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Carissa Moore looks to defend her title at US Open

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ASP Women's WCT
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Huntington Beach, California, USA
July 26 - August 3, 2014

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Vans US Open of Surfing Hosts World’s Best at Huntington Beach

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 26 July, 2014 - Huntington Beach, California - The 2014 Vans US Open of Surfing is set to kickoff, with the nine-day marathon event running from Saturday, July 26 through Sunday, August 3, 2014 at the historic Huntington Beach Pier.

Stop No. 6 of 10 on the 2014 Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Women’s World Championship Tour (WCT), the ASP Top 17 will headline the event alongside a Men’s Prime Qualification Series (QS) contest, dual Pro Juniors and several expression sessions and surf celebrations.
Carissa Moore (HAW), 21, current ASP World No. 1 and defending event champion, will lead the women’s elite to the hallowed sands of Huntington Pier in an attempt to strengthen her rankings’ lead and defend her prestigious title.
“It’s great to be back in California and I always love coming here,” said Moore. “The US Open has a strong history and we have an exciting title race this year. Sally (Fitzgibbons) has been on fire the last few events and it’s been a little while since our last contest in Fiji. I’m looking forward to putting the jersey back on, I have some good boards under my feet and I hope we can put on a good show for everyone.”
While the Women’s event offers crucial points towards the 2014 ASP World Title, the Vans US Open Men’s Prime contest will play a vital role in determining qualifiers for the 2015 ASP Dream Tour.
Brett Simpson (USA), 29, local hero and two-time US Open Champion (2009 and 2010) has struggled to find a rhythm on the WCT thus far, but hopes to reset his campaign with a banner result with his local knowledge and the support of the hometown crowd behind him.
“US Open has been a massive event for me and my career,” said Simpson. “It was my big breakthrough win that has allowed me to fulfill a huge dream of mine that was to qualify for the WCT and it's also my home break. So, surfing out there I feel really comfortable and enjoy having my family and friends root me on.
“There's just a connection when I come home and this event is around the corner,” continued Simpson. “It makes me feel like a little kid again! I feel I have my equipment dialed for home, so it makes it much easier to come back and jump right into it.”

Top seeds at the Men’s Vans US Open of Surfing include 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 42, 2012 event winner Julian Wilson (AUS), 25, Jordy Smith (ZAF), 26, 2013 ASP Rookie of the Year Nat Young (USA), 23, defending event champion Alejo Muniz (BRA), 24, Josh Kerr (AUS), 30, and Dane Reynolds (USA), 28, among others.
In addition to the Women’s and Men’s main events, the Vans US Open Pro Junior competition is a crucial stop on the ASP North America Pro Junior Series, determining qualifiers for the prestigious World Junior Championships.
The Vans US Open of Surfing will run from July 26 through August 3, 2014 and will be webcast LIVE beginning Monday, July 28

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Maui's Kai Lenny claims another Sunset Beach Pro

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Stand Up World Tour Builds Momentum

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 10 February, 2011 : - - Maui's Kai Lenny, who has just come off of winning the stand up world tour world championship in 2010, added another major win to his record by once again claiming the title at the Sunset Beach Pro this Wednesday at Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Ohau, HI.

The Sunset Beach Pro started with 20 foot plus waves for the trials and first rounds of competition, crashing in from the North West. With the waves cleaning up for the main event it became more of a technical competition as the riders showcased their skills compared to the first days of big wave surfing.

During the Finals Kai Lenny took the lead early on with Robin Johnston in close second. As the final drew to a close Robin needed a 7.25 to take the win. With 45 seconds remaining Robin caught an incredible last wave that threw the outcome into question. The results were announced on the winners podium, with Kai Lenny narrowly beating out Robin Johnston by 0.1, the narrowest victory ever on the world tour. Robins last wave score was a 7.15.

"To be perfectly honest I didn't know what was going on. You can't hear the announcer out there and I felt like I was doing pretty well. I was looking for that one better wave and I couldn't find it, but it was pretty nerve-wracking." said Lenny.

Kai Lenny wins his second consecutive Sunset Beach Pro. Lenny is the first Stand Up Paddling World Champion and at the tender age of 18 his future looks promising."I'm stoked that I'm staring the year off good again."

Final Results:
1st Kai Lenny, Maui, HI, USA
2nd Robin Johnston, Oahu, HI, USA
3rd Peyo Lizarazu, The Basque Country, France
4th Zane Schweitzer, Maui, HI, USA

This contest featured nearly 100 competitors from around the world. This is the first of 8 events in the 2011 Stand Up World Tour, the next event will be in Brittany France. There are a total of 8 events around the world giving riders a chance to accumulate points.

Tentative Stand Up World Tour Schedule
 Sunset Beach Pro, Hawaii (completed)
 Brittany, France (May)
 Tahiti, French Polynesia (May)
 Chile (July)
 Brazil (August)
 California, USA (September)
 Australia (November)
 Hilo, Hawaii Finals (December)

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Professional organizations lose credibility when they ask for more money for bad legislation. Not to mention a so-called action alert that tells members to write a letter to their Congressional representative. Can't we expect more of our professional organizations than this?

NCTE Action Alert

Why Should I Ask My Members of Congress to Support the NCTE Recommendations for Changes in NCLB?

The NCLB Act is due for reauthorization this year. So far, as many as 130 leading education organizations have filed position statements on NCLB. The NCTE Executive Committee has approved recommendations that align with NCTEÃ¢ï¿½ï¿½s values and the best research in the field. It is vital that our voice be heard by the those who have the power to make changes in the law, so the changes that are made will be in the best interest of the entire literacy education community -- students, teachers, and schools.

What Are the Changes NCTE Recommends for NCLB?

NCTE recommends that

Multiple assessments and multiple forms of evidence be used to determine student and school progress.

Assessment data be made available to teachers in a timely fashion so they can use it to shape instruction.

Congress increase federal funding for capacity building in schools and districts by setting aside Title II funds for the ongoing professional development of educators, not merely for class size reduction (the focus of most current spending).

Federal programs be designed to support highly prepared, experienced teachers in schools with the greatest number of high-need students.

Providers of supplementary services also be highly prepared teachers.

For state NCLB grant review, an objective peer review system be adopted that empowers independent panels of scholars representing multiple perspectives to make recommendations on the basis of observable data.

A definition of "scientifically based reading research" that aligns with that of the National Research Council, emphasizing peer review and multiple methodologies, be incorporated into the law.

