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The Fright Stuff
How the high strung's Josh Malerman sealed a six-figure horror book deal while scared silly.
Published: August 21, 2013
Josh Malerman is sipping a bourbon and coke on the balcony of his Royal Oak apartment, white lace and foliage dripping from every available space thanks to the vision of his artist fiancee Allison Laakko. With a floppy military-style cap perched on his head and his active eyes darting from the storage cabinet stacked with boxes of horror VHS tapes to his cat Frankenstein, he takes a drag from a Parliament cigarette, thinks hard for a minute and says, "Remember that scene in The Human Centipede when the girl tries to escape and the doctor says, 'Now you'll be the middle piece'? The guy at the front had it made."
That sort of exchange is typical when engaging in conversation with Malerman. The frontman with local indie rockers the High Strung recently scored himself a two-book, six-figure North American deal with HarperCollins. The book is titled Bird Box, and it's already been optioned for a movie by Universal Studios. These last few months have been a whirlwind for Malerman, and yet when we meet with him he's exactly the same amiable, excitable, fast-talking gent that we met when writing about the High Strung a couple years ago.
Don't mistake his modesty for apathy though; he's genuinely excited — child-on-Christmas Eve excited. His years of toil bearing fruit at last, he carries an air of impatient but gleeful anticipation, and gratitude aplenty. When we arrive at his house, he can't wait to show us his six fish tanks, his box of horror soundtracks on vinyl, his scads of horror DVDs, his figurines of Norman Bates and Frankenstein (to match the cat), and the art that is literally painted onto the apartment walls. He's like a child showing a new friend the toys in his bedroom for the first time. When we ask to see his weird and wacky cartoons, they keep coming like colored handkerchiefs from a magician's sleeve.
When the discussion turns to horror films, Malerman shifts conversational gears at an impressive rate. Horror fans, perhaps more than any other movie aficionados, will talk endlessly about the subject — for example the merits of gore movies vs. psychological horror, or whether they prefer fast-moving or ambling zombies. Why is Cannibal Holocaust controversial? Why did they have to make so many Saw movies? Listening to him talk, you understand that Malerman is a horror fan first, and that passion led him to write.
This isn't the story of a drug-addled rocker writing horror literature to exorcise demons his songs won't. Nor is it another tale of the romance and mystique of a tortured soul. This is the story of a genuinely intelligent and nice guy in one of metro Detroit's hardest-working rock 'n' roll bands. That Detroitwork ethic has helped define the High Strung's career thus far, and Malerman carries it over into his writing. He's talented, yes, but he found success because he didn't know how to quit.
"I wrote my first book in fifth grade," says Malerman, who was born in Southfield and raised in West Bloomfield. "It was about a dog that goes to outer space and is an ambassador for Earth. I didn't get a formal introduction to horror until right about the age of 12, when my uncle showed me Twilight Zone: The Movie. When you're 12 years old and you see that — oh, God. I devoured as many horror movies and novels as possible. In the '70s, there was The Exorcist, The Other and Rosemary's Baby, and then Stephen King takes off from there. I was at exactly the right age for all that. … Even if Mom put the movie on, you feel like you shouldn't be watching it. It all worked wonderfully with me. I got legitimately scared, and excited — didn't want to see it but wanted to see it again. That led to me trying to write horror stories."
Debbie Malerman, Josh's mom, says that her son always had a vivid imagination. "I'm not so sure about the horror," she says. "I know he and his brothers loved being scared. He loved giggling about how they all jumped. But I think his horror books feature different kinds of horror. He's evolved."
Evolve he has, and the writing has come thick and fast. After a few years of false starts, Malerman eventually finished his first novel, Wendy, when he was 29. In the nine years that have followed, he's completed 16 novels. However, the idea that he spent that time shopping each of those books to agents and publishing houses and then banging his head against a wall every time he received a rejection letter can be dismissed straight away. Rather, Malerman was discovered almost by accident.
"I never shopped any of them," he says. "After finishing Wendy, it's almost like I was living in a delusional world. I'd have a shelf with books that I wrote. There'd be dedication pages, there'd be 'other books by Josh Malerman' pages, there were forewords, afterwords, like it was my finished piece of work. I would interview myself in the shower about how the new book was going. In that stretch, I had a blind faith that it was all going to work out one day. I never actually sought out an agent or a publishing house. A friend of mine named David Simmer got wind of what I was doing and he sent one of my books to a literary lawyer in Los Angeles. He loved it, and he sent it to other people, including an agent, and he picked me up, and that's how Bird Box got to where it is now."
While it is true to call Malerman a fan of horror fiction, he's also an avid, ravenous student of the genre. He reads as many books as he can find on the subject, always looking for a previously undiscovered gem of information. "I've been reading a lot of books with names like The History of Horror Cinema," he says. "I'm currently reading a book about television horror hosts, like Elvira and, around here, Sir Graves Ghastly. I'm also reading one about 25 horror novels that were turned into movies. I've been on this kick and I think it's typical of a horror fan — you could read many books on the same subject trying to find that one little nugget of information that you didn't know before. That makes it worth it."
