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When doing taxes, just follow the directions
Tony Deller eased into his chair, positioning the coffee and corn muffin I had brought to one side of the papers that I just removed from a wide envelope. He took an instant to assess his desktop, like a pilot going through a pre-flight checklist. Sorting through the forms, arranging them, placing the organizer on top.
In front of him, in a semi-circle, four flat computer screens glowed. He was ready for take off. Well, almost. Tony stood up and pulled over a chair. I would be going along for the ride.
It's been this way for years. It's a trip that I would just as soon not make. In fact, it's one that few enjoy and is cause for angst and quite possibly widespread depression. There's little joy in doing taxes, even though a refund can be rewarding and compelling.
I hoped that by the end of the morning that would be the outcome and I could look forward to envelopes from the federal and state governments, although, given the state of affairs, it may take awhile for the treasurer to cut checks. I could wait, as long as I wasn't the one writing the checks.
Tony had the music on. It was upbeat and lively; hit tunes from the 70s. There was room on the flight deck for my coffee and a muffin.
The coffee was tepid. I feared that would be the case.
Finding Tony took longer than planned and the whole preparation to our morning of taxes had that uncanny feeling that something was missing. Not what you want when dealing with the IRS.
Before leaving Warwick and driving to Smithfield, I mentally ran down my list. I was reasonably confident I had all the forms and, as a precaution, since this is not a trip made frequently, I asked Tony to send along directions to his place. I printed them off the email.
Directions, isn't that what taxes are all about?
Directions gave me a level of confidence, although, when it came to finding Tony's apartment in a renovated mill complex, I felt sure I knew where I was going.
It was as I remembered. There was even a half dozen parking places in front of his building.
I gathered my stuff and the coffee, opened a red door and climbed narrow wood stairs to the second floor, turned right and stood in front of the first apartment. It had a number, but no name. I knocked. Nobody stirred. I knocked again, still nothing.
I pulled out the directions and read them for the first time.
Yes, I had taken Route 146 to Pound Hill Road. Yes, I had turned into the mill complex immediately after crossing the stone arched bridge. This was the place. Then I read the last line and knew I was missing something. My premonition was being reinforced.
"Call me, as I still need to come down and let you in," Tony wrote.
How logical, except I didn't have Tony's number.
Now what? This was the right building and the right apartment. Or was it? On the off chance I had the wrong floor, I went down a flight and knocked at the lower unit. A dog barked immediately. Tony didn't have a dog, I was sure of that, but maybe he got one since my last visit. I heard footsteps. The door opened a crack to reveal a quivering black nose and a set of inquisitive eyes flanked by shaggy ears. Behind the dog stood a young man without a shirt. He looked at me sleepy-eyed.
I asked if he knew Tony.
"Nope. Try the office," he said slamming the door. The dog barked a farewell.
O.K., I thought, but what are the chances of the office being open Saturday morning? And, besides, where was it?
I reminded myself that, if I had read the directions, I wouldn't be in this predicament. And isn't that what doing taxes is about, following the directions, not taking anything for granted or stepping outside the boundaries?
The one time I was audited, about 30 years ago, I learned that. There was no Tony to help, no computer programs off the shelf, and I labored through all the directions, feeling quite justified filing for a refund I believed was due me. Then I got the letter. Filled with trepidation, I went to the IRS office in Providence to learn my fate. Around me was a solemn bunch, clutching reams of papers and staring into the distance like zombies.
I was shown into a cubicle. My inquisitor was nice enough. She wanted proof and I produced the paperwork.
"You missed a few things," she said. My stomach was in a knot. I confessed my ignorance, hoping that might save me from a penalty. She went to work on a calculator. I wished I had brought my checkbook, wondering if they would allow me a phone call to have Carol bring it before I went to jail.
When she was finished, she pushed the form across the desk. She was smiling.
"How sadistic," I thought.
"You're actually going to get more of a refund than you thought," she said.
But this is a different age and I doubted a lame excuse like not being able to find my tax preparer would buy me sympathy.
I went in search of an office and, miraculously, found one. The door was locked, but a man reading the paper in his car spotted me and gestured to go around the building.
A receptionist listened to my plight and without confirming Tony was a resident called a number – high security for tax preparers. A moment later she asked for my name and I was cleared. Tony would meet me outside the building.
I was in. Tony had moved into another unit. No wonder I couldn't find him.
Ninety minutes later, Tony had the good news. I was due a refund.
Then he asked if I wanted to apply it to next year's return.
For once, here was a simple question.


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UPDATED: House proposes 3-year Medicaid expansion planBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
June 18. 2013 3:48PM
The House wants the state go forward with Medicaid expansion for the three years the federal government would pay 100 percent of the cost, while a commission develops a state plan in six weeks.
But Senate negotiators said they would be leery of any proposal that does not have lawmakers vote to approve expansion.
"It would be very difficult for the Legislature to move forward without a voting process," said Senate Finance Committee Chair Chuck Morse, R-Salem. "If the Legislature is not involved in voting on this issue, we are not going to get anywhere."
The Senate is expected to offer a counter proposal this morning.
The House proposal would have newly eligible Medicaid recipients become part of the state's Medicaid program or continue with their employers' private insurance plans for the three years. The federal government would pay 100 percent of the cost.
Until Tuesday, the House and Senate have deadlocked over the issue of Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, with Gov. Maggie Hassan and the House leadership in favor, and the Senate wanting to wait until a study commission reviews the impact on the state.
Without an agreement on expansion, budget writers are not expected to reach a compromise on the state's fiscal 2014-2015 operating budget.
The Senate wants a separate agreement on expansion, and says state health and human services officials and the governor's office have not provided enough information to make a decision.
Senate President Peter Bragdon, R-Milford, proposed establishing a commission to study the impact of expansion before taking action and the Senate included that in its budget.
However, several Republican Senators, led by Sen. Nancy Stiles, R-Hampton, have been working with Hassan on a New Hampshire plan for two weeks.
At Tuesday's budget negotiations, House Finance Committee Chair Mary Jane Wallner, D-Concord, said those negotiations have progressed and Tuesday Bragdon asked to see something in writing.
"Many members of the Senate would like to accept the federal dollars," she said. "We can finalize the details to develop the New Hampshire model in a relatively short period of time not the extended time of the commission the Senate has in House Bill 2."
Wallner said under the House proposal the state would not lose $340 million in federal money a year and many New Hampshire working families would receive health coverage.
After Wallner explained the proposal, Morse called it "a good first step" that addresses concerns raised by both the House and Senate, but warned the Senate's response to the proposal may be a different than what the House proposed.
He urged budget negotiators to continue talking. Negotiators have a noon Thursday deadline.
"I believe this proposal addresses concerns expressed by the Senate and moves the discussion forward," said House Speaker Terie Norelli. "We look forward to hearing their thoughts and engaging in a constructive dialogue about our proposal as we work towards a completed budget before Thursday's deadline."
Under the ACA, the state-federal health insurance plan would be expanded to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, which is about $15,000 for an adult. Expansion is projected to add 58,000 people to the Medicaid rolls and bring in $2.5 billion in federal dollars over seven years to health care providers while costing the state from $27 million to $85 million.
Under the proposal the commission would present its plan to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee by Aug. 20, and if the committee does not approve a plan, state health and human services official would submit an expansion plan to the Center of Medicaid Services by Dec. 31.
The House's proposal would use the $200,000 the Senate appropriated for its commission to hire experts.
The commission would begin working seven days after the budget is approved by lawmakers.
The nine-member commission would have three members approved by the governor, three by the House Speaker and three by the Senate President.

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LOS ANGELES — Jay Leno says he doesn't plan to tackle another late-night show after leaving NBC's "Tonight" next month.
In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes" airing Sunday, Leno said he can't re-create what he had as "Tonight" host with another show.
Leno said his 22-year run was "fantastic."
The comedian steps down as "Tonight" host on Feb. 6. Billy Crystal will join Leno for his farewell broadcast in Burbank.
Jimmy Fallon takes over as host on Feb. 17 in the new home city for "Tonight" — New York.
Leno praised his successor, comparing him to a young Johnny Carson. Asked if he'd prefer to stay with "Tonight," Leno said that it's "nice to keep working," according to "60 Minutes."


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Reviewed By Fran J (LAKE FOREST PARK, WA) Reviewed for a 2014 Dodge Ram —4/17/2018 7:53 PM
Ordered a 20" SR Pro bar and matching bumper mount brackets for my 2014 Ram 3500. Everything arrived fast and packaged nice. As far as install is concerned, the only hard part was reaching the nuts that hold on the tow hooks. But an offset box end wrench made it not too bad. Once the bumper mount brackets were in, the bar fit right into place and centered up nicely. Puts out a ton of light, in a nice pattern, easily a couple hundred feet past the high beams.