Growth models be adopted as ways to track increased achievement and provide longitudinal data based on the performance of individual students and subgroups instead of the existing Adequate Yearly Progress measure.

Note that a detailed list of NCTE's Recommendations for Changes in the NCLB Act has already been sent to both the Senate and House committees on education.

What Should I Do?

Take time to write to ask your Members of Congress to support NCTE's Recommendations for Changes in NCLB.

Take time to visit your Members of Congress or their aides in your home district during the Spring Recess: for the Senate until April 10 and for the House until April 16.

Use the NCTE Visit Your Legislator guidelines and resources for making an appointment.

Use the NCLB information above as an anchor for your discussion.

Tell your own story of what you know works or is needed to improve the No Child Left Behind Act.

Don't forget to send a thank you note after your visit and include any information you may have offered to provide during your visit -- an email will do.

What Is the No Child Left Behind Act?

* NCLB or the No Child Left Behind Act is the version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) authorized by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2002. Reading First is the K-3 Title I Reading portion of NCLB (Note this program has undergone a government audit which found corruption and mismanagement in the way the Department of Education handled the grants process).

* The law was authorized for five years and, so, is up for reauthorization this year.

* The stated purpose of the Act is "To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind."

* The law provides definitions on a wide number of educational terms from highly qualified teachers to scientifically based research to the sorts of lessons teachers should use.

* States apply for money to support their educational programs through grant applications to the U.S. Department of Education.

* In turn, each state must measure every public school student's progress in reading and math in each of grades 3 through 8 and at least once during grades 10 through 12. These assessments must be aligned with state academic content and achievement standards.

* States must provide parents with objective data on where their child stands academically [in] easy-to-read, detailed report cards on schools and districts, telling...which ones are succeeding and why.

* States must insure that all teachers of core academic subjects be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-06 school year.

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I am 50 years old and a widower. I remarried a lady that had lost her husband to a car accident. My children was all grown. Vera had 2 children one son 25 years old and a daughter that had just turn 19. After Vera and I married she ask me if it would be okay for Sara to live with us while she went to college in are town. I told her that would not be a problem since we had such a large house. Sara was a very poplar girl and a very beautiful lady to say the least. Sara also did a little modeling to make extra money while she went to school. She had many offers and could have went into this profession. Vera was an executive at a local business here and traveled a lot. She had a trip lined up for Dallas and wpold be gone for a couple of days. She ask me to be sure and watch over her baby and not let anything happen to her. I told her she was safe with me.

Sara had a job offer and needed some pictures of her in several bathing suits and they wanted some samples of her work. Sar said Da since you was a photgrapher once will you do my portfollio and save me some money. I smiled and said don't you mean save me some money. Sara just smiled and said yea I guess so since you are the one who has paid for them in the past. It had been sometime since I took phots so I got out my cameras and lights. Sara went to the bathroom and put on one of her bathing suits. It was a one piece suit that fit tightly on her body. We went outside and took pictures of her by the pool. I noticed while taking the pictures that she was a tight body. Very firm and well portion in every way. Her 5 foot 7 inch bdy did not have a flaw on her. Her long blonde hair and 36DD breast was very alluring. Sara then went in the house and changed to a thong bikini. While outside taking these pictures there was some shots I wanted to be special so I placed her in the postions I thouht would be best for her bikini. While positioning her in the poses I noticed how smooth and firm her body was. I accidentally brush against her bikini top and she let out a small moan. What was that I thought. We soon took the pictures and I took my equipment in as Sara changed. I wnet to my bedroom and as I walk in there was Sara as her bikini top drop off. I said I am so sorry. She said dad don't go.Sara walk over to me and statred in kissing me with her tounge and then unbuckled my pants and started in sucking my hard pulsing dick. She was very beautiful and suck my cock slow and precised. I was thenundressed by her as we laid down on the bed. She straddled me cowgirl style and stared putting my hard throbbing cock in her tight pussy. I have had sex with many women before but she had the tightest pussy I have ever tried to fuck, It took around 25 minutes for all my cock(around 9 inch to enter her. Sara back arch as she started in milking my cock with her tight young pussy. Soon Sara's body started to shake like she was having a convulsion. Her pussy juices ran freely on my cokc. As she moan I could not hold back and shot a full hot load in her as she sadid awwww dad i love it please cum in me some more. I roll her on her back and started fucking her fast and hard as I wanted to feel her up with my cum. I fuck her for 35 minutes as she moan and pleaded for me to fuck her harder as I came over and over inside her. Soon we both collapsed as I kised her passionaltely. She look at me and said after a 5 minute rest. Dad you are the first. I said what. She told me she was a virgin and wanted to save herself for that special guy. I ask why did you do me then. She said you are a special guy for taking my mom and me in and giving us a life. Sara then said can I sleep with you tonght. I said I haven't finished with you yet. I turn her on her stomach and lick her tight ass. and then proceed in to fucking her in her ass for an hour and a half. I love fucking her in the ass as I saw my cum spewing out her ass. we fuck well into the night as I figured this would be the only time this would happen ,but I sure hope It wouldn't be the last time

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CAIRO (AP) — An almost 7 percent plunge in Saudi Arabia's stock market on March 1, and Egypt's decision to further delay the restart of Cairo's exchange — already shuttered for over a month — is spotlighting the impotence of Arab governments in managing the political and economic fallout from the protests engulfing the Mideast.

Across the region, governments have pledged billions of dollars in new assistance for their neediest citizens in a frantic bid to pre-empt the kind of demonstrations that led to the ouster of Tunisia's president and then his Egyptian counterpart.

But the money has failed to appease a population in a region where unemployment is rife, poverty even more pronounced and the majority of the population is below the age of 30.

"The shape and substance of what happened in Tunisia will be felt in every country (in the region), in varying degrees," said Angus Blair, head of research at the Cairo-based Mideast investment bank Beltone Financial. "This region is changing fundamentally, and it's a political issue, not just an economic one."

As the demonstrations continue with varying degrees of violence in Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Oman, Iran and Iraq, their political impact is being reflected in the economy. In Saudi Arabia, the benchmark Saudi All Shares Index plummeted on March 1, shedding 6.78 percent, eclipsing a combined loss of almost 6 percent over the previous two days.

Since the start of the Tunisian uprising, the market in Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's largest economy, has lost about $70 billion in shareholder wealth. Meanwhile, the Egyptian exchange has dropped about 20 percent so far this year, most of them amassed in just two trading sessions before the market closed on Jan. 27.

