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These deeds were reported as recorded by the office of Marion County Register of Deeds.
Randy and Kathleen Svitak to Jan T. Buckland and Jackie J. Peterson, warranty deed; part of W/2 S14-T17-R4.
Cindy J. Ellis, Brenda G. Corbin, and Leonard G. Ellis to Allen J. and Wilma F. Hayes, quitclaim deed; Lots 21, 23, 25 and 27, Block 20, Original Town, Florence.
Celeste L. Fitzmaurice to Chanda L. Fitzmaurice and Jena R. Fitzmaurice Roby, transferrable on death warranty deed; Lots 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, Range 1, St. Francis City, commonly called Burns.
Walter F. Kleinssasser and Esther E. Kleinsasser Successor, co-trustees, to Walter F. Kleinsasser and Esther E. Kleinsasser, trustee's deed; Lot 13, Block 1, County Clerk's 1st, Hillsboro.
Walter F. and Esther E. Kleinsasser by POA to Faith Elaine Klaassen and Joseph Arnold Kleinsasser, transferrable on death warranty deed; Lot 13, Block 1, County Clerk's 1st, Hillsboro.
Alvin J. and Ann L. Thiesen to Darcy L. and Keela D. Nickel, warranty deed; S/2 S/2 NW/4 S23-T21-R1 exc.
Edwin D. and Tracy Reimer, and Donald R. and Judy Reimer, to Edwin D. and Tracy Reimer, warranty deed; part of N/2 S17-T20-R1.
Donald R. and Judy Reimer, and Edwin D. and Tracy Reimer to Donald R. and Judy Reimer, warranty deed; part of N/2 S17-T20-R1.
John H. and Kathy L. Wilson to John H. and Kathy L. Wilson trustees, warranty deed; part of SE/4 S9-T20-R4.
Michael J. and S. Rebecca Dudte to Matthew W. Dudte and Audrey S. Dudte, warranty deed; part of SW/4 S18-T20-R1.
Randy S. and Cynthia S. Dalke to Monica L. Farrar, warranty deed; W 65' Lot 5, W 85' Lot 6, Block 83, North Peabody, Peabody.
Jackye Lanae and Jonathon P. Alexander to Ryan S. Henderson and Jessica J. Antonio, warranty deed; Lots 11, 12, Block 80, North Peabody, Peabody.
James and Melinda Schroeder, and Joel and Kay J. Schroeder to Zeth Thornhill, warranty deed; N/2 Lot 10, all Lots 11, 12, Block 5, Canada.
Phillip and Shaina M. Terrell, and David D. and Donna Terrell to Miriam S. Freeman, warranty deed; Lots 6, 8, N/2 Lot 10, Block 1, Ratzlaff first addition, Goessel.
Frick Farms Inc. to Esau Farms LLC., warranty deed; S/2 NW/4 and W/2 NE/4 S34-T18-R5; E/2 S33-T18-R5.
Orlin C. and Mary Jane Janzen to Glen W. Unrau revocable trust and Mary Lou Unrau revocable trust, warranty deed; E/2 NW/4 S24-T21-R1.
Luke H. Fensky to Jody L. Fensky, trustee, quitclaim deed; Tract 1: W/2 W/2 SE/4 S29-T20-R1; Tract 2: S/2 SE/4 NW/4 and S/2 SW/4 NE/4 all in S29-T20-R1.
Barbara A. Huston, trustee to Huston Family Properties LLC, trustee's deed; part of SE/4 S9-T20-R4 (2 tracts) same being Lots 9 and 10, Schlotthauer Subdivision 2A.
Raymond N. Kraus, trustee and Rita C. Kraus, trustee to Nicholas R. Kraus and Stephanie Kraus, trustee's deed; W/2 S24-T19-R4.
Pat Wick and Jessica Gilbert to Rachel D. Mealor, warranty deed; Lots 12, 13, and 14, Block 10, Ramona.
Frank S. and Anne M. Brenneman to Lawrence P. Brenneman, William A. Brenneman, and Michael L. Brenneman, transferrable on death warranty deed; Lot 1, Block 3, County Clerk's 7th, Hillsboro Plat, Hillsboro.
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Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs
Thames & Hudson, 2008 - History - 248 pages
Michael D. Coe's Mexico has long been recognized as the most readable and authoritative introduction to the region's ancient civilizations. This companion to his best-selling The Maya has now been completely revised by Professor Coe and Rex Koontz. The sixth edition includes new developments in the birth of agriculture and writing, both of which were independently invented here. Fresh insights into the metropolis of Teotihuacan reveal a world of palaces and warrior cults brought down by social revolts. A spectacular new find in the center of the Aztec capital, just unearthed, gives us a privileged glimpse into the funerary rites of the most powerful monarch in North America at the time.
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|2012-09-16, 05:00
|Link #21
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Russia
Ending was very rushed. Asemu vs Zeheart wasn't even actual fight. Zeheart was having hallucinations entire time and didn't fight back while Asemu was running circles around him and stabbing him with beam saber. I feel like Legilis was totally wasted.
Zeheart x Fram scene was really heartbreaking, the first time I felt something like that about AGE.
Also was good to see Decil again and little insight on his relationships with Zeheart.
|2012-09-16, 05:02
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Black Steel Knight
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Indonesia
Poor Fram too, for all the screen-time she got, she only served as a (one sided) love interest & moe element and then killed just like that (Not counting other characters in this series which treated the same). Seriously, what are you smoking, scriptwriters?!! Or do you actually need some smoking to write a decent plot & characters?
|2012-09-16, 05:04
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Super Striker
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Germany
Age: 33
|2012-09-16, 05:09
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Age: 24
Now I REALLY want a HG Genoace O-Custom. The way Obright spun that beam saber out of his shield and caught it with his hand... Crazy. Please, Bandai?
Now that I've more time to think it over, the ending felt too rushed. Asemu thrashing Zeheart was just wait, what just happened? Wish the Legilis would've put up more of a fight though I can understand since Zeheart was just brimming with emotions then. Really sad to see him go, though the whole episode was pretty meh his death didn't impact me as much as I thought it would.
|2012-09-16, 05:22
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Zander Yuusha Kyorugold
The entire final arc is feel rushed anyway
I really like the part when Filt salute to Diva
final battle between Asemu & Zeheart is like "wait, what happen?" but the final conversation between the 2 rivalry kinda gd to close the chapters between them o.O
This wk is Obright *salute
|2012-09-16, 06:05
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Puppet Master
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Behind You
I don't even know what to say.
This ending is worse than Seed Destiny. At least Shin and Rey put up somewhat of a fight. Zeheart just jobs despite having one of the best suits. Doesn't even use bits and loses in 15 seconds...LOL that's got to be a new record for a guy who is built up as one of the final bad guys...
All his development in Gen 2, out the window in 2-3 episodes.
Fram, loses to Obright of all people after being discarded by Zeheart like a tool....un-fucking-believable.
All that's left now is Ezelcant's clone, a guy who hasn't had a single line yet and I'm supposed to give a shit?
|2012-09-16, 07:13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Good riddance to the terror of Olivernotes and his vegan subordinates: Zeheart. Moving on...
Even though the deaths of Fram (knowingly being sacrificed) and Obright (looking forward to Remi at the end) were handled somewhat better, the end of the long serving Diva evoked more emotion, especially after the flashback scenes and Flit's salute.
Hyper-boosted Darkhound made the battle with the higher-spec Legilis a piece of cake. Too bad he didn't eliminate Zanald or Leil with the same awesomeness in this battle. Where is Kio in the battlefield again?
