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"Nothing has taken place down there that I'm not intimately aware of and briefed on. This isn't theater. This is a problem. I am not interested in photo-ops. I am interested in solving a problem."
— President Barack Obama
President Obama begrudgingly met with Texas Gov. Rick Perry to discuss the dramatic influx of illegal immigrants — largely unaccompanied children — coming across the southern border of the United States.
He did so only after the governor refused to hold a meet-and-greet photo-op at the airport, upon the president's arrival to attend area fundraisers.
"I appreciate the offer to greet you at Austin-Bergstrom Airport, but a quick handshake on the tarmac will not allow for a thoughtful discussion regarding the humanitarian and national security crises enveloping the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas," Perry wrote in a letter to the President. "I would instead offer to meet with you at any time during your visit to Texas for a substantive meeting to discuss this critical issue."
The president's stubbornness in the matter is breathtaking, as is his emotional detachment.
Presidents are expected to care. That is why they meet with those affected by tragedy; that is why they visit places devastated by natural and man-made disasters.
And, sometimes, that is not enough.
President George W. Bush was widely castigated for his flyover of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. His excuse at the time was so as not to interfere with recovery efforts. It was a "huge mistake" to which he later admitted.
Here in New Hampshire then-Gov. John Lynch made firsthand visits to devastated areas of the state a priority. These may have been photo-ops, but the bottom line was that Lynch cared enough to show up.
There is fair disagreement over the nature of the crisis along our southern border. Some call it an invasion, others a humanitarian crisis.
Regardless, it is a problem of major proportions that demands the president's personal attention.
When we first heard the president's defense for not visiting the border, we were dumbfounded.
We have visited New Orleans and the nearby bayou since Katrina. It is an area struggling to recover nearly a decade later. You can see it along the roadsides where homes have still not been rebuilt and debris still litters now-vacant lots.
This is the story a personal visit tells. These are images best viewed up close.
We know our words are going to be taken with a grain of salt by some given our past criticism of the president.
This time President Obama has stepped over the line and riled even Democrats.
"If he had time, with all due respect, to have a beer and play pool like he did in Colorado last night, then I think after the fundraisers he should make time to go down there," Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) told CNN.
Rep. Filemon Vela (D-Tex.) said in an interview that "if he's not going today, he should go sometime very soon, and it's not so much to see the facilities but to see the children."
Someone needs to pull the president aside and remind him he is still "president" and with that title comes some responsibility — beyond party fundraisers.
In this case it means setting aside politics and visiting the border to at least show he cares.
The Boston Herald, July 10, 2014
Next time some fool at the White House or the State Department urges Israel to concede "land for peace" let them remember these days — days of air raid sirens going off in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, days of rockets launched from Gaza, days of terror for those inhabiting Israel's southern-most cities.
Yes, back in 2005 Israel did indeed concede "land for peace." The land in question was Gaza and its 9,000 Israeli settlers were forced to leave after having called that land home for 38 years. The last few were forcibly removed by Israeli troops in one of the more heart-wrenching moments in that young nation's history.
Two years later the terrorist thugs of Hamas seized control from the then ruling Fatah party, seizing local government buildings and tossing Fatah loyalists from windows, slaughtering others in the streets. How, after such bloodshed, the two Palestinian factions could now form a "unity" government, as they did earlier this year, is beyond belief. But the deed is done and has made any future peace talks about the West Bank unthinkable.
Now for the third time since Israel left Gaza, that strip of Mediterranean shoreline is being used by Hamas as a launching pad for attacks aimed deep into Israel with rockets believed to be supplied by Iran. Only Israel's Iron Dome defense shield — and its constant vigilance and network of bomb shelters — has saved it from serious harm.
Israel has authorized a call up of 40,000 reservists and massed tanks along the Gaza border as it continues air raids on Hamas targets, giving every indication it is prepared to do whatever is necessary to defend its people and its territory.
Into this fray wades President Obama once again making ill-timed and ill-considered arguments urging mutual restraint in an op-ed in Haaretz, even as rockets fall on Sderot and Ashod.
Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouq posted on Facebook: "Our message is one of ongoing resistance until we have victory, by God's will, through national unity ... We will make this a lesson that history will not forget."
What part of that doesn't Obama get?

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As part of the educational mission of Geneva College, a weekly devotional time for the college community is conducted on Wednesdays from 10:10–11 a.m. This devotional time provides opportunity for the campus to gather together to praise God, hear His word, and seek His favor and direction. Attendance is mandatory for students and the entire campus community is encouraged to participate.
Educational - Chapel provides the Geneva community with an opportunity to be instructed on different aspects of the Christian life; to be encouraged as we deal with issues and temptations that confront us; to be challenged to address the needs of the community and the world in which we live.
Devotional - Chapel provides an opportunity for the campus community to focus on Jesus Christ and His work for us and in us; to praise Him, and to pray that we might follow and serve Him.
Universal - Chapel provides an opportunity to recognize and experience the breadth of the worldwide Christian community and incorporates contributions from various cultures and Christian traditions.
Singing of Psalms
Psalm singing is one of the distinctive features of Chapel. While uncommon in many churches today, psalm singing has been the historic practice for Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican Churches, the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, as well as most Presbyterian, Reformed, Baptist and Congregational churches for generations. Chapel psalm selections attempt to show the wide range of emotions and praise to God found in the psalms.
The Psalms reflect the spirit of God's people and they are an appropriate pattern for our corporate expressions in Chapel. We praise God for His glorious works of creation and redemption, for His faithfulness to His word, for His goodness and justice, for the beauty of His handiwork.
We come to confess our sins and to plead for grace in times of human distress. Since all of these are profoundly evident in the Psalms, we take this opportunity to explore the Psalms together.
For 2012-13, the Chapel Leadership Team has chosen the book Dug Down Deep by Joshua Harris to provide a backdrop for Chapel.
