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The 11th Annual Gala Dinner Dance and Auction held by STAR, Inc., Lighting the Way, will be held Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 6:00 pm at Wee Burn Country Club at 410 Hollow Tree Ridge Road in Darien, Connecticut. The event was originally scheduled to take place on November 3, 2012, but was postponed due to complications from Hurricane Sandy. The gala has a Cirque du Star theme, and includes a cocktail reception, live and silent auction, dinner and dancing. Proceeds will be used to support STAR's programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities, and their families.
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News about the Los Angeles Kings, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Goalie Quick to Have Wrist Surgery
Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick will be off the ice for up to three months after undergoing wrist surgery.
June 25, 2014, Wednesday
Kings' Second Stanley Cup in Three Seasons Defies Cap Logic
Los Angeles defeated the Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals to lift the Cup for the second time in three years, an achievement that comes despite the current salary-capped era of parity in the N.H.L.
June 15, 2014, Sunday
Tears of Joy and Heartbreak After an Enthralling Series
There has never been a five-game series as supremely gripping as the Stanley Cup finals between the Los Angeles Kings and the Rangers.
June 15, 2014, Sunday
Talk of Puck Luck Bounces Both Ways for Both Teams
The Stanley Cup finals saw its share of weird bounces and deflections. While the Rangers believed "the hockey gods" may have played a part in the series, the Kings did not buy it.
June 14, 2014, Saturday
Kings Beat Rangers for Cup, Ending Short Series of Long Games
The Los Angeles Kings won their second Stanley Cup in three years with a four games to one series win over the Rangers.
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At Rangers' Practice, Mood Is Light but Focused
The Rangers will try to extend the finals against the Kings with a victory Friday in Game 5 at Staples Center, where they lost two overtime contests to begin the series.
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Rangers Will Need More Luck to Come Back Against the Kings
The Rangers needed two shots by Los Angeles to somehow sputter short of the goal to avoid being eliminated from the finals on home ice, but the Kings seem undaunted.
June 13, 2014, Friday
Stepan's Sweep (of a Glove) Helps His Team Avoid One
Unlike in soccer, saving a goal with his hand was a legal move by Rangers center Derek Stepan in the Stanley Cup finals against the Kings.
June 13, 2014, Friday
Kings Head Home Empty-Handed but Hoping for Redemption
Despite its relentless attack on Wednesday, Los Angeles was denied the Stanley Cup in its first opportunity to close out the Rangers.
June 12, 2014, Thursday
Sutter, Given Plenty of Reasons to Boast by Kings, Deflects Praise Instead
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June 12, 2014, Thursday
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The Kings rallied in the third period to force overtime and scored in the second extra period to beat the Rangers in Game 5 and win the Stanley Cup.
Stout Performance Extends the Finals
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Plainfield village trustee Garrett Peck wants to identify anonymous online commenters, saying they posted false information that hurt his bid to become an Illinois state senator.
Peck, who was defeated in November 2012 by Democrat Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant for the 49th District seat, said he wants to uncover the commenters' identities, including a Plainfield Patch user, so he can potentially sue for damages.
In a petition for discovery filed Tuesday in Cook County Circuit Court, Peck is asking Plainfield Patch and Topix, a local online discussion board, to provide information about several commenters. He claims they are responsible for derailing his campaign. The petition asks Patch to turn over the users' account information and IP addresses, along with providing comments since removed from the site.
"I'm not against people making comments on the Patch or other media websites," Peck said. "The issue is anonymous cyberbullies attacking with damaging comments with no accountability, and this has to change."
The filing alleges that a Patch user who goes by the user name "Tim" commented on articles to post "patently false" accusations about Peck, who is now seeking re-election to the Plainfield village board. In the document, Peck also requests account information for two other Patch user accounts, for user names "Ron"/"Rod Jidzny" and "Eyes on Plainfield."
In the documents, Peck states that user name "Tim" commented on an article published in September, calling Peck a "sociopath" and a "conman," and accusing him of bribing the police.
The petition states that "Tim" posted a comment "claiming 1) that the Plainfield police came to [Peck's] home to investigate a report that the petitioner had assaulted his wife and 2) that the petitioner subsequently paid the police cash to avoid an arrest."
Other comments accused Peck of illegally obtaining information about competing bids to help his company, Magik Technology Solutions Inc., win a 2011 contract to provide equipment to the Plainfield School District, the court document states.
According to the petition, the statements made by the commenters are "factually and verifiably false" and "caused the petitioner anguish and suffering, and have resulted in harm to both his and his company's reputation."
Peck said he believes the user names "Tim" and "Ron" belong to the same Patch commenter.
Peck also wants Topix, which provides a forum for online discussions, to provide account information for an anonymous user by the name of "Fiscal Republicans," who allegedly accused Peck of having an extramarital affair. Topix LLC, a privately held company, is funded by the Tribune Company, Gannett, and the McClatchy Company.
The petition names Patch, Topix and "John Doe" as defendants.
In the court filing, Peck attributes his loss in the November election to the online comments, stating, "as a direct and proximate result of the aforementioned defamatory content, [Peck] was not elected to the 49th District Illinois State Senate."
The petition goes on to say Peck loaned his own campaign about $80,000, and that the annual salary of a state senator is $70,000 plus benefits.
A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 6 at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago.
"The overall goal is to get their identities," Peck told Patch on Thursday, "and then we'll decide what our legal options are."
Peck is represented by Chicago law firm Saper Law, which specializes in cases involving social media, copyright infringement and online libel and slander.


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differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies first appeared in 1989 at the moment of a critical encounter--a head-on collision, one might say--of theories of difference (primarily continental) and the politics of diversity (primarily American). In the ensuing years, the journal has established a critical forum where the problematic of differences is explored in texts ranging from the literary and the visual to the political and social. differences highlights theoretical debates across the disciplines that address the ways concepts and categories of difference--notably but not exclusively gender--operate within culture. Supported by and located within the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University, the journal is published three times a year.
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Extended interview on KPFA's "Against the Grain" radio program with Dr. Ann duCille about her essay "The Short Happy Life of Black Feminist Theory" which appeared in the Spring 2010 (21:1) issue of differences.
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NEBB to hold retro-commissioning seminar at ASHRAE HQ
The seminar will focus on the RCx process, discovery phase, document procurement, problem/analysis, and marketing of RCx services.