I guess they have to cram both Sid's return and the greatest vegan pilot for the final episode.
|2012-09-16, 09:29
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Super Pilot
Join Date: Sep 2010
my thoughts about this episode:
1. So many deaths and all the battles are epic for me.
2. Woolf must be so proud if he could see two of his underlings tearing up x-rounders with inferior suits. The pilot of that ghiraga must really be a noob to begin with. Salutes to Obright for being such a badass.
3. Such a sad thing to see the death of Fram and Zehearts reaction afterwards.
4. And i lol'ed at Zehearts line that " Finally you managed to catch up with me". I was like " what the hell, Asemu had already catched up with you way back, your fights with him after episode 27 has always been in a stalemate." And that's even with an inferior machine. But his lines after that were also very sad, he has all the reasons to be jealous to Asemu. Asemu is just jealous about Zeheart's ability, but with Asemu's life, i mean he has a happy family, a wife, a son, he grew up in a normal life. I'll trade any fighting abilities for a life like that.
5. I'm a bit dissapointed with the darkhound vs legilis fight. It's too one sided. But being a bias, I love the way Asemu trashed Legilis and using everything at his disposal. This episode is really a tribute for normal (super) pilots who utilizes their machines very efficiently.
6. Flit's moment about diva is very nostalgic for me.
7. Overall i give this episode 9/10.
|2012-09-16, 09:30
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: "Sacrifice one to appease the few."
It all makes sense, it's the only way to explain what the heck has been happening in AGE!
|2012-09-16, 10:16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: In my room
This is a very sad episode. Lots of deaths in this one but Fram's death cause a pain in my heart and the break down of Zeheart after that. He really isn't in his right mind anymore and just start attacking in a rush manner that's why Asemu trash the hell out of him. It might be too one sided but the guy is already broken in terms of mind and heart. He is already pushed to his limits and doesn't know what to do anymore. Especially when he sacrifice the people he cared for and cared for him. Specially the bye bye scene with Fram. Really sad one Obright was badass guy taking down Leil and Fram with him to death and he will finally met up with Remi. So much death with only 1 episode left to make a final conclusion to the story. Its a good story with its up and down and I still fail to see Kio doing anything good -_- he said he will stop the fighting but he is still cutting down the enemy. I just don't like his whining in the middle of the war and no one is listening to him. Sad to see Diva go with all the 3 generation of Asuno with him and the age system is also gone too. I saluted that ship for all its contribution.
|2012-09-16, 11:22
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You are Dominated!
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Earth
Age: 30
Pretty nice episode overall
Fram's death was pretty sad. She was so devoted to Zeheart and in the end she gave her life for him and even hoping he would turn back to his kind self (well, kind by Vagan standards). The subsequent breakdown of Zeheart was pitiful. He totally lost himself for a mad man's cause and has suffered a total logic bomb by sacrificing everything he held dear for a place that may not even exist. Kudos to Kamiya Hiroshi for his wonderful voice performance.
Obright went out like a boss. But what bothered me was that Fram and the Ghirarga dude had to suddenly lost their skills so that Obright could take him out...oh well. Not the first time in AGE that this had happened.
Asemu and Zeheart final battle was disappointing and went out far too short. I was expecting an epic duel, Asemu curbstomping Zeheart with all his weapons, great as it was, is not how you make a final battle between two long time friends. Still, I understand Zeheart's break down and like the final talk between the two former friends. I kinda have to laugh at Asemu's sad "ZEHATTTOOOO!!!!" at the end, considering he's the one who threw the anchor shot right at Legillis' head, the cockpit...
The Diva has been sunk. Took them long enough to get rid of that old ship. The AGE builder is gone too. Good. That piece of junk hasn't done anything since...errr....since forever.
With one episode to go and one last minute super Vagan pilot to appear...ah well, this won;t end well
|2012-09-16, 11:25
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|2012-09-16, 11:27
|Link #37
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
So, with this episode, Zeheart comes back full circle. Despite being a complete jerk since given a Gundam, I found it hard not to sympathize with the guy at his last moments. This episode shows how he was basically facing his mid-life crisis. His best friend has been married and happy while he basically sacrificed all of his life and subordinates for a plan that he finds out is all bogus. Not content with having wasted his life and those close to him, he falls farther into madness and sacrifice his closest subordinate, his possible love interest, and himself.
In that sense, I feel that his swift defeat by Asemu, while anticlimactic, is very fitting. He's basically lost everything: his friends, his humanity, and even his purpose. I find it ironic that in Gen 2, Zeheart was the one calling Asemu out for lacking a purpose for fighting (and hence why Asemu couldn't win), and now we have a complete role reversal: Zeheart realizing that he has forgotten his true purpose for fighting, while Asemu is the one with the conviction to protect those he loves.
Its a shame we did not get to explore this side of him until this episode. I really wished the hallucinations with Daz, Dole, and Desil had came up sooner. Having his doubt in himself slowly build up for the 3-4 episodes after accepting as Ezelcant's successor would have made better story-telling. Instead, he goes from being a competent leader for 3 episodes, even gaining his confidence of inheriting Ezelcant's will after defeating Sid, to suddenly drowning himself in guilt and doubt at the beginning of this episode.
Now, onto the other characters:
Jonathan and Leil were basically characters introduced to die. They made some decent fight scenes, so while there isn't really any sympathy for them, they accomplished their job properly.
Obright was definitely badass, having defeated Leil and stalemated with Fram. But you know the guy was going to bite the dust as soon as Diva, his home, was set up as a sacrifice. And lo and behold, he dies along with Diva by the Vegan Death Ray.
Fram... served the purpose she has always been hoping for since her debut in battle. Okay... I honestly think that was crappy writing, not because of her character, but because there was no reason for Zeheart to send her out specifically for this mission. Its like Zeheart specifically chose her so that he could break down at the last 5 minutes of the episode. Why couldn't he have chosen to have another decoy ship with evacuated crew like how Flit evacuated the Diva? Or screw over Zanald by egging him to go after the Diva, and therefore, taking out both of his biggest problems in one swoop?
And what exactly did Fram accomplished? Besides making Flit look like a better commander than Zeheart (which we already knew, since Zeheart lost to Flit in every major battle in Gen 2), nothing. Her love for Zeheart was too one-sided to have any impact. As much as it is mushy romance writing, I would have preferred it if Fram had confessed to Zeheart during their newty--err, X-Rounder moment and Zeheart having realize that he also had feelings for her. It would have made his mental breakdown all the more stronger, and made his line about wanting to be married and getting children all the more fitting. But, alas, the writer decides to just make Fram look sympathetic if only for stupidly following a man who doesn't love her back.
Anyhow, that was a huge wall of text. Looking forward for Zera in action next episode, although for me, this episode was already the finale climax.
|2012-09-16, 12:06
|Link #38
A random passerby
Join Date: Jul 2012
Age: 27
Well, despite saying I would wait till next week I watched it anyway, and frankly that was one of the best episodes in a long while. Lots of action, Kio sidelined as he should be, Fram kicking ass, and Obright doing the same and going out in style.
I particularly like how Zeheart was concluded actually. Finally we have a definitive view of where he stands and the twisted "logic" he was going by, and killing those he held dear and then having it immediately being for naught sent him over the edge. A suitably pathetic and tragic end for someone who could honestly be seen as somewhat pathetic and tragic to begin with.
Love the irony in his fate too, all through gen 2 he's telling Asemu that he's too kind hearted for battle and that he shouldn't be fighting, yet it was Zeheart's kind heart that led to his demise while Asemu became what can be argued as the perfect warrior (sorry, I mean Super Pilot).
