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The men of Maui's Halau Kekuaokala'au'ala'iliahi came within a point of capturing the kahiko, or traditional hula, title at this weekend's Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo.
"We knew that the boys did the best they could," said 'Iliahi Paredes, kumu hula of the halau with his wife, Haunani, on Sunday afternoon.
"We are glad that we got to the stage," he said, noting a few hiccups in their performance. "It was a pleasant surprise. . . . We feel so honored and blessed and praise the Lord."
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The kane, or men, of Halau Kekuaokala'au'ala'iliahi dance their kahiko number, "Malie 'O Maui," Friday night at the Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo. The halau finished second in the kahiko division.
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Dancing "Laupahoehoe Hula" for their auana number, the men of Halau Kekuaokala'au'ala'iliahi, under the direction of kumu hula 'Iliahi and Haunani Paredes, finished fourth in the category at the Merrie Monarch Festival. The men of the halau have appeared twice at the festival and finished fourth in kane auana for the second straight year.
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The Wailuku-based halau scored 565 points and actually topped La'akea Perry's Ke Kai O Kahiki from Waianae, Oahu, in a tiebreaker. The Maui halau finished a point behind Chinky Mahoe's Kawaili'ula, which scored 566 points.
Kawaili'ula ended up capturing the overall title at the 50th Merrie Monarch Festival.
Paredes' halau, the only Maui halau in the men's competition, performed "Malie 'O Maui," "a song that honors the Hana side," said 'Iliahi Paredes, who performed the "classic hula" while a dancer under kumu hula O'Brian Eselu in his Ke Kai O Kahiki.
He told his men that they "could do a better job" than when his halau from Oahu danced the mele in 1992.
"The great part about it is that it is a Maui mele by Maui boys," he said of the mele that means "Maui calm." "The storytelling is even more powerful because our boys could take ownership. . . . It is their land and their history."
They took the dancers out to Hana "to soak in the beauty" and to view of all the places the song talked about. His dancers were encouraged to "take a mental picture of the view" of Hana and the places they had seen.
"That is what they need to put out on the stage," the kumu hula told his dancers. "They need to make the hula express the vision" of the scenes of Hana.
The men of Halau Kekuaokala'au'ala'iliahi also made the stage in the auana, or modern hula, competition, finishing fourth. They danced to "Laupahoehoe Hula," another classic number chosen in honor of the 50th anniversary of the famed hula festival, said 'Iliahi Paredes.
He said that the mele, with words by Mary Pukui and music by Irmgard Farden 'Aluli, is a "good fun song" that every male dancer of hula would know. The mele tells the story of a young man who likes to climb hills, catch oopu in the streams and paddle in the ocean off the Big Island.
Many of his dancers are still in high school, and "I wanted to find a classic song that would capture the age and energy" of his group, he said.
The Paredeses were pleased with the performance of their men, who have made the stage twice to collect their honors at the Aunty Edith Kanaka'ole Tennis Stadium in what has been described as the "Olympics of hula."
Before the awards were announced, 'Iliahi Paredes said he and his wife told the dancers that whatever the outcome, they were proud of them, they loved them and they did what they wanted of them.
"We feel so blessed," he said. "The awards are just the icing on the cake for us."
A television commentator covering the hula festival lauded the fresh young kumu hula, adding that they will return home and work harder for the next competition.
'Iliahi Paredes concurred with that assessment.
"The boys are hungry, and they really want to go back and be better on the stage," said the kumu hula, whose halau finished fourth last year in kahiko and auana divisions in its first appearance.
"I see them wanting to be better individually and as a group . . . We want to come back and bring the best on the stage," he said.
Also competing at Merrie Monarch Festival in the wahine division was Kula's Halau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka, led by Napua Greig and her sister, Kahulu Maluo.
On Thursday, the first night of the festival, Manalani English of the Kula halau captured the Miss Aloha Hula title, finishing ahead of the Paredes' Sloane Makana West.
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Demolition and abatement have already begun on the landmark Tishman Building on Lafayette Square, with new owner Hamister Group aiming to complete the conversion of the historic former National Fuel Gas Co. headquarters into a hotel, apartment and corporate offices by the third quarter of 2014, the project's lead architect told Buffalo Place directors Wednesday.
Officials are seeking to restore the 53-year-old building to "what it looked like in 1959," said Jonathan Morris, partner at architectural firm Carmina Wood Morris PC, which is coordinating the work for Hamister. "It will be spruced up, fixed up and look great."
Plans for the $41 million project call for a Hilton Garden Inn hotel with 124 rooms to occupy the first 14 floors, with 18 market-rate apartments taking up floors 15 through 17 and Hamister's headquarters moving to the top three floors from its current location in Amherst. The three floors of apartments will feature six units each, while the corporate offices will house 30 to 40 employees.
There will be a new entrance on Lafayette Square that will become the new entrance to the hotel, and the first floor will have the hotel lobby and dining space. Food service will be located on the second floor, meeting rooms on the third floor, and the guest rooms will start on the fourth floor. A pool and fitness center will be housed in the basement, Morris said.
Hamister has contracted for valet parking arrangements with several parking facilities.
Hamister plans to open the first-floor ceiling to the second floor and install light fixtures hanging through, Morris said.
Using Philadelphia-based Berkowitz Co., the firm plans to take a one-inch-thick, double-glazed insulated glass panel and adhere it to the existing glass, to provide a "triple-glaze" system, Morris said. That will save energy and costs in the long run, but allows them to leave the existing glass in place as required by its historic designation. The original glass will also be cleaned, he added.
All approvals are in place, including from the National Park Service and Hilton Worldwide, which had to agree to Hamister's submission of an interior design and furniture package.
"We're excited to see the project move forward," said Buffalo Place Executive Director Michael Schmand.
Hamister had been dealing with one tenant on the third floor, information technology provider Shatter IT, which had a long-term lease and did not want to move because it has significant networking infrastructure set up.
But the parties negotiated a resolution, and Shatter IT consolidated to another site it has at Main Place. "That was a good thing because we were having to design around them," Morris said.
Located at 10 Lafayette Square, the 20-story, 140,000-square-foot building, the 13th-tallest in Buffalo at 263 feet in height, was added to the National Register for Historic Places last year. To qualify for the listing, a building has to be at least 50 years old and meet one of four other criteria.
The building was originally designed, in the "International Style" of architecture, by New York City firm Emery Roth and Sons and was built by Tishman Realty & Construction, using concrete beams and columns rather than steel frames. Morris noted that Emery Roth's "claim to fame" was post-World War II skyscrapers and office buildings, and this is one of the few Roth buildings outside of New York City that also retains its character. At the time, it was also the first new structure built in downtown Buffalo in 30 years.
The Tishman Building was the headquarters of National Fuel until the company moved to Amherst in 2003 and has been largely vacant since. It had been owned for years by the Lillian Goldman Family Trust LLC in New York, which sought unsuccessfully to find a new use or buyer.
Hamister, which had been exploring a different plan for its corporate offices with another developer, bought the building in May 2011, with plans for its mixed-use project using historic tax credits.
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COACH: Pat Moomey
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COACH: Pat Moomey
2013 RECORD: 22-9, 12-4 (t-1st)
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Bloomington 9-7 in 3A Springfield High Sectional title
KEY RETURNEES: Konnor Aherin, senior, P; Sam Anderson, junior, OF; Brian Hobbie, senior, P/OF; Nick Maton, junior, P/IF
NEW FACES: Kyle Hall, junior, OF; Matt Sekardi, P/OF.
