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Graphic designer and illustrator of children's books, Laszlo Gal was born in Hungary in 1933. He graduated with an art education diploma and taught in Budapest for three years, immigrating to Canada during the Hungarian Revolution (1956). Gal lived in Toronto and worked as a dishwasher, waiter, sign painter, artist of political portraits for the editorial page of the Globe and Mail, layout artist, and finally was hired as a graphic designer for the CBC (1958-65). While vacationing in Italy, he presented his illustrations to the famous publishing house, Arnold Mondadori. Working on speculation, he produced 60 illustrations for El Cid and eventually received a contract to work exclusively on Mondadori children's books. He lived in Verona for four years (1965-69), illustrating two full-colour books a year for Mondadori. Returning to Canada in 1970, he began free-lance illustration. In partnership with William Toye, he illustrated Cartier Discovers the St. Lawrence, which launched his career as a Canadian illustrator.
Gal has illustrated over 40 children's books, published in Spain, France, the United States, as well as, in Italy and Canada. Among his numerous awards are the 1978 IODE Book Award for Why the Man in the Moon Is Not Happy and Other Eskimo Tales of Creation; My Name Is Not Odessa Yarker and The Shirt of the Happy Man. In 1980, he received the Canada Council Award for Children's Literature and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for his work on Janet Lunn's The Twelve Dancing Princesses, which he worked on for two years.
Gal's intricate drawings and paintings reflect the art of the period in which the story is set, allowing it to influence his choice of medium, composition and technique. Eva Martin's collection Canadian Fairy Tales (1984), reflects the artistic style of Europe adapted to a Canadian setting. The Chinese legend The Enchanted Tapestry (1987), is done in the style of Chinese landscape painting. A Flash of Sea Water (1989) is illustrated in the style of Persian miniatures to complement the text of poet, P.K. Page. Gal has illustrated his own texts of folktales, Prince Ivan and the Firebird (1991) and The Parrot: An Italian Folktale (1997). Laszlo Gal is considered one of Canada's most highly esteemed illustrators.
The Laszlo Gal fonds includes illustrations, sketches and tracings for The Twelve Dancing Princesses (1979), Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid (1983), and Canadian Fairy Tales (1984). Typescripts for The Little Mermaid and Canadian Fairy Tales contain annotations by the artist. A second accession added correspondence and other working documentation and original illustrations for Iduna and the Magic Apples by Marianna Mayer (1988) and Sea Witches by Joanne Robertson (1991).
Immediate Source of Acquisition: acquired from Laszlo Gal in 1986 and 1992. [1986-03, 1992-02]
Language: textual material in the fonds is in English.
Restrictions: no restrictions on consultation.
Finding Aid: preliminary finding aid available.
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Maritime Greenwich
Maritime Greenwich
The ensemble of buildings at Greenwich, an outlying district of London, and the park in which they are set, symbolize English artistic and scientific endeavour in the 17th and 18th centuries. The Queen's House (by Inigo Jones) was the first Palladian building in England, while the complex that was until recently the Royal Naval College was designed by Christopher Wren. The park, laid out on the basis of an original design by André Le Nôtre, contains the Old Royal Observatory, the work of Wren and the scientist Robert Hooke.
Maritime Greenwich
L'ensemble des bâtiments de Greenwich, près de Londres, et le parc où ils sont édifiés, symbolisent remarquablement les efforts artistiques et scientifiques des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles. Queen's House, œuvre d'Inigo Jones, est le premier édifice palladien de l'Angleterre, tandis que l'ensemble qui était encore récemment le Royal Naval College a été conçu par Christopher Wren. Le parc, dessiné à partir d'un concept original d'André Le Nôtre, abrite l'ancien Observatoire royal, œuvre de Wren et du scientifique Robert Hooke.
ماريتيم غرينيتش
ترمز أبنية غرينيتش المجاورة للندن والمنتزه الذي شيدت فيه الى الجهود الفنية والعلمية التي بذلت في القرنين السابع عشر والثامن عشر. ويعتبر بيت الملكة الذي صممه اينيغو جونز البناء البالادي الأسلوب البالادي الأول في انكلترا، بينما تولى كريستوفر رين تصميم المجمع الذي احتضن الكلية البحرية حتى فترة ليست ببعيدة. أما المنتزه الذي جرى تصميمه حسب مفهوم فريد لأندريه لو نوتر فيضم المرصد الملكي الذي شيده ورين والعالم روبرت هوك.
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«Морской Гринвич» (Лондон)
Ансамбль зданий в Гринвиче, окраинном округе Лондона, вместе с парком, в котором они расположены, символизируют художественные и научные устремления XVII и XVIII вв. Куин-Хауз, спроектированный Иниго Джонсом, стал первым зданием в стиле Палладио в Англии. Весь комплекс, где до недавнего времени находилась Королевская морская академия, был спроектирован Кристофером Реном. В парке, разбитом на основе эскизного проекта Андре Ленотра, находится Старая королевская обсерватория – творение Рена и астронома Роберта Хука.
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Greenwich marítimo
Situadas al sur del Atlántico, la isla de Gough y la isla Inaccesible figuran entre los ecosistemas insulares y marinos de la zona templada fría menos alterados por la presencia del ser humano. Ambas islas poseen imponentes acantilados que se yerguen como altas torres en medio del océano y albergan una de las colonias de pájaros marinos más importantes del planeta. Además, presentan la característica de que no se ha introducido ningún mamífero en ellas. La isla de Gough alberga doce especies endémicas de plantas y dos de aves terrestres: la gallereta y el semillero de Gough. Por su parte, la isla Inaccesible cuenta con dos especies endémicas de aves, ocho de plantas y diez de invertebrados como mínimo.
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Maritiem Greenwich
Het geheel van gebouwen in Greenwich – een buitenwijk van Londen – en het park waarin ze gesitueerd zijn, symboliseren de 17e en 18e-eeuwse Engelse artistieke en wetenschappelijke verworvenheden. The Queen's House (gebouwd door Inigo Jones) was het eerste Palladiaanse gebouw in Engeland. Het complex, dat tot voor kort het Royal Naval College was, is ontworpen door Christopher Wren. Het park is aangelegd op basis van een origineel ontwerp van André le Nôtre en bevat het Old Royal Observatory, dat tegenwoordig de basis is voor het meten van tijd en lengte over de hele wereld.
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Statement of Significance
Symmetrically arranged alongside the River Thames, the ensemble of the 17th century Queen's House, part of the last Royal Palace at Greenwich, the palatial Baroque complex of the Royal Hospital for seamen, and the Royal Observatory founded in 1675 and surrounded by the Royal Park laid out in the 1660s by André Le Nôtre, reflects two centuries of Royal patronage and represents a high point of the work of the architects Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren, and more widely European architecture at an important stage in its evolution. It also symbolises English artistic and scientific endeavour in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Greenwich town, which grew up at the gates of the Royal Palace, provides, with its villas and formal stuccoed terraces set around Nicholas Hawksmoor's St Alphege's church, a setting and approach for the main ensemble.