Retro-commissioning (RCx) is a significant business opportunity for contractors, testing-and-balancing, and engineering and commissioning firms who are correcting under-performing buildings, improving indoor environmental and comfort, and optimizing energy usage for aging facilities. In order to prepare for this opportunity, National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEBB) is pleased to announce the Retro-Commissioning Seminar, June 8 to 11 at ASHRAE Headquarters in Atlanta.
Firms interested in obtaining NEBB certification in retro-commissioning should send individuals who play a key role in the commissioning process within their companies.
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Mechatrolink membership continues growth
The Mechatrolink Members Association (MMA), a group of product developers that use and promote Mechatrolink, reached its 900th member. 50 firms in North America are currently members. Mechatrolink is available in RS-485 and Ethernet versions, operates at speeds up to 100 Mbps, and can support up to 62 simultaneous devices.
The Mechatrolink Members Association (MMA) announced that its membership has reached the 900 member plateau, including 50 firms in North America. The MMA is a group of Mechatrolink product developers and users who promote the use of Mechatrolink, an industrial network optimized for motion control.
The MMA is an independent non-profit organization that makes Mechatrolink specifications and operating parameters available. The organization also works to ensure that products labeled as MMA-compatible meet the relevant specifications. The MMA is continually improving network performance and actively recruiting new members.
"Mechatrolink is the most widely used motion control network in Asia," says Derek Lee, a representative of MMA North America, "We also welcome the relatively large number of North American companies to the MMA."
Mechatrolink reportedly connects devices such as servo motors, servo amps and I/O to each other and to motion controllers such as PLCs, PACs and motion controllers. Mechatrolink is available in RS-485 and Ethernet versions, operates at speeds up to 100 Mbps, and can support up to 62 simultaneous devices.
"It's rapidly reaching the point where, to sell machine controls and factory automation into the Asian market, a company's best approach is to use Mechatrolink," said Lee.
North American members include Cleveland Motion Controls, National Instruments, Manufacturing Data Systems, Phoenix Contact, Red Lion Controls, Texas Instruments, Turck, Yaskawa and many others.
Over the last 20 years since Mechatrolink was established, more than 2 million Mechatrolink devices have been shipped, and more than 300 products have been certified to Mechatrolink specifications.
MMA provides worldwide support for Mechatrolink with affiliates in Germany, Japan, China, Korea and the U.S.—and Mechatrolink is in the process of becoming an official international IEC standard for industrial communication networks.
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Effective late next week, all criminal and civil cases brought before two Cambria County magisterial district judges will be transferred to their replacements as the county courts gear up for fewer local judicial seats.
Cases historically handled by the Richland Township office of Max Pavlovich and Cresson Township office of Charity Nileski will be handled by the offices of John Barron and Galen Decort.
"All new filings will go to the new courts," Cambria County Court Administrator William Valko said Monday.
Barron's recently relocated office from Upper Yoder Township to Stonycreek Township will assume a portion of the area now covered by Pavlovich.
Decort's office in Portage will be closed and everything moved to Nileski's office on Portage Road.
While the official change for both offices is set for the end of the year, early steps are being initiated so that everything will be in place by that time, Valko said.
In light of declining population in many Pennsylvania counties, and in an effort to reduce state court related costs, the state's Supreme Court ordered two years ago that two of Cambria County's district judge seats be eliminated by the end of 2013.
Last year, President Judge Timothy Creany and Valko gathered public input from across the county on the best scenario for cutting the number of magisterial districts by 20 percent, a plan approved by the state's highest court early this year.
The plan eliminates the seat held by Pavlovich, who turns 70 this year. Nileski, who is approaching 70, opted not to seek re-election.
State law prohibits magisterial district judges from remaining on the bench after age 70.
Creany's plan splits the areas served by Pavlovich between Barron and Sidman District Judge Rick Varner while Nileski's area is being split primarily between Decort and Hastings District Judge Michael Zungali.
The leases on Pavlovich's office in University Park Plaza on Scalp Avenue and Decort's office on Route 164 in Portage will not be renewed at the end of the year, Valko said.
The county leases space for Nileski's office from Cresson Township, an agreement that will continue with Decort holding court at that site.
Alterations at the Cresson Township building, located just off Admiral Peary Highway, are currently underway, with the township providing an outside contractor and utilizing some help from the county, Valko said.
Staff at Pavlovich and Nileski's offices will work through November and part of December on the steps needed to close out the cases.
"There's a lot of cleanup work to do, a lot of behind-the-scenes work," Valko said.
Nileski's resignation is effective Dec. 13 and Pavlovich retires Dec. 20.
Valko said despite the elimination of two offices, none of the staff will be furloughed.
Amid retirements and voluntary resignations each office will have four clerks, the ideal number based on caseload.
Clerks from Pavlovich's office will transfer to Varner and Barron's office while those in Nileski's will continue with Decort.
Physical changes at the Cresson Township office are being made to increase security, Valko said.
A barrier is being installed to prevent unhindered public access to the courtroom. Also in the works is a partition dividing a large room into two smaller meeting rooms, and a large bathroom is being split to provide a holding cell.
Kathy Mellott covers the Cambria County courthouse for The Tribune-Democrat. Follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/kathymellotttd.


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In two preseason games, N.C. State guard Ralston Turner had seven rebounds, five assists, five steals, two blocks and three 3-pointers.
The LSU transfer also averaged 15.5 points and shot 56.2 percent from the floor.
After sitting out a season under NCAA transfer rules, Turner is willing to do what the team needs him to do. How about drive the bus or cook the pregame meal?
"If that's what coach wants me to do, I'll do that, too," Turner said.
Turner is a key part of the Wolfpack's remodeled lineup. Unlike the four freshmen or junior college transfer Desmond Lee, Turner has major college experience. He started 57 games in two seasons at LSU, and averaged 10.5 points for his career.
N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried is counting on Turner to add some maturity and versatility to a young roster.
"He's one of those guys that does a little bit of everything," Gottfried said.
In a tight preseason game against UNC-Pembroke, Turner had 20 points, four rebounds, four assists, two blocks and three steals in a 96-85 win.
He made 7 of 10 field goals against Pembroke and was 2 of 6 in the 87-62 win over Morehouse, with a pair of 3-pointers.
Without Scott Wood, the school's career leader in 3-pointers, Turner will be asked to help fill the void from the outside.
