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In 1997, when Savannah parent Martha Nesbit first pictured an alternative to the public middle schools available to her children, it was as a member of the district task force charged with researching ways to improve the district's lagging middle schools. But when the district accepted almost none of the task force recommendations, Nesbit approached a group of five friends in her church and asked, "If I think about starting a school, would you be on board with that?"
From the beginning, the parents' vision was for a school that would provide character education as well as challenging academics. They wanted a school that had an active role for parents, and they wanted student diversity. Yet the five friends were all white. To ensure that the school's student population would be representative of the district, where 57 percent of the students are African American, they purposefully invited African American parents to join them in shaping the school.
Because Georgia had no legislation allowing for a charter school that was a start-up (rather than a district conversion of an existing school), parents faced an unusual first step in securing their charter. They became lobbyists, persuading state legislators to pass the needed legislation. In addition to their trips to the capital, "We did a letter writing campaign and we did telephone calls. We probably made hundreds of calls," one parent estimates. The next step, securing the charter, was its own challenge. Knowing that they would be encountering a skeptical district board, parents prepared carefully. The charter was narrowly approved, five to four. Parents began preparations to open the school eight months later.
"We had nothing," one parent explains. "Somebody let us use a back office room in their insurance business where we set up our fax machine and a phone. We advertised for teachers in the newspaper and interviewed them in that office. They had no school to look at, no equipment, facilities, nothing. We still had to hire our principal and we had to have students." The district came up with an abandoned school that was both smaller than parents had planned for and in terrible disrepair. They took it. They found a principal that March, someone who would commute from her home in South Carolina. And the same month, at the district's showcase of all its magnet programs, according to parents there was "a line out the door for people to apply to come to our school."
The building capacity allows Oglethorpe to enroll 330 students, and there is a waiting list for each grade. Next year's sixth-grade class has almost twice as many applicants as can be accommodated. Students are chosen by lottery, and the efforts of the school's founding parents to reflect the diversity of the community in the school population have been effective. About 38 percent of Oglethorpe students are African American, 51 percent are white, 4 percent are Asian American, 3 percent are Hispanic, and 4 percent are multiracial. About 20 percent of students qualify for subsidized meals. Five percent are designated special education and participate in the school's inclusion program.
Program and Operations
Oglethorpe Charter School is an official Core Knowledge school, which means that at least 80 percent of the Core Knowledge curriculum is taught annually. The Core Knowledge curriculum, developed by scholar E.D. Hirsch, is designed to begin in the first grade, so Oglethorpe teachers frequently have to scramble to fill in their middle school students' missing Core Knowledge background. Nonetheless, teachers and parents like the sense that students are learning what it takes to be "a really educated person." As one parent puts it, "They are teaching things that everybody should know in life, to be a participating member of society." And even though Oglethorpe does not focus on test preparation, an eighth-grade student reports, "We have been hearing from students who have graduated that they seem to be a lot more prepared for high school than their friends who came from regular schools. Our school is a lot more challenging, and so by the time test time comes, we are very prepared and ready to take the test. We always do well."
|From the beginning, parents' vision was for a school that would provide character education as well as challenging academics. They wanted a school that had an active role for parents, and they wanted student diversity.
All students at Oglethorpe are held to high academic standards, and participation in sports and special interest clubs, instead of attendance in study halls, depends on satisfactory grades. A Personal Education Plan (PEP) is created for each student, with clear learning goals related to a student's progress meeting subject area objectives. The PEP also includes standardized test data, results of a multiple intelligences survey, study skills monitoring, student reflections and self-evaluations, teacher comments, and portfolio work samples from each year.
Teachers at Oglethorpe work hard to meet students' individual needs and all provide regular tutorials for students during lunch and after school. Students who need help get it. One student explains what feels different about Oglethorpe: "I've been in schools where they help you with some things, but teachers here stay after school and stay over their work time to help you. It is really small here, so all the teachers know all the kids. And you feel a lot more, I guess, comfortable with your teachers."
Students entering the sixth grade can test into the Advanced Instruction with Motivation (AIM) class. Students in the AIM class can earn five Carnegie units for high school credit by passing a test at the end of the course. The AIM class is self-contained and student diversity in the class is controlled to be proportional to that in the school. Oglethorpe also has a teacher who works with students identified for academic intervention in a special reading program and after school two or three days a week between 2:30 and 5:30. Every effort is made to help students succeed. Last year, for example, a small group of students who failed their grade-six standards were placed in an accelerated program and given support until December to catch up. Three of the five students were able to move into the seventh grade, while two continued in sixth grade.
The school operates on a block schedule with 90-minute classes and a special schedule on Fridays. Students say they like the block schedule. They note, "You get more done in class," and "Because it doesn't meet each day, you have more time to get your homework done, so it doesn't feel overwhelming." Classes average 22 students. The school day begins at 7:30 and ends at 2:30, with tutorials from 2:30 to 3:20. On Fridays, classes are shortened to allow for a one-hour block that rotates among assemblies, clubs, and TLC (Titans Love Character) advisory group.
TLC is the most explicit aspect of Oglethorpe's focus on character development and is organized into cross-grade groups of about 12 students each. Every month a different "virtue"-such as integrity or service-is emphasized and students discuss what it means to them. The school also has a tightly monitored dress code and forbids students to bring personal electronics such as music players or video games to school. Rap music is excluded from the annual talent show. "It's strict here," students agree. Yet the results are positive. Last year only 44 detentions were given out for the entire year. When students are off campus, "People can tell who the Oglethorpe students are," one teacher says, "because of their good behavior."
Continuous Learning
Oglethorpe is accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and in 2001 as part of the SAC accreditation, the school conducted a self-study focusing on student improvement. The study revealed that teachers needed more training in the Core Knowledge curriculum, which they now get. It also led the school to set goals for improving student learning outcomes. In 2002, Oglethorpe implemented SRA's Direct Instruction Corrective Reading program for their students who were reading below grade level-one- third of the student body. As part of this initiative, some students' parents agreed to become involved in the parent reading partners program, reading stories and completing vocabulary-building exercises together with their children at home.
As a Georgia charter school, Oglethorpe Charter School does not require teachers to be certified, but they must demonstrate competence in their subject areas. One teacher has a doctorate and one teacher came from university teaching. Most have many years of teaching experience. As a faculty they share common practices and have formed teacher research study groups for ongoing professional development. In addition to participating in weekly department meetings and monthly professional development sessions, each teacher compiles a professional portfolio. Self-reflection is part of teachers' annual evaluation process. Teachers describe feeling "respected as educators" and note that communication is very open at the school. Two teachers represent the faculty on the school's board of directors.
