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By Jason L. Cooper
10 Reasons Christopher Walken is Both Creepy and Awesome
Reality can be a pretty difficult thing for some people to handle. Sometimes the pressure can make you snap or just succumb to a dull chronic depression. But what if you could escape? What if you could ignore all the pressures and be someone else – someone successful, mysterious, respected and awesome? If you could face difficult situations as, say, Christopher Walken, they would certainly be easier to handle. No? That's exactly what a chap named 'Chris' attempts in the short film WALKENTALK. It's a fun and creepy experiment in walking the walk of Walken.
What kind of perks would you enjoy wearing the pants of one of the most awesome yet creepy actors of our time?
1. He Can Dance
As a fellow with two left feet, I have a deep respect for folks who can dance. Christopher Walken, he can dance. The way he moves is smooth, classy and effortless – like sipping a gin and tonic in a tuxedo at George Clooney's Italian villa. Fatboy Slim's Weapon of Choice music video, was our introduction to Mr. Walken's secret talent. It won 6 MTV Music Awards in 2001, was voted the Best Music Video of All Time in a UK survey the following year and, adding to the awesome, Walken himself helped choreograph it.
WATCH: Fatboy Slim – Weapon of Choice
2. The Way He Talks
Some performers are just as famous for the way they talk as they are for their acting chops. Distinct patterns of speech help define an actor—think Jack Nicholson or William Shatner. Christopher Walken's voice is not only distinct but also unsettling creepy. It's deliberate and distant all at the same time. Menacing and darkly nurturing. It's almost as if he's up to something. They way he speaks is so disturbing that If you ever have to ask Christopher Walken for directions, I would think twice before following them.
WATCH: Walken reads 'The Three Little Pigs'
3. The Man Likes to Cook
Though the Food Network won't give him his own show (perhaps because Alton Brown has to host everything), Mr. Walken is an excellent cook. A few years ago he became an Internet sensation when he posted a video online, teaching us his time-tested recipe for chicken and pears. (It's good. I've tried it.) And hey, just a thought; you know what might help save NBC? Walken hosting Cooking With the Stars.
WATCH: Walken cooks chicken with pears
4. Dark Secrets Follow Him
Let me preface this by saying that I love C.W., and I am not implying anything, simply stating facts. Creepy facts. In November of 1981, Christopher Walken was filming the sci-fi movie Brainstorm. The day after Thanksgiving he took a brief holiday with fellow actors Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood on their yacht, Splendour, which they anchored off Santa Catalina Island in California. On the night of November 28th, Natalie Wood fell overboard and drowned. People anchored nearby heard the sounds of partying, calls for help and calls in response to someone in the water. The coroner's report stated that Natalie Wood was intoxicated at the time of her death and ruled the drowning accidental. In March of 2010, Natalie Wood's sister, Lana, decided to re-open the case of her death, thinking there may have been foul play. What really happened remains a mystery to this day. If someone knows what really happened, they're not saying.
5. He Makes Marriage Look Easy
Though the divorce rate in the USA is always in flux, it tends to hover around 50%. In Hollywood, it's even worse. So the fact that Christopher Walken's only marriage, to casting director Georgianne Walken, is still going strong is commendable. When you realize that they've been married since 1969, it's mind-blowing.
6. Knows a Good Name When He Hears It
Christopher Walken was born Ronald Walken, named after the actor Ronald Colman. After appearing in numerous TV appearances throughout the early 1950's credited as 'Ronnie Walken,' including one with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, young Ronnie, who had just played a character named 'Chris,' decided to change his name to Christopher when a friend told him that he thought it suited him better.
7. Tried to Thwart James Bond
In 1985, Walken dyed his hair blond and tried to destroy California's Silicon Valley as James Bond's nemesis Max Zorin in the 007 adventure A View to a Kill. Though unsuccessful in his plot – and ultimately plummeting to his demise from the Golden Gate Bridge – Walken's sinister doings inexplicably ended Roger Moore's stint as James Bond.
Walken is also the only person to have won an Oscar AND tried to kill James Bond – though not in the same movie.
8. Is Part of the 'Almost' Club
The world of cinema is full of 'Almosts' and 'Could Have Beens.' Tom Selleck could have been Indiana Jones (Indy with a 'stache?) but couldn't because of his TV commitments. Eric Stoltz was almost Marty McFly in Back to the Future. (In fact, he was McFly for 5 weeks until he was re-cast.)
Mr. Christopher Walken was the second choice to play one of the most iconic figures of my childhood—and probably everyone else's in the world as well. After Nick Nolte didn't work out, George Lucas wanted Chris Walken to portray the loveable, black-vested scifi rapscallion himself, Han Solo.
9. Could Have Been the President of the United States of America. Maybe.
In 2006, some geniuses of the Internet started a hoax that could have changed the shape of a nation. Fellows at the Internet forum genmay.com announced that Christopher Walken was running for President in 2008. The website, walken2008.com, inspired a small revolution and made people think that Walken was really going to throw his hat into the ring. There were posters, t-shirts, stickers — they even wrote him a mission statement. I, for one, was excited as hell. It turned out, as we now know, that is was indeed a hoax. Walken's publicist had to deny it.
When Conan O'Brien asked him about it in an interview later that year, Walken said that the whole thing really amused him. When Conan asked what his campaign slogan would be, Walken said perhaps, "What the Heck?" or "No More Zoos."
10. More Cowbell!
"I got a fever. And the only prescription is…"
Well, you know the rest. Christopher Walken has hosted Saturday Night Live seven times. He made such an impression, that he has a standing invitation from Executive Producer Lorne Michaels to host whenever he wants to. Walken took part in a lot of spoofs and originated some classic characters, including one of my favorites, The Continental. He will go down the in the SNL Hall of Fame, though, for his portrayal of Bruce Dickinson, a fictional music producer who had to have "More Cowbell!" during Blue Oyster Cult's original recording of "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." Once uttered, those two simple words solidified Walken as a comedy powerhouse and, I am guessing, caused a 200% rise in the sale of cowbells to fraternities throughout the country.
Jason L. Cooper is a writer and wine-drinker who lives in Los Angeles, CA but wishes he lived in Portland, OR. He's worked on several feature films, most recently Cats & Dogs II: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. His latest book of poems, Losing the Perfect Battle, was nominated for nothing prestigious-sounding. He has a lovely wife, a swell kid, and two spoiled dogs and would someday like to own a motor home.


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More details were released Wednesday about the lawsuit following a train accident in Midland last fall that killed 4 veterans and injured several others.
The City Council voted to approve the ordinance yesterday afternoon. According to Midland mayor Wes Perry, the current ordinance is nearly 60 years old and only two sentences long. The new one is over a dozen pages long and the city council feels it is much clearer.
The biggest change to the current ordinance is that the city manager will not issue any permit for any event that involves crossing over a railroad track. Organizers now have to ask permission from the railroad company, then show the proof of permission to the city.
Organizers must also get insurance to cover the event. This relieves the city of any liability in the event of any negligent accident.
Mayor Perry feels these changes are a step in the right direction.