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I've been seeing and hearing the words "smart home" bandied about a lot. But not always in a smart way. There's an article on "smart home design" that chronicles the use of sustainable building materials like metal roofs and cement board siding. This is great stuff to use on a home, and it's smart to use sustainable, low-maintenance materials that are also energy-efficient. But that doesn't make your house "smart." These materials don't furnish your house with intelligence. I can only discern that "smart home design" to the editors meant clever design.
So what's a smart home? Technologies like lighting control and whole-house control and those using sensors to automatically shut off the lights and other devices when people aren't in the room offer a level of intelligence. So can sensors that light pathways and turn on your favorite music and alert you when there's a water leak in the basement. These are true smart homes—and we're entering a phase in which more and more of this is possible, including voice control and activation, gesture control and other ways you can communicate—or not have to communicate—with your home.
In other words, our homes can get a whole lot smarter. In my New England vernacular, they can be wicked smaaaaaaart.
But are we there yet? Heck no.
Some of the most fabulously teched-out homes today still fall short of using sensors to turn on and off lights and other devices automatically or to automate motorized shades that block the sun and help save on energy costs. And home energy management systems are still in the earliest stages of being able to automate energy savings so you don't have to think about it—via smart and Internet-connected (communicating) thermostats, plug-in modules and connections to home control systems.
Way back at the big Consumer Electronics Show in January several of the big boys in consumer electronics—Panasonic, Toshiba and LG, to name a few—were showing smart and connected home systems that can turn on and off appliances, show you your energy consumption, and integrate electric car chargers and solar photovoltaic systems to optimize convenience and efficiency. All very cool and nice, but are these systems here yet? Not quite, or they're still in trials, or only available in Asia. Or all of the above. WTF?
Are Americans just not ready for these "smart" services? With the amount of streaming and networking going on inside the home and our rampant smartphone use—even to control our home entertainment centers—I'd say we are more than ready for true smart home technologies and services. Maybe it's the big consumer electronics manufacturers who are not ready for the smart home.
The Intuitive Home?
The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association (CEDIA) trade group is touting the "intuitive home," particularly with its Future Technology Pavilion at its upcoming CEDIA Expo in September, that "reacts and interacts with the needs of the homeowner." The pavilion will have cutting-edge tech like voice and gesture control, near field communications (NFC) and telepresence (videoconferencing) systems to show what our homes will look like in 2016.
I'm really looking forward to seeing what's on our home tech horizons. And by 2016, maybe our homes will be intuitive. But first they have to get smart. And we're not even there yet.
Our homes are getting progressively smarter, but let's face it: Even with a lot of the cutting-edge technology we put in our homes today, they're still pretty dumb.
Smart Services?
Big service providers like ADT, Comcast, Verizon, Vivint, Alarm.com and soon AT&T are touting security/home automation/energy management systems with connectivity to your home via smartphones. These systems don't appear to be selling gangbusters, but it's early yet.
And nearly all of them tout their services as something to do with a "smart home." Check the web sites. ADT's Pulse is a "smart home system" using Z-Wave-based devices like wireless thermostats.Xfinity Home offers "smart home services." Verizon Home Monitoring & Control touts itself as the "smart home of the future." Vivint calls its system "simply smarter." And Lowe's soon-to-be-released Iris system (from U.K.'s AlertMe) is a "smart kit," though if you go to the Lowe's home page and search you'll get a drop-down for "Iris smart home."
This is both good and bad. Good because the term "smart home" is getting a serious revival after becoming known as a failed technology in the 1990s. But it's also bad because these limited systems, offering control of some lights, a wireless thermostat and a few devices, do not make a whole house "smart." They just make parts of it smart. And to do this, they use security, motion and occupancy sensors—something many millionaire mansions with six-figure home control systems still lack.
My question to the big CE manufacturers and custom electronics (CE) pro installers is this: Are you guys going to let ADT, Comcast and the other big service providers define what a "smart home" is?
We're waiting.


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Helping Test a UAS for Precision Ag, Forestry
March 19, 2014
Company taps OSU expertise in Unmanned Aerial Systems
New funding from Oregon BEST and the Portland Development Commission (PDC) to a startup company working with Oregon State University could help Oregon become a national leader in the development and use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – or drones – in precision agriculture and forestry applications.
The UAS technology being developed by HoneyComb Corp. could potentially save farmers irrigation, fertilizer and labor costs by pinpointing areas where crops are stressed so farmers can respond locally, reducing input costs, decreasing runoff, and boosting yields. In forestry, the drones-and-data system could help determine tree counts, stand density and areas of disease or pest infestation, enabling growers to more efficiently estimate timber value from the air before performing labor-intensive, on-the-ground timber cruising.
The $150,000 from Oregon BEST and the PDC is helping the Wilsonville, Ore. startup collaborate with OSU researchers to verify that data collected by the company's UAS flying over croplands and forests is accurate. Part of the funding supports data collection and analysis known as ground truthing, or sending technicians into the field to gather data on the ground to compare with remote sensing data collected by aerial photography, infrared images, etc.
"Rather than someone walking a 1,000-acre field looking for areas of crop stress, our system can survey that acreage in an hour and analyze the data so a farmer can see where the issues are and hone in on those areas," said Ryan Jenson, CEO and one of the three cofounders of the company. "Part of the Oregon BEST funding is allowing us to correlate and validate this data, so we have third-party verification of the efficacy of our information."
The HoneyComb system measures reflectance in the visible and near-infrared spectrum, which can be used to calculate the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), an indicator of crop stress. In imagery, healthy and vigorous plants are colored "green," whereas highly stressed plants are "red." This allows growers, farm consultants, or service providers to quickly hone in on problem areas.
The technology doesn't yet determine what's wrong with plants, but that they are under stress, which could be from a lack of water or fertilizer, encroachment of weeds, over-irrigation, etc. The funding is also enabling HoneyComb to add thermal imaging technology to the system, which will indicate moisture levels in plants and show where irrigation needs adjustment.
"We're pleased to be partnering with the PDC to help this Oregon startup compete in an arena where Oregon's rich history of agricultural and forestry research intersect with our strengths in high technology innovation," said David Kenney, President and Executive Director of Oregon BEST. "Precision agriculture will dramatically improve the efficiency of global food production and this partnership will help position Oregon as a leader in this emerging sector."
What distinguishes HoneyComb from its competitors, Jenson said, is the relatively low cost of the drone and the integrated backend data analysis that is seamless, easy for growers to use and reliable.
"People tend to underestimate what farmers and others want," Jenson said. "They want data that's backed up by research, so having OSU – a major university with strong ag and forestry programs – work with us on this, we can say they did the ground truthing and correlated our data and the technology works."
Michael Wing, Assistant Professor of Geomatics in the OSU College of Forestry and Director of OSU's Aerial Information Systems Laboratory, is overseeing the OSU side of the project. The funding will allow the lab to purchase a HoneyComb UAS and use it to collect data from OSU forest land, then compare that to surveys conducted from the ground and a LiDAR database.
"The project is funding a graduate student who is very good at biometrics and geomatics and will provide the field verification to make HoneyComb's product a turn-key solution," Wing said. "Farmers won't have to worry about analyzing the data because they will get it all geo-referenced and mapped so it's immediately useful to them."
The timing of the OSU-HoneyComb collaboration coincides with the recent Federal Aviation Administration's selection of six UAS test site operators that will allow the agency to develop research findings and operational experiences to help ensure the safe integration of UAS into the nation's airspace. Oregon is part of a test operation that includes Alaska and Hawaii, with three different test sites located in Oregon – near Tillamook, Pendleton, and Warm Springs.
"We're hoping to be one of the first to use the new UAS test sites, which allow us to partner with a university on the research component and to publish the results," Jenson said. "There is a lot of buzz nationally about these new sites because they should really streamline FAA approval."
HoneyComb test flights and data collection will also take place through OSU's Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center near Pendleton over crop fields located within the new UAS test site near there.
"In addition to data validation and system operating feedback, we're also playing a key role for HoneyComb because only public institutions can sponsor current UAS flights," Wing said. "We were the first public institution in Oregon to be registered with the FAA."
He said the timing is ideal and Oregon is well positioned to grow its fledging UAS industry.
"The potential is incredible," Wing said. "Winning the FAA national test site competition and having three areas located in Oregon is a real advantage for our state, which is a hotbed of UAS startups and research."
The State of Oregon recently launched the Oregon Unmanned Aerial Systems Business Enterprise, a new Oregon InC initiative aimed at helping make Oregon a leader in civilian UAS development and foster UAS-related economic activity in the State.
HoneyComb was selected as one of 15 Showcase Companies at the Clean Tech Forum in San Francisco last week and ultimately won the Judge's Choice Award in the Entrepreneur Showcase. The company is also one of five semi-finalists selected to compete in the final round in OEN's Angel Oregon Spring 2014 Investment Term in April.