The Egyptian Exchange was slated to reopen March 1, but bourse officials said in an overnight announcement the relaunch date had been pushed back to March 6. It said the move was designed to give investors time to benefit from government efforts to ensure market stability.

The government has said it will provide more than 200 million Egyptian pounds ($35 million) in support to retail investors involved in margin trades, and to smaller brokerages.

"We're losing credibility by the day in international markets," said Karim Helal, managing director of brokerage house CI Capital in Cairo. "If (the delay) is to absorb losses, it won't make a difference. It will just make it worse."

But Arab governments are now more focused on deflecting political challenges that could reshape the fabric of the region. That focus, however, is worrying investors.

"The stock markets (in the Arab world) do not reflect the economic realities of the region," said Said Hirsh, Mideast economist with the London-based Capital Economics. "They are essentially just reflecting the political risk and the total panic by investors."

Investors who were looking for a reason to worry did not need to look far. The protests in Bahrain and Oman are lapping at Saudi Arabia's shores. In Bahrain, the feud is centered on the Shiite-majority push to secure greater rights and freedoms from the Sunni-minority monarchy.

That sectarian rift has the potential to spread to Saudi Arabia, where the Shiites are a small minority, but centered in the eastern provinces where much of the country's vast oil wealth is located.

Unrest, which is already building in the conservative OPEC nation, has the potential to send global crude prices rocketing far above the peaks the market has already hit because of the violence in Libya, a far more minor OPEC producer. The U.S. benchmark on March 1 was above $98 per barrel while in London, Brent crude spiked by $2 per barrel and to reach almost $114 on the ICE Futures Exchange.

Saudi Arabia's monarch, a reformer by the kingdom's austere standards, has tried to pre-empt the protests by ordering an injection of almost $37 billion into programs targeting the country's lower income citizens. The Saudi finance minister said that the money had already been disbursed to the various development funds, banks and institutions that for whom they were intended.

The minister, Ibrahim Al Assaf, also said that the kingdom's financial and economic position was also "stable" despite the blows the country has suffered over the past period.

How long that stability endures is an open question, as is what the countries can do even after the worst of the protests has passed.

Analysts attributed the plunge in the Saudi exchange at least in part to the arrest of a prominent Shiite cleric in the kingdom who called during a sermon for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. He also warned that Tunisia's uprising was being mirrored throughout the region.

If the market's decline was, in fact, partly linked to Tawfiq Al Amer's arrest, then it offers evidence that the nascent protest calls in Saudi Arabia that have surfaced on Facebook are echoing in the kingdom more widely than many believe.

That might translate into even greater investor unease, which could be reflected on March 2, when investors in other Gulf markets that had closed before Saudi Arabia's exchange tumbled, will have a chance to show their jitters.

"The political risk premium is extremely high at the moment," said Hirsh. "What's happening to the Saudi stock market is an overreaction, but it's also a reflection of how investors are viewing the region."

Egypt's long delayed relaunch of the stock market will likely prove the dangers of waiting too long to give investors a chance to assess the situation.

The market initially closed in the early days of the protests that began Jan. 25, but remained shuttered as labor unrest gripped the nation after Hosni Mubarak's ouster on Feb. 11. Banks closed for a week and the government and Egypt's new military leaders scrambled to assess the economic damage done by the exodus of tourists and the expected dearth in foreign direct investment — two key revenue sources for the country.

The government has promised pay raises for public sector workers and is weighing a stimulus package. It has also offered unemployment assistance to those affected by the crisis. But the political woes weigh heavily on the Arab world's most populous nation, with GDP growth figures being slashed to around 4 percent by the government and even lower by independent economists.

Banks in the country, already cautious about their lending, are have grown even more tightfisted and property developers appear to be the most affected. Those companies have come under greater scrutiny amid claims they secured massive tracts of land for a minuscule fraction of their value.

"There are companies related to the political groups, like real estate development," said Tarek Amer, chairman of the National Bank of Egypt, the country's biggest public sector bank. "Of course, people are careful to not extend credit to them now until things are clearer."

In the exchange, new market circuit-breakers were set up to prevent a collapse once the bourse restarts.

But the delays now seem to be largely driven by efforts to ensure that prominent businessmen linked to the government are not able to liquidate their shares and transfer the funds out of the country. Those businessmen, who head some of Egypt's largest companies, have had their assets frozen — as has Mubarak and his family.

Even if the closure is well intentioned, it is likely to backfire, said analysts.

"It's a major problem in terms of the perception of Egypt as a home for investment," said Beltone's Blair.

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Cortland, NY -- A social studies teacher at Cortland Junior-Senior High School faces a rape charge involving a 15-year-old female student, Cortland police said today.

Nicholas W. Thomas, 26, of 21 Duane St., Cortland, was arrested Saturday, police said. He is charged with third-degree rape, a felony, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, misdemeanors.

Thomas is due back in Cortland City Court today. The investigation is continuing, police said.


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Tobacco executives quickly find loophole to avoid tax on roll-your-own cigarettes

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2009-11-17-ap-Tobacco-Loophole.JPGScott Bendett poses at his Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany on Monday with packages of pipe tobacco. After the Obama administration levied a a 2,000 percent tax increase on tobacco this April, roll-your-own tobacco brands like Criss Cross and Farmers Gold came off the shelves almost overnight, replaced by pipe tobacco with the same names. "They tried to make a product within the elements of the law that they could, in fact, market as pipe tobacco, " said Bendett.

WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama signed a law expanding children’s health insurance this spring, he slapped tobacco companies with huge tax increases to pay for it.

It didn’t take long for the companies to find a multimillion-dollar loophole.

As soon as the new law took effect, raising taxes on roll-your-own cigarettes from $1.10 to $24.78 a pound, companies adapted. They all but shut down their roll-your-own brands and reinvented them under a less-restricted, less-taxed category: pipe tobacco. It’s still destined to be rolled and smoked, but it’s taxed at barely a tenth the rate, $2.83 per pound.

Pipe tobacco is normally too coarse and moist to roll into a cigarette, but nothing says it has to be. In fact, the Obama administration says the only distinction between pipe tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco is how it’s labeled, effectively giving tobacco marketing executives an opportunity to shape their own tax rate.

Nearly overnight, roll-your-own brands like Criss Cross and Farmers Gold came off the shelves, replaced by pipe tobacco with the same names. The cuts may be slightly different, but they’re suitable for rolling. Knowing this, retailers steer customers to the new products, sometimes with a wink and a nod, sometimes with outright advertising.

