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Day four of the 2017 MLB season gets going on Wednesday, as baseball jumps up from an 8-game slate to 15 games. Wednesday night has some interesting matchups on the docket, as aces like Chris Sale, Cole Hamels and Jacob deGrom all toe the rubber in an effort to help their team get a win.
Beyond the big name arms hitting the mounds, we still have some explosive matchups with the Blue Jays and Orioles continuing their rivalry series in Baltimore, while the Cubs and Cardinals wage war in St. Louis and the Mariners and Astros face off in Houston.
Weather: Mostly cloudy, high of 55 degrees. 20% chance of rain.
These two teams were embroiled in a pitcher’s duel on Opening Day before the Twins really tattooed the Royals’ bullpen. Once Danny Duffy was replaced to start the seventh, the floodgates opened for Minnesota. They wound up scoring six runs on four hits in the bottom of the seventh alone, with three of those tallies coming on bases loaded walks via relievers Matt Strahm and Travis Wood. The Twins wound up winning rather easily, 7-1.
Here we have a matchup between a pair of veteran arms in Ian Kennedy and Hector Santiago. Kennedy was fairly impressive last season in his first campaign with the Royals, though he continues to be prone to giving up the gopher ball. Kennedy surrendered an MLB-high 33 home runs last season, four of which came across his five starts against these Twins.
Santiago was acquired from the Angels last season in exchange for Ricky Nolasco. He was awful in 11 starts for Minnesota after the trade, posting a record of 3-6 with a bloated 5.58 ERA. He allowed a hard contact rate of 37.3 percent for the entire season, which was one of the worst marks among qualified starting pitchers. On the bright side, he’ll get to face a KC lineup that mustered just three hits and a run in the opener.
Santiago was terrible last season, but he has historically been a decent starter at the big league level. With so many lefty bats that struggle to hit fellow southpaws, Kansas City’s lineup isn’t exactly built to enjoy much success against left-handers. This game has a fairly sizable over/under of 8.5, but it wouldn’t be particularly shocking to see the under get hit in this spot.
Weather: Showers and thunderstorms, high of 63 degrees. 80% chance of rain.
This game looks to have some pretty serious weather concerns, so keep an eye on that as we get closer to first pitch. In the meantime, we’ll just act like the weather will be fair enough to get the game in.
Here we have veteran right-hander John Lackey going up against his former team. Lackey was shockingly excellent last season in his first year with the Cubs, as he posted a solid 3.35 ERA and inexplicably racked up strikeouts. Lackey’s strikeout rate last season was just over 24 percent, which was one of the better marks in the league. Considering he set a career high in that category in his age-37 season, it’s safe to say there’s some regression coming for him.
On the other side, we have Lance Lynn, who will be making his first appearance since 2015 after missing all of last season due to Tommy John surgery. At his peak, Lynn was a very solid middle-of-the-rotation arm that actually earned an All-Star nod in 2012. He was a very solid strikeout pitcher that effectively limited hard contact, as well. Coming off Tommy John, though, there’s no way we can really know what to expect. The Cardinals figure to be careful in monitoring his innings in the early going.
We have to give the ageless wonder Lacky the edge here considering the uncertainty surrounding Lynn, but this game feels fairly unpredictable. Lackey is going to decline at some point, though obviously it doesn’t necessarily have to happen this season.
Weather: Rainy and windy, high of 41 degrees. 100% chance of rain.
After these two teams were rained out on Monday, the Tigers came back and earned the win in the make-up game on Tuesday afternoon in dreary Chicago. The two will do battle again this afternoon in a matchup between a pair of pitchers that struggled mightily last season.
Zimmermann got off to a great start in his first season with the Tigers, but injuries ultimately derailed him. The big right-hander was limited to just 18 starts, and his struggles over the season’s latter months contributed largely to his bloated 4.87 ERA.
On the other side we have Shields, who was one of the most hittable pitchers in baseball just about all season long. He was mediocre with the Padres before being traded to the White Sox, where he struggled even more. The veteran went just 4-12 with a miserable 6.77 ERA with Chicago, though he wasn’t as dreadful in September.
The weather is looking bad here again today, which could negatively affect hitters in what would otherwise be a potentially high-scoring game. Regardless, it’s hard not to give the edge to the Tigers’ rather beefy lineup in this spot. Shields started four games against this team a season ago and surrendered a whopping 16 earned runs in just 22 innings.
The Tigers should get off to a 2-0 start.
Weather: Mostly sunny, high of 69 degrees. 0% chance of rain.
The Blue Jays’ ended the Orioles’ 2016 campaign with a walk-off home run in the AL Wild Card Game, and the O’s returned the favor on Monday afternoon with Mark Trumbo blasting a game-winner in extra innings off of Jason Grilli. These two teams don’t like each other, which makes for a competitive atmosphere any time they go head-to-head.
On the hill for Toronto, we have southpaw JA Happ, who enjoyed his finest pro season to date in 2016 when he won 20 games and near career-best 3.18 ERA. He was solid in three meetings with Baltimore last season, going 2-0 with a 3.54 ERA in just over 20 innings of action. The Orioles weren’t great as a team against lefties last season, and Happ certainly exploited that weakness.
Happ will be squaring off against Dylan Bundy, who has been rated as one of the Orioles’ top prospects for quite some time now. Tommy John surgery has slowed his progression a bit, and he was a mixed bag after being promoted into the starting rotation about halfway through the 2016 campaign.
Happ’s 2016 season seems like a bit of an anomaly, and he certainly benefited from a freakishly low .268 BABIP against. Still, Baltimore is going to have to show that they’re over their struggles against southpaws from last season. We’ll give Toronto a slight edge in this one, especially because Bundy remains a question mark.
Weather: Mostly sunny, high of 70 degrees. 0% chance of rain.
Stephen Strasburg didn’t mow through the Marlins’ lineup as many had expected, but Washington was still able to rally for the victory behind a clutch, pinch-hit two-run bomb from newcomer Adam Lind in the late innings. The Nats’ offense unexpectedly struggled against Edinson Volquez, who looked resurgent in his first start as a Marlin.
We’ll be seeing another Marlins debut as Dan Straily toes the rubber for the first time since coming over from the Reds. Straily has bounced around in the past, but he enjoyed a quietly solid season in Cincinnati, going 14-8 with a 3.76 ERA for one of the worst teams in all of baseball. As is the case with JA Happ, there certainly appears to have been quite a bit of luck involved with Straily’s success. He gave up a decent amount of hard contact (32%) and the BABIP against him was an insane .239. That suggests some regression could be coming.
Roark was a bit of an unsung hero for the Nats last season. His 2.83 ERA was the sixth-best mark in all of baseball, better than teammate and Cy Young winner Max Scherzer. However, he struggled a bit against the Marlins. He made six starts against Miami – more than against any other club – and went just 2-4 with a 4.46 ERA. Roark allowed 17 earned runs against the Marlins, which was the only single team that scored double-digits against him.
Despite struggling to hit Volquez, Washington has an offense that has too many elite bats to stay dormant for long. Straily’s 2016 seems to be fool’s gold, and it wouldn’t be much of a surprise to see him faceplant in this spot.
Weather: Cloudy, high of 43 degrees. 10% chance of rain.
Here we what is perhaps the most-anticipated game of the day with fireballer Chris Sale set to make his debut in a Red Sox uniform. He came over in the offseason deal that sent Yoan Moncada, Michael Kopech and others to the White Sox, and his presence at the top of Boston’s rotation is the primary reason they enter the season as American League favorites.
Sale’s strikeouts were down on the whole last season, as the White Sox curiously decided to try to get him to pitch to contact. One would imagine the Red Sox will be less cautious with their new ace and will be eager to let him fly. He posted strikeout rates north of 30 percent in both 2014 and 2015, and it wouldn’t be a surprise to see him get there for the third time in four years this season.
We have Jameson Taillon taking the mound for the Pirates coming off of his debut campaign in 2016. He was up-and-down, as most rookie pitchers will be, but the results were largely encouraging. He finished with a 3.38 ERA across his 18 starts and had a K-rate of about 20 percent.
While Taillon was excellent against righties last year, the Red Sox lineups boasts several left-handers capable of doing some serious damage. Fenway Park will be electric in this one with Sale on the mound, and he should be eager to get off on the right foot against a Pirates lineup that was prone to striking out a season ago.
