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By Andrew Glover
WOODWARD, Okla. —
The Glencoe Panthers got off to a strong start at the Woodward Baseball Classic as they beat the Vici Indians 8-2 in the second round Thursday.
"We did pretty good," Glencoe coach Tony Cazzelle said. "We took care of business. Pitching-wise we are ok. We are kind of pitching by committee and only throw guys a couple of innings."
Ty Lazenby started and earned the win, throwing the first two innings and struck out four. J.K. Hadlock pitched the next three and gave up two hits while striking out six. Claytin Beaver finished the game, striking out two in two innings.
Helping the Panthers' cause offensively was Hadlock who went 2 for 4 with a double and an RBI and Beaver who hit a double and triple while scoring two runs.
The Panthers face the winner of Hammond and Cimarron at 6 p.m. Friday in the semifinals.
Pawnee splits first games of Hominy Tournament
HOMINY — The Pawnee Lady Black Bears split their first games of the Hominy Tournament as they lost a defensive game 2-0 to Keys and beat Tulsa Rogers 23-0.
In the first game Keys scored runs in the second and third innings to top Pawnee. Chrissie Collins started and took the loss — only pitching 1 1/3 innings. Hannah Burkett pitched the rest of the game. Pawnee coach Chad Tsotigh said Keys had a good small-ball game.
"They were bunting, slapping and doing everything they could to get the ball down," Tsotigh said. "Their pitcher was throwing us off with good off speed pitches. We left six people on base."
The Lady Black Bears' bats woke up in the second game as they struck for 17 runs in the first inning against Tulsa Rogers.
"It was the last game of the day and they only had nine players," Tsotigh said. "It was a tough game to coach. We made sure our girls were prepared to play. It was a no-win situation. We hit well but weren't too proud that we put up 23 runs in three innings."
Keely Roberts went 3 for 4. Haley Evens went 3 for 3. Tori Stevens got a hit and Burkett added two more hits. Collins went 3 for 3 with four RBIs. The Lady Black Bears were able to give some other girls playing time. Larra Tesertiller went 3 for 3, scored three runs and drove in four. Paige Moore got two hits and an RBI and Ryna Griffith got one hit and scored.
The Lady Black Bears play Choteau-Maize on Friday.
Ripley splits games in Asher Tournament
ASHER — The Lady Warriors started the day with a walk-off win against Vanoss but walked off the field on the wrong end of the scoreboard in their second game in an 11-1 loss to Asher.
Ripley fell behind 2-0 in the first game but cut the lead in half after one inning. A run in the second tied the game. Christa Axtell hit a single to win the game in the fourth inning — capping off a 2 for 2 performance with two steals and one run scored.
Skyler Brunt earned the win, only giving up two hits and one earned run while striking out two. Whitney Meeks also contributed offensively with two hits, two steals and two RBIs.
"It was good to get a win," Ripley coach Brent Meeks said. "We were on a skid earlier this week with losses to Oilton and Agra. It helped get them back on track. We only had one error and played defense like we should."
In the second game Asher was able to take advantage of Lady Warrior errors in the second and took a 6-0 lead and didn't look back. Wisper Lefthand scored Ripley's only run when she reached on a walk, stole second and scored on a single by Meeks.
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By Wendell Berry
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion—put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth? Go with your love to the fields. Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
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— Born July 4, 1917, in Goldthwaite, Texas to Clayton and Vera Wheeler Horton, Willie Retta Locklear succumbed to cancer June 28, 2013, in Denton, Texas.
Visitation will be held on Monday, July 1, 2013, from 6-8 p.m. at DeBerry Funeral Directors in Denton. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at 10 a.m. at the DeBerry Funeral Directors Chapel with Bob Bentley officiating. Burial will follow later that day at 4 p.m. in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Goldthwaite, Texas.
At the time of her death, she was living in Denton, having moved there from Weatherford in 2003. A member of the Singing Oaks Church of Christ in Denton, she was known to possess a sweet and kindly disposition. She was a woman full of faith and had a servant's heart.
Willie Retta was formerly the wife of Harry Eldon Andrews, of Brownwood, who perished in a house fire in Brownwood in 1935. Following his death, Willie Retta returned to Goldthwaite to live with her parents. In November of the same year, she gave birth to her only child, Harry Eldon Andrews, Jr.
She married Wayne Locklear of Goldthwaite in 1938. They had been married 58 years at the time of his death in 1996.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her two sisters, Mary Katherine DuPuy and Guelda Lee Lemons; and by her husband, E. Wayne Locklear.
She is survived by a son, Harry Eldon (Tom) Andrews-Locklear and his wife, Nancy Bailey Locklear, of Denton; three grandchildren, Andrew Locklear, Bonnie Mockler, and Penny Ruth Riley; five great grandchildren, Brandon Wayne Locklear, Bailey Locklear, Madison Mockler, Seth Mockler, and Mollie Rose Riley; and by nephews, Gerald Lemons, Harold Dean Lemons, Larry DuPuy and Don Reese DuPuy.
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They have sent letters, called, emailed, went to his office and even approached him in person, but according to the members of the Florida Consumer Action Network, or FCAN, they still have not heard from local U.S. Congressman C.W. Bill Young.
On Tuesday evening outside a private fundraiser for Young at 900 Park St. N, around two dozen protesters gathered not in hopes of speaking with Young, but to influence others to vote for Young's opponent, Jessica Ehrlich.
"I don't think we're going to be able to get a response from him," protester Bill Hurley said. "I think the only thing we can do is replace him and put someone in there that will listen to people and what we have to say.
"A lot of our citizens are apathetic, (so) we'll do it for them," Hurley said of why the group continues protest despite failing to meet Young. "We hope they go to the voting booth in November and replace Bill Young with Jessica Ehrlich."
On Wednesday, Ehrlich released a statement regarding Young and a recent story in the Tampa Bay Times where he claimed he was being stalked and that his home had been burglarized.
"I am deeply relieved to learn Congressman Young and his family have not suffered any physical harm following reports his home has been allegedly burglarized over the past several years. And I have faith the Indian Shores police department will continue their thorough investigation. Following the attack on Rep. Giffords, nothing can be taken lightly."
However, I am disturbed by several comments made by Congressman Young in today's story. The Congressman acknowledged he is 'more on guard' after he was 'recently caught on video' telling a voter who asked him a question about raising the minimum wage to 'get a job'. He also said he is 'not used to this kind of personal treatment' and claimed he was being 'stalked'."
With all due respect to Congressman Young, I think he is confusing voters legitimately inquiring about his stances on important issues with being 'stalkers'. Thousands of Floridians saw the video of Congressman Young telling a young man repeatedly to 'get a job' after he respectfully asked Young a question. Further, Young, in another incident 'caught on video', walked away from a military veteran asking him a question about our treatment of America's returning military heroes."
For Pat Erickson, even if Young decided to speak FCAN, at this point her mind is made up for the Nov. 6 election.
"Bill Young, we have tried several times to contact him," Erickson said. "We went to his office, he couldn't see us. We wanted to talk to him about minimum wage, we wanted him to talk about the Ryan (budget). We to just talk to him and he never showed up, kind of like he did at the debate.
