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It's been a year since East Central University began its own Native American Academic Services program to ensure that Native American students stay in school and complete their degrees. So far, the results have been encouraging, but its director wants more students and families to be aware that that ECU has an on-campus liaison for students.
The goal of ECU's program is to serve 18 percent of ECU's enrollment – Native American students –both in and out of the classroom in order to make sure their college careers are a success, said Renee Hogue, ECU's director of Native American academic services.
That means providing cultural learning experiences as well as academic services for those students.
"We are partnering with the Chickasaw Nation's Division of Youth and Family to develop the ECU-Chickasaw Learning Community," Hogue said. "We're working with Chickasaw students to provide them with additional cultural and service learning opportunities. This gives them a way to become involved on campus as well as in their tribe. Hopefully, this is just the beginning. We're looking to develop partnerships with other tribes."
Hogue also partners with the Choctaw Nation's Scholarship Advisory Program to provide more retention efforts, such as scholarships and other funding, to keep Choctaw students in school at ECU.
Last fall ECU had 864 Native American students and 29 tribes represented on campus.
One of the most requested services has been helping students find and apply for Native American and tribal scholarships, she said. She has links to Oklahoma tribal scholarship information on the NAAS website at www.ecok.edu/NAAS.
The NAAS program, which is headquartered in Room 318 of the Horace Mann building, also provides academic advisement and enrollment and offers referrals to a variety of on-campus and community resources.
"I refer students to campus programs such as tutoring, financial aid or career services," she said. "I also refer them to community resources such as tribal programs and services. If students have a need, I try to help them find a solution."


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Confessed Boston Strangler is linked to a victim through DNA
Posted Jul 19, 2013 12:01 PM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
The self-confessed Boston Strangler was never convicted in the deaths of 11 women, but investigators now have forensic proof that he committed one of the murders.
DNA links Albert DeSalvo to the 1964 murder of Mary Sullivan, authorities announced today. DeSalvo had confessed to the 11 murders attributed to the Boston Stranger, but he later recanted. Massachusetts officials say the findings mark the first time they were able to confirm his "culpability in any homicide." The news is reported by CNN, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) and the Boston Globe.
Investigators compared the DNA from seminal fluid found at the scene of Sullivan's murder with DNA from DeSalvo's exhumed body.
DeSalvo died in 1973 when he was stabbed by another inmate while serving time in prison on unrelated rape convictions.
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Georgia Southern football player Kentrellis Marquis Showers, and a woman, Jomeshia Jquana Slaughter, were arrested early Saturday morning at their Cambridge Pines apartment after Statesboro police responded to a call about a verbal altercation that turned physical, according to an incident report.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Georgia Southern women's basketball coach Chris Vozab was inducted into the Our Lady of Lourdes High School Hall of Fame at a dinner last week at Dutchess Country Club, according to gseagles.com.
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SAVANNAH - Savannah State University baseball standout Charles "Trey" Sikes of Hinesville has been named to the ABCA Atlantic All-Region first team and Rawlings/ABCA All-America third team as a designated hitter position, the American Baseball Coaches Association announced on Wednesday, according to a news release from SSU.
The Long County 10-and-under all-star team fell to Pierce County, 5-0, in Thursday's first round of the Georgia Recreation Parks Association District 2 Class C Baseball Tournament in Ludowici.
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Russell Dandy and Marcus Scott V, two Scott's All*Stars players, recently attended Coach K's Duke Basketball Camp held June 14-18 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. The boys went through a variety of drills before playing in competition with kids two age groups older. Their team was the only undefeated team in the 16-year-old age bracket. The boys also toured the campus and met Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski.
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. - Former Liberty County High School and current Savannah State University baseball player Charles Trey Sikes was named the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) player of the week by the league for the week ending June 15, according to a NECBL news release.
Liberty County High School's baseball team topped McIntosh County Academy, 12-7, on Wednesday afternoon in a summer game at Panther Field.
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Georgia Southern senior linebacker Edwin Jackson has been named to Athlon Sports' All-Sun Belt Conference third-team defense, as announced by the national media company and reported on gseagles.com.
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The final Georgia Southern Eagle football camp, "Bash in the 'Boro," is set for Friday, July 18, at Allen E. Paulson Stadium in Statesboro.
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The Wizards used the number three pick in the 2012 NBA Draft on 19 year old Bradley Beal from the University of Florida with great expectations. Beal is routinely compared to Ray Allen. While the comparison is flattering, the pressure that comes with a comparison like that often is not. That is what Beal is learning.
As a rookie Beal is struggling to hit shots (15.4% shooting) and find his flow in the games. He recently talked to some reporters about what is going on and here was his explanation:
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"I have too many people in my ear, so I have to eliminate that and keep my circle small and focus on what the team needs to do and what I need to do. I know a lot of people want me to do this, this and this, but that's not important to me. We're trying to get wins. We're 0-2 so we have to figure out how to get wins and the outside people need to stay on the outside."
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Truth is hidden in a joke
An old-time southern, hell fire & brimstone country preacher had a
teenage son, and it was getting time the boy should give some thought
to choosing a profession.
Like many young men, the boy didn't really know what he wanted to do,
and he didn't seem too concerned about it.
One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an
experiment. He went into the boy's room and placed on his study table
four objects:
- a Bible,
- a silver dollar,
- a bottle of whisky and
- a Playboy magazine
"I'll just hide behind the door," the old preacher said to himself,
"when he comes home from school this afternoon, I'll see which object
he picks up.
If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a
blessing that would be!
If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a businessman, and that
would be okay, too.
But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good, low down
drunkard, and, Lord, help me.... what a shame that would be.
And worst of all..... if he picks up that magazine he's gonna be a
skirt-chasin', no good bum."
The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's footsteps as he
entered the house whistling and headed for his room. The boy tossed his
books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the
objects on the table. With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to
inspect them.
Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked
up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He uncorked the
bottle and took a big drink while he admired this month's Centerfold.
"Lord have mercy," the old preacher disgustedly whispered,
"he's gonna be a Congressman!"Facta non verba
"The good Lord set definite limits on man's wisdom, but set no limits on his stupidity and that's not fair!" Konrad Adenauer,
I think the same joke was posted here before. The punchline was, and I believe more accurate, "Good Lord, he's gonna be a cop.""If everyone is thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking." -Gen. George S. Patton
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In the News - Friday, June 28, 2013
Post office coping with short staffing
Irregular hours, lunchtime closings, newly appointed postmasters that leave for assignments elsewhere, and threatened closures have Three Rivers postal patrons wondering what could possibly be next. According to Joseph Carey, the OIC (officer in charge) and currently the only full-time employee at the Three Rivers station, not even career Postal Service employees can predict what's going to happen down the road.
Even the local newspaper, relegated to third-class mail, has to wait its turn on some Fridays to be inserted after the first-class mail is placed in the respective post office boxes.
"Last week I had the Commonwealth in the local post office boxes shortly after noon," Joseph said. "That would only happen every so often when I'm here by myself."
Routinely, the newspaper is in the boxes by 10 or 11 a.m. On most days there has been an employee from another station but some days Joseph is on his own. The contractor rural routes still go out as usual but box holders sometimes have to wait depending on window service traffic.
Selling stamps and postal products has suddenly become the priority of the U.S. Mail. It's no secret why — the Postal Service is under assault from the Internet just like so many other American businesses (such as the local newspaper).
