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In the film, when the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction.
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The 2012 Grand Jury Prizes were selected by a panel of jurors whose information is to the right.
Grand Jury Prize, Feature:
The Island President, a film about the world's lowest-lying island nation threatened by rising sea levels.
Grand Jury Prize, Short:
663114, an animated film about the reemergence of a 66-year-old cicada moments before an earthquake and tsunami.
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Bestiaire, a feature films that explores the boundaries between nature and humanity.
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The Whale, a documentary about an orca that forms a bond with people.
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Scott Rumage became fixated with films when his grandmother took him to see Gigi in 1982. After getting fed up with his parents' small tv & horrible sound, he re-wired their house for a laserdisc player and surround sound in 1989. His large collection of laserdiscs, VHS tapes, DVDs, HD-DVDs, & Blurays (he totally skipped betamax) is arranged by his librarian husband, Allen Townsend, in Library of Congress Format, and is managed by their miniature piebald daschund, Dashelle. When he isn't watching movies, he can be found pickling, canning, knitting, scuba diving, sous viding, gardening, composting, or completely geeking out.
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Samara has worked in sustainable food systems for over 15 years with a variety of food-focused NGOs locally and internationally (largely in Cuba and Argentina), as a food systems planner at the the City of Vancouver, and as a foundation program officer funding food, fisheries and climate change issues. She is currently a research fellow at the Yale Sustainable Food Project. She has also dabbled in film-making and co-created Planners for Tomorrow a stop animation film featuring a robot that circled the globe finding innovative solutions to pressing urban challenges, which was featured at the World Planners Congress and the UN's World Urban Forum.
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Omar is a second-year master's student at the Yale School of Forestry, where he studies global environmental governance. He also pursues environmental media production. He thinks EFFY is a great way to engage the public with modern issues of science and policy.
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Pay attention. Domestic violence is getting worse.
"I've seen an escalation of violence in the cases we serve," said Cheryl Brown, executive director of the Crisis Center and Women's Shelter.
She and other advocates against domestic violence said the murders and assaults are at an epidemic level; more women are injured from domestic violence than from car accidents. Their job is to get people to pay attention.
"Sixty percent of women who are murdered are murdered by an intimate partner," Brown said. "One in four women will be affected by domestic violence in their lifetime."
Men are victims, too, but 19 out of 20 victims are women, Brown said.
At a proclamation signing in Central Park on Monday, Ottumwa Mayor Frank Flanders declared October Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Ottumwa.
"Battering is the number-one cause of injury to women," Flanders told a small but attentive audience Monday.
An unfortunate number of men feel entitled to control the lives of their spouse or girlfriend, he said.
Not to gender bash his own gender, he added, but it's time for men to listen. They are not in a relationship to "control" the woman. Our spouses' rights are equal to our own, he said.
The state is listening. Legislators in Des Moines passed a new law making the crime of strangulation different than just pushing someone.
Gary Oldenburger, assistant Wapello County attorney, said grabbing a domestic partner's arm could result in a 30-day jail sentence. Wrapping their hands around your throat, choking off the air until you live or die only at the whim of the assailant was also a simple misdemeanor punishable by up to 30 days in jail.
Now, adding strangulation to the charges can result in a sentence of up to two years. That's if it doesn't cause actual, measurable injury.
It's also an indicator to a prosecutor like Oldenburger. Most women who are murdered by a partner have been choked at least once.
Both he and Kaylea Adkins, the community liaison at the Crisis Center and Women's Shelter, said women need a safety plan to leave such a violent situation safely. Telling a woman to "just leave" is not helpful unless you can also tell her how.
In fact, both Adkins and Oldenburger say they want those who know of a woman in a potentially lethal situation to contact their offices. They have or can acquire information on getting out safely.
Women's Shelter answers and suggestions are available by calling 1-800-464-8340 or 641-683-1750. Or call the Gary Oldenburger and staff at the Wapello County Attorney's Office, 641-683-0030, with an email address at email@example.com.


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NORMAN — The missing piece of the national economic recovery has been housing growth. Many parts of America have been "underwater" in mortgages with high rates of foreclosures for many years.
Oklahoma escaped much of the problems. Since we learned our lesson in the oil bust years, we haven't had rapid increases or decreases in property values. Lenders got better at what they did, too.
A mid-year report on housing from the Norman Board of Realtors showed that the number of houses sold in July were up more than 34 percent over the previous year. Realtors closed 325 sales in July compared to 242 in July 2012. Year to date, 1,604 home sales closed compared to 1,365 for the first seven months of 2012.
The report was distributed at the Norman Chamber of Commerce board meeting this week. Chamber chairman Andy Sherrer called the report a positive economic sign.
The dollar amount has increased, too. July closings totaled $55.82 million compared to $36.33 million a year earlier. Through July, year-to-date closings totaled $272.48 million compared to $216.70 million from January through July 2012.
Homes are selling a bit faster, too. The average number of days on the market was down nearly 16 percent, from 101 days to 85 days. The supply of homes is down to about 1,000 units, and the average Norman home sales price through July is up 7 percent to $169,873.


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A fight erupts between two college baseball teams, and the entire skirmish is caught on video. This clip was recorded by NBC affiliate KCRA in Sacramento on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.
Two UC Riverside baseball players were ejected from Friday's away game at Sacramento State following a bench-clearing brawl.
In the third inning, UCR shortstop Eddie Young was caught in a rundown between second and third base.
Sac State second baseman Andrew Ayers made the tag and then appeared to shove Young.
After the tag, Ayers said something to Young, who responded with a right hook to the infielder's jaw.
The benches cleared and both Ayers and Young were ejected. UCR's catcher Drake Zarate was also tossed from the game.
All three players will be reportedly suspended for four games, Sacramento State spokesman Brian Berger told the Sacramento Bee.
The UCR Highlanders went on to win 2-1 over the Hornets.


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After an electrifying 90-yard kickoff return from Clements' DeMarcus Johnson, the highlights belonged to the home team Friday night as Class 4A West Limestone surged past the 3A Colts for a 44-6 season-opening win in front of a raucous and overflowing crowd at James Kennemer Stadium.
The lopsided result, which spoiled the debut of first-year Clements coach Dan Beavers, was a far cry from the quadruple-overtime, 54-53 victory by West in last year's meeting between the fierce county rivals..
The Wildcats used an overpowering offensive line to open lanes as seven ball carriers for West accumulated 324 rushing yards. Dillon Miller finished with 157 yards on 21 carries and one touchdown, and Logan Pugh added 70 yards on 10 carries and two TDs.
"This was a big win for us because we were underestimated coming into this game," said wide receiver/defensive back Stevie Romero, one of 10 seniors on the West roster. "We wanted to show people what we're about because we have a strong group of seniors. This team has big potential, and we want to get to the playoffs."
West forced three turnovers — Romero and Tyler Mewbourn each picked off Clements passes — and put together a defensive performance that 'Cats coach David Arnsparger ranked as the program's best in five years.