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Actor Pierce Brosnan and his wife, Keely Shaye Smith, are joining in one of coastal Malibu's summer rituals — putting their home up for lease. The pair has listed Orchid House at $250,000 a month.
Just in case the renters scuff up the newly built 13,000-square-foot place, a $750,000 security deposit is required. Set on 120 feet of beachfront, the Thai and Balinese-influenced contemporary features high ceilings, walls of glass, a screening room with a bar, a music room, a library, a wine cellar, a Japanese-style soaking tub, a sauna, a steam room, a cold plunge tub and a gym. There are three master suites for a total of four bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.
The tropically landscaped acre includes a guesthouse, a swimming pool and a pool cabana.
Although the price Brosnan and Smith are asking is at the top of the market, the Multiple Listing Service shows that a place in gated Malibu Colony was leased for $300,000 a month at the beginning of June. That 4,687-square-foot house has six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a three-car garage.
Since Brosnan, 59, played James Bond in 007 movies including "Die Another Day" (2002), "The World Is Not Enough" (1999) and "GoldenEye" (1995), he has starred in "I Don't Know How She Does It" (2011) and "The Ghost Writer" (2010). He is in France filming "Love Punch," to be released next year.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — House and Senate minority leaders Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell surrounded themselves with the triumphant faces of newly elected lawmakers Tuesday. But the glow of victory couldn't hide the leaders' own Election Day failures.
Pelosi, the onetime House speaker and the first woman to hold the office, touted the diversity of her caucus, even though her quest to flip 25 seats and gain control of the House failed by two-thirds. McConnell declared his caucus was "ready to get started"— as a minority yet again and under a president whose defeat he had named as his top priority.
"The election's behind us," McConnell emphasized with a tight smile.
What lay ahead looked to be a bitter end to a presidential and congressional election year that consumed $6 billion in campaign cash, bombarded voters with political ads and changed nothing about who holds the presidency or which parties control Congress.
Voters dashed the hopes of out-of-power veterans like Pelosi and McConnell while electing a dozen new senators and at least 82 new House members. Winners and losers in those races are walking the same Capitol Hill hallways these next few, awkward weeks, as the freshmen attend orientation and those they defeated convene in a lame-duck, end-of-year session of Congress.
The incoming lawmakers joined the look-ahead parade, many staying clear of the cut-it-or-shut-it cries of tea party insurgents who swept Republicans to power in the House two years ago. They spoke instead of a concept often spat upon back then: compromise.
"When you're in business for 41 years, in my case, the automobile business, you know how to wiggle and waggle. I can do that," said incoming Texas Republican Rep. Roger Williams. "I plan on doing that, but you've got to have somebody who wants to cooperate with you on the other side."
But the reality is that divided government will reign in Washington for at least two more years. A Democratic president and Senate majority leader and Republican House Speaker John Boehner remain the prime power brokers over excruciating choices on taxes and spending. Despite the millions of dollars they raised for their parties' candidates, Pelosi and McConnell retain their grip only on clout-challenged minorities.
For both minority leaders, it was the second election in a row ending in disappointment.
In 2010, a tea party-fueled wave, a recession and President Barack Obama's unpopular health care law helped flip House control from the Democrats to Republicans and forced the speaker's gavel from Pelosi's hand to Boehner's. That same year, a trio of flawed tea party candidates from Delaware to Nevada helped deny McConnell the Senate majority.
Both leaders embarked on a two-year quest for political redemption. Pelosi insisted that the 25 seats her party needed to gain were entirely within reach. McConnell, meanwhile, famously vowed that denying Obama's re-election was his first priority. And the math — Republicans were only defending 10 Senate seats, while Democrats were defending 23 — suggested that the Senate majority was within reach for McConnell's party.
On all of those counts, failure. And for McConnell and Pelosi, no mandate to claim.
So they opened the lame-duck session talking about other things, including the incoming freshmen in town for orientation.
Pelosi, who had kept Washington guessing whether she'll relinquish her post, continue to serve or retire, focused on what she said would be the first caucus "in the history of civilized government to have a majority of women and minorities."
"You can applaud that," she said.
We "may not have the majority, we may not have the gavel, but we have unity," Pelosi added. "And aren't we proud of President Obama, and his wonderful victory?"
In a brief appearance, McConnell did not speak of the seats Republicans were once confident they would gain to win control of the Senate. He invited his party's three newest senators to his stately office, seated them awkwardly to his right and left between a fireplace and a conference table, to be photographed. The foursome_McConnell and Sens.-elect Deb Fischer of Nebraska, Ted Cruz of Texas and Jeff Flake of Arizona_smiled tightly as the cameras flashed and rolled. But as is often the case in the seniority-driven Senate, the freshmen did not speak.
Newly elected independent Sen. Angus King, a former governor who is replacing retiring Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine, understands his new role.
"I'm here to get my orders," he joked during a courtesy call to Maine's other Republican senator, Susan Collins.
She teased, "So have you learned that your office is likely in the basement?"
King said he hoped to announce on Wednesday which party he'll caucus with. He's expected to pick the Democrats. Like Pelosi and McConnell, he's well aware it's more fun to be in the majority.
Associated Press writers Henry C. Jackson, Andrew Miga and Kevin Freking contributed to this report.