OUTLOOK: Deep postseasons runs are always the focus of the Glenwood baseball program, and the pitching staff will be the club�s factor for success. There are five left-handers on the 12-man staff that has seven juniors and five seniors. But in the everyday positions, Glenwood doesn�t return much experience.
COACH SAYS: �We hope to be competitive in the conference and playing our best by the end of the season. . . . We need to catch the ball and make plays. It took us a long time last year to find the right combination and hopefully we can get to that set lineup more quickly this year.
COACH: Cory Bunner
2013 RECORD: 23-12, 12-4 (t-1st)
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Sacred Heart-Griffin 3-0 in 3A Sacred Heart-Griffin Regional semifinals
KEY RETURNEES: Matt Jackson, junior, 2B; Floyd Lomelino, senior, C; Justin Renoud, senior, IF/P; Tyler Ring, senior, IF/P; Collin Ryals, senior, OF; Clayton Werries, senior, 1B/P; Kody Wood, senior, CF; Dustin Woodcock, senior, OF/P.
NEW FACES: Adam Hillis, freshman, 1B/3B/P; Conor Stremlau, junior, OF.
OUTLOOK: With eight players back, first-year coach Cory Bunner expects the Crimsons to once again vie for the CS8 conference crown. But depth could be the Achilles heel for the team without a deep roster and trying to replace Brendan Barlow, Andy Jackson and Zeke Rowe from last season.
COACH SAYS: �All of these guys saw a lot of playing time and contributed to the conference title share. We expect to compete for the conference again and (have) a long run in the postseason. . . . Health will be our biggest key; our depth is really lacking. We will need . . . underclassmen to step up and contribute.�
COACH: Jason Nikson
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Normal University 5-0 in 3A Lincoln Regional first-round game
KEY RETURNEES: Casey Cain, senior, 1B; Nik Jackson, junior, 2B; Hunter Poggi, senior, CF/P; Clayton Smith, senior, RF/P.
NEW FACES: Jarett Ball, junior, C.
OUTLOOK: The program has seen a significant increase in numbers across the board, from the freshmen level on up. But still, it�s a fine line between a win and a loss for the Lions.
COACH SAYS: �I think my connection with another sport (Nikson is the football coach) helped out a little bit. Right now, we�re carrying 14 varsity juniors and seniors; I think the numbers are pretty solid. . . . Pitching needs to hold up through the entire season.�
COACH: Curt Courtwright
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Bloomington Central Catholic 6-4 in 3A Lincoln Regional semifinals
KEY RETURNEES: Collin Antoine, senior, SS/2B; Dan Hemenway, senior, P; Tyler Horchem, senior, INF/P.
NEW FACES: Brock Bunner, junior, OF/P; Brock Byrge, junior, OF/P; Payton Ebelherr, junior, INF/OF; Jordan Yarcho, junior, INF/P.
OUTLOOK: While the Railers had to wait around for some teammates to come back from the basketball team�s runner-up finish in the Class 3A state tournament, Courtwright just hopes his team is playing its best ball come postseason. Defensively, Lincoln has plenty of depth all around, but the pitching department is relatively shallow. One non-graduation loss for the Railers is Gavin Block, who is focusing on basketball this offseason.
COACH SAYS: �We don�t have much varsity experience after losing a big class of seniors last year. (The keys to the season are): staying healthy, pitching, handling failure and adversity and competing pitch to pitch. . . . By the end of the year, we expect to compete for a regional championship.�
COACH: Matt Carlson
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Taylorville 6-2 in 3A Taylorville Regional title
KEY RETURNEES: Hunter Brooks, 3B/1B/P; Brendan Bunch, C; Eli Cook, OF/P; Tyler Fitzgerald, SS; Dylan Handlin, OF/P; Drew Hill, Util; Mason Houser, 1B; Jake King, 1B/P; Blake Thompson, OF/P; Reece Torricelli, 3B.
NEW FACES: Howard Fisher, IF; Dallas Groth, P/1B; Tyler Schlecht, OF/P.
OUTLOOK: The Rockets are looking to get back on the winning track. For the first two years in the Central State Eight, Rochester was 11-5 and 10-6 in CS8 play, while going 43-27 overall combined. But in 2013, the Rockets were .500 both overall and in conference.
COACH SAYS: �Although we have a lot of seniors, they are light on experience at the varsity level. . . . We expect to bounce back from a 15-20 year (but) pitching needs to be consistent.�
COACH: Mike Eck
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Chatham Glenwood 7-4 in 3A Sacred Heart-Griffin Regional title
KEY RETURNEES: Nolan Aherin, senior, 1B; Ryne Elvers, senior, 3B; Cole Daily, junior, SS; Connor Etheridge, senior, P; Corey Mason, senior, LF/P/2B; Steve Sartore, senior, RF/P; Mitch Trees, senior, C; Conor White, senior, OF; Kevin Zanger, senior, INF/P.
NEW FACES: Cal Elvers, sophomore, C/OF; Ben McElwee, junior, P/1B; Alex Mandeville, junior, INF/P; Sean Mason, junior, C/OF; Peyton Minder, junior, P/3B; Matt Richey, junior, P; Mike Richey, junior, C/1B; Clayton Taylor, junior, OF; Brett Vicari, junior, SS/2B; Justin Zanger, junior, 2B/SS.
OUTLOOK: If the Cyclones stay healthy, Eck expects big things from his team with the all-around depth, athleticism and speed that has him excited. SHG is going for a seventh-straight winning season.
COACH SAYS: �We expect to win City (Series), conference and state championships, as we expect every year. We believe we have the talent and experience to make a serious run in the postseason this year.�
COACH: Brad Leininger
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Jacksonville 5-0 in 3A Sacred Heart-Griffin Regional quarterfinals
KEY RETURNEES: Robbie Cooper, senior, OF; Kane Garrett, senior, IF/P; Zac Lael, senior, OF/P; Nick Lake, senior, IF/OF; Seth O�Connor, senior, OF/P; Drew Palmer, senior, IF; Mike Ryan, junior, P/IF; Sean Ryan, senior, OF/P/IF; Nate Welch, junior, P/IF/C.
NEW FACES: Isiah Cotton, junior; Maki Gant, freshman; Jared Griffin, junior; Tre Hatchett, junior; Duncan Kirby, junior; Harsh Patel, junior; Brennan Queen, junior; Dante Williams, junior.
OUTLOOK: While a lot of experience from previous teams is gone, Leininger says the players have been working hard to close the gap. . . .
COACH SAYS: �(The team needs to) continue to get better as the season goes along. (We) need to make routine plays and be consistent on the mound. We have some hard workers on the team that want to get better.�
COACH: Jim Steinwart
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Chatham Glenwood 4-3 in 3A Sacred Heart-Griffin Regional semifinals
KEY RETURNEES: Zach Barnhart, senior, SS; Jon Bradshaw, senior, 1B; Tanner Maskey, junior, 3B/P; Dane Minder, senior, P/DH; Kovin Prichard, senior, C; Clay Shourd, senior, P/OF.
NEW FACES: Richie Barnum, junior (2B); Luke Ketchum, sophomore, OF/P/3B.