Parents and Partners
As stipulated by Georgia charter law, a parent-majority board governs Oglethorpe Charter School and monitors its operations. Parents have the ultimate decision-making responsibility for the school.
While membership on the board rotates and only a few parents serve at a time, all parents sign a contract to provide service to the school. Parents are obligated for 20 hours a year (or 10 hours if a single parent). The weekly school newsletter contains suggestions for ways that parents can earn their service hours and reminds them to do their part. For example, parents can chaperone field trips, prepare food for events, lead clubs, help in the office, and serve on committees. They can do weekend maintenance chores at the school, and they can receive credit for attending school programs such as the Math/Science Night and sporting events. If parents do not fulfill the family contract (or request a hardship exemption), their students are not allowed to re-enroll the following year.
|A Personal Education Plan (PEP) is created for each student, with clear learning goals related to a student's progress meeting subject area objectives.
Communication with parents is frequent. Homework assignments are posted on the school Web site. Every Wednesday, folders are sent home with the school newsletter and classroom updates. Every quarter parents receive a mid-quarter report and a quarter-end report card for their children. "The school tends to attract families who want to be involved in their kids' education," one parent observes.
Beyond its relationship with parents, Oglethorpe has developed partnerships within the community. The school uses a local church facility for assemblies, special events, and gym classes; and the music program is operated in conjunction with a local university. The after-school program is in partnership with a nearby YMCA. In addition, Oglethorpe students participate in community outreach, such as an annual beach cleanup, diabetes walk, or food drive for homeless shelters. In March, the whole school became reading partners for students at a local elementary school.
|The weekly school newsletter contains suggestions for ways that parents can earn their service hours and reminds them to do their part.
Accountability and Governance
The 11-person board of directors includes a parent majority, community members, two teacher representatives, and, in a non-voting capacity, the school administrators. Board members serve one- or two-year terms. Facility needs are a constant headache. In addition to contending with the building's generally poor condition, the board has needed to add restrooms and a new drainage system. The roof must be replaced. And to accommodate an additional class at each grade, portable classrooms are the only possible solution. One has already been added and another has been ordered.
Resources are tight. The Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools provides the school facility and student transportation. Per pupil funding averages about $6,000. Last year expenses were $2,112,000, which included $80,000 raised through grants to cover the costs of developing the reading program, paying a technology teacher, and buying laptops for the computer lab.
In June 2003, the school charter came up for renewal by the Savannah school board. This time, in contrast to the narrow vote in favor of the school's initial charter, the renewal passed unanimously. To even its toughest audience, Oglethorpe Charter School had proved its mettle.
Parents and the board are proud to have created a school that reflects the diversity of the Savannah community and that addresses student learning needs ranging from special education to advanced academics. For the 94 students reading below grade level, enrollment in the school's Corrective Reading program is beginning to make a difference. Sixty-nine percent of sixth-graders read at grade level; at seventh and eighth grades, this rises to 78 and 79 percent. In writing, 98 percent of students met or exceeded the state standards. Parent involvement, including the 44-hour average that families contribute each year, sets a model for the kind of character development that parents and faculty agree is woven throughout everything that happens at the school.


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I was given an opportunity to talk to documentarian Ken Burns, now heading from city to city across the country to tout his new film "The Tenth Inning," a companion to his 1994 mega-documentary "Baseball," which ran nine nights (or "innings") on PBS.
Burns was in Washington June 8 to throw out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals-Pittsburgh Pirates game. As luck would have it, it was the same game where heralded uberprospect Stephen Strasburg was to make his major-league debut on the mound for the Nationals. "Just dumb luck," Burns remarked. Strasburg gave up only two runs in seven innings and struck out 14 — including the last seven in a row — with no walks in a 5-2 Nats win.
The filmmaker admitted it can get dicey when trying to interpret history when the era under discussion may not yet be over. That's why, Burns said, he cut off "The Tenth Inning" with the Boston Red Sox's improbable comeback from a three-games-to-none hole in the 2004 American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees, followed by Boston's sweep over the St. Louis Cardinals to capture the World Series for the first time in 86 years, with a hint of the steroid scandal that was to dog the sport.
"I don't think this would have been updated if not my team, the Red Sox, had won the 2004 World Series," Burns explained. But in in trying to be evenhanded about it all, Burns said he made sure to give plenty of time to the Yankees, the favorite team of his documentary partner, Lynn Novick, with particular emphasis on the 2001 World Series, which the Yanks lost to the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the ninth inning of decisive Game Seven.
"For the first time ever, we were rooting for the New York Yankees because of 9/11, and it didn't happen that way," Burns said.
Burns gave his take on a recent baseball phenomenon — the imperfect perfect game tossed June 2 by the Detroit Tigers' Armando Galarraga. For anyone who doesn't know, Galarraga got the first 26 Cleveland Indians batters out — and would have had the 27th to finish off the perfect game had it not been for a blown call by first-base umpire Jim Joyce. The ump took a lot of abuse from Galarraga's Tigers teammates on the field, but once in the solitude of the umpire's locker room, he recognized he had missed the call and apologized that night to Galarraga. (By the way, Joyce went to Central Catholic High School in Toledo, Ohio.)
Calls have been made to have the perfect game declared retroactively, but Burns said he would have done exactly what baseball commission Bud Selig did: nothing.
"Let's set the record straight: He was robbed," Burns said of Galarraga. "But baseball resembles life. Just think if Bud Selig had reversed it one day. Then the commissioner would have set the precedent of changing things" — from the result of the 1919 World Series tainted by the game throwing "Black Sox," to the sign-stealing aided-and-abetted "Shot Heard 'Round the World" hit by Bobby Thomson off Ralph Branca (who was consoled afterward by his pastor) in the famous 1951 NL playoff game between the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers, to the likelihood that the Yankees' Bucky Dent used a teammate's corked bat to hit a home run that launched the Yanks — and not the Red Sox — into the 1978 AL playoffs.
"This is a sweater you don't want to pull the thread on and watch it unravel," Burns said.
But the grace amid failure that characterized Joyce and Galarraga the evening of the game and the next day — when Galarraga brought Detroit's lineup card to Joyce, working home plate that game — was, according to Burns, "one of the greatest moments of sports that I have ever seen."


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AndyDufresne wrote:The one issue with a forum post of information is keeping things up-to-date, and who can do that sort of editing, or who would want to do that sort of editing.
Getting all the info done once would be the chore that finding a volunteer for it would be the hard part, but I am sure you would find many willing volunteers for that part. After that, it would come down to each dept head to keep it up to date with names. Not exactly hard to delete a name and put a new one in.