Weather: Afternoon thunderstorms, high of 73 degrees. 80% chance of rain.
This is another game with weather concerns, as rain is expected to be in the Cincinnati forecast for the afternoon and evening hours.
If the game plays, we have a matchup between two of the more interesting young arms in the National League. Nobody paid much attention to the Phillies last season, but they got solid production out of several of their young starters, Eickhoff included. He struck out nearly 21 percent of all hitters he faced and was particularly nightmarish against fellow righties. Right-handed bats had a wOBA of just .273 against him.
Finnegan was volatile in his first season with the Reds, but comes with good strikeout upside from the left side. His overall K-rate of about 19 percent last season doesn’t jump off the page, but he did have games with 12, 9 and 8 strikeouts down-the-stretch of the season. The former TCU Horned Frog was excellent in his first start of the 2016 season against these Phillies, as he allowed three runs across six innings and struck out nine.
Great American Ballpark is typically a hitter’s haven, but the potential rain could put a damper on the run scoring totals here. Finnegan struggled a bit at home last season, and the Phils do have a couple of lefty mashers in Maikel Franco and Tommy Joseph in the middle of the order that could give him some problems.
Weather: Mostly sunny, high of 64 degrees. 10% chance of rain.
Here we have a good old fashioned revenge game as Bartolo Colon will pitch for the Braves in the stadium he called home for the last several years. Baseball’s favorite elder statesman will be taking the mound for his eighth different big league club as the Braves look to even their opening series with the Mets.
Colon, now 43, remains improbably steady. He went 15-8 with a 3.43 ERA for the Mets last season and provided stability to an injury-riddled rotation. The Braves brought him in as a free agent over the winter to bring some veteran leadership to a young staff very much in the midst of a rebuild.
He’ll be doing battle against his ex-teammate, Jacob deGrom, who missed the end of last season with a nerve issue in his throwing elbow. While his strikeout numbers were down on the year, deGrom was still one of the more consistent pitchers in the National League when healthy in 2016. He was extra impressive against Atlanta, as he allowed just four runs across 19.2 innings of work in his three starts.
The season opener between these clubs was a pitcher’s duel before the Mets broke it open late, and it’s easy to see a similar contest in this one. Colon will be motivated to show his former team what they’re missing, but the Braves drop to 0-2 against tough New York pitching.
The Yankees hit up Tropicana Field one last time on Wednesday, as they clash with the division rival Rays to wrap up an intense three-game series to open up 2017. Tampa Bay handled the young Yanks easily on Sunday and figure to do the same at home in this one.
Michael Pineda toes the rubber for New York, as he tries to bounce back from a shaky 2016 run that saw him go 6-12 and put up an ugly 4.82 ERA. He’ll take on Alex Cobb, who has dealt with some rough injury look but still has the natural talent to be a major problem for offenses. That could especially be the case for these young Yankees bats on the road.
It’s a bit much to expect Cobb to come out firing on all cylinders, but Pineda has been extremely volatile and New York’s offense runs hot and cold. Asking Cobb to be serviceable while Pineda potentially implodes isn’t asking too much. New York’s bats can heat up fast, but we don’t love them to do it in this spot.
Weather: Sunny and windy, high of 71 degrees. 0% chance of rain.
We get a battle of aces at Globe Life Park on Wednesday, as the usually steady Cole Hamels goes to work at home against the slightly more volatile Danny Salazar. Both pitchers are typically elite and can pile on the K’s, but also can be vulnerable against elite offenses. That puts us in a dangerous guessing game, in a game that could toe the line between offensive explosion and a pitcher’s duel.
It’s usually safe to roll with the latter, but any game with strong offense in the hittable Globe Life Park is asking for trouble. That really hasn’t translated into major difficulty for Hamels, who was a solid 5-2 at home in this park in 2016, but did have some issues (4.40 ERA). Hamels playing at home doesn’t tell us enough in this spot, as Salazar wasn’t that bad (2 earned runs in 5 innings) in one start against these Rangers a year ago.
The pitching matchup could easily break even, which takes us to the offenses. Both teams were in the top 10 a year ago both in terms of strikeout rate and runs scored per game. Needless to say, we’ve got a tough matchup between a team that was in the World Series a year ago and a hosting club that wants to be this year. Hamels gives the slight edge on the mound and the Rangers at home as a whole is tough to deny.
Colorado hits up Miller Park for the third day in a row, as the Rockies and Brewers duke it out for game three of a four-game series to open up the 2017 season. The Rockies survived an intense first game on Opening Day, but game three just might provide some serious fireworks with Chatwood normally being a merely passable arm and Peralta – who once boasted intriguing K upside – now struggles to remain a constant force due to a lack of control or general consistency.
The writing on the wall suggests anything but a pitcher’s duel in this one, and in the extremely hittable Miller Park, it’s rather likely we get a high-scoring affair. Colorado doesn’t always maximize their offensive potential away from Coors Field, but they certainly have the bats to give Peralta nightmares. The Brew Crew can add some pop to this game just as easily, but we’ll take the Rockies in a favorable spot.
The usually mediocre Paxton hopes to pick up the momentum to ended 2016 with, possibly pushing him towards a career best run in 2017. That just might start on Wednesday versus the Astros in Houston, as he has an enviable showdown with Charlie Morton. Morton’s 2016 was shaved down by injuries and the 33-year old will aim to bounce back with a healthier run.
Paxton is out to prove 2016 is the correct version of himself and Morton will want redemption, but it’s not crazy to think neither will get their wish. Both offenses offer major blow up potential and after a very slow Opening Day game (Astros won, 3-0), we could be in for some fireworks.
The slight edge resides with the more reliable Paxton, who could help the Mariners stay clean early, just long enough for Seattle’s offense to take over in this one.
The Giants and Diamondbacks continue their four-game season-opening series on Wednesday, with veteran pitchers Matt Moore and Taijuan Walker facing off. Moore and Walker can both handle even the best of offenses, but offer up a shaky matchup that could truly go either way.
That’s terrific news for both offenses in a rivalry game in a hitter’s park. The early edge could be in Walker’s favor, who last faced the Giants in 2015 but delivered 7 delightful innings, notching a win and posting a blistering 1.29 ERA. Moore isn’t chopped liver here, as he actually performed well versus the Diamondbacks in 2016, getting a 2-1 record and posting a respectable 3.71 ERA.
Overall, we aren’t taking Walker’s dominance of the Giants in 2015 lightly, nor the fact that the D’Backs have an explosive set of bats and are at home. Moore could easily keep them quiet, but this could be a good spot for them to let loose.
Weather: Mostly cloudy, high of 68 degrees. 0% chance of rain.
We get game three between the Halos and Athletics on Wednesday night, as the two face off in a four-game series to start the year. It’s an interesting matchup on the surface, as Garrett Richards has the potential to be an ace for L.A., but a solid start to 2016 was cut short by a torn ligament in his elbow.
How Richards responds early on could be telling for the Angels’ chances to make a run at the playoffs, but on the surface he’s a considerable asset in this matchup. Neither team provides particularly scary offense, but the Halos at least have Mike Trout and as a group don’t strikeout at an alarming rate. That could be bad news for Cotton, who has some K upside but is far from proven in the majors.
Oakland might carry the early edge at home, but neither offense is overly threatening and on paper Richards seems to give the Halos a better chance defensively.
Weather: Mostly sunny, high of 81 degrees. 0% chance of rain.
San Diego heads back to Dodger Stadium on Wednesday to compete in game three of a four-game series to kick off the new year. The series got started off horribly on Opening Day, with the Dodgers doing as they pleased in a 14-3 win. The Padres will look to get things back on track on Wednesday, but could need an elite performance out of Cahill.
There are certainly worse arm talents than Cahill, but he’s got his work cut out for him going into this matchup, both with L.A.’s potent offense firing on all cylinders and the uber effective Rich Hill staring him down from the other side. Hill enjoyed a stellar campaign in 2016, posting an amazing 1.83 ERA in six regular season appearances with the Dodgers.
We don’t need to get too cute here. The Dodgers are at home, have the clear edge in pitching and have by far the more explosive offense. We’ll take them to tack on another win in this season-opening series.


