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Italian Sausage with Polenta Recipe
This turkey and broccoli mixture over polenta is quick, easy and tastes great. Nutritious and delicious, it makes a comforting meal on a weeknight. –Mary Bilyeu of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 1 package (19-1/2 ounces) Italian turkey sausage links, casings removed
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 2-1/2 cups fresh broccoli florets
- 2 cans (15 ounces each) crushed tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons prepared pesto
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1 cup cornmeal
- Shaved Parmesan cheese, optional
- In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, cook sausage and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in broccoli. Reduce heat; cover and cook for 5-7 minutes or until broccoli is tender.
- Stir in the tomatoes, pesto, pepper flakes and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, for polenta, bring broth to a boil in a small heavy saucepan. Reduce heat to a gentle boil; slowly whisk in cornmeal. Continue stirring for 10-12 minutes or until polenta is thickened and has a smooth texture. Serve with sausage mixture. Garnish with cheese if desired. Yield: 6 servings.
Originally published as Italian Sausage with Polenta in Light & Tasty October/November 2006, p43
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Reminder: Roy Oswalt wants a fair contract for a team in contention close to his Mississippi home. So, the Rangers or Cardinals. Maybe the Braves. All of whom are rotten and overflowing with starting pitchers. That means that Oswalt is going somewhere else. Except Roy Oswalt wants a fair contract for a team in contention close to his Mississippi home. And the cycle starts again.
You can see how it's February and Oswalt hasn't found a home yet. But according to Gordon Edes, Oswalt is going to make a statement today on where he's going. And according to Jon Heyman, it isn't going to be with the Rangers or Red Sox:
it is NOT rangers or red sox for oswalt, at least not now, according to people who know.
No word on if the people who know are linked to sources with knowledge of the situation, or if they're just familiar with the organizations' thinking.
And this comes shortly after this unambiguous statement from John Mozeliak:
"Roy Oswalt is not going to be a Cardinal," Mozeliak told AM 590 in St. Louis this morning.
This sets up a whopper of a mystery team, of course. If not the Cardinals and Rangers, and if the Red Sox have been out for a while, then who? I'll guess the Royals in the conservatory with a rosin bag, but that's just because mystery-team dust makes me hallucinate.


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A sidebar to the first part of our "Are We Ready?" series.
GOSHEN — When it comes to natural disasters, Mother Nature has certainly left her mark on Northern Indiana.
While not overly prone to major floods or earthquakes — both of which are still possibilities — the most predominant threat of natural disaster locally has been tornadoes. The most iconic, well-documented and even mythical natural disasters to occur locally was the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak that raked the area on April 11, 1965.
By all accounts, it was a beautiful Palm Sunday morning and afternoon before the skies began darkening to the west around 6 p.m. By the end of the night, 49 people in Elkhart County and another 16 in LaGrange County were killed in one of the deadliest outbreaks of tornadoes in U.S. history.
More than 300 local people were injured and there was more than $12 million in estimated damage. To this day, the Palm Sunday tornadoes remain one of the most significant historical events in the county's history. The death toll included 10 people in the Midway Mobile Home Park northwest of Goshen, near the current site of the C.R. 17 bridge that extends over U.S. 33 and The Elkhart River.
Paul Huffman, a photographer for The Elkhart Truth, captured one of the most iconic photos of the storm as giant twin tornadoes barreled through the trailer park and across U.S. 33. The twin twisters entered the county north of Wakarusa and ripped a path of destruction all the way to the Middlebury and Stone Lake areas.
Of the four twisters that sliced through the county that day, three were classified as EF-4s and one as an EF-3.
Four residents in Jefferson Township were also killed, as were six county residents near the intersection of Ind. 15 and U.S. 20. The other Elkhart County deaths were in Dunlap's Sunnyside housing addition.
In LaGrange County eight residents were killed when a tornado wiped out a residential area near the Shore Mennonite Church just south of Shipshewana.
Goshen General Hospital was jammed beyond capacity with storm victims and hundreds of emergency calls flooded Goshen phone lines after it was reported on national television that "the small college town of Goshen, Ind., was wiped out." In reality, Goshen was mostly spared while many areas on the northern and western fringes of the city were destroyed.
The carnage from the storm was so severe that President Lyndon B. Johnson visited Dunlap on April 14, 1965 and walked through the debris.
All told, The Palm Sunday outbreak consisted of 47 tornadoes over six states and accounted for 271 deaths. The 137 deaths that occurred in Indiana make the storm the deadliest ever in the state's history.
While the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak has few historic equals, there have been some other notable storms locally in the past 80 years. Here are a few:
Oct. 18, 2007
The most significant tornado to hit the area since the Palm Sunday outbreak, leveled a large swath of Nappanee, slicing a scar of destruction through the east side of the city from the southern to the northern limits.
The EF-3 tornado had wind speeds of 165 mph and cut a damage path of nearly a half-mile wide. Along it's seven-mile track, 459 homes and businesses were damaged. Remarkably, there were no deaths and just a few minor injuries reported.
June 23, 2010
Four confirmed tornadoes made touchdown in Elkhart County with eyewitness accounts of a possible fifth tornado touchdown. One of those tornadoes, an EF0, developed near Parkside Elementary school on Goshen's south side, and tracked about four blocks south east before lifting. It left a 100-yard wide path of damage, the most significant of which was in the 1100 block of South Eighth Street.