"There isn't a whole lot he can say to me to change my mind now because he's turned us down so many time when we've tried to see him," Erickson added. "I think he should retire and enjoy life."


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School Ties: Deanna Slamans Helps Underprivileged Kids
As a houseparent at the Milton Hershey School, Deanna Slamans has one of the fullest of full-time jobs. In addition to raising her own two children, she's essentially a mom to 12 underprivileged boys, just a few of the 1,800 at-risk children who each year receive a free education and housing at the facility, based in Hershey, Pennsylvania. But Slamans couldn't be happier to work at the very place that transformed her life years earlier.
She arrived at Milton Hershey at age 13 with as rough a background as any of her current students. When Slamans was 7, her mom committed suicide. Her dad wasn't in the picture, so she and her siblings moved in with their aunt. The neighborhood was dangerous, however, so her aunt decided the kids would be better off at Milton Hershey.
To Slamans the school was heaven. She lived in a safe, chaos-free home with houseparents who loved her. "I finally saw what I'd been missing," she says. "When you live with poverty, unhealthy relationships, and injustice, you think that's all there is in the world."
It wasn't until she met her husband, Andy, at age 20 that Slamans was inspired to return to Milton Hershey, this time as an employee. When she took Andy on a school tour, he was so moved that he suggested they become houseparents after they wed. "I thought, 'What better person for the job than someone who has shared these children's experiences?'" Slamans says.
Today she is back on campus and living in a huge suburban-style home with Andy, their kids, and 12 teen boys. The couple provide the boys with meals, homework help, emotional support, and much more. Her days are packed with chores ("I once fried 20 pounds of chicken for one meal!") and lessons (she homeschools her kids) as well as fun stuff like cheering on the boys at their soccer and football games.
It's not a simple life, but Slamans loves making a difference. Her former students often call her, sharing good news about college graduation, marriage, and children. "For me," she says, "seeing the kids continue to succeed as adults is the best reward of all."This Month's Challenge
Here are simple ways you can provide children with a better future:
-- Read to kids on Read Across America Day, March 2. It's Dr. Seuss's birthday, so why not bring Horton Hears a Who! or The Cat in the Hat to a local elementary school?
-- Donate school supplies to classrooms in need via our giving page at donorschoose.org. Access it by clicking the link at LHJ.com/dogood.
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MADRID (MarketWatch) -- European stock markets traded flat to slightly higher on Thursday, with support coming from much-better-than-expected trade data from China. But investors were on the sidelines ahead of European Central Bank and Bank of England meetings and as U.S. earnings season gets underway. The Stoxx Europe 600 index /quotes/zigman/2380150/delayed XX:SXXP -0.60% rose 0.1% to 288.54, with shares of Marks & Spencer Group PLC /quotes/zigman/298234/delayed UK:MKS -0.51% off over 4% and leading on the downside after the retailer reported a drop in same-store sales. The FTSE 100 index /quotes/zigman/3173262/delayed UK:UKX -0.64% was flat at 6,103.11, while the German DAX 30 index /quotes/zigman/2380246/delayed DX:DAX -0.62% was flat at 7,724.74 and the French CAC 40 index /quotes/zigman/3173214/delayed FR:PX1 -0.70% fell 0.1% to 3,711.97.
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Research Scholars & Research Faculty
Research Scholars
Jay Atkinson
B.A. Oregon State University (religious studies, 1975)
A.M University of Chicago (divinity, 1977)
D.Min. Meadville Lombard Theological School (1979)
The Rev. Dr. Jay Atkinson retired in June 2011 from thirty-two years of service in Unitarian Universalist parish ministry. During those years he served also on the adjunct faculties of Morningside College (1985), Starr King School (1994, 1999, 2006), and Meadville Lombard (2003), and was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Process Studies in Claremont in 1996.
Dr. Atkinson has published "Religious Tolerance and Social Concord in the Unitarian and Universalist Traditions" [Ideas of Concord and Discord in Selected World Religions, vol. 2 in Research in Human Social Conflict, ed. Joseph B. Gittler (Greenwich, Conn: JAI Press, 2000), 385-426] and "Engaged Dissent Among the Polish Brethren" [The Role of the Dissenter in Western Christianity: From Jesus Through the 16th Century, ed. Alicia McNary Forsey (Berkeley: Starr King, 2004), 85-96].
Presentations at scholarly conferences include "Religious Pluralism as a Response to Human Finitude: Christoff Ostorodt and the Polish Brethren" [Sixteenth-Century Studies Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 20-23 October 2005] and "The Church as a Self-Critical Learning Community: Some Sixteenth-Century Precursors of Creative Interchange in the Ecclesiology of the Polish Brethren," Ecclesiology Session, Sixth International Whitehead Conference, Universität Salzburg, Austria, 3-6 July 2006].
Dr. Atkinson's abiding interests are in UU History, economic justice, and process theology. His current scholarship focuses primarily on the epistemic ecclesiology of the Polish Brethren.
Charles Garfield
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, University of California at Berkeley
Dr. Charles Garfield has been recognized internationally as the founder of Shanti, a widely acclaimed volunteer organization, and the Shanti National Training Institute (SNTI). For over thirty-five years, he has pioneered the development of service oriented volunteer organizations and the training of volunteers in a wide variety of applications. For his work with Shanti and for originating the Shanti model of peer support, Garfield was named National Activist of the Year—one of America's highest awards to individuals making voluntary contributions in public service. He has also received recognition by cities and organizations large and small including a Mayor's Day in his honor in San Francisco and many others.
Dr. Garfield serves as Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California School of Medicine at San Francisco (UCSF). A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, he is currently a Visiting Scholar at Starr King School of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
Joanna Macy
Ph.D., Religious Studies, Syracuse University
Eco-philosopher Joanna Macy is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. A respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and ecology, she interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism. As the root teacher of the Work That Reconnects, she has created a ground-breaking theoretical framework for personal and social change, as well as a powerful workshop methodology for its application.
Her wide-ranging work addresses psychological and spiritual issues of the nuclear age, the cultivation of ecological awareness, and the fruitful resonance between Buddhist thought and contemporary science. The many dimensions of this work are explored in her books Despair and Personal Power in the Nuclear Age (New Society Publishers, 1983); Dharma and Development (Kumarian Press, 1985); Thinking Like a Mountain (with John Seed, Pat Fleming, and Arne Naess; New Society Publishers, 1988; New Society/ New Catalyst, 2007); Mutual Causality in Buddhism and General Systems Theory (SUNY Press, 1991); Rilke's Book of Hours (1996, 2005) and In Praise of Mortality (2004) (with Anita Barrows, Riverhead); Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World (with Molly Young Brown, New Society Publishers, 1998); Joanna's memoir entitled Widening Circles (New Society, 2000); World as Lover, World as Self (Parallax Press, 2007), A Year With Rilke, (with Anita Barrows, Harper One, 2009); and Pass It On: Five Stories That Can Change the World (with Norbert Gahbler, Parallax Press, 2010).
