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We enjoyed a mild spring that lingered longer than it usually does, but summer is here.
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That means many will have their air conditioners working overtime, but it also means an increase in the danger many of us face when working or playing outside.
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You simply cannot always avoid the heat, but there are things you can do to eliminate some of the worst dangers it can pose to you, your kids and your pets.
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n Never leave children or pets alone in enclosed vehicles.
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n Drink plenty of fluids, even if you do not feel thirsty.
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n Avoid caffeine and alcohol.
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n Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, light-colored clothing. Avoid dark colors because they absorb the sun�s rays.
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n Slow down, stay indoors and avoid strenuous exercise during the hottest part of the day.
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n Use a buddy system when working in excessive heat and take frequent breaks.
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n Check on loved ones and neighbors without air conditioning.
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n Check on outside animals to make sure they have enough water and shade to make it through the hottest parts of the day.
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These are all pretty simple, common-sense precautions that might seem second nature to some of us, but they can be life-saving to those who have to spend time outside during the heat of summer.
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If you know you have to cut the grass, try to do it early in the morning or early in the evening, hours when the heat is not quite as bad.
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But do everything you can to avoid optional outdoors tasks altogether.
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Heat exhaustion and heat stroke are real dangers in extreme heat, and they can affect you suddenly. That is why it is vitally important to take extra caution with children and pets and to use cooperation with others to make sure we all stay safe.
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Checking on neighbors and using a buddy system can be life-savers.
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Everyone knows it gets hot here in the summer � sometimes really hot. We cannot avoid that fact of life. But we can take some easy measures to reduce the danger that heat poses to ourselves and our loved ones.
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Here are 10 Top Performers from Week 4 in Corpus Christi are high school football.
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Trey Davila, Premont — Rushed 195 yards in 27 carries and two touchdowns.
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R. Eppard, Ingleside — Rushed 132 yards on 13 carries and two touchdowns in Ingleside's 43-42 victory against Industrial.
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G. Canales, Ingleside — Caught five passes for 118 yards and two touchdowns.
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QB Brad Breckenridge, Ray — Amassed 422 yards of offense with 88 yards rushing and 334 yards and six touchdowns through the air.
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WR Larry Rucker-Young, Ray — Caught six passes for 147 yards and three TDs in Ray’s 49-34 win against King.
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RB Chase Rios, Rockport-Fulton — Rushed for 148 yards on 18 carries and had a touchdown in the Pirates’ 20-8 loss to Class 3A No. 2 Goliad.
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WR/RB/QB David Soto, Veterans Memorial — Soto rushed for 63 yards and three touchdowns, and also had 26 yards passing and 10 yards receiving.
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DB Justin Pancham, Veterans Memorial — Pancham had two interceptions in the Eagles’ 30-27 win against Flour Bluff.
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QB Braden Sherron, Flour Bluff — Threw for 225 yards and rushed for 107 yards and a touchdowns. Sherron also had four interceptions and two TD passes.
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RB Dequaashie Lindsey, John Paul II — Lindsey rushed for 158 yards on 32 carries and a touchdown in the Centurions 35-27 loss to West Oso.
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QB Malachi Flores, West Oso — Completed 8 of 12 passes for 154 yards and a TD, and connected on his final six passes of the night.
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RB/LB Cameron Williams — Rushed for 101 yards and scored the game-winning TD in the Bears’ win over John Paul II.
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Jonah Houston, Kingsville — Totaled nine tackles and a fumble recovery in the Brahmas win over Robstown.
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RB Bryson Butler, King — Rushed for 100 yards on 14 carries with 3 TDs in loss to Ray.
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J. King, King — Rushed for 104 yards on 15 carries.
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Cafe owner notified lease won't be renewed.
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Patrons enter Lula’s Cafe last week at Edison Plaza. The owner plans to start looking at possible new restaurant locations this week.
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Steve Egan spoke to an introduction to entrepreneurship class at Notre Dame, his alma mater, earlier this month. He reflected on the 16 years he has been operating a popular restaurant near campus, describing the challenges of balancing business, family and fatherhood.
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Unbeknownst to Egan, a new set of challenges would present themselves the very next day.
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Egan received a notice that he says took him by surprise. The notice said that the lease for Lula's Cafe, located at 1631 Edison Road, would not be renewed and the restaurant must vacate the only home it has known at Edison Plaza by Nov. 30.
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The owners of the shopping center did not return a call Friday seeking comment.
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Rather than take a woe-is-me attitude, Egan decided to immediately surround himself with business advisers and friends who could help him plan his, and Lula's, next move. Together this team has been discussing locations, timing, space and financial considerations.