We never got a major conclusive showdown between the two, but frankly I liked this more than any showdown they could have done. Roll on the final episode!
|2012-09-16, 12:19
|Link #39
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2012
All I can say is that the ending was rushed... Expecting a special edition with more fight scene... because the fight of Asemu vs Zeheart was like WTF, didn't take him long to tear the Legilis apart :/ Hopefully the next episode will be way better and won't be rushed at the end...
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Unpaid calls plague county ambulance service
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Eighty-year-old Rosemary Ritter of Marion was preparing to go shopping with her daughter last week when she became the latest example in a worrisome trend regarding Marion County ambulance use.
Like 33 others in the past two months, Ritter — whom her daughter, Jean Buller, describes as stubborn — refused to go to a hospital despite urgings of the ambulance crew that Buller had called after Ritter fell in the dark.
The county spending $50 or more to respond to Buller's call was at least justified by the fact that Ritter had been injured. Large bruises on her knee and arm were still noticeable Monday afternoon.
That wasn't the case on another call Monday, when three Hillsboro ambulance workers, at a cost of at least $75, drove 11 miles one-way merely to help a 76-year-old man, who knew he was not injured, get back on his feet after he, too, fell in the dark.
Another no-transport call Monday involved a Peabody household, known for its frequent calls to 911, that was concerned about a child's fidgeting in her sleep.
Patients like Ritter and the others undoubtedly are thankful emergency medical technicians were there to check on them.
However, the way the county ambulance service is organized, if no one is transported to a hospital, the county must absorb the full cost of the call without being able to bill the patient.
Calls that don't require transportation to a hospital also take crews and equipment away from their base — in the case of the Goessel call, for nearly an hour — during which time an actual emergency requiring transport to a hospital might have occurred.
"It seems to be going in waves," ambulance director Steve Smith said of the trend toward ambulance calls not resulting in trips to hospitals.
In Ritter's case, the refusal was understandable.
She normally uses a walker, but "I didn't use it that night," she said. "I'd better start using it, hadn't I?"
When she fell, hurting her knee and arm, both she and Buller feared the worst. The daughter called 911 and requested an ambulance be sent to the home they share.
"I told her not to move," Buller said.
Ritter didn't heed her daughter's advice, however. With help from a grandson, she was sitting on the seat of her walker when the ambulance arrived.
Attendants encouraged her to go with them to the hospital to get her injuries checked out, but she didn't want to. Instead, she made an appointment the next day at St. Luke Hospital, where X-rays indicated no problem.
"Somebody who's 80 years old, you never know," she said.
Calls such as this may provide peace of mind for patients, but they can be costly. Whenever an ambulance is called, the county pays each responder $25, or $50 for a regular two-person crew. There have been 105 patient refusals so far in 2013. There were 157 in 2012.
Fuel costs also are high, and wear and tear accumulate. However, unless a patient is transported, no one is billed for the call.
"It's pretty easy to see it takes a chunk out of the budget," Smith said.
He recalled a week when an ambulance responded to the same address five consecutive days, never taking a patient to a hospital.
The ambulance service has a few such "frequent fliers" — mostly people who can't afford to see a physician, Smith said. Many would be better off in assisted living facilities, he said, but can't afford those services, either.
Smith said it was rare for an ambulance crew to be needed at an emergency at the same time as a call that doesn't result in a hospital trip, but that could change if the ambulance service is condensed to two or three ambulances.
If EMTs are at a call that clearly isn't an emergency, they can leave if a more urgent call comes in, Smith said.
In an attempt to discourage overuse of ambulances by "frequent fliers," the county has modified its billing policy somewhat.
If someone calls an ambulance twice in six months, the county notifies the person that, on any calls beyond his or her next one, the county will bill him or her for fuel and the responders' time.
Still, regardless of how many false alarms ambulance workers go on, they treat every call as an emergency, Smith said.
He has been to a call when one of the frequent fliers had an actual emergency.
"You can't turn them down," he said. "You never want to take those folks for granted."


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So I unexpectedly got an ebook of Thrall and read it last night. Good read, enjoyable enough if I didn't think about it too much. It felt a bit like reading Forgotten Realms novels when I was younger – enjoyable romp through lands with familiar characters.
I really found myself wondering about how I fit into this world, though. The narrative of the player character is difficult to construct when the main storyline is always carried by the same few NPCs – an advantage of the FR books was that the world allowed for both, that no one clique of NPCs defined the world. They may have defined a part of it, especially those covered by a given author, but not the whole thing.
Azeroth feels smaller, somehow. Not in context of the stories, but in the space inbetween, the space where PCs live. I enjoyed reading about Thrall, but it's hard for me to reconcile the events in book with events in game, with the adventures of Cynwise. It's like the only way to participate with the meta story is to hang out with the cast of demigods.
And that thought triggers all sorts of Mary Sue alarms in my head. 😦


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I wanted a place to track my progress, where I could be somewhat anonymous, but still be accountable for what happens to my weight from here on out.
I don't know how well I will do here – I am NOT the best for keeping up with things like this, but I know that if I do, it will be a GREAT place to come back to once I am successful (see, POSITIVE thinking right from the beginning!!) and a good place to look back and see where I came from, too! Also, when/if the scale starts to go back up, I can come here for my OWN inspiration 🙂
So, wish me luck! I hope the first batch of hCG will be here tomorrow, and I've decided I am going to start immediately when it gets here. This CANNOT come soon enough for me, so the sooner I start the sooner I have a new body!
Sorry for anyone that gets here and finds that I've protected a good portion of the site. I got a few nastygrams and negative comments from folks and I just don't want to hear it.
I am sure the offending parties were from some "other" diet place, but know what, I NOT EVEN GIVE A CRAP – do me a huge favor, don't bother coming back, you won't be permitted to read ANYTHING about my success whilst you continue to rip others off with your "PLAN".
I'd like to tell you to frick off, but since I am trying to be a lady, I won't do that. Just go pawn your wares elsewhere, m'kay?
I may keep a mini journal here of how much I have lost. Have not decided yet — we will see how I feel after I get over being so pissed that people actually have the audacity to comment on what I have decided to do for ME!
So, thanks for visiting. I am really sorry this isn't going to be what I had originally planned but maybe once I have had a chance to calm down, I will change my mind 🙂
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Hi, Looking for 3.5 through 5.0 players who want to hit or play sets at Holiday Park. Doubles or Singles anytime. I am 4.5. I also string rackets with most syn gut or duraflex for $15. If you have your own string $11. It will be done within one day. Free pick up in downtown Fort Lauderdale or small fee if outside downtown. Can get most strings.Thanks,
Looking forward to hitting with you sometime.
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The World's Greatest Beer-jito/
The following all actually happened.
I was watching TV a few days ago when on came a commercial for the new Bud Light Lime Mojito. My first reaction was to groan, and to recall the cases of Coors Light Iced T that have been stacked near the checkout lines at my local supermarket for weeks; those also make me groan, anew, each time I must sidle by them to pay for my thrice-weekly pint of ice cream habit groceries.
But my second reaction to the mojito beer was, shockingly (shocking I say!), this: That sounds pretty good, actually.
I've tasted the various Miller Chills and other fruit-flavored swills that have hit the market in recent years. The problem is obviously not the citrus-lager pairing; we've all been thumbing lime wedges down our Corona longnecks since we were kids (unless we're Irish, in which case we've been mixing beer and lemonade) and it's still a flavor combo that hits the spot on a sweltering day. The problem is how it tastes when it's not an actual lime being used as a flavor agent; that artificialime nonsense is gag-worthy (that goes for you, too, Diet Coke Lime).
But you think about a mojito, it's just a little light sweetness (rum, spoonful of sugar) playing along with mint and lime. And then you think about a light beer -- it's as barely-there as Bacardi. I wanted to give it a shot.