Inigo Jones' Queen's House as the first Palladian building in Britain was also the direct inspiration for classical houses and villas all over the country in the two centuries after it was built.
The Royal Hospital, laid out to a master plan developed by Christopher Wren and built over many decades by him and other leading architects, including Nicholas Hawksmoor, is among the most outstanding group of Baroque buildings in England.
The Royal Park is a masterpiece of the application of symmetrical landscape design to irregular terrain by André Le Nôtre.
The Royal Observatory's astronomical work, particularly of the scientist Robert Hooke, and John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal, permitted the accurate measurement of the earth's movement and also contributed to the development of global navigation. The Observatory is now the baseline for the world's time zone system and for the measurement of longitude around the globe.
Criterion (i): The public and private buildings and the Royal Park at Greenwich form an exceptional ensemble that bears witness to human artistic and creative endeavour of the highest quality.
Criterion (ii): Maritime Greenwich bears witness to European architecture at an important stage of its evolution, exemplified by the work of great architects such as Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren who, inspired by developments on the continent of Europe, each shaped the architectural development of subsequent generations, while the Park exemplifies the interaction of man and nature over two centuries.
Criterion (iv): The Palace, Royal Naval College, and Royal Park demonstrate the power, patronage, and influence of the Crown in the 17th and 18th centuries and its illustration through the ability to plan and integrate culture and nature into an harmonious whole.
Criterion (vi): Greenwich is associated with outstanding architectural and artistic achievements as well as with scientific endeavour of the highest quality through the development of navigation and astronomy at the Royal Observatory, leading to the establishment of the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time as world standards.
Long Description
Maritime Greenwich is an unique ensemble of buildings and landscape of exceptional artistic value, the work of a number of outstanding architects and designers. At the same time, it is of considerable scientific significance by virtue of the contributions to astronomy and to navigation. The public and private buildings and the Royal Park at Greenwich form an exceptional ensemble bearing witness to human artistic and scientific endeavour of the highest quality, to European architecture at an important stage of British design evolution, and to the creation of a landscape that integrates nature and culture in a harmonious whole.
Prehistoric burial mounds and a large Roman villa (1st-4th centuries AD) have been discovered within the World Heritage site. In the 8th century it was owned by Ethelrada, niece of Alfred the Great. In the 15th century the estate was the property of Duke Humphrey, uncle of Henry VI. The king and his wife, Margaret of Anjou, built the Palace of Placentia, where the Tudor monarchs Henry VIII, Mary I and Elizabeth were all born. James I of England and VI of Scotland settled the palace upon his wife, Anne of Denmark, who in 1616 commissioned the building of the Queen's House from Inigo Jones, Surveyor of the King's Works. During the Interregnum, Parliament used the palace as a biscuit factory, and also kept Dutch prisoners there. Charles II commissioned Andre Le Nôtre to design the park, as well as a new palace from John Webb. In 1675 Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke designed and built the turreted Royal Observatory on the bluff overlooking the old palace for John Flamsteed, first English Astronomer Royal. In 1884 the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time were adopted as world standards for measuring space and time.
Although the departure of the royal court and the rise of dockyard-related industries robbed the town of its fashionable character, it remained prosperous, favoured in particular by sea captains, naval officers, and merchants. Its earlier timber-framed houses were gradually replaced during the 18th and 19th centuries by two- and three-storeyed brick terraces.
The focus of the Greenwich ensemble is the Queen's House, the work of Inigo Jones and the first true Renaissance building in Britain, a striking departure from the architectural forms that preceded it. It was inspired by Italian style, and it was in its turn to be the direct inspiration for classical houses and villas all over Britain in the two centuries that followed its construction. Since 1937 the Queen's House and its associated buildings have housed the National Maritime Museum.
The Royal Naval College, the most outstanding group of Baroque buildings in Britain, is also the most complex of Christopher Wren's architectural projects. The four main components, aligned on the Queen's House, are arranged symmetrically alongside the Thames. Trafalgar Quarters, a colonnaded brick structure, was built in 1813 as living accommodation for the officers of the Royal Hospital. The complex now houses the University of Greenwich.
Greenwich Royal Park is formal in plan, arranged symmetrically on either side of its main north-south axis, which is aligned on the Queen's House. The Old Royal Observatory is sited on the brow of Greenwich Hill and dominates the landscape. Above is an octagonal room which was used by the Royal Society for meetings and dinners. This is surmounted by the famous time-ball, which indicates Greenwich Mean Time daily at 13.00. Adjacent is the former New Physical Observatory (1890-99), which is cruciform in plan and crowned by a terracotta dome.
The area also includes a number of handsome private houses of the 17th-19th centuries: Vanbrugh Castle, the home of Sir John Vanbrugh, the architect of Blenheim Palace; the Ranger's House, built in 1700-20; the Trafalgar Tavern, an elegant building in Regency style, fronting on the Thames. St Alfege's Church is one of the outstanding works of Nicholas Hawksmoor, built in 1711-14 to replace a collapsed medieval structure. Also there is the Cutty Sark, a tea-clipper built in 1869 and the fastest ship in the world at that time. The vessel is berthed in a special dry-dock and maintained as a museum.Source: UNESCO/CLT/WHC
Historical Description
Greenwich has been favoured by humankind since the Bronze Age at least, as demonstrated by the burial mounds and the large 1st-4th century AD Roman villa that have been discovered in the modern Park.
It has long associations with royalty. In the 8th century it was owned by Ethelrada, niece of Alfred the Great. In the 15th century the estate was the property of Duke Humphrey, uncle of Henry VI, and it was first developed as a royal residence when that king and his wife, Margaret of Anjou, built the Palace of Placentia, where the Tudor monarchs Henry VIII, Mary I, and Elizabeth were all born. James I of England and VI of Scotland settled the palace upon his wife, Anne of Denmark, who in 1616 commissioned the building of the Queen's House from Inigo Jones, Surveyor of the King's Works. The project was suspended when the queen's health failed the following year (she died in 1618), but Jones resumed work for Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, around 1630. It was completed just before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1640.
During the Interregnum, Parliament used the palace as a biscuit factory, and also kept Dutch prisoners there, so it was in a sadly deteriorated condition when the monarchy was restored. Charles II commissioned Andre Le Notre to design the park (although the eventual layout probably owes more to Sir William Boreman). He also commissioned a new palace from John Webb. Part of Placentia was demolished in 1664 to make way for a wing of the new palace.
With the accession of William II and Mary II as joint monarchs in 1688 the days of Greenwich as a royal residence ended, because its situation was inimical to the king's asthma. However, in 1692 the queen ordered that building of the palace should continue, but in a new form, as a hospital for retired seamen. The master plan was devised by Sir Christopher Wren, assisted by his pupil Nicholas Hawksmoor. The complex took many years to complete, and was to involve the services of other leading architects, including Colen Campbell, Thomas Ripley, James "Athenian" Stuart, and John Yenn.
