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Honeymoon staycation ideas
I love getting well styled photoshoots in my inbox….I feel like they can capture a new idea really well, and show brides how it can be accomplished. This one comes thanks to Erica from Tinsel & Twine….I'll let her explain! Thanks Erica!
The theme of this photoshoot is a Honeymoon Staycation. We imagined a sweet couple with enough love and wanderlust between them to fill a New York City apartment … but just not the funds to go somewhere far, far away.
We chose a variety of complementary colors, shapes, and textures, but kept our table purposefully imperfect. Each placesetting was dressed with a collection of travel-related accessories like vintage binoculars, passports, and sculptural globes. To add to the homespun feel of the decor, we created a mobile installation of fanned tissue paper and newsprint.
We also DIY'd a multi-colored cloth and yarn rope to snake down the length of the table. Rather than adding flowery plant-life, we decked the table with hearty airplants anchored in bowls of red beans that hint at some place exotic and tropical. To tie the story together, each placesetting holds a mock boarding pass that doubles as a love note.
We are so proud of our fabulous intern, Natasha Melo, for leading this photoshoot. And of course, we could not have pulled this fun shoot together without the help of our awesome "dream team" made up of the following talented people:
Photography: You Go, I Go, We Go Photography
Gowns: Alexandra Grecco
Hair: Dominique Clark
Make-up: Melissa Cunillera
Tablescape Design & Styling: Tinsel & Twine
4 Comments to "Honeymoon staycation ideas"
Moss + Isaac Says:
May 29th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Beautiful! The fanned tissue paper discs make amazing decor pieces…Great idea!!
Fleur @ The Artful Bachelorette Says:
May 29th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
I love this idea of a staycation "everyday is a holiday with you…" Gorgeous art direction and lighting.
Yolanda T Says:
May 29th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
I love the energy of L-E-A!
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June 25th, 2012 at 1:00 am
i am in love with those newspaper rosettes!
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Who would think lower crime and incarceration rates were bad news? Somebody who makes his living incarcerating, naturally.
Generally speaking, you might think that would apply to people in the North Country. But not necessarily.
We have nine state prisons and one federal correctional institution in our three-county region. That's a lot of employment and a lot of money pumped into the area's economy.
And that is thanks in large part to the late New York state Sen. Ronald B. Stafford. When prisons needed to be built in the 1970s to provide cells for Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's tough — too tough, it turned out — drug laws, many parts of the state spurned the opportunity to have those cells in their communities.
Stafford noted that we'd been home to Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora since 1844, making it the third-oldest prison in the state, as well as being the largest. The Dannemora-Saranac area had thrived because of the steady, well-paying jobs it provided and virtually without negative incident.
So Stafford raised his hand when it came time to dole out the new generation of prisons. By 1999, New York was housing 72,584 inmates — its peak population, owing mainly to the Rockefeller anti-drug initiatives.
Now, however, despite a vibrant drug trade continuing to flourish across America and the North Country, prison populations are declining. The crime rate is dropping, which has to be regarded as good news even in a so-called prison community. Everybody is safer these days.
Now, fewer than 55,000 people are imprisoned in New York, and the number is expected to decline 4 percent more in four years.
So where is the good news for northeastern New York?
For one thing, none of the North Country's prisons is in the budget-cutters' cross hairs this year. There is no indication that any of the correctional facilities in this area will be lost.

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Both UConn women's and UMass men's teams are in tournament basketball action Tuesday night, while the Boston Bruins come home to the TD Garden to face the Tampa Bay Lightning.
According to the Chicago Tribune article "previewing" tonight's NIT game, the focus has already shifted to next season and whether Bill Carmody will still be in charge. Then again, the players did say they talked about Akron on Sunday night. Probably before discussing transfer plans in case of a coaching change. The Chicago Sun-Times says that Luka Mirkovic will not play in the NIT, thanks to a nagging ankle injury. That makes the starting lineup and the bench for the Wildcats significantly shorter. My guess is that Davide Curletti will get the start to counter Akron's height, leaving Northwestern with few choices at forward on the bench.
Can Akron be the latest thorn in Northwestern's paw? A look back at history and the lost class for the Wildcats, along with a blueprint for the Zips.
There won't be too much coverage of the NIT around here, but it is worth noting that the conference put four teams in it. That tournament has 32 teams broken up into four groups of eight. Tennessee is a 1-seed in its regional, Ole Miss is a 2-seed in its regional, Mississippi State is a 4-seed in its regional, and LSU is a 6-seed in its regional. The four of them are all in different brackets, so they can't possibly face each other until the NIT semifinals in Madison Square Garden.
Perennial disappointments Northwestern will have to contend with the Akron big men Tuesday night. The Zips are a No. 5 seed in the NIT, and will play in Evanston at 9 p.m. Eastern. The game will be shown on ESPN2. This is a real winnable game for the Zips, and even though Northwestern is home, they may not have home court advantage. If the Big Ten alums can overwhelm the Wildcat fans, there is no reason that Akron alums can't.
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Peter Granat oversees our executive management team across operations in North America and Europe.
For over 20 years, Granat has been instrumental in the development of innovative products and services to enable effective communication between the PR, marketing and media communities. He has worked closely with clients to deliver solutions that address a wide range of agency and corporate communications needs. Prior to Vocus, Granat served as Group CEO of Cision AB. Before that, he was senior vice president of sales and business development at MediaMap.
Granat holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
Jack Pearlstein
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
With 20 years of financial, operational and strategic planning experience working with technology companies, Jack Pearlstein oversees our finance, accounting, legal, and HR and facilities functions.
Prior to Vocus, Pearlstein was CFO of Six3 Systems, Inc., a leading provider of software development, sensor development and signal processing services to the intelligence community. As a CFO, Pearlstein has led three different companies through their initial public offerings: AppNet, DigitalNet and Solera.
Pearlstein is a CPA and received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from New York University. He also holds an MBA in finance from The George Washington University.
Mark Heys
Chief Technology Officer
Mark Heys is responsible for information technology, including development of our marketing and PR software.
During his time at Vocus, Heys has led the development group and architected the company's award-winning PR software as well as the Vocus Marketing Suite which has become the fastest selling product launch in company history. He was also instrumental in migrating the Vocus application to the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.
Heys was previously the Development Manager at T4G Limited, where his team was responsible for developing the company's award-winning Point of Sale System for the Windows Platform. Prior to T4G, Heys was the founder and CEO of Definitive Ideas, a company that was the one of the first to introduce a Windows-based Point of Sale application.
Chris O'Grady
Senior Vice President, Sales
Chris O'Grady joined Vocus in 2010 and is responsible for driving the company's sales growth.