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I’m going to share my thoughts with you regarding what we may see in our local real estate markets over the next year based on the statistics from 2016 and my past years of experience. Of course if there is some major national or international economic disturbance in the force, all bets are off – hopefully we won’t run into something like that this year.
There are a few factors which help determine the strength or weakness of a market and which way sales and prices will go.
One is demand. There is still a strong demand especially in the lower and middle price ranges. Demand for homes in the higher price ranges began slipping in 2015 and continued during 2016. In 2017 this trend will most likely continue although if there are changes to the federal tax rates that may result in a rebound of the demand for homes in the luxury price ranges.
A second factor is supply. We often refer to this as inventory and speak in terms of Months of Inventory. This is a way of measuring whether the advantage is on the seller’s side (below 6 months inventory), on the buyer’s side (above 6 months of inventory) or if we have a balanced market (around 6 months of inventory). We have been in a seller’s market for a few years now (with inventory levels in the 2-4 month range most of the time) and I don’t see this changing significantly in 2017. With prices going up as much as they have you would think that there would be more people selling their homes, however, there are real reasons that homeowners are holding on to their homes longer than before and will continue to do so during this next year.
A third factor is affordability. You may think this means the same as prices, but that is only one part of the affordability factor. The 3 parts to affordability are 1) prices, 2) interest rates and 3) wages. The largest percentage of buyers are ones who finance their purchase to some extent or another and so that percentage of buyers will pay attention to what their monthly mortgage payment will be even more so, in many cases, than the price of the home they are buying. It is fairly typical for a buyer to have a ceiling set for their monthly mortgage payment and then working backwards from THAT they determine what price of home they can afford. When interest rates are low, like they have been for several years, buyers can and will buy more expensively-priced homes than they would have at a higher interest rate because the monthly payment is ‘affordable’. This, along with strong demand and low inventory, has allowed prices to increase over the past few years in the way they have. However, this means that when interest rates start going up that what will be considered to be ‘affordable’ will not be the same as it is now and most likely price increases will slow, stall or even reverse.
Interest rates went up almost 1/2 percent after the election and we will probably see another 1/2 percent increase spread out over the middle and second half of 2017. When interest rates have an initial increase that is relatively small there is often an increase in demand and sales initially. The reason for that is the buyers who had been sitting on the fence decide they’d better act before there is too much of an increase in interest rates and so there is an increase in buying activity and we will probably see that in the Spring and Summer.
However, when interest rates get closer to 5% what is likely to happen is that sales in the upper price ranges and the upper half of the mid price ranges will start to slow down and sellers will start having to do more price reductions to get their homes to sell than they have over the past few years. Homes in the lower part of the mid price ranges and those in the lower (more affordable) price ranges will not be affected as much and those which are truly a good value will still sell quickly and likely with multiple offers.
Each area has its own local market and there will be some that continue to grow in 2017 and will be strong while others will see more price reductions and longer times on the market. I’ve done an analysis of some of the local markets based on their statistics and presented whether I think they are still strong or starting to peak. This can give you a better idea of the overall condition for Glendale, La Cañada, Burbank, Los Feliz and Pasadena but ideally you should have info on the specific neighborhoods in whatever city where you want to buy. Let me know if you would like to get that info for the areas you want to buy in.
For sellers who have procrastinated, waiting to see whether they can get more this year than they would have last, it would be smart to sell in the first half of the year if possible. Since it takes about 3 months from the point where you start working with your listing agent to a closed sale (if you and your agent do things correctly), that means you should make your decision by no later than the end of winter and take action by no later than the end of May. If you have thought of selling but have concerns about your particular set of circumstances then you should still try to make your decision one way or the other within the next few months – contact me with your concerns if you just can’t seem to make a decision and I’ll either tell you your concerns are valid and you shouldn’t sell now or will give you some possible solutions to your concerns if there is a way to do what you want to do.
You should also make sure, if you do sell this year, that you price your home appropriately as that can make a huge difference in what you walk away with (see my article this month on why the initial list price will determine how much you get from your sale).
For buyers, you should make sure you are fully prepared to buy. If you will be getting financing but haven’t yet gotten preapproved, don’t even think about going out to seriously look at properties. If you want to be successful buying, you will need to have a good understanding of the local markets you are looking in so that you are realistic in your approach and don’t lose a lot of time trying to operate as if the market was different than it is.
Whether you are buying or selling you deserve the most professional representation possible and I will be happy to make sure that your interests are watched out for. Feel free to call or text me on my cell at 818-268-8300 or email me at [email protected].
Ron and his team cover the northern part of L.A. County from the 10 to the 210 and the 405 to the 605.
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What if you were a ghost and didn’t know it?
Daniel Woods is passing through the timeless and mysterious Appalachian Mountains on his way to Kentucky and his inheritance. A misstep tumbles him and his horse down the side of a mountain. Battered and bruised, they come upon a small homestead and help in the form of the lovely Justine Noakes. Daniel immediately finds himself inexplicably attracted to Justine - and determined not to embarrass himself by acting on impulse.
Justine Noakes recognizes the blue-eyed trouble that just led his horse into her settled world is something she never bargained for. Irresistibly drawn to him, Justine has a problem. She needs to come up with a way to get Daniel to stay in her mountain aerie. The only way that can happen is if Daniel accepts his new reality.
What Justine knows, and Daniel must discover, is that sometimes heaven is found in unexpected places.
Trouble had arrived in the form of a lone man leading a lame horse.
Justine Noakes glanced over at Duke. The dog was standing, ears and tail at attention, staring down the long meadow. Now was not the time for the hound to start baying. She had the top off one of her hives, harvesting the honeycomb. The honeybees were docile as long as she moved slowly and gently. She carefully eased the lid back in place and stepped away from the hive allowing the few honeybees still clinging to her to disembark.
“Get on the porch,” she ordered the dog. Duke growled low in his throat.
“Go on.” She tugged at his collar. He resisted at first then trotted obediently towards the cabin.
She entered her small cabin and pulled her Derringer from under her pillow and slipped it into her pocket. It was not the weapon she preferred, but greeting the stranger with a loaded Colt .45 might stir the man’s temper.
Duke sat quietly on the porch when she emerged from the cabin. The animal had excellent people sense and his posture was a reassuring sign.
The approaching stallion limped painfully and the stranger stopped to allow the animal to rest. Whatever had happened, the man must have hope the horse would recover. Men didn’t walk a lame horse through these mountains in search of help. They simply shot the beast and obtained another mount.
She told Duke to stay and went to the well to draw a fresh bucket of water for the man. She had just set it on the porch steps when the duo moved again.
The man was close enough now that Justine could get a good look at him. He was a tall, well over six feet. Dark hair curled on his collar and several days’ growth of dark beard covered his cheeks. He was dusty, dirty and visibly weary, his proud shoulders slumped. Instead of wearing his gun belt, it was looped over the saddle horn. He removed his hat and his intensely blue gaze swept her from head to toe.
She hoped she passed inspection, because if he looked at her like that again, it would be a toss-up between shooting him or letting Duke have some fun running him off her place.
Either that or she was going to turn all feminine and girly and fall at his feet, in which case maybe she’d have to shoot herself to end her embarrassment.
“What’s your name?” Not that knowing his name would help if he were lying or bent on mischief. With his looks she no doubt he had trouble looking for him on a nightly basis when he was in a town.
Daniel Woods battled the last few uphill steps to the crest of the ridge and bent over to catch his breath. The deep green of the majestic Allegheny Mountains lay before him and he breathed a relieved sigh.
Zeus snorted and nudged him. The stallion seemed equally glad to have made it up the steep hill and anxious to be moving. Daniel stood and stretched until his spine made little popping noises. He groaned with relief as he flexed his aching shoulders while looking around the area. The top of the ridge sported a few scrubby pines and a spot of green about a hundred yards to the south. That green meant a mountaintop spring. He started walking.
Come on, horse. Let’s go get a drink. The stallion followed, still snorting. Daniel patted the muscled shoulder, darkened with sweat.
They’d left their home on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay just two weeks ago, traveling slowly. It was a long trek to Kentucky, and the legacy Daniel’s uncle had left him. He was determined not to tire Zeus, settling for a slow twenty or so miles a day. The land in Kentucky wasn’t going anywhere and Zeus was too valuable to ride to exhaustion. The chestnut stallion would stand at stud over the breeding herd Daniel hoped to acquire and develop.
A movement to his left stopped him in his tracks and he dropped the reins. Zeus was well trained and stood, large hooves planted. Daniel slowly pulled his carbine from the scabbard and sighted the pheasant. One quick shot and dinner was bagged as more birds lifted from the brush. A small rabbit darted away, its ears plastered back.
Game in the area was a good sign that the spring was pure. He selected a spot that boasted as near to shade as there was to be had and pulled the saddle off the stallion. Something about this plateau called to him and even though it was still early in the day he decided to rest a bit before starting down the other side of the mountain.
He started a fire, cleaned and spitted the bird, then gave Zeus a quick brush and checked his hooves. The grazing wasn’t too plentiful, so he gave the stallion a few precious handfuls of grain. The bag was about three-quarters gone. Daniel’s map showed a few homesteads and towns along the trail and he hoped to purchase more at one of those small places.
Two hours later, his meal of roasted pheasant making for a contented belly, he saddled Zeus and returned to the trail. He gave Zeus his head as they started down the steep hillside, trusting the sure-footed beast to step carefully.
The condition of the trail rapidly deteriorated. The stallion’s hooves sent bits of shale sliding and clattering down the side of the mountain. Daniel spotted a wider spot a few hundred feet ahead. He’d dismount when they reached there and walk the rest of the way down instead of expecting the horse to balance them both.
They didn’t get that far.
The ground gave way, sliding from beneath Zeus’ hooves and the horse stumbled, going to his knees. Daniel pulled up sharply on the reins. The stallion’s muscles bunched beneath him. His head came up, his hindquarters dropped. The shale under them crumbled and they fell.
Get on the porch, she ordered the dog. Duke growled low in his throat.
Go on. She tugged at his collar. He resisted at first then trotted obediently towards the cabin. Justine picked up her crock of honeycomb and followed.
The approaching stallion limped painfully and the stranger stopped to allow the animal to rest. Justine pitied the poor beast. Whatever had happened, the man must have hope the horse would recover. Men didn’t walk a lame horse through these mountains in search of help. They simply shot the beast and obtained another mount.
She told Duke to stay and went to the well to draw a fresh bucket of water for the man. She had just set it on the porch steps when the duo moved again. Another warning growl rumbled in Duke’s throat.
Ma’am. I’m not looking for mischief. His deep, ragged voice spoke of his fatigue and stirred her sympathy for the struggling travelers. I need a place to care for my horse for a few days. I’ll work in return for you allowing me and him to sleep in your barn.
What’s your name? Not that knowing his name would help if he were lying or bent on mischief. With his looks she no doubt he had trouble looking for him on a nightly basis when he was in a town.
Justine nodded and gave the stallion a closer look. Her thought that the animal was valuable was confirmed. Long legs, deep chest, and strong hindquarters proved the horse to be blooded.
I’m doing this for your horse, Mr. Woods. He’s a thoroughbred, isn’t he?
The man gave her another appraising look. Yes, ma’am, he is.
The man stroked the animal’s sweaty neck. Just a misstep. Bruised the hoof. I think he’ll be fine with a little rest.
You’ll have to ready a stall. Are you hungry? She knew he had to be. It was getting on in the afternoon. The end of the meadow had shadows.
He walked around to the other side of the horse and removed something from the ties of the saddle. Coming back around to her side he held out two rabbits.
Will this do for supper?
Justine smiled warmly. She stepped down two treads and took his offering. Their fingertips touched sending an icy cold shock wave through her. She recoiled in surprise, hoping her expression didn’t reflect her shock. He didn’t flinch with the contact. She shivered despite the heat of the day, her thoughts racing.
Allowing him to stay would be folly. Letting him go would be worse. He needed more help than he knew. She ignored the strange tightness in her chest and smiled at him.
These will do nicely. Thank you. Do you want the pelts?
No. You do what you like with them. I’ll go get settled. He put his hat back on his head and turned towards the barn, then hesitated.
Ma’am, if you have some to spare, I’d appreciate a sliver of soap.
Justine nodded. You’ll find a little washstand inside the barn. With soap. She hesitated, but she had to ask him.
Do you believe in ghosts, Mr. Woods?
Surprise flickered in his tired eyes, but his exhaustion was too great. The interest her question had stirred faded from his gaze. He shook his head.
No, ma’am. I can’t say as I do.
Daniel tipped his hat politely before cramming it back on his head then coaxed the stallion to movement. Watching the horse struggle to walk brought tears to Justine’s eyes.
Come on, Duke, she said softly as she turned to go out back and prepare the game at her workbench. She hoped Mr. Woods didn’t mind if she roasted both rabbits. She had a hot bed of coals and might as well put it to good use.
She left the Derringer in her pocket, not that it would ever hurt him if she fired it at him and hit her mark.
Daniel stepped into the cool shade of the barn and groaned with relief. He dropped the reins and Zeus immediately stopped. Daniel was sure the horse was as grateful for shade as he was. He slipped the saddle from the tired animal’s back and draped it over the side of the nearest stall.
The stallion was weary. It showed in the way his head drooped, the stillness with which he stood. Daniel left him where he was and climbed up to the loft to toss down fresh bedding into the first stall. That accomplished, he rubbed Zeus down where he stood until he was sure the horse was cool enough for a drink.
He brought a bucket and set it down for the beast and began to brush him down while he drank. Once the horse was groomed, Daniel coaxed him into the stall then searched the shelves for some liniment. He found a half-full bottle and made a mental note to replace it for the woman, or at least pay her for it. It was clear resources here were limited.
His mind wandered and settled on his hostess. What was such a pretty woman doing out here? He’d better be polite because she surely had a husband nearby.
The liniment warmed his hands as Daniel sparingly rubbed down Zeus’s legs. The stallion needed a few days rest, and if the truth were to be told, so did he. Rest and a bath. The barn had a corner set up for a hired hand and retrieved his saddlebags and stowed them on the cot.