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114 comments:
- Cheyanne said...
WOO HOO! That's so exciting! Vickie has my partial right now and she seems like an awesome agent. Congrats Carolina!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- Jess said...
Wow, fabulous news! And what an amazing list of prizes :) I love seeing this kind of support!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:13 AM
- Lindsay N. Currie said...
What a great way to wake up on a Monday! Seeing one of us get out there and accomplish the first major step is so AWESOME. Congrats to Caroline and Lola, you rock for being such a solid supporter:)
- March 14, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Hannah Kincade said...
That is so amazing!!! I have to use my phone to congratulate her as my work computer blocks the same page commenting.
And all you giving away so many amazing prizes?! You are awesome!!
Thank you and Congrats to Carol!!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
Yes! Awesome and Amazing and all those other "A's" I'm heading on over to her site. You're such a good writing buddy. xx
- March 14, 2011 at 10:25 AM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
I saw that this morning - awesome!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- Michael Offutt said...
- March 14, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- Amanda said...
New follower here. :)
Congrats to Carol and thanks to you for an awesome giveaway.
+4 for following others on the list.
admiller912 AT gmail DOT com
- March 14, 2011 at 10:51 AM
- Jen Daiker said...
I'm still squealing from the amazing news!!!
- March 14, 2011 at 10:55 AM
- Carolyn V said...
That is so awesome! Sweet!!!!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:00 AM
- Erica Mitchell-Spickard said...
Awesome! Such great news. I love the blog community for this reason. We all come together in every aspect and there is no greater feeling than when you get the news that a fellow bloggie finally got the acceptance letter!
Wow, there are a lot of prizes/contests going on. Have to check em out and thanks for posting them!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Sara McClung ♥ said...
SOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW :) Carol absolutely deserves all the success in the world!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Nicole Zoltack said...
Yay, Carol! Vickie is definitely on my list when I am ready to query.
+7 for following other blogs.
+1 twitter follower
total 8
- March 14, 2011 at 11:09 AM
- Tracey Neithercott said...
Three cheers for Carol.
I'm not entering, but I'm following you anyhow. I can't believe I've never checked out your blog! :)
- March 14, 2011 at 11:24 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
Yay! Carol is the best. I'm so happy for her. I don't know of anyone who deserves it more.
- March 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Ricki Schultz said...
Hey, Lola! So nice of you to do this - and a HUGE congrats to Carol!! :)
I follow everyone on the list, so that's 12 points (plus you) 13?
I am going to post about this on the Write-Brained Network (14)?
And I follow you on Twitter (15).
Thanks so much!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- Kristi said...
Love, love, loving this PARTAY!
Congrats again to Carol..always fun to see one of my bloggy buddies succeed!
Thansk for the great giveaway...now to total my points...let's see, I follow everyone on the list so +13, I follow you on Twitter (@kristikay13) +1
SO total of 14!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Denise Grover Swank said...
I'm so excited for Carol and it's very nice to meet you! I'm now following your blog and following you on Twitter!
- March 14, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Old Kitty said...
I am absolutely thrilled for her!! She's a star and adorable and super lovely!! She's amazing!!! Yayyayayayyayayyayay!!! Take care
- March 14, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- Jamie Burch said...
This is fantastic news!!! Thank you for this giveaway, Lola. You rock!
Okay. I think I got this.
+1 - following you
+12 - following the others
+1 - sidebar love
14 total for me, please. :)
contact: chasingthemoon11(at)gmail(dot)com
- March 14, 2011 at 12:01 PM
- Lori M. Lee said...
Thanks so much for the giveaway and HUGE congrats to Carol!
+7 following others
+1 tweeted
8 total :D
leemai82 at gmail dot com
- March 14, 2011 at 12:13 PM
- Simon C. Larter said...
I think by the time today's over I'll have followed everyone. I already follow myself. Wait...that makes for a total of 13 people participating in this par-tay. Um...AAAAAHHHH!!! *runs around screaming*
Okay, I'm done with that. I don't think Carol counts as part of that number, so we're back down to 12. That's a good number, right?
I think I'm forgetting something here. Oh, yeah! Congratulations, Carol! Again! :D
- March 14, 2011 at 12:32 PM
- hopejunkie said...
+13 for following everyone
This is so great :)
- March 14, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- Kelly said...
Sooooo happy for her!!!!
And yowza what a contest!
And I just noticed Jared on your sidebar. Carol and I thank you!
- March 14, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Bish Denham said...
Wonderful, exciting news for Carol! Yipeeeee! May you have many books published.
- March 14, 2011 at 12:51 PM
- Sarah Ahiers (Falen) said...
these giveaways are amazing! You guys are amazing! *confetti*!
- March 14, 2011 at 1:21 PM
- Kathryn Packer Roberts said...
Yeah! I follow everyone on the list! (13?) plus 1 (+14) follower on twitter.
- March 14, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- Alicia said...
This is so fun going to all the different blogs. It totally feels like a party (which, hello, it is)
+12 for following the list
+1 for following you
+1 for tweeting about contest http://twitter.com/#!/aliciacald
So, Total = 14
- March 14, 2011 at 2:12 PM
- Kate said...
Congratulations Carol!!
Off now to visit your blog and check out those others.
I won't add up my points until after I've checked out all those lovely blogs.
- March 14, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- Lulu said...
Great giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity!
+1 following you
+12 following the gang
+1 following you on Twitter
+1 Tweeted
15 total
- March 14, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Laura Howard said...
Ok maths hurt my brains too. I tallied up on carols blog at 15, so am I at 15 here too! Well.. Whichever way it's just so dang awesome and you continue to inspire me.. So glad I found this supportive group!
- March 14, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- Heather said...
Whoo hoo! Yay Carol! I'm happy to be among those celebrating with her!
- March 14, 2011 at 3:50 PM
- LTM said...
That is really super-cool! Hooray for Carol! :o) And you guys are so sweet and fun to celebrate with her like this. Very cool, too~ :o) <3
- March 14, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
Lola, you know I love you, girl! I wish you were closer so I could party away with you. Thanks so much, sweetheart. For everything. I have a feeling we'll be turning around to do this for you before long. Can't wait!!
- March 14, 2011 at 4:11 PM
- Zan Marie said...
Lola, I've said this all over the list, but you are all so sweet and wonderful to share Carol's news this way. The giveaway is amazing. I've followed, liked, rss feeded, and google readered everyone and commented where I could. Thanks for the chance to get a Kindle. Give me 13 points. ; )
- March 14, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- Ann said...
Oh Lola, I am so excited for Carol. I have a pain in my head just thinking of the Maths. But lets see, follow, all the tweeting, the sidebar, lets see how many is that. Oh bleddie "H" "E" double hockey sticks, I will have to come back when I figure it out.
- March 14, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Melissa said...
This giveaway is so awesome! I couldn't believe everything Carol was giving away when I saw it announced on her blog. That's so amazing for her!
- March 14, 2011 at 5:26 PM
- Victoria Dixon said...
Such a great person for it to happen to! Ten thousand congrats, Carolina!
- March 14, 2011 at 6:11 PM
- Sophia the Writer said...
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- March 14, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Abby Minard said...
Congrats to Carol! SO awesome- and you are such a good friend to do all this for her!
- March 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Sophia the Writer said...
Oops I meant 10 points!
- March 14, 2011 at 6:56 PM
- Jules said...
Big congratulations to Carolina! :)
Jules @ Trying To Get Over The Rainbow
- March 14, 2011 at 7:55 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
So excited for Carol - we shared a happy robot dance earlier :)
7pts at the moment - I don't know all those people yet - but I will :)
- March 14, 2011 at 8:12 PM
- Alleged Author said...
I am so happy for her! She totes deserves it. :)
- March 14, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- Jennie Bailey said...
I left her a congrats, but I wanted to tell you - you are so fabulous! How sweet of you to throw in a GREAT prize for her contest. You rock, Lola!!
- March 14, 2011 at 8:22 PM
- Trisha said...
What fabulous news!! Congrats to Carolina! :D
- March 14, 2011 at 8:45 PM
- Liza said...
I'm so happy for Carol's news, and that she has so many friends celebrating with her. Congrats again Carol!
- March 14, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- Taffy said...
Carol has AWESOME friends!Congrats Carol!
I'm a follower here and on twitter.
AND I'm following everyone who is giving such GREAT prizes!
- March 14, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- IvaliceAlliance said...
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- March 14, 2011 at 9:54 PM
- IvaliceAlliance said...
Congratualations to Carol! She deserves all the great things that's happening to her.
+13 for following all the blogs.
Thank you!
- March 14, 2011 at 9:55 PM
- Shooting Stars Mag said...
Congrats to Carol. What a wonderful accomplishment!! I follow your blog. thanks for the
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
- March 14, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Shooting Stars Mag said...
+1 I follow Carol's blog
lauren51990 at aol dot com
- March 14, 2011 at 10:48 PM
- Genna Sarnak said...
I am so excited for Carol! She's very deserving!!
I am following your blog, as well as all the others participating in the contest, for a total of +13.
Thanks so much for this opportunity! :)
gsarnak410 (at) gmail (dot) com
- March 14, 2011 at 11:17 PM
- donnas said...
Awesome news!!
I follow your blog and left a note for Carol.
+7 following other blogs
+1 twitter follower - @donnas1
total - 9
bacchus76 at myself dot com
- March 14, 2011 at 11:48 PM
- salarsenッ said...
I am soooooooooo happy for her! She's a sweetheart!!
- March 15, 2011 at 7:43 AM
- Misha said...
Time for that timeless question...
Is this competition open for foreigners?
I'm so happy for Carolina.
- March 15, 2011 at 8:48 AM
- Tara said...
Yea! for Carolina!
You are so sweet to do this :)
- March 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Shari said...
Congratulations to Carolina and thanks for the contest. I'm a follower. +15 for following all the other people on the list -- sixbird(at)msn(dot)com
- March 15, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Jessica Bell said...
yay! I'm already following everyone, so is that 13 points? Or 14 points (including you)?
- March 15, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- Lenny Lee* said...
hi miss lola! wow big hooray for miss carolina! its way cool youre doing part of that contest for her. i see lots of blogger doing it. wow how cool is that!
...hugs from lenny
- March 15, 2011 at 1:03 PM
- Margo Berendsen said...
I am so happeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee for Carolina! All the extra e's are me spreading happy germs for her!
- March 15, 2011 at 1:35 PM
- Amie McCracken said...
So glad to have found these give-aways, just for some new people to follow! (oh yea, and prizes, yay!)
I'm following you and went to congratulate Carol. I'm also following her.
Then I'm also following Elizabeth Davis.
I'm following you on twitter.
And I tweeted. http://twitter.com/#!/iamalivephotos/status/47712619292930048
So my original entry plus 3 extras equals 4!
- March 15, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Portia said...
Congrats to Carol :-) That's great news!
- March 15, 2011 at 2:36 PM
- writinginmyhead said...
I now follow you here and on Twitter! I have already congratulated Carol even though she doesn't know me, but still...right? I've tweeted about it and FB about it and I'm planning on following everyone on the list.
Donna Leonard
- March 15, 2011 at 2:56 PM
- Jeff King said...
1 point.... thx for the links.
I hope by signing with an agent, means she'll be signing a book deal as well.
I'll go check her blog out.
- March 15, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Jonathon Arntson said...
Hola, Lola.
Very nice post for Carol!
- March 15, 2011 at 5:14 PM
- Lucy V Morgan said...
Congratulations! The very best of luck for when you go on sub :)
- March 15, 2011 at 5:49 PM
- Pam Torres said...
Whoopey! More fun! Congrats to Carol.
+1 - following you
+12 - following the others
+1 - sidebar
+1- following you on twitter
- March 15, 2011 at 6:24 PM
- Lynda R Young said...
old follower, following the others, following you on Twitter, will link on twitter @LyndaRYoung so I think that's 15
- March 15, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Janet Johnson said...
So excited for Carol! And you guys are the best to celebrate with her like this. :)
+12 following others
+1 for following you.
=+13 total
- March 15, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Sonia M said...
Yay! Congrats to Carol!
Blogged +1
Tweeted +1
Followed +1
Followed everyone +12
15 for me!
- March 16, 2011 at 1:15 AM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
Just wanted to tell you thank you again, sweetheart. Your post means so much to me. I'm so glad you were a part of my celebration. xoxo
- March 16, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Louise said...
Fellow crusader dropping in to say hi. Am I the only one still making her rounds? Anyway, want to congratulate Carol on finding an agent to. Wonderful news.
- March 16, 2011 at 12:28 PM
- Cynthia Chapman Willis said...
Congratulations to Carol! Very exciting!!!
- March 16, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- erica and christy said...
Great giveaway, Lola, and so nice to support your friend this way! We'll post a link on our blog post tomorrow.
I think we already follow Heather, CS, Simon, Carol, you and Jon, plus I'll check and make sure we follow you on Twitter, so that would be 8 entries.
- March 16, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Ellie said...
Whoop, whoop. Congratulations to Carolina. Such an awesome giveaway, too!
- March 17, 2011 at 4:50 AM
- Theresa Milstein said...
Congratulations, Carol! It's nice to see someone who's been at this awhile to make it.
I'm going to put this on my sidebar and Facebook it (even though it's not a point option). I'm already a follower. 2 points?
Happy early birthday.
tmilstein at gmail dot com
- March 17, 2011 at 10:32 AM
- cleemckenzie said...
It's always good to hear of another writer's success. Congrats. And I love all of your "freaking kickass prizes."
No maths here either, but I'll try. Back with my totals later.
- March 17, 2011 at 2:30 PM
- cleemckenzie said...
3 Following
1 Tweet
1 Tweet +Link
1 Blog Post @writegame
- March 17, 2011 at 2:45 PM
- Lola Sharp said...
Thank you, friends! I know this all meant a LOT to Carol.
You know I look forward to celebrating your good news, too. :)
Hugs and love,
- March 17, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Aik said...
I'd love to enter!
- 13 extra entries point for following all the participating blogs.
- 1extra entry for following you on twitter @aikchien
- 1 extra entry for tweeting http://twitter.com/aikchien/status/48650364165160960
aikychien at yahoo dot com
- March 18, 2011 at 3:43 AM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
I can't think of anyone who deserves it more. And obviously all her awesome friends agree. :D
- March 18, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
I'm so excited for Carol! I've already been to her blog. :) I'm an old follower and and old twitter follower too. I'll tweet about it, but I don't have a clue how to do a tweet link??? So +2 I think...
- March 18, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- Jessica Love said...
Yay Carol! This is so awesome...I'm so excited for her!
Extra entries:
+1 for following you on Twitter
+12 for following everyone on the list
13 extra entries total
- March 18, 2011 at 11:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
Graeat giveaway, and I love your blog.
+ 12 for follwing everyone on the list
+ 1 for following you on twitter I'm @Ronyka7
+ 1 for entrey on twitter http://twitter.com/#!/Ronyka7/status/48975036106813440
flaka.077 at gmail dot com
- March 19, 2011 at 1:17 AM
- Rachael Harrie said...
Fabulous news :) And awesome giveaways Lola! rachael[dot]harrie[at]gmail [dot]com
- March 19, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- Natalie Aguirre said...
I'm so excited for Carol. I follow everyone. That's 12.
- March 19, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- ~Nicole Ducleroir~ said...
So happy for Carol!! I follow everyone involved in this super celebration...and you on Twitter, and all the extra goodies. What's that make? 16 entries?? Icky math!
Hope your Saturday is sunny <3
- March 19, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Lauri said...
Congratulations Carol!And best of luck with a speedy book sell!
- March 19, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Tiana Smith said...
There are so many prizes! *Mind Blown*
- March 21, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yay, so happy for her. And these giveaways are awesome.
- March 22, 2011 at 1:51 AM
- Anita said...
Woohoo! Congrats to Carol! I just popped over and read the hilarious interview by Cambria. LOL
You gals are great friends to throw this shin dig for her!
- March 22, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- J.L. Campbell said...
Hey, Lola,
I've been over to Carol's blog and I'm not in the process of following. I was following here before. Based on the list above that's 12 points.
- March 22, 2011 at 12:57 PM
- M Pax said...
Hi Lola,
That's terrific news of Carol's.
- March 22, 2011 at 6:03 PM
- Susan Fields said...
Congrats to Carol - that's such exciting news!
- March 22, 2011 at 9:24 PM
- K.M. Weiland said...
Congrats to Carolina! This is great news. And a great drawing too!
- March 23, 2011 at 12:19 PM
- Rachel said...
Love the blog :-) New follower here and on twitter, too.
I'd love to be entered but generally just glad to find another fun blog to visit. Happy Writing!
- March 23, 2011 at 2:40 PM
- nutschell said...
Holy wow! isn't it great how the writing community when one of their own graduates into agented status? great contest! sure would like a copy of those books
- March 23, 2011 at 8:19 PM
- Onge said...
Congrats Carol! What a fun way to celebrate. I follow you and everyone. I also follow you on twitter (@chickenherder).
- March 23, 2011 at 11:27 PM
- Lola Sharp said...
THANK YOU, friends, for supporting Carol and for being so delightfully kind.
- March 24, 2011 at 8:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
Hello, Lola
How wonderful you found me. What a great blog. Looks exactly like my sort of thing and I'll surely will try to participate in the giveaway fest. :-)
See you later and congratulations to Carol!
- March 24, 2011 at 11:23 AM
- Jacqueline Howett said...
Congratulations Carol!
- March 25, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- Evie said...
Congrats to Carol!
And thanks a lot for this fun giveaway!
I am a new follower.
by. evie at yahoo dot com dot br
- March 25, 2011 at 9:42 PM
- Alison Miller said...
Congrats to Carolina and so awesome of you to support her!
I am a follower on twitter, followed the other (13) and I blogged about the contest and shared that on twitter.
So +15?
- March 26, 2011 at 5:16 PM
- Jaidis said...
New GFC follower - Jaidis
following on Twitter @JaidisShaw
Currently working my way through the list.
JaidisShaw at yahoo dot com
- March 28, 2011 at 12:10 AM
- Kirsten said...
followed! :D congrats to carol :)
- March 30, 2011 at 8:40 AM
- Rena said...
Congrats to Carol, and thanks for helping her celebrate such great news!
I have followed all the others, as well as yours, so that puts me at a +13, so sign me up.
- March 30, 2011 at 11:42 AM
- Sylvia van Bruggen said...
Congrats Carol! And a very happy birthday!!!
my email address is sylviavbruggen at gmail dot com :)
Going to follow the others now!
- April 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Sylvia van Bruggen said...
Congrats Carol! And a very happy birthday!!!
my email address is sylviavbruggen at gmail dot com :)
Going to follow the others now!
- April 1, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Kathryn Packer Roberts said...
Yeah! I'm excited for her. I follow you here and on twitter.
And I've already congratulated her.
kathrynroberts at hotmail dot com
- April 1, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Theres just life said...
Wow...I'm in.
Pamela Jo
- April 1, 2011 at 3:37 PM
- Steven Chapman said...
Great news! Congratulations to Carol!!
- April 1, 2011 at 3:56 PM
- The Words Crafter said...
An amazing giveaway!!!!! I'm pretty sure I already congratulated her, but I'll go back and double check right now!
- April 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM
- The Words Crafter said...
Ah well, lesson learned. My comment from my blackberry apparently didn't post. It's done this before....so scratch me, lol :)
- April 1, 2011 at 8:05 PM
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Jessica Simpson Baby, New Picture Reveals Red Hair (PHOTO)
Jessica Simpson recently posted a picture of her and fiancé Eric Johnson's baby girl on Twitter, which showed off the newborn's red hair.
The doting mom posted the caption "Howdy friends," alongside the happy snap on Tuesday ,which prompted a number of Simpson's 5 million Twitter followers to retweet the photo.
Simpson, 31, gave birth to baby Maxwell Drew Johnson, who arrived weighing in at 9 lbs., 13 oz., on May 1- a full 10 days after her expected due date. She has been in awe of her daughter ever since.
"I am so in love with baby Maxwell! I want to cry every time I look at her. Motherhood is by far the best thing I've ever experienced," Simpson recently tweeted.
Baby Maxwell is Simpson's first child, and the singer recently spoke about how having a child has altered her priorities in life.
"We stare at her all the time! We can't get enough!" Simpson previously gushed to People Magazine. "My life has completely changed. From how I sleep to what I think about, Maxwell has definitely taken over everything."
Having a baby has not been completely easy for the singer. Simpson is being paid $4 million to lose approximately 50 pounds in five months, which has added strain to her adjustment to motherhood, according to In Touch Magazine.
"She's so emotional," a friend told In Touch. "She doesn't want to go to the gym. She doesn't want to leave her baby. Sometimes she just starts crying. It's hard for her."
The singer's weight reportedly reached a reported 210 pounds during the height of her pregnancy, and she is already said to be physically exhausted with the task of trying to reach her goal weight of 130 pounds.
"She's consumed with the new baby," another source told the magazine. "She and Eric are often up with Maxi all night."
Simpson's weight loss program understandably requires a strict diet and frequent exercise which she is said to be struggling with.
"She gets so upset. She wants her body back so badly, but it's beyond hard," the insider explained. "She'll have the occasional slice of pizza. If she feels deprived, it won't last."