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According to D.C.'s Municipal Regulations, a person's operating permit can be suspended or revoked for a number of reasons. A conviction for DUI, DWI, or certain other criminal offenses involving a vehicle will result in a mandatory revocation. Other traffic offenses, such as reckless driving or operating a vehicle without insurance, or being charged with DUI, DWI or a criminal offense involving a vehicle, can result in suspension or revocation after a hearing.
Operating a car in Washington, D.C. after a person's license has been suspended or revoked is a criminal offense. The penalty is a maximum fine of $5,000 and/or up to a year imprisonment. D.C. Code 50-1403.01.
Mandatory Revocation
Revocation of a person's operating privileges is mandatory in three situations. First, the person accumulates 12 points on his or her license. (See the section below on the "point" system in D.C.) Second, the person refuses to submit to a blood or breath test after being stopped by a police officer on suspicion of "drinking and driving." Or third, the person is convicted of any one of the following offenses:
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- Minor operating a vehicle while under the influence of any amount of alcohol.
Mandatory license revocations last a minimum of 6 months, and in some cases (refusal to take a breath test, for example) can be for one year. When the license is revoked pursuant to a DWI or DUI conviction, the District will investigate the person's alcohol and drug habits, in addition to driving ability, prior to restoring driving privileges.
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A person's operating privileges can be suspended or revoked in any of the following situations:
- Negligent driving resulting in death;
- Physical or mental incompetence to operate a vehicle safely;
- Operating a vehicle 30 miles or above the speed limit;
- Traffic accident resulting in accident for which collateral of $50 or more is required;
- Operating vehicle during diabetic coma or epileptic or other seizure;
- Conviction or civil liability for so many offenses as to indicate disregard for traffic laws/public safety;
- Committing an offense for which mandatory revocation would be required if convicted;
- Failure to appear at traffic hearing;
- Operating a vehicle without insurance;
- Providing false information on registration or insurance; or
- Reckless driving.
A discretionary license suspension lasts from 2 to 90 days. A discretionary license revocation is effective for at least 6 months. The license will only be restored after the District has determined that restoration poses no risk to public safety.
D.C.'s "Point" System
Like many states, Washington, D.C. has a system for assessing "demerit points" against a person's driving record. Each infraction results in a given number of points, with the more serious offenses resulting in a greater number of points. For example, operating a vehicle on a suspended/revoked license results in an assessment of 12 points against the person's record. A less serious offense, such as tailgating, results in 2 points. Points stay on a person's record for two years after the date of assessment.
A driver can also accumulate "safe driving" points to offset the number of demerit points on the person's record. A driver can receive one safe driving point a year, up to a maximum of 5 points, for every year in which he or she is not assessed a demerit point.
Suspension of a driver's license is discretionary when the total number of points, offset by any safety points, reaches 8 or 9. Suspension is required at 10 points, and the license will be revoked at 12.
Points are not assessed for tickets issued pursuant to an "automated traffic enforcement system" (for example, automatic cameras at traffic lights). Drivers can also receive demerit points for infractions committed outside the District.
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A driver with an out-of-state license can lawfully operate a vehicle in the District. However, the non-resident's operating privileges can be suspended or revoked in the same manner as a D.C. license holder. The District will notify the other state of any traffic violations occurred in D.C. It can also treat an out-of-state violation for a D.C. operator as a violation that occurred within the District. Out-of-state violations can also result in points being assessed to the driver's license if the same or substantially similar offense in the District carries points.
Notice and Hearing
A driver is entitled to notice for all license suspensions or revocations. There are only hearings, however, for discretionary suspensions and revocations.
In the case of a mandatory suspension or revocation because of accumulated points on the driver's record, the District must include a copy of the driver's record along with the notice of the suspension/revocation. The driver then has 10 days (15 days if the person is a non-resident) to file a written objection challenging the driving record. The objection stays the order until the District issues a written decision.
The driver also has 10 days to challenge a discretionary suspension or revocation (or 15 days if a non-resident). In this case, however, the challenge results in a hearing at which the burden is on the District to justify the proposed action. The challenge will also stay the order, except when the underlying offense is: (1) DWI, (2) DUI, (3) manslaughter when a car is involved, or (4) operating a motor vehicle equipped with a smoke screen.
Limited Occupational Licenses
A person whose driver's license has been suspended or revoked can petition the District for a modification of the order allowing the person to retain the driver's operating privileges on a limited basis (to go to or from work, for example). In order to qualify for the modification, the person will need to demonstrate, first, that the suspension/revocation will result in extreme hardship. Second, the person will need to convince the District examiner that public safety will not be endangered. The decision is based entirely on the written application; that is, there is no hearing.