"Clements did everything they could to win the ball game. They ran back the opening kickoff but then our defense blocked the extra point," Arnsparger said. "This is the best defense that West Limestone has played as a team since 2008 when we beat Colbert County. And offensively, we did what we wanted to do."
West — which scored six times and converted four 2-point conversions on runs by Miller — responded from the 6-0 deficit with a methodical 14-play drive that was capped by Pugh's 8-yard run up the middle to put the Wildcats ahead 8-6.
After forcing a Clements punt, West took 72 seconds to score again when Drew Blakely connected on a 49-yard TD pass to Matthew Reyer. The Wildcats led 22-6 at halftime on Pugh's 5-yard reverse run early in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, Blakely play-faked, rolled right and found Romero roaming behind the secondary for a 39-yard TD on fourth-and-6. On the next West drive, Miller took a handoff, darted left and zipped down the sideline for a 52-yard scamper to lead 36-6.
Less than 60 seconds into the fourth, West's Preston Moss recovered a Clements fumble at the Colts' 6, and Nick Freeman dove in from the 1-yard line for the 44-6 final score.
"The kickoff return was a great start for us but then they answered and went on a long drive. We stalled on their 4-yard line on our second drive, and then the next drive we turned it over," said Clements offensive coordinator Zach Meadows. "Our kids played hard the whole time against a very experienced and very physical bunch. There is plenty to fix, and we have the kids that can do that."
West Limestone travels to Brooks, while West Morgan hosts Clements in the first week of region play on Sept. 6.


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Thank you, Pat Bruno, for your authoritative 'My Turn' of May 1, concerning the relation of gun violence to children. You will, of course, be vilified by those for whom facts are irrelevant. Seven children killed every day with guns? A piffle. Twice that who die from cancer? Stop being emotional! The equivalent of 128 Newtown shootings? Who can count that high?
Pat destroyed the "gun-training" myth. Suicide being the third-leading cause of death in teens, guns used most commonly, is not a negligible statistic. The totally irrational appeal by the leadership of the NRA to the fictional protection of the 2nd Amendment -- an appeal not supported by a substantial majority of NRA members -- would be pathetic if not so deadly.
How many more Newtowns will it take to enable the modest measures proposed, then defeated, by Congress to be implemented? A government held in thrall by a gun club is a travesty.
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To Texas Republican Steve Stockman for inviting Ted Nugent to the president's State of the Union address last week.
Following the last election. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal told his fellow Republicans that "We've got to stop being the stupid party. It's time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults."
People like Stockman apparently didn't take the advice to heart.
The problem isn't that Nugent's a gun advocate. It's that he verges on unstable.
He once told the president to "suck on my machine gun." And he's the man who recently said: "I'll tell you this right now: If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year."
When the gallery was full of victims of gun violence and family members who've lost loved ones, Nugent's presence wasn't intended as a reasonable Second Amendment counter to gun control advocates — it was a provocation.
Many in the GOP know they must regain control of their party and expand its appeal if they hope to be relevant. Stunts like this don't move them in that direction.
Boehner puts out the challenge
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Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, urged — more like challenged — Senate Democrats to pass the agenda offered by President Obama during his State of the Union address. It included such things as more stimulus spending on infrastructure, a national cap-and-trade energy tax, increase in the minimum wage and spending for early childhood education.
If this truly is the progressive agenda the president feels will bring America back and America can get behind, it is important for the Senate Democrats to either show their support or show which disagreements need to be worked out. To lay out the agenda and "dare" the Congress to come up with something different is merely a blame and shame game.
Papal announcement was classy
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To Pope Benedict XVI, his record of service to his Church, and the courage taken to announce his retirement. The pope's stunning announcement Monday of his retirement caught the world by surprise. After all, 600 years had passed since the last Catholic pope had voluntarily resigned from office.
But Benedict's reasoning was hard to argue with. He's 85. The duties of his office are great, and he said he no longer has the energy to do the job. His "strength of mind and body" had diminished, he said.
It is never easy to voluntarily step down from a position of great importance. That Pope Benedict XVI did shows a selflessness that puts the office above himself.
Youth Summit a good step
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To the first Community Summit on Youth held in Mankato this week.
The summit was an opportunity to learn about what youths value in the community and what they think is wrong with it. In addition, research and survey results were presented that had to do with youth issues.
It was a lot to take in and the youth who attended added much to the dialogue of what should lead to some planning and goal-setting. The newly established Youth Voice has the mission of making this area the best place for youth to grow up and live. The summit is a good step in trying to make that happen.
Epitome of bad sportsmanship
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To Farmington High School boys hockey goalie Austin Krause for an incredible act of poor sportsmanship that embarrassed himself, his family and his community.
Krause, a senior, apparently upset about getting beat out at the starting job by a sophomore, played on senior night waited until the last three minutes, took control on the puck and deliberately scored for the other team.
The game with Chaska then became tied, and Chaska went on to win.
But that's not the worst of it. He left the ice after scoring on himself and flipped off his coaches. A video of the act went viral across the Internet.
Unfortunately, this selfish act of revenge harmed the high school game, his school, his teammates and his community.


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It took North Daviess senior Nick Crays about 16 minutes of basketball to get warmed after having not played a game since January of last winter.
The North Daviess guard returned after knee surgery to score 21 points as the Cougars defeated Washington Catholic, 74-48, at the Birdcage Saturday in the North Daviess season opener.
"The kid really hasn't played a game since January 12," North Daviess coach Brent Dalrymple said. "People forget that he didn't have a summer, he didn't have a fall. This is the first time that he has played in nine months."
Crays is recovering from surgery on both knees that took him out of basketball following the Shakamak game last January. While he played most of the game Saturday, he is still not on a full time practice schedule and could be limited on the second night of some earlier back-to-back weekends.
The Cougar senior had six points at halftime as North Daviess led the Cardinals (1-1), 26-19,
But the outcome was less dramatic after the opening 2:15 of the third quarter as North Daviess scored the first 10 points.
Wes Lengacher, who co-led the Cougars with 21 points, opened the half with a three-pointer that was soon followed by Adam Wagler with a three of his own.
Kelby Byrer continued the run with a basket that was again followed by Wagler, and the Cougars owned a 36-19 lead.
The run was stopped by TJ Hill, who paced the Cardinals with 16 points, with Washington Catholic's first hoop at the 5:45 mark of the third.
"We really struggled in the first three minutes of the third quarter," Washington Catholic coach John Howell said. "(Wes) Lengacher made that three, and he really got hot."
The teams traded baskets through the remainder of the quarter, giving North Daviess a 47-33 lead.
The Cougars then forced Washington Catholic into turnovers, the Cardinals made 25, to begin the fourth quarter.
"I thought the game really came down to turnovers," Howell said. "The second half we really turned the ball over too much. We gave them way too many easy basket opportunities."
Crays took advantage with 13 of his points in the fourth before he left the game with 2:04 to play and North Daviess holding a 69-42 lead.