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Tic gets on track.
Dustin Tokarski [10] (pictured) allowed 2 goals on 27 shots for his first victory of the season. That was a very solid rebound performance, especially in the Third Period, after an ugly stat line on opening night. So Tic just raised Riku, and we'll see what Helenius can do tomorrow to answer. It's great to have two really good young goaltenders who are the cusp of making the jump to the bigs pushing each other.
First Period
ALB Hoeffel, (1) (Josefson), 0:58
SYR Johnson, (4) (Palat, Conacher), 7:45 (PP)
ALB Tedenby, (1) (Sestito), 16:44
Second Period
SYR Brown, (1) (Killorn, Namestnikov), 10:44 (PP)
SYR Angelidis, (3) (Barberio, Nightingale), 16:44
Third Period
Mike Angelidis [11] and Mark Barberio [12] were the game's first and third stars. Tic was robbed.
J.T. Brown [13] scored his first goal as an AHLer to tie the game up in the second stanza.
There's a little rust on this Syracuse team that still needs to be knocked off. The east-west guys are still getting their timing back and the north-south guys, stylistically, are clearly ahead. So, I'd definitely say the Paniks and the Connollys are still feeling things out. It'll come, though. It's good to be 2-0-0-1 knowing these guys aren't close to what they're capable of yet.
For being such a young pup, Vladislav Namestnikov [14] is holding his own. His power play assist from the Hershey game got switched to Cory Conacher [15] shortly after the game, but he got his second helper of the season tonight and looks every bit as feisty as the scouting report says he is, even despite being on the skinny side. It wouldn't shock me, at all, if he had a really good second half once Coach Cooper gets him settled in. There's a slightly built guy wearing #12 for the Crunch who had a similar story last season.
Box score [16] from TheAHL.com.


