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Sandra Coke enriched the lives of countless people who were fortunate to have crossed personal, professional, and spiritual paths with her. An advocate, a leader, and a friend, Sandra helped us all see the world for what it is while working in pursuit of a brighter vision for what it ought to be. Calls and emails flooding in over the past week make it clear: Sandra inspired us all.
We lost Sandra in a senseless, devastating way. It's a loss that has shaken hundreds of people who were touched by this smart, compassionate and dedicated woman.
"Sandra worked hard but she never forgot the importance of having fun. She had the joyful spirit of a child all her life, and she brought that joyful spirit into her parenting and into all her friendships. She was rich in her generosity to her friends, family and those in need," said a longtime friend.
Today, we are launching The Sandra Coke Fund to provide for the education and care of her teenage daughter.
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"We hope you will join us in celebrating Sandra's courageous spirit and fierce commitment to her family, friends and community by continuing to support the most beautiful, most joyful part of her life — her equally courageous daughter," said a colleague of 20 years.
We do not consider this a charity; we consider it:
• An opportunity to support a woman who inspired us.
• An opportunity to ensure Sandra's daughter continues to benefit from the example her mom lived every day.
• An opportunity to live up to the example Sandra set for us.
• An opportunity to join with people nationwide and create a lasting benefit from the grief we all share.
"Sandra was the warmest, most good natured friend I had. She was one of the few friends that would truly sacrifice for me. I could call her when I was too proud to call anyone else, tell her what I needed, and she would help me out if she could. To me, she was the quintessential 'good mother.' She saw the good in everyone, even when you couldn't see it in yourself," added another longtime friend.
Please take a moment to think about Sandra, to smile and share your memories of her, finally to find your "inner Sandra" give as generously as you can to her daughter's fund at http://sandracokefund.org.
Donate here: http://www.crowdrise.com/helpsandracokesfamily
The Sandra Coke Fund is fiscally sponsored by the Community Resource Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization so donations to the fund are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law.
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Journalists covering African countries rarely get involved in the sort of celebrity circus so common for those working elsewhere. But the Ethiopian presspack got a window into a different world when boxing legend Evander Holyfield rolled into Addis Ababa.
Decked out in a green safari suit and propping up the bar in one of the city's plusher hotels the four-time heavyweight world champion happily posed for photos with locals and was the focus of attention for a gaggle of Ethiopia's famously beautiful women.
The 46-year-old – who recently came out of retirement amid rumours of financial trouble – says he's in Africa to fight a benefit bout to raise money for HIV/AIDS charities.
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President Obama sticks to his Medicare proposals from last year in his 2013 budget, asking seniors to pay more for their Medicare while also cutting payments to health care providers.
His budget projects Medicare spending of $528 billion in fiscal 2013. The president estimates that Medicare can save at least $370 billion over 10 years with a variety of cuts, such as paying hospitals less for bad debts, when seniors miss co-pays and deductibles, and cutting the cost of drugs for seniors who are also enrolled in Medicaid.
Obama also proposes things that his fellow Democrats won't like. He wants wealthier seniors to pay more for Medicare, and changes the deductible for doctors' visits for seniors who enrolled after 2017. He also adds a new co-payment for home health services and increases premiums if seniors choose to have a supplemental "Medigap" plan.
Overall, the president requested $76.4 billion for the Health and Human Services Department, a bump of $7 billion from fiscal 2012.
To help implement the health reform law, Obama wants a $1 billion increase to $4.8 billion for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in fiscal 2013.
The agency got $3.8 billion in 2012 to run the mammoth federal health programs of Medicare and Medicaid and develop critical pieces of the health care law, from building state insurance exchanges to regulating the private health insurance market.
The president requested a $758 million increase for CMS in 2012, but Congress only bumped up the agency's funding by $241 million last year. In a time of budget slashing on Capitol Hill, getting any increase is impressive, particularly with Republicans repeatedly targeting the health care law.
But increasing funding isn't going to get any easier this year, especially as Congress faces down an election in November. That means it is unlikely that Obama will get the full $1 billion increase.
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Overturned semi truck on Ga. Hwy. 111, near the Mitchell County, line has both lanes of traffic closed. The truck is blocking the lanes lenghthwise across the road. The driver of the semi was taken to CRMC. The driver of a Chervolet camper truck, involved in the accident, was uninjured. Check here for more details and also in tomorrow's edition of The Moultrie Observer.


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Hundreds of motivated individuals will run, swim and bike this Sunday during the 28th Annual Westchester Triathlon in order to help others overcome life-threatening diseases and other hardships.
The Jarden Westchester Tri includes a 9/10ths mile swim in the Long Island Sound, a 25-mile scenic bike course and a 6.2-mile run through Rye. About 1,500 participate and 1,600 people register every year.
The Westchester Triathlon Committee that orchestrates the race has selected six primary charities that the event will support. The committee expects to raise $70,000 to split among the six, and for independent charity teams to raise another $500,000 for their various causes.
Among the primary charities are the MAC Angels and The Blazeman Foundation for ALS, organizations created to help those with ALS—and honor the dictums "don't give up" and "so others may live."
In 2006, Claire Gormley Collier and Jon Blais sat on top of the most difficult part of the biking section of the triathlon—around the halfway mark—to cheer participants and support each other. The two had ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, and would benefit from the triathlon, as a portion of the donations go toward ALS research. Claire's motto was "never give up," and Jon's was "so someone else lives."
Claire's Climb, as the hill is now called, is always a challenging but special part of the triathlon for participants.
"It is very emotional and inspirational and everyone feels it," said Phil Gormley, Claire's brother, a Rye native and Chair of the Westchester Triathlon board.
In 2007, Blais died of ALS, and his parents Bob and MaryAnne started sitting with Claire at the top of her climb to cheer on the tri-athletes. Sadly, two years later, Claire also passed. Today, the Blaises continue to cheer for Claire and Jon at the top of her hill—and they are joined by a bagpipe player, as well as friends and family. This year, another community member with ALS—Sgt. Roger Patron of the Greenwich police force—will also be cheering in the name of Claire, Gormley said.
"When you go up hill you are halfway through the bike course, and people up there [are] singing, banging cow bells, and it really gets you revved up for the second half of the race," said Martin E. Franklin, the Executive Chairman of the title sponsor of the race, the Jarden Corporation. The Jarden Corporation is a multi-billion dollar leading provider of a diverse range of consumer products.
A "perfect marriage" of corporate sponsorship, community and charity
Both Franklin and Gormley are active participants and contributors to the race—Franklin by sponsoring the event, and Gormley by organizing and running it. Both share a love for athletic challenges, supporting charities, the rewarding experience of racing with hundreds of people and giving back to their community, they said.
