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Bugaboo Cameleon Stroller Review
December 7th, 2009
Pampered Tot is one of the largest Bugaboo Retailers in the USA. As a Dad to two young boys, I have had a 2006Bugaboo Cameleon for 4 years, and a 2009 Bugaboo Cameleon
Let's start with the version or model, since so many of our customers seem to be worried and confused about getting the latest Bugaboo Cameleon on the market. The significant model change was in the 2008 model year. In 2008, Bugaboo added foam wheels (replacing the air filled ones) and easier height adjustment clips for the handlebar (previously a fly-nut that you had to twist). They have not made any changes to the stroller in 2009 or 2010 (aside from the Bugaboo RED Special Edition Stroller which has a black Chassis). So, any Cameleon made in 2007 or before is an older model. Anything made in or after 2008 is the new model.
The Bugaboo Cameleon comes in 4 Standard Base Colors (Sand, Red, Dark Grey, and Dark Brown) and one special edition Bugaboo RED Denim Base. These 5 Base colors can be matched up with any of the 9 Tailored Fabric Set colors to provide 45 possible color combinations.
What about functionality? Well, there isn't much this thing can't do. The stroller seat and bassinet can be placed on the stroller chassis in either direction, so you can have your child forward or backwards facing. Although, with the movable handle bar, there's no need to move the seat. Unique to Bugaboo, the Cameleon (and Frog) stroller handlbar can flip forward or back, allowing you to change your child's position and view without having to remove them from the stroller! It's a bit harder to push when the larger fixed tires are in front, but it's a nice feature to have when you want to change your child's position without disturbing them. Shocks on the front wheels makes for a really smooth ride, not matter where you are. Large rear tires allow you to take this stroller anywhere. We take ours to the park, beach, and on unpaved terrain. It performs well on all surfaces. Add a height-adjustable handlbar for those really tall parents, and you've got a complete and comfortable ride for both child and parent.
There are so many accessories for this stroller, so you have to break them down into want vs. need. What you really need is a Cup HolderCar Seat Adapter
The footmuff
The Sun Canopy
The Sun ShadeParasol
elements. It's a little hard to see into the "caccoon" to check on your child, but easy for them to see out. The Bugaboo Parasol is great at shielding your child from the sun, but requires constant adjusting if you are moving in different directions. So, the sun shade is great because it doesn't require any adjusting. However, if you want to see your child and have better airflow for them, I would recommend the parasol. We used the sun shade when our kids were born (they slept all the time, so it was great to have full coverage), and the parasol when they got a little older and wanted to look around.
The Wheeled Board
So how big is it, really? Well, it's not small, but it will fit into most 4-door and even hatchback car trunks. The 2-piece fold is a little frustrating at first, but shouldn't deter you from buying one. After 2 or 3 tries, you won't even notice it anymore. It's easy to open, easy to put away, and rolls through the tightest spots at the supermarket and small retail shops. The underseat bag looks tiny, but is deceivingly massive. It's a little tough to access, but has enough room to store just about anything you need for a quick stroll or a long day away from home.
Hopefully, this has answered many of your questions about the Bugaboo Cameleon. In the 4 years that we've had ours, we've never had an issue with it. It's a stylish workhorse. However, if you do have an issue, the stroller comes with a great 2-year warranty (and the customer service is excellent).
Overall, the Bugaboo Cameleon is a great stroller. Very expensive…but worth the $979 price tag (I can't believe I just wrote that…).
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Thank you. Buying used and really needed clarification, I also appreciate the info on the accessories. I wanted a parasol for the pretty factor but will definitely be getting the sunshade now.


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BEIJING (AP) — The teenage son of a well-known Chinese military singer has pleaded not guilty to an alleged gang rape, in a case that has focused attention on what the public often sees as spoiled behavior among the children of the country's elite.
The state-run Beijing News reported Thursday that Li Tianyi, 17, told a court in Beijing that he was drunk and passed out during the February attack, that he never beat or had sex with the victim and that he could remember little of the night in question. The trial is closed because Li is a minor, and the newspaper did not say how it obtained details of the proceedings.
Li is the photogenic, baby-faced son of Li Shuangjiang, a celebrity military singer famed for crooning anthems for the People's Liberation Army and starring in television galas. Chinese media have in the past referred to the elder Li as a "general" as a sign of respect, although he is a civilian member of the PLA.
The younger Li's trial, along with four co-defendants, opened Wednesday to a flurry of local media coverage.
Uncharacteristically for China, lawyers for both Li Tianyi and the victim had released public statements about the case during the weeks running up to the trial, apparently seeking to form public opinion, which could potentially have an indirect effect on proceedings by influencing the Communist Party officials who control the courts.
Li's lawyers sought to lay blame for the incident on a Beijing bar for letting underage teens drink heavily. The victim's lawyers released a statement saying she had been threatened not to come forward about the attack.
Online discussion of the case has questioned the reputation of the victim, while also laying bare the resentment over what many ordinary Chinese see as the sense of entitlement and impunity among the country's rich and politically connected, as well as their offspring.
"From this case we can see the social differentiation becoming more obvious. We see the rich and powerful on one side, and we see the poor and humble on the opposite side. It's a split society," said Liu Shanying, a politics researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "They are full of anger at each other. And they constantly attack and belittle each other."
The rape case isn't the younger Li's first brush with the law. He was sentenced to a year in detention in 2011 as a 15-year-old for attacking a couple over a minor traffic dispute and threatening onlookers in a case that also attracted widespread attention.

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Kidney stones are small, solid masses that form in the urinary tract. Kidney stones are caused by the build-up of substances normally found in urine (pee), like salts and calcium.
When substances normally found in urine become extra concentrated, they can form crystals in the kidneys. These crystals can build up to become stones over a few weeks or months.
Small kidney stones can pass through the urinary tract and out of the body with little or no pain, but larger stones can be quite painful, block the flow of urine, and cause blood in the urine and other symptoms. In some cases, kidney stones can lead to problems with the kidneys and urinary tract. Most kidney stones, however, cause no permanent damage.
Kidney stones are fairly common. There are different types of kidney stones with many different causes. Treatment depends on the type and size of the stones.
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Support Haiti Earthquake Relief
The destruction in Haiti has shocked and saddened us all. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Haitian people, the men and women who are working to help them recover from the earthquake that has devastated their nation, and the members of the Harvard community who are anxious for word from friends and loved ones living on the island.
Scenes of such suffering remind us of our own humanity, and our natural reflex is to reach out to help. Healthcare professionals from the Harvard teaching hospitals have already responded to the call for aid. To make it easier for faculty, staff, and students at Harvard to contribute to the relief effort, we have created the list below of organizations that are responding to the crisis in Haiti, as well as groups that support the local Haitian community.
I am confident that many of us at Harvard will join together in responding to this tragedy, offering both our knowledge and our contributions to ease the suffering of the earthquake's survivors.
- Drew Faust
Support Haiti Earthquake Relief
A list of organizations providing humanitarian aid to the people of Haiti has been provided below. See also Crisis in Haiti, which provides an overview of University response efforts.