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September 24. 2013 11:40PM
NHIAA roundup
NHIAA Roundup: MacPherson's four goals lead Raymond boys to victory
Tucker MacPherson scored four goals, giving him 17 on the season, as the Raymond boys' soccer team beat Bishop Brady of Concord, 6-3, on Tuesday in Concord.
The Rams improved to 5-1.
Tad DiPietro and Tom Mercier each scored once for Raymond. Goalie Collin Deyarmin turned back eight shots.
Hopkinton 5, Kearsarge 0:
Brothers Nick and Doug Fleury each scored two goals to lead Hopkinton past Kearsarge of North Sutton in Hopkinton.
The Hawks (6-0) struck early as Nick Fleury, making his first varsity start, scored both of his goals in a three-minute span by the 21st minute of play. Doug Fleury followed with an unassisted goal in the 35th minute and Evan Ruderman made it 4-0 in the 37th minute with the assist going to Doug Fleury. The last goal from Doug Fleury came in the 44th minute.
Hopkinton goalie Rob Ferguson had three saves and Kearsarge netminder Mike Sullivan turned back seven shots.
Concord 2, Nashua North 1 (2 OTs):
In Nashua, Alejandro Herrera scored in the seventh minute of the game for the Titans (2-5-1).
Bedford 3, Nashua South 0:
Freshman Jake DeAngelis and sophomore Josh Bauer each scored his first varsity goal in the Bulldogs' win. DeAngels scored on an assist from Jimmy Heald after 29 minutes. Bauer's goal seven minutes later, from Mike Kitsis, doubled Bedford's lead. Kitsis scored after the break from Heald to round out the scoring. Nick Barnard and Josh Reeks each made two saves for Bedford (5-2).
Nick Scavetta, Mauricio Acevedo and Brian Barrows played well for South (1-6).
Londonderry 2, Dover 1:
Londonderry (2-4-1) beat Dover (1-6) behind goals from Nick Brodeur and Nate Gaw, who was assisted by Andrew Mitchell. Bobby Krause had four saves in goal for Londonderry.
Alvirne 5, Keene 1:
At Hudson, Brett Richardson scored three goals to help Alvirne raise its record to 4-2. Raul Stedile and Matt Lubinski also scored for Alvirne, which scored four goals in the second half. Keene dropped to 4-4.
Sunapee 3, Lin-Wood 2:
At Lincoln, Alex Gioldassis scored his second goal of the game on a direct kick with one second remaining on the clock. Ethan Weinstein also scored for the Lakers (4-2-1).
Sanborn 2, Hillsboro-Deering 1
(Mon.): At Hillsboro, Cooper Johnson staked HD to a 1-0 lead but an own goal and tally from Austin Clough in the 69th minute pushed Sanborn to the win.
Girls' soccer
Manchester Central 4, Timberlane 1:
In Plaistow, sophomore Devin Lacroix scored all four goals, including one in second half on a penalty shot. She had two breakaway goals and a rebound goal following a shot by Emily Duchesne. Sara Swetland and Haley Goff each had one assist for the 5-2 Little Green. Central goalie Lindsay St. Pierre had five saves. Alicia Ross scored the lone goal for the Owls (3-5) and netminder Emily Barrett had 10 saves.
Londonderry 4, Dover 0:
At Londonderry, the Lancers scored four goals during a nine-minute span in the second half to raise their record to 5-3. Emily Crocetti scored three goals for Londonderry.
June Cranmer scored Londonderry's other goal. The loss dropped Dover's record to 2-4-1.
Hanover 1, Alvirne 1:
At Hanover, the Marauders (2-2-1) took a 1-0 lead on a first-half goal from Karina Lukovits, but Danielle Ross pulled Alvirne (6-0-1) even 20 minutes into the second half.
Hillsboro-Deering 2, Kearsarge 1:
At North Sutton, Madisyn Winters collected a goal and an assist in Hillsboro-Deering's victory. Kiersten Clough also scored for the Hillcats.
Raymond 3, Campbell 1:
In Raymond, the Rams (6-1) beat the Cougars (4-2-1), who were led by Sydney Crema's goal in the 61st minute. Savannah Reinizter added the assist. Heather Baron stopped five shots for Campbell.
Souhegan 4, ConVal 2:
At Peterborough, first half goals from Nile Hertzler (from Stephen Twitchell) and Matt Czerski (from Austin Wheeler) gave ConVal the early lead. Second half goals from Matt Hopfenspirger (assist to Mike Hayden) and two more from Mike Hayden, one on a penalty kick, provided Souhegan (5-3) with the win over 5-2-1 ConVal.
Belmont 3, Inter-Lakes 2:
At Belmont, the host won by scores of 21-25, 25-23, 14-25,25-19,15-11. Leading Belmont (6-0) were Alyssa Wheeler (11 kills, 1 block, 5 digs), Bridget Annis (3 kills, 1 block), Jessie Bergeron (2 aces, 5 kills, 25 digs, 3 assists), Shea Callahan (1 ace. 3 kills, 2 blocks, 2 digs) and Megan Bailey, who reached her 1,000 career assist. She finished the game with 32 assists.
Field hockey
Plymouth 0, Lebanon 0:
At Lebanon, Plymouth goalie Emelia Karntakosol made 17 saves to help Plymouth move its record to 3-3-1. Emily Foster made five saves for Lebanon (5-1-1).
Girls' soccer
Bedford 1 South 0:
At Bedford, Johanna Celli had the only goal at the 78:01 mark. Bedford goalie Brooke Barret had four saves and South goalie Anneze Obinelo made nine stops.
Girls' Cross Country
Souhegan 15, Windham 66, John Stark 80, Merrimack Valley 101, Plymouth 114.
In Penacook at Merrimack Valley High, Madeleine Hunt led the way for the Sabers with a 20:25 time. Souhegan Boys Race to Victory at Merrimack Valley
Boys' Cross Country
Souhegan 18, Merrimack Valley 57, Windham 75, Plymouth 102, John Stark 139.
Eli Moskowitz led Souhegan with a 17:09 time in Penacook.


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Police: Young driver left scene after knocking down utility pole in RochesterBy JOHN QUINN
Union Leader Correspondent
May 11. 2013 10:06AM
ROCHESTER – Police are investigating a crash in which an SUV knocked down a utility pole along Route 202A and left the scene at about 12:45 a.m. Saturday.
Police say they determined a juvenile was driving a 2007 Ford Expedition that struck the pole, but released no other information on the driver.
Charges may be filed as a result of the accident, which remains under investigation, police said.
While it sustained significant front-end damage, the Expedition was still drivable, according to police.
Police, firefighters and emergency personnel responded around 12:45 a.m. after receiving a report of an accident near 54 Strafford Road – Route 202A.
Police said the vehicle left the scene leaving downed wires blocking the road.
Two area residents used flashlights to warn oncoming traffic. Traffic was rerouted until crews from Public Service of New Hampshire cleared the lines, according to police.
It took about six hours for crews to replace the pole and restore service to the area, according to PSNH spokesman Catalina Celentano.
"We didn't receive any reports of outages," Celentano said, adding PSNH crews responded around 1 a.m. and had power restored by the time most customers woke up on Saturday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 330-7127. Anonymous tips can be left on the Rochester Crimeline at 335-6500.


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If you haven't seen this video yet, you should take the time to watch, because what's going on now in Wisconsin and may play out in other states as well is not about state deficits or budget cuts. It's about union-busting and the power that goes with it. Breaking the unions is a stepping stone to that "permanent Republican majority" that the GOP have been working towards for years. It's also about the money that the Citizens United ruling allowed to flow directly to the Republicans, and the corporations that are throwing it at them. And they're not going to stop. It's about plutocracy.
Just look at what Republicans are doing now. Redefining rape, de-funding health care, draconian laws against women, abortion, pushing for laws that make the killing of abortion doctors "justifiable homicide," guns in schools, churches and bars, deregulating everything like big polluters, oil companies, repealing laws from the FDA, EPA, FAA, and these are just a few. Do you really want Republicans who are puppets to corporate rule to have a permanent majority? Look what happened in Arizona. They're willing to do just about anything to get there, and trashing the country is of no concern to them. Just like John Boehner shrugged off job losses, they're willing to trash the very Democracy they claim to love so much:
"So be it."
They. Don't. Care.
Watch this video below from Rachel Maddow and pass it along.
You can also read this piece for more background on what Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is really doing from Ezra Klein. Pass it along too.