“They tried to make a product within the elements of the law that they could, in fact, market as pipe tobacco,” said Scott Bendett, owner of Habana Premium Cigar Shoppe in Albany, N.Y., which advertises the new pipe tobacco for hand-rolled cigarettes.

Tobacco companies say they’re just trying to find a legal way to stay afloat after being saddled with an enormous tax increase. But both the Obama administration and some in Congress say they’ll try to come up with a distinction between the tobacco types, closing a loophole that could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars year.

“If the companies won’t do what is right, then we will,” said Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., a reliably anti-tobacco voice in Congress.

Because the small, independent companies in the roll-your-own market are often overshadowed by the huge, publicly held cigarette companies, the sudden shift toward pipe tobacco caught researchers by surprise.

2009-11-17-ap-tobacco-kinds.JPGThis photo shows three different types of tobacco (from left), cigarette tobacco, Criss Cross pipe tabacco and loose pipe tobacco from the Georgetown Tobacco shop in Washington, D.C.

Daniel Morris, who tracks tobacco production data at the Oregon Department of Health, thought he had made a mistake when he saw April’s figures. Pipe tobacco production had more than doubled in a single month. After years of producing about 270,000 pounds per month, companies put more than 566,000 pounds of pipe tobacco on the market in April.

Morris called the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which collects the data. There was no mistake. Over the next several months, the numbers climbed higher. In August, the most recent data available, pipe tobacco reached 1.7 million pounds, enough to roll more than 42 million packs of cigarettes.

The huge spike in production corresponded with a tremendous drop in the roll-your-own industry. Companies produced 660,000 pounds in August, down from an average of 1.5 million pounds before the tax. “It really shows how the industry is able to respond to changes in the tax environment,” Morris said.

Anti-tobacco groups say it’s deception, and not just because of the taxes. While flavored cigarettes are now banned in an effort to reduce the appeal of smoking to children, no such ban applies to pipe tobacco, allowing companies to sell black cherry, vanilla and other varieties. “This is a direct challenge to the federal government,” said Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids.

Art Resnick, a spokesman for the Tax and Trade Bureau, said there’s no way to know how many companies have reinvented their brands as pipe tobacco, or whether the new offerings are just cigarette tobacco with pipes on the labels.

The tax implications could be huge. As much as $32 million a month could be lost in taxes if the sudden spike in pipe tobacco is just cigarette tobacco in disguise. Companies say they’re just trying to survive within the law. People buy roll-your-own tobacco because it’s cheap, so when Washington raised taxes 2,000 percent, pipe tobacco became the affordable option. For some, it was the only option.

“It allowed companies to stay in business, enough to keep paying the light bills,” said Cheryl Turner, vice president of M&R Holdings, a small company in Pink Hill, N.C., that manufactures Farmers Gold. After the tax increase, the company cut staff from about 40 employees to about a dozen.

Kevin Altman, who represents a handful of small companies with the Council of Independent Tobacco Manufacturers of America, acknowledged that some companies were exploiting the loophole, packaging cigarette tobacco and marketing it as pipe tobacco. “What are you going to do? You’re trying to save the company,” Altman said. “And what they’re doing ... , as far as I can tell, is within the limits of the law.”

Still, Altman said his companies want the government to make the definition clearer. The ambiguity hurts those companies that didn’t make the marketing switch and must sell their tobacco at higher prices. “Many times our government passes things without first taking an extra few days to say, ’What are the unintended consequences?’” Altman said. “That’s what happened here.”


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Michael W. Kriesel, 22, of Manlius, passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in Jacksonville, Florida.

Mike enjoyed so many things, it would be impossible to name them all. Right at the top of his list would be his family. He loved family vacations including cruises, a trip to Hawaii and Disney over and over again. He liked them even more when one of his grandmothers, and some aunts, uncles or cousins were included in the trip. But, it didn't need to be a vacation, he also loved a family-get together, going to the Adirondacks or Otisco Lake, family dinners, or watching TV with his family.

His parents could not have been prouder of the man he became. He recently found his avocation, which was taking care of animals, and had never been happier than he was over the last several months. Michael was a student at Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo, where he finally found his dream. In pursuit of his dream, Michael attended SUNY Potsdam and Onondaga Community College. Michael is a 2008 graduate of Fayetteville-Manlius High School. Michael worked at Immaculate Conception Parish and BluePrints Dog Studio prior to beginning at Santa Fe in August, 2012.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Sen. David Valesky said today he's prepared for a possible primary challenge from Syracuse Councilor-at-Large Jean Kessner.

"Not only am I prepared," Valesky said today, "I certainly am not going to engage in extortion politics, which is certainly what this is."

Kessner, a Democrat, said today she plans to start passing petitions on Saturday, a required step to earn a spot on the primary ballot. She said she'll stop her effort if Valesky agrees to rejoin the traditional Senate Democratic conference.

She clarified this afternoon she did not issue a 24-hour deadline for Valesky to make a decision. But her decision to run is based on whether Valesky continues to conference with the breakaway group.

"I'm very clear," Kessner said. "I want him to return to the Democrats. And if he does not, I may primary him."

The five breakaway Democrats in the New York State Senate - including Valesky, D-Oneida - are facing pressure to rejoin their party's caucus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called for a reunion of Democrats in the Senate, though not during this legislative session. That gave momentum to some liberals who say the coalition of Republicans and Democrats has stalled legislation such as public campaign financing and a women's equality agenda.

So far, the Independent Democratic Conference members are not facing challengers from any Republicans, according to a Senate Republican leader. The Republicans and the IDC share control of the state Senate.

So could the working relationship between the Independent Democratic Conference and the Senate Republicans actually lead to Republicans helping IDC members in upcoming primaries?

Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, said Republicans won't do anything to hurt the IDC members' re-election efforts in any primaries.

"For the most part, we've worked well together," DeFrancisco said today. "I don't think we're going to interfere. If they need help, I don't know what's going to happen. I imagine it depends on where we stand with the various races, at what point in time."

Valesky said any decisions about the future of the IDC and the Senate coalition government will come after November's election. Valesky said neither Cuomo nor any local Democratic leaders have asked him to rejoin the Democratic conference after this year's elections.

"It's too premature to speculate on what the Senate will look like," Valesky said this afternoon.