People who are not eligible for an occupational license include: (1) drivers whose licenses were subject to mandatory revocations, (2) drivers whose licenses were revoked for physical or mental reasons, (3) drivers whose licenses were revoked as a result of a conviction for driving after suspension or revocation, (4) drivers who have accumulated 16 points on their driving records, and (5) drivers who received an occupational license within the preceding two years.

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4:00pm Wednesday 13th November 2013 in News By Gina Marden
A FURIOUS landowner is threatening to sell ten acres of land to travellers after a row with council planners.
Neighbours in Southend Road, Fobbing, near the Five Bells roundabout, fear the site could become another Dale Farm if Denis O'Callaghan ends up putting it on the market.
Mr O'Callaghan, 79, has owned Brook House Farm site – just inside the Thurrock Council boundary – for eight years and had hoped to build on it.
On the advice of architects and surveyors, he recently applied to the council to replace a derelict house which was destroyed in a fire a few years ago with a bungalow on the site.
First the council said it would allow the bungalow if he bulldozed a second building, used for storage and capable of bring rented out to a business.
The council later refused his application, on the grounds it would be an "intrusion on the green belt" and the proposed bungalow was too big for the site.
However, Mr O'Callaghan claims the measurements officials quoted in their refusal were wrong. He said: "I've been dealing with planning applications of my own for 50 years and I've never heard of anything so stupid in my life. All I want to do is pull down a building which is burned out, derelict and dangerous and replace it with a smaller bungalow on the patch of land right next to it.
"Why do they want me to pull down a building that is already there, which has nothing wrong with it and could be used byabusiness, instead of pulling down a burned-out shell. Shouldn't the council be promoting something that could support a business?"
Mr O'Callaghan said he was unwilling to sink even more cash into an appeal against the council's decision and unless officials explained what he sees as a discrepancy in the quoted measurements, he would put the land up for sale to the highest bidder.
He said: "I don't want to sell my land to travellers I don't want to do that to the neighbours, not one of whom has objected to my proposals.
The council are just idiots, but I'm a businessman and I have a great big piece of land that I can't do anything with."
Mr O'Callaghan, has already put up "for sale" signs at the site entrance and claims he has been inundated with offers from travellers, keen to buy the land.
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In 2002, while looking for a lost cow, Benzie County farmer Charles Brozofsky discovered that a stream running through his property had turned orange and smelled like a sewer. The trout that used to swim in the creek were gone.
After an extensive investigation, state environmental regulators asked then Attorney General Mike Cox to approve felony and misdemeanor charges against Graceland Fruit Inc. and waste hauler Kevin Bonney of Bonney Bros. Pumping Co. of Honor for dumping hundreds of loads of blueberry juice from Graceland in a nearby gravel pit.
But Cox — who had political links to Graceland owner Donald Nugent — refused.
Today, pollution problems linked to the dumping of blueberry juice apparently remain, and last week 10 Benzie County residents filed a new lawsuit over what they say are ongoing environmental problems.
It can certainly be argued that Cox's decision to not bring charges — a decision his office refused to explain — took much of the steam out of efforts to force Graceland and Bonney Bros. to undertake the extensive remediation effort required to clean up their mess and make homeowners whole.
Without the threat of criminal charges, civil suits were homeowners' only option.
Nugent was a big name in local, regional and state business and politics; he was on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees, a contributor to Republican party candidates and called himself a friend of Cox, also a high-profile Republican.
Cox's only effort was to later negotiate a civil settlement.
Brozofsky sued Graceland and Bonney Bros. and settled in 2008 for $95,000, said his attorney, Christopher Bzdok, of Traverse City. The settlement also involved long-term cleanup requirements and regular stream monitoring.
Also in 2008 the DEQ said the companies promised to investigate and remediate groundwater contamination and restore the stream's condition and agreed to pay $150,000 to settle the DEQ's allegations, and $100,000 in compensation for damages to state natural resources.
State environmental laws allow for criminal prosecutions for a reason. There are cases like this one when civil recourse isn't enough. The DEQ thought charges were warranted and explained why. Cox never did give his reasons for failing to act. And here we are.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone manufacturing took another hefty blow in June and factories are preparing for worse to come, according to business surveys on Monday that showed jobs were cut at the fastest rate in two-and-a-half years.
Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was unchanged at 45.1 in June, above the preliminary reading of 44.8 and holding at its lowest reading since June 2009.
Anchored below 50 mark that divides growth and contraction for almost a year now, the survey again showed factories in the region's two biggest economies, Germany and France, are succumbing to a downturn that started in southern Europe.
Companies are clearly preparing for worse to come, cutting back on both staff numbers and stocks of raw materials at the fastest rates for two-and-a-half years," said Chris William son, chief economist at data provider Markit.
The PMI suggests that the goods-producing sector contracted by around 1 percent in the second quarter, with this steep rate of decline looking set to accelerate further as we move into the second half of the year."
Released on the heels of a summit of European Union leaders in which they agreed to help Spain and Italy borrow more affordably, the survey only highlighted the huge challenge policymakers face in restoring the currency union's economic fortunes.