In 1807 the Queen's House became a school for young seamen, with the addition of long colonnades and wings, the work of Daniel Asher Alexander. During the 17th century study of the role of astronomy in navigation developed rapidly, and in 1675 Wren and the scientist Robert Hooke designed and built the turreted Royal Observatory on the bluff overlooking the old palace for John Flamsteed, the first English Astronomer Royal. Greenwich established its pre-eminence in this field and it was here that in 1884 the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time were adopted as world standards for the measurement of space and time. In the 18th century the little town of Greenwich attracted aristocrats and merchants, who built villas there, some of which survive (the most important is probably the Ranger's House). Although the departure of the royal court and the rise of dockyardrelated industries robbed the town of its fashionable character, it remained prosperous, favoured in particular by sea captains, naval officers, and merchants. Its earlier timber-framed houses were gradually replaced during the 18th and 19th centwies by two- and three-storeyed brick terraces.
Since 1937 the Queens' House and its associated buildings have housed the National Maritime Museum. The Royal Naval College has been located in the former Royal Naval Hospital since 1873. It will. be vacating the buildings during 1997; at the time of writing this evaluation the future tenants have not been decided, but there are strong indications that the buildings will. be shared by the Museum and the new University of Greenwich.Source: Advisory Body Evaluation

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Kathryn Knoester (Grand Rapids, Mich./Christian H.S.) led Valpo with 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including 3-for-3 beyond the arc, as three Crusaders found double-figures on the afternoon.
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Valpo held Concordia to just 17.9% (5-of-28) from the floor in the first half and forced 19 Falcon turnovers.
The Falcons came out of halftime and cut the lead to 56-29 with 13:58 to play in the game, but would not get much closer the rest of the way.
Ten Crusaders found the scoring column in the contest. Suzie Hammel (Lafayette, Ind./Lebanon H.S.) scored 15 points while adding nine rebounds and six assists, while Gray added 13 points and three steals. Meredith Baugher (Berea, Ohio/Berea H.S.) added a career high nine points.
Jamie Diehl was the lone Falcon in double-figures with ten points and four steals.
Valpo shot 45.5% (30-66) for the game from the floor and outrebounded Concordia 44-33. It marked the first time this season the Brown and Gold had won the battle on the boards. Concordia committed 32 turnovers compared with the Crusaders 15 and the hosts also blocked five shots.
Valpo will return to action tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon when Navy visits the ARC for a 2:05 p.m. contest.
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Andover —
Two dozen pink balloons swayed in the cool evening air, held aloft by the members of two different teams from two different towns who stood as one around the circle in the middle of the field.
As the members of the Danvers and Andover varsity field hockey teams stood silently under the lights of Lovely Field last night, Danvers' first-year head coach Jill McGinnity read a moving tribute to Colleen Ritzer, the Andover woman who was murdered Tuesday at Danvers High School, allegedly by one of her students.
"Hello everybody," she said over the loudspeaker, taking the microphone in the press box from longtime Andover High School sports announcer Bill Drummond. "I'm going to try to do this without getting too emotional."
Her voice cracked as she spoke about Ritzer, who taught many of the girls on the Danvers field hockey team. Ritzer's brother, Dan, and sister, Laura, a senior at Andover High School, stood in the stands and watched as the event unfolded.
"This is a perfect setting to remember a sister, a daughter, a teacher and a friend," McGinnity said. "Colleen had a huge and positive effect on everyone. Let's pay her memory forward and live by her words: Be kind, smile and find the good in every day."
Her words brought tears to most of the 100 or so people in the stands and on the field.
"Let's have a moment of silence as the players release the balloons in honor of a beautiful person," she said. After a few moments, she said, "Here's to you, Miss Ritzer. You may release the balloons."
They rose into the night sky, trailing their strings behind them, as if in slow motion. Everyone stood quietly and watched as they disappeared into the darkness.
Drummond, who taught math to Ritzer while she was a student at Andover High School, took the microphone.
"We'll never forget this night," he said.
Back on the sidelines as the game got underway, McGinnity said she felt it was important to play the match, even though some people thought the game should have been canceled.
"These kids needed this," she said. "It's a team. It's a way to come together and lean on each other. They need to lean on each other."
She said she was struck by the fact that the two teams were playing their last games of the season against each other: the town Ritzer was from against the town where she worked as a math teacher.
"It's crazy to think about why we would be here," she said, noting that her students, many of whom were taught by Ritzer, are trying to stay positive. "They are paying it forward. She was a very special person."
For the Andover players, it was senior night — during which the 12th-graders on the team are honored by the underclassmen. Many of the players didn't even expect to have a game last night, according to Andover head coach Maureen Noone.
"I think it's nice we can help out," she said before the game. "We were going to cancel Senior Night, but the Danvers coach said, 'absolutely not.'"
Instead, the seniors from Andover presented the seniors from Danvers with bouquets of pink flowers before the game. All the players from both teams wore pink ribbons in their hair.
Leigh Keefe of Andover, the mother of sophomore field hockey player Brenna Keefe and the organizer of Senior Night, made pink "Ritzer Strong" signs, which she hung up on the outside of the concession stand. Later, members of both teams would gather for refreshments following the game.
"Pink was Colleen's favorite color," Keefe said.
Many of the girls on the field hockey team also play ice hockey with Laura Ritzer, she said.
Earlier in the week, on Wednesday, Principal Chris Lord postponed the field hockey game against North Andover so the Andover players could attend a vigil in Danvers for Ritzer.
"All the girls decided they wanted to go to the vigil," Keefe said, adding that Ritzer's death deeply affected the Andover players.
On Wednesday, the teammates got together and went to one of the captain's houses and baked. Then a couple of them took the food to the Ritzer family's house, where they were warmly greeted.
"They are all doing amazing things," she said.
Several Danvers parents were touched by the ceremony.
"It was very classy for Andover to do that," said John Papamechail, whose daughter, Nicole, is a senior who plays goalie. He said his daughter had Ritzer as her math teacher last year. When news of her death hit, he said his daughter was "devastated."
Most of the kids didn't want to go back to school yesterday, the first day classes resumed following Ritzer's death Tuesday night. But, he said, Danvers High School handled things well.
"The principal has been unbelievable," he said, referring to Susan Ambrozavitch. "Everything is from the heart."
He said counselors at the school really helped the students cope with returning.
"My daughter is doing surprisingly well," he said.
Another Danvers parent, Sean Birmingham, said it was a rough week for students and parents, but that the game, and the ceremony preceding it, were a great way to end it.
"Coming back to where she was born and where she went to high school, two communities coming together, what a great way to celebrate her life," he said.