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text: The Wolverton Meteorological station is located in Seqouia National Park. This is a site in the same region as the CZO, providing a point of comparison for the variability of the water balance across the landscape. Data is collected by water year (previous October 01 through September 30 of named year), however WY 2006 is partial, starting at the end of July. WY 2012 is also a partial water year, with data through March 23, 2012.

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Alternative, underground and cult films.
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text: Isozyme patterns of 13 enzymes were compared for cultures of Trypanosoma avium, T. vespertilionis, T. cruzi and T. rangeli. The isozyme separation was made by cellulose acetate electrophoresis. Each of the species had distinctly migrating isozyme bands for glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT), isocitrate dehydrogenase (ICD), malic enzyme (ME), 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGD), phosphoglucoisomerase (PGI), phosphoglucomutase (PGM), and malic dehydrogenase (MDH). For other enzymes, two or more species had identically migrating bands. In addition to these interspecific species differences, variability was observed among the strains of T. cruzi and T. rangeli. Among the T. cruzi strains, there were two different isozyme (possibly allozyme) types of the enzymes alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), fructokinase (FK), glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), GOT, MDH and three types of ME. In the T. rangeli isolates two isozyme types for the enzymes ALAT, FK, G6PDH, GOT, ICD, and LDH, were observed. Among the eight strains of T. cruzi studied there were six isozyme types, and among the seven T. rangeli isolates there were four isozyme types. There was an indication that isozyme types were associated with geographical distribution.

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When we are with a brother, sister or friend the feelings are not the same as with a lover. Love between mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, mothers and sons, fathers and daughters feels different again. All of these differ from open-hearted abandon into the love of nature, the breathtaking exhilaration of beholding the cliffs, canyons, oceans, mighty rivers, waterfalls, desertscapes, of our planet, or of looking deeply into the stars at night. Love as compassion for the suffering is again a feeling unique to itself.
The feelings are different, but is Love different?
We have been trained to believe love is an emotion, a feeling state arising out of the individual. This is not my experience. Many years ago I experienced a sudden expansion of my conscious awareness. For a time I entered a state of consciousness in which I knew that Existence is all of one piece, it is a Unity, a palpable Tenderness beyond description, excluding nothing, existing beyond illusions of form and separation.
It was clear to me that the sensations of tenderness, exhilaration, joy that I was experiencing were not created in my body or in any body. Instead, I was immersed in something – the energies of Creation – Love – existing as the very stuff of the Universe. I knew then that my body, and the whole of the human body is not, never was, and never will be separate from the Source and Essence of Creation.
We cannot be separated from that which forms, sustains and nourishes our existence.
We cannot be separated from our Source, but we can believe we are separated. We can allow ourselves to live with the conviction that we are alone, isolated, insignificant, not aligned with the power of the Universe. This belief has consequences. In our culture there is an unchallenged and almost religious assumption that the energies of Creation move us, push or pull us, that if we don’t learn to push and pull these energies that we will be invalid, useless. If we look closely at this cultural myth we see that it is absurd. Science, psychology, the logic of philosophy all reveal this absurdity, yet it prevails.
This myth, this religion, breeds in succession all the miseries of the human condition. Poverty, war, disease, all result from the false belief that Creator and Creation are divided and that we must therefore protect ourselves from Life, or learn to manipulate it.
If we look again, we will see that the cure for this epidemic belief in separation and fear is in our hands. The cure begins with each one of us. We don’t have to campaign to change the world and we don’t have to leave it to the politicians to put an end to poverty, war and disease; but we do have to, gently and in right timing, ask ourselves to let go of any and all ideas that make us seem to be alone, helpless, or insignificant. If we really want to make a difference we do have to take time to discipline our minds and our bodies to recognize the energies of Creation, felt as love, in our meditations, in our spiritual practices, in our daily lives and in our relationships. Every one of us who opens his or her self to direct, felt-in-the-body acknowledgement of the Essence of all life becomes a living prayer and joins the awakening of the planet. As we open our hearts to the Truth we begin to feel more consistently the love that is the essence of Creation and we become ourselves catalysts for awakening – in our homes, at work, in our relationships and in our times of solitude. Our very bodies, our minds and the expressions of our lives communicate and share the truth. We become what we always were – the Love of the Universe, embodied.