Many thousands of people around the world have participated in Joanna's workshops and trainings. Her group methods, known as the Work That Reconnects, have been adopted and adapted yet more widely in classrooms, churches, and grassroots organizing. Her work helps people transform despair and apathy, in the face of overwhelming social and ecological crises, into constructive, collaborative action. It brings a new way of seeing the world, as our larger living body, freeing us from the assumptions and attitudes that now threaten the continuity of life on Earth.
Joanna travels widely giving lectures, workshops, and trainings in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. She lives in Berkeley, California, near her children and grandchildren.
Glenna Matthews
B.A. San Jose State University
M.A. Stanford University
Ph.D. Stanford University
Dr. Matthews taught American history at Oklahoma State University for 6 years. Since returning to California, where she was born, has been a visiting associate professor of history at UC Berkeley, Stanford University, UCLA, UC Irvine, and UC Davis. She taught at Starr King as Adjunct Faculty.
Dr. Matthews is the author of five books about U.S. women's history, as well as nearly 20 articles, and has received fellowships from ACLS and the National Endowment for the Humanities for her work.
Dr. Matthews's new book is The Golden State in the Civil War: Thomas Starr King, the Republican Party, and the Birth of Modern California (Cambridge University Press, 2012). The author first became acquainted with Thomas Starr King when she curated an exhibition on the history of San Francisco for that city's public library.
Letizia Tomassone
M.Div. (equivalent) Protestant University of Rome, Italy
M.A. (equivalent) Protestant University of Montpellier, France
Dr. Tomassone is well known in the women movement in Italy for her search about a feminist spirituality and pre-pathriarcal Goddess religions. She is a pastor in her church and autor of a number of articles about the political "thought of the difference", developed by the Feminist community of Diotima.
She has been the first women to manage the direction of the Ecumenical International Center of Agape, that is a place where protestants in Italy reflect on changes in society that affect theology and spirituality. She is now vice-president of the Federation of Protestants Churches in Italy, charged of ecumenical and interreligious dialogue.
Dr. Tomassone from 2009 is the appointed teacher on "Feminist and Gender Studies" at the Protestant University of Rome, Italy (Facoltà Valdese di Teologia). She is also among the founders of the Women's Theological Association in Italy (www.teologhe.org).
At the SKSM she is working on climate and Earth changes that impose us changes in the way to live our faith and our practice in this interrelated and wonderful world, in peril for human development. In this search she is looking for a relation within the Earth rooted in difference and gender vision of the world.
Amina Wadud
Contact by email
B.S. University of Pennsylvania
M.A. University of Michigan
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Dr. Wadud, who specializes in Islam, gender and Qur'anic studies, taught at the Religious Studies Program at Virginia Commonwealth University and the International Islamic University in Malaysia. Her background also includes advanced Arabic studies at American University in Cairo.
She's the author of "Inside the Gender Jihad: Reform in Islam"; "Introduction to Islam: A Reader"; and "Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective."
Her current research focuses on gender as a category of thought in Islamic intellectual history and development, with a particular focus on Islamic ethics and gender.
Research Faculty
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Emerita Professor of Religion and Culture
Clare Benedicks Fischer
Contact by email
B.A. Hunter College
M.A. Syracuse University
Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union
Dr. Fischer served as Starr King School's Aurelia Henry Reinhardt Professor of Religion and Culture from 1981 to 2005, focusing her teaching and research on the question of religion and moral community.
She has written and published on feminism and work, and created a major bibliography about women in religion entitled, "Of Spirituality: A Feminist Perspective." Her latest project is a book about 20th century mystic Simone Weil and her social philosophy of "otherness." Fischer also works on questions of civil society in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia.
In 2005, the Graduate Theological Union honored her with the Sarlo Award for Excellence in Teaching, noting her exemplary commitment to interdisciplinary and interreligious teaching methods.
Core Faculty
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MONROE, N.C. -- A man was killed in an officer-involved shooting late Thursday night in Union County.
The Union County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a home on Wolf Pond Road to serve an arrest warrant for an assault that occurred during a domestic dispute earlier Thursday evening.
When deputies arrived on scene, they were told by a witness outside the home that the wanted suspect, Brent Taylor Catoe, fled into a growth of dense brush and trees immediately behind the house, carrying a shotgun and a handgun.
A K-9 team on the scene initiated a track of Catoe and officers located him a short distance from the home about 11:30 p.m.
They repeatedly ordered Catoe, 49, to drop the weapons and surrender. He refused to follow the commands of the officers, and pointed one of the weapons at the officers.
Officers fired in self-defense, striking and killing Catoe.
The sheriff's office is not releasing the names of the officers involved in the incident pending interviews by investigators and the SBI.
Investigators remained on the scene through the night conducting their investigation. The three officers directly involved in the incident were not injured, and will be placed on administrative leave, which is a standard procedure for all officer-involved shootings.
"Any loss of life is a tragedy, and our thoughts go out to the people affected by this incident," said Sheriff Eddie Cathey. "However, in a deadly force incident, officers are trained to protect their own lives, the lives of their colleagues and the lives of innocent civilians from those who would use deadly force against them. It appears at this time, our officers acted appropriately, consistent with their training, agency policy and state law."
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By Denis House
Sports Editor
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Come 5 p.m. tomorrow Kentucky could be blue with sorrow or Maryland could be red with envy.
The highly-touted, heavily-recruited Harrison twins will make their announcement (on ESPNU, of course) as to which university they will attend and play basketball for.
The Texas brothers (Andrew and Aaron) are both ranked as top-five prospects in the class of 2013, Andrew, the top-rated point guard and Aaron, the fourth-rated shooting guard, are ranked second and fourth respectively in the ESPN 100. Insiders have speculated for months that UK is the team to beat, but of course, nothing will be concrete until Thursday's decision.
The twins had originally set a late October date as to when they would make their decision, but for reasons known only to them they have moved it up to Thursday. Some believe they want to commit before other UK recruit James Young does. Who knows. On Monday Andrew sent out this tweet on his Twitter account: "Thursday will be the toughest decision I ever had to make but I'm looking forward to it."
As usual, UK probably has the best shot since the Wildcats are coming off a national championship, but that doesn't mean the Terps are totally out of the picture. The Harrison's father is originally from Baltimore and reportedly wants his sons to attend Maryland. One of their best friends plays there. There have also be reports of dissension between the sons and their father which would tilt the scales in UK's favor. The father has denied any problems between him and his sons.
No matter which school these two decide to attend, chances are they are one-and-done.
Personally I don't like the one-and-dones, but I'm probably in the minority here. If a player only spends a year at a school then leaves, I really don't feel like they were there at all. I would like to get to know the players and feel like they actually want to be at the school I root for instead of using it as a springboard to the NBA. Right now the only reason the top-ranked players attend college at all is because the rule says they must attend one year of college. Plus, you never really build a program that way. You might win titles, but what happens when that coach leaves and another comes in who doesn't recruit that way? It will take the program a while to get back to where it was at.