And what I found is that it was so good (so good, I tell you!) that, more than any other cocktail that's passed my lips during my pregnancy (and yes, I've still got my one-sip rule in place) it was damn near torture to keep myself from sucking down the whole thing. Turns out that all along, a mojito's never realized how much it misses the hoppy-yeasty whateverness of a lager.
Of course, it does take a few extra f lairs to make a beer-jito the World's Greatest Beer-Jito. It needs a shot-ish of booze, because with beer alone as the source of alcohol, the drink is kickless. It could stand for a tall, handsome sort of glass just to dress/mature it up a bit. And it needs a lager more respectable than an actual Bud Light, because come on, what am I in high school? (I am not in high school.)
The World's Greatest Beer-jito
1 ounce Akvinta Vodka
5 ounces Red Stripe
2 lime wedges
6-8 mint leaves
Pinch of sugar
Lime wedge and/or mint sprig, to garnish
Muddle lime, mint and sugar in the bottom of a Collins glass. Fill glass with ice. Add vodka, then beer. Garnish.
Tasting Notes
Why I use vodka? Why I no use rum? The honest answer is, rum didn't even occur to me (didn't even occur, I say!) and Akvinta was on my mind because a bottle had recently been sent to me. (This my blogger's confession of things I get sent for free, is that sufficient, FCC?) I would slightly hesitate to suggest rum, obvs though it may be, because I wouldn't want to tip over from crisp into saccharine on the overall flavor profile. I also bet tequila rocks in this.


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Salerno, Italy: Pizzeria da Riccardo
Or, "A Bronx Tail"
Of all the Little Italys across the U.S., New York City was blessed with the three best. From the original, in downtown Manhattan, to what was once the most authentically Italian, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and to the still-vibrant Arthur Avenue neighborhood in the Bronx. To quote Henry Hill, "It was a glorious time."
Gianluca Rottura (of Pizza and Coffee), who you might know as "nextgospel" here on Slice, dropped this dispatch in my inbox the other day. For all those wondering what the difference between Salerno-style and Naples-style pizza was, he covers it here, after the jump. Oh, and there are photos there, too. —The Mgmt.
I use the past tense was because sadly many "Italian" neighborhoods are empty of Italians, their descendants, the culture, and food. Others, like the original Little Italy in downtown Manhattan, are run by many who pretend to be Italian for business purposes and of course lack Soul.
The Bronx always depressed me for various reasons, and after living there for four years, the feeling got worse. That said, the Bronx's Little Italy on and around Arthur Avenue still offers the best Italian food shopping experience. Though many of the restaurants are not good (yes, I said it, suck it), the ones that are good....are very good.
Roberto's, a well-respected, landmark restaurant, is one of the best in the area. I used to go in the '80s when it was Tony & Roberto's, though have not been back since.
A few years ago, the owner, Roberto Piacullo, from Salerno, set out to open a cheaper version of Roberto's and offer some of America's best pizza. He named the place 089 [aka Zero Otto Nove, as some folks call it —The Mgmt.] after the area code of Salerno. So, what do you do when you want to make some of the best pizza? You get one of the best pizzaioli.
His name is Riccardo Rinaldo, and he, too, hails from Salerno, a beautiful and charming city that introduces the Amalfi coast to the Mediterranean Sea (Tyrrhenian, to be exact).
It is also the province where my mother is from and where I have spent much of my time. Thanks to Rinaldo's talent as a pizzaiolo, 089 served what many believed to be some of the best pizza in America. After eating there years ago, it certainly did live up to the hype.
As famous as he became for his pizzas, Rinaldo also became known for having lines of girls swoon over him as he stretched dough and added toppings. So, you get it now? "Bronx Tail"? As great as the American experience was, Rinaldo longed for Salerno and eventually retured to open his own place there, Pizzeria da Riccardo.
The pizzeria fulfilled a dream of Rinaldo's, which, oddly enough, was to make Neapolitan, not Salernitana pizza. As we discussed the differences, Rinaldo told me, "I never liked the style of pizza here. I never wanted to make that. I prefer the Neapolitan style, and that's what I make."
Compared to non-Neapolitan pizza, Salerno pizza is very similar to Neapolitan. The difference between Salerno's pizzas and that of neighboring Naples is that Salerno's are crisper, less puffy, less wet, and have a lower crust.
I always believed Americans would actually love Salernitana pizza and I always dreamed of opening a Salernitana pizzeria, not Neapolitan.
Though the pizza he made for me was Neapolitan, Riccardo does alter it a bit for his Salernitani customers.
The pizza he served me was fantastic. I mean very good. He's a true pizzaiolo because he actually gives a shit about every pie he makes and suggested I take a picture of it, before I even had a chance to pull out my camera.
Though his place is tiny, perhaps offering only 100 square feet of eating space, all of which consists of a few chairs and counters replacing chairs, the warmth of his reception was enough to fill Stadio Arechi.
His pizzeria is also a rosticceria, so other foods are available. Rosticceria? What a great word! Now some schmuck in America will capitalize on it because people in New York fiend for anything to quench their soulless thirst.
For Gelato I usually go to one of Italy's favorite gelato spots, called Nettuno, located on Salerno's promenade.
It's famous for its ice cream sandwiches, brioche buns filled with the gelato of your choosing, sometimes topped with cream. I chose a cone with hazelnut and ricotta-pistachio cream. As I caught eye contact with a stunning girl on vacation with her mother and aunt, I let a third of it drip on my hands as I completely ruined the mood. I somehow managed to walk across the street to the point where the land met the Mediterranean. Ahhhhh, exactly where I want my cremated remains to be scattered. There's no better place to be spread.
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ATLANTA - Common sense on the part of company owners, or just plain luck, may have kept Georgia - so far - from having a fatal fertilizer plant explosion like the one in Texas last week.
A hodgepodge of government regulations and agencies oversee pieces of the industry, but coordination isn't obvious, and disaster prevention is mostly up to the companies themselves. Agency representatives give conflicting answers when asked which outfit has responsibility for safeguarding against explosions, each pointing to a different organization.
Just trying to get the number of companies depends on which agency is asked.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture licenses 156 firms within the state and 540 from outside Georgia that sell 4,612 fertilizer products. Eleven companies transport enough tonnage to pay the department inspection fees, but the department only inspects for product quality to ensure consumers aren't being ripped off.
"We actually do not regulate the actual facility," said Mary Kathryn Yerta, department spokeswoman.
State Fire Marshal Dwayne Garriss doesn't have any regulatory role either. He only has responsibility for buildings with more than four occupied stories, which doesn't include many manufacturing plants.
Garriss does license and inspect bulk storage facilities that transfer fertilizer for transport.
"I don't recall us issuing any citations for anhydrous ammonia at all," he said.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division oversees federal requirements that plants processing more than 10,000 pounds of ammonia draft their own risk-management plans. It says 131 facilities process enough to qualify, including those using it in refrigeration, and another 90 fall below the requirement.
Four of those facilities are fertilizer makers or mixers. The largest is PCS Nitrogen in Augusta at 72 million pounds annually.
The others are in much smaller cities, like Agrium US's 440,000 pounds in Americus, BASF Corporation's 52,000 pounds in Attapulgus and Colquitt Ag Services' 50,000 pounds in Doerun.
The risk-management plans concentrate on the impact of an accidental release into the air and how it would affect breathing for people in the area. They also include a prevention program and an emergency response protocol which is shared with local fire and rescue agencies.