Turner does not have a traditional release on his shot, and there's a funky spin on it, but he is effective. He made 95 of 297 of his 3-point shots at LSU.
Turner said he's tried to adopt a more classic shooting stroke but he keeps going back to what works. Gottfried has been pleased with Turner's contributions.
"He's really shooting the ball well right now and he's playing with a lot of confidence."
Gottfried also praised Turner's defensive ability, which will be a welcomed change from last year's perimeter group.
At 6 feet 5 inches and 205 pounds, Turner has the size and length to help in the post, and will have to with forward Jordan Vandenberg on the shelf for another four to six weeks with an ankle injury.
After watching the 2012-13 season, and going 19 months – as he is apt to point out – without playing, Turner's ready to pitch in where he's needed.
"I'm excited to play," Turner said. "Last year was tough to watch all the games, so I'm looking forward to my chance to play."
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ast week I talked about how we're approaching monster design in D&D Next. I also gave you a few bullet points covering some basic design concepts. This week's article takes a bigger picture view of monsters and how you can expect them to work in the game. More importantly, it sheds some light into how design in one area affects another. For instance, there are a number of ways in which our monster design interacts with the tactical rules module we're working on.
First of all, the flattened math progression means that monsters never really go out of style. This progression means that as you gain levels, you can fight increasing numbers of weaker monsters. We settled on this approach for a few reasons.
It makes a DM's job easier, since you don't need to constantly level up or find higher-level versions of critters to throw at the party.
It works well with D&D's history, especially AD&D, since printed adventures often featured large bands of evil humanoids.
It provides a better fit with world building. The orc warband that can threaten an 8th-level party is still too few in number to sack a town. A great wyrm can attack the town and destroy it, but it still risks death if the town guard can turn catapults, ballistae, and massed crossbow fire against it. We can avoid a world where a mundane army simply has no chance of even harming, let alone defeating, powerful monsters.
Most importantly, we can keep those horde monsters fairly simple. Since you fight a lot of them, they might have few or even no special abilities.
That last point has doubtlessly raised some eyebrows. One of my favorite pieces of 4th Edition was its approach to the humanoid monsters. They felt distinct not only in terms of story and place in the world, but also in how they played during combat. Goblins skittered away from the characters, gnolls swarmed in hungry packs, and so forth.
Rather than make special abilities a feature of every creature, we're instead moving those abilities to chieftains, shamans, and other leaders. A group of gnolls without a leader fights using rudimentary tactics. With a shaman chanting blasphemous prayers to Yeenoghu, the gnolls attack with a demonic ferocity. They swarm like a rabid pack of beasts, working together to bring down the characters with fang and claw. Take a look at our reasons for deciding on this approach.
It allows complexity to scale smoothly, starting at a low level and going as high as the DM wants based on monsters chosen for a battle.
It scales well with character level, since we can create more powerful humanoid leaders and champions.
It sets a clear tactical pattern for players and DMs. DMs know to protect their humanoid leaders, and the players can see that they want to go after leader types first.
It also does a good job of modeling most of our evil humanoid races. In most cases, they are at their most threatening when a powerful figure forges them into a deadly force.
When a creature's story and background demand it, we will also allow exceptions to how we assign special abilities. Even the weakest drow has an array of magical abilities. We won't remove abilities for the sake of hitting this goal.
We had some ideas about following this path for humanoids, and the playtest feedback supports doing so. The speed of combat came out as one of the most popular things about the D&D Next rules, and we want to make sure we preserve that as we go forward.
This approach does mean a few interesting things for our core rules. First of all, we're likely to add in a simple rule for breaking away from melee. Doing so makes it easier for a mob of orcs or goblins to protect their leaders. Secondly, the tactical rules module will include rules for pike hedges, shield walls, and other tactics that a mob of humanoids might use. You'll likely see a little more emphasis on using groups of monsters as small units. Working with small units also speeds up play (a DM just decides that six hobgoblins form a pike hedge at a doorway, rather than resolving each one's action) and makes things more tactically interesting.
In contrast to orcs and goblins, you can expect things such as carrion crawlers to be more complicated. In particular, creatures that generally operate alone will have more abilities and special attacks to make them viable as opponents.
In most cases, we'll stick to the creature's traditional abilities. The hook horror from last week is a good example. The basic stat block represents its core special abilities. On top of that, one of our goals is to create a general set of stunts that monsters can attempt, usually drawing on their high ability scores, size, and so on.
For example, abilities such as stomp, fling, and bull rush might exist as maneuvers that any monster can attempt in the tactical combat module. Rather than hard code a fling ability into the hook horror, a DM can either plan on using it based on encounter design or improvise it during a battle. The goal is that a group playing without miniatures or a grid can run a fight that captures the core of a monster. A group that loves tactical combat and detail can add that, with the DM now having more freedom and flexibility to throw unexpected tactics at the party.
As a final note, the format we used for the hook horror last week was by no means our final format. The same applies to the stat blocks in the playtest. I'd like to see a format that captures the best parts of the 4th Edition approach to monsters, which gives DMs something easy to read and navigate at the table. Personally, I'd like to see a menu of actions, so I can easily zero in on what a creature can do and pick one of its unique abilities.
In addition, we did some polling a while back that showed that the Monstrous Compendium format is still a popular way to present monsters. We'd like to get back to including more story and information about creatures, especially their special abilities outside of a fight, to showcase their place in the world and the interesting story potential they offer.


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The Pacifica Pier may just get the facelift it needs.
The City of Pacifica Department of Public Works received an advisory Thursday from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that they will receive $250K for the Pacifica Pier Restoration Project from the Cosco Busan Oil Spill Settlement Recreational Use Grant Program.
On Nov. 7, 2007, the cargo vessel Cosco Busan struck a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, releasing over 53,000 gallons of bunker fuel. State and federal natural resource trustee agencies assessed the injuries to wildlife, habitat, and recreational uses, and made a claim for damages.
The case was resolved in January 2012, with the Trustees — the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) and California State Lands Commission (CSLC) — receiving over $30 million for restoration projects and to fund projects that compensate the public for loss of use and enjoyment of natural resources, parks, public beaches, and other public resources. After public comment, a restoration plan was finalized last March. Since then, the Trustees have allocated nearly $11 million for 45 different projects.