Ways to Give
Give by check
You may also write a check to the agency of your choice and send it to the Community Gifts through Harvard office at:
Community Gifts Through Harvard
124 Mt. Auburn Street
Suite 420 South
Cambridge, MA 02138
For questions or assistance call 617 495-1598, or email [email protected].
Give to charities online
Visit the sites of the organizations below to give online:
- The American Red Cross
International Response Fund
American Red Cross P.O. Box 37243 Washington, D.C. 20013
- UNICEF Haiti Earthquake Fund
125 Maiden Lane New York, NY, 10038
- Operation USA
3617 Hayden Avenue, Suite A Culver City, California, 90232
- Save The Children Haiti Earthquake Children in Emergency Fund
54 Wilton Road Westport, CT 06880
- International Medical Corps
1919 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 400 Santa Monica, CA, 90404
- Partners In Health Haiti Earthquake Fund
888 Commonwealth Ave, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02215.
- William J. Clinton Foundation Haiti Earthquake Relief
383 Dorchester Avenue, Suite 400 Boston, MA 02127
- Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund
PO Box 2669, Dept W
Portland OR 97208-2669
- Doctors Without Borders
333 7th Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10001-5004
- Direct Relief International Earthquake Response
27 S. La Patera Lane Santa Barbara, CA 93117
- Oxfam Haiti Earthquake Response Fund
226 Causeway St., 5th Floor Boston, MA 02114-2206
- UN World Food Programme Help Haiti Now
Via C.G.Viola 68, Parco dei Medici 00148 Rome - Italy
- Baptist Haiti Mission Emergency Relief
118 Courtland Rockford, MI 49341
- Catholic Relief Services
228 W. Lexington St Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3413
- American Jewish World Service Earthquake Relief Fund
45 West 36th Street New York, NY 10018
PO Box 1871 Merrifield VA 22116-9753
- Better Future International
BFI Haiti, 888-C 8th Avenue, PO BOX #326, NYC 10019
- International Rescue Committee IRC Haiti Crisis Fund
122 East 42nd Street New York, New York 10168-1289
- Net Hope Haiti Quake Relief Fund
PO Box 6704 McLean, VA 22106-6704
- The Haitian Health Foundation
97 Sherman Street Norwich, CT 06360
- World Vision Haiti Quake Relief
P.O. Box 9716, Dept. W Federal Way, WA 98063-9716
- American Red Cross International Response Fund
2025 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20006
- United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund
OCHA UN Secretariat NY, NY 10017
- Friends of the Orphans
134 North La Salle Street Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60602-1036
- World Concern
19303 Fremont Avenue North Seattle, WA 98133
- Haitian American Public Health Initiatives
10 Fairway Street Mattapan, MA, 02126
- Association of Haitian Women in Boston
330 Fuller Street Dorchester, MA, 02124
- Catholic Charities of Boston Haiti Earthquake Relief
Bureau of the Archdiocese of Boston, 51 Sleeper Street Boston MA, 02210


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Good morning all! I'm new to Dhamma Wheel and new to Buddhism. My introduction to even the idea pursuing of Buddhism came in the form of a phenomenal yoga class which I attended for the work out, and have returned to over and over again for the spiritual lift. I've dabbled online, researching Buddhism and purchasing several books/ audio books on the history and meditation (Getting Unstuck, The Art of Mindful Living, Reflections on Meditation: A Guide for Beginners, and Buddha in Blue Jeans) but I am looking for more. More knowledge, more to practice, more understanding, more relief from suffering, more kindness and more direction. I'm excited to explore, and if anyone has suggestions as to best places to start (exploring the forums or exploring Buddhism in general) please feel free to point me in the right direction.


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How the Global Refugee Crisis Is Impacting and Influencing Artists
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In his installations, performances, photography, and watercolor paintings, Barthélémy Toguo explores the regulated flow of people, merchandise, and resources between the developing world and the West. "Men or women are always potential exiles, driven by the urge to travel, which makes them 'displaced beings'," he has said. His monochromatic watercolor paintings act as a travel diary, with human-like forms transforming into animal shapes or abstract creatures—formally exploring the notion of border through the mixing of identities. There is a provocative and satirical aspect of Toguo's practice, in which art and critique are inextricably linked. In "Transit" (1996), he gave a series of performances in airports and train stations, in which he disrupted transit security by carrying bags carved out of wood or wearing a cartridge belt filled with candles.
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Navasca Appointed Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Clarkson University
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Carmeliza L. Navasca has been appointed assistant professor of mathematics at Clarkson University. She began teaching this fall.
She received her bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and her Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California at Davis in 2002.
Navasca's research interests are broadly in applied and computational math. She has worked on problems in optimal control theory, inverse problems, optimization, and multilinear algebra. Navasca has worked on several applications in the areas of wireless communications, radio-frequency ablation of liver tumors, unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVS) system formation, and hysteresis of smart materials.
Before coming to Clarkson, Navasca held several research and teaching positions. She was an NSF-VIGRE assistant professor at the University of California in Los Angeles, a postdoctoral fellow with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in the Signal and Image Processing Research Unit in Cergy-Pontoise, France, and at the University of Waterloo in Ontario.
Clarkson University crosses the boundaries of disciplines, nations and cultures in order for discovery, engineering innovation and enterprise to come together. As a result, faculty and graduates grasp the full impact of their calling, direct their research to the world's pressing issues and lead with confidence and distinction. One in seven alumni is already a CEO or other senior executive. Located in Potsdam, N.Y., just outside the six-million-acre Adirondack Park, Clarkson is home to 3,000 students preparing for rewarding careers through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, science, and health sciences, as well as unparalleled outdoor recreation and life experiences beyond the classroom.


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|Effective communication with your doctor is important when you are seeking a diagnosis for memory loss. Ask questions, be prepared to answer questions, and be as honest as possible.
What to bring to a visit for memory loss
Diagnosing Dementia
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A list of symptoms, when they began, and how frequently they occur, documented in the form of a journal or the use of care logs. Be as specific as possible.
❏ Take a list of past and current medical problems. Tell your doctor if other family members had illnesses that caused memory problems?
❏ Take all medications, both over-the-counter (vitamins, aspirin) and prescription, to the visit.
❏ Answer the doctor's questions honestly and to the best of your ability.
Questions to ask about testing for memory loss
❏ What tests will be performed?
❏ What does each test involve?
❏ How long will the tests take?
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OPENING UP: Invite the group to pray with you and say:
"Dear God, we come before you and give thanks for everything we have. We ask that you continue to bless us. Give us the things that we need and the things that we want. Help us get the best MP3 players, the best video game systems, the coolest clothes, the hottest sports car. Help us make good grades on all our tests and homework, and help us to win and be number one at whatever we try. Most especially, bless our country so that we continue to be more powerful and more wealthy than any other country in the world. Thanks God. Amen."
Ask: If you heard this prayer in a worship service, how do you think you would react/feel? How is this prayer different/same as your idea of prayer?
REFLECTION: Go around the circle and invite each person to finish the phrase "Prayer is..." with one word. Do this three times, encouraging them to use a different word each time. Encourage them to consider action words, descriptive words, symbols, emotions, etc. Keep a written list of their responses.