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I produce the music schedule for an great live music venue in Soho - www.floriditalondon.com (formerly the imfamous Marquee Club). I would like to offer Gotan Project a headline performance in October 2012. Please could you let me know if this might be of interest.
I just paid (via Paypal) to get Tango 3.0 and the web site says 'Wait a moment - your purchase has not been confirmed' or something like that. I wait and wait and nothing happens !!!!


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Get Roped In! National Team Roping League Wrangler National Finals.
Looking for something different and FREE to do this weekend? Load the family in the car and head west to the Jacksonville Equestrian Center for the 2012 NTRL (National Team Roping League) Wrangler National Finals.

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Ben and Victoria have been married for five years and are thankful for all the blessings of life, but most of all are looking forward to being parents together and loving/raising children. They're surrounded by a loving community and are so excited to share their lives with a child!
Trent and Kristi are open to adopting a baby (or child) of any race and excited to expand their family! They’ve been for over 12 years and enjoy camping, biking, relaxing in the evening around the fire, and going on walks. Trent and Kristi faced infertility, and were blessed with three children through adoption. Carson and Madalyn were born in Ethiopia, and Shae is from Mississippi.


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 I don’t even think you can have a bad day in the ocean. Your cell phones off. Your out there with your buddies. All you can do is go with the wind the tide and the waves.
One week from today the latest film from Cana Outdoors drops! Last fall we got after some fish in the great pacific of central California. There is something mystical about taking one breath, diving into a another world, and looking for that one fish at the end of your spear.
We joined the guys from Reef Points Cider to go and capture this experience and share in some good times out in the Channel Islands. We are thrilled to drop this film and would love to have you out next week to premiere it with us!
Sidecar SLO has generously offered to host the event! Reef Points will be revealing / pouring / drinking their new cider! We will be hanging and enjoying the good company in our home town of San Luis Obispo, CA.
To add to the party Sidecar is mixing some special Reef Points cocktails! Yes and thank you. They will be served in Yeti engraved "UNHOOKED" Lowballs and the first 40 folks who buy a Reef Points cocktail from Sidecar keep the cup!
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The SLO Hunt Reel is a one night local event for fellow hunters to come together for an awesome night of films, raffles, and some local BBQ.
Cana Outdoors and Central Coast Archery are thrilled to host this event for the central coast and beyond. We are excited to share two recent un-released films from Cana Outdoors and raffle away some amazing products from YETI, Sitka Gear, Cana Outdoors, and Central Coast Archery. Raffle tickets are 5 bucks and the event is free. All ages are welcome and we can't wait to see you there!


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Not being satisfied with my shorthand way of calculating the scoring differential between this year and last, I broke out my trusty calculator and spent a few days crunching numbers. After tallying up the averages for every event since the beginning of 2006, I discovered a few interesting things.
I’ll start with 2006. The overall scoring average per round last year (10854 rounds total) was 72.961. When I did my first scoring estimate back in May, the 2007 average was 73.361 – exactly 0.4 strokes higher than 2006, not 0.6. Through the Canadian Open, the 2007 average is now 73.433 – 0.472 higher. If you compare the current 2007 average to the average at this point in 2006, 2007 is only 0.347 higher. That is still a significant difference, despite my previous overestimations.
At the SeoulSisters.com message board, we recently had a spirited discussion concerning the dominance of a small group of players several years ago (Annika, Pak, Webb and Inkster) and the apparent lack of dominant players today aside from Ochoa. I’ll tackle that topic here another time, but a tangent of that discussion was “WHY are the average scores higher this year?” The Constructivist and I opined that weather could be a factor, but a couple of others believed that the afore-mentioned dominant players are having downturns this year and nobody else has picked up the slack aside from Ochoa.
Would you believe that the scores are higher purely because of the schedule changes? Maybe not, but here’s how I hope to prove it to you. The Canadian Open was the 20th event on the LPGA schedule this year, whereas it was the 23rd in 2006 even though it was played one weekend earlier last year. The Ginn Tribute was an inaugural event this year and the four events that were played last year and omitted so far in 2007 were Takefuji, Atlanta, ShopRite and Nashville. If I eliminate the Ginn Tribute from this year’s average, it drops to 73.388. By eliminating those four 2006 events, the 2006 overall average rises to 73.195 and the average through the Canadian Open rises to 73.416. So by merely eliminating the uncommon events from the two seasons, scoring has been nearly the same! Don't get me wrong - merely changing the schedule didn't make the scores go up, but something about those five events made all the difference between the two years.
Now that I’ve (hopefully) cleared that up…why wouldn’t weather influence the scoring? Every week Andy North or Charlie Rymer or somebody talks about the greens being receptive or the rough being really thick or the ball not traveling well in the cold or the wind making club selection difficult. Some of that is the groundskeeper’s choice but even he has to tailor his choices around the weather leading up to the event and then adjust on the fly during the event to changing weather conditions. Not to mention the adjustments the players have to make when the winds are gusting or rain is falling. I would think the opposing argument would be ridiculed. As for the notion that a group of four players having an off-season could account for the difference – to put it nicely, that’s just impossible. Even if all four of them had played 70 rounds this year (Angela Park’s current Tour-leading total) and their averages had risen FIVE strokes apiece that wouldn’t be enough to move the overall average up 0.2, much less 0.347.
There are a few more uses to keeping my scoring chart updated, so I’ll add that to my weekly chores. You can expect to see more references to this topic in the near future.
Probably tougher courses and newer to the players? We'll see over time if scores go down on them.
I still think extreme weather played a role in a good deal of the early tournaments. And late. Just look how scores went up on Saturday in the Evian and the British Open.... But maybe it really does all even out over time.
I'm looking forward to more in this series. Definitely would like to see some longitudinal studies on players' careers. A few bad tournaments the last few weeks have made Ai-chan's average shoot up over 72.... I'll have to look at this more closely in the August Super Soph rankings.


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Ragazzi alumni go back to 1987 and we love hearing stories from their young singing days, along with updates about their adult lives. Many, many boys have grown up with the program and count their time in rehearsal, onstage, at camp, and on tour as some of the most indelible memories of childhood.
Enjoy browsing our gallery of archival photos too!
Don’t be a stranger – we want to see you at our performances and fundraising events!
Feeling nostalgic about the fantastic concerts you sang in the Bay Area (and around the world)? Longtime accompanist Marilyn Wells has designed special needlepoint ornaments for many tours and landmark concerts. They’re individually stitched to order, and framed as shown. Each 2.5″ square ornament is perfect to hang on the Christmas tree, on the wall, or at your desk.
Ragazzi’s alumni ensemble, Ragazzi Continuo, performs regularly around Northern California. Continuo members have re-connected as adults with their brothers-in-music, exploring works that span centuries and cultural traditions. With over a century of combined musical experience, Continuo sings for both private and public audiences.
You might also enjoy joining the Ragazzi Alumni Facebook group— a great way to connect directly with Ragazzi’s social network.


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Stepping into a new position or role can be very difficult for a variety of reasons. There are many complicating factors including, but not limited to: the business situation, team dynamics, product issues, market dynamics, budgets, expectation and goals, and understanding the new position.
The team one inherits will be the most critical factor. These individuals will help the new leader to define the situation as it exists, develop a plan of action, and help to implement that plan. It is important for the leader to evaluate the team members for the strengths and weaknesses, as any coach would evaluate players on a team. This is not easy for a person stepping into a new position to do, as people tend to present in different ways than they act. Many times their actions aren’t indicative of their overall ability.
Leaders must seek objective data when inheriting or building a new team. I have worked with many happily married couples who after 20 years together still do not understand important aspects of their peer’s behavioral profile. If married couples that have spent extensive time together struggle with concepts such as listening, conflict resolution, interpersonal skills, and attitude; the same struggles could certainly occur with a leader that is working with teams of varying size.
The use of objective analysis will help the leader establish stronger relationships faster. Data gathered will help the leader leverage the talent that exists, develop the abilities of those already on a team, and hire or retain people that possess the skills necessary to accomplish an objective. Essentially, it will help to develop a stronger, more cohesive single unit. Many leaders fool themselves into believing they can assess individuals through a series of meetings and observation over several months.
When assessing these leaders, many times we find that they themselves don’t understand their own strengths and areas requiring development. If we are predisposed to self-deception relative to our own abilities, what makes us think we can accurately evaluate the talents of others without objective data, and why would we want to?
Establishing the strengths of the team, leveraging these strengths from day one, and developing skills and abilities of the team relative to the business objectives are the keys to the success of any leader and ultimately, the team. The use of data to make this transition more efficient and effective is critical to the success of most transitional situations. Corporate America is faced with constant reorganizations. Many companies go year-to-year without accomplishing simple business objectives. If companies were to use a more objective measure to understand team dynamics and organizational dynamics, these transitions would occur with greater efficiency. In addition, the potential to last for more than a fiscal year and the likelihood of producing the types of results that organizations are targeting is also higher.
Leadership transition is important and requires data to be effective. Understanding team dynamics and the construct and development of a strong team are critical to success. Most people under plan and fail to leverage tools to address this critical area. Those that do so will have a significant advantage and a higher level of success.