Other tornadoes that night cut through farmland from near Wakarusa to New Paris and from near Benton to south of Millersburg.
The storms destroyed many trees and caused significant property damage to homes and businesses. There were no fatalities or serious injuries reported.
July 21, 1943
A violent storm swept across Northern Indiana during the early evening hours. In its path was Lake Wawasee in Syracuse. The wind from the storm reportedly caused 6-foot waves on the lake, one of which crashed into a boat, capsizing it and spilling the 14 people it was carrying into the water. Six people who were riding in the boat drowned. Winds from the storm also caused extensive property damage to homes along the lake.
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|Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida
United States
|City of license
|Tampa, Florida
|NewsChannel 8
8 Prime (DT2)
|On Your Side
|Digital: 7 (VHF)
Virtual: 8 (PSIP)
8.2 Me-TV
|Media General
(Media General Communications Holdings, LLC)
|First air date
|February 14, 1955
|Call letters' meaning
|Taken from former sister radio station WFLA
|Former callsigns
|Former channel number(s)
|Transmitter power
|32 kW
|465 m
|Facility ID
|Transmitter coordinates
|27°50′32″N 82°15′45″W / 27.84222°N 82.26250°WCoordinates: 27°50′32″N 82°15′45″W / 27.84222°N 82.26250°W
|Licensing authority
|Public license information:
WFLA-TV, virtual channel 8 (VHF digital channel 7), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Tampa, Florida, United States and also serving the nearby city of St. Petersburg. It serves as one of two flagship television stations of owner Media General. WFLA maintains studio facilities (co-located with former sister properties The Tampa Tribune and TBO.com) on Parker and Keller Streets in downtown Tampa, and its transmitter is located in Riverview.
- 1 History
- 2 Digital television
- 3 Programming
- 4 News operation
- 5 Controversy and criticism
- 6 References
- 7 External links
The station first signed on the air on February 14, 1955, with a live broadcast of the Gasparilla Pirate Festival. It was originally owned by The Tampa Tribune, along with WFLA radio (970 AM and 93.3 FM, now WFLZ). WFLA-TV has been an NBC affiliate since the station's inception. Largely because of its newspaper background, it was the early ratings leader in the Tampa market until WTVT (Channel 13) passed it for first place in 1962. In 1966, Richmond Newspapers, publishers of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and part-owner of the Tribune, acquired full control of the paper and the WFLA radio and television stations. Three years later, Richmond Newspapers changed its name to Media General, and WFLA-TV, the first television station owned and operated by the company, has been the flagship of its broadcasting group since then.
The station's callsign was changed to WXFL on January 19, 1983, after the WFLA radio stations were sold (both radio stations are currently owned by Clear Channel Communications). At the time, Federal Communications Commission cross-ownership regulations forced Media General to sell the radio stations; however, the company was granted a permanent waiver permitting it to keep The Tampa Tribune and the television station. Channel 8 reverted to its original WFLA-TV call letters on January 1, 1989. That same year, it surged to first place in the Tampa Bay ratings and has stayed there for most of that time, led by one of the most popular anchor teams in the country.
In the midst of a market shake-up in December 1994, which saw three Tampa area stations swapping network affiliations (CBS affiliate WTVT switching to Fox; ABC affiliate WTSP, Channel 10, switching to CBS; and Fox affiliate WFTS-TV, Channel 28, switching to ABC), WFLA was one of the few major stations in the market that did not change its network affiliation. As a result it became the highest-rated station in the market, a position formerly held by WTVT, which saw its ratings drop after switching from CBS to Fox. However, since NBC's ill-fated primetime experiment with "The Jay Leno Show" from September 2009 to January 2010, WTVT regained the top spot.
WFLA and The Tampa Tribune remained corporate siblings until Media General sold the newspaper to Tampa Media Group Inc. in October 2012 as part of Media General's selloff of its newspaper holdings in a reorganization to alleviate the company's substantial debt load. (With the exception of the Tribune, the company's other newspapers went to World Media Enterprises). Despite the split, the two outlets have continued a newsgathering partnership[1] and their operations remain located adjacent to one another at the downtown Tampa facility. In January 2013, WFLA became Media General's first station to migrate to a new website powered by Worldnow, as part of a group deal with the website hosting service.[2]
on August 20, 2014, WFLA's parent company, Media General, announced that it would acquire WTTA, channel 38, from Sinclair Broadcast Group, forming a duopoly in Tampa Bay.[3][4]
Digital television[edit]
Digital channels[edit]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
|PSIP Short Name
|Main WFLA-TV programming / NBC
|8 Prime
WFLA-TV replaced the Retro Television Network with Me-TV on digital subchannel 8.2 on September 26, 2011, as part of a groupwide affiliation agreement with Media General; the Weigel Broadcasting-owned Me-TV network also replaced RTV on some Media General-owned stations in other markets.[7]
Analog-to-digital conversion[edit]
WFLA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 7,[8][9][10][11] using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 8.
Syndicated programming seen on WFLA-TV includes Rachael Ray, The Doctors, Extra, Entertainment Tonight and The Dr. Oz Show. WFLA clears the entire NBC programming lineup and runs all programs in pattern.