The current staffing problems at Three Rivers are directly linked to the service at the Lodgepole Post Office in Sequoia National Park. It's mandated by the federal government to maintain service there, especially in the busy summer season.
A former Lodgepole employee, who recently was assigned to help out at Three Rivers, now must devote his hours to commuting daily to serve park customers. That leaves Three Rivers a staff person short and with no immediate prospects of adding another employee.
But the mail must go through and will continue to be delivered to even the most rural parts of Tulare County. Think of your service relative to other businesses where all you ever get is an automated response.
And know that supporting local businesses, whether it's post office, newspaper, or retail or service-oriented, is the only way they can continue to serve the community.
BLM to reconvene public meeting
Hoping to continue the Case Mountain dialogue started at a May 29 meeting in Three Rivers, BLM planners will host another public meeting on Tuesday, July 9. The workshop meeting is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m. at the Three Rivers Memorial Building.
The meeting is intended to follow up information, ideas, and concerns that were expressed at last month's meeting when Bureau of Land Management officials outlined their plans to acquire 59.19 acres of the former Craig Ranch property known as the "South End."
The Case Mountain area became accessible to the public after Ollie Craig's donation of more than 1,000 acres of mostly cattle-grazing land in the early 1990s. This donation opened for the first time some prime Three Rivers backcountry for recreation.
But even with the low-key use that developed mostly from bikers and hikers, there have been access issues near the trailhead on Skyline Drive and at the locked gate at the terminus of Craig Drive.
The new acquisition could take the pressure off Skyline Drive if a parking lot could be built near the outlet of the Salt Creek road where it meets Craig Drive. As a result of the input from the last meeting, BLM planners have developed alternatives for Three Rivers residents to consider.
"This is the public's opportunity to help us ensure the most feasible and viable alternatives have been considered," said Gabriel Garcia, Bakersfield Field Office manager.
In addition to a range of alternatives, the BLM will present large-scale maps and engineering plans for the proposed infrastructure and improvements. There will be ample time to study the maps and drawings and then ask questions.
For further information on the public workshop, contact Peter De Witt at (661) 391-6120 or email email@example.com. Written comments may be submitted before July 21.
New sign to be installed near Horse Creek
After three years of negotiations with Caltrans, the Three Rivers Village Foundation announced earlier this week that the new "Welcome to Three Rivers" sign is scheduled to be installed. Site work has been completed and a frame has already been erected adjacent to Highway 198 just east of the Horse Creek Bridge.
"We will have a ceremonial unveiling of the new sign soon," said Marge Ewen, a Foundation board member. "There won't be much hoopla at the actual site because parking is limited where the sign will be located."
But Marge said getting the sign installed is actually a big deal because millions of visitors will see the sign as they enter Three Rivers. The metal sign, created by Dave King, a local resident who is a metalworking instructor with Visalia Adult School, features a distinctive knockout of a giant sequoia and the welcoming text.
The former welcome sign, until last Friday located at Slick Rock, is believed to have been made by Carroll Barnes, a renowned Three Rivers artist, more than a half-century ago. Barnes also chiseled the famous Paul Bunyan statue out of redwood that towers over the Three Rivers Historical Museum grounds, the College of the Sequoias "giant," and the rooster at Village Market, among many other sculptures in Tulare County and throughout the state.
On Friday, June 21, that sign was transported to the historical museum property where it currently is on display. This is due to Caltrans requirements that, according to the Foundation, allow just one entrance sign per community along the state highway.
Park fatalities underscore risk, safety
The nearby national parks are among the most beautiful and alluring places on the planet. But with the inviting scenery comes inherent risk; three recent incidents underscore the unpredictability of the natural world.
On the evening of Friday, June 14, Joe Lopez, 60, of Bakersfield was hiking with his brother in the Mineral King area of Sequoia National Park. As the backpackers approached 10,000 feet in elevation on the Eagle Lake Trail, Joe suddenly collapsed.
His brother attempted CPR but could not revive him. After summoning help, park rangers arrived and recovered the victim via helicopter. The body was transported to the Tulare County Coroner's Office.
One week later, David Breuer, 47, of Mishawaka, Ind., was visiting Mist Falls with his wife and three daughters, a four-mile hike from Road's End in Kings Canyon National Park. He left the trail to approach the top of the falls, then slipped and fell into the cascade.
Several other visitors pulled Breuer out and attempted CPR but could not revive the victim. Park rangers transported Breuer's body to the Fresno County Coroner's Office.
On Monday, June 24, the parents of a three-year-old girl reported at approximately 3:30 p.m. that their daughter had fallen and hit her head at Lodgepole Campground. The child was transported via ambulance to the Three Rivers Golf Course where she was airlifted via helicopter to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno.
The victim apparently suffered head trauma. Her medical condition was not released to the public.
Reconstruction project on Generals Highway complete
It has been ongoing since May 2010. A major reconstruction of the historic Generals Highway in Sequoia National Park, between the park entrance and Giant Forest, that has had long delays for travelers and commuters.
But on Friday, June 21, after more than three years, the project was officially completed. It is now once again possible to reach the popular Giant Forest area from Three Rivers in under an hour.
There still is some roadwork to be aware of, however. Center-line striping will be occurring through next week from Potwisha Campground to the Four Guardsman (above Crystal Cave road). There could be some minor delays.
The utilities construction project that was started last fall but interrupted by winter is still requiring delays of no more than 20 minutes from 6 a.m. till 6 p.m. This work is occurring just beyond the Giant Forest Museum and is close to completion.
For current road conditions, call the parks' 24-hour, recorded information line at 565-3341 (press 1, 1, 1).
DUI checkpoint scheduled for Sunday
It's the river-goers in Sequoia National Park that are the impetus for the looming DUI checkpoint that will be conducted this weekend by Sequoia National Park law-enforcement rangers. The checkpoint is scheduled for Sunday, June 30, from 4 to 8 p.m.
During that time, rangers will briefly detain motorists in the Ash Mountain area to check for impaired drivers.
Mixing alcohol with river recreation is as ill-advised as drinking and driving. But it is often the case that an ice chest will accompany those who spend the day at the river.
If a driver is not designated, hours of sitting in the sun while drinking alcoholic beverages proves incompatible with getting behind the wheel of a car. Add to that a narrow, curvy mountain road with granite boulders on one side and cliffs on the other and it adds up to certain disaster.
To deter impaired driving is the most important aspect of a DUI checkpoint. Just don't drink and drive in the first place.
But if all the warnings and education fail and a driver is found to be over the legal limit of intoxication, they can look forward to an expensive and time-consuming legal process.
Woodlake is one of state's fastest growing cities
Although it's still the smallest incorporated city in Tulare County, Woodlake's population grew by one of the highest percentages in the state in 2012, according to a California Department of Finance report released last month.
Woodlake was California's sixth fastest growing city, ranked behind Santa Clarita, Dublin, Lake Elsinore, Imperial, and Indio, respectively. The city had a population increase of 3.7 percent to 7,665 residents.
Tulare County's overall population grew by 1 percent. There are now 455,599 residents here, which in comparison to the population of Los Angeles at nearly 4 million means there is still plenty of breathing room.
Visalia was the 98th fastest growing city in the state out of 482. The county seat had an increase of 1.1 percent, bringing its population to 128,443.