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Francis served in the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. After the war, he married Lovina Matthews on 14 October 1865 in Porter, Gallia County, Ohio. Lovina was born 14 March 1840 in Vinton, Gallia County, Ohio to Thomas Russell Matthews and Susan Roath.
Francis and Lovina lived in Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio until moving to Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio by 1877.
Lovina died in Cincinnati on 19 December 1883 and was buried in McGhee Cemetery in Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio, where her infant daughter, Lizzie, was buried.
Francis married second Melinda Knabb on 25 October 1888. Melinda was the widow of Elijah M Townsley and Jacob Markley. The marriage was apparently short lived since there is no mention of Melinda when Francis was granted his Civil War pension on 12 November 1890.
Over the years, Francis had many jobs. He was a harness and saddle maker in Gallia County. But on moving to Cincinnati, he became a butter and egg dealer, then a grocer. After 1900, he was a hackman, porter and janitor.
Francis died on 18 February 1912 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was buried at Mount Washington Cemetery in Mount Washington, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Francis Marion Washburn and Lovina Matthews had 4 daughters:
- Mary Susan Washburn born 28 September 1866 in Vinton, Gallia County, Ohio and died 19 April 1919 in Cincinnati. She married George Elder Hillis (25 May 1857 - 31 May 1917).
- Lizzie Gertrude Washburn born 17 October 1868 and died 24 February 1869 in Vinton, Gallia County, Ohio.
- Myrtle Ione Washburn born 3 November 1872 in Huntington Township, Gallia County, Ohio and died 24 March 1951 in Cincinnati. She married Silas Barrett Waters (8 Sep 1860 - 3 Dec 1936).
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A study in contrasts, Oil & Water explores different mediums and subjects by artists who share a passion for paint and live in remote, rural locations.
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As a child in Toronto, illness meant Sampson was bedridden for lengthy periods. Her dad began painting a mural on her bedroom wall as a way to entertain her. "He also brought home reams of paper and lots of pencils and I was able to sit up to draw," she recalls. "And my mother had a wonderful sense of colour and composition when it came to home decorating so I was indoctrinated early into the joys of visual creation."
When the family moved to Ohio, Sampson faithfully attended art classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art and later the Cleveland Institute of Art even though the bus ride was one and a half hours each way. A career as a graphic designer/ illustrator and illustration instructor followed.
Later, back in Ontario she opened a studio at Alton Mill and became part of a network of artists. Then Sampson met Bob who convinced her to move to Vancouver Island. For the last eight years the couple has called two acres at the foot of Mt. H'Kusam in the Sayward Valley home.
"The area is inspirational but I prefer to find human models, or set up still life pieces," she says. "I love the translucent, jewel-like quality of oil paints and the ability to blend and manipulate, which acrylic doesn't offer. I'm also fond of the beautiful glow and intensity of pastels."
"For me, oil painting requires extreme concentration," Sampson continues. "To facilitate this I keep my palette and studio clean and orderly. When I get in the 'zone' hours can go by in a flash. But getting there isn't always easy. Sometimes I just go to the studio and put paint on canvas or start cleaning my paint tubes, straightening my shelves, anything to stimulate the right place in my head for working."
Sampson welcomes spring and summer when she can visit artist friends down island. "But I find the semi-isolation and the relative quiet of my studio a place of refuge where I can contemplate the direction of my work."
To enhance this, Sampson doesn't have a phone in her studio or eat there. She does, however, often listen to music. "The right selection can make or break a painting day," she says.
Sampson likes thick/thin lines, expressive strokes, soft and hard edges, and finicky detail. "My subjects are usually concerned with aloneness and introspection, but not in a negative way; there is a joy in being self-contained. Attempting to portray a specific message doesn't usually work for me – it comes from somewhere inside but I couldn't tell you where!"
Sampson and Maximchuk have corresponded by phone and email but never met. When Maximchuk wondered if she had enough work to fill the space available at the Pearl, Pollock suggested the two team up.
"I always drew and painted and never doubted I would be an artist," says Maximchuk. "I love watercolour for its immediacy, steep learning curve, portability and fluidity. The beautiful translucency of color on white paper is like glowing gems. I use acrylic for larger in studio paintings when I want to explore a more monumental subject. It's very forgiving and easy to work over areas to adjust and compose."
Born in Bralorne, B.C.. Maximchuk has lived and worked as an artist in numerous locations. Twenty-six years ago, her fisherman sweetheart, Albert, invited her and her children to move to Echo Bay in the Broughton Archipelago off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. Maximchuk now paints, writes, makes pottery and gives workshops from her waterfront SeaRose Studio on Gilford Island. Her memoir Drawn to Sea: an Intimate View of the Raincoast will be published by Caitlin Press this spring.
Primarily a landscape painter, Maximchuk's location has a profound effect on her work. "It's so beautiful, mysterious, intriguing and ever-changing here," she says. "I would need three lifetimes to explore the painterly opportunities and natural history of this area."
Mood and weather dictate whether she starts with a clear subject in mind or explores a specific set of colours and if she works in her studio or on location.
"Living in an isolated area makes marketing and moving paintings around difficult," she confesses. "And being removed from other artists is both a difficulty and a benefit. I miss the stimulation and inspiration of being around artists, yet it also keeps me free from the influence of someone else's possibly powerful style and strictly on my own path."
"But the job satisfaction is amazing," she adds. "Being an artist has given me a wonderful life in an amazing place. I've been able to travel and paint interesting places and meet many fine people. I can think of no better way than painting to fill the space between birth and death."
Sampson and Maximchuk will spend time at the gallery throughout the exhibition which closes on March 3. The gallery is located at 1729 Comox Ave. and is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For more information visit www.pealrellisgallery.com, www.karenmartinarts.ca or www.searosestudio.net.
Paula Wild is a published author and regular contributor to the Comox Valley Record's arts and entertainment section.


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A diamond grading report, however, is only useful if it is reliable and has been issued by a reputable independent laboratory which has no financial interest in the stone. Purchasers can feel confident that their diamond is indeed of the quality Union Diamond represents. An independent gemological laboratory with skilled gemologists who use specialized equipment to measure and evaluate each diamond's particular characteristics and attributes. This information is provided in written form and is called a diamond grading report or diamond quality document (and is commonly referred to as a certificate).
