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By The Record
February 27, 2014 12:30 PM
PIONEER A half-dozen men illegally operating as contractors were cited during an undercover sting operation conducted Tuesday in Pioneer by the Contractors State License Board with assistance from Amador County District Attorney investigators and the California Department of Insurance.
During the eight-hour sting, officers held one suspect at gunpoint after he refused to cooperate, ran from investigators, locked himself in his vehicle and made threatening movements. Another suspect was found to be on probation for making terrorists threats, while still another suspect was found to have prior criminal history as a sex offender. Two suspects had been arrested in previous CSLB stings.
Inviting an unlicensed contractor into your home is like playing with a stick of dynamite, definitely not worth the risk, CSLB Registrar Steve Sands said.
You always should check CSLBs website (at cslb.ca.gov or call (800) 321-2757) to see if the person bidding on your job has an active contractor license that is in good standing, Sands said.
CSLBs Statewide Investigative Fraud Team, or SWIFT, held the sting operation at a single-family home in the Gold Country town of Pioneer, along Highway 88. Investigators requested bids for deck repair, landscaping and exterior painting. High bids received during the sting were $6,000 for deck repair and a $4,200 bid for exterior paint. Suspected unlicensed operators were found advertising on fliers, newspapers and online bulletin boards, including craigslist.org.
All six suspects received misdemeanor citations for contracting without a license. Four suspects were cited on a misdemeanor charge of illegal advertising. Those receiving notices to appear are scheduled for arraignment at 8 a.m. April 7 in Amador County Superior Court, 500 Argonaut Lane, Jackson. They are Don A. Sternick of Sutter Creek, Armand Leo Chournard of West Point, Gary Jack Shroyer of Pioneer, Michael Joseph Vasquez of Jamestown, Matthew Brian Ramos of Jamestown and Robert Darin Kintigh of Cool.
The 2013 Next Generation LuminairesTM (NGL) Design Competition outdoor lighting category winners were announced Wednesday night at the Strategies in Light conference in Santa Clara, California. The competition, sponsored by the Energy Department, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the International Association of Lighting Designers, was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient light-emitting diode (LED) commercial lighting fixtures, or luminaires.
A panel of six judges, drawn from the architectural lighting community, evaluated the entries in December at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute in Blacksburg, Virginia, on characteristics such as lighting quality, appearance, serviceability, efficacy and value. The panel evaluated 68 entries from 41 manufacturers.
Six entries, covering six different outdoor lighting types, were designated as Best in Class:
An additional 20 entries were deemed by the judges to have met the stringent requirements of the competition. These recognized winners represented a wide-range of manufacturers and lighting applications: collector roadway lighting, local residential roadway lighting, major roadway lighting, parking and area lighting, facade accent lighting, decorative exterior lighting, bollard pathway lighting, pedestrian walkway lighting, canopy perimeter lighting, building perimeter lighting, and tunnel lighting.
The Energy Departments Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) accelerates development and facilitates deployment of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and market-based solutions that strengthen U.S. energy security, environmental quality, and economic vitality. For more on the winning entries, visit the Next Generation Luminaires website. To learn more about the wide-range of market introduction activities, including technology procurement and demonstrations, commercial product testing, buyer/user guidance, and standards development, visit EERE's Solid-State Lighting website.
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Coquitlam resident Teresa Balfour has a complicated relationship with Riverview Hospital: She appreciates the beauty of the grounds when she walks through them on her commute, but she also recalls the darker side of the Lower Mainlands former hub of mental-health care.
Riverview was a very scary place, said Ms. Balfour, whose brother Michael died in its East Lawn facility in 1990. You didnt know if youd ever get out.
B.C. Housing, the ministry in charge of the grounds, will hold open houses on Thursday and Saturday to present and discuss plans for the future of the park-like surroundings of the facility, which for a century has been a crucible for the evolving attitudes about mental illness, the people who suffer from it and their treatment.
Housing Minister Rich Coleman said the province has no firm plans or preconceptions of what to do with the land; the open houses are meant to examine a range of options, from turning the historic site into a tech park to ensuring it remains a centre for care.
I think well see people talk about housing. I think well see people talk about a tech park type of thing that would attract jobs to Coquitlam, Mr. Coleman said. I think well hear people talk about other health facilities [as well].
Richard Stewart, mayor of Coquitlam, wants Riverview to remain a focal point for the treatment of mental illness, which he said his city has long embraced.
Were a little unusual in that regard, Mr. Stewart said. We want these facilities in our community.
Riverview opened a century ago, and by the 1950s, had about 5,000 patients from all over the province and almost as many staff.
Horrific treatments methods once considered the norm became the subject of lawsuits and government settlements. In an out-of-court settlement in 2005, the province awarded $450,000 to nine women who were forcibly sterilized there between 1940 and 1968.
The sterilizations were done after the province embraced eugenics, the belief that sterilization of the mentally ill, criminals and the poor was an acceptable measure to improve society.
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February 27, 2014 - Northwoods League (Northwoods) Kalamazoo Growlers Kalamazoo, Mich. "" The Kalamazoo Growlers are handing over naming rights to the community once again, this time for the team's official name of the new mascot.
The Meijer #NameYourMascot competition will begin immediately to find the best name idea for the newest member of the Growlers family. Participants can send in their name submission and reasoning behind it via the contest form on http://www.growlersbaseball.com. Fans can also submit a name using the Meijer #NameYourMascot hashtag or mentioning the Growlers on Twitter @kzoogrowlers.