Kentucky isn't the only school this happens to, but they are the most high-profile due to the fact that John Calipari is the coach. Recruiting the one-and-done players is a specialty of Cal. He's made a career out of it, though last season was his first-ever national championship.
Wildcat fans, for the most part, don't care either if the players are only going to stay one year, as long as the bring a national title to the Bluegrass State. And that is fine. It's like that at almost every school. Loyalty to the program means very little in today's society. Championships mean more.
John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Anthony Davis and many more played one year at Kentucky, but somehow I have a hard time feeling like they were really here. The funny thing is you learn more about the players during their recruitment than their actual time at the university. In fact, they are recruiting longer than they actually attend the school.
With all that, I have a strong feeling that UK fans will be the happy ones come 5 p.m. Thursday.


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---- — Anyone who has a computer and/or has not been living under a rock is probably aware in one way or another of the song of the moment: "Thrift Shop," by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
The song and accompanying music video support and glorify the idea of shopping for … pretty much everything within Goodwill and thrift shops. Despite its comedic approach to the topic, I honestly think a lot can be taken away from the song.
While the economy shows signs of improvement, we teenagers can still recognize when things are a little tight an we can't afford to order out for pizza as often as we would like. Macklemore shows us a solid argument as to why you really can't go wrong when it comes to browsing through thrift shops.
He raps (and excuse the awkward paraphrasing, this isn't all newspaper-friendly), "Fifty dollars for a T-shirt — that's just some ignorant ****/I call that getting swindled and pimped/I call that getting tricked by a business."
Macklemore has a valid point. Why spend so much on clothing that very often does not last that long, when you would do just as well to spend less on items that might do you better?
He then offers us another argument, justifying the rationality of going to thrift stores a little more often, "And having the same one as six other people in this club is a don't/Peep game, come take a look through my telescope/Trying to get girls from a brand? Man you won't."
One of the best parts of shopping at thrift and consignment stores is that you won't be buying the same exact item that a million other people are also purchasing. Sure, it may not be that skirt you were looking at in Forever 21 or a pricey cardigan from Urban Outfitters, but if you like it and it's inexpensive, where can you go wrong?
It might take a little bit more effort and searching, but I actually think of it as an adventure. If you and a couple friends make an afternoon out of it, you could end up having a fun time and buy a few cool things, too.
One of my favorite places to poke around and eventually buy stuff is the Salvation Army on Main Street in Oneonta. Not only do they have a very large selection of clothing, shoes and accessories, but it has a little bit of everything.
Anytime I've needed a costume for Halloween or a class project, Salvo's was my first stop. I am also a fan of looking through the records and movies that they sell; a few years ago I found a few Beatles records, and we're talking "Abbey Road" and "Let It Be," here. That is an amazing find, and I flipped. It's true what they say, "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
The employees there probably wouldn't appreciate it if you ran through the store like Macklemore and his friends do in his my music video, and I can't say I would fault them for that at all. However, that doesn't mean that you can't make a fun day out of it.
Another great local spot to grab some good secondhand deals is Shakedown Street, also on Main Street. A little bit more organized than Salvo's, but still a great amount of fun to go scouring through the clothing racks.
So whether or not you've ever been thrift-shopping, I don't think you can ever appreciate Macklemore without at least experiencing it for yourself at least once. You might even end up saying, "I wear your granddad's clothes, I look incredible."
Maggie McVey, a 2012 graduate of Oneonta High School, is a freshman at the State University College at Plattsburgh. 'Teen Talk' columns can be found at www.thedailystar.com/teentalk.


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Five macro forces – analytics, mobile, social, cloud and cyber – are hard at work enabling and disrupting organizations of many shapes and sizes. The Postdigital EnterpriseTM provokes and harvests these disruptions by changing operating models, capabilities and perhaps even business models. Industrialization wasn't complete when we entered the post-industrial era; it had simply become the new basis for competition. The same holds true for these digital forces in the Postdigital era.
CIOs are in a unique position to be the harbingers of change. To serve as catalysts across the executive suite, helping others understand the boundaries of the possible. To force thinking beyond veneering existing solutions and processes. To stand accountable for realizing transformation.
What's at stake may very well be the future of the business. Tomorrow's leading CIOs are likely to be those who rise to the challenge, perhaps reframed as the Chief Digital Officer, forging new identities as a postdigital catalyst – an agent to provoke or speed the move to the Postdigital era.
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CIOs should begin with a self-assessment of their relationships with fellow C-suite officers. How is the IT department perceived? Does the head of sales or the CFO have an opinion on the value that IT is creating for the organization? What do they know about the emerging postdigital forces of mobile, social, cloud, analytics and cyber? What are they doing about them? And, very importantly, how are they engaging with IT to pursue potential benefits?
- Seed innovation. Create a pocket within your organization that has goals involving research and development (R&D). This can be heavier "D", but it is important to explore the five postdigital forces and identify specific ways they can be applied to improve your business. Ask vendors and other business partners to fuel the ideation – not with abstract rhetoric, but with real examples with tangible outcomes. Find use cases that make the concepts real, regardless of industry or sector alignment. Innovation is just as much about the import/export flow of ideas than the "eureka" moments. Nurture the discovery of these potential catalytic possibilities.
- Have essential conversations. Sit down and talk with each functional head. Understand their priorities, solicit feedback on your organization and start a dialogue about the potential of the postdigital forces based on real-world stories you've uncovered. Find out if they've started dabbling in any of the areas – even at the conceptual level. Acknowledge the need for a different operating and delivery model in these new spaces.
- Retool. Few IT organizations are equipped to transition to the Postdigital era. Increased depth in both business and technical skills will likely be required, with a different mentality about what is possible and what new techniques are needed to deliver on the possibilities. Focus on business and technical architecture, creating expectations for both specialization and a broader understanding across solution touch points and the entire delivery lifecycle. This new world will likely require the close teaming of people with a wide range of skills, so grow your postdigital innovation team with that expectation in mind. Use it to guide hiring, facilities build-out (the physical space they'll be working in matters) and methodologies for planning and delivery.
- Prototype. Commit to expediting concept development using your modified approach. Ground projects in business objectives and simple metrics. Fight for a single, empowered business owner who can guide both the big picture direction and the tactical decisions of the project. Create a cadence of releasable code every few weeks – even if many of the incremental sprints will likely never be widely distributed. Pilot as soon as possible, using user feedback to guide the future direction of the solution. Adopt the mantra of plan big, start small, fail fast and scale appropriately. Rinse and repeat – adding additional domain areas across lines of business, and building towards more ambitious improvement initiatives.
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If there is one thing I can say about games in 2011, it was the year of the dance games. Off the top of my head I can think of nine titles released in 2011 that were dance games. Since we are coming to the close of the year, what better way to go out than with a big dance party. Here is a quick look at four of those dance titles.
Dance Central 2
The sequel to the surprise hit from Harmonix, Dance Central. This one may be the breakout of the bunch. Using what they learned from the Rock Band series (for a small fee) you can import all 32 songs from Dance Central into Dance Central 2. Combine those with the 44 that comes with Dance Central 2 that gives you a minimum of 76 songs. That is not counting downloadable songs. The song styles cover a wide variety of genres from disco to hip-hop to pop.