"We've been saying that we're going to get better in games because that's the time that we really see each other," Dalrymple said. "I think if you look at the progress of the game, we got better."
Washington Catholic led early, and played the Cougars close despite losing Colton Reed early to foul trouble.
Reed, who finished with 11 points, collected his second foul in the first quarter with 3:48 to play, and stayed on the Cardinal bench the remainder of the first quarter. He returned to start the second, but was called for his third with 3:53 to play in the half.
He joined Lengacher on the sideline after the North Daviess senior had been called for his third foul with 5:23 to play in the half.
Despite missing Reed in the first quarter, the Cardinals only trailed 12-7 with Hill at the point and sophomore Brian Brown, who also added 13 points, having the duty of watching Crays.
Washington Catholic made its best run of the game late in the second quarter, cutting the North Daviess advantage to 21-19 on two Hill free throws with 2:02 to play.
"We did some good things throughout the game," Howell said. "The first half, we worked hard, the kids got to the right areas, they were getting to the basket. We got into some foul trouble, and the guys off the bench came in and did a nice job."
But the Cougars expanded that advantage in the final two minutes to the 26-19 lead by halftime, and then took command as the third quarter started.
"I don't know that we didn't play great in the first half, we just didn't make any shots," Dalrymple said. The Cougars finished 28-52 after starting the opening half at a 9-23 pace.
"To come out and hit some shots was good to see."
There are some things we need to work on," Howell said. "Encouraging effort. I think we're getting better. I can't fault anyone's effort. I thought Brian had a tremendous game both offensively and defensively."
"We are counting on those three guys (Crays, Lengacher and Byrer) to step up and create some things for us," Dalrymple said. "It was nice to see those three step up. Adam Wagler (seven points and three rebounds) is very solid. He fills in where he needs to."
North Daviess (74) - Crays 8 4-6 4 21, N. Woodruff 1 0-1 2 2, W. Lengacher 8 1-1 3 21, Wagler 3 0-0 4 7, Byrer 5 1-3 2 11, S. Woodruff 0 0-0 2 0, Helms 0 1-2 0 1, Cook 1 3-6 2 6, Heshelman 1 0-0 0 3, D. Lengacher 0 0-0 0 0, Buehler 1 0-0 2 2. Totals: 28 10-19 21 74.
Washington Catholic (48) - Hill 2 10-14 3 14, Brown 5 3-4 4 13, Neace 1 0-0 3 2, Reed 3 6-6 3 13, Purdue 2 1-1 4 5, Sellers 0 0-0 0 0, Strange 0 1-2 0 1, Wichman 0 0-0 0 0, Mitchell 0 0-0 2 0, Ramirez 0 0-0 0 0. Totals: 13 21-27 20 48.
3-point goals: North Daviess 8 (W. Lengacher 4, Crays 1, Wagler 1, Cook 1, Heshelman 1), Washington Catholic 1 (Reed). Technical fouls: North Daviess ( bench).


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Hey, I don't have a TV. At all. And, I ain't going to get one. And, I love baseball. And, I have no way to get my favorite team into my home, via MLB, or cable, or by circumventing the law. (Well, apparently, I could do that, and maybe I will, if the Twins ever get good enough.) The point is, a lot of things are changing around how people access information. I have a computer, an MLB account and I am willing to pay money. How is it that we can't find a business model where people like me get to watch my team's baseball games, I pay money, and everyone goes home happy? It's wrong, it's un-American, it's anti-market -- and it's the way it is right now.
Something has got to give.
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Obviously, as an Iowan, this issue hits home for me. Anyone inclined to read what I've written about it in the past can do so by clicking the "Alice's Restaurant" link in my TD signature line.
But I have doubts that anything will change any time soon. As John writes, there will likely be some kind of settlement at some point before this ever goes to court and I see NO WAY that baseball will allow any such settlement to include an end to the blackouts resulting from the demands of regional sports networks.
RSNs are funding so much of the increase in baseball's revenue that they really are calling all the shots here. Using the Twins as an example, they need to maximize their media rights revenues to have any hope of keeping up with the big market teams. So if FSN says "we want Iowa to be considered 'in market'," then that's exactly what the Twins will do.
Twins executives will (and have) tried to pass the buck on this issue. They've told fans to contact our cable companies. They've told us it's a MLB office issue. I even had Dave St. Peter tell me once that I should contact my representatives in Congress. Yes, as incredible as it is to believe, it almost felt like he was suggesting I write my Congressman to urge him to do something about baseball's anti-trust exemption.
But it is the Twins' issue, as much as they want to claim it isn't. If they felt it was important enough to them to expand their fan base further in to Iowa and that the way to do that would be to allow us to watch their games on MLB.tv, they simply could refuse to have Iowa included in the blackout area. That might cost them a few bucks in their media deal with FSN, but that's a decision the Twins are making. It IS their call, in the end. No matter what Mr. St. Peter claims.
But the influence of regional sports networks is increasing, not decreasing, as MLB relies more and more on the money from that source. That being the case, I'll be surprised if there aren't wider blackout areas, rather than narrower.
There's some hope, perhaps. If you haven't been following the fiasco related to the Dodgers' new local rights deal, you should Google it. They are now on a RSN that most Los Angeles cable companies refuse to carry because of the enormous fees that company wants to charge the cable carriers. So Dodger fans in Pasadena and elsewhere can't watch Dodger games. It's hard to imagine baseball allowing that situation to continue.
It's a crazy mixed up world.
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To address the Iowa situation, I think that the inclusion of the entire state in six home markets is short-sighted by these teams. The idea of inclusion in regional sports networks is to increase the amounts paid by cable companies -- but if those cable companies aren't including them, what good is inclusion doing????
From a team's standpoint, shouldn't it also be about building your market base in those areas so that fans who live there will, on occasion, travel to your city and spend $$$$$. Somewhat distant fans might not buy season tickets but in any given trip, they are likely to go to multiple games plus drop quite a bit of cash on food, lodging and shopping. How do you encourage that if they rarely see you on TV???
It would make logical sense to me that the Twins' home market only extend to about the northern quarter of the state (and even then, perhaps not all the way to the eastern border). In northwest Iowa we've always considered ourselves "Twins Territory" but that may be because we watch Sioux Falls television as much as Sioux City for network & local programming. And in general, our local cable companies carry FSN.
JC and I have exchanged posts in the past about the cable situation. For those Iowa residents who are fortunate enough to opt for satellite TV instead, the situation is better. You can go with something like extra innings on Direct TV. But I still stay with Dish Network instead. Without opting for any programming other than what I would purchase anyway, I get the games for all 6 "home" teams plus MLB network and MLB alternate (when not blacked out) plus the ESPN games, etc. etc. I don't get to see everything I would see with an mlbTV subscription but there's enough variety that I don't feel deprived.
The situation is a mess, though. I'd like to see demographics (by age) on cable subscribers. I would guess that it is a population that is "aging out" somewhat as younger viewers opt for internet options rather than cable. And in the end, it is the changes in viewing habits that are likely to bring change.