Currently, 29 Republicans, conferencing with one Democrat, co-run the Senate with the five IDC members. It takes 32 senators to hold the majority.

Kessner's possible entrance in the race has drawn surprise and criticism from some Syracuse-area politicians from both parties.

"I think the primary is really uncalled for and it won't pan out," Assemblyman Bill Magnarelli, D-Syracuse, said. "I think Dave will win, hands down."

"It's unbelievable," DeFrancisco said.

Even Onondaga County Republican Chairman Tom Dadey, who once ran against Valesky for the Senate seat, expressed support for the senator.

"Sen. Valesky recognizes that people want Democrats and Republicans to work together to get results," Dadey said in a statement. "And, he understands the needs of his district and always puts his constituents first."

Dadey said he was not endorsing Valesky and was still hoping a Republican would come forward to challenge him.

DeFrancisco said there is no pledge between the Republicans and Valesky's breakaway Democrats to continue the coalition government based on the results of this year's elections.

"We're going to be working to hold onto our Republican seats," DeFrancisco said. "There's no question about that....Politics is a day-by-day thing."

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On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 03:45:25AM -0500, Pepo wrote:
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> Please, How do I can install Ubuntu in some clients using PXELINUX? The
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> Please, help me beacuse I need it to use in the Install Fest of my city.

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There is a great misconception in our society concerning what the current government, like the past administration, is doing in the Middle East. The majority of Americans have been deceived into believing that our military campaigns overseas involve combating terrorism, but once the conduct of the operations and the details of the fighting are examined, it becomes clear that the war that we are prosecuting is the real terrorism. Indeed, U.S. foreign policy actually tends to perpetuate so-called terrorism in the countries that we audaciously invade and subsequently occupy.

While the government’s imperialistic endeavors grow, the government manipulates the people at home under the guise of protecting our freedoms by encroaching on our civil liberties. More and more we are seeing the effects of these never-ending wars here at home. The Transportation Security Agency (TSA) is feeling us up and taking nude pictures of us, our local police forces are investing in tanks, helicopters, heavy armor, and other war-like materials while at the same time it seems that more and more people are being arrested and/or brutality attacked by the police for such peaceful, nonviolent activities as filming them in public areas. The fact that those who are supposed to be serving and protecting us seem to be increasingly arresting and attacking us is an extremely unsettling one that we are now forced to live with.

Despite all of this, there is hope. A new organization called the Austin Alliance For Peace (AA4P) has been founded. We are a trans-partisan organization that seeks to promote peaceful solutions in an era where violence and threats are too often employed. By educating the public on the violations of peace, mobilizing them to bring peace wherever it is absent, pursuing the redress of grievances in alignment with the tradition of nonviolent resistance, and building a constituency whose main priority is to practice diplomacy and to strive to solve problems without the use of violence, AA4P hopes to create a more peaceful, loving world now and for future generations.

The first event that AA4P is putting on will be Saturday, April 14 at noon at the south steps of the Texas Capitol and is the first annual AA4P Peace Rally. There will be
speakers discussing the various forms of violence in our society, including the multiple wars that our nation is engaged in and the growing militarization of our local police forces. Keynote talks will be delivered by Iraqi-American medical doctor turned full-time peace activist Dahlia Wasfi, and host of Antiwar Radio Scott Horton. Other speakers scheduled to appear include local Austin activists such as Iraq War veteran and victim of police abuse Antonio Buehler, and Texans for Accountable Government Executive Director Heather Fazio.

The rally is rapidly growing as more and more people are getting excited about attending and standing up for peace. Students from over ten universities from across the state have committed to attend, from such diverse groups as Libertarian Longhorns, the Israeli-Palestinian Alliance, and Amnesty International. In addition to the large amounts of students that are going to be in attendance, many people from throughout the state and from all different walks of life will also be there. Organizations from Code Pink to Texans for Accountable Government to Texans for Peace will also be in attendance, making this event as large as it is diverse.

Peace is a popular message that everyone can get behind. The Austin Alliance For Peace is the first truly trans-partisan peace organization in the state that is determined to build bridges and form a diverse alliance of people dedicated to bringing peace to a violent world and it begins in Austin on April 14! Please, stand in solidarity as we spread the message of peace and compassion for those who have suffered from violence.


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The Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) yesterday approved a provisional capital requirement measure granting domestic life insurance firms greater flexibility in booking unrealized equities losses.

For this year only, life insurers may measure their unrealized stock losses by taking the average of their stock values from the trading sessions for the past six months, rather than based on closing levels on the final trading day of the year, the commission said.

The global stock market plunge caused by Europe’s debt crisis warrants the temporary arrangement, the commission said.

Ongoing equities corrections significantly eroded the earnings of major financial holding companies as evidenced by their financial statements last month.

Cathay Life Insurance Co (國泰人壽) and Shin Kong Life Insurance Co (新光人壽) incurred more losses than earnings, attributable mainly to shrinking equities portfolios, their previous filings to the Taiwan Stock Exchange showed.

The formula, which may not apply to unrealized gains, will make unrealized losses less steep, easing pressures on some life insurers to raise new funds to meet capital adequacy requirements.

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Taiwan topped the global rankings in patent activity and was ranked the 10th-most innovative nation in the world and the fourth-most innovative in Asia, according to the Global Innovation Rankings released by Bloomberg on Thursday.

According to Bloomberg, the patent activity category looked at resident patent filings per million residents and per US$1 million of research and development spent, as well as patents granted as a share of the world’s total.

In addition to patent activity, Taiwan finished second in high-tech density and tertiary efficiency in the Bloomberg innovation rankings.

The high-tech density category calculated the number of high-tech publicly listed companies as a percentage of all listed companies. The US came in first. The tertiary efficiency category measured the number of secondary graduates enrolled in post-secondary institutions and the percentage of the labor force with tertiary degrees.

The category, in which Canada was ranked first, also looked at the annual number of science and engineering graduates as a share of the labor force and as a percentage of all tertiary graduates.

In addition to the three categories, the global innovation rankings weighed four other factors: R&D density, productivity, researcher concentration and manufacturing capability. The rankings evaluated more than 200 countries and regions based on the seven factors. South Korea came in first in the overall innovation rankings, but did not lead in any of the seven categories, Bloomberg said.

Sweden was ranked the second most innovative nation in the world ahead of the US, Japan, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, Switzerland, Finland and Taiwan.