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"I felt I was presented with a problem that I needed to come up with a solution for - quickly," he explains. "It's hard to imagine Lula's not being here, but staying is not an option. There's no choice. We have to move on."
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The local restaurant, with its eclectic style and funky décor, has made a name for itself through the local music that is performed, local art that is displayed, and mismatched tables, chairs, couches and wall trimmings that make it one-of-a-kind. If you have ever seen an episode of Friends, Lula's feels a lot like Central Perk, only Egan quickly points out with a grin that Lula's came first.
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While the former Chicago accountant-turned-restaurateur did not know how Lula's would evolve when he and a business partner opened its doors in 1994, Egan wanted it to be more than a place to eat.
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"Lula's makes South Bend a better place to work and live, and South Bend is diminished without Lula's," Egan says. "That sounds arrogant, I suppose, but I see the joy in this room every day. It's not antiseptic or corporate. It's homey."
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He sees students working on their laptops. Professors holding class discussions. Businessmen and women conducting meetings. Ladies groups enjoying lunch. Couples falling in love.
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But Lula's has been somewhat constrained by its 1,500-square-foot space and small kitchen, so Egan talks excitedly about the blank canvas on which he can plan "Lula's 2.0." It certainly won't be any smaller, he guarantees, and he is also committed to re-creating the same feel. He also wants to retain the same employees and core restaurant menu.
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The question is location. Egan is not limiting his options or opportunities.
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He plans to start looking at prospective locations this week with the hope of securing a space and relocating in time to close his current location Nov. 30 and reopen at the new site on Dec. 1. He's not sure if this timeline is possible, but Egan is not afraid to make it a goal.
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He explains how he has employees counting on their jobs in the weeks leading up to Christmas, and he does not want customers to encounter a long disruption.
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That said, Egan says he has received an outpouring of e-mails, phone calls and conversations with loyal customers since he recently posted a message on the door announcing the news and the time it could take to find a good fit for Lula's future - because it matters.
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"You can be whoever you are here. We're around to help make the world a better place, no matter your race, religion or gender. Life is happening at Lula's," Egan says, "and that's not going to change."
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Where would you like to see Lula's relocate? Tell us on our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/thebasket.
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The new Bare Hands Brewery will be under construction soon in Granger. More information will be coming in a future column ... Remodeling work is progressing on the new Einstein Bagels, 2019 South Bend Ave., South Bend. The restaurant is expected to open in mid-November. ... The Stevensville Anytime Fitness is planning a health fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday to celebrate its new location at 5643 Cleveland Ave. ... Murfee's Boutique recently opened at 82 W. Main St., Benton Harbor. Ethel Golliday owns the women's apparel and accessories shop that specializes in business and dressy-casual attire for average to plus-size women, sizes 4 to 28 and up. Hours are 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday.
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Book Review: 'Season Ticket,' By Roger Angell | The American League Championship Series begins tonight. Writer Kate Tuttle says Roger Angell's 1988 collection of essays, Season Ticket, is the perfect accompaniment to the postseason.
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"Most of us fans fall in love with baseball when we are children," writes Roger Angell. At any age, though, the ballgame is better with a friendly and knowledgeable companion. I can't think of a better one than Angell.
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Now 94, he has written about baseball for over half a century, beginning when the New Yorker magazine sent him to spring training in 1962.
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"I have covered this beat in haphazard fashion, following my own inclinations and interests," he writes in Season Ticket about the game in the mid-'80s.
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In this book he takes us back to 1985, when the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals (a rematch is possible this fall, as the Cardinals face the San Francisco Giants for the National League pennant). He covers the era's stars, from George Brett to Darryl Strawberry to Roger Clemens, but he pays special attention to the oddballs, like Dan Quisenberry, the Royals' late, great submarine pitcher. Quisenberry's work on the mound, Angell writes, "was funny-looking and profoundly undramatic, and he went about it like a man sweeping out a kitchen."
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While basketball is quick and beautiful, and football a show of force, baseball is quieter, slower and, Angell points out, somehow sadder.
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"There is more losing than winning in our sport," Angell writes, and "a fan's best defense against inexorable heartbreak is probably to learn more about how the game is really played."
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"Baseball is not life itself, although the resemblance keeps coming up," he says. It's impossible to ignore, as we fans grow older, how its long season traces an arc like a lifetime, condensed.
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"Midsummer baseball feels as if it would last forever," Angell observes; "late-season baseball becomes quicker and terser, as if sensing its coming end."