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JC, do you think there is a better chance of the CR area cable companies picking up FSN as some of the prospects who've played with the Kernels arrive in the TC?
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I'm in China, so I'm struggling with an equally frustrating, though distinctly different situation... I have spent nearly 3 hours trying to watch game #3 on MLB.tv, and am still only 36 minutes in.
So my heart goes out to all the Iowa fans (what is the situation in Wisconsin?- assume Dakotas are ok). I also have family in LA, and they have no Dodgers games- though that's because of the club, more than the cable company. (Might also toss in: A's can't move because of Giants' territorial rights.)
No matter what, the current situation is clearly unfair, and results in punishing the most willing (to spend!), supportive fans. So short-sighted.
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One year after the affiliation began, we now have a local radio station carrying 120 of the Twins broadcasts (they carried the White Sox the past few years).
Mediacom has chosen to provide Comcast Sports out of Chicago (Cubs and White Sox games). I don't see them switching to FSN because the Kernels affiliation will not change the fact that there are more Cubs fans in this area than any other allegiance.
Maybe eventually they'll add FSN, depending on what FSN would charge per subscriber. You can actually get a package that includes the YES network... but not FSN. Yes, that gripes me.
Of course, the Twins/Kernels affiliation expires after 2016, so I guess there's even a chance that, about the time the first Kernels alums not named Buxton arrive at Target Field, there could be another affiliation change.
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I find it pretty funny that NBC Sports can provide me coverage of every Premier League match every weekend, online or on TV, yet our own sports are locked down tighter than a drum.
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I think the quickest resolution possibility is going to be from the world of Apple TVs, Amazon's FireTV, and other technology expanding. The MLB getting direct money from customers buying the MLB.tv subscriptions is a plus for them. Additionally, the majority of people who would get such a subscription, aren't going to be dropping their cable subscriptions, so any potential argument from the RSN's can be minimized.
The NFL has made it work with NFL Sunday Ticket and online subscriptions with blackout rules. Vikings games are available when a Packer game is on the same network, and I don't see why there would be a problem. Plus...the NFL's agreement with DirecTV is up after the 2014-2015, and that's the prize cow in all of this. The NFL is in the driver's seat when it comes to have to power of blackout changes. If someone like Apple or Amazon steps up, that could be game changer.
Charter is the primary cable provider (we use DirecTV), and they actually carry BOTH FSN-North our of the Twin Cities and Wisconsin (DirecTV has both in HD unlike Charter), so both Twins and Brewers fans are covered here.
Iowa was just a mess. Nothing was worse IMO than having to listen to Hawk and Stone call the handful of Twins' games when they were play the White Sox. I get that Mediacom doesn't want to have to pay for all of the FSNs and CSNs, but make it available in some premium sports package.
It's teams that have lower TV contracts that should be clamoring for a change. The Twins obviously aren't going to get a Dodger or Angels type TV deal, but added advertising revenues from FSN being able to branch out into Iowa and Wisconsin would provide the Twins with great revenue available in future deals. States with weird blackout overlaps (see: Iowa, and the Mid-Atlantic states) should be joining in this debate.
Can't speak for everywhere, but most of Eastern South Dakota (Midcontinent Cable) carries FSN. I remember when the Twins tried to create their own network a few years ago, only one small local cable company carried the new service, so there was no television broadcast for most in the Sioux Falls area. That lasted until early May, if I remember correctly, when a deal was brokered, the Twins network died, and the team was back on Midco.
We've also been very fortunate in that at least one Sioux Falls station has carried the games on the radio (right now, 1140 KSOO, but it was also a different sports radio network at some point). The best news is that 570 WNAX out of Yankton has been a Twins station - that radio signal reaches far and wide throughout the state. They carried the Cubs for a few seasons, but have been consistent Twins broadcasters for most of the past decade.
I remember when the season schedule also (customarily) included a list of regional radio affiliates. I often wander the 5-state area for business or pleasure, so it is always handy to have that list in my car. I do subscribe to MLB, but only the radio version (but when I'm way out of market, or in my office during day games, that works great). Thanks for the discussion on this topic.
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The NFL also introduced NFL Gamepass which was the same thing as NFL Sunday Ticket for free if watched on a computer. Trying to break into immerging markets is pretty enticing when you're dealing with that much money...
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John and TD crew - thanks for drinking bourbon with us and geeking out on baseball and the law. In my opinion, these agreements among MLB teams and with the cable providers hurt both the competitive balance of the league (increasing the revenue imbalance between teams like the Yankees and the Twins) as well as us consumers. I've read that as much as half our cable bill is attributed to the cost of broadcasting sports, and that's only going to increase. The blackout restrictions, specifically designed to curtail competition, makes it possible.
Is it really that unfair? Yeah, it would be better (and more logical) if cable providers could at least offer the "local" RSN for purchase, but that's about the extent of the unfairness.
Satellite sports packages (including all of your "local" RSNs) are ~$12 extra per month if you are a satellite subscriber and don't already receive FSN. Just eyeballed Dish Network and the regular price of their standard package plus the sports add-on is $70 per month. Doesn't that compare to cable? If you are worried about losing your bundle discount with cable+internet, there are DSL+satellite bundles just about everywhere now too.
This situation isn't ideal for everyone, but it's not a travesty, and it's probably light years ahead of what was available even 10-15 years ago.
As to MLB.tv live streaming blackouts, I'd guess at some point they'd almost rather have online viewers than cable/satellite viewers -- better user tracking and targeted ads -- but I guess we're not there yet. It's pretty easy to circumvent online location-based blackouts anyway, so it's probably a moot point for many.
I could see more networks offering streaming for cable/satellite subscribers, like the WatchESPN app. But that's just an extra feature for existing subscribers. I don't see any quick resolution to the blackout rules -- live sports is just about the only worthwhile thing cable/satellite offers that can't already be consumed a la carte online.
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04-04-2014, 12:17 PM #18The plaintiffs (fans) claim that sports franchises, that should be in competition, conspire to establish territorial TV rights with television distributors. As a result, they can charge enormous fees for people who want to watch out-of-market games.
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I live in Des Moines, and I remember a few years back I emailed both my cable provider (Mediacom) and MLB every single day for a few months, until both of them told me that they would no longer acknowledge any future requests from me. I also got into a brief twitter spat with the president of MLBAM until he blocked me.
The lesson I've taken from this is that none of them give a rat's ass what we think or want. And if we get too annoying, they just ignore us, and won't change a thing. So I've resigned myself to Gameday Audio for most games, and less-than-legal methods of watching games of particular interest.