In San Mateo County, nine projects, including the Pacifica Pier, have been selected for awards by the state Trustees in the total amount of $1,683,810. Those nine restoration projects are:
• Montara State Beach Access Improvement ($428,810)
• Coyote Point Promenade Western Shoreline ($400,000)
• Pacifica Pier Resoration Project ($250,000)
• Surfers Beach Access and Erosion Control Project ($180,000)
• Bay Trail Beautification in East Palo Alto ($150,000)
• Marine Science Institute Enhancement of Beachfront Shoreline Access ($120,000)
• Public Paddle Dock Access to SF Bay Wildlife Refuge, Redwood City ($70,000)
• Kiteboard/Windsurf Recreational Area Improvement in Foster City ($60,000)
• Marine Science Institute Restroom Facility Upgrade ($25,000)
The Pacifica Pier Restoration Project will repair the concrete deck covers and replace the missing sections of deck railing and wood coping at the Pacifica Municipal Pier. This project will also replace the corroded and missing pier deck lighting and electrical wiring.
The City will be combining this grant with a previous grant received from the
Wildlife Conservation Board in the amount of $249,000, to improve public access for sport fishing at the pier, bringing the total project budget to $499K.
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Welcome to our special issue on violence in the workplace, I mean system administration. Despite the picture on the cover, Linux Journal does not normally advocate violence as a solution to system administration issues.
But why is the system administrator as an individual, and system administration as a profession, always in some kind of crisis? Why is a system administration job a never-ending flow of fires to be fought and ill-planned new information technology purchases to be integrated somehow into the operation? Where is the respect or consideration for the system administrator's expertise in how to make information technology work? Hey, stop laughing.
The answer to that last question is: "Nowhere, of course. Welcome to the race against burnout. Don't try to change the organization; just make your big score and get out." Business experts everywhere advise managers not to keep a dog and try to bark, too. But it's an article of faith that management thinks nothing of inflicting well-marketed but idiotic information technology products on the poor, battle-weary sysadmin. But, it doesn't have to be this way.
In The Trouble with Dilbert, Norman Solomon writes, "One of the best ways to teach people not to rebel is to offer plenty of ruts for fake rebellion." And sysadmins have nothing if not ruts for fake rebellion. With an escape hatch as close as the nearest ssh client, sysadmin culture has flowered under management repression into newsgroups, mailing lists and web sites all dedicated to the proposition that all sysadmins are created superior. That's not surprising for a bunch of people with such diverse backgrounds and skills. Show me one sysadmin who majored in Computer Science, and I'll show you three historians and a molecular biologist. Sysadmins are, on the balance, excellent writers and creative people.
So why does the job of being a sysadmin suck so much? Simon Travaglia's Bastard Operator from Hell is the folk hero of system administration, and his stories are linked to from everywhere. If you haven't read the BOFH stories, he's a self-described [Don, did you really think we could put that word in LJ? —Ed.] who delights in tormenting any user who asks a question (and some who don't, just to be on the safe side). But, just messing with the users isn't making the system any better. The BOFH is entertaining, but the way of the BOFH leads only to more clueless users to deal with, more problems and less help.
What the BOFH has may seem like power, but real power lies in the ability to construct something useful. And you're not going to get that done just working around the demands of idiots and taking revenge where you can. You don't work for the Ministry of Information here. In the real world, a system administrator can walk away from idiots. And given the current job market for people who know Linux, you can walk away from the next idiot, and the next. Imagine a company that works your way because you built a system that works your way, or just works, period. It's possible. The Bastard Operator from Hell can only destroy. By abandoning foolish companies to seek out the good ones, a system administrator can really create something.
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ETA International recently returned to Kansas City, Missouri to participate in the SkillsUSA annual National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC). This year marked the 50th anniversary with the theme of Champions at Work: Educated and Skilled to Lead America.
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The SkillsUSA Championships is considered the largest single day of corporate volunteerism in America and valued at $36 million in industry support of donated time, equipment, cast and material. ETA International marked its tenth year as an official sponsor of SkillsUSA, and thirteenth year as the National Telecommunications Cabling championships sponsor.
Students worked against the clock and each other, proving their expertise in occupations like electronics, computer-aided drafting, precision machining, medical assisting and culinary arts for a wide range of prizes and to medal as a gold, silver or bronze winner. About 6,000 high school and post-secondary students, all local and state contest winners, competed in 99 different hands-on trade, technical and leadership contests at the Olympic-type event. Contests are run with the help of industry, trade associations, and labor organizations, and test competencies are set by industry.
Unique to SkillsUSA, the Telecommunications Cabling Contest utilizes ETAs Data Cabling Installer (DCIC) and Customer Service Specialist (CSS) certifications. The contests are planned by the Skills Technical Committee and designed to test the aptitude needed for successful entry-level performance in the field.
The T-com cabling contestants arrived early in the morning ready for a long day of competition. Divided into groups, they entered their first test area after clothing inspections and tool kits checks. They were assessed on their hands-on skills in the areas of 25 pair cable installation, cable termination, copper and fiber cable construction as well as copper and fiber troubleshooting, and technical assistance. Each area rotation was 90 minutes long.
Congratulations to the tough competitors who vied for medals and awards in the Telecommunications Cabling contest and especially to the six contestants who took home gold, silver and bronze medals for themselves and their schools!
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Gold Medal: William Clontz, Weaver Academy, Greensboro, NC
Silver Medal: Amon Henady, Franklin Technology Center, Joplin, MO
Bronze Medal: John Cuneo, Middleburg High School, Middleburg, FL
Gold Medal: Manuel Strassner, Tennessee College of Applied Technology, Sevierville, TN
Silver Medal: Erskin Tillery, Guilford Tech Community College, Greensboro, NC
Bronze Medal: Eric Parrish, Indian Capital Tech Center, Tahlequah, OK
The National Education Team and the Technical Team from industry developed contest content, built and set up the rotation areas as well as conducted both the orientation and competition. Including the T-comm judges, these contributors to the event came from departments of public instruction, community colleges, proprietary training groups, and companies such as ETA International, Panduit, Fluke, Cisco and Bicsi.
Members of the national technical committee for telecommunications cabling include
Technical Chair: Teresa Maher, CSS - ETA (IN)
Co-Chair: Rich Booth, FOI - ETA (AZ) (GA)
Kevin Celata - Communications Workers of America (D.C.)