Dance Central 2 uses the Xbox Kinect to track your whole body. Match the movements of the dancers on screen and depending on how close you match, that will determine the amount of points you are awarded. There are three levels of difficulty a player can choose; easy, medium, and hard. The higher you go the more complex the moves and smaller the margin of error. Because the Kinect is tracking your whole body it makes Dance Central 2 the game that you have to get up and dance for!
New to the series is the simultaneous two-player gameplay and the ability for the second player to drop-in/drop-out at any time during a song. They have also improved the "Break It Down" mode so you can practice the moves better.
Everybody Dance
New to the field of dance games is Everybody Dance. It comes with 40 hit songs that include their music videos. It also covers styles from disco to hip-hop, pop, to pop-punk. More songs can be downloaded to expand the selection.
Everybody Dance uses the PlayStation Move to track your dance moves. This means in theory you might be able to get away with just moving one hand. But where's the fun in that? In actual practice there might be more to it, but the game is reading where the move controller goes. Match the moves with the onscreen dancer to gain points. The better you are the higher the score. Each song has three difficulty levels and a two player competitive and co-op. The co-op is interesting in that you will actually be coordinating some moves arm in arm.
Not into dancing that much? You can sing along with the song instead while another player dances. Everybody Dance can be set up to use either the microphone built into the PlayStation Eye camera, your Singstar microphones, any USB microphone, or even your wireless headset. Singing along will boost the overall score
Three things that Everybody Dance has that the others don't are; Dance Creator, Party mode, and sharing via Twitter and Facebook. In Dance Creator mode you can tap into your inner choreographer and make your own dance routines to any of the songs. In Party mode you can have up to 20 people playing through a number of rounds, with the winner being the person with the highest score. While you play Everybody Dance the PlayStation takes random photos and videos which you can then share via Twitter and Facebook to show how good you are or embarrass friends.
ABBA You Can Dance
Based on their Just Dance series, Ubisoft's ABBA You Can Dance is a spin-off tailor made for ABBA fans. It has 27 ABBA songs (technically 25 as Dancing Queen has two extra versions) that players can dance to. The routines were designed with groups of up to four in mind with each song having players select their dancer from the group on-screen. You can play solo, but some moves might feel a bit silly without a partner. Surprisingly there is no difficulty levels. Dancing is determined based on where the WiiMote is, so again in theory, you could just stay still and move it, but the game does throw in some moves like spins and slides so you won't be standing still for long.
ABBA You Can Dance has a karaoke mode if you just want to sing your favorite ABBA song, but this has no scoring to go with it. You just plug in a USB microphone and sing. It shows the music video with lyrics scrolling along the bottom like any standard karaoke machine out there.
One cute thing exclusive to ABBA You Can Dance is the Mini-Musical mode. This mode tells the story of a couple falling in love through choice ABBA songs. Up to four can play through this mode and it has different routines than those used in the regular mode.
Grease Dance
Grease Dance has the fewest songs at 20, but it does have quite a few modes with dancing, karaoke, and a selection of mini-games. Of those songs not all are from the movie Grease, but from that era to pad out the number.
The review copy I received is for the Xbox 360. That means in dancing mode Grease Dance uses the Kinect to track your movements. Fans of the movie will instantly recognize many of the moves, which may or may not give them a slight edge. There are harder difficulties for each song, but you have to play through all the songs at the easier difficulties to unlock the harder ones.
Karaoke mode can be played by itself or while someone is dancing. It is more like many of the singing games out there with it tracking your timing and singing pitch. In the dancing and singing combo the dancer gets all of their onscreen prompts while the singer is relegated to a small corner. It only lets the singer know how well they did after they have sang a section.
The mini-games are random so getting your favorite one will be a luck of the draw. They also feel a bit tacked on and not completely fleshed out, with some just being variations on the main dancing. Like "Frenchie's Sleepover" were you do small dances and special gestures.
If you are planning a party and want the most bang for your buck, I would suggest Dance Central 2 or Everybody Dance. These have the best selections of music and just feel tailor made for a party. ABBA You Can Dance and Grease Dance on the other hand feel more designed for themed parties or die hard fans, and they are limited in music selection. ABBA You Can Dance being even more limited with only one difficulty level for the dancing.
While all the games will get you up and moving, only Dance Central 2 and Everybody Dance also have workout modes so that you can shed pounds and get into shape.
So how do they rate on the "booty-shaking" meter? I give Dance Central 2 a 5 out of 5 for a the largest selection of songs, ability to read how your whole body moves and the most fun. Everybody Dance gets a 4.5 out of 5 for also a great selection of music and the ability to create your own dance routines. Grease Dance gets a 3.5 out of 5 for good variety of things to do, but lacks in music selection. ABBA You Can Dance trails with a 3 out of 5 for being a great game for ABBA fans, but really not much more.
Dance Central 2 is rated T for Teen for Lyrics.
Everybody Dance is rated T for Teen for Lyrics and Sexual Themes.
ABBA You Can Dance is rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and older for Mild Lyrics and Tobacco Reference.
Grease Dance is rated T for Teen for Lyrics and Tobacco Reference.
All ratings are provided by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).
Dance Central 2 is available now exclusively for the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect. For more information see the Dance Central 2 web site.
Everybody Dance is available now exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 3 Move. For more Information see the Everybody Dance web site.
ABBA You Can Dance is available now exclusively for the Nintendo Wii. For more information see the ABBA You Can Dance web page.
Grease Dance is available now for both the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect and the Sony PlayStation 3 Move. For more information see the Grease Dance web site.


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Since returning from injury five games ago, Thomas Vanek has been all over the Sabres' lineup. He started Friday's loss to Montreal as the right winger for center Tyler Ennis and left wing Matt Ellis. Against Philadelphia on Thursday, he skated at right wing alongside Ennis and Nathan Gerbe.
Vanek's best moments this season have come as the left winger on the top line with Jason Pominville. He was back there today, with Derek Roy in the middle of Buffalo's top two scorers.
"Whoever you play with, you still just try to play your game and try to be good at it," Vanek said. "We had some chemistry. We haven't been that long apart. We'll have to ramp it up again. We played the last 10 minutes together [Friday], had a few good chances, I thought, and we'll try to build off that."
Vanek could use a run starting with Sunday's afternoon visit by Pittsburgh. He has two goals and four points in the last 15 games.
"A lot of it is obviously confidence," Vanek said in First Niagara Center. "I'm just trying to focus on playing the game hard, get pucks deep and keep grinding it out. I'm sure [it's down], especially when you're not winning. Like I said, you try and just work hard, get to the net, get rebounds and tips and try to find your game again."
Vanek sat most of the first period Friday after taking a cross-checking penalty. He understands the message. Coach Lindy Ruff hopes so.
"You can only tell over time," Ruff said. "I've had meetings. The message wasn't received the previous meetings. I thought after the St. Louis game it's been cleaned up for a period of time, but to take that penalty last night again, it's a selfish penalty and a total lack of discipline.