OUTLOOK: The Senators are looking to build on their first winning year in both the conference and overall since 2008. While Steinwart is confident in his top-two pitchers, he knows the rest of the staff might be where success is made. But the thought it the Senators can get back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 2007 and 2008.
COACH SAYS: �The goal (is) to advance from the regional tournament. . . . The pitching depth is untested. (There is a) strong core of six returning starters from last year�s 20-16 team that tied for both fourth in the conference and first in the City (Series).
COACH: Arnie Spiker
PLAYOFF ADVANCEMENT: Lost to Bloomington 5-2 in 3A Springfield Sectional semifinals
KEY RETURNEES: Kyle Austif, senior, SS; Kevin Corso, senior, CF.
NEW FACES: Bo Buschon, junior, P; Tyler Roth, junior, C/P.
OUTLOOK: Spiker hopes the Tornadoes can win a second straight regional crown, but to do so, the inexperienced Taylorville team will need to come together quickly.
COACH SAYS: �(The team needs to) learn how to play together as a team. (But the team has) dedication and its work ethic (to lean on).�
� Ryan Mahan
One has taken over for a program that traditionally has been near the top of the conference. Another has taken over a program that�s been in the basement.
But both the new baseball coaches in the Central State Eight Conference are optimistic that their teams have better days ahead.
Lanphier�s Jason Nikson is pulling double duty, adding baseball to his duties as football coach. Cory Bunner has taken over the Jacksonville program a season after the Crimsons finished 23-12 overall and 12-4 in the conference, tying Chatham Glenwood and Sacred Heart-Griffin for the league title.
In-house hire
Bunner, a 2004 Jacksonville graduate, was already in the program as the junior varsity coach. He had only been in that position for a year. He also played at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville.
Due to last year�s wet spring, Bunner became even more familiar with the varsity roster thanks to combined indoor practices. That has helped in making the transition smoother for the 28-year-old Bunner.
The biggest issue Bunner has to address isn�t on-field play but the number of kids coming to play baseball.
He knows it isn�t a quick fix.
�We�ve got a great group of nine juniors and seniors this year, but that�s it,� Bunner said. �I think it�s about getting more kids involved and trying to talk to kids, go down to lower levels and get kids involved in baseball.�
Jacksonville had just one losing season � 2010 � in the seven-year tenure of Bunner�s predecessor P.J. Moore. Before Moore�s arrival, the Crimsons had four losing seasons in a six-year span.
�Coach Moore took a huge step when he came in here and he transformed the team from when he started,� Bunner said. �I�m just trying to keep that going and take the next step further and be able to compete with the Chathams and the SHGs every year for the top of the conference.�
Already, Bunner has gotten off to a bright start. The Crimsons beat Glenwood 9-8 in 10 innings on April 9 to split the season series. It started with a three-run rally that tied the game in the bottom of the seventh.
�It�s nice always to get a win against a quality team like that,� Bunner said, �especially early on for the kids to get that confidence going and understanding whoever we play the rest of the year is going to be similar caliber to what Chatham is.�
Tall task
At Lanphier, Nikson�s climb will be much steeper. The Lions went 0-24 (0-16 CS8) a season ago after finishing 5-31 (1-15) in 2012. In fact, the last winning overall record for Lanphier came in the 2003 season at 19-17. The Lions haven�t finished above .500 in the conference since winning it with a 12-2 record in 2001.
Page 2 of 2 - The Lions ended the conference losing streak with a 5-3 victory April 1 over Taylorville.
�They felt the pressure of not having a win and once we got that, it kind of took a monkey off their back,� Nikson said. �We�ve got to stay focused and improve because we know we�ve got a ways to go.�
Nikson said he quickly jumped at the chance and felt he already had good relationships with many of the players being in the building at Lanphier.
�I just thought it was a good opportunity to try to bring someone in the building in the mix that was in touch with what was going on in school and try to provide some stability for them,� Nikson said.
Numbers, which were a big problem last season, have gone up a bit. Nikson is carrying a 14-man roster on the varsity squad with no freshmen or sophomores. Meanwhile, there is a full junior varsity schedule, and the freshmen team has already played four games.
Turning those numbers into wins will take time.
�We�re putting a lot of effort focusing on fundamentals and we haven�t put a full game together yet, but you see improvements in different areas each game,� Nikson said. �We just need to start to put everything together, and I think this team has the ability to win quite a few ballgames.�
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Something Americans use to describe everything.
Oh wow it's just awesome
Every Strangers Eyes tarafından 20 Haziran 2006, Salı
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A 'sticking plaster' word used by Americans to cover over the huge gaps in their vocabulary. It is one the three words which make up most American sentances.
The American vocabulary consists of just three words: Omygod, awesome and shit.
Spleenvent tarafından 11 Eylül 2006, Pazartesi
The meaning of being awesome is you. YOU ARE THE DEFINITION OF AWESOME.
yeeeethatsright tarafından 9 Haziran 2011, Perşembe
formidable, amazing, heart-stirring, wonderful
Veronica Mars fans are awesome. They love the show so much they hired a plane to fly a message over Hollywood to show their support for renewal.
amalia1 tarafından 9 Mayıs 2006, Salı
An overused adjective intended to denote something as "cool" or "great" but instead winds up meaning "lame." This is actually a reflection of the lameness of person using the word, the degree of which is directly proportionate to difference between the user's perspective of the so-called awesome object / person / situation and that of a reasonably sober, well-informed observer.
"Bono is awesome."
"This pizza is awesome" (when the pizza in question comes from a food court at the airport)
"This pizza is awesome" (when the pizza in question comes from a food court at the airport)
ES Jones tarafından 25 Haziran 2011, Cumartesi
See 'Prussia' for Hetalia:Axis powers/ Hetalia world series
I was watching hetalia yesterday, and my computor froze from Prussia's pure awesomeness.
OMGTEHEPICNESS tarafından 19 Aralık 2011, Pazartesi
Although it's now used as another word for cool, it literally means something that strucks awe. Something so amazing, one is in awe seeing it. But like I said, nowadays it's used just like cool.
I was struck with awe when I witnessed men landing on the moon. It was awesome.
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Fernandez has 13 Ks, pitches Marlins past Pirates
MIAMI -- The Pittsburgh Pirates managed only one win against the team with the NL's worst record.
They hope to fare better versus the team they're chasing in the division.
Gerrit Cole was outpitched Sunday in an all-rookie duel against Jose Fernandez, and Pittsburgh lost to the Miami Marlins 3-2.
The Pirates went 1-2 in the series and 5-5 on a three-city trip, and they now head home for a five-game set against the St. Louis Cardinals, who lead the NL Central.
"I think the Cardinal series has been on a lot of the fans' dockets for some time now," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "I anticipate seeing a very faithful Pirate crowd there Monday."
Fernandez (7-5), a 20-year-old All-Star, had a team rookie record 13 strikeouts.
Cole (5-4) was nearly as good. He allowed three runs and struck out eight in seven innings, but Giancarlo Stanton put the Marlins ahead to stay in the sixth with his 13th home run.
Tino Martinez resigned as Miami's hitting coach after the game, hours after complaints by players that he verbally abused them became public. The young Marlins rank last in the majors in runs, home runs, batting and slugging.
"This was kind of a statement game for him, where he knew he was going up against another solid pitcher, and he wanted to outdo him," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said.
"The home run was a bad pitch, and he deposited it like he should," Cole said. "That pitch was really inexcusable there in a tie ballgame."