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- Publisher: EA Games
- Release Date: Nov 4, 2004
- Summary: Medal of Honor Pacific Assault gives players a sense of the courage it took to fight the Imperial Japanese Army from the shock of Pearl Harbor to triumph on the shores of the Tarawa Atoll. Set in the Pacific Theatre of Operations from 1941-1944, players will assume the role of Marine recruit Tom Conlin as he survives the attack on Pearl Harbor, leads the assault on Guadalcanal, and finally charges up the beaches for the climatic battle at Tarawa. Armed with their wits and a variety of authentic weapons, it's up to players to stop the Japanese war machine in its tracks. Medal of Honor Pacific Assault follows the tradition of previous Medal of Honor products with a brand new arsenal of weapons, new enemies, and new storyline. In addition, Pacific Assault features new multiplayer modes in which up to 32 players can choose soldiers from American, British, Japanese, and other armies. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
- Developer: EA LA
- Genre(s): Historic
- # of players: 32 Online
- Cheats: On GameFAQs
- More Details and Credits »
Score distribution:
Positive: 34 out of 43
Mixed: 9 out of 43
Negative: 0 out of 43
This game is a must for fans of history or gaming, offering up a blend of both in a package worthy of Medal of Honor's excellent reputation.
This game is truly all about the cinematic, dramatic single-player campaign, and it is there that it shines, often brilliantly, but a little too briefly. [Jan 2005, p.92]
It is an engaging experience from the beginning through its conclusion, and the many difficulty levels and online support really bring up its replay value.
If you can't get enough of the WW2 action found in previous MOH and COD titles, then MOH: Pacific Assault will suit up well, but for everyone else, particularly those who like more variation in their FPS gaming, Pacific Assault isn't really a must have title.
Of all the military games released this winter, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault brings together perhaps the best ingredients: a character driven story, the action and fatigue of war combat, and top notch video and sounds. If only it weren't for problems like lengthy loads, a tendency towards repetition, and the innately random flow.
If there had been more variation on mission type, enemy AI hadn't cheated, and the feel of the weapons had been more solid, the gameplay could have lived up the awesome presentation value that the rest of the package promised.
This is another ugly blunder. Pacific Assault demonstrates that bewildering battle scenes are no equal for clever level design and attention to detail. [Christmas 2004, p.92]
Score distribution:
Positive: 15 out of 24
Mixed: 3 out of 24
Negative: 6 out of 24
Nov 26, 2012Nunca habia tenido una sensacion de peligro y agobio en el campo de batalla como en este juego. La tensión que genera avanzar a cubierto entre la maleza sabiendo que a escasos metros puede esconderse un japo preparado para hundirte la bayoneta; caer herido y arrastraste tras una roca llamando desesperadamente al medico mientras escuchas a los japos cada vez mas cerca; saber que ya no le quedan mas botiquines al doctor y avanzar como si tu propia vida fuera la que estuviera en juego; estas son las sensaciones con las que te encontraras si juegas a este juegazo que a mi me marco hace ya bastante tiempo y que no he conseguido olvidar. Sensaciones, es un juego de sensaciones no de frios datos como horas de juego, numero de personajes en pantalla o cantidad de armas. Es cierto que tiene sus puntos oscuros: dificultad desmedida al final del juego, misiones menos acertadas (¿realmente era necesario pilotar el avion o abrirse paso por el barco en Pearl Harbor?) pero la sensacion de amenaza continua es incomparable con cualquier otro juego de guerra tipo arcade. Un clasico
GRAFICOS:9 SONIDO:8 JUGABILIDAD:9 DURACION:8… Expand
Nov 8, 2010This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is set in the rather unworn Pacific Theater. Unfortunatley that is - along with some other minor things - the probably only Pro I was able to set against a lot of Cons.
Other things I liked: The medics are a welcomingly different approach to actually have yourself starting to manage the pleas for help and/or decrease the number of suicidal charges during a level. Usually I put on a certain number of those with the reassuring fact in the back of my head that there will be a med pack somewhere after. In MoHPA it either won't or will be very seldom.
The tense atmosphere in the last campaign, the taking of Tarawa.
The longer list of things I hated:
The Graphics are outdated even for a 2004 release. I know there's a huge debate going on between players of Call of Duty and MoH about which franchise is better. In terms of graphics I would like to take side for CoD. Even the first 2003 release of CoD looks more decent than MoH. On a plus side CoD will support custom screen resolution and ratio settings (though through horrible textfile support), while MoHPA can be played 1600x1200, 4:3 max which looks you are fighting the Imperial Army of Curiously Short and Fat Japanese Men. There are some 16:9 resolutions supported but these being way below 1600x1200 resolution leaves you - using a big 16:10 display - fighting the Imperial Army of Japan (8bit Divisions). The choice which atrocity bothers you less is at least yours.
The team AI is horrible. I simply gave up at a certain point trying to make them do something helpful and started to take care of every single thing by myself. Though I am aware that this is what I'm supposed to do as a player, I've had other shooters where my team mates would follow scripts that would at least be helpful to some extend. Let me give two examples of why fighting with the badass marines of MoHPA and being out on a bicycle ride with a bunch of retarded chimpanzees is not of noticable difference: If an attacking Hiroshi Japanimoto takes cover behind a tree or a crate, he is henceforth regarded as 'dug in'. This will be heralded every 10 seconds, leaving you to decide which of the 'fortified' infantry positions really need attention and which can be resolved by let's say throwing a coconut, toothbrush, some cotton pads or stepping one pace left and then shoot.
Another heavily utilized tactic is to avoid attacking enemies by turning one's back, standing still and taking one for the team/country/the little green man in the head with the bare back. I saw this dumbassery on at least two different situations and then I had to stop because my tears of anger were putting out my second keyboard. This not only binds useful medic resources, it also puts Uncle Sam in a very bad light for telling a bunch of looneys to be a well-trained special task force. From this point on I spent the rest of the game not only securing all 12 hour positions of our platoon, taking one pace at a time but saving the game after every damn taken coconut tree for whatever stupidity one of the guys might come up with next (Note: I did not see one of them juggling birthday cakes on a unicycle but was expecting that every minute)
The person who designed the flying levels needs to be put in a special place if he ever comes to game designer's hell. To be frank: I am not a huge fan of those vehicle levels regardless what shooter I am playing but if I have to do it, please let me do it in a way that does not leave me loosing all hopes of humanity and with an urge to stomp a kitten to death. First of all: The Mouse controls the plane instead of the obvious and well-functioning WASDs, which are set to control the rudders. Something you don't need to use in the entire level. The mouse controls are inverted (pulling the mouse back, lets the plane dive while pushing it forward will make it climb) and the plane itself behaves like a flying a box of oranges that where shot out of an diarrheic elephant's behind. Only worse. Also I encountered this nice glitch at the end of the mission when I was supposed to fly back to base and did not immediately joined my two (did I mention useless?) wing men but flying one more yaw roll, only to find myself being automatically drowned to death after some erratic radio messages, asking what the heck I was doing there. I was not expecting to be able to radio that I follow moron squad to the next waypoint but am for reasons of questionable game mechanics suddenly some 40 miles behind them, but I was also not expecting to be forced to play this motherlode from the last save point again. Fortunately (see above) I was already saving every flight mile at that point, but others should be warned.
The last level itself suffers from the same illness a lot of last levels do: They are too short and way too easy. I don't wanna spoil too much on it, but basically letting a battleship do all the work does not justify the build up all other Tarawa Missions do beforehand.… Expand
Jul 26, 2012A game for Yankees only. A game with a "little" anti-Japanese propaganda. Anyway, the graphics are good, but the scripting is not always. The story is not bad, maybe a little boring. The AI is mediocre. What else can I say about this game? It's not a good one, but also it's not a bad one.… Expand


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LEXINGTON, Ky (9/2/2013)—On September 12, 2010, the Legacy Trail opened for people in Lexington to enjoy. The 12-mile hiking and biking trail starts from the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden in the East End, and other areas in downtown, to the Kentucky Horse Park.