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When the jury filed in a bit before 3 p.m. Thursday, knew he was looking at either a flight to New York to go on the Today show or a bus ride to Stateville to spend what's left of his life in prison.
The jury told him he was going to be taking the bus.
After a day and a half of deliberation and a 24-day trial, the jury found Peterson guilty of murdering his third wife, .
"I loved my sister very much. She's finally getting the justice she deserved," said Savio's sister, .
"He's a sick man," Doman said of Peterson. "He's an evil man."
Doman's husband, Mitch Doman, hugged his wife outside the courtroom and said, "They got the murdering bastard."
Judge set Peterson's sentencing date for Nov. 26. Peterson, 58, faces 20 to 60 years in prison.
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Peterson showed no emotion as the verdict was read, but after the jury was led out and deputies started clearing the public from the courtroom he collapsed into a chair.
Peterson appeared well on his way to an acquittal until defense attorney made the curious decision to call Wheaton lawyer to the witness stand.
Smith represented Savio in her divorce from Peterson and said he spoke to Peterson's next wife, , just days before she mysteriously vanished in October 2007.
Brodsky said he called Smith to testify in hopes of sullying Stacy's reputation by painting her as a gold-digging blackmailer. Instead, Smith repeatedly drove home the point that Stacy told him Peterson killed Savio.
After Peterson was found guilty, Brodsky claimed calling on Smith to testify was the right move. Brodsky also said the case against Peterson was a "stacked deck."
A large crowd heckled Brodsky and the other attorneys on the defense team while they spoke to the media.
"The whole world wanted Drew Peterson to be convicted," said defense attorney . "They've hated him from Day 1."
Lopez also mocked the hecklers, saying, "They've got nothing better to do. They're unemployed."
Brodsky said he was already planning Peterson's appeal.
Savio was found drowned in a dry bathtub in March 2004. Despite the strange circumstances of her death—and the fact that she and Peterson were in the midst of a tumultuous, allegedly violent divorce—detectives with the Illinois State Police quickly determined she perished in a freak bathtub accident.
But when Stacy disappeared three and a half years later, the state police were forced to take another look at their investigation of Savio's death. When they did, they changed their collective mind, declaring she was the victim of a homicide and charging Peterson with her murder in May 2009.
Only one other witness, the Rev. , was allowed to tell the jury how Stacy revealed to him that Peterson killed Savio.
Schori, who said Stacy confided in him about Savio's murder during a marriage counseling session within two months of her disappearance, said he and his wife cried when they heard Peterson had been found guilty.
"We literally wept together," he said. "It's been a long, long journey.
"I'm absolutely thrilled with what happened," Schori said. "Justice is coming for Stacy's family too."
The state police named Peterson the sole suspect in what they termed the "potential homicide" of Stacy Peterson, but have yet to charge him with harming her.
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow, who said he prayed with Schori just before the verdict came in, said prosecutors will indeed review the Stacy case.
Glasgow also called Peterson a "coward and a bully," and said he murdered Savio "because he was larger than she was."
"He would threaten people because he had a gun and a badge," Glasgow said. "No one ever took him on. We took him on, and he lost."
Pam Bosco, the foster mother of Stacy's sister , attended every day of the lengthy trial. She called on Glasgow to charge Peterson with killing Stacy.
"This man has to pay for Stacy," Bosco said. "There's no reason this man can't be taken back into this courtroom and go through this hell again. Stacy's case is right around the corner. I believe that. I always believed that he would pay the price for killing two beautiful women."
Stacy's sister said the verdict was still sinking in.
"I feel numb. It hasn't really hit me yet," said Cales, adding, "Game over, Drew."
Stacy's aunt Candace Aikin was elated for the Savio family.
"I'm excited," Aikin said. "I had to hold all my tears till I ran down the hallway, crying like a baby."
But even with Peterson heading to prison, Aikin was still worried.
"I'm really concerned about the children," she said. "It's just my concern for them because they don't have a mother, and now they're losing a father they wanted to come home. My heart's breaking for them."
Stacy and Peterson's two children—Lacy, 7, and Anthony, 9—live in Peterson's home and are cared for by a son Peterson had with his first wife, Carol Hamilton. The two sons Peterson and Savio had together, and were later adopted by Stacy, are attending college.
None of Peterson's family was present when the jury rendered its verdict.
After finding Peterson guilty, the jury chose not to address the media. Instead, they provided Deputy Chief Ken Kaupas of the Will County Sheriff's Department with a written statement.
"We have taken the responsibility bestowed on us by the court with a great deal of solemnity and diligence," the statement said. "After much deliberation, we have reached a decision we believe is just."
Kaupas said Peterson will not be placed on any sort of suicide watch. He was put in the medical pod of the Will County jail for his own protection from the beginning of his incarceration more than three years ago, and that is where a suicidal inmate would go.
"Anybody who's convicted of murder or a violent crime, we put extra watch on anyway," Kaupas said. "That's not because it's Drew. That's standard protocol."


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OKLAHOMA CITY — House Speaker T.W. Shannon formally stepped down today as Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, citing his commitment to his bid for the U.S. Senate to replace Sen. Tom Coburn.
"It has been a great honor to serve as Speaker of the House, and I am proud of the things we as a team accomplished," Shannon said. "Since I was elected by my caucus as Speaker Designate in October of 2011, the House Republicans passed measures to increase government transparency and expanded its majority by several seats.
"We fundamentally reformed the workers' compensation system, saving Oklahoma businesses $140 million in premium costs in the first year alone. We added work requirements to welfare recipients. And we refused to burden future generations of Oklahomans with more debt.
"But now it is time for a new leader to take up the cause of generating conservative policy. The people of Oklahoma deserve a leader who is 100 percent dedicated to solving the challenging issues that face our state. I am stepping aside so a new Speaker can be fully devoted to the business of the state, as I turn my attention to solving the problems that face our country."
Shannon said his resignation will take effect at noon today.
"I, for now, plan to continue serving as a member of the House to represent the good people of Lawton and District 62," Shannon said. "In that capacity, I will continue advocating for lower taxes, more efficient government and a pay-as-you-go approach instead of adding more debt to future generations."
Shannon said he will be grateful for the opportunity he had to serve as Speaker of the House.
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Marianne Mallonee was a practice manager in a veterinary hospital near Denver three years ago, sitting in a board meeting
listening to the partners talk about exit strategy. They were making a list of associates who might be interested in ownership.
The list wasn't very long and her name wasn't on it.
When practice owners talk about exit strategy these days, their voices aren't often filled with hope. The discussion is familiar:
Not enough associates are interested in owning a veterinary practice. Money is tight. It's tough to maintain profitability
in this economic environment. What will they do when the time comes to retire? Sell to a corporation? Close the doors and
walk away?