In his introduction, Harris raises the question "What are YOU building your life on?" Our lives are like a house and every house has a foundation of what we trust and hope in, the thing that gives life a sense of meaning and security. Jesus' teaching on this was radical, unsettling, and perhaps offensive. He said that he was the one true and solid foundation for life.
Harris' book is the story of how he has been learning what it means to come to Jesus, to hear his words, and put them into practice. He notes that a fancier way to describe it is to say it is how he learned that biblical theology is good and important for living life, how Christian truth is practical for real people.
While you won't be hearing about the book on a weekly basis, guest chapel speakers address some of the practical theological questions (the Bible, suffering, holiness, the Kingdom) raised in Harris' book, as well as focus on some of the major issues we face in our lives (sexuality, addictions, injustice, anxiety, racism, calling). In all this our desire is realize our deep need to know, enjoy, love and serve God and to demonstrate that in our daily lives.
Speakers will include on-campus faculty, staff and students, as well as guests from off campus.
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The Nation's Best: Valparaiso maintained its position for the fourth straight week atop the nation in kills/set last week and for the third straight week in assists/set. The Crusaders are currently averaging 15.24 kills and 14.21 assists/set, ahead of schools such as Cal, Penn State, Hawai'i and Michigan in the top-ten in both categories.
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Janina Fialkowska follows up to her award-winning 'Chopin Recital 2' with a beautifully flowing album of Schubert sonatas.
This album is licensed for download from ATMA Classique.
'Indeed, lesser mortals may well weep with envy at such unfaltering authority. She has done her one time mentor, Arthur Rubinstein, proud.' Gramophone
'It was not until I heard her play live, however, that I realised quite how extraordinary she is.' The Guardian
'... an unusual testimony of the Art of perfect pianism'. Joachim Kaiser
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Riding shotgun with biologist Alexandra Morton, documentarian Twyla Roscovich details the dangerous viruses that are flourishing in BC's wild salmon and our government's efforts to suppress evidence of this epidemic. An alarming document of our elected officials working against our best interests, this exposé is a must-see for every British Columbian.
A rap ode to San Fran, with ukulele beats and stylin' shades.
Bursting out of the starting blocks, Chloé Robichaud's debut feature is a breathless account of a fiercely driven runner (Sophie Desmarais) who's tripped up while navigating a romantic obstacle course. As the athletically gifted, socially stunted Sarah, Desmarais impresses with displays of physical prowess offset by the slightest, most revealing gestures.
The host of a radio call-in show in Montevideo, Mario serves as a sounding board for his fellow Uruguayans' insecurities and fears. As the hipster DJ endures an identity crisis of his own, Mark Street's ingenious hybrid docudrama melds vérité and poetic invention to explore the state of a nation in transition.
Hilarity ensues when Lowell gets caught by Mom in bed with a girl she's never seen before. Things go downhill from there, when his girlfriend, Dad and the other girl's boyfriend show up, too!
Healthy sperm have a long, long way to run in Yamamoto Keisuke's short…
A collection of some of the best International and Canadian short films from the 2013 Vancouver International Film Festival selected by programmers Sandy Gow and Curtis Woloschuk. The selections will be finalized and available Wednesday, October 9 afternoon.
A carpet warehouseman and a businessman find passion during a wild and playful forklift ride one day—but their class-conscious bosses do their best to undermine their budding relationship.
A personal documentary featuring 5,000 still photographs taken over a period of 25 years. A life flashing in front of your eyes in rapid, hypnotic fashion.
This quietly humorous coming-of-age story focuses on 14-year-old Lucía (Malú Chouza, perfect) as she suffers through a rain-drenched vacation in Uruguay's northwest with her always-underfoot divorced dad (Néstor Guzzin, hilarious and touching) and her little brother. Winner, Best First Film, Guadalajara 2013.
In an AA-like meeting a mixed-age group of social media abusers try to confront their addictions.
An accident that can't wait to happen, Natalia displays an arsonist's flair for burning bridges. Even after her downward spiral lands her in a men's shelter, Nathan Silver's engrossing character study continues to knock us for a loop. Winner, Best Actress, Brooklyn 2013.
Kelly O'Brien's visually arresting, deeply personal documentary is a lyrical-yet-candid account of her family's experiences raising a disabled child.
When Sol LeWitt died in 2007, The New York Times called him the "master of conceptualism… whose deceptively simple geometric sculptures and drawings, and ecstatically colored jazzy wall paintings established him as a lodestar of modern American art." Chris Teerink's excellent appreciation visits NY, Holland and Italy, providing a compelling demonstration of the rewards of economy and clarity.
A son is possessed; gory murders accumulate; a father (veteran star Jimmy Wang Yu) is chillingly loyal; cops are confounded. Frequent VIFF director Chung Mong-hong (Parking, The Fourth Portrait) brings new elements—horror and some lusciously photographed blood—to his refined dramatic sensibility: creepy and thought-provoking. Winner, Best Narrative Film, Best Actor, Taipei 2013.
A brief (and extremely odd) encounter between a lonesome farmer (Jesse Zubot) and a Chinese tourist who's lost her way.
Art-house titans (and mutual admirers) Ben Rivers and Ben Russell conspire on this uncompromising, three-part sensory experience that commences in a bucolic Estonian commune and culminates with a black metal concert. "[A] tapestry of beautifully rendered concepts [that's] impressively committed to its poetic design… Rivers and Russell have certainly cast a spell that sticks."—Indiewire
Cat-and-mouse games get a turtle-and-monkey makeover in Jason Laxamana's tale of 21st-century grifters. Bam Bonifacio is a dream hunk on a dating site, adept at persuading his admirers to part with cash. Behind "Bam" is Greg, less impressive and much more fallible… Dragons & Tigers Award nominee.