Stanton also doubled, walked and scored twice for the Marlins, who had six hits.
Fernandez's strikeout total broke the Marlins' rookie record of 12 held by Josh Beckett. He struck out every player in the starting lineup, and he fanned the side in the third and fifth innings.
Steve Cishek gave up a single and a walk in the ninth, but retired Garrett Jones on a grounder for the final out to earn his 22nd save in 24 chances.
Like Fernandez, Cole was a first-round draft pick in 2011. He has allowed less than four runs in all nine starts.
"He's a great pitcher," Fernandez said. "His stuff is good. I saw it hitting, and I didn't like it."
Ditto regarding Fernandez, Cole said.
"When you go up against a guy like him, you feed off each other," Cole said. "He goes out and strikes out the side, and I'm going to out there and try to do the same thing. You love that competition and you want the best out of the other person. He was better today."
Fernandez improved to 5-2 with a 1.87 ERA over his past 10 starts, and lowered his ERA for the season to 2.71. When his face was shown on the video board before the ninth inning, the crowd of 24,207 roared, and he waved his cap from the dugout.
"That was an impressive outing by him," Hurdle said, "and an impressive outing for our guy."
The Pirates scored their only runs in the second inning. Pedro Alvarez led off with a single and came home on Russell Martin's double. Martin stole third and scored on a two-out single by Clint Barmes.
Miami made it 2-all in the fourth when Stanton walked, Logan Morrison singled, Ed Lucas singled home a run and Donovan Solano hit a sacrifice fly.
Notes: Pirates C Michael McKenry, who tweaked his left knee Saturday, was awaiting results of a doctor's evaluation. C Russell Martin was back in the lineup after suffering a minor injury to his left knee Friday. ... Pittsburgh RF Jose Tabata started after being held out of the starting lineup for three games because of a sore right forearm. ... Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen was given a rest. He pinch-hit in the eighth and popped out.


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Nature of Occupation: Health Information Technicians organize, prepare and maintain medical records on patients. Health information technicians' duties vary with the size of the facility. In large to medium-sized facilities, technicians may specialize in one aspect of health information (such as release of information or coding), or supervise health information clerks and transcriptionists. In smaller facilities the health information technician may manage the health information department and be responsible for completing all functions. This is one of the few health occupations in which there is little or no direct contact with patients.
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Working Conditions: Health information technicians usually work a 40-hour week. Some overtime may be required. In hospitals—where health information departments often are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week—technicians may work day, evening, and night shifts. Health information technicians work in pleasant and comfortable offices. Because accuracy is essential in their jobs, technicians must pay close attention to detail. Technicians who work at computer monitors for prolonged periods must guard against eyestrain and muscle pain.
Duties Include:
- Reviewing medical records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with requirements
- Contacting medical personnel to obtain missing data on medical records
- Coding and indexing records (diagnoses, diseases, operations and treatment) for reimbursement purposes
- Compiling medical care and census data from statistical reports
- Preparing reports on admissions, births, deaths, transfers and charges
- Releasing information to persons and agencies according to regulations
Employment and Outlook: Constantly evolving regulations and technologies allow for lifelong learning and continued professional development. As healthcare advances, health information provides the patient data needed to successfully navigate the changes. As a result, health information professionals can expect to be in high demand as the health sector continues to expand. Demand is on the rise at all levels of education and credentialing. There are approximately 12,000 to 50,000 new jobs anticipated by 2017, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics cites medical records and health information technicians as one of the 20 fastest growing occupations in the US. Medical records and health information technicians held about 186,000 jobs in 2012. On top of strong job prospects, competitive salaries also await graduates. Salaries start around $30,000-$35,000. Salaries vary depending on your credentials, particular job, and the geographical location. Most employers prefer to hire credentialed professionals (RHIT or RHIA). For example the Registered Health Information Technicians (RHIT), an individual must pass a written examination offered by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). To take the examination, a person must graduate from a 2-year associate degree program accredited by The Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). The Tyler Junior College Health Information Technology program is accredited by CAHIIM.
Interests and Abilities:
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- Use logic to analyze problems
- Follow detailed instructions
- Work quickly and accurately under pressure
- Read well and communicate effectively
- Performing definite, organized work
Career ladder for this occupation may look like this:
- Consultant
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- Health Information Technician
- Health Information Clerk
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Advancement usually comes with taking on greater responsibility within the job. If the technician gets more education, it is possible to become a health information administrator.
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So the dead aren't rising from their graves to vote.
And, it turns out, no one is using their names to cast fraudulent votes, either. That's what the State Law Enforcement Division says.
In other words, South Carolina Republicans were crying wolf all along.
Of course, you probably missed the report on this since SLED issued it over the July 4th holiday — and then only to the Columbia Free Times, which had requested the information a year earlier.
You know, a conspiracy-minded soul might find it curious that the state chose to reveal this information over a holiday, when many people aren't paying attention.
Now, why would they do such a thing?
Uh, because the governor, attorney general and Republican legislators claimed they had evidence of "widespread voter fraud" last year — and used their trumped-up claims to pass a completely unnecessary voter ID law.
And they would prefer no one realize it was all a bunch of bull.
Bureaucratic mix-ups
State Rep. David Mack said last year that these claims of voter fraud were baloney.
But then, anyone but blind partisans could see that.
"It was boilerplate legislation, introduced in many states," Mack says. "I think it was a strategy by the Republican Party to suppress the vote."
You think?
The claim that the dead were voting came days after the U.S. Justice Department struck down the state's first attempt at a new Voter ID law. The feds said there was no proof. Then presto, there was "proof" from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
State election officials reviewed the evidence and said there was no fraud, but Wilson asked SLED to investigate anyway. They finished their review months ago, but still haven't posted the study to their website.
Basically, they said all these instances of the dead voting were either cases of mistaken identity, bureaucratic mix-ups or false alarms.
So far, the effects of the voter ID law have been minimal. Mack says the real problem is, since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, the state doesn't have to get pre-clearance before further monkeying with election laws.
So photo ID may be just the start. We could be headed back to the days of aggressive voter roll purges and last-minute changes to precinct locations.
You know, partisan high jinks.
"It's not going to be a good time," Mack says. "We should not try to put partisan politics into the process. It's not what we're supposed to be about."
Too late for that.
Stacking the deck
State Rep. Todd Rutherford has said Gov. Nikki Haley and Attorney General Alan Wilson should apologize for, at best, misleading the public.
Wilson's office said he could not ignore such claims, which is fair. And Haley's office says much the same thing.
"No matter what kind of distractions, rhetoric, or lawsuits have come from opponents of voter ID, the truth is it has always been about one thing and one thing only — securing the electoral process," Haley spokesman Rob Godfrey says. "It's a shame to see Democrats like Todd Rutherford continue to oppose simple measures like showing a picture ID to vote, measures that make sure those who are eligible to vote do vote, and those who aren't don't."
That would be absolutely correct, if there was any evidence there was a problem. But there isn't.
The GOP holds a clear electoral advantage in this state, but if they keep wasting tax dollars to try and stack the deck like this, even some of the sheep may get sick of it.
And then it will be the Republicans who need dead people voting.
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Editor�s note: Roger Ebert has had to severely curtail his reviewing schedule for the next two weeks as he recovers from a hairline fracture that developed in his left hip.