Mallonee moved to Denver for two reasons—the mountains and the opportunity to become a practice owner in a state where nonveterinarians
are allowed to own 49 percent of a veterinary practice. She raised her hand.
Today, Mallonee is a senior partner (owning 15 percent) at Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital northwest of Denver, a 24-hour, 20-doctor,
100-employee, high-tech teaching hospital. When the other three owners invited her to join the partnership, they said, "You're
treating this practice as if it were your own; now let's make it your own."
Although the buy-in has created a somewhat uncomfortable debt load for Mallonee, at least right now, she focuses on the mountains
and the long run. And she knows she's building something for her future.
"We knew him and trusted him"
Jim Nash, hospital administrator at Community Pet Hospital, also located in a Denver suburb, came into practice ownership
through a different kind of arrangement.
Nash was hired at Community Pet Hospital in 2004 with a background in human healthcare administration. During his first annual
review, he broached the subject of ownership with his employers, Drs. Wade Smith and Bill Stonehocker. He wanted to be a partner
and a part of the hospital's legacy. The seed was planted.
Over the next several years the practice added emergency services and grew, and soon the need for expansion became clear.
Drs. Smith and Stonehocker decided to grow by developing satellite facilities. Their method? Create a separate corporation
and bring Nash in as a full partner in the new company.
After all, Nash was spearheading the business side of the practice every day. But bringing in a nonveterinarian as an owner
broke the mold for the 50-year-old practice. Did the doctors have some trepidation about bringing in a partner without a veterinary
degree? In a word, no.
"It wasn't really a concern," Dr. Stonehocker says. "More than anything, our discussions were about whether it would be legal.
But we found no legal barriers as long as he didn't own more than 49 percent. A huge deciding factor was that we knew him
and trusted him."
Dr. Stonehocker joined Community Pet Hospital in 1987, a time when practice ownership was a widely shared goal among veterinarians.
When he was offered the opportunity to buy in, he took it—and appreciated the opportunity, like many in his generation. "When
I graduated, everyone wanted to buy in," he says. "As owners, we felt some responsibility to the community. And we had no
desire to sell to corporations."
But now interest in ownership isn't as common, Dr. Stonehocker says. When he started to think about an exit strategy, he found
himself underwhelmed with offers to buy, despite the practice's growth and success over the years. Which is partly why he
and Dr. Smith were so open to bringing on Nash as a partner.
And despite the challenges, ownership was the right choice for him and his partners—both veterinary and nonveterinary. "More
and more, a business becomes part of you," he says. "Individuals can exercise a lot more control, particularly over quality,
than a corporate entity would. You can guide the practice."


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You've probably heard people in politics talk about the "third rail" – the one on a subway track that carries the electric power.
In Congress, the "third rail" has traditionally been a hot-button issue like Social Security. If you even hint at reducing benefits or raising the eligibility age, you face the wrath of hordes of seniors and baby boomers who just might turn you out of office.
You don't survive touching the third rail.
A Hamilton County Judge will hear arguments next Friday to decide whether to issue a permanent injunction preventing Cincinnati from moving forward with a parking lease Council approved Wednesday. Judge Robert Winkler denied a city motion Friday to dissolve a temporary restraining order he issued just minutes after the council vote. Attorney Curt Hartman, representing the citizens who filed the complaint, said there are a couple issues for the judge to decide.
Cincinnati is going to federal court to try to overturn a Hamilton County judge's temporary restraining order on the city's parking lease plan.
Hamilton County Judge Robert Winkler issued his order Wednesday, just minutes after city council approved the parking lease agreement by a five-four vote.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich will take a break from selling his budget plan to the state legislature Monday night when he comes to Cincinnati to be the keynote speaker at the Hamilton County Republican Party's annual Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner.
The dinner and program begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Junior Ballroom of the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown, with the governor making his speech a half hour later.
The Lincoln-Reagan Day dinner is one of the party's major fundraising events of the year. This year, ticket prices begin at $75 for individuals and $750 for a table of 10.
Cincinnati's controversial plan to lease most of its parking facilities is now moving to a courtroom.
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Gilmore is a big corner with speed. He's 6-foot and 190 pounds, and he ran a 4.40-second time in the 40-yard dash.
Gilmore is considered a "clean" pick. He has an extensive track record of production on the field, with 40 college starts. He has been an honor-roll student at South Carolina.
Bills starters Terrence McGee and Drayton Florence are getting older. For the long term, the Bills could put Gilmore next to Aaron Williams, last year's 34th overall pick, and they would have two physical corners to match up with the new wave of big wideouts in the NFL.
The Bills liked Southern California left tackle Matt Kalil but trading up for him didn't turn out to be an option. Minnesota, holding the fourth pick, opted to not trade down and picked Kalil.
The Bills ranked 26th in the NFL on defense last year. They took a big step toward improving that figure by signing pass rushers Mario Williams and Mark Anderson in free agency.
Gilmore gets high marks for his work ethic and intangibles, as well as his consistency on the field.
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You wonder what might have been for Stedman Bailey if Tavon Austin weren't at West Virginia University.
After all, last season, Bailey caught 114 passes with him here, 25 of them for touchdowns and gained 1,622 yards.
What if he'd been the featured receiver?
See, no one really knew about Stedman Bailey, not with Austin doing the miraculous things he did on a regular basis, yet there he was, maybe really the best pure receiver in America.
Even St. Louis, which gathered him in with the 92nd selection in the draft, that coming in the third round, couldn't believe what they saw when they came to work him out.
Oh, they had the numbers from the season, but they also had the numbers from The NFL Combine and that showed he wasn't 6-feet tall and that he didn't break 4.5 in the 40.
Nothing special … until they put him through their private workout.
First, Austin did his thing in a private workout and general manager Les Snead and coach Jeff Fisher, who must be a closet WVU fan considering he has drafted John Thornton, Pacman Jones, Austin and Bailey through his career, thought they had seen it all.
Then Bailey took the field.
They put him through his paces and were stunned at what they saw.
Snead approached the quarterback he had throwing to Bailey and listened intently to what he heard.
"To hear the quarterback say, 'This guy is 5-11, whatever, but it's like throwing to a 6-foot-3 guy. He goes up and gets the ball,'" Snead said.
It wasn't like they were working out a kid who was bypassing his senior year in college to turn pro, a green kid who might be a bit immature, who might be a project.
Not at all.
"A good story is the quarterbacks went and said, 'We thought Stedman was a teammate and was along for the ride. We didn't know who he was,' and they came out of the workout going, 'Wow, that guy is actually a good player,'" Snead said.
As far as the Rams were concerned, you can throw away the measurements that came out of the Combine.
No, Fisher noted, he doesn't run 4.4 but …
"He plays fast," the coach said.
"He probably ran (at the Combine) 4.51, but he plays faster. He has good acceleration after the start. He's a deceptive player," Snead added.
The coach and the general manager understood how Austin simply stole the spotlight away and that aspects of Bailey's game weren't obvious unless you studied it.