The station produces Daytime, a lifestyle and entertainment program which airs weekday mornings at 10 a.m.; the program features regular correspondents and contributors for various topics. In 2003, WFLA and Daytime caused controversy after The New York Times reported of its "pay for play" practices. The article revealed that businesses were charged several thousand dollars to appear on the show, effectively making their segments "paid segments". Many people saw this as payola, a practice that is illegal under a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruling.[12][13] After much dispute, WFLA agreed to identify each paid segment as such to avoid an intervention from Congress.[14]
Original hosts Debra Schrills and Brian Fasulo left the show in 2005.[15] The current hosts are Cyndi Edwards and former Hard Copy and Extra correspondent (who continues to serve as announcer for the latter program) Jerry Penacoli. From 2008 to September 2011, the show aired nationally on the Retro Television Network as part of Media General's affiliation deal with the network, but was dropped by RTV when Media General switched most of its stations' subchannel affiliations to Me-TV.[16] National broadcasts of the show currently air on My Family TV.
News operation[edit]
|This section requires expansion with: further information on the history of WFLA's news department. (October 2010)
WFLA presently broadcasts 36 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours on weekdays and three hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). Arch Deal and Bill Henry were the prominent faces of WFLA's newscasts in the 1960s. Deal's tenure was abruptly cut short in 1975, when he suffered injuries from a parachute accident. Bob Koop served as the evening anchor from 1977 to 1979. Longtime anchorman Bob Hite came to the anchor desk in 1979. The station began using a helicopter for newsgathering called "Eagle 8" in October 1985.
Bill Ratliff, who was brought in to anchor the evening newscasts in 1982 and had been morning and noon anchor since 1985, retired from WFLA on June 25, 2009;[17] Ratliff (who was previously a political contributor at WTSP) passed away on May 8, 2012. WFLA began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition in early 2007. Following Bob Hite's November 2007 retirement after 30 years, Keith Cate assumed anchor duties of the 6:00 and 11:00 p.m. newscasts along with veteran anchor Gayle Sierens.
In the February 2012 sweeps period, WFLA was the clear ratings winner for early morning, evening and late news. It was also was the only station in the market to gain audience for its late newscast despite NBC's lackluster ratings performance. On July 30, 2012, WFLA debuted a new weeknight 7:00 p.m. newscast; the first such program in that timeslot in the Tampa market since WFLA produced a similar newscast for WXPX-TV (channel 66) from 2000 to 2002.[18] On August 26, 2013, WFLA launched an hour-long 4:00 p.m. newscast. Concurrent with the addition, WFLA dropped its 11:30 a.m. newscast on August 23 (the second time WFLA discontinued its midday newscast in its history, although it retains a noon newscast on Saturdays and Sundays), however management stated that a midday newscast may return to the station's weekday schedule in September 2014.[19]
News/station presentation[edit]
Newscast titles[edit]
- Channel 8 News (1955–1960)
- The Big News/TV-8 News (1960-1964)
- Channel 8 Reports (1964–1975)
- Newswatch 8 (1975–1993)
- NewsChannel 8 (1993–present)
Station slogans[edit]
- "8 Country" (1970–1975)
- "Part Of Your Life" (1975–1979)
- "TV-8, Proud as a Peacock!" (1979-1981; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- "The Look. Alive." (1981–1982)
- "The Spirit of Tampa Bay" (general slogan)/"Newswatching Out for You" (news slogan; 1982–1985)
- "We're Channel 8, Just Watch Us Now!" (1982-1983; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- "Channel 8, Let's All Be There" (1984-86; localized version of NBC ad campaign)
- "Helping You Win!" (1985–1989)
- "Tampa Bay's Fastest Growing News" (1987–1992)
- "In Touch with Tampa Bay" (1989–1992)
- "On Your Side" (1992–present)
On-air staff[edit]
Current on-air staff[20][edit]
- Rod Carter - weekday mornings on NewsChannel 8 Today (4:30-7:00 a.m.)
- Keith Cate - weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
- Gayle Guyardo - weekday mornings on NewsChannel 8 Today (4:30-7:00 a.m.)
- Jennifer Leigh - weeknights at 7:00 p.m.
- Lauren Mayk - Sunday mornings on NewsChannel 8 Today (9:00-10:00 a.m.) and Sundays at noon; also consumer reporter (8 On Your Side)
- Melanie Michael - Saturday mornings on NewsChannel 8 Today (9:00-10:00 a.m.) and Saturdays at noon; also reporter
- Stacie Schaible - weekdays at 4:00 and weeknights at 5:30 p.m.; also consumer reporter (8 On Your Side)
- Gayle Sierens - weeknights at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
- Josh Thomas - weekends at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.; also reporter
Storm Team 8
- Steve Jerve (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 7:00 and 11:00 p.m.
- Leigh Spann (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekday mornings on NewsChannel 8 Today (4:30-7:00 a.m.)
- Bryan Bennett - meteorologist; Mondays and Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m.; weekend mornings on NewsChannel 8 Today (9:00-10:00 a.m.) and weekends at noon
- Julie Phillips (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval) - meteorologist; Wednesdays- Fridays at 4:00 p.m.; weekends at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
Sports team
- Dan Lucas - sports anchor; weeknights at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m.