By CHRISTY LEMIRE and DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writers
Christy Lemire�s picks:
�Argo�: Directing just his third feature, Ben Affleck has come up with a seamless blend of detailed international drama and breathtaking suspense, with just the right amount of dry humor to provide context and levity.
�Beasts of the Southern Wild�: The story of a little girl named Hushpuppy (Quvenzhane Wallis) living with her daddy on a remote, primal strip of eroding land in the southernmost reaches of the Louisiana bayou is so ambitious and so accomplished, it�s amazing that it�s only director Benh Zeitlin�s first feature.
�Skyfall�: One of the best James Bond films ever starring the best Bond yet in Daniel Craig. It�s full of the requisite thrills but also complicated and meaty, featuring an agent who isn�t always slick and doesn�t always have the answers in hunting an elusive cyberterrorist (a fantastic Javier Bardem).
�Holy Motors�: This movie is just straight-up nuts, in all the best ways. Writer-director Leos Carax�s journey provides a joyous, surprising and darkly funny exploration of all the best cinema has to offer. Denis Lavant gives a tour-de-force performance, assuming nine different roles as a mysterious man who travels around Paris in the back of a limousine all day, carrying out various assignments.
�Zero Dark Thirty�: Following the Oscar success of �The Hurt Locker,� director Kathryn Bigelow reteams with writer Mark Boal to tell an even larger and more complicated story; the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden. The attention to detail, to getting it right each step of the way, is evident in every element. And Jessica Chastain is relentless and self-possessed in a rare leading role as a young CIA officer on the case.
�The Master�: Paul Thomas Anderson, long a master himself of technique and tone, has created a startling, stunningly gorgeous film shot in lushly vibrant 70mm, with impeccable production design and powerful performances from stars Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams. But this story of a wayward man and the charismatic cult leader who guides him � which may or may not have been inspired by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard � is also his most ambitious film yet.
�The Imposter�: A gripping documentary about a missing boy filled with the kind of twists, turns and dramatic character revelations of a page-turner mystery. Director Bart Layton takes a story that was already fascinatingly weird to begin with and makes it even more compelling.
�Moonrise Kingdom�: If you love Wes Anderson, you�ll love this: The best of what he can do is vibrantly on display. The screenplay, which he co-wrote with Roman Coppola, has resulted in his sweetest and most sincere live-action movie since the one that remains his best, 1998�s �Rushmore.�
�Oslo, August 31st�: A film of quietly intense precision and vividly honest humanity. Anders Danielsen Lie gives one of the great, underappreciated performances of the year as a heroin addict who�s allowed to leave rehab for the day to head into the Norwegian capital for a job interview. Instead, he wanders around visiting old haunts, reconnecting awkwardly with friends and facing his demons.
�This Is Not a Film�: Veteran Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi�s homemade documentary is simultaneously depressing as hell and brimming with hope and defiance. And it�s an inspiring must-see for anyone who feels the urgent need to create something beautiful and meaningful, regardless of the cost. Panahi shot it over the course of a day in his Tehran apartment while under house arrest and had it smuggled out in a cake.
David Germain�s picks:
�Life of Pi�: A film about a youth alone on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger has no business working. But Ang Lee adapts Yann Martel�s introspective novel with inspired narrative wiles and glorious visuals presented in 3-D that lovingly enfolds and enlarges the action.
�Searching for Sugar Man�: Imagine the bitterness of the true artist who fades back to obscurity after being on the verge of stardom. Now imagine a soul so noble that bitterness never enters the picture. That�s a guy who truly deserves another chance. Singer-songwriter Rodriquez gets just that as Malik Bendjelloul�s inspiring documentary recounts apocryphal rumors about his fate � then reveals what really happened after his brush with success in the 1970s.
�Rust and Bone�: Jacques Audiard delivers one of the oddest of screen couples in this deeply involving and completely unpredictable romantic drama about a whale trainer (Marion Cotillard) who loses her legs in an orca accident and a negligent single dad (Matthias Schoenaerts) training as a mixed martial-arts fighter.
�Lincoln�: Few performances qualify as monumental. That�s the best word to characterize Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, though. He vanishes into the president�s awkward, folksy, melancholy spirit, creating an unforgettable portrait of greatness that pretty much puts to rest any thought of another actor trying his hand at a serious portrayal of Lincoln for a good long while.
�West of Memphis�: This is a vote not only for a film, but for artists who joined in protest to save three men from prison � one from Death Row � after they were convicted in the 1993 slayings of three Cub Scouts. Inspired by �Paradise Lost,� an earlier documentary about the case, Peter Jackson and wife Fran Walsh bankrolled their own investigation and produced this new film by Amy Berg that calls into question the case built by prosecutors.
10. �Looper� � For someone who thinks Bruce Willis� �Twelve Monkeys� is the defining time-travel flick, it�s irresistible to see him in another clever, careening tale of time-hopping. Joseph Gordon-Levitt wonderfully channels the younger Willis as a hit man whose latest assignment is to snuff his older self.
The top 10 films of 2012, according to AP Entertainment Writer Jake Coyle:
1. �Amour� � It�s a rare thing to be in the hands of a master working at the top of his game. Michael Haneke�s film about an aging Parisian couple and the intersection of tenderness and cruelty is devastating in both its story and execution.
2. �The Master� � In a year where digital overtook film as the dominant stuff of moviemaking, Paul Thomas Anderson�s 70-mm post-WWII drama made a hypnotic case for celluloid.
3. �Margaret� � After a lengthy legal battle, a truncated version of playwright Kenneth Lonergan�s follow-up to the brilliant �You Can Count on Me� was released quietly in late 2011. But it was this year when the real version saw the light of day on DVD. (It�s three hours, but I promise it�s not slow.) Seek it out.
4. �Moonrise Kingdom� � Anderson dreams up a melancholy island of young love and Norman Rockwell. Sold.
5. �Not Fade Away� � I never knew the �60s but I suspect David Chase�s first film has finally � after countless more extreme stories � nailed something authentic about the decade and about rock �n� roll�s atom-bomb-sized impact in suburban homes.
6. �Lincoln� � Steven Spielberg�s historical drama is an exhumation of the past, even if it ultimately fails to make flesh its title character. But it does succeed � unlike any movie before � in summoning a political world, peopled by colorful characters (James Spader, Tommy Lee Jones) in and around Congress.
7. �Jeff, Who Lives at Home� � The Duplass brothers� man-child comedy is a rumpled sweatshirt of a movie. When Jason Segel, as a completely charming pothead, finally rises to the occasion, it�s strangely moving.
8. �The Dust Bowl� � One of the most pleasing things of the year was to see a Ken Burns with some fire. In �The Dust Bowl,� he made clear its contemporary and potentially polarizing lessons: That the federal government can do good and that we are capable of marring the environment horrendously.
9. �Holy Motors� � French, fantastical and nuthouse crazy, Carax�s film might seem the stuff of pretentious art house. But it�s a simple day-in-the-life, only one in which limos talk and fingers get bitten off for the sake of Eva Mendes. It�s a mad movie dream.
10. �Premium Rush� � How about Joseph Gordon-Levitt�s year? Aside from roles in �Lincoln� and muddled but still thought-provoking �The Dark Knight Rises,� he also starred in the excellent time-travel puzzle �Looper� and this seemingly forgettable but really quite fun genre pic about an elusive bike messenger.