"We've ramped up a little more structure for that off ice for undisciplined penalties, so we're going to deal with that internally. There's going to be ramifications for those type of situations."
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Instagram will not be releasing a native code version of their client for the new BlackBerry Z10 and the BB10 Operating System (reports AllThingsD). And with those words BlackBerry just lost a lot of love in the retail chain. There may be alternative photo services, there may be the option of running an 'Android Emulation' version of the client, but the platform whoes CEO believes it can be the third ecosystem has been seriously wounded.
It's hard to explain the talismanic power of Instagram on a mobile platform, but the number of applications on a smartphone platform – actually make that the number of desirable applications – pays a key role in the selling strategy of today's smartphone devices. Microsoft has found this out to their cost with Windows Phone, and while it is selling in notable numbers, it has not yet reached double digits in market share, and every new handset is reviewed with a caveat on the number of applications available.
This goes double for BlackBerry. They are new on the block, the first model in the shape of the Z10 is unproven and while the software and hardware are competent there doesn't seem to be the feeling from the reviewers that customers should consider switching over to the new platform.
Part of that is the question over apps, and so the news that one of the noted third party apps is not working on a BlackBerry version will lead to many questions in the mind of consumers and other developers. Consumers want their phone to do the same as 'Jeremy in IT' can do with his phone, while developers will be wondering where the value is in BlackBerry apps if Instagram are passing on the opportunity.
Blackberry has tried to get around this problem with the ability for Android apps to be compiled so they will run on a BB10 device like the Z10 but this isn't something the end user can deal with, it needs to be done at the developer level. It's not a perfect solution, the output still feels like an Android app, and the code expects the inputs to mirror an Android device. All this must be taken into consideration by the emulator layer and the developer doing the porting and testing work. It's not a black box that will always work, testing will be needed, and it will always feel 'wrong' when running next to native BB10 apps.
Tricky technical solutions aside, the consumers will hear 'BlackBerry does not have Instagram'. Couple that news with lowered sales expectations, dropping share price, and a feeling of 'nice but not enough' and it looks like it's going to be a disheartening start to 2013 for BlackBerry.
Pity .. but I'm still sticking with my Z10. Who cares what apps will choose not to support the QNX platform? Apps have never been a big thing for me. Could be for most of the world .. but not me.
I had to sign up with Forbes and get an account because I have been watching you guys daily Bash Blackberry. You have nothing to say good about it. Does Apple or Samsung have ties in with your business. I own a I phone and my wife owns a Samsung Android phone. I now have a blackberry 10 and have been using it for a week. I will tell you that the Blackberry 10 blows away the iphone and does circles around the Samsung.
This message is for all the people that you are trying to detour away from the Blackberry for your benefits. Do not believe these minor things. This is a new phone and there will be lots of upgrades for it and to be honest with you I see nothing wrong with it. People comment about not enough apps. Give me a break. Iphone may have a lot of apps but how many flash lights do you need. 200 hundred. Its just smoke in mirrors. 800,000 apps. GIVE A BREAK.
Forbes quit trashing BLackberry you are starting to look like fools
i could care less. instagram i never used it, as far as i know you post pictures and share them online. i have better things to do then share my pics with srangers, i use my phone to get stuff done not play games,watch movies,or use any other stupid app.
only apps i have are caller id reader,color id (love it),fb,wells fargo,bankofamerica. imo all other apps are useless and waste of money.
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Instagram claims to have 100 million total users. Assuming that a (very) high 50% of those users who have ever set up an account are active users, that would suggest that Instagram is used by only around 10% of all smartphone users.
That doesn't appear to be an "essential killer must-have app" to me, if 90% of the market ignores it entirely.
You guys are hilarious… this is great comedy. There are plenty of non-native apps on Blackberry 10 and they work great. But 'painful blow' is absolutely amusing….
I have the Z10 by the way and it is amazing, totally love, beautiful device.
Keep it up, it's always great to get some comic relief. Oh and by the way, nothing you do is going bail out the short sellers… they can kiss their $2 billion goodbye.


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A member of the Metro SWAT team acted within the law when he shot and killed a Fife man who refused to release his 4-year-old son during a standoff with police earlier this year, Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist said Wednesday.
Lindquist concluded that Lakewood police officer Brian Markert was justified in shooting Leonard Benjamin Thomas, 30, on May 23.
"Officer Markert, an expert marksman, did what was necessary to protect a child," Lindquist said.
Fife police were called to a home in the 200 block of 55th Avenue East about 10:15 p.m. after Thomas' mother reported her son had assaulted her, was drunk and might be a threat to his son, authorities said.
Officers on the scene requested the Metro SWAT team be dispatched to assist them. That team is made up of officers from a number of jurisdictions, including Lakewood.
Negotiations with Thomas ensued, but his behavior was erratic and at one point he dangled his son from a second-story window, police said. He also entered and exited the house a number of times with the boy either in his arms or held in front of him, authorities said.
Commanders fearful for the boy's safety ultimately decided Thomas should not be allowed to take the boy back into the house anymore and authorized Markert to take his shot. The officer fired once from his rifle, striking Thomas in the pelvis and incapacitating him, police said.
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Anna married Charles Tolbert on August 2, 1947 and the couple lived in OKC and Tulsa before Anna moved to Muskogee in 2005 to be with family. Anna worked as a radiologic technologist at hospitals in the OKC and Tulsa before retiring. Anna loved her family and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed collecting and shopping with her family. Anna was preceded in death by her husband Charles on September 9, 1987 and a brother Ivan Layton.
Anna is survived by four sons, Kenneth Tolbert and wife Robbie of Lewisville, TX, Richard Tolbert and wife Sue of Muskogee, Charles T. Tolbert and wife Kathleen of Broken Arrow, and Daniel E. Tolbert and Becky Waid of Mesquite, TX; nine grandchildren, Charles Lee Tolbert, Diane Boyd, Loryn (Tolbert) Philpot, Les Tolbert, Trevor Tolbert, Skye Tolbert, Olivia Tolbert, Kelsey Tolbert, and Madison Tolbert; sixteen great-grandchildren and a host of extended family and friends.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the American Cancer Society 4110 S. 100th E Ave, Tulsa, OK 74146-3629 or the Three Rivers Museum 220 Elgin St, Muskogee, OK 74401.
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Google's Chromecast is a ridiculously cheap and easy way of getting content to your TV from your iPhone, but supported content is still extremely limited. One such service that has now been allowed through the gates is Pandora, with the switch flipped and now you're able to launch your Pandora stations on your TV from your iOS device.
The change seems to have been done server side, and all that's required is a copy of the latest version of Pandora – which you'll find at the handy download link below. It's a great addition to the Chromecast stable, though it is U.S. only. But then, so is the Chromecast itself, officially.
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Availability: Petite Auberge
French country style on San Francisco's Nob Hill
Near top of Nob Hill
This downtown San Francisco boutique hotel is tucked away from a busy street, a block from the Powell Street Cable Car line and four blocks from shopping at San Francisco's Union Square.