Mike Gleason - Panduit Corp. (IL)
Matt Humphries - Fluke Networks (WA)
Bob Schoenherr - Cisco Systems, Inc. (CA)
Education Chair: Bob Dickerson, DPI, retired
Dan Parmer - Stanly Community College (NC)
Dick Darnell - Tyco Electronics (UT)
Additional judges include William Brinker, CETma - Commenco (MO); Ken Boyd - Panduit (MO) and Tom Wheeler - Kansas City Metro Community College (MO).
Awards for the 2014 T-com contest include Samsung tablets by ETA International; telecom tools, equipment and labelers by Panduit; Milwaukee tools; scholarships from Ranken Technical College and eitPrep; Bicsi training guides; Fluke ProTool sets; telecom tools labelers by Dymo; DVD fiber optic training by The Light Brigade, Telecom Tests, and Cengage Learning; Cisco Press study material; and other items from CWA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Timberland foot ware and Snap-on Tools.
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The Cougar 5K will use the timing system known as the Chronotrack B-Tag. B-Tags will give quick and accurate timing results. This chip is a disposable timing tag that runners receive at packet pick up on their race bibs. It is lightweight and remains attached to the race bib. Runners must wear their race bibs on the front of their clothing in order to be timed accurately. There is no post race chip turn-in or fee for lost or unreturned chips.
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There I was, working out on the treadmill one morning, watching "Good Morning America" when one of my favorite newscasters revealed a rather unorthodox side of herself.
She told the outside world that her favorite pastime was turning junk into treasure. I never would have thought this about the woman, until she showed herself rummaging through junk piles and yard sales, retrieving trash.
A wrecked chair suddenly gained new life in her den. A forsaken lamp was rescued from a heap and turned into an eclectic work of art. It fit perfectly with other remnants this woman salvaged.
She took pride in being an honest-to-goodness dump picker and even wrote a book on her experiences. Who would have guessed?
And with a snicker, she gushed out, "You snooze, you lose. I brake for yard sales."
Well, so do I for that matter. I can't pass one by without pulling my car to a halt by the side of the road and investigating the scene. It's like stumbling upon a scavenger hunt and finding lost treasure.
As you may know, I regularly go in and out of second-hand stores in pursuit of the Holy Grail. The other day, I stomped into the Salvation Army store and headed straight for the audio section.
People were busy picking through the record section. Others went straight for the DVDs. I found the CDs more palatable and couldn't control my passion for good music.
Upon selecting a good share, I approached the register and quickly discovered that what I had selected with the pink labels were half price. My entire lot went under $10 and that's not all.
The clerk gave me a pleasing smile and said, "God be with you."
Now, how often do you get that inside a retail establishment, whether non-profit or not? It left me with a good feeling, as well as a good shopping spree.
We all have our flip sides, our alter egos, and a side people may not recognize.
You may know the columnist in me over the past 42 years. That's how long I've been hacking out these pieces. But did you know I was a big science fiction fan who devoured everything from Bradbury to Asimov?
Bet you didn't know that I've watched every "Twilight Zone" episode ever introduced by Rod Sterling. Read the books, too.
And are you aware that I cannot get through the day without doing something to enhance my Armenian heritage, whether it's promoting genocide issues through school presentations or writing about them for the ethnic press?
Did you know that I had this insatiable dream of becoming a chemist during my school days and when that didn't work, a yen for accounting followed? Of course, there was that time I was suspended from junior high school for selling firecrackers. Wasn't my fault, honest. Some culprit slipped them into my pocket and I was getting rid of them.
Which of you would have thought I spent a year inside a monastery with aged priests wearing long white beards speaking a language that was 1,700 years old?
Or that I succeeded in my attempt to climb the tallest mountain peak in all our New England states and even survived a frigid overnight in Maine after getting caught in a storm?
Did you know that I corresponded with a pen pal for 25 years before I finally met him? It actually made me a better writer and I recommend the gesture at student workshops.
My instrument as an adolescent was the violin and I had aspirations of being a professional. Until I smashed it over the head of a heckler and mom cut out the lessons.
You may know that basketball was my passion and, together with assorted partners, we won several city foul-shooting championships. What's kept secret is the time during a game that I inadvertently scored a basket in the wrong hoop, giving the opposition a victory.
I worked for an editor who gave horse massages on the side. Another reporter who ran ultra marathons (50 miles). A publisher who was a crackerjack sailor. A world-class ophthalmologist who decorated his Boston office with some of his own creative photography.
I thought my primary care physician was a self-contained individual until I found out he scales some of the tallest mountains around and rafts some of the fastest rapids this side of anywhere.
But the one that stole the show happened to be this man in a wheelchair I knew. His handicap was no liability. To prove a valid point — and show the outside world that handicapped accesses were being ignored — he traveled across the country.
His mission brought awareness and raised thousands of dollars for charity.
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Moral injury results from having to make difficult moral choices under extreme conditions, experiencing morally anguishing events or duties, witnessing immoral acts, or behaving in ways that profoundly challenge moral conscience and identity and the values that support them. Moral injury is found in feelings of survivor guilt, grief, shame, remorse, anger, despair, mistrust, and betrayal by authorities. In its most severe forms, it can destroy moral identity and the will to live. The struggle of combat veterans to return to civilian life can be even more difficult than serving in war and last a lifetime.
While moral injury is an ancient wound of war that is documented in literature, in modern times, moral injury has remained largely unaddressed or inadequately addressed because it is confused with post-traumatic stress (PTSD is a fear-victim reaction to trauma from damage to the fear suppression areas of the brain). In addition, clinicians who treat PTSD are not trained in theology or moral philosophy, and when veterans ask moral or religious questions, they are usually referred to clergy. Finally, soldiers and veterans are more likely to seek counseling from clergy than clinicians. Moral injury emerges from activity in a healthy pre-frontal cortex, the executive function areas of the brain.
Near the end of 2009, Veterans Affairs clinicians offered this definition of moral injury:
Moral injury is perpetrating, failing to prevent, bearing witness to, or learning about acts that transgress deeply held moral beliefs and expectations. This may entail participating in or witnessing inhumane or cruel actions, failing to prevent the immoral acts of others, as well as engaging in subtle acts or experiencing reactions that, upon reflection, transgress a moral code. Although there has been some research on the consequences of unnecessary acts of violence in war zones, the lasting impact of morally injurious experience in war remains chiefly unaddressed. (Brett Litz, et al. "Moral Injury and Moral Repair in War Veterans: A Preliminary Model and Intervention Strategy." Clinical Psychology Review 29, no. 8 (2009): 695–706.)