Neither the EPD, the state fire marshal nor the Georgia Emergency Management Agency ensure that local agencies read the plans, make their own response strategies or conduct mock disaster drills. GEMA doesn't even get copies of the plans, even though most of the locations of these facilities are served by tiny fire departments or even volunteer firefighters, according to agency spokeswoman Lisa Janak Newman.
"In terms of the emergency-response plan, it stops with the county commissioner," she said.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the U.S. Department of Labor, has authority to make surprise safety inspections and issue stiff fines. Its main focus is on worker safety.
According to a Labor Department spokesman speaking on background, there are 13 fertilizer establishments in Georgia.
"Currently there is not a specific program requiring an inspection except for occurrence of a fatality/catastrophe, complaint or referral. OSHA is always developing new targeting programs as technology and events occur," he said.
There have been no complaints or citations issued in the last five years, he said.
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Onesimus, a slave once owned by Cotton Mather, taught him about the smallpox inoculation technique. Onesimus, in turn, saved the lives of many of the people of Boston and, eventually, thousands of colonists.
Onesimus (fl. 1706 - 1717), slave and medical pioneer, was born in the late seventeenth century, probably in Africa, although the precise date and place of his birth are unknown. He first appears in the historical record in the diary of Cotton Mather, a prominent New England theologian and minister of Boston's Old North Church. Reverend Mather notes in a diary entry for 13 December 1706 that members of his congregation purchased for him "a very likely Slave; a young Man who is a Negro of a promising aspect of temper" (Mather, vol. 1, 579). Mather named him Onesimus, after a biblical slave who escaped from his master, an early Christian named Philemon.
This Onesimus fled from his home in Colossae (in present-day Turkey) to the apostle Paul, who was imprisoned in nearby Ephesus. Paul converted Onesimus to Christianity and sent him back to Philemon with a letter, which appears in the New Testament as Paul's Epistle to Philemon. In that letter Paul asks Philemon to accept Onesimus "not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved" (Philemon 1.16 [AV]). Mather similarly hoped to make his new slave "a Servant of Christ," and in a tract, The Negro Christianized (1706), encouraged other slaveowners to do likewise, believing that Christianity "wonderfully Dulcifies, and Mollifies, and moderates the Circumstances" of bondage (Silverman, 264).
Onesimus was one of about a thousand persons of African descent living in the Massachusetts colony in the early 1700s, one-third of them in Boston. Many were indentured servants with rights comparable to those of white servants, though an increasing number of blacks--and blacks only--were classified as chattel and bound as slaves for life. Moreover, after 1700, white fears of burglary and insurrection by blacks and Indians prompted the Massachusetts assembly to impose tighter restrictions on the movements of people of color, whether slave, servant, or free. Cotton Mather was similarly concerned in 1711 about keeping a "strict Eye" on Onesimus, "especially with regard unto his Company," and he also hoped that his slave would repent for "some Actions of a thievish aspect" (Mather, vol. 2, 139). Mather believed, moreover, that he could improve Onesimus's behavior by employing the "Principles of Reason, agreeably offered unto him" and by teaching him to read, write, and learn the Christian catechism. (Mather, vol. 2, 222).
What Onesimus thought of Mather's opinions the historical record does not say, nor do we know much about his family life other than that he was married and had a son, Onesimulus, who died in 1714. Two years later Onesimus gave the clearest indication of his attitude toward his bondage by attempting to purchase his release from Mather. To do so, he gave his master money toward the purchase of another black youth, Obadiah, to serve in his place. Mather probably welcomed the suggestion, since he reports in his diary for 31 August 1716 that Onesimus "proves wicked, and grows useless, Froward [ungovernable] and Immorigerous [rebellious]." Around that time Mather signed a document releasing Onesimus from his service "that he may Enjoy and Employ his whole Time for his own purposes and as he pleases" (Mather, vol. 2, 363). However, the document makes clear that Onesimus's freedom was conditional on performing chores for the Mather family when needed, including shoveling snow, piling firewood, fetching water, and carrying corn to the mill. This contingent freedom was also dependent upon his returning a sum of five pounds allegedly stolen from Mather.
Little is known of Onesimus after he purchased his freedom, but in 1721 Cotton Mather used information he had learned five years earlier from his former slave to combat a devastating smallpox epidemic that was then sweeping Boston. In a 1716 letter to the Royal Society of London, Mather proposed "ye Method of Inoculation" as the best means of curing smallpox and noted that he had learned of this process from "my Negro-Man Onesimus, who is a pretty Intelligent Fellow" (Winslow, 33). Onesimus explained that he had
undergone an Operation, which had given him something of ye Small-Pox, and would forever preserve him from it, adding, That it was often used among [Africans] and whoever had ye Courage to use it, was forever free from ye Fear of the Contagion. He described ye Operation to me, and showed me in his Arm ye Scar." (Winslow, 33)
Reports of similar practices in Turkey further persuaded Mather to mount a public inoculation campaign. Most white doctors rejected this process of deliberately infecting a person with smallpox--now called variolation--in part because of their misgivings about African medical knowledge. Public and medical opinion in Boston was strongly against both Mather and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, the only doctor in town willing to perform inoculations; one opponent even threw a grenade into Mather's home. A survey of the nearly six thousand people who contracted smallpox between 1721 and 1723 found, however, that Onesimus, Mather, and Boylston had been right. Only 2 percent of the six hundred Bostonians inoculated against smallpox died, while 14 percent of those who caught the disease but were not inoculated succumbed to the illness.
It is unclear when or how Onesimus died, but his legacy is unambiguous. His knowledge of variolation gives the lie to one justification for enslaving Africans, namely, white Europeans' alleged superiority in medicine, science, and technology. This bias made the smallpox epidemic of 1721 more deadly than it need have been. Bostonians and other Americans nonetheless adopted the African practice of inoculation in future smallpox outbreaks, and variolation remained the most effective means of treating the disease until the development of vaccination by Edward Jenner in 1796.


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Bethesda is a city of 60,058 people in southern Montgomery County, Maryland just northwest of Washington, D.C. Bethesda is one of the most affluent and highly educated cities in the United States. In 2009, Forbes ranked Bethesda second on its list of "America's Most Livable Cities." In 2012, CNNMoney.com listed Bethesda as first on the list of top earning American cities. While Bethesda is affluent and offers beautiful homes, low crime and unemployment numbers, high graduation rates (both high school and college), and a higher than average salary for its employed citizens, it's not without its problems. The Mental Health Association of Montgomery County reports a year over year increase in numbers of general and social anxiety cases, as well as depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bipolar disorder. Luckily, qualified mental health professionals in Bethesda, Maryland are only a phone call away.
For the most part, the number of mental illnesses in Bethesda, as compared to the national averages is quite low. However, the troubling part of these numbers is that these numbers are growing year over year, and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight to the increased number of bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, stress, anxiety or depression cases in Bethesda. According to The National Mental Health Association of Montgomery County, increased living costs, longer than average commute times in the D.C. area, and societal pressures such as school grades and test scores, climbing the corporate ladder, and more work hours put in each week are all attributing to the increase in the number of mental illness diagnoses in the area.
Stress, anxiety and depression are amongst the most common mental health conditions that the citizens of Bethesda, Maryland suffer from. The good news is that all three are relatively common and have effective and well-studied roadmaps to recovery. Recovery options for these types of mental health issues typically involve cognitive behavioral therapy in addition to additional psychotherapy methods and often the recommendation of prescription drugs. There are many different types of therapy to consider as you conduct your search for the right therapist in Bethesda.