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But sometimes, he goes on, "if we are lucky, it explodes into thrilling terminal colors, leaving bright pictures in memory to carry us through the miserable months to come."
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Kate Tuttle is a columnist for the Boston Globe.
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Items selected are from the daily police logs of the city listed below. Times shown are when the incidents were reported to the police.
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Bay Road and Menalto Avenue, 1:25 a.m.: A 22-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence and with a suspended or revoked license.
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Marsh Road and Highway 101, 7:39 a.m.: A hit-and-run accident caused property damage.
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First block of Middlefield Road, 10:05 a.m.: Two Redwood City men — one 19 and the other 24 — were arrested for petty theft.
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Marsh Road and Bayfront Expressway, 10:54 a.m.: A big rig overturned and caused major traffic delays.
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800 block of El Camino Real, 5:56 p.m.: A domestic dispute was reported.
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1100 block of Willow Road, 8:39 p.m.: A residence”s front window was shot with a BB gun.
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1300 block of Madera Avenue, 9:15 p.m.: Theft was reported.
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1100 block of Marsh Road, 1:38 a.m.: A 26-year-old man was arrested for driving under the influence and without a license.
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1100 block of Marsh Road, 8:19 a.m.: A 21-year-old Redwood City man was cited for possessing marijuana.
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800 block of El Camino Real, 10:45 a.m.: A juvenile ran away and was later found.
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1700 block of El Camino Real, 4:14 p.m.: A car accident occurred.
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600 block of Sharon Park Drive, 9:54 a.m.: A car was burglarized.
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700 block of Laurel Street, 10:53 a.m.: A wallet was found.
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700 block of Santa Cruz Avenue, 12:17 p.m.: A hit-and-run accident caused property damage.
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700 block of El Camino Real, 4:55 p.m.: A cellphone was stolen.
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A Massachusetts man was caught in Fort Lee with heroin and fentanyl that he planned to sell, authorities said Tuesday.
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A Massachusetts man was caught in Fort Lee with heroin and fentanyl that he planned to sell, authorities announced on Tuesday.
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Jose Rodriguez-Quinonez, 37, was reportedly taking a bus from his hometown of Dorchester, Massachusetts, to Fort Lee on May 25 carrying 750 grams of fentanyl and 36 grams of heroin, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.
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Rodriguez-Quinonez was charged with possession with intent to distribute the heroin and the fentanyl. He was held at the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
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The Delhi Police has arrested a 28-year-old man who posed as a buyer and contacted a person on an e-commerce platform only to flee with his bike later on the pretext of a test drive, officials said Thursday.
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The accused, identified as Arjun, a resident of Sangam Vihar, was arrested Wednesday and the bike was also recovered, they said.
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According to Monika Bhardwaj, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), one complainant Sahil Bedi, a resident of Moti Nagar, filed a complaint on March 23 in which he stated that he had offered his motorcycle for sale on an e-commerce platform.
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He was contacted by Arjun who expressed interest in buying the bike.
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The accused then planned a meeting with the owner near Punjabi Bagh Metro Station to inspect the vehicle.
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On the pretext of taking a test drive, the accused sped away the motorcycle and fled the scene, the DCP said.
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During investigation, it was revealed that the mobile number being used by the accused was obtained on some fictitious address in Sangam Vihar, she said.
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Police generated sketches of the accused person and distributed in Sangam Vihar area.
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He was arrested on Wednesday in Sangam Vihar.
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During interrogation, it was revealed that Arjun sold the motorcycle to the 'thak-thak' gang operating in South Delhi, the DCP said.
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The gang members were also arrested and the motorcycle has been recovered, police added.
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Police in Omaha have released 9-1-1 tapes that offer chilling details of what happened inside a mall Wednesday afternoon. The initial calls to police reveal the intensity of the brief time it took for tragedy to strike. A dispatcher answers and asks "What’s your emergency?" The only sound on the other end of the line is a barrage of gunshots.
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Many of the calls came from customers inside the store where a gunman killed 8 people and then himself. Police have also released three still images of the gunman taken from surveillance cameras. One image shows 19 year old Robert Hawkins walking into the mall with an apparent bulge under his clothing. Another imagine shows Hawkins aiming an AK-47 rifle.
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Meanwhile, officials with Nebraska’s Health and Human Services agency say Hawkins had a troubled past. He became a ward of the state in September 2002 after threatening to kill his stepmother. Hawkins was released from state care in 2006 with mutual consent from his parents, a judge and social workers.
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