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The Indianapolis 500's pole qualifying will shift from its traditional Saturday date to Sunday this year. IndyCar Series officials, meeting this week in Indianapolis, will unveil final details of qualifying weekend at a later date. Team personnel and drivers were in Indy this week for physicals and meetings. In recent years, Indy's pole competition was held on Saturday after the fastest nine cars advanced from qualifying earlier in the day. The man behind the change was Mark Miles, CEO of Hulman & Co., which owns IndyCar and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. "I'm hoping they know better than us and that they've come up with the right (plan)," IndyCar team owner Michael Andretti said, according to The Indianapolis Star. Indy 500 qualifying will be May 17-18 and the race on May 25. Preceding the 500 this year will be IndyCar's first road course event at IMS on May 10. Practice for the oval race begins the following day.
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NORMAN — A jury trial involving manslaughter began Wednesday in Cleveland County District Court with opening statements and the first witness called to testify.
Mark Allen Peters, 54, of Noble, was charged with first-degree manslaughter, possession of controlled dangerous substance and obstructing an officer after a two-vehicle wreck Feb. 20, 2012, that led to a fatality.
Peters' yellow Dodge Ram pickup was westbound on State Highway 9 when it struck a Toyota Sequoia heading eastbound on the highway. The driver of the Toyota was identified as Safari McDoulett, 36, of Oklahoma City.
McDoulett was the community relations director for Oklahoma County District 2. She was ejected from her vehicle, due to not wearing a seatbelt, when struck by Peters' vehicle, according to the affidavit.
The wreck happened near the intersection of 120th Avenue and Highway 9.
Initial investigations found that McDoulett tried to avoid the collision but was unable to do so. The front driver's side of Peters' vehicle made contact with the front driver's side of McDoulett's. She suffered trauma to the head, torso and one of her legs, the affidavit stated.
When Peters was contacted at the scene at his vehicle by a Park Ranger and Norman police officer, the affidavit stated Peters "refused to comply with any verbal directions or commands" and "soon became physically aggressive with the officers," resulting in his detainment.
In the affidavit, the officers described him as having the appearance of being highly intoxicated.
The observations included Peters having thick, slurred speech, difficulty staying awake, constricted pupils, dry mouth and general poor motor skills.
Peters told the officers he had consumed medication prior to the collision. When police searched Peters they found a prescription pill bottle in one of his pant pockets containing two types of pills.
The first type of pills were identified as the pills on the prescription label on the bottle, hydrocodone, and officers observed none of those pills were missing from the prescribed amount that was filled that day, the affidavit stated.
"The second type of pills located in the bottle included six pills, later identified by their markings to be Diazepam 5mg, a schedule IV controlled substance," the document stated.
The first witness, Jerry Miller, was called to testify in front of the jury Wednesday. Miller identified Peters in court and identified the yellow truck after being shown pictures of it in court which are being used as evidence.
Miller was not involved in the accident that took place at 120th Avenue and Highway 9 but he testified that he had an encounter with him while driving home from work that day.
Earlier that day, Miller first saw the yellow Dodge Ram pickup truck while at a stop sign at 149th Street and Choctaw Road. Miller said the truck came up over the hill at a high rate of speed and at that point he became concerned.
While Miller continued to travel east on 149th Street, Miller said the yellow truck would speed up behind him and then fall back, repeating this several times. He also told the jury he was afraid the truck was going to hit him whenever the driver did this.
Miller said he saw the yellow truck cross the center line of the two-lane road more than once. In one instance, the yellow truck nearly collided with a car in the other lane, Miller said.
While observing the driving behavior of the yellow truck, Miller decided to call 911. The recording of that call was played in court Wednesday in which Miller was stating how the yellow truck was driving as previously mentioned.
Still on the phone with 911, Miller turned from 149th Street onto Peebly Road heading southbound and pulled over onto a blacktop area near the intersection.
At that point, the yellow truck followed him and pulled up and stopped exactly even with his vehicle.
Miller said he got a clear shot of the driver which was how he was able to identify him in court Wednesday, nearly 14 months after the incident.
Peters did not get out of his truck and was only there for a few seconds before he pulled out in front of Miller, headed north onto Peebly Road, and then did a U-turn to head back south onto Peebly Road.
Miller lost sight of the truck at about 164th Street and Peebly Road at which point his call with 911 dispatch ended.
This incident occurred sometime shortly after 6 p.m. Miller said the road conditions were clear, there was no ice or wetness, and it was still light outside and was until he got home about five minutes after losing sight of the vehicle.
Peters' accident occurred around 6:30 p.m.
Peters' attorney, Charles Douglas, also questioned and brought up valid information toward the case while Miller took the stand Wednesday.
Douglas pointed out that while the yellow truck sped up, he never hit Miller, he came to a complete stop exactly even with Miller's vehicle on Peebly Road and then while turning around, navigated the narrow road without going off the road.
When questioned how fast Miller was going, he replied somewhere around 45 mph but was unsure what the speed limit was. Miller also replied that the truck never attempted to pass him.
"It almost sounds like a road rage incident," Douglas said.
Also, while Miller said the yellow vehicle in the photos he was shown was identical to the vehicle he saw earlier that day, he was never able to get the tag number in order to confirm 100 percent whether that was the same vehicle.
Douglas also stated that it was possible it was dusk at the time Miller saw Peters and it was possible that he saw him through two tinted windows.
"I had a clear shot of him," Miller replied.
The trial will continue at 1 p.m. today in District Judge Tracy Schumacher's courtroom at Cleveland County Courthouse.
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Midway Through Session, Anti-immigrant Bills Continue to Fail Nationwide
Suman Raghunathan on March 3, 2011 - 2:40pm
While a few states (notably South Carolina) are coming perilously close to passing proposals based on Arizona's now-infamous anti-immigrant SB 1070, a growing number have shifted gears in 2011 toward a more measured, practical, and progressive approach to state immigration policy. These states are reconsidering the wisdom of entertaining, let alone enacting, anti-immigrant bills that will only increase costs for cash-strapped states at a time when they are confronting historic budget deficits and painful decisions on how to trim -- not expand -- their state budgets.
With many states halfway through their legislative sessions, several have already rejected broad anti-immigrant proposals, including Colorado, Virginia, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Wyoming. Nebraska State Senator Charlie Janssen, the chief sponsor of an SB 1070 copycat measure, recently acknowledged that even he didn't think he had the votes to pass his bill out of committee. In addition, several states (including Montana and South Dakota) have summarily defeated dubious proposals to revoke the US citizenship of children born to undocumented immigrant parents -- bills that directly (and intentionally, according to its own proponents -- seek to gut and challenge our Constitution. These triumphs of sanity over political opportunism reflect just how much states need sound and practical immigration polices that don't needlessly burden taxpayers, local police departments, court systems, prisons, and detention centers.