"The purpose was to create something that would be a value of visitors during the world and equestrian games," Eric Howard supporter of the Legacy Trail said, "We wanted to unite the community and provide an opportunity for trails."
Over 8.5 miles of the trail are off street and fully paved to accommodate to every type of non-motorized user.
"I visit the trail from time to time and there are always runners and bike riders on the trail," said Howard, "there is one guy who rides and elliptical scooter. A lot of different uses, and I've seen them every time I am there."
The name, The Legacy Trail, came from the project that Jim Newberry brought to the table. He had a desire to bring legacy projects to Lexington to attract visitors. Since this was the first of the projects that was finished the name Legacy Trail stuck.
"The outdoor scenic route makes the recreational activities that are held there so much more enjoyable," Howard said, "there are six wooden bridges and some asphalt paintings on the trail to add a little extra color."
It is said to be one of the testaments to the power of the city, working together to make itself even better. Legacies. This month is the third year anniversary of the opening of the Legacy Trail, go out and enjoy it.
If you would like to adopt the trail or help keep the Legacy Trail clean contact Eric Howard at (859) 288-2984.
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The car, bike and tractor show will be held from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the airport located on North Airport Road in Jasper. Vehicle registration will begin at 8 a.m. that morning.
Deb McLemore, the school's bookkeeper, started the event four years ago while brainstorming different ideas of a creative way to host a school fundraiser.
"I actually came up with this idea because of my dad, who is passed away now. I grew up going to car shows with him, and he restored antique cars that my children have now," McLemore said. "All of these guys that are in this car club [Central Alabama Rodders Society] were his friends. They used to have a car show out there at the old airport when it was called The Midnight Riders' Association. They did a car show every year, and they gave the money away to charity."
McLemore said the location for the event is ideal because all of the vehicles can be displayed on the runway for the public to view. Last year, McLemore said the show brought approximately 140 vehicles and about 400 or more in attendance. The entire day should be filled with treats and fun for the entire family, she added.
"We've got something for everybody. It's our big fundraiser for the year," McLemore said. "... We're just trying to make it a fun day for the whole community and help raise money for the school to help our students out."
The car show and family fun day will consist of a number of festivities, including an area for children with inflatables, horse rides and a face-painting clown. McLemore said they will be selling $5 armbands for the kids. There also will be vendor booths selling various crafts and clothing. For those who are interested in setting up a booth, McLemore said space is still available for $10 per booth.
Concessions will be selling hotdogs, drinks, barbecue and fried pies. For entertainment, local dance group the Sassy Stompers will be performing. Chances will be sold on a new TV that will be given away as well. The cost to register a vehicle in the show is $20. Admission is free to the public.
"Our main goal is, like I said, for all the proceeds to go and benefit the school and the students here. But, we also want to bring something to the community that will give the family a good outing," McLemore said. "Something they can come to and something affordable they can bring their children to, have a good time and see all the cars."
If the weekend calls for inclement weather, the event will be postponed and rescheduled at a later date.
McLemore said the annual event would not be possible without help from the Central Alabama Rodders Society in Jasper.
"The men in this car club are really great to help and work with the young people," she said. "I think it's a good thing, and I enjoy it. ... It's just about having fun and bringing the families together and giving them something to do together."
West Jasper Elementary School Principal Rita Pilling is looking forward to Saturday and hopes it will bring members of the community out in support of the school and its students.
"We hope the community will come out and support West Jasper school, and we appreciate the community involvement," Pilling said. "A lot of our local businesses have contributed to West Jasper school and the car show. There are still opportunities available for businesses or local community members to get involved. We would just love for them to be involved with the great things going on at West Jasper Elementary School."
For more information or if you would like to register a vehicle or purchase a booth, you may contact McLemore at (205) 275-0216 or call the elementary school at (205) 384-4311.


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A few months ago we got an email from one of our athletes, Gord McArthur. Gord's a talented and driven ice climber and a member of the Canadian National Team. Thanks to his strong showing at the 2013 ice climbing world championships in Kirov, Russia, Gord was invited to the 2014 Sochi Olympics, where he'll compete in the ice climbing "cultural event." We tracked down Gord in the midst of his busy training schedule to ask him a few questions about Sochi and ice climbing as a possible Olympic sport…
Gord McArthur ice climbing at the Italian World Cup. Photo: © Alutech Italien
What's the difference between a "cultural event" and a full medal sport? Could ice climbing be a medal sport someday?
Essentially, the movement of ice climbing in the Olympics has been on the table for about three years now. Ice climbing is being considered as a full medal sport, perhaps even as early as 2018, in Korea. That's why this year, this opportunity in the upcoming Sochi games is so huge. Ice climbing is actually quite hopeful, as there's a lot of support to push it through. It was unfortunate that rock climbing never made it, so this is kinda like the last hope for any form of climbing to make it into the Olympics, officially.
How many people will be competing?
There will be at least two or three athletes from each country. How it's going to look competition-wise, we're still not sure. Those details will unfold likely by the end of November. However it looks, it's going to be a great opportunity to show the world why ice climbing should be inducted.
How did you end up getting invited?
The criteria for invitations firstly was based on points in the world cup tour. At the 2013 world championships, in Kirov, I broke the top fifteen, which was the first time a North American had done so in a lot of years. That result got me the most points in North America.
What does having ice climbing at Sochi mean for the sport?
It's huge. It's an opportunity to introduce a new sport to a lot of viewers that are unaware of how rad ice climbing really is. The Olympics need to keep introducing sports that people want to watch. "Extreme" isn't really the focal point, but at least "edgy," as in "Lets get people on the edge of their seats." Ice climbing is going to do that.
What does this invite mean to you, personally?
Anyone who competes can understand when I say it truly is a dream come true, an opportunity of a life time. Even if it's not a medal sport, to say that i've been there, to have had an impact on the world, to grow the sport of ice climbing… Totally amazing.
How are you preparing?
I've been training all summer, pushing myself harder than ever before, so that when the time comes, for my competition season (World Cup tour), I'll be the most fit I've ever been, ten-fold.
Any ice climbing training tips?
I think the most useful info could give, for competing specifically, is mileage on your tools on manmade structures. The closest you can get to the real thing (World Cup structures) will offer the best training. Besides that: power power power. Train power as much as possible. The more power you have, the less you have to worry about other things (like endurance).
What tools do you use in competition?
Definitely the NOMIC. It has a long reach when "going up," and is very stable on less steep terrain.
Who are the favorites for this event?
The favorites in the competitive ice climbing world are typically the Russians and Koreans. But that's going to change this year.
When you're not competing, what's your favorite place to climb ice outside?
The canadian rockies of course! But I also love dry tooling in l'Usine, in France. A massive cave that offers some of the most fun dry tooling in the world.
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Trials & Litigation
Once-Prominent Lawyer Sues Casinos for Gambling Addiction
Posted Mar 10, 2008 6:48 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A former lawyer and TV commentator has sued seven casinos for failing to stop her compulsive gambling that led to $1 million in losses and the end of her law practice.
Arelia Margarita Taveras once earned $500,000 a year, but she lost her New York practice and her law license for skimming $99,000 from the escrow accounts of four real-estate and divorce clients to finance her gambling habit, report the Associated Press and the New York Post. Criminal charges are still pending. At one time she represented victims of a 2001 New York airline crash that killed 265 people.