The two married their passions in 2009, when Franklin brought Jarden on as the title sponsor. At the time, Gormley had been working on the board for almost 10 years, and had recently lost his sister.
Claire was diagnosed with ALS in 2003, a devastating turn of events that only strengthened Gormley's dedication to volunteer charity work. The family needed much financial and emotional support, and Gormley found that the people he knew through the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society—where he had been serving on the board of trustees for 15 years—were up to the task.
"I feel like whatever I've given out, I have gotten back four-fold in return without expecting anything," said Gormley, who volunteers on several charity boards himself and organizes dozens of fundraising events like the Westchester Tri every year, all while working as the Vice President of Peacock Apparel.
"[It] is amazingly rewarding, the love and support and camaraderie."
Already a part of the volunteer charity committee boards, Gormley worked even harder in his role as Board Chair of the Westchester Triathlon to make it a serious fundraiser for well-established charities.
Gormley helped bring the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society on board, and to keep the Rye YMCA involved 10 years ago when low participation put the triathlon at risk of cancellation. With Gormley's help, the tri grew from a couple hundred to about 400 people in 2002—and in the last 10 years, participation has more than quadrupled.
In recent years, the event sold out its 1,600 tickets within 48 hours of being released online in May.
Since 2009, Jarden Corporation's sponsorship of the event has helped cover costs and to grow the triathlon to the successful event it is today.
"Martin Franklin is an avid athlete and philanthropist, he likes to give back," Gormley said. "So with Jarden based in Rye it became like a happy marriage."
For Franklin, becoming the title sponsor of the event made sense. His company's philosophy is to give back to the communities in which it operates. It produces athletic equipment and gear, and is also involved with Wounded Warriors.
"We felt it was important to do something be involved in an event that is very much tied to the community," Franklin said.
Jarden signed on to sponsor the Westchester Tri for another four years through 2016 last month.
On Sept. 23, Franklin and Gormley will be joined by Franklin's employees and two sons, and hundreds of others, dedicated to their community and friends and loves ones who need their support.
Organizers encourage the community to come out to support the tri-athletes, who will be racing rain or shine.
To read more about the Westchester Triathlon, click here.
Claire's Climb is located on the former Greenwich American (American Can) property in Greenwich, CT near the Westchester County Airport.
Editor's Note: "Don't Give Up," and "So Others May Live" are the two mottos that Claire and Job Blais created. An earlier version of this article misquoted the mottos. We regret the error.


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HOUSTON -- James Shaw, 59, reached out to us in a letter. Six years ago his teeth began falling out. He's down to the last nine.
"I cannot eat a steak. I can eat toast, something that's soft and digestible," Shaw said.
He lives alone in a tidy southwest Houston apartment. He admits he's not a perfect man, but he said he tries to be a good man. And he still dreams of simple things, like not having to hide his mouth.
"(I feel) a little depressed because of my smile," Shaw said.
So KHOU made a call to leading implant specialist, Dr. Wayne Brueggen. The highly regarded dentist and his staff got busy right away taking X-rays of Shaw, doing exams and making impressions of Shaw's mouth.
Dr. Brueggen determined Shaw is a good candidate and he decided to give him a full set of teeth. The implant procedure would normally cost $52,000 but because of Dr. Brueggen's incredible gesture of generosity, Shaw's cost will be zero.
"James is a special circumstance. You explained to me when you called me what was going on for James and you can't help but want to help him," said Dr. Brueggen, DDS, FAGD and FICIO.
Clearly, Dr. Brueggen cannot provide free dental implants for everyone. But in the true spirit of Paying it Forward, he said he is glad to help Shaw.
"If everything goes as the way I expect it will all happen for you in one day," Brueggen told Shaw.
Dr. Brueggen is a leading authority in North America on an implant procedure called All On Four. He brought it to Houston 10 years ago after learning the procedure in Portugal where a dentist there developed it.
"We call it (All on Four) because we actually built a full set of upper teeth for James on only four implants," Dr. Brueggen said.
The same thing happens on the lowers. A total of eight implants screwed into the bones serve as anchors for full rows of manufactured teeth. The procedure takes only one day and is a lot less invasive, less complicated and more successful than traditional implants which can require as many as 20 implants placed into the bone.
After nine hours, Shaw had a full mouth of new teeth. The difference was stark.
"I'm very happy," Shaw said. "A very natural smile."
If you would like to do something to Pay It Forward to someone in need or if you have a need with which you could use some help, please click here for more information.


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Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-2nd) was sworn in Thursday to his 10th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Fattah also announced the introduction of a bill: the Ending Fiscal Cliffs Act of 2013.
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The legislation streamlines the process of raising the debt ceiling – which Congress could face within two months—to avoid paralyzing political maneuvers.
Under the current system, Congress authorizes Federal spending, then must grant redundant approval to borrow sufficient funds to cover the spending it has already approved. Fattah's bill restructures the process to make it more efficient. It allows the Administration to raise the debt ceiling, as necessary, in order to avoid default whenever Congress spends money or reduces revenues.
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In 2004, the U-M Comprehensive Cancer Center launched a unique concept in patient education and empowerment: The Skills Lab. The goal of this interactive area is to equip the cancer patient with the tools needed to participate in his or her own treatment and recovery.
Because treatment often extends beyond the walls of the hospital, patients and caregivers need basic skills such as connecting, disconnecting and caring for the catheters and pumps used for the administration of chemotherapy drugs, changing dressings, and administering injections. These are just a few examples of procedures that are taught in the Skills Lab, where the focus is on reducing much of the uneasiness of performing these tasks at home. The Skills Lab works with a variety of home care insurance providers to coordinate coverage for equipment and services. In addition, Home Med Infusion, a U-M authorized provider, is another available option.
The nurse educator in the Skills Lab will also provide an orientation by phone prior to the initial visit to the infusion area, answering questions about what to expect, what to bring along, who may accompany the patient for the infusion appointment, pharmacy procedures, parking and transport specifics. During this phone consultation, the Skills Lab nurse will also review what medical records will be needed, making the first infusion treatment as efficient as possible.
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The fire broke out in the stables near Loop 820 around 2:30 am. When firefighters got to the scene they were able to rescue eight of the horses. Three of those horses have burn injuries.
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Managing investments and making financial decisions is hard enough without someone intentionally trying to confuse the issues. Here is one decision that should be made. For those of you who have a home mortgage with an interest rate 5 ½ percent or higher, it is time to refinance. I have been surprised lately of those who still have a 6 or 6 ½ percent or higher mortgage rate and have not refinanced.