Fiscal notes, or cost analyses conducted by neutral government budgetary analysis agencies, have underlined the high costs (often tens of millions of dollars) associated with broad anti-immigrant state bills. By providing greater clarity and detail on the high costs of onerous state immigration enforcement and restrictive laws, many fiscal notes have actually served to help defeat these bills or diminish their changes of passage by simply outlining just how expensive it is for states to be anti-immigrant. Some state fiscal notes attached to anti-immigrant proposals that have successfully raised alarms include:
- Utah's Legislative Fiscal Analysts Office recently attached an $11 million price tag to Rep Stephen Sandstrom's SB 1070 copycat proposal
- Kentucky's State Legislature recently estimated the cost of an anti-immigrant SB 1070 copycat proposal at a total $89 million per year (including $40 million per year in increased prison, court, and foster-care fees) -- a price tag that appears to have served to effectively defeated the bill
Arizona, ground zero for costly and ineffective anti-immigrant state legislation (and which even last year was home to one of the deepest state budget shortfalls as well as one of the nation's highest foreclosure rates) has already lost tens of millions of dollars in tourism and convention funding alone, and is projected to lose nearly $500 million in lost tourism revenue alone and roughly 3,000 jobs. In addition, Arizona's elected officials continue to break the bank with their anti-immigrant laws. Recent public records filings revealed Governor Jan Brewer's Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund has already spent $1.5 million in legal fees to defend SB 1070 -- which itself remains on hold after a fall 2010 federal court ruling.
Other municipalities have literally paid the price for their anti-immigrant ordinances, according to data compiled by the Center for American Progress in a recent report:
- Hazelton, Pennsylvania is in the tank for at least $2.8 million with some estimates totaling $5 million as it defends its ordinance all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Riverside, New Jersey, suffered a severe local economic downturn before the city rescinded its anti-immigrant ordinance.
- Farmers Branch, Texas, has spent nearly $4 million in legal fees and is expected to spend at least $5 million to defend its anti-immigration statute with no end in sight.
- Prince William County, Virginia, dramatically scaled back a tough immigration statute after realizing the original version would cost millions to enforce and defend in court.
- Fremont, Nebraska (population roughly 20,000) increased the city's property tax by 18% to help pay the estimated $750,000 in legal fees for its anti-immigration ordinance which it intends to defend.
For their part, police and law enforcement officers have shown little interest in adding the enforcement of federal immigration laws to their already-full plates. A number of police and law enforcement leaders have recently reiterated their opposition to enforcing federal immigration laws, including Houston and San Antonio, Texas' Chiefs of Police; Texas' Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia and law enforcement officers in Wyoming.
Voicing concern about the potential for racial profiling and loss of trust, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said, "Any state requirement that forces local law enforcement officers to enforce immigration laws is a really, really bad idea."
As anti-immigrant legislative efforts fail in 2011 sessions, a number of states that either considered passing anti-immigrant laws or defeated progressive immigration proposals in the past are now changing their tune. These states are instead pursuing common-sense, progressive state immigration legislation that expands opportunity for all residents, both immigrant and native-born -- measures that are garnering even broader support than before SB 1070's passage.
Tuition equity proposals have generated a particularly high amount of momentum this legislative session, with bills already introduced in ten states. These include some states that narrowly defeated similar proposals in past years, and where legislators previously opposed to tuition equity have updated their stances and are pledging their support. Oregon's bipartisan SB 742 was introduced by Republican State Senators Morse and Nelson, who previously voted against Oregon's tuition equity proposals in 2009. Senators Morse and Nelson are also working closely with colleagues in the Oregon House on a companion bill, along with a broad range of community and advocacy groups including the Oregon Students Association and Western States Center. In addition, Colorado's tuition equity bill, SB 126, 'Advancing Students for a Strong Economy Tomorrow' or ASSET, has gained several new Senate sponsors who also previously opposed the state's last tuition equity proposal in 2009. ASSET, which is also sponsored by State Representatives Miklosi and Williams, handily passed out of the Senate Education Committee in mid-February, and is expected to pass the Senate next week and move into the House for consideration.
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CLASS 5A EAST — Tahlequah's Lain Wright had 21 points, but it wasn't enough to carry the Tigers to an upset over Class 5A No. 14 Chickasha on Friday night. The Tigers suffered a 56-53 loss and were eliminated from the 5A playoffs.
E.J. Golightly led Chickasha with 21 points, and Joey Sylvester chipped in with 17 points for the Fighting Chicks (14-9). Tahlequah's season ends at 8-16.
In a game that featured eight lead changes and four ties, the Tigers had one last chance to tie the game, but a wide-open 3-point look by Kourtland McMillan was missed. Then, with three-tenths of a second left, Tahlequah's inbounds pass was batted away to end the game.
For Tahlequah, Jake Vader added nine points and 14 rebounds. Datious Dufur countered for Chickasha with 10 points and 14 rebounds.
CLASS 3A AREA I – The Haskell Haymakers survived a nip-and-tuck battle with Pawhuska to advance in the consolation bracket by beating the Huskies 53-46 in Beggs on Friday.
The Haymakers (9-15) led 38-37 at the half and managed to stay ahead of Pawhuska and will play Okmulgee at 8 p.m. Saturday in Okmulgee in a consolation semifinal. The Beggs regional started Friday due to travel issues related to the winter weather of Thursday.
Michael Love led Haskell with 14 points while Alex Wheeland and Dillon Dobbins had 12 points each.
CLASS 3A AREA III — At Okmulgee, Eufaula was eliminated by Adair 49-48. The Ironheads' cause was hurt at the free-throw line where they were outscored 18-2. Cody Faries had 18 points and Forrest Paden and Devin Garfield had 11 points each.
In the Verdigris sub-regional, Vian remained alive beating Newkirk 45-41 with a solid defensive effort to slow Newkirk. Shane Ross had 18 points and Shawn Troutman had 10 as the Wolverines move to Muskogee Civic Center for a regional semifinal against Heavener. Both the Civic Center and Verdigris sites were delayed a day by Thursday's weather issues
CLASS 2A AREA III — At Mounds, the Hulbert Riders watched their season end in a 71-53 loss to Oklahoma Union. The Riders (14-12) were led by Parker Taylor and Mason Fielden, each with 17 points, and Craig Potts with 13.
CLASS 3A AREA III — Playing at Adair, Keys freshman Jaylee Young had 17 points but none more important than her 3-pointer at the buzzer of the overtime period, sending the Lady Cougars (12-11) into today's Class 3A regional consolation final against Salina with a 57-54 overtime win against Stigler.
Young was making her first start and had five 3s.
"She'd been playing with confidence this week and helping our defense," Keys coach Mickey Duncan said. "When she gets herself going she can shoot the ball. We had the feeling, she had the feeling and it worked out for us."
Stigler ended the season at 11-14 and missed two shots in the last eight seconds of regulation that would have won it. Turquoise McAlvain led the Lady Panthers with 15 points. Hannah Garman scored 12 and Brook Hurst added 10.
CLASS 3A AREA I – The Haskell Lady Haymakers used a 10-point scoring advantage in the third quarter to move past the Pawhuska Lady Huskies 54-48 in Beggs on Friday in the consolation round.
Haskell (10-14) trailed 23-20 at the half but outscored Pawhuska 21-11 in the third quarter to stay alive in the postseason.
Sherrell McHenry led Haskell with 20 points and 13 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season while Tashay Love finished with 11 points.