Alarmingly, the survey's employment index fell to 46.7 in June, its lowest since January 2010, from 47.1 in the previous month, signaling accelerating job cuts.
With companies like French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA) last month announcing plans to cut jobs, the factory payrolls look unlikely to recover soon.
The factory output index rose just a tad to 44.7 from 44.6 in May, but still signifying a sharp contraction.
Similar surveys released earlier on Monday showed German and Spanish manufacturing shrank at its fastest pace in three years in June, while the pace of contraction in French and Italian factories eased a little bit.
Signs of easing price pressure provided one of the few positives in the survey. The input price index hit its lowest in three years and the output price index was at its lowest since February 2010.
While toiling against recession in many countries, euro zone manufacturers have at least been aided by a sharp fall in oil prices, which helped keep inflation steady at a 1 6-month low in June, according to data released on Friday.
That adds weight to economists' belief the European Central Bank will to cut interest rates on Thursday to a new record low of 0.75 percent. They also said they may have to take more emergency measures to soothe financial markets, a Reuters poll last week found. <ECB/INT>
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Some IT organizations' doubts about the strength of some vendors' support for commercial open source products is legitimate, but don't paint all vendors with the same brush, says SearchOpenSource.com resident expert Julie Hanna Farris. They may be young, but some commercial open source vendors have come up with hybrid models that include both free software and black ink.
In this interview, Farris offers tips on how to assess commercial open source vendors' technologies and stability. She also describes the emergence of a new hybrid product model -- some parts being free and open, some not -- and how to make the most of it. Farris is founder of Scalix Corp., a Linux messaging systems vendor, and several other IT companies, including Onebox.com and Portola Systems (now part of Sun ONE).
Worries about the support provided by commercial open source software (OSS) vendors turned up as a top adoption barrier for IT managers we recently surveyed. Is that concern well-founded?
Julie Hanna Farris: It's a legitimate concern because the market is so very much in its early stages. It's much the same as doing business with a young company, whether it's open source or not.
After the dot-com crash, companies became painfully aware that just assessing a product or technology is not enough; they have to assess the vendor.
What questions should IT organizations ask when evaluating the viability of an OSS vendor?
Farris: Customers
Ask suppliers to show how they're going to do business, make money and get to profitability and a sustainable existence. Financial backing is important, [as is] the quality of the investors and how much financial runway the company has. All of those things help to address the risk question.
Besides being concerned about their youth, though, aren't businesses uncertain that commercial OSS vendors can succeed while offering free software?
Farris: Yes. Businesses believe they need to pay something to ensure that there's a viable organization behind it.
IT organizations don't want free software from their suppliers because that actually represents risk to them. It represents risk because it instills doubt about whether there's a sustainable entity behind this technology that's going to maintain it, support it and ensure that it moves forward. If I become dependent on the software, I want to know that there's a viable organization behind it.
So, what's wrong with the assumption that commercial OSS vendors are going to fail because they give away software?
Farris: Open source vendors are not saying, 'We're not going to try to make money.' They're saying, 'We're now going to make some of the core software or the technology free, but we're going to charge for value-added bits and support.'
There are a several hybrid models for commercial OSS vendors:
- One says the software's free, but support, maintenance and updates are not;
- Another is the subscription model, which Red Hat has proven can work;
- The dual licensing model lets you license it under the open source license for free or under a commercial license to get the support, documentation, etc. MySQL has proven dual licensing to be viable;
- Then, there's the model in which a vendor offers some parts of the software open source and free, but other parts of the software are sold under a commercial license and are not free. For the free software, you can pay for support and services and you can also pay for extensions and other parts of the software that are fee-based. This is what Scalix does, and it's proving successful.
Would you say that these hybrid models, as you call them, are catching on with the proprietary vendors that have open sourced some core products and/or code?
Farris: I think that's true in some cases, and it makes sense. There are some things in software that should become commoditized. They're ubiquitous. They've been around long enough. Basic e-mail software, for example, has been on the market for years and is now freely available.
It's the value-added and innovative software that should be paid for, the stuff that a company makes a big intellectual property investment in. I think that's a model that works because customers feel good about getting value for their money and the vendor can be financially viable.
What doesn't work anymore is customers paying for the same basic technology over and over again and being locked into that technology.
Aren't some proprietary companies releasing, or dumping, failing products to open source, rather than just open sourcing core, commodity parts of products?
Farris: Yes, there are examples of companies releasing things into the open source community as the final last ditch attempt to revive it or as an exit strategy. I think those are efforts that have not succeeded because the open source community is so savvy.
It's more legitimate if a vendor thinks there's a community of open source developers that would take the technology, extend it, port it to different platforms, localize it in different languages, integrate it with other things and extend it in ways never anticipated. If that community can add value to the software, then there's a compelling reason to put it into the open source domain.
Also, a company could release a product to open source in order to help lower the barrier to adoption. They put something in the open source domain and that software now can be freely downloaded, used, integrated, extended and customized on a global basis.