The San Francisco Bay Area led the state as the fastest growing region with four out of the five fastest growing counties being located in the Bay Area.
California's 10 largest cities are (in order from largest): Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, Fresno, Sacramento, Long Beach, Oakland, Bakersfield, and Anaheim.
In economic news, while still at historically low levels, California's statewide housing growth, as measured by net unit growth in 2012, was up 27 percent over 2011. And for the first time, multiple-family housing units surpassed single-family homes in new construction throughout the state.
These population estimates are produced annually by the state Department of Finance for use by local areas to calculate their annual appropriations limit. Additionally, estimates are used for research and planning purposes by government agencies.
Wipe your feet!
Boot brushes installed at trailheads
It used to be you only had to wipe your feet when coming home after a hike. After all, that's what keeps the indoors clean.
But these days, hikers are being asked to wipe their feet before embarking on their hike. It sounds unusual, but there is a method behind this seemingly strange request.
Is it possible that nature can be saved from exotic plant species if hikers were to keep the outdoors as clean as their indoors? Consider this: yellow star and Italian thistles in Three Rivers are invading the hillsides rapidly as they grow in dense patches. Each plant makes thousands of seeds each year.
It would be easy to see how even one of those seeds could be trapped in a crevice of a hiking boot, then transported to the High Sierra. As global temperatures increase, these plants could now more than ever adapt and grow at the higher elevations, forever altering the landscape as we know it. This would not only destroy favorite viewscapes, but choke out native vegetation, including wildflowers, and destroy the habitat of wildlife, ground-nesting birds, and beneficial insects (i.e., butterflies).
Expect to see these civilized contraptions popping up in the most wild places across the country as the U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service put them into service at trailheads.
As part of the research on the effectiveness of the boot brushes, dirt samples have been previously collected and analyzed. In one such study, seeds found under boot brushes along woodland trails germinated to reveal crab grass and other common household and agricultural weeds not found in a healthy forest.
Skeptics may think that people will just bypass this voluntary task. But think again.
Most people who elect to tackle a hike on a High Sierra trail must surely be as dedicated to the beautiful scenery they will witness as to the physical challenge they face. Such appreciative lovers of wilderness will hopefully also cherish the future of this environment enough to take a minute to brush the plant invaders from their boots.
So do what your mother taught you: Wipe your feet!
Climate change and its effect on the Sierra
The Sierra Nevada is listed among the top 10 ecosystems needing protection from climate change, said a 2011 report from the Endangered Species Coalition (It's Getting Hot Out There: 10 Places to Save for Endangered Species in a Warming World). The long-term potential effects of climate change in the Sierra Nevada include adverse impacts to the state's water supply, forest health, wildlife habitat and local economies. For example, scientists generally agree that the following, among other impacts, will likely result from a changing climate: More precipitation will fall as rain, not snow; snowpack will melt earlier due to higher temperatures; vegetation will migrate based on changed conditions, resulting in impacts on wildlife; and fires will start earlier in the year and burn longer and hotter, consuming a larger amount of the landscape.
Scientists from the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced predict that the region is likely to experience 50 percent to 150 percent more critically dry years due to climate change.
Water— Observations indicate Sierra Nevada precipitation is becoming more variable. It is likely that a multiyear drought will occur, as has occurred numerous times in the past; however, future droughts may be longer lasting. The shift from snow to rain in the Sierra Nevada, decreased snow cover area, coupled with longer growing seasons, are certain to impact water deliveries. This loss of snowpack storage will reduce water security.
Heat— Analysis of climate observations and models indicate that present-day heat waves, multiple days with temperatures in the top five percent of historic warmest days, will increase by two to four times the current level. By mid century, temperature increases throughout the state are very likely to range between two and five degrees, with end-of-century increases of three degrees to 10 degrees.
Temperatures soaring beyond 110 degrees in the Central Valley may become annual occurrences.
Fires— Naturally occurring wildfires are likely to be larger in extent due to increased drying of fuel load during the summer season.
Flora and fauna— Animals, plants, and even insects are adapting quickly to shifts in temperatures, often by migrating to cooler climates, modifying their diets, and altering breeding cycles.
More than 60 percent of the birds the National Wildlife Federation tracked in a recent study have expanded their range northward by an average of 35 miles in the last 40 years.
Fourteen small mammal species in the Sierra Nevada Mountains were found to have extended the elevation at which they can survive by an average of 1,640 feet.
Most native fishes will suffer population declines and become more restricted in their distributions; some will likely be driven to extinction. Fishes requiring cold water (less than 72 degrees) are particularly likely to go extinct. In contrast, most alien fishes will thrive, with some species increasing in abundance and range.
Giant sequoias— A 2009 U.S. Forest Service study concluded that tree ranges had moved, on average, more than 60 miles north in less than a century.
The central and southern Sierra Nevada is a region that is famous for its trees — the biggest: giant sequoias; the oldest: bristlecone pines. But the long-term existence of these trees could be threatened by drought and disease.
Seedlings and young trees will find it difficult to survive because they would be left with insufficient water to endure longer and warmer summers.
If the climate change trend isn't slowed or reversed, the oldest of the Big Trees, which have survived on this planet for thousands of years, could be gone within a century.
Conservation— The Sierra Nevada ecosystem is heavily impacted by climate change, but also population growth, recreation, and changing land use. Given the potential impacts that are anticipated, adapting to changing conditions will be critical for those who live, work, and recreate in the region.
Reducing impact and protection and restoration of mountain meadows will help species adapt and continue to provide Californians with water when they need it most.
Limiting nonnative species of plants and living creatures will minimize threats to native populations that are already struggling to adapt to warming temperatures.
And, of course, reducing pollutants will help greatly to combat climate change.
3R Woman's Club elects new officers
Members of the Three Rivers Woman's Club ended the 2012-2013 year with their annual luncheon, held at St. Anthony Retreat.
The luncheon included the traditional installation of officers. The women who will lead the nearly 100-year-old club during the coming year are:
Mary Scharn, president; Peggy Huddleston, vice president; Kathy Bohl, secretary; Kitty Guthrie, treasurer; and directors, Polly Kelch and Bonnie Lasswell.
Also during this last meeting of the year, member and former president Anne Hayes was presented with an Honorary Member award for her ongoing involvement in the club.
The Three Rivers Woman's Club will celebrate its centennial in 2016. It derives its income from membership dues and through sales at The Thingerie thrift shop, which has been in operation since the 1970s.
In the last 10 years alone, the club has provided more than $300,000 to the community in the form of academic scholarships for local students and donations to local organizations and via special requests of need.
Lee Searcey
1932 ~ 2013
Lee C. Searcey of Three Rivers died Thursday, June 20, 2013, at his South Fork home. He was 80.
A service will be held Saturday, June 29, at 1 p.m., at First Baptist Church in Three Rivers.
Lee was born November 9, 1932, in Reedley, but lived in Three Rivers since 1948. He worked for his dad, Clarence, for several years, who owned and operated two Visalia restaurants from 1935 to 1976.
Lee left Three Rivers when he joined the U.S. Navy. Following his discharge, he resided in Morro Bay before returning to Three Rivers.
Lee married his wife, Karen, in 2000. He worked locally as a stonemason and a construction worker.
He could build anything, according to Karen, and loved hunting.