There are a couple of reasons why refinancing may not make sense. One would be if the home's current value is below the loan value. Unless a substantial payment is made to reduce the loan to below the home's current appraised value, refinancing would not be possible. Also, if a move from the home is expected within the next two years or less, then incurring the refinance costs would not be practical. For everyone else, it would appear refinancing is a smart decision.
Taking a look at the numbers, this is what might be saved if the rates are lowered to 4 ½ percent. For a $100,000 mortgage with 25 years remaining and an interest rate of 6 ½ percent, the monthly mortgage payment would be $675.21. By rolling all of the costs into the new mortgage, the new monthly payment would be $569.73 keeping the same loan duration or $519.35 by going back to a 30 year mortgage. The monthly savings would be $105.48 or $155.86 respectively. This savings may vary based upon the actual closing costs incurred. For mortgages with twice the value, the savings would also be approximately twice the amount shown.
While it may not seem worth the time and effort to drop the mortgage rate from 6 ½ to 4 ½ percent, the above results demonstrate the contrary.
I am often asked if it is better to refinance at 15 years rather than 30 years due to the large amount saved in interest cost. With rates where they are, I prefer to recommend the 30 year mortgage. For those homeowners who are disciplined, they will be rewarded by refinancing for 30 years and investing the difference. For a $100,000 mortgage at 4 ½ percent, the monthly payments would be $764.99 for 15 years and $506.69 for 30 years. By investing the difference and averaging a 7 percent annual return, the investment would be worth $81,871 at the end of 15 years. The balance due at the same time on the 30 year mortgage would be $66,234.
The total payments for the 15 year mortgage would be (180 x $764.99) $137,698. For the 30 year mortgage, the payment total would be (360 x $506.69) $182,408. It would appear doing the 15 year mortgage would be a wise decision, because $44,710 of interest is saved.
However, by doing the 30 year mortgage and investing the difference, there is more money for the homeowner. At the end of 15 years, the same amount has been spent (180 x ($506.69 + $258.30)) $137,698. But, the investment is worth $81,871, which could be used to pay off the 30 year mortgage and leave the homeowner with $15,637 in their investment account. ($81,871 - $66,234)
While it may appear smart to "save" $44,710 in interest, for the disciplined investor who will invest the difference each month just like it was the mortgage payment, they will have the greater net worth. The question becomes, would you rather have a paid off mortgage at the end of 15 years or the option to pay off a 30 year mortgage at the end of 15 years and still have thousands in the bank once the mortgage is paid? For this to work, the monthly investment must be made and treated like a mortgage payment. The investment account must also be left alone and not used to meet other interests or needs.
This strategy works very well when mortgage rates are in their current low range. If the rates were in the eight to nine percent range, then taking a 15 year mortgage would be like getting a guaranteed return of eight or nine percent.
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John Ford's tragedy 'Tis Pity She's a Whore written in 1633, has shades of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Titus Andronicus, all rolled into one. It has a story centered around young lovers and enough blood and gore to put you off your food for a week. However, Ford's sweethearts happen to be siblings. And when incest is the catalyst for the entirety of the play's action, it's difficult to find empathy for the doomed couple.
Nonetheless, the London theatre company Cheek by Jowl's production of this play – running through Jan. 12 at UCLA's Freud Playhouse as part of the CAP UCLA Program - does its level best to try and help you enter the minds of the brother/sister duo of Annabella (Gina Bramhill) and Giovanni (Orlando James) and understand their predicament.
Director Declan Donnellan and Co-Director Owen Horsley start by updating the production to today. Nick Ormerod's entirely blood red set (shades of things to come) reveals a typical messy teenager's bedroom and the focus of most of the action takes place in the centrally situated bed.
The plot (thanks to a subplot excised by the company) isn't really too hard to follow: Boy (brother) confesses love for girl (sister) despite his attempts curb his incestuous obsession; girl and boy consummate their love; girl gets pregnant; girl forced to marry; pregnancy exposed; impregnator exposed; girl killed (at hand of brother).
We first meet Annabella at the opening of the play sitting on her bed, flicking through magazines and listening to Lady Gaga's 'Bad Romance' on her iPod, with a backdrop of posters on her bedroom wall that include 'True Blood' and 'The Vampire Diaries.'
Bramhill has an easier task than James in gaining the audience's empathy as it becomes clear how young and naïve she is and has never had the opportunity to discover who she truly is. Her eventual realization that her relationship with her brother cannot be justified comes too late to save her.
Bramhill has some of her strongest moments in her quieter episodes; particularly where she's left folding baby clothes that her husband has brought her.
However, beyond the blatant sin of incest, Donnellan seizes Ford's conceit that no one in this society is blameless; that many relationship lines have been blurred - not just between brother and sister - and that the so-called religious community that condemns the young lovers is corrupt in its own way.
Carefully juxtaposing moments of true violence wrapped in moral outrage (there's more than one gruesome death in this play as befits any tragedy), with musical interludes that include at times religious hymns, Donellan exposes many of the characters' hypocritical tendencies.
Three standout performances should be noted. Laurence Spellman as Soranzo's servant Vasquez has been transformed in this production into a Cockney "minder." He has a horrific penchant for violence but a love and loyalty so strong for his master it would make Tony Soprano weep.
Soranzo (Gyuri Sarossy) is mesmerizing as Annabella's husband, as he grapples with his wife's betrayal yet somehow manages to accept her sins.
And finally Hedydd Dylan as Hippolita elevates her role as a widow spurned and desperate to exact vengeance. This is a woman in deep pain, who walks a knife-edge, and Dylan captures her torment with both humor and pathos.
The company does push the humor element sometimes a tad too far, as if they fear an audience won't be able to stomach the tragedy.
If you can accept the premise of this play without trying to judge the characters' actions, and can work your way around the confusing fact that all the cast is onstage pretty much at all times (even after they've been killed), it will keep you riveted for the full two hours (with no intermission).
This show is not nearly as good as the company's all-male production of As You Like It, but it bravely takes a 400-year-old difficult text and makes it accessible to a modern audience, which is no easy feat.
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FN1 These Food and Agricultural Code sections state in pertinent part as follows:Section 16801: �(b) 'Open range' means all unenclosed lands outside of cities, towns, and villages, upon which by custom, license, or otherwise, cattle are kept or permitted to roam.�Section 16904: �In any civil action which is brought by the owner, driver, or occupant of a motor vehicle, or by their personal representatives or assignees, or by the owner of livestock, for damages which are caused by collision between any motor vehicle and any domestic animal on a highway, there is no presumption or inference that the collision was due to negligence on behalf of the owner or the person in possession of the animal.�Section 17122: �In any county or part of a county devoted chiefly to grazing and so declared pursuant to this article, a person shall not have the right to take up any estray animal found upon his premises, or upon premises to which he has the right of possession, nor shall he have a lien thereon, unless the premises are entirely enclosed with a good and substantial fence.�Section 17123: �The following counties ... are declared to be devoted chiefly to grazing:�(c) Siskiyou, Lassen, and Modoc.�
FN2 Dye Creek is the fictitious business name of William Keeler, Dye Creek's sole proprietor.