There are some companies that may release products to open source because it's hot, it's in, and they want the open source seal of approval, if you will. The benefits of that strategy are short-lived because it's not about adding value.
Open source should be thought about in the business context as a means to an end, an end where value is added, not an end unto itself.


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Coat the outside with more mustard. Slip a few more thyme sprigs under the twine. Season with salt and pepper.
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Was John McCain's Ahmadinejad Monkey Tweet Racist?
The Arizona senator compared the Iranian leader to the monkey launched into space by the country.
Arizona Sen. John McCain Monday tweeted a joke about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which another GOP congressman criticized as racist. McCain compared the leader's desire to be the first Iranian in space to the monkey the country just sent into space:
McCain is known for having a sense of humor, last fall calling for Congressional hearings on the losing streak of Washington Nationals mascot Teddy Roosevelt's inability to win the baseball team's presidents race. McCain also appeared as himself on the comedy Parks and Recreation.
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Moscow String Quartet performs in Mill Valley
WHO: Moscow String Quartet
WHAT: The Mill Valley Chamber Music Society continues its 34th season presenting the Moscow String Quartet featuring Eugenia Alikhanova, 1st violin; Galina Kokhanovskaia, 2nd violin; Tatiana Kokhanovskaia, viola; and Olga Ogranovitch, cello. The Moscow String Quartet steps in for the originally scheduled Auryn Quartet, who canceled due to the illness of one of its members.
The Moscow String Quartet has emerged as one of the major Russian chamber ensembles. Known as passionate promoters of twentieth century Western music in Russia and contemporary Soviet music in the West, the quartet was inspired by the great Russian masters such as David Oistrakh, Mstislav Rostropovich, Sviatoslav Richter, Emil Gilels and the original Borodin Quartet.
The Moscow String Quartet Feb. 24 concert program will feature Beethoven: String Quartet in f minor, op. 95 "Serioso"; Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D major; and Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 2, op. 68 in A major
"One of the sunniest pieces of classical music ever written, Borodin's String Quartet No. 2, which the composer dedicated to his wife of 20 years, seems to imply that all is well with the world. The third-movement Notturno, which furnished the melody of the song 'And This Is My Beloved' in the Borodin-drenched musical 'Kismet,' is particularly dewy....the Moscow String Quartet offered a glowing interpretation of the work." ~ Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times / Oct. 2011
Moscow String Quartet Feb. 24 Program:
Beethoven, op. 95 in f minor "Serioso"
Borodin quartet no. 2, in D major (1881)
Shostakovich Quartet no. 2, op. 68 in A major
WHEN: 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013
LOCATION: Mt. Tamalpais United Methodist Church
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Fresh from pitching against solid Atlanta hitters, Jake Westbrook faced a far trickier test: Guess how much fans paid for box seats to watch the exhibition game in Kissimmee.
"Hmmm, I have no idea," the St. Louis starter ventured. "Twenty bucks?"
Gotcha! $54 for top tickets sold Tuesday at the Braves' ballpark at Walt Disney World Resort.
"Wow," Westbrook said.
All over Florida and Arizona, teams are paying the price. Spring training attendance is off and several things are to blame, aside from pricey tickets -- early start, cold weather and lineups depleted by injured stars and players dispatched to the World Baseball Classic.
The dip is nearly 14 percent lower than it was on this date last year, STATS said.
In Bradenton, the Pittsburgh Pirates are bucking that trend, but not by as much as you might expect considered the play their home games in a newly renovated McKechnie Field that has drawn rave reviews from fans.
Thanks to the season's first sell-out on Wednesday, the Pirates have drawn 57,313 fans, an average of 5,731 per game, or a 4 percent increase over last year's spring average of 5,493.
With an expected sell-out March 17 against the New York Yankees and a March 18 home game against the Boston Red Sox, the totals should rise.
Games started about a week earlier this season because players wanted to get in shape for the World Baseball Classic. That meant games were scheduled before many fans arrived for vacation and spring break. By the end of February, several teams had already played for a week.
"I think we started about eight or nine days too early. That means a whole lot," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said.
The weather hasn't been ideal, either -- a freak winter storm out West and a cold snap down South.
Normally a big draw wherever they go, the Yankees played to a crowd of 3,213 when they visited the Houston Astros. Then again, the glitziest name in New York's split-squad lineup that day was Matt Diaz.
The Orioles often sold out home games versus the likes of the Yankees, Boston and Philadelphia. Not this year in Sarasota.
"With the WBC and a whole different start, people plan spring training according to spring break. People have other things going on in their life," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said.
Big league exhibitions began on Feb. 22 and averaged 5,789 fans through March 12. They started on March 2 last year and averaged 6,703 by that same date, with several teams on their way to setting attendance records.
Major League Baseball drew 30,895 per game during the regular season last year, its best mark since 2008.
Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin noticed the empty seats in Phoenix.