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Nintendo has always been driven by a strong gaming franchise, stoically asserting that great games sell hardware, not the other way round. With long-running titles such as Mario, Zelda and Metroid under its belt, and 2 billion units sold in 20 years, the company has certainly put its money where its mouth is.

"We remain all about the game; actions speak louder than words," said Nintendo's president, Saturo Iwata, at this year's E3, where Nintendo unveiled the first details of its next generation console, the Revolution.

While Microsoft and Sony have been all teraflops and anti-aliasing in the promotion of the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation3, Nintendo has taken a more laid-back approach. Even weeks after E3, little has been revealed about the Revolution's capabilities. All the world knows is that it will have 512MB of internal Flash memory, two USB ports, built-in Wi-Fi access and will also allow users to download the company's back-catalogue of N64, SNES and NES games.

However, much of the speculation surrounding the system has been about what form the controller will take. Although Iwata has been careful not to reveal too much about the Revolution -- Nintendo is planning to release more details at the end of the year -- he has expressed reservations about the controllers gamers currently use.

"There are too many buttons and sticks on controllers for novice players, which is likely to discourage them from ever playing games at all," he says. "We want the Revolution's controller to be relevant to everybody and we really want people to feel like they want to touch and play with it."

Capturing the casual gaming market -- something Microsoft also wants to achieve -- should be an easy ride for Nintendo, which remains family-friendly in terms of content. Nowhere is this more evident than in Japan, where gaming is intrinsically rooted in the entertainment culture.

"Nintendo is very good at creating games that can appeal to the whole family," says Iwata. "There have been a lot of games created around excessive violence in the past few years and it seems to be escalating. From the business point of view, it doesn't make sense for us to follow suit.

"We cherish our hardcore gamers, but we always try to attract as many people as possible and expand the existing gaming population."

Nintendo recently unveiled its free-to-use worldwide DS Wi-Fi gaming service. The company has been sceptical about the potential of online console gaming, and Iwata still does not feel that Xbox Live is indicative of success because the number of Xbox owners playing on Xbox Live is still low.

As far as Nintendo is concerned, the future of multiplayer gaming is in Wi-Fi, not the Internet.

"If Nintendo sells 5 million DSs with Wi-Fi capabilities, then we want 5 million people to play with Wi-Fi," he said.

Nintendo is very proud of its portable wing and, as Reggie Fils-Aime, chief marketing officer of Nintendo, says: "For 16 years, Nintendo has owned the portable game space. We created it, and we're not moving out."

This has lead to speculation that the Revolution is designed to be portable, as its size and storage cradle suggest.

Nintendo's secrecy has also sparked theories that the controller is somehow contained within the Revolution -- that the machine itself is the controller.

Whatever transpires, Nintendo could use its heritage and innovation to provide gamers with an interesting alternative when the next-generation war finally arrives.

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Stacy Keibler and her new husband Jared Pobre, who just got married in Mexico on March 8, are expecting a baby.

Keibler, 34, posted a photo to Instagram on Monday showing an actual bun in the oven to announce the news.

“Look what we’ve got cooking!” she wrote. “A Bun’dle of love!”

The former professional wrestler best known for once dating George Clooney confirmed to People that she’s welcoming her first child with Pobre this summer.

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The Tampa Bay Lightning announced Saturday it had reassigned left wing Johan Harju to AHL Norfolk. Harju was in three games on this call-up and had an assist. He had a season-high 12:19 of ice time Wednesday against the Coyotes. He leads Norfolk, which has had a terrible time lately getting on the scoreboard, with 18 goals. The move leaves Tampa Bay with 11 forwards, which gives GM Steve Yzerman room to maneuver if he wants to pick up a forward at the trade deadline. Also, as expected, G Curtis McElhinney was put on waivers. We will know at noon Monday is he is claimed. If not, he likely goes to Norfolk. .

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mattwaite.jpgI've been meaning for a while to note some of the behind-the-scenes changes here at the St. Petersburg Times. But news outside your own walls always looks more interesting, so forgive me for taking so long to acknowledge in this space some pretty momentous changes among the folks who bring our news noise every day.

The biggest recent move has been noted elsewhere already (most notably on the local site SaintPetersblog), the departure of PolitiFact designer and longtime online journalism guru Matthew Waite from status as a remote employee. Matt has another great job lined up, fortunately, on the faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. We're losing a lot; in addition to being to coolest geek I know, Matt was a key architect of our Pulitzer Prize-winning political fact-checking website, designed our popular if controversial Mugshots site, and crafted some amazing work on environmental issues with our colleague Craig Pittman.

At a time when the distinction between new and old media is increasingly disappearing, Matt is a journalist who is passionate about both sides of the equation -- the technology side and the hell-raising reporting side. I hope we at the Times find a way to keep working with him on a different level, because his talents and achievements are awesome.

testerman_jeff_wp_13768a.jpgWe've also seen two key fellows from our investigative efforts leave us. Jeff Testerman, whose amazing work unmasking the problems behind the U.S. Navy Veterans Association is just the tip of a 30-year reporting career, is retiring next month. Con artists in Tampa may breathe a bit easier, now that the guy who nailed swindler Matthew B. Cox and former Tampa housing authority chief Steve LaBrake among many others is leaving (I always remember the time, 15 years ago, when Jeff admonished this young reporter for having a pop song and funny outgoing message on my voice mail; I was pop music critic then so I didn't change it, but I always thought his advice was cute.)

Richard Bockman is a name you might not know from bylines in the newspaper, but as our investigations editor he has left serious fingerprints on some of our most impactful stories over more than 20 years at the newspaper. His sharp mind and great instincts helped shape our reports on Scientology, the Navy Vets, the Taj Mahal courthouse, a pedophile Polk County sheriff's deputy and caregivers for those with Alzheimer's. He left us last month to join a Tampa law firm close to his home.

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I am not often comfortable writing about St. Petersburg Times stuff. But I wanted to acknowledge these guys in this space, because they're all great colleagues and deserve a little attention on a media blog.

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In St. Petersburg, towing is back as crime fighter

ST. PETERSBURG — As of Monday, tow trucks are once again a crime-fighting tool.

An old city ordinance that allows police to impound vehicles used to solicit a prostitute, make a drug deal or carry illegal drugs, is back. Police began enforcing it this week.

"It gives us another set of consequences to help deter those crimes," said St. Petersburg Police Department spokesman Bill Proffitt.

Offenders will have to pay $500 to recover their vehicle, in addition to towing and storage fees. They have 15 days to contest the seizure, but if no action is taken within 30 days, the vehicle will be turned over to the towing company.