FN3 Actually, the �common law� noted by defendants in Galeppi was the �open range�/�devoted chiefly to grazing�/�fencing out� law that altered the common law. As explained by this court in Williams v. Goodwin, 41 Cal.App.3d at pages 502-503: �By common law the owner of cattle was required to keep them confined to his own close and, it was said, was liable in damages irrespective of negligence or fault for all injuries resulting from their being permitted to range at large....�The common law rule was abrogated in the first session of the California Legislature by an enactment (commonly referred to as a 'fencing out' statute) which required the plaintiff to maintain a proper fence around his land as a precondition to recovery for trespass by livestock.... Gradually, as conditions within the state changed, the common law rule was by statute restored to designated areas of the state.... The Estray Act of 1915 ... repealed all so-called 'fencing out' laws in the state and restored the common law rule throughout except in the six northernmost counties which were specifically exempted from the operation of the statute.... The successor provisions to that act are now found in sections 17001 to 17128 of the Food and Agricultural Code .... By virtue thereof, the common law rule remains applicable throughout the state except in those counties or parts thereof devoted chiefly to grazing (see § 17122) which counties and areas are specifically identified in section 17123.� (Citations and footnote omitted.)The simplest way to think of the distinction between the common law and California's �open range� law is that under the common law the livestock owner is required to � fence in� his livestock, while under the �open range� law the person trespassed upon is required to � fence out� the livestock.
FN4 In an anomalous twist, an interpretation of blanket immunity would mean that while a cattle owner could always sue a motorist for the injuries inflicted on his cattle, a motorist could never sue a cattle owner for the injuries inflicted on his person.
FN5 Out-of-state decisions cited by the parties following oral argument support the conclusions we have reached in this opinion. Plaintiffs cite a trio of cases- Carrow Co. v. Lusby (1990) 167 Ariz. 18 [804 P.2d 747]; Millard v. Smith (1972) 30 Colo. App. 466 [495 P.2d 234]; and Grubb v. Wolfe (1965) 75 N.M. 601 [408 P.2d 756]-that recognize that livestock owners are not absolved of all liability by �fencing out�/�open range� statutes and that such owners owe a duty of ordinary care to motorists traveling on public highways. Dye Creek offers a single case finding no such duty, Greer v. Ellsworth (1988) 113 Idaho 979 [751 P.2d 675]. However, Greer is based on a statute quite different from the ones before us; it reads in relevant part: �No person owning, or controlling the possession of, any domestic animal running on open range, shall have the duty to keep such animal off any highway on such range, and shall not be liable for damages to any vehicle or for injury to any person riding therein, caused by a collision between the vehicle and the animal.� (751 P.2d at p. 677.)


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Update, 1:50 a.m. Tuesday
Con Edison said in a press release this morning that "more crews" are being called into Westchester County and New York City in anticipation of this week's Nor'easter.
"Con Edison crews working on around-the-clock restorations from Hurricane Sandy will get more help on Wednesday when 300 mutual aid workers arrive just in time for a Nor'easter's arrival," the statement said. "With fresh crews coming to New York City and Westchester County, more than 3,000 utility workers will be repairing Sandy's damage."
Con Edison said as of midnight, 41,000 in Westchester County remain without power since Hurricane Sandy.
"The new weather system approaching the region on Wednesday will bring rain and heavy winds that could slam trees into power lines," Con Edison reported. "The new storm could delay Con Edison's customer restorations. Crews repairing overhead lines and equipment cannot work in high winds."
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High winds, rain and possibly even some wet snow could once again force power outages in Westchester County this week.
On a call with the media this evening, Con Edison Senior Vice President of Electric Operations John Miksad said the oncoming storm may not only cause further damage to power lines in the area, but also delay current restoration efforts.
"We've got another Nor'easter coming toward us tomorrow afternoon and evening into Thurday morning," he said.
The storm could bring sustained winds of approximately 25-30 mph and gusts of up to 40 to 50 mph, along with a combination of rain and wet snow.
In Westchester, residents could see "up to three inches of wet snow," Miksad said.
In the eight days since Hurricane Sandy struck the region, Con Edison has restored 884,000 Westchester County and New York City customers, Miksad said.
"We've got trees...limbs that are dangling," he stated. "Winds will knock them down into our overhead system causing additional outages; perhaps outages to things we've already restored."
Overall, "There are still 107,000 customers left to restore," Miksad said, including approximately 46,000 in Westchester.
He said Con Edison will not be pre-emptively shutting down any of its networks in anticipation of the storm and all Sandy-related restorations are still expected to be completed by the end of the weekend—not including those involving damaged equipment.
"If the winds, rains and gusts [end up being] like what we are talking about, that will certainly tend to slow down the troops," Miksad said. "Mother Nature is not cooperating."


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Despite being a destination during Seattle's summers, the city of Mercer Island has not had a hotel on it for five years. However, recently published plans may change that.
James Cassan, who is responsible for developing much of the Mercer Island Town Center, announced in the Mercer Island Reporter his intention to build a five-story, 100-room "boutique" hotel. He did not return a call from KING 5 Saturday.
The hotel would be on property he already owns. It was the site of the city's previous hotel, which was torn down.
Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Terry Moreman said the city needs a hotel badly, particularly during the busy summer season.
"We've missed it," she said. "Seattle and Bellevue run out of space. People come over here and they would like to stay here, and we have nowhere for them to stay."
Specifics on the project were unclear Saturday. Mayor Bruce Bassett said he had not seen specifics of the proposal and could not elaborate.


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A move is never fun, even if it's just a digital one. But PCMover ($50) is software that can take away much of the pain of a digital transfer, if you don't mind a hiccup or two. It greatly eases the shifting of cherished photos, files, and even programs from one Windows computer to another.
I tested PCMover on an old PC running Windows XP and on a new one running Windows Vista. The two computers found each other across the home network. That itself is a wonder, considering the complexities of Windows networking.
PCMover walked me through a simple setup, which mostly involved deciding which programs and files I wanted to transfer. With about 30 gigabytes to transfer, PCMover said it would take about four hours.
Then came a few hiccups. For no apparent reason, the software would stop transferring. I'd have to go through the setup again, and PCMover would pick up where it left off. The four-hour transfer turned into something closer to eight hours, as I didn't detect the stalls right away.