Prior to his role as senior vice president of sales, he led Vocus' account sales team. Before Vocus, O'Grady managed all sales and revenue functions for the Vovici Corporation, where he served as vice president of worldwide field operations. He also spent 14 years at Ceridian in various sales leadership roles, both in new and account sales.
O'Grady holds a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Loyola College of Maryland.
Denaire Healy
Senior Vice President, Services
Denaire Healy leads all aspects of services in North America and oversees our services, including the help desk, support, professional services, consulting, editorial and data research teams.
Healy has more than 25 years of customer service and sales experience in the software industry, the past nine years of which have been with Vocus. During this time, she's headed the Vocus Help Desk and Vocus Academy Training Team, as well as overseen the PRWeb Editorial and iContact Support teams. Prior to Vocus, she worked at BNA Software, CareerBuilder and Best Software.
Healy holds a bachelor's degree from Radford University.
Mark Thabit
Senior Vice President, Marketing & Product Management
Mark Thabit helps guide our global product vision, builds Vocus' brand in the marketplace, and oversees the development of integrated demand generation plans that drive leads, acquire customers and increase customer retention across product lines.
Thabit joined Vocus in 2014 with 23 years of sales and marketing experience in the technology arena. Prior to Vocus, he served as senior director of marketing at CDW for nearly 10 years. He has also worked at Wingcast, SBC and AT&T.Thabit holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Business and a BSBA from Bucknell University.
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Alexander has 20 years of experience in management, marketing, product strategy, revenue optimization and business development with a concentration in business-to-business online/software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Prior to Vocus and iContact, he held key management positions at a variety of innovative technology companies ranging from venture-backed startups to the Fortune 500 list.
Alexander holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from James Madison University. He is also a board member for the North Carolina Technology Association, and regularly advises early and mid-stage startups.
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Low Income Energy Services
An important complement to PESD's research on climate change policy and established fuel and power markets is our ongoing study of how to supply more and higher-quality energy services to the poorest populations around the world. We seek to understand the kinds of institutional arrangements that can allow delivery of modern energy services to the poor at scale and in a durable way, as opposed to whether a specific energy technology can be made to work on a one-off basis. Previous PESD research has examined how sustainable business models can be created for distributed generation of electricity. Current work focuses on the potential for commercial approaches to facilitate wide dissemination of improved household stoves.
The enormous potential for cleaner-burning household stoves to yield health, development, and environmental benefits has animated over 30 years of government- and nonprofit-led stove distribution programs, almost all with unsatisfying results (with the notable exception of China's national stove program). By reviewing existing literature on stoves as well as a variety of other technologies aimed at low-income populations, we identified three principal obstacles to adoption of new technologies by the poor: 1) a lack of perceived value associated with the technology, 2) cost barriers, and 3) the magnitude of lifestyle change the technology entails. Commercial stove programs in theory could have advantages of sustainability and scalability relative to charitably-oriented efforts, but all three of the above obstacles loom larger for stoves than for many other products.
Our stove-related research is currently focused on India as one of the largest potential markets for improved stoves. The research incorporates both case-study-based and quantitative methods. We have performed a survey of 14 companies that are attempting to sell cookstoves in India on a commercial or semi-commercial basis. The survey has yielded a number of insights so far. One is the importance of combining a hard-headed commercial mindset in operations with a deep and patient source of enterprise financing. Purely charitable operations find themselves unable to create a viable and scalable supply chain, insufficiently connected to real customer needs, and vulnerable to downturns in donor largesse. Conversely, organizations hoping to receive a venture-capital-like return on investment are inevitably disappointed by the realities of serving very poor populations.
Alongside this qualitative investigation of commercial stove efforts, we aim to develop an econometric model of cooking mode choice and utilization. The full set of data we need to construct the model includes: attributes of all cooking modes employed in a household, the relative prices of both cooking implements and fuel for these different cooking modes, household demographic characteristics, and factors related to the sales and marketing of different cooking implements and fuels. We plan to conduct a household survey in two Indian states in order to collect this information. The model constructed from the survey data should help stove businesses better match their products and marketing to customer preferences, researchers better understand drivers of stove adoption, and governments implement more effective policies to encourage use of improved stoves.
Mark Thurber
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- To Promote Adoption of Household Health Technologies, Think Beyond Health
Mark C. Thurber, Christina Warner, Lauren Platt, Xander Slaski, Rajesh Gupta, Grant Miller
American Journal of Public Health vol. 103, 10 (2013)
- Improved stoves in India: A study of sustainable business models
Gireesh Shrimali, Xander Slaski, Mark C. Thurber, Hisham Zerriffi
Energy Policy (2011)
- Three Key Obstacles to Cookstove Adoption (And How to Overcome Them)
Xander Slaski, Mark C. Thurber
Global Village Energy Partnership International (2009)
- Cookstoves and Obstacles to Technology Adoption by the Poor
Xander Slaski, Mark C. Thurber
Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Working Paper #89 (2009)
- Changing Face of the Indian Energy System: A March Towards Normalcy
Varun Rai
University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Advanced Study of India (2008)
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Gireesh Shrimali
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Mark C. Thurber
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- Frontiers of Research on Low Income Energy
February 24, 2009 - February 25, 2009 Workshop
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March 18, 2005 Workshop
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The Del McCoury Band will return to Goshen College for a Performing Arts Series concert Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.
Since he was last at GC in 2004, Del McCoury has received a National Heritage Fellowship lifetime achievement award and was elected into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, honoring his 50-plus years making music.
"Here's a guy (McCoury) who has been playing for 50 years, and he's still experimenting — still looking to do things outside the box, to bring other kinds of music into bluegrass form," Americana music icon Richard Thompson said on the Del McCoury Band website. "I think that's the best bluegrass band, period. That's it."
A 15 percent special discount off the regular price is being offered for tickets bought in-person or on the phone. To receive the special discount, mention the promo code "PAS." Non-discount tickets cost $40, $35, $25. Tickets are available through the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566 or e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Non-discounted tickets are also available online at www.goshen.edu/tickets.
Seating for those with disabilities is available and the minimum age of attendees is 5 years old. Tickets are nonrefundable.
Twelve-time Grammy Award-winner Emmylou Harris will be the next artist featured in the Performing Arts Series. Her concert is set for Jan. 12, 2013.
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116 Scenic Drive
Cowes, Phillip Island, VIC
Beach House
- Guests: 8
- Bedrooms: 4
Bedroom breakdown
Bedroom 1 - 1x Queen
Bedroom 2 - 1x Queen, 1x Single
Bedroom 3 - 1x Double, 1x Single
Bedroom 4 - 1x Double
- Bathrooms: 2
Property features
- Air conditioning
- Car space
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Situated in a quiet street, and walking distance (1.2km) from stunning Red Rocks and Ventnor beaches ;and close to Anchorage General Store, this property is the perfect getaway location.