If you or a loved one is in need of a mental health professional, you have come to the right place. We have a number of qualified and specialized mental health professionals in the Bethesda, Maryland and surrounding areas. Finding help doesn't have to be difficult, and at TherapyTribe, our aim is to ensure that you find the mental health professional that can assist you in living a happier and more well adjusted life. Simply sort through our list of doctors and pick those that specialize in the mental illness tor symptoms that affect you. A simple consultation – either by phone, email or in-person – is often all you'll need to decide if this is the therapist for you.


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To: Dean Sanpei,
Subject: HB 388 - A Quarter Cent for Clean Air
Date: Wed Feb 26 13:46:47 MST 2014
Dear State Representative Sanpei,
A "Quarter for Clean Air" – Rep. Johnny Anderson's HB388, lifts the cap on local-option sales tax funding by one quarter of one percent. This would enable counties to ask voters if they would like to expand public transit and would be a significant action taken by you to clean our air.
In providing this critical tool, the Legislature would not be increasing taxes, or even authorizing a vote on taxes. You would be taking this issue head-on and partnering with local leaders – and voters – in combating dirty air. Recent Salt Lake Chamber-commissioned survey research shows air pollution is a top concern of Utah voters and 76% support transportation initiatives to improve air quality.
We urge you to support HB 388 out of committee with a favorable recommendation.
Sincerely, Timothy Vaughhn Staker Parson 3099 N 825 W Pleasant View , UT 84414


text: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen launched their highly acclaimed fashion line, Elizabeth and James, in 2007. Since then, the design duo has become renowned for their exciting, directional collections of apparel and accessories, blending feminine and masculine elements to create a distinctive and modern look. Elizabeth and James earrings bring the perfect touch of sparkle to every daytime or evening closet. You'll find everything from tiny, geometric-shaped studs to chain-drop earrings plated in 23k gold, while glittering white topaz stones peek out for a glamorous, high-style finish.


text: I went to a pressing/ironing workshop today. I learned a lot of helpful tips. If you use steam always have the iron up to highest temp before turning the steam on. This stops a lot of the sputtering and spitting. Use a very firm surface with very thin padding to keep cut fabric from distorting. The Steady Betty pressing board is great for pressing quilt blocks. The demo was HST pressed with and without using the Steady Betty. The instructor had a very old one, not called Steady Betty then. Keep the iron on the fabric long enough for the heat to do the job, this makes the fabric very hot. Don't move it until it cools. Always use a clapper. The clapper instantly takes the heat from the fabric and keeps the memory of a flat seam in the fabric. There were all brands and types of irons used from new to old. Then we went to more dressmaking pressing using hams, pressing cloths and needle boards.


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By JASON STELLA
Contributing Writer
Although the season was only a few weeks old back in mid-April, the Louisville Bats already found themselves in need of a steady third baseman to fill the void being left by Todd Frazier, who got an early-season opportunity with the Cincinnati Reds after starting the year in Louisville.
Insert Mike Constanzo, a left-handed hitting third baseman who got off to a torrid start in 2012 with the double-A Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Costanzo got called up to Louisville on April 17 and provided the Bats with such a steady presence at third base that when Scott Rolen went on the shelf this past week with shoulder problems, Costanzo was called up to Cincinnati to don a major league uniform for the first time. During Costanzo's time in Louisville, he was one of the team's most productive players, hitting .291 in 23 games while holding down the hot corner and committing just two errors.
Despite being with the Bats for less than a month, Costanzo provided a welcome spark for the team's struggling offense. The former second round draft pick of the Phillies recorded seven multi-hit games and blasted three home runs. Costanzo's homers in back-to-back games in late April helped the Bats take a pair of victories on the road in Norfolk, and his clutch, game-tying RBI single in the eighth inning a few nights later helped cap a night in which he reached base three times. Costanzo has also been one of the Bats' biggest weapons against right-handed pitching in 2012, wearing out righties with a .450 on-base percentage.
Costanzo was dialed while starting the season in double-A, having already driven in 13 runs and hitting .333 in 11 games before his promotion. With Frazier having been the Bats' primary third basemen over the season's first few weeks, it only made sense to give Costanzo a longer look at triple-A, an opportunity he has capitalized on as the team tries to pick itself up in the standings after a slow start.
The 28-year-old Costanzo has spent parts of the past two seasons with Louisville, driving in 26 runs last year in 47 games with the Bats. Costanzo's time with the Bats was even shorter in 2010 when he appeared in just six games, but he was a double-A all-star that season, which was his first in the Reds' organization.
With Rolen being on the disabled list for at least a couple weeks, Costanzo will have ample opportunities to help the Reds stay in the NL Central race during his first major league stint. Regardless of how long of a tenure his first major league action winds up being, Costanzo should be able to provide a steady influence at third base and at the plate, whether he is in Cincinnati or Louisville.


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by Molly Johnson, sports information student assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College volleyball team (5-23, 2-16 PBC) took tonight's battle against GRU Augusta (8-24, 2-16 PBC) into all five sets at the Centennial Center, but came up just short, losing 3-2.
The Bobcats came out swinging, taking the first set 25-22. The match then bounced back and forth with the Jaguars winning the second and third sets, 25-15 and 25-20, and the Bobcats the third set, 25-16. Unfortunately, the Bobcats could not hold on to an early lead in the fifth set and the Jaguars won, 15-13.
Georgia College led as late as 9-8 in the fifth set, but the Jaguars responded with four straight points to take it over 12-9, keeping the momentum from there.
"This one kind of hurt a bit," said head coach Gretchen Krumdieck. "But it's an opportunity to learn, and I can guarantee we won't be in that situation again. We were up big and we let them get back in. Losses like this reinforce what we talk about in practice."
Freshman Rachel Reynolds (Marietta, Ga.) led the Bobcats with 15 kills. Caroline Long (Roswell, Ga.) aided Reynolds efforts, adding 10. Haley Ashworth (Cumming, Ga.) rounded out the top three hitters, tallying seven. The Bobcats hitting (.111) was outmatched by the Jaguars at .231. Georgia College posted a match-best set of .302 in the first.
Ashworth led the way for the Bobcats defensively, adding 17 digs to the Bobcats' total of 64. Caroline Ham (Marietta, Ga.) accompanied Ashworth with 16. Setter Micayla Patterson (Tyrone, Ga.) ended with a total of 36 assists for the night, putting her over 900 on the season at 907.
The Jaguars had three players with double-digit kills. Paige Tuttle and Jenna Keeler tied with 14. Kristen Koch recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 14 digs. The team had two other players with double-digit digs. Catherine DeSilvester tallied the most with 18 and Maggie Darling added 10.
The Bobcats will be back in action in the Centennial Center, Saturday Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. against Paine College, the final match of the inaugural season of GC volleyball. The Bobcats will host a "White-Out to Wipe Out Cancer" night, with multiple fundraisers for the American Cancer Society.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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We are back with this week with Maximus Groves of Comcastro. We talk podcasting, how he got into the podcast scene. Talk movies, TV shows and many other topics! Great conversation with Max, ENJOY!
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Pick and Ro are back with the new episode, talking the NCAA title game and the NFL Playoffs. They weigh in on this weekends results, and share Super Bowl picks! Also, they talk about winning the powerball! With all the phenomenon around it and share what they would do with the winnings, makes for a great episode!
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We sat down and talked about The Force Awakens and what we thought of the movie. There will be Spoiler Alerts, so if you haven't watched don't listen to this episode until you have. Alex Camacho returns and we talk about the MVP candidates for the NBA season, and it definitely gets a little heated. Just three friends getting into a friendly debate. Thanks to Resz for the music for this weeks Song of the Week.
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We sit down and talk Sports with the one and only Alex Camacho. A very in depth conversation of the BEST starting 5 of al time, talking Kobe Bryant and his last run. Also, talk about Stephen A and Skip, is Draymond Green really that great a player? Alex weighs in and offers his thoughts on this great episode.