Whatever happened to the values of cooperation and support that were instilled in Britain during WWII? This rare documentary from Ken Loach seems like the film he was always meant to make. "Rousing and saddening… [It] works all at once as a lament, a celebration and a wake-up call to modern politicians and voters."—Time Out
An autistic 13-year-old embarks on an underground odyssey that would give Orpheus pause: 11 days patiently lost on New York's subway. As his family searches frantically for him, Hurricane Sandy lurks on the horizon. "As intense and indelible an immersion in the real New York as I have seen in a long time… Completely, exhilaratingly alive."—New York Times


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Black history can be studied through the photographs of Africville, the documents of former slaves, contemporary events held during Black History Month and LAC's Forum on Canadian Democracy. LAC's web exhibition, ARCHIVED - Under a Northern Star, offers historical papers that contextualize the life and work of persons such as Stanley Grizzle who fought against slavery and racism and flourished as early Canadians: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/northern-star/index-e.html.
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I heartily encourage you to say yes when you are invited to make a Cursillo. The experience has been a strong influence on my life in Christ since 1973 when I made my Cursillo. The Cursillo Movement not only directs us toward living the Gospel ideals more fully but also provides a method and a community to support us. I pray that you will choose to encounter Christ anew through Cursillo. -- Most Reverend Ronald Gainer, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Lexington
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I married an amusement park enthusiast. He's crazy, that man. He loves all rides that twist and turn, and his body seems to handle them with ease. Impressive, I tell ya. I, on the other hand, can barely survive a ride in the back seat of my minivan without getting car-sick. Make me read a map while I'm back there, and it's all over for sure.
So we have this family tradition of attending our local fair every summer, and I have to admit that my adventurous spirit has been lacking most years. Just the thought of climbing the steps of the Tilt-O-Whirl about sends me over the edge. Lucky for me, for many years in a row, I've had a convenient excuse for letting my husband do the riding honors with our kids. Need someone to stay back with the baby and the stroller? Sure, I'd be happy to sacrifice for the family. Heh. Someone needs to take the pictures anyway, right?
Family divided.
My problem now is that my youngest is starting to ride rides. This wasn't supposed to happen. Last summer all of a sudden my little excuse was dragging her daddy off to the toddler helicopters, and three excited boys were yelling my name to "Come on, Mom!" Oh dear. Can't we all just ride the carousel together as a family?!
Somehow in the midst of sheer boy excitement (clearly before I could come to my senses!), I had reluctantly agreed to their request and found myself on this thing:
Somebody help me. Who knew my mouth was this big (don't answer that)? And why is no one else screaming (for all I know the ride hadn't even started yet – ha!)?! I told myself that I was pulling the natural "I'm here for ya, bud." mom-move when I grabbed hold of the two boy legs seated beside me, but between you and me, I was desperately reaching out for a little comfort for myself. Haha.
But guess what? I survived the ride that day. And I not only survived it, I actually enjoyed it!! Turns out my thinking was all wrong. Not all rides are as crazy as they seem, and a little effort on my part sure did go a long way in encouraging my fun-loving boys. We all left the fair that day pretty pumped up that we had accomplished something together ("Can you believe Mom actually rode that thing??"), and even a little more connected than we were when we arrived. And it was worth every bit of the "sacrifice" it took to get me out of my comfort zone.
Now fair rides are not for everyone, that's for sure. But connectedness in the body of Christ is. In case there's any doubt, we've had repeated reminders about unity in the body since we started Ephesians (… anyone ever told you that if the Bible repeats something, it's probably worth paying extra attention to??). And I have to wonder when we struggle with the unity that Paul speaks of in Ephesians 4, if we've held on to some wrong thinking for far too long:
Have we hidden behind our own preferences instead of agreeing on truth (remember that much of what we get "stuck" on isn't even biblical thinking!)?
Do we rely on the same convenient excuses year after year?
If we were willing to bend just a little on the negotiables, could God use us more effectively?
Could God be calling us to get out of our comfort zones in order to be an encouragement to someone in need?
Are we plain just letting fear get in the way?
Unity in our relationships is not always easy. In fact, let's be honest… sometimes it is the last thing we want to do! But Paul is calling us to maturity. To focus on what really matters. To remember that we are all on level ground at the foot of the cross.
"…I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.
3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."
Ephesians 4:1-3
And here's the amazing thing: when we finally let go of "our way" and submit to practicing unity the way God intended?
Freedom comes.
Is it time for you to let go of something that has hindered unity, so that you can start enjoying the ride?
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Alumnus West chasing Olympic dream
What started as a whim while watching the 2010 Winter Olympics has transformed into a worldwide whirlwind for Baker University alumnus Greg West, '09, as he chases his dream of representing the United States in the 2014 Games next February in Sochi, Russia.
Gentle prodding and a challenge three years ago from friends prompted West to log onto the USA Bobsled and Skeleton website to learn more about the Olympic sport of skeleton. Racers speed down a track head first with their chin a sliver above the ice, averaging 70 miles per hour.
"While watching the skeleton competition, my buddies said, 'Hey, Greg, you should give that a try,'" said West, who majored in sports administration and is from Springfield, Mo. "I Googled skeleton racing, completed an online recruitment form and did not think a thing about it until a few weeks later when I received an email from a USA skeleton coach who thought I had the attributes to give the skeleton a try."
Just beginning his first real job for a marketing company in Pensacola, Fla., and less than a year removed from his college days, West dropped everything, bought a plane ticket and plunked down $800 to attend skeleton school. Relying on personal savings, odd jobs and small contributions has sustained the self-funded athlete. West, always looking for more resources to assist his pursuit of his Olympic dream, raced internationally with Team USA six weeks into his newfound passion and has competed in the European Cup, Intercontinental Cup and World Cup, spanning Germany, Austria, France, Norway and Latvia in addition to the United States.
He receives his mail at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., where he will soon prepare for the trials with a regimen of weight lifting, deep squats, power clean snatches and sprint workouts.
"The coaches were looking for explosive athletes who played football, soccer and rugby," said West, who noted he was a former Wildcat football player on his registration form. "The skeleton coaches prefer athletes who have completed some college or have a degree. If you think you can show up for tryouts and will be in the Olympics you are mistaken. A high percentage of us won't go to the Games and they want to make sure you have something to fall back on."
Already qualified to compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials in October, West is ranked ninth nationally. He is challenging for one of the three U.S. skeleton spots for the Games.