The winner of the contest will receive these exclusive benefits for the year:
1. Mascot lawn mowing services for a day
2. Mascot driveway snow removal appearance
3. Mascot Valentine's Day Flower delivery to your sweetheart
4. Mascot birthday party appearance
5. $100 Meijer shopping spree with the new Mascot
The team held a similar contest earlier this offseason called the #NameYourTeam contest. Kalamazoo submitted their ideas and they were narrowed down to the Growlers, Kangaroos, Clutch, Cabbies, and Kraken. Growlers won the vote and became the team's official name in November after it was selected by over 80% of voters.
The name will be announced at an official unveiling event at a date to be determined later this spring.
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The State government is planning to open subsidised canteens that provide food at affordable cost in Bangalore on a pilot basis, on the lines of those set up by the Tamil Nadu government.
It is said that the Department of Food and Civil Supplies is planning to offer quality food for everyone in ahygienic environment at such canteens. Government sources told The Hindu that the Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao was planning to open subsidised canteens initially at bus- stands, railway stations, government hospitals, and in the agricultural produce marketing committee yard here.
Efforts were on to convince Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on the need to open such canteens, especially to cater for labourers and autorickshaw drivers, a senior official said.
The official said the government plans to run the canteens with the help of non-governmental organisations. The plan is to serve rice and rice-based dishes such as idlis, pongal, bisibelebath, chitranna and puliyogare at a nominal price. Issues such as finances and procurement of grain, however, were yet to be sorted out. When contacted, Mr. Dinesh Gundu Rao confirmed that the government was planning to launch this welfare project. He, however, said modalities had to be worked out before taking a decision on launching the project. He said the plan was not aimed at reaping political benefit at the time of the Lok Sabha elections. Even if the government decides to give the go ahead, it would be launched only after the general elections.
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Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) February 27, 2014
As cold air continues to have its grip on the Midwest, you can escape by heading to the Home and Garden Show at the Ohio Expo Center. Builderscape, Central Ohios Premier Landscape Design Build Company, is proud to be part of the show this year. It is the companys first year at the Home and Garden Show. We are excited to be part of the event this year, said Chris Matthews, Vice President of Builderscape. Its a great opportunity to show the community what we have to offer.
The Builderscape exhibit features a care-free swimming pool, paver patio and outdoor living area. Visitors to the booth can also check out pictures of some of the companys latest projects.
People are ready to start making improvements to their homes as soon as the weather warms up. Its been a tough winter and everyone weve talked to has spring fever, said Matthews.
The home and garden show runs through March 2nd. Tickets are $12 dollars for adults. Show hours are Saturdays, 10 a.m. 8 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. 6 p.m.; Tuesday: 3-8 p.m.; Wednesday - Friday, noon to 8 p.m.
Builderscape is a landscape design build company in central Ohio with more than 30 years experience. The company provides a variety of services from landscape and commercial landscaping to general contracting. For more information regarding Builderscape, go to http://www.builderscape.com.
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Exchange seeks host families
Foreign Links Around the Globe is looking for families throughout the Kansas City metro area to host foreign exchange students next year. For more information, contact coordinator Candy Schoenberger at 913-592-5112 or candyschoenberger@gmail.com.
People at Spring Hill High School arent scary at all, foreign exchange students were happy to learn.
Spring Hill is a far cry from Spain, Germany and Brazil.
And thats exactly what makes the little Kansas town that straddles the Johnson-Miami County border so cool, gushed four teenage girls who are participating in the Foreign Links Around the Globe exchange program.
Candy Gonzalez, 16, and Cristina Salazar, 15, both from Spain, joined fellow exchange students Saskia Heussner, 17, of Germany, and Gabi Santana, 16, of Brazil, for an open house presentation last weekend at the Spring Hill Civic Center. The girls are spending their senior year at Spring Hill High School.
To an audience filled with interested families, the girls described the history, culture and architecture of their hometowns.
Afterward, sitting around a table at a local pizza joint, they shared some of the differences between life abroad and life in the States.
For most of them, joining the exchange program was a way to explore a culture that has fascinated them since childhood.
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Get ready to channel your inner French-Canadian lumberjack.Photo: Melissa Hom
Doug Crowell and chef Ryan Angulo, the team behind Buttermilk Channel, have just opened a 50-seat restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. The food's French-American, of course, and the moniker is on loan from the tale of the 19th-century hermit, guide, and trapper of the same name. The menu includes and a foie-and-country-ham terrine, flounder Grenobloise, smoked sardines, and three different steak-frites options the most expensive of which is a 28-day dry-aged specimen, which comes in at a reasonable $36.
Pastry chef Erica Ohrling, an alum of Vinegar Hill House, will oversee desserts like profiteroles with fennel-pollen ice cream (veggie dessert alert!) and a pineapple-tarte tatin. Designer Joseph Foglia decked the dining room out with a hand-painted mural of an Adirondack mountain landscape and a wood-paneled bar. There's also a tree-canopied garden space that seats 40.
The restaurant is open for dinner now; expect breakfast, lunch, and brunch service soon complete with Counter Culture coffee and Bien Cuit pastries.
Point Judith flouder with blood-orange Grenobloise, brioche croutons, and roasted cauliflower.Photo: Melissa Hom
Buckwheat pappardelle, oxtail ragout, broccoli rabe, and cured egg.Photo: Melissa Hom
Brussels sprouts almondine.Photo: Melissa Hom
Kabocha squash with heirloom bean stew and Kaffir lime pistou.Photo: Melissa Hom
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