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A complimentary breakfast is served in a country-style kitchen, while in the evening, guests of Petite Auberge enjoy wine and hors d'oeuvres in the fireside parlor, and fresh cookies are available in the afternoons.
French country decor
Guestrooms at Petite Auberge feature French Provincial-style furniture, floral fabrics, antique desks, armoires, bathrobes, and designer toiletries. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Petite Auberge offers a complimentary breakfast buffet, evening wine and hors d'oeuvres, tea and coffee service from morning until night, same-day laundry service, concierge, and a constantly stocked cookie jar.
Guests have complimentary use of the small fitness room (including a stationary bike and a treadmill) at the hotel's companion property, the White Swan Inn, located next door.
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- Total number of rooms - 26
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Seventeen-year-old Penelope (Pen) has lost everything—her home, her parents, and her ten-year-old brother. Like a female Odysseus in search of home, she navigates a dark world full of strange creatures, gathers companions and loses them, finds love and loses it, and faces her mortal enemy.
In her signature style, Francesca Lia Block has created a world that is beautiful in its destruction and as frightening as it is lovely. At the helm of Love in the Time of Global Warming is Pen, a strong heroine who holds hope and love in her hands and refuses to be defeated.
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"Literary-minded readers will enjoy teasing out the allusions to Homer—and possibly even The Wizard of Oz—but knowledge of the classics is not a requirement to be swept up in the tatterdemalion beauty of the story's lavish, looping language."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Block's trademark magical realism works best in a brief, dreamy journey such as this one, even if the destination is uncertain . . . Mishmash or no, there's something encouraging about seeing four queer kids on an epic journey across the post-apocalyptic American Southwest." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Block writes about the real Los Angeles better than anyone since Raymond Chandler." —The New York Times Book Review
"Hers is a voice so unique that nobody will ever be able to imitate it." —Cindy Dobrez, Chairwoman of the committee that awarded Block the Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005
Praise for Pink Smog: Becoming Weetzie:
* "Newcomers and longtime fans alike will find much to savor in this nuanced meditation on what is lost, and what is gained, in the process of becoming an artist." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "An intoxicating mix of mystery, fantasy, and romance told in her signature poetic style and peopled by guardian angels, witches, a goddess, and a demon." —Booklist, starred review
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"Ms. Block's far-ranging free association has been controlled and shaped . . . with sensual characters. The language is inventive Californian hip, but the patterns are compactly folkloristic and the theme is transcendent." —The New York Times Book Review
"Magic is everywhere in Block's lyrical and resonant fables. At once modern and mythic, her series deserves as much space as it can command of daydream nation's shrinking bookshelves." —Village Voice
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* "[Block] uses language like a jeweled sword, glittering as it cuts to the heart." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "Block sets out to revisit nine fairy tales, filling her stories with gritty, even headline-grabbing issues. The darkness of these conflicts and subjects proves the strength of the magic she describes: the transfiguring power of love." —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Praise for Psyche in a Dress:
"It is Block's genius to cast the gods with all their beauty and horror, manipulativeness and self-destructiveness, cruelty and tenderness into a modern society that feels a lot like California. . . . Riveting and brilliant, this is a must for most YA collections." —School Library Journal
Young Readers: 'Love in the Time of Global Warming,' by Francesca Lia Block - The Washington PostIn Francesca Lia Block's novel, young Penelope survives an earthquake and sets off across the US.- The Washington Post
Francesca Lia Block, winner of the prestigious Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award, is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling books, including Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books, Roses and Bones: Myths, Tales and Secrets, and the adult novel The Elementals. Her work has been translated and published around the world. She lives in Los Angeles with her two children. Her most recent book is the postapocalyptic Love in the Time of Global Warming.
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Feb 21, 2004
At 5-foot-11, U.S. Women's National Team forward Abby Wambach plays big, because she is big. Luckily for ussoccer.com, she can also talk big. One of the breakout stars of the 2003 Women's World Cup and the Chevrolet U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year in 2003, the former U.S. Under-21 star shares her thoughts in this Q & A session about the differences in what referees see and what actually happens, growing as a player and her first Women's World Cup.
1) In 2003, you led the WUSA in fouls committed, and were fifth in fouls suffered. As a forward, isn't there something backward about that? Do you think there is any sort of discrimination against "big girls"?
"I think the reason why I get called for fouls is because that the referees can't believe that anyone can move me off the ball, and some referees have even told me that. In something as simple as two players going up for a 50/50 ball, physics says that if I outweigh a defender by 40 pounds, that they are going to move and I am not going to move so much, and supposedly, that's a foul."
2) You made a big change in your game during your senior year of college, which is when you made an impact with the U.S. U-21s, and got your foot in the door with the full team. What spurred that change?
"I'd have to say it was (U.S. Under-21 National Team coach) Jerry Smith. He's a coach I respected and one that has been highly successful during his career. He told me that if I applied myself and worked as hard as I could off the field to be fit, and to take advantage of my physical gifts and learn the game, then I had a chance to be on the National Team. Others had told me similar things, but he was the first one I really believed. Maybe it was because I was in a national team setting, but that was the first time I started to take my performance seriously and believe that I could play beyond college."
3) You have often talked about how playing with Mia Hamm on the Washington Freedom has helped you as a person and player. What is one important thing you learned from Mia?
"One of the major things I've learned is that if I could learn to play well alongside one of the best forwards to ever step on the field, then I was bound to be successful and that's something I had the opportunity to do. It's important for your team to have chemistry, especially the forwards, and to have that chemistry with Mia, to learn to read the game and her runs, helped me see how far I could extend my standards. Having her set her standards as high as she did every day allowed me to chase those and get better."
4) You were one of the breakout stars of the 2003 Women's World Cup. How was your experience in your first world championship?
"What I took most from this World Cup was that anything can happen in any game at any time, no matter what team you are playing in the tournament. You can't take one minute for granted when you are out on the field. That minute might be a corner kick against Germany in the first half that decides the game. I definitely will take away from that tournament great memories of friendship, hard work and determination, and no matter what, I will always remember the feeling of leaving everything on the field for your country and for your team."
5) On the topic of the Women's World Cup, you scored one of the most important goals in U.S. Women's National Team history when the USA defeated Norway, 1-0, in the quarterfinals. Can you appreciate the magnitude of that goal at such a young stage in your career?
"Absolutely I do, not only did winning that game get us to the semifinals, but the most incredible part, and part we took the most pride in, was that Norway only took two shots. It was an entire team effort that got us through to the next round, not just one goal. One of the things about soccer is that forwards usually get all the glory and the midfielders and defense basically does all the dirty work for us. I have no problem passing praise to Cat Reddick who served a great ball on that goal and for the rest of the team that played with their hearts. That's what that game was all about."
6) You are one of only a few left-footed players in the U.S. Women's National Team pool. Do you see that as an advantage?
"I think most people on this team can play with both their feet. They probably prefer to use one more than the other, and I probably fall into that category. I am actually kind of confused about which foot I am. I kick a lot harder with my left, but I am more accurate with my right. I just think that if you put 165 pounds behind a shot like I do, that's an advantage any way you look at it."