But that's a minor beef as everything appeared to work as hoped on the new PC. I did have to reactivate Microsoft Office, which took a call to Microsoft and a promise to uninstall Office from the old computer.
Vista comes with a utility for moving files and settings from an old computer. And Microsoft is letting the public test a free utility for moving some programs. But from my experience, PCMover earns its money as a digital moving van.


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The transformation of H & M Potter School has begun.
Strange items were being packed into the drop ceilings Thursday night. The body bags are ready. And Principal Jeffrey M. Zito has a disturbing, slightly demented gleam in his eyes.
"It's a lot of fun," he said, after the Berkeley Board of Education meeting last night.
Friday night kicks off the school's second annual "Zombie Apocalypse." And Zito and his staff have been prepping for it since the day after the first frightfest in October 2011.
"It was awesome," he said. "We had such an outpouring."
The zombie tryouts on Oct. 19 also went well. Zito hired everyone who applied, including some township police officers and firefighters. And the fundraiser has expanded to both stories at the school this year.
The doors open at 7:30 p.m. tonight and Saturday. If you're lucky enough to make it out, the event ends at 10 p.m. each night. Tickets are $5 for children, $10 for adults.
The script of the event is much like last year. There's a problem with the water in the school. Zito will be greeting visitors dressed in a Haz-Mat suit. They will learn the water has been contaminated.
But getting out of the building alive will not be easy. Let's just leave it at that.
The "Zombie Apocalypse" is actually a major fund-raiser for the H & M Potter School Parent Teacher Association. Zito is hoping to draw visitors from around Ocean County.
"This is really a unique thing in Berkeley," he said. "There's really no haunted houses in this area."
The school will also hold a "Fall Fest" event in two weeks for younger children who might not be able to handle the zombies, Zito said.
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CEEP Newsletter Spring 2013
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Dear teachers and friends,
As spring arrives and the school year begins to wrap up, we have a lot to celebrate here at The Field Museum's Calumet Environmental Education Program (CEEP). Due to the hard work of educators like you it's been a great school year with over 3,400 students engaged in the Mighty Acorns, Earth Force and Calumet Is My Back Yard (CIMBY) programs.
Here you'll find classroom resources, upcoming events and workshops, and a story about how Mighty Acorns students from Gallistel met the governor on a recent field trip. Thank you for all your hard work and we'll see you in Calumet!
Alison, Angie, Betsy, Jessica and Laura
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Signs of the Season
The vibrancy of spring is all around us! Birds are on the move, blue spotted salamanders, frogs, and toads lay their eggs in ephemeral spring ponds, woodland spring flora begin to bloom in succession, green shoots of emerging plants like nodding onions appear underfoot, and it's prime season for mammals like raccoons and coyotes to be born.
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Mighty Acorns Recognized by Gov. Quinn
"It's Alderman Pope!" shouted a group of students from Gallistel Language Academy when they saw Alderman John Pope at a March 1st press conference held by Governor Pat Quinn at the William Powers Recreation Area. Gallistel students have been helping restore habitat at William Powers for several years by cutting down invasive species such as Honey Suckle and Buckthorn during their regular Mighty Acorns field trips supported by The Field Museum's Calumet Environmental Education Program (CEEP).
When Melissa Dippel, a 5th grade special education teacher at Gallistel, was asked if she would like her students attend a press conference with Governor Quinn she eagerly responded, "Um, PLEASE!? We have been studying government too so that would be an amazing tie in!" So on March 1st, sixteen Gallistel 5th and 6th graders, along with their chaperones and teachers, Melissa Dippel and Andrea Porth, excitedly entered the newly constructed William Powers Visitor Center to meet the Governor and hear about the environmental conservation efforts taking place in the Calumet Region. Governor Pat Quinn announced several strategic developments of the Millennium Reserve Initiative in the Calumet Region including support for the restoration of green spaces and enhancement of public recreation opportunities. The Field Museum-supported Mighty Acorns program has been named a 2012 Millennium Reserve Model Program and Millennium Reserve support has helped Gallistel student restoration efforts at the site.
Three Gallistel students clad in Mighty Acorns and Gallistel t-shirts stood attentively behind the Governor and other officials and organization representatives while they spoke about the Millennium Reserve conservation efforts. The Gallistel students gleamed with astonishment and joy when the General Superintendent of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Arnold Randall, shared that his mother was a proud graduate of Gallistel Language Academy with fond memories of her years spent at the school. Overall, the paring of a Mighty Acorns field trip and a governor's press conference was a great success! It served as a learning experience and a time to recognize the hard work of all Mighty Acorns students in the Calumet Region.
CEEP will continue to recognize and celebrate the amazing work done by Mighty Acorns students and teachers in the Calumet Region of Chicago by hosting four End of the Year Celebrations scheduled to take place April 26th at Eggers Woods, May 3rd and 17th at William Powers, and June 8th at Beaubien Woods.
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Workshops and Events
Rivers Curriculum Workshop
Edible Science, Grades K-12
Form and Function
The Importance of Place in Climate Change Education (Webinar)
Outdoor Nation Youth Summit
Summer Master Naturalist Class
The Field Museum Workshop: Spring Flora Identification
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Classroom and Educator Resources
IL Wildflower Guide Online
University of Michigan Global Warming Resources
Water-Cycle Diagram
ARKive School Museum
Think Garden Video Series
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We'd like to thank our funders for their generous support of CEEP:
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National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
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NZPF: Another bureaucratic bungle
NZPF: Another bureaucratic bungle
New Zealand Principals' Federation, 13 February 2008
For immediate release
The New Zealand Principals' Federation has criticised the Ministry of Education, following major payroll errors which have created a bureaucratic nightmare across the country.
Datacom is contracted by the Ministry of Education to provide payroll services to more than 80,000 New Zealand teachers. The latest payroll round – the first of the school term – is filled with errors, says NZPF President Paddy Ford.
"A number of schools have not received any pay, and many support staff have been paid the incorrect amounts. Staff who are on leave have incorrectly received full pay, changes that were sent to Datacom in November have not been actioned, and staff are being forced to fill forms out twice with exactly the same information."
Ford has today received numerous complaints from schools up and down the country, and he says this latest debacle is not surprising given the numerous errors seen in 2007."We had major problems last year with multiple changes to forms, which we weren't told of. Then the Ministry added another layer of bureaucracy by refusing to let principals' speak directly to the person responsible for their schools' payroll. Today's mistakes show just how unworkable the system has become."