"It seems like it's down some," he said last weekend. "The schedule seems more spread out this year. A lot of people come to games with certain dates in mind."
Better be ready to spend money, too.
It costs more than $25 for a good seat at most spring parks. Several teams vary their prices depending on the opponent or the day -- a ticket behind the third base dugout to see the World Series champion Giants host Colorado this Sunday sold for $68.75 on San Francisco's online site.
The Cardinals are among the most popular teams every spring. Like other clubs, they expect bigger crowds throughout March.
"I think in general we were kind of chalking it up to, it's kind of cool, we started so early. You are not going to get a whole lot of people showing up in February," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said.
The Cardinals share Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter with the Miami Marlins. Mike Bauer, who runs the ballpark, said the attendance pattern is predictable.
"Anytime we start in February, we start off a little slower than usual," said Bauer, the stadium's general manager.
"If you compare this year to last year, it's going to be a decrease because they had the World Series championship on the Cardinals side and a new facility on the Marlins side. But it's been right about where we expected," he said.


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Leearway Day is coming up. Leearway Days are held before Orientation Week each semester when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students can visit the Riawunna Centre, tour the university campus, meet the Riawunna staff and find out more about programs and support for Indigenous students.
The day also provides the opportunity for students to assess their readiness for study and to register for support programs.
Riawunna, under the UTAS Faculty of Arts, is committed to the advancement of knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and societies and to the promotion of cross-cultural understandings, as well as to providing a prominent place within the University for Indigenous Australian values, traditions and discourses.
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Cradle Coast campus: Wed 15th Feb, 2012
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"It's an understanding that whatever is required to defend your country, you can measure up to whatever those standards are," said Luzine Bickham, who served during World War II, but never flew in combat.
Bickham earned his wings a few months before the war came to an end.
"We knew that this was a time of uncertainty and we had to prepare ourselves for it," he said.
The movie Red Tails tells the story of the black pilots trained as bomber escorts who proved their metal in battle. The Tuskegee Airmen achieved one of the highest success records of any other fighter squadron during the war. Their success came at a time when blacks were often discouraged from becoming pilots.
"I wasn't concerned about whether or not I would succeed, I was just thrilled to be a part of this program," Bickham said.
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Yellow school buses, backpacks, first-day-of-school jitters and more returned with students on their first day of the 2013-14 school year Monday. School officials from across the county reported "smooth" first days and slightly decreased enrollment.
"The first day of school went extremely smoothly," Story Intermediate School Assistant Principal Breck Quarles said as he manned the bus line at the end of the school day on Monday. "I think this has been one of the best first days of school ever, and as a first time administrator, that's great."
Palestine Independent School District Superintendent Jason Marshall reported overall the district had a "good" day across all of the campuses.
"All of the students were delivered home by 5:55 p.m. tonight," Marshall told the PISD Board of Trustees during the August meeting Monday. "That was 30 minutes later than we like, but pretty good for the first day of school."
PISD's enrollment stood at more than 3,100 students on Monday.
"That's not the best numbers, but we are happy with it," Marshall said.
Due to a new state law requiring incoming seventh graders to have certain immunizations — Varicella, Tdap and Meningococcal — 28 students were not able to enroll in school Monday, Marshall reported. These students will be able to start school once they get the immunizations.
Westwood ISD Superintendent Dr. Ed Lyman described the first day of school in Westwood as "calm."
"It was really calm. The kids were excited to be back to school and the teachers were eager to get started," Lyman said Monday. "Everyone was getting accustomed to their new teachers and schedules. We will start hitting the academics pretty hard tomorrow."
While it's usually the smallest students shedding tears as they leave their parents to go to their classrooms for the first time, Lyman saw very few tears on student faces.
"I was at the primary school this morning. I saw more parents crying this year. I think the parents were a little disappointed that their children weren't more upset to be leaving them. That's rather uncommon," Lyman noted.
As of Monday, WISD's enrollment sat at 1,549, about 20 students less than the same time last year.
"It wasn't as high as we were hoping for but we usually have a number of kids who come in after Labor Day through transfers from other states and other places," Lyman said.
At Elkhart Independent School District, Superintendent Dr. Ray DeSpain said things went "very smoothly."
"I was very pleased. A lot of preparation by the principals, teachers, custodians, bus drivers, etc. has gone into being ready and it went off really smoothly," DeSpain said. "I appreciate the staff's and the students' efforts."
Enrollment at Elkhart ISD was down slightly to 1,196.
At Neches Independent School District, enrollment was about the same as last year, sitting at 386.
"Our first day went great. We didn't have any problems," Neches High School counselor Sharee Hudson said. "We have lots of new kids."
Slocum Independent School District Superintendent Cliff Lasiter said his first day of school as a superintendent went great.
"It was good seeing things through a different set of eyes, but it was really great first day," Lasiter said.
Lasiter was moved up to the superintendent's position this summer following Fred Fulton's retirement.
Overall, SISD has an enrollment of 404 students.
"That's down 18 students from the last day of school last year," Lasiter said.