Alternative: Pass out a handout with a variety of images on it related to prayer. The images might include folded hands, a person singing, someone walking in the woods, a lit candle, worshippers holding hands in a circle. Invite youth to share which pictures say something to them about how they understand prayer.
DIGGING INTO THE TEXT: Read Matthew 6: 5-17 together. Ask: How could the text help shape our prayer practice? How might we pray differently than we do now in church/in private?
Read Luke 18: 9-14 (The Pharisee & the Tax Collector). Ask: How do you think the Pharisee would define prayer? How do you think the tax collector would define prayer?
Read Luke 5:16. Ask: What do you think about Jesus' practice of praying alone? What do you imagine he prayed about? What does your own prayer practice look like or what would you like it to look like?
BRINGING TOGETHER SCRIPTURE & OUR STORY: Pose "The Big Question": Do you think God answers prayer? If so, how? What does a prayer sound like if it's not about asking for stuff? What part, if any, do we play in helping God to answer prayers (or own or those of others)?
Encourage the group to reflect on the different ideas and images of prayer that you have discussed. Invite them to create (perhaps in silence, as an act of prayer) a group mural that illustrates, without words, different ways of understanding prayer.
Perhaps commit as a group to pray each day for one week at a certain time and for a certain number of minutes. Then, report back to one another about your experiences.


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State and federal authorities may have cracked down on unscrupulous mortgage lenders to avoid a repeat of the housing market meltdown, but there are still plenty of companies that are eager to dupe people into taking out bad loans.
Exhibit A: Companies sending official-looking letters that seem to say you have to take action or else your home loan will be in trouble. The letters, of course, aren't from a government agency. They're from some business trying to get you to refinance.
And now an Irvine company called Network Capital Funding is taking the questionable sales pitch up a notch. It's sending out a letter that claims to be the "second notice" a homeowner is receiving, even though there never was a first notice, and it's doing its best to masquerade as a money-saving federal program.
"Due to recent revisions of the Home Affordable Refinance Program, your Fannie Mae loan has been flagged for internal review," the letter warns. "Prior attempts to notify you have not been successful."


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MAYNOOTH, Ireland – Dutch golfer Joost Luiten will take a one-shot lead into the final round at The Irish Open on Sunday with a chance for a second victory this month.
Luiten moved to 13 under par and one ahead of Pablo Larrazabal of Spain after both players shot bogey-free 6-under 66s at Carton House on Saturday.
Luiten won the Lyoness Open in Austria this month for the second European Tour title of his seven-year pro career.
''I have been playing very well the last two tournaments as I was also 10th in the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth after my win in Austria,'' he said. ''So tomorrow I will try to do the same, and if so, hopefully it may be good enough to win the trophy. It's all a matter of staying patient.''
Even though major winners Rory McIlroy, Padraig Harrington, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke failed to make the halfway cut, Luiten said there will be no less pressure on Sunday.
''You really can't worry about who is behind you on the leaderboard, I am not bothered about who is behind me,'' Luiten said.
''The key for me will be trying to get some early birdies to help set up a good score.
Larrazabal was also a two-time tour winner, though his last success was two years ago in Munich.
''I had a lovely day in the office today with the Irish crowds truly awesome,'' he said. ''I hope tomorrow I can hit the ball as good as these three days and hole as many putts.''
England's Robert Rock (71) was in third place on 10 under and still within sight of making amends for losing a playoff for the 2009 Irish Open.
England's Paul Casey (67) and Scottish newcomer Scott Henry (69) were tied in fourth place on 9 under.
Six players shared sixth, including former Irish Open winner Jose Maria Olazabal (71), who is looking to end an eight-year tour victory drought.
However, last year's victorious Ryder Cup captain again struggled with the driver.
''Well, it's just a shame as the leaders are running away, they are just too far ahead,'' he said. ''The driver cost me big again. I only made three fairways today, and it's very, very difficult to score when you do that.''
Olazabal is looking to become the oldest winner of the event at 43. He won the 1990 Irish Open.


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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (December 18, 2011)—Mensa Heat rebounded from a poor effort in the California Cup Sprint Oct. 29, rallying to take the $84,500 On Trust Handicap, the closing day feature of the Autumn meet Sunday at Hollywood Park.
The 1 ½ length victory over 18-1 shot Legal Separation and five other fellow California breds was the sixth of 2011 for the 5-year-old gelded son of Unusual Heat and the Ole' mare Chi Chi Nette.
Five of those wins have come in eight races since Mensa Heat was claimed for $25,000 April 15 at Santa Anita by trainer Ted H. West for owner Peter Redekop.
Now 9-for-41 lifetime, Mensa Heat, who was ridden by Joe Talamo, increased his earnings to $366,258. He has banked $248,422 since the claim.
Now 2-for-9 on Cushion Track, Mensa Heat ran the 7 ½ furlongs over Cushion Track in 1:28.68. He paid as the 5-2 second choice.
West discovered the likely reason for Mensa Heat's lackluster performance in the Cal Cup Sprint.
"He had some very bad ulcers two months ago and you just don't know how fast they're going to heal,'' said West. "His appetite is great and his coat looks great, but you always wonder if maybe they're still there and not completely healed.
"He tipped his hand in the paddock today and his attitude was really good. We have a lot of options with him because he likes turf, dirt and synthetic.''
Legal Separation, who gained a clear advantage with an eighth of a mile to go after overtaking pacesetters Mark the Bench and Chiloquin, returned $16.40 and $7. He finished a half-length in front of Spud Spivens. The show price on Spud Spivens, the 7-2 third choice who was seeking his fourth win on the Hollywood Park main track, was $3.20.
Scofield Barracks was a nose back in fourth, then came Chiloquin, Mark the Bench and Red Defense, the 2-1 favorite. The defeat was the first in four local starts for Red Defense, a 4-year-old Redattore gelding.
The final day of the meet featured a record shattering Player's Pick 5 pool.
Chasing a record carryover of $183,594 generated during the CashCall Futurity program Saturday, bettors wagered an additional $1,226,324 Sunday, creating a total pool of $1,409,917.
The previous high total Pick 5 pool was $907,117 May 12. This followed a carryover of $107,487 May 8.
A 50-cent minimum bet with a 14% takeout, the Player's Pick 5 made its debut April 21, opening day of Hollywood Park's Spring/Summer meet.
There were 635 winning tickets in the Player's Pick 5 Sunday. Each was worth $1,948.25
Jockey Garrett Gomez and trainer Bob Hess, Jr. both reached personal milestones when they teamed with 4-1 shot So Tempted to win the first race.
The victory was the 1,000th for Hess, 46, in his career and the 500th win at Hollywood Park for Gomez.
Hess, who has won 335 races at Hollywood Park, collected his first as a trainer in 1987.
A multiple Eclipse Award winner as the nation's outstanding rider, Gomez, who will turn 40 January 1, is the 21st jockey to win at least 500 races at Hollywood Park. Laffit Pincay, Jr. is the all-time leader with 3,049.
Three races later, English-born trainer Dan Blacker earned the first win of his young career when Hameildaeme got up to defeat Entabeni by a head in a $25,000 claimer for fillies and mares at one mile on turf.
Before recently going out on his own, Blacker, 29, had spent the past 2 ½ years as an assistant to trainer Tom Albertrani.