"The goal is to keep a clear mind over the next few months and eliminate distractions," he said. "I have to peak mentally and athletically in preparation for the Games. I think coming from behind in the rankings is lot easier than holding onto a spot because you have nothing to lose."
West depends on his days at Baker to prepare mentally. He remembers the message in Kathy Allen's sports psychology class in which the inverted-U theory was discussed.
"I apply that class to my daily life," he said. "You have to map the stimulus and activity level. If you are not very stimulated you will not have a good performance. If you are overstimulated, your performance will drop off. The more relaxed I am the better I will be."
Realizing that plenty of work and preparation remain in anticipation of the Trials, West has thought about possibly making Team USA. He recently watched "The Rookie" and recalled the moment when the lead character phoned his family and informed his wife that he needed a sport coat sent to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, for his first game in the majors.
"If I make it, the most satisfying part will be calling my family and telling them you have to get a plane ticket for Sochi," he said, holding back emotion. "Walking in the opening ceremonies, standing in the starting blocks and representing Team USA would be mind blowing."
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Cher has announced on Twitter that she is working on writing and starring in an autobiographical Broadway show. "Prods. R writing mucial [sic] now about my life with my music," reads the initial post, revealing that the musical will track three different versions of Cher throughout the singer's life. "I'm help.2 write cause i was there & know stories that no1 knows but me," she follows. Cher's character will appear as a young singer through the Sonny and Cher era, then as a solo artist from the late Seventies through her Believe tour in 1999, and finally as a present-day incarnation looking back on her life, career and earlier versions of herself.
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. —
A Chesapeake judge has ruled that the Department of Motor Vehicles shouldn't have a revoked an Army veteran's license plate that it said was offensive.
Sean Bujno's personalized plate, "ICUHAJI," was revoked last year because the DMV said it could be interpreted as socially, racially, or ethically offensive or disparaging.
The plate can be read as "I see you, Haji." Haji is a derogatory term used by U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan to refer to Arab people.
The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/XpPYID ) Circuit Court Judge John W. Brown said that if the state lets people praise religion or ethnicity on their license plates, it also must let them denigrate them. The DMV apparently was responding to a complaint when it revoked the plates after four years, Brown said.
"There are going to be people who will disagree with this opinion and there will be people who support it, but that is the beauty of this country," said Andrew D. Meyer, an attorney for Bujno.
The DMV must now either return the license plate or find a permissible reason to keep them from Bujno.
A spokeswoman for the DMV told the newspaper that the department is still reviewing the judge's 14-page opinion and that no decisions have been made.
Meyer said the plates weren't intended to be offensive and that the term 'Haji' is also an honorific term for a person who has made a pilgrimage to Mecca, or the "hajj."


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Terwilliger honored with ACA Award
Tom Terwilliger of LANL's Biosecurity and Public Health group is the recipient of the Trueblood Award from the American Crystallographic Association(ACA), presented at the organization's annual meeting.
In announcing Terwilliger's selection, the ACA noted in its newsletter that "the ACA Trueblood Award recognizes exceptional achievement in computational or chemical crystallography. Thomas C. Terwilliger has made brilliant contributions to the community of crystallographers through his software that permits the near-automatic determination of molecular structures. His deep understanding of chemical crystallography, statistics, and computer codes has enabled him to produce a string of programs that have helped to transform the field of macromolecular structure determination. Tom has been selected for this award partly because he fits the Trueblood model of generosity and service, but even more because of his brilliant contributions to crystallographic computing."
Notable achievements
Terwilliger obtained a doctorate at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellow and a Presidential Young Investigator before joining Los Alamos in 1991. His research focuses on structural genomics—a field he helped to create—in which the three-dimensional shapes of proteins are determined to provide a foundation for understanding biology. The Trueblood Award recognizes his development of the SOLVE/RESOLVE software, the world's first completely automated procedure to determine the shapes of proteins by analyzing the diffraction of X-rays from protein crystals. The publication for SOLVE (with coauthor Joel Berendzen of Physics (P) Division) has been cited over 2,800 times, RESOLVE has over 2,000 citations, and PHENIX (another software) has over 2,100 citations. Terwilliger is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallographic Association and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
About the American Crystallographic Association
The American Crystallographic Association, Inc. is a nonprofit, scientific organization of over 2,200 members in more than 60 countries. The Association promotes interactions among scientists who study the structure of matter at atomic (or near atomic) resolution. The Trueblood award is established in memory of Professor Kenneth N. Trueblood of UCLA, who was a major force in the early use of computers and the development of crystallographic computer programs. The ACA presents the award every three years.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 18, 2010) – Tickets for the first two U.S. stops of the 2010 FIVB World League men's volleyball tournament will go on sale Friday and Monday.
Tickets for the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team match against Egypt on June 18-19 (7 p.m. both days) at Cabarrus Arena and Events Center in Concord, N.C., will go on sale through Ticketmaster at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday (March 19).
The U.S. Men's National Team is ranked No. 2 in the world by the FIVB. Egypt is ranked 14th.
Ticket prices for the Egypt matches will be:
General Admission: $15Reserved Seating: $25Groups (20-plus): $8 Seniors (Age 60-plus): $8 USA Volleyball Member and Military: $10
"The Cabarrus Arena staff is pleased to be working with the Cabarrus CVB and USA Volleyball in presenting this world class event," said Frank Lapsley, general manager of the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center. "We look forward to hosting these great athletes and welcoming volleyball fans from our community and throughout the region for two nights of competition."
Tickets for the U.S. Men's match against Finland on June 25-26 (7 p.m. both days) at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill., will go on sale on Monday (March 22) at 10 a.m. CDT. Tickets will be available at the Sears Centre Arena Box Office, online at www.searscentre.com or by calling 888-SEARSTIX (732-7784).
Finland is ranked 30th in the world.
Ticket prices for the Finland matches will be:
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Tickets are already on sale for the U.S. Men's World League match against No. 3-ranked Russia on July 9 at 7 p.m. and July 10 at 6 p.m. at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.