In most cases, a diamond grading report will accompany any of our loose diamonds. The most common will be a Gemological Institute of America (GIA), an American Gem Society (AGS) or a European Gemological Laboratory (EGL) diamond report. These laboratories are recognized world over and are totally independent of Union Diamond. We do not warrant or guarantee the accuracy of their grading and these reports are provided only as a courtesy. Union Diamond does not grade diamonds and relies solely on the issuing laboratory. When evaluating diamonds, please take into consideration the grading in the context of the issuing laboratory and the standards each lab applies while determining grade. Diamond grading is subjective and methods of grading by the different laboratories and different graders may have very different opinions as to grade. Union Diamond cannot be held liable for those circumstances. Union Diamond does not warrant the accuracy of any information contained in any third-party laboratory grading report, or in any information we provide to you derived from any such laboratory grading report.
A grading report also contains the stone's color grade. A diamond's color is evaluated by comparing it to the Gemological Institute of America's color scale, which is based on a set of diamonds of known color. Its grade is listed as a letter of the alphabet from D through Z, with D being the most colorless and having the highest value and Z being yellow in color and having the lowest value. It also lists the diamond's clarity, an evaluation of any natural blemishes or inclusions the stone may have inside or on its surface. The type and location of these blemishes determines the clarity grade, and therefore its value.
The carat weight of the diamond will also be listed on the grading report, rounded to the nearest hundredth of a carat (for example 1.05 ct, 0.95 ct, etc.) The diamond's measurements will also be indicated in millimeters. A grading report also includes a plot that "maps" the diamond's inclusions. These may be listed as "crystals", "feathers", "pinpoints", "naturals", "scratches" and "clouds" among others. Since each diamond is unique, the diagram acts like a fingerprint to identify that particular diamond. A diamond can be compared to its report by examining it under a 10-power loupe.
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Jan. 04--A developer is planning a low-cost housing complex for veterans and their families on Madison'sEast Side that would be the largest facility of its kind in the nation, Dane County officials announced Thursday.
The development -- called Valor on Washington -- would offer 64 housing units including a mix of subsidized and market-rate rents with two- and three-bedroom apartments and on-site services for veterans at 1326 E. Washington Ave., site of the former Messner Inc.
"Veterans and their families have given so much to our country, we it owe to them to help them when they come home," County Executive Joe Parisi said during a press conference at Dryhootch Inc. in Madison.
The $15.1 million project was proposed by Gorman and Co. of Oregon, which just opened a similar but smaller facility in Arizona.
The U.S. Veterans Administration and others help veterans find housing, but usually for individuals, not families, said Otis Winstead, Wisconsin director of Milwaukee-based Dryhootch, a peer-support organization for veterans. The Gorman project would fill a need, especially for women transitioning to civilian life after military service, Winstead said.
Dryhootch would move from its site on University Avenue to a much larger space on the first floor of the apartment building, said Ted Matkom, president of Gorman's Wisconsin operation.
Gorman would seeking financial support for the project from the city's affordable housing fund, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority Section 42 low income housing tax credits, according to a resolution being introduced for County Board approval in two weeks.
Construction could begin in mid-2019 or later.
The county bought the Messner building for $1.75 million in 2015 for use as day resources center for the homeless, but that project fell through amid opposition from neighbors. Gorman may lease the property from the county.
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Karen Kasler (Ohio Public Radio)
Karen Kasler is a lifelong Ohioan with a passion for broadcast reporting. She left her hometown of Lancaster for Otterbein College. As News Director at WCBE in Columbus in the 90s, she covered a variety of events, including the local impact of the Gulf War, the financial problems of the Columbus Public Schools and the trouble-ridden Ameriflora exhibition in 1992.
Karen was selected as a Fellow in the Kiplinger Master's Program for Mid-Career Journalists at The Ohio State University in 1994. After a brief stint at WBNS-TV in Columbus, she moved to Cleveland and became the afternoon drive anchor and assignment editor for WTAM-AM. Karen followed the demolition and rebuilding of Cleveland Browns Stadium, produced award-winning series on identity theft and the Y2K panic, covered the Republican National Convention in 2000 and the blackout of 2003, and reported annually from the Cleveland National Air Show each year, often going upside down in an aerobatic plane to do it. In 1999, she was a media witness to the execution of Wilford Berry, at the time the first man put to death since Ohio re-instated capital punishment. Karen frequently reported for ABC Radio News, and also co-produced an award-winning nationally-distributed documentary on the one-year anniversary of September 11, 2001, which featured her interview with Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge from the West Wing of the White House.
Since returning to Columbus, she's covered major elections and the controversies surrounding them, the "Coingate" scandal and the resignation of former Attorney General Marc Dann. She's also produced features on "green" business, STEM education, campaign ads, the elimination of the state's anti-smoking agency and a demolition derby involving farm equipment.
Each year she anchors the Bureau's live coverage of the governor's State of the State. She was a panelist for the gubernatorial and the US Senate debates in 2006 and the Attorney General's race in 2008, and has also been interviewed by NPR, by the BBC and by Brian Williams for NBC's "Nightly News".
Karen has been honored by the Association of Capitol Editors and Reporters, the Cleveland Press Club/Society of Professional Journalists, the Ohio Educational Telecommunications Commission, and holds a National Headliner Award. She's won several awards from the Ohio AP, and is a four-time winner of the AP's Best Broadcast Writing award. She was nominated for an Emmy in 2006 for hosting "The State of Ohio". She's currently the president-elect of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters.
Karen joined the Bureau in March 2004. She's reported for NPR, Marketplace and the Great Lakes Radio Consortium, and is a frequent guest on ONN's "Capitol Square" , WVIZ's "Ideas" and WOSU-TV's "Columbus on the Record".
Karen is also an adjunct professor at Capital University in Columbus. Karen, her husband and their son Jack live on Columbus' northeast side.


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Meet the Dean of Students
Kathleen N. McMahon, Ed.D, joined Cal Poly as Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students in February 2016. She is a 25-year veteran of higher education teaching and administration, who most recently came from her position as associate vice president for student life and Title IX coordinator for Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I.. In her new role, she will assume responsibility and management of all departments within the Dean of Students office, which include the Center for Leadership and Service, Cross Cultural Centers, Center for Service In Action, Clubs and Club Sports, Student Rights and Responsibilities, Fraternity and Sorority Life, and the Safer program (which focuses on sexual assault prevention). Kathleen also serves as the point of contact for all crisis intervention with students and represent the university at select governance meetings, on campus and in the community.
Dean McMahon's career has included a wide range of administrative and academic experience. She has taught in higher education, written several published articles and given presentations within her field of expertise. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of New Hampshire and a master's degree in clinical social work from Boston College, where she also completed coursework in human development and education. She earned a doctorate in educational leadership from UCLA, where she also served as associate dean of students for seven years. Her doctoral research focused on leadership development among female college students.