The Hollywood Park Casino will be open for simulcasts through December 24. Admission is free.
Besides the Casino, sites open for simulcasts include Barona, Fairplex Park and Los Alamitos. Sycuan will be open December 21-23.
Among the tracks available for wagering are Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park, Hawthorne, Parx, Portland Meadows, Tampa Bay Downs, Turf Paradise, Turfway Park and various tracks in South America.
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- The First Anniversary of the Aviation Engineer Force Activation
- Troops and spectators celebrate the first anniversary of Aviation Engineer Force Activation at Wolters Air Force Base on April 10, 1952, with Colonel A.B. Campfield, the Commander of Troops; Brigadier General H.W. Ehrgott, Commanding; Colonel Philip G. Kemp, the Base Commander.
- Young Motor Co.
- A text on the photograph identifies it as "May 1952-Grand Opening after fire of 1951,/ 316 E. Hubbard Street, /Photo by A. F. Weaver." This business was the local General Motors dealership and garage. It became Barnett-Young in late 1960's, and in 1984 after Cecil Young's death it was Barnett Motor Co. The building is adjacent to the Baker Hotel parking garage, and, in 2007, it houses the H & H Tire Company.


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GOIN', GOIN', ZAUN!: Sportsnet MLB analyst Gregg Zaun fired for 'inappropriate conduct'
Gregg Zaun, the polarizing former big-leaguer turned Sportsnet broadcaster, has been canned for "inappropriate conduct in the workplace."
In a statement released Thursday night, Rogers Media, which owns Sportsnet, said it received complaints about Zaun "from multiple female employees."
While the statement cites "inappropriate behaviour and comments" from Zaun, there have been no allegations of physical or sexual assault, according to Sportsnet.ca.
SUN FRONT: Ex-Blue Jays catcher Gregg Zaun fired from Sportsnet over alleged "inappropriate conduct in the workplace." https://t.co/x9EpjUPieA pic.twitter.com/hbbNxxyNv1— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) December 1, 2017
Following an investigation into the 46-year-old Zaun's conduct, the Canadian media giant "decided to terminate his contract immediately."
"This type of behaviour completely contradicts our standards and our core values," Rogers Media president Rick Brace said in the statement. "We must all be held to the same standard — regardless of our position, our contributions or our status."
"We believe in a professional workplace," the statement continued, "where all employees feel comfortable and respected. We believe in a culture where our employees share their feedback openly and honestly."
Back in Dec. 2012, Zaun took to Twitter to criticize young, bar-going women of Toronto.
"The rich girls from TO must be home from college. Tubby, unfortunately manish, and super stuck up are all at Hemingways tonight," read Zaun's since-deleted tweet.
Zaun, a catcher for 16 MLB seasons, including five for the Blue Jays, had been featured on Sportsnet broadcasts since 2011.


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I mean look at their internet allowance - 500MB a month? It's AWFUL. Should be 1GB minimum.
Last month, we reported T-Mobile UK's price-plans for the iPhone 4. Today the telco start shipping the iphone, and has come in with lower tariffs . T-Mobile UK starts pumping out the iPhone 4 to customers, along with lower tariffs than originally planned. With the most tariffs, the handset is £50 cheaper than first announced …
I mean look at their internet allowance - 500MB a month? It's AWFUL. Should be 1GB minimum.
what's an iPhone?
T-Mobile have a decent data connection most of the time so hopefully their shit iPhone tariffs will dissuade most fanbois from choosing the T-Mobile network hence keeping the network speed decent for the rest of us.
Since it can't reliably be used as a phone, what else but buggering up the data network will the iPhoneFlaw be used for?
In some parts of London perhaps, otherwise I've found T-mobile to have the worst coverage in the UK. This is certainly true for the South and the South-West.
I have had smartphones on T-Mobile for about 5 years now, (HTC WinMos mainly, but recently iPhone 3G and 4) and consistently get better connections for data than my friends stuck on stupidly long contracts on o2, so anything that puts users off the better.
I'm still paying less than £25 a month for £120 of calls and texts, plus 3GB of internet including tethering, and a free upgrade phone every year I can sell. Long live Flex-T WnW plus with F&F discount!
Signal is a bit rubbish in some areas (Main culprit is Brighton, GF lives there but she has crap signal on o2 too) but as I spend most of my time in cities i've never had any real problems.
Wonder what will happen when all the Orange and T-Mobile tower merging is finished, hope it goes the way of T-Mo and not the other way, we have Orange at work and all we have is problems.
That's about it really... pricey and all plans 24 months!
Got my Desire free on £30pm 600min/500txt/3Gb booster/free T-Mobile calls 18 months.
Sounds like I got a bargain!
Just got my desire, same deal but 24 months, I should probably played hard ball but then I've always kept my phones for about 3 years so not really a problem. I have to say the desire is very nice, can't say I've got much work done yet today, I can see myself draining the battery with google goggles :)
It's the monthly cost that put me off (aside from the usual control issues ;) )... Desire cost £17pcm over 18 months and £100 for the handset. Considering mazuma were offering £94 for my old handset (N85 p.o.s) - that's essentially a free handset for a bargain monthly payment. Not a very heavy user so the free minutes/texts bundle with 750MB data is a steal!
I know it's probably gonna get repeated ad nauseum, but hopefully eventually someone will listen.
Just because it's ... <i>The iPhone</> ... Doesn't mean something as arbitrary as middling price points are considered news?
Yes, I know I didn't *have* to read the article, but the title didn't really sell it as jsut regurgitating a tariff...
3 launched today too
Those prices, OMG! Haven't lived in the UK for 12 years (if you take a look at my handle you can make a fair guess about where I live) and have not kept up with the developments in telecom pricing. Where I am I get the equivalent to 250 min free and 5 Gb for about 30 quid. The UK has a much larger market with (one would suppose) much greater competition, how in hell are they getting away with prices like that?


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DENVER (AP) - The owners of a Colorado cantaloupe farm have been arrested on charges stemming from a listeria outbreak in 2011 that killed 33 people.
Federal prosecutors say brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen were arrested Thursday on charges of introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.
The Jensens' attorney didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Prosecutors say the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control determined the Jensens didn't adequately clean the cantaloupe.
The FDA has said the melons likely were contaminated in Jensen Farms' packing house. The agency concluded that dirty water on a floor, and old, hard-to-clean equipment probably were to blame.
A number of lawsuits were filed by people who were sickened or who had a family member die after the outbreak.
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Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up
The iConnected Parent
Staying Close to Your Kids in College (and Beyond) While Letting Them Grow Up
"Just let go!" That's what parents have been told to do when their kids go to college. But in our speed-dial culture, with BlackBerries and even Skype, parents and kids are now more than ever in constant contact. Today's iConnected parents say they are closer to their kids than their parents were to them—and this generation of families prefers it that way. Parents are their children's mentors, confidants, and friends—but is this good for the kids? Are parents really letting go—and does that matter?