Sleeping up to 8 comfortably, this very well equipped, fully fenced home has the family in mind and features a user-friendly kitchen, open-plan dining area, polished floorboards, carpeted bedrooms, microwave, washing machine, dishwasher, additional bar fridge, reverse cycle heating&cooling, wood fired coonara and hydronic heating in the main bedrooms. Entertainment options include a sound system, DVD, and 40" HD TV. Outside features include off-street parking, large rear deck, gas BBQ, 8 person dining setting - perfect for alfresco eating, and banana lounges to relax on, whilst reading a good box or catching up on the day's news.…
Cowes CBD, the race track, local walks, the Nobbies and Penguins are all only a short drive away.
Apart from the popular Red Rocks and Ventnor Beaches, other great spots to explore and swim are also close by. This property is perfectly suited to Families.
*Outdoor pets may be permitted (subject to negotiation and agreement)
*The property is strictly non-smoking.
*Checkin is after 2pm, Checkout by 10am.
*Linen is not provided, but may be available for hire on request.
*A deposit is required at the time of booking to secure your accommodation.
* A Bond may be required.
The fine print
- DirectPay - Rent-A-Home takes reservations on this property but the property manager processes payments directly with you.
- up to 366 Days before Arrival
- Minimum Stay 2 Nights
- Bond $200
Guest reviews & questions
Customer Reviews
4 reviews
The house was great - would definitely stay there again.
a five minute ride to the race track and far enough out of town so there is no late night riff rack in the streets.
House is in an ideal location to access Phillip Islands attractions and services
Questions & Answers
No questions asked by other visitors.
Standard Features
- Activities/Themes
- Beach Getaway
- Executive rental
- Motor Bike friendly
- Winter holiday
- Domestic
- AirCon
- Bath
- Children's Cot
- Children's High Chair
- Cooking Facilities
- Dishwasher
- Electric Stove
- Fans (Ceiling / Standing)
- Heaters provided
- Kitchen
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave
- Reverse Cycle Heating
- Tea/Coffee making facilities
- Vacuum System
- Washing Machine
- Entertainment
- BBQ - Gas
- CD Player
- DVD Player
- Stereo/Music system
- General
- Child friendly
- Luxury
- Ensuite
- Fireplace
- Parking
- Patio
- Other
- Off Street Parking
- Outdoor Pets permitted
Bedroom configurations
- Bedroom 1 – 1x Queen
- Bedroom 2 – 1x Queen, 1x Single
- Bedroom 3 – 1x Double, 1x Single
- Bedroom 4 – 1x Double
Optional Extras
- Linen Hire - $20 inc. GST Per Person
- Pet Cleaning Charge - $100 inc. GST Per Booking
RatesRates are not available online for this property, please request a quote using the form below.
Property managers will respond with pricing and availability, usually within 24 hours.
Availability & Price
from $174 to $381 per night*
Min 2 nights stay
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From a Quote
- Step 1) Search the website and Add properties to MyList. Submit your preferred properties by using Request a Quote. Property Managers will send you confirmed price and availability.
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- Step 3) Once we receive your "RZ" reservation request, a consultant will process all details and send a "BK" Booking Confirmation, payment receipt with arrival and key collection information.
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- Step 3) Once we receive your "RZ" reservation request, a consultant will process all details and send a "BK" Booking Confirmation, payment receipt with arrival and key collection information. Payment can be made with credit card or by direct deposit.
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Some properties allow Pets and will display Pets Permitted. Visitors will need to advise the type and size of pet and whether the pet is indoor or an outdoor pet.
Properties that do not show Pets Permitted will not accept pets.
A Pet Bond might be required to clean. deodourise and disinfect the property prior to the next visitor arrival to ensure the property is allergy free.
Availability calendar not up to date?
rentahome does encourage our property managers to update their availability calendars as often as possible.
Unfortunately it isn't always as frequent as we'd like, each calendar has a date of which the calendar was last updated so you who how up to date the listing is.
This is why rentahome has the quote process, it confirms the current availability of your selected property/s and the best rate available for your stay.
Are visitors able to inspect properties?
rentahome welcomes inspections however they may not be always feasible and are generally only available for longer stays of three months or longer.
The property must first be quoted as available with a price for your requested dates.
To request an inspection simply login to your Quote at the below link using your quote number and surname: http://www.rent-a-home.com.au/home/my/quotedetails.aspx
Scroll down to your preferred property and under the photo there will be a button 'Request Inspection', click on 'Request Inspection' and fill in your details. Your details will be sent to the property manager who will make contact within 48hours to arrange an appointment.
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The Security Deposit (Bond) is required to cover any damage or incidential costs incurred during your stay at the property. If there is no Damage or Additional Costs then the Security Deposit will be refunded. If the amount of the Damage or Additional Costs are greater than the Security Deposit, then the Guest will be required to pay the difference.
On Arrival, please report any damage or requirement maintenance immediately to the property manager, as you will be liable for any Damage on your departure.
A Bond applies for properties under a Lease agreement. The Bond is typically lodged with a government Bond Authority and returned at the the end of the stay following an Exit Inspection and review of the Condition Report.
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Dragons coach Edwards excited by the duel of the place-kickers
8:00am Monday 11th February 2013 in Sport By Iwan Gabe Davies
NEWPORT Gwent Dragons coach Darren Edwards is delighted the competition bet-ween his two young place-kickers Steffan Jones and Tom Prydie is spurring the team on.
Fly half Jones had been in great form of late, setting a regional scoring record of 27 points in this month's 42-14 win at London Welsh.
But he left his kicking boots at home for Friday night's hard fought but thoroughly deserved 23-14 PRO12 victory over Treviso at Rodney Parade.
The ex-Cross Keys outside half, 22, missed five attempts at goal in all as the side turned to wing Prydie, 20, when the chips were down.
Wales' youngest international, capped just a few days after his 18th birthday, was more than equal to the task.
He slotted over some difficult shots to see the Dragons home as they battled back from 14-0 down to secure their first league win since November.
Prydie and Jones scored all the region's points, the former ending up with 15 points from a try, two penalties and two conversions, and the latter bagging a try and one penalty.
Speaking after the Treviso victory, Edwards was pleased for Prydie but knows Jones will quickly bounce back from his disappointing night with the boot.
"We were doing some good stuff in the first half but we were sucker punched by two tries and we had a chance to build our way back into the game with a few kicks, but they didn't seem to go over," he said "We've had some great kicking displays over the last couple of weeks.