The Lady Haymakers face Lincoln Christian at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Okmulgee to see who advances to the regional consolation finals.
CLASS 3A AREA III — At the Verdigris sub-regional, Vian lost to Verdigris 48-26, being outscored on a 10-0 run after getting as close as seven in the third quarter. Erica Casey had eight points for Vian which plays Heavener at 6:30 tonight at the Muskogee Civic Center.
CLASS 2A AREA III — After losing to No. 1 Northeast on Thursday, the Hulbert Lady Riders beat Yale 56-47 and at 17-9, play Mounds in a regional consolation final at 1:30 today.
Today's schedule
Class B Girls Area IV
at Kingston
Midway vs. Lomega, 6:30 p.m.
Class 6A East Girls Regional
at Muskogee HS
Muskogee vs. Broken Arrow, 1:30 p.m.
Class 5A Girls East Regional
at Tahlequah
Tahlequah vs. Chickasha, 1:30 p.m.
Class 4A Area IV
at Fort Gibson
Fort Gibson vs. Inola, 3 p.m.
Fort Gibson vs. Inola, 6:30 p.m.
Class 3A Area I
at Okmulgee
Haskell vs. Lincoln Christian, 6:30 p.m.
Haskell vs. Okmulgee, 8 p.m.
at Muskogee Civic Center
Class 3A Area III
Vian vs. Heavener, 6:30 p.m.
Vian vs. Heavener, 3 p.m.
Class 3A Area III
at Adair
Keys vs. Sperry, 8 p.m.
Keys vs. Salina, 1:30 p.m.
Class 2A Area IV
at Talihina
Oktaha vs. Talihina, 6:30 p.m.
Oktaha vs. Talihina, 8 p.m.


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How does the Lucky feat interact with disadvantage? How does the halfling's Lucky trait interact with advantage/disadvantage and the Lucky feat?
When you spend a luck point, you roll an additional d20 and then choose which d20 to use, regardless of whether you have advantage, disadvantage, and so on. So, you can use luck points to effectively turn disadvantage into advantage, and then some. As for the halfling's Lucky trait, you first roll all dice (regardless of whether you have advantage or disadvantage, or whether you spend luck points), figure out which die to use for the attack roll, ability check, or saving throw, and then, if the die you picked rolls a natural 1, you would reroll only that die and use the new roll. Thus, the halfling trait works best when you have disadvantage only, since when you roll that natural 1 you're forced to take it no matter what the other die says; at that point, the halfling's Lucky trait kicks in, allowing you to reroll it and take the second result.
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- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Pour the beaten eggs into the prepared baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven until they set and are no longer runny, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove, allow to cool, and cut into 6 portions.
- Butter the cut sides of the croissants and place one portion of the cooked egg onto each croissant bottom. Top each sandwich with two slices of ham and a slice of Colby-Jack cheese. Place the croissant tops on top of the sandwiches; wrap each sandwich well with plastic wrap. Place the sandwiches onto a baking sheet; freeze until solid, about 3 hours. Store frozen.
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These were good, quick and easy to assemble. Unfortunately, I have found it difficult to reheat after taking out of the freezer. I have had to defrost for up to 2 minutes, then heat for 45 seconds, and then have to heat the egg an additional 25 seconds for it to even be warm. A lot of work to heat it up, but the taste is good. The tricky part is getting the whole sandwich warm without melting away all the cheese or causing the english muffin to become hard. Good luck!
I tried these and they came out perfect. I make a ton of these on english muffins. They reheat like a charm too.
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These were great. The baked eggs can be cut to the perfect size. I had to cook my eggs a bit longer. I suggest adding salt and pepper to eggs before baking.
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Advance voting for the Cobb Education SPLOST IV referendum begins today.
The formal referendum date is March 19, but voters wishing to cast early ballots may so do at the Cobb Elections main office, 736 Whitlock Ave., Marietta, between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Satellite advance voting takes place March 11-15 at the following locations:
- East Cobb Government Service Center, 4400 Lower Roswell Rd., Marietta,
30068-4233. Hours 9:00am to 5:00pm
- South Cobb Community Center, 620 Lions Club Drive, Mableton, GA 30126-2438. Hours 9:00am to 5:00pm
- Northstar Church, 3413 Blue Springs Road NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144-1082. Hours 9:00am to 5:00pm
- Boots Ward Recreation Center, Lost Mountain Park, 4845 Dallas Highway,
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- Cobb Elections Main Office, 736 Whitlock Ave., (West Park Government
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Voters also may choose to vote by mail, and requested ballots also will be mailed starting today. Voters can apply for a ballot on the Cobb Elections website and have it mailed to them.
A sample ballot also is available on the Cobb Elections website, but that feature has been experiencing some technical difficulty.
The SPLOST IV referendum would collect $717 million in a one-cent sales tax from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2018, and would fund Cobb County School District school construction and maintenance projects.
For Marietta City Schools, the tax collected would amount to $55.4 million over the same period.
Every school in the Cobb County and Marietta City School system is slated for improvements, but dollar figures vary based on needs determined school district staff and approved for the project list by each school board.
The current SPLOST III collection period ends on Dec. 31, 2013.
Among the proposed Cobb SPLOST IV projects that would be funded are the following:
- Nearly $40 million in the construction of a new fine arts center, gymnasium and classroom addition at Walton High School;
- $30 million to replace Osborne High School;
- $30 million for an East Cobb-area replacement middle school;
- $30 million for a career academy;
- $23 million each for two replacement elementary schools.
Please see the attached PDF for the entire SPLOST IV project list for details.
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- Repayment of $15.2 million in long-term debt;
- An estimated $13 million for classroom technology upgrades and $2 million for staff and administrative technology upgrades;
- A total of $6.9 milion to renovate the Marietta Sixth Grade Academy;
- Major renovations at West Side and Hickory Hill elementaries;
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By James Neal, Staff Writer
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ENID, Okla. —
YWCA Enid has planned a full day of activities Saturday to empower girls for the future.
The 11th annual Girl Power Rally will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Autry Technology Center. Girls in fourth through seventh grades are invited to attend the full day of workshops and activities, designed to build self-confidence and promote healthy relationships as they approach their teenage years.
"We are trying to reach our community's girls before anything negative happens to them as they grow into young women," said YWCA Enid administrative assistant Lindsey Stowers. "As these girls grow into the pre-teen and teen years, they will be possibly facing new and important decisions that could affect the rest of their lives. We want to give girls the self-confidence, self-esteem and knowledge to face some of those challenges."
Stowers said girls at Saturday's event will be divided by age groups to attend four workshops, covering issues related to building healthy relationships, health and beauty tips, community responsibility and the importance of volunteering in the community.
The workshops covering volunteerism will be taught by the YWCA Enid 2012 Volunteer of the Year, Brittany Webb.
Webb, a student at Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Enid, was honored at the YWCA Enid Leadership Luncheon in July for her efforts to furnish a teen recreation room at the YWCA crisis center.