Dr. Barbara Hofer, a Middlebury College professor of psychology, and Abigail Sullivan Moore, a journalist who has reported on college and high school trends for the New York Times, answer these questions and more in their groundbreaking, compelling account of both the good and the bad of close communication in the college years and beyond. An essential assessment of the state of parent-child relationships in an age of instant communication, The iConnected Parent goes beyond sounding the alarm about the ways many young adults are failing to develop independence to describe the healthy, mutually fulfilling relationships that can emerge when families grow closer in our wired world.
Communicating an average of thirteen times a week, parents and their college-age kids are having a hard time letting go. Hofer's research and Moore's extensive reporting reveal how this trend is shaping families, schools, and workplaces, and the challenge it poses for students with mental health and learning issues. Until recently, students handled college on their own, learning life's lessons and growing up in the process. Now, many students turn to their parents for instant answers to everyday questions. "My roommate's boyfriend is here all the time and I have no privacy! What should I do?" "Can you edit my paper tonight? It's due tomorrow." "What setting should I use to wash my jeans?" And Mom and Dad are not just the Google and Wikipedia for overcoming daily pitfalls; Hofer and Moore have discovered that some parents get involved in unprecedented ways, phoning professors and classmates, choosing their child's courses, and even crossing the lines set by university honor codes with the academic help they provide. Hofer and Moore offer practical advice, from the years before college through the years after graduation, on how parents can stay connected to their kids while giving them the space they need to become independent adults.
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In the months since The iConnected Parent appeared, we have heard from book groups around the country. Parents of college-age, college-bound, and younger students have gathered to discuss the book's ideas and talk about their own parenting and "iConnections" with their kids.
We have also given talks to professional and community groups, parents of high school and college students, college admissions staff, and mental health practitioners. The question-and-answer sessions and conversations afterward have been lively and meaningful. Realizing that The iConnected Parent offers much to talk about, we have developed discussion guidelines for various groups. Below are suggested questions to start the conversations, organized by type of group.
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Deep Silver brand manager Rupert Ochsner has announced that side-scrolling beat'em up Sacred Citadel will be landing on PlayStation Network on the 16th April 2013. The game will cost $14.99 USD.
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Like the Energizer Bunny, the market keeps ticking; ticking and then it lost Apple. The story of the week was Apple Computer, or the lack thereof. If you hang out on Twitter you get a feeling for what some traders are thinking and I have to tell you, it amazed me how many people were looking to go long just a couple of weeks back when it was trying to find a low. Normally, the bottom feeders come out of the woodwork and some of them actually bear fruit.
This time there was one major problem with that. Apple was running some close to perfect symmetry since it bottomed in 2009. First of all, the low it had in 2011 was 610 days off the bottom (all calculations +/-1-2). Then we had the recent bottom which was another 377 down the road, which actually meant we were at 377 and 987 at the same time. Normally, a time window like that spawns at least a nice trading leg. This one launched a pitiful bounce that dried up quickly and led to a violation of not only the time window but an important trend line as well. I was asked if you should go long. My reply was why not think about shorting a bounce? What's wrong with that? I'll tell you. AAPL, being the tech leader and darling that it was, certainly wasn't viewed as anything that could get out of control. The right play was short and if you didn't want to be short in the very least, get out of the way. It took the patience of a saint but on earnings day the stock finally hit the rocks.
But a really interesting thing happened. The VIX didn't spike and the rest of the market was just fine for the most part. The market is moving on from AAPL in one sense but in another sense technology lost an important leader. If you think that doesn't hurt, Apple is likely the reason the SPX stands at new highs and the Nasdaq/NDX does not. Think about your favorite sports team. If for some reason Washington loses RG III, how are they going to replace him at QB? They are not. You don't replace that kind of leadership overnight and along the same lines an important index isn't going to replace its lost leadership.
Now that the SPX has breached 1500, what are its capabilities? Last time we discussed the wedge working in the Dow and its possibility of hitting a new all-time high. Let's look at the SPX. The first leg off the bottom is roughly 554 points. If we go to the 2011 high and consider that a big ABC then it's about 704 points. If the 2010 pullback were to create a leg the same size as the first leg off the bottom, the SPX will end up at 1564. If that move off the bottom to 2011 spawns a .618 leg off the 2011 low we'll end up at 1509. What does that mean? It means we could have a top this week under one interpretation and under the other scenario we still have some way to go. It's not that it's a more bullish aggressive tone, it's just a matter of doing some calculating based on the size of the legs we already have. A common relationship you already know is the C leg being .618 of the A. None of us is exactly certain of a particular wave count because of the subjectivity of the Elliott Wave. But what we can do is start to work on all of the possibilities and start ruling out possibilities as we continue to take out resistance. I happen to like the 1564 interpretation because of the current VIX and the proximity 1564 is to absolute resistance. That extra 50 points could buy us another month or two and get us into the seasonal time of the year where stocks are less favored than they are now.
Another reason why I like the SPX 1564 scenario is I still think the NDX has more room on the upside. I have three relationships terminating in a range from 2829-2850. So if tech can do that, the SPX can get near its all-time high.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (AP) - The Alabama Legislature is considering a bill that would give local school systems more flexibility in determining their rules and regulations.
The bill is opposed by the Alabama Education Association. AEA officials are concerned it could allow some local systems to strip rights away from teachers. They see it as a possible back-door approach to creating public/private charter schools in Alabama.
The House Education Policy Committee approved the bill last week on a voice vote after a public hearing. The Senate Education Committee held a hearing on a similar bill but delayed a vote.
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Greensboro, North Carolina (April 1, 2014)--As temperatures rise and winter wheat begins to break dormancy, Syngenta recommends growers keep a close eye on their crops to identify early signs of disease that may reduce grain quality and yield potential.
Due to the unusually long winter and late-arriving spring, wheat will likely move more quickly through growth stages as it reacts to more consistent temperature warm-ups, according to Brian Norton, Syngenta agronomic service representative in Kansas. Now that there will be fewer cold snaps that cause setbacks, it is important to scout fields early and often for potential pest outbreaks. Wheat plants determine maximum yield potential early in the developmental process, so it is especially important to eliminate potential disease threats and ensure a healthy start.
"Wheat plants determine the maximum number of potential spikelets per head at Feekes Growth Stages (FGS) 4 and 5, which is a key component for determining maximum yield potential," Norton said. "It is important at this stage to make sure wheat is not being stressed by diseases and is utilizing water and nutrients as efficiently as possible."
Some early-season diseases to watch for this spring include powdery mildew and tan spot in the northern states; leaf rust in the Pacific Northwest; and stripe rust in the South. These diseases can devastate wheat fields and may reduce yields.
Syngenta urges growers to proactively manage these diseases. An application of Quilt Xcel® fungicide helps safeguard wheat against yield-robbing diseases including rusts, powdery mildew, tan spot and Septoria. The plant is also able to maintain green leaves longer, improving plant quality and maximizing yield at harvest.
"Quilt Xcel provides two modes of action, preventive and curative, to help manage wheat diseases throughout the season," said Don Drader, Syngenta agronomic service representative in Washington. "Quilt Xcel kills disease spores and provides residual protection, which helps produce healthier plants with increased quality and yield potential."
According to Gene Milus, plant pathologist at the University of Arkansas, an early-season fungicide application can be a cost effective way to manage stripe rust pathogens that overwinter in wheat. Controlling stripe rust early, reduces the spread of infection to other plants and fields, keeps the pathogen population size low and allows time for resistance to be expressed in adult plants.