Kathleen is joined by her husband, Thom, and two children, Grayson and Bayley, and can often be seen running in Poly Canyon or hiking the local mountains.
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The theme is "It's a Small World" each blog has created a project. Be sure to visit each blog for inspiration and fun "Blog Candy" Since I am part Italian I wanted to make something relating to that, well I had no idea what to do, so I ask for help, well my craft friend Nicole @ http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com gave me an idea so this is what I came up with, (thanks Nicole) I think my "Christmas Card" came out pretty darn cute, for not knowing what to make. I hope you like, please leave me your comments and a way for me to contact you if your the lucking winner for my "Blog Candy" which is 10.00 gift card to Michael's or Joann's your choice. thanks for stopping by today your next stop is Gaby @ www.gabycreates.com
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UC Davis beats NC Central in First Four
UC Davis beats NC Central in First Four
DAYTON, Ohio (KCRA) —
The UC Davis Aggies notched their first NCAA Tournament win Wednesday.
The Aggies topped the North Carolina Central Eagles 67 to 63 during their First Four matchup in Dayton, Ohio.
UC Davis moves on to face the No. 1 seeded Kansas Jayhawks on Friday at 3:50 p.m. in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The Aggies earned their first trip to March Madness by beating UC Irvine Saturday for the Big West Championship title.


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Friday, October 8, 2010
Gnocchi Mac & Cheese
Ahhhh mac and cheese.
Those mere words stir up feelings of comfort...home....the food you loved as a kid.
If you asked a 100 people what their favorite comfort food was, I'm guessing close to half would say mac and cheese. I'm sure meatloaf and mashed potatoes are right up there too.
Why is that the combination of cheese and pasta can make our mouths water?
I'm all about trying different kinds of mac and cheese recipes and this one was no exception. I love gnocchi. I love cheese. Done deal.
I saw this one on Noble Pig's site and knew it would be in my oven.
The gnocchi get's a little puffy in the oven and the cheese get's a little crunchy.
It's heavenly.
Gnocchi Mac n' Cheese
From Cuisine at Home
1 pound purchased or homemade gnocchi
2 Tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons garlic, finely chopped
1 Tablespoon all-purpose flour
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 cup shredded Gruyere cheese
1/4 cup shredded fontina cheese
Salt and white pepper to taste
1/3 cup shredded Parmigiano-Reggiano
Basil leaves for garnish, optional (I chopped fresh basil and added it in to my cheese sauce)
Preheat oven to 375. Prepare gnocchi according to package directions. Drain and place gnocchi in a single-layer in a 1-1/2 quart shallow baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Whisk in flour until it thickens and bubbles, then whisk in milk and Dijon. Continue to whisk mixture and cook until slightly thickened, about 3-5 minutes.
Combine Gruyere and fontina, then add by the handful to milk mixture, stirring until melted before adding the next handful. Once all cheese is melted, season sauce with salt and pepper.
Pour sauce over gnocchi and sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano over top. Bake gnocchi until they puff and the cheese is golden and bubbly, about 25 minutes. Let gnocchi rest for 5 minutes before serving.
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Baruch College Hosts Lecture on Workplace Gender Bias
The Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series
NEW YORK, NY ? April 15, 2013 ? Baruch College's School of Public Affairs welcomes William T. Bielby as the guest speaker of the Lillie and Nathan Ackerman Lecture Series on Monday, April 22. Bielby will lead the discussion titled It Don't Come Easy: Alternative Paths to Minimizing Workplace Gender Bias.
During the lecture, Bielby will touch upon his alternative visions for moving towards a bias-free workplace, strategies that are likely to be effective, and the level of support and opposition likely to be encountered from constituencies inside and outside the workplace.
William T. Bielby, Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois, Chicago teaches courses on organizational behavior, research methods for the social sciences, quantitative methods, social inequality, and discrimination.
His recent publications include: Accentuate the Positive: Are Good Intentions an Effective Way to Minimize Systemic Workplace Bias?, Virginia Law Review, In Brief, 2010; "Race at the Top: How Companies Shape the Inclusion of African Americans on Their Boards in Response to Institutional Pressures," Social Science Research, 2011 (with Clayton Rose); and "Minority Vulnerability in Privileged Occupations: Why Do African American Financial Advisors Earn Less Than Whites in a Large Financial Services Firm?, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 2012.
The Ackerman Lecture series invites leading intellectuals and public figures to address major questions of equality and social justice.
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Baruch College is a senior college in the City University of New York (CUNY) with a total enrollment of more than 17,000 students, who represent 160 countries and speak more than 100 languages. Ranked among the top 15% of U.S. colleges and the No. 5 public regional university, Baruch College is regularly recognized as among the most ethnically diverse colleges in the country. As a public institution with a tradition of academic excellence, Baruch College offers accessibility and opportunity for students from every corner of New York City and from around the world.? For more about Baruch College, go to http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/.
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Lincoln Police Serach for Missing Teen
Lincoln Police are searching for a missing sixteen year old male. Kieran Richey did not return to his home near 20th & Van Dorn Streets, as expected, at 10pm, November 27, 2012. He planned to go to the University of Nebraska campus for computer access. He called shortly after midnight claiming that his cell phone battery was dead and he had lost track of time. The family has not heard from Kieran since. Campus surveillance confirmed that he was at the Nebraska Union, 1420 R Street, until 12:10am. His family is concerned because Kieran is diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. He does not have a vehicle, but does have a bus pass. He may be riding the city transit system. The University of Lincoln Police Department and Star Tran have been notified.
Kieran was last seen wearing a navy blue coat with UCONN on the back and blue jeans. He is 5'9" tall, 155 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. If located, please contact the Lincoln Police Department at (402) 441-6000.
Update: Kieran was located in the area of 25th & J Streets. He has been reunited with his family.


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The Porsche Cayenne receives a lot of attention. Originally, the Cayenne got looks of trepidation. The public and the automotive industry wondered how well the engineers from Porsche would be able to pull off an SUV. While not perfect, the Cayenne holds its own in almost every category.
People who don't even appreciate cars recognize the Porsche name. It seems like for as long as there has been an automotive industry, there has been Porsche leading the way in exotic, well-built cars. The true history differs a little. The founder of Porsche, Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, actually spent most of his life working for other auto manufacturers. He could claim Daimler, Volkswagen, and Mercedes on his resume. During his father's incarceration for war crimes following World War II, Porsche began to design race cars, as well as the first sports car, to keep the family company going.