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A gregarious and witty guy who smartly sees himself as an entertainer first and foremost, Magnus will be part of the TNA Impact Wrestling show Nov. 8 at Canton Memorial Civic Center.
If you follow pro wrestling, you probably know that rising star Magnus defeated icon Sting in a startling turnaround during a recent TNA Impact Wrestling pay-per-view event.
"It was the biggest milestone of my career," said Magnus, a 26-year-old, 6-foot-3, 240-pound Brit whose real name is Nick Aldis.
Many fans felt that Magnus was insufficiently gracious to his defeated opponent, Sting, barely shaking his hand after kicking his butt.
"There was a lot of controversy, and that's what we're here to do — create talking points," said Magnus, in a telephone interview Monday.
A gregarious and witty guy who smartly sees himself as an entertainer first and foremost, Magnus will be part of the TNA Impact Wrestling show Nov. 8 at Canton Memorial Civic Center.
1. Showmanship comes naturally to him.
"That was the thing that drew me to wrestling. I was a good athlete in high school. I competed nationally in swimming and tennis, and on a pretty high level in soccer and track. But with team sports, I started to lose interest. As an individual, I always wanted to entertain. I always loved spectacle, controversy and the spotlight. I realized that by being a pro wrestler, I could be admired as an athlete but also work on people's emotions. I've never had inhibitions."
2. Looking like this takes work. (Duh!)
"I work out most days twice a day. I'll get up and do something before breakfast on an empty stomach, then do my lifting in the afternoon. It's such an intense kind of cardio. I have a very high metabolism. My diet is high protein, high calories, I eat 5,000 calories a day. I tend to do a lot of healthy fats. They're great for skin, hair and bones, and they actually help you lose body fat."
3. He enjoys the occasional pint, as well.
"I normally tend to drink beer now from the health perspective, plus I live in Tampa where it's hot most of the time. But when I go back to England, I really do enjoy a Guinness now and then. And my dad makes homemade brew, good stout dark ales."
4. He gets butterflies before wrestling shows.
"It's honestly the same feeling always, whether it's the first time I ever wrestled in a tiny town hall in my hometown for 75 people or when I've been in Wembley Arena in front of 10,000. It's the same kind of adrenaline. Butterflies, but the good kind of butterflies. You're already breathing heavy, your heart's going 150 miles an hour. It's almost like you become an alter ego. You slip into another character once you're out there."
5. His fans (and all wrestling fans) are a
wild bunch.
"Wild? That would be a mild way of describing it. We have some of the most passionate and dedicated fans of any entertainment genre. We had our big pay-per-view in San Diego last weekend, and we had fans from all over the world, from Australia, the U.K., Germany, Holland. They have these fan-interaction events, and some of the things they bring and wear and know about you are unbelievable. A guy said, 'When's your birthday?' and I told him Nov. 6, 1986. Then he tells me what happened in pro wrestling on that day!'"
6. Brace yourself. He loves musical theater.
"I really enjoy the big spectacle musicals on Broadway and (London's) West End. I love 'Wicked.' 'The Lion King' blew me away. I've done some stage work. I really fell into that. Last Christmas, I played the Genie in 'Aladdin' at Theater Royale in Norwich, which is where I'm from. I had a great time, got great reviews. I did some basic high-wire stuff with a trapeze. Before that, I was the Hunstman in 'Snow White.' Day after day, that's a grueling schedule!"
7. He's had few injuries so far — knock on wood!
"I have been relatively lucky as far as major injuries. I tore my AC joint in my shoulder. That was probably the worst and horrendously painful. I've had partial tears of one of my knees. I dislocated my jaw. Of course you get lots of bumps and bruises as well, knees and elbows banged up."
8. He's different in the ring than out of it.
"In real life, in my private life, I'm definitely different from who I am in an arena or on television. That comes from the fact that I'm able to satisfy that exhibitionist urge in my personality."


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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Oct. 19, 2013) – The doubles tandem of Lyn Yee Choo (Kuching, Malaysia) and Anna Gerbasi (Caracas, Venezuela) found individual success in the USTA/ITA Ohio Valley Regional Championships Saturday, with each player advancing to Sunday's Round of 32 in singles play.
To begin the day, the duo suffered a setback to Laurence Guevremont and Eve Repic of Tennessee in doubles play, falling, 8-4.
"It makes it near impossible to win when you give up a lead as fast as we did today," ETSU head coach Travis Sandlant said.
Choo and Gerbasi battled back and had a chance to bring the set to six games apiece, but Guevremont and Repic held strong.
"Credit to UT for holding their nerve and closing it out," Sandlant said.
Choo and Gerbasi reponsed to each record a singles victory later in the day.
Gerbasi made quick work of Deahna Welcher of Lipscomb, winning, 6-2, 6-1, while Choo recorded a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Chattanooga's Alexa Flynn.
Choo and Gerbasi will each take on a Vanderbilt player, with Choo facing off against Ashleigh Antal and Gerbasi playing Marie Casares. Both matches will begin Sunday at 9:30 a.m.
"Singles should be interesting tomorrow," Sandlant said. "We have some tough matches, but they are winnable if we believe we can do it."
In the back draw doubles flight, Choo and Gerbasi knocked off Lipscomb's team of Welcher and Jenny Borck to advance to the flight quarterfinals, which will be played at 8:00 a.m. Sunday.
The back draw doubles semifinals and the singles Round of 16 will both take place Sunday afternoon.
The University of Memphis, the host school for the event, will be tweeting out results via the school's twitter handle @UofMTennis, as well as maintaining a live blog which can be accessed at Tournament Central.


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Ashlie Bradley of Alexandria, Minn., had high hopes for a natural delivery in the birth of her first baby, Isabella. Reality fell short.
"I went into labor early, it lasted 17 hours and in the end I needed pain medication," says Ashlie. "I was disappointed, plus I felt guilty for putting my baby through all that. She was born not breathing and needed two minutes of resuscitation."
Today, 3-year-old Isabella is happy, healthy and smart. But it took Ashlie more than two years before she was ready to have another baby.
"I was afraid of another experience like the first one. Anne knew my fear," says Ashlie. "That's why she introduced me to HypnoBirthing. It was so refreshing."
Anne Gilbertson, Certified Nurse Midwife at Sanford Health Broadway Clinic in Alexandria, is now certified in HypnoBirthing.
HypnoBirthing teaches women to use their natural instincts to fully and comfortably experience the birth of a baby.
"It's a form of deep relaxation that lessens the pain of childbirth," says Anne, who used the approach when she had her second son. "The theory is when we're fearful, we get tense. And when we're tense, labor hurts more."
For Ashlie, the first success with HypnoBirthing occurred early in pregnancy. She had severe nausea, prompting Anne to recommend relaxation techniques taught in HypnoBirthing.
"Nothing worked except those relaxation techniques," says Ashlie. "That motivated me to read the book, listen to the CD and practice the techniques. All along Anne kept teaching me not to be fearful. Labor is a natural process our bodies were made to do."
The philosophy of working in harmony with nature caught on with Ashlie's husband, Shad. With Ashlie's help, he learned how to support the process.
When she was six months along, Ashlie noticed her fear was totally gone. "I felt more ready to have this baby than anything in my life," she says. For the next several weeks she kept practicing her HypnoBirthing techniques including cleansing breaths and positive imagery.
"It was simple and natural for me," says Ashlie. "I chose the techniques that worked best, then incorporated them into my everyday life. I felt very calm, no matter what was happening around me. It really prepared me for labor and delivery."
Ashlie put in a full day of work on August 22, 2012, and felt great. At 6:45 p.m., while clearing away supper dishes, she noticed contractions. Shad was mowing the lawn.
"I went outside and said, 'Are you ready to have a baby?' I was so calm," she says. "I just knew this was it."
They packed a bag, cared for their pets, videotaped Isabella announcing she'd soon be a big sister, and then took her to grandma and grandpa's house.
At 9 p.m. they met Anne at the hospital. At 11:33 p.m. they welcomed a 6-pound, 12-ounce healthy baby girl.
"The experience was absolutely everything I hoped for," says Ashlie. "After a total of five hours of labor, Madalynn Danielle entered the world in a calm, serene atmosphere. So amazing – so different."
If a baby is in your future, consider your options for labor and delivery.
"Early on I encourage women to start planning the kind of birth they want," says Anne. "I'm seeing more and more interest in HypnoBirthing. Women like knowing childbirth doesn't have to be this scary thing we have to get through so we can have our babies. It can be a really good experience that empowers."
For more information about HypnoBirthing, including classes taught by Anne, please call (320) 762.0399.