That's when you saw things.
Like what?
"The playmaking ability," Fisher said. "He has run-after-catch ability as well. When you look at the tape you automatically go look for No. 1 (Austin), and No. 3 (Bailey) is overlooked, but (No.) 3 ends up making catches all over the field. Circus catches in the end zone, elevated contested catches."
"Like coach said, when he catches the ball he'll run away from people. It's funny with Tavon and him — when we were originally talking to him — I think he finished runner-up for receiver of the year. Is that the Biletnikoff? I think he was runner-up for that award this year. He's always probably overlooked because of Tavon, but he was runner-up for that award behind the USC kid, the sophomore there (Marqise Lee)."
Bailey understands the differences between himself and Austin, accepted them from the moment he walked on campus here and saw what Austin brought to the table.
"I would say we're both very dynamic football players," he said. "Tavon is very elusive. You can use Tavon quite a (few) different ways. That's what makes him such a dynamic player. You can line him up in the backfield. You can put him in the slot, kick return, punt return. He does all of that extremely well.
"I'm more of a receiver that can line up on the outside. I can get in the slot and work. I'm definitely a guy that can get on special teams. We're both hardworking guys that pretty much have our own ways of playing."
Bailey is probably more a cerebral player than Austin, whose on-field skills give him his edge.
Asked to explain 25 touchdown catches, he noted that a whole lot more went into it than just running a route and catching a ball.
"It's just hard work, pretty much going over the game plan throughout the week, studying good film, trying to study my opponent. Just trying to come up with ways to find myself getting into the end zone, no matter what it takes," he said.
Certainly, the Rams have put something exciting together for the future with quarterback Sam Bradford throwing to Austin and Bailey.
"We're going to lobby with the league to see if we can play with more than one ball. We're going to need more than one ball," Fisher said.
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In today's Divine Power preview, we present new feats for the paragon tier, including for each of the divine classes!
Feats provide you with a powerful tool for describing your character's unique experiences, training, and natural knacks and talents. Two human clerics of Pelor might have similar ability scores and power selections, but if one chooses feats that reinforce healing powers and the other selects feats that give numerous options for Channel Divinity, they'll play differently at the table.
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In an attempt to reduce the number of off-leash dog incidents, the Napa Police Department is taking steps to inform city park users on the dog leash ordinance.
NPD Capt. Jeff Troendly said the new initiative was triggered by a flurry of phone calls and emails from residents reporting various issues with off-leash dogs, he said.
"Dogs must be on leash in all public areas, except in those areas identified by city ordinance," Troendly said Monday.
For a poster summary of the ordinance, click on the attached PDF.
Troendly said police volunteers will start this week providing information on the city's off-leash ordinance to people with dogs using the city recreational areas. The plan is to continue the educational efforts for the new few weeks.
"This information has been developed by the Napa Parks and Recreation Department and identifies the applicable Municipal Code sections as well as contact information for anyone wishing more details," Troendly aid.
"Our goal is to gain compliance from dog owners and to make the use of all recreational areas a positive experience for all," he added.
"Violations of the applicable Municipal Code section may lead to the person in control of the dog receiving a citation," Troendly added.
Below is the ordinance related to dogs on leash.
6.04.170 When dogs to be leashed.
A. Any person owning or possessing a dog must keep the dog on a leash not exceeding six feet in length. The leash must be of sufficient strength to hold the dog, and the leash must be held by a person physically able to control the dog.
B. Exceptions. A dog may be unleashed under any of the following circumstances:
1. When the dog is on enclosed property with the consent of the owner, lessee, or other person with legal control of the property; or
2. When the dog is assisting a peace officer who is engaged in law enforcement duties; or
3. When the dog is a service animal, guide dog or Seeing-Eye dog used by a visually or mobility-impaired individual; or
4. When the dog is assisting a duly authorized person in an official search and rescue operation; or
5. When the dog is participating in law enforcement training as authorized by the Chief of Police; or
6. When the dog is in a designated off-leash area as designated by the City Council pursuant to resolution authorized by Section 12.36.190(A); or when the dog and the dog owner are in compliance with a park use permit issued by the Community Resources Director for training, exhibition, or competition, and the permit is displayed, on request of any city employee, establishing the dog's compliance with the permit.
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11530 East Franklin Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55504
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Minneapolis American Indian Center (MAIC) seeks to meet the needs of American Indians living in the urban area. The organization works with American Indian children and families to find and foster their strengths and innate resilience.Grant Project Information
FY10 National Umbrella Cooperative Agreement Program (NUCA)
Sheri Riemers
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The purpose of this project is to improve the health outcomes associated with out-of-home placement in American Indian children who are in non-reservation, out-of-home placements due to abuse or neglect. MAIC's project addresses court compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), which, among other things, was enacted to ensure that the child's tribe and family have a voice in court proceedings, and provides regulations regarding removing an American Indian child from his or her tribe. To this end, MAIC will build a national advocacy network, which will provide training to build the capacities of tribal and urban Indian organizations to understand compliance with the mandates of ICWA and implement methods for monitoring compliance in the courtroom, including a web-based system to enhance communication and coordination between tribal governments and urban Indian organizations and methods for utilizing non-compliance data. Intended outcomes of this project include improved mental health, lower rates of substance abuse and decreased future involvement with the child welfare system - particularly as future perpetrators - for American Indian children involved in the welfare system by way of increased state and county ICWA compliance. In order to determine if such outcomes are reached, data will be collected on a range of performance measures, such as trends in court decisions regarding American Indian victims of child abuse.
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4-star family-friendly serviced apartment with an indoor pool in Coogee (Randwick - Coogee)
With a stay at Adina Apartment Hotel Coogee in Coogee (Randwick - Coogee), you'll be minutes from Coogee Beach and close to Bondi Beach.
This 4-star serviced apartment is within close proximity of Wiley's Baths and Gordon's Bay.
Make yourself at home in one of the 86 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and separate sitting areas.
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Continental breakfasts are available for a fee.
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a business center, and dry cleaning/laundry services. A shuttle from the hotel to the airport is provided for a surcharge (available on request), and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to an indoor pool, Adina Apartment Hotel Coogee provides a sauna and a fitness center. Wired high-speed Internet access is available for a surcharge. This 4-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting/conference room. For a surcharge, a shuttle from the hotel to the airport (available on request) is offered to guests. This family-friendly serviced apartment also offers concierge services, laundry facilities, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.
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The DEP is using the third Barnegat Bay Blitz to give itself green cover as the Christie administration is advancing policies that will only make the Bay worse.
Despite mounting science from Rutgers University, the administration refuses to designate the Barnegat Bay as impaired. Instead they are actively working to rollback clean up action under Clean Water Act for the Bay. The administration is advancing policies that would allow for more development in the watershed including his State Strategic Plan, signing the Permit Extension Act, allowing more sewer service areas, and changes to the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan.