- Jason Jennings - sports anchor; weekends at 6:00 and 11:00 p.m., also sports reporter
- Steve Andrews - investigative reporter (8 On Your Side); also fill-in anchor
- Melissa Beckman - general assignment reporter
- Shannon Behnken - real estate/property rights reporter (8 On Your Side)
- Peter Bernard - general assignment reporter
- Holly Bounds - Polk bureau reporter
- Judd Chapin - Eagle 8 pilot/reporter
- Mark Douglas - investigative reporter (8 On Your Side)
- Josh Green - general assignment reporter
- Dave Kraut - Citrus/Hernando/Pasco bureau reporter
- Leslee Lacey - weekday morning traffic reporter (4:30-7:00 a.m.)
- Candice McCowan - general assignment reporter
- Chip Osowski - general assignment reporter
- Jeff Patterson - general assignment reporter
- Adrienne Pedersen - general assignment reporter
- John Rogers - Bradenton/Sarasota bureau reporter
Notable former on-air staff[edit]
- Suzanne Bates - anchor (1981–1984)
- Dick Crippen - sports director (1981–1999)
- Rich Fields - meteorology intern (2000–2002; now at KCBS/KCAL in Los Angeles; previously an announcer for The Price is Right)
- Jack Harris - noon host (1989–1992); "Harris and Company Live" (1992–2000)
- Chris Hansen - reporter (1981–1983; now with NBC News)[21]
- Bobby Hicks - fishing and hunting studio anchor (1956–1966; deceased)
- Bob Hite - news anchor (1977–2007, now retired)
- Tom Korun - weekend sports anchor (1987–1997; now at WFTS-TV)
- John Mannelli - anchor (mid-1970s; later programmer of major market radio stations in Los Angeles and New York City)
- John Muller - reporter (1989–2001; now with ABC News)
- Steve Overton - morning/weekend anchor/consumer reporter (1983–2000)
- Byron Pitts - reporter (1988–1990; now with ABC News)
- Steve Porter - anchor/news director (1960s; later NBC Radio Network News senior correspondent and White House correspondent for NBC News)
- Bill Ratliff - morning and midday anchor (1982–2009), later Political Contrtibutor with rival WTSP-TV; died May 8, 2012
- Don Starr - Pinellas County anchor (1962–1967)
- Chris Thomas - sports anchor (1988–2002); died Feb 18, 2004[22]
- Lance Williams - reporter (1987–2005)
- John Winter - morning meteorologist (1994–2007; deceased)
- Tony Zappone - news correspondent (1965–1977)
Controversy and criticism[edit]
Silencing Christians[edit]
On June 27, 2009, WFLA aired an hour-long documentary, Silencing Christians, which dealt with the Christian position of condemning homosexuality as a sin, and claims of the gay community's drive to make all criticism of homosexuality as hate speech, in the name of political correctness.[23] The documentary, presented as a paid program from the American Family Association, was televised at 7 p.m. that evening, on the same day that St. Petersburg held the city's pride parade, St. Pete Pride, on the weekend of the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Prior to the telecast, the station was swamped with numerous phone calls and e-mails against WFLA's broadcast of the program.[24] After it aired, the station logged hundreds of phone calls and over 1,000 e-mails protesting the broadcast. General manager Mike Pumo refused to elaborate on the decision, other than the show's content did not "raise the red flag" during pre-screening. Stratton Pollitzer, deputy director of Equality Florida, considered the show as hate speech, saying, "I think this program is a piece of homophobic propaganda and it has no place on a major network like NBC."[24]
On July 15, 2009, 70 to 100 protesters gathered outside of WFLA's studios to protest against the special and the station's attitude towards the community – the station, however, remained firm on its decision to show the program.[25][26]
- ^ ABC News: "The Tampa Tribune Sold to Private Equity Firm", October 8, 2012.
- ^ "Media General Taps WorldNow CMS". NetNewsCheck. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
- ^ "Media General, LIN Sell Stations In 5 Markets". TVNewsCheck. August 20, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ Malone, Michael (August 20, 2014). "Media General, LIN Divest Stations in Five Markets". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for WFLA
- ^ Where to Watch Me-TV:WFLA
- ^ Me-TV Beefs Up Roster With 10 New Stations, TVNewsCheck, September 15, 2011.
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/feb/09/wfla-will-wait-until-june-shut-down-analog-tv-sign/
- ^ CDBS Print
- ^ FCC document: "APPENDIX B: ALL FULL-POWER TELEVISION STATIONS BY DMA, INDICATING THOSE TERMINATING ANALOG SERVICE BEFORE ON OR FEBRUARY 17, 2009."
- ^ O'Brien, Bobbie (December 2, 2003). "TV's Version of Payola Draws FCC Interest". All Things Considered. NPR.
- ^ Crabtree, Susan (November 5, 2003). "McCain, FCC seek input on payola". Variety.
- ^ Eggerton, John (November 9, 2003). "WFLA-TV Will ID Paid Segments". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
- ^ "Newspaper Archives – tampabay.com - St. Petersburg Times".
- ^ http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2011/09/15/54029/metv-beefs-up-roster-with-10-new-stations?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Me-TV+Beefs+Up+Roster+With+10+New+Stations&utm_campaign=Me-TV+Beefs+Up+Roster+With+10+New+Stations
- ^ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/apr/17/anchor-bill-ratliff-leave-wfla-channel-8-june/
- ^ Tampa Bay Times: "After calls about an online job description, WFLA-Ch. 8 admits it plans a 7 p.m. newscast", July 17, 2012.
- ^ WFLA - Ch. 8 announces 4 p.m. newscast, moving Dr. Oz to 3 p.m. weekdays Tampa Bay Times, July 24, 2013.