Lee was preceded in death by his father, Clarence Searcey (1913-2007).
He is survived by his wife of 12 years, Karen; two sons, Ron and Steve; and three grandchildren, Samantha, Skye, and Shawn.


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The cause of Monday's could easily be categorized as another episode in the never-ending collective bargaining drama that has besieged the state over the last eight months.
But the roots of what transpired are much more nuanced, involving the underpinnings of a changing relationship between teachers and the district, and quick decisions made by the school officials during the proceedings.
What occurred Monday began to percolate in late July, when school board president Bruce Bailey wrote a letter to teachers stating it is unlawful for the district or any of its representatives to "negotiate" with teachers as a result of the collective bargaining reform passed in Madison earlier this year.
The letter, which was sent to district teachers and school board members, was in response to teacher union president Doug Perry when employment issues are being decided upon.
Specifically, Perry requested teachers have a say in the the employee handbook and district calendar, . He also asked whether teachers will be compensated for more days worked.
"On behalf of the board, we request the GEA (Greenfield Education Association) leadership refrain from attempting to circumvent district process, illegally negotiate, or otherwise unduly influence the administration or members of the board to favor the interest of the GEA over those of our other employees, as well as students and taxpayers," Bailey wrote.
Bailey wrote earlier in the letter that employment issues should be directed to district Superintendent Conrad Farner.
The letter was construed by teachers as a threat, Perry said. If they go and speak at board meetings, they feel they will face retribution, according to Perry.
"I have had many colleagues come up to me and tell me that they are not going to the meetings because they feel they will have a target on their back," Perry said. "It's a very precarious thing to go to a meeting and speak in front of the school board … those are your employers. It's a tough thing to do."
Addressing the school board and administration without the protections once provided by the union contract is a new dynamic that teachers now face, Perry added.
"People are afraid. That is their jobs, their livelihood. Everyone has to put bread on their table," said Perry, adding that there were 30 Greenfield teachers in attendance during Monday's meeting, far more than the dozen that an administration official claimed.
Bailey rebuked the notion that Greenfield teachers cannot speak during school board meetings or that they should feel intimidated if they do so.
"We let anyone speak during the citizens oral remarks portion of the meeting. Anybody can talk during the meeting and we don't limit who can talk," he said. "We welcome people voicing their opinions on matters concerning the school district."
Bailey said the letter is being misunderstood by teachers. Rather than attempting to restrict their voice, the letter was meant to halt bargaining without going through the proper channels, he said.
"It's important to keep an open dialog for everyone involved," Bailey said. "I know teachers are concerned because of the bill that was passed in Madison. They are concerned because they don't know what is going to happen, but we all have to work together to get through this. These are the cards that have been dealt and if they have some anger towards the school board, it's misdirected. The school board is just trying to maintain a quality education for our kids."
From bad to worse
The letter and a general feeling among the teacher community Greenfield educators are being wronged provoked a wave of dozens of .
And then things got real interesting.
Bailey, by law, . He made the decision for the meeting to continue to be held in the even after seeing a massive amount of protesters arrive.
Bailey told protesters he was unable to allow more than 95 people in the room due to its capacity limit. According to interim fire chief Jon Cohn, safety should be the first priority when facing issues regarding capacity.
"There really is no fallback on public safety … the correct decision was made not to add capacity to that room," Cohn said. "I don't think we can have a floating occupancy limit depending on the topic."
Bailey and district officials also told the crowd that because the agenda indicated the meeting was to scheduled to be held in the administration board room, it could not be moved to the school's auditorium, due to the state's open meetings law.
According to attorney Bob Drepps, one of the foremost experts on Wisconsin's open meetings law, Bailey would not have been breaking the law if he had moved the meeting.
"I do not think that it would have been a violation if they had a larger room available in the same building such that they could have posted a note on the door … that says (the meeting) was moved down the hall," he said. "If anybody that came to the original location could easily access the larger room, I can't imagine a court would find that a violation of the open meetings law, the whole purpose of which is to accommodate public access to the meeting."
Drepps added case law pertaining to a meeting being moved to another location in the same building due to the number of attendees does not exist.
"To suggest that a law forbids accommodating the public when more show up than expected is backwards," Drepps said. "That is the whole point of giving notice and holding it in a public place accessible to the public."
School officials and board members also told the crowd the meeting could not be moved because the meeting room allows for the proceedings to be broadcasted on public access television. The crowd , provoking the district spokesperson Stuart Wilke to call the police, according to police records.
"Stuart Wilke reports they are having a Greenfield School District board meeting and there are about 30 people in the foyer refusing to leave," police records indicate.


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The Union-Recorder
MILLEDGEVILLE — A suspected burglarizing couple was indicted by a Baldwin County grand jury Tuesday.
The Milledgeville Police Department apprehended the visiting husband and wife suspected criminal team of Casey Eric Crowley and Elizabeth Karen Crowley during an early May traffic stop.
These two burglary suspects from Emanuel County were indicted on one count felony theft by receiving stolen property. Casey Crowley took additional counts of marijuana and methamphetamine possession.
The suspects also face multiple burglary charges in Emanuel County.
The saga began Wednesday, May 1 when an Emanuel County sheriff's officer contacted MPD Detective Anthony Henderson in reference to two burglary suspects possibly in Milledgeville. He jumped right on the Crowleys' trail with the help of fellow police detectives.
A third party from Emanuel County who was already in custody identified the two.
The husband and wife team had apparently been in the Savannah area, just before heading to Milledgeville. What brought the pair to Milledgeville remains a mystery.
The MPD detectives' bureau began to find evidence of the twosome laying low here in the city.
Police connected the Crowleys with two items pawned at local pawnshops and were able to find where they had rented a storage unit and possessed a Penske Rental truck.
Henderson found a possible local hideout for the fugitives.
Police began canvassing the Milledgeville motel where reports placed the suspects.
Henderson spotted the pair leaving the motel in a white SUV. Shortly after, officers from MPD executed a traffic stop on the vehicle.
Knowing a little on the history of Casey Crowley, several officers and detectives converged on the suspect's vehicle. Both Crowley and his wife were taken into custody without incident.
During the traffic stop, the female Crowley freely handed over a clear plastic baggy, suspected to contain methamphetamine.
The duo was transported to MPD for pending local charges.
According to the report, police executed three search warrants and located several items, believed stolen during the Emanuel County burglaries in question. The Emanuel County Sheriff's Office pinpointed several items from the burglaries in the Swainsboro area.
Police also found counterfeit checks that were made by the suspects and possibly used at local merchants.
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Earlier this month, Atlanta Magazine blog writer Steve Fennessy broke the news that there was an offer to purchase Creative Loafing, Inc., which owns six of the country's largest alt-newsweeklies. The proposed buyer? Knoxville real estate mogul Brian Conley, also former publisher of the Metro Pulse from 2003-2007 before selling it to E.W. Scripps.
Conley, who's already a majority shareholder in Atlanta's other, more tabloidy weekly the Sunday Paper, has put in a $13.3 million offer to purchase bankrupt Creative Loafing, Inc. The company owns the four CL alt-weeklies in Tampa, Fla., Sarasota, Fla., Atlanta, and Charlotte, N.C., as well as the venerable Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper—making it, with a circulation of 425,000, a readership of more than 3 million, and a staff of 275, the second-largest alt-weekly chain in the country behind Village Voice Media.