The 365 marks the first notable car to come out of the imagination of Ferdinand Porsche and the company. This car made a revolutionary change in the auto industry. When the 365 began to win car races and make a name, Porsche knew it had a hit. The company's design and engineering genius continued with the introduction of the 911 model, and Porsche has been going strong since. The company finally experienced a hiccup in the early 1990s, but thanks to strong leadership the company staved off sale.
Porsche added the Cayenne and other models to its lineup over the years with a great deal of success.
In addition to being a unique design for Porsche, the Cayenne has some very interesting distinguishing features. The exterior of the SUV looks curved and somewhat bulbous, giving the vehicle a unique look among the often boxy SUV class. The overall look is elegant and a little whimsical at the same time. Like all of Porsche's car lines, the Cayenne boasts an impressive design under the hood and offers plenty of power and precision driving.
Strangely enough, the Cayenne doesn't offer a lot of cargo room. For this reason, and a few others, it fails to be the most efficient family or sportsman vehicle.
Porsche offers its popular Cayenne SUV line again for the 2012 model year. The 2011 edition marks the beginning of the second generation of this model, and the 2012 version offers only a few changes from the previous year. With this model, Porsche adds a blind spot warning system. On some trim levels, this year's model also comes with the option of carbon-ceramic brake discs.
The engineers from Porsche have chosen to equip the Cayenne with a 3.6-liter V-6 engine for the base models. This motor pairs up with a six-speed manual transmission and all-wheel drive. The upgraded trim levels feature a 4.8-liter V-8 engine coupled with a standard eight-speed automatic transmission. With this SUV, Porsche certainly doesn't keep things small and tame.
On the inside, Porsche went for luxury in the cabin and succeeded. All of the accents and panels, as well as the upholstery, for the interior of the Cayenne represent the finest in quality. The leather upholstery feels soft and supple. Interested buyers can also expect to see plenty of wood accents and trim around the interior of the vehicle.
The first generation of the Porsche Cayenne debuted in 2003 and lasted until the 2010 model year. This SUV weighs a bit more and measures a touch smaller than the current generation. While Porsche no more intends this generation for heavy use than the second generation, Porsche equips these models with all-wheel drive. Also like the current generation, the original Cayenne designs are among the fastest and best-handling SUVs made. Drivers enjoy the precision mechanics and easy handling one can expect from the Cayenne.
Naturally, Porsche designs the Cayenne to be as impressive on the inside as on the outside. It uses materials of the best quality. The driver and front passenger stay comfortable in plush bucket seats. The rear seat fails to meet expectations for size and comfort from a traditional midsize SUV. The first generation of the Cayenne also lacks in the cargo space department. This SUV focuses on performance and looks rather than function. Also note that for the 2007 model year, Porsche chose not to offer the Cayenne line.
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The 2013 Porsche Cayenne truly puts the sport in sport utility vehicle (SUV).
2012 Porsche Cayenne
The Porsche Cayenne SUV was extensively revamped in 2011 and thus there are few changes for model year 2012, most of them new options. The 2012 Porsche Cayenne has available HID headlights with black trim, sport tailpipes, contrasting stitching, and mahogany trim.
2011 Porsche Cayenne
Pretty much everything has been revised. The 2011 Cayenne is lower in height, about 400 pounds lighter, structurally stiffer, more fuel-efficient, boasts a revamped cabin (looking very much like that of the Panamera), and sports a new, optional 8-speed automatic transmission. Green-friendly features include Automatic Start Stop (which shuts off the engine when the vehicle stops) and the new S Hybrid model.
2010 Porsche Cayenne
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2009 Porsche Cayenne
2008 Porsche Cayenne
The 2008 Porsche Cayenne is a good SUV for sports-car lovers.
2006 Porsche Cayenne
Best-known for its world-class sports cars, Porsche provides a late and seemingly unlikely entrant into the competitive sport utility vehicle (SUV) class with the 2006 Porsche Cayenne.
2005 Porsche Cayenne
Porsche unveiled its first V-6 Cayenne in 2004, and offers some improvements for the 2005 Porsche Cayenne.
2004 Porsche Cayenne
The 2004 Porsche Cayenne provides the second edition of the brand's sport utility vehicle.
2003 Porsche Cayenne


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Avon (NYSE:AVP) said Wednesday it will cut 1,500 jobs globally over the next year and exit South Korea and Vietnam as it looks to shed the excess fat from its operations and hone in on faster growing "high priority" markets.
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The worldwide streamlining will help the New York-based beauty products retailer achieve annual cost savings of $400 million by the end of 2015.
"In order to turn around the business, we are focused on driving top-line growth and aggressively managing our cost base," Avon CEO Sheri McCoy said in a statement. "The decisions outlined today are necessary to stabilize the company and begin the process of returning Avon to sustainable growth."
Avon anticipates total charges related to the cutbacks of $80 million to $90 million before taxes, of which about $50 million to $60 million will be recorded in the fourth quarter with the remainder in the first half of 2013. A majority of the costs will be severance related, followed to a lesser extent by accelerated depreciation.
The direct seller of beauty products posted an 81% decline in third-quarter profit last month amid weaker sales performance as it continued to bleed active representatives. At the time, it had unveiled a three-year growth plan aimed at lowering costs by at least $400 million.


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July 18, 2011
Reports continue to surface about Japan's tsunami-caused nuclear disaster at the Fukushima complex, and this time Japanese radiation specialists say the plant's owner, Tokyo Electric Power Company, is engaged in a number of cover-ups and misinformation campaigns.
One specialist, Nishio Masamichi, director of the Hakkaido Cancer Center, who initially called for "calm" in the early days following the disaster, wrote recently in a top Japanese business journal that the crisis has caused Japan's "myth of nuclear safety" to fall apart.
Nishio, according to this independent report, says it's time to confront the very real prospect of long-term radiation exposure, and has accused TEPCO executives of hiding the truth about the real damage caused by the disaster at the expense of saving the company. He also laid some blame for the way the aftermath of the disaster was handled on the country's leadership, saying Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Cabinet lacked urgency and direction.
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Regarding TEPCO, Nishio said the company gave broken dosimeters to temporary workers and only giving monitors when they are working, despite high levels of radiation throughout the entire site. He also accused the company of putting its workers in a gymnasium-type structure to sleep in order to keep them from running away.
Nishio also believes that company executives, lawmakers and other officials simply do not grasp the severity of the accident. For instance, he says one treatment – Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Harvest – has been recommended by doctors as a way to reduce the chances of bone marrow deterioration caused by excessive doses of radiation. But, he said, that treatment was disregarded by the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan.