- ^ Talent Bios, WFLA.com, Accessed March 22, 2014
- ^ "Chris Hansen Biography". NBC News. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "Chris Thomas touched us all".
- ^ About "Speechless: Silencing the Christians" (the weekly serial version), fron their Official website.
- ^ a b Tampa Tribune: "'Silencing Christians' paid program draws protest calls, e-mails", 6/27/2009.
- ^ St. Petersburg Times: "Demonstrators protest anti-gay-rights program aired by WFLA-Ch. 8", 7/16/2009.
- ^ Tampa Tribune: "Gay-/rights groups protest outside News Channel 8", 7/16/2009.
External links[edit]
- WFLA.com - WFLA-TV official website
- MeTVTampa.com - Me-TV Tampa Bay official website
- Photos of WFLA's news set
- Daytime website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WFLA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WFLA-TV


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The Dominion Fund is always looking for new Callers...
Working at the Dominion Dial Den can not only be a very fun experience, but it can prove to be very professionally rewarding!
The Dominion Dial Den offers the following positions:
Dominon Fund Supervisor
Promoted Internally. The Dominion Dial Den Student Supervisor plays an important role in the continuing development of Old Dominion University's calling program. Student Supervisors should be prepared to gain an understanding of the mission and goals of the Dominion Fund. Student Supervisors will have supervisory control of each calling session. They will be responsible for managing, motivating, monitoring, evaluating, training and supporting Calling Center Representatives. Reporting to the Assistant Director of the Dominion Fund.
Dominion Fund Caller
Rotating Applications. Act as a fundraising representative for Old Dominion University, contacting ODU alumni, parents, students, and friends by telephone with specific goal of securing financial contributions to the Dominion Fund, updating prospect records, and providing current information to friends and alumni.
Pay Rate
$8.00 per hour, plus bonuses and incentives.
Hours are flexible and set for the entire semester for your convenience.
Sunday 1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Monday - Thursday 5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Students work 3 shifts per week, and one of those shifts must be a Sunday shift.
Attendance Policy
Attendance is required and affects the success of the Dominion Dial Den. Absenteeism will not be taken lightly.
*DFCC follows the University Schedule concerning closing and holidays.
**Optional calling during finals week.


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West Paris, Maine — Ernest J. "Ernie" Clegg Jr., 76, of West Paris, Maine, formerly of Andover, Mass., passed away peacefully at Ledgeview Living Center, on Thursday, January 30, 2014. Ernie was born in Andover, Mass., on June 7, 1937, and was the son of the late Alice Cameron (Nicholas) and Ernest Clegg Sr.
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Name: Nicole
Major: Biochemistry, Spanish
Program: Temple in Spain
Where: Oviedo, Spain
When: Summer 2007
Best Excursion: Orientation week in Madrid
Favorite Dish: Gazpacho
Next Destination: Hopefully back to Spain and a trip to Italy and Portugal; hopefully Brazil one day.
What did you learn to love about the culture(s)?
What I loved most about the culture of Spain is that there is a defined culture. During the orientation week our group visited Madrid, Segovia, Toledo, and a few other important cities in Spain. The history of each city dates back thousands of years. Comparing this with the history of the United States (less than 200 years), one could imagine how much more there is to 'take in' while abroad. The way the cities are designed, how they look, etc., is how it is because of a deep-rooted culture.
In Spain, I also loved how laid back the people are compared to the 'go go go' lifestyle of the United States and specifically in Philadelphia; it was a breath of fresh air. I didn't realize how 'stress free' I could be until it all went away when I was abroad. Granted, I still did my school work and worked hard for my grades, but it's different in Spain (different in the best kind of way). It's more of a 'deal with things as they come' lifestyle, rather than trying to do everything at once. If you have been to Spain, you understand what I'm saying. If you haven't been to Spain, I highly suggest taking a trip to see what this is all about.
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One fear that I had before studying abroad is that I would have a lot of problems communicating with the people and adapting to the culture. However, during my actual experience abroad, I encountered no problems with this. I'm a pretty adaptable person, and I love change. I took the differences in cultures as a challenge rather than regressing when I ran into problems or situations that I was not comfortable in. Also, with the language, I found that when I was placed into a situation where I had no option but to succeed, I did. This experience has improved my confidence and if I were to study abroad again, I would be excited to encounter the culture of other countries.
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A MONTH ago today, "a family-orientated, larger than life, fun-loving" 24-year-old went missing from his Newbridge home.
Kyle Vaughan, 24, known to his friends as "Jabbers," has not been seen since late on December 30 when his damaged silver Peugeot 306 was found on the A467 between Risca and Cross Keys.
Since then, more than 50 police officers and staff have been dedicated to the investigation.
Officers have collected in excess of 230 statements from individuals and have trawled through more than 200 hours of CCTV footage from 100 different sites.
Eight people have been arrested in connection with the former Cwmcarn High School pupil's disappearance, four of them on suspicion of murder.
A 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, both from Blackwood and a 28-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman both from Cwmfelinfach have previously been arrested on suspicion of murder and since been released on bail.
A 21-year-old man from Newbridge and a 15-year-old boy from Abercarn have been bailed on suspicion of assisting an offender while a 22-year-old woman from Newbridge and a 62-year-old man have been released on bail following their arrests on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Senior investigating officer Detective Superintendent Peter Jones, said: "No matter how small or insignificant you may think the information is, please call us because it may make all the difference to our investigation.