In addition to applying a preventive fungicide, industry experts offer the following recommendations to help minimize potential threats from early-season diseases:
Track diseases
A good indicator that wheat may need extra protection is the level of disease presence in states located to the south. Many diseases can spread through windblown spores, so being aware of conditions further south can inform growers if and when to take preventive action.
"Now is the time that we begin paying attention to what is happening in states to the south," said Erick De Wolf, wheat extension pathologist at Kansas State University. "For us, the first indication that we may experience stripe rust or leaf rust pressure is if we hear reports from Texas or Oklahoma. When they start having problems, we take that as a warning."
Scout early and often
Scouting fields early allows growers the chance to take action at the first sign of disease. "I recommend growers start scouting their fields early and continue throughout the entire season," said Jill Herold, Syngenta agronomic service representative in Montana. "It is much easier to prevent diseases than try to control them once they are already present in the field."
When scouting for disease, pay close attention to the top and bottom of the leaves of the wheat plant. Powdery mildew infections will look like small, irregular or circular gray-white spots on leaves at flowering. Signs of stripe rust include small, yellow or orange blister-like lesions, also known as pustules. Leaf rust infections will take the shape of small, round or oval raised orange-red pustules on leaf surfaces. To view images of these diseases, visit our Tools to Grow More Wheat agronomic resource page. Areas that are experiencing a cool, wet spring are especially at risk for disease infection. As always, if you are suspicious of an infection, send a tissue sample to a plant disease diagnostic clinic.
Following a colder than normal winter, it is important to keep wheat healthy as it will likely experience a reduced developmental period. Being proactive and keeping a close eye on wheat helps avoid playing catch-up later.


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Back in April, early forecasts for a record 2013-14 US soybean crop pushed prices down far enough for even die-hard bulls to declare lights out on the bull market. It was a given that the coming record crop would replenish low inventory levels that had resulted from strong domestic and foreign demand.
Initially, the wet spring that hampered corn planting was not viewed as problematic for soybeans, because its planting window closes much later. But as the planting season dragged on without any significant progress, traders began to worry that the crop would be planted late enough to extend the growing season into frost season.
As of the most recent crop progress report, 92% of the crop has been planted, compared with 99% last year at this time and the five-year average of 95%. Those numbers don't tell the whole story, though. About a third of what's been planted just made it into the ground over the past two weeks. Last year the crop had been almost completely planted several weeks previously. At this point, a disaster has been avoided, but the shorter growing season will give bears something to worry about throughout the summer.
The June crop report maintained its May estimate for the 2013-14 US crop at 3.39 billion bushels. The jump in the estimate for ending stocks, to 265 million bushels, up from a record low 125 million bushels, or 4% of consumption, can hardly be an accurate reflection of current developments and will almost certainly be revised downwards in the coming months.
The forecast for record average national yields of 44.5 bushels per acre is very courageous, given how late the crop was planted. The only time US yields were even close to that level was in 2009-10. Excluding that season, the five-year average yield was 41.28 bushels per acre. While the excessive precipitation was certainly beneficial, particularly after subsoil moisture was compromised during last year's drought, it is a very optimistic estimate.


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A big reason NASA couldn't predict exactly when and where its Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) would fall to Earth last week was the effect solar activity had on its trajectory.
Heat from the sun can cause the upper levels of the Earth's atmosphere, the thermosphere, to warm and "puff up," which creates a drag on satellites, NASA says on its website. And because the effects aren't consistent, scientists could only estimate the six-ton satellite's re-entry.
UARS, a 20-year-old climate research satellite that had been out of commission for six years, finally came down, though the time and location is still uncertain. NASA estimates it hit between 11:23 p.m. EDT Sept. 23 and 1:09 a.m. Sept. 24 somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. The trail of debris that didn't burn up in the atmosphere was probably spread over 500 miles.
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NASA's falling satellite wasn't always a hunk of junk
But if solar activity can produce unpredictable results, it also can be harnessed, and NASA is planning to test one method that could, among other things, be used to clear orbital paths of the kind of space junk that UARS had become.
The agency recently announced plans to test a large solar sail as part of its an upcoming round of Technology Demonstration Missions aimed at improving space communications, deep space navigation and in-space propulsion capabilities.
Solar sails aren't new, but this one will be seven times the size of any previously flown, which NASA says will increase its utility for jobs such as deep-space exploration, advanced geostorm warnings and removal of orbital debris.
The sail, expected to be deployed in 2015 or 2016, is being developed by LeGarde Inc., in collaboration with NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Using the sun to provide thrust, the spacecraft would be able to navigate orbital paths and collected debris over a period of years. Future satellites also could have sails built in so that, when they've completed their missions, they can be taken out of orbit in an orderly way rather than becoming space junk themselves or falling to Earth and causing "Deep Impact" consternation.
NASA says the sail also would allow solar-storm satellites to be positioned farther from Earth than current such satellites, which would increase warning times of solar storms from 15 minutes to 45 minutes, and the sails could provide propulsion for deep-space probes.
Orbital debris, better known by the catchier name of space junk, is a growing problem in the upper atmosphere. The U.S. Space Surveillance Network tracks about 8,000 working and decommissioned satellites and other objects larger than 4 inches, and there are millions of other bits and pieces floating around.
The biggest problem isn't that the debris will eventually fall to Earth, since the vast majority of junk would burn up. But with that much congestion, active satellites and spacecraft could collide with other objects. In 2009, a defunct Russian spacecraft crashed into a working Iridium satellite, taking the satellite out of commission and creating more space junk.
NASA, the military and other organizations have considered ways of getting rid of the debris, including using laser guns to slow down orbiting junk so that it would re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.
But a solar-powered space schooner that collects bits as it sails by might be an even more efficient way of cleaning up the litter.
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Hey, MartinPDX. A micrometer is 1x10^-6 of a meter. If you're going to correct people and be a jerk, at least be correct.
I know this comment is way after the originals, but I hate when people are jerks on the internet, and I hate even more when they correct people who are already right.
As a method of cleaning up space junk I don't see how a solar sail is going to help. There are thousands of bits of flotsam up there now moving at thousands of miles per hour. Picture it as trying to capture a moving bullet, but traveling a minimum of 10 times faster than any normal projectile. Save the sails for propulsion systems for deep space flight.
Garbage collecting in outer space is a little hard to visualize with a solar sale craft. I think NASA should concentrate on the laser gun approach knocking the smaller particles out of orbit so they will burn up in the atmosphere. Let the universe deal with the larger peaces. Future orbiters should be designed not to end up as space junk.
Hey, James. Last time I checked, there isn't a measurement of thickness called "micrometer." A Micrometer is a device for testing thicknesses or gaps depending on how it is used. The auther failed to describe how the debris would be collected, but I suspect the solar sail idea is more of a propulsion issue than a collection methodology.
That's what I was thinking too. Unless they plan to have something like a hardened catcher area handling the junk.
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Having declared the local housing market sufficiently healed, the County Commission is considering pulling the plug on a federal program designed to rescue targeted neighborhoods from foreclosure-induced blight.