Taveras is seeking $20 million from six casinos in Atlantic City and one in Las Vegas that gave her high-roller treatment, offering her limousine rides and allowing her to bring her dog inside in her purse. She claims she would stay at the tables for days without sleeping and eating, using disposable wipes to brush her teeth.
"They knew I was going for days without eating or sleeping," she told AP. "They had a duty of care to me."
In one five-day period in June 2005, casino staffers brought her glasses of orange juice and Snickers bars while she stayed at the tables until the point of exhaustion. A dealer finally told her to go home, says the suit, filed in New Jersey federal court. Taveras now works as a call center operator in Minnesota.
Taveras says gambling wasn't even fun. "It creeps up on you, the impulse. It's a sickness," she told AP. It's "worse than crack because it's mental."
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Observer Group wins 17 awards
Date: July 15, 2009
by: The Observer Staff
The Observer Group won 17 awards, including five first-place awards, at the Florida Press Association's "Better Weekly Newspaper Awards" July 11, in Palm Beach. The Observer Group, whose publications include The Longboat Observer, The East County Observer, The Sarasota Observer and The Gulf Coast Business Review, garnered more awards than any other newspaper company competing in the annual contest. Seventy-two weekly newspapers submitted more than 1,500 entries.
The Observers competed in Division A, the more-than-15,000 circulation category, and The Gulf Coast Business Review competed in Division C, the under- 7,000 circulation category.
The Longboat Observer picked up three first-place awards: Editorial Page (Matt Walsh, editor), Front Page Layout (Nancy Schwartz, assistant managing editor/design) and Sports Feature Story (Robin Hartill, community editor).
Contest judges deemed Walsh's editorials as "devastatingly detailed editorials on local government's lapses and misjudgments. Clever writing — conversational, easy read. Broad grasp of local issues, well-deliberated."
Schwartz's front-page design had judges citing her "great, consistent look — modern, yet gets news up front. Colors are subtle but impactful."
Judges' comments about Hartill's sports-feature story, "Longboaters take steps for breast cancer," included, "Good description, puts the reader in the middle of the activity. Not just a collection of quotes pretending to be a feature story." Hartill also received an honorable mention in Business Writing for her story on St. Armands Circle property owners fighting for property tax re-assessments.
Longboat Observer Managing Editor Jessica Luck took second place in Outdoor Writing for "An ounce of hope," a story about Warren Girle and Billy Harris' fishing-tournament victory — their first in four attempts. Judges said, "A great fish story — well-told and well-structured." Luck also garnered third place in Spot News Photo for her photograph of Vice Mayor Bob Siekmann and David Brenner reacting to Siekmann's commission-seat victory.
The Longboat Observer placed third in Overall Graphic Design and received honorable mention for General Excellence. For a complete listing of Observer Group awards, see the box below.
The Longboat Observer
• Front Page Makeup — First Place
• Editorial Page — First Place
• Sports Feature Story — First Place
• Outdoor Writing — Second Place
• Spot News Picture — Third Place
• Overall Graphic Design — Third Place
• General Excellence — Honorable Mention
• Business Writing — Honorable Mention
The East County Observer
• Feature Story — First Place
• Feature Picture — Third Place
• Photo Series in One Issue — Third Place
• Sports Feature Story — Third Place
• Sports Game Day Story — Third Place
• Special Issue, Section or Supplements — Honorable Mention
The Sarasota Observer
• Business Writing — Second Place
The Gulf Coast Business Review
• Photo Series in One Issue — First Place
• Business Writing — Third Place
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2 Florida's Children First 2014 Sarasota Reception
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16 Pillar of Hope Open House
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17 Taste of St. Armands
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17 Night of Fish, Fun & Fright
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Goliath grouper lives up to name
Talk about a real big fish.
Mazel tov to Klauber and Mancini
The West Coast Florida Region of AJC (American Jewish Committee) will honor Michael Klauber and Phil Mancini, of Michael's On East, with its Civic Achievement Award in November.
Bob Havel celebrates 90 years with family members
Bob Havel recently celebrated his 90th birthday on Longboat Key with 24 members of his family.


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Here's another example (along with Jennifer Garner—sorry to keep snarking on you, Jen) of a hairstyle that ages you. Diane Kruger usually gets it right, but last night things went very, very wrong. It's another half-mullet, with the upper part of her locks held back with a jewelled barette and the underneath part curled in what looks like ringlets.
Diane gets a pass because, after all, she used to be a model—so it's hard to make her look BAD. (And of course I get that you need to harmonize your hair with your dress, so one might be tempted to try the Old Hollywood Hair.)
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Toledo police are still looking for suspects after a car slammed into a Point Place home early Friday morning in the 600 block of Melva Court.
The car came crashing into the home around 3 a.m. Friday. The car took out Priscilla Matthew's guest bedroom, leaving her and her son to clean up the mess.
The homeowner says they saw two people flee the scene after the crash.
No one inside the house was injured, but the house itself is badly damaged.
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JEKYLL ISLAND, Ga. – Junior Chelsea Guoynes led the FGCU women's golf team in its first round of the season Friday by shooting a 78 at Pine Lakes Golf Course, pacing the Eagles a third-place ranking after day one of the three-day EAT A PEACH Collegiate hosted by Mercer.
Guoynes (Traverse City, Mich./Traverse City Central HS), shot a 39 on the front and back to finish +6 and tied for 7th overall on the par-72, 6,198-yard wet course. Mercer 293 (+5) leads the four-team invitational, followed by Seminole State (317), FGCU (321) and USC Upstate (322).
Redshirt senior Briana Carlson (Inverness, Fla./Citrus HS) rebounded from a front-nine 41 to shoot the lowest nine-hole FGCU score on the afternoon with a 38 (79, +7). Carlson is in sole possession of 11th place after recording two of FGCU's four birdies. She played the 10 par-4 holes at +2 (4.20) – tied with Guoynes and four others in the field for the third-best score in the opening round.
Georgia Price (Bude, England/Fort Myers HS), was just behind the pace set by Guoynes and Carlson after shooting 40 on the front and back for an 8-over 80. Price, who was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Conference Second Team last year, tied for the team high in pars (11) with Carlson and Guoynes. Price is tied for 12th overall with four other golfers, including two from USC Upstate.
Rounding out the Eagles' scoring for round one was Sara Detlefsen (Eagan, Minn./Minnesota Virtual Academy HS), who shot an 84 (44-40), and Rebecca Van Etten (Trinity, Fla./J.W. Mitchell HS) with a 91 (44-47). Van Etten's sister, Megan, competed as an individual and shot an 82 (42-40). She was the only player in the field of 25 who played the par-5s under par (-1).
"We started our season with a little bit of a bumpy start. We were a little rusty and seemed to get frustrated at times," head coach Sarah Trew said. "The course was pretty wet, making it play a lot longer.
To echo Trew's statement, every single hole played over par on Friday, and three holes did not yield a single birdie all day (par-3, 160-yard 6th; par-4, 385-yard 9th; par-4, 384-yard 18th). Additionally, four other holes allowed just one birdie. At 500 yards, the par-5 15th played the easiest at 5.04, while the 18th was the most difficult as it played nearly a full shot over par (4.92) and was the only hole that yielded single-digit pars (eight). The Green and Blue especially struggled on the four par-5 holes, playing them collectively at +13.