In addition, he says workers are only being given iodine – used to block the absorption of radiation into the thyroid especially, because it's one of the most radiation-sensitive parts of the body – instead of other treatments as well like Radiogardase (Prussian blue insoluble capsules). He asserts that the best preventative medical expertise is not being brought in to help treat those who are being exposed, an injustice he has deemed "graveyard governance."
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He also believes the Japanese people – not just those living near Fukushima – are not being told the truth about the level of radiation to which they are being exposed.
"Giving us the truth once is much more important than saying 'hang in there Japan' a million times," he wrote, in response to reports that former Minister for Internal Affairs Haraguchi Kazuhiro has alleged that radiation monitoring station data were three decimal places higher than the figures released to the public. If true, Nishio writes, that constitutes a "national crime" against the Japanese people.
In recommending solutions to these and other issues, Nishio essentially argues that more information must be sought by the government about the actual dangers posed by the disaster and, when known, provided to the public. He believes part of the reason why the information is not forthcoming is because there are powerful factions within the Japanese government and power industry that want to rely more on nuclear power in the future, an idea Nishio recommends against.


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WTF: 5 Year Old Boy Attacks His Disabled Grandmother & Urinates On Her Back!
"A Jackson County mother was arrested Saturday after telling police she had refused to stop her 5-year-old son from repeatedly assaulting and urinating on his disabled grandmother. The victim, who called 911 for help, later told officers her daughter sat on the couch and watched television while the beatings occurred. Deputies R.H. Mellinger and B.L. Varney of the Jackson County Sheriff's Department went to the residence on Washington Road in Sherman, north of Ravenswood, after the 911 call was received about 11:30 a.m. Saturday. There they found the alleged victim, Alice F. Hatcher, 58, whom the officers described as "obviously hysterical" with visible bruising and abrasions on her arms and legs, according to a criminal complaint written by Mellinger. " - DailyMail
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Johnson City, Tenn. -- East Tennessee State head soccer coach Heather Henson has announced that Lisa Cain (Simpsonville, S.C.) and Jennifer Meslar (Chantilly Va.) has committed to play soccer for the Bucs in 2001.
Cain, a four year letter-winner at Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, S.C. was named to the S.C. Region I 4-A all-conference team in 1998,1999, and 2000. During her sophomore season she had 15 goals and seven assists while setting the school mark in both categories. Her team also captured the 1999 S.C. Region 4-A state championship while finishing 22-3 on the season. After moving to sweeper for the 1999 and 2000 seasons, she notched eight goals and seven assists in the 1999 campaign. For the 2000 season she had seven scoring strikes while dishing out five assists. As a member of the GFC-USA Classic team, she won four state titles and made two semifinal appearances.
"We are excited about Lisa's desire to become a part of our soccer family. She has proven herself at the high school and club levels and should be able to continue her success at East Tennessee State," said head soccer coach Heather Henson.
Jennifer Meslar, also a four year letter-winner, comes to East Tennessee State from Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Va. A team captain, she led her high school squads to the district championship as well as to the regional quarterfinals. Meslar also played on the Springfield Azzuri club team which won the division championship in the fall of 2000 and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the State Cup.
"Jennifer has a lot to offer our program with her experience and desire. She comes from a traditionally strong club program that does a great job preparing players for the next level. Jennifer is strong and athletic, which will help in the Southern Conference" said Henson.


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Two of my favorite things coming together as one. It just doesn't get any better than this. Well, a cigar wouldn't hurt, but I'm not complaining. I'm all about comfort food. Everyone loves it. If you don't, you're a liar. I'm also all about IPA's. It's my personal favorite style of beer and can come in many different colors. The bitter citrus, the sweet malt, the hop bite; what's there not to love? As it turns out, it goes very well with a lot of foods, too. So, I decided to mash the two together and do a pairing with them with the added bonus of instructions on how to make the dish yourself because what fun is it if you can't eat this yourself?
Now, I was born and raised in New York, so biscuits and gravy is a dish that I didn't grow up with. I think that's one of the reasons why I love it so much; all the wasted years not eating it. However, me being me, plain old biscuits and gravy aren't good enough to do a pairing with. I had to kick it up a bit…..
…. And what better way to do that than to add beer to the recipe? Better yet, why not add an IPA? Great idea, I know. When people heard about this, they thought I added the beer to the gravy when in actuality, I added it to the biscuit dough. The recipe for that dough is as follows….
4 cups white flour
1 and 1/2 sticks of butter (softened at room temperature)
1 tsp. of salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. sugar
1 12 ounce can or bottle of IPA of your choosing
Standard biscuit making procedure follows. Sift the dry ingredients together, cut the butter into the dry ingredients, pour the beer into the mixture and form into a dough. The product should look like this…..
… Attractive, I know. Now form into biscuits, whatever size you feel is appropriate, and bake in the oven at 425 degrees for 15-20 minutes, and voila.
Onto the gravy. Now, I'm a carnivore, but my girlfriend is a vegetarian (unfortunately), so I had to make a vegetarian gravy to top the biscuits with, which is okay because it makes the cooking a bit easier. The ingredients for the gravy are…
1 medium to large onion
1 clove of garlic
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup of flour
Broth or soup of your choosing
Rosemary, cumin, salt, and cayenne powder to taste
Start by finely dicing the onion and garlic and caramelizing them in a sauce pan. After they're nice and sweet, add the butter and flour to make a roux. This is where I add my seasonings. I wanted to add just enough cayenne to get a bit of a smoky and spicy flavor on the mid palate, but not enough to make it hot. The rosemary is added just because it goes fantastically with IPAs. Finally, add your broth until it is at the consistency of your liking.
Now top and enjoy with your favorite IPA.
Finally, onto the pairing.
I chose Pliny the Elder because, well, it's Pliny the Elder. First bite of the biscuit gives off a very velvety, creamy texture with a nice crust, that is suddenly brought to a halt by a sweet maltiness and hop bitterness, but not like you would find in a beer. It's very subtle, but enough to give the biscuits a little something they were missing, as they would've been kind of "one note" before. Mixing with the gravy brings a whole new level. There's a creamy, sweetness from the onions, bit of heat and smokiness on the middle of the tongue and a nice earthy, herbal note throughout. Now, the trifecta. The Pliny cuts through the fatty, creaminess from the butter and flour nicely. It melds very well with the heat given off by the cayenne. It doesn't subdue it's flavor, just the heat a bit, allowing you to taste the actual flavor of the cayenne and not just the heat. It helps bring forth a nice smoky, earthy, and floral flavor that was hidden before. It plays nicely with the rosemary. The marriage of the two helps bring forth more piney flavors from both the rosemary and the Pliny. It helps add a nice clean finish to a very rich and heavy meal and helps lighten the palate. The hop bitterness, citrus flavors, and malt of the Pliny also add another dimension of flavor to the biscuits and meld very nicely with the sweet onion flavor.
