isn't necessarily a bad thing," he added with a laugh.
The Penguins have one of the most star-studded rosters in any team sport. Evgeni Malkin has won the Hart Trophy as regular-season MVP, the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP and two Art Ross trophies as the NHL scoring leader – and he's not even the Penguins' No. 1 center. That honor belongs to Sidney Crosby, who captained the Penguins to the 2009 Stanley Cup and remains their leader.
They also have one of the NHL's top defensemen (Kris Letang), a Cup-winning goaltender (Marc-Andre Fleury), a First-Team All-Star wing (James Neal), and the NHL's top two finishers in this season's plus/minus standings (Pascal Dupuis and Chris Kunitz).
While Iginla is a lock for the Hockey Hall of Fame when his career ends, there's no need for him to be anything more than a solid contributor with his new team – and that's quite all right with him.
"I can just kind of focus on getting myself prepared and ready for the games, just keep trying to get better and add that to the group," Iginla said. "There's a lot of different guys – we do a lot of different things as a group, and that's what makes up a good team. We want to keep getting better at that.
"It's great when you're on the bench and you're watching Sid fly around, and [Kunitz] and [Dupuis] – and then you get to go out on the ice and join Malkin. [Along] with the talent, we have a real nice balance. It's fun to be part of it."
Iginla appeared to be slowing down a bit in Calgary, where he had nine goals and 22 points in 31 games. But wearing Pittsburgh black and gold appears to have revived his offensive touch; Iginla had 11 points in 13 games after the deal, and he's had a goal and four assists for five points in Pittsburgh's first three playoff games.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said Iginla has been a perfect fit on and off the ice.
"He's brought a quiet confidence to the room right off the hop," Bylsma said. "He's not a guy who stepped right in and started yelling, rah-rah. We had some injuries and some new faces in the lineup and we went on the road, and he really developed into a go-to guy – a guy on the power play who was a weapon, and I think he's continued to be that."
Iginla "gives our team a different dimension that maybe we didn't have before. He plays with an edge. He's got a fierce edge that he plays the game with, and he's brought that to our team."
Perhaps the most enjoyable thing about being in Pittsburgh for Iginla is that he's still playing hockey in May. The Flames haven't made the playoffs since 2009, and Iginla was looking at a fourth consecutive early summer before ending up with the Penguins.
"It's fun to be part of it, and being in the playoffs again is great," he said. "It's why you play the regular season. It's a whole other level of enjoyment. This has been a great experience for me."
The only thing better than being back in the playoffs for Iginla would be to get the Stanley Cup he just missed nine years ago.


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Ali Ferzat is one of the most influential and best-known Arab political cartoonists. Born in Hama, Syria, he published his first professional drawings in the al-Ayyam newspaper shortly before it was banned by the Baath Party. He subsequently drew for government-ruled papers like al-Thawra and Tishreen in the late 1960's and 1970's, while also studying at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Damascus University between 1970 and 1973.
He got international recognition in the early 1980s, when he won a prize at the Intergraphic International Festical in Berlin, and his work was published in the French daily Le Monde. Between 2000 and 2003 he published his own satirical paper al-Domari, the first independent paper since the Baath government.
Ferzat's work caused him a death threat from Saddam Hussein and a ban from Iraq, Jordan and Libya. This didn't stop him from continuing to make political drawings, including ones about Syrian president Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian uprising. In August 2011, Ferzat was assaulted in Damascus by masked, presumably pro-regime, gunmen. Farzat was heavily wounded, especially his hands, and his story made the news headlines around the globe. He was brought to Kuwait by sheikh Ali al-Khalifa al-Sabah to recover and by June 2012 he has picked up his drawing pen again to resume his collaboration with the sheikh's paper al-Watan. Ferzat is traveling the world to tell his story and to bring the Syrian situation to the attention.


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Ivory Coast fight back to defeat Senegal
Didier Drogba and former Chelsea team-mate Salomon Kalou were among the goal-scorers as the Ivory Coast twice came from behind to beat Senegal 4-2 in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Abidjan on Saturday.
Gervinho and Max Gradel scored the other goals to give the Ivorians a two-goal advantage ahead of next month's return leg in the final round of preliminaries for the 2013 finals in South Africa.
Three-time winners Cameroon, however, face an uphill struggle to avoid missing out on qualification for a second successive tournament after they lost 2-0 to the Cape Verde Islands.
Nigeria, who also missed out last time, are well-placed after drawing 2-2 at Liberia while Sudan completed a thrilling 5-3 win over neighbours Ethiopia.
Emmanuel Adebayor marked his first competitive game for Togo this year with a late equaliser in a 1-1 away draw with 2012 co-hosts Gabon.
Defending champions Zambia, Ghana, Mali and the Central African Republic were also winners in Saturday's final round, first leg games, with five fixtures to be played on Sunday.
Senegal stunned the home crowd by taking a 32nd-minute lead through Dame Ndoye before Kalou equalised soon after half-time.
Papiss Cisse restored Senegal's advantage on the hour mark and the possibility of an upset against Africa's top-ranked team loomed large.
Ivory Coast, however, scored three goals in 20 minutes to turn the match around with Gervinho equalising in the 65th minute, Drogba adding a penalty soon after and Gradel scoring the fourth with five minutes to play.
Drogba also had a late effort disallowed.
Cameroon were without forward Samuel Eto'o, who is refusing to play for his country in protest against the team's management.
They face a tough task in the return leg of their tie after Portuguese-based Helton and Djanini scored in Praia for Cape Verde, who are now poised to qualify for the first time.
Victor Moses was instrumental in Nigeria's away draw in Monrovia, with the visitors' goals coming from Nosa Igiebor and an Ike Uche penalty.
Tunisia are also well set after a 2-2 draw in Sierra Leone.
Adebayor, playing just his third international in more than two years, netted a late equaliser in Libreville to give Togo hope of qualification.
Zambia, who won the last Nations Cup in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon earlier this year, made a winning start to the defence of their crown with captain Chris Katongo scoring the only goal of their qualifier at home to Uganda in Ndola.
Uganda were denied a late equaliser when Zambia goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene made an important save to deny Emmanuel Okwi seven minutes from full-time.
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Greetings inventors, investors, patent drafters and anyone interested in patents! This is Rabbi, Dr. Yosef Freedland, surgeon, and patent attorney; leader of the medical device team Appelfeld Zer Fisher writing to you from the beautiful border of Ramat Gan, at the border of Bene Brak. Before we get into snails, we'll consider something faster, a 2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4
A hip young man goes out and buys the best car available: a 2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4. It is the best and most expensive car in the world, and it sets him back $1.24M. He takes it out for a spin and, while doing so, stops for a red light. An old man on a moped (both looking about 90 years old) pulls up next to him. The old man looks over the sleek, shiny surface of the car and asks, "What kind of car ya' got there, sonny?"
The young man replies "A 2009 Bugatti Veyron 16.4. It cost $1.24M."
"That's a lot of money" says the old man, shocked. "Why does it cost so much?"
"Because this car can do up to 320 miles an hour!" states the cool dude proudly.
The moped driver asks, "Can I take a look inside?" "Sure," replies the owner.
So, the old man pokes his head in the window and looks around. Leaning back on his moped, the old man says, "That's a pretty nice car, all right!"
Just then, the light changes, so the guy decides to show the old man what his car can do. He floors it, and within 30 seconds the speedometer reads 320 MPH.
Suddenly, he notices a dot in his rear view mirror. It seems to be getting closer! He slows down to see what it could be and suddenly, whhhoossh! Something whips by him, going much faster!
"What on earth could be going faster than my 16.4?" the young man asks himself.
Then, ahead of him, he sees a dot coming toward him. Whoooooosh! It goes by again, heading the opposite direction! And, it almost looked like the old man on the moped! "Couldn't be," thinks the guy. "How could a moped outrun a Bugatti?"
Again, he sees a dot in his rear view mirror! Whooooosh Ka-BbblaMMM! It plows into the back of his car, demolishing the rear end. The young man jumps out, and good grief, it is the old man!!! Of course the moped and the old man are hurting for certain. He runs up to the dying old man and says, "You're hurt bad! Is there anything I can do for you?"
The old man groans and replies "Yes. Unhook my suspenders from your side-view mirror!"
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It was only after the patent was in its first draft that the client suddenly found an article about a "new" fetal ultrasound probe, perhaps without specific information on how it works. And since the patent for the fetal probe was unpublished, you couldn't get any information on how the fetal probe works.
Just in case the fetal probe uses an array of transducers that produces and interprets beams having a short reflection, you decided to add claims about detecting hard objects AND, equally important, to add description about how your foreign body ultrasound probe makes this distinction.
It just so happens that your ultrasound probe includes a device that works similar to a durometer which is defined as "an instrument for measuring the degree of hardness; especially, an instrument for testing the relative hardness of steel rails and the like."
We made sure that the description includes a definition of a durometer and a description of your durometer works in conjunction with out ultrasound probe. You also included figures that show how your ultrasound beams focus can be focused to cross at very close range or a farther range. This provides us with two backup positions by which to protect your invention. Of course the fetal ultrasound probe does not include a durometer. Additionally you suspect that the beams associated with the fetal ultrasound probe either cannot be focused.
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Anne Arundel County Animal Control is located off Interstate 97 at the police and fire headquarters complex in Millersville, 411 Maxwell Frye Road. Pet viewing and adoption is available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday; and 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Call 410-222-8900 for more information.
The SPCA of Anne Arundel County is located at 1815 Bay Ridge Ave. in Annapolis, and is open for animal viewing from 11:00-4:00 Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat, Sun and from 2:00-7:00 Wed and Thurs. All the animals are spayed or neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. Call 410-268-4388 or visit aaspca.org for more information.
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New Pledges Expand GAFSP's Food Security Work in World's Poorest Countries
Don't just believe me. Listen to the Rwandan farmers whose now-terraced hillsides are getting higher yields, producing better nutrition, and improving their livelihoods.
Similar stories can be told in Tajikistan, Sierra Leone, Bangladesh, and elsewhere.
Japan and the Republic of Korea are among those convinced that GAFSP is a good investment in food security. Inspired by a challenge from the Unites States, Japan and South Korea just pledged an additional $60 million to GAFSP at a meeting in Tokyo held in conjunction with the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings.
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Ocean County Winners Of Powerball Want To Stay Private
A group of Ocean County employees says they hold one of the winning Powerball tickets but are not ready to go public yet.
The Press of Atlantic City first reported that sixteen employees from the Ocean County Vehicle Maintenance Department have told Freeholder Jack Kelly that they have one of the three winning tickets from Wednesday night's drawing purchased at the Acme supermarket in Little Egg Harbor.
They will likely turn the ticket into the New Jersey Lottery early next week according to the Star-Ledger. Ocaen County Administrator Carl Block told the newspaper that all 16 want to maintain their privacy for now. He described the group as a wide range of men and woman in their 20s to being close to retirement.
Each winning ticket was worth $86 million before taxes, or $58.3 million after taxes, if taken in a lump sum. They are worth $149.4 million over 30 years if the winners choose the annuity option.
"I got a call today from Jim Pine (Director of the Vehicle Maintenance Department) who told me that a group of his employees had won. It's a great thing," Kelly told the newspaper.
Pine told the Press that the employees, despite their newly won riches, came to work on Thursday. "They're a group of wonderful, hardworking people, and them showing up for work today ought to tell you something," said Pine, who would not identify the workers. It's not known how many of them came to work on Friday.
"From what I hear they're all like a really great group of guys and they deserve it. And I think one of them was affected by the storm, at least one of them, so they deserve it for sure," Brittany Wainwright of Little Egg Harbor told KYW TV.
The Second Ticket In New Jersey
The second winning ticket from New Jersey was sold at the Stop and Shop supermarket in South Brunswick; the holder of that winning ticket remains anonymous.
According to the Patch of South Brunswick, this is the second big winning ticket sold at the store. A ticket sold in 2012 for the next level of prize, $1million for matching 5 numbers, went unclaimed.
The third winning ticket was turned in today by Paul White, 45, a project engineer from Ham Lake, Minnesota.


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NORTH GREENBUSH, N.Y.—Authorities say a 64-year-old upstate New York man has been killed in a two-vehicle crash just four days after his son died in a house fire.
Police in suburban North Greenbush tell the Times Union of Albany (http://bit.ly/1gHXgN6 ) that John Hover died at a hospital after his pickup truck veered into oncoming traffic and collided with another vehicle Thursday afternoon.
The other driver is in serious condition.
The crash happened four days after a fire at the Hover family home in Poestenkill killed 29-year-old Devin Hover and injured his parents. Officials say Sunday night's blaze gutted the wood-framed house in the rural town 10 miles east of Albany.
Information from: Times Union, http://www.timesunion.com