"We remain fully committed to finding out what happened to Kyle and we wonÕt stop until all avenues and lines of enquiry have been exhausted.
Mr Vaughan was believed to have been wearing a dark coloured beanie hat, a dark coloured T-shirt, three quarter length denim shorts, white trainers, and a gold chain on the night he disappeared.
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To judge by its dimensions — 45 feet by 6 feet 6 inches — the structure at 128 Day Avenue in Toronto has more in common with a bowling alley than with a residence. And in fact, the site it occupies was originally meant to be an alley. But in 1912 an enterprising local builder named Arthur Weeden, noting that the city hadn't cut the curb to allow vehicles to pass, decided to shoehorn a small house onto the narrow lot.
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"We thought it would make sense
to have a conference after the book's publication," Ruben said, "to
meet the needs of veterans that are returning en masse from the
wars over in Iraq and Afghanistan." The idea came to Ruben when he
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need help once veterans started returning in large numbers. "They
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To alleviate some of the burden
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conference that would better prepare area social workers,
educators, and other mental-health professionals to work with vets.
The three-day meeting is divided into two tracks: one for civilian
practitioners who will be treating and providing services for
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vets coming back to school." Ruben expects 75 to 100 practitioners
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At One Young World, a better future starts by inspiring and
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Looking for opinions. So I am driving to work at 5:30 this morning on snow and ice covered roads of WV when a black Prius comes up behind me and rides my bumper for several miles. I am in four wheel drive doing a steady 35 mph with no troubles. Come up on a long straight and the Prius pulls out to pass so I let off the throttle to let him pass figuring at least he won't be on my bumper any longer. He blows the horn as he passes and then the SOB cuts back in too soon and I have to hit the brakes to save my front bumper so then off course my truck is sliding sideways. After my truck recovers I look up the road and see him still fishtailing finally doing a 180 and puts it off in the side ditch. I am usually a very courteous driver and stop to lend a hand when I can but this morning it looked like he was ok so I just kept on driving and blew the horn as I passed to return the favor. After arriving a work starting thinking that I really should have stopped - hindsight is 20/20.
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Hell no. Let the sob sit in timeout (ditch) and think about his stupidityChuckie!!!
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I probably would have stopped to make sure the guy was ok. (Dependent on traffic conditions and if it is safe to stop) Then I would have said, "I usually pull people out for free. (I don't) But, since you cut me off and almost put me in a ditch, it will be $100 or you can wait fora tow truck. I take cash, you should have a wallet full since you get 50 mpg"
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I would not have stopped, he can sit there and learn his lesson not to mess around in the snow. I've been in my fair share of ditches from being an idiot. Almost slid off a cliff on 250 heading up to Elkins WV last winter when I had my lancer.
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In that situation, I would have slowed, rolled down my window, said a few choice words then went on my way. Screw that guy. he got what he deserved driving like he was in icy conditions.Clint (TX) 2001 Silverado LS 4.8L auto 2wd ECSB [GARAGE]
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I would have, then said karmas a bi*** isnt she-K&N Air Filter
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no i would not have stop. serves him right.
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I would have done the slooow roll by with my window down. My eyes making sure he is ok but my body language and mouf laughing all the way...Buy Made in USA, The job you save just might be your own.
If it was a good looking girl, I may stop........OK, I would.....LOL
That guy....not a chance.
I might have pulled him out depending on if I had the time or not. But I would have had to hear what he had to say before I said anything to him first. I definitely would have been laughing as long as he wasnt hurt. well maybe depending on how hurt.Weve all been young and dumb.. Also he may have had a good reason to be going fast like if hes late one more time hes fired. Well Not a good reason but you know what I mean.
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The most remote spot in the Lower 48 is inside Yellowstone National Park. It's also the goal of our correspondent. What he encounters–and what it says about the solitude backpackers treasure–will surprise you. PLUS: See more of his photos and read a Q&A.
This is not the Himalayas, but Yellowstone is still wild. Yes, land managers have monkeyed with the variables, but solid science is finally ascendent. Many citizens will never come here, yet they care enough to fight for such places. Which, for most of us, starts with sending a check to the Sierra Club or the Natural Resources Defense Council or Audubon or any one of the hundreds of groups that defend wilderness, and ends with radically reducing our carbon footprints.
Hiking into the timbered Plateau Creek valley, I relearn what I knew as a boy: that wilderness is not a mythical place, nor a region of virginal exquisiteness as the Transcendentalists would have us believe. Rather, it is real, ecologically complex, necessarily human-managed geography where biodiversity matters more than money. Wilderness is in our backyard, and with the healing influence of minimal interference, it will endure. Gaillard and I knock off miles faster than we expected and surprise ourselves by reaching camp at 2 p.m. In an hour, we have the tent up and a pile of wood. This is our fourth day of walking, as directly as we could, and we still haven't reached the most remote spot in the Lower 48. But we're close.
Gaillard looks at his watch, at the sky, then at me. We're beat. We have less than four hours of daylight. I nod.
We quickly shove food, water, headlamps, GPS, and jackets in hip packs and strike out due north along the Two Ocean Plateau. A moose has broken trail for the first mile.