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I was born in Houston in 1971. My mother was 16. She had been living with mental illness and had been a victim of unspeakable abuse at the hands of my grandfather. My grandfather was an active alcoholic and abused his children. In fact, through family members' stories, I am convinced that mental illness has run through my family for several generations.
With the shame of being an unwed mother, my mother tried to abort me. Unsuccessful, I was in ICU for six months and my mother was told to make funeral arrangements. There was no baby shower, no parties, no cigars. But, the moment my mother laid eyes on me she said, "You were the first thing I ever really loved." She went on to explain, "I told God I was sorry and begged that you would live!"
Growing up was extremely frightening. My mother had a breakdown when I was two and soon afterwards, she began to drink, I believe to self medicate. It was a usual sight for me to find my mother drunk, her hands tied because she would get violent. I remember crying myself to sleep with the feeling of loneliness, and with an emptiness that engulfed me.
Never knowing my father, my father figures were older uncles. I remember one family member teaching me how to stab someone and how to kill them. I was beaten, abused physically, emotionally, and sexually. I was hanged. I watched someone being murdered. And one close uncle, right before my eyes, made a suicide attempt-dousing himself with gasoline and lighting himself on fire. I was a witness to all this before the age of ten!
School was a nightmare. I was very poor and it showed. In second grade my family was told that I was developmentally disabled and they held me back. I was put in special education and made to ride the "special" little bus. I internalized all the more, "You are really different and you will never fit in!"
In junior high, I found what I thought was the solution -- drugs and alcohol. They made the depression and loneliness go away. I could forget how different I was and nothing mattered.
What I remember most about this time of my life was extreme emotional pain. I remember waking up on many times thinking, "Another day, I wish I had died in my sleep."
Many of my teenage years involved street gangs, and self-loathing that increased to a point where I stopped caring if I lived or died. I actually wanted the rival gangs to kill me.
When I was 15, I tried suicide a second time. This time I had taken a bottle of an unknown medication and called someone I hardly knew. I simply wanted her to tell everyone that I was tired and it was no one's fault. But, she called 911, leading to my first stay in a mental health facility. They arrested me, cuffed me, and took me to the hospital.
I became a ward of the court. We at NAMI call this the criminalization of the mentally ill. I was sentenced to ten years and nine months. During all this time, no one offered me any mental health help unless there was a crisis situation!
When I was released at 18, I had a "break" that lasted about a year. I was hopeless, helpless and had lost faith in everything. Hanging out, waiting to die -- either by my own hand or someone else's. I really was a dead man walking.
A new chapter in my life started… [read part 2]


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Greetings and salutations.... Hears voices in his head...probably due to his headphones.
Not much is going on with me right now just getting ready to graduate from college in three weeks. What have you been up to?


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they really should go public with their relationship at this point .Because clearly, those two love each other and in my opinion are meant to be. You can't fight your Destiny. I am all in favor of Rihanna and Chris getting back together and own up to it , because i believe in real Love and tha's what they are. So : Riri and Chris, don't be scared of the public reaction ok. just declare your love for each other cause life is too short for you to waist precious times and deny what you really feel inside . just be strong and face the world together , your true Fans, friends and family i believe will support you no matter what. Everybody deserves a second chance so do you. I am your biggest Fan my Riri and you have my support and my Blessing. Don't forget : You are each other's Destiny. I love you both !!
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The attraction for cb is that she's a hot megastar, and it feeds his ego to be treating her as though he owns her. Not till he's grown up could it ever work. Problems will resurface but she will stay with him. I think she wants to have his children and is prepared to wait it out, coz she can't find a replacement who gives her the same intensity.
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Chris Brown hurt Rihanna physically and mentally.! He doesn't deserve her or any women that he can hurt. I mean I do like his music and his looks but I pray for the women he is with and hope they don't go through anything like Rihanna did. I know I am just a bystander of their lifes but there were photos he said it was true she did as welll. So Ifans of his and hers know enough of how he hurt her. I Think Rihanna is so strong and beautiful . But I will never look at her as a role model ever again if she gets back together with him. I am NOT a hater so plz don't think that I am just telling my opinoin. I love both of their music but I like to see Rihanna happy and I don't think Chris Brown would do that.!
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Kansas City hosts 160th birthday celebration
Missouri officially incorporated City of Kansas on Feb. 22, 1853
Kansas City celebrated its 160th birthday on Thursday at City Hall.
The celebration was held in the City Hall Rotunda.
John Calvin McCoy and 13 other men bought a farm and formed a town/company that later became Kansas City's downtown district. The owners decided to name the township Town of Kansas after the Kansa Indians or Kaws, who lived in the area.
A city news release said the Town of Kansas was incorporated and granted a charter on June 3, 1850. The state of Missouri officially incorporated the area as the City of Kansas on Feb. 22, 1853.
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quote: You forget one aspect of a Blown engine (especially Turbocharged). The increase in Volumetric Efficiency, a boosted engine can have better than 100% Volumetric Efficiency, while an N.A. engine is rarely over 60-70%. Which means that the that the Turbocharged 2.0 @ 14.7 psi, will less air and fuel than an N.A. 4.0L engine. Further a Turbocharger actually converts some of the energy that would otherwise be lost out the tailpipe in the form of heat, Also the turbo'ed engine will have better scavenging than a N.A. engine.
quote: Not exactly. If were to follow your example, and have a 2.0L turbo vs a 4.0L NA engine, with both engines having identical power curves, and drove them exactly the same, the turbo will come out with higher mpg. Granted, it would be a small difference, but it would still be there. The Turbo engine is almost always going to be lighter than the NA engine. Less mass requires less fuel to move it.
quote: On top of this, turbo engines are tuned to run rich. They must run rich to avoid detonation on pump gas, and this increases their fuel consumption.
quote: Volumetric efficiency is simply a fancy way of saying "air intake" - I didn't forget any aspect, you're just using the technical term to rephrase what I originally said.
quote: Engines with higher volumetric efficiency will generally be able to run at higher speeds (commonly measured in RPM) and produce more overall power due to less parasitic power loss moving air in and out of the engine.


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on September 12, 2012 - 1:44 PM
A New York State grant program for small arts organizations that has been in disarray for the past several years is getting back on track with help from a newly formed local arts agency.
The New York State Council on the Arts' decentralization grant program, which hands out small grants to individual artists, educational groups and community arts projects in urban and rural communities, is being administered this year by the Arts Services Initiative. That group, formed last year to spearhead efforts to promote and fund cultural organizations across the region, is now seeking applicants for grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 for events and projects large and small.
The deadline for applications (available on the ASI website, www.asiwny.org) is Oct. 10. Arts Services Initiative Executive Director Tod A. Kniazuk noted that organizations who get their applications in before Oct. 3 will receive help to make sure they have included all the necessary material.
"What's great about these grants is that it's a pot of state money," Kniazuk said. "It's given as a pot of money to local communities to distribute. Rather than having to try to get the attention of [the New York State Council on the Arts] and Albany and say, 'We're worth funding,' it's decided upon by a panel of local leaders in the field, administered locally and meant for smaller cultural organizations - ones who wouldn't be applying directly to NYSCA."
In past years, applications for the DEC grants, as they are known, have encountered a number of hurdles. The trouble with the grants came to a head in 2009, during the last days of the Arts Council in Buffalo and Erie County, whose executive director defrauded New York State taxpayers and left most promised grants unpaid. About half that money was later recovered by the state attorney general's office and distributed to local arts groups, all of whom had mounted programming based on the promised grants.