Police need probable cause to impound a car. Only owners and co-owners are affected.

The ordinance first went into effect in 1999, when St. Petersburg took a cue from other Florida cities that had adopted similar measures. It was voluntarily suspended in 2003 while a lawsuit, Mulligan vs. Hollywood, Fla., went through the legal system.

In Hollywood, a car is turned over to the city at the end of 30 days, and a city official hears any case that is contested. The lawsuit charged that the process favored the city.

It argued that, in essence, the ordinance allowed the city to permanently seize the vehicle. It pointed out that a state law that allows a seizure for cars used in the commission of felonies already exists.

But an appeals court found that there was a distinction between the ordinance and the state law. The ordinance was in fact, an impoundment, which is temporary, and not a seizure, which is permanent. Furthermore, the ordinance applies to misdemeanors.

The rules in St. Petersburg are different enough that the issues brought up in the lawsuit did not apply. A car is not turned over to the city and those who hear the cases are not city employees.

"In reality we never had a problem with our ordinance, but in an abundance of caution, and out of fairness to everybody, we simply stopped the process," said Don Gibson, legal adviser for the St. Petersburg Police Department.

Thanks to the ordinance, 604 cars were impounded from 1999 to 2003, and $260,250 flowed into city coffers, according to police statistics.

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That nippy January air is back for a short visit.

A cold front is expected to sweep through Tampa Bay late Monday, dropping overnight low temperatures into the 40s and 50s until mid-week.

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Guest column: Floridians forced out of state we love

The sights, sounds and smells of Florida are etched into my soul forever. I would not trade them for any amount of money or fame. I was born there and never intended to leave.

The day that I turned 16 in January 1967, I borrowed a green 1960 Corvair and drove it to the old Highway Patrol station on E Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. After passing my written and driving tests, they issued me a folded piece of reddish-colored paper that stated in bold type that I could drive motorcycles, cars and just about anything else save an 18-wheeler in Florida. I took full advantage for the next 41 years. Of course, the area beaches were regular destinations.

Up until the mid 1970s, beach bum bars and aging cottages lined the shores along Gulf Boulevard from Indian Rocks Beach to Boca Ciega Bay. My friends and I spent many Saturday afternoons on the gulf beaches admiring the latest swimwear for girls or giggling at heavier ladies who seemed unaware of their size as it related to their choice in swimsuits. Far funnier were the aging pot-bellied men with scrawny legs striding down the beach in Speedos as though they were Charles Atlas.

Saturday nights building bonfires on the beach and listening to the Ravens, Tampa Bay's most famous '60s almost-made-it-big garage band, slowly gave way to the '70s. During the 1970s and '80s, high-rise condominiums began replacing beach cottages and beach bums were seen less often than vacationing lawyers rapping on their car phones. Through it all, the muscle men and scantily clad girls still cause dads to don dark shades and moms to pretend they didn't notice the buff guy walk by. The Florida beat goes on.

I quickly resettled in Florida after serving in the U.S. Army for three years, including a tour in Vietnam. Eventually, I became established as an outside sales representative for a couple of large companies. This allowed me to spend a lot of time on the road in Florida. The thought of being tied to a desk in a state that offers gorgeous year-round mobility never appealed to me.

Then came the 21st century, and change. Sure, I still remember the Seabreeze restaurant, the original Silver Ring in Ybor City, and eating smoked mullet on the causeway. Florida is still a beautiful place that I love. But I had to leave, just as tens of thousands before me and no telling how many after.

Home insurance rates and property taxes are threatening to make Florida home to the rich and poor, or the rich and those who serve the rich. The middle-class and the young are being forced to leave Florida in growing numbers to protect their economic future and that of their children.

Florida's governor is a smooth politician but has done little to solve the insurance and tax noose choking Florida homeowners. Meanwhile, mortgage payments are forever going up despite lower interest rates simply because insurance rates are ascending faster than the sparks from one of those midnight bonfires. The people leaving Florida are not the poorest, those who pay little or no taxes. They are the educated; people who can see into the future and realize what it will cost to retire in Florida as opposed to North Carolina, north Georgia or Utah, for that matter.

What's worse is that the next insurance debacle is just a storm away. Unless insurance companies are forced to count their overall profits made in Florida, instead of crying about the potential effects of global warming when raising rates or dropping coverage on homeowners, the housing industry will remain stalled. Until property tax assessments are based on something lower than what the actual real estate market will return on investment, growth will not return. Eventually, the service sector job growth will follow the people leaving Florida and left are the rich and very poor.

Take my case. I hold a bachelor's degree from Eckerd College and have been a homeowner, paying all Florida property tax increases, since 1983. My income has been good, as was my wife's for many years.

Around the age of 57, it was originally my plan to downsize on a rural river lot or lake from where I would eventually ease into retirement and become a (famous) Florida freelance writer. I never intended to leave. But that isn't going to happen, now. Instead, Georgia will benefit from my future earnings and life savings, and I will write just as passionately about the Appalachians that I now call home.

Meanwhile, more and more educated, middle class Floridians are showing up in nearby states where there is beautiful nature and retirement-friendly taxes and insurance rates.

Norm, at the Jasper, Ga., Home Depot, is from Vero Beach, and Debra, our real estate agent, is from Lakeland. Our first night in the mountains we stayed in a hotel. The counter clerk was from Tampa and his daughter lives in Land O'Lakes, but is moving to the mountains soon.

Larry Clifton recently moved from Land O'Lakes to Jasper, Ga. Guest columnists write their own views on subjects they choose, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.

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Ruth: The best Legislature money can buy

To you, dearly beloved gentle reader, it might appear that today marks the beginning of the Florida Legislature's annual 60-day session in which our dedicated elected public servants gather to make life better for one and all across the state regardless of race, creed, gender or economic status.

Isn't that quaint, in a McGuffey Reader sort of way?

Forgive a pinch of cynicism, but you might be better off regarding the next nine weeks of stupid that are about to commence as more along the lines of "Eight Years a Knave."

Gov. Dread Scott will deliver the always riveting State of the State address this morning before an assemblage of the Capitol's feedbag of pols.

But who knows if he will show up, since the governor thinks of himself as an international man of mystery, blacking out his official schedule so that no one has a clue where he is at any given moment. Try the Villages first and then move on to a Koch brother-to-be-named later. He'll show up, eventually.