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A former leader with the Jefferson Police Department has been charged with drug possession and stalking his wife.
Dennis Thomas, who was a captain with the Jefferson Police Department, was charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of crack cocaine, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, possession of drug-related objects and aggravated stalking.
The charges came after he went to the home of his wife, who had filed for divorce and had a temporary restraining order against him.
After a search of his residence, the hand grenades were found. The hand grenade possession was turned over to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
On a related matter, a search warrant was issued by the ATF at the home of another Jefferson man. Guns, a rocket launcher, powder and other items were seized from his home.
Thomas was one of two Jefferson police officers who was put on administrative leave after a notice was filed to indict him in November 2006. The allegations against Thomas were for “hindering the apprehension or punishment of a criminal.” Four of the counts state that Thomas told officers Lee New and Anthony Kelley not to speak about the allegations that another officer, Mario Johnson, had stolen gas from the city.
The final two allegations against Thomas allege that he falsified the time card of an officer, who had been denied time off.
Thomas was never indicted on any of these charges.
I thoughtit very interesting that your staff writer did not tell that Dennis Thomas is the husband of Cammie W. Thomas who is the Clerk of Superior Court in Jackson County and that the person whose home was searched in a related matter by the ATF was not named. Shouldn't the paper tell the whole story? The stockpile of weapons sounds like terrorists operatives.
Terrorist operativers? C'mon Lynn. More like the right to bear arms in the United States. People are allowed to possess firearms. No the article didnt tell the whole store so maybe people like you shouldnt jump to half cocked conclusions about a terrorist in Jackson County. The article did say that no charges had been filed. Maybe that should serve as a sign.
Sure, the Constitution gives us the right to bear arms, but when does the average citizens need hand grenades and rocket launchers? These items are weapons of war. How many people do you know that possess this kind of arm? I'm sure the ATF would be interested. Also, since the ATF is involved, I don't think we have heard the last of this. Maybe we will have a sign soon.
Do you feel better now that you put an innocent victim and her family at risk by naming her (oh by the way, you spelled her name wrong)? Also, what does her job have to do with what her husband has done? Sounds like a personal vendetta on your petty part! Why don't you read the Jackson Herald this week and on page 7A and find out in other publications of incidents that victims are not named! Why don't you "advertise" where you're employed? I'm sure your employers wouldn't appreciate being a part of your pettiness and your personal comments about folks! Oh, and by the way, why don't you call and ask who the other person was involved in the ATF investigation - you'll find it's not who you think! Get over it- stop punishing Mrs. Thomas for what her husband and his family have done! Everyone else, show some support for Ms. Thomas and her family and pray for their safety!
Soooo, how can this travisty be attributed to Chief Worthman? C'mon, Mr. Buffington, you're slacking on the job!
All right #2. By now you should know better than to stir that pot. You know what happened last time! Chief Wirthman has vowed to move foreward, maybe you should do the same.
Charles, please read the article again. The article said charges had been filed for possession of crack cocaine with intent to distribute, possession of crack cocaine, posssession of a firearm in the commission of a felony and stalking. The article said that no charges were filed in regard to the previous allegation concerning his actions with the police department. Look for the sign. Sorry I didn't put this in my first reply.
The right to bear arms is one thing but hand granades are another. also the other person who had a search warrant served on him was one of dennis thomas aquaintances. He had a rocket launcher....is the part of the right to bear arms? Now I will agree that it doesn't make for terroristic operatives either(although the second person is very anti government). as for hand grenades they could have been handed down from a ww2 vet to his son or found when ww2 vet died....you dont know the story so please wait for the investigation.
the stalking....don't let him out of jail he didn't get the message with the restraining order.
Wow, J. Autry; move on? Thomas was Darren's #2 man (the entire time he was Chief). Is this not news? Was this going on under Darren? I don't know, but it begs an answer.
All right 700, I thought you and I had found some common ground. If you were around that department or had anything to do with it you know that Thomas may have been #2, but that didn't make him Darren's friend. Fact of the matter is that this is "just deserts". As it keeps proving itself out, what comes around does go around.
Mr. Autry, you seem to be very close to this subject. Can you explain why even though Darren Glenn was never indicted by a Grand Jury for any criminal charges, the Georgia P.O. S. T. Council determined that he violated enough P.O.S.T. rules that they revoked his Peace Officer Certification? I also wonder why that was NEVER reported by the Glenn Herald...I mean the Jackson Herald. I know Darren appealed his revocation. What is the status on his appeal?
Eric you will find out soon enough but you already now don't you? after all you made a request right?
Just wanted to see if I could get a rise out of you.
I really doubt that 700 is who you think it is. lets face it 700 is not his number it is the police station. Don't fall for that stuff you're smarter than that.
TPO's are issued by a Superior court judge with only the testimony of an estranged wife, without criminal charges and without a jury trial. Violations of TPO's are decided by the police without a jury trial and for that matter without a hearing before a Superior Court Judge. How many of you knew you could go to jail without bond, and without a jury of your peers approving this? How many of you would feel comfortable with having any one police officer deciding if you should lose your freedom without trial? And all of this could be the result of a divorce. With the divorce rate at about 50% that means this conservatively affects half of you men out there. This is worth some serious thought.
Everyone should be assumed to be not-guilty until proven otherwise by a jury of his peers. This is a United States constitutional requirement. Of course it's obvious that our government no longer feels this document means very much.
Don't assume, by reading the newspaper that we know any of the "facts." I would not feel comfortable making any judgements about this man without him going through the criminal justice system as prescribed by law. And you people in the lynch mob should consider these words.
Yes, I agree with 700 when he/she says just because you are arrested doesn't mean that you are going to be found guilty. Very shortly after a TPO is issued, there will be a court date set. This is why it is called a 'temporary protective order' because atleast for now, it is only temporary. There the accused will have every chance to defend himself. Also, contrary to popular belief, it is not that easy to get a TPO on someone; especially if you have no proof. In the past this may have been the case but it's not the case anymore.
I have no doubt that most TPO's are issued honestly. There are a few that contain false allegations. If the accused is in fact guilty, then of course he should be ordered to stay away from the victim. As far as the ones that are taken out based on lies, as I mentioned earlier they have a court date. Yes, it's another one of those unfair hassles that life is full of when an innocent person has to go through this process; but don't worry, they will get over it. The bright side of this for the falsely accused is the simple fact that when something didn't really happen, it's kind of hard for someone to prove that it did. Lies don't usually produce a whole lot of evidence. Then there are some instances in which TPO's are taken out for ridiculous and petty reasons. If this happens to someone, just stay away from the 'crazy' who took the TPO out on you. This also applies to the falsely accused who have to stay away from their self made 'victims'; just stay away from them now and forever. Why would you want to go around someone who either told vicious lies about you, or who plainly just doesn't want you around no matter how silly the complaints they made against you are?
Personally I believe that it doesn't matter why a person doesn't want to be near you. However, they should not resort to making false accusations to make that happen and should be punished for doing so. That's a lot of the problem right there. This is against the law. The ones who use falsehoods in order to obtain TPO's are usually found out pretty quickly. Unfortunetly those with proper authority to make these liars pay the consequences of their crime don't push it and press charges on them. Therefore, those guilty get the message that what they did was no big deal; and that leads into their thinking of, 'I know I will get away with it so why can't I do it again'?
Michael, I think you are slightly confused, or misinformed. Police officers must bring probable cause that a crime has been committed to a magistrate judge for the issuance of a warrant. Also, you bring up a due process issue. As I am sure you know, just because someone is arrested they are presumed innocent until proven guilty, so just because he has been charged with a crime does not mean he will be found guilty. He also has a right to a preliminary hearing before a magistrate judge.
I also have a question for you. When did we lose sight of personal responsibility? If a TPO is issued, it cannot be enforced until the affected party is served. Then the served party understands the restrictions set in place by the Superior Court. Is it not incumbent on the served party to abide by the guidelines set by the court? After all, they have the right to a hearing after being served.
Sounds like 700 might have a dog in this hunt.
700: Thanks for the kind reply. You seem like a decent sort. I thought any officer could arrest someone because the plaintiff on the TPO just claimed a violation. I stand corrected. I don't like TPO's. They don't protect anyone and they leave little traps for innocent parties to fall into. If someone is determined to hurt someone a piece of paper signed by a judge will do absolutely nothing to protect the plaintiff. It's just another little chipping away at our rights. We have judges in our living rooms now. An Ex-parte (with no judge) TPO is issued allowing the plaintiff to remove all of the property from a home before a hearing ever happens. I know you guys out there might be concerned about this aspect of the TPO.
By today's standards, a man who raises his voice in his own home is subject to these TPO's. And I can tell you that a hearing to get a TPO before the judge only requires a preponderance of the evidence to be issued, not beyond a reasonable doubt. So TPO's are indeed issued all the time WITH a reasonable doubt. And this can affect the divorce case pending in a negative way. It's no wonder some guys go crazy over this stuff.
And being arrested, possibly with no bond, is no assurance that one will still have a job the next day or that their house will not be foreclosed on during this time, all before a jury ever sits for the case. And you can't sign your own bond even though you're a property owner. You have to find someone willing to do this. How would you like your friends to get a call from the Jackson County jail from you? Do you think they might think differently of you in the future? We need reform and not the kind we've been getting.
Can't we all just get ALONG!!!!
The news again didnt report the whole story. I am aware of the fact that the subj searched was a friend of Dennis'. Also this subject did not have anything to do with Mr. Thomas actions that evening. Also the paper did not report that the grenades were drilled out meaning that they were of no threat. Anyone can obtain one of there at any Army Surplus store or gun show. Same goes for the rocket launcher which was just the tubing that is used to encase the device and unsed for aiming. There was no rocket. Again, easily obtainable to the public and perfectly legal. The article also did not mention that the subject was a firearms dealer and also has permits to possess weapons that are not made available to the general public. The real issue is that Jefferson Police Department has nothing better to do than allow its officers to harass and make accusations agains anyone who had anything to do with thier old Administration. Anyone who assisted the Police Dept under Chief Glenn or Asst. Chief Thomas is now and has been scrutinized and harassed by current employees and administration of the Jefferson Police. Anyone who had responded to the scene of the Thomas altercation would have seen that although there may have been numerous various firearms, that everything located there was perfectly legal. There was no need to notify the ATF. Had they been compitent officers and actually knew the laws they would have realized this.
Mr. Knight, I guess JPD made Dennis Thomas violate the TPO against him. When the SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES arrested Mr. Thomas, they conducted a search warrant that was signed by a Judge after showing PROBABLE CAUSE and when the SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES conducted the search warrant and found the grenade, the SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATORS called in the ATF. NOT JEFFERSON POLICE DEPARTMENT. AFTER the ATF conducted their investigation, the ATF obtained a FEDERAL search warrant and requested the Jefferson Police to assist them in conducting the second search warrant. The JPD was there to assist the ATF only. The Jefferson Police Department have gone on and are attempting to conduct public safety business. It's people like you that DON'T know all the facts that keep throwing Jefferson PD and Darren Glenn in together like it's some kind of Friday Night Fights... I think Mr. Glenn and the JPD have both gone on with their business and would like nothing better than for other people to leave them the hell alone!
I know a lot more that has gone on that the general public doesnt. Take the blinders off and get the whole story. The grenade found was DRILLED OUT meaning there was no fuse or explosive element. JPD or JCSD had they taken the time to examine what they found would have realized that everything was perfectly legal. And again, I made no excuse for Dennis Thomas actions. He made his own choice to violate a TPO. The problem that I have is that an innocent man who eas excercising his right to bear arms was arrested in the process. And by the way....... JPD and JCSD have a lot of officers jumping from dept to dept from the sheriffs dept to the police dept and so on. They all are aware of what goes on the general RESIDENTS dont and they take sides as well. I do not condone breaking the law in any means. I have aproblem with the Law Enforcers being so ill educated and biast that they only enforce simple laws or enforce personal opions of themselves or thier other friends in blue. They all just need to stick to what they do best and play trafic nazis.
I happened to be watching the news the other night when they reported that 1400 police officers are on the job in Ga. with felony arrests and convictions on their records. I wonder if any are in Jackson County. Kinda makes me feel strange knowing these folks are caring guns.