Ford says it is ridiculous that the draft Kiwi Leadership for Principals document has been released on the day that principals are dealing with yet another bureaucratic bungle. "Education Minister Chris Carter is today talking about supporting the professional learning of Principals - but we're spending our time dealing with petty bureaucracy and a system which is not delivering an effective service to schools."
It would seem that payroll problems are nothing new to New Zealand schools, and that in fact they were happening just as frequently when Chris Carter was Minister of Education prior to the 2008 General Election.
It was Chris Carter of course who signed the first contract with the Novopay providers, as we blogged in November last year. The education unions seem to have short memories, because as the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
That of course does not exempt Hekia Parata from criticism for her handling of the portfolio, and we hope that John Key has thought long and hard about his Cabinet reshuffle over the summer break.


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Homeless man held on $500k cash after standoff in Middleton Thursday
Richard Penney, 35, who previously lived in Middleton, was charged with five felonies – including robbery, two counts of theft by unauthorized taking, kidnapping and criminal threatening with a deadly weapon - following the incident which occurred along Lakeshore Drive.
During a video arraignment Friday, Judge Daniel Cappiello entered no plea for the felony charges and agreed to set bail at $500,000 cash bail, based on the recommendations of Assistant County Attorney Matt Zahn.
"We all deserve to be safe in our homes," Zahn said.
After Penney left, his brother called police around 2:10 p.m. to report that Penney had allegedly taken the weapons and multiple loaded magazines.
Penney then walked to 82 Lakeshore Drive and allegedly forced his way inside the home by threatening a woman – Heather Ducharme – with the loaded AK-47. He then held Ducharme in her home while holding police at bay outside, according to court records.
Zahn said while Penney has no criminal record, his alleged actions were a threat to all, including himself.
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Hello again from All High Stadium for another spectacularly sunny day for the Section VI lacrosse championships -- yesterday it was the girls, today it's the boys.
Today's tripleheader begins with an excellent Class C matchup between Amherst and Silver Creek at 3:30 p.m. (it's one I wrote about in Tuesday's Scholastic Spotlight). Then it is the Class A final between Orchard Park and Clarence at 5:30 and the Class B final has Niagara-Wheatfield takes on Hamburg in a scheduled 8 p.m. start.
3:54 p.m. First chance for an update after setting up here; Silver Creek has a 2-0 lead with 2:53 left in the first quarter.
The first goal was by eighth-grader Sherman Williams, who came in from the right side to convert a pass by Frank Brown wth 6:16 left; Blake Curry then scored off a very nice cross-cage transition pass from Jon Jimerson with 4:08 left.
4 p.m. At the END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, Silver Creek leads Amherst, 4-0.
Silver Creek added two more goals in the final three minutes as their famously high-powered offense is certainly doing its thing. Zach Williams converted a pass from Curry with 2:46 left; Silver Creek got a full-field breakaway on a play in which Amherst had a mixup as the official winded the clock -- and Curry went in alone and scored.
4:04 p.m. Silver Creek starts strong in the second quarter with a goal thanks to a fantastic effort by Zeddie Williams, who picked up a failed clear by Amherst, zig-zagged his way through at least three defenders before finding Frank Brown open on the left side of the cage for the goal 49 seconds into the quarter.
Amherst responds less than a minute later with its first goal as Evan Theilman converted a back-of-the-cage pass by Clifton Jackson with 10:14 left in the second for a 5-1 Silver Creek lead.
4:13 p.m. Silver Creek got one back quickly by Zed Williams just eight seconds later to make it 6-2, but Amherst came back with a two-goal surge to cut it to 6-4. Ed Doherty scored on an unassisted rush from behind the left side of the cage with 6:56 left, then 22 seconds later Jackson burst from the left side to the right and scored on about a 10-yard shot.
4:20 p.m. Amherst came within one as Ted Tiftickjian converted in close off a pass by Doherty with 4:24 left in the second quarter, but then Silver Creek flashed more offensive prowess with two quick goals.
Zed Williams scored on a low-slung shot from the right side off a pass from Zach Williams with 3:48 left, then Zed followed with a outstanding play to set up a Brown goal. Right off a faceoff win by Zack Williams, Zed Williams ran the ball across the front of the goal about 15 yards out, and, as he appeared to head to pull the ball back out, he no-look, backhanded a pass to Brown at the left side of the cage for an 8-5 lead with 3:33 left .
4:22 p.m. Amherst gets an extra-man opportunity and cashes in immediately as Theilman scores from about 10 yards straight out after Jackson fed him the ball soon after the whistle restarted play. Silver Creek's lead is 8-6 with 2:12 left in the second.
4:26 p.m. We are at HALFTIME with Silver Creek leading Amherst, 10-7.
Fun finish to a fun quarter. Amherst cut the lead to one (8-7) less than a minute after its previous goal as Dane Bentley created a nice play by feeding Theilman, who was in motion from behind the left side of the cage and he scored with 1:13 left in the quarter.
The Black Knights again flashed their offense thanks to more faceoff work by Zack Williams, who won two straight that led to a pair of goals. Just nine seconds after Amherst cut the lead to one, Zack Williams won the faceoff, sprinted out and found Frank Brown on the left for a 9-7 lead. Another faceoff win and another six seconds later (whoa), Zack Williams created a tic-tac-toe goal that was finished nicely by Sherman Williams for the 10-7 lead with :59 left in the half.
4:41 p.m. Amherst with a great start to the third quarter with two goals to cut the Silver Creek lead to 10-9. Doherty scored on a rebound and Dane Bentley scored 1:27 later with 9:11 left in the third.
4:48 p.m. Silver Creek takes a timeout with 5:07 left in the third; they have an 11-9 lead after a goal on a long, hard shot by Zeddie Williams with 6:02 left.
4:49 p.m. Black Knights score quickly after the timeout as Zack Williams picks up a ground ball and fires a long pass to Jon Jimerson on the right doorstep for a 12-9 lead.
4:54 p.m. Tough to keep track of all of this action :-) Amherst keeps staying close, Silver Creek keeps flashing the offense to stay ahead. The Black Knights' lead is 14-10 heading into the final minute of the third.
4:56 p.m. At the END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, Silver Creek leads Amherst, 14-10.
5:04 p.m. Amherst calls a timeout with 8:00 left to go and the score still 14-10 in favor of Silver Creek.
5:11 p.m. Silver Creek doing a great job here in the fourth and now leads, 17-10. They've had a few more flashy goals, but they've also had some lenghty, smart possessions, and its defense has stepped up with some body checks, stick checks and freshman goalie Connor Graves just came up with a fine save.
Zeddie Williams went on a solo charge to the goal with 5:24 left, somehow scoring as he fell to the turf while being slashed. Frank Brown added his fifth goal with 3:56 left in transition off the Graves save, and Sherman Williams scored off a great long feed from Brown with 3:23 left for the seven-goal lead.