Not to worry. If Scott decides to remain in his Naples bunker, the state's Lt. Gov. Whatshisname, R-Judge Crater, can fill in if he is not engaged in his official duty of untangling the governor's paper clips.

Then the House and Senate will get down to the serious business of legislatively napalming the environment, imploding public education, expanding gambling and otherwise pandering to any special interest lobbyist with a bulging checkbook looking for a home.

And what about you, precious reader? You are so very much burnt, crumbling, mold-infested toast.

In advance of this year's auction house of influence-peddling, House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-The Errorist of the All, was adamant that the fact that Tallahassee is awash in unlimited money flowing into members' political committees has absolutely no influence on shaping legislation or advancing the special interests of the state's deep-pocketed big shots.

"I don't think there's a nexus there (between wads of money and buying the legislation du jour)," the speaker told the Times/Herald bureau's Mary Ellen Klas, which might suggest the next big Netflix series focusing on Tallahassee political intrigue ought to be titled, "House of Canards."

Klas reported on the tsunami of money flowing mostly to Tallahassee's Republican power brokers. This isn't a government as much as it is a time-share of a legislative valet service.

Florida Blue has contributed $250,000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee controlled by state Rep. Steve Crisafulli, who is scheduled to become next House speaker. Sen. Joe Negron, R-Stuart, has hauled in $1,114,650 from various interests. Sen. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, has received $745,974, mostly from health care concerns — and they are very concerned. Sen. Jack Latvala, R-Clearwater, has taken in $674,990 from gambling and union interests.

And let us not forget chaps like billionaire Coral Gables sugar daddy Miguel Fernandez, who has contributed $2.4 million to Scott's political committee over the past four years.

Does anyone, with the exception of Weatherford, actually believe that all these numerous groups involved in health care, gambling, real estate development, tourism, utilities and agribusiness simply wrote fat checks to well-positioned politicians without the merest expectation they would get a return on their investments?

Either Weatherford is being wilfully naive, or he is more disingenuous than a gathering of Hollywood talent agents.

You know the climate of Tallahassee money changers has reached both epidemic and absurdist proportions when Ron Book, one of the city's most prominent and generous lobbyists, acknowledges, "The thirst for campaign money has reached a new level. I say this every year and every year it gets worse."

This from a man who has more legislative trophy heads on his wall than Hemingway.

Both Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz have done their best Hardy Boys of High Mindedness impersonation by insisting the Legislature's new reporting laws requiring greater openness and transparency have created a more ethical place.

But for ethics rules to have teeth, they would require those beholden to them to actually have a sense of scruples. And when it comes to the Florida Legislature and money, there is less shame than an Irish setter snout down in the garbage bin.

As the 2014 session begins, if you are a poor person, or sick, or a public school student, or an environmentalist, or the child of illegal immigrants, you don't stand a chance of being heard. But you never have.

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Sollazzo holds court at basketball awards banquet

TAMPA — Armwood point guard Adam Sollazzo stole the show Wednesday night at the 23rd annual Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Association Awards banquet. Sollazzo, who averaged 22 points, 6.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists, was the Paul Straub Player of the Year and was honored as a TBBCA and academic all-star.

"I'm really excited," said Sollazzo, who has a 4.6 weighted GPA. "When I was little, I always thought about being the player of the year. I worked hard my whole life."

Other awards included the Doug Walker Coach of the Year Award, which went to Plant City's Wardell Chambers, and the Heart of a Champion Award, given to Middleton's Walter Weller, who played after recovering from a life-threatening injury. To see all the winners, visit

Keith Niebuhr, Times staff writer

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3/4 cup grated cauliflower
1/2 cup bajra (black millet) flour
1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped spring onions whites
1 1/2 tbsp finely chopped spring onion greens
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
1/2 tsp ginger-green chilli paste
1/2 tsp grated garlic (lehsun)
salt to taste

Other Ingredients
bajra (black millet) flour for dusting
  1. Combine all the ingredients and knead into a soft-smooth dough, using enough water.
  2. Divide the dough into 6 equal portions.
  3. Roll out one portion of the dough into a circle of 100 mm. (4") diameter.
  4. Place the roti on the non-stick tava (griddle). Turn over in a few seconds.
  5. Cook the other side for a few more seconds.
  6. Lift the roti with a pair of flat tongs and roast on over an open flame till brown spots appear on both the sides.
  7. Repeat with the remaining portions to make 5 more roti.
  8. Serve hot.

Nutrient values per roti
Energy 33 calories
Protein 1.2 gm
Carbohydrate 6.1 gm
Invisible fat 0.4 gm
Fibre 0.2 gm
Vitamin C 6.6 mg

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With cream cheese frosting on top, these treats are sure to become a holiday “must” at your house. Using the bread machine keeps preparation easy.—Sherri L. Emerson, Penn Yan, New York
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. + rising Bake: 25 min.
MAKES:12 servings
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. + rising Bake: 25 min.
MAKES: 12 servings

  • 1 cup warm milk (70° to 80°)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
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  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
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476 calories: 1 each, 18g fat (10g saturated fat), 76mg cholesterol, 351mg sodium, 73g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 2g fiber), 9g protein .

  1. In bread machine pan, place the first seven ingredients in order suggested by manufacturer. Select dough setting (check dough after 5 minutes of mixing; add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water or flour if needed). When cycle is completed, turn dough onto a well-floured surface.
  2. Roll into a 21-in. x 16-in. rectangle; brush with butter. Combine the apples, brown sugar, pecans and cinnamon; spoon over dough to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. Cut into 1-3/4-in. slices.
  3. Place cut side down in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Cover and let rise until nearly doubled, about 30 minutes. Bake at 325° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
  4. In a small bowl, beat the icing ingredients. Spread over warm rolls. Yield: 12 servings.
Editor's Note: We recommend you do not use a bread machine's time-delay feature for this recipe.
Originally published as Apple-Pecan Cinnamon Rolls in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2010, p27

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  1. In a bowl, combine 3 cups of flour, cornmeal and yeast. In a small saucepan, heat milk, butter, sugar and salt until a thermometer reaches 120°-130° (butter does not need to melt). Blend into yeast mixture on low just until moistened. Add eggs; beat on low for 30 seconds. Beat on high for 3 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a stiff dough.
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  3. Bake at 375° for 30 minutes. Remove from pans to cool on wire racks. Yield: 2 loaves.
Originally published as Cornmeal Yeast Bread in Country Woman Christmas 1996, p17

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