After crossing the plateau, we have to regain it again to reach the most remote spot. On a mission, we proceed with exuberance, and our muscles respond. On the northern aspects, we plunge up to our knees through crust. When the trail curls around to southern aspects, the track melts to a soft pine needle path and we practically trot.
According to my custom map, we should enter a mile-long clearing with two ponds. We hit it dead on. Gaillard is charging ahead; I'm looking at the map and the GPS, shouting "go north of the ponds," then, "Okay, go straight." Gaillard kneels to examine tracks. "Pine marten," he says.
Passing the last landmark, a pond half-skimmed with ice, we discover antlers sticking out of the water. Perhaps the elk died last winter. Perhaps a grizzly ate the carcass. No matter, whatever happened, it was as it should be. The antlers feel like some kind of symbol, the earth's wishbone, a talisman.
Beyond the pond, using the GPS, we walk precisely to the most remote place. The middle of nowhere. As wild as wild gets in the Lower 48. A place that may become wilder in the next century.
We stop, stand still, and listen.
Sky. Forest. Snow. Silence.
The birds. The unseen insects and animals all around us. And hope.
Mark Jenkins' s latest book is A Man's Life: Dispatches from Dangerous Places.
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I've hiked areas of Kanab Creek Wilderness Area in Arizona that felt like the most remote spot to me. There are also areas north of Lake Meade in Nevada that can feel pretty remote until you get to the top of a peak and see Las Vegas in the distance.
I have hiked spots in colorado closer to cities, but where I have only encountered other hikers once in a half dozen hikes.
One should never use the word "Most ..." in the title without stating the parameters used! Otherwise it's hyperbole.
I've always felt The Maze was the most remote spot, as defined by how much time it would take to get to a city or hospital.
Why all the hoopala about south central yellowstone being the most remote place in the lower 48? If it isnt, its close enough to it. The idea is that there are still these great places where one can escape this mad every day world with its car horns blowing,undisciplined kids screaming,dogs barking, and rushing around like fools to get no where fast. Ect, you get the point, Thank You.
Why do a few of you assume that the meat was left to rot? No guide I know of would allow that to happen. Besides being an unfathomable waste, judges are notoriously harsh when it comes to wildlife violations. As for the most remote place in the lower 48, it's my parking spot at Disneyland.
How did he choose the"most remote" spot. Whilre hiking it, he sees a horse train of people. I've spent days while backpacking on Isle Royale NP in Michigan without ever seeing a soul.
(and everyone has new clothes/gear sometime-would we mock someone for breaking in a new pair of hiking boots?)
This is a good article, but it is dangerous to stereotype hunters based on a few guided hunts. I have met hundreds of hunter and none leave the meat. Hunters love wild game. In my home state of Michigan, hunters pay the most for conservation of all public lands that are enjoyed by hikers, bikers, and others. For example, nearly a million michigan hunters go deer hunting at $15 a license which is $15 million in revenue for the state. By comparison, how much do you think Michigan people donate to the sierra club, as the author suggests? You literally cannot write an article like this without first and foremast thanking hunters for their conservation efforts.
The Thorofare region of Yellowstone NP and the Bridger-Teton National Forest has long been advertised as the most remote spot in the lower 48. It may or may not be true. I guess it really doesn't matter. The main fact is that its remoteness does not equate to solitude. Hunting is not the only big draw to the Thorofare. The early season fishing, when the Cutthroat trout migrate up the Yellowstone River to spawn, also brings in the 'crowds' of outfitter traffic. This may even cause more trail damage since the trails are often wet from snow melt at that time of year. So if its solitude you want stay away from there in June as well as October.
If you still want to access the Thorofare, do it from Yellowstone Park. You will have a much different experience on the trip in. Horse traffic is still the primary mode of travel however it is more regulated. During a week spent traveling up the Yellowstone from Yellowstone Lake my wife and I saw only two mounted parties, one was an outfitter and the other was a park ranger. We saw no hikers. The Park Service designates camp sites as hiker camp sites or horse camp sites and we found the hiker sites to be almost unused. One day the only other tracks on the trail were fresh griz tracks. If you choose to go east from the Yellowstone valley up some of the side trails into the Absaroka Mtns there is even less use. You won't find the overuse until you leave the park at the southern extent of the Yellowstone River. The only drawback to this approach is the long, kind of boring, 20 mile approach along the east shore of Yellowstone Lake. My wife and I took a canoe up the lake which was a great trip in of itself.
Back in the 70's I was a backcountry ranger for the forest service. I was mounted. I've spent most of my backpacking time since then trying to avoid those places where there is a lot of horse traffic. I have nothing against horse people. There are good ones and bad ones, just as there are backpackers who don't practice LNT principles. The fact is that horses have more impact on the environment. In the Rocky Mountain West horse use is part of the heritage and that isn't going to change. It is easy enough to plan routes where the horses don't go so if you want solitude don't go into areas where the horses go and certainly don't go into famous hunting areas during hunting season.
One of the comments above mentions that hunting groups and outfitter groups are also wilderness advocates. I agree with that however, they are also a force that is lobbying to open up the hunting of wolves in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. I don't have anything against hunting for food however as far as wolves go, I don't think anyone eats them. Hunting just as an act of killing something doesn't agree with me.
I am curious how Mark Jenkins defines "the most remote spot in the Lower 48." Where he went is certainly not the place farthest from the nearest road. I suspect that location may lie within the big wildernesses of northern ID or MT, or perhaps even in the Grand Canyon. It is also certainly not the point farthest from the nearest trail, since he was on a trail, and he is unlikely to get more than five miles from the nearest trail in that area. It is also not the place that requires the longest walk from a trailhead. There are also certainly places he could have gone where his chances of meeting someone are even less, and places that are farther from where anyone else has ever stood, such as on the walls of the Grand Canyon. I have heard elsewhere that the most remote place in the Lower 48 is in Yellowstone, but never with documentation. It would be great if someone could provide that.
On another note, the impact of hunters on horseback, or horseback riders in general, in wild areas is directly related to the management policies of the agency that manages them. It is hard to blame hunters if the Park or nearby National Forests allow hunters on horseback in large groups, allow them to cross fragile meadows, don't provide enough leave-no-trace education, and don't give high enough priority to hiring backcountry rangers to enforce the rules and provide on-the-spot wilderness education.
I often run into hunters in the Oregon and Washington Cascades and have been in the Wind River Range in Wyoming in September when I came across hunters. Most of have been just like anyone else...nice folks.
As for stereotypes of hunters, I think the writer is correct when he describes clients on guided hunts. I've seen them myself. They are often wearing brand new politically correct outfits, are overweight, and according to a guide I know locally, many expect their trip to be like a 4-star hotel and they have no clue how to field dress an animal nor how to take care of themselves in inclement weather. They're often very good at drinking.
And I learned a long time ago that if you're on a major horse highway you're on the wrong trail. Also, people on horseback pioneered or improved many of the trails we all use and, at least here in Oregon, many horse people get out in the spring with their crosscut saws and axes to clear blow-down.
Oh, and when you encounter horses on the trail I believe the thing to do is to move off the trail to the downside of the trail if there is downhill that's not too steep for safety.
Lest we forget who paid for the reintroduction of wolves, is still bearing the costs and pays the largest majority of wildlife conservation... I also noticed that groups like Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Mule Deer Foundation are not on your lists of groups to support. They too support preservation of land for wildlife propogation, and not just for hunting purposes. Through purchase and conservation easements, they set aside land for wintering grounds, calving grounds, and yes, in some cases, even hunting.
Well said, J Miller.
I'm both a backpacker and a hunter and I find it amusing to an extent on the back and forth jabs.
Could this article have anymore stereotypes about hunters?
When the suburban hiker/backpacker finally ponies up the money and supports wildlife like hunters do THEN they can grip.
Hunters and Ranchers are the true environmentalists.
"Remote" isn't just being the farthest from a road or human habitation. I did a survey on "Summit Post.com" and the two places that won the "remote" award were not even close to Yellowstone National Park. Number one on climbers and backpackers list was the Picket Range in North Cascade National Park. Specifically Mt Luna in the heart of the range. Number two was in Canyonlands National Monument. What both sites have in common is a lack of humans. Getting to either of the two locations takes time and inflicts its share of pain on he who ventures there. Although both places offer very different environments they hold in common a real threat of danger reaching them. Reaching the Pickets requires bushwacking, river crossings, glacier travel, ice climbing and rock climbing skills in a weather environment which can go from sunny 80 degree temps to snowing and 35 degrees within two hours.
Canyonlands is approached mainly by river running the Green and Colorado River System. Then backpacking up canyons with little water and either extreme high temperatures over 100 degrees or cold temps in the 30's.
No! Yellowstone may have the farthest point to hike to from civilization, but it "taint" the most remote spot in the Lower 48!!!!!!!!
Wonderful article. The feeling of being at the most remote spot in the lower 48 must truly be inspirational. However, the discussion along the trek about the "nature" of "wilderness" is what makes the article so noteworthy. I think what we're dealing with here (and I find this every time I discuss "wilderness" with anyone) is conservation vs. preservation, and the lines that blur between the two and also between conservation and unchecked overuse/abuse. What a catch-22 we are all in as lovers of the wild. I am unquestionably guilty of wanting the entire length of my hike to myself...therefore, I cannot scold others for their desires to enjoy the land in their own way. For me, it comes down to a question of sustainability and respect for nature, however you choose to enjoy it...and as always, keeping the over-indulging characteristics of our society in check. Shame on anyone who would hunt an animal simply for a wall mount. To leave an animal to rot while taking home its rack is as bad as slaughtering a cow to mount the hooves. And shame too, on anyone who scolds a man who responsibly hunts and eats what he kills.
Everyone has their own sense of "wilderness"...its up to all of us to realize that there is nothing stopping us from completely destroying it except ourselves.
You might want to thank those outfitters and "wranglers" you demonize in the backcountry for paying for the conservation of the land they love more than life.. Sure there are a few bad apples but i've met a bad apple or too with a high tech backpack as well... One trip into a place you have never been and you are an expert on the subject. Spend three years there and tell me what you learn.. You might find yourself insignifigant and lonely.. That's how anyone feels back there.. Be carefull who you judge.. You are no different than those "dudes".. They are searching for adventure same as you except they just happen not to be walking.. Build yourself a "walking" trail if you don't want to get muddy next time..


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MARK Creighton has called time on his playing career after struggling to recover from a series of injuries.
The 32-year-old's one full season at Oxford United coincided with their promotion from the Conference.
'The Beast' made 40 appearances in the 2009/10 campaign, playing 90 minutes in the play-off final victory at Wembley.
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