"As a team, we talked about committing 100 percent to every shot tomorrow," Trew added. "We just need to shake this round off, pick ourselves up and move on. Tomorrow is a new day."
The tournament, which features two other A-Sun teams in Mercer and USC Upstate, serves as a mini preview of the 2014 A-Sun Championship which will, like the 2013 championship, be held at Pine Lakes Golf Course. Action resumes on Saturday with every FGCU golfer going out in the first six waves of tee times from 8:30-9:20 a.m.


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What Debate? Economists Agree the Stimulus Lifted the Economy
Political discussions about economics have become largely unhinged from those among actual economists.
July 30, 2014, Wednesday
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A Senate subcommittee plans to focus on the structure of the modern stock market, and the Fed is expected to cut monthly bond purchases.
June 16, 2014, Monday
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March 21, 2014, Friday
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Five years after the Obama administration's stimulus program to fight the economic crisis became law, an economist who helped shape it assesses its impact.
February 24, 2014, Monday
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What the Stimulus Accomplished
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February 23, 2014, Sunday
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February 21, 2014, Friday
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February 18, 2014, Tuesday
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January 20, 2014, Monday
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Voices of a Mississippi Jobs Program
Workers reflect on their experiences with a program in Mississippi that is taking a direct approach to creating jobs.
Cleaning the Savannah River Site
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Cleaning Up at Los Alamos
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Sept. 2, 2014—Fiat Chrysler Automobiles today unveiled details for the 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, which the automaker says will deliver a little more power and a lot more towing capacity.
Aug. 29, 2014—The 2015 Volvo XC90 SUV has advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) features that the automaker touts as a first step toward self-driving vehicles.
Single-serving brewing grows.
Higher efficiency central air conditioners soon might appear at both ends of the price scale.
Carpet-cleaning formulas catch up with today's technology.
Aug. 12, 2014—The first dryers that use heat-pump technology are designed to save a lot of money on your energy bill, but we found that the high price of such dryers means that you'll have to use it for as long as 19 years to realize any long-term financial savings.
July 28, 2014—The first dryers in the U.S. market that use a technology that's designed to slash energy consumption are scheduled to arrive in 2014, manufacturers tell Consumers Digest.
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The latest models' monitors detach to turn into a tablet.
The price of digital photo frames has gone down in recent years, but so has the number of frames that consumers will find.
Aug. 28, 2014—Samsung Electronics today unveiled its first smart watch that can access the Internet and make and receive calls without being linked to a smartphone.
Aug. 25, 2014—LG Electronics today introduced the first organic LED (OLED) TVs that have 4K resolution, although it's unclear when these models will make it to U.S. showrooms or websites.
Improved LED fixtures are flooding the market.
You can now use a fob, a smartphone or a tablet computer to lock and unlock your front door, but problems remain.
Makers of kitchen countertops and flooring have cooked up new features on their latest products.
Aug. 21, 2014—Bank of America today agreed to pay a record $16.65 billion to settle federal and state charges that are related to its role in the U.S. financial crisis of 2008.
Aug. 14, 2014—A mortgage company and its affiliate that lured consumers by advertising interest rates that were misleading agreed to pay a $19.3 million penalty to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
More often than not, new genetic tests for sick children leave parents with few answers and hefty out-of-pocket expenses.
You can negotiate with health-care providers and debt collectors to reduce your debt or develop a payment plan for medical bills.
Consumers aren't any closer to understanding what exactly is in energy drinks.
Sept. 2, 2014—Research that was published in Annals of Internal Medicine finds that low-carbohydrate diets are more effective at helping people to lose weight and to diminish their risk of cardiovascular disease compared with low-fat diets.
Aug. 29, 2014—A study that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published finds that consumers might be misled when they read 0 g of trans fat on the nutrition label of a product.
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Sept. 2, 2014—The spat between American Airlines and Orbitz is over, which means that you can book their flights on the travel website again.
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You can teach your children more than you might realize.
Dubious methods have us raising our hands with questions about the value of earning an online degree.
An unqualified agent might take no security measures at an estate sale, which makes it easier for someone else to steal.
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Aug. 25, 2014—Federal Trade Commission says Your Baby Can Read made baseless claims about the effectiveness of the program and misrepresented that scientific studies proved its claims.
Lithium-ion batteries are pushing aside older nickel-cadmium technology in hand-held yard-care equipment.
Manufacturers have improved the design and functionality of their outdoor fireplaces at all prices.
Now you have a wider choice of how your sounds fit in with your outdoor living space.
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March 31, 2014—Federal Trade Commission says two leading suppliers of propane-exchange tanks colluded to raise the prices at Wal-Mart stores.
Banks are expanding what you can do on your smartphone or tablet computer. So far, security hasn't been a problem.
As more people decide to rent in the United States, confusion about proper insurance continues to stymie renters.
Where to donate in today's economy.
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Aug. 21, 2014—Bank of America today agreed to pay a record $16.65 billion to settle federal and state charges that are related to its role in the U.S. financial crisis of 2008.
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Action Plan 2012 – 2017 for the Africa Region
Objective 1: Improve the representation of African heritage sites on the World Heritage List through the preparation of successful nomination dossiers
Objective 2: Improve the state of conservation at World Heritage properties, by effective risk management, increased community involvement and direct economic benefits to local communities
Objective 3: Effectively manage existing properties by recognising, documenting and formalising traditional management systems and fully incorporating them into existing management mechanisms
Objective 4: Develop and implement strategies to enable States Parties to effectively address the challenge of balancing heritage conservation and development needs
Objective 5: Establish, and implement, necessary mechanisms for heritage conservation, protection and management in pre-conflict, conflict and post-conflict situations
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- [in French only] Soutien au Rapport Périodique Afrique
- Africa Nature
- Biodiversity Conservation in Regions of Armed Conflict: Protecting World Heritage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Central Africa World Heritage Forest Initiative (CAWHFI)
- Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Local Development for African Local Governments Published
- Natural World Heritage in the Congo Basin
Events (72)
- 3rd edition of the Heritage in Africa seminar on the topic of 'Heritage in Danger' Oct 8, 2013-Oct 8, 2013
- African cultural policies: cooperation, models and strategies Jun 26, 2013-Jun 27, 2013
- International World Heritage Youth Forum: Living with Heritage: Temple, Environment and People (T.E.P.) Jun 8, 2013-Jun 17, 2013
- The World Migratory Bird Day 2013 May 11, 2013-May 12, 2013
- World Heritage Risk Preparedness workshop for African countries May 6, 2013-May 18, 2013
- Call for applications for World Heritage Risk Preparedness workshop, 6 -18 May 2013 Mar 20, 2013-Apr 2, 2013
- [in French only] Contribution au renforcement des aires protégées : présentation des résultats, enjeux et perspectives de la première phase de l'Initiative pour le Patrimoine Mondial Forestier du Bassin du Congo Mar 19, 2013