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She worked on the creation of the main Swiss travel health databases for health professionals such as Tropimed primarily for professionals, and Safetravel for the Swiss public in several languages, she developed other electronic databases on medication,. Now she works for PharmaSuisse (the Swiss Association of Pharmacists), Project Manager developping Drug Information Databases, as expert on Vaccination: She developed a Certificate for Swiss pharmacists to acquire certification for vaccinations. Since 2013, in the Department of Politics & Data she works as eHealth Coordinator, collaborating with the Federal authorities and regional Pharmacists' societies on eHealth projects (including. electronic vaccination plan). She keeps active as project manager for the Vaccination courses and certificate for pharmacists, the courses on the use of electronic resources in this field. She regularly lectures to pharmacists and pharmacy students on Information Resources for Travel Medicine and Vaccination at the University of Geneva and other course's providers.
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The name Finkel is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. As a Jewish surname, the name Finkel derives from a variety of sources. It is thought to have been an occupational name, deriving from the German word finch, which referred to the bird, and would have been given to someone who raised or sold finches. Another possible origin is from the female given name Finkle, which was a popular name in medieval Germany. It could also be an ornamental surname deriving from the Old German word finkelstein, which means diamond. Lastly, the name could be derived from the Yiddish word funk, which meant spark. The word funkenstein translates as sparkle stone, or diamond.
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In this episode, we take a look back at the previous year and highlight three women who share about how building their families and giving birth gave them an invaluable gift; careers they are passionate about. For each of us, having a child is a unique experience. We want to learn as much as we possibly can to make the best choices for our family. When we don’t find what we’re looking for, some take it upon themselves to create the experience they find missing for others. That is what Jen McLellan, Steph Crowder, and Lauren Falconer did.
In Episode #5 with Jen McLellan, Jen shares how becoming a mom at a plus size left her at a loss when she searched for information online about pregnancy and birth. Discovering that there was a complete lack of empowering and informative resources for plus size pregnant women, she set out to create the space she knew women needed. Jen is now the best resource for plus-sized women online!
In Episode #4 with Steph Crowder, Steph describes how she experienced a transformation around her career perspective when she became a mom and found an amazing way to pursue meaningful work while being present as a mother. You’ll be inspired by how Steph describes shifting her goals and habits to experience motherhood on her terms.
In Episode 17 with Lauren Falconer, Lauren shares how she found the space in her pregnancy and birth to tap into her intuition and energy as a woman. Realizing how empowering of an experience pregnancy and birth can be, she pursued becoming a yoga practitioner and childbirth educator to help other women discover their potential. Lauren designed the incredible online childbirth education course “Spirit Birth”, a program that helps mamas consciously and lovingly prepare for any birth.
Steph Crowder is the host of the Courage & Clarity podcast and Director of Member Success at Fizzle.
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The issue of overpayments to university staff seems now to have been settled, in a way which recognises that the payments should never have been made, yet penalising universities by making them redirect money to student services rather than making them compensate for wasted funds; and the recipients of the overpayments can keep the money. None of this was ever sanctioned by a court. As with so many settlements, the truth is that neither side would have been on very firm ground before a judge, and if ever the matter were to be litigated, it would almost certainly be necessary to look at each alleged over-payment separately.
I have no intention of doing that here, but I will sketch out the main issues that seem likely to arise, in the light of the Auditor General’s report, the Committee of Public Accounts (CPA) hearing, the subsequent Dáil debate, and the Auditor General’s follow-up report.
… there shall be paid by a university to the employees of that university, such remuneration, fees, allowances and expenses as may be approved from time to time by the Minister [for Education and Skills] with the consent of the Minister for Finance.
Was there ministerial consent to the payments?
If no, is there any way out of the conclusion that s 25(4) was breached?
If no, were the payments ultra vires (i.e. beyond the legal powers of) the universities?
If the payments were ultra vires, does it follow that individual payees have to refund them?
Whether or not individuals have to re-pay, can the government make a deduction from future block grant payments to the universities?
1. Ministerial consent. Both the universities and the HEA somewhat overstated their case to the CPA, as it seems to me. As Hugh Brady of UCD emphasised, the Universities Act does not say what form consent has to take – however, it had to take some form, if it existed at all. It is not entirely fair to ask, as Tom Boland of the HEA did, “what part of ‘No’ did UCD not understand” – a clear ‘No’ is barely discernible from the documentation made public until rather late in the negotiations (end of 2006), a point emphasised by Deputy Shortall, who criticised the HEA for being “too polite” before then. The matter is not straightforward at all, especially as the persons whose approval and consent was required – the Ministers, acting through their Departments – played very little part in the correspondence. Much of the anger directed at UCD assumes that it could, and should, have cancelled arrangements for extra payments as soon as it emerged that they might not attract ministerial consent – but it is hard to get this from the wording of the Act, and (as Hugh Brady was keen to emphasise) you can’t run a modern university that way. There are many legal duties on university heads, quite a few of which would be infringed by sitting around until the HEA tells you what to do.
2. Other ways out of s 25(4)? The sub-section’s coverage is not entirely clear. Does it apply only where source of the payment was Exchequer funds? Can more of the payments be justified under a “framework” as contemplated by s 25(5)? And does s 25(4) regulate only the payment scale, or can it also be stretched to cover the initial point of placement on scale, as the Auditor General’s report seems to suggest? Each of these points might need to be argued out.
3. Assuming that s 25(4) was infringed, does that put the payments outside the powers of the universities? In other word, does it follow that the universities were acting ultra vires when they made the payments? This is asserted time and again by the HEA and the Auditor General, but it is not a very obvious reading of the sub-section, which does not mention vires at all, and is more naturally read as conferring rights on staff rather than as setting limits to the universities’ legal powers. Universities are autonomous corporations (or at least, that’s what the law says), and while of course statute can deprive such corporations of powers they might otherwise have, we might have expected this to be done explicitly if it was done at all. If s 25(4) is not read as a simple denial of vires, there might need to be further argument over whether each university had the necessary vires apart from the Act – which would very probably turn out to be a different enquiry for each university. The older, chartered ones might possibly turn out to be in a better position than the newer, statutory ones, as they could rely on a general presumption that they had full powers of contract and disposition of property, rather than having to find such powers implicit within the statute establishing them.
4. Is there a duty on individuals to repay? If the payments to individuals were indeed ultra vires, does that imply that they have to be repaid? This is seriously technical restitution territory, with various of the parties claiming to have taken legal advice, which however none of them have seen fit to disclose. For what it is worth, one such matter has already reached a Labour Court – UCD v IFUT, 16 August 2010 – and the court’s recommendation clearly envisaged that a university might be bound by a contract with a staff member even if that contract should never have been made – in other words, not only can the university not recover the payments, but also they have might have to go on making repeat payments until the relevant contract expired. Before the CPA the issue might simply be whether the payments should have been made, but before a Labour Court the issue is whether the agreement to pay, and the staff member’s reliance on the agreement, created rights. The university cannot simply break the agreement, or substitute new and lawful arrangements without consultation – the staff member can consent to the substitution of new arrangements, but has the alternative of keeping the old ones until they expire under their own terms. Of course, the issue, or one like it, could be taken to a higher court, which might not necessarily take the same view as the Labour Court. But it is quite a leap from saying that the payments should not be made, to saying that the old and illegal arrangements can simply be ripped up. Basic liability would have to be established first, and then possible defences (such as limitation) considered. None of this was done in the Auditor General’s report or before the CPA.
5. Can the amount of the over-payment be deducted from future grant payments? Again, this is far from obvious, especially if it were clear that the universities were unable and/or entirely unwilling to recover the payments from staff. As Tom Boland put it, “It would be an intolerable situation where unauthorised payments would continue, while we continued to penalise the universities, which could only have the effect of affecting services and students, and not the people who were receiving the unauthorised payments” – a good political argument as well as a legal one. There are certainly possible defences, such as limitation or passing-on.
Update: This matter was still rumbling on in late 2012. See Committee of Public Accounts discussions of 27 September 2012 and 4 October 2012.


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Night vision capable complete with monitor and Cab Mount.
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Allows storage of data with time and date stamp for later retrieval to PC.

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In a Plastic Bag combine Epsom Salt, Food Coloring and 3-4 Drops of your favorite essential oils.
Seal bag tightly and shake well to mix the coloring and oils into the Epsom Salts.
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Its been a while since I’ve updated, so I wanted to get back into the swing of thing!
A few months ago I decided that I wanted to do something competitive and get back into being the best athlete I could be. I was definitely stuck in the rutt of going to the gym daily and doing the same thing over and over, and although I made “progress” I didn’t make an progress to be a better athlete. I went up and down, got bigger then smaller, stronger then weaker. I will always stay a natural athlete, so I didn’t have that option to break my rutt. Work harder? or work longer? or both. How can I really become a better overall athlete? I decided that stepping out of my comfort zone and trying something different was going to help me make that change.
I’ve always loved running but I haven’t made it a point to train to be a better runner. So one day, out of the blue, I decided to sign up for a half marathon, which turned into a great decision! Last weekend I completed my first 13.2 mile run with a time of 1:54:46, which beat my goal of finishing under 2 hours! Next one, I’m shooting to get under 1:45:00.
Tryout for a sports team, sign up to run ridiculous distances, compete in a crossfit competition, sign up for MMA training – whatever it is, step out of you comfort zone and always be sure to DEFY THE ODDS!!
Today was the start of our 3rd week of the Lean Hybrid Muscle Reloaded Program. Today we got back to the body building style of workouts. It was a full upper body session, lots of sets, and heavy weights.
High Protein, Low Fat, Low Carbs – Definitely a hard day to stick to the diet but only one more day of this diet tomorrow then the rest of the week is more enjoyable!
Another grueling session! We stuck with another hybrid style session, except for this time we wanted to keep it mostly body weight movements. We started with back pulls, then moved to burpee’s, cruised right into box jumps, and finished off with HSPU’s. Repeated that circuit several times and then did a little ab work. This was our last workout of the week so we wanted to make sure it was a high intensity, beneficial session!
Low Carb, High Fat, High Protein – Loving the high fat days! I’ve definitely been spending too much time on a high protein and low everything else diet over the past few years.
Post-Workout: Max Muscles ARM and 1/4 cup oats..Shake together and enjoy!
Lean Hybrid Muscle Phase 1, Day 12 – Hybrid Circuit!
Ooooh my, crazy session tonight! It was absolutely grueling. We went from power movement to power movement, back to back, no breaks. We started with Power Cleans, moved through some other movements and finished off with Wide Pushups. Here’s a little more detail from today.
Try out your own Barbell Power Circuits. Start with a complete power move and move along to compound movements, then isolated movements. These are great cause they’re completely custom to what you want to work. Keep up the HARD WORK and NEVER BACK DOWN!
Another killer session today! Me and Levi hit legs hard. Started out with heavy squats and continued with stiff deads then finished off with some explosive and brutal movements. If your not dripping with sweat after a leg session, you need to switch it up!
Tomorrow we have a well deserved rest day and I’m looking forward to it! I will definitely be focused on keeping my diet clean tomorrow especially with a day off of training. My diet will consist of a moderately even proportion of carbs and protein with low fats. I’ll be back at it Thursday with Day 11!
Today was the start of my 2nd week of the LHMR system. After a day off of training yesterday and a reloading diet, I felt better then ever during the training session tonight! Lots of energy and drive. I love how Sundays is a day to really relax and reload to get better for another grueling week. Tonight the training consisted of a Power Building routine with lots of heavy weight and lower rep counts. Check of what went down today..
Lean Hybrid Muscle Phase 1, Day 8 – Great traditional bodybuilding workout tonight. All upper body movements finished off with a Sprint/KB Swing circuit which was brutal!
Keep pushing, eat clean, and TRAIN HARD!


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So I had some leftover cooked chicken and a lot of mushrooms and I felt like pasta so chicken tetrazzini it was! Apparently this dish was named after an opera singer, Luisa Tetrazzini. I’ve made this with leftover turkey many times.
Cook some sliced mushrooms in a bit of butter and set aside.
Make a white sauce with half chicken broth and half milk and stir in a little grated Parmesan.
Stir the mushrooms and shredded cooked chicken into the white sauce.
Top with some bread crumbs and cheese, then bake half an hour.
When I made it last night, I quickly blanched some spinach in the hot water before I cooked the linguini. I squeezed it dry, chopped it, and stirred it into the white sauce. Other times, I’ve added cooked broccoli.
This is a delicious way to use up leftover cooked chicken or turkey. You could also add other cooked vegetables. Peas or broccoli would be nice.
Heat the butter and oil in a small skillet.
Add the sliced mushrooms and cook about 5 minutes, salting to taste. Remove to a bowl and set aside.
Bring a pot of water to boil. Break the linguini noodles in half and cook them while you make the sauce.
In the same skillet you cooked the mushrooms in, heat the butter until melted, then stir in the flour. Use a whisk or a flat bottomed wooden utensil to incorporate the flour and butter, then cook, stirring, another minute or two, until it’s light brown.
Slowly whisk in the chicken broth, making sure to eliminate any lumps. Bring to a simmer and whisk in the milk, then add the nutmeg. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until the sauce thickens.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the grated cheese, mushrooms, and chicken. As soon as the pasta is done, drain it and stir it into the sauce.
Butter a small baking dish and pour the tetrazzini in.
Stir together the bread crumbs and the rest of the cheese and sprinkle over the sauce.

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