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Republicans Step Up Efforts to Win Hispanic Vote
Republicans seek to give disenchanted Hispanic voters a home.
It's fair to say Republicans have traditionally underachieved when it comes to winning support from Hispanic voters, who have historically supported Democratic candidates by wide margins. But the message coming from national Republicans on Tuesday was that at least this election cycle, they are going to try a little harder.
"We've learned from previous elections on how we can improve on what we are doing and this year, in 2012, I am very excited about the program," said Bettina Inclan, Hispanic outreach director for the Republican National Committee, during a press briefing at the RNC headquarters.
"There are certain polls that show some members of the Hispanic community feel the Republican Party isn't doing enough to include them in what we're doing, to reach out to them. So what we're trying to do is rebuild that relationship to make sure that they know that we do care about the Hispanic community," she said.
Inclan introduced state directors for the six battlegrounds identified by the GOP for targeted outreach efforts: Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, and Virginia. All six states are expected to be hotly contested in the presidential election and have seen explosions in Hispanic populations in recent years.
[Read: GOP official says Romney 'still deciding' on immigration.]
The GOP seeks to combine direct community outreach and get-out-the-vote operations with targeted voter data that pinpoints likely voters--soft Democrats, independents, and Republicans who may have relocated since the last election.
The RNC did not have state directors in 2008, Inclan said, and a party spokeswoman said the focus had been on more of a national strategy. The results were disappointing.
Republican nominee John McCain won 31 percent of the Latino vote last election compared to the 44 percent secured by President George W. Bush in his 2004 re-election.
"The Democrats were much better at putting people on the ground and making it part of their actual voter contact plan. We are now doing that," said Kirsten Kukowski, RNC spokeswoman.
Inclan said Republicans are optimistic they can win voters over by making the campaign a referendum on the economy under President Obama, as well as his broken promises on other issues close to Latinos.
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"Obama's policies have devastated many members of the Hispanic community. High unemployment, record number of Hispanic children living in poverty--I could go on and on," she said. "I don't think there's anything more personal than when you come here to try and achieve the American dream and this economic situation makes it so much harder to fulfill your dream."
Reminding Latinos how Obama has let them down is critical, Inclan said.
"Hispanics are incredibly disappointed with immigration. This is a president who as a candidate promised immigration reform in his first year. Three years later we still don't even have a plan," she said. "He talked about uniting families, and all he's done is deport more immigrants than any president in American history."
Also part of the RNC effort to win over Latinos is ramping up efforts on Spanish-language media and directly reaching out to their communities.
"We've not had enough of a conversation on the issues and how these issues impact the Hispanic voters at a very local level," Inclan said, which is why the inclusion of state directors is vital.
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But another key for the GOP is not talking about hot-button issues that have turned off many Latino voters, such as immigration.
Inclan frequently circumvented reporters' questions about whether or not her job is made harder by Republicans' stances on the issue, particularly presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
"Candidates and elected officials dictate immigration reform. We at the RNC don't create policy," she said. "It's an important issue. But we also know that the No. 1 issue is jobs and the economy."
She also caused the Romney campaign some heartburn when she responded to a reporter's question about whether or not his support of strict immigration policies unpopular with many Hispanic voters will be difficult to overcome, saying, "He's still deciding what his position on immigration is."


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After Thursdays storms in the Triangle, even more rain is on tap for Friday and the weekend.
Jonathan Blaes, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, said to expect thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening, especially in the eastern part of the state. He described the weather for the weekend as unsettled, with scattered thunderstorms. The storms will likely be slow moving and have heavy rain, he said.
Saturday will be stormier than Sunday, Blaes said. Sunday will actually be trending a little bit nicer.
Because the ground is already saturated from recent rains, there is a risk of flooding, Blaes said. Creeks and rivers are at a high-water level, and even storm drains are likely getting clogged.
Raleighs rainfall is estimated to reach 1 to 2 inches over the weekend.
Chris Hohmann, chief meteorologist at WTVD, said storms should continue to taper off after this weekend, and the region will see fewer storms and more typical summer weather.
But were not going to see a completely dry day until some day next week, he said.
Though high winds are very unlikely with these storms, Hohmann cautioned that in this weather, trees can fall in winds as low as 40 to 45 miles per hour.
Because the ground is saturated, it doesnt take as strong a wind to topple a tree as it normally does, he said.
But there is some good news, though Tropical Storm Chantal has weakened, Blaes said. Though some leftover moisture might make its way toward North Carolina and reach the coast Sunday, it shouldnt add much more rain.
July is at normal levels of rain. As of Thursday evening, only 1.1 inches had been measured so far at Raleigh-Durham International Airport for the month. Typical rainfall in July is 4.8 inches, the wettest month of the year, said Michael Moneypenny, a hydrologist for the National Weather Service.
June had three times as much rain as normal, with 10.08 inches measured at RDU. Thats the third wettest June since 1895, Moneypenny said.
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Small businesses, workers fret over new health care optionsBy Neal P. Goswami
VERMONT PRESS BUREAU | September 29,2013MONTPELIER With the states online health care insurance marketplace slated to launch Tuesday, many small businesses are still struggling to determine if they will continue to offer employer-sponsored insurance to employees.
Many low- and middle-income individuals, meanwhile, are discovering that the state-subsidized health care plans they have used in recent years are going away, to be replaced with plans on the exchange that may cost more in the long run.
Vermont Health Connect, the states version of the state-level exchanges required under the federal Affordable Care Act, will open for enrollment Tuesday. Small businesses and individuals can view insurance plans and pricing side by side on the online marketplace to determine what suits them best. The insurance plans offered on the exchange will take effect Jan. 1.
Julie McDonough, insurance program coordinator for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce, said many small businesses across the state are still trying to determine whether to offer insurance to their employees on the exchange.
Jim Fecteau, owner of Fecteau Homes in Montpelier, is among the undecided. But Fecteau said his company is nearing a decision on whether it will offer insurance to employees, and how much the company will contribute if it does.
Weve been doing a lot of research on it, he said. I would say Im probably down to the point where were just talking to our accountants.
Fecteau attended a recent Vermont Chamber of Commerce forum in Montpelier aimed at providing small business owners with information about the exchange. The forum, coupled with speaking to other small business owners, has helped him navigate his options, he said.