- World Heritage Internships in Benin, Kenya, South Africa: Application deadline 31 January Jan 15, 2013-Jan 31, 2013
- [in French only] Séminaire sur le patrimoine des royaumes et empires africains et semaine de rencontres des directeurs du patrimoine de l'espace sub-saharien francophone Oct 22, 2012-Oct 26, 2012
- International Conference "Living with World Heritage in Africa" Sep 26, 2012-Sep 29, 2012
- Regional workshop on Tentative Listing for East African countries Sep 3, 2012-Sep 5, 2012
- World Heritage and Impacts of Developments in the Africa region May 23, 2012-May 25, 2012
- Capacity Building workshop for Indian Ocean SIDS Apr 30, 2012-May 3, 2012
- Heritage Sites and Sustainable Tourism Workshop Dec 5, 2011-Dec 9, 2011
- Meeting on Megalithic Sites and the World Heritage Convention Sep 20, 2011-Sep 24, 2011
- World Rock Art Archives to meet in Tanum May 13, 2011-May 15, 2011
- Expert meeting on the global state of conservation challenges for World Heritage properties Apr 13, 2011-Apr 15, 2011
- Call for Applications: Business Skills for World Heritage Programme Apr 1, 2011-Apr 29, 2011
- First steps towards a management plan for Tchitundo-Hulu Rock Art Mar 14, 2011-Mar 23, 2011
- Final meeting of the 2nd Periodic Reporting cycle of the Africa region (restricted access) Feb 14, 2011-Feb 17, 2011
- UNESCO meeting to promote African human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention Feb 8, 2011-Feb 11, 2011
- Comparative Regional assessment of potential new Marine World Heritage sites in the Indian Ocean Feb 1, 2011-Jun 1, 2011
- World Heritage Nomination Training Course for Arabic-speaking African countries Dec 2, 2010-Dec 12, 2010
- 2010 International Tourism Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism Nov 15, 2010-Nov 19, 2010
- [in French only] Le Roi s'en va-t-en guerre, Exposition gratuite aux Palais Royaux d'Abomey Nov 8, 2010-Nov 14, 2010
- Second Cycle of the World Heritage Periodic Reporting for Africa – Sub-regional meeting of Southern African States Parties Sep 8, 2010-Sep 10, 2010
- Sub-Regional Meeting of Southern Africa Sep 1, 2010-Sep 2, 2010
- Registration Open for the World Heritage Youth Forum Jun 27, 2010-Jul 5, 2010
- MEDITERRANEO Training course in Entrepreneurship for the Internationalization of Italian Companies in North Africa Jun 1, 2010-Jun 30, 2010
- Second Cycle of the World Heritage Periodic Reporting for Africa - Meeting of East, Central and West Africa Anglophone countries May 4, 2010-May 6, 2010
- Call for papers: 2010 International Tourism Conference on Global Sustainable Tourism May 4, 2010-May 15, 2010
- UNDP Equator Prize 2010 Call for Nominations Jan 27, 2010-Feb 28, 2010
- Launch Meeting of the Second Cycle of the World Heritage Periodic Reporting for Africa Jan 20, 2010-Jan 22, 2010
- Consultation Meeting on the Implementation of the World Heritage Earthen Architecture Programme (WHEAP) in the Arab States – Strategies and Approaches Jan 11, 2010-Jan 11, 2010
- 'Heritage and development: diversity as an alternative' special session Dec 18, 2009
- Workshop on the Application of the concept of Historic Urban Landscapes in the African context Nov 30, 2009-Dec 3, 2009
- World Heritage Nomination Training Course, Kingdom of Lesotho Nov 2, 2009-Nov 13, 2009
- Orientation Session for Committee Members Jun 21, 2009-Jun 21, 2009
- Rock Art and the World Heritage Convention - International Experts Meeting Apr 3, 2009-Apr 8, 2009
- Mediterra 2009: 1st Mediterranean Conference on Earth Architecture Mar 13, 2009-Mar 16, 2009
- Workshop for the Preparation of Statements of OUV in the African Region Mar 2, 2009-Mar 4, 2009
- French premiere of Pierre Guicheney's film "Lady from Osogbo" at the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris Feb 21, 2008-Feb 21, 2008
- Terra 2008: 10th Int'l Conference on Study and Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage Feb 1, 2008-Feb 5, 2008
- [in French only] AFRICA 2009: 5ème Cours Technique sur l'élaboration des propositions d'inscription de biens culturels sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial Jul 2, 2007-Jul 27, 2007
- Capacity-building Workshop for Youth Leaders in South Africa May 21, 2007-May 25, 2007
- World Heritage Centre Recognizes 2nd World Migratory Bird Day May 12, 2007-May 13, 2007
- First Sub-regional World Heritage Education Training Workshop in Francophone West Africa Feb 19, 2007-Feb 23, 2007
- First Expert Meeting for Trans-national nomination of Amerindian Rock Art to the World Heritage List May 3, 2006-May 6, 2006
- Climate Change and World Heritage: Expert Meeting Mar 16, 2006-Mar 17, 2006
- Regional Meeting for Natural World Heritage Capacity Building in Southern and Eastern Africa Mar 9, 2006-Mar 10, 2006
- Reflection Year on World Heritage Periodic Reporting, Second Meeting Mar 2, 2006-Mar 3, 2006
- African Regional Programme for Capacity Building and Sustainable Development of Natural World Heritage Sites in Africa Nov 14, 2005-Dec 16, 2005
- Reflection Year on World Heritage Periodic Reporting, First Meeting Nov 10, 2005-Nov 11, 2005
- Regional workshop on the World Heritage Convention and the Conservation of African cultural landscapes. Nov 7, 2005-Nov 11, 2005
- Partners for Africa Jul 16, 2005-Jul 16, 2005
- Lunchtime meeting during 29th session of the World Heritage Committee Jul 14, 2005-Jul 14, 2005
- Training Workshop for the Preparation of Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List May 30, 2005-Jun 3, 2005
- Towards an African world heritage fund/foundation Mar 16, 2005-Mar 17, 2005
- African world heritage experts meeting Mar 15, 2005-Mar 18, 2005
- Directors Seminar on Conservation and management of African immovable cultural heritage sites associated with the slave trade Nov 14, 2004-Nov 19, 2004
- African Regional Conference on "Education for Cultural Heritage Development" Nov 1, 2004-Nov 6, 2004
- Congo - Heritage in Danger - Protecting the wonders of the Democratic Republic of Congo Sep 10, 2004-Sep 26, 2004
- Congo: Heritage in Danger Sep 10, 2004-Sep 26, 2004
- 3rd Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Sub-Saharan Africa Mar 4, 2004-Mar 7, 2004
- Special session on "African Cities and Heritage", Africities Summit Dec 4, 2003
- Linking Universal and Local Values: Managing a Sustainable Future for World Heritage May 22, 2003-May 24, 2003
- "The Politics of World Heritage" Sep 2, 2002-Sep 4, 2002
- World Summit on Sustainable Development, Parallel Event on World Heritage in Africa and Sustainable Development Aug 19, 2002-Aug 23, 2002
- Meeting on Authenticity and Integrity in an African Context May 26, 2000-May 29, 2000
- Expert Meeting - The World heritage Convention and Cultural Landscapes in Africa Mar 9, 1999-Mar 12, 1999
- Africa Revisited Dec 2, 1996-Dec 7, 1996
- African Cultural heritage and the World Heritage Convention - First Global Strategy Meeting Oct 11, 1995-Oct 13, 1995
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Decisions (2)
The World Heritage Committee,
1. Having examined Document WHC-13/37.COM/10C,
2. Recalling Decision 36 COM 10A, adopted at its 36th session (Saint Petersburg, 2012),
3. Welcomes the progress made in the follow-up of the second cycle of Periodic Reporting in the Africa Region;
4. Thanks the Government of South Africa and the UNESCO Category 2 Centre, the African World Heritage Fund (AWHF) for financing and organizing the 40 th anniversary conference on World Heritage and Sustainable Development; and for contributing to the implementation of integrated capacity-building activities for the follow-up to the second cycle of Periodic Reporting;
5. Also thanks the Governments of Norway, Flanders (Belgium), Spain and UNDP for their financial contribution to workshops carried-out in the framework of the implementation of the 2012-2017 Action Plan for Africa and its Regional Capacity Building Programme;
6. Further thanks the Government of Switzerland for generously supporting the publication of the first publication on World Heritage sites in Africa: "African World Heritage: A Remarkable Diversity";
7. Calls upon States Parties to financially and technically support the implementation of the Regional Action Plan (2012-2017) through follow-up activities with the World Heritage Centre and the Advisory Bodies;
8. Reiterates its request to State Parties to submit their national plans and budgets, which should be drawn up in accordance with the Management and Conservation Plans of the properties, in order to protect their Outstanding Universal Value;
9. Further reminds States Parties which have not already done so to submit their Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value by 1 February 2014 at the latest, as well as clarifications on boundaries by 1 December 2013 at the latest;
10. Encourages States Parties to intensify their contributions to the AWHF while working closely with the Fund to improve the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Africa region;
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Ambulance service in Northwestern Minnesota is in shambles threatening the safety of thousands.