The issue for CL right now — whether or not Conley will be able to purchase the chain at all — is up in the air. Indeed, even whether Conley would be purchasing it from CL CEO Ben Eason or from one of its debt-holders isn't known for sure right now. Since the company is bankrupt, a lot of these decisions will be made in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Tampa. As reported by Wayne Garcia in Tampa CL's blog "The Political Whore," Eason has twice — in December and January — had to go to court to stop the company from being handed over to its largest debt-holder, Atalaya Funding, which financed the 2007 sale of the Reader and the City Paper. The next court date is March 11.
The $13.3 million offer is based on $4.4 million in projected Yearly Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA — basically, cash flow) that Conley says CL put into its initial October court filing. But, Conley says, that offer could go down. The latest numbers project 2009 cash flow at $1.7 million, with $25 million in revenue for the year. "I have inquired as to why there is a discrepancy between the October numbers and the latest numbers," Conley says. "I have not been able to ascertain an answer regarding that."
Eason says it's because there was no $4.4 million projection.
"That offer was apparently based on an EBITDA that was supposedly filed in our October statement," says Eason. "But frankly, none of us has any idea what he's referring to."
The company's October statement does, in fact, contain information as to its total fiscal year 2008 revenues, as well as the first quarter of fiscal year 2009, but no mention of cash flow.
Another point of contention between Eason and Conley is regarding criticism Conley indirectly leveled against Eason in the Atlanta Magazine story.
The article cites a prior interview with Eason in which he is quoted as saying that 10 percent of company revenues go to its editorial department.
"That's out of line with industry standards," Conley is quoted as saying, adding that he would put 15 percent of revenues into editorial.
Eason has been criticized for firing Atlanta Creative Loafing editor Ken Edelstein in November, reportedly as a result of a difference of opinion regarding proposed editorial cuts. But in the 2009 projections, filed in court in December, Creative Loafing lists the chain's editorial budget at $4.4 million, just over 15 percent of its projected total revenues of $29 million.
"It sounds like he does not have a good enough handle of our plan to be making some of the comments he's been making," says Eason, who has not spoken with Conley personally.
To the rest of the country — especially in the cities served by CL — this became a new-economy-meets-new-media story. In this economic climate, why would anyone want to buy the second biggest chain of old-fangled alternative newsweeklies in the country, one that went Chapter 11 last fall, crushed by a $40 million debt it can't pay off?
To many in Knoxville, though, it was a Brian Conley story. During his four-and-a-half years as owner and publisher of Metro Pulse, Conley may have put the paper in the black for its first time ever. ["I took a paper that was losing $300,000 a year and by the end it was making $300,000 a year," he says.] But he also earned a reputation among many longtime readers as a publisher who didn't show much concern about editorial quality and whose actions sometimes damaged the newspaper's integrity.
For his part, Conley says that if the CL purchase goes through, he will be a relatively hands-off publisher as far as editorial content is concerned. He says he would evaluate and perhaps replace some of the high-level editorial staff, but he would leave them to their own devices. He cites his involvement in the Sunday Paper as proof.
"I've been very proud of our editorial content so far. We are very politically involved at the local level," he says, pointing to a recent article in the paper called "City Hall, Are You Listening?" which is critical of the Atlanta Police's lax response to high crime rates in certain neighborhoods. "That was not something I suggested or had anything to do with from the editorial end."
He says that his reason for buying the papers has largely to do with enhancing their editorial quality, saying "that is your product. That is why people are reading and advertising.
"Whether you're talking about corporate ownership — like Scripps buying Metro Pulse — or whether you're talking about Mr. Eason — who has taken on a $40 million debt without being able to service it — I think our goal as publishers here is to enhance editorial content," he says, adding that he is "very proud of what we accomplished editorially."
Not everyone thinks he should be, though. Among some circles in town, Conley is infamous for his antics at Metro Pulse.
The most widely reported incident occurred when KnoxViews' Randy Neal, then writing anonymously as "South Knox Bubba," criticized a June 2005 Metro Pulse Gamut feature, "Two Knoxville Party Girls Peer into Nashville's Night Life," saying it glorified drunk driving. Conley sent Neal an e-mail threatening to expose his identity as well as any dirt he could find about him by publishing it in the paper. Neal preempted him, exposing his own identity and then taking down his blog. Conley now says he was "defending two writers from personal attack."
"He might have had too thin a skin toward the beginning there," says then-editor Barry Henderson.
Conley also disputes claims that he micromanaged the editorial staff.
"I attended a few editorial meetings just to pitch ideas," Conley says. "I wrote maybe about one in 10 of those unsigned editorials."
It's those unsigned editorials that occasionally caused accusations of conflict of interest.
In July 2005, for example, Metro Pulse published an editorial called "Eminent Domain Isn't All Pernicious," in response to a letter to the editor that criticized the paper for its support of the city's proposed South Waterfront project. The editorial was unsigned and many thought Conley — a real estate developer — was behind it.
"Or then again, maybe the article was ordered, written, or influenced by Metro Pulse publisher and real estate developer Brian Conley," wrote conservative blogger Terry Frank. "Does Conley have an interest in any possible eminent domain seizures? I'm looking. Any way you slice it, the Metro Pulse is not an independent voice."
Conley, Henderson, and current associate editor Jack Neely have no memory of who wrote it, but Conley defends himself.
"I have never benefitted from eminent domain," he says.
Eason says he has "no clue" about Conley's reputation, but that "coziness, even the appearance of coziness, between real estate and development interests and editorial content can cause major, major problems."
Neely says that the criticism that Conley's interests as a businessman was at odds with the paper's editorial independence came up a lot back when Conley was publisher, even though, he says, it usually wasn't true. "He's a businessman. He never made any promises about avoiding conflicts of interest," Neely says. "He was rarely present in the office, usually wasn't involved in editorial decisions, and only rarely tried to push reporters in a certain direction. I remember only once that he pushed a story that might be seen to serve his business interests, and in that case the editors didn't agree to do the story, because of the appearance of conflict of interest."
Many of CL's employees are just eager to see the bankruptcy situation resolved. Washington City Paper editor Erik Wemple says he, like Eason, doesn't know much about Conley, but he's trying to concentrate on his own product for now.
"We've been in this bankruptcy situation for several months now, and I think we've learned to be concerned only about the things that we can control," writes Wemple in an e-mail. "For me and my colleagues in the editorial department at Washington City Paper, that means just doing our journalism."
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- February 20, 2009
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brianconley writes:
Dear Editor,
I want to thank Metro Pulse for publishing the Dickens-esque saga Businessman Looks to Buy Newspaper Empire by Charles Maldonado in its February 19th issue. In particular, I want to commend the author for exposing the nefarious ruse behind Brian Conley's stated intention to not unduly influence the daily operations of the editorial departments in question.
Citing such empirical sources as "To many in Knoxville," "Among many longtime readers," and "Among some circles in town", Mr. Maldonado slyly, and courageously, contrasts the recently liberated editorial regime with Conley's despotic insistence that writers properly source their material, not libel anyone, and especially (capitalist pig that he is), not the paper's largest advertiser.
From start to finish, Mr. Maldonado sheds light on Conley's evil plan to purchase newspapers (gasp!), revealing that the one he currently holds a major interest in is a vulgar tabloid compared to the wholesome, life affirming alt-weeklies he so greedily covets.