Tickets are available by going to the www.goshockers.com or by calling 316-978-3267.
The U.S. Men placed sixth in World League in 2009, one year after winning the event heading into the Olympic Games.
The FIVB World League is an elite, annual international volleyball competition in which the world's best teams are placed into four pools of four teams and play an Intercontinental Round for six consecutive weekends from June 4 to July 10. Each country's team has a home-and-home series with the other three teams in its pool. Winners from each pool qualify for the Final Round held July 21-25 in Cordoba, Argentina, along with the host country and the best second-place team in pool play.
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Hugo Chavez: Transformational From the Beginning
Hints of the Chavez to come are evident in U.S. News's coverage of his first electoral victory.
Hugo Chavez, the late Venezuelan president, inherited a broken country when he won his 1998 election. As U.S. News wrote at the time, the country elected the fiery populist on a mandate of change, something Chavez delivered in radical doses throughout his 15-year rule.
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Reporter Linda Robinson's observations of the newly-elected Chavez hold true today. "His stump speeches were full of inflammatory rhetoric and contradictory declarations, but he has backed off threats to renege on Venezuela's foreign debt and restrict outside investment," Robinson wrote. Inflammatory rhetoric and contradictory declarations turned out not to be mere campaign tools, and neither were threats to restrict outside investment.
As for contradictions, Chavez was a socialist, a social welfare proponent, a self-proclaimed man of the people. At the same time, he was fond of flying around the country in a $65 million private plane and under his reign consumerism flourished in Venezuela—it has among the highest rates of scotch whiskey consumption per capita and imports vast quantities of luxury items for its relatively small population.
His penchant for "inflammatory rhetoric" is well-documented. He called George W. Bush "a drunk," "a donkey," "Gringo," and "the devil," said the United Nations "smelled of sulfur," and was fond of telling world leaders to "go to hell."
He followed up on his campaign promises to limit investment as well. Chavez nationalized much of the country's oil, kicked out American ambassadors, frequently scared away foreign investors, and seized many foreign assets in the country.
Through all of it, Chavez maintained a strong connection to the people of Venezuela, as was evident from the beginning.
"You are the future owners of Venezuela," he shouted to jubilant supporters who poured into the streets on election night wearing the red Army berets that are his movement's trademark.
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"People voted for a profound transformation, and they will have one," Chavez told reporters after his victory.
Chavez followed up on this promise too. For better or worse, he did bring profound transformation to the country and the people who voted for him. Many of those same supporters crowd the streets this week to grieve his death.
From Prisoner to President
By Linda Robinson
Corruption-weary Venezuelans elect a former coup plotter
CARACAS, VENEZUELA—Few economies have ever been as phenomenally mismanaged as Venezuela's. This South American country has the largest oil reserves outside the Middle East, yet three quarters of its people live in poverty. The economy is shrinking, many foreign investors have fled, and plunging oil prices have now pushed the nation to the brink of bankruptcy. Last week Venezuelans punished those they blame for this state of affairs, two political parties that have governed for 40 years. "People feel robbed," said Alibeth Acosta as she lined up to vote. While she is a college graduate, her $226 monthly salary doesn't begin to cover the bare cost of living, which the government estimates at $382 per month.
Turning their backs on traditional politicians, the voters chose as their new president a former lieutenant colonel who led a coup attempt six years ago, the fiery 44-year-old populist Hugo Chávez Frías. "You are the future owners of Venezuela," he shouted to jubilant supporters who poured into the streets on election night wearing the red Army berets that are his movement's trademark. "People voted for a profound transformation, and they will have one," Chávez told reporters after his victory.
Just what kind of transformation Chávez will bring, however, is not clear. His stump speeches were full of inflammatory rhetoric and contradictory declarations, but he has backed off threats to renege on Venezuela's foreign debt and restrict outside investment. Adversaries portray him as a radical leftist or a dictator in the making, but last week Chávez promised: "I'm going to show the world that I'm not a tyrant, much less a devil." He now says Venezuela will pay its debts, though it will seek to reschedule them so that they will not eat up one third of the budget in the next few years.
Oil. Washington is watching anxiously, because Venezuela is the No. 1 supplier of oil to the United States. Business leaders in both countries are particularly concerned by Chávez's vow on election night to redirect resources from the state-owned oil company to social programs. "You don't play with the crown jewel," says Antonio Herrera-Vaillant, vice president of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce.
With oil prices at a 12-year low, Chávez opposes the current policy of investing, with foreign help, to double Venezuela's oil production. Opponents call him shortsighted, arguing that the state oil company should try to increase its market share and that prices eventually will rise. But neither Chávez nor the Venezuelan people have much patience left. Having won nearly 60 percent of the vote, he has a clear mandate from a nation desperate for change.
Chávez's popularity has grown steadily since he tried to overthrow a discredited government. After he led a tank assault on the presidential palace in 1992, people from across the political spectrum came to visit him in jail. His early supporters included businessmen Carlos Enrique Tinoco, who has been trying to calm fears in Washington and on Wall Street, and Luís Miquilena, a Communist who was jailed under Venezuela's 1950s dictatorship. Miquilena, the éminence grise of the Chávez movement, has been painted as a revolutionary, but he praises Tony Blair's "third way" and argues modestly for agricultural tariffs. "Our adversaries fear their crimes will be uncovered, so they satanize us," he says.
Pardoned in 1994, Chávez formed a nationalist movement and styled himself as a modern version of Simon Bolivar, the hero who liberated South America from Spanish rule. Many Venezuelans buy the parallel, seeing his recourse to violence as justified. "Whether it was good or bad to spill blood, it was a spark that woke people up," says Maria Angulo, a mother of four. "Chávez is going to remake Congress, which is where the filthy mess is."