5:14 p.m. Silver Creek calls a timeout with 2:06 left and holding its 17-10 lead.
5:20 p.m. We have a FINAL SCORE: Silver Creek 17, Amherst 10.
The Black Knights win their third straight Class C title.
Class A
6:07 p.m. We have our first timeout in the A final, taken by Orchard Park. The game is scoreless with 5:57 left in the first quarter. Both teams have exchanged turnovers for the most part with no good chances of note.
6:17 p.m. At the END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, Orchard Park leads Clarence, 2-0.
Orchard Park scored twice in a 2:17 span, both on unassisted goals. Tim Wagner went from left to right and scored on about a 10-yard shot with 5:48 left in the first; Austin Goltz followed with a charge from the right side and scored while spinning and falling to the turf while being fouled.
Clarence has had a few shots, all but one of them going wide of OP goalie Nick Owens.
6:23 p.m. OP calls a timeout following a failed clear with 9:46 left in the second quarter. Quakers lead, 3-0, after a nice play with Wagner up high and feeding forward to Goltz, who came in from the left side and scored on a high shot just under the crossbar.
6:33 p.m. Clarence calls a timeout with 4:12 left in the second quarter.
Clarence scored its first goal moments ago as Tom Zimmermann converted a pass from Charles Warkenthien with 7:30 left in the first quarter; OP leads, 3-1.
6:38 p.m. OP goes ahead, 5-1, after two goals within a minute. Connor Hicks speeds to the cage and whips a shot that Clarence goalie Zach Johnson got a piece of but trickled in with 2:57 left; Goltz with another goal, his third, as he goes flying to the cage and scores with 2:03 to go in the second.
6:42 p.m. Moments after an incredible point blank save by OP's Nick Owens, Clarence gets one past him on an unsettled play as Dave DeCirce picked up a loose ball off a missed pass and fired it in -- and at a great time, with just 2.9 seconds left in the half.
At HALFTIME, Orchard Park leads Clarence, 5-2.
7:02 p.m. Great start for the Red Devils, scoring twice in the first 3:35 of the third quarter to come within 5-4 and get its crowd fired up.
Warkenthien scored off a pass from Nick Gay just as an extra-man opportunity had come to an end with 9:24 left; a fast break with Alec Dietsch displaying some nice speed before finding DeCirce at the left side of the cage -- his up-and-down fake gave him a goal with 8:25 left in the third.
7:11 p.m. HELLO. We've got a tie game at 5-5 AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.
As it did in the second quarter, another huge, late goal for Clarence as Cooper Wittig sprints from the left side and unleashes a long shot from about 12 yards out that skids low into the goal with 4.4 seconds left.
Can't remember the last time I've covered a Class A final fourth quarter in which the score was tied to start. Might have to go back to an OP-Hamburg classic at UB Stadium in the early 2000s, which was when Hamburg was an A and which was won by OP in OT. Here we go.
7:17 p.m. Here we go indeed. Clarence now LEADS, 7-5, with less than 10 minutes to go.
Wittig scored as he streaked down the middle and scored off a pass by Gay with 10:47 left. After a Jack Lally faceoff win, Warkenthein came on a strong solo effort from behind the cage on the right side and whipped around and scored with 10:06 left.
Reminder: OP has won 16 straight Section VI Class A titles.
7:23 p.m. Injury timeout with 6:07 left as OP's Trevor Vargo is down on the turf. Clarence leads, 7-5.
7:28 p.m. Orchard Park calls a timeout with the ball and 3:42 left with Clarence still leading, 7-5.
7:33 p.m. Clarence timeout with the ball and 1:31 left. They ran more than 30 seconds off before the timeout.
7:35 p.m. Another timeout by Clarence with 1:00 left after running some more clock off.
7:38 p.m. Another timeout with 19.6 seconds left.
7:41 p.m. We have a FINAL SCORE and it is a STUNNER: Clarence 7, Orchard Park 5.
Sixteen-time defending champ OP goes down.
The postgame show:
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8:36 p.m. Niagara-Wheatfield has an early, 3-2 lead on Hamburg with about three minutes left in the first quarter.
The Clarence win over OP has created an extra story for me to write so the updates won't be as plentiful here for the B game. My apologies. I will update at least at the quarters.
8:40 p.m. At the END OF THE FIRST QUARTER, Niagara-Wheatfield leads Hamburg, 3-2.
9:04 p.m. Niagara-Wheatfield used a four-goal run to take an 8-3 lead before Hambug got one back with 4:19 left in the quarter.
At HALFTIME, Niagara-Wheatfield leads Hamburg, 8-4.
9:57 p.m. Sorry for the delay. Exciting second half while I've been writing. Wheatfield leads, 9-8, with 1:11 left in the game.
10:05 p.m. WOW. We're going to OVERTIME tied at 9-9.
Wild finish with Hamburg tying the game with 32.9 seconds left in regulation as Pat Nowak scored off a pass from Max Maxwell.
Hamburg had a chance to win the game in the final seconds, but after one shot was blocked at the defense, a shot by Maxwell with the clock winding down was stopped by N-W goalie Rob Eisenbart. Awesome save.
Four minutes on the clock.
10:10 p.m. Niagara-Wheatfield WINS IN OVERTIME, 10-9, as Cory Becker picked up a loose ball at midfield, then sped to the cage and -- with Hamburg roving goalie Thomas Liponi retreating after the turnover -- scored to give Niagara-Wheatfield the win 48 seconds into overtime. Wow.
Here's video of the winning goal, and my apologies that it isn't clearer. I ran down into the stands to get a better angle (in front of that girder you see in other shots), but the game-ending play happened so fast -- it was too fast for me to adjust the focus to take the glare of the lights away. My bad (chest tap).
It's the first title for Niagara-Wheatfield since 1986.
The postgame show:
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10:59 p.m. Whoa. What a night. The B game going to OT was a tense thriller that we hadn't really seen here in two days of championships.
Sidenote: Clarence had a pretty good night, huh? Lacrosse team knocks off OP, baseball is champions for third straight year, softball team is back in the final. Throw in football and boys soccer titles (Mike Silverstein coaches both boys soccer and boys lax) and the Red Devils have had quite a year.
I'll be getting additional info up here.
The scoreboard page has statistics from all of the games here tonight as well as all of the other action on a busy, important day in high school sports.
All three boys finals will be broadcast on Time Warner Cable SportsNet on Thursday.
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---- — When I was a teenager, my friends and I spent a lot of time working under a particular woman.