And thank you, Mr. Maldonado, for not allowing Conley's legendary "antics" as publisher - that so diminished the reputation of Metro Pulse – to go unpunished.
Sure, Conley, no doubt with the help of various lackeys, toadies and henchmen, may have made the paper profitable, securing its viability as an on-going concern and raising everyone's salaries in the process. He may have nearly doubled its circulation and readership. And he may have even substantially increased the editorial budget, introducing articles and columns from such talented journalists and writers as Frank Cagle, Leslie Wylie, Chloe White, Molly Kincaid, Gay Lyons, Rikki Hall, and Steve Dupree along the way. But that's just spin. The real story is the time he sent a mean e-mail to an anonymous blogger. And, of course, how lame Metro Pulse was before Charles Maldonado graced its door.
Brian Conley
- February 20, 2009
- 2:26 p.m.
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brianconley writes:
Regarding Mr. Eason's assertion that neither he nor anyone he works with
knows where I came up with the $4.4 million projected annual EBITDA, I was
very clear in my initial letter of interest to him that I had derived that number
from the document entitled Creative Loafing, Inc. and Affiliated Entities
October Weekly Cash Flow report filed October 15, 2008 with the United
States Bankruptcy Court in Tampa, Florida. That report placed weekly EBITDA
for the Creative Loafing chain at $85,256. Multiplying that by 52 weeks
equates to just north of $4.4 million. Again, all of that was stated plainly in
my initial letter of interest to Mr. Eason.
As a prospective purchaser, I have, for several weeks, attempted to reconcile
that weekly cash flow report with Creative Loafing's 2009 projected EBITDA of
only $1.7 million (roughly $32,000 per week, 38% of the October weekly
EBITDA ) filed with the court in January. But the only response I seem to get
from Mr. Eason's team is that I have offered far too much money for the
I find that odd.
I also find it odd that Mr. Maldonado reported unequivocally that no cash flow
report was filed with the court in October, when he readily admitted to me in
our interview that he did not have access to all the court documents. I would
have been more than happy to have supplied it to him, but he didn't seem to
be too interested in the facts or objective reporting, choosing instead to
focus on unsubstantiated rumor and anonymous innuendo.
- February 20, 2009
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Maldonado writes:
I have a copy of the document filed in October. I couldn't find the numbers Mr. Conley is talking about and, apparently, neither could Mr. Eason. If Mr. Conley would like to share his copy of the document in question, I would be more than happy to run a correction.
--Charles Maldonado
- February 20, 2009
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Maldonado writes:
Mr. Conley has just sent me the aforementioned document, and, indeed, the $85,000 EBITDA is listed in there. Metro Pulse will run a correction.
--Charles Maldonado
- February 21, 2009
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brianconley writes:
Yet another inaccuracy in the story is the portrait drawn of the now infamous
feud I had with South Knox Bubba.
For the record, I don't recall Mr. Neal ever saying anything about the story in
question personally - and certainly not that it glorified drunk driving.
The issue I had was with anonymous posters on his blog making what I
thought were pretty crude personal attacks on these two writers.
My point then was that no one had the right to hide behind anonymity while
lobbing personal insults and accusations at real people. Mr. Neal and I had a
disagreement about that and, while I agree with Barry that I was too thin
skinned at times, I still feel the same way. Irrespective, Mr. Neal and his blog
seem to be doing better than ever these days and I think its due, in no small
part, to the fact that he's worked hard to make it a place where people can
have civil discourse.
- March 2, 2009
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johnsugg writes:
Maldonado wrote:
But in the 2009 projections, filed in court in December, Creative Loafing lists the chain's editorial budget at $4.4 million, just over 15 percent of its projected total revenues of $29 million.
"It sounds like he does not have a good enough handle of our plan to be making some of the comments he's been making," says Eason, who has not spoken with Conley personally.
This implies that Eason is responding to the issue of whether he has mandated 10 percent editorial budgets, and Maldonado is slyly trying to gig Conley for not knowing Eason's business by asserting that Eason's papers spend 15 percent on editorial.
Maldonado is wrong. A little thought would have produced the answer. Eason's revenues are declining so fast, he can't slash employees with sufficient speed to maintain the percentages. He most definitely has tried to lock his newspapers into 10 percent editorial budgets, and he has done that without regard to what it did to content and, ultimately, readership. He also flatly refused to recognize very clear financial evidence from a 2001 survey by the Association of Alternative Newspapers that papers that spent in the 13-14 percent range on editorial had higher profit margins than those that spent in the 10 percent range.
The result is clear. The content at Eason's papers is a shadow of what it was a few years ago. Media Audits, which surveys readership, reported recently that for the first time Sunday Paper in Atlanta has surpassed Creative Loafing in people who have "read last issue." (Eason's managers dispute that finding.) And, currently on the stands this week, Sunday Paper is 80 pages and profitable, while Creative Loafing is 56 pages and losing money.
(For the record, I am the former senior editor of the Creative Loafing group, and a shareholder. I do not support Eason's bankruptcy strategy.)
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1. [Davenport's] WOC - AM 1420 - [was the] First commercial radio station west of the Mississippi River and [in 1932] first to hire Ronald Reagan. http://www.rockhawk.com/Iowa.htm
2. WOC, needed an announcer to broadcast University of Iowa games. Reagan's first assignment - for $5 and bus fare - was the University of Iowa's homecoming game against Minnesota. http://www.ronaldreagan.com/radio.html
3. After WOC consolidated with WHO in Des Moines...WHO, an NBC affiliate, gave Reagan national media exposure. http://www.reagan.utexas.edu
4. "Dutch" (a childhood nickname because of his "Dutch boy" haircut) gained national media exposure recreating Chicago Cubs baseball games from the studio. http://navysite.de/cvn/cvn76namesake.htm
5. One of his responsibilities was to give accounts of Chicago Cubs baseball games via telegraph. During one game between the Cubs and their arch rivals the St. Louis Cardinals that was tied 0-0 in the 9th inning, the telegraph went dead: An often repeated tale of Reagan's radio days recounts how he delivered "play-by-play broadcasts" of Chicago Cubs baseball games he had never seen. His flawless recitations were based solely on telegraph accounts of games in progress. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/presidents/40_reagan/reagan_early.html
6. Once in 1934, during the ninth inning of a Cubs - St. Louis Cardinals game, the wire went dead. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on both teams gained a superhuman ability to foul off pitches) until the wire was restored. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan
7. Reagan says: "There were several other stations broadcasting that game and I knew I'd lose my audience if I told them we'd lost our telegraph connections so I took a chance. I had (Billy) Jurges hit another foul. Then I had him foul one that only missed being a homerun by a foot. I had him foul one back in the stands and took up some time describing the two lads that got in a fight over the ball. I kept on having him foul balls until I was setting a record for a ballplayer hitting successive foul balls and I was getting more than a little scared. Just then my operator started typing. When he passed me the paper I started to giggle - it said: 'Jurges popped out on the first ball pitched.'" http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3120.html
8. Did you know that less than six months after President Ronald Reagan left the office he attended an All-Star Game and did some more broadcasting? http://www.baseball-almanac.com/prz_crr.shtml
9. His political career started through the presidency of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He gained political stature through radio broadcasts and speaking tours sponsored by the General Electric company. http://www.vietnam-war.info/figures/ronald_reagan.php


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Biologists at San Francisco State University are running a nationwide survey of bee populations to determine greater trends across the country in both healthy bees and zombie-like bees.
It has been shown over the last five years that healthy bees are found far more densely in rural areas than urban areas. According to Philip Riley of SFSU Communications, "urban features such as buildings and parks fragment or destroy bee habitats, making their job of pollinating plants much more difficult."
Scientists at the school now aim for another round of data thanks to the willing participation of people all over the country.
All they ask is that you sit in your garden for at least 15 minutes and count the bees that you see. You can do this any time in the next few days, but Aug. 11 has been designated as "The Great Bee Count." All the information you need to participate can be found here.
While you're counting buzzing bees, the school also asks for people to collect and send in dead bees. A project dubbed Zombee Watch started by biology professor John Hafernik, the school's biology department and Computing for the Life Sciences launched ZomBeeWatch.org, which is an ongoing project to track parasitized honeybees. They've already collected one dead bee sample from someone in Redwood City, and are processing one sent in from Mountain View.
Zombees are those parasitized by the Apocephalus borealis fly. These bees abandon their hives, gather near outside lights and before dying move in increasingly erratic circles. The phenomenon was discovered last year by Hafernik and his colleagues, and are asking for help in gathering dead bees, or reporting of no dead bees to help them develop data.
"We're hoping to enlist people now. Even if they sign up and say 'I'm looking, but haven't found anything' that's helpful to the researchers," says spokesman Jonathon Morales.
In 2011, over 100,000 people participated in the healthy bee count across the country. Already in Cupertino, about four residents have counted bees. Check out the map above to see who has already participated. Pink dots indicate that the person saw 1-10 bees in an hour of observation, blue dots indicate 20-30 bees per hour and green dots indicate over 30 bees per hour.
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I can't download the game, the sourceforge site does not connect for some reason. Consider uploading the 2.5 installer here too.
It is the year 2084. You control a secret organisation charged with
defending Earth from a brutal alien enemy. Build up your bases, prepare
your team, and dive head-first into the fast and flowing turn-based
UFO: ALIEN INVASION is a squad-based tactical
strategy game in the tradition of the old X-COM PC games, but with a
twist. Our game combines military realism with hard science-fiction and
the weirdness of an alien invasion. The carefully constructed
turn-based system gives you pin-point control of your squad while
maintaining a sense of pace and danger.
Over the long term you will need to conduct
research into the alien threat to figure out their mysterious goals and
use their powerful weapons for your own ends. You will produce unique
items and use them in combat against your enemies. If you like, you can
even use them against your friends with our multiplayer functionality.
'UFO: Alien Invasion'. Endless hours of gameplay -- absolutely free.
The game takes a lot of inspiration from the X-COM series by Mythos and
Microprose. However, it's neither a sequel nor a remake of any X-COM or
other commercial title. What we as a team wanted to make is a brand new
experience that tries to surpass the quality of games from 1992, rather
than simply recreate them with flashier graphics.
We also believe that open-source projects don't
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1 comment by mattn on Nov 10th, 2013
A new game I'm working on is now available for Android. If you like the game, please rate it.
CaveExpress is a classic 2D platformer with physics-based gameplay and dozens of levels. Master your pedal-powered flying machine to pick up packages from your cave-dwelling clients and drop them off
at the collection point. But beware! Mighty mastodons, terrifying pterodactyls and others would rather see you extinct.
I'm also working on a Windows version released on Desura. It will be available soon.
I can't download the game, the sourceforge site does not connect for some reason. Consider uploading the 2.5 installer here too.
are you guys dead this was such a great game. :(
Nope, not dead 2.5 just relased.
Any plans to move from 2.3.1 amd64 for linux to later versions here on desura anytime soon? I only see 2.4 and thats for windows. Yet in my repos for Fedora I see 2.4.1. I like the idea of showing support via desura to know us Linux users are out here but Im perfectly fine with just using the repo download or using the source directly. Whatever the case, just want to also again reiterate, great game, great work, please keep it up and if you ever decide to look for funding you got it from me.
Perhaps one thing to note is the repos version of 2.4.1, for me, no text from intro or mail, etc appears. For example, the introduction text shows as "intro_sentence_1" 2 3 etc. Mail is blank with blank icons and so forth.
Im installed the game on ubuntu 13.10 but when i press play nothing happen.
Help pls! D=
Im in Fedora but make sure you have all your SDL packages insatlled. Also try running it from the terminal and see what error message it gives you. That should provide a good idea of what you might be missing.
Cannot get it to run on windows 7
I have tried this game a few days ago.
In the original commercial game, it was possible to make saves during tactical play (any land battles).
In the remake, the difficulty from the original game is maintained, BUT you cannot save there which effectively increases the difficulty by a large factor.
What it means is that when a drastic mishap occured (which does happen fairly frequently, true to the original on that), in the original game you could fall back on a save from a few turns before, while in this version you have to restart from landing in such case.
Complete non-starter for me, uninstalled until that critical issue is addressed.
The nature of XCom to me is similar to that of dwarf fortress, where even losing is fun. I enjoy the level of difficulty personally, I find that when a game allows me to save whenever I want, I instinctively try to "savescum" to revert the misfortune that's befallen me, and in the process I end up learning the game slower and playing worse. I respect your opinion, but unfortunately you seem to be in the minority in that regard.
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RT @MartinGerhardy: Posting #CaveExpress death screen art from time to time now. #gamedev #indiedev T.co T.co…
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RT @MartinGerhardy: Yet another death screen of #CaveExpress. T.co #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame T.co
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@GillesCornu @MartinGerhardy Thanks,that is really awesome.I will giveit a try for sure.Makes things a lot easier for travis and #androiddev
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A public employee from Wall Township was arrested and charged Monday with accepting a bribe from an undercover officer in exchange for favorable treatment during a permitting process, authorities said.
John Tonon, 51, of Lakewood Road, accepted a $700 bribe from an undercover officer while serving in his job as a soil conservationist and inspector for the Freehold Soil Conservation District, according to a release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office.
Tonon, of Lakewood Road, accepted the bribe on Oct. 26 in Hazlet to expedite the permitting process for a recently built home, the release says.
Tonon faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence, the loss of his job and could forever be banned from future public employment in New Jersey if convicted, the release says.
Tonon appeared in Monmouth County Superior Court in Freehold before Judge Thomas Scully. His bail was set at $50,000, with no 10 percent option. He was taken to the Monmouth County Jail, Freehold, in lieu of bail.
A court date has yet to be set.
The Freehold Soil Conservation District is one of 15 soil conservation districts in the state, run by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
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Sharpe was named a captain, along with Wisconsin-Stout DB Wendell Eskridge, Trinity (TX.) DL Baron Koch, and Augustana OL Jon Verhelst. Said Sharpe, "It's an honor. To be in a group like this with all these talented players, and be selected to lead in a game like this is something I'll never forget." Saturday's LIVE coverage of the Aztec Bowl begins at 4:30 pm CST, a full 90 minutes before kickoff at the University of Chihuahua's Estadio Olimpico Universitario.