Graft. Many Venezuelans explain their country's dire straits with a single word: corruption. Transparency International, a worldwide monitoring group, ranks the country among the worst offenders. Exaggerating only slightly, political consultant Eric Eckvall says "all scandals" in Venezuela involve "$50 million and up." Two former presidents—and their mistresses—have been charged with embezzlement, and a former director of the customs service estimates that 80 percent of duties go uncollected because of bribes. Thus, it is little wonder that retired military officers and socialists alike rallied behind Chávez's vow to "fry the heads" of political party bosses who divide the spoils.
But oil money has had an equally insidious effect: People have gotten used to government generosity and forgotten how to work. Productivity has fallen 30 percent since 1977. While the rest of Latin America has slashed state spending, the Venezuelan government employs 1 out of every 20 citizens. Even middle-ranking officials have expense accounts and chauffeurs to take their children to school. The epitome of unrealistic policies is the price of gasoline, fixed at 53 cents a gallon. Yet, when the government attempted to increase gas and transport prices in 1989, riots broke out.
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Chávez will have a hard time asking Venezuelans for more sacrifice after promising to raise the minimum wage. But the government is already facing a $5 billion budget deficit. Unemployment is 15 percent, and an estimated 50 percent of workers hold off-the-books jobs as street vendors, car washers, and the like. The upshot is that Chávez is "in a tough spot. He needs good advisers to squeeze out some money without killing the golden goose—oil," says George Landau, U.S. ambassador to Venezuela in the 1980s and later president of the Americas Society. "He's their last hope. We have to try to help him avoid disaster."
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The Interior secretary is the nation's top wildlife manager and federal landlord, managing 507 million acres, 600 dams and 68 percent of the nation's energy reserves.
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Cap and trade is dead in Washington, D.C., but a few states are hoping to limit emissions through the Western Climate Initiative.
The West has known extremist politics before, but we usually seem to end up tacking pretty close to the center.
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MONTGOMERY — All it took was one big hit, and that came off the bat of Katie Parr.
The junior third baseman smacked a one-out, 2-2 pitch from Scottsboro's Emily Oliver over the left field fence, sending Maleah Hargett home in front of her, as Hayden won a 2-0 decision in the winner's bracket finals of the AHSAA Class 5A State Softball Tournament.
Pitcher Caitlin Kirkland struck out four and scattered five hits, including one long ball from Glover's bat that almost cleared the center field fence.
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CARTHAGE, Mo. —
The holidays are traditionally a time of cheer. However, there are times when goodwill toward men stretches thin. Few stories better illustrate overcoming the holiday blues than "It's a Wonderful Life," playing for the first time at Stone's Throw Dinner Theatre.
"It's the first time we've ever offered 'It's a Wonderful Life,'" said Mark Sponaugle, assistant director. "We do a traditional Christmas show, and we had a rotation of other shows that we did, and we added this this year for something different."
Sponaugle said that "Wonderful Life" would draw in a more diverse crowd of children and adults, as opposed to some of the plays aimed toward children, such as "Best Christmas Pageant Ever."
"Our other shows that we have in our rotation have been 'Best Christmas Pageant Ever,' 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Miracle on 34th Street,'" Sponaugle said. "I suggested this one. I'm on the production committee, and I said 'Well, what's wrong with doing 'It's a Wonderful Life'? It's a great movie. Everyone loves Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. It would be different."
Sponaugle said the cast of 30 consists of residents of Webb City, Joplin, Carthage and other places in the region. The cast began rehearsing for the show in October, with auditions that began shortly after the Maple Leaf Parade.
Sponaugle directs the show alongside co-directors Betty Bell and Pam White. He said the story, set in post-war America, remains relevant.
"For me, I think the story of 'It's a Wonderful Life,' even though the movie and the play take place in the mid-1940s, that story line is still prevalent today," Sponaugle said. "It's important that everyone realizes that they do touch another person's life -- whether it's people they work with or their families -- they touch so many lives, and they don't even know it."
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Stone's Throw Dinner Theatre will present "It's a Wonderful Life" at 7:30 p.m. today, Saturday and Thursday through Saturday, Dec. 15. Sunday matinees on Dec. 9 and 16 will be shown at 2 p.m. The theater is located at 3466 W. Old Route 66 Blvd. in Carthage. Dinner will be served during each show. Tickets cost $22 for adults. Details: 417-358-9665.


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On Sunday, October 12, Dr. Everett Van De Voort and his family donated photographs taken during his service in WWII to the current Commander of his former squadron, the 30th Reconnaissance Squadron of the United States Air Force. Lt. Colonel Jeremy Zadel will be receiving the photographs. Van De Voort is a long time resident of Plainfield and former superintendent of the Plainfield School District 202. Van De Voort's medals from the war, pictures from his time spent overseas while enlisted and various other memorabilia were present for the ceremony, which took place at the First United Methodist Church of Plainfield at noon.
Van De Voort, or "Van" as many call him, is 93 years old and currently resides at Lakewood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Plainfield. Born in Pella, Iowa, he had dreams of becoming a high school superintendent. Van De Voort began studying economics in 1939, with rumblings of WWII beginning in Europe, he began taking administration classes. Just two months shy of graduation, he was officially drafted.
After a short stint at an Air Force base in Clearwater Beach, Fla., Van De Voort was shipped to administration school in Denver. Eight weeks later, Van De Voort was posted to a supply position. He was responsible for cataloging and sending equipment to soldiers in Europe and Japan. His unique position also required he work in photo reconnaissance. While in Germany, Van De Voort observed much of the allied movement through the lens of his camera; concentration camps, invasions, and military life interactions. His photographs taken during this time are the ones donated during the ceremony last Sunday. Upon discharge from the Air Force on Dec. 7, 1945, he returned home to substitute teach at his high school in Pella and to finish his bachelor's degree.
Van De Voort married Vera Cannaday in 1947 and pursued his master's degree at Drake University. After graduating in 1951, he soon became the superintendent of a district in central Iowa. While working on his doctorate at Illinois State University, Van De Voort served as the Superintendent in Dwight from 1963-1967. After moving to Plainfield, IL in 1970, Van De Voort took a position as Dean of Arts and Sciences at JJC from 1970 to 1977. From 1977-1987 he was Director of Community College Relations at NIU, during which time he also served on the Plainfield School Board.