In subsequent years, the Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda took over administration of the grants from the defunct Arts Council, but disarray within the State Council produced continued confusion and delays in the grant process.
Kniazuk, who praised the Carnegie center for doing the best in the face of difficult circumstances, promised a much smoother process.
"We're going to announce by early December, so folks will know that they've got this money and they can go ahead with their programming," Kniazuk said.
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Four more members of the Anderson Drug Trafficking Organization pleaded guilty this week to federal charges of selling cocaine in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.
The latest members of the family-run drug ring headed by Theresa Anderson to admit their guilt are Melvin Calhoun, her husband; Dion Anderson, her son; and Anquensha and Toshia Hodge, two of her daughters.
All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine base, joining Anderson and two other family members who previously pleaded guilty.
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John Muir's effort to make Lake Tahoe a national park was narrowly defeated. But for advocates of the environment, there is an upside.
"In many ways Muir's failure to create the Tahoe national park triggered a giant expansion of the national forests in California," said author and historian Scott Lankford. "So it's kind of a victory snatched out of the jaws of defeat."
Lankford, who in late 2010 wrote "Tahoe Beneath the Surface," is the featured speaker Saturday as part of Sierra College's Dean's Lecture Series, "Experts & Insights." The topic is "John Muir's Tahoe National Park."
"(Muir) came very, very close to victory in 1899, just a few votes away," Lankford said of the Sierra Club founder's effort to preserve Tahoe from development. "He had the railroad lobby behind him, he had Duane Bliss, timber baron turned tourist baron, and it just fell apart at last minute in Congress."
A return to Tahoe inspired Muir to become a champion of environmental causes. After leaving the Sierra he became a fruit rancher and family man, a lifestyle that depressed him.
"He came back to mountains with his hiking buddies to kind of heal his soul," Lankford said. "To his horror he saw that in his absence (Tahoe) had been raped and left for dead. The timber strips had ground up what was left of the topsoil, the fisheries were in collapse. It really was a catastrophe and it made him angry.
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Plans were in the works to revive the former Laing Middle School building as a new school, but officials are scrapping the idea after hitting a financial roadblock.
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What: Mount Pleasant Town Council special meeting to hear from Charleston County school leaders on the state of the town's schools.
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday
Where: Town municipal complex, 100 Ann Edwards Lane
The proposal was to put East Cooper Montessori Charter School into the vacant U.S. Highway 17 building, and the charter school and the district said they both would have benefitted.
The district would have gotten badly needed seats to accommodate the growing student population, as well as an incubator to help it expand high-quality Montessori options. The charter school that has outgrown its building in the I'On neighborhood would have gotten a bigger campus with a gym and cafeteria, and it could have enrolled more children.
But that's probably not going to happen now, if ever.
"This is crushing because everybody wanted to make this happen," said Bill Lewis, the district's chief operating officer who oversees its capital programs. "We thought this was such a win-win."
The problem came down to money, or a lack thereof. The district has to cobble together funds to expand the capacity of the new Jennie Moore Elementary and Laing Middle schools that are under construction, and "we don't have the financial wherewithal to also renovate Laing Middle," Lewis said.
The former Laing campus was one of the short-term solutions officials had brainstormed to alleviate the community's over-crowded schools. Other plans include starting a magnet school in August 2014, and redrawing attendance lines for the fall of 2015.
The district hadn't been putting money into renovating the Laing campus before now because it planned to sell it, but that appears to be changing. In July, the board approved spending up to $950,000 to replace and repair the building's roof, and it unanimously authorized on Monday spending up to $800,000 to take down the school's ceiling and clear any mold or asbestos.
The district is funding the work with federal stimulus dollars, and officials said they didn't have any other project where the money could be used by the Oct. 14 deadline. Board member Elizabeth Moffly questioned why the district wanted to spend that money now if the charter school weren't going to be using the site, and Lewis said the work would have to be done regardless of who uses the building.
District officials haven't said what they intend to do with the building in the future, but it would take at least an additional $10 million to ready it for the Montessori school, and even more for a traditional school. Lewis said the district would have to upgrade the building's power and technology, as well as fix air conditioners and bathrooms and tear down walls to make bigger classrooms.
"We've run out of money to be able to do that," Lewis said. "At the time we (started) having these discussions, we thought we had this (financial) flexibility. With these other circumstances, we just don't."
Jody Swanigan, the charter school's principal, used the same word as Lewis to describe her feelings: crushed. She said she's hopeful that the school will be able to help Mount Pleasant meet its demand for more Montessori options and its need for more seats.
The charter school still needs more space, she said. It had to reduce the size of its incoming first-grade class this year, and it will have to do so again next year. The school's middle school students aren't leaving, so the campus doesn't have room to serve those students as well as big classes in lower grades.
She's unsure of what the school will do, but she said there are ways for the district and charter school to work together.
"We've really just gotten this information," she said. "We need to re-evaluate all of the options that are available."
Lewis hinted that the school could be considered for inclusion in the district's next construction program. Voters approved in November 2010 a 1 percent sales tax increase to cover specific buildings through 2016. The district will have facility needs after that, and East Cooper Montessori Charter could be part of that next round of construction.
The decision ultimately would be up to voters and the county school board, and Chairwoman Cindy Bohn Coats said she liked the idea of voters deciding whether to fund that kind of project.
She said she supports charter schools and endorsed the proposal to expand Montessori at the Laing campus, but the district has other financial commitments to meet. It can't do everything, she said.
"While you can have great ideas, you have to prioritize them," Coats said.
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NEW GARDEN -A Monday afternoon fire of unknown origin caused limited damage to the state Route 172 home of Joseph and Cristi Mayle.
"It was starving for air when we got there," Hanover Township Fire Chief Frank Baker said of the fire that started in the basement family room and was largely contained there. "It could have been worse."
The fire spread up the basement stairway to the first floor of the ranch-style home and then up a ceiling vent into the attic, where smoke billowing from the roof ridge vent caught the attention of passing motorists Jim and Twila Grindle, who called 911 at 1:30 p.m.
Mr. Grindle pulled over and ran to the door and began knocking. "I didn't know if anyone was inside, so I just kicked in the door," he said. "I was worried about somebody being in there."
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"It made it out and was doing fine when we left," Baker said of the German shepherd.
The basement family room sustained heavy fire damage, while the first floor and attic had smoke and heat damage. Only about 200 gallons of water were needed to extinguish what remained of the blaze and hot spots.
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4 Things You Are Regretting On The Day After Halloween
Ages 17+: Halloween Party Fouls
College-aged children will eventually grow out of their primitive desire to wreck other things, and instead become focused on wrecking themselves. This ethanol-fueled self-destruction is generally less disfiguring than handling small explosive devices, although it can still leave some pretty gruesome human wreckage.
Neither of these people will become president.
A typical Halloween for these young adults will involve donning a hilarious or sexy costume, attending a party full of like-minded sex/comedy enthusiasts, drinking their faces off and trying to convince their cohorts to go to bed with them.
But when pursuing hot and hilarious young things through a haze of alcohol, mistakes are inevitable. These can include:
- Barfing on yourself
- Barfing on your prospective mate
- Threatening to barf on your prospective mate
- Getting naked on yourself
- Threatening to barf on your naked self.