A native of Derry, N.H., Sharpe ended his career as the school career record holder in yards rushing (4,152), total offense (5,723 yards) and points scored (432). On the season he rushed for 1,360 yards and 21 touchdowns, and threw for 754 yards and five touchdowns. He is expected to play as a running back, and could possibly return kicks in the Aztec Bowl.
Sharpe is one of 50 NCAA Division III seniors from around the country who will make up this year's team. Former Widener, Delaware Valley and LaSalle Head Coach Bill Manlove will coach this year's team.


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The San Diego Botanic Garden has, for years, hoped to expand its grounds. With urbanization taking over much of the prime real estate in Encinitas, this has become more and more difficult.
On Saturday Jan. 5, James S. Farley, President and CEO of the Leichtag Foundation gave a presentation at the San Diego Botanic Garden's Annual Meeting.
On Dec. 20, the Leichtag Foundation closed escrow on the purchase of Ecke Ranch.
James Farley mentioned that a number of significant issues must be taken care of before the Garden can receive any amount of land. San Diego Botanic Garden leases the property from the county and some from the city of Encinitas.
First, "...the gardens ownership has to be in a form that guarantees it will be a public garden for generations." Currently has two different leases and two different expiration dates. Leichtag Foundation does not want to be a third landlord. This is a "major issue to resolve" before they will offer the land to the Garden. The Garden must come up with a new ownership plan, for example, a joint operating agreement.
Second, the governance of the Garden needs to change. The board has the ultimate authority of well being of the Garden and in the future the Foundation would act as a leader in authority. Leichtag Foundation wants "to be assured that the best possible governance obtains with the respect that the management of the resource they (Leichtag Foundation) are helping create."
Third, the Foundation wants to be assured that the Garden has the financial resources it needs to succesfully implement its master plan. Needs to be accomplished under a reasonable amount of time. A great deal of money will need to be raised which could be as much as $25 million to $40 million.
The San Diego Botanic Garden has had a long lasting relationship with the Leichtag Foundation and the Garden hopes to continue the relationship with the sharing of the Ecke Ranch land.
Most of the land that would be designated to the Garden if the Leichtag Foundation chooses to give it to them would be used as a flourishing parking lot and new welcome center. The proposed arts village would be on the perimeter of this the parking lot and would include programs similar in nature to the village in Balboa park. "It would provide an interesting buffer from all the activity on the (Ecke) Ranch," said Jim Farley.


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Jamie's Summer Jam sponsored by Birra Moretti – the finalists
Published byJim Tanfield | July 8, 2013 | In Blogs, Competitions, Editor's blog, Festival, Promotions | Comments Off
The video shoot for the three finalists in Jamie's Summer Jam sponsored by Birra Moretti took place at Union Jacks Central St Giles yesterday (Sunday 7th July).
Jamie watched on as Fickle Friends, The Dirty Perks and Brightlight City took to the empty unit next to the restaurant to have a professional video shot.
The three videos will then go on JamieOliver.com for a public vote, so keep an eye for these fabulous films. The winner will then open Jamie's Big Feastival, which he hosts alongside Alex James on his Cotswolds farm on August 31st and September 1st.
On the bill are Basement Jaxx, KT Tunstall, Rizzle Kicks, Mark Owen and DJ Norman Jay as well as loads of chefs, fun for kids and artisan producers. Book your tickets now.
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Objectives: (1) To determine whether atypical antipsychotics increase the rate of major malformations above the 1% to 3% baseline risk seen in the general population. (2) To examine rates of spontaneous and therapeutic abortions, rates of stillbirths, birth weight, and gestational age at birth.
Method: The cohort was composed of pregnant women who contacted the Motherisk Program in Canada or the Israeli Teratogen Information Service in Israel and women who were recruited from the Drug Safety Research Unit database in England. Women who had been exposed to atypical antipsychotics were matched to a comparison group of pregnant women who had not been exposed to these agents.
Results: Data were obtained on 151 pregnancy outcomes that included exposure to olanzapine (N = 60), risperidone (N = 49), quetiapine (N = 36), and clozapine (N = 6). Among women exposed to an atypical antipsychotic, there were 110 live births (72.8%), 22 spontaneous abortions (14.5%), 15 therapeutic abortions (9.9%), and 4 stillbirths (2.6%). Among babies of women in this group, there was 1 major malformation (0.9%), and the mean ± SD birth weight was 3341 ± 685 g. There were no statistically significant differences in any of the pregnancy outcomes of interest between the exposed and comparison groups, with the exceptions of the rate of low birth weight, which was 10% in exposed babies compared with 2% in the comparison group (p = .05), and the rate of therapeutic abortions (p = .003).
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Rushville Republican
Elizabeth G. "Betty" Morrell, 93, of Rushville, passed away March 19, 2013, in Rush Memorial Hospital.
She was born Jan. 11, 1920, in Roslyn, N.Y., to Thomas P. and Anna K. (Kammerer) Pickering.
Betty was a graduate of Roslyn High School. She married George H. Morrell Jr. April 24, 1943; he preceded her in death March 17, 1992.
Betty moved to Rushville in 1953. She was office administrator for Vibration Eliminator Company from 1954 to 1999. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church, was a den mother with the local Cub Scouts, a member of the Psi Iota Xi Sorority and was on the board of directors for East Hill Shrine Mausoleum. She also served as secretary of the mausoleum board.
Betty is survived by her sons, Douglas W. Morrell, MD and his wife Juya of Rushville and George W. Morrell and his wife Ruth Ann of Indianapolis; grandchildren, Eric and wife Laura Townsend, Tai and Kenton Morrell.
Besides her parents and husband, Betty was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas, and a sister, Hazel Leek.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 28 at St. Paul United Methodist Church. Friends are welcome to visit from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 27 at Moster Mortuary, Rushville. Rev. Jan Dimick will preside. Entombment will be in East Hill Shrine Mausoleum.
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Kate Gosselin is an odd woman that no one really seems to understand. In public, she seems to put her personal desires before the needs of her children as she spends money on plastic surgery, breast implants and face lifts despite needing money for your children.
In addition to her odd choices in finance, Kate has been rumored to have a relationship with her bodyguard Steve Neild. His presence actually caused some tensions when she was married to Jon, but Kate kept him around. There is only one flaw with them spending so much time together; he's married!
The two were spotted out for dinner - alone - earlier in November in Chicago. "They were smiling and laughing," explains a source to In Touch. Kate Gosselin and Steve definitely looked like a couple. So what does his wife think about her husband spending so much time with Kate? When In Touch contacted her for a comment, she hung up the phone. Could she have suspicions that her husband is cheating with Kate? After all that plastic surgery, she does look much younger.
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School Wind Project at U.S. Coast Guard - Juneau
Here you will find information about the school wind energy project at U.S. Coast Guard - Juneau. You can locate other school wind projects for K-12, community colleges, universities, and more on our Google Map.
U.S. Coast Guard - Juneau
345 Egan Drive
Juneau, AK 99801-1701
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Host: U.S. Coast Guard
Size: 2.4 kW
Technology: Skystream 3.7
Type: Other Education
Wind for Schools Type: Wind for Schools Project
Status: Operating
Commission Date: October 12, 2010
More Information
United States Coast Guard. (October 12, 2010). "Coast Guard installs wind turbine in Juneau."
The U.S. Coast Guard donated the wind turbine and installed the data acquisition system. As a result of this installation, in 2011 several schools participated in the KidWind Challenge in Juneau.
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