Dr. Everett Van De Voort has six children, Jerry Van De Voort (wife Shelley), Dr. Debi Mink (husband Chuck), David Van De Voort (wife Pat), Andy Van De Voort (wife Debbie), Nancy Cryder (husband Sam), and Greg Van De Voort – retired from the Marine Corps as a Master Gunnery Sergeant, with wife Binnie, retired from the Marine Corps as a Lt. Colonel. He also enjoys time with his 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren.


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PORTLAND – A Motown music legend is in Portland for two nights to reunite with drummer Mel Brown.
Superstar Martha Reeves told KGW Portland is where she first heard Mel perform. Then, she encouraged him to come play with her in Detroit.
Reeves is in town for two shows Thursday night at Jimmy Mak's. It's a chance for her to reunite with former Motown drummer and Portland icon Mel Brown.
They helped define what was called the "Sound of Young America," that the world has since embraced.
"I prayed to sing. From a family of meager means, being told by so many people, 'Oh, you can't,' or 'You don't," or 'You couldn't." I proved them all wrong," Reeves said. "It was a good time. Life was just so simple," Brown added.
It's music history on stage. Reeves said she first performed in the Rose City in 1962 when, along with The Vandellas, they were "Dancing in the streets," even if they had "Nowhere to run."
The pair will be on stage Thursday night at Jimmy Mak's in the Pearl at 7:30 p.m. and then again at 10 p.m.


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Union Baptist Cemetery is tucked away in a quiet spot off Cleves-Warsaw Road in Covedale. It's the oldest Baptist African-American cemetery in Cincinnati, run by the oldest black Baptist congregation in the city.
It's also a monument to about 120 free black men. During the Civil War, they took up arms and fought as soldiers against a Confederate army that would have kept their people in bondage.
Cincinnati's Horseshoe Casino will be the first venue in Ohio to host a World Series of Poker circuit event.
The 12-day tournament begins September 19 and runs through September 30.
Casino General Manager Kevin Kline anticipates 8,000 people will compete.
"Poker players will be traveling in from all over the country. We expect this to be a great feeder event," says Kline. "We expect (hotel) rooms to get filled up."
A Cincinnati Council Member wants to expand a pilot program that requires banks to register their foreclosed properties with the city. Right now it's being used in East and West Price Hill, Westwood, College Hill and Madisonville. P.G. Sittenfeld said it has worked and the program is self-sustaining. He said banks are taking better care of the properties they own and the fees are generating enough revenue to pay for it.
John J. "Jack" Gilligan, the former Ohio governor who passed away Monday at age 92, was many things in his long life.
An unabashed, unapologetic liberal, seemingly oblivious to whether or not it cost or gained him votes.
A war hero, earning the Silver Star while serving on board a destroyer during the battle of Okinawa.
A young man who came home from the war, worked in the family funeral business, and went on to teach literature at Xavier University before launching his career in politics.
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited Glen Cove Monday to announce new federal legislation that would offer grants for the revitalization of waterfront Brownfield sites in communities like Glen Cove.
"It's sites like this that saw some of the worst economic times," said Gillibrand of former industrial locations like the nearby Li Tungsten site, which went defunct as manufacturing evolved and left behind polluted production facilities.
Standing at the future site of the city's ferry terminal, close to several Brownfield superfund sites that have been mostly remediated, she called on government to assist communities with such picturesque waterfront properties and all their economic potential - communities whose waterfronts attracted environmentally damaging production because of the access to shipping.
"Now it's up to Congress to do our part and put the legislation in place," said Gillibrand, who is a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
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The Waterfront Brownfields Revitalization Act would provide competitive grants for as much as $500,000 to eligible public entities and nonprofits that apply. It would also establish a task force commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the purpose of examining existing and potential funding and easing the process of making it happen.
The act would authorize $220 million each fiscal year between 2013-2017.
Glen Cove Mayor Ralph Suozzi said the legislation would be a help to communities like his which are dealing with the leftovers of their industrial pasts.
"We did not create these problems, but it is we who are tasked with remediating them. This will help reverse almost a century's worth of environmental damage," he said.
Eric Alexander of Vision Long Island, an organization that works for "smart growth" of local communities, said in a statement: "Direct incentives are needed to revitalize LI's vacant waterfront properties. We are hopeful that the legislation advanced by Senator Gillibrand will move us past planning stages and towards redevelopment."
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Carr V. Van Anda Biography
Carr Van Anda was born on December 2, 1864 in Georgetown, Ohio, the son of Frederick and Mariah (Davis) Van Anda. After his mother's death and his father's remarriage the family moved to Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1880, at age sixteen, Van Anda entered Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he studied for two years. During college he worked as a correspondent for newspapers in Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Van Anda left Ohio University and returned to Wapakoneta. He became a foreman on the weekly Auglaize Republican. This provided him with invaluable experience in the mechanical aspects of newspaper work. In 1883 he landed a job as a typesetter on The Cleveland Herald, which eventually merged with The Plain Dealer. His reporting skills were recognized and he was promoted to telegraph editor. In 1886 he went to work for the Cleveland Evening Argus which soon folded. At the young age of 22 he moved to Baltimore and landed the important position of night editor on the Baltimore Sun, but Van Anda was lured by the dream of working in New York. On March 12, 1888 he was hired as a reporter/copy editor on the New York Sun. Van Anda became the night editor on January 1, 1893.
Van Anda's legendary 21 year career as the active managing editor of the New York Times began February 14, 1904. Adolph S. Ochs had purchased the floundering paper in 1896. Ochs was financially supportive of Van Anda's efforts to build the finest news gathering organization in the world. As managing editor Van Anda still kept the hours of a night editor, coming to work early in the afternoon, taking a break for dinner around six and staying at the office until the paper was put to bed in the early morning hours. Under Van Anda's leadership the Times was the first paper to print news of the Titanic sinking, won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of World War I, gave unprecedented attention to scientific topics, such as Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and in 1923 tied up the only phone line to the rural village in Vermont where Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as president of the United States. Van Anda is credited with developing the Times as a newspaper of record.