Having declared the local housing market sufficiently healed, the County Commission is considering pulling the plug on a federal program designed to rescue targeted neighborhoods from foreclosure-induced blight.
The commission recently directed staff to research the potential consequences of shutting down the third and most recent iteration of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, commonly known as NSP 3.
Doing so would free the county of managing the housing program, something one commissioner has long advocated.
But it would also mean returning millions of dollars in grant money to Washington, from a program that has found homes for roughly 70 families of moderate means.
And if that happens, Marion County would set a precedent: The county would be the first community in the country to give back its NSP 3 funding, according to a spokesman for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"We don't have any grantees voluntarily returning funds," said Brian Sullivan, a HUD spokesman in Washington. "You wouldn't be able to find one."
Sullivan said that was because NSP 3, a three-year program, is only in its second year.
Barring that, however, Marion County could stand alone among the 270 state and local governments that received NSP 3 funding.
The County Commission is expected to vote on discontinuing the program at its April 16 meeting.
The board's discussion about NSP 3 last week appeared to be triggered by a March 11 letter from HUD notifying county officials that they had missed the spending deadline spelled out in the terms of the grant.
The county received $4.6 million in March 2011 and had two years to expend at least 50 percent. Marion County had until March 2014 to spend it all.
Instead of spending $2.3 million by last month as mandated, Marion County had accepted only $1.1 million of the appropriated amount — and spent just $654,184 of that, or about 14 percent of the overall total.
HUD gave the county 30 days to explain why it was not in compliance and offer a plan to meet the goal by mid-July.
County officials countered that HUD was well aware of the reason for the delay — staffers spent several months trying to convince HUD to expand the area targeted by the money — and believed they would eventually be approved to continue.
On April 2, however, commissioners suggested the program had run its course. Chairwoman Kathy Bryant said she only supported NSP 3 in the beginning as a stimulus measure for the staggering housing industry — which had cratered during the Great Recession and helped drive unemployment locally to above 14 percent.
"What we're experiencing now is our market has stabilized and the investors are back in and it's harder and harder and harder for us to purchase these properties," Bryant said.
"And we don't want ... to be out there competing with the private sector anyway. The private sector has come back."
"The market certainly has stabilized," Commissioner Stan McClain agreed, after noting that he had reluctantly voted for NSP 3 despite it being in "direct competition" with his family business.
Enacted in 2010, the NSP 3, which replicated an initiative launched in 2008 by former President George W. Bush, provided $1 billion to local communities to purchase, renovate and resell foreclosed and abandoned homes.
Those homes were in moderate- and low-income areas menaced by blight and crime because of the recession.
The houses must be sold to families making less than 120 percent of the median income within Marion County. This year's income ceiling is about $54,960 for a family of four.
McClain also observed that the number of single-family home permits was up, and lenders were making more new loans available.
The county Building Safety Department reports that 233 permits for new homes were issued for the first half of fiscal year 2013, which hit the six-month mark on March 31. That's well ahead of the pace for fiscal year 2012, during which 339 permits were handed out.
McClain also cited anecdotal evidence about contemporary home prices, noting that a family member had gotten a higher-than-expected appraisal in refinancing a home in Silver Springs Shores.
"From some of the things that I've seen, investors have come back into the market. ... They're certainly investing a lot of money right now," McClain said.
"We're certainly in a different time right now than we were" when the County Commission adopted the NSP 3, he added. "There's a lot of evidence that the housing market is certainly recovering."
Commissioner David Moore offered that adding more contractors may help the county disburse the grant faster, and create more opportunities for local companies.
But shutting down NSP 3 might be a "better option," Moore added.
Commissioners Carl Zalak and Earl Arnett did not comment on the idea. Yet Zalak has been a critic of the NSP 3 since being elected in 2010, and in the past has cast the only vote against accepting the money and continuing the program.
Other numbers suggest an improving housing market. In February the median sales price — the point at which exactly half the homes are above that value and half are below it — for a single-family home had reached a three-year peak. The $99,900 median sales price was the highest since April 2010 and was up 18 percent over February 2012.
Local real estate agents also reported 355 single-family home sales and 604 pending sales in February, increases of 7 percent and 57 percent, respectively, over February 2012.
Yet there also are signs that things are not bouncing back as robustly as some hope. From Oct. 1, 2012, through March 31, there were 1,679 foreclosure cases filed, according to Clerk of the Circuit Court David Ellspermann's office.
While that includes both residential and commercial properties, the overwhelming bulk of foreclosure actions are filed against homeowners.
That projects to 3,358 foreclosures for the year ending on Sept. 30, 2013. And that would almost equal the number for the year that ended on Sept. 30, 2012, and would be a 65 percent spike over the 12-month period prior to that.
Shutting down the NSP 3 would have ripple effects.
In October 2011, after the NSP came under fire from some commissioners, the board voted to privatize the initiative. Commissioners approved separate contracts with Ocala-based Fabian Dinkins Construction Inc. and Habitat for Humanity of Marion County to refurbish and sell about 30 homes in parts of Silver Springs Shores and the Ocala Park Estates community, just north of Ocala.
The contracts the County Commission ratified in October 2011 called for Fabian Dinkins to be paid $9,500 for each house the company sold within 90 days.
The fee is gradually reduced if the company takes longer than three months to complete the sale, until flattening out at $7,500.
Habitat for Humanity is paid a flat $6,540 fee for each home it sells.
Cheryl Amey, the county's community services director, said neither is making a "big profit" off the program.
Jef Fabian, president of Fabian Dinkins, said it was unclear how zeroing out NSP 3 would affect his company.
But doing so would undermine one of the reasons the County Commission went along to begin with, he noted.
"It will affect a lot of local contractors and a lot of local subs (subcontactors) that are doing the work," Fabian said.
And that would come at a time when the program is taking off, he added.
Fabian said his company sold as many homes in January as it did during the prior 17 months of the program. That happened because HUD had agreed last December to expand the program's universe.
"Once they expanded the target area, we've been going like gangbusters," Fabian said.
Fabian admitted that he had been an early skeptic of the NSP. Yet, he said, after he saw how thrilled some new homeowners and their new neighbors were by the transformation of some "atrocious" eyesores, he became convinced it could stabilize communities as planned.
"That's why we're doing this, because it does make sense," Fabian said.
Brad Nimmo, executive director of Marion's Habitat for Humanity, said 10 low-income families he is working with might not be served if the program is shut down.
Nimmo said it's been challenging to find people who qualify for a mortgage at the lower end of the economic scale.
While that has slowed the pace of getting people into homes, the program also lagged because of the County Commission's decision to not leave any houses sitting vacant while waiting for a buyer — a reflection of the board's dissatisfaction with the Gainesville-based NSP 1 administrator.
Nimmo added that closing NSP 3 would not affect Habitat that much. "We've got plenty to keep us busy," he said.
It's unclear at this point how much the county might have to pay back, said Amey, the county community services chief.
The NSP 3 still has about $3.5 million left to spend. The county has also banked about $1 million from sales completed under NSP 1, the forerunner to NSP 3, and about $140,000 so far from the current initiative, according to Amey.
Under the grant's terms, those monies must be plowed back into the program to acquire more homes.