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On one of her bad days (one of mine), she threw a juice can at my head. On another, she berated a fragile, young girl until the girl sobbed and repeatedly hit her head off a wall. A good day meant no screaming, no belittling, no destroyed projects (verbally or, sometimes, literally). Often, it just meant that someone else was the target.
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NEW ALBANY — The Spring Street entrance to New Albany from Clark County will be undergoing some noticeable changes.
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Omar—it was always his first name, not "Vizquel" to fans—was talking over the weekend about being inducted into the Indians' Hall of Fame in the summer. It shouldn't stop there. He belongs in the Baseball Hall of Fame more than anyone else on the great 1990s Tribe teams.
Even then, as great a player as he was, he was a better ambassador for the game. Because he so clearly was having fun, he let us share in it. I put him on the short list of the most memorable players I've covered in over four decades as a newspaperman.
Albert Belle would be on the list, too. In 1995, he was a distillate of concentration, power and rage. He wasn't very likable, but I've never seen any other player who simply did not miss mistake pitches. Belle didn't, not in that shortened 144-game season in which he hit 50 homers and 52 doubles. Great as Belle was, though, the shadows he brought with him turned sunny days into gray ones.
Because of his temper tantrums, bat-corking and clubhouse disruptions, Belle has already failed to get enough baseball writers' votes to stay on the Cooperstown ballot.
...We knew with Omar. He made you disbelieve your eyes with 11 Gold Gloves, more than anyone but Ozzie Smith, with nine of them with the Indians.
Even on the 1990s Indians, there were doubts and objections with so many others. There were the steroids later in Manny Ramirez's career (and it would be no surprise if that weren't true during his Tribe years too).
There were too many sullen interviews with Kenny Lofton, who was not the defensive player Vizquel was because Lofton often simply outran his mistakes.
There was the same old, same old with the big money making the difference when Jim Thome left town.
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You know, those great 90's Indians teams had a guy who is already in the Hall of Fame - Robbie Alomar.
2,877 hits, 400 SB and 1,400 Runs
Rk Player WAR/pos G PA H HR RBI BA OBP SLG OPS Pos Tm 1 Jim Thome 72.9 2543 10313 2328 612 1699 .276 .402 .554 .956 3D5H CLE-PHI-CHW-MIN-TOT 2 Manny Ramirez 69.1 2302 9774 2574 555 1831 .312 .411 .585 .996 79D/H CLE-BOS-TOT-LAD-TBR 3 Kenny Lofton 67.9 2103 9235 2428 130 781 .299 .372 .423 .794 *8/H7D9 HOU-ATL-CLE-TOT-NYY-PHI-LAD 4 Omar Vizquel 45.3 2968 12013 2877 80 951 .272 .336 .352 .688 *65H/4D379 SEA-CLE-SFG-TEX-CHW-TOR 5 Albert Belle 39.8 1539 6676 1726 381 1239 .295 .369 .564 .933 *79D/H CLE-CHW-BAL 6 Carlos Baerga 19.4 1630 5895 1583 134 774 .291 .332 .423 .754 *4H5/36D CLE-NYM-TOT-BOS-ARI-WSN 7 Sandy Alomar 13.4 1377 4865 1236 112 588 .273 .309 .406 .716 *2/HD3 SDP-CLE-TOT-CHW-TEX-NYM
Rk Player oWAR H SB R dWAR 1 Ty Cobb 151.1 4189 897 2246 -10.8 2 Barry Bonds 142.7 2935 514 2227 6.7 3 Tris Speaker 123.6 3514 436 1882 2.3 4 Eddie Collins 119.7 3315 741 1821 7.8 5 Rickey Henderson 104.1 3055 1406 2295 -3.5 6 Paul Molitor 74.9 3319 504 1782 -8.1 7 Craig Biggio 74.8 3060 414 1844 -3.9 8 Frankie Frisch 56.9 2880 419 1532 21.4 9 Lou Brock 48.5 3023 938 1610 -17.1 10 Omar Vizquel 32.2 2877 404 1445 28.6
Should I be impressed by 1400 runs?
Anyway, the case for Vizquel is not hard to make per se -- Maranville, Aparicio, Ozzie. Maranville had an 82 OPS+ and 43 WAR; Aparicio had an 82 OPS+ and 56 WAR; Ozzie had an 87 OPS+ and a boatload of WAR with otherworldly Rfield numbers. Omar had an 82 OPS+ and 46 WAR. The HoF has always had a spot for great defensive SS.
Most games list:
c - Ivan Rodriguez
1b - Eddie Murray
2b - Eddie Collins
3b - Brooks Robinson
ss - Omar Vizquel
lf - Barry Bonds
cf - Willie Mays
rf - Roberto Clemente
of - Ty Cobb
My money says Vizquel gets up to a good 35-40% on the BBWAA ballot before topping out, but eventually gets elected by some future version of the Veterans Committee.
a leg that broke just fielding a ground ball
Remember in May 1992, when Bart Simpson traded a card of Omar Vizquel for a Carl Yastrzemski? Vizquel went on to play more major-league seasons (24) than Yastrzemski.
That leg happened to be hanging by a thread all season, in case you forgot or didn't know. It would be more accurate to call it "a leg that finally snapped after 1200 innings at SS when most guys would have spent the whole season on the DL." Probably still inaccurate, mind you, but more accurate nonetheless.
Jeter is only 165 games behind Vizquel. If 2013 hadn't been lost to injury, Jeter would have most likely broken the record this year. Still might do so in 2015. Or later.
I think Vizquel would be one of the weaker shortstops in the Hall of Fame, but not so much so that putting him in would seriously dilute the standards of the institution. It would just spark "if this guy is in why the hell isn't Alan Trammell?" He's closer to Andre Dawson than Jim Rice in that regard.Clearly Trammell should go in immediately, like now, and long, long before Vizquel.
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"The cloud," is a term derived from the phrase "cloud computing," a concept that has been around for at least 50 years in the field of computer networking. Somewhat related to "grid" computing, "utility" computing and "cluster" computing, cloud computing is a re-hash of the idea that, if you can tie many computers together (a network) and have them all work together on the same project, you can have a very powerful system with redundant resources that can be used by many people.
In this context, when you hear the term "cloud," think "Internet," because that's what the cloud will be for most people. There are "private clouds," vast networks of thousands of common-purpose computers owned and used by large businesses or government institutions, but, for most folks, their cloud will be a "public" cloud comprised of multiple interconnected computers, made available by a service provider to the general public and accessed via the Internet.
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Nobody really knows, for sure, except that clouds (up in the sky) are large, fuzzy objects that are constantly changing shape. This is a pretty good analogy for computer clouds, in that computers are regularly being added, subtracted and moved around to suit whatever task is at hand.
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