Tri-County EMS is made of parts of three counties: Roseau, Kittson and Marshall. Within those counties are the towns and townships that own Tri-County.
A man concerned about what is happening to the service decided to blow the whistle and called us for help. He is worried that very soon a call will be missed and a life lost because the conflict is causing some EMTs to quit, and it is an area where it is hard to add people as it is due to everyone leaving rural areas.
We investigated, and what we found was the area could be without local ambulance service if things do not change.
Mary Stauffenecker, an EMT in Greenbush, MN, which is a part of Roseau County, says, "The chair at the time actually told us that by contacting him and asking for meetings we were harassing him."Not knowing where to turn with the current state of Tri-County EMS, she says enough was enough. "If you're not given the tools and the training that you feel like you could do the best for that patient, you're not exactly comfortable doing it all the time."At a board meeting, Greenbush had board members take a vote to try and remove itself from Tri-County, but it failed by just a couple votes. That was frustrating to the squad and township leaders."Every township and city in the Roseau County side say we will, we want out of the contract, and we want out today," says Russ Anderson a supervisor in the Dewey Township in Roseau County.Attempts to have the state take action failed as well. The state said it is watching the situation, but it is an internal matter until applications are sent in to change service area. The lack of morale has caused nearly half the 15-20 EMTs and first responders in Greenbush to stop responding to calls. "I don't want us to miss a call, and we have not missed a call here in Greenbush. That has not happened, but I don't feel comfortable promising that won't happen," says Stauffenecker.She adds, "We need better organization. We need better administration. We need to have a plan in place so that we have training going on. We need to run more classes to puck up new EMTs and new first responders."These issues are some of the same ones shared by other areas, like Karlstad, Minnesota in Kittson County. Karlstad Volunteer EMT Shirley Anderson says, "We're here to serve the folks in our community. We don't need all this unrest."Anderson disagrees with how Greenbush is going about trying to solve their problems, saying the motives are selfish. "We may not like how some things are done, but it's a corporation. You have to give and take. We're not three years old," she explains.But she also adds, "If it would've been taken care of when it was a small problem. It probably wouldn't be to this point."She is pointing to an ambulance board that she says has no function. Anderson says she has had a tough time ordering needed supplies, has not been paid a small stipend for responding to calls for three months and feels hung out to dry with no leadership.That is one of the reasons former board member of 17 years Patti Jo Schmiedeberg stepped down a month ago. "I decided that I couldn't work with the way it was going. We were going nowhere," she says.Schmiedeberg says after the administrator for Tri-County was let go, things got worse. She says people became scared to speak up explaining, "You could never vote because what you believed in. It was always going to be shut down."Through all the bickering, former board member and founding Tri-County father Jim Pederson says it is the people who need the service that are suffering. He explains, "It's tough to get new EMTs which are absolutely imperative in order to operate such a service."
Shirley Anderson and Stauffenecker agree. "Who wants to get mixed up with a mess going on like this? And you can't blame them," says Anderson."If we're not bringing in new members, and we're losing our current members...do the math," adds Stauffenecker.That means Tri-County itself could be in jeopardy, and if that happens anyone can contract the ambulance service, including the hospitals in Roseau and Thief River Falls. Schmiedeberg says, "The downfall is the travel time. You're talking a half hour, 45 minutes on a call, versus your 10-15 minutes right now."So what is a potential solution?Shirley Anderson says, "At this point in time, I think the whole board needs to go and start over."Starting over could allow the district to get back on its feet and solve current concerns, including the ones Greenbush has. "I think there's been too many feelings that have been hurt through the whole process now with the board, and sometimes it's hard to put those feelings aside and start over," says Schmiedeberg.
Attempts to speak with the current Tri-County board chair about the complaints failed.
Greenbush representatives say they say they have tried contacting state representatives for help as well. They add that the hospital in Roseau has expressed interest in taking over once Greenbush separates from Tri-County.


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"The Denver Colorado Temple is located south of Denver in a beautiful residential neighborhood in the suburb of Centennial. Notable features of the striking white temple and its grounds are thousands of colorful flowers in the growing season, a calming water feature bordered by benches, a wall of colorful stained glass above the temple entrance, and a gold-leafed statue of the angel Moroni atop the heaven-reaching spire."
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The cloud-based practice management application MyCase announced this week that it has been acquired by AppFolio, a company that creates software for use in residential property management. MyCase founder and CEO Matthew Spiegel announced the acquisition in an email to subscribers this week, saying that he will continue to run MyCase.
Here is what he said in the email:
Over the past two years, you have helped make MyCase the best and fastest growing web based practice management application on the market. It is with incredible pride that I say we have the most amazing customers a company could ask for. You provide us with valuable feedback and understand that we are working tirelessly to improve MyCase and provide unmatched service.
MyCase is passionate about providing the most robust solution with incredible customer service. We are committed to being the most responsive company in the marketplace and providing a simply perfect customer experience. We are committed to improving MyCase through user feedback and doing it extremely expeditiously and we will always do whatever we need to in order to keep that promise. It is for this reason that I am so very proud to share the news that MyCase has been acquired by AppFolio!
AppFolio is based in Santa Barbara and the team has many years of experience developing web-based software that is designed for businesses in specific vertical markets. They were founded by the same team that founded GoToMeeting and GoToMyPC, applications that most everyone is familiar with. The flagship product (AppFolio Property Manager) allows property managers to improve their workflow so they save time and get more done. AppFolio and MyCase are built with the same infrastructure and technology; we both have really happy customers who love our software; and the AppFolio team is just as dedicated to providing the best product and service available as we are. We really have so much in common with the AppFolio team – the match between our companies is incredible!
I want you to know that this merger means absolutely no change to you as a MyCase customer, other than better service and a better product. I will continue to run MyCase and our team will remain completely intact, with the addition of many people to help accommodate our continued growth. The whole goal of this endeavor is to make MyCase the best practice management system in the industry. I want you to feel very comfortable with this fact and I am personally available to answer any questions or concerns that you may have.
This is a monumental time for MyCase and our community. I want to again thank each and every one of you for being incredibly loyal MyCase subscribers. The future is so bright for us and we look forward to sharing it with you!