Instead of coming up with real polices to clean up the water going into the Bay, the Christie Administration is more concerned about photo ops and press releases than putting in place better protections.
The Sierra Club and other groups regularly hold clean ups and beach sweeps in the watershed and do not need to be part of this administration's publicity stunts to give themselves green cover. We are glad the volunteers came out; they are doing the right thing. But the Christie administration is using those volunteers to cover up their failed policies. We work to protect the Bay every day; Bob Martin only does photo-ops while he puts in place policies that weaken protections for the Bay.
In the May Blitz nearly 1,000 DEP employees participated, more than one-third of the agency's staff. Their time would have been better spent writing a cleanup plan for the Bay, developing a TMDL for the Bay or enforcing environmental violations. A TMDL, or Total Maxiumum Daily Load, is an action plan to reduce pollution impacting the Bay.
Rutgers Study and Pollution Reductions
In July the Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences (IMCS) released a report on the deteriorating health of Barnegat Bay. The report shows that pollution is worse in the Bay than previously thought as a result of nitrate and phosphorus pollution and eutrophication. Governor Christie has conditionally vetoed legislation that would have established standards to address that nutrient pollution and to clean up stormwater. With the Rutgers report there is enough data to declare the Bay impaired and to implement a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Bay. US EPA still believes a TMDL for the Bay could be implemented by 2013 and with the Rutgers study it should only take a year.
Delays by the administration to adopt a TMDL are now just an excuse to protect polluters. Instead of moving forward with the TMDL the administration is dragging its feet. The DEP is refusing to seek an impairment designation for the Barnegat Bay on the 303d list under the Clean Water Act, which would require that a TMDL be developed. The list is a report the state has to prepare for the federal government on the health of our waterways every two years. Unless a waterbody is listed as polluted and in need of cleanup no action needs to be taken and the DEP is trying to hide from its responsibility to clean up the Barnegat Bay by not listing it.
The administration has been caught trying to hide the science from Barnegat Bay from the Rutgers report. The report clearly shows the Bay needs to be listed as impaired and a cleanup plan needs to be developed. By excluding the Bay from the 303(d) list the DEP is trying to hide from cleaning up the Bay. Withdrawing the Bay this from the list does not help clean up the Bay, it further delays any action. The Bay is in serious trouble and the DEP does not want to spend the effort and resources needed to clean it up.
More Sprawl and Overdevelopment
The Governor is advancing policies that will result in more sprawl around the Bay. The State Strategic Plan will result in more sprawl and overdevelopment around Barnegat Bay that will directly affect the Bay. The Plan is not based on science, resource capacity restraints, or good planning. The Governor also signed the Permit Extension Act which will allow developers to evade updated environmental regulations and zoning for an additional two years by extending permit approvals.
The administration is working to roll back protections in the Pinelands portion of the Barnegat Bay watershed by opening the region up to sewers. In May the DEP and Pinelands Commission staff signed a Memorandum of Understanding placing villages, towns, and growth areas designated by the Pinelands Commission in sewer service areas, allowing for more dense development. The changes and pro-developer policies would be implemented through an updated Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan, which the Commission is now developing. Changes to the CMP could expand areas defined as villages, towns, and growth areas, allowing for more sewers in the region.
The DEP is also adding more sewer services areas to county maps under a delay in the Water Quality Management Planning Rules. Ocean County can be changed to open up to 16,000 acres of environmentally sensitive areas to sewer service. This would result in an additional 125,000 people in environmentally sensitive areas in the Barnegat Bay watershed. When developments in non-sensitive areas, redevelopment areas and environmentally sensitive areas under 25 acres are included, the total additional people in Ocean County could be as high as 250,000 people.
Governor Christie is rolling back water quality protection rules and other environmental regulations that have actually protected and cleaned up the Barnegat Bay. The DEP is overhauling and weakening Category 1 protections, stream buffer rules, flood hazard area rules and the stormwater management rules which will put more non-point storm pollution in our waterways. The DEP began accepting Waiver applications in August, which would allow polluters and developers in the watershed to evade environmental standards.
Allowing more sewers and sprawl in the watershed will result in more non-point pollution entering the Barnegat Bay and other estuaries and will make it virtually impossible for the DEP to implement a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Barnegat Bay. Sewers will increase pollution from a number of new sources undermining the ability to develop and implement a TMDL for the Bay.
Bad Projects Move Forward
The DEP is allowing major development projects to go forward in the watershed without proper mitigation.
The Pinelands Commission is considering a proposal to expand the Robert Miller Airpark in the Preservation Zone. The facility has already grown and has reached its 50% expansion limit under the Pinelands plan. The Commission would enter into an MOA with Ocean County, allowing the County to transform the recreational airpark into a real airport. For the expansion, Ocean County would be allowed to destroy threatened and endangered species habitat without identifying replacement land or mitigation projects and measures beforehand.
After originally denying a new Wal-Mart on threatened species habitat on the Manchester-Toms River border, DEP Commissioner Martin entered into a settlement with developer Jaylin Holdings LLC to allow the project to move forward. The new store would be located on habitat for the state threatened Northern Pine Snake and a few yards down Route 37 from an existing Wal-Mart in Toms River. In exchange for destroying the existing pine snake habitat, Jaylin will permanently preserve 212 acres of land whose development potential is already severely limited by the Pinelands Commission and endangered species regulations.
Open Space Funds Dry
The Governor has released the final open space funding available, leaving the program broke with no proposed plan for a stable funding source. Under the Governor open space funding is dramatically down. The Green Acres Program funding is about 45% less than 4 years ago. Over the next two years, the Governor is only devoting $3 million to acquisitions around the Barnegat Bay, which will do little to help the Bay and sprawl and overdevelopment are the biggest threats to the Bay's health. Open space funding would help limit this inappropriate growth and protect the most sensitive areas in the watershed.
The Barnegat Bay is the second most eutrophied Bay in the nation and action must be taken now to better protect it. Allowing the Bay to get worse will jeopardize the $3.3 billion a year coastal tourism industry and $100 billion in ratables around the Bay. We need policies and actions that will protect the Bay now, not more photo-ops from the Governor.


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An Avon man with a history of threatening and harassment charges was arrested again Friday after allegedly threatening to commit crimes similar to the mass shootings in Newtown and Columbine.
Darnell Jerome Davis, 31, of 125 Mallard Drive, was arrested in Hartford Superior Court and charged with two counts of criminal violation of a protective order, second-degree breach of peace, second-degree threatening and second-degree harassment.
Davis was already being investigated by Hartford Police after his ex-girlfriend complained that he had threatened her. Then police learned that Davis had sent several threatening text messages to her while she was in Farmington on Dec. 17, according to Farmington Police. The two departments began a joint investigation.