Amey said about a dozen homes are in various stages of rehabilitation, and those must be finished and sold before the program can be closed down.
Once those are sold, the revenue from those sales along with proceeds from previous transactions, and any residual NSP 3 cash, would have to be routed back to HUD, Amey said.
It's difficult to see the commission's argument about competition with private-sector forces. Once all the homes are complete, the county will have handled perhaps 85 homes through both NSP 1 and NSP 3.
That amounts to 1.3 percent of the 6,608 foreclosure cases filed from October 2010 — when the county was first eligible for NSP 3 funding — and March 2013.
Observers say investors are crowding out the county on some deals. And rising prices would limit the scope of the NSP 3.
But, Amey observed, the tsunami of foreclosures the community has experienced over the past five years has left plenty of work.
"There are a lot of homes that need a slightly higher level of rehab, so there is a market out there that investors are not going for, and those are still in our budget," Amey said.
"We just have to demonstrate where we can have an impact."
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JRM credits turnaround to Hendrick alliance
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Just four years ago, JR Motorsports shuffled 10 different drivers through its No. 88 Chevrolet. The organization won just one Nationwide Series race and followed that with a winless 2011 season.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. knew something had to change with his team.
The overhaul began in 2012, mostly behind the scenes. There were hirings and firings — Earnhardt had to let go both his uncle and his cousin — and JRM finally began to utilize its resources at Hendrick Motorsports. Tough decisions were made, but the result is that JRM is now a Nationwide Series powerhouse.
JR Motorsports heads into Saturday's race at New Hampshire coming off back-to-back wins, Kevin Harvick at Kentucky and Kasey Kahne at Daytona. JRM has an organization-best six wins this season, and Regan Smith's second-place finish last week to Kahne moved him back into the Nationwide Series points lead. Chase Elliott is third in the standings.
The difference, Earnhardt said, is Hendrick Motorsports.
"The line of communication to HMS is so important, and we just let that deteriorate over the years to where there was no back and forth and no interest," Earnhardt said. "We weren't an asset to them, we weren't doing anything to help them, we couldn't communicate back and forth. The people we've got now really have that line of communication pulling back and forth to where we obviously get a ton from it."
Earnhardt credits JRM additions Ryan Pemberton and Greg Ives. Pemberton went to JRM in late 2012 as competition director, and Ives, race engineer at Hendrick for five of Jimmie Johnson's championships, joined in 2013 as crew chief for Smith. The result was two wins for Smith, who finished third in the final standings.
This season, Pemberton is still competition director and also Smith's crew chief. Ives is now crew chief for rookie Elliott, who has two wins and is 15 points out of the lead.
"The best part about it, I guess, is people," Earnhardt said. "We're grooming guys that HMS has high interest in, that they are recruiting through their ranks. It's a system that is really profitable for both companies, just moving people around and getting people experience in the right spots, without having them leave."
Earnhardt often gets all the glory for a team that is also owned by his sister, Kelley, and Rick Hendrick. He doesn't want his sister overlooked for her role in rebuilding the organization, which had nine total wins before Pemberton came aboard and has nine victories since.
"She really is the one pulling the levers and steering the ship and making the major decisions that really affect the company as a whole," he said. "She doesn't talk about nuts and bolts, but she's definitely involved in personnel, personalities, who would work well where, what people's responsibilities should be."
GILLILANDS at IRWINDALE: Three generations of Gillilands will race against each other at Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway on July 19.
Butch Gilliland, former NASCAR K&N West Series champion, will dust off his old racing uniform to take on his son and grandson in the 75-lap Super Late Model Series race.
David Gilliland, driver for Front Row Motorsports in the Sprint Cup Series, earned his first asphalt win at Irwindale and developed his racing skills at the track. Fourteen-year-old Todd Gilliland is in his first full season of stock-car racing, and picked up his first win in May at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, North Carolina.
The idea to have the three Gillilands compete against each other came when the Irwindale half-mile oval re-opened last year after being shuttered in 2012.
"When Irwindale shut down, I was bummed that Todd would never be able to race there," said David. "I think Irwindale Speedway was a key part of my learning to race and, to me, it's one of the nicest if not the nicest racetrack I've ever raced on. Now that it's reopened, I was trying to do everything I could to get him to race there."
The race falls on the last off weekend of the season for the Sprint Cup Series.
VICTORY JUNCTION: Victory Junction will celebrate its 10th year and hosting more than 20,000 campers this weekend with Sprint Cup Series teams at New Hampshire.
Victory Junction will distribute 10-year decals to the teams for Sunday's race. The camp was the dream of the late Adam Petty, grandson of Richard Petty and son of Victory Junction founder Kyle Petty.
Adam was killed in an accident at New Hampshire in 2000.
ELECTRIC DRIVE: Environmental activist Leilani Munter will bring attention to renewable energy by leaving Sunday from Charlotte, North Carolina, and driving her electric car to Chicagoland Speedway for next week's ARCA race.
Munter, who has raced at Daytona and Talladega this season, will make her first stop in the Tesla Model S in Washington. She and others from The Solutions Project plan to meet Monday with policy makers to discuss renewable energy. Munter also will host meetings in Bethesda, Maryland, and Chicago, and wants fans to join her at each Tesla Supercharger stop.
"Getting off oil by driving electric cars and using solar to power the electric grid helps America reduce our dependence on foreign oil and secure our energy independence," she said. "That's a win-win for the environment and national security."
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Jon Jones is hitting all manner of milestones in his phenomenal UFC career, but one of his biggest achievements might be stolen away from him by Michael McDonald at UFC London this weekend.
Jones is currently the youngest champion in the UFC's history, winning the light-heavyweight belt at the age of 23 years, eight months and one day.
If McDonald defeats Renan Barao in his interim bantamweight title showdown on Saturday, he will set a new record by claiming UFC gold at the age of 22 years, one month and one day.
No other statistic highlights better the prodigious talent that McDonald boasts, having already fought and won four times inside the Octagon.
His last outing produced an explosive first-round knockout of Miguel Torres, and McDonald's overall MMA record stands at 15-1. However, he remains an underdog against Barao, who is riding a 29-fight winning streak.
Having turned professional at the age of 16, McDonald is a new-age mixed martial artist, happy to take the fight anywhere, as proved in his exhilarating win over Edwin Figueroa. And the youngster admits he has made plenty of sacrifices to get to where he is in the sport.
"I was 16 and I had grown men telling me I was their hero," McDonald told Yahoo Sports. "I was just a kid. I had people come up to me and saying, 'If you can't make it, we can't make it,' and 'the pride of the school is resting on your shoulders.' I had a grown man come up to me and ask me to teach his son how to be a man.
"I never was allowed to have those stupid teenage years. I never went to a high school football game. I never went to a dance. The only dance I went to was my prom, and that was kind of by surprise.
"All of the things that normal teenagers do, I didn't do. I had a lot of pressure on me from the age of about 15 to 18. I tried to run away from it, and it was very difficult for me."
That background ensures McDonald will not feel pressure in his maiden title fight this weekend, when he truly can elevate himself into the Jon Jones standard by sweeping away his proudest record. A capacity crowd at Wembley Arena will be there to witness.


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