Lasiter said he is expecting a great school year for Slocum students.
"We hired a couple of new teachers and we are excited because we have a really strong teaching staff and great students," Lasiter said. "The students are just awesome the way they handled themselves today. We have great parents in our district and a great school board. Lots of smiles today — that's my favorite part — the smiles."
Herald-Press Staff Writer Cristin Reece contributed to this report.


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freshman Tyler Panek is headed to the Olympics - well, sort of.
Last year, Tyler auditioned for the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) national honor choir and became part of an elite group of only 300 singers, ages 11-15, nationwide to be chosen. Tyler was then hand-selected from this small group to join the ACDA national youth honor choir, ages 15-20, and invited to travel with them to London on a pre-Olympic, nine-day concert tour in June.
The ACDA honor choir will travel around London and surrounding areas, such as Cambridge, showcasing the best of US performing, conducting and composing talent. These concerts will occur as part of the cultural events heralding the forthcoming Olympic Games.
In addition to the ACDA choir, Tyler has participated in the Connecticut Music Educators Association Southern Regional Festival for the last three years, where he sings bass. He recently auditioned to earn a spot in the all-state CMEA choir and scored an impressive 228 out of 244, with a near perfect score in sight reading.
Tyler is excited to perform with them this April at a three-day music festival held at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. In addition to attending Oxford High School, Tyler attends the Education Center for The Arts (ECA) in New Haven for voice. After completing his academic classes in the early part of the day in Oxford, Tyler goes to ECA for separate music theater and music theory classes. This certainly makes for a very busy day as Tyler doesn't return back to Oxford until 5 p.m. and then attends after-school activities such as rehearsals for the high school's play. It all leads to quite a long day with late nights or early mornings full of studying for this honors student.
Tyler wants to pursue a career in music education and become a music teacher himself one day. He says this is largely a result of the wonderful music teachers he has had in the past who have helped and encouraged him to find his love of music.


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Self Made in Hawaii's online presence has grown organically through the circulation of information on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, iTunes and WordPress. To continue growing, this local TV show required a website that consolidated the available content and leveraged existing visitor traffic and online interest.
Jess Craven, the driving force behind Self Made in Hawaii, formulated a list of requirements and approached Bump Networks with a website concept. Craven requested a platform that supported the distribution of his video segments, promoted his iPhone app and sponsors, made the sharing of information easy, incorporated social media, and provided information about how to participate in the show. We took this information and set out to create a clean and simple home page design that incorporated all the requested components.
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We received three emails full of media files, ideas, links to sample websites and a sketch on a piece of legal paper. We dug in and crafted our first "quick-and-dirty" homepage layout.
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We quickly learned that the design needed to be simplified and adjusted to avoid overly complex programming. We updated the wire frame accordingly and came up with our first polished mock up.
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WARSAW, POLAND (AP) - In the second quarterfinal at Euro 2012, Germany plays Greece on Friday. Here's the best of the action and match-day excitement. All times are local to Poland.
2210: Magnificent goal by Khedira and Germany has the lead again thanks to his ferocious strike. The ball comes in from the right by Oezil, over the head of Klose but into the path of Khedira, who volleys the ball on the run into the net, past the despairing hand of Sifakis.
2206: GOAL! Germany 2, Greece 1 (Khedira).
2203: Unbelievable! Greece, outplayed significantly in the first half, has clawed itself level against Germany. Salpingidis is played away down the right and escapes Philipp Lahm. The Greek striker sends over a perfectly-weighted cross and finds Samaras, who gets ahead of Boateng in the center and prods the ball underneath Neuer and into the net. Incredible scenes and the Greeks, somehow, are back in this.
2200: GOAL! Germany 1, Greece 1 (Samaras).
2159: From AP photographer Michael Sohn, pitchside: German fans are singing, 'We paid for your tickets!'
2151: The players are out for the second half and Germany will get it underway. Two half time changes for Greece, Fanis Gekas and Giorgis Fotakis for Ninis and Tzavellas.
2137: The statistics don't lie: Germany had 70 percent of possession in the first half. And look at this: Passes completed by the Germans _ 344. Greece? 78. Germany has the lead and the mystery is how it is only by one goal. They have been by far the better side, dominating from the very first minute and have created numerous chances.
HALF-TIME: Germany 1, Greece 0.
2130: Germany continues its dominance as it looks to double its lead before half time. Schuerrle cuts in from the left and tries to curl a shot goalwards, but his attempt is deflected out for a corner, which Greece manages to clear.
2128: It's a fantastic goal from Lahm, but Greece's defending here is abject to say the least. He receives the ball on the left from Khedira and chests the ball down, skips forward and releases a swerving, dipping shot from outside the penalty area into the far corner of the net. Siafkis got a fingertip to it, but the shot was too powerful for him to push it round the post. The Greeks are punished for standing off the left back and Germany deservedly has the lead.View Entire Story


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Hernon Manufacturing, the innovator in adhesives, sealants and dispensing equipment, is honored to announce that Harry Arnon, President of Hernon Manufacturing has been named the Small Business Exporter of the Year.