Were in the process now of putting that all together and seeing what thats going to cost us versus what we had before, Fecteau said.
For some employers, determining the best outcome for workers has proven difficult. If an employer offers insurance through the exchange that is deemed affordable defined by the state as less than 9.5 percent of salary the employee will not be able to receive subsidies and tax credits otherwise available to them as an individual buyer.
For Fecteau, individual subsidies for employees are not a major factor.
I theorized what household incomes would be for our employees and ran the scenarios for each one and I didnt see many of them with any kind of subsidy, he said. For us, that was not prevalent. Subsidies were not going to be a big factor.
But businesses with a wide range of salaries are facing a dilemma: Offer plans that may be more expensive for low-income earners, or dont offer plans and force higher-income workers to purchase plans as individuals or families on the exchange without subsidies.
I think the biggest sort of quandary is for small businesses that have both low-wage earners and high-wage earners. The decision lies in how employees can best be served, McDonough said. Thats really where a lot of businesses are taking a lot of time to analyze and go through their numbers and figure that out.
Employers face an all-or-nothing choice when it comes to contributing to employees health insurance. If they want to offer insurance plans to some full-time employees, then coverage must be provided for all full-time workers.
Lennys Shoe & Apparel in Williston has decided to continue offering health insurance for 35 full-time employees because it is a good benefit to recruit and retain employees, according to business manager Carol Wheeler.
Reaching that decision was a challenge, though, she said.
Its been a little time-consuming, she said. Ive spent, I would say, many hours between webinars and seminars.
Wheeler said she remains anxious about the Oct. 1 launch of the exchange, and has been warned by Blue Cross Blue Shield representatives that the website is likely to experience issues in its early days, despite assurances from state officials that the system will launch smoothly.
We hope for the best with the enrollment part, which is obviously still the unknown because we have no idea what the platform is going to look like, Wheeler said. Im a little anxious just to see the platform. Hopefully it goes smooth.
Lennys would have preferred to retain its previous health care plans, according to Wheeler. The plans offered on the exchange are comparable in services but more expensive, she said.
Youre not going to find anything that was less, she said. Theres definitely an increase. Theres nothing that is the same price or even a little lower.
Wheeler added, Thats kind of frustrating, too, because the government keeps saying were going to save, save, save. Our employees are going to pay more.
The exchange, so far, has not made it easier or cheaper to provide health insurance, Wheeler said.
We want to take care of our employees but, as we all know, insurance keeps going up and up and up, she said. The government keeps telling us this is going to help us, but well see next year if the premiums skyrocket again.
Many individuals are facing difficult decisions, too.
Peter Sterling, director of the Vermont Campaign for Health Care Security, said the thousands of people currently enrolled in state-subsidized health care programs Catamount and Vermont Health Access Plan are likely to see significantly higher health insurance expenses.
Everyone on Catamount and VHAP whos going onto the exchange, their premium costs may not go up that much, but their out-of-pocket costs will, he said.
Single adults now purchasing health insurance for themselves who are not currently eligible for state-subsidized plans are seeing the greatest benefit from the exchange, according to Sterling. Even though some may not have been eligible for Catamount or VHAP, they may still qualify for subsidies and tax credits through the exchange.
People who are in the individual market in Vermont generally are seeing more affordable coverage in the exchange, he said. So they are doing OK and they will be clear winners in this exchange.
Sterling added, However, those transitioning from Catamount or VHAP will not. I have been hearing concerns about that.
A current 27-year-old female VHAP enrollee, who asked that her name be withheld, said she is among thousands of Vermonters who are likely to see health care cost increases. The woman recently earned a masters degree in public health while working part-time. She was eligible for VHAP with no monthly premium.
There is no similar plan offered on the exchange, she said.
VHAP has been really simple and straightforward, but with the new changes I do know that Ill definitely be paying more, either through deductible costs or my monthly premium, she said.
Of the 42,000 or so uninsured Vermonters, many are eligible for Medicaid or the state-subsidized plans. They choose not to enroll because they cannot afford it, Sterling said.
Theyre uninsured because of cost. he said. If youre going to raise those costs, obviously, its a concern that many of these people will choose not to enroll.
Sterling added, The population were talking about are people by and large making under $35,000 a year. They dont have money laying around for $4,000 (in) out-of-pocket expenses. They are living paycheck to paycheck.
Sterling said his own health care costs will rise when the insurance plans offered on the exchange launch Jan. 1. As a Catamount enrollee, out-of-pocket expenses are capped at $1,050 per year, Sterling said. Under the plan he can afford to purchase on the exchange it will rise to $4,000.
Me and my wife are now exposed to $8,000, he said. Thats crazy.
Sterling said about 7,400 VHAP enrollees will transition to the exchange by March 31. About 10,400 Catamount enrollees will join the exchange by then.
Because of the increased costs, some people may consider paying the penalty for going uninsured 1 percent of their salary rather than face the ongoing monthly premiums, Sterling said.
A single adult making $25,000 per year would pay an annual penalty of $250. The monthly premiums for a silver level plan, by comparison, would add up to almost $1,400 a year.
That person would have to pay out of pocket for all medical expenses, however, and there would be no adjustment of the medical bill as there is for insured members. Some who have rarely gone to the doctor may gamble that they can continue to avoid illness or injury.
Theres always going to be some people that refuse to get health insurance, Sterling said. Its likely that some people who perceive themselves as healthy will choose not to enroll. But I do believe that theres enough access in the exchange that if you want health insurance you will be able to get it.MORE IN This Just InPUTNEY For nearly 175 years, locals at this towns central white-clapboard church gave thanks... Full StoryRICHARD'S POOR ALMANACK: 2nd president John Adams signs Sedition Act on this day in 1798 providing jail time for criticizing the government; Jerry Rubin, co-creator of the Yippies, American activist, political theorist, businessman, born this day in 1938. 0Rutland Herald content editor Rich Alcott uploads astronomic, historic and epigrammatic content... Full StoryTODAY'S WEATHER MINUTE: A brief midsummer return of last winter's stubborn cold air mass descends over the Northern Plains, Midwest and Northeast this week bringing colder than seasonable daytime temperatures. 0Rutland Herald content editor Rich Alcott shares local weather information and easily digestible... Full Story
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Several Norristown Patch readers have contacted me about the passing of 31-year-old Michael Humphries on Sunday, Nov. 4. Humphries would be 32 years old today, Thursday, Nov. 8.