7) Not like you get much time off the field, but when you do get some down time, what are you favorite things to do totally away from soccer?
"I am big into video games. My favorite games are EA Sports' FIFA Soccer 2004, which might not be totally away from the game, but it's off the field. I'm always Real Madrid. If someone else insists on being Real Madrid, then we play Real Madrid vs. Real Madrid. It's pretty funny when David Beckham tackles himself. Another thing I like to do is read, which I've really gotten into in the last two years. I've tried to educate myself in politics, history and with self-help books."
8) You won a Chevrolet Trailblazer as the 2003 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year. Are you a big car kind of person, or do you see yourself in something small and sporty?
"I've always been a SUV lover, and if someone deems me worthy of receiving a car, I'll take anything they offered. It's a wonderful accomplishment and an honor to be able to win a car and winning a big car is even better. Being an outdoors type person, I need more space for the mountain bike I am not allowed to ride, for the surfboard I will soon buy but not use, and for the camping equipment that I need for a weekend getaway."
9) You have been in Costa Rica for a week now. How have you found the country?
"Costa Rica has been a beautiful, exciting, adventurous country. I have frequently said in our short time here that I can't believe we are lucky enough to come to wonderful places and play soccer. It's a dream job, if you can even call it a job, and as a team we are hoping to make this an annual trip."
10) You given name is Mary Abigail Wambach, and U.S. captain Julie Foudy loves to address you Mary Abigail. Is she the only one who is allowed to call you Mary?
"That only person who can really call me that is my mother. During my childhood she frequently used those three words in succession when I got in trouble. Julie isn't really allowed to call me that, she just does it to rile me up. I think it makes me seem sweeter and gives her an added sense of confidence during training."
11) It has been readily apparent from the many, many stories on you in your hometown paper in Rochester, N.Y., the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, that you are a hometown hero. Why so much love from the Roc?
"I think the people of Rochester have a way about them that they always love to keep tabs on people's careers after they leave. There are many athletes that have come out of Rochester and continue to have success and get attention and support from the great people in Rochester. It's wonderful, because these athletes continue to return to Rochester and give back to the community. I'm hoping that the national team someday gets to play there."
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Mary Dell, of Grown and Flown, writes: From the moment we know our children exist, months before we lay eyes on them, we hope and pray for their good health. Unfortunately, the news that we learned last week at the Social Good Summit is not all good. At a session titled Designed to Move: A Physical Activity Action Agenda, a terrible statistic was flashed on the screen behind the speakers:
Today's youth could be the first generation in history not to outlive its parents' generation. They are on track to have a life expectancy that is five years shorter.
The reason? physical inactivity.
Charles Denson, Nike brand president; Allyson Felix, Olympic gold medalist; Dr. Bill Kohl, Professor of Epidemiology and Kinesiology at the University of Texas; and the moderator, Adam Ostrow from Mashable took the stage to present study findings titled Designed to Move (DTM). Denson spoke about how his company has teamed up with 70 other organizations around the world to shed light on the risks of physical inactivity.
These chilling statistics were presented for the US:
The typical child in the US becomes 75% less active between the ages of 9 – 15.
Physical activity in the US has declined 32% during the last 44 years.
The direct cost of inactivity will lead to a 113% increase in health care costs by 2030.
DTM is targeting kids up to age 10 (and their parents and schools) with two major initiatives:
1. Create Early Positive Experiences for Children - A generation that enjoys positive experiences in physical education, sports and physical activity early in life has the chance to shape the new future. This generation could break cycles of inactivity where they already exist, or prevent them before they start.
2. Integrate Physical Activity into Everyday Life - Economies, cities and cultures can be shaped and designed to encourage and enable physical movement. In fact, some already are. These are the bright spots. To ensure a better future for all, they need to be the norm.
So what about the rest of us who don't have young kids around the house or don't interact with that age group? Does this mean that we can smugly go about our business as if the risks don't apply to us?
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Rep. Greg Heartsill recently received criticism for introducing an amendment to a budget bill that would reduce pay for the four remaining Iowa Supreme Court Justices who voted to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act in 2009. The amendment was withdrawn, because Heartsill said it was "symbolic."
Heartsill explained that he, with fellow Representatives Dwayne Alons, Tom Shaw, Larry Sheets and Ted Gassman were trying to remind the public that the Legislature makes law, not the Judicial Branch. He added that the Supreme Court is not the final arbiter of law and that the Iowa Constitution calls for the Legislature to be the most powerful because it is closest and most accountable to the people.
The people of Iowa are supposed to hold the greatest power in state government. All three branches, Legislative, Executive and Judicial, are accountable to the people.
Heartsill said the Representatives proposed the amendment because, since the same-sex marriage case was decided, the Legislature has not acted. Attempts have been made by the House to include a Constitutional amendment defining marriage in the State. This effort has been blocked in the Senate.
The reason this was proposed is because the two branches of government disagree, and the people should be allowed to directly weigh in on the decision, he added. Because the Legislature has not passed any laws regarding marriage since the decision, the law defining marriage in the state reads, "Only a marriage between a male and a female is valid." (Iowa Code 595.2)
"The Iowa law is still one man, one woman," Heartsill said. He said regardless of one's opinion of same-sex marriage, the Legislature needs to "clean" the code and strike this verbiage if this is going to be accepted as law. This has not happened.
"No one wants to touch it," Heartsill said.
When asked why the Representatives wanted to punish the Justices, when legislators have failed to act, he reiterated the fact that the move was symbolic, to remind the public about judicial overreach. The state government is set up to have a system of checks and balances, and they believe the court stepped outside of its jurisdiction and started legislating.


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Raytheon to Cut 200 Jobs
- By Kedar Pavgi
- March 26, 2013
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Government contractor Raytheon Co. announced Monday that it will lay off 200 employees and combine business divisions in an effort to streamline its operations.
The company said it will reorganize into four specific businesses: Intelligence, Information and Services, which will combine the Intelligence and Information Systems and the Technical Services divisions; Integrated Defense Systems; Missile Systems; and Space and Airborne Systems, which are being "expanded by the realignment" of the company's Network Centric Systems business. Raytheon said the move will save the company $85 million in 2013, and will be effective April 1.
"Our new structure will help us enhance productivity, agility and affordability in a challenging defense and aerospace market environment," said William H. Swanson, Raytheon's chairman and CEO, in a statement.
Raytheon posted net sales of $24.4 billion for 2012, down 1.5 percent from 2011. The Technical Services and Network Centric Systems divisions it plans to eliminate had a 10 percent and 3 percent decrease in net sales from the previous year, respectively.
Raytheon noted that the move will not affect its 2013 forecast. That forecast did not factor in the impact of across-the-board budget cuts from sequestration, but the company said in its earnings report that sequestration "could have a significant impact" on the aerospace and defense industry. Raytheon's "large international market presence" and diverse portfolio of programs could "mitigate the potential overall impact" of the cuts, the report said.
Raytheon joins other large contractors including Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., General Dynamics Corp. and BAE Systems, all of whom announced recent layoffs in a bid to restructure their businesses in a tough government and defense market.
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