"What I'm really pleased about is that Steff has kicked well and Tom lost the kicking (duties) but he stepped up and slotted those goals over, some difficult penalties.
"These guys are learning and it's all about character and getting back out there and doing it. I was pleased for Tom and Steff will respond to that because he is a great goal kicker too."
Edwards also praised the performances of centres Pat Leach and Jack Dixon and thought Jones was potent in attack.
"Pat had a really good game and Jack did well partnering up with him and Steff in general played well – he looked very dangerous when he attacked."
Treviso were without no fewer than 20 players on Friday, 13 in Italy's 23-man squad for their Six Nations clash with Scotland on Saturday at Murrayfield, the remainder were either travelling reserves with the senior side or on Under-20s duty.
Still, former Newport favourite Franco Smith's side looked the real deal in the first half before tiring in the second and Edwards paid tribute to the strides being made by them.
"People are starting to realise how strong Treviso actually are," he said.
"When you see they've got that many players in the national team and that team is beating France and running Australia close.
"Whenever you go to Treviso, you realise how difficult a task it is – there is no doubt that they are a quality outfit."
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SWBorderer says...
As someone else said, we are a poor team trying their best. But l firmly believe that with proper, intelligent leadership and a couple of good signings, we have the capacity to be much better. Look how Coombsey has impressed once he has some better players with him.
But if we keep Darren l'm afraid any money spent will be a waste of time.
11:22pm Mon 11 Feb 13
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SWBorderer wrote:Prezackerly, completely agree.
I'm never sure if Darren is on the same planet. How can you call it a competition between kickers when one keeps missing, he gets replced by one who succeeds, he gets replced by the one that keeps missing, and so on...
As someone else said, we are a poor team trying their best. But l firmly believe that with proper, intelligent leadership and a couple of good signings, we have the capacity to be much better. Look how Coombsey has impressed once he has some better players with him.
But if we keep Darren l'm afraid any money spent will be a waste of time.
Also funny how we never hear from DE when we lose, yet as soon as we win he pops up in the press delivering these pearls of wisdom.
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Ithaca, N.Y. - March 10, 2012 - The Springfield College women's gymnastics team finished fifth at the ECAC DIII Women's Gymnastics Championships hosted by Ithaca College on Saturday afternoon. First-year Lauren Pocius was honored as the ECAC Rookie of the Year after a standout freshman campaign.
Springfield finished the competition with 181.725 points to place fifth out of seven teams. Cortland claimed the championship with 189.1 points, followed by Brockport (187.6) and Ithaca (186.175). Ursinus (184.7), Springfield, Rhode Island College (175.425), and Wilson (158.85) rounded out the team scoring.
In the vault, Carly Flynn placed fifth with a tally of 9.575, while Pocius also placed fifth in the uneven bars with a 9.500. Both gymnasts finished in the top sixth of an event to earn All-ECAC honors.
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Clark County School District's deputy superintendent will step up to the top leadership role in the district after the resignation of Dwight Jones.
CCSD said Wednesday deputy superintendent Pat Skorkowsky will serve as acting superintendent while the district seeks the next person to the job.
CCSD noted an interim superintendent will possibly by appointed next Thursday.
Jones announced his stepping down from the position Tuesday evening, citing his mother's health as the reason for his departure. Jones is leaving after completing nearly half of his four year contract with CCSD.
According to the school district, Jones will remain until Friday, March 22.
In 2010, Jones was hired to replace retiring Walt Rulffes, who was on the job for five years. His current salary has him making $270,000 a year, according to CCSD.
Jones was left with the task of turning around classroom success rates in the nation's fifth largest district while also battling budget and labor issues during his time.
Parents, lawmakers and school officials met the news Tuesday mostly with frustration.
"It is disappointing, but for family reasons it's not as disappointing," parent Jasmine Solorzamo said. "Our children do need assistance in all ways and forms that they can have."
A user to the FOX5 Facebook page said the resignation was not exactly surprising given the rigors of the job.
"I'm not a bit surprised," said Facebook user Theresa. "This job is very difficult with many challenges. Let's pray that we can get someone in there that can make a difference."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, recognized Jones' leadership while tackling the many issues of the district,
"During his tenure, Dwight worked vigorously to steer the school district through challenging economic times and deep state budget cuts in education," Reid said. "It is unfortunate that Nevada continues to lose leaders of Dwight's caliber because of lack of support."
The School Board of Trustees is expected to discuss a transition plan that could include appointing a new superintendent or conducting a nationwide search for one.
A deputy superintendent will serve as acting superintendent until the position is filled or until an interim superintendent is appointed, according to district protocol.
On Tuesday, Jones issued the following statement to FOX5:
"I'm proud of this community and the hard work we have done. We have left a blueprint behind to guide the work further with the board's support.
"In over two years we have established a new way of measuring achievement, transparently ranked our schools so we can target resources to the most need, seen graduation rates rise, and seen our community step up to take ownership of our schools in unprecedented ways. We are on our way to systematic change in Clark County that puts kids first and raises the bar for academic achievement.
"This community has and always will have a special place in my heart, but my family needs me now and I have a duty to respond. It's not unlike the call we issue to our community daily - family is first, get involved. I now have to answer my own call.
"I thank the people of Clark County for their trust and support. I am honored to be a part of this hard and worthwhile work - I am leaving because I'm presented with a decision that I'll never have the opportunity to make again - to spend time caring for my mother.
"My only request is that this good work not slow down. Those who support this work must stay the course. To our community, business and philanthropic partners - my message is clear: the education movement happening in Clark County is not about a Superintendent - it's about you and your commitment to our students. I ask that you stay involved while we continue to see all that Clark County School District and our students can become."
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(KAIT) – As the partial shutdown of the federal government stretches into its
ninth day, people are growing more concerned about how much longer entitlement
programs, like veteran's benefits and Social Security, will stay funded.
With the future of those
security nets in question, the burden of helping people in need may fall upon
nonprofit organizations, like food pantries.
Batesville Help & Hope, a food pantry in Independence County,
is already bracing for the impact. Volunteers there say not only have massive
layoffs in Batesville driven up the need for their services, but the government
shutdown could as well if it lasts much longer.
Carolyn Wilson and the other volunteers at Batesville Help
& Hope are building up a stockpile of commodities. These items help the
volunteers fill up boxes of food for hundreds of local families in need.
"If we have to give them one less can," Wilson said, "we'll
have to do that."
Each month, the food pantry gets a truck load of everything
from spinach to fruit from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA. This
month's delivery came as usual, but Wilson is unsure if she'll get another in
"We'll just have to wait and see what we get next month,"
she said, shrugging.
The government shutdown has put the USDA's commodities
program in question. That uncertainty comes as Help & Hope faces what
Wilson calls an overwhelming need.