While all of these behaviors have been worthy of regret before, in recent years they've become even more cringe worthy, what with the advent of cell phone cameras and YouTube. When clips of you holding open the waistband of your Power Ranger tights and vomiting into them like you're trying to put out a fire make it online, your regret is going to last well past November 1st.
Ages 45+: Shot a Kid
Eventually you'll get tired of the drinking and getting shot down scene, and may even meet a partner who accepts you for all of your nude vomiting faults, or perhaps more likely, one that just doesn't know about them. But regardless of whether your relationship is built on ignorance or lies, you will eventually settle down. This can mean marriage and kids, or it can simply mean the responsibility which comes with ownership. Assuming you're not vomiting away every nickel, you will eventually accumulate enough belongings that you'll want to keep them all in one place. A nice shopping cart at first, and then possibly a house.
And every Halloween, teenagers will come around and shit on your stuff. Sometimes figuratively, but also sometimes not. This will, for lack of a strong enough word, make you unhappy.
"I hope that's figurative shit I'm smelling."
So one Halloween, you'll find yourself lurking in the bushes in front of your house, armed with a garden hose, waiting to douse young punks with righteous, chilly justice. This is fine and normal, and except for the fact that the children will spot you and fire roman candles at you until you cry, is a pretty good plan. Where the plan falls apart is when you rush back in to the house to retrieve your grandfather's old service pistol, the one he bequeathed to you with the promise that you not do anything stupid with it. You've broken that promise once, naming the gun Eleanor, and that night you'll break it again, when your warning shot successfully warns several children by clipping one of them.
The morning after, you're going to feel awful about this, and about how you probably should have called an ambulance or applied pressure to the wound or done anything other than sprint into the night. When the police find you, prone on the roof of your house, sweating, it will take some doing to coax you down. But, weary of the paperwork that happens every Halloween from incidents exactly like this, they'll let you off with a warning. "It was just a teenager," one of the officers will say quietly to you. "He'll heal." That will be mostly true, 60 percent true it turns out, at least when measured in the mobility of his right shoulder.
Which makes taking out the trigger slack on someone who can't drive yet is surprisingly the least regretful item on this list. Being responsible for the loss of 40 percent of a dink's shoulder mobility is clearly worthy of some remorse, but as it won't really limit his career prospects in the taco industry, it's something you'll find surprisingly easy to live with. You learned your lesson, he learned his, and furthermore, it will give the young thug an interesting story to impress girls with when he gets older.
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Aging Skateboarders Join Exclusive Venues to Avoid Those Darn Kids
MINNEAPOLIS—Jef VanSyoc doesn't come across as the head of an exclusive social club. He has thick dreadlocks and a piercing under his lip. He asks to be called "The Dark Lord" instead of president or executive director. That's because he isn't running a golf course or a cigar lounge but the "Dark Arts Blood Bowl," a members-only skateboard park where skaters can age in peace.
"The skateparks are a little crowded, and sometimes the kids are snot-nosed punks," says the 38-year-old Mr. VanSyoc, whose 12 members pay a $500 initiation fee in addition to $80 a month in dues. "It's guys getting away from their wives and kids."
Despite a decadelong boom in free public skateboard parks, some older skaters are turning to private cooperatives, or "key clubs," that are open to a handful of members and guests. They charge dues and maintenance fees that allow members—most of whom are over 30—to ride in a controlled environment free of the nonpaying skaters, scooters and Rollerbladers who clog up public skateparks.
There's no official listing of skateboard key clubs, since being hidden is sort of the point. Most are tucked away inside industrial warehouses, and their members tend to be cagey about the location and stingy with the invitations. In addition to Minneapolis, cities including Omaha, Neb., Portland, Ore., Madison, Wis., and Seattle, all have some kind of private skate club scene. There are probably dozens more: In the Chicago area, temporary clubs pop up every winter. Other parks, like New York's now-defunct Autumn Bowl, have come and gone.
The growth in key clubs has risen in tandem with skaters' age. The first skateboarders are now well into their 50s, leaving an abundance of over-30 skaters with the means and attitude to maintain a private facility. Also, while younger skaters tend to prefer the street style of skateboarding that plays out in downtowns and schoolyards, older guys are drawn to ramps and bowls that are easier on the knees.
Take William Stein, a University of Washington math professor who grew up skating vertical half-pipes in the 1980s. Today, in addition to writing a book on prime numbers, he oversees a private 13.5-foot-tall ramp open to him and about three dozen others in Seattle. He says the closest public ramp of that size is in Southern California.
"We were sort of desperate," he says.
Far from the popular image of skateboarders as rebels, key clubs are all about responsibility. While rules are rarely posted, a strict code of conduct is designed to deter crowds, police, landlords, neighbors and anything else that might endanger the park's existence or tranquillity. In practice, that means paying your dues on time. Members can bring a friend, not a crowd. They can have a beer, not a party.
The DonutHill Project, a key club in the Omaha area, has a general rule that only skaters can come as guests: Don't bring lurkers who only want to hang out.
They also have a "kook list" of skaters who aren't welcome.
"It's kind of for the people who made it happen," says Kevin Wilkins, a DonutHill key holder and editor of The Skateboard Mag. "If you run it any other way, you jeopardize what you built."
The DOS Bowl in Portland, Ore., enforces its rules with technology. The door to the facility is controlled by member-specific key cards so that Kent Dahlgren, the bowl's overseer, can swiftly cut off access when someone ignores the rules.
One example: On a recent work trip to London, Mr. Dahlgren started getting email complaints about new members who were bringing hordes of friends to the park. A few key strokes later, the offenders were no longer members and their key cards didn't work.
"Our members could go ride public parks for free," says Mr. Dahlgren, whose members pay $40 a month, even though the Portland metropolitan area has about two dozen free public skateparks. "We give them some exclusivity."
With its long and frigid winters, Minneapolis has one of the country's most vibrant key club scenes. There are three well-known private parks—Mr. VanSyoc's Blood Bowl, the Hiawatha Bowl and the Burrito Bowl—each with a different personality. The Blood Bowl is heavy metal with gory imagery while the Hiawatha has Neverland touches such as a couch that hangs from the rafters and a trapdoor that leads to a dark and winding tunnel under the ramp. Key holders of one bowl can usually get access to the others, provided they bring a cash or beer donation.
As in any club, the perks of membership are offset by the responsibilities, notes Mr. VanSyoc. The Blood Bowl is struggling to raise $4,500 for a new sprinkler system, and the leaky roof requires members to monitor the buckets and tarps hanging from the warehouse ceiling.
Then there is the issue of getting members to agree on new proposals. A while ago Mr. VanSyoc floated the idea of changing the club's name to "Blood Barrel" in homage to another, now defunct bowl whose remains have been incorporated into the Blood Bowl. One member objected because he had already gotten "Blood Bowl" tattooed across his leg. "It's politics, man," says Mr. VanSyoc.
Private parks have become popular with professional skaters, too. The most well-known is "The Berrics," owned by pro skaters Steve Berra and Eric Koston. Beyond just a place to ride, their park is the focus of a website, Theberrics.com, which uses videos of top pros to sell advertising and drive traffic to an online skate store.
Housed in a downtown Los Angeles warehouse, the Berrics skatepark features true-to-life obstacles like handrails and a loading dock. The backdrop has fake building facades, along with a yellow sign that reads: "Don't ever stop hopping fences."
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