In his texts, Davis threatened to shoot his ex-girlfriend and her young son and referenced committing crimes similar to those committed in Newtown and Columbine, Farmington Police said.
"He said things like he'd go out infamous, everyone would know his name and that he was a hero and was doing God's work," said Farmington Police Lt. Marshall Porter.
Farmington Police arrested Davis at his Avon home and took him into custody without incident on Thursday, Dec. 27. Police found no guns at his home and said they don't believe Davis owns any guns.
Davis has five guilty findings recorded on the Connecticut Judicial website; the most recent is for a violation of protective order and the verdict date was Dec. 18, 2012. Other convictions include harassment, possession of a controlled substance and second-degree stalking.
Farmington Police also charged Davis with assaulting his ex-girlfriend in September 2012 and of vandalizing her car in May 2012.
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A year ago, at the Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, I was interviewing golfer Erik Compton in an otherwise deserted room.
Compton has a remarkable story he has had two successful heart transplants. But it is barely known beyond the golf world, because Compton plays in the sports shadows. At 34, he has never won on the PGA Tour and has worked in golfs minor leagues for much of the past decade.
If I were to win the U.S. Open with my heart the way it is, Compton said that day in 2013, thats going to be a big story. Subconsciously Im sometimes harder on myself because I want to do something big something to take my own story beyond where it is right now.
Welcome to the last day of the U.S. Open, Erik Compton. Heres your chance.
Compton shot 67 on Saturday one of only two subpar rounds the entire day vaulting up the leader board at the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2 into a tie for second with Rickie Fowler. Compton would need another great round on Sunday to win, being five strokes behind Martin Kaymer.
But at the least, they will be talking a lot about Compton Sunday on NBC, because how can you not?
Heres a guy who is playing only the second major championship of his life. Heres a guy who is ranked No. 187 in the world. Heres a guy who had his first heart transplant at age 12, when he was the youngest heart transplant patient in the history of Jackson Memorial Hospital in his Miami hometown.
That heart lasted 16 years. Then, in 2008, Compton was fishing by himself when he felt a tingling in his left arm.
Almost sure a heart attack was coming, he rushed to his car and sped toward the hospital, blowing through a toll booth along the way. It was a 20-minute drive, and he was afraid he wouldnt make it.
His mother, Eli Compton, recalled Saturday: He called me up and said goodbye. He said, Mom, Im not going to make it.
But he did make it. He got to the hospital in Miami, survived the heart attack and eventually had another heart transplant. This heart came from a young man who had been visiting Miami and had died in a motorcycle accident. Compton and the mans family have been in touch since the transplant.
All along, Compton has been playing golf although for awhile after the second transplant, he thought he might have to give it up.
He was a great junior golfer and an All-American at Georgia. He has two top-five PGA finishes this season. But for much of his adult life, he has had a hard time staying on the PGA Tour. He has been known as The Guy Whos On His Third Heart more than for anything he has done on the golf course.
As Compton told me in that 2013 interview: Would I rather be some cool surfer guy like Adam Scott a good-looking guy who won the Masters and now hes known for that? Sure I would. But thats not the hand Ive been dealt.
Compton would get a whole new deck of cards if he somehow pulled off the improbable and won on Sunday, however. His mother thinks he can.
I have always thought he would win a major, she said Saturday. Why shouldnt he, with all the work he has done?
Thats a mother talking, of course. But her son also talked plenty with his game on Saturday.
An eagle on No. 5 jump-started Comptons round. He was already excited just to make it to the weekend. In his only other major tournament, the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, he had missed the cut.
Im just really happy to be here, he said.
After the eagle Saturday he just kept rolling, posting four birdies in a five-hole stretch when almost everyone else was going backwards.
I knew something special was happening, Compton said.
Compton does have a sense of humor about his heart issues. When it was brought up Saturday by NBCs Steve Sands that Compton had missed the cut at the 2010 U.S. Open, the golfer said: Youve got to give me a break. I just had a new heart when I was at Pebble Beach.
Compton has lived with his health problems for a long time. On weeks like this, he tries to keep his own focus purely on golf while taking 5-7 pills every day to ensure that his body doesnt reject his current heart.
But Fathers Day at the U.S. Open will be special to him in a number of ways. He has a wife and young daughter. Several members of his family will be walking in the gallery as he tries to catch Kaymer over the final 18 holes. He also knows that the cause he champions organ donation will get a big boost on national TV.
I do have moments when I feel like I get emotional for a second, Compton said Saturday. But then its right back to hitting the ball and trying to get the ball in the hole.
Compton will need to do a lot of getting the ball in the hole again Sunday. But if he can somehow pull it off, we will witness one of the most unforgettable U.S. Opens ever.
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Some residents still want Key Biscayne to buy Walgreens lot for a park- The Miami Herald , May 16
The Village Council approved plans for a Walgreens on the site earlier this year.
Virginia Key
Three disabled athletes compete in their first triathlon as a relay team- The Miami Herald , May 8
Small waves broke over the shell-filled shoreline of Virginia Key early Sunday morning, as Ileana Rodriguez, a 28-year-old Paralympian, was ... lifted from her wheelchair and placed into the ocean alongside hundreds of other swimmers.
Miami Seaquarium announces baby dolphin's name- The Miami Herald , May 8
A dolphin born last month at the Miami Seaquarium finally has a name — it's Calyspo.
Biscayne Bay
DJ Laz behind wheel of boat when man killed by propeller- The Miami Herald , May 5
Authorities say Miami music personality DJ Laz, whose real name is Lazaro Mendez, was at the helm of a boat stuck on a sandbar off Key Bisca... yne when a man came over to help and was killed after getting tangled in the engine.
New mansions loom over tiny Key Biscayne- The Miami Herald , May 4
As gentrification overtakes Key Biscayne, big new custom homes supplant the old Mackle homes of the 1950s.
No-cash SunPass tolls heading to the Rickenbacker Causeway this summer- The Miami Herald , May 4
SunPass is coming to the Rickenbacker Causeway this summer.
Key Biscayne
Cheap seats: How to see Sony Open if youre not a millionaire- The Miami Herald , Mar 18
Volunteers get free admission, but its too late for this year. Another option: Look for more distant seats at earlier matches.
MAST parents, Key Biscayne residents weigh in on proposal to expand magnet- The Miami Herald , Jun 12
The $18 million deal to expand MAST Academy is slated to be discussed by the Key Biscayne Village Council Tuesday and the Miami-Dade School ... Board Wednesday.
Striving for more accurate long-range forecasts- The Miami Herald , Jun 2
Hurricane Charley, the second major hurricane of 2004, vexed forecasters because it intensified from a Category 2 to a 4 in less than 12 hou... rs.
Village Council to discuss rezoning- The Miami Herald , Feb 1
The Key Biscayne Village Council will host a workshop at 6 p.m. Tuesday to discuss rezoning the former Sonesta Hotel and Resort site, at Vil...
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