This year's Girl Power Rally also will feature a performance and keynote address by 9-year-old award-winning country and gospel singer Emily Faith.
Faith is a three-time Oklahoma Country Music Association vocalist and entertainer of the year, is the 2012 North American Country Music Association gospel entertainer of the year and has been nominated for seven Indie Music Channel awards, including gospel album of the year and best female country artist of the year.
Faith regularly performs for benefit events to support American Cancer Society, Make A Wish Foundation, Disabled American Veterans and a variety of anti-bullying events.
Stowers said Faith will sing her song "Messages to Heaven" to honor "some of the kids she's worked with in Make a Wish Foundation."
Cost for the Girl Power Rally is $15 per girl. That cost covers a T-shirt, water bottle, gift bag, lunch, snack and the rally events.
Stowers said scholarships are available for girls who cannot afford the $15 fee. Transportation to and from Girl Power also is available with advance notice. Registration for the rally will be accepted up to the start of the event.
The Girl Power Rally has been well-attended in recent years, drawing in as many as 200 girls from Enid and surrounding communities.
Stowers said YWCA staff already have registered more than 70 girls for the event, and they hope to reach 160 girls with Saturday's "empowering messages."
Rynn Day, YWCA Enid community education and prevention specialist, said those positive messages are essential in helping girls make healthy choices.
"In our society today, girls are inundated with a lot of negative messages, negative stereotypes and unreachable standards," Day said. "There's a lot of pressure on girls to be outwardly pretty, instead of focusing on their inner beauty. We want to help girls focus on their inner beauty, on their 'girl power,' so they can make the right choices and take a stand in the community on important issues.
"You really have to work hard to put those positive messages into girls' lives," Day said, "and this whole day is going to be filled with positive messages for girls."
For information on Girl Power, to register or request a scholarship, call YWCA Enid at (580) 234-7581 or email Stowers at email@example.com.


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You might think that the inside of a TVA plant building would be a Disney-esque shrine of retro-futurism, filled with pneumatic tubes transferring coded messages between managers, all controlled by super-efficient coal powered AutoMen. But, as a matter of fact, the administrative building of the Kingston Fossil plant has more of a municipal flavor to it than an Epcot one. Foam drop ceilings and thin gray carpet abound here.
Still, getting in to see Ron Hall, plant manager only since last March, seems about as difficult as getting past Uncle Walt's defenses. This is especially true if you have to go through PR point man Gil Francis, who, between frustrating-sounding phone calls, will tell you where to sit, how long to stay there, and why you should pay attention to his directions, all the while talking about the journalists who tried to get in without first going through the proper channels, and just how far they got.
Finally, though, the curtain is pulled back, and there, in a nondescript medium-sized office is a fairly regular looking guy—he's got a Mike Ditka mustache and he's wearing a red plaid shirt—with the progressive blog RoaneViews up on one of his computer monitors. The blog has been following the spill situation closely since the very beginning, criticizing TVA and urging media calm in equal measure.
"Somebody sent me the link this morning," Hall says. "I thought I should take a look at it."
Hall's an engineer by trade. He's worked with TVA for 18 years, since he was 25 years old and lived in Chattanooga, "in the gas side of the business," moving himself up through the ranks. It's his job to oversee the day-to-day operations of the plant, coordinating all its various departments and making sure everything is running smoothly.
But things haven't been going smoothly. So that's not his job anymore, at least for the time being. There's a reason Hall's been one of the most visible people in this mess, showing up at every meeting, leading media tours, dealing with the various politicians who've shown up in the wake of the spill. That's his job now.
"Is there a plant here?" he says. His underlings have been dealing with most of the regular plant operations ever since he flew in from his family's Colorado Christmas celebration the day after the spill.
"I was back in Tennessee by 9 p.m.," says Hall, coordinating the emergency command centers in Kingston, Chattanooga, and Georgia, two days before Christmas. "I have a 9-year-old, a 7-year-old, and a 2-year-old. The 2-year-old is probably the one who was affected the most."
Since the spill, his workload-—overseeing the cleanup effort and all the other aforementioned politicking, has increased his work day by about 50 percent.
"Before the slide, I was working 10, 12 hours a day, just dealing with the plant," Hall says, beginning with a series of morning meetings, followed by more meetings and all the daily troubleshooting he needed to deal with. "Now, it's averaging about 14 to 16 hours a day."
Hall lives in Soddy Daisy, between Dayton and Chattanooga, more than an hour drive away from Kingston. He stays in hotels sometimes, but most of the time he makes the long drive.
"I find the drive home relaxing, to be completely honest," after the frustrations of dealing with such a big mess, he says. "If I stay in a hotel, it still takes me an hour or two to wind down. So I figure I might as well do it in the car, so I can see my family."
Is all this time doing anything for a utility that may have irreparably damaged its reputation in this town?
"There are folks who said that, 'you knew it was coming.' I did not know it was coming," he says. "TVA can't just go out and do what it wants to do. There are folks who think that it can, but it can't."
Hall, like Mason, points to TDEC's involvement as the appointed legal monitor, one that he says is a neutral party. But that could soon change if regulations for coal ash change.
"I really can't speculate on what could happen after this," he says, but in preparation TVA has hired a consulting firm, ACEOM, to do failure analysis and, perhaps, recommend a new solution. "They'll be doing a lot of engineering core drills and samples to try to identify what the cause was."
While not willing to say that he believes coal ash should be regulated as a hazardous waste, he will say that things will probably change around Kingston.
"I would be very surprised if we chose wet storage at Kingston," he says. "The regulations have changed... I'm not sure you could even get a permit for a wet one without liners. I can pretty confidently state that we're not going to have a 65-foot wet cell by the time it's over."
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---- — The Center on Constitutional Rights identifies "substantial deficiencies in the U.S. government's regulation and monitoring of hydraulic fracturing."
Yet the decision to allow hydraulic fracturing looms in the very near future in New York, even though states don't have the resources to regulate or monitor this practice safely.
Is Gov. Cuomo being given the truth by the state Department of Environmental Conservation, or is the DEC under political pressure to make the public believe this process can be done safely? If the process were safe, the health files the DEC and state Department of Health have been reviewing would certainly be publicly available for review. Yet, they are not.
"Government regulators and industry leaders have historically ignored the 'substantial health and welfare costs' associated with the process," according to The Center on Constitutional Rights. Small, rural communities are targeted, taking full advantage of economically deprived rural areas of the country — something the industry does quite well.
And now, we hear reports of homes that have exploded due to methane buildup within these areas where hydraulic fracturing is performed, and water contamination has been reported in every state where this process has ever been under operation. Yet New York state continues to consider allowing an industry to move in. Do they think anything will be different?
It will be at the risk of the health of citizens and the ruination of the water, and will certainly cost many political seats in the next election, if hydraulic fracturing is approved.
It is a decision that will change the state of New York forever. Might be time to read up on "how to be a responsible leader in the state of New York." Elect those who believe the protection of human rights doesn't apply only to the wealthy.
Kim Felter Canarelli
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