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I am writing as a longtime subscriber to the Ottumwa Courier to tell you how disappointed, Saturday, when the Courier arrived that Fairfield was your featured story of RAGBRAI. Our town of Fremont had prepared for days ahead looking forward to RAGBRAI being in Fremont. The Lion's Club had prepared for days. They sold T-shirts representing Fremont and served their regular breakfast at the Community Center. The bicyclists started arriving in Fremont approximately around 7 a.m. and didn't leave until early afternoon on their way to Hedrick.
My grandfather's high-wheeled bicycle was on display and attracted much attention. They requested I stand in front of it and many took pictures. The booth I worked in sold pie, cinnamon rolls and drinks.
There was live music, and I was very proud of our community. I grew up in Butler, Iowa, halfway between Hedrick and Fremont. My father ran the elevator and the store building, which carried mainly supplies for farmers. However, there was a postal office in it, too.
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UPDATE: Stage, television and film actors Chris Noth and Fritz Weaver have joined Brian Dennehy, Sam Waterston, John Douglas Thompson and Kathleen Chalfant for "Lincoln's Favorite Shakespeare," an Aug. 14 Berkshire Theatre Group program showcasing the president's fondness for the Bard. Noth, who appeared in a 2011 Broadway revival of "That Championship Season," is best […] [Read More]
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A celebration, a tribute and a wicked night of the blues By Greg Haymes SCHENECTADY — Due to the threat of inclement weather the Music Haven's concert featuring legendary blues harmonica master James Cotton was moved to the rain site on Sunday night, and nearly 1,400 people packed the downstairs of Proctors' Main Stage theater for […] [Read More]
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'Cedars' exasperating, overwritten at in Stockbridge By Steve Barnes STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Rarely has a thesaurus been thumbed to worse effect by a professional writer than by Erik Tarloff for "Cedars," a new monologue starring film, TV and Broadway star James Naughton, who has a long connection to the Berkshire theater scene. The world-premiere production, […] [Read More]
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By Joseph Dalton Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been an opera fan ever since she attended a performance of "La Gioconda" as a kid in Brooklyn. Last year she became a character in an opera, thanks to the young American composer Derrick Wang whose one-act pastiche "Scalia/Ginsburg" depicts the two 'frenemies' of the […] [Read More]
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'Ring of Fire' @ Adirondack Theatre Festival
'Ring of Fire' superb at Adirondack Theatre Festival By Steve Barnes GLENS FALLS — Everything that's right about Adirondack Theatre Festival's terrific production of "Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash" is present in the opening suite of songs in the second act. The revue/jukebox musical, which is about as close to Cash as […] [Read More]
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Three State Patrol employees killed in Zillah house fire
Rob Kauder | Internet Content Manager, KXLY.com
Posted: 11:40 am PDT August 16, 2010Updated: 1:06 am PDT August 17, 2010
SPOKANE -- Three members of the Washington State Patrol are believed to have died in an early morning house fire in Zillah.
The State Patrol confirmed that Troopers Gary Miller and Kristopher Sperry and dispatcher Anne Miller-Hewitt died in the fire. Gary Miller and Anne Miller-Hewitt were married and owned the residence while Sperry, a recent academy graduate, was living with the Millers.
"Anne and Gary were long-time employees, and were the best of the best," State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste said in a statement Monday morning. "We were just getting to know Kristopher, but he had excelled at the Academy and had a very promising future with our agency."
The fire was first reported by Anne Miller-Hewitt at 1:38 a.m. She called 911 from inside the home to report there was a fire. The line went dead during the conversation.
Miller, 55, was a 20-year veteran of the Patrol and has been working with the Sunnyside detachment since he was hired. His wife Anne was a Communications Officer Four and was the leader of the State Patrol's 911 center in Wenatchee, where she supervised 15 dispatchers. She has been with the State Patrol since 1989.
Sperry, 30, was hired by the State Patrol in 2008 and just graduated from the academy in June, where he received a fitness award for being the most physically fit trainee in his class. Originally from Eureka, Montana Sperry was living with the Millers while his own home was being built.
"I am deeply saddened about the deaths of three Washington State Patrol employees - and send my heartfelt condolences to the friends, families and co-workers of those tragically killed," Governor Christine Gregoire said in a written statement Monday.
"These individuals dedicated their lives to protecting our neighbors and communities, and should forever be remembered for their commitment to ensuring our safety. I'm sure all Washingtonians share my profound gratitude for their service."
Late Monday night, investigators had recovered all three victims from the charred home.
The fire is being investigated by local fire officials, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office and the ATF. They are being assisted by the State Patrol's Crime Scene Response Team.
The State Patrol has never lost three employees in a single event either on or off-duty.
Three State Patrol employees killed in Zillah house fire - News Story - KXLY Spokane
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