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — A 22-year-old Pennsylvania man faces charges after police encountered him dribbling a basketball along Interstate 78 near Bethlehem.
The Express-Times of Easton reported Monday (http://bit.ly/V4EZ9e ) that police said Marquis Johnson, of Hatfield, was found on Sunday with a Pennsylvania license plate sticking out from his shirt and shorts, and smelled of marijuana.
Police say a key in Johnson's possession matched a vehicle about 2 miles away that didn't have a license plate.
They say he wouldn't answer questions about the vehicle, and they found marijuana in the car. The vehicle had less than 700 miles on the odometer and was traced to a dealership.
Johnson is charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle, abandoning a vehicle and drug possession. Court records didn't list a defense attorney.
Information from: The (Easton, Pa.) Express-Times, http://www.lehighvalleylive.com


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New York State Electric & Gas Corporation
List of Deals
- 1969 issuance, sale, and delivery of $39,000,000 principal amount of first mortgage bonds 7 1/4% series due serially
- 1969 issuance, sale, and delivery of 749,354 shares of common stock
- 1970 issuance, sale, and delivery of $50,000,000 principal amount of first mortgage bonds 8 1/2% series due May 1, 1975
- 1975 issuance, sale, and delivery of $75,000,000 principal amount of first mortgage bonds 9 3/8% series due March 1, 2005, and 1,200,000 shares of common stock
New York State Electric and Gas Corporation (NYSEG) traces its history back to 1852, when it was incorporated as the Ithaca Gas Light Company. The company quickly laid mains and built a coal gas plant. In 1853 Ithaca's streets were first lit by gas lights.
During the thirty years following the founding of Ithaca Gas Light, the use of methane gas grew steadily. In the 1870s and 1880s the electric arc light began to make a splash in the street-lighting industry. By the 1890s the invention of the incandescent bulb, the central generating station, and alternating current spelled the eventual doom for the gas-lighting business. At that time, Ithaca Gas Light began buying local electric companies. In 1910 Ithaca Gas Light itself was acquired by Associated Gas & Electric, a utility holding company that had already consolidated several area utilities, including the rival Ithaca Electric Light and Power Company. During the first quarter of the century, more than 240 local companies or interests were absorbed, either directly by Ithaca Gas Light or by other utility companies that later combined to form NYSEG. Among the most prominent of these were Eastern New York Electric & Gas Corporation; New York Central Electric Corporation; Elmira Water, Light & Railroad Company; Binghamton Light, Heat & Power Company; Western New York Gas & Electric Corporation; and Empire Gas & Electric Company. During this time, the company underwent a series of name changes. In 1916 it became Ithaca Gas & Electric, in 1918 New York State Gas and Electric, in 1928 New York Electric Corporation, and in 1929 New York State Electric & Gas Corporation. By 1937 the company had reached a service area of approximately 35% of the state.
As demand grew, the company built or acquired progressively larger steam-generating plants. With increasing financial sophistication, a system of use-based metering was installed. Service, which had initially been limited to evening hours, was extended to twenty-four hours a day. Electric appliances became popular. In response to increasing demand, the company built a series of large diesel and coal-fired generators. While NYSEG executives dealt with the everyday activities of the electric company, ultimate control was maintained by the holding company. After the passage of the Public Utilities Holding Company Act, General Public Utilities Corporation was forced to divest itself of NYSEG. NYSEG became an independent, investor-owned utility in 1949.
The company's revenues exceeded $100 million by the end of the 1950s, and earnings surpassed $5.7 million. After a massive blackout in 1965, the company and other major New York State utilities began searching for ways to avoid future power failures. In 1966 they formed the New York Power Pool to insure greater reliability and assist members in buying electricity during periods of peak demand. The following year they announced what the Wall Street Journal called "a single energy control center near Albany to control all their generation and long-distance transmission of electricity."
In 1967 NYSEG announced plans to build a nuclear-generating plant. By 1973, however, the company had abandoned the project due to environmental concerns as well as legal and regulatory delays. The supply of natural gas became problematic during the 1970s. New York state officials ordered the company to stop accepting new gas customers in 1974. The early 1970s was also a time of economic difficulty for United States utilities. In 1975 NYSEG announced it had become an 18 percent partner in Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's 1.1 million-kilowatt Nine Mile Point No. 1 atomic unit.


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As you pass Onslow Memorial Hospital, you will see our lighted Tree of Hope � a beautiful sight for visitors, patients and staff, and truly a symbol of hope for all.
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As you pass Onslow Memorial Hospital, you will see our lighted Tree of Hope � a beautiful sight for visitors, patients and staff, and truly a symbol of hope for all.
The tree was lighted recently in a special ceremony on the front lawn of the hospital.
In 1985, Onslow Memorial Hospital Auxiliary wanted to remember and honor special people and also to raise funds to purchase needed equipment for the hospital; so the idea of the Tree of Hope came to fruition as a temporary 35 foot tree was placed on the site. That tree is long gone, but the tradition lives on.
Originally a once-a-year event, the Auxiliary�s Tree of Hope Program has morphed into a way to symbolize remembrance, admiration or love for someone throughout the year. Everyone is invited to remember or honor loved ones or friends with the culmination of a light or a star on the lighted treat this time of year.
We are grateful for the individuals and groups who, throughout the year, purchase a light for the tree in memory or honor of a loved one. Names of the honoree and the donor are entered into the Book of Honor, always on display in hospital�s main lobby.
In addition to Auxiliary co-chairs, Linda Dodd and Beth Farmer, there are many people who made the recent tree lighting ceremony a success. While this is an Auxiliary program, the entire Onslow Memorial Hospital family played vital roles. The program would not have been possible without support of our communications, maintenance, environmental services, safety and security departments along with the executive team.
We heard the beautiful music of Breanna Silence, a hospital VolunTeen; and Southwest High School�s talented a cappela chorus, directed by Jeff Story. Ron Griffin, an organist who has participated in the program for several years, was joined by Dianna Silence, who led the audience in traditional Christmas songs.
The audience heard warm welcoming remarks from Mayor Sammy Phillips; Pat Alford, chair of the Onslow Memorial Hospital Authority Board; and Col. Timothy Salmon, MCAS-New River commander.
Onslow Memorial Hospital�s president and chief executive officer, Ed Piper, assisted with lighting the tree before Pastor John Lewis of the First Baptist Church of Maysville closed the program with a seasonal benediction.
In addition to our adult auxiliary members Kay Brandon, Dotty Kimball and Bunty Krentz, who served refreshments, several of our VolunTeens were on hand to greet guests and distribute programs.
The Tree of Hope Lighting Ceremony is an annual community event, and we are so thankful for all who participated and attended.
Charlotte Rodriguez
Editor�s note: Charlotte Rodriguez is president of the Onslow Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.


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GRAND JUNCTION, CO — The Splish Splash Car Wash here was the scene of a police chase and arrest, 11News reported.
The April 25 story said police were trying to track down a man and woman who were on the run from police for drug related warrants. The two ended up ditching their truck behind the Splish Splash Car Wash and Lacey Moss took off on foot, running right past employees who were cleaning out the trash. Moss then feel into a ditch and police arrested her.
"I was cleaning trash cans, and cleaning up all of our vacuum posts and all that, and next thing you know a lady with a backpack comes running by me," employee Larry Metcalf said in the story.
The male, Jerod Wade, also took off on foot, but has not been caught by police.


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WORCESTER - Police were called to the area of 973 Main St,. around 2:30 this morning for reports of a gunshot..
Witnesses told police they saw a silver Toyota and another vehicle drive away after they heard the shot. Police searched the area, and a short time later, an officer spotted the Toyota matching the description in a nearby McDonald's.
Tameiko Milligan, 21, of 1 Orne St., and. his passenger, James Freeman IV, 21, of 3 Wabash Ave., were asked to get out of the car. Police found a loaded .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun in the center console of the Toyota. Mr. Milligan was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition without an firearm identification card, carrying a loaded firearm without a license and driving without a license.
Mr. Freeman was charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition without a firearm identification card and carrying a loaded firearm without a license. Mr. Freeman had a single .22 caliber bullet in his pants pocket, according to police.
Both men are scheduled to be arraigned at the Worcester Central District Court on Monday.
There were no reports of injuries.
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Javier Faus believes signing Santos sensation Neymar would be the "perfect marketing strategy".
The Brazil international has long been linked with a move to Europe, with a number of reports suggesting a deal with Barcelona is already in place.
And although the Blaugrana vice-president has refused to comment on whether any negotiations have already been held, he did voice his opinion that the capture of Neymar would be a boost to the club's broader plans.
"Signing Neymar would be a perfect marketing strategy. Barcelona always prioritise sport over economics, though," Faus was quoted as saying by Marca.
"However, as [Andoni] Zubizarreta already said, Neymar is under contract with Santos until 2014, and we don't have anything more to say on the matter."
Neymar has also been linked with Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United, but the 20-year-old appears determined to remain at Peixe until after the 2014 World Cup.


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