AppFolio is headquartered in Goleta, Calif. According to its website, its chief strategist, Klaus Schauser, was responsible for creating Citrix GoToMyPC and GoToMeeting, and its CTO, Jon Walker, has been a founding member of multiple start-up companies.
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David Knott · October 30, 2012 at 10:53 am
AppFolio just made their public announcement 4 days after you shared this. I always appreciate your thumb being on the pulse of legal technology!
Matthew Whitten · November 1, 2012 at 10:45 pm
App Folio? MyCase? I've never heard of either of them, and they just look like cookie cutter Google sites under semi-legitimate sounding urls.
Allen King · January 18, 2014 at 12:43 pm
Actually it is not common for attorneys to charge interest on the balance. The only time I have seen attorneys claiming interest when they file a fee arbitration or civil suit against clients. Not a big deal if a client is slightly late so long as you are getting paid. Charging interest on top of high billable rates really pisses off clients. They will never comeback to the attorney ever again.
John Etheriedge · November 6, 2012 at 4:26 pm
After using Time Matters/Billing Matters for years, we were interested in many of the conveniences and features advertised by several of the Cloud-based alternatives. After taking a look at a few of the competitors, we signed-up with MyCase. Unfortunately, we have encountered a major shortcoming, in our opinion. We have a fair number of individual and corporate clients with substantial outstanding balances, and we charge interest on those outstanding balances. This is quite common among firms in our region and practice areas. We believe that any company advertising a law firm billing solution, whether stand-alone or as a component or module of a broader practice management platform, should include the ability to apply/accrue interest on unpaid and outstanding client balances. Up front, MyCase confirmed that its product included the ability to apply interest on invoices. Indeed, it does. When creating an invoice, MyCase allows for the application of interest to the following: (1) current "time entries"; (2) current "expense entries"; or (3) a "sub-total" of current time and expense entries. These options are presented on a dropdown menu for selection during Invoice creation. MyCase does not, however, provide any option for application or accrual of interest on unpaid or outstanding balances. I cannot imagine why any attorney/firm would wish to apply interest to any current time or expense entry. In fact, the only item to which I expect any attorney/firm ever would apply interest is a client's outstanding balance. An easy fix to this oversight by MyCase would be the simple addition of a fourth option ("Outstanding Balance" or "Unpaid Balance Forward") to the "Apply Interest To" dropdown menu in MyCase's invoice creation section. In light of the desirable and intuitive nature of this feature (application of interest to outstanding balances), we had hoped for a prompt and positive response from the MyCase team. Sadly, what we received instead was a statement acknowledging the importance of such a feature, but indicating that MyCase has "no timeline" on when it might consider incorporating such an addition. For the moment, we are "straddling the fence," using some of the features offered by MyCase, while forced to continue using Time Matters/Billing Matters for invoicing of all clients with outstanding balances. Not an ideal situation, to say the least. It is too bad MyCase has not been more responsive on this glaring issue, as we have otherwise been very pleased with their offering.
Allen King · January 18, 2014 at 12:44 pm
Actually it is not common for attorneys to charge interest on the balance. The only time I have seen attorneys claiming interest when they file a fee arbitration or civil suit against clients. Not a big deal if a client is slightly late so long as you are getting paid. Charging interest on top of high billable rates really pisses off clients. They will never comeback to the attorney ever again.
Author comment by David Coughlin · November 16, 2012 at 1:56 pm
@Mr. Etheriedge,
My invoices have the interest rate "stick" but, I also have the carrot of discounts for payments within 15 days. While I'm sure I don't have a practice as large as yours, I would have to be litigating against a client to actually collect interest. Then again, most of my clients are ongoing/repeat clients. Having been in business for over 15 years before law school then in-house for good amount of time, I would NEVER pay interest on a late bill…especially to my lawyer.
I realize that you were commenting about MyCase and the shortcoming of not having an accrued interest feature. However, I think you are "throwing the baby out with the bath water" here. MyCase has helped me to invoice and collect at a much quicker rate than other systems, due in part to its "social media" structure and due in part to the integrated credit card billing.
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RailHawks President, Curt Johnson, Selected to NC Soccer Hall of Fame
2013 Hall of Fame class to be inducted at January dinner
GREENSBORO, NC – Curt Johnson, Eddie Robinson and the late Barry Howard have been selected as the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame Class of 2013, which will be inducted at the annual Hall of Fame dinner, January 26, 2013 in Greensboro, NC.
The '77 Raleigh Spartans, winners of the 1995 US Youth Soccer Under-18 Francis J. "Frank" Kelly Cup national championship, have also been selected as the second team to be recognized on the NCSHOF National Champions Hall of Honor. That Spartans team was coached by longtime Raleigh Broughton HS coach, Izzy Hernandez, who is also a member of the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame.
Curt Johnson, a native of Raleigh and Capitol Area Soccer League product, was an All-State midfielder at Ravenscroft School, and stayed in the area for college. He played for the N.C. State Wolfpack from 1987-90. During that time, Johnson started 72 games during his four-year career, and as a senior, helped the Pack to the ACC Championship and the NCAA semifinals as a team captain. He would later serve as head coach at Ravenscroft and later as an assistant coach at N.C. State.
Johnson is currently President of the North American Soccer League's Carolina RailHawks, winning the 2011 NASL Regular Season Championship. Johnson's administrative resume also includes holding the General Manager position with the Richmond Kickers and Major League Soccer's Kansas City Wizards. He spent seven years in Kansas City as GM, leading the club to capture the 2000 MLS Supporter's Shield, 2000 MLS Cup, and 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
Robinson, who grew up in Greensboro and was an all-state player at Page High School, was a four-year letterwinner at UNC Chapel Hill (1996-2000). He was selected by the San Jose Earthquakes as the #20 overall pick of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. He played 11 seasons with the same MLS franchise, first with the Earthquakes and then with the Houston Dynamo when the franchise moved to Texas in 2005.
A starter on defense, Robinson was a member of four MLS Cup championship teams and was selected as an MLS All-Star in 2005. He made 166 total MLS appearances with the Earthquakes and Dynamo.
He played for the U.S. Men's National Team in a 2-0 win against Sweden in 2008, scoring his only international goal in his only international appearance.
Howard grew up in Buies Creek and saw his first soccer game when he watched the Campbell University men play. He helped start the first high school soccer team in Harnett County at Buies Creek High School. Upon graduation he enrolled at Campbell where he was a four-year letterwinner and was coached by the legendary Jim "Catfish" Cole, also a member of the N.C. Soccer Hall of Fame. Upon graduation from Campbell he began a career as a teacher at Buies Creek High School, and as that school's boys soccer coach, and later after consolidation at Harnett Central.
Howard was instrumental in helping to bring youth soccer to numerous communities throughout eastern North Carolina, and assisted in the formation of high school programs in many of those communities. He was also an assistant men's coach for seven seasons at Campbell, and later served two years as the Camels head coach (1989-1990).
Howard resigned his coaching position after the 1990 season to devote full-time as the administrator of the Howard Fund, which had been established in 1926 by his father, Rev. Charles Barrett Howard, Sr. Howard was inducted into the Campbell University Sports Hall Of Fame in 2003. He passed away on Dec. 5, 2008 at the age of 63
The North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1997. The three-member class of 2013 will bring the total number of honorees to 46. The HOF dinner will be held at the Sheraton Four Seasons in Greensboro. Tickets to the event are available to the general public.
For more information about the North Carolina Soccer Hall Of Fame, visit www.ncsoccerhalloffame.com.