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In this episode Pick & Ro sit down and talk with Ro's father Roel Santos Sr. They talk everything from the Paris attacks, sports in general, and what growing up in his hometown was like back in the 1960s. They also get into some Jive talk? Its both entertaining and interesting has they have a great conversation!
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This weeks episode we talk with Spurs Public Address announcer Jonathan Sanford. He tells us the story and the journey of how he got the opportunity to fulfill his dream of being a PA announcer in the NBA. We enjoyed hearing all about it, and he also throws in some of his signature sounds! Its a great story and entertaining! Follow Jonathan on Twitter @ctxsportsvoice
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This episode Pick and Ro debate the whole MJ vs LBJ topic, who really is the better player? Also, they break down their all time starting 5 teams. Special guest Domenix Santos joins the discussion and provides his thoughts and insight on the topics. This is our 10th episode! Thanks for all the continued support! Rate, review and subscribe and share with everyone, your support helps us continue to grow! Follow us on Twitter @PickNRoShow, Instagram @thepickandroshow.Thanks for listening and following.
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This episode Pick and Ro discuss the last two episodes of the Walking Dead and offer their insights what has happened to Glenn. Also, they talk about the Morgan episode and what they thought it brought to his character. Pick and Ro then discuss the NBA season and give their picks on who will win the NBA Championship! Rate, Review and Subscribe on iTunes! Follow us on twitter @PickNRoShow.
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This week Pick and Ro talk about Gun Control, and how its having an effect on the country. Should there be more control? Also, the first ever Star Awards are issued to people who do both good and bad. Farting in the workplace, is it really a bad thing to lose your job? They discuss this and much more!
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Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, independent or libertarian - you gotta love it when democracy breaks the stranglehold of any form of monopolistic partisan politics, and democracy was the clear winner in the Massachusetts battle between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown for a U.S. Senate seat.
Democrat or Republican, conservative or liberal, independent or libertarian - you gotta love it when democracy breaks the stranglehold of any form of monopolistic partisan politics, and democracy was the clear winner in the Massachusetts battle between Martha Coakley and Scott Brown for a U.S. Senate seat.
Diversity is essential to a healthy democracy - and Massachusetts hasn't been diverse since … feels like forever. Diversity doesn't ONLY mean making sure all ethnicities and skin colors are represented at the highest levels of corporate and government power. It means making sure that no one "type" is always in charge. In a sense, diversity promotes the same values as democracy - and neither is possible when one party dominates all branches of government.
Massachusetts has suffered from "one type" disease - also known as "Liberal Fascism" - for a very long time. Democrats control the House and the Senate (only three of forty state senators are Republicans). A Democrat sits in the governor's office and the vast majority of judges are either openly liberal or have a propensity to do wildly liberal things from the bench.
This, more than Scott Brown's old truck, Martha Coakley's thin lips and even the not so helpful "help" from Obama-care himself, is why Brown won.
Hard-core partisans may have voted the party line, but an awful lot of people who identify as independent, and many Democrats who really like Martha Coakley voted for Scott Brown simply because he was NOT a "fill-in-the-blank-with-a-liberal" kind of candidate. Even if you LOVE liberal values, you found a reason to vote for Scott Brown if only to protect the value of small D democracy against the lemming-like control of big D Democrats.
Massachusetts' voters have lived with chronic LF disease for so long, we got used to it, and it was tolerable because a more diverse national government provided at least SOME balance.
That all changed with a Massachusetts-like liberal takeover in Washington last year that left a lot of voters feeling completely frustrated and voiceless. These feelings soon turned to anger – expressed in Tea Parties and huge new ratings for conservative talk radio and cable news.
At the moment, the beneficiary of all that energy is Scott Brown – though it could have been anyone whose campaign theme was "I'm not one of them." In short, Brown's victory is a kind of tokenism, which means it may not mean very much beyond killing off a super-majority for the Democrats in Congress (which isn't nothing).
Tokenism offers little real power to the "tokees" or the issues they stand for. Scott Brown will have almost no power to affirmatively promote an agenda because he'll arrive in DC as a member of the minority party - from a state where his party has almost no representation at every level of public office and in all branches of government.
Nevertheless, even the mere appearance of diversity is better than what we had. People need to believe they play a role in meaningful debates about public policy, but in Massachusetts, only Democrats have a seat at the debating table. Brown's victory gives Republicans more of a stool in the corridor than a seat at the table - but it's better than a kick in the head - and it's exactly why Massachusetts' voters should be proud of themselves for electing Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate. It isn't that Martha Coakley has the wrong values. It's that electing her would have spent down the far more important value of democracy itself.
Scott Brown's win plugs a hole in the democracy dike for now, though it remains to be seen whether he will serve the "repairman" role responsibly. The expectations for Brown are high - maybe unfairly so - which means if he fails even a little, he will fall far. As with President Obama, when the elevation of a candidate is partly artificial because it's based on feelings more than substance - the descent is fast and painful - like a pin to a balloon. At the moment, Brown's balloon is filled and flying high while the Democrats' dirigible is deflated. But if Brown hits a pin – Massachusetts' liberals will have an easy time puffing themselves up again for the next senate race in 2012. Wendy Murphy is a leading victims rights advocate and nationally recognized television legal analyst. She is an adjunct professor at New England Law in Boston. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Read more of her columns at The Daily Beast. The opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and not necessarily those of the newspaper.


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Pet food manufacturer Crosswind plans to move from Parkville, Mo., to Topeka.
Crosswind president and CEO Doug Kinsinger told business officials Thursday that the move would create 62 jobs in Topeka.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Crosswind's pet food division produces foods and treats for generic and name brands. The company plans to spend about $4 million to convert a vacant Topeka building for its use.


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As we near the launch of our new website, I wanted to share some more insights into the work we've been doing. You can catch up with earlier blogs in this series on my author page. This time I would like to introduce you to our dedicated digital content team and share with you some of the new features they have been helping us develop.
Ellen and her team are the talented people shaping the Royal Opera House web offer, producing and promoting engaging content for our broad and diverse audience. They prepare emails, produce videos, take photographs, work with external bloggers and nurture our social networks: they are the digital engine behind our online communications. The team has had the massive task of reviewing and restructuring the content from the old website ready for the new. They need to update and prepare around 80 productions for when the site goes live.
We want to make our content easier to find and easier to digest, so we are creating hub pages for each of our productions. There will be no more hunting around for casting on one page and production photos on another – everything on a particular opera and ballet will be in one place. The content, calendar and visitor information will be available all the time with no waiting room getting in the way.
If that is not enough, the team took on a fantastic project to capture a photo of and from every seat in the main auditorium. The Royal Opera House is a very old listed building and its varied types of seat are part of its charm and a cause of tension. Describing bench seats, standing places and restricted views have always been a challenge. So, four long nights and 4,514 photos later we now have a view of and from every seat in the house: customers will be able to see exactly what they are getting before they buy.
Testing has begun on the new website and we are on the home straight. This is the most challenging time but we are confident. All I have left to tell you is that it's not going to be black and grey anymore…


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'Taxmageddon' is the preferred description of David Leonhardt at The New York Times to describe the unique fiscal situation due to happen at the end of this year.
Basically, with no changes to current law, taxes will rise for everyone, and after tax, inflation-adjusted income for the average American will drop to 1998 levels.
As Leonhardt puts it: "All in all, the end of 2012 will be unlike any other time in memory for the federal government."
At this point, many of our readers will already be familiar with the stakes. It's not just the Bush tax cuts that are due to expire, but mandatory spending cuts agreed to during the debt ceiling debacle are supposed to kick in as well.