In February 1925, due to ill health, Van Anda took a leave of absence from the Times. In 1932 he officially retired. On January 29, 1945 Carr Van Anda died at age 80. The Ohio University School of Journalism established its Carr Van Anda Award for highest distinction in journalism in his honor in 1968.
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The man who re-invented disaster coverage
By Roy Peter Clark, Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute
My old friend Howell Raines is doing a fine job leading The New York Times through one of the most important stories in memory.
A strong case could be made that the inventor of full-speed-ahead, story-of-the decade coverage was a cigar-smoking, hand-wringing legend named Carr Vattel Van Anda, known in the Times newsroom as V.A. or Boss.
Born in Ohio in 1864, Van Anda worked for the New York Sun for 16 years, but was persuaded to switch to the Times by its publisher, Adolph Ochs. Together Ochs and Van Anda created the sober and comprehensive approach to news that turned the paper into a beacon.
All of this is recorded in a wonderful book, "The Story of The New York Times," by one of its greatest writers, the late Meyer Berger, who chronicles the paper's first century, 1851-1951. Van Anda emerges as one of the book's odd heroes, nowhere more powerfully than in the story of his spearheading the Titanic coverage.
The date was Sunday, April 14, 1912, and V.A. was working his usual shift, past midnight and into the early morning hours. A sleepy news cycle turned electric when an alarm was sounded out of the copy room. The A.P. bulletin read: "At 10:25 o'clock tonight the White Star Line steamship Titanic called 'CQD' to the Marconi station here, and reported having struck an iceberg. The steamer said that immediate assistance was required."
Evaluating the early evidence, Van Anda smelled a disaster and geared his troops up for balls-to-the-wall coverage. While editors at other papers prepared cautious announcements reminding readers of the ship's unsinkable reputation, Van Anda prepared for the worst. A first-edition package of stories was prepared, contained images of the ship and its captain, a list of notable people on board, stories of recent near-misses of ships with icebergs, a history of ships that had been lost as a result of such encounters. The news staff cranked out as many "short takes" as possible with details of the disaster, copy boys running around the newsroom snatching them out of typewriters.
The following headline ran across the front page:
The achievement of that first day would be impressive enough, but Berger's history highlights what happened next. Berger calls it "the ultimate in disaster news coverage." Under Van Anda's direction, city editor Arthur Greaves mobilized every available reporter. The Carpathia was due into port carrying more than 700 survivors of the disaster. Only four reporters from each paper would be allowed on board, and then only after all the survivors had disembarked. "Van Anda was in quite a frenzy. The whole story would have to be gathered, assembled and in type within the three hours between the Carpathia arrival at 9:30 p.m. and first-edition time at 12:30 a.m., and he was ready to devote almost the entire Friday Times to it."
Here were the elements of Van Anda's plan:
* Pay for a whole floor in a hotel near where the ship would come into port.
* Install four telephones at the hotel connected to Times rewrite desk.
* Send 16 reporters to the pier with only four passes. Reporters without passes would work the docks, getting as close to survivors as possible.
* Assign the main stories to the four reporters with passes.
* Instruct reporters to rush to the hotel for debriefing by rewrite men, and re-assignment.
The city editor assigned a list of specific stories: "A man to write a general piece on the Carpathia's arrival. A man to write arrangements for survivor relief. Three men to make rounds of midtown hotels to reach survivors not available at the pier. A man to cover the tugboats sent to escort the Carpathia up the river. A reporter to cover crowds. Another to cover police arrangements."
There was one key source, and the Times had to get to him. His name was Harold Bride, and he was the wireless operator on the rescue ship. It was Bride who received the messages from the sinking vessel. It was he who would have the full inside story. But the authorities on the ship and dock were keeping reporters at bay. Who could break the logjam? Van Anda wondered.
V.A. sent a reporter to find Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the wireless and one of the world's great communications entrepreneurs. The reporter would eventually be mistaken for Marconi's manager, and the two were escorted aboard the Carpathia, where they milked the exhausted and awe-struck Mr. Bride for the greatest story of its day.
Friday morning's edition contained 15 pages of coverage (out of 24). The headline read:
Berger expresses affection for this "quiet lead" by Endicott Rich:
"In a clear starlit night that showed a clear deep blue sea for miles and miles, the Titanic, an hour after she had struck a submerged iceberg at full speed, head-on, sank slowly to her ocean grave.
"Her band, lined on deck, was playing pleasant music as she sank in full view of the boatloads of her wretched survivors, and those left of her passengers and crew -- fully two-thirds-stood quietly resigned on deck awaiting the final plunge."
Berger offers an enduring writing lesson: "These subdued lines had incredible emotional impact, and most of the other stories were pitched in the same low key. Stark fact, simply told, was more powerful than any purple writing."
There is nothing new under the sun, or in The Sun, or in the Times, for that matter. As we perfect our craft, we all stand on the shoulders of giants, including many, like Carr Van Anda, who have been lost to the passing of years, but whose legacy of innovation and excellence created a standard and a set of routines that make the achievements of our time imaginable.
Note: Carr Van Anda studied at Ohio University prior to the establishment of a journalism program. He left Ohio University after two years of study in the sciences to take on the editorship of his hometown newspaper. Eventually, he became managing editor of the New York Times. In 1968 the JSchool established the Carr Van Anda Award in his honor, to recognize individuals who consistently achieve high journalistic standards.


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Thanksgiving week is shaping up to be beautiful with the high temperature each day expected to be in the high 50s.
Forecasters are also predicting sunny skies with light wind and no precipitation. The only chance for rain this week appears to be on Friday.
Check out your weather forecast for Bridgeville, Collier, Heidelberg, Mt. Lebanon, Scott Township and South Fayette by click on the National Weather Service's link.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind.
Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.
Thanksgiving Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.
Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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