"Usually we help about 1,100 [families each month]," she said,
"but right now we are doing 1,200."
Wilson contributes that increase partly to the layoffs that
began this month at two plants in Batesville. Zila, Inc., a dental equipment
manufacturer, announced plans to cut between 60 and 80 jobs starting October 1.
Pilgrim's Pride also intends to shutter one of its plants in Batesville by
October 25, displacing approximately 400 employees.
Wilson fears the number of people the food pantry serves
could climb even higher if any local veterans or elderly people are unable to
collect their benefits because of the shutdown.
Wilson and her family feel frustrated, too. Her husband
works for the FAA, but the federal agency has placed him on furlough. She says
they'll be okay as long as his military benefits and her Social Security check
keep coming.
"We have to laugh about it," she said, "because if we don't,
it can be very, very depressing."
Wilson says the food pantry has enough commodities to last
through the end of the year, but she's afraid that the volunteers may have to
give out fewer cans of food if there are no more shipments.
"That depresses me," she said, "because I've been here
almost 21 years, and we've never been in a shape like this."
She's confident that the
community will also step up and donate food items or money to help the food
pantry meet the growing need. To find out what Help & Hope needs most right
now, call the food pantry at 870-793-9181.
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The United Mine Workers of America is bussing active and retired miners from across the eastern United States to St. Louis on Jan. 29 to protest what it alleges were an attempt to shun obligations to miners and retirees.
The UMWA claims that Patriot Coal was spun from Peabody Energy and Arch Coal and allowed to wither into bankruptcy — taking retiree and other miner obligations with it. Patriot, Peabody and Arch have contested those claims, saying market conditions had more to do with Patriot's failure.
Though the company is attempting to come out from under Chapter 11 reorganization, it could potentially use the bankruptcy process to eliminate employee obligations. The UMWA has vehemently fought against this since the bankruptcy was announced.
During the Jan. 29 protest, the group will march to the federal building in St. Louis and outside of Peabody Energy's headquarters.
"What we have here is a company reneging on its promises," said UMWA President Cecil E. Roberts, referring to Peabody. "We're not going to take it. We will fight for our members and their families in the courts, in the coalfields and in the streets of St. Louis. Patriot and Peabody have a moral obligation to those who mined their coal."
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Thursday, 27 February 2014 00:00
Both of Levittown's MacArthur High School bowling teams concluded their seasons with strong finishes—placing third overall in the recent Nassau County bowling tournaments.
During the county competition, the boys bowling team advanced as the 10th seed, but bowled some of the best games of the tournament, proving to be one of the team's best in school history. Coaches Chris Leahy and John Nessler congratulated seniors Rob
Andreoli, Anthony Cassanetto, Dan Saugar, Dan Semonella, Brian Thivierge, Brandon Weiss and freshman Mike Andreoli on a terrific season.
After entering the county tournament in fifth place, the girls bowling team finished in third place after defeating Farmingdale in all three afternoon matches. For the six-game tournament, the team scored a total wood count of 5,116. Congratulations to Amanda DeLisi, Kerri DeLisi, Diana Merlini, RoseMarie Snyder and Christina Thompson.
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U.S. Navy Veteran Richard Meyerowitz of Levittown joined the military in 1962, enlisting straight out of high school. While he would never see combat, Meyerowitz served as a boilerman aboard the U.S.S. Dewey amid the United States' blockade of Cuba.
"They gave us our orders," Meyerowitz said, "turn any vessels away. If not, blow 'em out of the water."
During the blockade, Meyerowitz said he only encountered one ship, which they warned to turn back. Just a kid at the time, Meyerowitz said it didn't occur to him at the time, how the country could have been on the verge of nuclear war.
Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:00
Hempstead town officials recently announced plans to improve the roadway along Longfellow Avenue in Levittown.
"One way we invest in our communities is by improving our roadways," said Town Supervisor Kate Murray. "Upgrading our streets saves money in the long term, while making roadways safer and more aesthetically pleasing for neighbors."
Construction is slated to begin as early as this month and is expected to be complete by October. The project will include repairs to Longfellow Avenue and Byron Place, as well as portions of Milton and Emerson avenues.
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Christopher Joseph of Levittown was recently selected to play on the United States world university hockey team in Italy this year. A 2009 MacArthur High School graduate, Joseph was captain of his high school team for two seasons, leading them to two championships. Joseph would later go on to play junior hockey for New York Apple Core and the New Jersey Rockets junior 'A' team.
Joseph's parents, Hal and Theresa, along with his brother Robert and sister Kristin said they are very proud of Christopher's accomplishments and are cheering him on as he heads off to Italy.
Thursday, 28 August 2014 00:00
Farmingdale State College had four players named to the 2014 D3baseball.com All-New York Team. Senior outfielder Edward Bergmann of East Meadow, earned First Team honors, while junior shortstop Anthony Alvino of Lindenhurst was named to the Second Team. Junior outfielder Michael Marino of Franklin Square and sophomore pitcher Alex Weingarten of East Rockaway also earned Third Team honors this year.
Bergmann batted a team-leading .421 this season and also led the Rams in hits (53), runs scored (42), doubles (8), on-base percentage (.503), stolen bases (30) and held a perfect fielding percentage. Nationally, Bergmann ranks 4th for stolen bases per game (0.88), 10th in stolen bases, 23rd in both on-base percentage and batting average and 29th in runs scored per game (1.21).
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There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
- Buffalo Springfield/Stephen Stills (1966)
Seen the arrow on the doorpost
Saying, "This land is condemned
All the way from New Orleans
To Jerusalem."
- Bob Dylan, "Blind Willie McTell"
Part of what's going down in this possibly "condemned land" carries more than a hint of homeland fascism.
In the name of mid-term electoral pragmatism, frightened that their narrow chance of taking Congress will be endangered by the visible possession of a civil-libertarian spine, much of the Democratic Party and its leadership has signed on to a freshly passsed proto-fascistic federal bill that gives state-terrorist war criminal George W. Bush "the power to jail pretty much anyone he wants for as long as he wants without charging them, to unilaterally reinterpret the Geneva Conventions, to authorize what normal people consider torture, and to deny justice to hundreds of men captured in error" (New York Times, 28 September, 2006, A22).
Here's the latest diluted, prozac-laden story from CNN a few minutes ago:
"Senate passes detainee bill likely to be a GOP cudgel in midterm elections"
"WASHINGTON (CNN) — In a vote that will reverberate from now until election day, the Senate gave its final approval Thursday evening to a White House-backed bill establishing military commissions to prosecute terror detainees and providing CIA agents more guidance in how far they can go in interrogating them."