In theory, 5 percent of GDP could be gone.
The interesting question is: What election outcome makes it easiest to avoid this "Taxmageddon"?
Leonhardt comes to the same conclusion we have: ROMNEY.
With Mitt Romney in the White House and a Republican House, the uncertainty might be less. Unless Congressional Republicans and a defeated Mr. Obama somehow came to a deal, they could wait for him to leave town before retroactively extending the Bush tax cuts, so long as they could win over a small number of Democratic senators. Republicans could likewise undo the Pentagon cuts.
To hold down the deficit, Mr. Romney and Congress could then cut domestic programs, including Medicaid, more sharply than Mr. Obama has. But recent history — both Mr. Reagan's administration and the second Mr. Bush's — suggests that Republicans would probably not find enough spending cuts to offset their tax cuts and instead would accept larger deficits.


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The facts are there to be seen: the big mainstream beer industry is down whilst, year on year, the specialist beer sector continues to rise.
The American craft brewers are leading the way and influencing the UK and Europe, but what makes them so different from the big boys?
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Founded in 1909, Samuel Merritt University (SMU) is a private, not-for-profit, health sciences institution with campuses in Oakland, Sacramento, and San Mateo, California. The University is regionally accredited by WSCUC and offers degrees in nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and podiatric medicine.
SMU offers four doctoral degree programs, including podiatric medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and nursing practice. Select degrees and certificates are also available online. The University's average graduation rate from 2015-2018 ranged between 90 and 95 percent. Licensure pass rates are 90 percent or above for first-time test takers in five programs (See 2018 Fact Sheet). SMU is an affiliate of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center and Sutter Health, a care network of more than 50,000 doctors, employees, and volunteers in Northern California.
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Student Success
Samuel Merritt University is one of the largest sources of new registered nurses in California. The University is also the largest provider of physical and occupational therapists, physician assistants and podiatric physicians in the greater East Bay. Student enrollment is over 1,500 (Fall 2015), with campuses in Oakland, Sacramento and San Mateo (San Francisco Peninsula Learning Center). The University strives to reflect the community it serves by recruiting students with a variety of ethnic, cultural, and economic backgrounds. Most Samuel Merritt University graduates' passing scores on licensure and certification exams exceed state and national rates. Due to the University's reputation for academic and clinical excellence, its graduates are heavily recruited, and have one of the highest rates of employment within one year of graduation. The financial aid office is able to provide over 98% of its students with the proper amount of financial aid to cover the cost of tuition, fees and living expenses.
Faculty Excellence
Samuel Merritt has a strong reputation for personalized instruction because of its outstanding faculty, who bring impressive academic and clinical backgrounds to life-long learning, and a deep commitment to students and to the community. SMU faculty are regularly published in peer-reviewed journals and books, many more are invited to serve on national boards or professional committees, and a growing number have been awarded research grants and other professional honors. Read more about faculty awards here.
State-of-the Art Facilities
Our Health Sciences Simulation Center (HSSC) is one of the West's most advanced healthcare simulation facilities, with state-of the-art medical equipment where SMU students, faculty and working health professionals act out scenarios. The Motion Analysis Research Center (MARC) is located in the SMU Health Education Center on the University's Oakland campus. The center is equipped with the latest technology to study movement including a nine-camera, three-dimensional motion-capture system, force platforms, in-shoe and platform pressure mapping systems, electromyography, and other equipment to evaluate movement and motor function.
From a partnership with a local Oakland church to work with a local group dedicated to supporting underserved youth interested in healthcare careers, Samuel Merritt University is committed to working with our local community. Students are offered a variety of ways to get involved. Read more about our community outreach.
SMU is committed to doing good work, in our local community and beyond. For years, SMU faculty and students have been traveling across the globe, providing clinics and care and delivering equipment to communities in need. Read more about our international medical trips.
Samuel Merritt University educates students to become highly skilled and compassionate healthcare professionals who positively transform the experience of care in diverse communities.
Students learn to advance health equity and make a lasting impact on individual health and community well-being.
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The philosophy of teaching and learning at Samuel Merritt University consist of a system of beliefs and values about the partnership between faculty and students in the teaching and learning process. The philosophy is directed toward the preparation of healthcare practitioners whose practice is planned and coordinated around the unique qualities of each person served. The philosophy requires that SMU graduates use sound reasoning which incorporates the current best evidence, clinical expertise, and the preference of the people served.
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UPDATE: Check out a slideshow of Robert Clayton's YSL photos.
The smashing Yves Saint Laurent retrospective at the Denver Art Museum took local photograper Robert Clayton back to the day when Saint Laurent was tearing up the design world and Clayton was tapped to take his picture.
Clayton's pics, which he shared with DAM and us, are strikingly intimate. They offer a glimpse of how Saint Laurent approached his work (seriously, and well-dressed) and provide some authentic context for the times (It was a mod, mod world, indeed).
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2013: Appeared in and started all 33 games during her sophomore year … led the team with 109 at-bats, 26 runs, 39 hits and 11 doubles and a .358 batting average … was one of only two Engineers to hit a homerun throughout the season … made two pitching appearances, wrapping the season up with a record of 1-0 … in 5.0 innings, she allowed five hits, two runs and struck out seven batters ... had a fielding percentage of .906.
2012: Played in and started 20 games as a freshman … tied for the team lead in triples, tied for second in RBI, fifth in runs scored … also made two pitching appearances … went 2-for-4 with first career home run, three RBI and two runs scored against Mount Mercy College (3/27) … went 4-for-6 with three RBI in season-ending doubleheader split with Salve Regina (4/26) … pitched five innings in relief allowing one run on five hits against Salve Regina (4/26).
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Today's rocket was a Qassam. It landed in an open area of the Gaza Strip and, as far as anyone can tell on the Israeli side, there was no damage to Gazan people or property.
Today's IDF announcement also informs us that during this past week, two more Gazan terrorist rockets were launched in the direction of Israel; they too exploded on the Palestinian Arab side of the Israel/Gaza border fence like today's. We have no report as to damage and/or injuries.
The ceasefire signed by Hamas and the government of Israel on November 21, ending Israel's Operation Pillar of Defense, called for the Hamas terrorists to halt their own fire and to rein in the rockets of other terror groups.
It will be interesting to see if any news media outside Israel pick this evening's story up. To judge from past performance, they will not, because - as anyone paying attention knows - it's not news when Palestinian Arabs are hurt by other Arabs. To illustrate, take the killings less than a week ago of at least dozens of Palestinian Arabs in a 'refugee' camp located in Syria - see this State Dept press release. Barely made a ripple in the news.
It's especially not newsworthy when it's one of those "home-made rockets" (as the EU-funded GANSO website disingenuously refers to them) that crashes onto Gazan homes, as has happened dozens, if not hundreds, of times during 2012. Here's a fairly random selection of our postings in support of the claim:
- 18-Nov-12: Fell short? Not just the Hamas rockets but the ethics of the journalists covering them
- 8-Sep-12: Familiar routine: rocket and mortar attacks during Sabbath
- 5-Jul-12: The terrorists of Gaza routinely mis-fire, dropping rockets on their Arab neighbors's heads. When do you hear about those self-inflicted injuries?
- 2-May-12: Terrorists' rocket falls short, crashes near security fence
[For the record, there's an additional report - carried by Ynet and published at about the same hour as the one above that says:
A rocket fired from the central Gaza Strip landed in an open area near Ashkelon for the first time since the end of Operation Pillar of Defense.We suspect this is identical to the one that fell short, and will leave it to the IDF to confirm. That has not yet happened.]


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