According to his obituary on Lifecelebration.com, Humphries, the son of Michael A. Humphries and Regina Thompson, left behind a family including his love Heather LaVair and children Mya, Ella and soon-to-be-born Michael Matthew Humphries Jr.
Friends and family are raising funds to help pay for Humphries' services and support his children. Tonight from 7 to 10 p.m., friends will be celebrating his life at Chap's Taproom in Jeffersonville. There will be raffle items and a way for supporters to contribute in person.
Donations can also be made to The Humphries' Children Education Fund, c/o Beneficial Bank, 2905 Whitehall Road, Norristown, PA 19403.
Friends have also created a fundraising page on gofundme.com, where this tribute isposted:
"Hump was a friend to many and had a huge heart and spirit! He lived each day to the fullest, loved his children, family and friends unconditionally. For those who knew Hump, he was unbreakable in so many ways. He is now in a better place and we plan to cherish his legacy and memories for years to come."
For more information on the fundraising effort and the event at Chap's Taproom tonight, email Hakim Jones at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A viewing for Michael Humphries will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 10, at Boyd-Horrox Funeral Home, 200 West Germantown Pike in East Norriton, followed by his funeral service at 3 p.m. Interment will reportedly be private.


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HOUSTON, Texas —
Some are retired, some are students. Some are paid, others volunteer. Yet they all share a single goal. For weeks, a wide range of nonpartisan organizations across Texas have been training teams to knock on doors, make phone calls and drive people to the polls. Although they do not tell anyone how to vote, they are passionate about their message: Participating in elections is worth the effort.
Canvassers with the Houston branch of the Texas Organizing Project (TOP) Education Fund - Rosa Garcia, Antonio Coronado and Sylvia Gonzales - all cite different reasons for getting involved.
[Garcia:] "The reason I started was because I needed a job, and now I see that I can make a difference." [Coronado:] "My main concern is to be part of the future, and be a better citizen for this country." [Gonzales:] "I'm a single mother, and I feel I'm doing something good for my kids."
With hundreds working in the field statewide, TOP targets infrequent voters - particularly those in Latino communities. Latinos now comprise 26 percent of the state's nearly 13 million registered voters. However, at least in recent elections, the Latino turnout rate has been lower than that of other groups.
Recent culinary-school graduate Ashley Estevan volunteers in the impoverished Rio Grande Valley. She says about half her time is spent motivating people who are struggling and have lost faith in politics.
"They are like, 'No - I've been let down so much by our elected officials over the last few years that I just don't feel like if I vote it'll make a difference.'"
She says she has persuaded many to vote by shifting attention from national politics to local issues. That is a familiar refrain among canvassers throughout Texas, where the outcome of the presidential race is already a near certainty.
Danny Cendejas has been knocking on Dallas doors since August. Elected officials, he tells people, tend to steer resources toward communities where people are politically involved. He finds this argument to be more effective than any other when it comes to persuading an infrequent voter to stick with the process.
"We tell that voter, 'Hey, if you cast your ballot, and you help get neighbors of yours to cast their ballots, too, elected officials know that these people are committed to making their communities better, so they have to pay attention.'"
Phone banks and door-to-door efforts are labor-intensive - and a turnoff to some on the receiving end. However, Estevan says, one-on-one conversations are often the only way to energize apathetic voters. Her greatest satisfaction comes from convincing people that they can actually make a difference.
"I push it every day, even if I'm not volunteering. I really do hope that people will start valuing themselves a little more, to get themselves out to the polls and tell themselves, 'My vote matters.'"
In 2010, the turn-out rate in Texas was lower than in any other state. Because partisan political campaigns tend to target likely voters, the task of motivating the disillusioned falls mainly to nonpartisan get-out-the-vote efforts.


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HOWARD ALLEN SHAMBO, 54, died in Elizabethtown Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. He was born in Plattsburgh, July 16, 1959, the son of Donald and Joyce (Halloran) Shambo. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 24, at St. Philip's of Jesus Church with Rev. John Demo officiating.
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Colts owner Jim Irsay held court on the sideline as the first practice of camp wrapped up Monday morning. The hot topic, of course, was the contract of Peyton Manning — Manning's deal expires following the 2010 season.
Irsay said during the week leading up to the Super Bowl that Manning would be the highest-paid player in the league and that a deal would get done before the start of the season. Although he did not back off his claim that Manning will be the highest-paid player on Monday, he said that the uncertainty surrounding having a new Collective Bargaining Agreement in place before March makes it impossible to predict when a new deal for Manning will be reached.
"To me, the bottom line is we'll get something done. When, it just depends," he said. "But it's not easy because you can't anticipate what the rules are going to be. … It's kind of like being in the stock market and buying and selling stock and you don't even know what the taxation is going to be."
Irsay reiterated on several occasions throughout the conversation that the money would be paid out and Manning would be the highest-paid player in the league. He did, however, mention the possibility of using the franchise tag on his quarterback.
"The way things stand, I said he was going to he the highest-paid player and he may already be with the tag, if we technically go that route," Irsay said. "It will get done. It's special having a player like that. I'd love to see him be here and break all the records and keep this thing going."
It should come as no surprise, however, if the situation drags on for some time.
"It's impossible for me to have any sort of wisdom or direction until we get our marching orders together and see what (CBA) system we're going to be in. … I don't think you can put a timetable on it."
Irsay also stressed the importance of keeping the other key parts around Manning, referencing the 2001 season, which was the last losing season of the Manning era.
He said he had not been concerned about WR Reggie Wayne and DE Robert Mathis reporting to camp — both veterans indicated during the offseason that they wanted new contracts despite having two years remaining on their deals.
"I think when we sign these big veteran contracts, you have to anticipate to play them out."
When asked if Irsay still thinks Super Bowl XLVI will be held in Lucas Oil Stadium in 2012, Irsay responded, "I do, I really do." He also revealed that there is a contingency plan in place if a work stoppage of any duration should affect the timing of the game taking place.
"I think that it's something where everyone's worst fears can come up and it can be good for stories and to be kicked around, but I really feel that we will have a Super Bowl, hopefully on the date that it is planned. If it's not on that date, we've made some arrangements where we have some flexibility to alter the date if we have to work the schedule differently. My anticipation is that we will certainly play it here."
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