"The measure — which President Bush has called his top legislative priority this year — passed the Senate 65-34. It passed the House Wednesday by a vote of 253-168."
"And with the war on terror and national security certain to be hot-button issues in November's mid-term elections, Bush and his fellow Republicans were making it clear Thursday that they would remind voters that most Democrats opposed the bill, including the party's leadership in both houses. (Posted 9:50 p.m.)"
Election angles aside, here are some critical problems with the bill (all the quoted remarks come from the lead editorial in today's Times, p. A22):
* It chills domestic free speech and discourages dissent by defining "illegal enemy combatants" in a way that "could subject legal residents of the United States, as well as foreign citizens living in their own countries, to summary arrest and indefinite detention with no hope of appeal. The president can give the power to apply this label to anyone he wants."
* It shits all over the Geneva Conventions by "allowing Mr. Bush to decide on his own what abusive interrogation methods [should be] considered permissible. And his decision could stay secret — there's no requirement that this list be published."
* It pisses all over the venerable and core free society principle of Habeas Corpus since "detainees in U.S. military prisons lose the basic right to challenge their imprisonment" and "prove their innocence."
* It flushes the cherished western-democratic principle of Judicial Review since "the courts would have no power to review any aspect of this new system, except verdicts by military tribunals. The bill would limit appeals and bar legal actions based on the Geneva Conventions, directly or indirectly. All Mr. Bush would have to do to lock anyone up forever," the Times explained today, "is to declare him an illegal combatant and not have a trial."
* It assaults a core constitutional protection since "coerced evidence would be permissible if a judge considered it reliable — already a contradiction in terms — and relevant. Coercion is defined in a way that exempts anything done before the passage of the 2005 Detainee Treatment Act, and anything else Mr. Bush chooses."
* It weakens fundamental protections that "prohibit evidence and testimony that are kept secret from the defendant, whether the accused is a corporate executive or a mass murderer."
* It offends national and international human rights law by advancing a definition of torture that "is unacceptably narrow, a virtual reprise of the deeply cynical memos the administration produced after 9/11. Rape and sexual assault are defined in a retrograde way that covers only forced or coerced activity, and not other forms of nonconsensual sex. The bill would effectively eliminate the idea of rape as torture."
Some of the talking heads I've been seeing on the corporate-imperial telescreens are saying that the bill will be challenged and shot down by the Supreme Court, consistent with recent decisions – the ones that led to this noxious and opportunistically timed legislation in the first place. Perhaps that's true but no subsequent high court actions or election outcomes can get rid of the oppressive stench surrounding this bill and the willingness of so many "opposition party" Congresspersons to go soft on the creeping homeland fascism of the strangely respectable and dangerously in-power hard right.
Only the people can turn this around.


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September 1, 2004, 5:00 AM
By Cal Fussman
The difference between sports now and when we started is bigger, stronger, faster athletes. Overhyped events. Different drugs. More sex. And a lot more money. [1]
Sports is a little less pure now than it was when I was thirteen. But then, everything is. [2]
With wisdom comes clarity.And with clarity comes a falling away of the scales from your eyes. Fandom is one of the casualties of working where we work. [3]
The difference between sex and sports? There's a time-out every now and then with sex. With sports, you can go nonstop. [2]
We have never overestimated sports fans' desire for sports. [4]
Volume, volume, volume. [3]
If you've got something good to say, don't doll it up. [2]
People can see that we write our own stuff. You can fake it in other areas of your life. But you cannot fake anything on ESPN. Because your viewer is hardcore, man. [5]
My favorite nickname? Bert "Be Home" Blyleven. And I've always liked John "Tonight Let It Be" Lowenstein. Or how about Andre "Bad Moon" Rison? He has it tattooed on his arm: BAD MOON. And there's no way he'd ever heard of Creedence Clearwater Revival. [2]
It's just something from the neighborhood, that's all. Somebody can say something, and if somebody agrees with him: booya! It's an affirmation, an expression of energy. [6]
Even in interviews, Michael Jordan competed. He'd make you ask the right question. Or he would ask you a question. He'd make you work to get the answer. Jordan wanted you to earn the interview. [7]
We didn't get here by being timid. Reagan didn't say, "Please tear down this wall." [3]
September 6, 1995: The night Cal Ripken passed Lou Gehrig for the all-time consecutive-games-played streak was a magical night. We were quiet for twenty-three minutes during the celebration and, funny, we got lauded for it. Here's a business where we get paid to speak. And the most credit I've ever gotten is for the twenty-three minutes when I said nothing. Maybe there's a message there. [2]
In an on-air marriage, you know never to step on one another's toes. In real marriage, of course, we do it all the time. [5]
Keith Olbermann was the most talented guy I'd ever worked with. He got restless and wanted to move on. When I knew it was coming to an end, it was difficult. I was fortunate to work with him for five years, and you can't re-create that. Lewis never found another Martin. Abbott never found another Costello. Laurel never found another Hardy. In my small world, that's sort of how I felt when Olbermann left. [7]
I don't watch sports at home. Does a teamster go home and drive his truck up and down the driveway? Does a veterinarian go home and operate on his pet German shepherd? No. I go home, read the front page, read books. Here's a shocker: I talk to my wife. [3]
The term talent to describe those of us who work in front of the camera is stupid. It seems to indicate that people on air are talented and the others aren't. There are a lot of talented researchers. Respect the researchers. [6]
I get asked about bloopers from time to time, and I should have some classic story. We've all made countless mistakes. When other guys make a mistake, I say, "Don't worry, it's on its way to Pluto. It's passing Neptune at this very moment...." [2]
The stakes have never been larger. We're a cash cow for Disney. We're probably worth more than the gross domestic products of some Central American countries. It makes taking that risk a little bit tougher. These days, you see a lot of tight sphincters. Well, you don't see them. But you sense them. [3]
The minute we forget why we were successful in the beginning, we won't look the same. [2]
What is heaven at ESPN? I think that's what it is. Heaven is ESPN. Hell? That's when your cable goes out and you can't watch ESPN. [7]
[1] John Walsh, executive vice-president and executive editor; [2] Chris Berman, anchor; [3] Bob Ley, anchor; [4] George Bodenheimer, president, ESPN and ABC Sports; [5] Linda Cohn, anchor; [6] Stuart Scott, anchor; [7] Dan Patrick, anchor.
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Bristol goes from joining Willow, Todd and buddies looking to fill the freezer a few weeks ago in the wilds of... fb.me/27MaaF8fx—
Sarah Palin (@SarahPalinUSA) September 24, 2012
Here's another photo of the girls out hunting a few weeks ago near Fairbanks in our 40-degree crisp autumn air. fb.me/vaiCAWId—
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This morning, Sarah Palin linked to photos of a family hunting excursion, to the delight of her fans:
@SarahPalinUSA that's awesome—
Ava Riley (@AvaRileyRomance) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA looks like fun!—
Paul Seay (@seaydr) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA Love it!!!!—
Vince (@Vprepper) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA I love u but i would be a vegetarian at you house. You go y'all.—
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I love @SarahPalinUSA ,she's definitely a huge role model!—
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@SarahPalinUSA survival skills at their best…and what a way to grocery "shop". Who needs food stamps!—
Catherine Vajtay (@planejoy) September 24, 2012
@SissyWillis @SarahPalinUSA What a sweet, beautiful family.—
Paul Revereless (@yewkalaylee) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA Aww, Sarah. What a beautiful family. Luv you guys! :-)—
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The kindness was overshadowed by nastiness, though, and, predictably, shameless jerks on the Left used the photos as yet another excuse to denigrate Palin and her family, hurling vicious insults and trying feverishly to out-debase each other:
"@SarahPalinUSA: Here's another photo of the girls out hunting a few weeks ago near Fairbanks…" You're a douche.—
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Just get the kid some birth control first, okay? RT @SarahPalinUSA: Bristol goes from joining Willow, Todd and buddies—
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.@SarahPalinUSA still thinks someone gives a shit what she's doing.—
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Racist MURDERING NUTS have guns too? WTF? @SarahPalinUSA @Rem63489 @Bootyisyou #Obama2012
RB RADIO SHOW™ (@REALBROTHER0003) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA Hunting, huh? How evolved & sophisticated.—
Kelly (@KellyDoesSoCal) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA Cannot understand why anyone would get pleasure from killing animals idiot!—
l.e.colwell (@lorthebore) September 24, 2012
"@SarahPalinUSA: Bristol goes from joining Willow, Todd and buddies looking to fill the freezer…" Oh my god! Go away already! FUCK!!!1!!—
Dane Halferty (@Danestain) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA CLINGING TO YOUR GUNS AND DEAD ANIMAL CARCASSES.—
GayAgendaDalek (@NotGayDalek) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA nothing like a white trash family outing—
Mike H (@mikeh777) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA you should be so proud that you have two daughters that enjoy killing helpless animals. Speaking of helpless animals…you.—
(@machinelevine) September 24, 2012
@SarahPalinUSA I bet your vagina smells like old goat milk. Similar to your outlandish policies. #FuckAFunction—
Saul Goodman (@jerrybandito) September 24, 2012
At least one bully couldn't resist taking a swipe at Palin's support for her daughter Bristol, a contestant on "Dancing with the Stars: All Stars":
@SarahPalinUSA that hypocrite daughter of yours still flopping around in disgrace on national TV? You & your family are embarrassments—
(@ThinkVegas) September 24, 2012
Seems to us that it's ThinkVegas who should be embarrassed. Now, all of Twitter knows he's a jackass.
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The Program in Dance at Princeton allows for the serious and dedicated investigation of dance within the context of a broad liberal arts education. Passionate, invested students are given the opportunity to explore the artistry and physicality of movement at the kinetic, creative, and cognitive levels through studio and seminar courses. The program's depth and flexibility allows for the nurturing and development of beginning students as well as those at the pre-professional level. Learn more
One of the hallmarks of the Princeton Program in Dance is the facility with which it can be shaped to each student's needs and desires. Students, with the careful guidance of a faculty composed of professional dance artists, design their own path through the multitude of courses and opportunities offered: ranging from introductory dance courses to pre-professional repertory and performance. Comprising the core of the Program in Dance is a community dedicated to the creative exploration and technical advancement of every interested student as well as to the furthering of dance as an art form within and beyond campus boundaries.
The Certificate in Dance, completed by approximately twelve students each year, allows for the creation of substantive independent work on the part of dancers and choreographers who have demonstrated a particularly deep interest in the field. A creative thesis can be a choreographic or performance project. In recent years, juniors and seniors in the comparative literature, neuroscience, history of science, english, and mechanical engineering departments have all integrated dance into their departmental theses and junior papers.
Beyond the certificate students, each semester the program is composed of upwards of 60 members of the University community who participate in curricular activities. These students, regardless of whether they choose to pursue a certificate, take part in the many performance opportunities on campus as well as courses and master classes. Participation in daily ballet classes, work by guest artists, and student dance companies, alongside courses offered through the Lewis Center allow the serious-minded dancer to dance for upwards of 30 hours a week while pursuing outside interests and majors.
Student-run dance companies are another major facet of the dance scene at Princeton and, while entirely independent from the Program in Dance, enjoy a symbiotic relationship with it. Students from the Program in Dance often form an integral part of these companies, as artistic directors, choreographers, and dancers. There are currently 22 companies ranging in style from ballet to hip hop to classical Indian and Middle Eastern dance.
Beyond time spent in the studio, Princeton's proximity to New York, Philadelphia, and the McCarter Theatre affords students the opportunity to see and experience the cutting-edge of dance as it exists in the field. Field trips and subsidized tickets keep students connected to the professional dance companies and their work. [close]
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Waiting somewhere in the Columbia River is a freighter. The transnational grain exporter EGT wants to use scab labor to load it at the small Washington state port of Longview and send it to Asia.
It won't be easy. Hundreds of Occupiers and Longshore union (ILWU) members in the Northwest have vowed to protest when the freighter attempts to dock and load. ILWU members have stood together in Longview since June, halting trains, dumping the grain they carry, and invading the port terminal to stop scab work.
Their campaign of nonviolent resistance has been met with escalating police action and 130 arrests, some so aggressive they have sent ILWU allies to the hospital.
The stakes are higher this time. A Coast Guard escort will join the grain ship as it attempts to dock. Dan Coffman, president of ILWU Local 21 in Longview, expects vessels with mounted .50 caliber machine guns, armed Coast Guardsmen on the grain ship, and a big law enforcement presence bristling with weaponry.
"They're taking taxpayer money to come and break a union," said an outraged Coffman.
Portland-based EGT is owned by a grain cartel composed of St. Louis-based Bunge North America, Korean shipper Pan Ocean STX, and Japan-based Itochu Corporation.
Although only 50 jobs are immediately at stake in Longview, if EGT wins this fight the door is kicked open for other union-busters—and the ILWU could lose the grain work that accounts for 20 percent of the financing of its pension and welfare funds.
Coffman says the union is also at risk under the PATRIOT Act and more recently the National Defense Authorization Act, saying protesters may be labeled "terrorists."
He added that members' Transportation Worker Identification Credential, a federally mandated security document for port personnel, could be revoked under Coast Guard regulations. Fines and federal injunctions have already cost the union more than $300,000 for its disruptions.
Still, in a January 3 letter to all locals titled "Prepare to take action when EGT vessel arrives," ILWU President Bob McEllrath blasted out a call for mass member action in Longview. Union members know the risks.
"Me and my fellow longshoremen have been here before," said a Seattle member who participated in last summer's dump of grain on the Longview railroad tracks, when 800 members mobilized. "We're ready to go when the call goes out."
Blocking the ship is "something that we're going to have to consider," Coffman said. "It's kind of uncharted waters."
EGT is responding with ruses and false starts. A vessel headed for Longview January 11 was diverted to Portland at the last minute. The union maintains a 24-hour picket line.
Continuing difficulties between some ILWU locals, members, and Occupy participants are also muddying the waters.
"We keep stressing to everybody we talk to it's nonviolent disobedience," Coffman said. "If you're going to plan on tearing stuff up, stay home."
Occupy and the ILWU have vastly different organizational and cultural orientations, making it understandable why their relationship has had growing pains.
The strain grew around Occupy's call for a shutdown of West Coast ports December 12 as a protest against the 1%. The ILWU questioned why Occupy failed to consult with the union, when its members would be most affected.
Occupy members interpreted the union's distancing itself from the action as, at best, a legal safeguard against the fines that could result from a work stoppage, which would violate the ILWU contract's ban on strikes. At worst, they thought it demonstrated the union movement's timidity.
When Occupiers blocked port work in Oakland, Seattle, and Portland, they declared solidarity with ILWU members in Longview as one of their goals.
Now both groups are mobilizing to protest when the ship tries to dock, but ILWU officials are wary of Occupy's support, fearing unsanctioned actions in Longview and even attempts to block ports again in other West Coast cities. Occupy has not called for such actions directly, though Occupy Oakland asked that those who "cannot physically join the community blockade in Longview, Washington, mobilize in solidarity through direct action in their communities."
McEllrath told locals to make sure enough members remain behind to work the ports, while mobilizing the rest to get to Longview. He raised the specter of an injunction, citing "the Taft-Hartley Act that criminalizes worker solidarity," and warned that the union must "cut a narrow path," presumably to avoid being charged with violating that law's ban on sympathy strikes.
The tension between the ILWU and Occupy was on display in all its ugly honesty in Seattle January 6. Occupy Seattle, Portland, and Oakland had planned a panel discussion to promote the Longview convergence, featuring several members of ILWU.
Retiree Jack Heyman from Oakland noted that the union had not asked members to endorse the December port shutdown but argued that members "voted with their feet" by refusing to work.
A group of Seattle ILWU members and officers interrupted Heyman, questioning what authority he had at the gathering. A heated exchange including some pushing and shoving ensued. Six days later, members of Seattle's Local 19 passed a resolution that pledged members to withhold support for Occupy and demanded an apology.
"The 'Occupy' movement has tried to substitute themselves for the membership in our struggle with EGT, and has attempted to subvert the ILWU," the local concluded.
In his call to action, McEllrath had advised members to "take extreme caution when dealing with supporters of non-ILWU sanctioned calls to action relative to EGT."
While some Occupy participants claim the union is divided between members and headquarters bureaucrats, Coffman said Local 21 is looking to the international for a lead.
"The international is in control and will be directing," he said. "That's why we elect those positions."
Coffman said the union is contacting unionists who have sent letters of solidarity and attended rallies throughout the months of protest. The Cowlitz County, Washington state, and San Francisco labor councils are all helping to spread the word.
Cowlitz's Central Labor Council, which covers the Longview area, invited "all friends of labor and the '99%' everywhere to come to the aid of ILWU Local 21."
Paul Nipper, an organizer with Occupy Longview, said the tension is overblown.
"ILWU does support us," he said. "However, publicly speaking on our behalf, and being involved with the planning, is not in their best interest. What good are we doing for them if we cost them more money in court?"
He advised that Occupiers focus on the real problem—EGT.
"This transnational giant EGT came into our town, lied to the residents, bought political influence, took away jobs from our community, and uses our port as a way to extract wealth from this town," Nipper said. "What does Occupy stand for if it doesn't stand up to EGT?"
Occupiers in Oakland are busy making preparations for the convergence in Longview, 13 hours north. At a recent Occupy labor solidarity meeting, planners gave reports on housing, legal support, and caravan preparations. To date more than 100 community supporters have signed up to head to Longview.
"We're out there doing the hard and tedious work of recruiting people," said Moises Montoya of Oakland's labor solidarity committee.
"This struggle has reinvigorated old-timers like myself," he said. "I'm hopeful that as Occupy and labor learn more about each other we will mature and build a deeper, respectful strategic relationship for the long fight ahead."
In Longview, logistics are coming together. Nipper said activists are using the inter-Occupy conference call system, email groups, phone trees, and social networking to do the planning.
They coordinated a nonviolent resistance training and are working with church allies to find enough beds in town. Planners want a lot of cushion. They're anticipating big numbers.
Evan Rohar contributed to this article.


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As Northwestern State's much-anticipated 2013-14 basketball season is about to tip off Friday night, the Demons are getting more preseason respect while senior forward DeQuan Hicks has been ranked among the nation's best players by two respected publications.
NSU, 23-9 last year while making its third NCAA Tournament appearance under coach Mike McConathy, has 12 returning letterwinners and has been chosen by the league's coaches as the Southland Conference preseason favorite. The Demons open at home Friday night against LeTourneau in the second game of a 5:30 doubleheader at Prather Coliseum beginning with the Lady Demons hosting Southern Arkansas.
The USA Today newspaper listed Hicks as one of 10 mid-major stars to watch in 2013-14, as the newspaper also released Tuesday its list of the game's top 50 players this season. The paper noted Hicks' 58 percent shooting aim and 14.0 scoring average despite playing just over half of each game last year in the Demons' 10-man rotation, as NSU led the nation in scoring during the regular season.
The Indianapolis Star tabbed Hicks, a 6-7 forward from Racine, Wis., and New Mexico Junior College, among 13 players who narrowly "missed the cut" on its list of Top 50 players in college basketball for the upcoming season.
Earlier USA Today joined the consensus of preseason predictions tagging the Demons as likely to again represent the Southland in the NCAA Tournament. Virtually every preseason publication, including the prestigious Blue Ribbon College Baskeball Yearbook, projects Northwestern to return to March Madness.
Four 2013-14 NSU opponents were also among USA Today's 68-team projected NCAA field: LSU, Memphis, Baylor and Louisiana Tech.
The Demons visit LSU next Saturday night, Nov. 16, a night after playing at Auburn. They will go to Louisiana Tech and Baylor next month.
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