This was verging on perfect. Cheap, easy to make, and an absolutely delicious pairing. I can die happy now.


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Tribe's playoff chase not just wishful thinking
Your first impulse is to just let a good, cute story remain a good, cute story and not try to give it some higher meaning. But in the land of heartbreaking professional sporting happenstance -- and no land serves that distinction quite like the Land of Cleves -- it couldn't hurt to hold out hope that good karma now graces the Cleveland Indians' playoff pursuit.
Over the weekend, an 8-year-old Tribe fan by the name of Niko Lanzarotta got to take in batting practice from the field, and the young boy, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at eight months old, asked two members of the team -- Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis -- to hit a home run for him.View Full Game Coverage
Your first impulse is to just let a good, cute story remain a good, cute story and not try to give it some higher meaning. But in the land of heartbreaking professional sporting happenstance -- and no land serves that distinction quite like the Land of Cleves -- it couldn't hurt to hold out hope that good karma now graces the Cleveland Indians' playoff pursuit.
Over the weekend, an 8-year-old Tribe fan by the name of Niko Lanzarotta got to take in batting practice from the field, and the young boy, who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at eight months old, asked two members of the team -- Carlos Santana and Jason Kipnis -- to hit a home run for him.View Full Game Coverage
Well, what could they say? Santana said sure, Kipnis said he'd try, and then both players hit the field that night and -- amazingly -- did just as Niko had asked.
"To see your kid that happy," said Niko's father, Mike, in a statement released by the team, "is a great thing."
Amen to that. And if that's where the feel-good story involving the Indians begins and ends, we could do worse than to end it with the bright and beaming smile of a little boy.
Then again, the way things are looking right now, the Indians have a pretty good chance at pulling off a feat almost as improbable as fulfilling Niko's whimsical wish.
Whatever you wish to read into this sort of thing, it's worth noting that Cleveland's percentage shot at a postseason berth, as calculated by Baseball Prospectus, has risen 12 points just in the past week alone (from 21.3 to 33.7, as of Tuesday morning). The jump is not attributable to the news that the Indians possibly put in a waiver claim on the Mariners' Kendrys Morales (more on that in a moment). Rather, it's climbed because the Tribe has maintained a season trend of beating up on the kind of clubs you're supposed to beat up on. The Indians swept the Angels in Anaheim, then took two of three from the Twins.
This is how the #RollTribe caravan rolls, when it rolls: through the streets of sleeping cities. The Indians have built their 71-59 record (two wins better than their Pythagorean expectation based on run differential) by going 40-17 against losing teams to offset their 31-42 mark against those currently sitting at .500 or better.
You don't get docked for this sort of thing. Some might call Cleveland a soft contender as a result of that record disparity, but the Indians are certainly no softer than the A's team they trail in the American League Wild Card hunt by two games. The A's, after all, have 43 wins against losing teams, including 12 intradivision wins against the lowly Astros.
Here's where it gets really interesting for the Indians, though. In a six-game road swing, beginning Tuesday night, against the two teams with perhaps the most realistic shot at home-field advantage throughout October: the Braves and Tigers. The Tribe will follow that up with a three-game set against the fellow Wild Card-contending O's, beginning on Labor Day.
A trade for Morales -- and, to be clear, we don't yet know which club put in the reported claim on the 30-year-old slugger or if a trade will even be worked out -- would be considered a timely one given the laborious stretch the Indians are entering and the need for an injection of offense.
Then again, it would be difficult to call Morales an outright game-changer, given the regression he's shown after a strong start in Seattle. His .264 average and .730 OPS since June 7 are only slightly better than the numbers of the much-maligned Nick Swisher (.241/.718) in that same span. And Morales' presence would only limit the Indians' ability to put their best lineup on the field -- i.e., a lineup with Yan Gomes behind home plate and Santana at first base or DH -- while also creating roster concern for Jason Giambi, who has been an instrumental member of this club.
Color me doubtful.
Anyway, the focus here is not nearly as much on Morales as it is on the need for Cleveland to simply survive a stretch that, once endured, gives birth to greener pastures. The rest of the Indians' schedule comes against the Mets, Royals, White Sox, Astros and Twins, against whom they're a combined 30-14 (they've yet to face the Mets, who, we now know, won't be bringing Matt Harvey to Progressive Field).
Of course, to read much into schedule strength is to ignore the very essence of a sport in which a team like the Indians can climb into contention.
The Tribe, after all, is a contender for reasons that, almost across the board, defy all projection or prediction, which is why the fact that we're having this discussion in late August is such a surprise.
Look at the biggest free-agent expenditures: Swisher is the primary reason Cleveland has an OPS output from the No. 4 spot (.754) that is below the league average (.783); Michael Bourn has an on-base percentage (.322) just below the league average from the leadoff spot (.324) and is having the least effective stolen-base success rate of his career (19 steals in 29 attempts); Mark Reynolds disappeared after a hot April in a way few before him have disappeared.
Furthermore, Trevor Bauer, the highly touted trade acquisition, has been a non-factor, relegated to Triple-A, where he continues to endure control issues. And only three qualifying AL shortstops have a lower OPS than so-called cornerstone Asdrubal Cabrera.
Had you known all this in March, you really wouldn't be feeling Terry Francona's club.
No wonder some scouts feel this might be Francona's finest managerial moment, for this club never turned in on itself in the midst of, say, losing eight straight in early June or getting swept in a pivotal four-game set at home against the Tigers earlier this month and following that up with two straight losses to the Angels.
Francona's temperament has been at least as pivotal as -- though perhaps not moreso than -- that of the resurrected Giambi, who has had almost literally nothing but big hits on the field (his is the most impactful .186 average in all of baseball) and provided nothing but positive presence off it, and Mickey Callaway, whom Francona hired at the behest of an Indians front office that viewed him as a rising star in the coaching field.
Callaway has helped eke effective-if-not-flashy results out of an unproven rotation -- one that could have come undone when either Zach McAllister or Corey Kluber succumbed to rare finger sprains (this kind of thing tends to happen in the realm of Cleveland sports). Shockingly, it is the rotation that is picking up the slack for a disappointing offense, which has scored less than four runs per game in the second half.
If the Indians can get their bats going in the here and now, they are absolutely a legit postseason contender. Maybe to many, that's hard to believe.
But I know of at least one little boy who believes in the improbable.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince.